Oh I’ve been there. We’ve all been there. The frustration of staring at the computer monitor and no words come out. My worst hit was mid last year, when I was so out of blogging mojo that I blogged a maximum of 3 times a month.

It happens to the best of us. Blogger’s block is something a lot of us face from time to time. The most important thing is not to let it get to you so much that you give up and stop blogging altogether. To be honest, I very almost did.

Here are some simple steps I use to get me out of the funk. Perhaps it’s something you use too?

Ask your readers what they’d like from you

My readers are my main source of inspiration. For example, when I’ve run out of topics to write for my Bloggie Wednesdays series, I asked my readers what they wanted to know. In less than 48 hours, I’ve had enough topics and suggestions to last me 2 months!

If there isn’t a specific topic that your mind is blank to write about, how about posting something personal? I don’t mean you have to rant about your ex, your mother-in-law, etc, but perhaps somewhere interesting you’ve been over the weekend. Or maybe share some random Instagram-ish pictures you took during the week. It breaks away from the routine. I’ve mentioned this before, but I find writing product review after product review, a few similar posts in a row, dull and uninspiring. Maybe add a “voyeuristic” post like your makeup collection, what’s in your makeup bag, etc. People (by that I mean me) enjoy posts like that 😛

Read magazines and books

There’s something about the glossy pages of mags that attract me to them. Like a magpie to shiny objects, I’m drawn to magazines. True, beauty blogs often release trend information and product releases much quicker than print media, but there’s just something about the glossy pages that make me go back for more. I swear it’s something they infuse into the paper 😛

As for books, examples like Bobbi Brown’s Makeup Manual and Zoe Foster’s Amazing Face may be able to give you some tips and tricks to try out. And when you do, blog about it! Study the ingredients in your skincare products. Learn what they actually do, then blog about it. These are just a few examples for you to not just increase your makeup skills, but also to learn more about what you’re actually putting on your skin.

If you have an iPad, I recommend the free Net-a-Porter app. Yes, it’ll bring you heaps of temptations (my wishlist grows with every new issue), but it will also show you what the latest trends are. It’s visually appealing and the videos are interesting.

Surround yourself with other beauty bloggers

I’m incredibly blessed to have a group of friends who are beauty bloggers (I don’t just call them my blogging buddies anymore; they’re friends :)), some in Asia and the rest here in Australia. I could be exhausted with blogger’s block, but an afternoon with them will, more often than not, spring myself back to my blogging mojo. I enjoy talking makeup and skincare with LeGeeque on an almost daily basis; she’s given me more things to write about that I can count on my hands.

Blogging is a community thing. You can’t expect to excel on your own. If I didn’t have the support from my fellow beauty bloggers, I don’t think I would have lasted past a couple of years of beauty blogging.

Step away from the blog

Sometimes it’s good to just step away from the blog. We’re only human, and as passionate as we are about our blogs and readers, sometimes we need take a short break and recharge our blogging batteries. No apologies to your readers needed, but explain that you’re drained and need to take a brief hiatus. I believe your readers will understand.

What do you do when you have blogger’s block? What? You’ve never had blogger’s block?! Surely that’s not true 😛