CHRISTMAS/SALES GOODIES!

Hello! 

I hope everyone had a lovely festive period! (See above a highly cringe photo with a mega pout with the Xmas tree on Xmas day)

I really love seeing photo's of people's Christmas' and what they got etc so I thought I'd do one.. I'm also showing you bits I got in the sale as well (2 birds with 1 stone)

1. new bedding (H&M home) & onesie (Primark) & a mini tree for me to decorate as we didn't get one at uni, boo! :( 2. dinner 3. me & Mumma.

1. Snowcoco off my best. 2.  mini Soap & Glory bag. I bought it purely for the bag as I wanted a new make-up bag but it had mini's of Clean On Me shower gel, Hand Food hand cream (handbag essential!), The Righteous Butter body butter, Calm One Calm All bath soak, Scrub Of Your Life body buffer, Girligo moisturising mist and a scrubber for £9 in the Boots 1/2 sale (and I had 900 points so it was basically free, score!) 3. The Best of All box which includes Smoothie Star body milk (which I think will be a love or hate scent as it makes you smell a bit like porridge but I love it), Heel Genius food cream, Sugar Crush body scrub (makes you smell like key lime pie), The Righteous Butter body butter, Hand Food hand cream, Clean On Me shower gel, Peaches and Clean cleanser, Thick & Fast mascara and Sexy Mother Pucker lipgloss (which is a bit too sticky for me and is one of the ones that make your lips tingles so I keep forgetting I've put it on and I get scared that I'm having some weird form of stroke) (I also got the hot cloth cleanser but didn't photograph it).

1. 'E' scrabble necklace 2. Stay Don't Stray tester, They're Real, eyeshadow in 'Mekong', How To Look The Best At Everything in Light, Rimmel 113 and 330 3. massive Lindt ball of around 50 little balls (fave chocolate ever ever ever).

1. Model's Own in Indian Ocean, Barry M in Copper, OPI Minnie Mouse Collection, Model's Own Wah nail art pen in white 2. Disney Couture/Mawi necklace 3. McFLY - Unsaid Things,The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (US Version), The Hunger Games, No Strings Attached, Katy Perry Part Of Me. (I also got a KP3D poster for my Uni room :))))

1. Katy Perry 'Purr'fume, Disney Wonder (the baby clothes smell) candle, Next's Silent Night candle 2. Lush haul! (Sandy Santa sugar scrub, Sweetie Pie shower jelly, American Cream conditioner, Glogg shower gel, Ultrabland cleanser, You've Been Mangoed bath melt, Sunnyside bubble bar and then samples of Big shampoo, It's Raining Men shower jel, Calacas shower jelly and Coolaulin conditioner) . 3. Dorothy Perkins down to £32 in the sale after student discount as well

1. pencil skirts in a gold/cosmic (both Topshop). 2. canvas off me & Hayley 3. a new mirror for my room as I broke my other one 

1. Williamson's Earl Grey 2. the Vans I've been wanting for a g e s. & finally, 3. 2012 Minnie (I collect Minnie & Mickey's!)

So many goodies! Feel super spoilt and so lucky to have such a rad family and friends.

See you in 2013!

FOTD: Christmas

I've been wanting to do a FOTD for quite a while, and I'm hoping this doesn't seem too braggy, but I got a few new bits for Christmas off my Nanny and thought I'd share as I always love seeing what other people use!

Face:

(1) Benefit's 'How To Look The Best At Everything' in Light. (new!)
I am seriously impressed with Porefessional! For some reason, I've been against it for no actual reason without trying it and it's like that little eraser tool on photo editors for dodgy redness or whatever! Incred.
Now, I use Mac's 'Studio Fix' foundation and it is actually my holy grail and I'm seriously biased so even though 'Hello Flawless' was good, it was still a little dark (even though in the light box) and didn't quite give me the coverage I'm used to.
Boi-ing (although not quite as good as erase paste) is a solid concealer, and would definitely be recommended. 
Didn't try the powder (sorry!) as I will never not use and love (4) Rimmel's Stay Matte powder in Transparent.
(2) Stay Don't Stray (tester size) - Benefit
(2) That Gal - Benefit is a product I adore even though I'm not sure what it does, I use it on dull parts of my face and over my foundation as a highlighter as the shine is lovely yet not glittery. 
(3) Natural Collection blush in 'Peach Melba' is the perfect everyday blusher, adds a natural blush without the shimmer of other blushes and has a decent amount of pigment for £1.99

Brows/Eyes:

(1) No7 eyeshadow (not sure what shade as it doesn't tell me anywhere and I got it a while ago) and (2) Rimmel's Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown

- I outline with the pencil to get my arch and then fill in with the eyeshadow. I'm weird about my eyebrows, they're not amazing I know, but if I don't do them then I feel like my face looks very bare.

(1) MUA Undressed Palette in Shade 7 used as the lighter shade blended into (2) Nars Mekong (new).
Mekong is a m a z i n g. It's literally the nicest eyeshadow ever. Everytime I look at it or wear it I'm seriously impressed by the pigmentation and the gold glitter in it, love love love.
(I always put my eyshadow on after my primer but before my foundation just incase it drops)

Lips

Rimmel x Kate Moss lipstick in 113 is my new daily lipstick. I adore the colour, it's just so nude and yummy (great descriptions Erin!) if you ignore the smell and taste that I'm not a fan of. I did (and do regularly) ignore the red lip on Christmas 'rule' because I can't find a red that doesn't clash with my hair. (My favourite lip colour of all time is Rimmel's 128 'Starry Eyed')

(My dress is from the Dorothy Perkins sale, and my bedding is from H&M home, just in case anybody wanted to know..)

Thank you, if you've read/scrolled this far!
I hope you had a lovely Christmas :-)

LEEDS FESTIVAL 2012

So, last Thursday, I made a post entitled 'If everything went perfectly, this would be how I'd like my weekend to go...' (which I'm going to delete after I make this post) and act-wise, this weekend exceeded every expectation I had.

Let me just start with the most important, the best moment of the weekend (and pretty much my entire life) and the least expected moment... I met Paramore.
Paramore are my favourite band in the entire world and I can't think of anything that will top this (bit dramatic?)  but honestly the best 5 minutes of my entire life. I was a shaking teary mess but I remember Jerm asking me for a high 5, Taylor creasing at his face on the picture I'd brought from 2010 and Hayley telling me I had 'gorgeous eyes' (what?!?!?!?) and me telling Hayley she was 'really nice' and that I love her. Whatever, I'm the happiest girl ever (and missing AVA was totally worth it).

I saw: Of Monsters & Men (seriously good), Howler (he was wearing sunglasses inside the tent?!), Band Of Skulls, Damo Clark (his FSOG section was incredibly funny!), The Gaslight Anthem (i n c r e d i b l e), All Time Low, Bullet For My Valentine, SBTRKT, King Charles, Benjamin Francis Leftwich (who's voice I adore but I hate seeing him live as most of his stage talk is about being high), Two Door Cinema Club, Foo Fighters (best live band ever, fact), Deaf Havana (so happy for them opening main stage!), The Blackout, You Me At Six, Bombay Bicycle Club, Paramore (<333333333), The Courteeners (finally!), Foster The People, The Maccabees, Chris Ramsey, Pure Love (probably one of my favourite bands of the weekend, amazing live!), Twin Atlantic, Dry The River, Oberhofer, Don Broco (YES!), Jake Bugg, Enter Shikari, The Vaccines, Lower Than Atlantis, Young Guns (they played 'You Are Not' and I sobbed), Feeder, Theme Park (even though we embarrassingly danced through their sound check) and Kasabian (stand by the fact that they shouldn't have headlined, but they surprised me and their Neil Armstrong moon tribute was seriously cute).

(Although, due to wearing my Docs I had the sorest feet and couldn't stand up for 11 hours straight for 3 days and the fact I fell seriously ill during The Vaccines (for the strangest reason) and I'm now on tablets and it hurts to move due to my abdominal pain, whatever, I've met Paramore)

I wish Leeds Fest was every day because honestly it's the best weekend of the year and I just love being in a muddy field watching my favourite and some really rad new bands with Em and it's as if nothing else matters like leaving home/starting uni/other scary stuff seems so far away (this is so cringe and cliche) but seeing what I call 'twinkies' aka campsites/bands/stages/ect is the best.

DON BROCO - PRIORITIES

It's been 6 days since Priorities was released, and 6 days since I've barely listened to anything but. I've been waiting for this album for a crazy long time, and it has not disappointed me. I can 99% sure say that Don Broco (since I first saw/heard them last April) are most definitely one of my favourite bands - I'd go as far as saying they were a very close 2nd to Paramore. (Paramore can't be budged, sorrry!) 

Okay, I'm not going to pretend that I'm a music journalist but this album is cracking. It's currently #1 on the rock charts and #25 on the 'normal' chart (despite being #10 in the midweeks) and it certainly deserves to be higher.

I'd hope that everyone had heard the tracks 'Priorities' and 'Actors' by now, and if you haven't go do it but make sure you listen to 'Whole Truth' which is my favourite track on the album.

I'm extremely excited to see these at Leeds Fest next Sunday, if you have spare time around 3-4pm then please check Don Broco out - they're incredible live and will become your next favourite band.

My rating: a solid 9.5/10

BIG NEWS!

Yesterday, I found out that I actually got into my first choice Uni! Since my exams I was very prepared to not be going this year as they went horrible so I was fully expecting CEU buuuut I got BCD (which isn't as incredible as everyone who's like A*AB but whatever) and I'm finally going to be a teacher (which I've wanted to be since forever) and I get to live in my favourite city for at least the next 3 years! I keep crying because I'm super excited and I'm super excited to go to IKEA/home stuff shopping as I get my keys for my room in 22 days!

HAUL #1

Hi! First of all I'd like to apologise that the majority of the pictures need to be rotated, I just wanted to make a quick post and the site I used didn't have a rotate option, rubbish. Basically, I got paid and I thought I'd show you what I've bought this month :-)

001. t-shirt from H&M 

002. dress from Henry Holland at Debenhams (sale)

003. fruit teas from Asda (as I didn't want to pay like 3 times the price for Twinings incase I didn't like them but I do very much so!)

004. Lush's Tiny Hands 

005. Natural Collection blusher in 'Peach Melba'

006. Model's own 'Copper Pot'

007. Lush 'Cupcake' fresh face mask

008. Phone case from Ebay (the peach colour was the order on the seller's page and when it came it's this horrible baby pink (okay, it's not horrible I'm being dramatic but I'm not a pink fan at all and I rarely wear pink (I think I have one pink piece of clothing) so it doesn't go with anything and I'm actually really annoyed even though I only paid 99p for it purely because I waited like a month for it)

009. Hamsa hand from Ebay

010. 'The Little Book of Buddhism'

011. Captain America DVD (which I'd been waiting to come back in stock on Amazon/Play since my birthday (early June))

012. Topshop skirts in 'Jade' and 'Oxblood'

013. Hat from New Look for Winter

014. Topshop 'Amplified' boots (insert Emoji heart eyes face here)

015. PRESENTS FROM ALICE! (Okay, I'm super excited about all of these. 001. the 9th bear to add to my Minnie/Mickey bear collection with a little 'I <3 NY' top on, sqee! 002. Strawberry Fanta 003. Peanut Butter M&M's 004. PEANUT BUTTER OREOS - I can honestly say these are the nicest thing ever and I will be paying the £7 on American Soda for another pack when I have eaten all these. Oh good lord, they're like heaven.)

016. Signed copy of Priorities - Don Broco

017. Maybelline Forever Strong Pro nail polish in the mushroomy colour (it has no name, strangely)

018. Maybelline BB cream in Light & Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr cream eyeshadow in 05-Eternal Gold (this is an incredible colour)

019. New Look (p)leather jacket

020. Expedia email because I'M GOING TO DISNEY LAND PARIS/EURODISNEY (whatever). I nearly sob every time I think about it. I go 3 weeks tomorrow, 4th until the 7th of September, with Alice!!!! 

INSTAGRAM #2

01. favourite candle ever, 02. dreaming of Italy on my lunch break, 03. adding to my HR collection, 04. mango & ice-cream, dream come true! 05.  DKR with Daddy, 06. crazy morning hair, 07. ready for ChildLine 08. new top! 09. 'hi, you're through to the switchboard at ChildLine, would you like to speak to somebody today?' 10. my slippers > yours 11. who needs sleep? 12. FaceBook taunting me that I might not get into Uni 13. Joshua Radin makes me super happy 14. good Nandos shout 15. drives to Darlington for Chris Ramsey listening to McFLY 16. nap time 17. beaaaaaaach! 18. tropical vodka smoothie 19. bus ride home 20. mmmm

LONDON/WARNER BROS. STUDIO TOUR

London was incredible, Harry Potter was mind blowing and I had the best time (except for spending 100 in 3 days due to ridiculous tube/train/everything prices)

01. Thames, 02. on the tube, 03. me & Al, 04. Disney, 05. house colours!, 06. Dumbledore’s stairs, 07. butterbeer, 08. the Knight bus, 09. Dobby, 10. better book store than the one I work at now, 11. doing Touristy things 12. 9 & 3/4!

BARCELONA

01. waiting at the airport 02. Las Ramblas 03. Ma & Pa buying bus tickets 04. Plaza de Catalunya 05. Sephora/Starbucks (I got ‘that gal’ for 20 euros!!!) 06. FINALLY found the Topshop dress I was looking for all over in the UK and got it on sale too! 07. cocktails at Hard Rock 08. Hard Rock 09. the harbour at night 10. Ma & Pa! 11. La Segrada Familia 12./13. Pap on the bus 14./15. beach! 16. beach snacks 17. mirrored roof 18. stingray 19. octopus 20. the aquarium 21. anklet 22. view from the hotel window (Las Ramblas) 23. pizza with the nicest pepperoni I’ve ever tasted 24. the harbour at day 25. nicest thing that’s ever been in my mouth 26. La Seu cathedral 27. final meal 28. plane treats 29. me & Pa on the bus 30. me & Pa at the aquarium 31. me & Ma at Häagen-Dazs 32. me & Pa on the beach