Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015!

Hi guys,

 

So today is the last day of 2014, and I guess that's kind of sad. I have made so many memories this year and so many new friends such as my internet best friend Alice who is ever so lovely, caring, kind and can always cheer me up when I'm sad so I'm ever so grateful for her. She is always therefore me and I feel like she needs a special mention because she is ever so special to me.

 

I know that hardly anyone reads my blog but I am ever so grateful for those of you who do and give me support because I feel like you are all my best friends and that I can always have someone to rely on when I'm sad, and that will listen and not judge me. I feel like writing my blog has helped my self confidence in a lot of ways because I'm not scared to be myself and I'm not scared to voice my opinion and for it to be heard. I like it as well because you find out about me through my personality and my hobbies, things I like and my interests before you see what I look like, proving the quote, "Its what's on the inside not the outside" In being correct!

 

I want to wish you all a happy new year and I hope you have a lovely start whether you are going back to school, university, work or whatever you enjoy doing! Have a lovely time and party tonight because who doesn't love a party!!?

 

Thank you again for all the support I get on my blog, I never thought that people would ever read this, it was just somewhere for me to escape and be myself, but now people read it and I have made some lovely friends!

 

Also over the next couple of days my blog may look quite weird/different and that's because I'm hopefully changing the theme and layout, fingers crossed!

 

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Blogmas day 24: MY MESSAGE TO YOU!

HELLOOO EVERYONEEE!

 

OH MY ITS CHRISTMAS TOMORROW WHAT. NO. OMG. YES. WHAT.

 

This is my message to you all as a goodbye from daily blogging!?

 

I wish every single one of you, no matter where in the world you are a lovely Christmas! Spend some time with family and appreciate the whole day because some children are less fortunate. Some places in the world this is the first time they may have Christmas without a relative and my thoughts go out to them, and I think we should all appreciate what we have!

 

Whether you are new to my blog or have been here for a long time then I am so grateful no matter what! Thank you. Have a lovely Christmas and appreciate everything! Love you all!

 

 

 

My blogs will be going back to being up every Wednesday from now on, so see you then!

 

  

 

 

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Blogmas day 23: COOKIE FAIL!

HELLOO EVEERYONEEEE!

OH MY GOLLY GOOSEBERRIES ITS 2 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS WHAT!? WHAT?! WHAT?!?!?


So if you haven't guessed by the title this was supposed to be a cooking tutorial because I love to bake however they turned out rock solid :( I baked them for shorter than the recipe said and they came out hard as rock!! However im still going to tell you how I did it!

You will need:

150g- salted butter

80g- light brown muscovado sugar

2 tsp- vanilla extract

1- large egg

225g- plain flour

½ tsp- bicarbonate of soda

200g- Milk chocolate chips.

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
3. Put the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy. Then mix in the vanilla extract and egg.
4.  Sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda over the mixture and mix in with a wooden spoon.
5. Then add the chocolate chips and stir well.
6. Using a teaspoon, place small mounds of the mixture well apart on the baking trays. Bake in the oven for 10 mins until light brown.- I RECOMMEND 8 MINS!
7. Leave on the tray for a couple of minutes to firm up and then transfer to a cooling rack.

There is the recipe for the cookies! This is how mine turned out even though they are rock solid :(

 

MINE LOOK VERY WEIRD I KNOW!

 

 

 

 

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Blogmas day 22: Easy gift ideas!

HELLLOO EVERYONEEE!

 

ITS ONLY 3 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS OH MY GOSH WHAT YAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYYAYAYA

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAAYA

YAYAYAYYAYAYAAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAAYAYAYYA!

 

 

So this is a few cute gift ideas that you can give to friends if you are stuck or curious on what to give! So here goes!!!

 

You can buy a simple jar and your friends favourite sweets and fill it up!

A box of smellys is a lovely gift because everyone can use them!

A sweet machine is a good gift to give to a friend who is very hard to buy for because everyone loves these!!

Another smellys item, a bath bomb from lush. You can choose that persons scent and give that to them and it can be seen as quite thoughtful!

A simple festive candle!!

Adding a little candy cane on a card is lovely because it is seen as a little gift!

 

 

I hope you liked this weird post?! It was very strange don't even ask?!!!

 

 

 

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Blogmas day 21: I actually won something?!

HEELLLOOO EVERYONE!

 

4 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS YAYAYAYAY!

 

So I thought that todays post I should talk to you about a little competition that I won on twitter! You basically had to send a selfie to whsmiths with yourself and either zoe's book or her cut out! I did this and was one of the five girls that won!!!:)

 

So on Friday I went to the post office and picked it up. Inside were the following things:

 

Zoella Beauty- Creamy Madly Dreamy body lotion!

 

Zoella Beauty- Soak Opera bath and shower wash!

Zoella Beauty- Guinea pig make-up bag!

The fault in our stars- John Green!

Everything eyes- Bobbi Brown!

Berlin Street Style- Angelika Taschen!

I would  like to thank Whsmiths for giving me this amazing gift and the opportunity to enter! I am very grateful thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

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Blogmas day 20: Festive hairstyles!

HELLOO EVERYONE!!

 

ITS 5 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS HOLY POOP!!

 

So today I thought I would show you some cute hairstyles that you can do for a Christmas meal, Christmas day or just because.. why not?!

 

(SORRY MY ROOM IS A MESS BUT IM A TEENAGER AND I AM MESSY!)

 

1) Here my hair is straight and I have then just done a middle parting and then French plaited the top layer back!

 

 2) Here my hair is all slicked back and then just in a high ponytail slightly to the side!

 

3) My hair is thrown up into a top knot bun and the rest in pinned back, however you could leave pieces down at the side.

 

4) In this photo my hair is in a fishtail plait. However I didn't tie it off with an elastic I just back combed it and then hair sprayed and it stays!

 

 

I hope you like these simple yet cute hairstyles!

 

 

 

 

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Blogmas day 19: BUILD YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS TREE

I HELLO EVERYONEEEEE!

 

ITS 6 DAYS UNTIL CHRISMTAS YAYAYAYYAYA

 

So today is another D.I.Y sort of thing but it is very easy!

 

You will need:

 

1958924049- Green books

Some bluetak

A star

Some small, PLASTIC!, lightweight baubles .

 

All you have to do is stack all the books on top of each other with the biggest at the bottom and smallest at the top! You need to have all the spines facing the front as well!

 

Then take the star and bluetak this onto the top, and stick the baubles all over the books because it adds a tree look!

 

This is a very simple post and any one can do it because you wont get messy! I made while I was volunteering at the old peoples home, so sorry if the photo quality isn't that fabulous!

  (IVE JUST GONE TO POST THIS AND THE PHOTO I TOOK HAS

GONE SO I STOLE ONE FROM GOOGLE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS!)

 

 

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Blogmas day 17&18: Weird D.I.Y santa decoration!?

HELLO EVERYONE

ITS 7 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS YAYAYAY

 

I thought the other week that I would get my hands dirty and do some diy! So myself and my baby half-brother ( aged 4) Sat down for the whole of Saturday and Sunday and got a bit creative! I then thought, why not show some other people on the wide web and so I am!

 

1) First of all you will need to paper Mache a water bottle and the top of one balloon and the middle of another balloon ( However the balloons need to be fairly small!)

 

2) Once the paper Mache has dried I painted everything in red, except the bottom bit from the balloon which I painted white, with red around the very top like a hat!!

3) Then I Cut the middle of the balloon in half on one side and painted buttons along the middle. I then also added black boots and a black belt with a yellow buckle!? ( This is hard to get straight lines and hard with a four year old! Don't judge my bad painting skills!)

4) Then on the top balloon I painted a face and put pva glue all over and then stuck on cotton wool balls, for a fake beard effect! You can also add some around the hat and on the top for a fluffy affect!

5) Once this has dried glue on the belly and the head, you may need to stuff some cotton wool inside for extra support.

6) Now leave your santa out as a little decoration!( After I finished i then went back and added cotton wool arms, then painted them red, and black at the tips like gloves! I just forgot to take a photo and it is at my dads house and I'm at my mums!!)

Finished product:

 

 

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Blogmas day 16: My cold walk to school!

HELLO EVERYONE!

 

9 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS YAYAYAYAYAY!!!

 

I thought that I would share with you something that I do everyday and is 1.8 miles long! This is my journey to school. Now that it is winter time my journey just looks ever so lovely when it is a crispy morning so I thought why not share with you!

 

So I leave my house at 7:45 and arrive at school at about 8:10/8:15 which is a good time in the winter because you don't have to stand around in the cold! 

 This morning it was quite foggy and still a bit dark as I went on my journey to school. I normally listen to my playlist on spotify until I meet my friend  at the end of the bridge!

It was still quite dark this morning so the moon was still up and I thought that it looked adorable!

As I then walked along the main road, it started to brighten up with a bit of a pink sky!

'Red sky in the morning... Shepherds warning!!'

I know tht this post was a little weird but hey.. I'm weird so we match (:

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Blogmas day 15: Christmas cupcakes kinda thing?!

HEEYOO EVERYONEE

 

ITS 10 DAYS UNTIL CHIRSTMAS YEAYAYAYAYAY!

 

I thought that today I would show you my cupcakes that I have made, because I am baking mad and keep making new things! So lets goo!

 

You will need:

110g- Butter

110g- Caster sugar

1106- Self raising flour

2- eggs

75g- Mixed fruits/berries

75g- Milk chocolate

 

LETS GO!

 

1. Start by preheating the oven to 180C/350F and line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases.

 

2. Cream together the butter and sugar until it is like a gloppy icing.

 

3. Then beat in your eggs.   

 

4. Mix in your chocolate chips and fruit.  

                                     

5. Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon. Spoon the mixture into your paper cases.

 

 

 

6. Bake for 10-15 Minutes.

 

7. Then allow to cool before eating!

 

 

 

These cup cakes tasted divine! I loved them so much and would recommend them to anyone and everyone! These can be a nice treat to nibble on, on Christmas eve while watching films with your family!

 

 

 

 

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Blogmas day 14: My current, yet weird obsession!?

HELLO EVERYONEE

ITS 11 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS YAYAYAYA

Today I thought that I would talk to you about something I love doing and that is reading! I am obsessed however with the author Sophie Kinsella. I have loved the 'shopaholic series' type books because they are so easy to read, yet gripping and with such a great use of language!

My current favourite book of hers would obviously be the most recent one which is 'Shopaholic to the Stars'! This book is amazing! It is about Becky Bloomwood going to Hollywood with her husband Luke and Daughter Minnie, on a business trip with likes work. Due to Luke working with A-List celebrities Becky takes this chance to try and become friends with them by getting Minnie in the top nursery and trying to peruse a career as a fashion designer/ assistant. However how will this turn out.... Will Becky succeed?

I really would recommend this book to anyone, but obviously over the age of 13 because otherwise the humour may not be understandable or just because they may not enjoy it! But I love it so I think you all will too!

Overall I would defiantly give this book a 5/5 stars!

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Blogmas day 13: Christmas shortbread!

HELLOO EVERYONE!

12 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS YES YES YES!

Today I'm doing something that I love and that's baking! I have made some amazing shortbread and I made them into cute Festive shapes, and I thought that they could be cute as gifts or just with a hot chocolate or cup of tea!

You will need:

- 125g Butter

- 55g Caster Sugar

- 180g Plain flour

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 180c

2. Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth.

3. Stir in the flour until it is like a dough, and then place on a floured surface. 

4. Cut into all different shapes you like and sprinkle with caster sugar and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

5. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool down!

My shortbread tasted amazing! My fabourite shapes are below:

I hope you liked this post, because I love baking so I have more cooking tutorial soft you! You could now take a stack of the same shape and stack them up then tie a ribbon around the outside as a cute gift idea!

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Blogmas day 12: Wreath making!

 HELLOO EVERYONE! 

ITS 13 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS YES YES YES!

Last Saturday I went to a wreath making class, and I thought that I would take photos of each stage and show you because I am so proud of how the end product looked! This took me from 10 am- 4pm! but I had lunch inbetween SHH!

1) This is what the frame looked like after I added all the moss!!

2) Then around the back, you put this plastic ribbon type that feels just like a plastic bag! From the top it should look like this(the second photo)

3) Then gradually trim your plants, and add them in with a top middle and bottom piece like so.

4) Complete your wreath by going the whole way round, varying were you place each piece!

5) Then add any decorations that you like! I made a bow, some cinnamon sticks and pine cones!

I love my wreath and it hangs on the front door!

I hope you liked this different post and have a lovely weekend!

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Blogmas day 6-11: where did I go?

HELLO EVERYONE

ITS 14 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS YAYAYA!

I'm going to start of this post by saying I'm very very sorry for not posting the last couple of days because I have had so many exams I needed to revise and after home work and revision it gets late and I run out of time to type a blogpost and have everything prepared. So I am so very sorry!

Now that it is Thursday I only have 3 more exams and exactly 5 and a half days left of school! So I can post a heck of a lot more :)

So know were I have disappeared to for the last couple of days! So due to it still being late at this moment, I'm just going to leave you with a photo of my Christmas tree, because I love it!

(SECOND TIME TYPEING THIS OUT, MY LAPTOP DIED AND I LOST MY POST WITH MY PHOTO AND SO IM NOW TYPING FROM MY IPHONE. I DONT HAVE THE PHOTO NOW:( SO I HAVE STOLEN MY MUMS PHOTO OF INSTAGRAM! ILL PUT A PHOTO OF THE WHOLE THING AT THE END OF TOMORROWS POST OOPS)

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Blogmas day 5: Winter skin care routine!

HEELLOOO EVERYONEE!

 

ITS 20, YES 20 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

 

For day five into December I thought that I should share with you my winter skin care routine! I wear make-up everyday to school ( foundation, mascara, powder e.t.c) and majority of it stays on, which I am very thankful for. However I have to take it all off in the evening before bed, and this is how I do it!

 

Before I take of my make-up I like to make sure my hands are clean to not spread any dirt, and at the minute I am loving the Carex fun edition! I love the colours of this collection and the scents are just divine! My current addiction is the strawberry lace one!

 

So I start of by removing my make-up with cotton wool pads and the Nivea Extra gentle eye make-up remover. I think this is quite good because it takes of your make-up without irritating it, or leaving red marks behind. Also it contains Provitamin B5, and doesn't leave a greasy stain afterwards. However it doesn't remove my Benefit They're real mascara ):

 

Next I take my Liz Earle Hot Cloth, Cleanse and Polish, and I love this! I won't go into detail because I wrote a blog post all about it and you can see it by clicking here!

 

Next I take sudocrem, and I find that this works amazing on any spots because it reduces the size, then turns them into little flaky bits of skin ( I know it sounds disgusting but it works wonders!!) and this then just disappears when I wash my face. I find it also helps if you have little rashes on your skin because while clearing spots it also clears up rashes!

 

I hope that you have liked this post.. I thought why not do something I haven't done yet, so I did! Make sure you follow me on blogger to find out when im posting, if it isn't Blogmas or like me you are nosey and just want to look! You can simply find out any contact information on the tab at the top, and don't hesitate to talk to me and just chat via email if you are in need and wanting to talk to someone.

 

 

 

<3

 

Blogmas day 4: Christmas best friend tag!

HELLOO EVERYONEEE,

ITS ONLY 21 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS YAYAYA!!!

So today I thought that I would do a post with one of my best friends from school and her name is POOPSICLE (Sorry I'm not sharing her real name)! I met her through playing netball, because when we had to run laps we where always last!

1) What did each other get for Christmas from each other last year?!

POOPSICLE: I got you.. Body shop soap in lemon, Hand wash, Pinky coloured lip balm, Winter Wonderland Chocolate

ME:  THATS WRONG! You got me Body shop soap, Watermelon Lip balm and the Winter Wonderland Chocolate and a strawberry body wash!

ME: I got POOPSICLE... well I don't know what I got POOPSICLE it was probably food!

POOPSICLE: You got me Body Shop Strawberry hand gel and Strawberry body wash, Fudge body cream and chocolate! So a little bit of food!

2) Each others favourite Christmas sweets!?

POOPSICLE: I think it is quality streets!?

ME: DAMN YOU ARE RIGHT!

ME: I have a feeling yours is the same as mine, so therefore quality streets?

POOPSICLE: NOPE! Heros!

3) What does each other prefer Tea or hot chocolate!?

POOPSICLE: You prefer hot chocolate!

ME: YOU KNOW ME TOO WELL THIS ISNT FAIR!!

ME: You're favourite is hot chocolate!

POOPSICLE: THATS ONLY BECAUSE I DONT LIKE TEA GAWD!

4) What is each others favourite Christmas song?

POOPSICLE: I'm going to go with the new band aid single, because Joe, Zoe and Alfie are in it?!

ME: YOU ARE WRONG! My favourite is 'All I want for Christmas is you- Mariah Carey'

ME: You're favourite is 'Mistletoe- Justin Bieber' if that exists?

POOPSICLE: YES YOU ARE GOOD AT THIS FINALLY!

5) What is each others favourite Christmas film?

POOPSICLE : I have a feeling that it is 'Elf'

ME: You are correct! I love elf so much!

ME: You're favourite is Home alone?

POOPSICLE : I've never even seen home alone.... ( ME looks so funny now staring at me(POOPSICLE)) My favourite is actually Nativity 2.

6) Does one another prefer slippers or slipper socks?

POOPSICLE: Yours is easy.. so if I get it wrong I'm going to cry.. you're favourite is based on the fact that you got it everyone for Christmas it is slipper socks.

ME: You are correct.. damn why are you so smart and good at this :(

ME: Only because I never see you wearing slippers I'm saying slipper socks?

POOPSICLE: CORREEEEECTIIIOOOOO!

7)Does one another prefer a snood or a scarf?

POOPSICLE : I think we both have the same here, so I am going with scarf.

ME: YEAP!! We are legit twins!

8) What is each others favourite brand of hot chocolate?

POOPSICLE: CADBURYS!

ME: WRONG! IF YOU READ MY BLOGMAS DAY 3 POST, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT IT IS OPTIONS BELGIAN HOT CHOCOLATE- (READ IT BY CLICKING HERE IF YOU MISSED IT)

ME: I think you're favourite would be either galaxy or Cadburys?!

POOPSICLE : CADBURYS LOML ( LOVE OF MY LIFE!)

9) What is each others  favourite thing about Christmas?

POOPSICLE : I think that you love... damn I don't know.. um..um..um.....Presents?... idk

ME: NO MY FAVOURITE THING IS SNOWWWWW!

ME: Well little miss POOPSICLE, I think you're favourite thing would be FOOD!

POOPSICLE : NNNNOOOOO ;) of course it is!

10) What is each others favourite Christmas candle?

POOPSICLE: I think yours is the snow in love one?

ME: er er. My favourite is Gingerbread or candy cane lane both Yankee Candle!

ME: I think your favourite is Christmas Cookie- a Yankee candle!

POOPSICLE : My favourite is the snow love one!! That's why I guessed it as yours because I thought we had the same!

That is todays post! I hope you have enjoyed this, because it was something different and I thought.. why not give it a go! Poopsicle is one of my very bestest friends at school and I met her through us playing netball together and both being the slowest runners! That's a story for another day however!!

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Blogmas day 3: The perfect Hot Chocolate!

HELLLOOO EVERYONE

So it is officially 22 days until Christmas! YES!

So today I thought why not do a post on something that is quite wintery and lovely to have at this time of the year and that is hot chocolate!(:

I have many favourite hot chocolates however my current favourite one is the 'Options, Belgian Chocolate Hot Chocolate!' Now that's a bit of a mouthful to say out loud as you type! This brand also does white chocolate and mint chocolate!

 So I get my favourite mug out of the cupboard and add 3 teaspoons of powder into the cup! Then I boil the kettle while heating up a jug of milk in the microwave. Then I add half a cup of water in, and mix this until it's a runny paste, a bit like gravy!?! And then I add in enough milk to fill it to the top! This makes it creamy but still doesn't make the flavour very strong because the water weakens it slightly. However this is fine because the next step adds all that missing creamyness back in!

Then comes the fun bit, if you like cream then add a funky design or pattern upon the top and then sprinkle with marshmallows, I just did the marshmallows because I forgot to ask my mum to get cream, but I still used quite a few mini ones! 

Then sit down get cosy and watch your favourite film! My favourite Christmas/wintery fil would be Elf or Home Alone! They are both amazing and I reccommened them both!

I hope you have liked this post, even though it was a bit short and sweet I thought that it's nice to be nosy at what other people do!

Leave a comment if there is anything you'd like to see me do in Blogmas, or in general a post idea you have for the future!

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Blogmas day 2: Favourite things about Christmas!

HEYYO EVERYONE

23 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS IM SO EXCITED NOW!

I was supposed to have a proper post for today and yesterday however my laptop broke and so therefore I had to create something completely different! But it should be working by tomorrow so then I go back to normal (:

So I thought for this post that I should write my top 5 things that I love about Christmas because who doesn't love it! So Im going to narrow it down..... HERE GOES:

1) The Music- I love Christmas music because it is so cheery and jolly and can always make me smile!

2) Spending time with family!- I love the fact that family from all over the country and globe travel and make a real effort to see each other.

3) The weather- I love British weather... Yes it's cold and wet but I wouldn't swap it for anything... I'm secretly hoping for a white Christmas this year!

4) I love going out and buying people's presents and then seeing their faces!

5) I love Christmas food!- I don't like roast dinners very much however the one time I do love the food is Christmas and that's because of Christmas pudding and mince pies and Christmas cake!!

These are 5 Simple things that I love about Christmas! I hope you have enjoyed this short and sweet post that is giving you an idea about me and hoping you to learn more about me!

See you tomorrow....

<3

Blogmas Day 1: what a boring day!

HELLLO EVERYONE

ITS OFFICIALLY NEARLY CHRISTMAS AND ITS ONLY 24 DAYS YAYAYA!

This may be something weird or new to you, but it is a topic called Blogmas! It is basically were I have to try and do a blog post every single day up until Christmas!! So here goes...

Because I was at school today I didn't do anything exciting to share with you really so I thought why not just show you a couple of Christmassy/Wintery photos that make me feel festive to get you in the spirit for the rest of my posts! 

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Q&A!

Hellooo everyone!

This week I tweeted asking if anyone wanted to ask me any questions and I was actually asked quite a few!? So I narrowed it down to 9ish questions? If you would like to ask me any questions in the future you can leave a comment below!
 

Question 1. 'Why did you start this account?'

I didn't know if this was my twitter or my blog so I'm going to do both! I started my twitter because it is a fan account for Youtube. However I started my blog because I felt like it was somewhere in which I could escape from my exams and have something that I just like to do ( I'll explain the full story another time!)

Question 2. ' Would you rather live without the Internet, or toilet paper?!'

I sat and thought about this for quite a while because I really didn't know ( laughing as I type this next bit ). However I would rather live without toilet paper because there is no rule saying I cant use kitchen roll right?!?

Question 3. 'Who inspires you the most in your everyday life?'

I'm going to be very deep here be prepared.... The one person who inspires me the most would be my mum. This is because she is so lovely and caring and does some amazing things. I love my mum so much and if I was to grow up like her, being as successful as she is then I would feel like my life is complete!

Question 4. 'What is your favourite thing about Christmas?'

Well.... If you know me well then you will know that Christmas is my favourite time of the year, and I LOVE IT SOOOOOOOOO MUCH :):):):):):):):):):):):):) I love the films, the food and seeing family and spending time with them. But I love one thing the most and that is snow because who doesn't love a white Christmas?1

 

Question 5. 'What's your favourite thing about living in the UK?'

 

I am one of the weirdo's that love the sudden changes in British weather. This is because one day it is sunny and the next foggy and frosty. I'm hoping this will happen again soon but be snow instead!

 

Question 6. 'What did you say to Alfie when you met him?'

 

Meeting Alfie was one of the best things in my whole year of being 14! When I approached him myself and my friend both asked for high fives because he was sat behind a desk it was the only physical contact we were allowed with him, and he said okay, but my hands are sweaty from signing so many books! Then we were chatting and I told him I loved him and gave him my letter. I also got a book signed for my friend who is not very well, and Alfie being as sweet as he is wrote her a get well soon message in the front of her book!

 

Question 7. 'Who is one person you would love to meet?'

 

I have a few idols in which are all amazing and I would love to meet either, Zoe Sugg, Tanya Burr or Blake Lively. I think all these women are absolutely stunning and I would love to just have a conversation with them. You may not know who Blake Lively is, but she plays Serena Van Der Woodsen in Gossip Girl.

 

Question 8. 'Do you have a you tube channel? If yes, are you doing vlogmas?'

 

In answer to this, no I do not have a You tube channel. However I am going to try something that i am calling 'Blogmas' and try to post different Christmas things and DITL and follow me around random things, so that will be starting on the 1 December until the 25th! I hope you will like this idea?!

 

Thank you for reading this post, I hope you enjoyed it, and it might have answered some questions about me that you didn't know!!

 

 

<3

 

Liz Earle is my life saver!

 

Hellooo!

 

This week I thought that I would do a product review. If you saw my last post you would know about how I feel about my skin and my insecurities. When I started to use Liz Earle I suddenly noticed a huge difference in the way my skin looked, making me feel slightly more confident.

 

This product is the Liz Earle cleanse and polish Hot cloth cleanser. This you simply rub the cream sort of product into your skin without water or any liquid and let it soak for 5 minutes. I use one pump of the 100ml bottle, for my face every morning and evening.

One thing I love is the fact that it is made with naturally active ingredients such as: Rosemary, Chamomile, Cocoa Butter and Eucalyptus essential oils. I think this makes it smell divine but also it is very smooth on the skin and very moisturising! It is also good for all skin types which is good for me because I have combination/oily skin. When you order this product it is sent with a muslin cloth.

This cloth you just heat up under running hot water and as soon as it is taken out of the water it starts to cool quite fast, so you can do a bit of your face and its kind of an indicator to know when to wash and re-use the cloth. To cover my whole face I have to wash it about 4-5 times, but I don't mind because I know my skin is clean.

I also find that the Liz Earle cleanser takes of my little bits of make-up that won't come off, and this is a benefit to me, because with one of my mascaras ( Benefit they're real) I really struggle to remove it even with Clinique make-up remover and Liz Earle products ALWAYS get that off for me, which makes me happy!

I have also tried the Liz Earle oily/combination moisturiser as well as the skin tonic booster, and these both are very good as well and really help my skin, but the Hot Cloth Cleanser helps me the most!

I would recommend this product to anyone with quite spotty skin, because it really helps clear it up, and make me feel confident with out my make up on! I would defiantly rate this a 5/5!

However the Liz Earle products are quite expensive so you may want to think about it first or try a smaller bottle and don't go straight into 100ml. Overall Liz Earle is a lovely product and it is so lovely to use!

You can buy it from the Liz Earle website just click their name!: Liz Earle



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Why do i use make-up?

Hey guys!

 

 

So many of you are probably slightly confused by the title and so was I when I first wrote it. However now that I've started typing, and my fingers are tapping away I cant stop so I apologise if this is very long, but it is my opinion and how I feel and more!

 

I started wearing make-up in year seven, which is the beginning of secondary school. However this was something simple like a mascara or a translucent powder. This was on/off depending on when I got up(me being a lazy year seven sleeping until 7am this wasn't often!!). It was all just for fun and because I was thinking well why not experiment with different things. However as my skin grew worse and worse I started getting comments off of people, about how I looked and it really put my self-esteem down.


I have quite spotty skin and I have tried so many different face washes and cleansers and everything under the sun but I can never find things that can work. The only way I can clear up part of my skin is by staying in the sun for at least 3 weeks and it finally starts to clear up. However even if I only have one or two spots I still feel very self conscious.

 

And then as I started year 9 I was fed up of these comments and started to wear more and more make-up. I knew at the time that this was bad for my skin but I kept doing it because it was something to hide behind. Something to help me feel as though I could fit in and be normal for once. As the year went on I started to wear and apply more types of make-up and it just became a chore for me to do. When year 9 ended I really wasn't confident unless I had on my make-up which I could hide behind. Starting in year ten the September just gone, I felt like unless I would keep on wearing this make-up everyone would still make comments about me and upset me... So when I went back to school, I not only was wearing powder, but also foundation, concealer, mascara and I really tried to hide.


I was finally happy because I felt like now people couldn't judge me. Until today. Two people in the space of one hour asked me why am I wearing make-up? and told me that I was wearing to much make up this then upset me and I felt like crying because make-up was my way of hiding but it apparently wasn't working. Its not like my foundation is the wrong colour because it is matched to my skin by the number 7 machine thingymobob!


Now I really don't know what to do because I cant dare to be bare skinned, yet I don't want to wear my make-up because otherwise I feel like people will make comments towards me.


However if you watch a youtuber called Zoella ( Zoe Sugg ) then you will know about her video where she talks about how your skin doesn't define you. However being in a public school I feel like no-matter how I look people will always make comments towards me and it just makes me really upset that we cant all be seen for who we are, and not be defined by our skin, just like Zoe said!
Please feel free to leave comments below with questions or anything you want to know, or advice because I am open to this, or go on the contact tab and drop me an email because I am happy to talk to anyone and I wont share anything unless you wish me too or anything like that.


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My favourite nail art designs at the moment!

Helloo everyone,

 

I am sorry that no post went up on Wednesday but i have had such a hectic week, because of more exams and so much home learning :( And then last night (Friday) I was hosting a Halloween party, and there will be a tutorial on this and costume ideas next week hopefully! So today I have managed to sit down and pick up my laptop and type away a post that I am very excited to do. This is because I love doing nail art and painting my nails whenever I can to match different outfits, I think its like a bonus accessory if you like!

 

 

So my first nail varnish creation nail art weird thing as I would call it is going to have my Nails inc. colour in 'Tate' as the base colour. Then (PICTURED AT THE BOTTOM) I took my nails supreme nail art pen and created stripes across the top of the red on my ruby ring finger. I love this look around this time because we are leading up to Christmas 2 MONTHS TODAY YIPPEE and the gold is just sparkly and cute and I just love it!

Nails inc. London- 'Tate'

 

The finished look.

My next weird creation design thingy mabob, is created with the No7 stay perfect, ultra gloss finish in 'Tangy 220'. I am quite literally obsessed with this colour you could say because I love the way it looks and it looks so nice with a black and white outfit. So to change up this I did white polka dots on my ruby ring finger again. This is also called an accent nail and well I think it really can change a look!

No7 'Tangy 220' ft my monster sticker :)

 

The finished look.

Next i created a nail design thing, with my Barry m gelly hi-shine in Blueberry 344. I really would recommend these nail varnishes to anyone that likes a good finish. However I find they take quite a while to dry because it is gelly but I don't mind because I love the look after. To change this up  used my dark blue nails supreme art pen and did a flower on my accent nail.

 

Barry M Gelly hi-shine 'Blueberry 344'

 

The finished look.

I'm nearly there but next i created a design using my nail varnish that i bought in a store in Spain. I cant remember the name of the store but I do know it was a make-up shop. The nail varnish that I used as the base is made by Rare and is in the colour 011 strawberry milkshake. I love the colour of this as well as the name! To change up this design I painted my accent nail plain sparkly silver, as this makes the pattern more glamorous!

 

Rare nails '011 Strawberry Milkshake'

 

The finished look.

Finally i created a design using my Rimmel London Space dust nail varnish in '006 Moon Walking'. This colour is lovely and sparkly however I really recommend wearing a base coat because other wise it is very tricky to get off and can leave stains on your nails of purple. To change up this look I then painted my accent nail in just my Nails supreme purple, so as if it was back to front.

 

Rimmel London space dust 'Moon Walking 006'

The finished look.

 

I hope you guys enjoyed my current favourite nail looks, and that you like them and you want try them out as well! If you do then leave a comment below and link me to a social networking site that you have posted it on! Or email me under the contact tab above! ( absterhamester@gmail.com )

 

These are my Nail Supreme nail art pens, and I bought them from Camden Market and they were £20!

 

  

 

 

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