16th: Sixth Form?! *Blogmas 2015*

Hello Lovelies,

Blogmas is obviously meant to be about things around the Christmas period and Christmassy fun. But if you are around my age or younger then it is still filled up with school! One thing that my age group will be doing is applying to sixth forms and going for interviews. I have now been to two and both have been incredibly eye opening. I then thought why not share some information with you, it might help or you might sweep it under the carpet… either way I don’t mind!

My one top tip would be don’t follow your friends. I applied to 4 different sixth forms so that I had a wide range and the one I am most interested in none of my friends are going to. I want to get my head down and concentrate on my education because those friends aren’t going to be there every second of your life and I feel like I need to grow and become more independent.

Another thing that I would say is pick something that is reasonably close. What I mean is if you live in London don’t apply to one in Scotland because you will have to travel every day. Obviously you wouldn’t but what I mean is don’t pick somewhere an hour and a half away when somewhere twice as good may be 30 minutes away. The further the distance the more it is going to cost you to go back and forth.

Finally I would also say when you go for your interview be yourself. When filling out the application form make sure you write down anything interesting or different that you might do compared to others. This helps you to stand out. When you are asked questions make sure you take a second to think of an answer, before rushing into it. By rushing you may stumble on your words or confuse yourself, I would find this more embarrassing than if I had taken 2 or so seconds to think about what I had wanted to say.

Let me know below in the comments if you have any tips for others or if you just want to share anything!

(P.S IT’S ONLY 9 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS EEEEK!!)

-Abigail x

9th: Benefit Advent Calendar! *Blogmas 2015*

Hello Lovelies,

Today’s blogpost is going to be another review from my benefit calendar. Today’s door contained one of my favourite benefit products of all times, that I used to constantly rave about and was my go to mascara.

The Benefit They’re Real in black which is an amazing formulae made mascara. You can easily build up the amount of mascara that you are wearing by applying a few more coats. This is beneficial to me because I will wear very subtle amounts to school with more on weekends. You can easily thicken and lengthen your lashes with one mascara.

Many people that I have spoken to have said that they found the brush very scratchy and that it wasn’t comfortable to use. I however completely disagree with this. I think it is quite soft and very easy to use!

What is your favourite mascara?

-Abigail x

5th: Christmas Wreath Making! *Blogmas 2015*

Hello lovelies,

Today I was going to post another day of my benefit calendar, however I have spent the whole day at a Christmas wreath making workshop and having got home late there is no natural light to take pictures and I'm not going to have time to review and upload a post tonight. However I did take a lot of photos today (but on my iPhone so the quality isn't as good sorry!) so I thought I would share them with you below!

 

That is it for Blogmas day 5… I hope you had a lovely day, feel free to leave a comment below telling me what you did!

-Abigail x

1st: Benefit Advent Calender! *Blogmas 2015*

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Hellooo lovelies!

So it is finally December and that means CHRISTMAS. If you read my Q&A post a few days ago then you would know that in December I’m going to open my beauty calendar every other day. The beauty calendar I have this year is the Benefit Limited Edition Party Poppers ( Obviously because it is limited edition it is sold out!). The calendar has 12 windows so I have decided to do one every other day of December.

In the first window was the Benefit ooh la lift. This is a pale pink colour that can highlight under your eyes, however I also used it to accentuate my brow bone. The pictures above do not give the product justice. It has taken away my dark circles and now I look wide awake! It comes on what looks like a lipstick brush, and I just swiped it under my eye and then patted it in with my finger.

I would recommend this product to anyone who has had next to no sleep or just has dark circles! It also says that it will take away puffiness however my eyes weren't puffy so I couldn't test it!

I hope you have enjoyed Blogmas day 1 and will come back tomorrow for a different kind of blogpost!

Leave a comment below on what advent calendar you have whether it is chocolate or candles I'd love to know!

-Abigail x

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!

 

  

 

 

<3 

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!

 

 

 

 

<3

 

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!

 

 

 

 

<3

 

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:

 

 

<3

 

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!

 

 

 

 

<3

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!

<3

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!

<3 

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!!

<3

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....

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