Thursday, 20 September 2012

Summer trip to Blackpool.

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I've been so busy with Year 13ness and school work that blogging has been the last thing on my mind. I thought I'd just make a little post on my trip to Blackpool  during the Summer holidays with the family though to get back into it. I went for about 10 days in the caravan and I actually really enjoyed it! I was slightly apprehensive as I have this weird thing with touristy seaside resorts like Skegness and Scarborough that I don't really like so I thought Blackpool would be the worst of the lot. However, I was pleasantly surprised! I would definitely go back, especially to revisit the little towns and villages on the outskirts of the actual seafront part as they were absolutely gorgeous and had some of the biggest houses I've ever seen in person in England! Anyway, here's some pictures that I took when I was there!


Saturday, 11 August 2012

Topshop wishlist.

Topshop wishlist.



Oversized top, $34 / Blazer / **Tie Dye Maxi by Oh My Love, $70 / Boots / Satchel handbag / Studded bag / Skull jewelry / Rhinestone jewelry / Spike earrings / Double Cross Chain Studs

Sometimes I find Topshop to be a bit of a hit and miss when it comes to their things as I think they are fairly over priced. However, I was just randomly looking through their website when I realised that there are a lot of things I am just loving, so I created a little wishlist which includes purely just Topshop items and I thought I'd share them with you. Unfortunately though, I am skint at the moment so sadly I will not be purchasing any of these beauties!

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

30 Day Challenge - 11: Describe 25 Pet Peeves You Have.

As you are probably aware after reading these, I am a very agitated person, so I found this incredibly easy to answer. It was originally '10' pet peeves but couldn't possibly limit it, so 25 it is! Also, I had to skip a couple of questions because I couldn't really answer them. I hope people can relate to some of these and trust me, I'm not always angry haha!
  1. When people are rude for no apparent reason.
  2. Loud chewers.
  3. Bad grammar.
  4. When people go in my room and either move things or just leave it messy.
  5. When people who are serving you in a shop are just plain miserable. Cheer up, man!
  6. When people are constantly negative on social networking sites. I'm a huge hypocrite for this because I used to do that too, but now I've changed I can see how annoying it is now!
  7. When I'm in a public place and I can hear someone's music blasting through their headphones so that everyone else can hear it. Most of the time the music is shit as well.
  8. When people interrupt me when I'm talking. One of my best friends does this all the time without even realising.
  9. People who are on their phone 24/7.
  10. When girls put themselves down all the time by saying "I hate how fat I am" or "I really need to start going to the gym/dieting" when they are fully aware that they are stick thin.
  11. When I go to watch a film and the DVD isn't in the case.
  12. When people wear band shirts of bands they've never heard of or have never listened to in their lives.
  13. The amount of clones there are in my school.
  14. When my sister doesn't change the finished toilet role with a new one.
  15. People who cancel plans.
  16. When my mum interrogates me very early in the morning.
  17. When my mum shouts something to me from the bottom of the stairs and then she doesn't answer when I shout back asking what she said multiple times.
  18. When I'm trying to ring someone with great urgency and the one time I actually need them to be on their phone, they're not.
  19. People who think they are always right.
  20. When my internet connects and disconnects every fecking 5 minutes.
  21. Slow walkers.
  22. When little kids shriek in public places.
  23. When I'm trying to sleep and there are drunken idiots outside.
  24. When someone says "Well this is awkward" and it really wasn't until they said it was.
  25. Adverts that emit sound on the same page as the film I'm trying to watch online.

Saturday, 4 August 2012

30 Things Challenge - 8: What Are 5 Passions You Have?

1. History.
Something that I used to hate a few years ago, but now want to do at university. I think it's really important to know about the past so that you understand the present easier. I'm mainly into ancient history and the way people used to live; like religion, architecture, myths, aesthetics and just the way people lived/civilisations in general. However, I'm also interested in the way people (not the actual monarchy and the way that worked though) lived during the likes of medieval times and I like learning about modern wars because I think that's really important for understanding how politics and the world works now etc. It's weird how I used to hate it when my parents would make me look round castles and ruins and the like when we were on holiday, but now that's what I love doing haha! I think if people from school remembered me in the sense of what subject was 'mine', then it would be either history or drama. 

2. Music.
Music has probably been the longest passion of mine that I've had. When I was young, if I wasn't playing out in the street or watching a Disney film, I'd either be blasting my mum's ABBA/Shania Twain CD's or dad's Elvis/Oasis CD's or singing my heart out to the music channels. I have listened to all the different kinds of music that you can imagine over the past 17 years of my existence; from Girls Aloud & Busted, to The Jonas Brothers & Miley Cyrus (whom I still love with no shame), to Bring Me The Horizon & You Me At Six, to Rascal Flatts & Carrie Underwood, to Elvis Presley & Johnny Cash, to The Beatles & The Doors to Black Sabbath & Metallica. It's just something that I turn to help vent my anger or to make a happy mood even happier.

3. Acting.
Something that I can only dream of becoming successful in. I don't actually know if I am any good or not, but that doesn't matter to me because I love it so much now. It hasn't been something that I've been doing for long (only properly since Year 10 in fact, although I did love having parts in little pieces we did at primary school at church) but I can't imagine my life without it now. There's just something about getting the rush of adrenaline before I go on stage and becoming a different character for that short space of timeterrifying but utterly amazing. There's still so much that I need to try out as well, like all the incredible special effects that are used in films and TV shows like Merlin. It's just insane. I can assure you that if nothing big comes of it for me in the future, then I will still be doing it in societies at university and local productions in theaters when I get older. 

4.Dreaming
For as long as I can remember, I have always been a huge dreamer. It sounds really cringey and cliché but it's true. I think I've always been a fairly creative person, or I definitely used to be when I was younger so I think that plays a big part in it too. I can spend ages either just lying down on my bed or sitting down in the shower just going over things in my head and thinking up different scenarios. I think it just keeps me sane to be honest because I just dream about things that I'll finally be able to become when I'm older and have the money. I dream of anything from what I'd say in an interview if I ever made it as an actress to what country am I going to travel to without my parents first, to what my own house will look like in the future to what charity I'm going to help out with first. 

5.Other.
I can't really think about anything else that I'm 'passionate' about, so I'll just mention some things that I really love instead: TV & film, interior design/home decor, reading, science, extreme sports(mainly skiing as I can do that!), animals, fashion, video games, taking photographs of anything and everything, travelling and most things that boring people would define as 'nerdy'. 

Friday, 3 August 2012

Makeup and Beauty Haul.


1. Palmer's Cocoa Butter, 2. Natural Collection nail varnish in Black Cherry (3), 3. VO5 Micacle Mist, 4. Nivea Pearly Shine lipbalm, 5. Rimmel Match Perfection blush, 6. Revlon nail varnish in Dreamer (410), 7. Revlon nail varnish in Classy (281), 8. Natural Collection black kohl eye liner pencil and Maybelline Master Precise black liquid eyeliner, 9 & 10. Bourjois Paris Delice de Poudre bronzing powder and 11 & 12. Bourjois Paris eyeshadow (13). I also found a Natural Collection Wild Strawberry body cream that I've had for years now but have never used, but I thought I'd include it anyway!