January & February Favourites

Life's hard when you have a broken laptop, and with my laptops sudden death (which definitely had nothing to do with me accidentally spilling hot chocolate over it, ahem) I decided to take a journey and unleash my inner cave man and do things that didn't involve the internet or technology, I had planned to read and grunt at er things.. So during my failed cave man experience times (you'll understand in a moment) I went out a saw quite a few films (oh there it is) - won't lie, I couldn't handle a technology free day and forcing myself to read my old Dr. Seuss books just didn't feel pleasurable enough - and discovered new music that made me jiggle like I've never jiggled before. I also got reconnected with new and old clothing of which I loved putting on during the dreadful snow, which is still here.. in march?.. Thus concluding my January and February favourites, wow I made that longer than it should of been.

Films... (click film name for the trailer)

Les Mis : I read the book, saw the Broadway show and when the film came out I said what the heck, lets do the trio especially as the film was jam packed with my favourite actors, however, I know it's a musical, but the whole film was just singing, no dialogue which I won't lie, annoyed me a little, however great film, and the thought that all the singing was done live, amazing! Just don't watch it expecting dialogue...

Life of Pi : such a beautiful story, and the CGI and camera work was amazing and the colours, especially of the sea, beautiful.

Warm Bodies : Let's take this moment to appreciate Nicholas Hoult's face. That was a moment well needed. Great film, predictable, but I loved it! 

Pitch Perfect : My new favourite film, I watched this 3 times and I just kept wanting to see it, so funny, new found love for Fat Amy and Anna Kendrick (she's my height, I'm not alone :'D) After watching it be aware you will be singing 'Titanium' and loads of other songs, and pretending you too were part of an acapella group, or this could just be me...awkward if it is.

The Impossible : I have never vigorously cried whilst watching a film before. The story is tragic but has such a beautiful ending, what are the odds of  such tragedy happening and your whole family, including little children, surviving and finding eachother? Beautiful, it really makes you appreciate your family more. Amazing acting aswell might I add, you really feel the emotions, ahh it's just beautiful.

Wreck It Ralph : I offered to take my little cousins to watch this, so it doesn't seem like I wanted to watch it ;) but like a lot of childrens films, very entertaining.

The Hobbit : I did enjoy it, however, I was expecting it to be better. But good film very exciting and (for some unknown reason) seeing Gollum made me a lot happier than I should of been.

Django Unchained : The D is silent. Quentin Tarantino always knows how to pull it off doesn't he? 

Music...(click on the title to listen)

Everything Everything Arc : I may be quite late, but after hearing Cough Cough a while ago, I never took it upon myself to find out who it was from, until I heard it again at a party, Love the album. Go have a listen!

Rihanna Stay : I'm not the biggest Rihanna fan, I love her old stuff, but whatever, when I heard this song whilst listening to Grimmy on Radio 1, I couldn't help getting obsessed over it. Beautiful song and Mikky Ekko and Rihanna's voice blended amazingly well.

Bastille Bad Blood : What can I say, I bloody love the album!

Justin Timberlake Mirrors : He brought sexy back! Currently playing this, I love JT, so glad he's back making sweet sweet music again.

One Direction One Way Or Another : 1 thing that's going to annoy me about them recording this song is that little kids are going to believe that they're the original artists, poor Blondie, however I was blown away by how great the boys voices sounded, especially Harry's, his voice goes great for this genre.

The 1975 Sex Ep : Vastly becoming one of my favourite artists, great band, go check them out.

Books...

I delved into the box of my childhood on a snowy Februaries day and stumbled across my Dr. Seuss collection and decided to pass them on to my little sister, I'm sure she'll enjoy the wacky stories and rhymes as much as I did (still do), but she has yet to come face with them as they're currently lounging on my desk as I read one by one and laugh, on my ones, at the sillyness, I love Dr. Suess he inspired me to write a whole story in rhymes when I was 10, I gave up half way but I tried (twas hard). Rhymes can win any child over.

There's a Wocket in My Pocket is one of my favourites, I managed to memorise the whole book back in the day, Go Me!

I'm confused to why I never bothered reading Lauren Weisberger's books, well, the fact that they made one of her books into a film could be a reason, there's a film why bother reading it when you can watch it right? however, having nothing much to do lately, I ventured out and bought these three books and I ended up really liking them, well expect 'Everyone Worth Knowing' I wasn't much of a fan of that one, I found the whole book predictable and the ending incredibly annoying, but other than that, great books.

I Think I'm In Love...

Ello guys, it's been a while *slowly diverting away from the fact that I broke my oath to blog on Saturday* I have been quite busy, seen as I haven't really been home since last Wednesday hehe.

I was wondering round my room today and thought, oh goodness, I have quite a few products I casually actually fallen in love with, BAZINGA let's blog about them. now the following products I am going to share a truly my all time favourite products that I have been crazily obsessed with ever since I bought them, now this blog is a tad long, but that's mainly because it's overloaded with big imagery also, i am a tad shit rubbish at reviewing and describing things so bare with me :) (oh and sorry about the picture quality, using the phone again. my brother has my camera)

1. St Ives Apricot Invigorating Scrub 150ML £1.97 (superdrug) I love love love it! It makes my face feel so smooth, like a baby's bottom, not that i touch babies bottom, that'll just be weird. after using this product my skin looks lovely and clean..

2. VO5 Give Me Moisture Conditioner 500 ml £1.95 (TESCO, they got an offer ;)) I recently bought this, mainly because i have become truely obssessed with VO5's products. i bought the shampoo as well, but I tend to condition more, I love stroking my hair after conditioning. this product is incredibubble! my hair has seem to have gotten a lot more moisturised and the feel it gives to my hair is wonderful. so soft and smooth also, it smells delightful.GRAZIA was right to recommend it ;)

3. Aussie Take The Heat Shampoo 300ML £3.99 (superdrug) 

The Australians have done me proud. i first found Aussie back in July, and ever since then we were inseparable, it was my bit on the side, don't let Elvive Nutri Gloss find out though shhh! (which is also an amazing brand, I love my shampoo's) the products smell absolutely incredible, and they leave your hair feeling all nourished and soft, nom nom nom. 

Aussie Dual Personality Heat Protection & Leave In Spray £3.99 (superdrug)  This is my ALL TIME favourite thing to use on me Barnet. it makes my hair feel so smooth and soft and the softness lasts for ages, and it does protect the hair from the mighty heat when blowing...blow drying. oh and did I mention it smells incredible too? I would highly recommend this product. 

VO5 Heat Defence Volume Whipped Mousse 200ml  £3.69 (boots) 

I bought this on Sunday actually. Now I love my mousses and I have left the shockwave curly thingy mousse tribe for the VO5 (because, as I said before, I have fallen in love with the VO5 product ranges) I was really, when I say really I mean REALLY amused by the way the mousse comes out of the can, it reminded me of whipped cream hehe. the product gives me VOLUME, long lasting hold on me curls and has defended me from the horridness of split ends. BOOYAH!

Vo5 Heat Protect Spray 200Ml £3.35 (Tesco)THIS PRODUCT IS A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. it smells sooo f&*%£"^$^^ing good! everyone who notices the smell of my hair (yes I do have freaks smelling my hair, that's my friends for you hehe) they compliment and ask what I use. my boyfriend loves smelling my hair because of this product. ahhh the smell is Viagra to the nose - other than the smell, the product is amazing with the HEAT and it makes the hair feel all smooth and snazzy, form everything I am going on about today, this is what I recommend the most :')

I have recently started using this product as my Soap and Glory bodaaay butter has ran out :( my mum got me this, and at first (because it didn't have a very exciting cover or whatever) I was like meh...but when I started using it, I figured DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER. Marks and Spencer did me good. not only does it smell incredible, but it makes the skin feel so soft and instantly relieves my skin from dryness, especially around my elbows. £2 and just found out they have a new design for the bottles, buying that!! (CHECK OUT THE NEW DESIGN)

I am torn that this body spray is on the verge of death. You do not understand how amazing it smells. wait, amazing is an understatement. AHHHHHHHH!! I don't know where you can get it from as I got it as a present, but one thing I can tell you, is that if you wear this fragrance thingy, people will not stop smelling you. this is my friends, boyfriend etc etc, favourite smell on me, they prefer it to my perfumes, poor Vera Wang. (AMAZON HAS IT, CLICK HERE) also, it stays on the clothes and the smell doesn't die out during the day. I'M IN LOVE! it's amazing, trust me, go buy and try, it won't disappoint, unless you're allergic to it that is....it smells so sexy.

Boots Natural Collection Passion Fruit Body Spray £2 (3 for 2) 

I bought this randomly on Sunday, mainly because I had money and I just wanted to buy something before all the shops closed, so I did. but I am not regretting, this thing is awesome. smells so lovely and fruity, if you like the whole fruity smell. it does make me hungry a bit, but I am sure I can substitute this for a bit until I get more of the Victoria Secret Fragrance Mist I so much adore :')

Charles Worthington Dry Shampoo £1.99 (Tesco) 

It's so cute and tiny, twas love at first sight I tell you. love stronger than Romeo and Juliet..deeeeep.it does what it says, after using it, my hair does feel superly refreshed and revived all day and as its small and compact, I can take it round in me bag, so cute.

Charles Worthington Volume Blow Dry Spray £1.99 (Tesco)

I LOVES IT! it really lifts up my roots when blow drying and gives my nest a luxurious VA-VA-VOOOM, body and bounce.

Born Lippy™ Strawberry Lip Balm £2 

I didn't know whether I should include this, but what the hell, I love this lippy balmy thing. it makes my lips all kissable and smooth, it also tastes really good, it also lasts quite a while, oh and I like the tint or redness it gives to the lips. twas defo worth the 2 squids!!

 Sure Fragrance Collection Bright 250ml  £3.99

this was so random but I am in LOVES with the smell. The purple one I had before is very sticky, and i was scared this would be too but it really isn't. so yeah, you now know how my pitts smell like...sexy stuff ;) oooh and this product really does protect for a very long time, good buy for the summer <3 

Soap & Glory™ The Righteous Butter™ Lotion 250ml £7 or something (BOOTS) 

so sad that it's nearly gone, this is my favourite body lotion EVER! it makes the skins so soft and smell so good. it reduced dryness from  my neglected parts (elbows, they're just effort) and makes them so smooth and soft, they feel loved hehe. i am going to buy more of this lovelyness tomorrow YEEEP.

Soap & Glory™ Thick & Fast™ Mascara False Lash Effect Mascara Superjet black  £10. 

this was random and probably doesn't fit, but I am soo happy I invested in this! as many might know, I love my mascara and this had made me happy. it makes my lashes look full and a bit longer. LOVE IT!

Ahhhh, that was successful hehe. yess these are my favourite products at the moment and I would really recommend all of them, they're all incredible products.

Au'revoir

xoxo

Thee Best of 2011....

Helloo!
Today's blog is aboot the good olde entertainment of 2011 (that I enjoyed) from my favourite boooooks, if you're a nerd like me, iloveyoou, to good old films. twas quite hard to pick favourites but hey ho!
lets begin with the Films :)
At first, thinking about the films i watched this year, my retarded excuse of a brain couldn't think up of any which left me thinking "bloody hell, 2011 was shit, there was barely any films" so i had to scavenge my way through the internet searching 'all films of 2011' from then on (from seeing Hangover 2 come up) i remembered hehe - So let me begin my entertainment, erm thing....

I found it a tad hard to narrow down the films as there were just so many I had pleasure whilst watching haha, sounded a  bit sexual there

Lets Start with...
Crazy Stupid Love - This is actually my film of the year! definitely. very funny and unexpected, thought it was gonna be shit at first, not gonna lie.
Tin Tin - Bloody loved the film, however one thing that annoyed me was that it was in 3D and people in the cinema always give me glasses that never fit my peanut head, cheers. so throughout the film I was fighting with the glasses, as you do.
Hangover 2 - FUNNAY! love the monkey (i really do love monkeys)  
Harry Pots - Kinda sad that it's all over and volddy is dead, best part was when he laughed, i just found that so amusing.
Your Highness - Comical Genius. set in the medieval days but it has a modernness twang in it.
Friends with Benefits - So much better than no strings attached, however one thing that gave me a twitch was that it's sooo bloody predictable.
Bridesmaids - UTTERLY BRILLIANT! nothing more but brilliance.
Change Up - A lot of people dislike thins film, but i don't understand why. yes it's like freaky friday and all those other ones and it's slightly predictable (most films are the same nowadays anyways) in my opinion i think this is amazing, so BLAHH!
I Don't Know How She Does It - I didn't think this film was that amazing, it just made me happy and want kids, well for a bit, now i'm back to my usual self.
Just Go with it - i love Adam Sandler. again the film was a tad predictable, but i enjoyed it nevertheless.
The Inbetweeners - Loved the show, loved the film, i just love the rude nature of inbetweeners, so snazzy <3
One Day - Just really Cute and depressing.
Limitless - I had to watch this film twice to figure out what the hell was going out, i got it the second time though hehe. as a media student, i notice all the camera things and bloody hell, the way the whole film was shot was just overwhelming. good film.
Monte Carlo - Again not a lot of people liked this film, but i do love a bit of Selena Gomez, went through my teenhhood watching Wizards of Waverly place. Loved this fillm.
Now to some MOOOSIC. now this was really hard to narrow down and my laziness wasn't bothered to do another collage like the films. these are just the few albums i really liked from this year, they all gave me ear-gasms and such, lovelyness.

Hmmmmm, my best album of the year shall be HOCKEY!
Now if you love the good old orgasmic sounds of Indie, you will love this band, Check them ooout. their album 'Mind Chaos' is just incredibubbles, i actually loved all the songs in there, which suprised me as most albums i listen to, i tend to dislike some of the track. ahhh HOCKEY, best song of the album : 'Too Fake'.
Next come You me at Six with 'Sinners never Sleep'. now i  always hated this band, mainly because i thought their music was absolute shit. however, they really suprised me this year. i was in denial at first after liking their first single from the album 'loverboy' then i listened to more songs from the album which left me in complete shock, twas amazing. Best song on the album for me is 'Crash', this was also the song i used for my media music video, this has actually got to be my song of the year.
Then we have Viva Brother with 'Famous first Words'. I just love them. THIS IS GOOD MUSIC, is wha ti said when i heard my favourite song from the album 'High street low lives'. amazingness
Now we shall have a bit of Jessie J with 'Who you are'. I adore this woman. she actually has pure talent, yes there's adele too, but not gonna lie (my friend slapped me for saying this) i'm not really a big fan of Adele's music, they're all the same to me, and slow, her voice is incredible though, i'll gove her that. anyways back to Jessie, my favourite song of the album is 'Domino' (from the platinum edition) or 'Mama Knows best'.
Hot Chelle Rae with 'Whatever' lovelovelovelovelovelovelove them, NOM <3 best song 'I like it like that'.
Ed Sheeeeran - ahh gingery goodness, he went all mainstream and strived to fame last year with that song, with the name i can't remember...erm. (googling, and i call myself a fan...fail) 'A Team' on the + album. his voice is just so soulful and amazing, you forget he's ginger. hahaha i joke, i love the ginges really. Best song on the album that i was singing (really loud and badely) in the car tonight, 'LEGO HOUSE' and 'little bird'. that song makes me happy.
Florence comes next. AMAZING ALBUM. as usual, Florence and the Machiene brings out amazing, listenable music that are very jizzable. 'Ceremonials' is such an incredible album, beats Lungs. 'Shake it Out' is my favourite song from the album, SNAZZZZYNESS! it just makes me jiggle on my seat...literally. bop bop bop.
How can you not love a bit of Olly Murs. he's a cheeky chappy that i have loved ever since X Factor, hehe 'Dance with me Tonight' from the gooden album 'In Case You Didn't Know' works for me, just sayin ;)

And finally we have the all time greatness musicness from The Kooks with 'Junk of the Heart'. I have always loved this band, their songs just makes me smile and happy. My favourite song from their album issss (this was a tad hard to decide so i wrote my top 4 hehe) 'Junk of The Heart' I WANNA MAKE YOU HAPPPY, I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL ALIVEEE...oh you dooooo! 'Is it me' theeeen comes, 'Killing Me' annnnnnd 'Eskimo Kiss' ahhh sexy music. Lets see what 2012 will bring, please no more Rebecca Black's, Cher Llyods (don't know who wants to jag her swagger, see what i did there hehe) and Justin Biebers. Thank you. :)

Now finally we have entered the BOOOOOK CONER! i am a book worm and this year i have read quite a lot of books, some were totally shit, which has taught me never to judge a book by it's pretty sparrkly cover and some were just FANTASTIC! however i have narrowed down my book faves to the Top three which i shall write about, mainly because, i have written more in this blog in a few hours, than i have when it comes to essays, and my fingers are hurting and theres is alot to write about all the books i took snazzy photo's of below so that would extend this blog to just utter longness... Excuses i know :') 

Right these are my top books of this year ^, there's more, but they were at my mums but anyhow. My top three books of 2011 are, wait {beep} it  ima change it to four:
The Wedding Planner by Melanie La'Brooy. This book was incredible. bloody marvellous. (it's not like the film 'the wedding planner' btw, it's a completely different story from a different author) this book gave me a lot of giggles during the summer. it was one of the books i just didn't want to put down this year. it's based in Australia and took the piss out of celebrity weddings and soap stars hehe.  i have found the blur of the book so you guys can see if you're interested. but for me this is the book of the year, totally recommend it <3
"The big day is fast approaching, but so is a big disaster...Sabrina Falks is the golden girl - a star actress engaged to the too-good-to-be-true Edward. Her younger sister Mimi is funny and bright but hopelessly lost, with no career prospects, no money, no love life and a string of disastrous mistakes in her past.When Sabrina asks Mimi to be her bridesmaid, Mimi soon learns that 'bridesmaid' actually means 'unofficial wedding planner - servant, slave and general dogsbody'. And, to her horror, she knows that it's going to take more than just patience to whip up the wedding of the century, especially when the official wedding planner has a murky secret that could rock Sabrina and Edward's world..."

A tiny bit Marvellous by Dawn French. Now this book was marevellous, i loved the characters, it was really funny. people on public transport and college also thought i was a freak, sitting there travelling, or on my break in the liberary laughing on my ones, whilst reading a book. I love Dawn Freanch, an incredible writer. HERE IS THE BLUR. again i recommend this book if you love the good olde comedy. 

"Everyone hates the perfect family.So you'll love the Battles.Meet Mo Battle, about to turn 50 and mum to two hormonal teenagers. There's 17-year-old daughter Dora who blames Mo for, like, EVERYTHING and Peter who believes he's quite simply as marvellous as his hero Oscar Wilde. Somewhere, keeping quiet, Is Dad, who's just, well . . . Dad.However, Mo is having a crisis. She's about to do something unusually wild and selfish, which will leave the entire family teetering on the edge of a precipice. Will the family fall? Or will they, when it really matters, be there for each other?'Funny, really enjoyable, highly recommended. A wonderful writer witty, wise, poignant'Wendy Holden'A fantastic slam-dunk page-turner. Funny, enriching . . . page after page I laughed out loud'Mail on Sunday'Beautifully observed. Makes you laugh on every page'The Times'A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life'Woman & Home"

From Notting hill with Love Actually by Ali McNamara was sooo romantic, it actually made me shout with excitement and laugh of looud, i was actually really excited whilst reading this book telling my aunt what happens like it's real life haha. read this whilst i was in Paris in the Summer (got me through the looong journeys) i actually couldn't put it down. it's so easy to read so you get through it quickly, i have planned to read it again though, LOVE IT! this book actually made me want to have a boyfriend in them single summer days of 2011 *tear tear* then i got back to reality, loved the summer. it also made me come up with my ideal date, which apparently i've been told sounds like a bloody honeymoon hahaha. anyhow here's the blurrrrrrrrr, you should defo read this.

"She was just a girl, standing in front of a boy . . . wishing he looked more like Hugh Grant.Scarlett loves the movies. But does she love sensible fiancé David just as much? With a big white wedding on the horizon, Scarlett really should have decided by now . . . When she has the chance to house-sit in Notting Hill ? the setting of one of her favourite movies ? Scarlett jumps at the chance. But living life like a movie is trickier than it seems, especially when her new neighbour Sean is so irritating. And so irritatingly handsome, too.Scarlett soon finds herself starring in a romantic comedy of her very own: but who will end up as the leading man?"

And finally i couldn't choose between Danielle Steel's Big Girl or Sophie Kinsella's 'mini Shopaholic' but i have come to a desicion and BIG GIRL WINS WOOOOO!
Big Girl by Danielle Steel, is such an amazing book. i have never read a book by Danielle Steel that's ever disapointed me before. this is a really really good book. i bought this whilst on the Ferry coming back from France, lasted me the journey and the long drive home DEFO RECOMMENDATIONS! here's the blurr, it's a tad long haha.
"In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. 
A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Her father, Jim, is tall and slender, and her mother, Christina, is a fine-boned, dark-haired beauty. Both are self-centered, outspoken, and disappointed by their daughter’s looks. When Victoria is six, she sees a photograph of Queen Victoria, and her father has always said she looks just like her. After the birth of Victoria’s perfect younger sister, Gracie, her father liked to refer to his firstborn as “our tester cake.” With Gracie, everyone agreed that Jim and Christina got it right.
While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she knows is that she has to get away from home, and after college in Chicago, she moves to New York City. 
Landing her dream job as a high school teacher, Victoria loves working with her students and wages war on her weight at the gym. Despite tension with her parents, Victoria remains close to her sister. And though they couldn’t be more different in looks, they love each other unconditionally. But regardless of her accomplishments, Victoria’s parents know just what to say to bring her down. She will always be her father’s “big girl,” and her mother’s constant disapproval is equally unkind.
When Grace announces her engagement to a man who is an exact replica of their narcissistic father, Victoria worries about her sister’s future happiness, and with no man of her own, she feels like a failure once again. As the wedding draws near, a chance encounter, an act of stunning betrayal, and a family confrontation lead to a turning point. 
Behind Victoria is a lifetime of hurt and neglect she has tried to forget, and even ice cream can no longer dull the pain. Ahead is a challenge and a risk: to accept herself as she is, celebrate it, and claim the victories she has fought so hard for and deserves. Big girl or not, she is terrific and discovers that herself."

AHHHH BOOOOKS! <3 

Ahhhhh that was a long blog, i'm actually really proud of myself for this, hope you enjoyed this blog :) i got really excited whilst writing it, mainly because i get excited quite easily hehe. i miss 2011, that was actually a really good year. 2012 is looking up though, last year of college (FINALLY) 

Right so this is me done, i shall blog again soooooon, hope you all have a lovely weekend.

                      ¡Adios Amigos! 

                                                                             xoxo