September Favourites

It's the end of the month, so it means it's time to tell you what I have been enjoying, I think there is a little less than last month due to starting Sixth Form but I have a few good items that I recommend. So here we go;


MUSIC FAVOURITES

#1 FIREPROOF

This song is perfect.   When One Direction released this (not as an offical single) for free I had it on replay for days.  If you haven't listened to it you can listen to it on YouTube here.

#2 DAYLIGHT

On the Amnesia EP by 5 Seconds of Summer, one of the extra songs was Daylight and I instantly fell in love with this song. Listen to this song here. The EP also has the cover of American Idiot by Green Day on it, which I think is amazing.

#3 CENTURIES

Fall Out Boy's new song Centuries, their first single for their 6th album was released & I absolutley love it.  I always love a bit of Fall Out Boy but I have had this song on repeat for a long time now. Listen to Centuries here.

#4 A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR HEART

I've never been a massive fan of Ariana Grande but after I found this song I started listening to her albums and now it is safe to say that I will be buying them.  I have liked a few of her songs in the past but I never actually listened to a full album of hers before.  A Little Bit Of Your Heart is probably one of my favourites, and I had it on replay as well.  Listen to this song here.

#5 LOVE RUNS OUT

I love One Republic and recently I have found myself playing this song so many times, and it is one of my favourite songs of there's.  I just love the lyrics and the beat of the song.  Listen to it here.

You can tell how my music taste ranges from these five songs!

BEAUTY FAVOURITES

#1 CREAM EYE SHADOW

Recently Superdrug, my local one anyway, have added a new(ish) brand in the make-up section of the shop, which is called B. Superdrug, in the summer holidays, had a half price sale on some of the make-up brands and just so happened to be on B. so I picked up a shimmery pinky nude cream eye shadow called Dusk Till Dawn. I never tried a cream eye shadow before so I decided to grab one when it was half price (at only £3.49!).  I have had so many complements at sixth form from it, which is always good & it stays on all day long.  I can actually tell you that I prefer cream eye shadows to normal ones.

#2 RIMMEL LASTING FINISHING LIPSTICK  || 084 AMETHYST SHIMMER 

I absolutely love dark lip colours, especially for autumn and winter time, so I got myself a beautiful winey-coloured lipstick.  It goes on perfectly and lasts quite a long time.  I would say it will suit a lot of skin tones, but I am not a make-up guru/artist so I wouldn't take my advice dead seriously, but I definatley think it would suit lighter/paler skin colours best.

It comes out darker than the camera has picked up

CLOTHING FAVOURITES

#1 H&M JOGGERS

I mentioned this in one of my previous blog posts, and these joggers are so comfortable.  They are a bit on the larger size but I prefer baggy joggers.  They are perfect for just lazing around the house and wanting to be comfortable and I love the colour of them.

#2 H&M TREGGINGS

I picked these up as they had a side zip, which I thought was quite different.  The reason why I would call them treggings is because they are really thick and much better quality then normal leggings.  At the top of the treggings there's little parts which is elastic making it more comfortable. At £15.99 (could have even been £12.99) I think these are such a bargin as I have been wearing these a lot!

#3 PRIMARK MONOCHROME FLORAL BLOUSE

Recently I have been on many shopping trips with friends and my mum and I have always popped into Primark to check out what they are doing this month, and one time I found a cute blouse which I thought would be great for my sixth form.  I picked it up really quickly on the way to the check out till and yet I have had so many complements on the blouse! It was only about £10-£12 as well which is a bargin.  It's also good quality for Primark and I will get a lot of wear out of it.  I wear this with a skater skirt for sixth form, sometimes I would wear it with an elasticated tube/pencil skirt, and many people have told me they love my outfit/top!

Thank you for reading my favourites, there wasn't many others than beauty, music and clothing but next month I think there will be! Comment below your some of your favourites and if you are enjoying the same as what I am or any recommendations that I should try next month.

Georgie
x

The Liebster Awards

I was tagged by the beautiful Izzy K for the Liebster Awards.  For those of you who don't know what the Leibster Award is, basically it is given to up and coming bloggers that have less than 200 followers as it is a great way to find new blogs. So lets get started,

11 random facts about me

1. I nearly burnt my house down in the summer holidays, making soup, in the middle of a Harry Potter movie marathon and my parents still have no idea because I haven't told them. (here is my post about it)
2. Because I am a massive fan of One Direction most people just assume I only listen to them or pop music but I love pop punk, pop rock and rock music.
3. I can not wait to have my own apartment/flat.
4. I like to collect cinema tickets...
5. I interviewed Dani Harmer (the actress who played Tracy Beaker) when I was 12 as I won a competition.

Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker

Dani Harmer (2010ish)

6. I have been doing Ballet since the age of about 4, so for 12 years now!
7. I am a shy and awkward person when you first meet me.
8. I never really tried eye liner until a month or so ago and now I am obsessed with it.
9. Clothes wise, I love anything black, checkered or has some sort of funny quote/writing on it
10. I broke my arm in France when I was 6, but my Mum was convinced it was just a sprain and waited about 2 days till she took me to the hospital.
11. Caring on from the previous fact, when I broke my arm and was back home, I was showing my Granddad a magic trick.  It was one of those "now you see it, now you don't" tricks.  Basically I shoved a 1p coin down my cast and it wouldn't come out so when I went back to the hospital to get my last x-ray you could see a 1p coin in it...

Izzy's Questions

1. What made you start blogging?

Well it was coming to the new year and the end of my Christmas holidays and I have wanted to either start uploading videos onto youtube or post bog posts, so I decided to go with the blog and I am glad of it.

2. Do you have any guilty pleasures?

Yes, I do, and a lot of them so I will only share a few.  I have loved musicals all my life and is one of my guilty pleasures, watching them on the TV or on stage.  My all time favourite is Chitty Chitty Band Bang. I will share one more and this one is a weird one, I love Dan Howell's and Phil Lester's Tweets (here's the link to Dan's twitter and Phil's twitter) because they just tweet random and funny things that has happened to them.

3. How many people/who knows about your blog?

As far I know two of my friends.  I haven't actually told anyone because I don't think my blog is interesting enough to promote it to my friends and family.  But I did find my Dad's cycling blog which he has had for what looks like 5 years and I had no idea about!

4. First concert?

My first concert was JLS when I used to be massive fans of theirs in 2012, I was 14.  However when I was about 4 years old my parents took me to see Tweenies Live, I'm not 100% sure if it counts as my first concert though.

5. Current Celebrity crush?

Do you want the long or short answer?  Basically I have a ton of celebrity crushes so I am just going to list them here;

• Niall Horan
• Liam Payne
• Harry Styles
• Zayn Malik
• Louis Tomlinson
• Michael Clifford
• Luke Hemmings
• Ashton Irwin
• Calum Hood
• Ian Somerhalder
• Josh Hutcherson
•  Steven R. McQueen
• Paul Weasley
• Zac Efron

I know there is a lot but who can blame me, honestly.  But my first ever celebrity crush was the Blue Peter Presenter when I was about 6 called Gethin Jones.

Gethin Jones, my first ever celebrity crush

6. Are you obessed with any TV shows?

YES! OMG I absolutley love Pretty Little Liars, my friends have learnt to zone out when I start talking about it, and The Vampire Diaries.  I also love Miranda, Waterloo Road and I'm A Celeberity Get Me Out Of Here when they are on TV.

7. What is you favourite quote?

There are so many quotes which I love but one of my top ones was by Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds Of Summer; "Real bands save fans, real fans save bands" (here's the tweet)

8. What's the meaning behind your blog name?

This one is actually pretty interesting....to cut a long story short it is my name! Inventive! But I did want to change it in the Summer holidays to something like dreamingunicorns but I couldn't figure out how to.

9. Make up essentials you couldn't live without?

My Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer, a good mascara probably Rimmel Scandal'Eyes and a lip balm.  I absolutely love lip products, like lip sticks and lip glosses, but I probably could live without them but I do need a good lip balm.

10. What's the first blog you ever started reading?

I think it was Tanya Burr's Blog because she was the first YouTuber I ever watched as well and once I was obsessed with her videos I started to read her blog as well.

My Questions

1.  Who was your first ever celebrity crush?

2. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?

3. Your favourite thing to do to relax?

4. Favourite band(s)/music artist(s)

5. Last movie you saw at the cinema & would you recommend it?

6. What made you decide to create you blog?

7. What is your favourite meal/food?

8. Do you belong to any fandoms, if so which ones?

9. What is your favourite movie & what is your favourite line from it?

10. Would you get any tattoos & why?

I nominate Emma I know you haven't posted anything in a while due to school and exams but I seriously love your blog (and instagram and tumblr).

The Rules:

You must link back the person who tagged you

Post 11 facts about yourself

You must answer all 10 questions above

You must come up with 10 questions

You must tag other bloggers with less than 200 followers

My Top 5 || Books Want To Read

I've had a busy first week at Sixth Form and I've  just came back from a "bonding" weekend away so this is just going to be a short post.

I am going to be starting a series of posts that I call "My Top 5"  and I will write about the top 5 things I love to do with the category I have chosen for that particular post.  For example My Top 5 Nail Polishes, My Top 5 TV Shows, My Top 5 Things I Want To Achieve This Year etc.

The first post of the series I am going to be doing is My Top 5 Books I Wan To Read.

1. The first book that I really want to read is called Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell because I read her book called Fangirl on my holiday in July and I absolutely loved it that I would love to read all of her books, especially Eleanor & Park as many people have praised and loved it.

2.  The second book I really want to read is called Looking For Alaska by John Green. Ever since I started to read John Green books I have always wanted to read this book because so many people have recommended it to me and said how good it is.

3. Eye For An Eye by Marlorie Blackman is another book I really want to read because after reading Noughts and Crosses two years ago now I've been meaning to read the rest of the series as I found the book very interesting.

4. Divergent.  I probably should have read the book before watching the movie in the cinema but I didn't have the time due to exams and revision.  My cousin, who isn't a massive reader, read this book in about a week and absolutely loved it so he gave it to me to read.  I have yet to start it but it is next on my books to read list as I loved the film.

5. Girl Online.  This book is not out yet, it comes out on the 25th November this year.  It is written by one of my favourite YouTubers, Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella).  When she was explaining the book I knew I had to get it so I can not wait to read it as I think I will be able to relate to it. I think it will also be interesting to see how Zoe writes.

Georgie
x

Sixth Form, Friends and New Beginings

So today, I had my first day of Sixth Form, which is year 12.  This is the year where you start your 4 A Level subjects you have chosen and have more freedom but more responsibilities than normal school.  I was lucky and at my Secondary School, we have a Sixth Form which we could choose to go to if we got the grades to get in.  As I got the grades I wanted to stay at the place where I knew.

Since, we were in the first year of Sixth Form we had to get into school at the normal school time of 8:40, where year 8-11 and 13 came in at 10:15 am (year 7 also came in at the same time as us).

So the first thing myself and my friends did when we got to Sixth Form was meet outside the Sports Hall to talk to new people and catch up with people we already knew.  Then we got told to go into the Sports Hall to find out what form we are all in.  I am in 12A, with 4 other people from my old form and some of my friends, which is good.

We aren't getting our timetables until next week because it takes a long time for them to sort out.  However, our form tutors told us what are subjects are going to be for the next couple of days but we couldn't find out the exact teacher or class we were in, which was very confusing.

Anyway, we didn't have any subjects until after lunch so I only had Geography and Philosophy & Ethics, so we had 3 hours of sorting out school stuff and just catching up with everyone in form.

So over all today went better than I excepted.  I hope all of you had a good first day back as well, whenever it was, and if you are luckily and haven't gone back to school yet, when you do I hope it goes well.

FIRST DAY OUTFIT

Because we are in Sixth Form we don't have an uniform any more, but because the Sixth Form I go to is attached to a school we have to wear smart clothing, so this is what I decided to go for:

Black Blazer - Dorothy Perkins £35
Black Pencil Tube Skirt - New Look £17.99
Mint Green Top/Blouse - New Look £12.99(ish)
Gold Chunky Chain Necklace(you cant see but in my last post you can) - Primark £3
Black Bag - Primark £12
Black Shoes - Topshop £32

Town, Shopping and Last Day of the Summer Holidays

I have done a couple of blog posts like this before, like a "Come Along With Me" and I love writing them & it's a little more of an insight of my life. So I am going to be tell you what I did today, my last day of summer.


Today,  I went into town with one of my friends to do a bit of last minute schools supply shopping, since we have our first Sixth Form day tomorrow (which there will be a post about).  We decided to go early because we didn't want to be too tried for tomorrow also, we needed to get used getting up early again.

When we got into town we headed straight for Primark because who can't love a good bargin?  Also our Primark always gets rammed after 11am so we popped in before it was busy.  This is what I bought from Primark:

Pale Blue Blouse Shirt for my Sixth Form - £9

Every time I go to Primark I have to buy a packet of hair elastics - £1

Two gold necklaces, also for Sixth Form - £3 each 

We went into H&M, Superdrug, New Look and many more.  So obviously I picked up a few more items...

Models Own 5 in 1 base & top coast (Superdrug) - £5

Plain grey top with a pocket (H&M) - £7.99

Dark/Navy Blue joggers (H&M) - £9.99

After hours of shopping we decided to go to Ed's Diner/Shake (not 100% sure what it is called) for lunch.  It is this American style diner which do the BEST milkshakes ever.

Oreo Milkshake, there was tones of it!

We also ordered a burger each and shared some chips and onion rings, it was the most filling meal I have had for a long time but so delicious, so I had the horrible feeling of being stuffed but there was really nice food on my plate still.

After our little lunch break we hit the rest of town that we didn't do before. Again I did pick up some more products...

simple pack of 24 colouring pencils for Sixth Form (WHSmith) - £1.92

Monochrome Aztec Make Up Bag, which I am using as a
pencil case for Sixth Form (Forever 21) - £4.50

My friend was thirsty and wanted some water so we decided to check out Selfridges for some Fiji water which we have heard was expensive but better than normal water, somehow.  The bottles we got (330ml each) were on offer for 2 for £1 so we went for it as it was the price of normal water with the offer.  To be honest, it seemed the same to me as any other water, maybe the consistency of it was slightly thicker.  I didn't have my hopes up high as I couldn't see how one bottle of water could be different from another bottle. (unless it's sparkling or flavoured obviously).

Anyway, all in all it was a great last day of my 2014 summer holidays and I am dreading to go back to school/start Sixth Form.  I hope if any of you are going back or starting a new school have a wonderful first day and I if you already have, I hope it went great.

Georgie

x

August Favourites

Hello again:)

It is that time of the month again when I tell you about what I have been loving this past month, so lets get cracking!

MUSIC FAVOURITES

#1 - RUDE! by Magic

Okay so through August this is one of the songs I have had on repeat (I also was loving it in July), I just love the beat and lyrics. I am pretty sure most of you would have heard it but here's a link for Rude if you haven't heard it yet or if you love just as much as I and want to listen to it again.

#2 TRXYE EP - Troye Sivan

If, you have not heard any of the songs from the EP you are missing out because every time I am in the car, walking, in the shower, making breakfast, in bed, basically anywhere I am listening to this EP because it is so fantastic. Troye Sivan, if you didn't already know, is a successful Australian YouTuber who used to do a bit of acting.  My favourite is probably Gasoline.

#3 ROLLUPHILLS

RollUpHills is a guy, called Matt, on Youtube doing covers with his guitar (he has done some originals as well).  I have been subscribed to him since early June when I finished my exams and got watching old 5 seconds of summer's covers and stumbled across Matt and it's safe to say I am addicted to him and listened to all the videos he has uploaded and listen to him probably once a day. I have no idea why I haven't mentioned him before because he is amazing. So please go an check him out - RollUpHills


MOVIE FAVOURITES

#1 The Inbetweeners Movie 2


If you have watched the Inbetweeners movie 1 or any of the episodes or just want a laugh then you will love this film.  There are many hilarious situations the 4 boys have been put in. I went to see it twice in the cinema already and I will be getting it on DVD when it comes out.

#2 What If

I went to see this movie with a friend a couple of days after it came out, so I didn't know what to except.  But I did know that Daniel Radcliffe was in it and we both love him as an actor so we knew we would probably love the movie.  And of course Daniel Radcliffe didn't disappoint us when he played Wallace.  Wallace is a guy who dropped out of medical school and was dragged to a party by his room mate, Allan,  who just so happened to be cousins of a beautiful girl called Chantry.  However Chantry has a long term relationship with her boyfriend so Wallace and Chantry agree on being friends.  The story follows Wallace being friend-zoned with many cringe situations and funny moments.

BEAUTY FAVOURITES

#1 Bourjois Nail Polish

I found these mail polishes through a YouTuber called velvetgh0st whoes really name is Gabby. But after she raved about them and seeing them on offer I decided to pick up a few for myself. These nail polishes stay on your nails with a gloss shine.

Bourjois Paris So Laque Glossy Nail Polish - 15 Peace and Mauve

Bourjois Paris Ultra Shine So Laque Nail Polish - 37 Bleu Asphalte

Bourjois Paris Ultra Shine So Laque Nail Polish - 30 Noir de Chine

After 4 days of wearing the colour 30 bleu asphalte

#2 - Maybelline Great Lashes Mascara

Okay, I have to admit I am late onto the bandwagon with this but it just didn't make it's way to the till with me yet until the other week.  Because of its cheap price of £4.99 I didn't think it would be as good everyone made out it to be but my gosh was I wrong. The applicator is small compared to other mascara's out in the market so if you like small applicators then you'll definitely love this product.  But the main thing you want from your mascara is the have long lush, not clumped, eye lashes and that is exactly what it does.

CLOTHING FAVOURITES

#1  - TopShop Hoodie

I went shopping with my mum for smart sixth form outfits and when I was in TopShop I decided to grab myself the grey hoodie I have been eyeing up for a while now.  The inside lining is so so soft and cuddley, brilliant for autumn/winter weather (which it tends to be in the UK). It was £22, which isn't too bad and I absolutely love it.

OTHER FAVOURITES

#1 - The Vampire Diaries

Okay, so Tanya Burr one of my favourite YouTubers has mentioned The Vampire Diaries so many times so in one of Jim's Vlogs in early August she told us about it again and being on holiday and just being caught up with Pretty Little Liars and just getting Netflix; I decided to check it out. Okay so maybe I am already n the penultimate series and tweeted Tanya several times about it (which she actually responded to once!) I can now say I am addicted.

#2 - My New Purse

I got my new purse when I was on holiday in France in late July.  It's just a large purse with one zip with loads of card pockets, a pocket for reciets, notes and a zipped pocket for coins.  The main reason why I love this purse so much was because of the black and white glossy front of the purse that's a college of magazine front covers.  It was also only 9,90 (euros) which is around £8 (ish) from a French supermarket called Carefour.

#3 - Rose Gold Watch

I've been wanting a new watch for a while now and I wanted one that is a bit more classy and more ascetically pleasing.  So I decided to go on a hunt for a rose gold watch. When I was in Tesco (yes Tesco) I happened to walk past the watch stand and saw the watch I wanted for just £14 so I had to buy it.  My mum had to take a few links out through the help of a man on youtube but other than that it is pretty much perfect.

Get To Know Me Tag

Hello:)

So I was tagged by my friend Izzy Knight so I suppose I should get cracking.

1. Are you named after anyone?

Nope. My parents like the name Georgina and decided to give it to me, no story, nothing.  But I have a story about my middle name.

So, all  my cousins on my mum side and my younger brother's middle name is a name from someone else in the family. So my brother's middle name is David, my Dad's name.  My cousin, Laura's middle name is Jane, my Mum's name (her Auntie's).  William's middle name is Robert, my Granddad's name and Patrick's middle name is Matthew his dad's name (my uncle). So you would except my middle name to follow the same pattern right? Nope. My parents decided to use the most common middle name of my school, Louise! Apparently it sounded nice, I mean I like the name but I would have liked to have not been left out of the middle name thing.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Okay, I'm not going to lie because this is the "Get To Know Me Tag".  The last time I cried was yesterday (25th August) when I watched 5 Seconds Of Summer perform at the VMA's. I have three reasons for this.
1 - I have been a fan for nearly 2 years, this was when many people knew about them and for them to perform at such a big convention, like the VMA's, is a massive achievement for them.
2 - They sung a very sad song
3 - I had a fangirl moment because of how proud I am and how insanely hot they looked, I mean look at these photos of them...

Obviously these are not my photos, I found the on tumblr.  But look at them perform, wow!

3. Do you have any kids?

Nope I do not.

4. If you were another person would you be friends with yourself?

Good question. Firstly, I would like to point out that I don't like talking to strangers. In fact, the friends I have now are because my other friends I have had since when I was younger and more confident introduced me to them, so I doubt I would even make a conversation without awkwardness crashing into both of us.

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Nooooo, of course not (hence the sarcasm, if you didn't I use it everyday)

6.  Will you ever bunjee jump?

I doubt it.  Firstly I have heard too many stories of it going wrong. Secondly I don't like heights all that much. Also, I don't like deep water which a lot of bunjee jumps happen over, like off a high bridge that goes over some type of water (usually a river).

7. What's your favourite cereal?

Some of my favourites when I was younger was Golden Grahams, Frosties, Cocoa Pops and Cookie Crisp. To be honest, I mainly liked the toys in the cereal.  But if I wanted something healthier I would go for weetabix.

8.What's the first thing you notice on people?

I think it's different for different people. Sometimes I notice peoples eyes first, sometimes their clothes, others it might be their hair.  That's if you're just talking about people I haven't spoken to. If I have spoken to them, I would say their attitude and how they came across.

9. What is your eye colour?

Blue. Lots of people say they love blue eyes but because loads of people have blue eyes, the blue eye market it so competitive at the moment & my eyes aren't anything special, even though my friends and family do say they like them but I mean give me Niall Horan's, Luke Hemmings's or Perrie Edwards's blue eyes any day please.

Niall Horan's eyes

Luke Hemmings's eyes

Perrie Edwards's eyes

Again, obviously these are not my photos, I found them on tumblr.  But how amazingly blue are their eyes.

10. Scary movie or happy endings?

Right. I love a good happy ending but I love a good scare. I have watched a lot more happy ending then scary movies so I am going to go with happy endings.

11. Favourite smells?

I have a LOT of favourite smells.  I love the smell of blown out birthday candles, pizza (duh!), freshly baked bread and vanilla. But I probably prefer fruity scents, it can't be too fruity though.

12. Summer or Winter?

Most people will say Summer, but I have an unpopular opinion with this and I prefer Winter. I love snow, sweater weather, hot drinks, fires, candles,winter fashion, Christmas, bonfire night,winter colours, falling asleep to rain and also having the excuse of not going outside because it's too cold, raining or you can't get out of our road due to the snow.

13. Computer or television?

Computer, another reason why I am writing this blog. I watch more Youtube than TV programmes.

14. What's the furtherest you've been away from home?

Well I had to google maps this because I am not sure whether Iceland or Venice in Italy was but I found out that Iceland is just a bit further.

15. Do you have any special talents?

No. No I do not and please don't remind me. But, I can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards. I can also quote many lines from Friends, Mean Girls, Harry Potter, many musicals and Disney movies.

16. Where were you born?

Well this is an interesting story. I was born in a hospital.

17. What are your hobbies?

Fangirling, listening to music, netflixing, watching You Tubers, blogging, general interneting, shopping, sleeping and procrastinating.

18.  Do you have any pets?

I have 2 cats called Danny and Ruby (ohhh creative names) and my brother has a hamster called, I think, Wilson (another creative name) but this hamster has had many names including Stevie and Hammy.

19. Favourite movie?

NO. Sorry I can not answer this question. That's like choosing your favourite child. But I can narrow it down to about 12.  All the Harry Potter movies (counting as one not eight), Finding Nemo, Tangled, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mean Girls, Bridge to Teribethia, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, The Fault In Our Stars and Billy Elliot.

20.  Do you have siblings?

Yes, I have one younger brother.

21.  What do you want to be when you grow up?

I'm sorry but I thought I told people not to ever ask me this question because I HAVE NO FLIPPING IDEA! I used to want to become and actress, but clearly that was not the job for me. Then I went through that phase when you want to be a doctor and made my mum buy all these books that I never read and quickly came back to reality & now I don't really know what I want to do.

Thank you if you read all that.  If you got this fair and have a blog yourself I tag you to do the Get To Know Me tag. Again here's the link to my friend, Izzy who tagged me so go and check other blog -  http://izzyk1998.blogspot.co.uk/

Georgie
x