Summer in the City Day 1

I cannot believe I can actually write this blog post.  It has been so many years of saying to Izzy 'we should really go to SitC one year'  (and vice versa) until we finally did it and I am so glad we went when we did.

We decided to get the best experience out of Summer in the City (SITC) we should go for at least the weekend and stop over in a hotel.  As much as creator day sounded fun, we decided against it as we were doing this weekend on a budget!

Speaking of a weekend in London on a budget we decided that we should get the earliest train down to London on the Saturday morning of our first day of SITC.  As much as we would have loved to have made it easier for ourselves and have gone down the afternoon before, we just didn't have the money to spend  on an extra night in a hotel.

I set my alarm for 5am to give myself an hour to sort out everything, double and triple check I have everything and get ready.  Yet the alarm didn't go off and my mum came into my room at 5:30am (still don't know how she was awake) to wake me up. As I only had half an hour to get myself ready I only had time to do the most basic and tragic makeup look, so excuse my face in the photos!

Other than that our journey down to the ExCel Centre was great considering what happened to us on the tube last time when we were both in London to see Shawn Mendes.  We handed our suitcases to our hotel and we finally could go into the ExCel Centre where SITC was being held.

As we walked through the hallway of the Excel and got to the SITC event where everyone was waiting, we bumped into two of Izzy's YouTube friends (who were lovely) whilst we got our wristbands for the weekend.

It wasn't until just after 11am when we got into the actual halls where the event was held but my gosh was it packed full of fun things to do!  Merch stands were everywhere, small stalls with cute artsy bits you could buy, charity stands, open mic stage in an inflatable dome and best of all there were fun fair rides!

Of course the first thing Izzy and I did after looking around was go on a ride.  It was probably the best £2.50 I have ever spent I loved the ride so much!

sorry Victoria was cropped out but this was the only photo I got of the panel

At 12pm we decided to go to the Fashion and Beauty panel, it was such an interesting panel to go and see as they discussed all the different aspects of beauty and fashion and the different spin and view different people and YouTubers have.

After the panel we went to queue, as true British people love, for our first meet and greet which was Carly Rowena.  Carly is such a fantastic YouTuber who deserves so much more recognition than she does.  She does fitness and health videos, personal videos, weekly vlogs (my fave) and her personality comes across throughout her channel which is what I love in a YouTuber.  Izzy and I even got to be in her weekly vlog which will be up on Thursday at 4:30pm so watch out for us!!!

When it was nearly 4pm we decided to queue for the next meet and greet as I wanted to see Matt DeFreitas from RollUpHills on the open mic acoustic stage at 5:15pm so we were on a somewhat tight schedule.

Our next meet and greet was to meet Victoria from Inthefrow and Roxi from Roxxsaurus and they were so so lovely.  We had a quick chat, they signed my phone case and took a selfie.  These girls are very much more on the beauty and fashion side compared to Carly but just as brilliant.

sorry for such an awful photo but it seems to be by only photo...

We legged it over the the open mic stage and just about caught the end of Harry Seaton's performance, a brilliant musician on YouTube.  I have been loving his EP Self Titled the past month or so which I mentioned in my July Favourites.

Next Matt came on stage and I got to be front row to the stage. I have been watching his channel for 2 and a half years now and his covers and original songs always blow me away so I was so happy to see him live.

We also got to meet both Harry and Matt after their performances and they were such lovely guys and so sweet.

Of course we had to watch the YouTube awards where people received their 100,000 or 1 million play button on stage.   Afterwards I finally managed to find Izzie Naylor, a YouTuber who also does covers who I have been watching for the past 2 and a half years and recently she's been vlogging on a newly created channel of her's (also keep eyes out for that one, ya girl may be in it!).  She was the sweetest person and was so nice to have a little chat to.

Izzy and I ended up queuing up to buy some Evan merch as I wanted the phone case he tweeted about earlier that week but we were waiting till he was on his merch stand and he was!

We finished the day watching Bethan, Dodie and Jack & Dean perform on the main stage to end a long and fun packed day.

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Well that was day one of SITC, Izzy has literally just put her vlog of the weekend up so you can watch that here if you want.

Hope you guys enjoyed this blog, even though it is extremely long!  Day two should be up by the end of the week.

Georgie
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Getting Our Puppy

So you may know that my parents decided to go forward with the idea of getting a dog from the blog post I wrote back in June.

Tuesday 9th August was the date we got to go up to our breeder's home (who was absolutely amazing btw!), early morning to collect Bobbie.  I'm not sure if I've said before but we settled with the name Bobbie in the end.

Mum has been the most excited for this day for absolutely ages and everyday on our two week holiday in the Netherlands she would check Facebook to see if there were any updates about our pup.

When the day finally arrived we all got into the car to drive the 1 hour 30 minutes to our breeder's house to return with Bobbie.  It was a very weird day, as it still hadn't felt like we were actually getting a puppy but once we got her in our car it finally felt real!

Once we got Bobbie home we let her out in the garden and let her have a sniff around the living room.  As we also have two cats we were careful not to introduce them to each other too early.

We had my Nan, Bompie (aka Grandad) and Aunt round in the afternoon so Bobbie could socialise with more of the family.  The next day my Aunt bought her 8/9 month year old miniature dachshund round which could have gone either way, bad or good. I am pleased to say that it went amazingly well - they both got along so we are going to keep doing it on a more regular basis.

Here's some photos I took of her playing in the garden for one of the first times!

So Bobbie has settled in fairly well the past couple of days, she has encountered our cats, had a couple of car journeys and has seen her 'cousin' puppy!  She is very intrigued with the new and loves a good sniff and look around a new area.

Georgie
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July Favoruites

I cannot believe another month has already come and gone!  This month was the first month in absolutely ages, over a year, that I could just relax, do what I want and not feel guilty for doing so.  I got to find loads of new things that I love and some old ones.

~ Music ~

Jessarae

Jessarae finally has music on spotify and I couldn't be happier!  After watching him as a support act at a 5sos concert in April earlier this year I have stared listening to his music and of course I ended up at a gig at his this month.  

Self Titled // Harry Seaton

If you watch Harry Seaton's covers on YouTube you probably know he has released his debut E.P. this month and I have fallen in love with it!  It is so good, I love every song on the EP just as much as each other.  He has uploaded a music video to his song 'Who Cares?' which is the first song on the EP.

Home Alone // Ansel Elgort
I love Ansel, but most of you probably just know him as an actor, probably from TFIOS or the Divergent series, but he has released his first ever single last week called Home Alone.  I love this song so much, I have been using up my data in car journeys to listen to it.  Ansel has finally been added to the UK spotify as an artist and his new single which is brilliant.

~ Beauty ~

Curly Wurly Shampoo and American Cream Conditioner

As I gave do be a whole post on the shampoo I won't ramble too much but I couldn't not mention this duo I use from lush for my hair.  I have fallen in love with lush's hair products the way I did for their bath products!  These are brilliant for those who have dry curly hair which needs a bit of life getting back into their hair.

NYX Liquid Lipstick // London

I have had my eyes on this liquid lipstick for a while now so I decided to finally get it as it is fairly cheap at £5.50, I know NYX liquid lipsticks are brilliant and it was actually in stock at my local boots, which is a rare occasion as loads of people love this shade!  It is just a natural light brown nude which is great for an everyday look!  It lasts a long time and it isn't too drying on your lips either.

Coloured Eyeliner

I am all for this make-up trend of coloured eyeliner!  Therefore I treated myself to a bright blue eyeliner and I am digging it so much - I am definitely going to have to buy some more..sorry bank account! Last summer I used white eyeliner on the waterline and recently I have been doing the same, it just makes your eyes more open and look more 'alive' haha.  I also put white eyeliner in the corners of my eyes, which makes the eye look bigger, instead of white or light eyeshadow as it seems to last longer.

~ Fashion ~

Sunglasses // Boohoo

I needed some new sunglasses so I took to boohoo as I needed next day delivery at a cheap price.  Anyway I love these sunglasses, I love the shaped and the frame as it has cut out parts and it is just that bit different!  I wasn't sure how well the lenses would protect my eyes from the sun as they were only £8 but they've done a bostin job so far haha!

~ Movie ~

The Conjuring & The Conjuring 2

I love a good horror movie.  When I saw the second conjuring was in cinemas I thought I'd get my friends who share my love for horror movies round to watch the first movie and go to see the second in the cinema.  Of course we all love Vera Farmiga who plays Lorraine. If you love a supernatural horror then I definitely recommend these movies.  I think I prefer watching horrors in the cinema, as it is dark, loud, on a massive screen and you get to see others reactions to the jump scares!

The Man in the Iron Mask
I watched this movie mainly because Leonardo DiCaprio was in it, but once I started watching it I rememerbed I watched this movie years ago with my parents and I loved it.  It is based on the French King Louis XIV and an unidentified prisoner who has been in prison with an iron mask moulded onto him for 7 years.


Disney Movies

Myself and my friend had a day dedicated to princess movies!  I have the Disney princesses box set, yes be jealous!  Anyway we watched The Princess and the Frog, Beauty and the Beast and Brave.  It was a brilliant day with brilliant movies.

The Fundamentals of Caring

I saw this on Netflix and had it sitting in my list for a while (I mainly added it because it had Craig Roberts in it, an actor who I loved as a child in one of my favourite TV shows) but I never watched it.  Izzy told me she watched it and she loved it so I thought I may as well since I've wanted to watch it and I'm glad I did.  It's about how a writer is having a career change to a become a carer and he landed a job with a disabled teen.  They end up having a somewhat spontaneous road trip which has its ups and downs. 

~ TV ~

Teen Wolf
So I would never have thought I would actually enjoy TW but turns out I do!  The first 2 seasons came out on Netflix and my friend has been bugging me to watch the series for ages now so I had no excuse!  I don't know what it is about the series but it gets you addicted, I suppose you get attached to the characters.

Jane the Virgin
OMG I need more of this TV Show in my life!  It is definitely not what I usually go for but I needed something different.  It's a more light hearted romantic comedy drama show about a pregnant virgin and how her life has turned upside down!

Breaking Bad
Why have I not watched this until now?  I know I am extremely late on the band wagon for this one but I just need to express my love for this show.  If you don't know what it's about, it's about a husband/father, Walt, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer.  As having cancer would cost the family a lot of money and would leave them in debt Walt decided he didn't want that to happen and decided to get into the drug industry to get the money to pay for the therapies and medication.

Scream

This is a Netflix original, based on the slasher films and of course the horror movie Scream.  Season 2 started at the beginning of my exams so I decided to wait until I finished, re-watch season 1 and then catch up.  I forgot how much I love this series, it has a lot of blood and gore in it so beware!  

~ Random ~

Sunsets

I have always loved sunsets and sunrises.  I will take a photo, whether that's on my phone or on my dslr, of the sunset/rise if I see one.  I have tones of photos on my laptop just of sunsets and sunrises, I just fine them so beautiful!  This month myself and a couple of friends have gone out in the evenings on walks in order to fine sunsets but of course when you go to look for it, it never works but these evenings hold great memories, just not so great sunset photos.

Photography

Since I have finished sixth form and had the whole of July off dong whatever I wanted, I got the chance to actually use my DSLR, which I got for my birthday, more regularly.  Photography has definitely been a major aspect of my month and I've been loving it!

I hope everyone had a great July as well, let me know what you loved about this month!  Sorry this favourites post was so long!

Happy August everyone!

Georgie

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Jessarae Gig

On Tuesday 19th July Nat and I went into town to go to the Jessarae gig, we had standing tickets so we had plans to get there early-ish and try get front row but as Tuesday was 31 degrees centigrade we decided to go in just before the gig starts and just do a load of dancing at the back because we couldn't bare the thought of sitting outside in the blazing heat.

Jessarae has recently been officially put onto spotify with a few songs including Nobody's Human (my favourite) and Milk & Honey and has an E.P. recently released with the main single being Nobody's Human.  His YouTube channel has more songs he has uploaded including No Warning.

Anyway, naturally I totally forgot to bring my ticket with me and I didn't notice until we got onto the train...round of applause for me please! Luckily my Dad brought the ticket at the next station I could get off at.  However, from delayed trains, me forgetting my ticket and not knowing exactly where the venue was we got there a little late (from the time that it said the concert starts on the ticket - 7pm).

However, the support act (who were absolutely amazing btw!) didn't come on until 8pm so it was all fine.  Because Nat and I had never gone to a gig or concert at this venue before we were actually surprised at how small it was, but I prefer smaller gigs anyway as I feel they have more of a specific atmosphere and are more 'intimate' to say.  Everyone was standing and considering how late we were, we still had a pretty good view and we were still pretty close.

Like I said earlier the support act, Blanco White, were amazing, they were a male duo and the singer's voice was just beautiful!

When Jessarae came on I couldn't wait to hear the songs he were going to sing.  Not forgetting to mention his band who were also amazing. The night was fantastic and I totally recommend you to listen to some of his/their stuff.

 

   

 

  

The photos were all taken on an iphone so sorry about the bad quality.

 So that concludes yet another concert/gig blog post!  Believe me, I have more coming later in the year as well!!

I hope everyone's summer is going great!

Georgie
xx