BLOGMAS DAY 24: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

It's CHRISTMAS EVE, as I'm sure you're all probably aware of, and this is the end of Blogmas, it certainly has been tough, you don't really think daily blogging would be hard, and it wouldn't, if you didn't have rules like 'internet off at nine' or 'banned off of your laptop' and I'm sorry for missing a few days, and we know that we could have put more effort into a few of the days, but I hope it has been a substantial amount of LAOR to keep you going, haha. This month has been full of surprises, like reaching 1K, and scoring views in LOADS of countries!

None of this would have happened without you beautiful people, and we would just like to say thank you, and spread a little Christmas joy to y'all *poof* there you go! A lot of people probably won't read this post as they'll be off playing board games and appreciating their families a lot more over the holiday period, in fact, I've just taken a break out of Monopoly to write this!

 I'm not going to ruin your Christmas' by bringing up the fact that there are people out there that aren't as fortunate as us, and maybe even you! If you aren't as fortunate as we are, if you are missing loved ones, then an even bigger Merry Christmas, we haven't forgotten the less fortunate y'know! So a the less fortunate y'know! So a huge thank you and another big Merry Christmas to you all! I hope its fantastic and full of joy! 

Also, on boxing day, I will be heading to my Mums for 10 days, and she doesn't have wifi, or a laptop (that works) so, I'm not sure whether I will be able to post for a while, I may steal my Mum's phone to post, if I can, and I'll see where it goes from there! Sorry, if this is the last post from me for a while, but I'm sure you'll be pleased to see the back of me, I'm right aren't I? Sad times! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Love from,

Amy & Megan

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BLOMAS DAY TWENTY THREE: FESTIVE NAILS!

Aloha Beautiful People (I like that greeting, that could be a regular, hm.) so, as you can most probably tell from the title of this post you are currently reading, today I will be sharing some of my favourite festive nail arts! Y'see, I LOVE nail art, but am TERRIBLE at it, I don't know why, maybe i have shaky hands? I don't know? Whenever that rare moment does occur that my nails look fabulous, I tend to smudge them... That is why I tend to just give up! So, on this fine occasion, I will be shaing some of my faves to try out this season, and I don't know weather I've mentioned this yet, but... IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! As you can see, I'm a wee but excited! *insert winky face*

The very first wintery  nail art I tried out, was back in September I think, I was getting excited, and was feeling a wee bit creative! It was a pale, pastelly grey base, with little metalic, white to pink shiny, stars, it was so cute! Also, fetching a few compliments, not to gloat or anything *inserts yet another winky face*. The annoying part was that they were perfect, no smudges, nothing, bu then temptation challenged my self controll and one thing led to another, I had picked all of those cutesy little stars off, without even a picture to share with the world! Yes, thats another thing about this post, there won't be alot of pictures, of the good ones, 'cause I forgot to take them, MAYBE in the new year I could recreate some of them? I only said maybe!

The next one I'm going to feature is my current design (THAT HASN'T FAILED!) It is basically just a bright red, with little diamantes covering two nails per hand, I just think it's so simple and Christmassy, you can't go wrong! The picture I am going to feature, is one that was taken just before I had tidied it up (I'm a messy painter, sorry.) Also the bad thing is now, that I have had that particular design for a while, four days, I think? When I was doing the vacuuming, I managed to lose a whole nail, seriously, I must have rubbed it on something without letting it dry properly, and the nailvarnish came off, taking the diamantes with it!

 

 

These ones were a total fail, it was an attempt at a cute tartan that I tried the other day, and all of the lines were too chunky and it basically just looked horrid! Though I did take a picture for your satisfaction, and for my humiliation here you go:

 

 PLEASE DON'T LAUGH AT ME!

 



So that is all I have time for! SORRY! Last of Blogmas coming up soon! AGHHH! It hasn't been easy, that's a deadcert! Enough of that, or there won't be anything left for day twenty four! SEE YOU SOOOOOOOOON!

Amy

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BLOGMAS DAY TWENTY-TWO: NOVEMBER FAVOURITES!

IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMAS! And as it's now December we thought it was only fair to share our November favourites! It's a bit late into this month but oh well!

BEAUTY:

Amy:

Clinique Foaming Cleanser. I love this, its so easy to use, and it gets rid of your make up really quick and easily! Also it's a lovely pearly colour as well!

I'VE FOUND A NEW HAND CREAM! So as some of you may know, I have a wee obsession with these products. It's really hard to find a good handcream, non greasy, quick absorbing, and that actually works, but I have! Drum roll please... MANDARA SPA! I have one by this brand and I love it, it fits all of the criteria and it also has a hint of an almondy scent! top marks!

Elemis Lip Repar. This is such a good product, it has a minty scent, and has these little micro particals, which kind of act as a scrub, love this!

Megan:

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder.

Okay, so I finally purchased this after hearing good things about it from so many people. Although the packaging isn't the best, the product inside is amazing! It does exactly what you need it to do - set your make-up, which it does really well! My make-up now stays out for the entire day and still looks good at the end of the day. It's doesn't dry out my skin or stick to any parts of my face, I can tell that I will be repurchasing this over and over again.

Neutregena facial wash/mask:

Oh. My. God. I don't have the best skin - I'm quite spotty and get dry skin quite a lot, however since using this 2-in-1 wash/mask, my skin has cleared up so much! I know only have two or three spots and my skin is so soft and smooth! I LOVE it! I use twice a day as a wash, once in the morning before I put on my make-up and then in the evening to take off my make-up (it works as a cleanser). I then use it as a mask at the weekends when I have time to relax or whenever I feel like my skin needs it.

MUSIC:

Amy:

It HAS to be Story Of My Life - One Direction, It's just an AMAZING song, and not just 'cause it's One Direction either! The video is really cute as well! what are your thoughts on it?

Megan:

I have been loving is Ed sheeran so much recently! I've always enjoyed his music but recently I downloaded his whole album and fell completely in love with him and his voice! The lyrics are so deep and meaningful, and he has such a calming voice! He's just purely amazing!

RANDOM:

Amy: REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS - OMG! I love these! they're soo good, I dont even know if I like peanut butter... But these... These are just, mmm.


Megan:

Company magazine:

The first thing I've been loving over the past month is company magazine - It's priced at £2.50 and it sometimes comes with free gifts such as nail varnish. It's always on trend and has some great material. The writers are funny, witty and intelligent and write about various subjects - good value for money!

Cardiff:

As you know, I recently went to Cardiff (photo diary up soon - I promise!) and it was absolutely amazing! I went there a few years ago but I didn't get a chance to visit the city centre. However, this time I spent a day and a half just wondering around the city centre - it's any shoppers dream! It doesn't get too busy, everything is close together, there are lots of cute cafés but most importantly, there are so many shops! House of Fraser, Topshop, Hollister, Superdry, H&M, New Look, Dorothy Perkins, John Lewis...the list is endless! I will definitely be going back soon!

Halls throat sweets:

Whilst I was in Cardiff, I developed a horrible cold and could hardly speak so I purchased some halls throat sweets - they literally saved my life! I was back to normal within two days. Although they don't have the best taste, they soothed my throat and cleared my head and nose!

Hope you enjoyed this post, what things did you enjoy in November?

Megan and Amy

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BLOGMAS DAY TWENTY-ONE: FEELING HAPPY!

So this is a bit of a random post today but I didn't know what to write about so I decided to tell all you guys about certain aspects of my life that are starting to look up! For a while I've been very stressed due to school work and family and friend issues, but recently things have turned around a lot!

1: School

School has now finished as its the Christmas holiday's (eek) but I finally feel like I'm on top of everything. All the exams I've recently had, I feel like I've done well and any results I've got have been B+! I don't mean to blow my own trumpet but I am quite proud of myself and hope that over the next year and a half I can keep it up!

2: Friends

For some reason, probably because of all the stress at school, I seem to have fallen out with a lot of my friends, but luckily, we've all made up! All the petty little problems that seemed to matter so much to me a few weeks ago, don't matter at all now, and I can now say, I trust every single one of my friends and I really don't know what I'd do without them!

3: Family

In the past year, there have been A LOT of issues in my family, but they have all seemed to sort themselves out I the past few weeks and everyone seems to be a lot happier and in the festive spirit so yay! This makes me super happy as I love my family so much and wish them all the best.

4: KATRINA

I don't know if many of you know but one of my best friends (not Amy) moved up to Scotland a few years ago. Her name's Katrina and we've been best friends since we were 7. I went on holiday with her earlier this year and we had so much fun, but I was very sad when I had to leave her :( But now I am so happy as a couple of days ago, I found out that she coming down to Devon for New Years Eve and staying at mine, I'm so excited! She is honestly one of the best people in my life and I don't know what I'd do without her! I'm especially happy as I didn't think I'd be seeing her for a while, being that I we live about 600 miles apart!

So that's all the good things in my life right now and I can finally say and mean it when I do, I'm in such a good place in my life! This year has been quite difficult for me, but I can definitely say that I've come out of it stronger! And on top of all that, Christmas is in four days! YAY!

I hope you enjoyed this slightly different post, I'm going to end it with a quote I find very apt for this subject as, although I feel like everything's falling into place in my life, I know that will be more obstacles to overcome, but that's okay.

'Happiness is a mood, a feeling, a condition, not a destination. It's like being tired or hungry, its not permanent. It come and goes and that's okay, we all struggle sometimes.'

Megan

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BLOGMAS DAY TWENTY: COSY NIGHT IN!

So yesterday we broke up from school, only having a half day! HURRAH! We then went into town, in the hail and torrential winds, might I add! I was doing the thing that they do in movies, when they spin in the pouring rain, 'twas fun! Also, we found BIG puddles, lakes almost, and I was skidding through them! Bearing in mind, I was wearing tights, that 'twas also fun! WE SAW A DOUBLE RAINBOW! Now that's a story! It was beautifulllllllll!

When I went home I decide it was best to have a cosy night so I went to run me-self a bath! I decided to go all out with my bath contents! I used bath caviar (pink) and bath salts (also pink), I then used Melting bath roses, that were lovely, and topped it with fake rose petals! It was lovely!

 

What bath is complete without a Rubber Duck?

 

 

After my moderately long bath, I decided on having a scrummy Hot Chocolate in my new Christmas mug! I got this filled with sweets from Elley! YAY!

 

 

YAY! I also had my new Christmas socks from Abbie too!

 

YOU LIKEEEE?

 

I think it's safe to say I was all cosy when I went to bed last night!

 

Sorry this isn't the most exciting Blogmas episode! Tell us in the comments what you would like to see us do in the future? THANKYOUUU!

 

Amy

 

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BLOGMAS SAY NINETEEN: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!

Hello! Just a quick post to show you some of my Christmas decorations! As you all know I LOVE Christmas so I love making everything super Christmassy!

I hope you like them! What do your decorations look like? 

Megan

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BLOGMAS DAY EIGHTEEN: UPDATED WINTER MAKEUP TUTORIAL!

SO THEN! I know I did this same post a week or two ago, but it seemes that as soon as I posted that, I ditched the eyeshadow, and just changed my look really! Also, I realised how bad it looked, and those pictures weren't the most flattering, were they! Also, this will be a mix between getting ready for the Christmas Concert, do the pictures may alternate between School Uniform and my PJs!

As you will know, on my Christmas haul post, I had bought myself some new make up, hurrah! Thank god too, as my colours were all wrong, and I didn't have any power to set, that oily mess! So hopefully, todays will be a huge improvement, tell me in the comments, ye?

BASE:

For the base to my look, I use Rimmel Match Perfection in 103: True Ivory, I love this soo much! I then powder up with the Rimmel Stay Matte, When I went to buy this, they didn't have any Translucent left, so I bought it in Peach Glow instead!

 

 



EYES:

So, I do still wear eye shadow, just a light, shimmery one that Megan gave me! I've now gone for eyeliner, which started simple, and has now erupted into something a little more dramatic, but its like a disease, I can't get rid of it! It's a habit now!

Don't worry, after this pic, I did fill in that awful gap!

 

MASCARA! I don't really know why I didn't put this under the eye section, and to be honest, I can't be bothered to change it now, so I'm just gonna go with the flow!

 

SEE! I TOLD YOU IT WOULD CHANGE!

 

 

BRONZER:

 

Now, I don't usually do bronzer anymore (as you can see from the picture above) but for the Christmas Concert I did, lightly!

 

 WOAH! My nose looks hige here, ah well!

 



So, thats my tutorial done! D'ya like it? I do sometimes steal a nice lipsick off of Megan when she brings it into school, but I tend not to buy lipsicks! Sticking to the balm! Haha! Do send us links to your own Blogmases! I shall see YOU soon! Bubye!

Amy

(omg, I couldn't get it off of bold!)

 

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BLOGMAS DAY SEVENTEEN: CHRISTMAS CONCERT!

Hera guys, this is just gonna be a super short post as I am sooooooo tired! I literally just got back from our school's Christmas concert! It was so much fun!

Me and Amy are both in choir, in which we performed many songs, including All I want for Christmas is you, Let it snow, Deck the halls, Hallelujah and our own little Christmas medley! We also had our own solo song that we sang; Warm this winter, by Gabriella Cilmi.

It's safe to say that the past two days have been extremely stressful for the both us! We had to rehearse for choir, our own solo song AND I had to finish my science exam today! I've been so busy I haven't eaten yet, which is quite bad...oh well. 

Even though we were very nervous, we got up on stage and performed and I, personally, think it went great, I was a bit out of time at the start, but other than that, it was good considering how much we were both shaking when we walked on stage!

I had a really fun night, everyone was in really good moods and singing Christmassy songs and got me in the festive spirit!

Sorry about this short post! Hope you enjoyed it,

Megan

 

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BLOGMAS DAY SIXTEEN: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!

THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING! THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING! IT'S JUST OVER A WEEK TO GO! So today I'm going to show you all of my decor! In my room, and in my Living Room, so the rest of this post is going to be pictures! G'byeeeee!

How about you send us links to your blog, and your own Blogmas? THANKYOUUU! Bubyeee!

Happy Blogmas Everyone!

Amy,

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BLOGMAS DAY FIFTEEN: MEETING FATHER CHRISTMAS!

Hello! Today's post I'm going to tell you what I've done today, as you can probably guess from the title, it was very exciting! I met Santa! I really shouldn't be so excited about that, being that I'm 14 and all but, hey, who cares, right? It's Christmas, if you can't be childish then, when can you be?!

I woke up at 8:30 (ugh) which was definitely the worse part of the day as I am a firm believer that Sunday's are lie in days, I wasn't happy. We were up and out of the door by 9:30 as we had to go and pick up my eldest sister, my baby niece Ivy and my nephew Brandon. Once we had crammed everyone into the car we were off! (Just to let you know, the event where you could meet Santa was at a local department store, I'm not going to say where, security reasons and all!)

Unfortunately it was pouring down with rain so we had to wait outside for them to open the doors in a mini storm - fun times! When they had finally let us in, each family were given table names and then shown to our seats. At the tables, there were Christmassy drawings to colour in, party popper, crackers, balloons etc. There was no way you could be bored!

We then got to choose what we had for breakfast - I had pancakes with blueberries and raspberries on top, it was delicious! After finishing our breakfasts, Father Christmas made an appearance! He came round to every single table to say hello to the children and to take pictures with them. Brandon, my nephew, was very happy as Father Christmas came to our table first and gave him a present! It's safe to say, Brandon was very happy.

Whilst Father Christmas was saying hello to the rest of the children, a magician came round to each table to entertain them. He did a few magic tricks and then made us a balloon animal hat each, he was actually pretty good!

After that you could choose what you wanted to do, you could either stay at your table and do some colouring, go and make some Christmas decorations with Santa's Elves, or play pin Rudolph's nose back on! There was something for everyone! We did all of these activities and actually had a lot of fun, even if the event was meant for children...

At 12 o'clock it was time to leave and none of the children were very happy about that! But, after a lot of moaning and sighing, we were all in the car ready to go home. We dropped my sister and my niece and nephew home again then headed home ourselves. Since then I have done nothing all day - a day well spent I think!

Thank you for reading!

Megan

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BLOGMAS DAY FOURTEEN: CHRISTMAS HAUL!

SO THEN! WE GOT TO 1K! As you will all know if you read our previous post! After We posted that, we went to do the rest of our Christmas shopping (I STILL HAVE MORE!) I actually bought quite a lot, Megan didn't buy any thing I don't think... I've put them into categories, rather than separately, now that would take a while!

FOOD/DRINK:

This category was most probably the most filled! I can't even be bothered to count it!

2x Cadbury's Crispello - One bag is for Laurie (Megan's Sister) and one to fill my Sisters' Mugs! It's open as I had a sneaky one, yay! - £1 each, Poundland!
Cadbury's Milk Tray - For my Grandad! I'm a good Granddaughter! £2, Mc'Colls!
TESCO Everyday Value Butter - I'm not a weirdo, I'm baking Christmas cookies for my friends! 89p, TESCO!
TESCO Everyday Value Plain Flour, The same applies, KAY? 45p, TESCO
36 Mini Candy Canes - To put in my friends cards! yay! £1, Poundland!
Toblerone - Also for Laurie! £1, Poundland!
Galaxy Hot Chocolate, I FANCIED IT OKAY?! Also, I wanted to try it with a Candy Cane! yay! £1, Poundland
114g (little) Galaxy bar, Megan ate her one she bought for Louis, and I owed her money, so I bought another one instead! £1, Poundland!
200g (big) Galaxy Bar! This was also for Laurie! £2, Mc'colls!
1KG Silver Spoon Sugar, ALSO FOR BAKING! 94p, TESCO!
100g Dairy Milk Christmas Bar, I bought this for Louis! £1, Poundland!
Malteser Tube, For my Step Sister! £1, Superdrug!
Mini Rolo Tube, For my other Step Sister! £1, Superdrug!
1L Lucozade, For Dan, I STILL NEED TO GET HIM MORE! £1, Poundland!

Is that all? I think its all!

TOILETRIES:

This was also fairly big!

150 Cotton Pads - FOR MEEE! I really need these! £1, Poundland!
3 Massage Sponges - For my Dad, I'm Not a weirdo, what I'm doing is buying loads of bath things and putting it all in a basket! £1 Poundland!
Balis & Harding Spa Skin Set, This is for my Mam, and it smells soo good!! £4, Superdrug!
Lavendar set, This is for me Granny, I'm a qt! £2, Superdrug!
NIVEA Soft Set, This is for my Step mum, as she's got Seriasis? Is that how you spell it? ANYWAY! Yeah, she can use this on sensitive skin! £4, Savers!
NIVEA Daily Essentials Double Effect Eye Makeup Remover, Also for me! (that's why I have Cotton Pads!) £1.99, Savers!
CLEARASIL Perfecta Wash! THIS IS SOO COOL! It automatically dispenses the 'perect dose' of face wash! AND IT COMES WITH BATTERIES! £3 (BARGAIIIIN!) Savers!

MAKEUP!

This is all for me, apart from one thing

Rimmel Match Perfection in True Ivory, This is for me! I had this a few years ago, and I love it, so I though I'd try it again! £6.99, Boots!
Rimmel Stay Matte in Peach Glow, They didn't have any in translucent, ah well! I've heard A LOT of people rave about this! £3.99, Boots!
Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro Glam, This just looked cool! and I needed a new Mascara, this was at hand! £6.99, Boots!
The previous three were on 3 for 2! So I got my Stay Matte for freeee! SCORE!
Rimmel I heart Lasting Finish, This was meant to come free when you bought any three Rimmel products, but it wasn't, so I ended up paying £2.99 in the end! This is for my Stepsister, and is in 700, a Christmassy Green! £2.99, Boots!

RANDOM / HOME WARES:

There's only 2 items in this section... Hm..

TOLD YOU IT WAS RANDOM!
Fabreeze Apple and Spice Scented Candle, This is for Megan's Mum, I still need to get her more! £1.49, Savers!
A BASKET! We couldn't find any weaved ones, anywhere... So I got him this instead! Ha ha! £1 Poundland!
Oh! and I forgot something, some woolly tights! £3, Primark

SO THIS HAS BEEN MY HAUL! I still need to get some more stuff, like fore for Dan, Heroes for Megan's Mum, and another box of Chocolates for Elley's Mum and Step Dad!

Hope you enjoyed today's Blogmas, See you in a few Days! YAY!

+1 and Tweet, and Comment, and Tell everyone, yeah? THANKYOUUUU!

Amy

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WE GOT TO 1K!

This isn't Blogmas for today, don't get disappointed! This is just a short post to say thank you! Last night (technically, this morning) we got to 1,000 views on here! That is just CRAZY! We were sat around the iPad refreshing it every 2 seconds, and if you follow us on twitter (in the links tab) you will have seen that we were on 999 for a while, that was stressful! We got there in the end! And when we refreshed it and it was on 1,000, lets just say that we were in pure shock, I actually think my heart stopped, it was so weird that something so little could make us so happy! How many do you think we could get my by the end of January then? We would just like to say that you to all of you that read our little rants, and about our uninteresting lives!

Amy & Megan

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BLOGMAS DAY THIRTEEN: CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS & NEW YEARS ASPIRATIONS!

Heya guys, so for today's post, there's going to be two posts in one as on day eleven my post didn't upload. I hope you enjoy!

Christmas Traditions

CHRISTMAS EVE: 

On Christmas Eve I don't really do much, my mum's usually working s me and my sister will most probably go to my grandparents. Whilst we're there we'll spend the day baking mince pies and sausage rolls with the rest of my family and watching Christmas films or listening to Christmas music - so fun! At about 6 o'clock once my Grandad has gone to work and everyone else has gone home, me, my sister and my grandma walk into town and meet my mum when she has finished work. When we've met up with her, we all go for a hot chocolate in Costa! We then head home, hang up our sacks, leave out some carrots and milk for the reindeers and cherry and cookies for Father Christmas then jump into bed uncharacteristically early! I stay awake until about one ish though as I'm always over excited for Christmas - who isn't?!

CHRISTMAS DAY:

Each year, Christmas is held at a different member of the family's house - last year we hosted Christmas Day (we being me, my sister and my mum) so this year my grandparents are hosting it! I wake up at 6 am, probably earlier then me and my sister go and wake up my mum. We then go sit on my mums bed with our sacks from Santa and open them!

After we've done this we all go downstairs and open our presents from one and other. We then have breakfast and watch a film or Frasier or something like that. We'll then tidy everything up and get ready to go out! Once we're all ready we'll head off!

At my Grandparents house once everyone has arrived, we start opening presents! Then we'll have our Christmas dinner and settle down to play games whilst watching Christmas films and TV! After the Doctor Who Christmas Special has finished everyone goes home to settle down there. Once home we'll watch more Christmas TV, look through our presents and stuff our faces!

So that's my Christmas traditions, what's yours? Tell us in the comments!

New Year's Aspirations 

For next year I don't have many resolutions or aspirations, mainly I want to do well in my GCSE's and I want to make this blog bigger! I would also like to be happier and to have a more positive outlook on life!

So I really don't have many aspirations, but those are the ones I have. What are yours?

Thanks for reading!

Megan

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BLOGMAS DAY TWELVE: NEW YEAR ASPIRATIONS!

HEY! So today I'm going to be sharing my New-Years hopes and plans for the year ahead!

Now, a lot of these are HIGHLY un-realistic starting with this:

WE WANT TO GET TO A MILLION VIEWS! Haha, that isn't going to happen.... It might do? It wont... Ooh we didn't tell you, we're going to get a thousand by Christmas! Now, this could still not happen, I mean you could all disappear off of the face of the year (lets hope not (but if you do, tell everyone about is first!)) we don't even have to get 100 more until 1000 so yeah! We have 2 weeks yet! Let's hope to get 10,000? Is that un-realistic?

THE EIGHTH OF JUNE! Now, this isn't a hope, this IS happening (unless this time I die!) I'm going to see One Direction! at Wembley Stadium! Any of you going? So me and Jordan are going with her Dad to London for the weekend! We're going to do a wee bit of shooping, what centres are close to the Stadium?

GCSE's - I want to be successful in my school work, but my problem is, that I can't be bothered, the only thing I ever really put more than 60% effort in is Blogging and my Music, and I'm not even doing well in that! On a brighter note, this wee blog is expanding!

So most of my wishes are about this Blog really, I want to have ad's by the end of next year, I want to reach a milestone ammount of views, I just want to be successful, I want to be a blogger when I'm older, whether it's all done by this one, or I start a new one, solo, but don't worry, whatever happens, I won't forget this one, woah, I realise how cheesy this sounds...

What are your aspirations for the next year?

Amy

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P.s- Megans post didn't upload yesterday, so that will also be up tomorrow with her aspirations! Have fun! and tell EVERYONE about this wee blog, ye? x

BLOGMAS DAY TEN: CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS!

HEY! So, for this post its is going to be about our families Christmas traditions! I know I did a post called 'the greatest time of the year' and that did indeed contain a lot of my families Christmas traditions but oh well! I'll do another one, and I can elaborate on it!

CHRISTMAS EVE:

Now, this only started when I moved in with my Dad, we would go to the Pantomime (Princess Theatre) with my Step-Mum's school, they would also give us a polythene bag filled with: Sweets, Chocolate and Drinks. I loved it! Last year My Granddad was back in the country (He lives in Hawaii) So I went to my Mum's for Christmas, this year, the tradition will be no more, as we aren't going to go anymore!

Also, on Christmas Eve we have a big buffet for tea, like HUGE! With all of the left overs (Wait, as I'm there, there's like no leftovers, whoops!), okay so, with the little leftovers there are, we save until CHRISTMAS DAY!

CHRISTMAS DAY:

On Christmas Day, we all play board games! Well, apart from my Step-Mum, she's off cooking me a mean turkey, mmm. We usually play Monopoly, which is like the longest board-game ever! I'm always accused of cheating, by stealing the money from the bank! even though I don't! PROMISE!

We also bring the WII up stairs, to play Mario Kart and I'm not going to lie, I'm pro! Okay, that might be a lie, but there was a point where I was pretty pro at it! Let's see how it goes this year eh?

All four of us girls, go into my parents' room and sit around the bed, which is far to small for six of us! So only like four of us can fit! We then open our stocking presents and mentally praise Santa (Do you guys believe in him? (I only do so I get presents!))

After we open our presents, us four girls drag our stockings out and go down stairs, with the tree lights on, we the switch on the music channels, and listen to those endless Christmas play lists, we then make our parents' tea and wait till like 9 before they get out of bed and we can open our presents, one by one!

So those are a few of my families Christmas traditions, I'm pretty sure there are more over on my 'Greatest time of all' post, so if you want to know more, go and check it out if you fancy? Don't forget to tell us your Christmas Traditions in the comments, or using the #loveandotherramblings on Twitter! YAY!

Amy

♥

BLOGMAS DAY NINE: BEAUTY WOULD YOU RATHER!

HEY! So for this post we stumbled up on a Would You Rather, it looked really fun and we hope you like it! Remember to tag us with 'love and other ramblings' or 'laor' if you want to see us do a specific tag! Here goes nothing!


1.Would you rather go out with messy hair and nice make-up or Nice hair and no make-up?

A-  Nice make up and messy hair! I could make it work!

M - Definitely nice make up and messy hair!

2.Would you rather shave your eyebrows or have your eyelashes fall out?

A- Shave my eyebrows, you can easily draw them back on..

M- I would choose eyelashes falling out as you can wear false eye lashes until they grow back.

3.Would you rather be forced to shop at only MAC or Sephora for the rest of your life?

A- MAC, I've only ever been to Sephora once, and that was in France..

M - MAC wins hands down! No competition there.

4.Would you rather wear the lip gloss/lip liner look or the 80's perm look?

A- 80's Perm, I'll just wear it in a bun!

M- I agree with Amy, plus you can try and straighten it out or style it nicely!

5.Would you rather leave the house with an obvious foundation line or overdone blush?

A- Foundation line, my hair will cover it! 

M- I think I'd have to go with the foundation line too, although I hate it, overdone blush is so tacky.

6.Would you rather wear MC Hammer pants or biker shorts in public?
 
A- Biker shorts, I'll just wear a skirt over them!

M- I think I'd be able to rock some MC hammer pants! Purely because I don't like my legs so wearing biker shorts in public is a big no no! Or just wearing them at all!


7.Would you rather have a bad orange-y spray tan or really weird tan lines that can't be covered?

A- Tan Lines, as it's natural!

M- I'd rather have a bad spray tan as you cover your face and neck with foundation then the rest of your body with clothes until it eventually fades - problem solved!

8.Would you rather have a bad haircut or bad hair colour?

A- Hair colour, just re-dye it?!

M- Definitely bad hair colour, I have nightmares about having a bad haircut. 



9.Would you rather have YouTube or Twitter taken away forever?

A- Twitter, I don't really use it!

M- Erm..this is really difficult! I think I'd have to say Twitter as how else would I watch youtubers?



10. Would you rather give up using makeup brushes or mascara?

A- Make up brushes, use your fingers?
 

M- Make up brushes! I don't look like me without mascara on!

Hoped you enjoyed reading this as much as we enjoyed writing it!

Amy & Megan

♥

BLOGMAS DAY EIGHT: WRAPPING PRESENTS!

Heya guys! Just a quick post today! This year I did my all of my Christmas shopping really early (hoorah!) meaning I can now relax and not have to worry about buying anything! Anyway, here are a few pictures of my presents! There are literally only a few as I don't want any of my friends and family to see what they got! Enjoy!

    

     I hope you liked this post! How have you wrapped your presents this Christmas?

     Megan

     ♥

BLOGMAS DAY SEVEN: WRAPPING PRESENTS!

OMG! It's nearly Christmas it's December 7th! Whats t do now?  Wrap presents! Yay! I love wrapping presents actually, you could say it's a hobby of mine... I don't know why, I just do! This year I am using 2 really cute rolls, and 1 not-so-cute roll that my Sister picked out! I have quite a few presents to wrap, though I haven't even gotten everything yet... I have:

6 Mini selection boxes;
6 Mini Roses boxes;
6 Christmas pencils;
2 Jar candles;
1 LYNX set;
1 Glade candle;
5 Nail varnishes;
1 Shower gel;
1 Deodorant (roll on);
1 Deodorant (spray);
1 Bubble bath;
2 Body sprays;
3 Filled mugs;
1 Terry's Chocolate Orange;
3 Pairs of baby socks
1 Christmas bib;
3 Photo baubles.

And some more that I can't be bothered to list... This was just what I could see and remember!

I'm going to put the pencils and selection boxes together, as there is no reason to wrap a pencil separately, is there? Here's some pictures:

Yay! So that's Blogmas day 7 done and dusted, I WILL see you the day after tomorrow! Don't be late, or else I will have to hunt you down and... I wont go into the gory details... Haha. JUST KIDDING! I wouldn't do that! Just make sure you pop back every day until Christmas for a new post, and tell your: Friends; Family; Pets; Strangers on the street for all we care!

BU-BYEEE!

Amy

♥

BLOGMAS DAY FIVE: WINTER MAKEUP!

Hey there! I hope you are enjoying Blogmas so far! IT’S DAY THREE! Where is this year going?! IT’S NEARLY CHRISTMAS! Asdfghjkl! Okay, fan girl moment over; jeez you would have thought I was meeting One Direction, eh?

Today’s post, as the title shows, is going to be my winter make up! Now this isn’t too different to my others, except for the fact that I wear a different shade of eye shadows! In the summer, I kept it to pinks, in the spring it was quite neutral, I miss out autumn, as y’know, Christmas! This winter I have kept it down to bronzes and browns. Here is my Make up tutorial, have fun!

STEP ONE: BASE;

I am using the NIVEA Soft as my moisturiser at the moment, it’s a lot thicker than my others, but I still like it, and let’s not forget we need extra care in winter cause of cold weathers and chapping winds! Also, I am using the Rimmel Match Perfect for my foundation!

 

I look bug-eyed and bad lighting much...

STEP TWO: CONTOUR;

I am using a brown bronzer out of an old palette for this, nothing more, nothing less, I apply this to the bottom of my cheek bones to give them a bit of oomph, I also apply a weenie little bit to the very sides of my forehead as I have a very wide hear, if you didn’t know that already!

Serious face now.

STEP THREE: EYE SHADOW;

I apply a light yellowy gold as a base, then a bronze to the far side of my lid, I them apply a brown to my crease and blend it all together!

My nose looks HUGE! Mind the foundation creases!

STEP FOUR: MASCARA;

I am currently using the Lancôme Hypnose Mascara, and I love it! It’s fabby!

Bad lighting, I look ill...

 

So this was my winter make up! What are your changes to your make up for winter? I shall see YOU, the day after tomorrow, don’t forget it is Megan’s post tomorrow!

Amy

♥

PS: Mind my spots and foundation-crease-lines! x

BLOGMAS DAY FOUR: GIFT WISHLIST!

Hey a guys! Today's post is going to be my (Megan) Christmas gift wish list! Unfortunately there is a lot of things I want, most of which are expensive! Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

YSL Touché éclat Foundation - I love this foundation so much, it's good coverage, lasts all day and keeps your skin looking radian and glowy! I happen to know that I am getting this, which I am very happy about!

Long lasting perfection Concealer - I've heard a lot of good things about this concealer and have asked Santa for one! Fingers crossed!

Real techniques brushes - I've wanted some of these brushes for such a long time, and reeeeeeally hope I get some!

Black boyfriend Topshop coat - I've had my eye on this coat for a while and let me tell you now, it's one of the most gorgeous piece's of clothing I've ever tried on! It's comfy and is so on trend at the moment. I've asked my dad for money this year, so, if I get enough money, I'll be buying it! Weyhey!

Tartan scarf - I've seen so many different versions of this type of scarf and I think that they're all super cute! Plus a scarf is a definitive must-have for Winter!

Converse - Sadly, my old one's are dying, so I'm hoping for some new ones!

Phone case - Weirdly I don't have a case for my phone, even though I've had I for nearly two years... I'm hoping for the ISWAI, but, to be honest, any one would do!

Fluffy jumper - Fluffy jumpers are essential, especially this time of year, so I feel like I need to invest in some more! I've seen a really nice one in H&M and ISWAI do some really nice jumpers too! 

Bio oil - This stuff is a life saver! Sadly ran out a few months ago and haven been able to replace it yet! 

Money - Last but not least, I have asked for some money so me and Amy can go shopping in the January sales! 

So that's my entire wish list for this Christmas, I hope you liked this post - what's on your wish list? Don't forget to tell us in the comments! Byeeee!

Megan

♥

BLOGMAS DAY SIX: 5 SIMPLE WAYS TO IMPROVE FESTIVITY!

Hey There! DAY 6, WHAT?! Today's is going to be a bit different too, like yesterday, we will be doing a joint post! On how to do a few, five to be exact, little things to make your room/house look/feel a little more festive! Yay! These things do NOT cost a bomb and are super easy to get hold of! This time of year, you can get these five things form almost any store! Send us links in the comments to your blog, or pictures of your room that has a little bit of these things in!

1-    FAIRY LIGHTS! We are both obsessed with these and they improve festivity by nearly 100%, just drape these over curtains, along ceilings etc. To push the room even more festive, use warm white lights as these make things even cosier! Also, if your fairy lights can, set them to the twinkle setting, that’ll do the trick! Twinkling fairy lights always remind us of Christmas!

2-    HANG CARDS ON STRING! What do you do with the Christmas cards you receive from your friends/family? Well how about hanging them on string/yarn and draping them across the ceiling/wall? This will look SO much better than crowding them all onto the mantelpiece or sticking them all over the doors.

3-    CANDLES! We can’t stress how much we love these things! These are essential in any festive home! They are so cute! For extra points, buy a festive scented candle, we know Yankee Candles and Glade do some amazing Christmassy smells! BUT, you HAVE to be careful with fire remember! And don’t use if your parents don’t allow it, I know that Amy’s don’t allow candles in bedrooms, cause she’ll set the house on fire, and knowing her, she probably would! If you are allowed, then GO FOR IT!

4-    BLANKETS&CUSHIONS! Awh, nothing better than cuddling up under a festive blanket! And its perfect in the winter! Even better if they're super festive colours such as red, green, burgundy etc. These definitely make everything more Christmassy and more comfy! Cuddle up in these while you write your Christmas lists, or even your new years resolution!

5- TINSEL! You've got to love this stuff! So draping surfaces in this sparkly wonder will not only make your room look festive, but also reflect light making it sparkle! You can get all kinds of colours and themes and tinsel is SUPER cheap this time of year and you can get it almost anywhere! Even in Pound land!

So! here were 5 very simple ways to make you feel more festive this month! (and look it!) why don't you tell us in the comments what decor you have this Christmas, and when you put your Christmas Tree up, Every one has different days! Mine (Amy) is really sad, the day we break up from school, so the 20th...

We love hearing from you guys!

Amy & Megan

♥
 

BLOGMAS DAY THREE: GIFT WISH LIST!

Hey! So for the next couple of days, we will be sharing our gift wish lists with you! Don't forget to tell us in the comments what your wishes are? Or send us a link to your blogmas? or hey! Why not both? I'm looking forward to seeing them!

Where We Are - Book! As most of you will know, I like a bit of One Direction! But I'm more into the music and concert side of the fandom, rather than the poster-and-PJ's-side, even though, I used to have posters all around my room, and I'm pretty sure I had PJ's...

This Is Us DVD! I did a blog post on this wonder, or maybe two? I loved it! Go check it out!

Midnight Memories - CD! I've literally listened to this album, on repeat SO many times! IT'S SO GOOD!

Wow, I know I literally just said I was on the maturer side of the fandom, but that's it for One Direction merch, this year...

La Vie Est A Belle - Lancome Perfume! THIS SMELLS SO GOOD! I'm kind of obsessed with this at the moment, and I know it can be a wee bit pricey, but if you scroll through eBay, you can find some cheaper (if you're willing to bid on it!)

RealTechniques Brushes! These are SO soft, and I've heard a lot of good reviews on the marvels! I want them so bad! Fingers crossed!

Fairy lights! These are SO cute, and can transform ANY room! I want to surround my room in them and sit with a cup-of-tea with the lights off, I'm not weird... I promise...

LED Tea lights! I'm not allowed real candles in my room, not like I'm going to burn the house down or anything... So I want some LED ones, and teaming them with lovely defusers, no one will know the difference! Haha!

Money! I'm going to London next year for the weekend to One Direction (OMG I CAN'T WAIT!) Anyway... I still need A LOT of money, for food, merch, SHOPPING! Etc... Also, after Christmas I want to buy a Christmas tree in the January Sales.. YAY!

Vouchers! I pretty much ALWAYS get vouchers for Christmas, and they are SO useful! As I can go into clothes stores in the January Sales and just Clothes-Binge, is that a thing? CHEAP CHRISTMAS JUMPERS FOR NEXT YEAR!

Baby shampoo! I do indeed realise how weird this must sound to anyone, but I have read that it is good for cleaning makeup brushes, so my plan is to get a years supply! I was asked what i wanted as an extra present and i chose something I would have had to buy my self anyway! WHY NOT?!

So this has been my wish list! After Christmas, I will do another post telling you what I actually got!

Don't forget to share your links or wants this Christmas!

BUBYEEE!

Amy

♥

BLOGMAS DAY 2: WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS!

IT'S DECEMBER! At last this day has arrived! Welcome to Blogmas! You may recognise it as usually being Vlogmas, but as we don’t have very interesting lives we thought we’d change it up a bit, to Blogmas! We’ll be posting every day until Christmas! We will be alternating so I will be doing this post today, then Amy tomorrow! (Amy was meant to upload yesterday but she had her laptop taken away... Awkward.) Every day we will be doing it on the same topic, but as we are different people, it will be different! Although I think we have a few planned that are different ad only require one day to get it across! Okay? Let’s go then!

Today’s post will be about writing my Christmas cards! 

Close up of a card to my friend Zoe! Eek!

I bought three packs of Christmas cards this year for all of my friends at school and my family. I'm going to buy special cards for my mum, dad, sister and best friend instead of a multi-pack card! 

Look how cute!

When I have written my cards, I don’t give them out until the last week of school and then t my family on Christmas Day, so I'm very prepared! I usually write for loads of people but this year I've only written cards for about 20 people.

         

        The final amount of cards! 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for blogmas day three! Thank you for reading, bye!

         Megan

           ♥

THIS IS US FILM REVIEW!

Just as a filler, until our next post (coming soon) I thought I could just show you my english homework, have fun!

Today, I will be reviewing the hit movie from the year, yes, as if the boys couldn’t do much more. They add another string to their belt. But this was no surprise to some, after being signed to a major label like SYCO.  So what are my thoughts on the documentary/ concert film.

The film shows the five lads: Harry Styles, the curly haired youngest who can make teens everywhere fall at his feet with a hair-flick; Louis Tomlinson, The eldest, who has gone from stripes and braces, to denim and ripped jeans; Niall Horan, the Irish one known for his love of food and adorable accent; Zayn Malik, the Half-Pakistani bad boy, known for his enticing eyes, and long-lashes and Liam Payne, known for his major hair changes across the years.

This film shows the 5 in a new light, as the tabloids exploit their private lives, it’s a nice change to see them with a glimpse of their past lives, before they gave it up for the stage.
 

The film starts with the start of their careers and friendships, the best friends are said to have 'lost out on the X Factor' which isn't entirely true, I mean, they came third! that's no way near last!

You get to see Harry working in the Local Bakery with a real smile plastered across his well-groomed-face, showing his adorable dimples that teens across the globe have fallen for.  Zayn is also filmed as he buys his Mum and Sisters a lovely new home, with tears threatening to spring from his famous eyes, so that you then, if you didn’t before, know that he isn’t a Cheating Tool  as the papers told earlier this year.

There is also a Scientist featured, which explains how girls feel when they see the handsome five. Whilst demonstrating which parts of the human brain is affected on a to-scale model of the vital organ.

You may even get to see more than one of the toned boys without shirts, or maybe even without trousers, intrigued? You should be!

The interviews with the boys and their families are lovely, especially as they are all so proud of what their sons have become.

You don’t see much of their girlfriends or fiancee as I should mention, though this is probably best as some of the fans don’t seem to enjoy their beautiful faces like some do, sending death threats anonymously through social messaging sites like Twitter.

This film is a feel-good film that will have you up in your feet as soon as the first beat drops. It is a perfect opportunity to experience them live if it wasn’t possible to see them at their past two tours, and upcoming Stadium Tour. 

As a fan, my view may seem biased, and if you aren’t a fan, go see it anyway, and you can tell me what your views are! Though chances are, if you don't really care about the band, you may not after the film! Though if you're not a fan, why are you here? exactly! Nailed it!

And this isn't the only member trouser-less!

 
Amy Spencer
 
All views expressed in this article, are those of the writer.