Sunday, 6 July 2014

BIRTHDAY

Sunday, 6 July 2014
Heyyy! So a few Thursdays ago, (the 12th of June) I finally turned 15! (And weirdly so did Amy two days beforehand but I'm better so...) It was one of the best birthdays I've ever heard which was nice as I really expected it to be bad.

Amy and I both had our 15th birthdays in the week we had our work experience, (we both went to a hotel and did housekeeping which was extremely boring). In the morning I got woken up at 7 by my mum and sister because I overslept, oops.. then we all went into the lounge where I opened cards and presents from the both. After that I had my traditional birthday breakfast - strawberries and sugar on toast -  sounds weird but is soooo nice! I then got ready and walked to work with Amy.

Unfortunately I spent the whole day servicing rooms in the sweltering heat, however I did get to do it with one of the only housekeepers at the hotel I actually liked and got on with - a girl named Mikayla.  Not gonna lie, we spent most of our day chatting about our lives and sitting in random people's rooms and using their chargers, as you do!

After work, I went home and opened my main present from my mum, an iPhone 5s! I was so happy, I genuinely almost cried, is that sad? Before that I had an iPhone 4 for two years, the sound was crappy, the camera was broken and the back was smashed, so it was definitely time for a new phone!

At about 4ish, my grandparents, my eldest sister and my nice and nephew all came round and everyone sang happy birthday to me with a cake (of course) homemade my by mum, which was delicious! When they had all left I got ready for dinner with my friends that was arranged by my mum as a surprise (sort of).

At 6pm, my boyfriend came round and gave me a present which was not at all expected.. literally all of my friends knew what he had bought me, apart from me, which was very frustrating! Turns out he had bought me a pair of beautiful gladiator style sandals from River Island which, in my eyes, was wayyy too much to spend on some one so I was upset at first but then I realised that I had pretty sandals and I got over it, haha. To top off his present to me, he also bought me four dib dabs, which, if you don't know, are like my favourite things ever, so sweet! (Notice the pun..)

Half an hour later, two of my other friends, Elley and Meg arrived and gave me more presents - Elley bought me the Silver Strand body spray from Hollister and Meg bought me a ticket to go and see The Fault In Our Stars, (which we went to see last night with Amy and Jake - it was amazing!) We then all left to walk to a local bistro. (By the way if your wondering why Amy wasn't there, it's because she was grounded and wasn't allowed out, awkward..)

For my dinner I had cheesy nachos (typical vegetarian option..) whilst everyone else had pizza. It was so nice! After a lot of laughing and Elley in hysterics, we all went to play in park like the kids we all are! We then all walked back to mine where my mum dropped everyone home.

After feeling bit sad that my birthday was over, I decided to go to bed! I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed the day from start to finish and I know that I won't forget about it for a long time!

To make my birthday even better, my dad and sister had arranged a surprise dinner with them both and my dad's girlfriend at  a local restaurant. My dad had bought me a MacBook Pro (Second-hand of course, but none-the-less!) I was so happy, I still am! It's safe to say that I was extremely spoilt this year, something which I do not take for granted!


My birthstone (moonstone) ring from Pandora.

iPhone 5S and MacBook Pro.

Silver Strand Body Spray from Hollister, Sleek Eyebrow Palette, Frasier and Frozen.

Tartan Shirt from Urban Outfitters, Topshop Black High Waisted Jeans, River Island Sandals.

Watch with Roman Numerals.

I just want to say that I am in no way bragging, I just thought this would be a nice post. :)

I hope you enjoyed this post - if you've recently had a birthday, what did you get? Tell me in the comments!

Megan

x


Sunday, 1 June 2014

WHICH IS BETTER: HIGHSTREET POWDERS

Sunday, 1 June 2014
Hola. So I have been thinking about dedicating a little bit of the blog to comparing products and sharing my views with all of you lot. There's nothing I like more than being opinionated and sharing my views on something! Now, what I compare can be anything from make up, to bubble bath, and to even food! Preferably food, it gives me an excuse to eat it! The things I will focus on most are their quality, and how they match up to what they claim to do on the packet. When comparing them, I will focus more on their prices, their wear, how it looks and quality again (if cosmetics) and the taste and prices for food. For other things I guess you'll find out when it comes to it, I like to go with the flow a little, haha.

As you can probably gather by the title, the first thing I am going to be comparing are high street powders. High street mainly as I don't have the money around for high end products, and I love a good bargain (who doesn't?). I am going to be comparing two Rimmel powders, Rimmel tend to get good reviews on their powders and that's why I chose them!

The first one is Rimmel's Stay Matte this powder gets tonnes of credit all over the Internet, and that's why I bought it in the first place! Before this, I wasn't really a powder-person and it really showed, my Oily skin was a lot more prominent, my make up just wasn't lasting, and I wasn't happy about the way I looked. I go. This powder really sets your make up and makes it last a lot longer than without, mine ended up lasting pretty much the whole school day, only with a bit of touch up needed under my eyes and in my T-ZONE. I highly recommend this powder to people.

The next one is Rimmel Clear Complexion. Now, with this it was more of a spur-of-the-moment buy, I hadn't researched this product at all, which is unlike me, as most of my buys are recommendations from else where and I research reviews all over the Internet. I bought this one as I liked the sound of the claims it made on the packaging. It claimed to minimise break outs and help stop them in the future. I have to say though, my spots are as bad as ever... This could be down to hormones though, but I have been using this powder for around a month, I wouldn't entirely blame this on my powder though, it'll be different for everyone!

Comparison wise, I prefer Stay Matte for many reasons, though I was using a tinted Stay Matte and prefer the Transparent Clear Complexion so when I get around to re-purchasing Stay Matte I'll get Transparent. Another thing I wasn't too keen on with the Clear Complexion was the fact that it was a lot thinner than Stay Matte it just ends up highlighting the hairs on my face, mind you, it did help me keep on top of sorting out my 'tash, always a silver lining, eh? I guess the fact that it was thinner was why it's supposed to be better for you? I don't know...

I have found that the wear on both of them are fairly similar, so not much problem there. This may sound silly, but I prefer the look of the Stay Matte only because it has the trademark crown and it looks so cute! Okay, I'm going to shut up now before I look even sillier... haha.

So as far as I'm aware, this is all I have to say about the two powders, tell me in the comments if you have any more comments on the two, and whether you like this little section of comparisons, and what do do next? Thank you!

Amy



Wednesday, 28 May 2014

MY FAVOURITE BLOGS

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Heya guys, today I want to share with you some of my favourite blogs! Reading people's blog is personally one of my favourite things to do as I love hearing different people's opinions on different products, how they style their outifits, what they've been up to etc and I just find that is so nice to have an insight into someone elses world via their own little bubble! Anyway, here are a few of my favourites!

Zoe Sugg - zoella.com

Tanya Burr - tanyaburr.com

Niomi Smart - ladysmart.com

Lousie Pentland - sprinkleofglitter.com

Lily Melrose - llymlrs.cometcllymlrs

Millie Mackintosh - millie-mackintosh.com

Ashely Madekwe - ringmybell.com

Alexandra Pereira - lovely-pepa.com

Ruth Crilly - amodelrecommends.com

Carolina Engman - fashionsquad.com

Lauren Conrad - laurenconrad.com

So those are my favourite blogs, what are yours and who runs them?

Megan

♥ 



Saturday, 10 May 2014

OUTFIT OF THE DAY

Saturday, 10 May 2014


Wearing:

Jumper - Boohoo, £8
Trousers - H&M, £14
Chelsea Boots - Boohoo, £25
Socks - Topshop, £4
Coat - Topshop, £58
Bag - Urban Outfitters, £48

Megan


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