Holiday snaps

Now I've been very stupid these past few weeks. I scheduled some posts and then proceeded to forget to check on my blog, until now and have noticed that NONE of them have posted, sigh. But now I've got a back log of posts just ready to go, wahoo for accidentally being prepared! Anyway, here you are :-)

I recently went on a bit of a holiday with my mum to visit a close family friend and her husband at their apartment in Spain. I took a few snaps, only a few though, I was too busy enjoying the company, weather, food and drink to really take as many photos as I had hoped! But I thought I'd share a few of the ones I did take, Enjoy :-)

Early morning swim? I think so 

Evening beach walks

  

The old square, social hub of the town

Kinder Bueno Ice cream, the best thing ever to be invented 

One day I'll own a boat here 

Sucker for a palm tree

Local symbols

How pretty 

Evening beach walks became my favourite thing to do 

   

Such a lovely Spanish area

Safe to say I got to stay in a very beautiful, Spanish town. I've stayed here before but never quite understood how lovely it is. I honestly hope in the future I get to travel and explore more of Spain because its history is so fascinating and the Spanish way of life is just brilliant; afternoon naps and heaps of family time, yes please!!

What's blogging again?

Oh here we go again, yet ANOTHER apology post from me, apologising for my lack of blogging...Sorry sorry sorry. This time round however, it has been FAR too long and I'm not even sure if I remember how to blog...

The good news is though, it's now summer and I'm ready to blog my little heart out, whether I can remember how to or not. At least in my head that's what I'm planning to do...so we shall see. 

Basically since last posting, I've sat all my A level exams and gone through all the stress of revision and sitting the exams and counting down the days till college finished. I've been finished college nearly a month but didn't want to start blogging then as I knew I was working and had a holiday planned, which would have meant more blogging silence. But unfortunately my holiday is now over(more on that soon!) and I'm refreshed and ready to start posting again.

In the time I've not been posting, a couple of things have happened/changed in my life and I'm excited to share them with you. I'm excited for summer and hopefully summer will bring the opportunity to create some wonderful posts!

So that's about it for now, I'm going to work my little socks off and enjoy summer. 

@littleblogx

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The TMI Tag

Too much information. 
A bit of a different post to day, going to try out a Tag post! I wasn't tagged directly to do this but had seen the tag on Sinéad's blog; Dreaming again so here we go :-)!

1. What are you wearing?Dark blue skinny jeans with a black floaty cami from Primark and Black boots...full of colour

2. Ever been in love?I'm not too sure, I'd say yes but I'll probably look back in the future and think actually no I wasn't. 

3. Ever had a terrible breakup?Not really know, we don't speak anymore but that's life

4. How tall are you?Last time I got measured I was about 5ft 5

5. How much do you weigh? Erm I'm not actually sure at the minute, I'm trying not to weigh myself too much anymore

6. Any tattoos?Nope, I can't decide what I want yet!

7. Any piercings?Yep, ears and tragus. I used to have my belly pierced but my body was against that and rejected by belly bar:-(

8. OTP?This is a tough one, I can't decide

9. Favourite TV show?At the minute I'm loving The call centre on BBC Three, weird I know but its so funny! Of all time though it has to be Big Bang Theory or 2 Broke Girls :-)

10. Favourite bands?SO many! McFly, Busted(still, I'm stuck in 2004), The Vamps, We The Kings, Bastille, Nickelback, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, The 1975, yeah, just a few :-)

11. Something you miss?My Gran and high school but life moves on and we have to move with it!

12. Favourite song?Right now its a tie between Waves- Mr.Probz or Girls on Tv- The Vamps

13. How old are you?I'm 18, 19 in about 5 months

14. Zodiac sign?Libra

15. Quality you look for in a partner?I's love someone who was fun to be around, funny, caring and want to travel, not much; I'm open minded when it comes to relationships 

16. Favourite quote?'This is a dream come true of a dream I never even knew I had' Shay Carl, Youtuber, I love it, not sure why :-)

17. Favourite actor? Zac Efron or Hugh Grant or Nicholas Hoult

18.  Favourite colour?I'd probably go for any shade of pink but I don't really have a specific favourite

19. Loud or soft music?I prefer soft if I'm driving but I suppose it depends on mood

20. Where do you go when your sad? Either my room to watch YouTube videos or for a drive 

21. How long does it take you to shower?About 10 minutes ish...I think! I know I take longer to get ready after a shower than I do actually showering

22. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?On a college day it takes me about 45 minutes from showering to leaving the house, but I normally sit around for a little while 

23. Ever been in a physical fight?Nope, I'm weak so I wouldn't even try 

24. Turn on?hm someone who's funny, V lines and if you're Zac Efron but I could be wanting too much 

25. Turn off?Guys who drive ridiculously stupid just to show off to their friends, I don't know, I hate guys who show off

26. The reason I started a blog?I wanted somewhere to document my life, how I was feeling, what I was doing and because I was inspired by other blogs I was reading!

27. Fears?I really hate change, stupid I know 

28. Last thing that made me cry?The realisation I had the other day that I'm moving to Uni in about 4 months, oh lord. Oh and on the same day I cried at a YouTube video, brilliant 

29. Last time you said you love someone?Maybe to one of my friends or my mum in the past few days I'd guess

30. Meaning behind your blog name? A little blog- Just because that's what it is, not much meaning to it really 

31. Last book you read? The last book I read was City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare which is 2nd in the series of The Mortal Instruments

32. The book your currently reading?Now I'm reading City of Glass by Cassandra Clare which is 3rd in the same series, I love them!

33. Last show you watched?Mr Drews school for boys yesterday, was brilliant 

34. Last person you talked to? My Dad 

35. The relationship between the last person you texted?Younger Cousin 

36. Favourite food?Such a had decision! Maybe pizza or anything chicken!

37. Place you want to visit? There's so many places I want to visit, I can't wait to go travelling in the future! Most of all though I want to visit America or Australia! 

38. Last place you were?Before coming home I was at college, woo yeah

39. Do you have a crush?  The word crush is so cringy, but not really 

40.  Last time you kissed someone?Properly kissed? Couple of weeks ago...family wise yesterday 

41. Last time you were insulted?Not a clue, most my friends insult me on a daily basis but its more of a 'banter' than insulting eachother

42. Favourite flavour of sweet? Anything strawberry

43. What instruments do you play?None, but I really want to learn to play drums

44. Favourite piece of jewellery?Either my thomas sabo bracelet which I've got charms from family and friends for or the rose gold coloured statement necklace I spoke about in my last post!

45. Last sport you played?That's a question, probably vollyball last summer with some friends...if that counts

46. Last song you played?I'm currently listening to Who's David- Busted haha stucki in 2004 like I said before

47. Favourite chat up line?I don't think I have one, I do find them funny though 

48. Have you ever used it?Definitely never used any chat up line

49. Last time you hung out with anyone?Today at college during break with my closest buddies 

50. Who should answer these questions next?Just like I did, whoever's reading and wants to answer the questions, leave links if you do though :-)

@littleblogx

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Current favourites

It's been ages and ages since I did my last favourites post so here we are with a new set of favourites! I surprise myself with these posts because I'm not normally one of those people who changes products or gets attached to new things regularly but it seems I do..hm who knew it, maybe I'm not sure of a creature of habit.

First is the beauty type products which I've been loving! If you've seen my recent make-up haul post (its here if you haven't read it!) I spoke about the Rimmel London Stay Matte Primer, since then I have fallen in love with it, bit weird I know. But in the past few weeks I've been wearing just powder during the day instead of a liquid just because I've been super busy and I often found I was reapplying through the day and getting shiny, but I've found using this as a base for makeup has really helped and I'm finding I don't have to reapply powder and if I do its normally mid afternoon. Highly recommend it!

At christmas I got a tonne of beauty products and things and I'm still slowly working my way through them and finding new things I like. Recently I've been loving No7's Beautiful Skin, Cleansing lotion. I have pretty sensitive skin and find a lot of products I can't use but this is hypo-allergenic and very gentle on the skin. I'm also prone to breakouts and this hasn't brought any on which is even better! I tend to use the lotion at night to remove make-up and it works so well! It's gentle on skin and can remove all my make-up pretty much instantly with a wipe of cotton wool after applying it, and you only need a little bit to so my guess is it'll probably last me a while! I know you can get it at boots, usually on 3 for 2 or some other fabulous promotion.

 Finallllly make-up wise is the Maybelline New York, Master Precise liquid eyeliner. I never wear eyeliner, only ever to fill in gaps when I'm wearing eyelashes, but I bought this in the hope I could teach myself to apply it properly and try something new with my make-up. So far, so good! It's easy to use, really soft, almost like a fine liner and sits in place really well. It was around £6 or £7 if I remember correctly so I'm pretty happy about this little purchase. (If anyone has tips on applying eyeliner easily let me know!)

My next favourite is my favourite purchase I've made in a couple of months! This lovely statement, yet subtle necklace. I bought this from New Look, and was only £5.99. It's great for wearing with a cami for a dressy occasion or a casual occasion. I really really like it! It's also not heavy or noisy to wear...if that makes sense. 

Finallly, slightly random but still one of my favourite things at the minute! My diary. With a busy few months coming up with exams and birthdays and trips and work and god know what else this has been my best friend recently. I know its late in the year to be raving about a diary but honestly I recommend buying one if you're as disorganised as I can be sometimes. It just lets me know/plan where I should be and what I should be doing, even with my revision. It also lets me plan college work, trips and life in general which is brilliant for me. I'm just really enjoying being organised. (It also means I can collect my lego stickers somewhere from when I babysit, which is the best part of course...)

Thanks for reading, I love doing posts like this:-)!

@littleblogx

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Weight Loss Wednesday

Tut tut and tut. I'm forever being rubbish with blogging...mega apologies but life is crazy crazy crazy.

Anyway, in the past month or so I've got into the routine of regular exercise either using an App or exercise DVD. But I find them ultra boring after a while and loose motivation with them. However I do find that music is the best way to re-motivate my work outs, so I wanted to share some of my favourite motivational songs, artists and albums with you! 

I'm a massive spotify user and lover so I generally just listen to random playlists and hope for the best. 

If like myself you use spotify I find that just going on to Browse section and finding a workout playlist throws up some motivational songs. 

But generally I go for energetic songs to work out to, one of my favourite artists is Example and I find his songs are just fab to help get through a workout. 

Close- Subfocus is also a great song, especially for cardio workouts, Waves- Robin Schulz Radio edit, Mr.Probz is also brilliant! Basically any song you'd expect to be dancing to on a Saturday night in a club or at a party!

A bit random and possibly a bit weird is Nickelback. Now as a fan of theirs I enjoy their music for workouts because its got good rhythms which you can pace yourself to. And as weird as it sounds some of the more 'angry' songs are quite motivational to help relieve some stress. I don't know, maybe its just me!

I do think though any song/artist/album you really enjoy and can sing your heart out to is also a brilliant way to motivate yourself while working out. Although using all your breathe on singing is maybe slightly dangerous...

So there you go, motivational music is the key to a brilliant workout. If anyone has any suggestions for motivational music please let me know, I'm always on the hunt!

@littleblogx

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FOTD

 I've never done one of these before, but wanted to try it out. Woo yay for trying new things. 

Basically though this is a pretty boring post idea for me because I ware quite minimal make-up. Especially today...

Concealer- Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection in Medium (or cool medium in the newer range)
Powder- Clinique Stay-matte pressed powder in Invisible Matte
Blusher- Very little, but I use Technic blusher and I don't know where you can buy that...oops(Side note, I'm looking for a new blusher so will happily take any recommendations!!)
Mascara- No7 Lash Adapt
Eyeshadow- Benefit Creaseless cream shadow in R.S.V.P. (and I just found out you can buy this colour on its own, I thought it was only in the neutrals pallet, oh so happy!)

I'm currently using brushes from H&M aswell!

That's it! 

:-)

P.S. I need some help; I'm looking for an everyday lipstick/gloss and a really good liquid eyeliner, so if anyone's got any recommendations let me know in the comments/twitter(which is below!) Thank you lovelies! 

@littleblogx

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Make-up Haul

Over the past few weeks I've been purchasing some new make-up and I wanted to share them, maybe even share a few reviews.

Most of these are quite neutral colours which is always handy to have, especially when you're a minimal sort of make up gal like myself. 

This is especially true for me when I'm choosing eye shadows!

Both shades can be found here; 24hr Color Tattoo

Both shades can be found here; Clinique Chubby Stick Shadow Tint

I purchased the first two which are the Maybelline New York, 24hr Color Tattoo, gel-cream eye shadows in 40-Permanent Taupe and 35-On and on Bronze. I absolutely love creamy textured eye shadows compared to the traditional powdered ones, so these are perfect for me! However, the Permanent Taupe one is a nice colour but I found it didn't match how it looked in the pot and was quite dark when on;  But I still quite like it! It doesn't crease and even after a day of college and running about doing errands still looks fresh and well placed, so I highly recommend these!
The On and on Bronze colour I picked up last week as part of three for two make-up at Tesco (The best and worst thing that could ever happen! Good for grabbing some lovely new products but also bad for the dent left in my bank account!) and I'm yet to try it. However, a close friend of mine wears this one quite often and it lasts all day and is a lovely neutral colour, which can be worn with everything. In all honesty I wanted to try this one as an attempt to find a cheaper version of Benefits R.S.V.P.  (which I spoke about here; current-favorites), but its not even similar in colour but should make for a good neutral replacement none the less! 

The second two eye shadows, which I am LOVING are Clinique's Chubby stick, shadow tint in 01-Bountiful Beige and 07-Pink & Plenty. These were a gift from my mum when she came home from holiday, in Lanzarote the lucky devil! I absolutely love the colours, they're quite natural so can be worn with pretty much everything and Pink & Plenty is really summery as well! They're so easy to apply; almost like a lipstick for your eyes, which makes them easy to apply without mistakes, which for someone as clumsy as me is brilliant!

So for the price I recommend these and I can't wait to purchase some more colours in the future. 

Now,  I've never been sure about lipstick and what colours suite me best so I've always stuck to pinks and my two newest additions to my make-up bag are no exception. However, these two are slightly more vibrant than I've ever bought before. 

Left 6-Sugar Pink
Right 8-Sweet Tart 

Top is 8-Sweet Tart, bottom is 6-Sugar Pink

I bought Collection 2000's Volume sensation in 6-Sugar Pink and Collection 2000's Lasting colour 8-Sweet Tart. These were relatively cheap, and at superdrug were buy one get one half price when I purchased these two(which helped A LOT because I couldn't decide which colour I liked more, so bought them both, hey why not!). But they're really vibrant and are long lasting, even more so if you use a primer before hand. But I quite like these, they're not really everyday colours but are super for nights out and occasions. 

I have always used Clinique's even better skin if I was wearing liquid foundation, and I've never really tried or bought anything else. On a day to day basis I prefer to wear just powder and concealer. 

Left Rimmel London BB Cream Matte
Middle Stay Matte Primer
Right Pro Base Fixing Mist

 However after trying the Rimmel London BB Cream, Beauty Balm, Matte I had to purchase it(I had a little sample of it, which I tried and was quite impressed with, plus I wasn't allergic to it!) Then when I went to buy it at Tesco they had a three for two offer on(as previously mentioned) which made the purchase even better! I bought the BB cream itself, in light and the Rimmel London Stay Matte Primer. The primer has the texture a lot like a moisturiser but sinks into the skin really quickly. The bottle says it can be used alone, under make-up or over make-up which means it's pretty versatile. It does work quite well under make-up as a base for the BB cream and does keep the skin looking fresh for the best part of the day!

 The BB cream is a good colour, easy to blend and does match my skin pretty well, however if it's not rubbed in properly it can look slightly orange. It sits well on the skin though and does last a reasonable part of the day. So I'm pretty happy with this purchase and have worn it everyday since purchasing it last week! 

Left Stay Matte Primer
Right Rimmel London BB Cream Matte

The last thing I wanted to share was the MUA Pro-base fixing mist, which I've pretty much spoke in every post I've ever written about make-up, ooops. But this was a re-buy of a product I really like! You just spray it over your make-up to set it for the day. As far as I'm aware it works pretty well for me, put that could just be my mind playing tricks, but hey I think it works pretty well! 

So there you are; thanks for reading and hope this was helpful/interesting :-)

P.S. I need some help; I'm looking for an everyday lipstick/gloss and a really good liquid eyeliner, so if anyone's got any recommendations let me know in the comments/twitter(which is below!) Thank you lovelies! 

@littleblogx

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