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So basically I've been world's worst blogger lately, I've been blogging maybe 5 times a month and that just isn't acceptable. I've been so unorganised as of late, so any organisational tips would be brill! I had a pretty okay month in March I suppose, still no luck on the job front though, went for an interview and the next day they told me they didn't want to hire me, so that sucked. And last night I discovered that favourite YouTubers Charles and Alli Trippy (CTFxC) have separated, that was strange. I've been watching their videos every day for 4 years and I haven't missed a video (they hold the world record for most consecutive daily vlogs) and it's just sad. I feel like they've always been there when I needed a smile on my face and now that's kind of all over, so I've been on and off crying and watching their videos, haha.
On a lighter note, here's my March favourites!

Songs I've been loving this month:
Oh Bo & Art is Dead - Bo Burnham.
Sad Song, I Feel Alive & Just Keep Breathing - We The Kings.
Broken Crown - Mumford & Sons.
Take It Away - The Used.
Cry - The Used.
Jude Law and a Semester Abroad - Brand New.

Movies I've been loving this month:
Sex and The City: The Movie 1 & 2.
V/H/S.
Hostel 1, 2 & 3.
Clerks II.
The Exorcist.
What. (Bo Burnham's latest stand-up show)
Cabin Fever 2.

TV Shows I've been loving this month:
I've been absolutely loving The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade is absolutely fall of your chair, crying on the floor hilarious and I've also been loving Sex and The City, I've only watched about 6 episodes but I love it and I'm absolutely begging for the box set for my birthday in May, hahaha.

Drinks I've been loving this month:
Juiceburst's Blood Orange Juice (it's a mixture of carrot juice and blood orange juice, mm) and Capri Sun.

Food I've been loving this month:
Daim pieces and Ristorante mozarella pizza, yum.

Make up products I've been loving this month:
Rimmel lipstick in 'Oxford St. Fuschia', Sleek contour palette and Collection eyebrow definer pencil in 'black'.

Life favourites:
Is it bad if I say nothing? Like seriously, nothing exciting happened in March at all. I spent 99% of my time indoors either watching movies or job hunting, hahaha.

Am I looking forward to anything next month?
Well, since that implies April, which we're already into (as I decided to write this blog post almost half way into April, ok not really but whatever), there's a few birthdays in my household this month, it's my little sister's birthday on April 20th and she's turning 13, aw, and it's my mum's birthday on April 29th so that'll be nice.
May is full of exciting things though, woo!

I hope you're all doing great! And hopefully, if my motivation isn't at 2% like it has been lately, I should be definitely writing more posts. :-)

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo
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Hello you lovely people,
Well this month, my blogging schedule completely went out the window. I ended up doing one post a week, hahah, oops. March will be better, I promise!

Songs I've been loving this month:
What Did You Expect? - Neck Deep.
Leave Before The Lights Come On - Arctic Monkeys.
R U Mine? - Arctic Monkeys.
Falling - Haim.
Engine 45 - The Ghost Inside.
You & I - Bury Tomorrow.

Movies I've been loving this month:
Wreck-It Ralph, The Great Gatsby, Shutter Island, Movie 43 and Maniac.
I really didn't watch many movies this month as I was very much into watching TV shows on Netflix, haha.

TV Shows I've been loving this month:
Extreme Couponing (got through 3 seasons of that in 2 days) and The Office (US) I watched all seasons in 5 days, I feel like a part of me is empty now, hahaha, I fell in love with Jim and Pam's relationship, aw.

Drinks I've been loving this month:
Dandelion and Burdock and Caffeine Free Diet Coke, mm.

Food I've been loving this month:
Lemon Mousse's from Morrisons, they're perfect.

Make Up items I've been loving this month:
Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo's (see review here), Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in '110' and '107' and finally, NYC's Expert Last Lipstick in 'Blue Rose'.

Life Favourites:
Well this month, me and Abbie organised to go to Slam Dunk Festival in May with her and her boyfriend, wooo third wheeling! No but it's going to be great. :3 (It's going to be so nerve-racking, but I know I can do it. I went last year, had a few panic attacks but I still had a great time.) I also got invited to go to two job interviews in March, one on the 4th March and another on the 7th and they're both for apprenticeships within adminstration with the NHS.

Am I looking forward to anything next month?
Well, if I get offered a job, then starting my new job, if not I'll be looking forward to sitting at home, watching Netflix and job hunting, woo!

I hope you all had a great February, let me know if anything exciting happened in February or if you're doing anything fun in March. :3

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo
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Hey guys!
So it's safe to say this month has been pretty bad in the way of blogging. I've really not been motivated enough to post anything really, but it's that time of the month where I need to do a favourites post so here we go!

Songs I've been loving this month:
Of Mice & Men's new album came out a few days ago *squeal*, so I've been loving every song off that. You go pick that up on iTunes if you wish, 'Restoring Force' by Of Mice & Men ;o
I've been really loving Killswitch Engage this month also, so anything by them. (I'm listening to them now, as I type this.)
White Lies - Man Overboard.
Montrose - Man Overboard.
Frick Park Market - Mac Miller.
Dark Horse - Katy Perry.
Donatella - Lady Gaga.

Movies I've been loving this month:
Considering I've been doing practically nothing this month, I've watched hardly any movies this month which is disappointing, I've basically just been trying to watch the movies that are in my DVD collection that I haven't gotten round to watching yet.
American Psycho, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Tangled, Aladdin, Superbad, American Pie 1 & 2, Carrie (2013).
I've pretty much been loving the same movies as last month but hey ho!

TV shows I've been loving this month:
Sherlock (DID YOU SEE THAT CLIFFHANGER??? OMG), RuPaul's Drag Race (Finished all 5 seasons in a week, wut) Oddities: San Francisco and Criminal Minds - love me some crime shows.

Video games I've been loving this month:
For the first half of January, Grand Theft Auto V controlled my life and now I've been stuck with a load of missions that I've rage quit on so I'm like 40% into the game and I've just kind of stopped playing it, oops. I literally haven't played any video games this month besides GTA, um oops.

Drinks I've been loving this month:
Shapers Sparkling Pink Grapfruit Juice (Boots own low calorie drinks, mm) and sparkling mango juice. I'm all about the juice this month.

Food I've been loving this month:
Gregg's sandwiches in general and Gregg's belgian buns, mm mm mm. Bless my mother for working there and getting a ridiculously good discount.

Make up items I've been loving this month:
Sleek I-Divine palette in 'Vintage Romance' and I don't care if this doesn't class as make up but the Real Techniques Core Collection, them brushes doe.

Life favourites:
Honestly? Nothing much. This month has been absolutely crap in the way of my mental health and my wellbeing in general. I actually thought 2014 would be a tad bit better and at the moment it's treated my awfully so, that's fun! One life favourite though is my friendship with Abbie, she's brilliant. She said to me after reading my new year's resolutions post that she would try to help me get out the house more and do stuff this year, and she's put up with me really well so far, I'm very grateful for her existence and it's people like her that brings back my faith in humanity. So Abbie, if you're reading this, I love you dearly and you're the best okay, you biaatch. ;o

Am I looking forward to anything next month?
I haven't got anything planned, no. I'd like to hope that next month I may have a job but hahaha that's not looking to great at the moment but oh well, I'm trying!

I hope you've all had a great January and 2014 is treating you well! I'd love to hear what you've been up to this month.

That's all for now, 
Rachel. xo
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(L to R) 1. I spend my nights reading Elle magazine and eating sushi. || 2. I went to see Rachel for a little while after not seeing her for over a month. || 3. I dyed my hair black and cut in a full fringe. || 4. I went bargain book hunting and found some gems in the charity shops.


(L to R) 1. Buying Grand Theft Auto V is probably the worst thing I've ever done, I'm now addicted. || 2. Dad got excited over his new tablet that he got for Christmas. || 3. I got really drunk on Christmas day, no change there. || 4. Christmas morning was the cutest thing.

I hope you all had a lovely December!
I hope you all have lovely new years celebrations planned also! :-)

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo
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1. Naked 3 Palette by Urban Decay. - £37.
The colours in this palette are absolutely gorgeous, I love the idea of the rose gold tones in the eyeshadows, also, who doesn't need another Naked palette in their collection?

2. Artist Palette for Eyes by Laura Mercier. - £36.
To me, this is the most perfect neutrals palette, all it needs is a black and it would be the only palette I'd need in my life, haha! Laura Mercier single eyeshadows are great so I'd like to think the palette would be great too!

3. Kick-Ass 2 DVD. - £9.99.
So, this movie holds a lot of memories for me. I went to see this movie at the cinema when I visited Joe in Essex in Summer this year and it was just a great day. The Kick-Ass movies are up there in my top 10 favourite movies of all time so, this is a must have for me.

4. Evil Eye Silver Bracelet. - £1.19.
I recently bought the matching necklace of this bracelet to wear on Christmas day which can be seen here, I'm debating whether to get the matching bracelet though, obviously since it's coming from China it won't be here in time for Christmas. I just think it'll look really nice with my new circle lenses, I don't know.

5. Vice 2 Palette by Urban Decay. - £37.80.
This is the most beautiful palette I've ever seen. The colours are perfect. There's only two of the colours that I probably wouldn't be able to find a way to make a look out of it but 2/20 isn't bad!
All of the colours in this palette are exclusive to the palette and you can't buy them in single eyeshadow form so that's good I suppose!

6. MAC Lipstick in Up The Amp. - £12.15.
Unfortunately, it's currently out of stock. The MAC lipsticks sell like hot cakes on the Debenhams website, everytime I go to look for the lipstick I want, it's 9 times out of 10, always sold out. :-( I might end up paying the £15 for it from the MAC website, I'm not sure yet though.

7. Pug Eyes iPhone 4 Case by Urban Outfitters. - £12.
This is the cutest phone case, I've been on the hunt for either a pug or cat face phone case for ages! For me, £12 is a bit expensive for a phone case, most I've ever spent on a phone case is £5 and that was a 3D Spiderman case, haha!

8. LA Lakers Slippers - £26.99.
I've been really into wearing slippers lately, I probably can't justify spending nearly £30 on a pair of slippers though but oh well, they're adorable! They also match my Lakers Skullcandy earphones, aw. They just look so cosy, can I have them now pleaaaase?

9. The Lion King Charm Bracelet by Disney. - £15.
As an obsessed Disney lover, I feel that this needs to be a part of my life or else I won't know how to function, haha! How adorable is it though?! This is part of the Lion King Musical collection though (hence there's no cartoon Simba to be found). 

Let me know what you guys have on your wishlists this month!
That's all for now.
Rachel. xo
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(L to R) 1. I've built up quite the bracelet collection, unfortunately the pink and brown bracelet as broken. // 2. I started watching Christmas movies at the beginning of November, haha. // 3. McDonald's mocha's are the best thing ever. // 4. Anakin was having way to much fun getting cuddles.

(L to R) 1. I went to Banham Zoo and got selfies with a horse and a meekat. // 2. First appointment with my new counsellor. // 3. I went on a spending spree. // 4. Took my sister bowling.
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As November is coming to an end, here is my November favourites:

Songs I've been loving this month:
Better Than Drugs - Skillet.
Unconditionally - Katy Perry.
Pink Tie - This Wild Life.
Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid.
Fade Away - We Came As Romans.
I Should've Follow You Home - Agnetha Faltskog & Gary Barlow.
Diana - One Direction.

Movies I've been loving this month:
I honestly haven't watched that many movies this month. :-(
Horror: Maniac, Twixt and The Unborn. (I'm also seeing Carrie on Sunday with mum so I'm sure that will be in my December favourites, eek.)
Comedy: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Clueless.
Drama: Mysterious Skin, Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy, 5o First Dates (I really don't consider this a comedy, it's actually really sad.)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Thor & Thor 2, Daybreakers. (This next one may be controversial but I'm going to put it in here anyway.) Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor. It was awfully movie like and I absolutely adored it okay.

TV shows I've been loving this month:
Whacked out the Jackass: Complete Collection box set this month, watched all 3 seasons of the show over and over and I've also been loving Wildboyz (Jackass spin-off featuring Steve-O and Chris Pontius.) And obviously the Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor episode.

Video games I've been loving this month:
Fable III - Xbox 360.
Assassin's Creed II - Xbox 360.
Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360.

Drinks I've been loving this month:
Pepsi Max.

Food I've been loving this month:
Aero Chocolate Mousse, White Chocolate Magnum and Sweet n' Salt Skinny Topcorn.

Make up items I've been loving this month: 
The Falsies by Maybelline. I've rekindled my love for this mascara. Phwoarr Paint Heavy Duty Concealer by Seventeen and Collection's 'Perrie' lipstick from the Little Mix range.

Skincare products I've been loving this month: 
I really haven't been loving a lot of skincare products lately, probably just my Nivea Daily Essentials Rich Moisturising Day Cream for Dry Skin.

Life favourites:
Nothing particularly thrilling has happened this month. My mental health has been the worst it's been for a while. Ugh. :-(

Am I looking forward to next month?
YES. CHRISTMAS AND I GET TO SEE JOEJOE IN ESSEX FOR NEW YEARS. That means lots and lots of drinking and I'm extremely okay with that, haha!

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo
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So this is a new segment of my blog I've decided to do. I'm extremely passionate about music so I thought it fitted nicely. I'll list 10 songs I've been loving this month. Okay, go!


1. The Wonder Years - Local Man Ruins Everything.
I went to Slam Dunk in May this year and this is one the bests I regret not seeing whilst I was there, they're incredible.


2. The Cheetah Girls - Strut.
Okay so, The Cheetah Girls are my not so secret guilty pleasure. I just adore the cheesiness of the movies and their songs are so filled with energy.


3. This Wild Life - Pink Tie.
These boys actually followed me on Twitter a few months back and I've been obsessed ever since.


4. Katy Perry - Unconditionally.
I'm known to have a very eclectic music taste, but Katy Perry is one of the only 'mainstream' artists I listen to that I actually love with a passion.



5. Agnetha Faltskog - I Should Have Followed You Home.
Okay, admittedly the video is bloody awful and the remix isn't too great either but after watching Agnetha & Gary's performance on Children In Need Rocks 2013, I've fallen in love with this song.



6. One Direction - Story of My Life.
Yes, I know. I used to despise One Direction. The songs off their new album are great though! I also adore the video, reminds me of my GCSE photography lessons, pissing about in the darkroom all lesson not getting any work done, haha!



7. Man Overboard - Fantasy Girl.
Well, Man Overboard are my favourite band (next to Of Mice & Men and We Came as Romans), I saw them at Slam Dunk this year and spent £55 on their merch, eh, it was birthday money okay. I then met them (oh my gosh!) at the Keep A Breast signing tent. I was practically a flailing mess on the floor. But Zac and Nik (two lead singers) said I was 'awesome' for spending so much on their merch and they said that if I had my own merch that they'd definitely buy it, how sweet.



8. Anita Blay - Doing It Wrong.
I've been a huge fan of Some Girls ever since the first series and I've been madly in love with the theme song for aaaages but I finally found it on YouTube and yey!



9. Of Mice & Men - O.G. Loko.
 Don't even get me started on Of Mice & Men. They've been my favourite band for nearly 3 years now. This is my favourite OM&M song of all time. I just, ugh.
I saw them live last October and I got to the barrier and I was so thrilled and it's definitely the best night of my life so far.



10. We Came As Romans - Fade Away.
Pretty much same story as the Of Mice & Men one. Been a fan for nearly 3 years, saw them live February 2012 and I got to the barrier for that aswell and Kyle (clean vocalist) came and stood in front of me and I was like 'I LOVE YOU KYLE', not aware that his mic was turned on and he went 'oh you're such a tease' AND WINKED AT ME.

Okay so I'm aware this whole post has made me sound like the worst fangirl, I promise I'm not... Much. :')
I hope you enjoyed this new post and if you have any music suggestions, do put them in the comments below! That's all for now.
Rachel. xo



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Hi guys!
So this is another wishlist but first I'd like to do a quick life update section. So it's currently 1:38am here and I'm not able to sleep. Admittedly I haven't been able to get to sleep 'til about 6:30am, it's ridiculous. Like my brain is just filled with worry and anxiety constantly. I actually want to sleep and my eyes want to close but my brain's like 'lol no'. This has been going on for maybe 5 nights in a row now, my mum's put it down to my anxiety so I'm not sure how I feel about that. I went to Boots today and me and mum bought some natural sleeping tablets that claim they take effect within 30 minutes. Well, I took the tablet at 10pm and here I am, awake at 1:44am. I highly doubt I'll be in college tomorrow either which sucks because I was off last week and my attendance is just constantly going down and ugh. ANYWAY, wishlist time!

This isn't even going to be specific wishlist, it's going to have a bit of everything in there ok.


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I'm sorry this is a short post, I'm going to try and get some sleep now, night!
Rachel. xo

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Hi!
I've realised that if I leave any more time to do this blog post it'll be the new year, so I might aswell get it done as soon as possible. These are just some favourites categories I've thought of on the spot, so here it goes!

Songs I've been loving this month:
Doing It Wrong - Anita Blay (Some Girls theme song, haha)
High Regard - The Story So Far.
Take Me - Major League.
Secret Valentine - We The Kings.
Still Waiting - Sum 41.
Berzerk - Eminem.

Movies I've been loving this month:
So for this section, I'm going to put them in categories as I watched so many good movies in October.
Horror: Psycho, Carrie, Human Centipede 2, Silent Hill: Revelation and Bride Of Chucky (I would quite happily say that the Child's Play/Chucky films are some of my favourites in general.)
Comedy: The Campaign, Pitch Perfect, Not Another Teen Movie (as a lover of cheesy 90's teen movies, this is one of my favourites in general aswell) and The Breakfast Club.
Drama: Trainspotting, This Is England and Cyberbully (I honestly don't think I've cried more at a film than I did because of Cyberbully.)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy: (The first two choices are debatable as to whether they're really sci-fi or fantasy but because they're superhero movies, they're going in here ok.) Kick-Ass and Kick-Ass 2. Avengers Assemble, Star Wars: Return of The Jedi.

TV shows I've been loving this month:
Cake Boss and Cake Boss only. Last week was half term and I got through 3 and a half seasons of that beauty of a TV show. I don't know why I got so addicted, I just did.
Alright, I watched the whole second series of Some Girls aswell. I'm so upset that the second series has finished, I hope they make a third.

Video games I've been loving this month:
New Super Mario Bros - Nintendo DS.
Dead Rising 2 - Xbox 360.
Pokemon Emerald - Game Boy Advance. (Thank god for emulators, hey.)

Drinks I've been loving this month:
Cookie dough flavour Frijj milkshake, Pepsi Max and Pink Lemonade flavour Lucozade.

Food I've been loving this month:
Sweetcorn, hotdog, egg and ham pasta salad (it's delicious, I promise.)

Make up items I've been loving this month: There's not been an awful lot as I haven't had much money to be able to buy new items. Esteé Lauder Double Wear foundation, Rimmel Match Perfection foundation (I actually have to mix both of those foundations together to get a perfect shade. Long story short, woman at House of Fraser matched Double Wear a shade too dark for my skin but luckily I had my Rimmel Match Perfection lying around the house in a shade that was one lighter than my skin tone, lucky 'ey?) Great Lash Mascara by Maybelline, Undress Me Too Palette by MUA and MUA One Direction lipstick in the shade I Want.

Skincare products I've been loving this month: Not sure if you can count some of these as skin care but I'm going to anyway - Candy Swirl body scrub by Baylis & Harding, Flake Away by Soap and Glory and Garnier Moisture Match Goodbye Dry, Garnier Soft and Complete Cleansing Wipes.

Life favourites: Well I can't really say anything interesting has happened in October besides finding out I may be going down to Essex for a few days to visit my best friend, Joe for New Years.

Am I looking forward to next month? I don't know, depends if anything decent is happening in November, haha!



So that's been mine October favourites, I really hoped you enjoyed reading it and I might make a habit of it (yey!)

So that's all for now,
Rachel xo
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