Whats In My Go To Bag // Summer 2017

Summer (well as I am writing this, it looks more like winter) is finally here which means I will be going out on lots of day trips. 

Today I am going to be showing you whats in my go to bag for the summer holidays. 

This is my bag, it is a black and white mesh print backpack which was £13 from the New Look sale! Which I think is a bargain. It is the perfect size for a day bag, which I have been looking for, for ages now. 

It has a pocket at the front and then a main part which has a zip pocket inside. 

Now lets have a look inside...

In the front pocket, is where I keep my less valuable things. I have; 

- Soap and Glory Hand Food 

-Carex Bubble Gum Hand Sanitizer

-Paracetamols 

-Tissues

-Rescue Remedies 

These are all of my daily essentials which are easy to get it and are always with me

 Now in the main pocket: 

- My phone which is the Samsung Galaxy S7

-Charlie Spray 

-Radley Purse, which currently has no money in

-M&S Rhubarb and Custard Sweets

-My sunglasses

-Radley Cosmetic pouch which has all of my hearing aids things such as batteries, case, tubing

-Maoam sweets, my favourite!

-Deodorant

-A bottle of  water 

Hope you have enjoyed todays posts 

Let me know what you keep in you go to bag

-I have linked everything as closely as I can, some of the things you can't get anymore!

Amy xx
'Live, Love, Laugh and Be Happy'

Homeware Haul

Doing a little haul today. 

Over the past few months I have brought a couple of things for my bedroom.

 I have also recently moved house which therefore means I can redecorate my room and make it more me! Its currently a cream colour which I don't really mind but its quite old fashioned and I would love to make it more modern. I think I am going to have a white, blue and grey themed room as I am loving these 3 colours together at the minute. 

I went to Ikea, and brought lots but most of it is furniture, so its very hard to take photos of it. (Maybe soon I may do a room tour, let me know if you would like me to do one).  However another thing I brought, is this cactus. These come in sets of 3 and my brother has the other 2. I think plants in your room in general look really nice, if you keep on watering them and not letting the die. 

I really like this cactus as its very different and I love that it looks like it has cob webs on it. 

As well as the cactus from Ikea, I picked up 2 Skurar pots for my makeup brushes. Even though these are plant pots, I think they are great size for makeup brushes or even a pen holder. I love the design of the Skurar range so much!

Lastly from Ikea, I picked up a vanity unit mirror, to go on my new vanity. This only cost £3.50! I think that is extremely good as these types of mirrors tend to be £10/£12. Okay I know the quality of it is not that good, but it does the job for me.

From Next I picked up this photo frame for £6. Its a light blue distress type look and I quite like the distress look on decor at the minute. I popped a postcard in it, as I need to print some of the photos out from New York and Ibiza from last year. 

From B&M, I brought the wicker hearts on a string.  This only cost £1.99 and I love it. It currently hangs of my wardrobe door nob, but soon it will be on my wall.  

From Homesense I brought this photo frame. Its a blue and silver metal frame and I literally fell in love with it when I saw it, I think this will go perfectly on a bedside table once my room is done! As you can see there's a dog in the frame and that's Molly from when she was younger.

I also picked up this candle called Silent Night from the national park I went to last year. Yes I know its a Christmas Candle but it doesn't smell that christmassy, its more of a fresh sense. 

Last thing are these wicker heart lights, from Asda costing £12. These are perfect to be hanged on top of my bed and when they are turned on they make my room look so cosy! As they are not just plain fairy lights they look good just as decoration and no need to turn them on when its the Summer.

I hope you enjoyed my little haul. Most of the things I brought are linked.

Amy xx

A Little Walk..

Today I would like to share with you some of the photos I took when I went for a little walk round a National Park, a few weeks back. 

I hope you enjoyed these photos. I know its not very christmassy, but not everyone enjoy christmas or even celebrate it.

Amy xx

My New Year Resolutions

2016 is coming to an end, which I am quite happy about as I love starting a new year even if that means I am getting a year older and time is going so fast! But then that also means more memories! 

This year I have done some amazing experiences which I would never in a million years would of thought I would have the opportunity to do. And this year has had a lot of downs but that's because I have let it happen to me. Therefore next year I am going to make it an amazing year!

Today I am going to share with you some of  my New Year Resolutions! 

Just to point out, I am not very good at sticking to things. 

>Be Much More Positive

If you know me, then you would know that I am such a negative thinker and everything I do, I would have a negative thought about it. 

>Be More Happy 

Being a negative thinker, does generally get you down, so trying to be positive will hopefully make me more happy. 

>Make tones of memories with family

This year I have spent most weekends with my family and I loved it! Making memories are great and then you can tell your children what you done when you were their age. 

>REVISE

I know revision isn't the funniest thing to do, but you only do your GCSE once, so you might as well put all your effort into it. 

>Get fitter

This may sound like a lie to do as I am a teenager but I generally think I do eat quite healthy compare to a lot of people who I know! But I would like to get fitter and I love walking my 2 dogs as well as cycle rides. Also did you know walking is meant to be the best exercise for you!?

>Live in the moment

I really do want to live in the moment not in the past or future. I am someone who tends to regret everything they do, just because I never really think things over I just do it, which is good in some ways but a few days later I will look back and be like why did I do that? 

That is just some things that I would like to do in 2017!

I also would like to blog more as I actually love it so much.

I hope your 2017 brings you so many happy memories

Amyxx

Festive Lips

Hello everyone! 

Its Christmas Eve!

Today I am sharing with you the 2 lip products that I have been wearing over the festive season.

I find lots of lip sticks never stay on my lips for a long time, so I tend to just start the day of by wearing a nude colour, so when it does rub off its not that obvious that I was wearing a lipstick. Also I think I am rubbish at applying lipstick, as I always and I mean always get it all around my lips. That could be because my hands tend to shake when I hold things! Don't ask why my hands shake when I hold things as I don't know either. 

Knowing me, I have probably already mentioned this products before as I don't own many Christmassy lipsticks, which is a shame bare in mind I love darker shades.

My top favourite is Fond Farewell from Seventeen. This was a gift from my brother last Christmas, and I love it so much! As I am unlucky to have extremely pale skin, this colour doesn't wash me out too much. 

The Seventeen Stay Pout collection retail as £4.49, which if I am honest I think its a bit too pricey as it doesn't stay on your lips very long and especially I think its a great colour for the festive season, people drink quite a lot through December so its rubs off easily.

The last festive lip colour is Cherry Pop from Clinique. Its a lovely red and suits most people, which is very good! What I love about this product is that its not sticky after you have applied it to your lips its stays very matte. 

For £16 I think this is quite a good price and that Clinique is high end, £16 is good for a highend lipstick. 

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Love Amy xx

Christmas Wishlist 2016

Its nearly Christmas day! This year has gone so fast! 

Today I am going to write about what I have asked for, for Christmas. In no means am I expecting any of this. It was just to give family and friends and idea of what I would like or what I enjoy. 

*Infinite Pandora Ring 

I have had my eye on this ring since the Pandora store in my town has open. I love the infinity symbol anyway, and I think this will go really nice with my other 2 I already have.

*White Enamel Twist Pandora Ring

I also really like this ring, its so simply and will go with anything.

*Sleek Makeup Gift Box

I have never owned anything from Sleek, and I have heared so much about Sleek and lots have recommended it. This gift box is from boots and currently reduced to £25! It has 10 products inside, and I think that is amazing for £25.

*A Curler 

I have never owned a curler, and I just think I will enjoy curling my hair every now and again as I find plaiting my hair and straightening it very therapeutic! 

*Clothes 

Any clothes would do to be honest, I don't actually have that many clothes that fit properly most of it is too big for me. 

*A Watch 

Again I don't mind what watch it is, maybe a silver watch would be nice.

*A Compact Tangle Teezer 

I got one last year for Christmas which I use for school, but the one I have at home is so old and disgusting but its not a compact one so its get wrecked very easily.

*Nail Vanishes 

I have really enjoyed painting my nails recently and that fact I managed to go all last week with nail vanish on at school really shocked me! As a few teachers don't like nail vanish and I even represented my school in its Christmas Concerts and Assemblies with band, where there was all Senior Leadership team and no one said anything!

*A New School Bag

Right ok, I did buy one in the summer but its actually too small, so my mum has taken it for work, so I am currently using my old one from last year but its starting to fall apart! 

*Lush!

Well actually I have asked for a lush voucher as on boxing day, Lush always have a sale and I can get everything half price. 

This is all really I am asking for. I will be very grateful for no matter what I get for Christmas. 

Merry Christmas

Amy xx

Its ok to...

Its ok to...

cry in front of people. 

fail.

be a sensitive person.

not be friends with people who have proven you wrong.

have a change.

tell people what you are thinking.

tell the truth.

eat that chocolate bar.

make mistakes. 

be different. 

have goals/dreams in live. 

have a chat. 

1) Its ok to cry in front of people

Whether that's your parents, friends, a teacher, anyone. And yes its perfectly fine to cry multiply times in a week/month in front of that same person. But please do not think you are wasting their time! So many people don't let things out because they are scared that they are wasting the other persons time. No you are not! 10 minutes of their day, is all it takes to let things out and you will feel so much better afterwards. They may not look like they care, However you are not being silly or anything. Its no ones fault that whatever going on in your head is there. We can not control what our brains think. 

2) Its ok to F.A.I.L

Fail means First Attempt In Learning. You could fail multiple times but you are learning and life is all about learning. So don't beat yourself up because of it.

3) Its ok to be a sensitive person

We are all different here, and we all take things differently. I am, myself, a sensitive person and things do hit me. But do not think that you are silly or pathetic just because you are the only one who have gotten upset because of it. 

4) Its ok to not be friends with people who have proven you wrong

Its true that friends don't stay. We all grow every day into another person as we are learning who we really are in life. Things change to make people change. People turn out to be different and its fine to say goodbye to someone. 

5) Its ok to have a change

Maybe that's in your fashion style, or haircut. Its perfectly fine to change. Its fine to change jobs, schools. If something making you down change it and don't worry about what other people think that's their problem.

6) Its ok to tell people what you are thinking

This links to number 1. If you want to tell someone how you feel about them, then tell them. Tell everyone!

7) Its ok to tell the truth

Tell people what have just happened, tell them everything. If something happens the next day about the same thing go and tell them. This could be told to anyone!

8) Its ok to eat that chocolate bar

Just eat it! Don't worry about the calories or if you have already eaten a chocolate bar today. We are not here to hate our body or hate what choices we have just made. We are here to enjoy life to the fullest! 

9) Its ok to make mistakes

We all make mistakes, whether thats solving a problem or doing something that has affected you in a way that you didn't think it would. Don't regret doing it, if someone has told you something about it that has made you cringe. Oh well, its fine. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES, its life. We are learning everyday.

10) Its ok to be different

Don't think you have to be the same as everyone else, as you don't. Its amazing to stand out from the crowd, I promise. People may judge at first but don't let that put you down.

11) Its ok to have goals/dreams in life

You are never too young to know what you would like to achieve in life. I already know what I would like to be when I grow up and theres nothing wrong with that.

'Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with bug dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts'.

12) Its ok to have a chat

Chat about anything and everything, We live in a world where technology takes over us. Its fine to have a chat in person with someone, go to Starbucks, sit there for hours on end having a right old giggle, laugh. Its also ok to have a chat with someone over phone too.

I feel that these are some things that people struggle to come to terms with, I can relate to so many of these, as I feel like its not ok  to do something, as I don't know anyone else who has done what I have just did and I tend to put myself down and it plays over and over again in my head and I will cringe about it and regret doing it. But whats in the past, is in the past. And NO ONE should judge you from your past. 

Amy xx

Pandora Will Always Be My Favourite

Heyia! 

I am posting today because I feel bad that I haven't uploaded over the past couple of weeks. 

Pandora will always be my favourite! I am lucky enough to own 2 rings that Pandora sell and I love them both to pieces. 

Heart Stacking  £35

I got given this for Christmas a few years back from my parents and its my favourite one out of the 2 that I own. Its so simply. I love that its hearts all joint together to make a ring. 

This ring is £35 which I think is a really good price for it. £35 is quite cheap for Pandora but then I think its a reasonably price. 

My hand is so ugly, ahah

Aprils Birthstone £40 

My birthday is in April, so it makes sense that I got the diamond birthstone ring. I think us April babies are so lucky to have diamond as our birthstone, as a lot of rings have a diamond stone and it means something a bit more special to us. 

If I am honest I don't think this on is really worth £40, only because underneath the diamond, it does tend to get quite dirty, but otherwise its a really nice ring. 

I am thinking about getting a Pandora charm bracelet but I don't know if its worth it. So if you own one please let me know if they are worth the money. 

Hope everyone having a nice day 

Amy xx

A Walk Down Memory Lane

Hows your week back at school going? Draining, exciting, nerve racking...

Today I would like to share some of my goals for this school year and some general advice and hopefully this will help whether you are starting secondary school, going into GCSE/A Levels/BTEC, what ever I hope this will help most of you some way or another. 

My number 1 goal for this year: To remain as happy and positive as I can be! 

If you were in any of my lessons last year you would of probably seen me cry at least 5 times. I am very emotional but my emotions were so high last year everything, I would end up crying. But here's a fact I don't cry when I am actually feeling upset. I cry when I am frustrated, worried, happy, excited. Weird an't I! 

To the member of staff and the teacher, you will know who you are even though you won't be reading this, well probably not, thank you for last year. Seeing me all over the place it meant so much, all the help and support. 

Hand writing needs to stay NEAT

Amy, the amount of times you got big red lines all through your work, yeah you remember your RS book, all the crosses and negatives that were in the book and you thought the red pen looked messy. Yeah love, you were the one that was making it messy! 

Is it just me that can feel the different in text books, like the texture of the page? Even though they are all the same brand? 

If you are ill accept the fact you are ill 

Last year my health wasn't that good last October/November ended in multiple doctors and AAE.

 If you are ill don't force your self to go into school, as you knew how much pain your foot was in when that teacher thought you were about to faint so they dropped the box of books on your foot. 

I know a lot of subjects do one part of the topic every lesson, so  if you  missed a lesson you missed out on about 5 marks on your test, which equals to a whole level/grading down. 

There is nothing stopping you to contact your teacher, email them, leave a message at receptions phone, get your friend to get you the work. Just as it may sound cringey to write an emailing to your teacher to ask for work. No one is going to know, so no one is going to call you a nerd or geek. Plus your teacher prefers you to catch up on the work as its less stress for them. 

Put 100% into your homework

Yes I know homework doesn't really mean much, but the amount of times you had to stay behind to finish work off or you fell out with teachers as they emailed your mum. 

Make it colourful and unique! This may sound mean but do not and I mean DO NOT, help others out with their homework, that is their fault that they can't do it, not yours. Your spare time is to be used up on what you love to do, not helping people figure out what the Pythagoras to this triangle is. 

Get up and go to the toilet, if you are not allowed to go 

Quite a few teachers at my school don't let us go to the toilet through lesson times, but if you need to go you have the rights too go. Its your health that is more important than your education. 

Don't feel bad getting up and leaving the classroom, and yeah ok they may put a negative on your sims but you needed that wee, you may get a detention but don't go to it! 

Here a tip to go to the toilet through lesson, just say you need to go and get a tissue or you left your pencil case in another class, it works all the time! Well with me it does. 

Remember your keys and water bottle 

I can not stress enough, if you leave you bottle at home, you are in for a long day! I think my school lends you money if you forget your lunch or water, I am not to sure, but just go and explain the situation to reception and I am sure they will help. Plus your friends may have some money too. 

Keys, if you forget your keys then you are stuck outside of your house for a long time especially if you siblings have forgotten theirs too! 

Have fun, make mistakes 

We are still all children here, learning about the world. I know teachers assume we know whats right or whats wrong already in our life but we don't. If you and your friend want to go and do something, go and do it, you may get in trouble, it may go on your record but when you go and apply for a job they are not going to care about what you done on 22nd October 2016, are they? And NO one should judge you via your mistakes, teachers make mistakes all the time, our parents do too even our grand-parents. Its life and that just what happens. 

You will look back on what you done and you will laugh about it, promise. 

Try your best this year, get the grades you are happy with

Amy xx

Another Travel To A Different Place In The World // IBIZA 2016

Hola (hello in spanish) 

On Monday 22nd August, me and my family flew out to Ibiza. Ibiza is a little island to the right of Spain. It was around a 2 hour long flight and we landed in Ibiza airport at 6:25. 

And the holiday began...

We stayed in and all inclusive hotel in Cala Pala, a 30 minute walk from St. Eulalia. The hotel was amazing and all the staff and entertainment reps were all lovely and helpful. As it was an all inclusive hotel, it meant we can just go and help our self to food and drinks all through out the day, plus the drinks bar was open 24/7! So if you want to get drunk then you can. 

What I got up to: 

There was fun and games through out the whole day for all ages.

 Me and my brother done the Club Magic Dance everyday in the pool, which was such a laugh especially, we were some of the oldest doing it. We also done water polo, which is so hard if you are small like me, and people can only see your head when you are in the pool.
Also me and my family played a game of golf, which was fun even though I get bored very easily as I an't good at that either.

As a family we went down to the beach, as it was about a 2 minute walk, and we went on a clift walk from Cala Pala beach to Nikki beach, and the closer we got to Nikki beach the clearer and the more blue the sea got. I've never seen sea so blue before, so me being me, I took a lot of photos! 

Night time walks into St Eulalia. To get into town and the marina, it was straight up the road that our hotel laid on, so there was no option in getting lost, however this road was miles long, it took us about 30 minutes in the heat to walk, but at least I  may of burnt all the ice-cream I ate off, well some of it!

Swimming in the pool! This was what I got the most excited for every day. I never go swimming at home, so having 4 different pools to choice from, made my excitement rise. 

I don't tend to swim, its more mess around and look stupid, but who cares as no one knows you, and you all, got to have some fun.
Me and my brother done a lot of handstands competitions and throwing each other up in the air, as you are apparently 80% lighter in water.

Some Of The Best Parts Of My Holiday: 

1) Pancakes every morning for breakfast!

2) Getting a tan. If you know me in person you will know how pale I am, but my tan just looks like a normal white British person skin colour, unfortunately 

3) Cinderella (non-alcoholic cocktail), this was made by either pineapple or orange juice with this kiwi juice. It is heaven!

4) Club Magic Dance, as I mentioned before, this is a dance which you do with the entertainment reps about 5 times a day, its so funny and the song is so catchy 

Ibiza was a great holiday, and I would love to go back when I am around 18 to 21, with friends as we all know that Ibiza is a big party island. 

Amy xx
-All photos were taken with my phone (Samsung Galaxy A3) not my camera