JANUARY FAVOURITES

Hi!

Another (half) month has passed, and I'm still struggling to keep up with the way time flies. I imagine myself running laps against the hands of a clock, and they're so fast that they're going in circles around me.

Too deep.

Let's get started eh? Any time now...

Body/skincare:

I've been using Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit Oil-Free Moisturiser, as I finished my previous Clean & Clear one. It's much more moisturising and smells absolutely delicious. It also sinks in really quickly, thankfully. The thing I hate the most about smearing liquids and creams onto my face is the feeling of it sticking to your skin, until you just want to scrape it off.

Eck!

Another thing I've mentioned before is Vaseline lip therapy. I love it so much that, if I were Gollum, I would call it 'my preciousssss' and hide it from everyone. I use it every night, as well as whenever my lips get chapped. It's amazing.

And now, there's a pretty vintage design which makes it a hundred times cooler ;)

(My preciousss...)

Fashion:

Tartan winter scarves - I guess it's a 'thing' right now, and it's good. I used to wear plain coloured wooly scarves, but now, I go for my blue tartan scarf. Scarves can brighten up or accessorize any outfit.

I like :)

TV/film:

My nerdy side is coming out - I love QI.

It's a British TV show which I've been into for a while, but recently I've been obsessed. It's mainly the quirky things I love - the weird facts, the cringy jokes, Alan Davies, and the failed experiments. I've been so obsessed that I've watched a few episodes twice already when new ones don't come out quick enough to satisfy me...

Music:

She by Elvis Costello - it's one of my mum's favourite songs, and now I'm sharing her love for it. But maybe that's just a personal thing - I love this song because it reminds me of when I was younger and my mummy used to sing this a lot :)

Run by Vampire Weekend - this is a...different...song. I don't know. At first, I didn't really like it, but now I've warmed up to it and its quirks, and love it.

Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - of course, what teenager would I be if I didn't like this song? And if you haven't heard this song, then where have you been? I don't feel the need to explain this song, just listen to it and enjoy the funkiness of it all...

Food:

Haagen-Dazs Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream - mmm...

Danone Actimel Original - I've always loved these, especially the original. I love peeling the foil only a little bit so there's a tiny gap, and then squirting it into my mouth.

...and don't you dare snigger and tell me 'that's what she said'...

Moment:

Learning the actual professional tap dance to Anything Goes. I'm still in the process of learning the steps, but I'm getting there, and it's awesome!

And also the time when my friend and I made an electric motor in our physics class. It was apparently quite difficult to make, yet I made it very quickly - let me bask in my glory...

And also the time when my friends and I broke and then fixed a locker. Need I elaborate?

Apps:

Logic Games - I think I might have mentioned this before, I'm not sure. But anyways, it's an app of different puzzles and mini-games. To pass the time I guess, when I'm travelling and I'm bored, I would usually play this.

Elevate - its a brain training app. Dont laugh, I got it when I felt dumb and needed to build up my brain capacity. And actually, it's really addictive. It's got a variety of games which are supposed to improve your brain, but they're really quite fun.

Bicolor - this app is getting popular nowadays. There's different levels in which the aim is to get rid of all the cream squares with coloured ones, but you've only got a certain amount of squares and you cannot jump around, so you can only get rid of adjacent cream squares. Try it out, I'm not good at explaining.

❤

And that's all I'm afraid...

I love yall, and goodbye!

LATHERING THOSE LIPS!

I've got tons of lip balms. I'm not kidding, I swap between them whenever I feel like a change, but I end up taking ten minutes picking which one I want to use... Anyways, today, I'm going to tell you what I have, and give them a kinda review (I guess?) just because...because. I just feel like it.

Body Shop Born Lippy:

These aren't really lip balms as such, but I love these too much not to mention them. I've got tons of these...my friend bought some for me at Christmas, which was awesome. They're the ones I usually bring to school, along with a Carmex. I always feel like I need two, I don't know why... Anyways, my favourite is the watermelon one...I guess it just tickles my taste buds...! That was terrible... I also like the passionberry one, and the satsuma shimmer. The thing I like the most about Body Shop products, in general, is the smell and taste, but I'm not really sure how beneficial it is to your body... If you're looking for something that's really good and solely for the purpose of skin care, then I wouldn't turn towards Body Shop first.

Carmex:

My friend was the one who recommended Carmex to me, she's always using her cherry squeezy tube Carmex. And I really like the tingles you get when you use it, the famous Carmex tingles. But anyways, even though I really love the smell of the tube Carmex's, I bought myself the lime and the pomegranate twist ones. It's really good but I must say though, even though it's easier to use and not as messy, the flavour doesn't really last long and the lime one is, for some odd reason, really squishy... But, as I said before it's really quite nice - it's got a good taste, tingles, and also SPF15. 

Vaseline:

My baby! I love Vaseline so much, it's unbelievable. I've been using Vaseline for years, and always the green aloe vera one because I'm just in love with it! Last year I did my Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition, where we basically had to go camping with nothing but essentials. And I brought my Vaseline, that's how much I love it. I use it every night before bed and whenever my lips are exceptionally dry. It's the most moisturising lip balm ever, I would definitely recommend it to anyone who gets dry lips. I'm basically advertising Vaseline...trust me, I'm not getting paid to advertise it or anything, it's just that it would honestly be my pleasure to advertise such an amazing product...

Maybelline Baby Lips:

Everyone's heard of these, and nearly everyone's got at least one. Myself, well despite being addicted to lip balms, I've only got the cherry one. I think it's great, I like that it slightly tints your lips, and is really smooth when you apply it. Another one of my friends though, she has the pink punch, and she hates it...apparently, it's got a weird texture and isn't moisturising at all... I guess it kinda depends on your own personal preferences and which one of the Baby Lips collection you get... All I can say is that the colourless ones (for example the hydrate, intense care, and mint fresh) seem to be better than the tinted ones (pink punch and peach kiss)...

Well...those are the main lip balms and products I use...there are more, but no one cares about the ones from years ago which I didn't even know I had. As you can see I do very much love my lip balms, and I'm always looking out for more, to my mum's dismay. But anyways, that is all for this blog post, there is nothing else for me to say so...

I love y'all, and goodbye xxx