Album Review | Jessie J's 'Alive'

Hello, my lovelies!

In today’s post, I wanted to talk to you about my favourite album at the moment which is the wonderful Jessie J’s album; ‘Alive’. This album is honestly one of my most favourite albums ever alongside Ed Sheeran’s ‘+’, Example’s ‘Evolution of Man’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Off The Wall’, and Paramore’s ‘Brand New Eye’. I wish I listened to it much earlier than just three days before seeing her sing live in concert at the O2 but, regardless of that, I’m in love with it. In this post, I’ll have a little fangirl moment and you guys can chat back to me in the comments about how amazing the woman is if you fancy it!

Okay so my favourite up-beat song on the album is probably ‘Excuse My Rude’ ft. Becky G. I am just in love with it because it says, straight up, how basically all of us humans feel about that one certain person (the one we say we ‘hate’ on a daily basis). It speaks about all of the bad qualities in the person she hates and why she hates those qualities but she manages to do it in a humorous and catchy way. I believe this song will soon be quite big and could almost act as a ‘let off steam’ mechanism for the human race (or maybe, one day, a school like East High in High School Musical will break into song telling each other what they hate about each other with this song – I’m secretly hoping for that to be my college. That will turn out to be one of the most amazing experiences of my life; to be a part of a cheesy little musical!) Anyway, the tune of the song just makes you want to get up and dance even if you are fully against dancing. It’s true, it will.

‘Hero’ is the next song from the album that I am in love with. If anyone remembers Jessie’s first album, they will remember her very first single ‘Do It Like A Dude’ which was quite heavy and had a lot of punch to it. This song has that same punch and heavy-ness to it however, it has more meaning. We are told that Jessie J ‘don’t need no hero’ meaning that she doesn’t need to be in a relationship with someone to be happy. I love how this song allows you to just go crazy and gets you lost in it. It is not a typical ‘club’ song that you would hear in the current charts which is what makes the song stand out for me. This song live is also just flawless. I just love Jessie J full stop. She’s just brilliant.

As much as I love every song on the album (especially the two above), my absolute favourite song from the album is ‘Breathe’. This song is a slow ballad and it is great to sing along to with it at full volume. The off-beat parts of the chorus make it really interesting and just brilliant to listen to. Jessie J shows of her vocals (which I am SOOO jealous of) which are just out-of-this-world AMAZING. To be honest, you really really need to listen to all three of these amazing songs to understand my love for them. They are all perfect and amazing.

I hope you enjoyed today’s blog post guys. I hope you’re all having an amazing Sunday, hope your week is a good’un and speak to you next Sunday!

Love you all lots

BIG MIDGET GIRL HUGS

Megan xxx

I GOT RETWEETED BY TANYA BURR OMG WHAT?!

Hello, my lovelies!

I thought I’d do a ‘life’ blog post for you today and then next week, an album review of someone who I’ve been loving the sound of recently.

On Tuesday this week, I went back to my secondary school to collect my certificates for my GCSEs and to see some of my old friends. I wasn’t expecting anything too fancy or long so I wasn’t amazingly excited to go to it but now, I am so glad I went. We walked into the school and our old teachers gave us our yearbooks and our little DVDs full of memories made throughout the five years we had been there. Then we were directed up to the hall which looked absolutely stunning. There were drinks and food at the back of the hall and balloons attached to every chair in white and red. I’ll show you a picture that my friend took of it.

Secondary Image of the hall

We were there for a good 3 hours listening to teachers giving speeches and receiving lots of different certificates and awards and, afterwards, we all got to stay and have a chat with old teachers and friends. It was honestly so lovely and I wanted to take an opportunity to say that I had the best 5 years at my school and thank you to anyone reading this who spent that time with me.

Primary Image of my balloon

Primary Image of my yearbook and DVD

Also, I had the most amazing twitter experience this week. The YouTuber, Tanya Burr, posted a make-up tutorial on YouTube earlier this week (which I will link you to after this post is finished) of her re-creating Ariana Grande’s typical make-up look. I followed the tutorial and took pictures of myself with the make-up. Tanya sent out a tweet yesterday asking her viewers to tweet her pictures of their re-creations of Ariana’s look after following her tutorial so that she could retweet some and so, since I took my selfies already, I thought I might as well give it a go. BASICALLY I GOT NOTICED BY TAYNA BURR AND OH MY JESUS I NEEDED TO LIE DOWN AFTERWARDS. So that has literally made my week.

Primary Image of my Ariana inspired make-up

Screenshot of my RETWEET WHAT?!

To complete my week, I slept over at my cousin, Lucie’s house and we ordered a Chinese which took about 3 days to arrive. It was well worth it though as afterwards I don’t think I have ever been more hyper. While I was there, we rung my brother and his girlfriend up who are both over in Australia and we had a really nice chat. I don’t think I’ve truly realised how much I miss them until that moment when we had to let them go. Hopefully, I’ll be able to go over there and see them one day.

So I hope you liked today’s post guys! I’m going to post an album review next week so I hope you look forward to that.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and I love you all lots.

BIG MIDGET GIRL HUGS!

Megan xxx

P.S Here is the link to Tanya's make-up tutorial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYBBWHiFuXQ

October Favourites!

Hello, my lovelies!

I promised (knowing I could KEEP the promise ;)) the girlies who read this blog in my last post that I would be doing my ‘October Favourites’ in today’s post (a week late). Before I begin, I would like to reiterate that I am not being sponsored by any of these brands whether it is a beauty brand, a clothing shop or a chocolate bar factory. I am just writing this because I like the stuff I’m telling you about.

Beauty Favourites

Superdrug’s ‘Cucumber Cooling Clay Mask’

So my first beauty favourite of this month is hands down this face mask which is part of Superdrug’s own brand collection. Now if you are not from the UK, Superdrug is a shop that sells health and beauty essentials for men, women and children at relatively cheap prices. I got this facemask and 6 others to try out for 99p each and I will definitely be buying this amaze-balls product again! This face mask is my favourite out of the 6 I tried because it made my face feel so clean and fresh once I removed it. It also wasn’t irritating to my skin whilst it was on and I could almost feel it doing the job which is something I quite like (because I’m a freak). It states on the website that the product is suitable for vegetarians and vegans and so all of the things that were used to create this mask are organic and natural.

'Primary Image' of my FAVOURITE beauty product!

TRESemmé’s ‘Touchable Finish Hairspray – Ultimate Hold’

My second beauty favourite is this amazing hairspray. Recently, I got the first hair cut in six months (it’s disgusting, I know) with a side fringe and lots of layers. My hair is very hard to manage as it can be way too soft to style and my hair line has both a ‘widow’s peak’ and a ‘cow’s lick’ making it hard for me to have any type of fringe. This hairspray is amazing for me because, not only does it hold my barely manageable fringe in place on a night out, but it also makes my hair much more style-able as it gets rid of the awkward softness when I do not need it. The spray also helps to make my hair gain more volume so that it doesn’t look dull and lifeless. You can purchase this hairspray from virtually any beauty store but I believe I got mine from Boots for £5.25. I’ll be giving you the links to the website’s after this post so that you can check out all of the prices and any other products that are similar and that you may be interested in!

'Primary Image'  - Without the lid to show you the top.

Favourite Clothing Items

Parka Coat from the Teen Section at New Look

Now one of the only reasons I got this (I have no regrets to admit) was because Zoe posted a picture of one that she bought from Topshop online. I went into Topshop to see how much their coats were and let’s just say I walked straight out of the shop towards the cheaper section of Bluewater. I came across a much more simple version of the Parka coat in New Look and I fell in love with it instantly…only to later find out that I had just bought the aged 14-15 coat which actually was too big. Regardless, I love it as it is nice and snug and it has a cute furry rimmed hood which makes me feel like a lion. I bought this coat for £17 with my NUS card but the original price was £20 so go get it while it’s in store if you like it as much as I do!

'Primary Image' of the back of the coat.

'Primary Image' of the front of the coat.

'Primary Image' of the inside of the hood (which is so warm!)

'Primary Image' of the rim of the hood. 

Favourite October Treats!

Terry’s ‘Chocolate Orange Milk Chocolate Bar’

There isn’t an awful lot to say about this other than it tastes of what heaven should be like. I’ve only just discovered my love for these and I’m still eating them all the way into November on a slightly unhealthy daily basis. All I can say is go out and buy them. RIGHT NOW. You will love me forever…while you’re out, buy me 10 packs, please.

'Primary Image' of heaven.

I really hope that this post was entertaining and useful in some ways for you guys. Next week, I’ll be doing something for everybody so it won’t just be a girly post.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekends, have a lovely week and I will speak to you next Sunday!

Love you all lots

BIG MIDGET GIRL HUGS!
Megan xxx

P.S Here are some important links to things that I have mentioned in this blog post which you may want to go and check out…

Superdrug Face Mask Link: http://www.superdrug.com/superdrug/superdrug-cucumber-cooling-mask/invt/440355&bklist=

Hairspray Link (from the Boots Website):

New Look Coats & Jackets Section for Women: http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/jackets-and-coats_20021?extcam=UK_PPC_KW_%2Bnew%20%2Blook%20%2Bparka_MT_b_CR_27373169576_NTW_g_DV_c_ACE_&tmcampid=152&tmad=c&tmplaceref=UK_PPC_KW_%2Bnew%20%2Blook%20%2Bparka_MT_b_CR_27373169576_NTW_g_DV_c_ACE_&gclid=CN6GwdzbzroCFVMRtAodv1IAWQ&gclid=CN6GwdzbzroCFVMRtAodv1IAWQ

I Don't Like Promises I Can't Keep!

Hello, my lovelies!

I thought I would talk to you about something I’ve learnt this week…and that is to never make promises that you do not know for sure if you can keep.

In my last blog post, I spoke about how this half term, I would be focusing on my YouTube account and I would be filming vlogs for it throughout the week…to be completely honest, I didn’t get an awful lot of footage due to plans not working out and just plain laziness on my part. So basically, what I’m trying to say is I probably will not be uploading a ‘Half Term Vlog’ any time soon. I would like to apologise to anyone who may be a little disappointed by this but I would like to say that if anybody happens to still be interested in what I did manage to film, I will try and edit the video whenever I get any free time throughout the week to hopefully upload next week or the week after.

Luckily, I have realised through not keeping a promise that I can talk to you about something different. I have understood now that I cannot take on as many things at a time as I have; these things being my college work, my homework, my blog and all of the other things surrounding work and hobbies. So what I have decided to do through this is to still keep my blog as a regular ‘post on Sunday’ thing but make my YouTube a ‘post whenever you have a good idea’ kind of routine. This is because I have also realised that when you take on too many things, the things you enjoy do not seem all that fun anymore which is what I felt when I wasn’t filming my vlog this week.

For the girls that read this blog, I am going to get back into doing my make-up reviews and, next week, I will attempt to do an ‘October Favourites’ blog post (a week late, I know!) and so I hope you enjoy those and for basically everybody, in a couple of weeks, I will attempt another one of those music reviews you guys seemed to like (probably because of my ‘bitch about Miley Cyrus’ approach last time!).

So basically, what I’m trying to say is that next week I will be back to normal! I hope you are all okay and safe and well and I hope you have a great week (regardless of it being ‘back to school’ week…*cries)

Love you lots

BIG MIDGET GIRL HUGS

Megan xxx

P.S.(she probably will not see this but...) I would like to say a huuuuuge congratulations to Zoe for winning 'Best British Vlogger' with BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards! You are a true inspiration to everyone. xx