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Wednesday 19 March 2014

Discovering Youtube.

 

 

Hi guys how are you today? Good? Ok then.. today I am going to be filling you in on how I came across YouTube and a few of my favourite YouTubers! This may be interesting for some of you if you have only just discovered the YouTube community or if your not new and you love watching YouTube videos then this might help you find new content to watch if you don't watch them already.

I always knew YouTube existed I just didn't really know what videos would go up or even why sometimes. It was a bit of a mystery to me first until.. I had been talking to my mum about decorating my room soon as it was coming up to the summer and I wanted a change, I couldn't think of what I really wanted though so I started to look for ideas online. I thought I would type in room décor ideas on Google and it come up with a few videos that said 'Room Tour' I was really intrigued so I clicked on one and it took me to YouTube I was surprised there was something like this on there. I cant even remember the first one I clicked on but I don't think it was very good because I didn't watch it long before I decided to look for others.. this day honestly changed my life I typed in 'room tour' and it come up with loads but that's when I found
JuicyStar07 aka Blair. Blair's (First) Room Tour.


After I started watching Blair I soon found her sister Elle and I watched them both for a couple of months not knowing there was more like them! I wanted some hair extensions and I just typed in hair extensions on YouTube and It come up with the first British YouTuber that I found which was.. FleurDeForce. She was reviewing clip in hair extensions. As time went on I was discovering more and more people like MissGlamorazzi , KandeeJohnson. After these I then found more British YouTubers I think the first boy I come across was JimChapman!

I watched a few of his videos and in one of them he mentioned his girlfriend Tanya and said she had a youtube channel and I thought to myself, this is brilliant I've found a whole new world of people and it became a hobby to watch them if it counts as one. I went on to Tanya's channel and started watching all her videos. I then became more and more interested and come across a haul so every time before I knew I was going shopping I would look for recent (no older than a month) hail videos for ideas and what to look out for when I am shopping. This is when I found this video of Zoella's I was instantly hooked and made sure I was checking back for another video more frequently!

I was un aware that YouTube had such amazing and interesting people. I think when your lonely or your just bored and haven't got anything to do you go searching for new things and I found YouTube. I spent hours and hours over that first summer I think it was 2010 watching loads of videos of all of the above people and instantly fell in love with them all.
These days I know what time some people upload and what days and I make sure to watch! I go on YouTube every day sometimes when I wake up and before I go to bed and I watch new videos on my phone.

At first I didn't tell people I watched them, I thought they might find it weird so for a long time it was kind of something I never mentioned to anyone until recently I told my friend Verity about them as I thought she would be interested and she was also shocked to know that these sort of people existed. She was inspired to write a blog and then convinced me into writing one myself. This is only the beginning, maybe one day I will be confident enough to start a YouTube channel and talk about things I enjoy, who knows? I may not but for now I enjoy watching everyone else's videos and writing a blog post when I've got something to talk about so it might not be every day because my life really isn't that exciting and I think it would bore you all.

I just thought I would link a few more people I have found over the years that I have really got into and are some of my favourite people to watch.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JacksGap

Until next time.

Thanks for reading
Emma
xoxo
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
Disclaimer.. the picture at the top was found off google.

Monday 17 March 2014

The Beauty Scenario TAG!

 

 

Hey everyone today I am going to be doing the beauty scenario TAG. This tag was created by Lily Pebbles she does YoutTube videos and here is her beauty scenario TAG! she also has a blog that you should all check out if you haven't already. I watched it when Lily had first uploaded it then a couple of days ago I noticed that Fleur De Force had done it too. My friend Verity Price who also has a blog has done this in a blog post and tagged me in it.
So here I go..

Scenario 1- You have to get rid of all of your foundations and you can only keep one high end and one drug store foundation, which ones do you keep? 

This isn't a hard question for me as I haven't really ventured into high end makeup yet so I don't have a high end one that I would pick. As for drug store I would pick the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation.
 
Scenario 2- You go for an interview and the lady interviewing you has lipstick on her teeth do you approach the subject or ignore it completely.
I am not really sure on this one but  I think 9 times out of 10 I would ignore it because I wouldn't want to make her feel awkward or embarrassed especially if it was being filmed. I tell my friend all the time if she has but in a interview I don't think I would. 

 
Scenario 3- Your not feeling yourself and need a pick me up, which lipstick do you put on to make yourself feel beautiful?
I don't wear lipstick a lot but if I was to in this situation it would be the Rimmel Kate Matte Lipstick in Kiss Of Life which is a gorgeous colour.
 
Scenario 4- You go back in time for a day to your teenage years, how would you do your hair and make-up differently?
Well as for hair I would not have dyed it as early on as I did, I think I started dying my hair when I was 13 or 14 and I definitely wouldn't have cut it really short as it has never grown back to the lovely long length It once was! And then makeup.. I wouldn't actually change anything I think you have to make mistakes so you can learn from them, even though I wouldn't class how I used to wear my makeup a mistake. I would wear really thick eyeliner and everyone called me a 'goth' but I loved it at the time and didn't care what people thought and I don't regret doing my makeup how I wanted it no matter what people would say about me or how you "SHOULD" wear your makeup. Now I wear a very toned down version, on the days I wear makeup I will always be wearing eyeliner I have just learner a nicer and more appropriate every day way to do it now.
 
Scenario 5- You ask your hairdresser for a shoulder length Pixie Lott haircut but they hear you wrong and give you a Pixie cut, Do you A) smile and say thank you, leave and then call your mum hysterical B) Cry in the chair and things get awkward OR C) Complain to the manager and ask for a refund?
My answer is B.. I would cry in the chair and it would get awkward haha. I think I would also do part of C, I would complain to the manager but I wouldn't think of asking for a  for a refund, no amount of money is going to make your hair grow back! I would also partly feel a little bad after id left for making such a fuss but for someone like me who's hair doesn't grow very fast this would be a disaster.

 
Scenario 6- Your friend surprise you with a 4 day city break and you have one hour to pack, which do it all palette do you pack in your make up bag?
Ok.. on a every day basis I only really wear a little concealer a bit of powder.. then I use my NAKED 1 pallet and eyeliner and mascara (and fill in my eyebrows) I don't really wear blush or bronzer a lot so I would say my naked pallet.

 
Scenario 7- Your house has been robbed, don't worry everyone is safe but your beauty stash has been raided...what is the product you really hope is safe?Ohh this is a hard question for me im going to have to say 2 and they are actually from the same makeup line.
 The first is my eyeliner which is the 
L'Oreal Superliner Perfect Slim in Black Intense 
and the L'Oreal Brow Artiste in dark brown. i get both of these from Superdrug but the eyebrow pencil is sold out at the moment.
 

 
Scenario 8- Your friend borrows your make up and returns it in an awful condition do you a) just pretend you haven't noticed b) ask them to re purchase it or c) do the same to one of theirs
I think I would chose A simply because I would much rather replace the item myself than to cause an argument or make them feel awkward and obliged to pay for it.. unless they offer then I would let them get another one if it was in a really bad state.

So thats it done! this is a really good TAG and if your a YouTuber or blogger reading this I tag you to do this. If you do let me know and I will check it out.

Thanks for reading
Emma
xoxo

Monday 10 March 2014

50 Random Questions TAG!



 
I have seen a lot of tags going around on YouTube so I thought I would do 50 random questions and make a 'tag blog post' out of it. I am sure people have already done this before but being relatively new to blogging I think its a good way of getting to know who's posts you are reading and get to know them a bit better.


1. How old are you?
I am 20 years old.
2.Where do you live?

I live in the United Kingdom in Essex.
3.What are you wearing right now?
I am wearing my pyjamas.

4.Who was the last person you spoke to?
My dad, we were on Skype.

5.Whats your favourite Tv Show?
This is a hard question for me because I have a few so we can pretend that the question was what are a few of your favourite TV shows haha..

  • Pretty Little Liars
  • Gossip Girl
  • Eastenders
  • The Only Way Is Essex
  • Keeping Up With The Kardashians
  • Teen Mom

6.Who is your favourite Blogger?
I really really love
circleofchaos you should all check her out and a more obvious one if your all a fan of YouTubers which is Tanya Burr.
7.What size shoe do you wear?
I wear a UK size 6.

8.Are you in love?
Yes with my long term boyfriend Chris.

9.Whats one thing that you wish you could have changed?
I wish I could have my daughter with me today.
10.Whats one piece of clothing you couldn't live without.
If shoes count.. yes I say they count my vans! so comfy and I wear them most days I have the purple ones and a navy pair.

11.Have you ever.. said something you wish you hadn't?
Defiantly.. Who hasn't? in the heat of the moment we can all say things we don't mean or wish we hadn't.
12.What was the last thing you ate?
Crunchy nut and a Greek yoghurt with honey!
13.When was the last time you told someone you love them?
This morning.

14.Who is your favourite female singer?
It has to be Rihanna..or Katy Perry.
15.What YouTube channel do you find yourself watching the most?
I have always been into the SACCONE JOLYs channel but recently I find myself going on youtube at 6PM every night to watch their daily vlogs its a family of 3.. soon to be 4 well you could say 10 as they have 6 dogs! Anna who also blogs & Jonathan (Expecting baby number 2 sometime this month) and Emilia who is adorable. You should all check them out if you like watching peoples daily vlogs.. another good daily vlogger to watch if you don't already is Fun For Louis, you name it.. he's done it or if he hasn't im sure he plans to at some point he has recently been helping out in Kenya and his trip was truly inspirational not only for him but I am sure for his viewers too. Its horrible to see how some people live in different parts of the world I think when you see something like that it makes you grateful for what you have and that we all should try and make a difference one way or another.
16.What phone do you have?
iPhone 5c, not the best iPhone I could have chose but I love the colour (salmon-ish pink)
17.What do you want to know about the future?
this is quite 'deep' but.. I would love to know how far I make it in life as in how long will I live? Up until about a year ago I never thought of dying but the thought of it now really scares me. Especially if you die suddenly and don't get to say goodbye and tell all the special people in your life that you love them.. Chris, Mum, Dad, Rob.. I Love you all so much and I probably don't say it enough but if your reading this then you all know that your the main people in my life and I don't know what I would do without you.. oh and Tilly of course (my dog).
18.Last time you showered?
This morning. Odd question but i thought it would maybe be an interesting one.
19.Do you collect anything?
No, well Nail Varnish's maybe if that counts. If I could go in a 'beauty' kind of shop and come out with one thing it would be a nail varnish.
20.Whats your favourite song at the moment?
Clean Bandit - Rather Be feat. Jess Glynne.
21.Who is your favourite person?
Abit cheesy but.. My Boyfriend. LOL at the goofy picture.



22.Was you good in school?

I was up until the last couple of years which I am not proud of.
23.Who is the last person you texted?
My Dad.
24.Do you sleep with the bedroom door open or closed?
Open.
25.Would you rather be kept prisoner for the rest of your life or move away and never see or speak to your family & friends ever again?
This is a weird.. but thought provoking question. I think i would have to move away.. Unless your capturer let you see your family now and then because if they did i would rather be a prisoner because I would be lost without my boyfriend, family and friends.
26.Do you miss anyone?
Can you miss someone that you never really met? If so My Daughter.
27.What annoys you the most when talking to someone?
I was talking to my friend about this earlier and apparently I do it sometimes too but, when your asking/telling someone something and they ask you to repeat it but half way through they answer it! haha if I do this sorry because I know how you feel it really annoys me!
28.Where do you want to visit in the world?
NYC!!!
29.Do you have freckles?
Yes a few but they come out a lot in the summer.
30.Whats your favourite food/Dinner?
Enchiladas all the way! I get the Enchilada kits add a bit of chicken and some cheese and your good to go.
31.What would you do with unlimited money?
First I would buy a house, then make sure my family are sorted and then I would donate to charities that are close to my heart.. and others that don't get the recognition that they deserve.
32.What is your opinion on world peace?
I think my ideal world is that everyone would have the above ^^ (unlimited money) and no one would get jealous and everyone would be nice to each other and basically we would all be happy and there would be no part of the world that are poor.. so yeah I think we should make world peace happen one way or another.
33.Who is your favourite male singer?
Bruno Mars or James Arthur.
34.McDonalds or KFC?
KFC!!!
35.What size is your bed?
Double.
36.Who is your favourite actress?
Anne Hathaway.
37.Who is your favourite actor?
Zac Efron.. yes i said it ok? He's Hot!!
38.Do you drive?
No i don't :(.
39.What film could you watch over and over and not get sick of?
The Perfect Man or Titanic.
40.What do you drink with dinner?
Water mostly.
41.Are you afraid of heights?
Sometimes.
42.Do you wear slippers?
Yes I LOVE and couldn't live without my Snooki Slippers they are so comfy and i love leopard print!
43.Do you have any tattoos?
Yes. 1 I want more eventually though.
44.Do you believe in heaven?
Well lets just say id like to think that haven exists.. I am still undecided weather I believe it does or not.
45.Are you stubborn?
Yes I can be so I am told!
46.Tea or coffee?
Tea.
47.What is your star sign?
Sagittarius.
48.Ever won anything?
I did win a Quick Trim competition in 2012 to 'party' with Kim Kardashian. I went to London and I did see her but I didn't get close enough to get a picture or 'party' with her like it claimed.
49.Do you cry at movies?
All the time I love a romantic film or something that's sad you will see me crying I get told oh stop being silly its only a film but some of what you see in films do actually happen guys!
50.Who would you like to see in concert?
If i ever get the chance I would really like to see Rihanna or maybe Nicki Minaj as I think it would be like one bit party!

 
 
Ok.. so that's it done finally. Originally I was going for the 1 line answers so it wouldn't get super long as I know some blog posts that are long can get a bit boring. Also I did cheat a little and put more than one answer for the one answer questions. Its so hard to chose ONE answer for some that deserved an explanation or a tiny description about what they are. If you've made it to here thank you haha and well done!



Disclaimer: Some of these questions were taken from other tags but the majority are ones I thought of myself.


I Tag:

 
 
Let me know if any of you above try this so I can check out what you would answer.
I also tag anyone else that would like to answer these questions.

Thanks For Reading
Emma
xoxo






Monday 3 March 2014

Mini Haul!

 
Hi everyone today I am going to share with you a couple of things I bought on amazon.
The other day I was given a amazon gift voucher and I though why not treat myself!


The first thing I ordered was something I had heard mixed reviews about. I thought why not try it out for myself so I can make my own mind up about it.
It is the

Bourjois Paris Bronzing Powder for £5.00you can buy this here.

 
 
 
The next things I got was two of the real techniques brushes by Samantha Chapman, I believe her sister Nic is also now apart of RealTechniques as is now says on their website. I have heard amazing reviews about these brushes so I thought it was time I tired them myself to see what all the fuss was about. You can find some useful tutorials here on Sam & Nic's YouTube channel pixiwoo.
I got the powder brush which you can buy here for (at the moment) £9.34
 

 
I also got the stippling brush which you can buy here. for (at the moment) £8.28.

 
The last thing I purchased is something I think is truly amazing! this is the 3rd time I have had this product and I couldn't be more satisfied with the finishing result.. it is the Macadamia Natural Oil Deep Repair Masque. buy the 500ml for £19.25 here.
Anyone that colours their hair needs this hair masque! it is on the pricey side but I think its worth it as you only use it 1-2 times a week, after every use my hair feels silky and soft and smells delicious. When you have used this for a while you can defiantly tell a difference, well I can anyway. Everything works differently for different hair types. I told my friend
Verity
 that I got this again and she told me she was not a fan, she also does a blog so if you click on her name you can go check her blog out.
 

 
All the things I haven't tried if they are worthy of a review I will tell you all how I got on with them.
 
 


Thanks for reading
Emma
xoxo