what i've been up to #2

excuse the crappy quality, these are all taken with my iPhone

1: My Week with Marilyn.  I've always had a love for Marilyn Monroe, so when i found out that there was going to be a movie about her, well i knew i had to see it asap! I went with my mum's friend who has a love for Marilyn that is even bigger than mine - she's the one who got me into her in the first place! The movie was really good, i liked the acting, the actors and the storyline. The one downside for me was that it didn't end how i wanted it to but that's because it was a "true story" and i obviously can't re-write Marilyn's life to end how i want it, haha. The fact Emma Watson was in the film, even though it was a small part, was a big plus!

2: Vecta's. I have been waiting and wanting these babies for so long. At first, i got them for my birthday but they were too small, so when i went to return them, it turned out they had been discontinued. When i couldn't find them on the website to re-order them in a bigger size, a part of my heart broke. I was procrastinating at college with my friend, Steph, when i came across them and almost had a heart attack in the process. But, to my luck they were out of stock in the bigger size. In the end i chose to just give up on them and i was close to buying replicas off eBay but in the end, i just couldn't be bothered with the hassle and gave up on trying to fuel my lust for studded slippers.
It turns out that i accidentally clicked on the bookmark i had for the Vectra's and thank the lord, they had them in my size AND in stock. I almost burst out into tears and done the Willie Wiggle. I ordered them Sunday night and had them by Wednesday. After waiting for months and months, and actually praying at one point, i finally have the shoes!

3: Deathly Hallows Part II. Me and mother were in Asda on Friday to have a browse to walk into the shop to find Diagon Alley. The Potterhead in me squealed with delight! They had these Gryffindor scarfs alongside Undesirable #1 posters, Lego merch and pajamas! I, of course, didn't want any of the Lego or pajamas but the poster and scarf caught my eye. I didn't end up getting the poster as i don't have anywhere to put it but i kept the scarf!

4: Arthur Christmas. Last night mumma, my sister and i had a ladies evening and went to the cinema then had pizza for dinner. I actually really enjoyed the film! It's by the same people that made Wallace and Gromit, even though the animation is more like Flushed Away compared to Wallace and Gromit/Chicken Run-esque animation. Some of the jokes were childish but some were funny for the older people in audience. I really liked the storyline and Bryony was definitely my favourite character :-)

christmas wishlist

converse | velvet dress | Tiffany's Infinity bracelet | cross earrings | faux Lita's | leopard leggings | Pandora ring | Elle by YSL | Topshop Leigh jeans | Deathly Hallows II | GHD's | River Island leopard loafers

I'm obviously aware that i'm not going to get everything that i've asked for here as some of the items are a bit pricey, ahem Tiffany's and GHD's, but this is me and my wishful thinking! 

I made this wishlist a few nights ago and since then i bought some cross earrings from Topshop for only £4, so the ASOS earrings are a bit pointless now but hey ho!  

There are a few things i would probably add to this list if i was to do it again, like perhaps a Juicy Couture perfume (is it bad of me that i don't know if the one i like is either Couture Couture or Viva La Juicy? oopsie), a black oversized jumper from Topshop and a cropped wolf vest from Topshop!
I would also like to point out that missguided have stocked even more Lita-look-a-likes which is unbelievable! The only downside being that the heel isn't wooden like Lita's but is suede-like, which is a let down but you can't have it all!

I've been in the Christmas season since October, thanks to work selling Christmas items asap! I've bought majority of everyone's presents, just got to wrap and name tag everything now! I'm literally wetting myself for the moment i can put all my presents under the tree, eeeeep! 

swapsie with michaella

*please excuse the bad quality photos, the carpet in the background and my chipped nail polish. i was too excited to wait to do a proper photoshoot!*

 

I cannot explain how excited/happy i was when my step-mum told me that i had a package! I swapped with Michaella who is a very good friend of mine that i met via Tumblr. Michaella''s package is currently in the post, it's with ~priority mail~ as i didn't want anything to break while in the air! 
Here is a list of items that i got:
EOS Lip Balm in Summerfruits
Stila Lipgloss pack
Nars Lipstick in Dolce Vita
NYC Sun 2 Sun Bronzer
Sephora by OPI in Frankly, I Don't Give A-Damn and Metro Chic


I asked for the EOS lip balm and the Metro Chic polish, the rest were surprises. And let me tell you, seeing Nars AND Stila in my package was a surprise! I know the States is cheaper but i pretty much had a heart attack while trying to act nonchalant in front of my step-mum and friend (i don' t think my sudden intake of breath helped me act calm and collected..)
I currently have Metro Chic on my nails and i love it. At first i was a bit undecided as it's so hyped but i'm definitely on the Metro Chic-bandwagon! It's the perfect purpley/brown/grey colour. I am in love with it! I tried a matte top coat, a la Rimmel, at first but it made the polish look muddy and dirty, so i quickly applied a regular ~shiny~ topcoat and all is well.
I tried the lipstick this morning and oh-my-god. Wordless, it's just amazing. It reminds me of my 17 Mirrorshine in Belle in the fact it 's "my lips but better" and the texture but this looks like lipstick on my lips rather than lipgloss - like with Belle. It's so smooth and feels like gloss, which i love. Ugh, i just love this lipstick. It's helping me feel less scared about lipstick and more willing to take wrists when it comes to my make-up!
I also quickly applied the EOS balm and i'm smitten with it. Why EOS can't come over to the UK is beyond me as i would be running to my nearest Superdrug/Boots to stock up on every colour!


I'm yet to try the Stila glosses (i'm saving them for tomorow!), the NYC bronzer and the grey shade of the polishes!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Michaella! You've made me one happy girl!

my week in photos #1

{I've had my Mac for 3 years now (eeek) and i still struggle to use/find the hashtag....}

I guess i should i apologize for my extreme lack in posts, but i do have a very valid reason this time! I've moved house, started college AND a new job.. So, am i off the hook?

Now my apology is out of the way, i'll explain what each of these photos means:

1: Costa Coffee's Hot Chocolate. On Monday i start at 12, so i met up with my friend Steph and we had a hot coco before college which was tres lush. I'm more of a starbucks kinda-gal but i'll be honest, i prefer Costa's hot chocolate. 

2: My questionnaire on Marley & Me for my report on audiences blah blah blah. I thought it made me look semi-profesh therefore, i took a cheeky snap. Speaking of college, we had to make silent movies (i've taken a 2 year Creative Media course by the way) and wearing tudor dresses and acting in public = embarrassed nicole. It's safe to say that i look like a douche on film as much as i felt like one while filming which is always fab.

3: iOS5! If you have Twitter then you know how many trending topics were made over this download. As much as i love it, it was a pain in the ass to download and by that i mean: it took bloody ages. I'm not the type to happily sit for 2 hours while my phone updates, yes i could use it but trying to have a phonecall while connected to your laptop is not fun, let me tell you that! In terms of technology, i have gone up in the world! I now how Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 as well as 2GB of RAM. Now all i need to do it update to Lion and my baby will be like brand-new! Hallelujah!

4: Luke. My boyfriend came home for his scheduled long weekend this past Thursday to Sunday, and as you can see, we wore the same shoes ~cringe~. In my defence, i wore my Toms to work the night before, slept at his and then wore them back to my house while he wore his. So, it's not all bad, right? I had such a lovely time while he was back, seeing him makes this long-distance mess all worth while :-)

I think it would be good to end this post on a extremely soppy moment which honestly does make me cringe quite a bit but oh well!

I hope ya'll had a fab weekend and i hope to try and make more posts for you guys!

One Day movie - review

*CONTAINS SPOILERS*

So, you all know what i think of the book and in all honesty, i wouldn't of picked the book up if i hadn't of known it was getting made into a movie and had Anne Hathaway staring in it. I'm the kind of reader that won't read a book if i haven't been recommended it or it hasn't been made into a movie/tv series. 

I adored the book and was debating about whether i really wanted to see the movie as i had the perfect image of all the characters in my head and i didn't want the actors to ruin the fairytale for me. But, i did end up going to see it - as you can tell from the photo above. I dragged my boyfriend, who didn't protest as he actually wanted to see it too.., and we went and saw it one rainy afternoon.

The movie in some sense ruins the book and i can only describe this in the sense of Dexter physically telling Emma he would give her confidence, or if not that, a scented candle. In the book, he wrote this in a letter after one too many drinks but she never got the letter as one of Dex's many lovers took it. I liked the fact Emma got to know Dexter's feelings but i was disappointed because i hate it when the movie is changed from the book. 

I pictured Tilley to be a largish woman with crazy curly hair - kind of like Nessa from Gavin and Stacey but with curly hair. In the movie she was petite and blonde. Also, the karaoke was beyond cringey, i sunk down in my seat and cringed throughout that whole scene.

Ian was a balding man who's face resembled an egg - in my mind. To put it bluntly, the actor who played Ian wasn't much better looking than me egg-Ian. 

Oh, and Sookie was black in my head....

I did actually enjoy some parts. I liked how the beginning of each chapter had a different way of saying the "15th July" and then the year. My personal favourite was when it popped up with the toast and Luke (my boyfriend) favourite was when it was the screensaver on the laptop.

I liked how accurate the scene where Dexter broke Sylvia's nose was and how Anne portrayed Emma's unhappiness in the mexican restaurant. 

Moving onto Anne's accent, i can only really say one thing about it - it was shit. One minute she had a really strong Yorkshire accent and then the next she had the stereotypical posh accent that all Brits have according to Americans. 

I liked how sudden Emma's death was. I didn't like how we saw her get hit by the van was.. Even though i knew it was coming and was waiting for her to get hit, i still took a sudden intake of breathe like everyone else in the cinema - including Luke. He actually asked me why the author made her die as it didn't seem like her story was over yet. I have such bittersweet feelings over her death, bitter because i loved Emma and sweet because the book breaks the stereotype of everyone living happily after.

Overall, i liked the movie. I think i would of liked it more if i hadn't of read the book and loved it as much as i did.

blogging blah

I always say to myself that i'll take photos for a 'my week in photos' or whatever, that i'll do reviews etc but i literally don't. Therefore, i win the title of "Worlds Worst Blogger".

Luke has been home for the past two weeks and it's been lovely (i've also not been on my computer throughout those two weeks, so i'll blame my hiatus on him.....).
I started my new job which has been so daunting but exciting at the same time!
I also start college next week, so it's all happening at once!

Tomorrow i'm not working at all and i have a few blog posts in mind :-)

I hope you've all been well!

PS: i love the new blogger, it's fab!

*insert crappy photo of my ombre hair here*

So i Ombre-d my hair! I love it, i can't even express how glad i am that i took the plunge!
I wanted to quickly make a post about my new hair while i'm still excited about it. And because i'm a lazy ass, i can't be bothered to put mascara on to make myself presentable for a proper photo - but i promise to take one on my camera (and maybe even an outfit post oooooh) when i go back home on Friday.

I know my Ombre isn't very in-your-face and obvious but that's how i wanted it. I wanted to ween myself into the ombre-ing, i didn't want to come out looking like i had abused the bleach.
But next time, i've told myself i'm going to make the blonde brighter and higher up my hair!