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Hello You Lovely lot!

I have been AWOL recently and I do apologise for that. I am really determined to get back in to blogging over summer because it is something that I enjoy so much! I just lack with ideas and motivation at the moment. So, hopefully turning over a new leaf, here id my first blog post of many! Of course it had to be a favourites. Favourites blog posts are some of the best to write because I just get to talk to you all about things I love, what could be better?!

Beauty / Skincare :

I have had so many Beauty/Skincare items that I have been obsessed with this month so it took me a while to just narrow it down to one. However, when i really think about it, it's clear who the real winner is.

NYX Prismatic Eyeshadow - Liquid Gold







My friend Nathan actually gave me this shadow as a little gift and I am in love. Whenever I put it on I feel as if my eyeshadow looks one hundred times better. I normally wear it with orange shades in my crease and it creates such a lovely smokey eye! Super easy to blend out and highly pigmented, incredible!

Music : 

Between when I wrote my last favourites post and now there's been so many artists and albums that I've loved and I think it's impossible to narrow it down to one because it has been such a long time. So here's a quick little list to give you the rundown of what I've been listening to!

Albums :

Harry Styles - Harry Styles
midnight - Lewis Watson
Sleep Is For The Week - Frank Turner
Speak Now - Taylor Swift

Songs :

Hold Your Tongue - Frank Turner
Heartbeat - Wildfires
There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back - Shawn Mendes
Power (feat Stormzy) - Little Mix

TV / Film :

If you know me (or follow me on Twitter because it's all I ever tweet about every night at 9pm) then you may be able to guess what I have been obsessed with recently!

Love Island

This is the third series of Love Island that I have watched and although I feel that this series has taken a while to get really interesting I fall in love with it more every single time I watch it. So far my favourites are; Kem, Dom, Marcel, Montana, Camilla and Gabby.

Photo : 

Maybe a month or two ago I went to a four day Frank Turner festival. It was one of the best four days of my life. Throughout that weekend Frank played my favourite song of all time twice. I took this photo whilst he was playing it the second time. The song means the world to me and I even want a tattoo to remind me of it!

Hello You Lovely Lot!

It's been a while hasn't it? I'm going to do a whole other blog post on where I am right now (as in, mentally, physically I'm sat in bed...). However, it is that time again! These are my favourite blog posts to write and usually the ones I will write without fail so that's why my blog is bloody full of them. I've been writing these for nearly two years now, so lets have a quick look at May 2016 and what that playlist had on it!

Hello You Lovely Lot!

It's that time again, time for you to all hear the music I've bee loving! For some reason I've been a bit funny with music this week. Normally I add songs to my monthly playlists every few days but for some reason for most of February I didn't add many and got really bored of the ones that were on there. I eventually added to it and fell in love with the last few songs and haven't listened to the first half of this playlist in a while. However, either way, they were songs I loved in February.

Here's the playlist from this time last year...

Geek in the Pink - Geek in the Pink (Single) - Jason Mraz
The Sound - The Sound (SIngle) - The 1975
PILLOWTALK - PILLOWTALK (Single) - ZAYN
No Words - #3 (Deluxe Version_ - The Script
Call Your Girlfriend - Body Talk - Robyn
Boy Without A Car - Wake Up (Deluxe) - The Vamps
Hymn For The Weekend - A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay
Somebody Else - Somebody Else (Single) - The 1975
Wrapped Around Your Finger - Don't Stop (EP)- 5 Seconds of Summer
Army - Delirium (Deluxe) - Ellie Goulding
Bitter Sweet Symphony - Urban Hymns - The Verve

and so, without further ado, let's move on to this year!

F.E.A.R. - Music Of The Spheres - Ian Brown

My Dad actually got me in to this. he showed me the music video and pointed out that the lyrics always spell 'FEAR'. For example, the first line is 'For Each A Road' and so on and so on, you get the idea. I just think it's super clever. It's also just a rally good song even if that wasn't a thing.

Favourite Lyric : 'Forget everything and remember, for everything a reason'

Feeling A Moment - The Singles - Feeder

I have liked this song for a few years and this is one of the only few songs I know. Dad got me in to them again and after discovering that I would actually be going to see them live at the end of March I decided to delve a bit deeper in to their music. I ended up just falling back in love with this song because I think it's incredible. I think I might even cry when i ehar it live, but I do that with most concerts.

Favourite Lyric : 'Don't ever feel that you're alone, I'd never let you down'

Misery Business - RIOT! - Paramore

I was never a huge Paramore fan when i was a kid, I only knew two songs which I did love but I don't know why i never fell head over heels for them. I reckon I was trying to be cool at that age and Paramore didn't seem cool? I don't know. Either way, Dodie (doddleoddle on YouTube) did an acoustic mashup with her friends quite a while ago and this was one of the songs that was included. I always forgot to look around for it but eventually I did and I loved this song so much!

Favourite Lyric : 'She's got it out for me but I wear the biggest smile'

Drink Up - a girl a bottle a boat - Train

I was listening to old Train songs a while ago and discovered they had new music. I was obsessed with this song but a few days but it still deserves it's place here. Train just write some of the catchiest songs I have to say. I have yet to really listen to the rest of the album so maybe a review is in order? I don't know. Either way, this is pretty good!

Favourite Lyric : 'I got memories on tap, drink up'

Must Get Out - Songs About Jane - Maroon 5

I really miss the old Maroon 5 I have to say. I found this on a playlist called 'Singing Loud in the Car' by Zoella. I hadn't heard this song but it is from the same album as the old classics like She Will Be Loved. I think this is just such a lovely song and it's probably the one I used to play most from this playlist.

Favourite Lyric : 'There's only so much I can do for you after all of the things you put me through'

People Keep Talking - People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen

I think i said this in my last playlist post but I go through phases with Hoodie Allen. I'm currently not in a phase and haven't listened to him in a while but this was one of the songs I used to love when I went through my phase in February. I think I literally used to have this on repeat. It wasn't one that I had heard before because I hadn't listened to this album too much before February. However, I think it's become a staple in the list of Hoodie songs that I love

Favourite Lyric : 'I never may get that cover of the Rolling Stones, didn't fit the vibe they were going for'

F*** Apologies - Mad Love. - JoJo ft Wiz Khalifa

If I'm going to be honest, I really don't like this song anymore. It was one of those songs that I played again and again until I got sick to the back teeth of it. It came out a while ago and Natalie made me listen to it. I loved it but forgot all about it until February. I do however, still like the message that it gives off. It's not always necessary to say sorry if someone has done you wrong. Feel like I can relate to that quite a bit.

Favourite Lyric : 'Honestly, I was just about to pick up the phone...and then I realised that I didn't do nothing wrong'

Act My Age - People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen

This is another one that I hadn't heard before February but after I fell in love with other songs on the album I decided I would listen to the whole thing. I think when it turns to March I forget all about the songs from the months previous playlist because I haven't listened to this in weeks! I think Hoodie just comes up with such catchy songs. He's not anything like the music I usually love but I love him all the same.

Favourite Lyric : 'I liked her pic on Instagram, one day she hit me back'

Who's Laughing Now - Who You Are - Jessie J

I think I will always love this song but in February I really rekindled my love for it. I feel like I can relate to it quite easily so maybe that's why I feel such a strong connection towards it. I haven't listened to any new Jessie J stuff (if there even is any new stuff?). I went through a phase a few years ago of loving her and I even went to see her perform live once! In my opinion this is one of her best songs and a song I loved it throughout February.

Favourite Lyric : 'Have you forgotten how you would make me feel when you dragged my spirits down?'

Car Radio - Vessel - Twenty One Pilots

I first heard this on a FineBros video, not that I remember which one. I really liked it but didn't bother to look for it on Spotify. I then heard it when I was waiting for Busted to come on stage and I knew I had to find it when I got home. So that's exactly what I did and throughout February I loved it. I don't know many TOP songs, only the ones that have been in the charts (also I know Goner thanks to Doddleoddle). However, songs like this make me think I should listen to them more because I love this!

Favourite Lyric : 'My lungs will fill and then deflate'

Little Lion Man - Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons

I had never really listened to much Mumford and Sons but I obviously knew of them (as I think most British people do). I'm not even sure what type of music you would class it as...country? Folk? Pop? Who knows?! However, I know that I love this song. It's so very sweet but also completely heartbreaking at the same time. I think this might just be one of my favourite songs ever, it's THAT good. Towards the end of February I remember getting slightly bored with the songs on my playlist but this was one that stood the test of time.

Favourite Lyric : 'It was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time...didn't I my dear?'

You Don't Know Me - You Don't Know Me (Single) - Jax Jones ft Raye

Me and Jack were obsessed with this song for a while and would sing it around the house all the time. I think my obsession with it first started when i was dancing to it with my friends from English Literature and we were meant to be doing work. After that we went mad for it. It's totally different from the music I normally go for but honestly I would listen to it on repeat again and again and I couldn't help myself.

Favourite Lyric : 'Do you want a drink? Nah, thanks for asking.'

Human - Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

I think that this man is incredible. I was listening to another one of his songs, skin, the other day and I was amazed. He is just something else. I think I was quite late with liking this song because he had already won a BRIT before I even knew it, does that mean I was late to the party? I need to give the other songs on this album a listen because if they're all similar to this then I'm sure I would enjoy them!

Favourite Lyric : 'I'm only human, I make mistakes'

ghost - the morning (all of the songs) - Lewis Watson

Now. I bloody love Lewis Watson. I think he might even be my favourite singer/songwriter. He writes the most beautiful songs and this is one I found recently. I can't remember if I knew this before. Basically he got rid of all of his old albums from Spotify to release this, hence why it's called 'all of the songs'. It contained all of the albums, including his newest one at the time 'the morning'. Ghost is from that album. I didn't really listen to that album when it came out for whatever reason so, with the release of his new album (review coming soon), I found it and this.

Favourite Lyric : 'I float by unnoticed by the one I loved most, the one I held closest'

So there you have it everyone! I know it's late but those are all the songs I really loved throughout February!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

Happy New Year! I can't believe I'm actually saying that, it's crazy to think that it's 2017. However, before I full move in to the New Year, I just want to savour 2016 for a little longer. These are my favourite blog posts to write just because music is so important to me. This month has been rough and I think this playlist reflects this. You can really tell a lot about how my month has gone by looking at my playlists. I have been doing these playlists for over a year now! If you're interested in what last years playlist looks like then it's this..


Everglow - A Head Full of Dreams - Coldplay
OMG - Get Weird - Little Mix
Grown - Get Weird - Little Mix
All I Want For Christmas is You - Christmas Hits - Mariah Carey
Last Christmas - Christmas Hits - Wham!
Merry Christmas Everyone - Christmas Hits - Shakin' Stevens
Jet Black Heart - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5SOS
Safety Pin - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5SOS
I Found A Girl - Wake Up - The Vamps
Million Words - Wake Up - The Vamps
Stolen Moments - Wake Up - The Vamps
Be With You - Wake Up - The Vamps
Do They Know It's Christmas (1984) - Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Power to the People
Santa Tell Me - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande
Hands To Myself - Revival - Selena Gomez
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Christmas - Micheal Bublé
Waste The Night - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5SOS
Kaleidoscope - A Head Full of Dreams - Coldplay
Worry - Wake Up - The Vamps
Help! - 1 - The Beatles
Dirty Little Secret - Move Along - The All-American Rejects

My gosh that was a long playlist! Now we can move on to this years...

stay - the morning (all of the songs) - Lewis Watson

I went through a stage a while ago where I loved Lewis Watson and I went to see him live. Every now and then I listen to him and fall in love again and this is one of those times. This is a song I hadn't heard before and normally I just skip songs like that because I want to listen to the ones I know and love. However I left this on one day and I was blown away. I should expect nothing less from Lewis than beautiful lyrics, harmonies and songs in general.

Favourite Lyrics : 'I couldn't keep my eyelids shut, why can't you stay?'

Santa Tell Me - Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande

I should have known that this song would make it's way back. I think I found this song not last year but the year before and I just loved it. So the past two years I've loved it just as much. It's just so upbeat and I never usually like Ariana Grande but this is one song I will willingly listen to. It even came on whilst I was at work once and it was one of the best days, so there's something.

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't want no broken heart, this year I've got to be smart'

halo - the morning (all the songs) - Lewis Watson

This is another one I hadn't heard before this month but I am so glad I know it now. It is so beautiful. It's all about someone not knowing how brilliant they are. It makes my heart ache sometimes and sometimes it makes it soar. Either way it's a song that deserves so much more recognition than it deserves. I'm even crying now as I listen to it and type this. Ah, Lewis, never fails to make me bawl my eyes out, but we all know I love a sad song.

Favourite Lyric : "You know that if you keep this up you'll be more scars than skin'

Bohemian Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia - The Dandy Warhols

I downloaded a playlist called 'Sing-Along Indie Hits' for whatever reason and this was on it. My Dad used to play this to me and I had forgotten how much I loved it. It's just SO catchy. This was a good part of my December which is why it's a bit more upbeat.

Favourite Lyric : "I'm getting wise and I'm feeling so bohemian like you'

Sheila - Panic Prevention - Jamie T

Another one from the Indie playlist. I'm sure I've heard this one before too but I have no dea where or when. I have fallen so in love with this song and I used to listen to it every single day when I walked back from Uni. I think it's just such an uplifting song even though the lyrics are really anything but uplifting really.

Favourite Lyric : 'Good heavens you boys, blue blooded murder of the English tongue'

Buck Rodgers - Echo Park - Feeder

My Dad got me back in to Feeder this month by playing some of their stuff whilst I was in the same room. I grew up listening to music like this and this was one of the songs I used to love so to finally have it again and be able to listen to it whenever I want is a godsend. This is the music I love deep down even though I love a bit of bubblegum pop (1D come back soon) I think that songs like this will always appeal to me

Favourite Lyric : 'Let's start over again, we'll grow ourselves new skin'

Just a Day - The Singles - Feeder

My Dad showed me the music video for this which was basically a load of fan videos put together and it was really entertaining. It's another song that I grew up listening to and I'm so happy to have in my life again. It's lovely to listen to songs that remind you of being a kid. I also feel like this is a song I could really dance around to if I wanted to, I wont. But I could

Favourite Lyric : "Feel my head explode from a night of Gin'

Don't Let it Break Your Heart - Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

I find it so funny that I really used to dislike this album because I was a sucker for Coldplays sad songs (I mean I still am but I love this album too now). This month has been basically bad thing after bad thing but this song just pulled me up every single time. 2017 is about not letting anything break my heart, not a person, not an event, not a coursework mark. Nothing. Thanks Coldplay for your words of wisdom. A must hear for anyone who's feeling a bit low.

Favourite Lyric : 'Come on baby, don't let it break your heart'

Notice Me - Notice Me - Alli Simpson

Once upon a time I loved Cody Simpson and I eventually found his sister Alli. I don't like too many of her songs but this is one of the ones I really loved. It's basically about someone doing everything just to be noticed by someone. I mean, personally, don't agree with going to the ends of the earth just to get someone to give you the time of day, but the songs very catchy and lovely. This song makes me feel quite nostalgic too because I loved it a good few years ago!

Favourite Lyric : 'If these tears were gasoline I'd light a fire, make you notice me'

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Power To The People - John Lennon

Another one that's managed to sneak it's way back to the December playlist. This is possibly my favourite Christmas song ever so it doesn't surprise me that it's back. I think that this song is a Christmas song that makes you think. It's not all about how great Christmas is (although it is great), it's about what's going on whilst we open presents and eat loads of food. Such a powerful message from a powerful man.

Favourite Lyric : ' War is over, if you want it'

You're Alright Love - Bry - Bry

Bry sang this song for a vide once with the ever lovely Dodie Clark and I loved it so much. I was so annoyed that I had to be online to listen to it and I listened to it all the time. When I heard this version I was a bit unsure because the version on the YouTube video is a bit slower (and as we know, slow sad songs are what get me) but I've learnt to love the faster version too. The song is about his sister which I think warms my heart a little bit more

Favourite Lyric : 'Wait, tell me you're not good enough'

Details in the Fabric - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. - Jason Mraz ft. James Morrison 

I think this song really sums up my month and I found it on a playlist called 'Life Sucks' funnily enough (would recommend that to anyone who feels sad or just likes sad songs). It starts off with a phone message and I have yet to decipher what it says but one day I'll work it out. I also don't know what it's about but what I get from one line which says 'Everything will be fine' is that it's about just carrying on and everything working itself out.

Favourite Lyric : 'If it's a broken part replace it, if it's a broken arm then brace it, if it's a broken heart then face it. Hold your own, know your name and go your own way'

So there you have it! What I've loved this month! I hope you enjoyed this post and maybe you've found some new favourite songs yourselves.

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

It's the end of January, although I'm not sure how it went so fast?! I'm now nineteen! So, I thought I would once again enlighten you all by telling you what's got me through the month!

Beauty / Skincare :

This month I have an absolute clear winner. I got this as a Christmas present but I have been obsessed with it ever since...

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette 



This is one of the most amazing things I have ever used and possibly my new favourite eyeshadow palette (sorry Gwen Stefani). All of the colours are amazing even if I'm not brave enough to use all of them yet. It has the most amazing base shade called 'White Chocolate' and a gorgeous highlight called Champagne Truffle! I also love that all the shadows are made with 100% natural cocoa powder so they taste like icing sugar when you whirl a big fluffy brush through them!

Favourite Shades : White Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Marzipan, Crème Brulee, Champagne Truffle

Music :

This month there hasn't really been an artist or an album that I have loved for the entire month, it's more been artists that I've got in to at the end of the month which is a shame but I thought I'd write about two in particular that in the last few days I've learnt to love again...

The Wombats



Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

May has been a bad month I won't lie, but that doesn't mean I haven't had things that I've loved


Beauty / Skincare :

This month it HAS to be

Lasting Finish Lipstick in 128 (Starry-Eyed) - Rimmel

I'm starting to become slightly obsessed with lipstick, I'll even wear it on days where I'm just in college for like 2 hours, this one is a dark plum colour and it makes me feel so confident


This is me and my friend Izzi, I'm wearing the lipstick in this photo even though its not the best quality so you can't really see the colour but never mind!

Music :

I can't pick a single album this week because I haven't found an album that I've listened to over and over so I'm going to do 3 songs I've been obsessed with

1. I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen


Another catchy one, I don't know most of the words to this one but I pretend I do, I blame this obsession on Natalie...

3. Novels - Rusty Clanton



This song is so beautiful and makes me cry every time. I love his version with doddleoddle too (possibly more than the original)

Other Songs I've Loved :

1. I Wont Mind - Lewis Watson (Cover)
2. Adored By Him - Dodie Clark
3. Pas De Deux - Dodie Clark


TV Show :

For some reason I've really got in to crime shows? Like reality one's not like soap operas. My favourite HAS to be

20/20 




I just find it so interesting?! I don't even know why. Some of them are really grim but I love it!


Photo :

I have a few from this month, two a bit silly and one more serious

1. Izzi and Beth vs The Party Popper 



This was taken at my friend Beth's (who's on the left) 18th birthday party. They wanted a photo and I was like 'I'll pop a party popper over you when you take it!' (we were a bit drunk) so I did and it scared the living daylights out of both of them. Izzi's face is the best.

2. #Ian'sAngels
This was also taken at Beth's 18th Party. This is (from left to right) Marisha, Saskia, Me and Izzi in the little photo booth they had there. These three girls (and Beth) have gotten me through English with smiles, laughter and lots of love. It's the most unexpected friendship I've had this year. I don't think I realised how close we were until we were all shoved in to a room full of people we didn't know but it didn't even matter. They are three of the loveliest girls and I will miss them so much.

3. Absent Family



Unfortunately, this month saw the passing away of my Nan. She was a huge part of my life and even though we argued and the past two years have been the hardest of my life, there was never any doubt in my mind that I loved her and she loved me. From left to right this is; My Nan, Mum, Auntie Lyn and Poppa. My Nan, Auntie Lyn and Poppa have all passed away now and they were three of the most influential people in my life. Poppa and Lyn, I hope I have made you proud and Nan, I hope I can make you proud from now on. Love you always.

What's Exciting About Next Month?

Next month is when I do my A-Levels and it will be so stressful. However, just before that I'm going to Birmingham to see 5SOS on the 5th and I'm MEETING SPRINKLE OF GLITTER ON THE 7TH?!. Also Natalie comes home 3rd July which I'm counting as June because its 3 days after it so...but i've missed her


Thanks for reading

Becky x