rebecca

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!

So, it's that time of month again and I tried to put this off as long as possible since my first post was the review of the Little Mix album but here we are, let's get started!

You Gotta Not - Glory Days - Little Mix

I've done a whole review of this album if you want to know what I really think of this. All you need to know now is that I love this and it is one of my favourite songs from the album!

Favourite Lyric : 'Is that what you call flirting? You gotta not'

Broken Piano - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

I love Frank Turner and this is one of my favourite songs by him. I think it's just so beautiful and when the drums come in it just gets me EVERY time. I think Frank is just absolutely amazing and as I'm seeing him twice this month I thought it was only right that I rekindle my love for him. This is my favourite album by him too and every song on it is incredible, this is just especially incredible.

Favourite Lyric : 'As I stroked those broken keys, you did not join in harmony'

Anymore - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

Another song from the amazing album. We all know I love a sad song and this is the epitome of sad. It's about realising you aren't in love with someone anymore and being able to walk away from it. Sometimes I find it hard to listen to this just because it makes me so sad but it just too good for words. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

Favourite Lyric : 'Not with a bang, but with a whimper'

Oceans - Ghost Stories - Coldplay

I'll be honest I hardly listen to this Coldplay album and I don't know why I just seem to forget it because it has some amazing songs on it. It's one of their best albums in  my opinion so I really should listen to it more. A while ago I rediscovered it because Lewis Watson did a gorgeous cover of this. This song doesn't really make much sense to me but I still love it and I think it really shows off Chris' beautiful voice

Favourite Lyric : 'Meet me in blue sky, meet me again'

Polaroid Picture - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

This is another one of my favourite Frank Turner songs. I just think it sums up that you have to remember the little things because things can change so fast. This one is a little more rocky than the other two in this playlist but still just as good and deserves its place here.

Favourite Lyric : 'Let go of the little distractions, hold close to the ones that you love' OR 'Remind yourself that everything changes but there was this time when things were ok'

When You Love Someone (Acoustic) - When You Love Someone (Single) - James TW

I think i found this by accident? However, either way there was a time when I listened to ti non stop. I think this song is just so innocent and perfect. James' voice is beautiful and the song is emotional. It's just a lovely calm one to listen to when you're in bed or just on a rainy day when you're sat inside listening to the rain (because we all know those are the best times, lets be honest)

Favourite Lyric : 'We didn't raise you up like this now did we?'

I Am Disappeared - England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner

I think this is my favourite Frank Turner song ever. I think i first heard it live and I fell in love. It is just so incredibly beautiful. There's a bit in it that goes 'and on the worst days when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tonnes' and it was me and Dad sat in the car on the way home. I was going through quite a rough patch and had been for a while and he pointed at me and sang it and I nearly burst in to tears there and then. It is such a special song to me and when I see him next week I wish for nothing more than for this to be on the setlist. What an incredible song.

Favourite Lyric : 'And on the worst days when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tonnes' OR 'I can get up, shower and in half an hour I'll be gone' OR 'A car pulls up and Bob's driving' OR 'these rivers of tarmac are like arteries across the country' (SO MANY FAVES)

Don't Wanna Know - Don't Wanna Know (Single) - Maroon 5

I used to love Maroon 5 when I was little because there was just something different about them and I remember being quite disappointed when I first started to hear their new stuff because it was so similar to what I was hearing in the charts and that's not what I expected from them. However, I found this song on my recommended and played it and was obsessed straight away! I also love the video for this because it's a Pokemon Go kind of thing. Also Adam Levine is gorgeous, enough said

Favourite Lyric : 'The more I drink, the more I think about you'

Novels - Calm & Normal - Rusty Clanton

I first heard this when Dodie Clark did a cover of it with Rusty himself on her YouTube channel and I fell in love. I would play the video again and again because I couldn't find it on iTunes. Then for whatever reason I just thought I would look on Spotify and there it was. I think it is such a gorgeous song and has made me shed a tear many a time. Rusty just has one of the most beautiful voices and writes incredible songs such as this one

Favourite Lyric : 'Someday I won't have to wait for you'

All Night - All Night (Single) - The Vamps

I heard this for the first time when I was driving in my friend Maddy's car with my other friend Markie and it came on and I was just humming along, Then Maddy goes 'this is The Vamps isn't it?' and I was just like 'what?!'. If you know me or have read my blog before you might know that I love The Vamps and I couldn't believe that this has skipped under my radar for so long! It's not what we usually hear from The Vamps but I do love it!

Favourite Lyric : 'Can you wake me up before you leave?'

F.U. - Glory Days - Little Mix

This is another one that is on the whole album review so you can go over and read that to find out my full opinion. However, I do really love this song and I remember seeing the little teaser on Instagram and just being SO excited, it definitely lived up to the hype I'd created for myself

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't wanna be friends, no'

Sick of Losing Soulmates - Intertwined (EP) - Dodie

I have loved Dodie for years from her YouTube channel and when she first put up this video I cried for ages. I can't even relate to this song really because I haven't ever really had a serious relationship. Maybe you could take it about friendship I guess? However, either way, Dodie will always be one of my favourite people and this will always be one of my favourite songs. It is so incredible and so beautiful and I even learnt to play it on my guitar but can't get through it without crying which just shows you something

Favourite Lyric : 'Which path will we take cause we both know a break does exactly what it says on the tin?'

Boys Will Be Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps - The Ordinary Boys

I downloaded a playlist full of 'Indie Hits' and this was on it and for whatever reason I just fell in love. I can't listen to it without thinking of that time that Preston stormed off 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' though (does anyone else remember that?! what a brilliant episode). I just love songs that make you feel happy and weirdly enough this is one.

Favourite Lyric : 'We've had girls that have broken our hearts'

I Luv U - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps - The Ordinary Boys

This is a very sweet song and I did know it before I went through The Ordinary Boys' songs on spotify but I just became obsessed with it over this month. I think it's a weird song that makes me feel happy and sad at the same time? Is that even possible? It's quite an unconventional love song and maybe that's what I love about it.

Favourite Lyric : 'I love you, you know that...don't you?'

That's My Girl - 7/27 - Fifth Harmony

This song will always remind me of Natalie now. She's been through some tough times that I obviously won't go through but just know it was hard. However, every single time she got knocked down I watched get back up on her feet and dust herself off and this song just sums up how proud of her I am. That's all I can say really!

Favourite Lyric : 'Get mad independent and don't you ever forget it'

24K Magic - 24K Magic (Single) - Bruno Mars

This was another one I fell in love with in Maddy's car. it came on and I hadn't heard it before but Markie and Maddy were singing along to it in the front seats and ever since that moment it's been a song that has not left my head. I used to love Bruno Mars but he kind of left my radar after 'Doowops and Hooligans' but this song has got him back on it a little bit so fair play.

Favourite Lyric : 'Showtime, guess who's back again?'

When (Live) - Intertwined (EP) -  Dodie

Another Dodie song and so I won't go in to the same explanation about how I found Dodie but I remember that when she uploaded this I didn't listen to it for a few days for whatever reason but I'm so thankful I did. It's one of the only songs on this playlist that I could still listen to gain and again even though it's pretty much all I listened to in November. When I was feeling a bit low at the start of last month it was just something I always had on and I think it will always be a song I can go back to.

Favourite Lyric : 'I'm sick of faking dairy entries, gotta get it in my head, I'll never be 16 again'

Power - Glory Days - Little Mix

This is obviously another one that you can see the full review of if you look at my other blog post but I will tell you that this is my favourite song off this album, I just think it's amazing and that's all I can say!

Favourite Lyric : 'HOOOOOLD UP......my turn'

Those Days Are Gone - Night Driver - Busted

I will be putting up a review of this album soon but this is probably my favourite song from it. When I first heard this I thought it was going to be like old Busted songs just because the start of it sounded so much like one but I was wrong. It changes after a while and for a bit I wasn't sure how I felt about that because I was such a big fan of Busted but this has really brought me round. I don't know what it is about it but I think it's incredible

Favourite Lyric : 'I wish that you would just reappear'


So there you go! My favourite songs of last month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, I know I've been away for a while and I'm really sorry about that! Those of you who are really savvy and subscribe to me on YouTube too will also have been able to see (unless you don't care) that I haven't uploaded on there in a while either and it's not like I even have an excuse.

However, in an attempt to make it up to you, I am going to *try* and do Blogmas again! Last year I think I missed one day but all in all I did pretty well! So, I thought I would give it another go. I am a lot busier this year so some posts might be more like short updates or things like that but I love writing my blog so much that I figured I would challenge myself once again.

For my first post I thought I would do a review (there will also be one of the Busted album coming up soon so prepare yourselves), and what better way to start than with the new Little Mix album? This album has been out for maybe a week or two now and I just thought I would give my honest verdict so you all know how I feel about it!

Shout Out to My Ex

Now, obviously I heard this before the album came out and that's the case with a few of these songs. I heard it first on X-Factor when they first performed it and I was OBSESSED and I mean I played it like every single day. I play it a lot less now but I still love it. I don't have an ex to be angry about but this song makes me feel like I do. It makes me feel so empowered and just brilliant. The perfect breakup song in my opinion. I also played it to my 7 year old cousin Ella in the car and we sang and danced along (I wasn't driving by the way) and now she's obsessed with it too, so there you have it.

Favourite Lyric : 'Oh Baby, I'm cool....by the way'

Touch

So this is the first song on the album that I hadn't really listened to before it came out although i think it did come out before the rest of the album? I can't remember now but I think I was just so busy that I didn't find the time to sit down and listen to it. I haven't really listened to it that much since the album came out either to be honest but it could be one of those songs that just doesn't hit me at first and then all of a sudden it's all I listen to for a month. I just think it doesn't knock me off my feet? When I do listen to it however I like it! Maybe I should give it more credit.

Favourite Lyric : 'Just a touch of your lo-ove, Just a touch of your lo-ove'

F.U.

Another single that came out before the album and one that I did actually listen to. I had to listen to this one a few times before I started to like it and even now it's not one of my favouirte songs but I absoloutely LOVE the chorus. I think if the chorus was maybe different it would be one I didn't really listen to? Especially the last chorus, don't know what it is about it but it just grabs me! I don't really have anyone to relate this song to either but I still feel like it gets a weight off my chest when I sing the 'A B C D E E EEEE...F...U' bit, so that's nice

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't wanna be friends no'

Oops - ft Charlie Puth

When I first heard this I remember thinking that it was nothing like i'd ever heard from Little Mix. However, I haven't really listened to it since that time and now I'm listening to it again I really love it! I quite like what I've heard from Charlie Puth in the past and I feel like he;s juts a really nice addition to this song! It's probably one that I'll become obsessed with in the next few weeks so keep your eyes peeled for Decembers playlist!

Favourite Lyric : 'Oops baby, I love you'

You Gotta Not

I think this might have been the third song to come out after 'Shout Out to My Ex' and 'F.U.' or maybe I'm dreaming but I think after 'F.U.' I was kind of waiting for something to bring my hopes back up a bit for the album? I think this kind of did half the job for me. Apparently this song was written by Meghan Trainor which is so believable because it sounds just like something she would sing. I think this whole album is about feelimg empowered because this song does that job perfectly too! Not a favourite but I do like it quite a lot

Favourite Lyric : 'Is that what you call flirting?'

Down & Dirty

Now, I hate to do this but I really really don't like this song. I think it's just because it's not my kind of music at all and I can't listen to it. I'm not sure what else to say about it really. I think I'll just have to hope they don't play it live?

Favourite Lyric : 'Glad I didn't listen to my teachers, teachers teach you not to be a dreamer

Power

I absoloutely LOVE this song and think it's the shining star of the whole album. When I first heard it I was just so amazed by how brilliant Perrie sounds in this number. It's just unlike anything I think Little Mix have done before and it is definitely my favourite song from the album. I've been listeneing to to non-stop stop since the album came out. I love the fact it's got a rocky feel because rock music is what I grew up listening to and I feel like it's what I always go back to.

Favourite Lyric : 'Just cause you're packing packing *insert that 'whoop' noise* down South..' AND 'HOOOOOLD UP......my turn'

Your Love

I haven't really listened to this one much just because it didn't grab me when I first listened to it. I like the fact it's a bit more calm than the other songs in the album and it's nice to come down for a bit I guess. I feel like some of these songs are just missing something but I think that's because everything on this album is a bit more like chart music whereas 'Salute' was a bit more rock almost? Then 'Get Weird' was just incredible all over! I don't know what it is about this album, I really don't dislike this song, it's actually quite pleasant but it doesn't make me want to sing it again and again?

Favourite Lyric : ' If I aint got nothing, least I got you'

Nobody Like You

If you've read my blog posts before you might know that I'm a sucker for a slow song and a ballad and so when I found out that this was the only slow song on the album I was gutted. little Mix write such incredible slow songs (if you need some proof listen to 'Love Me or Leave Me' and 'These Four Walls') and this is no exception. I haven't listened to it too much which is funny because I feel like if I gave it the chance it would quickly become my favourite song. However, I have listened to it a few times and I know that the lyrics are beautiful and if I was in the right mood I would definitely cry at it.

Favourite Lyric : 'I've tried 'goodbye' a hundered times, not one of them true'

No More Sad Songs

This is another one of my favourites. When I saw the tracklist I thought that this might be the slow song and it would be ironic but it isn't. It is a somg that I love though and the fact it's after 'Nobody Like You' is quite clever when I think about it. It's kind of a song about picking yourself up and not letting yourself stay down in the dumps which is a reminder we all need ever now and again.

Favourite Lyric : 'For tonight I'm gonna get my mind off it'

Private Show

I wasn't a big fan of this to begin with but the other week it came on and I couldn't be bothered to hunt for my phone to change the song and I listened to the whole thing and now I love it! I think it's so funky and I love the trumpet (is it even a trumpet?) in the background! I will definitely be listening to this more.

Favourite Lyric : 'Can't wait to get in my zone, Houston we gotta go slow'

Nothing Else Matters

I've only started to really like this song recently, I listened to it when I was hanging out my washing (too much information?) yesterday and found myself really enjoying it! I think the lyrics to this are a bit funny though? The way I take it is forgetting about everything else and just concentrating on your relationship but I think it's meant to be like don't listen to what other people think as long as you're happy!

Favourite Lyric : 'We've come, we've come so far now baby'

Beep Beep

This is SUCH a funky song and definitely shows that Little Mix have grown up quite a lot. I haven't listened to this one too much even though it does really grab me. The few times I have listened to it all the way through I've loved it so I ought to add it to my playlist! Definitely one of the best songs on the album

Favourite Lyric : 'Cause I love, love, love making love to you'

Freak

This is another one I just don't like. Again I think it's just my taste in music and this is just my cup of tea. The girls sound amazing in it though and I can't even deny that. I don't mind the bit right before the chorus but it's just the rest of it that doesn't appeal to me and obviously I can't just listen to that bit of the song!

Favourite Lyric : 'You'll be sleeping in the bed alone'

Touch - Acoustic

Obviously this is just the same as 'Touch' but it's with a piano which i think turns it in to more of a ballad (which I LOVE as we know). I think I love this so much more than the normal version but I genuinely just think that's because I love a slow song. I think it's so beautiful.

(my favourite lyric is obviously the same as the other one)

SO, there you have it! My first post of Blogmas! Sorry it's so late but I've been in Uni all day then travelling home! I hope you're excited about the month to come and I'll see you again tomorrow!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So this week it's time for another playlist! I love writing these blogposts and telling you all what I've been listening to. I can't believe it's October and I've been writing these blogposts for over a year now! So, incase you weren't reading my blog last year or you've forgotten, here's my October 2015 playlist..

• Infinity - Infinity (Single) - One Direction
• Josephine - Positive Songs For Negative People
• Hair - Hair (Single) - Little Mix
• Love Me Like You - Love Me Like You (Single) - Little Mix
• Black Magic - Black Magic (Single) - Little Mix
• On My Mind - On My Mind (Single) - Ellie Goulding
• Wasn't Expecting That - Wasn't Expecting That (Single) - Jamie Lawson
• Perfect - Perfect (Single) - One Direction
• Hey Everybody! - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5 Seconds of Summer
• Wake Up - Wake Up (Single) - The Vamps
• Cheater - Cheater (Single) - The Vamps
• Home - Perfect EP - One Direction
• Sorry - Sorry (Single) - Justin Bieber
• Hello - Hello (Single) - Adele
• Love Me - Love Me (Single) - The 1975
• Permanent Vacation - Sounds Good Feels Good - 5SOS

And now, time for this months songs..

On What You're On - On What You're On (Single) - Busted

This is the second single to come out of Busted's upcoming album and it makes me so excited! I wasn't sure about the new Busted sound but I know that I love this song and that it's just so catchy. I love listening to it when I'm walking to Uni or in the shower. I even have tickets to see them next February and I have no doubt that I'll hear this!

Favourite Lyric : 'Are we dancing to the same song? I wanna know what you're on'

This Town - This Town (Single) - Niall Horan

OF COURSE this was going to make it in to this playlist. I first heard this when I was very hungover and very sad and I have never cried at something so trivial in my life (damn you Niall). I think it's so beautiful and shows everyone that Niall is such a talented writer and singer too. Which makes us all question why his singles in Up All Night were basically non-existent. HUH MODEST?! HUH?!

Favourite Lyric : 'In the pub that we met he's got his arms around you'

Pretty Little Liar - Pretty Little Liar (Single) - MY

This is the band that supported McFly when I went to see them! i really liked this one and so I found it on Spotify! it's not like the music I would usually listen to but I have to admit that it is a new favourite! MY were also amazing live and if they ever played near me I'm sure I would go!

Favourite Lyric : 'Doesn't help that you were beautiful, no I'm not ok at all'

Ex's & Oh's - Love Stuff - Elle King

I knew of this song but had never really listened to it all the way through. That was until it was on X-Factor and by Emily and I have loved it ever since! I think it's so clever and just such a catchy song. It's one that most people know too, no matter what your music taste is!

Favourite Lyric : '1 2 3 they gonna run back to me, they always wanna come but they never wanna leave'

My Way - My Way (Single) - Calvin Harris 

I am definitely not someone who usually likes this kind of music and I kind of avoid the charts just because it's not really my cup of tea 90% of the time. However, for some reason I have been so in love with this song. Maybe it's just Calvin Harris because I also loved 'This Is What You Came For'?! Either way, this is a song that I definitely wont mind hearing when I'm on a night out.

Favourite Lyric : 'Why wait to say 'At least I did it my way'?

Sunsets and Heartbreak - Up at Night - Cimorelli

I decided to really try and listen to this whole album after falling in love with half of it last month and this is the one that really stood out to me. It makes me so emotional and has also been added to my playlist for when I'm said (please tell me I'm not the only one who has one of those). I just think Cimorelli also have a real talent for songwriting and obviously singing too.

Favourite Lyric : 'Between red lights and mistakes I can't stand here in this earthquake'

Girls And Boys In Love - Girls and Weather - The Rumble Strips

I fell in love with this again because earlier on in the month Nicole, Jack and I watched the absolute classic that is 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'. If you know that film well you'll recognise this song instantly and I think it's a song that will just always perk me up no matter what. It will always remind me of the film which is such a feel-good film!

Favourite Lyric : 'Move to the city, lose all your heart'

Best Fake Smile - Chaos And The Calm - James Bay

I found this song on a playlist that came up on Spotify. I don't know much of James Bay's music but the ones I do know I love and this is no different. The whole idea of the song is that if you're not happy with something you don't have to just stand there and smile. You can do something about it and I think that's something I really need to learn and day by day i feel like this song might be working.

Favourite Lyric : 'No you don't have to stand there and burn inside'

Shout Out to My Ex - Shout Out to My Ex (Single) - Little Mix

I am IN LOVE with this song. The other week we played it in our kitchen and had it on really loud and I feel like it was exactly what I needed. I don't even have an ex that this song could be about but I feel like it's a song that makes me angry almost? Like when I sing it I do feel like it's to a specific person but I have no idea who that person is. I just feel so empowered when I'm singing along to it and it's my favourite song at the moment.

Favourite Lyric : 'Oh baby, I'm cool by the way'

Open Your Eyes - Up To Now - Snow Patrol

This is another song that I discovered through a Spotify playlist (the same Spotify playlist as the James Bay one believe it or not, what a brilliant playlist, it's called 'The Great British Breakfast' incase anyone cares). Now, we all love a bit of 'Chasing Cars' and if you don't you're lying. I had no idea this song even existed but I'm so glad I know now. It's one of those songs they play in movies or on DIY SOS when the family see the house for the first time, that kind of vibe. Very chill, very emotional.

Favourite Lyric : 'Get up, get out, get away from these lies'

Are U Having Any Fun? - Happy Camper - Hoodie Allen 

Every now and then I go through a phase where I love Hoodie Allen and right now is one of those phases. When I first heard this new album I won't lie, I really didn't like it. For some reason I decided to give it another chance around a week ago and I listened to the first song (this one) and stopped because I fell in love. I don't really know what was different about it and how I felt about it but for some reason, my opinion of it has changed.

Favourite Lyric : 'Meanwhile, I got every Will Smith CD'

F*** Apologies - Mad Love - JoJo

I've known this song for a while but it's taken me a few weeks to fall in love with it. I think that's just because I listened to it once and then didn't listen to it again until it made it on to this playlist. I'm so happy that JoJo is making music again, especially when it's music that's this good. If you haven't heard any of her new music then you really have to go and have a gander because it's incredible stuff!

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

So, there you have it everyone, that's what I've been listening to this month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x