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, we all have our fave songs and then we all have our favourite, favourite songs. The songs that have changed your life or really made you think, not just the songs you like to dance around your room in you underwear to...just me? My Dad tagged me in something on Facebook which basically said that you had to list your favourite albums so I thought I would write a blog post about it! This is a list of a few albums or songs that have really made me stop and have had a real impact on my life!

A L B U M S 

Speak Now - Taylor Swift (2010)


This will probably always be my favourite Taylor Swift album. Simply because at the time I related to most of the songs and even if I don't anymore, I can still remember how I felt at the time when they first came out. I don't think there's a song on this album that I don't love but a few of them really just changed my mindset and how I viewed the situations I was in.

Particular Favourites : Long Live, Dear John, Mean

Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay (2011)


I never used to like this album as I am sure I've said about 200 times on this blog. I just used to love all the sad Coldplay stuff and it just didn't sound like Coldplay. I think that that was because when I first started to love Coldplay I was down so happier music just wasn't my kind of thing. I don't remember when I first started listening to this but it must have been a few years after it came out. It was when I was starting to feel happier and these songs just represents so much happiness for me now. This album will always hold a special place in my heart.

Particular Favourites : Hurts Like Heaven, Charlie Brown, Don't Let It Break Your Heart

Radio:ACTIVE - McFly (2008)


I wont lie to you, by the time this had come out, McFly had gone off my radar a bit and I only knew the odd song whereas I knew every song from the first two albums! A few years ago I heard that McFly were playing a gig near me and so I bought tickets to with my friend Lucy and decided it would be best if I downloaded all the albums and made sure I knew the words. Little did I know that this album would fast become a life changer. I don't think it's really an emotional change as much as the other ones but it made me realise how much I love this type of music and not necessarily what's in the charts. McFly themselves have changed my life in so many ways, and this album is just one of those ways. Plus I will always associate 'One For The Radio' with Matt singing it to me at McBusted and 'Lies' with me being in the McFly Tour Diary!

Particular Favourites : Lies, One For The Radio, Falling In Love, POV, Smile

What's The Story Morning Glory? - Oasis (1995)


Obviously I didn't hear this when it first became because I wasn't even born. My Dad's always been a massive influence on me, particularly my music taste. When you're only little, you have to listen to what your parents put on in the car. Now, I can't specifically remember Dad putting this on but he must have played it to me at some point because I was listening to Oasis in like 2011? I remember going on a foreign Exchange and putting loads on my iPod because I loved them. This album just changed the way I think about music and has probably shaped my music taste quite a bit now since I listen to whatever I want and not what Dad puts on (some of the time). This was also a CD I took to Wales the first holiday I could drive and it's all I would listen to so I knew the album back to front by the time that holiday was over!

Particular Favourites : Wonderwall (OBVS), Some Might Say, Cast No Shadow, Morning Glory

Parachutes - Coldplay (2000)


When I wrote a blog post about my favourite albums this was number two but I think that was a more spur of the moment and an album I loved more at the time overtook it (though it was also Coldplay). This has to be my favourite album and one that most definitely changed me. This album is full of sad songs, like any typical old school Coldplay album. I loved this when I feel sad because I guess it maybe just puts things in to perspective maybe? I don't know. It's just a cracking album.

Particular Favourites : Yellow, Trouble, We Never Change, Spies

Busted - Busted (2002)


Yes, this album changed my life. My dad brought this album home when he used to review albums for a newspaper. I was only 5 at the time but Dad tells me I loved it. This album sparked my love for boybands which has not lead to 1D which I'l get to in a minute and I still listen to it now. I'm even seeing Busted (with Charlie this time) in May and I am so excited, might even cry a little bit...

Particular Favourites : Britney, All The Way, Sleeping With The Lights On, When Day Turns In To Night, Everything I Knew

Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner (2013)


I didn't even honk about putting this on here till Dad suggested it but when I thought about it I realised it has changed my life! I got in to Frank Turner a few years ago (thanks to Dad) and this was the first album I was around for the release for. It is easily one of the best albums ever (and Franks best album) in my opinion! I don't listen to it as much as I used to but I know that when I do listen to it I'll love it. Frank Turner has also brought me a lot closer to Dad which is lovely!

Particular Favourites : Plain Sailing Weather, Tell Tale Signs, Polaroid Picture, The Fisher King Blues, Anymore, Broken Piano, We Shall Not Overcome

Spirit - Leona Lewis (2007)


This was maybe the first album I bought, how crazy is that! I forgot how much I loved it until I started this post! I don't remember two songs called 'Misses Glass' and 'Forgive Me' but I'm pretty sure they weren't on the album when I bought it! I still know most of the words to most of the songs which is weird and something I didn't think would happen. This was pretty much the soundtrack to my childhood and I still love the songs now!

Particular Favourites : Better In Time, I Will Be, Angel, Yesterday, Whatever It Takes, Take A Bow

Hello You Lovely Lot!

This time last year I wrote a blog post all about the top 25 most played songs on my iTunes. So, now it's a year later....I thought I would do it again!

Here's last years list...

25. Lost! - Coldplay (8 plays)
24. Dear Future Husband - Meghan Trainor (9 plays)
23. Hear Me - Imagine Dragons (9 plays)
22: Runaway - Ed Sheeran (9 plays)
21: I Miss You - Blink-182 (9 plays)
20: It's Not Right For You - The Script (10 plays)
19: Come What May - Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor (10 plays)
18: Centuries - Fall Out Boy (10 plays)
17: 42 - Coldplay (10 plays)
16: Let's Dance To Joy Division (11 plays)
15: She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks (11 plays)
14: Ooh La - The Kooks (11 plays)
13: Warning Sign - Coldplay (11 plays)
12: Atlas - Coldplay (11 plays)
11: Na Na Na Na Naa - Kaiser Chiefs (12 plays)
10: Our Perfect Disease - The Wombats (13 plays)
9: Moving To New York - The Wombats (15 plays)
8: Tales of Girls, Boys and Marsupials - The Wombats (15 plays)
7: Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs (16 plays)
6: Life Support - Sam Smith (18 plays)
5: Anti-D - The Wombats (20 plays)
4: New Romantics - Taylor Swift (21 plays)
3. Sledgehammer - Fifth Harmony (21 plays)
2: Elastic Heart - Sia (22 plays)
1: Kill The Director - The Wombats (26 plays)


25: Oh My God - The Kaiser Chiefs (22 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - 7TH

I haven't listened to this song in such a long time which is probably why it's slipped all the way down! I got in to The Kaiser Chiefs when I started watching The Voice one year and Ricky was on it so now The Voice is back on, they could move up the list!

Favourite Lyric : 'Knock me down I get right back up again, come back stronger than a powered up pac man'
24: James Franco - Hoodie Allen (22 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

I don't know why this has only just crept on to this playlist because I loved it in like 2013 and I guess I have got back in to it, but I didn't think it would be here!

Favourite Lyric : 'I hate spiderman two, James Franco'

23 : Get Better - Frank Turner (25 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

My Dad got me in to Frank Turner as I'm sure I've told you all many times. Someone accused me of just liking him because Dad does but I think this proves that that's not true. I do love his music when I'm in the right mood!

Favourite Lyric : 'They threw me a whirlwind and I spat back the sea'

22: Runaway - Ed Sheeran (25 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - 22ND

I still love this song quite a lot but it's similar to Hoodie Allen in that I liked it around 2013 so I'm not sure why it's here! One of my favourite songs from Ed's last album though!

Favourite Lyric : 'I love him from the skin of my bones but I don't wanna live in this home'

16: Jet Black Heart - 5 Seconds Of Summer (29 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

This was my favourite song last month even though I wasn't the biggest fan at first. When I saw the video was when I really started to love it. I just think it's beautiful

Favourite Lyric : 'Cause now that I'm broken, and now that you know it'

15: Anti-D - The Wombats (29 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - 5TH

I really love this song and I haven't listened to it in a while which is why it's slipped down so far on the list! Whenever I do listen to it through I really enjoy it and it's definitely one of my favourite song by The Wombats

Favourite Lyric : 'It's hard to smile when you're as flat as a pancake'

14: Wolves - One Direction (29 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

 Their new album came out a few months ago and the fact that some of the songs are already on my playlist really shows something. This one is so catchy and just nothing I'd expect from One Direction.

Favourite Lyric : 'I wish it wasn't true but the whole world's tryna get a piece of you'

13: New Romantics - Taylor Swift (30 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - 4TH

Last summer I was obsessed with this (and the whole album really but this was my favourite). I just think it's so catchy and one I can dance around my room to!

Favourite Lyric : 'Please leave me stranded, it's so romantic'

12: Temporary Fix - One Direction (30 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

Bit more 1D for you all! I love this song I just think it's so gritty and I could listen to it again and again! Plus Harry sounds amazing (as he always does).

Favourite Lyric : 'If you're feeling the weakness, well I told you baby that you can call me'

11: Life Support - Sam Smith (32 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - 6TH

Natalie got me in to this too and although I don't listen to it much anymore I have to admit I still love it. I haven't really listened to the whole of Sam Smith's album, only the odd song but this is one of them and definitely my favourite of the few I've heard!

Favourite Lyric : 'Sick of waking up in darkness, when the sky is always painted blue'

10: Beautiful To Me - Olly Murs (32 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

I started loving this song after the video for it came on and I went through a stage of listening to it quite a bit and I would get emotional every now and then whilst listening to it. Good old Olly.

Favourite Lyric : 'Every day's a battle and it tears her apart'

9: Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay (33 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

I love Coldplays new album so much and although I'm not sure if it's my favourite it appears to be the only one on the playlist! I do love this song however, I think it's such a feel good song!

Favourite Lyric : 'Everything you want's a dream away'

8: The English Summer - The Wombats (35 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

More of The Wombats! I'm surprised that this is further up than the two before because I had liked The Wombats for a while before this album came out but this is such a good album and song!

Favourite Lyric : 'And there's an animal inside of me and he's feeding off every word you say'

7: Greek Tragedy - The Wombats (35 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

Even though this isn't as far up on the list as another song by The Wombats I think it's my favourite. It's the first one I heard because my friend Melissa played it for me so I think it will always hold a special place in my heart!

Favourite Lyric : 'So free up the cheaper seats, here comes a Greek Tradgedy'

6: I Want To Write You A Song - One Direction (35 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

I think this song is so beautiful and probably now one of my favourite One Direction songs! Harry wrote this which makes me wonder what's going on inside his head..

Favourite Lyric : 'Everything I need I get from you, giving back is all I wanna do'

5: Never Enough - One Direction (36 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

I was about to say that I'm surprised that this is so far up but in reality I'm not. I love this song so much and I'm not afraid to admit it. It's so catchy and just makes me feel so happy. I think it's another 'Act My Age' kind of affair

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't need my heart you can break it, break it, break it'

4: Emoticons - The Wombats (38 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

I must of gone through a stage of really loving this considering it's higher up than my all time favourite Wombats song! It is a good song however, I can't deny it that.

Favourite Lyric : 'You need to find a different boys heart to chew'

3: Olivia - One Direction (38 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

Another One Direction song named after girl. When is it my turn? Although I'm not sure that 'Becky' or 'Rebecca' is a good name for a song really. I love this song and have done ever since I first heard it!

Favourite Lyric : 'I love you, I love you, I love, I love, I love Olivia'

2: Cheater - The Vamps (49 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE - NONE

This is another one where I saw the video and fell in love with the song straight away. The video also made me turn from a Brad girl in to a Connor girl. I listened to the song on repeat for weeks, no joke. I daren't listen to it again incase my obsession comes back.

Favourite Lyric : 'His dirty little secrets are banging on his bedroom floor'

1: Perfect - One Direction (50 plays) LAST YEARS PLACE -  NONE

I didn't realise I liked this song so much! I did listen to it for quite a long time after it first came out and I was so glad when i heard it live because the first time I went OTRA it wasn't even out yet! It's never a song I skip when I'm on shuffle and always a song I can dance around to!

Favourite Lyric : 'And if you like cameras flashing every time we go out, and if you're looking for someone to write your breakup songs about, baby I'm perfect'

So there you have it! This changes so much because as you can see sometimes there's hardy anything in it, sometimes songs have the exact same number of plays! Hope you've enjoyed reading this and maybe even found some new songs to love or seen some of your favourites!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

So we're officially more than half way through the year? I remember turning 18 in January like it was yesterday! However, the end of July also means *drumroll even though you already know what this blog post is* FAVOURITES TIME!

I love writing these, they are possibly my favourite thing to write, my daily routine hasn't really changed in the past month, I've just been sat on my bed playing sims...but we're gonna give it a go.


Beauty / Skincare :

It's another lipstick, sorry. My makeup collection is now mainly lipstick and I am so ok with that. I would have so much more but I'm not really at work, one day I will own the whole MAC collection. Don't judge me...

ANYWAY

MAC Satin Finish Lipstick - Brave



I bought this when I was in Birmingham with Natalie, I made her stand at the MAC counter for ages (sorry Natalie!) whist I swatched maybe every lipstick there? I finally found this and it is now my new baby! I love lipstick but I think my 'Diva' is a bit too dark for some days, I don't always want to go out there with the colour of my lipstick! So I love this one to just put on so I feel complete but don't look like I'm off on a night out!

Music : 

My favourite album always seems to be one that's been out for ages...

1989 - Taylor Swift


So, as I mentioned many many many times (sorry bout that), July is the month that my best friend Natalie came home from 6 months in Switzerland! I made a blog post about it and the fact we went to meet SprinkleOfGlitter in Birmingham (http://beccksss.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/life-with-sprinkle-of-glitter-signing.html)! Not seeing your best friend for 6 months can be hard and I am so glad she's home for a bit! We took this photo (and many other ones which I hope will never grace the internet, I pulled some odd faces) on her selfie stick and this is possibly my favourite photo of us, we just look so happy!

What's Exciting About Next Month?

Well Natalie goes home next month but I'm looking forward to the few weeks before that like her birthday! It's also results day in August which is not exciting at all, but I do go on holiday to Wales which is my favourite place ever (and it now has WiFi so I don't have to drive for 30 minutes just to have a conversation with Natalie stood in the ice cream isle of Tesco).

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

Taylor, Tay Tay, T-Swizzle, whatever you want to call her. Love her or hate her (I have done a bit of both in my time) you can't deny she's written a lot of good songs. Her songs have basically been the soundtrack to my teenage years and that's crazy! So this is for you Taylor Swift, thanks for writing cool music that makes me cry a lot!


10. Safe And Sound - The Hunger Games Soundtrack

I don't care if you think this doesn't count, it flipping does. The first time I saw the movie and heard this, I bawled my eyes out. Still makes me cry a little bit now! I just think it's so beautiful and agh! Love it!

9. Change - Fearless

I was 11 when this came out, weird. It's always been a favourite of mine, makes me feel very positive. I also like to sing the bridge very loud, don't judge me.

8. Come Back...Be Here - Red

I don't really relate to this song like I usually do with most of her music but it still makes me cry. I used to hate it because I thought it was about Harry Styles, ah 16 year old me.

7. White Horse - Fearless

If you don't like this, what are you doing? Still makes me cry to this day. I never had to deal with boys so I couldn't relate again, but the video is all sorts of sad.

6. You're Not Sorry (Acoustic) - Fearless

This one and 'White Horse' changed places many times when I was trying to do this and I'm still not sure which one I like more. It's won because I love the acoustic version more than 'White Horse'. If I going off the normal version 'White Horse' would have won!

5. The Moment I Knew - Red

This song reminds me of a friend I had last year who was a bit crappy if I'm honest. It always gets me in tears, very sad, also very good song!

4. Forever and Always - Fearless

This one is so catchy! I can sing this one as loud as I want and feel great even though the lyrics are pretty sad, it's a different story for the acoustic version though, tears. All the tears.

3. The Last Time (feat. Gary Lightbody) - Red

YES. I love Snow Patrol, I love Taylor Swift. I like to sing Gary's bit because it's better than Taylor's bit (sorry Taylor).

2. Long Live - Speak Now

This has always been an amazing song! The bit about the children gets me. Every. Time. One I can dance around my room to which is what everyone needs to be honest.

1. Dear John - Speak Now

If you want to see me sob (which I hope you don't) then play this in front of me. From like year 4 to year 12 I had a really manipulative friend in my life and this song just describes those 8 years perfectly and I always wanted my life to turn in to the bit that was 'I took your matches before fire could get me' and it finally has! It's weird to listen to this song back and think about how unhappy I was for 8 years but I think it will always be my favourite Taylor song!


Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

YES, it's that time again and YES I've been waiting to write this since the beginning of the month. These are without a doubt my favourite thing to write! As soon as I post one I want to write another one even though that would be so boring because it would be the same thing... I promised myself that I would wait until I had come home from my last exam before I would write this and NOW I HAVE!
So, let's go!


Beauty / Skincare :

This month there was no doubt in my mind as soon as I bought the thing that it would have to my favourite! And it is *drumroll please*....

M.A.C Mineralize Skin Finish

I'm not sure if this has been in my favourites before but if it has then oh well, it deserves to be in it again because it's so great! I was a bit dubious about buying this because my friend Izzi and the reviews on the website said it was quite shiny and one even said it made you look 'like a glazed doughnut' but I didn't listen to that woman, I wish I could say it was because I love glazed doughnuts, but it isn't. I hate doughnuts, anyway! I think this foundation gives a lovely coverage and it doesn't slide off my face like every other makeup product! I am the shade NC15 and I originally bought it because it was the cheapest foundation but I'm so glad I did, I've even gone without foundation for about a month because I ran out and didn't want to buy a drugstore alternative, I wanted the real deal, so yes, it makes my face look ok.


Music :

I never really had a favourite album or song until about half way through the month (which was only a few days ago but you know) and here it is!

Never Been Better - Olly Murs



I know this has been out quite a while but I've only really just got in to it. I went to see Olly Murs in April and he was amazing! He even spoke to me (I promise he did, honestly, I cried). One year for christmas I asked for Olly Murs' album and dad bought me a signed copy and I cried, so, every year since then he buys me a signed copy of his album and this was the first album that I didn't really listen to since I had so many exams and things, but I'm so glad that i did start listening!

Top Five Songs :

1. Beautiful To Me
2. Never Been Better
3. Did You Miss Me?
4. Why Do I Love You
5. We Still Love

Other Songs I've Loved :

How You Get The Girl - Taylor Swift
Bang Dem Sticks - Meghan Trainor
Spaces - One Direction
Fire Meets Gasoline - Sia
Who's Laughing Now - Jessie J

TV Show :

Natalie has made me obsessed with this but I am so glad, it's bloody brilliant!

Love Island



This show is addictive! If you don't watch it it's basically loads of people on a beach and they have to couple up but there's loads of plot twists and what not! Please watch it if you can, you won't regret it! Mine and Natalie's conversations are basically 'OMG' 'I hate Jess' 'Shut Up Omar' from 9pm every night!

Photo :

No doubt about it, this photo is my photo for everything at the moment, apart from my laptop background, that so far has stayed strong...


I still can't get over this photo...it's me...next to sprinkleofglitter?! Louise is so so so lovely and the fact i got to meet her still makes me emotional, she has been a big inspiration to me throughout the few years I've been watching her and she's had a big impact on my life. I cried a little bit before and after this and this will be a photo that I treasure forever!

What's Exciting About Next Month?

WELL LET ME TELL YOU! Next month is going to be the best month, not only have I finished my exams so my summer holidays have officially started but NATALIE'S COMING HOME! She's finished her year in Switzerland and is coming home for 4-6 weeks before she moves to Berlin! I am so excited to see her after not seeing her for 6 months and have the best summer ever!

Also, I'm now on Bloglovin' so feel free to follow me on there (and you can follow people like Louise, Zoe, Jim, Tanya and any other blogs you like!)

https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/rebecca-14214169?search_term=rebecca&context=search_suggestion

(or you can just click the little 'bloglovin' button on the side!)

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

So, thanks to a 1am conversation with my friend Natalie (http://nataliestoddart.blogspot.co.uk/) I am here trying to do another 'TOP TEN'...catchy title

This time, it's my top ten favourite songs.


10. The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis


I grew up with Oasis. Dad used to play them all the time and they remind me of happy memories. This is the only Oasis song on the list even though all of them are spectacular. I chose this one because when I went to Wales last year the only CD I had with me was 'What's The Story? (Morning Glory)' and when I drove to Tesco I would always listen to this one first.

Favourite Lyric : "I can't get a life if my heart's not in it' (basically me in every situation)


9. Happily - One Direction


Becky xx