Imagine Dragons Concert

On Friday night (06/11/15) me and my family drove up to Nottingham to watch our favourite band ever - Imagine Dragons. After my brother discovered the American band 2 and a half years ago after their first albums night visions came out, I was hooked to their songs. After unfortunately missing that tour, we preordered their new album back in January this year and bought tickets for their Smoke & Mirrors tour. 10 long months later, I was walking up to the Capital FM arena with my family ready for a night to remember and by golly it was probably the best night of my life. Here are a few pictures I tried to take with my shaky hand... Enjoy!

And then it was all over (after treating myself to a tour shirt...)

I also posted a vlog of the night on my YouTube channel, so if your interested the link is: https://youtu.be/WSdQ8IIVv-o

I probably sound like a crazy concert girl but I will admit that this was my first concert and it exceeded all expectations. If you have the opitunity to see your favourite artist/band/comedian live, go for it, you won't regret it.

Leopard Cat Halloween Makeup

To celebrate my love for Halloween (and cats) I thought I would mix both in a video for you guys and do a makeup look on my channel. If you are interested in my mediocre makeup skills, you can check out my video here: https://youtu.be/0vsVI2WcXrY and say my blog sent you! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Laurra xox

My love for Essie

Since watching ViviannaDoesMakeup (about 2 years ago) I have kept meaning to pick up an Essie polish, due to Anna's massive love for the nail brand. Being £8 for a polish, it's not the cheapest on the high-street but since treating myself to Cocktail Bling back in the summer I wish I started collected these lovely nail paints sooner!

Cocktail Bling is probably in the top 3 of my (kinda large) collection of polishes so listen up, it's GOOD! It's a gorgeous bluey purple grey, depending what light you see it in. It looks so chic on the nails, and goes with everything! The lovely wide brush makes it super easy to apply, only 2 coats needed, long lasting (6 days I wore this) and chip free, what more could you want?

I was in TK Max the other day and found a LOAD of a Essie polishes for £4!!! The colour selection wasn't great but I do regret picking another up. This colour is Sable Collar which is a dark metallic burgundy red - perfect for autumn. I believe the polishes they do in the store are discontinued in Boots so if you missed a shade you liked, go and check here! So I will defiantly go back to TK to look for some more bargins!

Any Essie polishes you would recommend?

Welcome Fall

I love how the Americans called autumn fall, I think it's so much more appropriate for this time of year but I no us English get annoyed at each other for saying something that isn't typically British, so I'll stick to saying autumn!

Even though my favourite season is summer, there has always been something I love about autumn; a hot chocolate whipped with cream and sprinkled with marshmallows, the dark evenings while cosing  up with my gorgeous cats to watch the newest episode of Strictly Come Dancing - my guilty pleasure.

The little things in life make me the happiest in autumn and not to forget, that a couple of fashion events come around this time of year! London and Paris fashion week all occur in these months, making me very excited for big Zara scarves, fluffy oversized khaki parkas and of course, beanies! 

Other occasions also exist during this months like Halloween, one of my favourite things ever as I love the adrenaline from being scared and all things spooky related. Bonfire night is not long after, something that tends to be forgotten but how can you not forget sparklers! Also my birthday is on the 22nd November (put that in your diary!) Eek I'm 16 this year, help! And then of course the build up to Christmas which is technically in winter but meh.

I just wanted to create a little post to appireciate the small things at this time of the year that make me happy. What makes you happy during fall/autumn? So should I do this every season, what do you think?

Best of September

       

I uploaded a video last night showing you my favourite things of September; a fab all in one face palette, a gorgeous new MAC lippie, a load of top chart songs and a new slightly scary show I became obsessed with, where all included in my 'best of September' video! You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/PTcA5WZQS3c

A Sea-Side Break

On the first week of September (last week of the summer hols), me and my brothers were lucky enough to have a surprise sea-side break, organised by my parents a couple of months ago. It was very exciting that my parents treated us to a gorgeous lodge with sea views in lovely Plymouth, the city my mum came from. We had a relaxing 5 days, I barely used the Wi-Fi, it was just nice to have a break, from everything! Here are a few photos from the holiday and I'll try and summarise each day for you.

After a long 4 hour journey, we settled down in our luxury lodge and went down to the private beach just a couple of minutes walk down the valley from the lodge. It was so relaxing and I took a few artsy photos with my newly purchased Quay sunglasses!

On day 2, we had a long ramble down to Plymouth harbour, strolling over the high cliffs with an amazing view of the city. On the way back we passed a couple of little villages with beautiful lakes and gardens.

Day 3 was undoubtably the most active day. We went go-karting, a sport I secretly enjoy and have got quite good at to be honest! At this amazing leisure facility called Andrenline Quarry (the place they filmed the most recent Walkers advert), me and my dad got the chance to basically jump off a cliff and zip-wire down the valley which was something I have always wanted to do. We then got to swim in the fresh water resivour below the zip-wire where me and my brothers had a lot of fun jumping into the water from the jetti! And finally to finish the day we went to the famous sea-side town of Looe in Cornwall and had fish and chips for dinner. Also we were lucky enough to spontaneously get a boat ride round Looe Island and see the Cornish seals, that was probably the highlight of the week!

On day 4, we were fortunate enough to go onto the famous Dartmoor and ride horses. I used to ride when I was younger but gave it up and after going on a horse again, I regret quitting! Afterwards, we had another nice walk until we got lost on Dartmoor with the fog coming in which was pretty dramatic! We also had a lot of fun playing pooh sticks over the bridge and finally to finish the day we went into a lovely pub back in Plymouth.

On Friday morning, our final full day, we went back to the private beach and got the wetsuits out and swam in the sea, something I have never done in the UK. After having a shower we went into Plymouth city centre, did a bit of shopping and slightly fell in love with the city! When we got back we had a relaxing time in the pool which was basically private and stroked some gorgeous tame chickens, an animal I now adore!

I hope you enjoyed my little summery of my trip to Plymouth, it was a lovely place and I would highly recommend visiting!

What's in my school bag?

Yes I know it's been a little while, maybe even a month but I'm back and hopefully filling you in with my life again on my blog. I had a little break over the summer including a surprise trip to beautiful Plymouth in Devon (blog post coming soon) and I was surprisingly busy but now I'm back and ready to write (or type...). I have been posting weekly on my YouTube channel though so I'm not slacking off completely!

I thought I would mention the video I uploaded today which is 'What is in my school bag?' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THT_9VbrV9g. I have a little chat with you about school and upcoming autumnal videos as well as what's in my school bag (of course!). So have a click on the link if that sort of video would interest you. Next week a HUGE autumn clothing and beauty haul will be uploaded so keep you eyes peeled for that! 

If your at school, I hope you got through your first day and week and good luck for the rest of the year!