My 18th Birthday!

Hey guys! So, I feel like its been such a long time since I last blogged that I feel quite ashamed of myself. My humble apologies to you all.

So, since I last blogged, many things have changed that have made it quite hard for me to find the time to blog again. One of these changes was that I went back to school! I'm now in my last year of A-Levels, which sounds absolutely crazy as it feels like year 7 was just yesterday. And another reason that I haven't found the time to blog is because it was my 18th birthday last Friday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
It feels super weird to sit here and say that I have been on this planet for 18 years. Again, it only feels like yesterday I was a little 3 year old talking to myself in the photo booths at Boots and running in and out of shops giving my parents heart attacks haahaha! True story bro. Oh, how I miss being little.

So anyway, my 18th birthday was such a crazy day. The morning was a tad disappointing because I had to go to school, and nobody wants to go to school on their birthday... However, I wasn't there for the whole day so it started getting much better once I got home. In the evening, I had a slap up meal in Harvester and then had a party on the Saturday with my family and friends. :)

Overall I had the most splendid weekend spending it with my friends and family. To end, here are a few pictures of some of the presents I received. Who knows, maybe you'll see them in another post in the near future?! And as always, I would love to hear what you think, so comment below! :D

Emma x

My Ultimate Summer Playlist

When thinking about Summer, one of the first things that pop into my head is music, and in my opinion, EVERYBODY needs a Summer Playlist to listen too! Whether you like Country, R'n'B, Hip Hop or Rock music, there's bound to be songs you listen to throughout the year and think 'Hey, this will be great to listen to in Summer!' (Please don't say i'm the only one who thinks this!!)

Before Spotify was born, and back when I didn't have a clue on earth what YouTube was all about (if you're reading this have have no clue what BOTH of them are, I suggest you google them), I used Windows Media Player to download songs from my CD's- which I still have, and listen to now- and copy them onto my super retro Walkman! (And yes, I still have that too!)

But since then, I've now fully understood the purpose of Youtube and genuinely believe that Spotify has CHANGED MY LIFE! Like, can we give Spotify a round of applause? *claps* I'm sooo obsessed with it that I have 2 playlists- One for Random Songs and the other for Albums- that I listen to almost every single day.

-I think we've established now that I have no social life

And if you haven't established that yet, well you have now!

:)-

Here are a list of some of my favourite Summer Songs that i'll be listening to this Summer, either on Spotify or YouTube:

• Ugly Heart- G.R.L
• Don't Stop- 5 Seconds of Summer
• Boom Clap- Charli XCX
• Crazy Stupid Love- Cheryl Cole feat. Tinie Tempah
• Louder- Neon Jungle
• Way We Are- Kove feat. Melissa Steel
• No Scrubs- TLC
• Extraordinary- Clean Bandit feat. Sharna Bass
• Every Little Word- MNEK
• Loyal- Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, Tyga
• Am I Wrong- Nico&Vinz
• Your Love- Nicole Scherzinger
• Right Here- Jess Glynne
• Lay Me Down- Pixie Lott
• Started From The Bottom- Drake
• Ain't It Fun- Paramore
• If I Go- Ella Eyre
• Problem- Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea

If you would like to look at more of the songs I listen to (because I don't think i've done my taste in music any justice), you can click here and here. However, you do need to be a Spotify user to view them.... :S

Sorry this is looooong, I do tend to ramble on a bit! I would love to read what you guys think about this post and/or whether you have any questions or even new songs you think I should check out- so feel free to comment below :)

Thanks for reading and I hope you found this somewhat helpful and inspired you to make a Summer Playlist too- if you haven't got one already!

Emma x

Yin Yang Nails

I've recently been obsessed with my nails. Switching them up every couple of days with something new and different. I love experimenting with new designs and I find that painting my nails is quite therapeutic too!
Therefore, I wanted to show you guys how I accomplished these fab Yin Yang nails.

P.S. Sorry for the bad quality pictures, they looked fine on my phone :S

Start off with a base coat of your choice (as you can see, I opted for pink)

After your base coat has dried, dip a small nail brush into the other colour you have chosen and create a 'S' shape swirl diagonally across your nail- You could also do this with the nail polish brush if you are super super careful!

Then, use the nail varnish brush to cover one side of the 'S' shape swirl with the second colour you have selected

When the nail varnish has dried for a second time, use a small dotting tool (or the small brush from earlier) and create a dot in each side of the swirl. e.g. the pink dot inside the silver colour and vise versa.- Again, you could also do this with the nail polish brush if you're careful

Finally once the two dots have dried, go over the nail with some clear nail polish to help create shine and help your nail polish to last longer.

Psst... I know Yin Yang's are originally Black and White. I just felt like switching them up so they look unique and different :)

Again, i'm sorry for the rubbish pictures. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Go on, give it a go! :)

Trip to the University of Bedfordshire

On Tuesday, I went on a school trip to the University of Bedfordshire in Luton. It was basically a 'University Fête', consisting of almost 200 stools that each represented a different university from places all over England, Scotland and Wales. It was held in a marquee on the uni field, with a live band playing (though in my opinion they were pants!) and a buffet full of burgers, hot dogs and other fête foods that smelt delicious. Everytime we walked passed our mouths watered at the smell. Mmm...

We also got the chance to go to a few of the seminars that were taking place, so we could get a feel for what our lessons would be like if we decided to go to University. For example, they had seminars taking place for courses such as Law, Nursing and Midwifery and Drama and Performance. They also had one called Studying in Scotland- Although, we missed that one! *sad face*

Overall, it was a lovely day. We had a 2 hour lunch break, so to pass the time me and some of my friends decided to sit on the field and chill, seeing as we had great weather for once! Also, i was pretty chuffed at the fact I didn't get sunburnt.. Success! :D

Here is a collage of a few photo's that my friend and I took throughout the day. Enjoy!





What I'm Wearing
Vest top: Primark
Dress: H&M
Leather Jacket: New Look
Leggings: Topshop
Shoes: Primark
Nail Varnish: Silver (XX) Marks and Spencer