Thursday 15 January 2015

Winter Wishlist: Clothing.




Again this is the start of another series on my blog. The series is going to be called "Wishlist". Basically I will pick out some of my favourite items that I want to get each season. Today's post is on my clothing wishlist, but there will also be an winter accessories wishlist and a winter makeup wishlist (which will probably just be new releases). It just so happens that all my picks for this post are from New Look and I promise you I'm not sponsored by them or anything, I've just been really loving that shop recently and have found so many things I want.

1. Black Formal Biker Coat - £39.99
                                                 
So this first one is something I am completely in love with but I don't think I will ever get the chance to buy it, as it is currently in the New Look sale, which means they will be going soon and I have no money to buy it with, however I do really love it. It's from the teenager section which is called like "915 Generation" or something like that. I don't know why I like it I just do haha, probably because it's black and warm.


2. Brown Metal Trim Loafers - £19.99

These are another thing I may never get to own, as they are also currently in the sale. I have wanted them for quite a while now, but never had the money to buy them (or I brought something else that I wanted more instead). Brown loafers go with pretty much anything which is one reason I like them, but also because they look so classic and simple. I just really like them basically.


3. Grey Boucle Fine Knit Skater Dress - £22.99

I really love this dress, again, probably because it's grey and I love grey it's like my favourite colour. It's just a simple skater dress with short sleeves. I actually only own one dress, I'm not really that confident in dresses, but this year I want to start wearing more. I just think this is a really nice simple dress that would make a really cute winter outfit if I wore it with some knitted tights, some boots, a cosy cardigan and maybe a cute scarf.

4. Dark Red Check Long Sleeve Shirt - £17.99.


I am definitely a fan of checked shirts and this one is so me. I love the darker reds than the brighter ones, so this one is literally perfect. But again, this is in the sale, which means that I probably won't be able to buy it (insert sad face). It's from the 915 Generation section of New Look and I am in love with it.

5. Grey Checklist Coffee Sweater - £14.99.

This has to be like one of the coolest sweaters ever! Like literally, coffee is life. This is just a really casual outfit and I think it would look really cute with plain black or navy skinny jeans and converse. It literally is the perfect clothing piece for a lazy, comfy Monday. I'm not normally a fan of sweaters, I'm more of a knitted jumper and jeans kind of girl, but I think sweater can look cute if they are worn with the right things.

6. Black Cut Out Buckle Strap Ankle Boots - £22.99

These are like the perfect pair of boots for me. They are heeled but the heel is very small so I think they would be really easy to walk in. They are from the teen section but that doesn't really matter to me.

7. Grey Wide Sleeve T-Shirt - £9,99

This is just a really nice simple plain grey t-shirt. It looks quite baggy which I actually really like. I think it would just go with pretty much anything.

8. Black Premium High Waisted Skinny Jeans - £34.99

I only own one pair of plain black skinny jeans which used to fit me but are now somehow to big and really uncomfortable, so I just really want a new pair. I want high waisted ones because I feel like they suit me better. Black jeans go with so much and I know £35 might seem a lot, but I want a good quality pair that are comfortable but will also last a while. I either want to get these or the TopShop Joni Jeans.

I hope you enjoyed this post and let me know what are some of the things you want to get this season!

Sunday 11 January 2015

Favourite Five: Nail Polishes.

 This is going to be the first post of a series I've
decided to start called "Favourite Five". Basically in these posts I'm going to talk about my favourite five things from a category, for example todays post is on nail polishes, some of the other ones I'm going to do will be on my favourite five books or my favourite five films. I wanted to share some of my favourite things with you guys, so I thought this would be a nice way. There will probably be a Favourite Five up about twice a month, I'm not too sure yet.


1. Essie "Mint Candy Apple".



Mint Candy Apple is a beautiful mint green colour (as the name would suggest). Essie nail polishes all apply really nicely and are a perfect consistency. This is quite a summery colour, but I have been wearing it recently as it was a Christmas present. I can already tell this is going to be one of my favourites throughout spring and summer. However you do have to apply between two to three coats of this to build it up to a solid colour, which I don't mind that much because it drys very quickly (always a bonus for me as I tend to always smudge wet nail polish on things because I get fed up of waiting for them to dry)

2. Maybellene Colour Show "Blackout"




This is just a perfect Black. I've really been liking black nail polish recently, I think it looks really nice and kind of classic in a way, it's probably just because black is one of my favourite colours but I really do like it. I actually have it on right now, although by the time you guys see this post I will be back at school and banned from wearing any nail polish at all :(. I do find that with this nail polish, it will look okay with only one coat, so it's my go-to when I want something on my nails when I'm rushing, however I do normally use two coats, to stop it chipping so quickly.

3. Barry M Matte Nail Paint "Crush".



This is a beautiful deep red colour, perfect for autumn. I can't count the amount of times I have painted my nails with this. Deep reds are a classic autumn/winter shade and I for one am loving it! I find you need about two light coats of this nail polish to get a good strong colour. It is matte so it's not shinny, which sometimes annoys me, but sometimes I like it. Sometimes I like to put a shinny top coat over the top to stop the matteness (if that's even a word). The one downside to this is that I find you have to really shake it otherwise it goes gloopy.

4. Barry M Nail Paint "Jingle Bells".



This one is definitely the festive edition to this post! You can't beat a bit of glitter for New Years and Christmas! This polish is actually Barry M's special edition Christmas polish for this year. It's gold and red glitter, but it also has little tiny stars in it which I think is so cute - I didn't actually realize until I started painting my nails and ended up with loads of stars randomly dotted around my nails! My only issue with this polish is you have to but a lot on to get enough glitter, you kind of have to blob it so you get a good amount, but I will put up with it because it's so cute!

5. Rimmel London I Love Lasting Finish "Apricot Punch".



This is another summery colour, I know it seems a bit weird including summery things now because it's the middle of winter, but these are my top 5 of all time. It's a gorgeous pinky-coral colour and it  really suits my skin tone. It's quite old now, but still works really well. It applies nicely, it's not too gloopy or too runny. 

I really recomend all these nail polishes, If you try any out let me know what your thoughts are and I would love to hear some of your recommendations. 





Thursday 8 January 2015

Dear Bullies and Haters...

Dear bullies and haters:
I don't know wether you realise how bad you make people feel. Its sick. You may think it's just a joke or stupid comments but its not, you don't understand how sad it makes people feel and how much it lowers their self esteem. Calling someone fat isn't funny. Making fun of someone because of their skin colour or hair colour isn't funny either. Its sick and its mean. Do you know how many people commit suicide per year because of bullying? Its a pretty big number. Do you know how many people self harm because of bullying? Thats a pretty big number too. Do you even know how bad someone must feel to deliberately hurt themselves? Cause i do. Calling someone fat isn't funny either, they could end up hating themselves so much, and even go as far as starving themselves because of it. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles, so why make things worse for them. Its not funny. Its not fair. It hurts. People actually start believing the things you say, if you call someone stupid, or fat or a bitch or ugly, its only a matter of time before they start thinking it's true. Theres a quote i like from a film called Cyberbully which really describes this - "I don't know why everyone hates me so much, but maybe I do because now, I hate me too". You need to realise how much damage you can do to someone by calling them names or making fun of them for little things, like if someone doesn't know an answer in class, why make fun of them for it? It doesn't help anyone. Bullying is not okay at all. And well making fun of people who have mental illnesses is completely wrong. Telling them they are faking it? Why would someone fake having something like anxiety or depression? Because its not funny. Having anxiety is really scary, as for depression, it destroys you, you cant really understand unless you've been through it. And as for making fun of people who self harm, saying its for attention, that's just fucking wrong. These people already feel so bad about themselves to do that, then for someone to go say it's stupid or that they are doing it for attention, it's just pushing them further into a hole, and if you're not careful, that hole will end up being their grave. And skinny shaming? You think it's okay just because they are skinny? It's not. It's just as bad as being mean to someone who is bigger. Judging someone on their weight is horrible. And calling someone anorexic is completely wrong. Anorexia is a very serious mental illness, not a size. Another thing I don't understand is why people make fun of people who have a crush on other people. At my school so many people are too scared to say who they like because they are afraid of people judging them for something they can't change, which I think is really sad that people can't even share something like that without people being mean to them about it. Same goes for things people like, for example bands and things, why judge someone based on their music taste? Maybe they like someone different from you but in the end, it doesn't really matter.  I cant even say everything i wanted to in this, but if any of you ever need someone to talk to please dm me on Instagram or Twitter or whatever social media you want, i will listen, I will care, I won't tell anyone unless you ask me to, and I won't judge you. I've also decided I am going to start a series on YouTube talking about things like this, for example, some of the videos I have already planned titles are: Bullying needs to stop, no one is 100% normal, depression, dealing with anxiety & panic attacks, self harm & suicide, being single on valentines day & a lot more. The series will be called #HadSays so if you ever want to tweet me anything to do with the series please use the hashtag. You can also leave some requests of videos in the comments if you want to. Also sorry for the huge rant I just needed to get this out there and please don't hate on me for saying all this because I was actually so scared about posting this.
Lots of Love, Angharad xoxo

Sunday 4 January 2015

2014 In Photos.

I decided I would put this post together of some of my favourite photo's I've taken in 2014. Most of them are of memories with my friend's and fun times. Sorry for the bad quality of the photos, they have all been taken on my iPhone 4. I hope you enjoy.




(From the left: Megan, Fran, Charlotte, Annabel, Kristi, Me, Helena & Tyler) 
This is the first picture I have chosen. It was taken back in April when I went on a trip to France with my school. It's just of me and a group of the other girls who went, but we are all wearing our matching tops that everyone got given that day. I just think it's a really cute picture and one of my favourites from the whole trip.


(From the left: Minnie, Me, Kinno, Pudsey Bear, Jim & Frank)
Again this is another from the French Trip. It's of me and a group of my friends with a huge Pudsey Bear. We took it at a service station on the way back. 


(There's way to many to name, but I'm on the 3rd row from the front, 3 people in, wearing a blue coat)
This is just a really nice picture of all of us who went on the French trip and was taken on the steps of Nausicaa Sea Life Center.


This is one of the cutest pictures of me I have found. My friend Olivia took it in the spring, while I was at her house. In the picture I am holding her little Tortoise Neville (I actually suggested the name) and he was so cute!


This was taken at a barbecue at my school during activities week (A week before school ended). Basically a huge group of me and my friends sat on the quad eating our hotdogs and playing truth or dare, It was one of the best days of school in 2014.



(From the left: Me, Chloe and Jessie in the back ground)
This is one of my favourite pictures ever of me and my friend Chloe, on her last day at my school last year. In september she left my school to go to a different school, which was and still is really sad for me as she is one of my closest friends and I miss her so much!


This picture is of me, but was taken by my sister Holly. I just really like it and I know it's like really "tumblr" but I like it.



(From the left: Catherine, Vicky, Me, Kinno)
This is my favourite photo of me and my friends. We took it on the last day of term before the Christmas Holidays.



(From the left: Catherine, Kate, Vicky, Kinno, Me)
This is just one of those "How many people can you fit in one photo" kind of selfie, but I think it's really cute. It's actually quite a nice photo, I mean we all look quite nice, minus Kinno being cray cray in the top right corner. 


(From left: Catherine, Vicky, Me)
I thought I would end the post with a funny photo. This is just a casual silly selfie that we took on the last day before Christmas as well. I just think it's really cute. 

So these are all my favourite photos from 2014, there are a few others I like but I didn't include them because I didn't want to make this post to long.
I hope you enjoyed!


Thursday 1 January 2015

My Hopes & Goals For 2015.


I wanted to do a post about my new years resolutions, but I don't want to call them that because I feel like whenever I have new years resolutions they always fail. So I'm going to call them my hopes, because I feel like they are more my hopes and my goals. Here they are..

1. Continue With My YouTube and Make It The Best I Can.
2014 was the year I started with my YouTube channel and I have enjoyed every minute of it. Therefore in 2015 I would like to continue with my channel, and possibly reach my end of year goal which is 500 subscribers, I am currently on 275 subscribers which I have gained in just over 6 months. I am so proud of how far I have come on YouTube in the past six months. When I started I filmed on my iPhone and the editing was awful and so was the lighting and watching them now just makes me wonder why I ever shared them with the whole of the internet. Just over 6 months later I can now say I am a lot more proud of my channel, and I hope the ADB Family will continue to grow throughout 2015.

2. Be Healthy!
I think this is one of my resolutions that everyone will say. But I actually do want to start being healthier and I want to try new foods, and I'm not going to lie, I will still eat my cake and chocolate because that's practically my life. However I want to eat more fruit and veg too.

3. Make Friends!
I feel like I have made some of my best friends yet in 2014, for example - Olivia, Ella, Maria, Lucy and Imi. Now Ella, Maria, Lucy and Imi are my best YouTube/Blogger friends and they are some of the nicest people I have met. As for Olivia she is my best friend ever and I'm actually so happy I met her. Also I have become closer with people like my friend Catherine, Kinno and Vicky. In 2015 I want to continue to meet great people, but also stay friends with the people I know already.

4. Meeting My YouTube/Blogger Friends.
I would really love to meet Ella, Maria, Lucy & Imi this year. I think I will probably at least meet Lucy and Imi, as they live close to me, but Ella and Maria both live quite far away, but one of my main goals is to meet all those four amazing people!

5. Getting Out More.
I've not really done much with my friends this year, so in 2015 I would like to make the most of things and go places with my friends as much as possible, even if it's just to go shopping or meet in Starbucks for a drink. I would also like to go more places generally, with my family or friends and make the most of the time we have together. Also linking back to my last goal, I would love to go places that mean I get to meet more of my internet friends, and some of you guys!

6. Get Good Grades.
I'm not too bothered about this one, but I would like it to happen. I would just like to be proud of my levels and reach my targets. 

7. Continue With This Blog! 
I actually want to be able to continue with this blog for the whole of 2015. I have tried before but this time I really want to! So let's hope I can!

So these are all my goals! Let me know what some of your goals for the year ahead are!