Summer Nail Art For Beginners!

Hello everyone, happy Friday!

Now I know what you're thinking. Summer Nail Art? Really? Well yes I know that it's a little late considering September is just 2 days away now. However I'm going on holiday today which inspired me to do this summer nail art, and besides who says you can't rock bright nails during winter anyway!

Click Read More below to see the colourful design I will be sporting on my holidays.
I hope you like it!

Trailer Talk! - Divergent!

Hello everyone happy Wednesday the week is almost over!

Today I present a trailer analysis. And it's a trailer that I have been waiting for, for a very long time. Ever since set pictures started to be released (in fact ever since I heard filming had started) The trailer I will be looking at today is.... (well you can already see in the title can't you!)

Divergent!

Now I saw this trailer on Sunday during the VMA's, and if any of you follow me on Twitter then you know that my reaction wasn't quite on the scale of what it was when I saw the new Hunger Games: Catching Fire Trailer a while back. 

Now have you watched the trailer? If not go watch it now before continuing on below!

Books I Did Not Finish! - 26/08/2013

Hi everyone, how's the bank holiday weekend going for all my British readers? And for those of you who don't have a bank holiday, I'm sorry, but have a nice day with what ever it is you have to do today!

For today's Books I did not finish post I will be featuring yet another series, I'm starting to think that I should just rename this whole segment as 'Series I Did Not Finish'. Because I don't tend to read a whole lot of standalone novels, and I'd usually try to finish reading a book if it's a standalone. But when it's part of a series, and I already don't like where the the story is heading by the end of book one, then well, I guess to me it deserves to be here.

However when it comes to this particular series, I'm probably in the minority when it comes to my opinion on this books plot.

Uglies

by 

Scott Westerfeld

Tagline: In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.

Okay I'm just going to get this out of the way now because it has nothing to do with why I never picked up the other books in this series. But that thing above 'UGLIES' really pisses me off. Why the need to act like it's a death match between YA dystopian books? And anyway this book is nothing like The Hunger Games, so whether Uglies came before it or not, it's not in the same league, we all know that it's only there to drag in The Hunger Games fans, so if that's you take this warning, it isn't anything like the Hunger Games so don't go into this thinking that it will be similar, the only similar thing that could been as being similar is that it is a YA dystopia. 

Rant Over. On to the review. 

The 90's Tag!

All aboard the nostalgia train!

I saw this tag originally on Youtube were Zoella and Tanya Burr did it, and honestly though I was born in 94 there is still so much I remember about being a child in the 90's so why not come along with me as I reminisce about my childhood! (FYI there maybe a little story to tell along with some of the answers!)

If I Stay by Gayle Forman - A Review!

Hello everyone!

So how many of you have tickets to go and see the Mortal Instruments today or this week? Are you as excited as I am, don't forget I did a nail art design based on the Shadow Hunter Runes that you can checkout by CLICKING HERE!

On to the topic for today's post.

You may recall me mentioning or rather recognising on Monday that I had't really done a positive review of a book in a long time, that is unless you count monthly favourites (which I don't) so today to mix things up just a little I will be doing a good review.

If I Stay 

by 

Gayle Forman

Tagline : Imagine if all your choices were gone. Except one. And it's the only one that truly matters.

Books I Did Not Finish! - 19/08/2013

Hello everyone!

It is time for another Books I Did Not Finish! Honestly I'm not sure if people actually like reading these, if you would rather I just did weekly book reviews so it includes books I actually like (because I know I haven't done one of those reviews in a while) then please do let me know in the comments below!

I was struggling to pick which book/ series to use this week, there is one that I really want to share but for now I'm saving that one. So this week I am featuring another series I did not finish. This is usually were for whatever reason I decided not to pick up the next book of series having read at least 2 of the previous books.

The Blue Bloods Series

by

  Melissa De La Cruz

Tagline: They're Young, Fabulous and Fanged . . . 

From that Tagline you can probably guess what this series about. Yep that's right Vampires. It is a series I read after the whole Twilight furore and I for the most part I enjoyed it the main characters name really did piss me off though, it was so difficult to deal with, Schuyler. Honestly until I went on the authors website I was pronouncing it in my head as shoe-ler but it's actually pronounced Sky-ler. Great then why not just spell it that way like most people do. Anyway on to the review and why I stopped reading it after the Van Alen Legacy.

Nail Art! The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones!

Hello! Everyone, it's Friday, Friday gotta get down on Friday. . . .

sorry...

Anyway I hope you had a good week and today in celebration of it being just under one week until the release of The Mortal Instruments City of Bones in Cinemas. Like the excited fan girl I am I came up with a nail art design that has an easy (sort of) version and a more advanced version for all us Shadowhunter wannabes to rock when we flock to the cinema next week!

I would normally insert a picture here but I don't want to spoil the surprise so carry on reading to see this cute nail art design based on the Shadowhunter runes!

Book vs Film: Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters!

Hello everyone, today I will be doing a sort of review of the new Percy Jackson film, whilst simultaneously comparing it to the book.

And let me just tell you right now, you thought the first Percy Jackson film was different from the book? Trust me, somehow Sea of Monsters manages to change even more.

Let's watch the trailer:

Quite honestly the first time I saw the trailer I was just excited because I had no idea they were making another one. But then I re-read the book, and the issue I had before going to see this film was that the trailer alone was enough to tell me how different from the book this adaption was going to be, and that's not something that happens very often. 

Now then let's take a closer look at exactly what is different and whether or not I liked the film.

Books I Did Not Finish! - 12/08/2013

Hello everyone, it's that time of week again! Welcome to another Books I Did Not Finish! The place were instead of telling you about all the books I loved I share the ones that range from disappointing me to me out right hating them!

This week the chosen book lies some where in the middle of the above statement. Why? Well this book is a sequel. A sequel to a book, I very much enjoyed, you can read the review I wrote of book one here. Sadly the sequel did not live up to my expectations and so it is with regret that I have to include it in this series.

The Elite

by

 Kiera Cass

Tagline: 35 GIRLS CAME TO THE PALACE. ONLY 6 REMAIN.

Like most people who enjoyed the first book I recognised it had it's faults, the world building wasn't great, it didn't really work as a dystopian (more on this later) and yes it was cheesy, but it was the cheesiness that made it enjoyable in it's Bachelor-esque game show plot for the Princes heart. Yet even in this the sequel The Elite some how failed.

July Favourites!

It's a little late coming this post, I know, I'm sorry, better late than never though!

And to make it up to you instead of just doing book favourites, this month I will do, make up, books and skincare! (I know it doesn't sound like a lot but trust me it is!) So grab yourself a snack, a cup of tea what ever takes your fancy, sit back put your feet up and enjoy!

(Just a quick note to say that if you click on the name of each product/ item I mentioned it will take you to a page where you can find out more about it or bUy the product, these are not affiliate links.)

Let's jump right in!

D.I.Y Matte Nails!

HELLO!

For today's blog I thought I would share with you how to create Matte nails at home without having to pay for a top coat!

Matte nails have become very popular recently, and a lot of brands have been releasing nail polishes that either dry matte or top coats that will dry your nail polish to look matte, but what do you do if you either can't afford to or would rather not spend the extra money on buying these types of polishes?

That is where I aim to help you! 

This nail tutorial does not use cornstarch. Adding cornstarch to wet nail polish is a very popular method of getting nails to dry matte the problem I find with this is that when you're trying to make darker colours dry matte the cornstarch can give the colour a white cast and that's not what you want!

I recommend reading this whole post at least once before you attempt this look just so you know when to do each step!

Read on to find out how to create matte nails with out buying the specially formulated polishes or cornstarch!

Books I Did Not Finish! - 05/08/2013

Hello again everyone, how are you this fine Monday. I say fine it's probably raining almost everywhere if the weather reports are trust worthy.

Welcome back to another edition of books I did not finish featuring a series. And a very well known one at that, so popular it became a very successful American TV series. . . .

The Vampire Diaries

by

L. J. Smith

 

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I loved the Vampire Diaries the minute I read it. I read it after Twilight, and was one of the people putting the 'Twi-hards' who claimed it was a copy of Twilight in their place by revealing it was published more than a decade earlier than Twilight. Yes I very much enjoyed that!

The picture above is my copy of the first 2 books The Awakening and The Struggle, yes it is almost identical in cover to Twilight, but honestly the story is better and far less infuriating. 

My Summer Must Haves!

Hello everyone! Happy Friday!

Today I am sharing with you my top Summer Must Haves in make up, skin care and hair care, via a Shopcade widget!

Shopcade is a handy website with over 100,000 million products and still growing you can create lists to share with friends and family, but not only that you will also be notified of when items in your lists go on deal or the prices drop!

Read on for more about the products featured on my list!