January Favourites

So this is a new thing huh? I thought that as it's a new year I should introduce something new to my blog and what better than a monthly favourites! I intend to do these on the last Monday of each month so yeah here we are! 

As it's January, a lot/most of the things I've loved were Christmas presents so yeah - just thought I'd let you know.

The first thing I've been loving this month is my Gavin and Stacey box set - I mentioned my love for Gavin and Stacey in my last post and for Christmas just gone Hollie (my best friend) got me the box set and I can tell you, it's barely left my DVD player! It's literally my favourite thing and I watch it so much I could almost recite it word for word (not an exaggeration at all). 

The next thing is a bag I bought from Primark. First off I'd like to say I bought it in December but I mean I have loved it throughout January so it still counts as a January favourite right? Any way I had been wanting a bag like this for a while and when I saw this one for £10 I couldn't resist, it's like a Mary Poppins bag, it fits everything in and goes with anything - except joggers of course!

This has probably been my most favourite thing ever this month - my portable charger! This was a Christmas present which was to go with my tablet but I've used it for my phone. It's so handy, you just charge it up and it gives you about 3 full charges from one charge. I keep it in my bag wherever I go and that way my phone is never dead. I seriously recommend you investing in one if you can't live without your phone or ipod or anything, its just amazing!

As it's been extremely cold, I have been loving moisturiser. Not just any moisturiser - the soap and glory 'hand food' moisturiser. I don't have much to say about the smell but when a product works as good as this.. who cares what it smells like? Well I actually do but it works wonders so it's cool!

On a similar note my lips have been getting extremely chapped whether it's from the gym (is that weird) or just the cold idk they've been bad. I got the carmex lip balm like the liquidy one in a squeezy tube (10/10 for description) and it's been so good like moisturising and helpful. I have the strawberry one and the cherry one and they taste so nice so yeah!

Another thing that I have been loving is Pretty Little Liars now you might be thinking but thats been on ages and you would be right in thinking that BUT it came back for the second half of the fifth season this month and I wont give anything away because spoilers but it has been AMAZING!

The last thing I know I loved is my new Oxford 'project book' I wanted to be more productive and organized with my blog so I bought this and usually I don't geek out about a notebook but I swear the paper is the best quality paper ever and it's just so nice to write on, if your revising for your exams and you don't have one of these, I disapprove severely!

So I think that's it this month for things I've loved, I hope you liked it.. thank you for reading - let me know in the comments if there's anything you've been loving this month :)

Hayl xo 

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My Favourite Face Products

Okay so I'm not a beauty blogger nor will I ever be one but I am a girl and one that struggles to find decent face products at that and I feel that I have found my staples - products I never want to be without.. so why should I be selfish and keep them to myself?

First of all I like to keep my morning routine to a minimum and as effortless as possible therefore there are 3 products that I use and they are the garnier micellar water, the T-Zone moisturiser and exfoliating wipes 

• 'Spa - the art of beauty' 50p - I use these first and wipe all around my face focusing on my nose as I have oily skin there. I have an exfoliating face wash too but I prefer these as I've heard the little exfoliating things are bad for the environment and hurt some animals (not too sure though), whereas the wipes just go in the bin and unless an animal gets into my rubbish then I'm not sure they do that much damage. I've noticed that they also help a lot with my oily skin throughout the day. I picked these up in home bargains and to say they're only cheap, they really are good

• Garnier Micellar Water £3.33 - Now I mainly got this because of the hype.. I had heard so many good things about it and oh boy were they right! It feels just like im wiping my face with a damp cotton pad, it doesn't sting and it doesn't smell of anything either. As well as that I've used it everyday for about a fortnight and there's barely any gone, when it says 200 uses I certainly believe it and for £3.33, you cannot go wrong!

• T-Zone Skin Clearing Face Moisturiser £1-£2 - I'm not going to lie, I don't usually like T-Zone products in fact I think it was the cleanser by them that caused my oily skin (not sure though) but I thought surely not all the products can be bad so I tried it out and I now love it, I can't remember precisely how much it was but I know it was cheap so yeah, bonus!

So none of these products break the bank at all and that was mainly 'cause I don't like buying costly products that wont be any good or be good to my skin so while I'm still trying new products I don't want to spend too much but I mean who does? So yeah if you're in the market for new products I'd definitely recommend you buy these as they're really good!

Hayl xo

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A - Z of me - 26 questions about me

Oh hey there.. is it that time of the week again? Well you'd best grab a drink and maybe a snack because this is the A - Z of me and we could be here a while! 

A: If you were an ANIMAL, what would you be?

I would probably be a parrot (in the wild) because they can talk, maybe not wild ones though cause they wont encounter enough humans to learn words BUT they can fly around all the time and see beautiful sights and they apparently have the longest lifespan

B: BOOKS: What’s on your reading list?

at the moment I'm reading need by carrie jones which is to get me into the Halloween spirit because it's quite supernatural and is fitting to the time of year, I'm also in the process of reading mokee joe by peter j murray which again has a spooky theme to it but it's not that bad cause it's made for a young audience I've actually had it since I was about 7 or 8, I'll add the book cover and let you decide for yourself but I would be terrified if the monster from it came near me!

C: COMPULSIVE about anything?

A few things actually, I keep my highlighters in 'rainbow' order, my books are in genre order, my dvds are in genre and company order for example if there are two chick flicks made by universal - they will be together, also I can't stop clicking/cracking my knuckles

D: DREAMS – Do you…dream in colour? Remember your dreams? Keep a dream journal?

I do tend to dream in colour, well the ones I remember are in colour, I actually have quite realistic dreams, like I'll have dreams including people I know and they'll say things the person would say so some are actually quite memorable but I can never remember enough to write a dream journal, I wish I could though!

E: EATING – what’s your usual snack?

So I really don't eat very healthily, I wish I could but I just cant bring myself to so I mainly reach for a packet of crisps but I don't snack a lot through the day, I'll have a packet of crisps and maybe a chocolate bar at the most.

F: A few of your FAVOURITE Things

Nutty chocolate, tomato soup, my dog, tv, books, my family, my amazing friends, clicking my knuckles, rugby players of the welsh kind, copious amounts of alcohol 

G: GIGGLES! What (or who) makes you laugh? Do you have a good sense of humor?

Puns make me laugh a lot, most comedy shows, most comedy films, myself, my best friend, lee evans(comedian), nick grimshaw(radio personality), russell howard(comedian) I mean, theres a lot more.. Im a cheap laugh, I find a lot of things funny

H: Major HOT Button:

Ignorance, people that don't accept change when it's clearly for the better, dying on flappy bird (yes I still play it), when people are only open to one way of thinking like they have one opinion and anything else that doesn't go with that opinion is wrong, when people want help and when you try to help they complain that everything your doing to help is wrong

I: I am…

Short. Funny(well I think so). friendly. forgiving. uninteresting. out of things I am

K: Also KNOWN As… Aliases? Screen names? A non de plume perhaps?

I wouldn't say I was known as anything, I use my own name for screen names, I don't have a pseudonym or anything like that.. Just Hayley, or hayl

L: I LOVE…

My Family and friends, good food, alcohol, reading, made in chelsea, my dog, 

M: How do you feel about MEETING people? Do it all the time? Rarely? Parties or 1-on-1?

Im shy sometimes but I do love meeting new people, I like learning about people and stuff like that.

N: What’s the story of your NAME? Were you named after anyone? Do you go by a nickname? Any aliases?

My mum didn't know what she wanted to call me at all and then it came to me being born and she still didn't know so my brother decided I should be named after his friend who was obviously called Hayley, so yeah.. my middle name Louisa is from my grandma frances who died before I was born so I never got to meet her but I've heard great things

O: OBSERVANT – What’s around you right now? What do you see?

My laptop is right in front of me, my dog is laid on the floor next to my door, the tv is on and glue is about to start, I can see 3 bottles of water on my dressing table.. there are a lot of things in my room tbh

P: Who are the special PEOPLE in your life?

Well my parents I guess are the most important, my nannie is really important too I love her to pieces even if I haven't seen her in a while, I also love my brother cause he's great, obviously my friends are really important to me too because idk, when aren't friends important?

Q: Any little QUIRKS about yourself?

I am a compulsive knuckle clicker, I call 'coke' cola, I try on outfits and makeup constantly when I'm planning to go out or for a party, I talk too much and Im also a huge panicker like I unnecessarily worry if someone doesn't reply to a message on facebook or anything else, I have a specific way of eating and I don't know if its just me (let me know if you do the same) but when I'm eating a meal lets say a sunday dinner, I would eat the veg then the mash, then the chicken - like I do that with any meal!

R: What do you like to do for RECREATION?

I read, spend time with my friends, watch films, binge watch tv shows, blog, go to the gym

S: Do You SING in the Shower? In the car? For your friends?

I sing all the time, whether I'm any good is debatable but I definitely sing a lot, I aaaalways sing in the shower and bath because I don't like the silence. 

T: What’s at the top of your TO DO list?

I'm not quite sure, I have no massive aspirations at the moment - I guess the usual things like travelling - do well idk

U: Any UNUSUAL experiences?

The only few that come to mind are from nights out in the town - the first one was when me and my friend jasmine were in a club just dancing and having a good time and there were two boys, not remotely attractive (not that I cared I was just uninterested in them) and they were dancing near us and they kept looking at us so I smiled just being nice and polite as you do and the tallest boy says "you's can give us the V whenever you's want" middlesborough town really is wonderful. The second one was on another night out we were in the second bar we usually go to on a night and we were quite drunk and I was dancing stood at my chair and I knocked my full jug of cocktail over and soaked myself, I went to the toilet to dry off and when I got back there was ice everywhere so I threw it at one friend who threw it back so I then threw it at another and carried on and when there was no where else to throw it I threw it off the balcony, just to see if it would hit anyone, me and hollie (you know who she is) carried on throwing ice and then hollie threw a ring and I don't know why, two minutes later, a bouncer was stood next to me telling me he saw what I was doing and I should stop because it was dangerous and I'll have to leave if I do it again. 

V: VEGAS, Vienna, Venice, Vladivostok… How far have you travelled? What’s your favourite city?

I haven't travelled that much to be honest I've only stayed in the UK, I think the furthest I've been is Stone which is 169 miles away from where I live. My favourite place to go is probably Scarborough where I was born, it's just full of history, for the country and myself. 

W: WINTER, Spring, Summer, Fall… What’s your favourite season? What makes it special?

Erm, I like summer the most because it's brighter and everyone's happier and people have bbq's and parties and its my birthday in the summer and its just great. I like winter too though because I like christmas and watching christmas films and snow and seeing people in the festive spirit

X: EXes…

I don't have many but they've never really bothered me, I'm still 'friends' with one 

Y: Any secret/deep YEARNINGS?

I would really like to get a job that pays well and I can be comfortable best thing would be to be able to work from home, I don't know what doing though - not a secret though. There are some secret ones but I mean, they're a secret for a reason..

Z: ZERO to ZENITH – Where are you in your life? Still growing? On an upward (or downward) curve? Just skating along?

I mean, I guess I'm growing still, because im only young but I would also like to think im on an upward curve cause Im pretty happy with how my life is and how everything is going.

So this has been the A-Z of me, if your getting to this point in the post and you have an opinion on what I said or what I should write about or even just to say hi or to let me know you're a recurring reader, please comment on the post, just to show people are taking in what I say and are enjoying my posts - I dont even care if you don't like them, tell me that IT ALL HELPS! As always thanks for reading my posts and giving me silent motivation to carry on because if it wasn't for you having a gander, I wouldn't be writing these posts!

Hayl xo 

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15 things I love about life!

There are many things that I love about the world we live in so I decided to make a post about them because it's nice to share things and maybe you love them too.. you never know!

This isn't in any order (just to let you know) I'm literally writing them as I think of them!!

1. Accents! I absolutely love the many different accents there are in Great Britain and the rest of the world (but mainly Great Britain) in certain accents I have favourite words too like the way scottish people say 'murder' it just makes me extremely happy!
2. poptarts, they really do taste great unless you burn them of course
3. unexpected things, sometimes I do get little suprises and cute little things like once when I was coughing and sniffling, my mum brought me a hotwater bottle up without me even saying I was poorly - it was just because she could tell I was ill, it really warmed the cockles of my heart (and the rest of my body) 
4. Manners - Okay sometimes I do forget my own but it does still annoy me when someone will bump into me and not apologize or when I hold a door and they don't say thanks, it really doesn't cost anything so when people do say thanks and do say sorry it makes me v happy!
5. when people actually care, if I tell someone something even if it's just a stupid story about my day, I always pay attention to how they're reacting and how they respond because it just shows they're really interested.
6. my demographic - now as a reader you probably dont care about this but what I really love is how varied the places my readers come from are, I still don't have that much of like a following and the majority are from the uk but there are so many other countries and it just amazes me, it really does
7. puns, I am obsessed with puns, bad ones good ones, their great! I love it when people do them with such wit and timing that its even funnier than the 
8. photos - They say pictures say a thousand words but I think they say so much more, you look at a photo and you can remember so many things, everything about the day it was taken, the people your with, the songs you were listening to and so much other stuff even down to why you wore what you wore that day - it's truly crazy
9. Variation - It amazes me how much things can be totally different like someones day, take mine and my friends.. we could both have a lazy day in front of the TV but it doesn't mean we did the same things because there is that much variation in the world!
10. alcohol - don't get me wrong.. I can go aaaages without drinking any alcohol but when I do its usually a good time, not that I have to drink to have a good time, whenever I'm with my friends it usually is a good time. Not just that but I love thinking about all the hilarious and embarrassing things we did the night before and I do have a lot of good memories from parties 
11. The smell of baking bread - In the supermarket there is a bakery and they always make fresh bread and it is the nicest smell ever!
12. Mascara - I really love a good mascara at one point I had like 20 something different mascaras, I don't even know why my eyelashes are quite good without it but it probably is my favourite item of makeup!
13. A good book - I love reading, not as much as I used to but I do still love reading, I like the imagery you can get from a book! At the moment I'm reading 'A french affair' by Katie Fforde and it is really good so far!
14. When you instantly connect with someone - In college, there were multiple times where I was faced with a group of people where I knew no one it was mainly in my second year though because in my first year I pretty much knew people in all of my classes (luckily) but in the classes I knew no one, I somehow managed to find people and stick to them like one day in science I was left without a partner and decided to work with another girl who seemed really friendly, she ended up being my partner for the rest of the year and what a good year it was! it turned out we were more alike than we'd though with our shared love of made in chelsea and pretty little liars and since leaving college we keep in touch regularly and attempt to make plans that don't go ahead!
15. Having a wonderful best friend - as I've said in other posts, I could talk about my friendship with holl for aaages but I wont because yeah, but I just love how comfortable we are with eachother (some could say too comfortable) but it's great and I couldn't be happier, and we can trust eachother with our lives and we have 0 secrets which is important to me so yeah!

So now you know everything (most of the things) I love about life! I hope you use your new knowledge wisely!

Hayl xo

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Songs I can't stop listening to, and some old favourites!

I listen to a lot of music, it's not all the same and there's too much to even go through but there are a lot of different types so I'm going to go through my iPhone and my you tube history and find songs that I love and used to love too.

So recently I cannot stop listening to (alphabetical order);

1. Act my age - Hoodie Allen
2. As Long As I've Got You - Lily Allen
3. Break Free - Ariana Grande (Feat. Zedd)
4. Cocoa Butter Kisses - Chance the rapper
5. Comeback - Ella Eyre
6. Emily - Lower than Atlantis
7. God Only Knows - MKTO
8. God Only Knows - BBC Music
9. Life of the party - Shawn Mendes
10. Movie - Hoodie Allen
11. Oh Cecilia - The Vamps
12. Real Girls Eat Cake - The Janoskians
13. Steal My Girl - One Direction
14. Thank You - MKTO
15. That's What She Said - The Janoskians
16. The Weight - Shawn Mendes
17. 3005 - Childish Gambino

Songs I used to listen to non-stop;

• I love college- asher roth
• baggy trousers - madness
• Kelsey - Metro Station 
• Shake it - Metro Station
• Seventeen - Metro Station (I really liked metro station)
• Reckless - You Me at Six
• Dinosaur - Ke$ha
• The Ballad of Mona Lisa - Panic! at the disco
• beautiful girls - sean kingston
• anything from DJ Earworm (youtube it)
• Most  of the forever the sickest kids songs
• Blazin - Nicki Minaj
• Can't Make this over - Pixie Lott
• crossover - katy b 
• Any Lil Wayne song
• Daylight - kelly rowland
• Dear Professor - The deans list
• Most Kate nash songs

I honestly can't think of any other songs so this is going to be it for this week, I reckon you should definitley have a listen to any of the songs on here if you dont know them all ready and yeah have fun, have a good week, thanks for reading 

Hayl xo 

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