Listening To This Week

Basically, I'm going to do one post a week about some of the songs I've been listening to recently. Some weeks I'll end up listing about a zillion songs and then other weeks it will be one.

This week I've chosen two songs that I've literally had on repeat. Not only are the songs amazing and the videos are good as well, but most importantly the messages the songs give are so meaningful and inspirational.

1. Pink - Raise Your Glass

2. Katy Perry - Firework

**Videos obviously from youtube but credit to whoever uploaded them**

I hope they work! One exam down, Three to go!

Love V xo

What's so bad about the middle?

Hello Beauts,

Middle Partings.

They're risky business, there's no denying it.

But recently, I've been pondering the spectacle that is the middle parting.

I sported this particular parting myself for about three or four years, after growing out my block fringe (My hair history is not a good one). Several of my friends did aswell, we're often left questioning why our parents allowed us to leave the house on a daily basis with such a do.

It seems, to me anyway, that only celebs can execute the middle parting with style. Olivia Palermo is a good example of such a person.

From BeautyNow via google

Of course, I am being melodramatic once again. The middle parting is not solely left for the ones gracing the red carpet, but it does appear that a significant amount seem to opt for the style and manage to pull it off.

I have now moved onto a side parting. I don't have a side or sweep fringe or any type of fringe for that matter, simply because it would not suit my face shape. I can't think of one of my friends that does not have a side/sweep fringe (they still look lovely though!). This is another reason I have chosen not to opt for the fringe look, the idea of us all having the same style makes me sad. On occasion, I wish I would suit a fringe of some sort because I'm left solely with the all-hair-up ponytail in p.e, which does not always look amazing, as i'm sure you can imagine.

None of us are still with our middle partings, which is definitely a good thing. Nowadays we put our hair into middle partings to amuse each other when a lesson is dragging on or someone needs cheering up. If the middle parting fails to get a laugh (this is rarely the case) we whack out the pineapple look.

Opinions/thoughts?

Have a good weekend!

Love V xo

p.s. Exams aren't here yet but since it's Friday I thought I could sneak in a cheeky post.

Note. :)

Evening All :)

There is going to be a significant lack in posts for a while now until some exams I have coming up are over. I have two science exams and two english exams (english are the big ones) and I have done a scarily small amount of revision for science (and I don't want to end up re-sitting). So the focus has gotta be on the exams.

Four exams in four days next week. eugh.

I also have the orthadontist. I have been going since year 6 (now year 11) and still haven't had braces. Yes, I still have two baby teeth. You wouldn't believe the amount of 'awwwwwwwh's that revieves at school when people find out ;)

Also, I don't have a camera at the moment, so photos of my recent purchases will have to wait for a while, sad sad times.

Hope your all well :)

Love V xo

It's Halloween Soon..?

I FEEL LEFT OUT ;(


ha. jokes. but seriously, halloween has never been a big deal at all for me and it seems to be for everyone else! I mean i'm fifteen and have only had to dress up for halloween like three times.
How deprived i have been ;)
What is the actual date of halloween, i'm told it's soon?

It wont let me stop typing in italics? the button isnt even pressed for it?! madness. Oh well, we'll manage.

Anyway... I went shopping today :D AND the even better part, I actually brought things! ahhhhhhh!

- I've just made the screen zoooom out loads and now it looks really really tiny. I clicked on a magnifying glass (thinking it was the zoom) and it was a search engine, so now i'm typing in this really small screen - it's a little bit cute -

Wow, i digress. Anyway. I went in about every shop we could find. i got some primarks version of uggs, i'm kind of over uggs right now but the other pairs of boots i tried on didnt look/feel right, one pair i tried to try on and my foot was too wide, which is sad because i'm told i have very narrow feet. bit of a shame.
I also brought a few vest tops, i wear them ALL the time. they go with/under anything and with the weather recently, an extra layer is always a plus. Oh, i bought THE most amazing pyjama bottoms/trousers/bums (whatever you call them) ever.. yes i am wearing them as i type this. They are like blue, dark blue and white check pattern but like a thick check pattern, if you get me?
Got myself a hugely thick and veryyy long navy blue scarf, i've yet to style it so it doesnt make my head look 3 times the size, even my mums had a go.
Got the usual hair scrunchies/bands (whatever you call them) and bobby pins - i will no doubt loose all of these within a month. And some socks. OOH and i also bought a red check top, maybe a little tartan-ish? yes, i am also wearing this as i type. It's a kind of rule/tradition in our house that you have to wear what you brought when you get home. and besides my pjs and this top make me look a treat, a very warm treat.

I stillllllll haven't found anywhere with barry M mushroom nail paint/varnish (whatever you call it.. jokes this is becoming tedious now, even for me).

I still need a coat. It's getting colder and cold requires a coat. I have saved for quite a while in order for a little shopping trip, one much like todays in fact, and so hopefully i can find one that i can afford. or maybe the parents chip in a little as a christmas pressie? we'll see.

Currently listening to Katy Perry - Not like the movies and i LOVE firework.
And anything Taylor Swift. Also love the white tie affair - mr. right since hearing it on some replayed episode of the hills. ♥

And i love hollyoaks laterrrr, ah and a double episode of one tree hill on monday - yes! but its the end of the season - sad times.

Oh, i've written rather a lot. And not in my usual style i feel. I've not really thought that much about what i'm writing (you can probably tell) and this style kind of reflects my thought process sometimes. ha.

Haha, i'm sorry this is a text - heavy, picture - empty post :( I'll try get some photos of some of the stuff i got today taken and up soon. - maybe i'll slip a picture in at the top (something halloween related possibly!)

Thankyou for reading - especially if you stuck it right to the end, probably deserves more of a welldone than a thankyou?

Hope you've had a good day?

Love V xo

A levels and what not.

I have an open evening next week about A Levels. They will of course tell us how this decision is the most important decision we will EVER make. They told us that with our GCSE's too. Just after they did so a scared silence spread across the hall, my father, apparently oblivious to the silence, said loudly 'oh, no pressure then'. ha.

I think I'm going to pick:

1. Business Studies

2. Textiles

3. English Lit or Communication and Culture

4. I have no idea about a fourth.

I think that leaves it open for me to go into fashion and writing. Hopefully.

Which A levels did you take?

Love V xo

"Life itself is a quotation." Jorge Luis Borges

From Here.

I love this!

Basically, I haven't been out of the house today. I lead a sad life, jokes. I've been doing revision...eugh. I actually don't mind revising (yeah, im a geek ;D ) as long as it's a subject I find interesting or can actually do. But Science? It's interesting, but I'm just not that good at it, so I opted for English.

Visiting some of the fam for a couple of days this week and then shopping with a friend on friday. Squeezing a bucket load of revision in there too!

Totally a little bit excited for Hollyoaks, Hollyoaks Later and then One Tree Hill. Ha.

Love V xo

P.S. I couldn't think of a title to this post, so I googled for a quote and found quotations ABOUT quotations! How cool! This post hasn't done much to show off my social life, has it? Is it bad that I'm laughing at something I wrote myself?

Love a bit of Edge.

From Left To Right:

Revlon Super Top Speed Base Coat - Gift

Accessorize Nail Colour in 060(i think) - Gift

Avon Nailwear Pro in Vivid Pink - Aprox £6

Barry M Instant Nail Effect - £3.99

(Dont you love how i've pushed all my bed linen back so i dont spill anything on it ;D )

First you apply your base colour - this is whatever colour you want underneath the effects. This does not have to be a Barry M nail varnish, it can be any.

Next, apply ONE coat of the Barry M instant nails effects polish. You shouldn't re-coat this one as it wont give the best effects.

Then you can watch it happen ;) It doesn't take long at all, I did another persons nails with this and managed to do it in about under 5 minutes.

Final Look. I hadn't cleaned off the nail varnish that had gone on my skin yet so it looks a little messy around the edges!

I did one hand in pink as you've seen above and then did the other in this minty green colour.

I wasn't entirely sure about this look when I first did it, simply because it's quite different to anything I've ever had before and I think it can be quite difficult to actually step outside of the norm. But with a few compliments from the girls and a sleep I'm glad i did..because i love it! This look adds edge to an outfit, you could be wearing a simple LBD, paint your nails in this and its a new look completely.

The only bad thing i would say is that it's quite difficult to get off. Before I did my whole hand in the minty green i experimented with a few different colours and I had to scratch it off a little.

What are your thoughts/opinions on this look?

Love V xo

P.S. Did anyone watch Cheryl Coles Life Stories with Peirs Morgan on Saturday? I thought it was so touching, she's just lovely.