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'This girl can' advert review

3/12/2015

Hello readers,

Today I will be doing a review on the 'This girl can' advert. This post was recommended so I hope you like it!
First of all, here's the link to the advert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN7lt0CYwHg

My opinion on the advert is that it is encouraging as it shows that if women are self conscious they can still do exercise and to the best of their ability, although I do think that its unfair how it seems to be aimed at most women, and not all women actually are self conscious and need the courage and motivation to exercise in front of others. What are your views on the advert? If you haven't already seen it, please watch it using the link above and tell me your views! I am neither for or against the advert but I would love to know all of your opinions. Also please let me know what other reviews or types of posts you would like me to do :)

My last post was about a trip I am going on with my uncle and I really need your help! Please head on over there and read the post and leave a comment as I really need as much feedback as possible!
Thanks for reading, Amy xx

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The trip of mystery!

3/3/2015

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Hey guys,

The reason I have called this blog 'The trip of mystery' is because I don't even know where the trip is yet! You see my uncle is taking me on a city break wherever I want in Europe and I get to plan the whole thing! It is a birthday present (and don't worry, my brother is going to stay on his boat in America at Easter) so the trip will be in October half term. he reason why I am blogging about this so early is because I need YOUR help!

If any of you have ever been to a place in Europe that you think I would enjoy please let me know in the comments! Also anything you would do there for example shopping or good hotel recommendations, any other activities? Anything would be hugely appreciated as I am going to pick the top five ideas (with my own research as well) and post one idea every other week. I will be posting about one of the destinations and seeing what you guys think! By the way I love planning so this is an extra bonus on actually going on the weekend for me! :)

I'm sorry its a short one today but I thought this would be a great thing to get my blog followers involved in so then we can interact together!
Thanks for reading, Amy xx
P.S. The first destination will be posted next week :)

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Girl online review!

2/26/2015

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Hey guys!

Today I will be writing a book review about the book 'Girl Online' by Zoella. I would like to start by saying that I thought this book was amazing! It's about a girl called Penny who suffers from panic attacks and goes to New York for her mum's job and goes on a plane for the first time. It includes romance and comedy, and is directed at teenage girls. One of the reasons I liked the book so much is because it has many aspects of Zoe's life included such as panic attacks, anxiety and living in Brighton. There is also a huge twist in the book which keeps you gripped and makes the book become a page turner!

There was lots of information on the news that the book was ghost written. I still enjoyed the book very much but would have preferred to have read it knowing that it was Zoe herself who had written it especially considering the price which was £12.99. Also, even though it is aimed at teenagers, I think adults would enjoy it as well and I think it's a nice touch that the pictures on the front cover are ones that were taken by Zoella's fans, and chosen from a competition. Here is a picture below of the close ups of these:

Thank you very much for reading, I hope you enjoyed this review! I have some very exciting blogs coming up so stay tuned! :)
Thanks, Amy xx

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London blog 3

2/21/2015

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We woke up (much later than the day before) and were exhausted! We made our way down to breakfast and were seated on a lovely table next to the window. After a slap up traditional English breakfast plus fruit salad and pastries we were very full and ready to shop! We decided to go to floor 14 in the lift as the suites were there and we wanted to check them out. Turns out it wasn't as interesting as we had hoped but the embarrassing thing was that a member of staff got into the lift with us and we stopped at every floor until we got to our one (floor 5). He was probably confused to why we were on floor 14 when we didn't need to be but afterwards mum and I laughed a lot!! After a quick stop back at the room to finish packing and a nap for me as otherwise I wouldn't make it through the busy day ahead, we head downstairs to the spa ready for my manicure! The lady was really nice and gave me an amazing hand massage and manicure with a clear nail polish. We left our bags in reception and head to Oxford Street. It was a lovely day so we were very adventurous and decided to walk. We walked past the London eye and over Waterloo Bridge which was another photo opportunity:

We saw lots of interesting little shops but also big ones such as the Nespresso shop which was huge! We saw some very unique and interesting statues which we wouldn't have seen if we went on the underground! Also, the biggest world records expedition in England! Finally we made it to Oxford Street and headed into H&M, Lush, and Top Shop. I wanted to find the bubble tea stand in Top Shop and we searched for around 15 minutes, after asking a member of staff we finally found it but after all of that they didn't actually look very appetising so in the end I didn't have one. I did take a picture of the stand though:

We were then hungry so we went to the nearest McDonalds (I know, two in one weekend!) and had an adults meal this time :). Which gave us a good energy boost as we then went into New Look, House of Fraser, boots, and TK MAX. I was so exhausted that when we were queuing, I was falling asleep on mums shoulder! In Forever 21 I bought a Mickey Mouse jumper (which was actually a men's one but a size extra small fit me just fine!) which is grey with lots of colourful Mickey Mouse's all over it- I love it! I also bought a donut jumper which had a different type of donut on it for each day of the week- it sounded like a great idea in real life to me! We jumped back on the tube and walked to the hotel, grabbed our bags and then went to the train station. We got some snacks and the our train and went home. I caught up on some of Alfie Deyes' blogs and almost ate a whole bag of sweets on the train :) When we got home we told our family all of the amazing stories, showed them all of the pictures and started thinking about our next trip!

Thank you for reading my final blog of London, I hope you have enjoyed reading them all, they are something different and I had a great time writing them as they reminded me of the trip and will continue to remind me! I am very sorry about the late uploading, as I said before I wanted to make sure they were the best of my ability. As usual, please comment any requests or ideas as I would love the suggestions! Also please share this blog with your family and friends as I would love more readers and comments to reply to!!
Thanks again, Amy xx

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London blog 2!

2/15/2015

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London blog 2:

We were out of the hotel room by eight as we had both woken up very early and we're ready to start a day of many adventures!! We hopped on the tube to London bridge station, and I saw the Shard for the first time (close up) and took some pictures. As we went into Borough market, I was amazed at how alive it was at half past eight on a Saturday morning! We had a lovely sausage sandwich with hot chocolate and some fresh apple juice from a juice bar to get some energy for the busy day ahead! We walked to the Shard which wasn't very far away and as I got closer and closer, I became more amazed at how huge it was! We managed to go up the 10 o'clock session as we were ready to go! The lift was very weird. For anyone who has been up the Shard you will understand what I mean, the lady that worked there was in the lift with us and said that it goes 6 metres per second!! I managed to get some great pictures from the viewing floor but after we decided to go it started to get foggy! Very unfortunate for others as you literally couldn't see anything! It was still an amazing experience and I am very grateful that I was able to go up!

I was itching to get to the shops so we took the underground and got to Covent Garden as quick as possible! I saw a list of shops that were in Covent Garden along with pictures, and mum and I made a bet about a picture that we had seen of macaroons. Mum thought they were soaps or bath bombs as these days lots of bath products look very realistic of food! I thought they were real (edible) macaroons so we said that no matter what they were, mum would buy me one and I would have to eat it. The first shop we went into was actually the macaroon shop and luckily I won the bet and I had a delicious chocolate one!

This was also the perfect photo opportunity! One of my favourite things about Covent Garden (other than all of the shops) is the fact that there are loads of street performers. Mum and I were walking past one, it was a man and he had a decent amount of people watching him. He did magic tricks but also was a comedian and he put on a great show! He said that he was going to join the audience and we were all going to clap and cheer looking in the middle of the circle (there would be no one there) and people walking past would look. It was hilarious, mum had tears rolling down her face. People were looking to see what we were looking at, then the performer said that we should all look up at the building next to us and chant 'JUMP, JUMP, JUMP!' over and over. People walking past looked very worried and curious but of course there was no one on the building! :D We went from shop to shop, browsing as girls do until we became hungry and headed to the nearest Yo Sushi. The trek was 0.6 miles but was worth it because I LOVE Yo Sushi. Mum and I were seeing what we could put on the convey-a-belt before anyone noticed. It started off with chopsticks and lead to wasabi pots! Mum and I were in tears of laughter but a very unimpressed member of staff returned our items back to us, mum and I decided it was time to go then!

We spent the rest of the day browsing, taking pictures, laughing and having a lovely girly time! At about 5.30 we were hungry again so we decided to have a happy meal each from Mc Donald's and read one of the books I had bought earlier on in the day. It was then time to head to 'Charlie and the chocolate factory'! We bought some sweets to last us through the show and sat at the bar and had a drink. The theatre was beautiful, the decoration was amazing and it was again another perfect photo opportunity! We then went to take our seats, they were great, right on the isle! Although, a couple arrived late and had to climb past us at the beginning of the show. IT WAS AWESOME!! The props blew my mind and every character player their part so brilliantly. In the interval, I had a very overpriced pot of ice-cream and the man from the couple that had previously climbed over us did it again! After the show we got back on the tube and back to the hotel because I was so exhausted! We stayed up watching TV and eating popcorn and soon decided to go to bed. We still had another very exciting but busy day ahead!

Thank you for reading day 2 of my London trip. I am very sorry they have been delayed, I want to make sure they are perfect before I upload them and also they take a very long time to type up! Thanks, Amy xx

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London day 1

2/11/2015

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After a very slow day at school I reced out if the gates. I was excited because I was going away with my mum to Londom for the weekend, theatre, shopping, pampering and sight seeing awaited us. After a quick stop at the shop for some essential snacks and a ten minute wait for the train, we were two very excited people on the way to London. When we got to the other end hou mum and I spotted something hat would definitely slow us down... A Lush Shop. With a huge selection to choose from we struggled but we settled on a unicorn bubble bar and made out way to the hotel. It was FREEZING but luckily the hotel wasn't far!! We checked in after stopping to take some touristy pictures of the London eye lit up with beautiful red and blue lights. The hotel was amazing, they had everyone we could possibly need from a hair dryer to a mini bar, they even had complementary sweets (for me) and wine (for my mum!) here are a few pictures of our room:

We were exhausted so didnt go out for Yo Sushi (as planned) but we ordered a lovely sandwich and chips from room service and snuggled up in our cosy pyjamas , put a face mask on to relax and watched tv- the perfect girly night in! I then had a bath using my new Unicorn Horn bubble bar followed by an early night as I wanted to have plenty of energy for the next two days!!
Thanks for reading day 1 of our Londin Trip and 'stay tuned' for more! Thanks, Amy xx

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Sims 4 review

2/5/2015

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Hello readers,

Today I will be doing a REVIEW on the Sims 4 on computer. As you may have seen in my most recent post, I was thinking about the idea of doing reviews as I have seen many bloggers' doing them and this is my first one! So as I said, today I will be reviewing the Sims 4 which I got for Christmas, and I have been a fan of Sims' for a long time. For a few years I have been playing the IPad and PS3 versions but I must say, I think it is best on the computer. For starters, It loads more quickly, and there are many more interactions you can do. At the beginning, we did have some trouble with my origin account and it took hours for Sims to upload onto the computer which are two negative points, but other than that setting up the game was a quick and easy process. I will not explain the game step by step as it will be too long and confusing but I will give you a brief idea of the game.

You can have up to 8 people per house hold, and be careful because Sims can have twins unexpectedly!! There are many different jobs you can have, and loads of interactions and challenges you can do each day. The quests are fairly easy to complete and once you start playing (well at least I found) you don't want to stop! I think if you like interior design It is perfect as you can be very creative building your house (especially if you use the money cheat on youtube, you can have unlimited money!!)

It is a very creative game as you can dress your Sim's and as I mentioned, design their perfect house, I would recommend it for ages 12+ as that is the age restriction. There are many tutorials on YouTube of how to get started, but if you cannot get the computer version (as it is quite expensive) the free play app is very good and has a few of the interactions, and is a good way to start out playing Sims!

The future on my blog: This weekend my mum and I are going on a trip to London, and I would like to write a blog about each day so next week (probably Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) I will be posting three blogs about each day! This is also because I didn't post one last week and possibly the week before so I would like to catch up. The week after I will be posting another review about the 'Girls' can' advertisement as it was a recommendation that I think will be a great idea! Please comment any requests or recommendations as I would love to see what you would like me to write about.
Thanks, Amy xx

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Apologies, thank you's and reviews?

1/20/2015

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Apologies, thank you's and reviews?

Hello readers,

I have tried to post this so many times so hopefully this time it will work, that is one of the reasons why it's late so I'm very sorry!!

As you can tell from the title of this blog post, I have some apologies, thank you's and questions. To start off with, I am very sorry that I haven't posted in so long. It's not the fact that I've been unorganised, it's just that I have been extremely busy at school and then with homework and things at home, that I just haven't had a chance to upload on my blog. Great, that's one thing down.

Thank you's..... I just wanted to say thank you for the everyone who has followed or even commented on my blog so far, and so early on in the year! Please keep following this blog as I have some great ideas for the future :)

Reviews.... I have seen on many other blogs, people writing reviews about certain things such as films, make up, hair or beauty products, clothes, anything you want really. So I was thinking I could try that out, but I wanted to get some people's opinions on it, to see if that was the type of thing people would be interested in.
Please comment suggestions of posts and tips for each other :)

Sorry this was a quick post today, as soon as I have all of my readers opinions, I can think of some more imaginative and creative posts. I was also thinking DIY's??
As usual, thank you for reading,
Amy xx

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YouTube and Zoella!

1/10/2015

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Hello readers,

I would like to post on my blog on a Thursday if possible so I am very sorry I am late this week, the first week back to school is always very busy! Today I decided to write a post about one of my interests, YouTube. I did mention some information on this subject on my previous posts but I really wanted to share more today. I love YouTube, I think its a great way for people to share their interests via videos. As most You Tubers would say, their videos started off as a hobby (just like me!) but now making videos and posting them online have become these peoples daily jobs, due to advertising and the amount of subscribers they have. Many You Tubers have also brought out their own merchandise for example beauty products, clothing or books. I have to say I think its amazing how for example Zoella (my favourite You Tuber) has almost 7 million subscribers! That's an incredible amount of people, let alone PewdiePie (also a You Tuber) has over 30 million subscribers which makes my mouth drop. That's almost HALF of the population of England! As I have already mentioned, Zoella is a huge inspiration to me, her channel consists of fashion, beauty and life style tips and tutorials primarily directed at girl teenagers. It sounds crazy but I feel like I actually know her and that when I am watching her videos, she is having a conversation with me. I am sure that If you asked any other teenage girl that watches Zoella as well, they would say the same thing. I think that's what makes her so successful; people can connect with the You Tuber through a screen! Please leave a comment below who your favourite You Tuber is if you are fond of You Tube, and if you don't watch a certain person, what type of videos do you enjoy watching? I really love watching hair tutorials, daily routines and vlogs as I find them very interesting and the hair tips very helpful! Thank you for reading,
Amy xx

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My new year resolutions:

1/1/2015

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Hello readers!

I am so glad to see that I have had lots of feedback on my previous post! Todays post is about my new years resolutions. I did mention these before but today I wanted to write about them in more detail. 1. I would like to have a successful blog, and by that I mean that hopefully lots of people will read and enjoy my blog and I will be able to interact with viewers. 2. I would love to start a YouTube channel and post videos on it. I have thought of many video ideas that I would love to film and then to hear peoples feedback on so I will be sure to let you all know when I post videos! 3. Become more organised. My family may argue that I am already very organised but I feel like I need to improve as when you are getting thirteen pieces of homework a week you need to have some organisational skills! This will also be helpful when I am writing my blog and hopefully posting videos as well. 4. Keep my room tidy, I know this is a very common one but I am not very good at keeping my room tidy, especially having even MORE stuff after Christmas! :)

Thanks for reading, Amy xx

P.S. Here are some other blogs that I have been enjoy recently:
simplymebloggin.blogsot.co.uk
zoella.co.uk
sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk

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