'A Mocha With an Extra Shot of Influence Please'

I love coffee. I love it black, I love it with milk, I love a frap, I love it strong, I love it iced, I love it with friends, I love it on my own, I even love an espresso. This is something many of my friends have grown to know me for. However, this was not always the case; I actually used to hate coffee. I am not sure how this changed exactly, but I know that on the way home, my friends used to always have the need to stop by the coffee shop and so my love began to grow. It started with herbal tea (which i also love), moved on to Chai Tea then hot chocolate, a mocha and eventually, I had tried nearly every coffee option in Starbucks. This has taught me over the years that friends can have the biggest influence on you. It is a weird conclusion to make, but a true one. Today it is coffee. What is it tomorrow?

Time To Reply

A friend sent me this happy video to cheer me up after a sad conversation. It worked. It does not matter how small a gesture is, sometimes it is all a person needs. Share the love.

Someone You Should Know: Emily Burns

Over the weekend, I spent a good amount of time in the countryside. On my final night, we went to an interesting nightclub in Rugby called The Vault. This place was buzzing with people all talking about one person, which happened to be Emily Burns. I knew she was good, but did not expect her amazing voice accompanied by only a guitar to bring the club together in the way it did.  This I have to say, was a great way to end what already was an amazing day! My favourite song of the night was called 'Plasters, Glitter and Glue'. This song was not the most popular song that she played, but it was my favourite. I cannot wait to hear more from her... I will keep you posted.

A Child Once Is A Child Forever

They say that you should work as hard as you play, but it seems that once we hit a certain age we try so hard not to be embarrassed that we forget to have fun. I have concluded this is why I usually end up on a Mary-Go-Round by myself whenever I go out with friends. I can see in their eyes that they want to be on it too, but they are all too 'suave' to join me in my fun. You can call me childish, immature and maybe even mentally disturbed, but I'm the girl smiling and having a nice time while you stand at the corner with puckered lips, phone in hand, gazing deeply into the distance. To be fair, at my age, I should probably be the latter, but I know that deep in my heart there is child surrounded my all this self inflicted maturity that I try to maintain on weekdays. Will you unleash your inner child?

Underage Festival

After a long week relaxing with my friends in Leicestershire, I got the urge to go to a festival. 'The Underage Festival' fit in perfectly with my schedule and I thought I saw Vampire Weekend on the list. Even though Vampire weekend did not play, it was literally swell. A toast to that day!

Now Your Just Somebody That I Used To Know..

This song reminds me of one of my own relationships. It began very sweet and lovely and ended with an awkward glance when we happened to brush into each other. I always found relationships strange; you go from 'in love' to ' Somebody That I Used To Know' in a split second.

If you have never heard of Gotye, please check him out and then check Kimbra out. These two artists have definitely made it clear that Australia is moving up in the world.

Rating: Glittery Nails!

I've slowly, but surely fallen in love with Max Factor's Max Effect nail polish - especially because it works well with the Christmas and New Year period. I bought it in Ivory (02), which is has very fine glitter in it. Most people think glitter is tacky, which is an understandable opinion as most glitter nail varnishes have large chunky glitter flakes, but I am sure those people will beg to differ once they see this nails varnish. 


I was also shocked by the size of that bottle at first glance. It's tiny! However, once I tried it, it felt like a very good quality nail varnish and it's chip resistant, which makes me feel like it was (slightly) worth it.  I put on a manicure pink nail varnish first to give it a more natural shade.


I am also thinking of trying OPI's Gone Gonzo nail lacquer. Let's hope I am just as impressed with that as I am with this. 


Score: 8/10