Movies, Books & Tv | Favourites of 2014

Hi, today I'll be showing you my favourite films, books and tv shows throughout 2014! enjoy. 

Movies:

The Lucky One - I have to admit, I'm a sucker for sad films! I don't usually cry but sometimes I do! His film is about a guy who was fighting in Afganistan and to get him through it, he had a photo of a girl. Once he got back, he moved away to search for this girl. They found each other and lots of secrets are reavled through the film...

Mean girls - who doesn't love mean girls? If you don't know it's about Cady Heron who moves from Africa and joins The Plastics as a joke/experiment. Soon enough the popularity gets too her head and she thinks she's better than Karen Smith, Gretchen Weiners and the queen bee Regina George.

The Vow - A story of a women falling in love with a guy...obviously but then she and him are involved in an accident. He is injured but she loses her memory of him. He tries his best to bring her back but her parents never liked him with her anyway so they brainwash her (not literally) to thinking that they were never together.

The Notebook - A must see chick flick. A tale of a women and a man who are from two different worlds (poor and wealthy). Over the summer, they fall completely head over heels in love. They argued but that's what made them a couple. The women leaves one day back to her hometown promising she would come back. She doesn't but he writes a letter a day for a whole year to her but her dad hides them from her, so she forgets about him.

21&22 Jump Street - two police officers who are failing in catching the people committing the crimes and are sent back to high school (21) and college (22) to catch the drug dealers suppliers. Hilarious film! Watch it!

Tv shows:

Pretty Little Liars - I'm obsessed with this show! I've watched up to the mid season in season 5 since the summer and I'm hooked! It's so scary and mysterious ahhhh! Who do you think A is? If you don't know the plot, it's about 5 bestfriends who fall apart when Alison goes missing. They then join forces when they start receiving anon text messages from A after Ali's funeral. I love it!

American Horror Story - This is my newest obsession and I'm also up to date on this aswell! The first season is in a murder house where a family moves in and lots of the secrets of the past uncover during the series. A pysco path falls in love with the daughter and his past is reVealed. Turns out, most of them are ghosts! Season 2 takes place in a mental asylum, creepy. Season 3 is a witches coven! And the fourth series is a Freak Show! The show is honestly amazing..

Dance Moms - Reality TV usually bores me but the moms on this crack me up! They are so bitchy and funny! Abby Lee is the worst dance teacher ever, very intimidating but the girls are all amazing dancers!

Books:

Girl Online - the first novel by Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella left me wanting more. It hooked me and I just want the second one to come out aready! Penny is an average girl who has a popular blog and calls herself Girl Online. It is her secret. But once she goes to New York and falls in love with Noah, his secret could reveal her secret aswell..

13 Reasons Why - A girl commits suicide one day but before doing so, records 13 tapes of the reasons why she killed herself. Each of these are about a person and the tape gets passed around all of these people. A boy gets to his turn and panicks. They had once shared a kiss and they liked each other sort of. Most of the reasons are very bad indeed but, his is different to all the others.

The Fault in Our Stars - Brought tears to my eyes. The relationship between Augusters Waters and Hazel Grace, yet with a twist, they both suffer/ed from cancer. They share a love for a book and take a trip to meet the author but he isn't nice. They fall in love until...well read it to find out!

 MockingJay - The third book of THG series in which Katniss must recruit a team to fight the Capitol and along the way lose a few people unfortunately. They rebel against the Capitol after the games were interrupted...

The death and life of Charlie St. Cloud - A guy who has a brother but the brother dies in a crash and takes it upon himself to care for his brother. He never reaches out of his comfort zone so he can play with his ghost brother every night. Until he meets a girl and falls in love with her.

Beauty&Skincare Favourites of 2014

Seen as 2014 is coming to end, what better to do than round up all of my favourites in 2014! Today's part is my beauty and skincare favourites. This might be my last part to this series but I'm not sure!

Beauty:

Maybelline 24 hr colour tattoos (On and On Bronze and Pink Gold) - such beautiful formulations and the packagining is so luxury and beautiful! Last for so long and can count as being waterproof too (I should know). The shade range is amazing and definitely an ALL TIME favourite!

Rimmel Apocalips AND Provacalips - the Apocalips are so beautiful, their packaging is honestly amazing! I can't remember what shade I have but its a dark berry red and is divine! *inserts heart face emoji* I love these products! Provacalips are the sisters of the Apocalips and these are pretty darn good aswell! Although the shade range isn't amazing, they last for so long on the lips (maybe too long?) and are lovely! 

Barry M Nail Paints - Whenever I get the chance to paint my nails, I got for my Barry M's everytime! They have such a wide range of colours and styles etc... And they are quick drying! The Gelly hi-shine ones amazed me a few weeks back when they lasted through 3 swimming sessions! CRAZYYYY!

Sleek Face Form Kit in Light - First time contouring this year and wow. I love it so much! This kit makes me look defined and my face look very flattering, it also includes my fave (sleek blushes omg) so bonus!

Topshop Lips - This year I have been loving these lipsticks! Topshop have done good! They are super creamy and moisturising on the lips and have an excellent shade variety! LOVE!

Skincare:

Garnier Micellar Water - This is my holy grail cleanser! It wipes away all my makeup instantly and doesn't damage my skin or make me breakout! It is very easy to use and I love it so much. It's quite cheap aswell and lasts a long time so give it a try!

Body Shop Aloe Moisturisers and Vitiman E Moisturiser - These have saved my skin! No words can describe how much they have helped me and ohh. They are just perfect for dry skin! Or normal to combination skin like mine! Very helpful Indeed!

Thanks for reading I love you all! Still can't believe 2k views on this blog wow! Bye x

Christmas Nails!

Just a quick post for you on Christmas Eve! I'm writing this whilst watching the Grinch (best Christmas film EVER), so mind any errors. 

PRODUCTS USED: Astor Fashion Studio Polish in the shade 'Chicissime'

                         Barry M Nail Polish in the shade 'Starlight'

I used the Astor red to paint all my nails because I associate it with Christmas (who doesn't?) and then on my index finger I used the sparkly Barry M colour to make it more festive! 

Love Charlotte xx

Why do we choose to wear makeup?

It recently occurred to me whilst talking to someone that people don't actually know WHY they wear makeup upon their faces. 

1. To impress friends or boys. Yes admit it, you've worn makeup at least once to try and impress someone. If your a girl you want people to see the better side of yourself so you doll yourself up. There is nothing wrong with this. As long as you feel comfortable and aren't going totally overboard with the eyebrows/blush (you know what I mean no clowns aloud). It's normal for a girl want to look nice for someone special!

2. Confidence. If people lack in self esteem or confidence, they wear makeup to make them feel confident. It's one less thing to worry about (your appearance) so they wear it. It is known and common to wear makeup and instantly boost your confidence by 100%! It makes you feel like a new and improved you.

3. To cover up. Yes we all go through troublesome times with spots, blemishes and under eye circles. Of course all us girls would want to cover them up with either a bit of concealer or large amounts of foundation but the truth is people are comfortable in their own skin and feel the need to layer up. In my eyes no one particularly needs makeup but it's a good thing for you if you don't feel confident or if you just like the idea of being sophisticated and made up!

4. Because it's fun! Make up isn't all about covering up, that's why we have lipsticks, mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadow. Some people find being artistic with your lips or eyes is genuinely fun and amusing. It really is for people who enjoy and collect makeup. Whether it's deciding on your kind of eyeliner, or what colour eyeshadow shall you wear or what lippy to go for, it's all fun to beauty enthusiastics!

What's your reason? Love charl xxxxx

The shoes...

This are my newest pair of shoes and oh my good god I'm so in love. Honestly they're beautiful! They are a black, soft kind of material with cut outs at the top and heel. Ladies if you dare to go bare foot, please paint the toenails before hand? Ok good! They are slightly heeled but heeled as in a wedge and are almost platform shoes with the 'heel' at the front as well. To put them on securely, the fashion designers from new look added a gold detail onto the shoe, A ZIP. Don't you just love the word zip? This pair is particularly comfortable and I love them too much! <3333 £19.99 from New Look.

EXCUSE THE MESSY BACKGROUND AND UNIFORM LOVE YA LOTS DOXOXOXOX

Shopping HAUL

This is my first 'beauty' haul I've actually written about I think so hope you enjoy. 

During the week I bought a few things. I saw the NEW Baby Lips Dr Rescue and immediately wanted it to be mine. So I picked that up and so far I'm loving it. Then I bought another 24hr Colour Tattoo from Maybelline this time in the shade 'Pink Gold'. I adore this and the formula is absolutely fab! Next I picked up the Rimmel London Lasting Finish foundation on Velvetgh0st's recommendation. 

I then went with my friend and decided to pick up a lip liner. this is the Rimmel Moisture Renew liner (the white invisible liner). I have yet to try this out. Lastly in boots I needed a few skincare items. After all the hype around the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water, I decided to buy it and it is honestly amazing! I also bought the Simple Moisturising Facial Wash which is really good for your skin too!

I also bought these fashion pieces from New Look. They are for a party I'm attending next week! The dress is black with striped indents in and has a high neck. It is a bodycon style dress. The necklace is a long, gold chain with a diamond on it! My boots should be here on Monday!

How does one venture in Boots and not by nail polish?! These are my 'winter' polishes. The first one is a lovely metallic purple from Barry M's silk collection and is called Orchid! The next is a very festive sparkly effect polish with stars and dots mixed together, in the shade Starlight! The next one (the first I picked) is a Gelly hi-shine in the shade Plum.

hope you enjoyed this post love you all x

The holidays are coming..

Did you sing that song in your head too? Just me? IM SO SO SO SO EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS OMG IT IS ALMOST UPON US! I love the cosy nights with blankets and hot chocolate all snuggled up! I love the soundtracks and e music at this time of year. Not to mention all the end of year parties we can go to during December! As it is the last month of 2014, make it your best one. End on the best possible way. Christmas is so exciting so that's what makes the twelfth month so great! Don't forget the amazing food, films (who doesn't love a bit of Frozen, Elf or Home Alone?) and the beautiful decor around the towns, cities and countries. Ahhhh I do love me some Christmas.

 What is your fave thing about this festive holiday season?