Recently, one of my favourite bloggers at the moment - Imogenation, started a campaign with Look Fantastic all about being fantastic. According to statistics only 1% of customers of Look Fantastic felt totally comfortable with their physical appearance which to me sounds crazy! Through my eyes everyone is beautiful in their own individual ways but social media seems to have always added this extra pressure to everyone to make us 'perfect' or make us 'not feel enough'.

It is completely normal for us, as humans to focus on trying to correct what we dislike about ourselves rather than enhancing the things we like the most. Three things that make me fantastic today are: my heart, my ability to laugh even when I feel as though I want to cry and how easy going I am.

Remember that you have to live with yourself for a long time so why not love yourself? Why not praise yourself and make yourself feel good? You are fantastic. 

It's official, the countdown for the most wonderful time of the year has begun. John Lewis have finally launched their latest Christmas advert featuring Buster the Boxer, highstreets have put up their Christmas displays, cafes are offering delicious hot drinks in festive cups and Winter Wonderland has its gates open to the world.

Last yea, I did a couple of posts and videos upon the Christmas Stocking Filler idea so this year I thought I'd bring it back and do a second round.

Buying Christmas pressies can either be really a enjoyable or a really stressful experience so below I have put together a handful of items I thought would be ideal stocking fillers or gifts, all of which you can find for under £15 (all with affiliate links directly to the sites to save you from searching). Let me know if you've got any other suggestions!

Miss Guided Brown Hedgehog Slippers Pink Elf Slippers

          Fashion is not really one of my strong points, or favorite by that matter, although I really like it, I am probably more of a makeup person and the same outfit all week long (let's be honest, if you watch my vlogs, you know that!).
          If we are being 100% honest with each other I did just run through to the living room to ask my mum what my biggest fashion accessory is as if this is school homework!

          I am not much of a jewelry person or of a hat person by that matter so I would probably have to say that sun glasses are my number one! I have quite the stash although I do have my favorites as does everyone (I think).


          As with my fashion sense I am not very out there and "in your face" with the colours, I am more of a nudes / neutrals kind of girl although I am loving the new trend of sunnies with the colourful lenses like these in the photo (sorry, I am terrible at describing lol) although I sadly haven't got my hands on any yet!
          Another few of my favorite type of sunnies at the moment are the cat-wing style ones and obviously the rose gold ones (as I am a huge rose gold maniac thanks to Zoe!) although these silver ones are also gorg.




          What are your favorite fashion accessories or the ones you use the most?

     No, I'm not talking in terms of size or height, or anything physical. I'm talking about outgrowing personally, mentally or even emotionally.
     Every type of relationship is a journey not a destination and as we change and grow as a person due to experiences or situations that life brings to us, sometimes, instead of bringing people closer, we push them away.
     The thing is, people change.
     Out growing someone doesn't mean you are above them or better than them, it just means that you are in different stages of life. 
     I'll be the first to admit I've felt compromised into a relationship, either because of the past or because of the memories I've felt forced to forgive someone.
     It is 100% OK for this to happen. However, for some the idea that your friendship with someone is not what it once was can be a sad prospect, maybe they saw you through a rough time and you appreciate it, but are they really worth it?
     Let me just say, a few years ago, I had a lot of 'best friends', or even 'close friends', or 'friends I met through other friends' and so on. It made me feel good to have so many friends, because I could always go out, or meet up with someone. Eventually, this all began to change. Those who I concidered my close friends began to distance, everyone went there separate ways, they started changing, there was now the drunk friend, the angry friend, the friend that only texted me when they needed something, the hating friend.. I think you get the idea. I went through a period of self-reflection and asked myself if it was perhaps me.
     Well, let me just say I was wrong. There was nothing wrong with me, I was growing up. Everyone gets to a point in life where they face decisions, and for some reason friendships are the most difficult. But for me, they weren't true friendships in the true concept of the word. Little by little I began cutting ties to people who no longer made sence in my life.
     This year my priorities began to shift and I couldn't and wouldn't  let myself deal with bullshit no longer. In my opinion, the best thing of being self-aware, is you begin to see through peoples bullshit faster than ever. Unfortunately, most people aren't self-aware and refuse to accept their issues. But I, have made the conscious effort to keep the people that are good for me, close, and those who aren't, as far away as possible. I don't believe for a second that because I was once friends with someone they should still feel entitled to my friendship now. 
     What about you, have you been through anything like this? xx

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!
     Yes, you read it right, on the 25th of January I have randomly written a blog post to wish you all a good 2015.
     Mine has started off pretty well, in 25 days I have been noticed by Romeo Lacoste about three times, I have gained a follow from James Yammouni, Rebecca Fox reblogged one of my posts, I have gained 150 notes on one of my own photos on tumblr, therealblasian followed me in 2014 but I have only just realized she also answered my direct message, Steven Dartle noticed me AGAIN, Stef, Hannah and Alfie all noticed me and liked my YouTube video and last but not least, neither Aston Merrygold or JJ have yet unfollowed me on twitter.
     And all that is without mentioning the fact that I have finally started focusing on my future and what I need in life, and by this I mean that I am not going to let 2015 be like last year, I now know who I need in my life and who I don't, and lets call this year 'the change'.
This year I am going to be changing to a better me, a more grown up me some of you may prefer to say. I shall tell you:
          1. I am finishing school in June (hopefully). This means I should stick in and get studying for the last strech.
          2. I am 18 this year. This means people are going to expect more from me and I am going to make them proud (or at least try)
          3. I am moving house. No, I am not moving out. Not yet. My parents and me have decided it will be better if we move to a town nearer to my dads job, so he doesn't have to spend a whole weekend away from home, especially as he isn't getting younger. This means lots of new oportunities for me like new people or new friends, a job, a car maybe and just a chance for us all to start from zero. The only problem is my brother doesn't want to move. He doesn't want to move anywhere away from his girlfriend even though he hasn't got a car, job, money, he basically has no way of living on his own. I just hope this doesn't ruin it for us.
     The problem with the house we are living in now is lack of neighbors that my mum can talk to and go out with so she can have a laugh and a normal life, I don't tend to go out either, I just stay at home on the internet and my dad is always working, so that means he isn't at home. The house has got a brilliant pool and a good sized land, but it is so big it just needs so much money and time spending on it so it could feel like a home, and we aren't prepared to do that as it is a rented property.
     Anyway, I am not quite sure how I got into that deep property talk, but all I was wanting to say is that I am going to make the most of this year and film as much as possible of it so I can make it one to remember, and hopefully the one when my life gets better.
     Until soon, Ellie x