Sunday, 23 August 2020

My Top 5’s


I decided to post this as a get to know me sort of post, the topics I have gone with are all inspired by my Pinterest boards for something a little bit different. If you want to follow me on there my name is Lauren 🦋.

So I am going to start with my top 5 favourite animals. I love all animals but my top 5 are...

5 Favourite Animals
1. Dogs
2. Foxes 
3. Elephants
4. Penguins 
5. Llamas/Alpacas

5 Current Favourite Songs
1. Some Say- Felix Jaehn
2. Tinted Eyes- DVBBS
3. Letters- Lucas & Steve
4. Wanderlust- Ruben De Ronde (Eugenio Tokarev Remix)
5. Lonely- Gabry Ponte

5 Favourite Bands
1. Queen
2. Green Day
3. Imagine Dragons
4. Linkin Park
5. X Ambassadors

5 Favourite Singers
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Anne Marie
3. Lizzo
4. Bryan Adams
5. Bruce Springsteen 

5 Favourite DJs
1. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
2. Armin Van Buuren
3. Avicii
4. Loud Luxury
5. Timmy Trumpet

5 Favourite Foods/Meals
1. Spaghetti Bolognese 
2. Chinese
3. Red Thai Curry
4. Mint Chocolate 
5. Seafood

5 Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drinks
1. Coffee
2. Lemonade
3. Fanta Orange
4. Pepsi Max Cherry
5. Green Tea

5 Favourite Restaurants/Pubs
1. Prezzo- Italian
2. Rosa’s Thai Cafe- Thai
3. Strada Riverside London- Italian
4. The Malt Shovel- Local Pub
5. Wetherspoons

5 Favourite Current Fashion Trends
1. Cardigan Tops
2. Straight Jeans
3. Cycle Shorts
4. Platform Converse Hi Tops
5. Dresses & Doc Martens

5 Favourite Fashion Stores
1. Missguided 
2. Pretty Little Thing
3. Primark
4. New Look
5. Boohoo

5 Courses I Want To Study
1. Criminology (what I’m doing at university)
2. Fashion Design
3. Psychology 
4. Pharmaceutical Science
5. Biology

5 Favourite Makeup Brands
1. Urban Decay 
2. Too Faced
3. Mac
4. Jeffree Star Cosmetics
5. Revolution Beauty

5 Favourite Lip Colours
1. Anastasia Beverly Hills- Stripped
2. Mac- Lady Danger
3. Jeffree Star- Androgyny 
4. Rimmel London Kate Nude- 42
5. Tom Ford- Spiced Honey

5 Home Decor Ideas I Love
1. Ikea Storage Units W/ Random Items Inside
2. Coffee Table Books
3. Plants
4. Neutral Abstract Wall Art
5. Labelled Storage 

5 Shoe Brands I Love
1. Nike
2. Vans
3. Adidas
4. Balenciaga
5. Dr Martens

5 Shoes I Wear All The Time
1. Nike Air Force 1s
2. Vans Old Skools
3. Adidas Tubular Shadow Knit
4. Puma Sliders 
5. I Saw It First Sandals

5 Hair Colours I Love
1. Blonde/Brown Balayage
2. Pastel
3. Grey
4. Sunset Colours
5. Blue

5 Favourite Nail Colours
1. Jessica- Butterfly Kisses
2. Barry M- Greenberry
3. Revlon- Tropicana
4. Essie- Set In Stones
5. Revlon- Charming

5 Places I Have Travelled
1. Canada
2. Majorca
3. Ibiza
4. London
5. Blackpool
(Clearly haven’t been to that many places)

5 Places I Want To Travel
1. Greece
2. Amsterdam
3. Bali, Indonesia
4. Pripyat, Ukraine
5. Iceland

5 Favourite Alcoholic Drinks
1. Rhubarb Gin & Lemonade
2. Orange Gin & Lemonade
3. Pornstar Martini
4. Espresso Martini
5. Malibu & Coke/Lemonade

5 Favourite Flowers
1. Roses
2. Forget Me Nots
3. Violas
4. Dandelions
5. Poppies

5 Favourite General Stores I Like To Visit
1. TK Maxx
2. B&M
3. House Of Fraser
4. Boots
5. The Body Shop

5 Christmas Gift Ideas I Have Been Hinting For
1. Bose Soundlink Speaker
2. Pandora Birthstone Bracelet
3. White Company Dressing Gown
4. Jimmy Choo Exotic Perfume
5. Merino Wool Blanket

5 Favourite Fragrances
1. Jimmy Choo- Exotic
2. Kat Von D- Sinner
3. YSL- Mon Paris
4. Chanel- Chance (Eau Vive)
5. Burberry- Weekend

5 Accessories I Can’t Leave Home Without
1. Phone
2. Pandora Rings
3. Pandora Earrings
4. Perfume
5- Anastasia Beverly Hills- Stripped Lipstick

5 Favourite Disney Characters
1. Stitch
2. Eeyore
3. Winnie The Pooh
4. Pua
5. Princess Belle

5 Festivals I Want To Go To
1. Tomorrowland, Belgium
2. Glastonbury, UK
3. Creamfields, UK
4. Hideout, Croatia
5. Coachella, America

5 Beauty Products I Want To Try
1. Pearlessence- Aloe & Charcoal Face Mask
2. Mario Badescu- Drying Lotion
3. The Ordinary- Caffeine Eye Solution
4. The Body Shop- Nicaraguan Coffee Face Mask
5. Sunday Riley- Luna Sleeping Oil

5 Beauty Products I Love
1. The Body Shop- Himalayan Charcoal Clay Face Wash
2. The Body Shop- Pink Grapefruit Body Yoghurt
3. Alba Botanica- Oil Control Lotion
4. The Body Shop- Tea Tree Night Mask
5. St Ives- Cleansing Stick

5 Favourite Fashion Designers
1. Michael Kors
2. Louis Vuitton
3. Coco Chanel
4. Christian Louboutin
5. Cristóbal Balenciaga

5 Tattoo Ideas I Want
1. Care Bear (Memorial Tattoo)
2. Lion
3. Geometric Rose
4. Chinese Dragon
5. Flower Sleeve

5 Piercings I Want
1. Sternum
2. Double Helix
3. Daith 
4. Seconds (Ears)
5. Belly Button

5 Holidays/Seasons I Love
1. Christmas
2. Autumn
3. Halloween
4. Summer
5. Spring

5 Favourite Christmas Films
1. Polar Express 
2. The Grinch
3. Home Alone 2 
4. Nativity
5. Narnia 

5 Charities I Support
1. Dogstrust
2. MIND
3. Survivors UK
4. Help For Heroes
5. Macmillan

5 Random Facts About Me
1. I’m gluten intolerant
2. I enjoy learning
3. I start university next month at 23 years old.
4. I suffer from PMDD
5. My music taste is extremely random.

5 Celebrity Crushes
1. Tom Hardy
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Danny Miller (Aaron, Emmerdale)
4. Billie Joe Armstrong
5. Dan Reynolds

5 Celebrities I Love
1. Kylie Jenner
2. Lizzo
3. Cardi B
4. Stacey Solomon
5. Ed Sheeran

5 Future Goals
1. Graduate uni
2. Learn to drive
3. Have my dream home with a pool & games room
4. Travel the world
5. Have lots of pets (specifically dogs)

5 Favourite Youtubers
1. Laura Gemma Meachem
2. Patricia Bright
3. Georgia May
4. Emily Philpott
5. Busybeecarys / Carys Whittaker 

5 Favourite Colours
1. Turquoise
2. Lilac
3. Mint Green
4. Light Grey
5. Neon Yellow

Hopefully, this gives you a bit more insight on me and I also hope people decide to do this for themselves. I would love to read other peoples.




Sunday, 9 August 2020

July Playlist

This month’s playlist is quite a big one to say that my current new music playlist updates are beyond shocking! I have managed to grab some beauties from each weekly playlist but let’s hope August’s is much better! So far we are 9 days in and I don’t have that much new music but let’s hope as the week goes on it gets better!!

This month’s playlist is full of new music, a new artist who I have fallen in love with and also some throwbacks thanks to a Facebook post that I saw.

1. Unconditional- Picture This
2. 2am- MK
3. Lonely- Gabry Ponte
4. These Silent Hearts- Armin Van Buuren 
5. Untouched- The Veronicas
6. Diamond Rings- Chipmunk & Emeli Sande
7. Poppiholla- Chicane
8. Ballin’- Digital Farm Animals
9. Manic Monday- Billie Joe Armstrong
10. 17 Again- Powfu
11. Natalie Don’t- Raye
12. To Be Young- Anne Marie
13. Queen Of Broken Hearts- Blackbear 
14. Comin’ To Getcha- W&W
15. Blinding Lights- The Weeknd
16. Somewhere Maybe- Sunset Sons
17. 99- Barns Courtney
18. Hellfire- Barns Courtney 
19. Champion- Barns Courtney 
20. Spotlight- Sander Van Doorn
21. Hard To Be Alone- Barns Courtney 
22. American Reckoning- Bon Jovi 
23. Real Love Song- X Ambassadors
24.  Slow Grenade- Ellie Goulding 
25. Say It Right- Nelly Furtado 
26. The Local- Kevin Bloody Wilson
27. Dicken’s Cider- Kevin Bloody Wilson
28. Always Loved You- DIM3NSION 
29. Head & Heart- Joel Corry
30. Til We Meet Again- Giuseppe Ottiviani
31. Saving Grace- Kodaline
32. Happy Together- Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
33. Boom Boom- Armin Van Buuren 
34. Girls In The Hood- Megan Thee Stallion
35. Hypercolour- Camelphat 
36. Trollz- 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj
37. Lost In Love- SMR LVE 
38. Rescue- James Bay 

I hope you can manage to find something that you like in this playlist and also please send me any recommendations you may have as I would like my August playlist to be so much better!

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