photo diary | the vamps, O2 london

It has been a while... Last month was spent in a serious revision mode because of my university exams which ended on the 24th May. They were followed by a weekend away in London with Jodie, Sophie and Lauren seeing The Vamps on tour. If you have been reading my blog for a while then you will know that I am a massive Vamps fan and every year I go to their tour. 

So... it is that time of year again for the 'photo diary' of the vamps tour. I hope you enjoy and if you are a fellow vamps fan, did you go to tour? 

I want to start this post off with a little OOTD because I am trying to branch out in my clothing and I honestly loved this outfit. 

OOTD

top - pretty little thing

skirt - misguided

belt - pretty little thing

bag - h&m

jacket - misguided

shoes - vans

earrings - pretty little thing

THE SETLIST 

Just My Type
Personal
Wild Heart
For You
All The Lies
We Don't Care
Somebody To You
Waves
Middle Of The Night
What Your Father Says
Right Now
Hair Too Long
Can We Dance
Wake Up

(encore)
Cheater
Risk It All
Missing You
All Night

my recent favourites | jan - apr

Since going back to University in January I have found a lot of new favourites, and I thought now would be the perfect time to share them with you all.

SKINCARE & MAKE-UP

For the first time in forever, I have tried out new beauty products. This is mainly because I want to start making a conscious effort to use cruelty-free products and if possible, vegan ones. I had never realised how many brands don't test on animals themselves but the larger company they are owned by are doing this or test on them in China. furthermore, I am trying to move away to other products. Glossier, my all-time favourite skincare, is cruelty-free and so are all of my new favourite skincare & make-up items. If you didn't already know, the majority of Superdrug's own products are cruelty-free so I decided to try out one of their face scrubs. NYX is now vegan-friendly as well as being a cruelty-free brand!! So I jumped on the bandwagon and tried out the 'Can't stop won't stop concealer' and wow it is amazing, my new favourite - sorry collection lasting perfection.

Glossier - Balm Dotcom in Birthday & Rose
Superdrug - Vitamin E Facial Scrub
NYX - Can't Stop Won't Stop Concealer
NYX - Tame & Frame Tinted brow pomade

FASHION

Gymshark - Everyday Jogger
Nike - Air Force 1

FILMS

Christopher Robin
Venom
The Highwaymen
Captain Marvel
Fiver Feet Apart
The Book Club

TV SHOWS

The Good Place
Chicago PD
Chicago Med
Jane the Virgin

YOUTUBE

Since going to University I have tried to watch more and more people who are also doing the same thing, and I came across Charlotte Emily. A 2nd-year Forensic Science student at the University of Lincoln. Charlotte vlogs her uni life as well as uploading to her 'main channel' which I love because you get to see both sides of her, however, I have to say my favourite thing is her vlogs - mainly because I prefer to watch them.

I also LOVE watching American youtubers who are at College, and I came across Abbey Asselin in the gals on the go facebook page and have been obsessed ever since. I came across Maggie MacDonald when another Kenzie mentioned her in a video and again, I have been obsessed ever since. It is so interesting to see the difference between a university in the UK and college in the US.

MUSIC

As you all (probably) know, I LOVE music but then again who doesn't? Since January I have already been to 3 concerts and fallen in love with some new music and some of my all time favourites also released new music! Don't forget to check out my April playlist which is linked in the sidebar, and each month that is where you will find the new playlist.

LANY - Malibu Nights
Busted - Half Way There
Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
Bea Miller & 6LACK - it's not u it's me
Lennon Stella - BITCH (takes one to know one)
Jonas Brothers
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
The Vamps - Missing You

I have actually been home from University for 2 weeks now and have one more week left of the Easter holidays, which will consist of working Tues-Fri, watching ENDGAME (I am freaking out about it, not sure I am emotionally ready) and attempting to start my revision for my exams in May. Anyway, enough about my boring life at the moment, I hope you have enjoyed this post and thank you so much for actually reading!!

Meg x 

The Vamps Night and Day Tour | Sheffield

It is that time of year again... The Vamps tour! If you follow me on any social media, you will have seen that I went to see the Vamps last Saturday at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield with some of my 'internet' friends. I have supported the Vamps since summer 2013, and that is honestly crazy to think. I never thought I'd be a 'fangirl' for a band, let alone follow them for this long. This tour was my 7th time seeing them, which is a lot to some people but to other's, it isn't a lot. 

Just like last year, I thought I'd share a few photographs from the night, and give the whole tour a quick review, as well as the long list of support acts and The Vamps setlist - which was changed after first night as everyone (including me), complained that 'shades on' wasn't on the setlist, so it was added to the Bournemouth show on Monday. 

With every Vamps tour, there is a long list of support acts and this year was no different. However, this year was the first year without The Tide supporting them, as they have actually split up... This year the support acts included: New Hope Club, HRVY & Jacob Satorious. I have to say I was very surprised this year and enjoyed all of the support acts, yes you did hear me right! I enjoyed Jacob Satorious. His songs were very catchy and fun to dance too, he had a lot of fun on stage which made it more enjoyable. New Hope Club were as amazing as always and HRVY was brilliant too! His songs were also very catchy and he sang my favourite too - personal. 

SETLIST:

1. Staying Up
2. Last Night
3. Hands
4. Shades On (added after the Sheffield date)
5. Can We Dance
6. Middle of the Night (slow)
7. Just my Type
8. Personal ft Maggie Lindemann
9. Pretty Girl ft Maggie Lindemann
10. Wild Heart
11. Hair too Long
12. Mashup - FRIENDS, New Rules & Havana
13. Tristan's drum solo
14. James & Connor Acoustic solo - Girls on TV 
15. Somebody to You
16. Oh Cecelia

(encore)

1. Wake Up
2. Same to you
3. All Night    

I am currently on the hunt for WOW pit tickets at the (O2) London date on the 28th April, if anyone knows anyone selling any it would mean a lot if you could let me know? My twitter is linked in my 'about me' page at the top. 

I hope you enjoyed this post and if you see the boys at all this tour let me know if you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for ready, much love.

Meg x

The Vamps Middle of the Night Tour | Nottingham

If you follow me on any social media, you will have seen that I went to see the Vamps on Wednesday at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham with some of my 'internet' friends. I have supported the Vamps since summer 2013 which is actually a really long time, especially as all the other bands I have supported since then and before have split up - such as The Wanted and Loveable Rogues. I believe this tour it was my 5th time seeing them, after Wednesday and my friend and I tried to get tickets for Birmingham's show on Friday, however, the cost of getting there was too much so we decided against it. However they are touring again this summer, so hopefully, I can see them again then!

I thought I'd share a few photographs that I got from the night, which honestly isn't a lot as I mainly took boomerang's on Instagram and videos on my snapchat - which someone complained about actually. I found it hilarious. I had previously tweeted saying that I apologised for how long my story was then when I got home my friends told me all about it. I will not get into it though, as I won't stop!

When we went to take this photograph we looked at the numbers on our tickets and realised they were all one after each other, which was weird! Mainly because I had bought my ticket separately to the girls, so it ended up being super cute!

The Vamps had 3 support acts, The Tide and New Hope Club - which is the same as last year because they are signed to the same label etc. The other support act was the amazing Sabrina Carpenter, as you know I LOVE Girl Meets World so I was super excited when they announced she was supporting them. I had her album EVOLution on repeat before I went to see her, she was brilliant - if she comes back I will be going to see her!

I am sorry about the terrible lighting in some of the photographs, however, it was awful and at some points, we had a bright white light shining directly on us so we couldn't see Connor when he stood near us. 

The Setlist

1. Wake Up
2. Wild Heart
3. Somebody to You
4. Hand
5. Paper Hearts
6. Shades on
7. Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)
8. Shape of You (cover)
9. Drum Solo
10. Time is Not on our Side
11. Middle of the Night
12. Risk it All
13. Last Night
14. Can We Dance
15. Rest Your Love
16. All Night 

Photo credits to Jodie - as when this happened someone really tall decided to pick that moment to stand in front of me!

Have any of you seen The Vamps live or are planning on going to the 'summer' shows? Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed this! I think I will try to do something like this for every concert I go to as they are just so fun to share. Love Meg x 

Q&A 02 | Bold Hair Colours & Teen Wolf Characters?

I haven't done a Q&A in almost a year and I wanted to do something slightly different and couldn't think of anything, however I have everything all planned out to October currently which is exciting. I asked one my 2 twitter accounts, for some questions from you guys. So lets get started.

What are your top 3 (?) make up products?

1. Benefit Hola Bronzer
2. Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer
3. NYX soft matte creme (Shade; London)
4. Rimmel London Lasting perfection Lipstick (Shade; Red)

I had to add the extra one to make 4 just because I love wearing red lipstick it makes me so happy, bright lipstick is what gets me excited for the sun coming out. Even though I love wearing nudes and dark purples and am very much a cold weather girl. I recently got the Benefit bronzer and I will tell you about it on Wednesday in my August Favourites, along with the NYX soft matte cream! 

Did you ever get hate for supporting your favourite?

When I first became a fan account on twitter, probably not long after I made my account late 2013, I became conscious of people from school finding it because like all I did was tweet about The Vamps, The Wanted and Loveable Rogues etc. So I began to block people that I had followed from my school, I don't think they were bothered but, in other words no I have never got hate for supporting them.I think people have just got use to it know, like if the Vamps are on Tv or something my friends or family will text me. Which is super cute as they know me so well.

What's your favourite tv show?

Big Bang Theory. I bet you weren't expecting a straight answer for this however I have so many favourite tv shows but as I have BBT on dvd I am always watching it when I go to bed. I probably managed to re-watch all 8 seasons twice in a year. My family always get me the new season for Christmas so I like to make sure I have re-watched it all in time for Christmas so I can then watch the new season when I go to bed on Christmas Day. However I'm not quite sure what I will do when it ends, but they have started filming season 10 which is very exciting.

If you were to name one piece of clothing that describes you, what would it be?

I'm not really sure, I think my Red Harrington jacket.

Do you want to dye your hair any bold colour?

I have always wanted purple hair, which I kind of currently have but it's slightly ginger in place but that's my fault. Anyway I won't get into how I messed up my hair. Well I have fallen in love with blue hair, as an actor I follow on instagram just had blue hair (she recently just dyed it like silver/blue). However I think she suits any colour as in Degrassi Next Class she has pink hair which also looks amazing. My friends told me to try dying my hair blue but I'm too scared at the moment and I miss my brown hair so hopefully It will be back soon!

Instagram image: chiquifairy

Argent or Sheriff?

Oh this is a hard one. If your confused this is in terms of Teen Wolf, which I am obsessed with and have been since Christmas when I first started watching it. I'm thinking Sheriff just because of Stiles and well their relationship. It honesly makes me cry, especially after watching the trailer for season 6 and to make things worse season 6 is the finally season!! :(

What's your favourite film?

Favourite film, hmm I'm going to say The Duff and Captain America (all 3). 

I am a massive Marvel fan and Captain America is my favourite, because of Chris Evans but also the character is just so funny and films honestly make me smile so much. I re-watched all the Marvel films when I finished my exams and I actually cried at the first Captain America. The Duff is also my favourite film because the story line is amazing and the characters are so relatable, the end credits song is also The Vamps so that just makes me love it even more. 

Thank you to the girls who sent me the questions, I hope you enjoyed this post. I actually enjoyed writing this however you don't, well I don't, really see Q&A's on blogs. Anyway I will see you next time.