Let's Catch-Up | Life Updates 01

It has been a long time... however I am so excited to be back and have planned so many great things for this long summer - 3 months long to be exact.  I took a little break during exam season, which ended last Thursday (14th), as it got very stressful but I am glad they are over and done with so I can start focusing on the next step in my life. University.

I wanted to catch you guys up on what has been happening in my list recently and in the process of going to University, as well as random things in my life and my summer bucket list!

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LIFE UPDATES:

• Back in November, I set off my UCAS application and if I am honest I did not expect to hear back from the Universities within a week let alone a day. I remember the exact moment when I received my first offer because it was in the middle of my Friday morning double geography lesson. I looked down at my phone to see the email and was like "no way that cannot be true" and my friends just looked at me and said, "you got an unconditional offer, that's amazing?". For weeks I didn't think it was true, I was very calm about the whole thing even when people congratulated me. 

• On the 20th of December, to be exact, my firm choice was confirmed and I was officially going to be studying Criminology at DeMontfort University starting on 1st October 2018!

• In February, Mum and I took our first trip to Europe together - Amsterdam. We also started planning our next trips together, consisting of Rome, Paris, Barcelona and New York - but that will be to celebrate Mum's 50th.

• I turned 19 in March! 

• Finally to recent weeks - I finished my A-levels, psychology and geography, and officially left sixth form forever! At first, it scared me a little because I have been in the same place for 8 years, I felt safe there. However, now I have a long break before my next adventure - University.

• The day after my exams ended my friend, Rebecca, and I made a trip down the road to go and get my nail's done, do a little shopping and have some lunch. We found the cutest little 'tearoom' that was very reasonably priced and the food was amazing!! We decided to share our first freak-shake, which was a Nutella one. 

• Love Island started about 2 and half weeks ago, and we, of course, the entire UK were inside their house and on the sofa at 9pm at night tuning into itv2. I have been a little behind but I spent Thursday afternoon catching-up and honestly it is brilliant! I adore this show, however, I do not think it is as good as last year and lots of people have been saying that this is 'the worst year yet'. Honestly, I am just here for Jack and Dani (who I watched in survival of the fittest earlier in the year) and Alex who I want to find love ASAP. - if you do not watch it or aren't from the UK then you are honestly missing out. 

• I finished my book, Finding Aubrey (4/5 stars), in May and haven't really picked up another book since because I had been struggling to find time to read and hadn't found a book I really wanted to read. I have been creating many lists on Amazon full of books for me to order for my holiday, which is 5 weeks on Saturday! | buy it on amazon

• Back in April I watched a tv show called American Crime story: The people vs O.J Simpson and became OBSESSED with everything and anything about it. I even watched a documentary about Robert Kardashian's influence on the case, it was so interesting to watch and brilliant because the tv show was based obviously based on a real-life event - Robert Kardashian was played by David Schwimmer... 

• My playlist for this month has been on 24/7 for me, helping me through m revision and putting me in a brilliant mood. It mainly consists of Shawn Mendes as he released his new album and I am OBSESSED with it - 10/10 recommend. There is also Alessia Cara's new song, which was worth the wait! 

MY SUMMER BUCKET LIST: 

1. Read 3 books or maybe more.
2. Pass my theory test - my driving has been put on hold since December 2017, so my passing my theory is my main focus currently
3. To get another tattoo - hehe yes I got one last June but you will see it soon, maybe ... 
4. Try out yoga
5. Eat a lot healthier
6. Go to the gym at least 5 times a week 
7. Watch a lot of new tv shows - I created a list throughout the exam process, and it got very long but I am very excited to watch them all. 

What are your plans for the summer? 

If anyone else had exams, I hope they went well but now we can all relax and have a nice long summer before the next chapter in our life or maybe the same thing. Either way, I hope you all have a lovely summer and I will be back with a new post every Saturday from now on!

meg x 

My Beauty Wish List | Summer 2018

Over the past couple of months, and past hour, I have been creating a list of random things that I want to purchase but either can't bring myself too or don't have enough money too... The struggle of being a student is real.

I thought I would share them with you all of course and maybe give you a little inspiration for some new makeup for this summer. However, these are a little on the expensive end, as they are all 'high end' make up products but I adore all of them and have heard such good things about them so will eventually want to try some of them (at some point).

1. Tarte Shape Tape Matte Foundation

2. Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

3. Tartelette Toasted Eyeshadow palette

4. Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder

5. Tatelette in Bloom Clay Palette

6. Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eye Shadow

7. M575 Pro Blender Brush by Morphe

8. Velour Liquid Lipstick, Gemini by Jeffree Star Cosmetics

What is on your beauty wish list?

I would LOVE to try all of these but of course, that is never going to happen, but we can hope! I hope you enjoyed reading this and maybe give you some ideas for your own wishlist!
 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