My Little Tresor Paris Collection

My fascination of Tresor Paris happened around late 2011 maybe early 2012 when Aimee's mumma had got herself and Aimee and Tresor Paris bracelet.
At that moment in time I had never heard of Tresor Paris and I liked to be on trend with jewelry me being me. When I heard first heard of this company there were 3 types of bracelet: 1 crystal ball on a cord band, 3 crystal balls on a cord band and 1 crystal ball and 2 magnetite balls on a cord band and all the earrings and shiz like that. The Tresor Paris bracelet soon became very popular so Tresor had to keep up with the popular demand that saying they brought out new designs.
After they became increasing popular I decided to jump on the band wagon and get a Tresor Paris bracelet.
I initially opted for the 3 crystal ball style (oh a thing to mention the crystal is swarovski crystal)

About 4 months after I purchased my bracelet I became very disappointed as 2 of the crystals fell out. As you could tell I was not expecting my bracelet to lose crystal, I soon took it back to the store in which I purchased it from to ask for my money back however I was told that Tresor has a lifetime guarantee as losing crystals is a recurring problem with Tresor. So Tresor number 2 became a part of my life, I didn't get it repaired the manager of the shop just swapped it out for a new one.

 Although this one didn't last to long either soon I was visiting Harrisons to get bracelet number 2 fixed and again I just ended getting it swapped out for bracelet number 3 this time a nice ruby red colour. Again this one didn't long either however went I went down to the store to get it replaced the woman serving said no my guarantee was up and couldn't fix it - I was fuming! In the end they ended up fixing it and I've had the same one since 4th time lucky eh.

Since the Christmas of 2011 I have been collecting the Tresor Paris earring and I must say I've built a nice little collection up. 

And I intend to continue my collection and add plenty more colours of these stunning earring to my collection. But check out Tresor Paris and have a look at their complete collection of jewelery, you never know you may even find yourself treating yourself after Christmas 

Toodle-pip me lovelies

OOTW School Edition

So as my school's sixth form dress code is 'Business Wear' this is an insight on what I tend to wear on a daily basis

Blazer - Primark, Trousers - H&M, Boots - Topshop,
Neckace - River Island, T-Shirt - Newlook

On Monday I went for a more casual approach than business approach. I paired my grey t-shirt with skinny black trousers, a navy blazer and my Chelsea boots. I always accessorise my outfits, on Monday I chose to wear my kind of shark tooth spike thing pendant, my new teal tresor paris earrings, my pandora and my Michael Kors watch.

As I happened to be wearing darker colours in the majority of my outfit a pop of colour would go nicely to stand out, so I chose to pair my Monday outfit with my blue blazer. Can't forget my Pandora which I wear with everything!

Blazer - H&M, Shirt - Newlook, Jumper - Newlook,
Neckalce - Newlook, Shoes - Newlook, Trouser - H&M

Tuesday I went for a smarter option compared to Monday although the jumper makes it a bit casual. The black blazer I pair it with is so thin I can wear it over a jumper. The dolly shoes/ballet pumps are the suede effect which add something different to my everyday outfits. Once again I accessorised with my Michael Kors watch, my pandora, my red tresor and my new tresor earrings. 

Blazer - H&M, Shirt - Republic, Trousers - H&M,
Shoes - ASDA, Necklace - Topshop

Wednesday was most definitely on the casual side oops. Oh well but I especially like these jersey t-shirts as they are super comfy and lightweight plus they don't really need ironing, bonus! Once again I paired Wednesday's outfit with my lightweight black blazer and this time with my patent shoes from wait for it ASDA, that's right but they are so comfortable and they didn't rub once when I first purchased them.

Blazer - Primark, Top - Newlook, Trousers - H&M,
Boots - Topshop, Necklace - Accessorise

I would like to take a minute to say how smart I looked on Thursday. This outfit is one of my favourite outfit combination for the week. As it is mostly a black outfit I wanted to split up all this black with a bit of colour so of course I opted for my navy blue blazer (what a surprise). Last year I had a teeny obsession with accessorise necklace's and this fish is one of my favourites from my accessorise collection. I also paired this with my everyday accessories of my watch, bracelets and my earrings.

Blazer - H&M, Top - Primark, Trousers - H&M,
Shoes - Newlook, Necklace - Bradford Exchange

Now Friday is the last day of the school week and I wanted something casual but smart at the same time so I went for the classic peter pan collared blouse. It can be sheer so I tend to opt for a black strappy top on underneath with obviously my black blazer and trouser with my suede dolly shoes. Accesorised with my usuals but with the addition of my unique one of a kind necklace I got for my 17th birthday from my nan from The Bradford Exchange. It is a dainty little sterling silver crescent moon with a little diamond in the middle - it is the perfect finishing touch to any outfit.

Hope you enjoyed reading something new

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xxx

Warner Bros Studio Tour

So this Summer I had the opportunity to visit the Warner Brothers Studio Tour in London thanks to Rach. I was so excited leading up to the day plus it was only a couple of days after my birthday; it was a good way to end the Summer and my birthday celebrations! 
The Studio's are about a 45 minute drive away from the area I live in, unfortunately I had to spend the time in the car with Rach and Deeya (only kidding it was a fun car journey).

As soon as I walked into the studio's I was in complete awe! On the right there was the gift shop, the left Starbucks and in front of us were pictures of all the main cast from all the films. We cued to go through to the Great Hall Tour for about half an hour an in the time we were cuing we saw Harry's iconic cupboard under the stairs - seeing all this just brought back memories of my childhood. I grew up with Harry Potter and Harry Potter and the philosophers stone was the first book I read. As you can imagine I had very high expectation for the tour; I had been there for 30 minutes and was not disappointed what-so-ever!

Once as we went through the doors to the tour we went into this room of the all 8 movie posters. Suddenly we heard a voice, this voice started telling us the process of publishing the Philosophers Stone. Being taken back to my childhood excited doesn't even being to explain how I was feeling at the time. After we entered a small room it was more like a cinema, we watched a quick video including Dan, Emma and Rupert explaining how Harry Potter is a part of their lives which they will never forget! Behind the screen were the doors to the Great Hall. To our surprise it was the exact Great Hall that was used in all the HP films. Inside the Great Hall were costumes from the iconic characters from each house including Harry's first years uniform. After we left the Great hall we got to do our own thing at our pace. The girls and I split up from Rach's parents so we could also go round the tour at our own pace. We came across the Champions Ball set and costumes first, just to put it out there Emma Watson's waist is so bloody tiny! We then moved on past costumes, makeup, the decrees, Gryffindor common room, the Horcrux's, how they filmed Quidditch then we cued to get our picture taken whilst riding a broom - how cool?! 

After we had our broomstick pictures taken and paid for we saw some more costumes and sets but this time of the dark lord and his death eaters, it was really fascinating to see how much work went into producing the costumes. The next part of the tour was actually outside and to our luck it was a lovely day. To my amazement a butterbeer stand was outside and of course to complete the Harry Potter experience you have to enjoy a nice cold glass of butterbeer. It was a little different to what I was expecting but I'm not complaining as it was  so damn good! Privet Drive also happened to be outside as well, obviously we all took advantage of this and had quite a few pictures taken outside this iconic Harry Potter set. The final part of the tour took place in another being and included all information about how they made all the CGI, animatronics, goblin masks as well as how they came about making all the different sets. After we came to the one and only Diagon Alley, I was in complete awe for a good 5 minutes there was so much to take it no amount of time happened to be long enough to appreciate all the hard work that went into creating this amazing set!


The last section of the tour including white card models of all the props, modern art of Harry Potter and artists' painting of the world of Harry Potter. The last attraction though was just breathtakingly beautiful, I could have spent hours looking at it - there are no words to describe our reaction to the Hogwarts castle. Just take a look for yourself. All the shots we see in the films of the outside of the castle come from this exact model. It took builders 40 days to take apart this model bring it to the studios in London and then rebuild it again - they even had to wear hard hats (makes me laugh everytime).

I definitely recommend everyone who gets the chance to go on the tour to go. You will not regret it i can promise you that and if you do it will just be a nice day out with the family. 
Also checkout Pottermore you can follow the books online, find out new things you don't get told in the books, plus you get sorted into a house (I'm a Slytherin just to put that one out there) and you get given you own wand. You can spend countless hours on there having fun I promise you.

Hope you enjoyed reading something new

toodle-pip my lovelies


Beth xxx

The Berry Post

Last but certainly not the least of my closest friends I want to tell you about is the one and only Hannah Berry but known as Berry to the group. 

I genuinely do not remember befriending Berry! I just remember one day I was hanging out with her at break and lunch. I think that sums Berry up - she is full of surprises and isn't predictable which is a good thing. But however we became friends I am thankful for that moment as from that point I had made a friend for life. 

Berry is one of the nicest people you will ever meet nothing; you could be in the worst possible mood and Berry will say one thing and instantly make you laugh or smile. I got to know Berry more in Year 10 during a lesson we took together - media. As we would work in groups for media I ended up working with Berry the majority of the time, I'm not complaining just to clarify. We would end up laughing so much in our media lessons together! When it came round to doing our coursework in Year 11 we had to make a 5 minute segment of a radio 1. So of course Berry and I had our own segment called what for it Beef and Berry! The 4 of us just had so much fun recording it; it was probably one of my favourite Year 11 moments. As the years have gone on my friendship with Berry has grown and my life would certainly not be the same without her making me laugh everyday! Beside she has a really great taste in jewelry so I end up gawping at her impeccable taste in accessories. Also she is an amazing artist to say the least, her drawing of Gandhi is just pure talent - when I first saw it I generally thought it was a print out!

Berry is a friend I'm going to miss so much when I move and she it's going be hard to find someone who fills my my Berry shaped void 

Hope you enjoyed ready something about Berry

toodle-pip guys 

Nail Polishes For The Holidays

Some festive nail polishes for the festive season you might like to try. All of the nail polishes are available at boots, superdrug and online at www.nailpolishdirect.com

L-R: Rimmel London Double Decker Red, Maybelline Downtown Red, China Glaze Ring In The Red,
Essie Jag-U-Are, Butter London Come To Bed Red

L-R: Models Own Absinthe, Revlon Emerald City, China Glaze Running In Circles,
Butter London British Racing Green, OPI Fresh Frog Of Bel Air

L-R: Barry M Copper, China Glaze Mingle With Kringle, OPI Goldeneye
Butter London The Full Monty, Chanel 440 Gold Lame

L-R: Sally Hansen Shoot The Moon, Essie There's No Place Like Chrome, OPI Its Frosty Outside,
Rimmel London Diamond Dust, Revlon Sequin

L-R: Models Own Jack Frost, Essie A Cut Above, China Glaze Party Hearty, Rimmel London Disco Ball,
Deborah Lipman Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

L-R: Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Essie Blanc, China Glaze White Cap,
Models Own Pearly Queen, OPI Alpine Snow

Toodle-Pip my lovelies

The Body Shop Body Butters

I Absolutely love the body butters from The Body Shop! I do love the circular containers the product comes in - in the last couple of years I've tried out a few of the body butters to say the least. I normally opt for the pink grapefruit or the peach scents but I really like the summer 2013 collection. I picked up all the minis of the collection (papaya, blueberry, passion fruit and raspberry) but I loved the raspberry one so much I had purchase the full size of it. The body butters are geared towards all different skin types for example the Shea body butter is formulated for very dry skin so obviously it is going to be really creamy and moisturising. As it is directed towards people with very dry skin it felt quite heavy and sticky on my skin.

I love the Brazil Nut scent in the summer time, it's like a cousin to the Shea scent! The Brazil Nut scent is very light, and lingers on the skin for a few hours, but you can't notice it unless you are very close. This is the perfect moisturiser to use if you also like to wear perfume as it won't overpower the scent you choose to wear.

Although my all time favourite The Body Shop bod butter is the pink grapefruit scent - it has a very creamy consistency and The Body Shop say to use for normal skins but you can use any of the body butters on any skin type. Unlike some of the body butters (honeymania and mango) the pink grapefruit body butter smells exactly like pink grapefruit (I could spend hours smelling this!) Another bonus of this body butter is that it doubles as moisturiser and a perfume as the scent is so strong (I am not complaining).

Vanilla, Ginger and Cranberry

Overall I recommend you taking a trip to you nearest The Body Shop store and picking up one of these babies you will not regret it - if anything you will regret only leaving with one out of the wide variety of scents (I know I do every time). Plus their new Christmas collection is absolutely divine and the packaging is so sweet.

How you enjoyed reading something new

toodle-pip my lovelies

Revision Tactics

Many of you are aware that if the exam boards didn't cancel the January exams they would be coming around quite soon. So if you are anything like me you are going to want to start revising now to be prepared for June 2014! So I decided to give you some great ideas on how to revise for your up and coming exams. 

Make a timetable and include breaks!!

TYPES OF REVISION

1. Mind Maps

2. Key Word Placemats

3. Past Exam Papers

4. Notes Cards

WHAT TO DO!

1. Plan to work in small ‘chunks’ of time (15 min, 5 min, 20 min, 5 min, 15 min)

2. Plan which subjects and which topics you will study on which days

3. Build in definite breaks – and when they finish

4. Don’t try to cover too much, too fast – be realistic, small chunks are best

5. Keep half and whole days when you don’t revise 

6. Make a revision timetable and dont forget to stick to it

7. Don’t forget to include the dates of exams on your plan

8. Remember revisit the stuff you revised after about a week - rehearsal is key!

9. Lastly, do past exam papers! That's how you'll get the most practice and you'll be more prepared for the exam this way.

HOW MUCH REVISION SHOULD YOU BE DOING?

The amount of time you should be revising is about 20% of the time covering a topic in the lesson. For example if you spend and hour covering one topic you should revise the topic for about 12 minutes.

DID YOU KNOW...

We learn 10% of what we read

We learn 20% of what we hear

We learn 30% of what we see

We learn 50% of what we see and hear

We learn 70% of what we discuss

We learn 80% of what we experience

We learn 95% of what we teach others

DO YOU PREFER REVISING IN YOUR ROOM?

This little bit will help if you do!

1. Break up the information - skim the information and highlight the heading and sub-headings, under one heading skim read the passage and highlight the key terms, once you've done this read the whole passage.

2. Make a summary of the material on note cards/index cards/revision cards (whatever you want to call them)

3. Make triggers for the material needed to learn and memorise these - try and do this at least 3 times per revision session 

4. Test yourself with questions that you've never answered before

YOUR PARENTS CAN HELP AS WELL

1. Encourage your child to keep to the revision plan but be flexible to a degree

2. Provide a quiet uncluttered area for study away from distractions

3. Make sure they take their allotted break and don’t over do it

4.Probably don’t keep asking “How’s it going?” “What have you learnt today?”

5. Ensure that they have everything they need – equipment, revision cards, revision guides etc (remove any excuses) 

6. Make sure they take their breaks and don't over do it! 

Happy revising

toodle-pip

The Riley Post

I don't even know where to start with Riley. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet you in your life and I am just lucky to call her one of my closest friends. We became friends in the beginning of Year 9 before I moved to the V band. We were in Modern Foreign Languages together and we were split up by two guys, although we asked the teach if we could switch to sit next to each other - friends at first sight. Actually we became part of the same social group as of year 10 do you remember what I mentioned in the Deeya post about Aimee, Deeya and Riley? Well it really is true if you became friends with one of them you became friends with all of them - but I'm not complaining Riley is such a lovely human bean and since that day we have been the best of buds.

Riley recently told me that she was glad she had met someone else with a fringe (that was before I outgrew mine). That had made me feel really happy and fuzzy on the inside.

As there a Hannahs in our group we decided to call them by their last name so it wasn't confusing (that's right Riley's first name is Hannah, shocker!).

New Years Eve 2012

Me and Riley have many laughing fests together, actually one of them occurred only a couple of weeks ago. We were both doing our own thang; I was writing notes for 

psychology and Riley was musicing when I kicked Riley's shoe off (accidentally). But it had been at the perfect moment as she was listening to Beethoven's 5th. The dun dun dun happened when Riley's shoe happened to somehow fall off her foot - the laughing then began. 

Riley is one of the smartest people I have ever met she ended up getting A*'s and A's for her GCSE's and A, B,C, D at AS. I feel so privileged to call someone this much of a genius one of my best friends. So not only is she a book worm she is a music genius also Riley is our own personal rock god - I know right she is the ultimate brain!

The two amigos at my 16th

When we go to a group party we know if Riddles (my nickname for Riley) is planning on getting wasted there is one sign and one sign only - her glasses! This is only because she can't take her contacts out when she is slightly drunk. Although even when she is drunk she does makes some sense which astonished the whole group when she does it! On the night of my 16th birthday I was the cameraman of the party and I took a lot of selfies that night but the important one was taken with Riley. Every party since that first selfie there there has been the iconic drunk selfie between myself and Riley - known to the two of us as the drunken selfie. However, when I move and Riley is off to all her first year university parties at Exeter I will feel so distraught if she ever takes a drunken selfies with another person (only kidding).

Anyway hope you enjoyed reading something new about Riley

TOODLE-PIP

The Deeya Post

Deeya on Prom night with short hair

So Deeya came with the package of Aimee and Riley so I guess I had to be friends with her (only kidding). But in all seriousness I met Deeya when I befriended Aimee and Riley in year 10; although we only had one lesson together (maths, as Deeya is a genius and chose all the smart subjects) I became really close with her. Even though the only time we would really spend together is at lunch somehow we found things in common for example neither of us have any common sense - well smart people never have any common sense so I don't know what my excuse it. In year 11 the four of us (Aimee, Deeya, Rach and I) started walking to school together (I mentioned that in The Rachael Post). So you'll know that Deeya and Aimee walked together but I still heard all of Deeya's silly stories and believe me there were and still are lots of them. Most of the time I have known Deeya she has had long hair until one day she came into school with really short hair it was a shock to everyone. She had moaned about it everyday after she had lobbed all her hair off - it thought it was actually quite amusing. Even now when we look back to pictures of prom and my 16th she moans. 

Deeya and I at the Warner Bros Studio Tour

Anyway, year 12 was the year Deeya and I had gotten really close, well we were practically in all the same lessons together - I could not get rid of her no matter how hard I tried. As we were in so many lessons together we began to share private jokes and 'you had to be there moments' that we still laugh about (most of them physics related). Later on in the year I introduced her to two programmes that are favourites of mine - pretty little liars and the vampire diaries; which she now loves may I add. 

My 16th Birthday

One of the benefits of being friends with Deeya is seeing her under the influence of alcohol and trust me it is something you do not want to miss. Many of our groups private jokes have originated from the one and only Deeya. But as I said previously she has low common sense at the best of time give her a drink and the common sense just drops straight to zero, bless her.

To be honest if I weren't friends with Deeya my life would be pretty boring, I'd be alone in physics and I would be struggling physics as well - she helps me like the good person she is (aww).

Deeya is stupidly smart, caring, funny, crazily pretty and she has a heart of gold and I couldn't imagine not being friends with her. Over the last 3 years Deeya has become one of my best friends and I generally wouldn't know what to do without her - I would be lost!

thanks for reading something new

toodle-pip 

What's Your Number Review

What's Your number has recently made it into my top 10 favourite movies; mostly for the reason that Chris Evan looks gorgeous in it!

Anna Faris plays the role of Ally Darling  who has recently lost her job and her boyfriend. 

Her last guy was a self-centred, veggie, cycling eco-freak; but her mother (Blythe Danner) thought he was an improvement on most of her boyfriends. 

Ally has had sex with 19 men, though not at the same time (that would make for one awkward morning), and reads an article in Marie Claire that dooms any woman with 20 lovers or more to old cat ladyhood.

This throws Ally into despair, because she believes everything she reads in women’s magazines. Doesn’t everyone?

This is the first of several clues as to why Ally can’t hold down a job or a boyfriend. She’s dim. 

But seeing Donald, a grossly obese man she once 'dated' who’s lost weight, gives her a second idea to hold in her mind. ‘Donald can’t be my only ex who’s got better with time,’ she tells her sister. 

So she gets the hunky, super-hot greek god from the neighbouring apartment (Chris Evans) to track down all her old exes.

If you haven’t worked out by now that the hunk is the one for her (like all rom-coms), even though he doesn’t have pompous intellectual circles as a character, then you really are not getting out enough. 

                                                                    ^see he is yummy

But first, of course, we have to go through all her former boyfriends. These include an Englishman (Martin Freeman), a weird puppet guy, the lovely jake adams and her former boss.

On re-encountering her Englishman ex, she is so eager to please him that she transforms her own accent into a curious combination of Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and Borat.

The script is by two women, Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden, and based on a novel by a third, Karyn Bosnak, so it’s disappointing that it subscribes to the notion that an irresponsible man with a history of one-night stands is ideal husband material, whereas a woman who has slept with 20 can expect to be regarded as an unmarriageable whore. 

But at least, this Hollywood comedy doesn’t make us watch and listen as Ally goes to the toilet, although that is the one thing they are missing - who doesn't love a bit of actors fake peeing? Other saving graces include the fact that Faris is funny, sympathetic and a commendably enthusiastic clown. 

No one would guess from this movie that Faris has also been in films as bad as The Hot Chick and Just Friends as this film is comedy gold. 

If ever she gets to 20 her future is in spinsterhood hence why Ally is looking for the best ex of her life to avoid said place. 

The sexual innuendos and remarks in this film made me laugh at least ten times, and Faris succeeds in making one of the dumbest heroines of the year but it is adorable. 

So I give it 4.5 stars and I recommend you to give it a watch.

Daily Makeup Routine

Foundation - £7.99
Concealer - £5.99
Powder - £5.99

I start my make-up routine with applying simple's light moisturiser to me face. After so I go ahead and use Maybelline Fit Me liquid foundation in shade 115 ivory (the lightest shade as I'm on the pale side). Also from this collection I use the Fit Me concealer in shade 15 ivory also the lightest shade. The combination of these two products is perfect as it is the right balance of creaminess you want in base products without looking 'cakey'. I work the foundation in with the real techniques foundation brush and use my fingers for the concealer.

Mac - Fleur Power £18

Next with the real techniques blush brush I apply my newest blush from my makeup collection to either the apples of my cheeks or my cheek bones due to my longer face. Applying the product in circular motion or dabbing it on the apples of my cheeks. This blush may look like a barbie doll pink in the pan but on the cheeks its more of a subtle flushed colour. To my surprise it stays put for quite a while on the face you would on have to touch up maybe once in the day if you really have to.

On and On Bronze - £4.99

After applying my blush I go to my eyes. Recently I have been using Maybelline's colour tattoo in on and one bronze a lot but normally I use my Urban Decay Naked 2 combination of suspect and snake bite. However the colour tattoo is so easy to apply it doesn't move and doesn't involve blending so you're done within 2 minutes maximum. Lucky for me when I'm in a rush.

Dip-It Black - £4.49

Once I've got my eye shadow sorted it's onto the art of liquid liner. The 'cat eye' looks has become increasingly popular over the last year. So as I follow the trends that's how long I've been wearing it for. Although I have tried out so many liquid lines until Aimee suggested the Sleek Dip-It liner and I've used that even since. It creates a precise and as the name suggests sleek line with the thin brush provided.

High Brow Kit - £3.99

At this point I have most of my makeup done all I have left to do is my eyebrows, mascara and lips. I have actually only been doing my eyebrows for the last 3 or 4 months. So when I was recommended the beautyUK high brow kit I thought why not as all the beauty guru's used powder and gel and their eyebrows look amazing. Being a blondey I use the lightest colour in the top left hand corner with the (that's right you guessed it) real techniques brow brush. 

Colossal Cat Eyes - £7.99

The Rocket - £7.99

I use a combination of two mascara's the first one I use is the Maybelline Colossal Cat Eyes volum' express mascara. I use this as a base and normally give my lashes one or two coats. This leaves my lashes looking lengthened are curled which is great as my lashes look short and quite straight (boo). 

The curved shape of the wand allows me to get right into my corner lashes.

The next mascara I use is Maybelline the rocket volum' express. As the name suggests it volumises my already lengthened and curled lashes. I only apply one coat to my upper lashes and two coats to my bottom lashes. The formula of this mascara is very similar to benefits they're real but it is only a fraction of the price (YAY!)

Orange Punch - £7.99

I finish off the look with one of the new colourboost lip crayon from bourjois. I have all for shades: orange punch, peach on the peach, fuschia libra and red sunrise. I tend to reach orange punch most of the time. They are quite sheer but you can really build it up for a fuller look. 

Latsly I set my makeup with Maybelline's Fit Me powder in the shade 120 ivory and my makeup stays put all day.

Hope you enjoyed reading something new

toodle-pip