Hello again . . .

Hey!

Well hi, hey, hello, hola, bonjour ermmm and hello in every other language possible. HELLO!!!

I haven't blogged for absolutely AGES. It's been so long since I last posted...like 2 months or something like that.

Well a LOT has happened (well not that much really - I'm just trying to sound interesting).

The first, mega, GIGANTIC thing that has happened is my cousin has been born. He's a beautiful (absolutely tiny) little baby boy called Leonardo - but we call him Leo. He's about 3 weeks old now and I went to see him last week and it was amazing. He is so gorgeous and I can't wait to see him again.

Another thing is I've started a band-type-thing. Still making the last few arrangements but I am actually quite excited because I fell like this band might boost my stage confidence and it's something fun to do.

I've started posting mini clips of me singing on Instagram. So if you want to check them out my Instagram is : xo.kalli.ox
(the clips are literally clips - like 15 seconds. Just 15 seconds of your life that you most probably wont get back - but it's still only 15 seconds that you'd hopefully enjoy, maybe, possibly)

Eeerm what else? Nothing much really. I've picked up an obsession with triangles - because they are just really cool - I did just say that I think triangles are cool, wow what is happening?

Well this post was just to say hello again because I haven't posted for a while and I just wanted to reassure you that I wasn't stolen off of the face of the Earth.

Oh oh oh yeah - there is this puppy that I really, REALLY want but my mum was like - well I'll think about it but she doesn't understand the situation.

I went to the puppy's home (well it's owners home - which is on my Chummie's road) and when I got there, there were 3 puppies (2 boys and a girl). one boy and the girl both had a maybe-home, except one, which was the one I happened to pick up and fall instantly in love with - coincidence? I feel like it was more of a fate-type thing.

Went back to the house yesterday and picked him up - still no likely home for him to go to yet, and he nestled into me and it was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Then they told us to put the puppies on the floor - so I place him in the middle of the kitchen floor and step back away from the puppies and watch them lay there like little fat, fluffy worms, and the puppy I like, turns around and wiggles  over to me until it's right at the toes of my Dr Martens. We were made to be together and I need this puppy in my life. I'm just trying to convince my mum - however it's not working out too well.

Wish me luck in my future attempts of convincing - and anyone with any ideas please comment or tweet me or something because I really need help!!!

That's it
Love you guys and sorry for going offline for like 2 months or something!!!

xxx

The Reason Behind This Blog's Existence . . .

Hey!
This blog post was going to be about my day today, but I came across a question in the comments that I felt like I had to answer in the best way possible . . . a blog post!!!

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Hey Kalliyah,

Your blog is pretty great and I was just wondering,
1) When did you start it?
2) How long did it take you to gain a large following?
I've recently started a blog of my own, and I thought you could help by answering these question.

Thanks,
Harsharan x

I've never been asked the first question, so I've never really thought about it properly. I've been blogging for a while now. You guys might not know this, but I started blogging on Tumblr, and I posted every week and I was getting no where. So I thought I'd search the internet for a good blogging website and I came across Blogger. All of the great bloggers (Zoella, Tanya Burr, Hannah Maggs etc) use this site, so I thought it must be good. I'm so glad that I moved off of Tumblr and onto Blogger because I wouldn't have all of you guys reading my blog every time that I post (which is still not completely regular. I'm SO sorry! I'll get a new schedule or something...)
But the actual question was When Did I Start? So I'll tell you. My very first blog post (that I copied off of my Tumblr blog) was published on Blogger on February 4th 2015. And on Tumblr, my very first blog post (literally the very first post of my entire blogging existence) was published on January 7th 2015.
And to answer the second question, I have 4 followers, and getting my first follower on here felt like the biggest achievement in the world to me, so 4 followers is amazing in my eyes. I know it doesn't look like a lot because 4 seems like such a small number, but to me it's huge because I worked hard for it (84 blog posts is hard work) and It just feels good to have 4 of you guys sticking close to me throughout this thing that I call a blog. And if you haven't already, follow me on blogger (great self advertising Kalli) if you don't know how to, it's on a page called How To...
I love you guys and I'd just like to say a huge thanks to everyone who reads this blog. It's nice to know that you enjoy reading about my life and other stuff. Also, I'm currently editing my Paris vlog and it will be up very soon.
Love you guys!!!
That's it
Kalli xxx

Blog on a Blog, Polabora and Summer Holidays...

Hey!

So a couple of days ago I got a Twitter notification on Twitter (obviously) saying that someone had mentioned me in a tweet. Now this person had retweeted my Twitter post where I told you guys that my Disneyland blog post was up, and they had also favourited it. So I was thinking why have these people mentioned me? but it turns out they had their own blog and they'd featured my blog post and a couple of other people's blog post's in it too which was pretty freaking amazing. 

Here's the link to the blog >> http://paper.li/20daysforDLP/1325279069?edition_id=9dfb6eb0-2b35-11e5-8ff4-0cc47a0d1609

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Also, I recently ordered some Polaroid pictures from the site Polabora. I got 16 for £8.99, but you can get different orders and I really recommend getting them. And there is free delivery to all countries or something like that. Another thing is, they come SO quickly. I ordered mine and they came literally in two days. Polabora is a company in Belgium so depending on how far away you are from them delivery time could vary but if you're in Europe I think delivery should be as quick as it was for me.

That sounded like such an ad, but I promise you it wasn't, I'm not sponsored by Polabora. But I'd seriously recommend getting your pictures printed with them. I love Polaroids, but I don't have a Polaroid camera so I can't just take Polaroids whenever so I'd rather just take a bunch of my favourite photos from my phone and print them off with Polabora. 

My Polabora Polaroid pictures || 16 for £8.99

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Lastly,

IT'S THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!

I'm off for 6 weeks and I'm so happy. I love the summer holiday's even if I'm not going to another country (which I'm not - I usually go to a hot country during other holidays).

But I love the holidays because I have more time to do other things, such as filming, editing and posting YouTube videos for my channel and for my Chummie's channel and for our shared channel (that means we will hopefully have a couple of videos on all three channels during this 6 week time period - thing....

Oh yeah! It means more blog posts as well.

That's it

Kalli xxx

Disneyland, Paris and Winnie The Pooh

Hey!

Ok so daily blogging obviously isn't my thing, so instead of telling you what happened everyday and making short, and quite crappy blog posts, I've decided to mesh my trip into a kind of "Super Blog Post" thing. I hope you like it!

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So you know what my first day was like, but the second day was our first day in the Disney park and it was AMAZING!!! I met Winnie The Pooh at Disney! He is my favourite Disney character and I got to meet him. Me and my chummie lined up for 20 minuets but it was worth it because I got to meet my favourite bear in the world (it's Winnie The Pooh if you hadn't guessed).

Me + Winnie The Pooh || He was so warm!

I spent a LOT of money on the first day (almost all of it - almost) but it was pretty hard not to spend any money, especially when I knew the kind of things that I wanted to get for my sister (it was her birthday on the 8th)

I also got some things for myself, my favourite buy was my Pluto toy. Not going to lie, he is the softest toy I've ever felt. I bought him on the first day at Disney so I had him to cuddle at night and sleep on when I was on the coach on the way home which was really comforting.

Me + Pluto || Softest toy in the world.

We went to Paris the next day and it was amazing, Central Paris is so beautiful and amazing. I took some pictures I thought you might like, but if you want to see all of my pictures follow me on Instagram : xkallisstuffx

The Eiffel Tower is so beautiful...

The Notre Dame is one of the most stunning buildings I've ever come across...

And of course, the iconic Disney Castle...

But like I said this isn't every picture from the trip, there are way more on my Instagram account so go follow me and check out some more Paris pics.

Also, I did do a bit of vlogging whilst I was in Paris, but I got ill during the time I was there and I felt like crap (and most probably looked it too) so I missed a couple of days, so what I'm going to do is make a long vlog using all of the footage that I had. 

I love Paris but I'm so glad to be out of that hotel room and back home in England in my own bed. I will be back to whatever my usual blogging schedule is in the next week because I will have time because I'll have broken up from school by then.

I'd also just like to say thank you to all of you. All of you take your time and read my blog and watch my Youtube videos, and to all of my viewers and subscribers (that's you guys) for reading and watching little segments of my life, it's pretty cool. You're like my internet family and I just want to say thanks for being there with me through my life and stuff.

Virtual hugs all round!

That's it

Love Kalli xxx

Long Trip, Chewy Pizza + Dodgy Hotel Rooms...

Hey!

Yep, daily blogging is harder than I had thought it would be, but I've been so busy. I've been getting everything that I needed for this trip to Paris, and it was my little sisters birthday yesterday so I didn't really have time to blog yesterday either. Sorry.

But anyway, I'm blogging from my hotel room in Paris. It took so long to get here and we were on the coach for the majority of the time. We left the school at 10:30am and got to our hotel room at 10:30pm...so yeah, long trip or what? 

We had a pizza at the restaurant next to our hotel but the pizza there was chewy, like it had been heated up. Also, me and my chummie had to sit on a table with two girls that we didn't connect with on any level, but on the plus side, there was pretty good looking waiter....

Our hotel is a budget hotel (I'm not even kidding, it's called the ibis BUDGET hotel). The bathroom door is completely bust, so it doesn't actually shut. The TV doesn't turn up loud enough, the bed isn't too hygienic, the ceiling looks like it's going to fall apart, there are insects lodging in between the windows and room is highly claustrophobic. It is quite depressing really.

We are discovering more and more weird, and in-explainable marks on the bed and walls. 

Please wish me and my chummie luck in this hotel room. We need it.

That's it

Kalli xxx  

Monthly Favourites

Hey!

I know. I have been terrible as a blogger, however, to make up for it, I will be daily blogging (and vlogging) the entire time that I am in Paris (Thursday to Monday) and I will also be daily blogging from today up until Thursday. So yeah, daily blogs from now till' next week Tuesday, and daily vlogging from Thursday till' Tuesday, I haven't filmed a YouTube video for a while but I will definitely try harder to film at least one video a week!

Anyway, on with this month's favourites!!!

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Beauty

Tommy Girl Fragrance || Tommy Hilfiger

The first item is my Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl perfume. I got it at Christmas and I've used it ever since. I love it SO much, it has quite a light scent to it, so it's more of a day to day perfume, rather than an evening spray. 

On the Tommy Hilfiger Uk Online Store it is the 50ml Fragrance and it it £30.00 so I'd definitely ask for it as a present - unless you're rich, then you can just go out and buy it... obviously.

Tommy Hilfiger || Tommy Girl || 50ml Fragrance || £30.00

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Tinted Moisturizer || Bobbi Brown

This tinted moisturizer is not unfamiliar to this blog. I've mentioned it SO much, but I use it every day, and that's why it has made this month's favourites. Also, if you do live in England, you would know that we have just gone through a heat wave

Bobbi Brown Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 || Medium to Dark Tint

 || £29.00 || 50ml

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Sellotape

No, I'm not crazy (not completely crazy anyway). I know well enough that sellotape / sticky tape / tape is not found in the beauty aisle of any shop, but sellotape has been part of my make-up regime for a while now, and I don't want it to ever not be part of my make-up regime.

I basically use it as a guide to get the perfect winged eye liner and it does work really well. I might do a tutorial on this blog someday....

But yeah, this is regular tape and you can get it pretty much anywhere. So go get some tape / sellotape / sticky tape (I don't know what you call it).

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Food /  Drink

Green Tea

I am not the biggest fan of Green Tea all of the time, especially when it isn't iced. But this month I have used it a lot as a refreshing drink to cool myself down.

You can get your hands on it from any super store or corner shop for a pretty good price so I think you should go get some (just make sure you get honey with it too, honey is good with green tea, very good)

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Other Stuff

Note Pad || PaperChase

I absolutely LOVE PaperChase. It is my go-to stationary shop just because I love it so much in there. Anyway, at Christmas time I was given this pad by my Nan, and it is one of my favourite pads. It was handmade in India and I think that it is so beautiful. 

I actually can't find it on the PaperChase website but if you do want to get your hands on it, have a little look around. It's got a material cover and it was hand made in India (I'm pretty sure it was anyway) 

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And that is the end of this months Monthly Favourites. I hope you liked it and I will try to get better at this whole blogging thing, a lot has been going on in my life right now, but I'm trying to get better at the blogging. I will make more of an effort, I promise. Also, my video about Carter Reynolds got over 200 views on YouTube which is freaking scary! 200 and something people have seen my face and watched me talked about Carter Reynolds. It's crazy. And kind of scary. But it's crazy and scary in a good way. So yeah.

I love you guys so much!!!

That's it
Kalli xxx

Spring Into Summer...

Hey!

I'm really loving this mid-season time, it's like spring going into summer so all the flowers are properly blossoming and everything else so I thought I'd share some of my own pictures that I think really make this time beautiful (all taken on my trusty iPhone)

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So my mum's been growing flowers so I thought, these look so pretty! So I took some pictures of them.

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There are also some fruits that I think are perfect for the weather that we're having and everything so here are some fruits and stuff.

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There are just some of my favourite things from this season food and nature wise, I hope you liked it!

But, I am not done. I have uploaded my video on my opinion of Carter Reynolds leaked video and his unapologetic apology letter. So here is the link :

https://youtu.be/GgSTylfaT60

Leave a comment telling me what you think about the entire situation and don't forget to leave a like and SUBSCRIBE!!!!

That's it

Kalli xxx

2 Videos In One Week + Still No Second Chapter...

Hey!

I know I know! The second chapter hasn't actually been uploaded yet but I have a few valid reasons why it hasn't been uploaded.

1. I thought that my first draft wasn't good enough quality so I wanted to improve on it.

2. I have had tests and exams all this week so I felt that I should try to relax and not work up my brain too much and forget everything etc etc...

3. I've filmed two YouTube videos that'll both be going up this week (one is already up)

Those are my reasons, but I promise that the chapter will be up soon, however I won't put a date or time on when it will be posted to save you all disappointment.

In other news, yes you did read correctly, I have two videos to upload this week, the first has already been  uploaded and the second will be uploaded tomorrow...ooh exciting...

I'm going to be nice and give you guys a small preview of the video (well I'll give you some hints at what it's going to be about anyway).

If you have been on my Twitter between sometime last night and around 4pm-ish today, you would've noticed that I had a small row with someone on Twitter. It was about the oh-so-famous Carter Reynolds and his leaked video.

If you haven't watched it (I wouldn't recommend it), it basically involves Carter Reynolds manhood (eh hem....) and his girlfriend who is most clearly drunk. She basically say "I'm gonna suck your man bits" (in a word) and then he takes off his trousers, but then she says that he's making her uncomfortable but Carter still pushes her to do it. The video ends before anything else happens so no one really knows what happened after. 

I'm not going to go into to much detail (because I went int some detail in the video) however, once it was leaked, Carter posted an "apology letter" that was the least apologetic letter I've ever read. It basically explained what happened and he said that "All couples do it". Yeah I'm sure ALL couples sexually harass their partner until they perform oral sex etc etc. He basically wrote 2 pages of crap to try and save his own skin, and his fans found that enough to forgive him and ignored all of the bad things that he'd done and blindly followed him saying that "all couples do it".

That is a bit of what I have to say on the whole situation. Don't forget to leave a like comment and subscribe to my latest YouTube Video and keep an eye out for my second one!

Here's the link to my video || https://youtu.be/6l7sO_rae4w

That's it

Kalli xxx

Where's The Second Chapter?

Hey!

I know I said that the second chapter would be up today, but at last minute I decided that I didn't like how I'd written it, so I'm going to re-write it and post it as soon as possible - I promise.

I did have an idea for this post, but it looks like I decided not to go along with it - just like my second chapter. I'm sorry - I'm slightly distracted by life at the moment but I will be filming a YouTube video tomorrow and it will be posted on Wednesday, along with a much better blog post!

That's it

Kalli xxx

Generally Happier, Uncontrollable Reactions + YouTube Video.

Hey!

I feel like it's been ages since I've written an update post like this. I don't know why I haven't because I love writing posts like this. I will start writing more posts like this. 

Not that I'm generally an unhappy person (because I'm not), I guess I have a neutral reaction to everyday life. So I just get up in the mornings and I basically say it's an okay day. Nothing special, nothing too interesting, it's just okay. Neutral. But recently, I've been waking up happier. I'm not sure why, but I'm not complaining. It's nice to wake up and feel happy almost instantly. I hope that it doesn't stop too quickly.

Also, I don't know if this is a side affect to the happier version of me, but every time that I see the guy that I like, I can't control this thing that comes over me. I just go all funny and can't stop smile or I start up a giggle fest (basically I can't stop giggling) and I go all weird and girly. I don't know what's wrong with me. I would like to go back to slightly tripping or just being clumsy whenever I see him...actually no, I'll deal with giggle fests and weird, awkward, uncontrollable girlyness.

Lastly, I haven't filmed my YouTube video yet, so I'll film on Tuesday and I should be posting on Wednesday, or Thursday. And the story will be up tomorrow (that's why I won't be filming tomorrow, I have a bunch of stuff to do), so yeah, busy week ahead for me!!!

I'd also just like to say thanks for sticking around and reading my blog (even though I've been pretty crappy at it recently), so thanks. It means a lot to me!

That's it
Kalli xxx

Mango + Strawberry Ice Lollies + Sorbet

Hey!

I have 2 recipes for this blog post today!!! So if you don't like one you can try the other one!!! I hope you like them . . .

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Mango + Strawberry Ice Lollies

Ingredients : 

Frozen Strawberries 

Rubicon Mango Juice

Ice Lolly Molds

- First freeze your strawberries 

- Once frozen (I left mine for the day and didn't let them defrost so my food processor felt like it was going to blow up) take them out and let them slightly defrost and pour out some mango juice into a cup (I just used this cup for the photo, I put the juice into a measuring jug after because it allowed easier pouring).

- Blend up your strawberries adding a small splash of water every now and then until it looks like really tiny strawberry ice flakes or ice cubes or something (it looked really cool).

- Using a little spoon scoop up a some strawberries and press them into an ice lolly mold until it's about half full, and using your finger, just lightly tap the top layer of the strawberry in the mold until it's flat.

- Pour the mango juice on top of the strawberry in the mold (unless you have another fruit that you'd also like to add to the ice lolly, if you do, add that first, then the mango juice because it won't sit on top of the juice).

- Freeze for a couple of hours.

- Take out of the freezer and if you can't get the lid off of the ice lolly, pour hot water on it for a couple of a seconds and it should come off easily.

- Take pictures for social media etc before it melts.

- And eat!

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Strawberry Sorbet with Grated Dark Chocolate

Ingredients :

Frozen Strawberries

A Square of Dark Chocolate

- First, freeze the strawberries (if you have some of the blended strawberries from the ice lollies, just use them).

- Blend the strawberries, adding a splash of water every now and then until it is like tiny strawberry ice flakes or ice cubes.

- Put the mixture into a bowl.

- Take a square of dark chocolate (mine was 80% cocoa so it was really bitter alone) 

- Grate the square of chocolate into the smallest grated pieces as possible and mix in with the sorbet.

- Take pictures (I actually forgot to take a picture of it with the chocolate on it (what an idiot)

- And eat!!

:)

That is it for today's blog post. I hoped you like it! 

That's it

Kalli xxx

Watermelon, Strawberry, Cucumber + Mint Smoothie

Hey,

I have another smoothie recipe for you today! I made this earlier on in the week and just didn't get round to blogging about it, then my brain just exploded with things that I realized that I need to write for this blog so I'm just  trying to evenly space everything out last minute (I haven't even written the second chapter to the story yet!! Ooops)

Anyway, here is my watermelon, strawberry, cucumber + mint smoothie recipe. Hope you like it!!

:)

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Watermelon, Strawberry, Cucumber + Mint Smoothie

Ingredients :

A handful of strawberries (mine were HUGE so I only had to use 3)

Half a cucumber

2 - 3 mint leaves

A small glassful of Rubicon Watermelon Juice

- You could peel the cucumber (I forgot to peel the cucumber but it still tasted nice) and take the leaves off of your strawberries and wash them etc etc, wash the mint leaves and pour a small glass of Rubicon Watermelon juice (my glass is one of the old Nutella jars).

- Cut up your cucumber and blend everything for about a minute.

- Feel free to add more juice or strawberries etc if you don't like the taste but I really liked how it turned out with all of the original quantities

- Take pictures for bragging on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook etc

- And drink :)

Those green bits are the cucumber peel!!!

I hope you like this recipe, I have another recipe for ice lollies (it will probably go up tomorrow) also, the second chapter of the story will go up sometime this weekend (if not, Monday at the latest) and I also need to film and edit a YouTube video at some point because once again, my brain has been all over the place and I have been the most unorganized human being on the Earth and haven't planned anything properly. I'm sorry!!!

That's it

Kalli xxx

Monthly Favourites

Hey!

I thought I'd start doing Monthly Favourites. So here are my favorite items of this month. (My other Monthly Favorites will be posted on the 1st of every month)

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Fashion

Toy Shades Sun Glasses || Topshop

I recently blogged about these sunglasses but I had to put them into this months favourites purely because I love them to pieces and I have more opportunities to wear them now, because if you live in London you'd know that our weather is great right now (I love summer SO much when it's warm) so I just love it that I can wear these whenever I want really. They're from Topshop. I got these specific ones from the Topshop on Oxford Street, and on one of the floors for women there was a concession called Toy Shades and that's where they're from. They were £20 and are so worth it! 

Toy Shades || Topshop || Frame - Varley || Colour - Black || Lens - Green || £20

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Elephant Earrings || Topshop

My next item is a pair of earrings from Topshop that my mum gave to me a while ago and she's forgotten the price and Topshop don't actually sell them anymore so I unfortunately can't give you the price, but if you search on Google 'Topshop Elephant Stud Earrings' people are selling them on Ebay for less than a fiver which is really good seeing as they aren't available in Topshop anymore. I really love these earrings and I find they tie in quite nicely with everything because they are gold and black and gold and black goes with pretty much anything!! Get hunting on Ebay for a pair of these earrings because it is so worth it, and they are quite small. There is a bigger version but there are black jewels on the eyes so you can tell the difference.

Topshop || Elephant Stud Art Deco Earrings || £? || Discontinued in Topshop

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Black Sheer Shirt || New Look

This is another reason why as a blogger you need to keep receipts!!! I don't think that New Look are selling this shirt anymore, I can't find it on their website but you might be able to get it in store, or somewhere on Amazon or Ebay. I think it was something like £20 but it is one of those things that is so versatile and needs to be in your wardrobe (there are tops similar to this in loads of shops). You can wear it to add some edge to a simple outfit of leggings by leaving it open over a white t-shirt or to dress up ripped skinny jeans and a vest by buttoning it up. If you can get your hands on this top or something similar, do because it  can be worn with anything, it's my idea of a staple item of clothing.

Black Sheer Shirt || New Look || £? || Can't find it on the New Look site but might be in store

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Beauty

Make Up Brushes || Zeagoo || Amazon

This is one of my most recent buys and it is one of my best bargain buys I'd have to say. My chummie showed these brushes to me and I ordered them. They are £4.65 down from £34.35 which is SO good and they are still on sale so go and get them. It's worth it, and even if you don't like them, you could give them away as a gift because they are nice brushes. 

Zeagoo 20 Piece Make-Up Brush Set || Amazon || £4.65 on sale || £34.35 original price

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Wonder'Full Mascara || Rimmel London

My last item is the Wonder'Full Mascara With Argan Oil by Rimmel London. It was given to me by my nan who bought two in a sale at Boots, and I love it. I don't usually use Rimmel products but I really like this one. It is now £7.99 at Boots and I would definitely recommend that you get it because it is so good. I think it gives a more natural look to my eyelashes than some of my other mascaras, so it's more of an everyday mascara rather then evening or party mascara so it's a good thing to have in your make up bag.

Wonder'Full Mascara With Argan Oil || Rimmel London || £7.99 at Boots

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And that concludes my Monthly Favourites blog post. I hope you liked it and stay posted on this blog this week because the second chapter of my story will be going up this week as will a couple of smoothie recipes and an ice lolly recipe!

That's it

Kalli xxx

New YouTube Video + Smoothie Recipe...

Hey!

Hey guys! Thought I'd set up my blog a bit differently, I will now be writing my blog posts from the middle outwards (like it is now) I hope that you like it. I have just finished editing a YouTube video which is currently uploading itself onto YouTube so once it's uploaded you can go check my videos out (yep there are 2 now). Also, if you look at the top of my blog there is a new page labelled : Stories. That is where I will be uploading a new chapter of my story once a week. A chapter has been uploaded already so you should go check that out!!!!

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Strawberry, Cucumber + Mint Smoothie

Ingredients :

Roughly 10 Strawberries

3 fresh mint leaves

Half a cucumber

Water

A drizzle of honey (optional)

- First, peel your cucumber (I had to because I'm using a food processor, I still haven't gotten my blender yet so the peel of the cucumber would've been floating around all gross and stuff, but if you have a proper blender or juicer you don't have to peel the cucumber) and wash your strawberries and mint leaves.

- Then take the leaves off of the top of the strawberries and put all of the fruit and veg into your blender / food processor / juicer. 

- Blend for a couple of seconds and then check mixture. If it is too thick, add a tablespoon of water. Keep blending, checking and adding water until it isn't too thick. Be careful though because, cucumbers and like 60% water so you don't want an overpoweringly watery smoothie. Just blend, check, taste and add water until it's ok.

- If it isn't sweet enough, add a drizzle of honey (I used organic honey because I wanted this smoothie to stay as healthy as possible).

- Blend for a final time. Pour into a cup and drink (or Instagram, Snap, Facebook and Tweet, then drink).

That's it

Kalli xxx

Lipton Iced Tea, Round Sunglasses, BBQ's + Story Time...

Hey!

So a couple of months ago, my mum bought me a Lipton Iced Tea. Now I'm not going to lie, it looked gross. It was just a bottle of brown-ish liquid. But I was feeling adventurous, so I drank it. I'm so glad I drank it. So, so, SO glad I tried it. It is now the only thing I drink when I go to the shops - it is amazing, so go and get one if you have the chance. I think they're about £1 so it's not much for an awesome drink that is SO refreshing (if it's really cold). So go get a Lipton Iced Tea.

They're not that big obviously, this was just a cool picture. 

Recently I had been searching for some round sunglasses. Like, really big hippie / 80's - 90's style glasses and I couldn't find any, anywhere, until one magical day I was out in London I was out with my sister and my Uncle Danny and I stepped into Topshop and tried on about 4 pairs of sunglasses and ended up settling for the biggest ones I could find and I'm so glad that I own them now!!!!

I found these on the second floor of Topshop in London.
Topshop || ToyShades || £20

Also, today me and my chummie put together a barbecue (with a little help from her brother) and we had a nice little barbecue in her back garden. It was nice because before today, the last barbecue I had was about a year and a half ago. Then once we had all finished barbecuing me and my chummie roasted marshmallows (the fire was dying out so they weren't perfectly roasted but they were still nice).

Pretty proud of that barbecue!!!

In my last bit of news, I'm gonna admit, I have borrowed this idea from my chummie. I will be starting a story series. (I'll make a page for it) so that could be fun. I'll be adding a chapter every week, and if you guys want something to happen in the story, I could make it happen if you leave a comment under whatever the last chapter written would be. So that's something you could look forward to. I will be tweeting when each chapter is being uploaded so if you don't already, follow me on Twitter || @kallis_space

Hope you guys will like the series and I look forward to seeing how you want the story to change (once I've written a chapter).

That's it

Kalli xxx 

 

New Relatives, Feeling Lonely + YouTube Video...

Hey!

The most EXCITING thing happened earlier on in the week. My uncle and aunt that I've never met before, contacted me! They're my mum's little brother and sister and they're both my age (well pretty much) and they really want to me and my mum and my sister!!!

I think that it is cool to find this out! I have more family!! I hope I can see them at Christmas but for the mean time, chatting to them on Whatsapp is fine with me, because they are so lovely! If you're reading this guys, I can't wait to meet you!!! Like, literally CAN NOT WAIT TO MEET YOU AND SEE YOUR ACTUAL FACES IN PERSON.

Yeah I guess you could say I'm kind of excited....just a little bit....

I like this Tumblr quote + am trying to
live my life like the quote by getting
some courage + stuff but it hasn't worked

In other news, if you read my chummie's blog, you would know that her foot is all infected and stuff so she hasn't been in school the majority of this week and neither has my other mate. So I've been alone for most of the week, and all the news I want to tell them that I'd tell them at lunch or break, I'd have to wait until after school and by then, I've either forgotten or I just don't feel they'd care because it isn't recent enough. So at break and lunch I've been moping around the music rooms looking for something to do, which usually results in me sitting at the back of the room in a corner trying to connect to the school wifi, listening to music (using earphones), finishing off homework and avoiding the guy I like at all costs because I'm still trying too work out a non-awkward way to say hi to him...I'm still stuck for ideas, so this school week has been pretty crap.

And finally I will be filming my second YouTube video, either on Sunday or Monday. I've been lazy for starters but secondly, all of the videos I've filmed so far (there were 4) I've either lost vital footage for, or I'd do all the editing and just not be happy with it. Oooh videos are stressful. I think I have an idea for my second video, but it's a secret - all I'm gonna say is, it won't be as long as the last one.....

That's it
Kalli xxx

That thing called being gay...

Hey!

Since I've been a crappy blogger recently, I thought I'd do another opinion based blog. Now I thought I'd blog my opinion on homosexuality. I'm not a lesbian of bisexual, however some of my family are and some of my mum's friends are, I have some friends who are gay/lesbians, and honestly I don't get why people are so against homosexuality. Everyone who I know that is homosexual is exactly the same as me, they're just attracted to the same sex as themselves.

I'm writing this blog because really, I want to get your opinion. I don't understand why homophobia is even a thing. A girl in my class said to my teacher "Why do they chose to be gay? It's not doing them any good." But forgive me if I'm wrong but I'm sure you don't chose to be gay because that would mean that everyone was born straight right? What if it was the other way around and everyone was born gay and you chose to be straight? You're either born gay or straight, but it takes a while for you to figure out your sexuality right? I honestly don't know and that's why  I would appreciate your opinions, tell me what you think.

I wrote a speech for my Drama assessment about being gay and thought I'd share it with you, I don't want to offend anyone so if I've made an error feel free to correct me...

The Speech ;

Being gay isn't and was never a choice - just like the colour of someone's skin isn't and was never a choice - but judging someone by one of their features would be racist. Wouldn't it? It would be offensive. Wouldn't it?

But saying things like "that's so gay" is offensive but it just gets passed off in society like it's not offensive - when really it's as bad as being racist. Isn't it?

No. That's the answer to the question for so many people in this world. But why? Why, in this day and age have we managed to change the way we look at everything and everyone in this world and what and who we can accept - but other human beings are still being discriminated against? Labelled. Grouped. Then discriminated against. That's what this society does with people who are gay.

Being gay doesn't change you as a person. You're just attracted to other people. It's not a lifestyle. It's not a choice. So why does everyone reject it so much? Who are you to judge? Who are you to discriminate? Who are you to decide what's "acceptable" and what's not? Because after all, being gay isn't ok. It isn't "acceptable". Is it?

That's my idea of society's relationship with gay people. I could be totally wrong but that's just how I see it. I just thought I'd write this post because it is something I've always felt strongly about and I'd like to share my thoughts with you and I'd like to get your opinions too. If you are going to comment please be thoughtful and aware that other people will be reading the comments and they wouldn't appreciate anything harmful or mean targeted at them.

Also know that I do read the comments and I am more than happy to answer any questions or just to give any advice / try to give any advice (be warned that I probably won't have the greatest advice...)

That's it
Kalli xxx

Just a crappy blogger...

Hey!

I've been so crap at everything recently. I'm so sorry, I'm just being really lazy. I've filmed my YouTube video, I just haven't edited and uploaded it yet. I also have a recipe that I will blog tomorrow or something. I just wanted to say that I am the worlds crappiest blogger and for that I am extremely sorry.

In other news, I will be off to Paris in July which is really exciting and I'll be off to Bordeaux (it's pronounced bor-dough and it's in France if you didn't know) in August and then in September my little baby cousin will be born which is really exciting!!!

I've also persuaded (well there's little persuading left to do) my mum to get me and my sister a PS4 for Christmas,so the rest of 2015 is looking up!!! I also promise to do some vlogging in Paris and Snapchatting / Instagramming in Bordeaux and many pics of the baby (when he arrives) will plaster my Instagram feed, so if you don't follow me on social media, you probably should.

Sorry for being crap
That's it
Kalli xxx

Peppermint + Strawberry Iced Tea + Healthy Eating...

Hey!

I've currently been eating healthier because I know for a fact that I'm not the healthiest person in the world. So I recently discovered I can trick myself into eating things I haven't eaten before, that I probably wouldn't like (especially over a packet of sweets) I trick myself into thinking that what I'm eating is really nice, by just thinking as I'm chewing on a pecan nut "this is really nice - this is better than crisps" and things like that so now although I would prefer a packet of crisps or sweets A handful of nuts and dried fruit is just as nice and better for me.

I've also been drinking iced peppermint + strawberry tea which is actually really nice, and peppermint tea is great for cleansing your digestive system and strawberries are just really nice so I thought I'd give you a short tutorial of how to make this lovely drink.

*****

Peppermint + Strawberry Iced Tea

Ingredients ;

Peppermint Tea

Ice

A couple of strawberries

1 - 2 tsp of honey

1. Boil the kettle
2. Make the peppermint tea using the honey
3. Place the cup of tea on a window ledge until it has cooled
4. If you aren't going anywhere, place in the fridge for roughly 30 minuets (more if you think is necessary). If you are on the go, read step 5.
5. Grab 3 - 5 strawberries depending on the amount of tea and the size of your mug, flask or glass and either half or quarter them.
6. Grab 3 - 4 ice cubes and put in a glass.
7. Add the strawberries, then the tea.
8. Leave to rest (if you are on the go just put the lid on the flask and gently shake from side to side or just carry it to wherever you're going and the strawberries should have mixed with the peppermint tea enough) 
9. Once it has rested enough drink!
10. Then eat the strawberries because they taste minty and strawberry-y and nice.

*****

Another thing that I've been eating is trail mix. It's basically a mixture of nuts, seeds and dried berries, and the tropical one is even nicer in my opinion - I just give the dried bananas to my sister (if you didn't know - I can't stand bananas). And a little bag of trail mix is only £1 so it's cheap, tasty and good for you.

Off of the topic of food, I've been a bit of a nonce. I was filming a video for YouTube that I was planning to upload today, and I accidentally deleted my main footage and by the time I'd realized what I'd done, it was 11:30 pm and I couldn't be bothered to set up my ghetto tripod (check out my SnapChat story to understand why I didn't want to set it up again) and get dressed into what I was wearing and re-do my make-up etc etc...

So, on Monday I will be filming today's video, because at the moment I'm with family and I'd rather send time with my family rather than filming a YouTube video if I'm 100% honest. 

Comment if you liked the peppermint + strawberry iced tea and if you liked my first YouTube video. 

That's it

Kalli xxx

More Of That Social Anxiety Stuff....

Hey!

So my last blog post was about how I have social anxiety and my experience/opinion(sort of) on having it and it got a pretty good response. I'm actually writing this post based on a comment from the last post.

The comment ;

Coba20.5.15

Hello. I am sorry you feel like this and I wonder how long you've been in therapy now? The doctor or therapist who diagnosed you with social anxiety sure tried to help you with coping with situations like this one, right? Maybe you yould make a post about that, about what you learned so far. I'd love reading that and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
letscoba.blogspot.com

My response ;
So, I would like to clarify that I wasn't, surgically diagnosed (if that's what happens), it was actually my school who diagnosed me. It basically all started when I got my first report, the amount of confidence concerns was crazy, and my mum looked quite worried. They kept telling me you need to boost your confidence...so I tried, I went up and signed myself up for a singing competition and some other things round the school, and it didn't work. I think the thing that carried it on the longest was the bullying.

Anyway, moving on a year, my head of year said, do you want to try out this new school program? She said that I knew everyone that was going and all of that stuff, so I said yeah whatever. I ended up going and my chummie who was supposed to be there, wasn't and I had only talked to everyone there, once - most of them I'd only said hi to. So I felt myself panicking and slightly sweating. It got worse because I had to sit in a room with all these people (there were about 5 of them) I had hardly know and hardly spoken to, and I was just like, what am I doing here? How do I get out? How long will I be waiting here? What if someone tries to talk to me etc etc....

Anyway, the lady came in late, all smiles and happiness, and all that, and I realized that I really didn't want to go through a whole hour of her and these people that I couldn't relate to in anything other than the reason that we were all going through this trial session thing that I'm going to call Group Therapy because that's what it basically was. 

So this lady had us all sat in a room and she got us to go around and say our names and something 'unique' or 'special' about ourselves. I got all my words mixed up, went red in the face and had to repeat myself...which was highly annoying. When that was finished, she started talking. She kept this stupid smile on her face as she was speaking, and it really frustrated me. You know when someone is overly happy? That's what she was and it was really irritating.

Anyway, we said all the things we felt had stuff to do with anxiety and stuff and she said that if we had at least 5 of those symptoms you have this kind of anxiety or that kind of anxiety. So indirectly, this random lady who worked with the school diagnosed me with social anxiety. It wasn't that much of a huge surprise and I just wanted the Group Therapy crap to end because she was basically a really happy lady telling me stuff I pretty much already knew.

On the last day of Group Therapy she gave us all wads of paper with stuff to help relax you and other stuff that didn't work. I mean, all to their own - it might work for some people, but it really didn't do anything for me, so my advice to anyone who is going through this but meditating and other stuff like that doesn't actually do anything for them, I'd just recommend doing things that you feel comfortable doing that you think might help. You could Google idea's but don't believe all the stuff on the page because the introduction will probably tell you that you're dying and have 4 hours to live or something ridiculous, just scroll down and look at the ideas in bold (if they're in bold) don't read the other print because again it will say that if you don't do that particular step, you'll get some deadly disease or something.

I hope that satisfied you Coba and ...
That's it
Kalli xxx

OH YEAH I ALMOST FORGOT!!!

I made a YouTube video...yes my FIRST video on my own channel FINALLY!!! If you click here >>> https://youtu.be/6XZz6neQuWc  <<<you can watch the video!!! Hope you like it!!!

That's definitely it...
Kalli xxx