Monthly Favourites

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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