Hey everyone! Hope you're all well! I had this crazy idea at the beginning of this week to start up a little regular thing on my blog, called "Weekly Catch-Up" (Original, I know!) Basically, I thought I could fill you in on the little things that i've been doing in my week, just to give you an insight into my life (look, I even made a mini banner thing!). My life is going to change this year, provided I get into University (i'm staying hopeful!), and I want you guys to be a part of this crazy ride!
I'll probably put the posts up every Sunday, at around about this time, and some will be more interesting than others, but enough of the rambling, lets get started!

This week has been exam/folio central! I've had two exams this week (Graphic Communication and Business Management), both of which required a lot of revision, and work. I hope i've done enough to at least pass them!
On top of that, I had a folio to put into Glasgow School of Art, as i'm applying for their Visual Communication course. It basically consisted of sending in 15 digital images (slides of images), and below is an example of one of the slides I sent away.


I still have another folio to be sent away to Edinburgh Art school, for their Graphic Design course, by Tuesday, and it requires ten more images, so i've been busy getting that together to the best quality that I can. Stressful is an understatement!

I am a messy reviser. When I sit at my desk to study, it starts off lovely and clean, as does my surroundings, but half an hour into revision, my stuff is strewn everywhere. It gets into such a state! Don't believe it? Here's proof below. (I'm so ashamed)

I don't think my room's EVER been this messy before!

My desk... oh dear

Yes, it was really that bad. However, I did tidy it up after my last exam (which was Friday), so now it's lovely and clean! Take a peek:

Squeaky clean!

Tidy desk - how adorable is my little house blogging notebook?!

Everyone should be proud of me! I filled up three bags full of paper, and one full of rubbish. How did I get this messy?!
Aside from that, not much else happened in my life this week, a pretty boring start to my little blogging series that i'm doing! I hope next week will be better, and hopefully slightly more interesting!
Until next time!

Hello everybody! I'm back, after a hectic week of exams, folios, and stress (more on that tomorrow, stay tuned!) However, I am back today, with a review for you all! I'm going to try and make it as short, and to the point, as possible. Enjoy
For my Christmas, one of my close friends gave me this little trio of lip glosses from Accessorize. Now if I had seen this myself in the shop, I know I wouldn't have bought it, because i'm not a fan of lip glosses... until now!


 First of all, the packaging is really pretty, I love the gold tops, and it feels very sleek in my hand. The product itself smells amazing. It smells (in my opinion) or really sweet vanilla. Not to everyone's taste, but I personally love it!
The product itself was so much better than I anticipated. It's super pigmented, it glided on my lips, and left a beautiful, sheer colour. The lasting power isn't great, (as with most lip glosses), but the applicator makes it really easy to quickly re-apply (without a mirror if you're brave!).
However, the best part about this lip gloss is that is isn't sticky! I have yet to try a lip gloss that hasn't left my lips feeling sticky, and tacky, but this didn't do either of these. It really is perfect.
The three shades I got don't have numbers, or names, but they're a dusky pink, a baby pink, and a bright pink.

Hey everyone! Before I get into this post, i'd like to apologize for my absence this week (and probably over the next week and a half). I am currently sitting my Advanced Higher/Higher prelims, and on top of that, i'm trying to get two folios ready for two different art schools, and to say i'm stressed is an understatement! So for the next week and a bit I might not post, but don't fear, i'll be back once it's all done!
So now that that's over, I have something quite excited to tell you! I've been nominated for a Leibster award by the lovely Amy from http://faceitamy.blogspot.co.uk/ ! (I was honoured to be nominated because I read her blog often, and it's amazing, I definitely recommend you check it out, if you haven't already!)
For anyone who doesn't know what the Leibster Award is, it's a way of helping new bloggers (and old) find new bloggers, with less than 200 followers, and help them get more recognition! I think it's a brilliant idea!

Hey everyone! I'm back with another edition of "Style Files", and this time it's in the shape of the beautiful "Vanessa Hudgens"! Since she was in High School Musical, I've looked up to Vanessa, and as she grew up, her style evolved, and in my opinion, she's one of the best dressed celebrities out there! She knows what looks great on her, and she always looks fabulous. I've put together a few of my personal favourite outfits she's worn, so keep reading!

 This lip balm glides onto my lips, and feels so smooth. Unlike most lip products, this didn't dry out my lips, in fact, it did the opposite. I also think that the colour payoff is amazing, as you can see from the swath below, I wouldn't think it was a balm, I would assume it was an actual lipstick, it's super pigmented! Creamy and moisturising, everything I look for in a lip balm!


I can't ignore the scent, it is amazing. It smells just like vanilla, and I can smell it once it's n my lips, which gives me an excuse to put it on! It kind of makes me want to eat it. (I won't, don't worry.)
The best thing about this lip product for me however, is the lasting power. It lasts all day. It really is that good! It is marketed as "long lasting" but I really didn't expect it to be as long lasting as it is! I went out at New Year at around 5, I ate a Chinese meal, and came home about 10, and the red colour was STILL visible on my lips! It wasn't as bright as when I put it on, it was more of a subtle pinky-red, which I thought was lovely! I often find that lipsticks dry out on my lips unevenly, making them look disgusting, so much so that I feel the need to retouch my lips every hour or so. This lip product, however, does not need retouched, as it still looks lovely on my lips after 5 hours. Yes, the actual product is gone from my lips, but the colour is still there, and my lips didn't feel too dry either.

The colour range is also really nice. They have something for everyone within the 7 shades available. They are also affordable, at £5.99 each. I will definitely be picking up a few more, if not all of them!
I really was so impressed by this lip balm/lip crayon. Rimmel really are on fire with their lip products, aren't they?

A sneaky selfie of myself with the lip crayon on. I'd had this on for approximately an hour or two before this photo was taken.

First of all, it's officially 2014, so HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
Some of you may know this, but some of you may be unaware, in 2013, I kept a "Memory Jar". I did a post about this back in July last year (which you can find here), but basically I found the idea on Twitter at the end of 2012, and the aim was to put in any good things that happen, or any memories that have been created also go into this jar, and at the end of the year, or in my case, at the start of the new year, I was to open them all up, and see what god things happened last year.
I have to say this was an excellent way to make me feel very happy super quickly. As I opened up the little white sheets of paper, my smile just got bigger and bigger, as I read through all the little memories that were created in 2013. They weren't spectacular memories, like I went sky-diving round the Sahara desert, but they were nice little memories for myself to read, and reflect on.
It's quite a personal thing, I think, but i'm going to share with you some of the little scraps of paper, that held some memories.

14/12/13 - "Going to see my painting in the Lillie Art Gallery in Milngavie! I felt so proud." The head of art at my school picked a handful of work to be displayed n an art gallery, and mine was one of the lucky few. I was so chuffed.

20/11/13 - "Got my braces off!" Anyone who's ever had braced (train tracks), will know exactly how big a deal it is to finally get them off!

30/10/13 "Got an email from the Commonwealth Games saying my interview was successful. Woop!" As many of you may know, the Commonwealth Games is being held in my hometown, Glasgow, next year. I applied t be a volunteer, and out of 50,000, i'm one of the 15,000 to be chosen to volunteer at the games this summer. Exciting! (I actually wrote a blog post about it, find it here)

4/12/13 - "Mr Brown (head teacher) saying my painting was 'amazing' and 'so realistic' aw:)" For me, this was a big deal, as I had put so much work into it (find a blog post about it here) and for the head teacher of my school to say that to me, made me so happy!

31/08-02/09/13 - "Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition. Hard work, but worth it! Loved the bonfire we had on the first." I'm sure most of you know what Duke of Edinburgh is, so I won't go into detail, but part of the award was a 3 day expedition, where we walked for around 6 hours every day. One night we had a bonfire, and it was lovely to have some heat, and to all chat around the campfire, as cheesy as that sounds!

So that's a few of the things I opened from the memory jar, I hope you enjoyed this post. Did any of you do this memory jar thing? Or is anyone doing it this year? Let me know!