BLOGMAS | DAY 12: HOW DO PEOPLE DAILY BLOG/VLOG?!

So I didn't blog yesterday, mostly because I didn't feel like it. Daily blogging is exhausting. I have so much new-found respect for people who write and publish a blog post every single day, and for those who film, edit and publish a video every single day. It's different if you schedule your posts or videos so you can spend a whole day, for example, taking photos and writing up 7 blog posts, and then schedule them to be published over the month. But for those who publish daily content, every single day, you are marvellous. My thumbnail today is highlighting that I'm not keeping up with my advent calendar, either. I haven't opened the windows from the 10th or 11th either. Oops.

This is verging on not even being a blog post. I hate it when bloggers who "blog daily" publish a post that's like "it snowed today, here's a picture, thanks for reading!". That's not a blog post, that's an Instagram post on the wrong platform. So I'll try and add something interesting for the sake of my own pet peeves.

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Oh I know!

I spend a lot of time, probably too much time, watching Youtube videos and wishing I wasn't such a lazy coward and could make Youtube videos myself. I watch so many different people, who showcase everything from Minecraft videos to Makeup tutorials. So, here's a few of my favourite Youtubers, in no particular order.

1. SHEP689

The sweetest and funniest gay couple ever who daily vlog. I've been subscribed to them for over 2 years and they're great. They have the cutest dog called Dobby and aery8wofiuwuadhgfgh relationship goals.

2. JACLYN HILL

If ya don't know who Jaclyn Hill is, get out from whatever rock you've been living under. She's an incredible and hilarious MUA from Florida. I wished she uploaded more because her content is amazing. Did I mention she's stunning? There's literally no need.

3. JARMAINE/JLOVESMAC1

Jarmaine is a beauty guru and I wasn't going to include her because I don't watch her videos that often, but I just watched her latest video and she's bloody hilarious. 

4. FUNGBROSCOMEDY

David and Andrew Fung are Chinese-American brothers who make videos about what it means to be Asian including the most delicious food you have ever seen in your life. I subscribed for the food; I want it all.

5. PATRICIA BRIGHT

Patricia is a beautiful and hilarious beauty blogger from London. She's so pretty and her videos are so informative and she's based in Britain so she often talks about and uses products that are available in the UK. Yay for that!!!!!

Okay before this list gets suuuper long, I'm going to stop. In fact, I may publish a series of blog posts detailing all of my favourite Youtubers, and organise them buy category. Maybe.

Anyway I'm out, PEACE.

Thanks for reading, xo.

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BLOGMAS | DAY 8: LIFE BEHIND THE SCREEN

So it's crystal clear that I've missed a couple of days. Oops. Life behind the screen really does throw curve balls sometimes and I just have to roll with it. The past weekend has really highlighted how lots of bloggers have such varied content on their blogs. I see spontaneous lunches and detailed analysis of makeup stands and sweet little anecdotes and I'm always like how the hell? But the answer is simple really; bloggers take their cameras everywhere. I was invited over to a family friend's house for dinner yesterday (well my mum was and I tagged along because if there's food I'm there) and I was sat at a dinner table; completely decorated with napkins and silver wear and champagne flutes, and the most exquisite looking food I'd ever seen outside of a magazine; thinking, damn I should have brought my camera. I tried taking some on my phone, but it wouldn't have done the evening justice at all. It's a shame but I've learned. Thou shalt carry a camera. At all times. 

The hunt for the most delicious mince pies is still on, and the ones pictured above are from Tesco and they aren't too bad. Last year, Tesco had some absolutely vile mince pies; the pastry was tough and dry and the filling was bitter and mushy and absolutely horrific. These bog standard ones are a lot better than last year's. All they need, as far as I'm concerned, is a little tipple of brandy. But as they stand, they're a solid 6/10.  Maybe a 6.5/10 considering they're only £1.

Lastly, and this just sprung up on me, I had no intention of including this but alas, I like to ramble about my day-to-day, boring-ass life. So I hopped off the plane at LAX - wait. No, that's not right. I hopped onto Youtube, there we go, and one of my favourite Kpop groups has uploaded a new video. I know, the Kpop thing again, but I can't help it. It's addictive. But anyway, Taeyang & G Dragon have a new song out called Good Boy and they uploaded the Dance Practice Video literally within the hour. It's good to see the boys (lol, men, they're 5 years older than me) in good shape; they both look healthy which is a huge deal in the kpop industry. But this video just feels so awkward and so cringe. YG are pretty much flying the flag on individuality and quality over quantity, so as Dance Practice videos are something of a trend in kpop, I feel as though they should have left this one alone. Even though YG have shared videos like this before, years back, it's just not the same. 

GD x Taeyang Good Boy Dance Practice Video 

 I can't even casually listen to this song, I really don't like it. I'm a HUGE fan of Big Bang, I think they're the best thing since sliced bread, seriously. I'm just not a huge fan of whatever musical direction they're apparently going in. But my personal opinion matters not because this song will make waves in the music industry, across the globe. Trust me on that one. It's not exactly genius, but it'll spread like wildfire. 

Okay I'm done.

Thanks for reading, xo.

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BLOGMAS | DAY 5: SHORT & SWEET

It's a little early for Christmas decorations in the entire house, but I can't not have fairy lights on my bed around this festive time of year. I got mine from Asda for £3.50, I could probably have got the ones with the white wire but whatever, these do the job fine. I'm burning one of my favourite Christmas scents from Yankee Candle, Christmas Memories, and for any of you who loved the Warm Spice scent and have found that it's disappeared, Christmas Memories is ridiculously similar; just slightly sweeter and not as overpowering. It smells completely different to Warm Spice in the jar, but when it's burning it's easy to trick your brain into thinking that they've just reformulated Warm Spice so it's not as strong. The point is, Christmas Memories is warm and spicy and sweet, and if you mix it with Christmas Cookies, like I sometimes do, your house will smell like freshly baked gingerbread cookies with not even half the effort of baking.

So my room smells festive and feels warm and cosy with the heating turned up and my fairy lights on, so naturally I have some Christmas music playing as well. Yesterday's kpop post did a lot better than I thought it would so I'll leave you with a cheesy yet kind of sexy video of 12 Korean and Chinese men performing one of their Christmas singles. I've been listening to it all day as it's festive but not obnoxiously Christmas-y. Let me know how ya feel about it.

EXO - Christmas Day

Asda Fairy Lights - £3.50

Yankee Candle Christmas Memories - from £1.49

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BLOGMAS | DAY 1

I forgot to mention in my November Favourites that my favourite thing about November ending is DECEMBER! YOU GUYS IT'S DECEMBER THAT MEANS IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMAS AND I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I jumped out of bed at the very respectable time of 11:30am, lol, in sheer excitement to eat my very first mince pie of the year. Well, actually, I may have been eating mince pies at the beginning of January, but that's not even the point. The point is that I love mince pies. In fact I was waay more excited about my mince pie than I was about my advent calendar. The only thing better than chocolate for breakfast, is a mince pie for breakfast. Seriously, they're one of my favourite things about Christmas. The one in the photo is from the posh, luxury "Extra Special" range at Asda, and oh my god they're so good. I'll probably sample mince pies from a bunch of shops and ranges so I'll let you know which are the good and which are the bad. These ones from Asda are bordering excellent. 

So this year I'm jumping on this whole Blogmas vibe. Though I'm not even sure of the requirements of it? I feel as though I should be doing festive and joyous Christmas posts, about gift guides and gingerbread recipes or my favourite Christmas candles and what not. These posts may well sweep through at some point during the month but I think I'd rather write chatty posts like this, instead. Is that even allowed? Am I allowed to break away from the strictly beauty style that I've been honing for the past year or two? I think this is a nifty opportunity to showcase the other sides of me; I'm a massive foodie, my taste in music might surprise you and so might my hobbies. 

Beauty blogging isn't all I do so I thought it would be nice to throw in all my other life preferences. Janelle, what the hell is a life preference? Anyway, I post beauty-related content on Wednesdays & Saturdays and all the days in between will be miscellaneous "Blogmas" vibes. So keep your eyes peeled if you're interested!

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Thanks for reading and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Is it too early? It's probably too early...

xo

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