Sorry!

Hey! 

So yes, I haven't blogged in ages. I'm sorry. Hold on, I have my reasons. I feel that if I am not passionate about a product or really feel that I want to tell you guys about it, I'm not going to blog about it. I feel it's better to not put up a blogpost at all rather than put up a half-hearted one that no one will find interesting!
So now we are over that, lets get into this! Today's blogpost is about my recommendations. I am going to recommend a song, an artist, an album, a makeup product, a skincare product, a TV program, a food product, a film, a fragrance and a YouTube channel that I have been loving in the past month/few months! So here goes!

A Song

A song I want to recommend this month is Don't wait by Mapei. Now this song is a bit different, maybe something you wouldn't expect from me, but I LOVE IT. It is super catchy and just a great song. I listen to it while doing my makeup in the morning and it just gets me ready for the day. (It's also a great song to sing along to in the car!!!). I really recommend you go and listen to this song, it's so good and my absolute favourite! Mapei is a new artist on the scene with only 4,000 followers on twitter, but she is going to be so big soon I can just tell, so go check her out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33mjGmfy7PA

An Artist

So my artist recommendation of the month/year/my life is Beyoncé. I am utterly in love with Beyoncé and have been since before time began (obviously not but you know what I mean!). I saw her live at V Festival last year and she was great, and I am totally obsessed with her new self-titled album, Beyoncé, so that is why I am recommending that you go and listen to her this month! My favourite songs off of the new album are Drunk in love, Mine (ft. Drake), XO, Partition (not one to listen to around your parents haha) and No Angel. Don't just take my word for it, go listen!

Here is a link to Beyonce's youtube channel where you can find all the songs - https://www.youtube.com/user/beyonceVEVO

An Album

My album recommendation of the month is the Frozen Soundtrack! This may sound silly and childish but I really couldn't care less (lol). Frozen is such a good film and I honestly think some of the songs are really beautifully written and sung. Idina Menzel sings Let it go stunningly and I love it! The whole album is so happy, catchy and cheerful! If you are into theatre (or even just love Frozen) then I totally think you should listen to this album!

A Makeup Product

My makeup product of the month is Real Techniques makeup brushes. If you know me or have ever spoken to me about makeup in your life, you'll know I love these brushes. They are the best brushes I have ever used for makeup! I own the powder brush, the expert face brush and a few of the eye brushes and I am obsessed. They are the only brushes I use that don't lose hairs while I'm using them or even when I wash them. Sam and Nic Chapman made these brushes and they just happen to be 2 of my favourite youtubers, go check out their channel! They do really good makeup tutorials, most of which are celebrity-inspired so they are bound to have done one of your favourite! 
Go go go! https://www.youtube.com/user/pixiwoo

(Quick Tip - when you wash your brushes, leave them upside down to try so the cleaning product doesn't drip down to where the hairs are glued in and dissolve the glue!)


A Skincare Product

My skin care product of this month has got to be my Liz Earle Hot Cloth cleanse and polish. I had got out of the habit of using this but then a few weeks ago I bought replacement muslin cloths (because mine had holes in because I had using them too much. oops haha) and that made it much easier to get back into using it and enjoying it! If you have read my other blog posts you will know I love this product, and use it religiously. 

http://uk.lizearle.com/cleanse-tone-moisturise/cleanse-and-polish-hot-cloth-cleanser.html

A TV Program

This month I am recommending Breaking Bad! I know probably everyone reading this has already seen it and I am realllly late but I love it so much, I couldn't not include it. I am only on Season 3, but I just know I'm going to love it to the very end. I am watching it on Netflix, and I am pretty sure I watch 6 episodes a day haha. You won't regret watching it! (apart from the fact it will ruin your social life for the next 4 months)

A Food Product

My food product of the month is the Cadburys product Crunchie Rocks. I love crunchies anyway but these are on a new level. They are tiny bits of honeycomb held together with lots of Dairy Milk chocolate. What more could you want! I know people that aren't too keen on honeycomb/Crunchies who like these! That's gotta tell you something....

A Film

The film that I'm STRONGLY recommending this month is called Camp Takota, and it was released on February 14th this year. It is not in cinemas or anything, it is an online film, created by Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart and Hannah Hart, 3 of my all time favourite YouTubers. I am really glad to see YouTubers start to make and get acknowledged for "Mainstream Content"! The film is about a woman called Elise who works for a... No wait I am not going to tell you! 

Go buy the film! camptakota.com !!!!!  Or buy it on iTunes!!! Just search "Camp Takota" !!

A Fragrance

My fragrance recommendation this month is Fame by Lady Gaga! I love this perfume for 3 reasons. 

1. Lady Gaga is my queen and I am obsessed with her.
2.It smells so good.
3.The liquid is black but comes out clear. WHAT?!

http://www.boots.com/en/Lady-Gaga-Fame-Eau-de-Parfum-30ml_1272364/?CAWELAID=1410847522&cm_mmc=pla-_-google-_-PLAs-_-Beauty+-+PLAs+Brands&kw=%7Bkeyword%7D&cagpspn=pla

A YouTube channel


The YouTube Channel I am recommending this month is OBVIOUSLY Tyler Oakley.
If you have ever spoken to me you will know I am obsessed with this man. Tyler Oakley, for those of you that don't know, is an American, 25 year old YouTuber who has over 4 MILLION subscribers!!!! 

He makes videos about his life and is truly fabulous. He has done so many cool things recently, including meeting Barack Obama to talk about social media platforms and getting the message about Obamacare to the internet. How cool!
Another thing that I am really passionate about that he is helping is charity, specifically the Trevor Project. If you don't know, the Trevor Project are a charity that specialize in helping the LGBT youth community in times of crisis by providing a suicide and crisis hotline. Although this hotline (the actual phone number) is only for the USA, they run a website called TrevorSpace which is global. This website allows anyone (gay, straight, lesbian, trans) to join, make an account, and message like-minded people to get help or help others. I have an account on TrevorSpace so that if anyone who feels like they just want to talk to someone who won't judge/is a stranger can contact me.

Tyler Oakley launched a 50 day campaign to raise $150,000 for the Trevor Project for his birthday (so that instead of people buying him presents, they spend the money on helping other people reach more of their birthdays). 
His viewers (including myself) reached the $150,000 in 6 DAYS. So he extended the goal to $250,000. And we smashed that aswell! At this moment in time he has raised over $280,000 for the Trevor Project, and I think that makes him an all round great person.

Aswell as being a great believer in charity, he is hilarious, makes fun and interesting videos and collaborates with lots of other fun youtubers! Go check him out! https://www.youtube.com/user/tyleroakley

Also, here is the link for where you can donate to the Trevor Project through Tyler's campaign! prizeo.com/tyler


Thanks so much for reading this blog post, congrats if you got to the end, it was a big of a long one!
I really enjoyed blogging about things that weren't so much beauty related, so I hope that was okay!


With love, Jessica xx