Summer Achievements

This year's summer holiday was the longest one I'll probably ever get in my life. As I said in my blog post here, there was a list of  5 things I wanted to do by the end of my holiday. Did I make the most of my summer? Well, lets just see...

These were my goals:

1. Blog more- As I had plenty of time on my hands this summer, I decided to spend it doing something I enjoy. Before starting my blog, I never realised how addictive writing is. But now I'm hooked and just can't stop. 


2. Exercise- These holidays I've spent a lot of my time at the gym and excising. 
*long silence*
I'm not really fooling anyone am I? OK, I did about 2 hours of exercise the whole holiday...


3.Sort out my room- This is something I actually did do. I've been good and organised my makeup collection, sorted out my wardrobe and just had a general tidy. 
                                                                     

A before and after pic. I didn't even realise 

it would be possible to see the back of my cupboard.

4.Read more- I said in a previous post that my goal this summer was too read all 7 Harry Potter books. That was a bit optimistic of me as I'm slowest reader in the world. Seriously. Somehow I did manage to read up to The Goblet Of Fire though, which is an achievement for me considering I've not read 4 books in my life, yet alone in one holiday. 

4 down, 3 to go

5.Social media- A lot of my summer was spent on social media...which may explain why not much exercise and reading was done. I've probably stalked way too many celebrities on Twitter and made too many posts on Tumblr but I regret nothing. I also made two videos for YouTube, one is yet to be uploaded though. That's probably my biggest accomplishment of the summer because I'm so shy I never, ever, ever thought I'd make videos.


The song of the day is For The First Time by The Script. Thank you for taking the time to read about my summer. What did you get up to this summer?

Get To Know Me Tag (21 questions)

I've seen a few tags floating around the internet and decided that today would be the day I'd try one for myself. I wasn't actually tagged by anyone but decided to give it a go nevertheless. Here are the questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? Not as far as I know. My parents thought of my name right on the spot when I was born. It's not like they had 9 months to think of a name or anything!

2.When was the last time you cried? Yesterday when I saw my neighbours kitten. It was so cute and I just couldn't contain my emotions.

3. Do you have kids? No.

4.If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself? I don't think I'd ever get to talk to myself. I'm a really bad conversation starter and if I was in a room with myself I fear we would never get to talking.

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Almost too much woops! Oh well you can be British without it. 

6.Will you ever bungee jump? Hopefully its on my bucket list.

7.What's your favourite cereal? Honestly I'm not a huge fan of cereal but if I had to chose I would say Special K.

8.What's the first thing you notice about someone? This might sound really cliche, but their smile and personality. 

9.What is your eye color? A black/brown colour. Somebody once told me they look like Galaxy chocolate minstrels. Not sure if that's a compliment or not but I'll take it anyway. 

10.Scary movie or happy ending? Scary movies all the way. I love the feeling of suspense when you just know somethings about to make you jump out of your seat.

11. Favourite smells? I absolutely adore the smell of roses. 

12.Summer or winter? WINTER! I could probably go on forever about why I love winter but to keep it short I just think its a magical time of the year.

13.Computer or television? Computer because I spend my entire life on it. 

14.What's the furthest you've been away from home? I went to Cyprus when I was about 5 and flipping loved it. 

15.Do you have any special talents? Nothing big that I could potentially build a career upon...just many useless ones such as being able to tell identical twins apart.

16.Where were you born? Solihull in England.

17.What are you're hobbies? YouTube, blogging, social media and fangirling. 

18.Do you have any pets? I have two cats (Kitty and Fidget), a hamster (Terry) and two fish. Fun fact: my sister also has stick insects which often escape.

19. Favourite movie? Harry Potter. Realistically,I've probably seen all the films about 200 times.

20.Do you have any siblings? No. Just kidding, as I said earlier, I have a younger sister.

21.What do you want to be when you grow up? A crazy cat lady and fangirl. In terms of a career though I have no idea. Is it possible to be a professional interneter or full-time fangirl?

I tag Georgie Watts to do this post next. Check out her amazing blog here: georgiewatts.blogspot.co.uk. 

The song of the day is Shake it Off by Taylor Swift. Thanks for reading xxx

Germany 2014

As I said in my last blog post (here) every year me and my family go on holiday to Germany. We usually stop for about four weeks and this is what we got up to this time.

One of the best parts of going is seeing friends and family there. We stopped with my Opa (Grandad) and met up with friends throughout the holiday.

After a couple of days in Germany we took a ferry over to Switzerland to visit my uncle, aunt and cousin who live there. One of my favourite things to do in Switzerland is to see lakes or go up mountains. This year I was lucky enough to do both. We also arrived to see the firework display and bonfire they have on their national holiday. Unfortunately its a ridiculously expensive country. I mean 240 Euros for pizza for 7 people is quite expensive I'd say!

The bonfire display in Switzerland

Which brings me onto another favioute part of the holiday...food!!! Somehow I always manage to eat twice as much food on holiday but I'm not complaining.

The cake shop that I didn't want to leave

We also love to pop to the the outdoor swimming pools and get a tan. The weather in Germany wasn't great this year (but still better than rainy England) so we only managed to go swimming outside 3 times.

When the weather isn't good, much like this year, I love going to the indoor swimming pool. Its one of the coolest swimming pools I've been to, the best part being two massive water slides.

Such a poser!

And because there is just too much to write about here's some pictures. After all, a picture speaks 1000 words.

(Credit to my mum for taking all these pictures)

Literally miss being on holiday so much and cant wait to go back again next year. The song of the day is Rude by Magic because I probably heard it about 200 times on holiday.

Holiday Makeup Bag

Every year me and my family go to Germany to visit more family. This year is no exception and I cant wait!

One of my essentials that I must take with me is make up. As its summer, I only want to wear a bare minimum to give my skin the chance to breathe for once. I've decided to stick to the natural look with light foundation, a tad of eyeliner and a touch of eyeshadow. Basically just enough to make myself look presentable.

Here are a couple of cosmetics and products that I'll be carrying around with me for the next few weeks:

Rimmel

• Vinyl gloss in lovesick
• Colour rush balm in drive me nude
• Max bold curves mascara
• Match perfection concealer and highlighter in soft beige
• Stay matte powder in silky beige
• Scandaleyes eyeliner in black
• Soft khol eye pencil in jet black

Avon

• Super shock mascara
• Diamond shimmer pearls
• True colour eyeshadow quad in mocha latte
• Ideal Flawless BB in shell

Other

• Mirror
• Superdrug Powder Brush
• Superdrug Bronzing Brush

That was just a little post to get into the holiday spirit. The song of the day is Something I need by One Republic as makeup is most definitely "something I need".

My 2nd Blog

Guess what?.....I MADE A SECOND BLOG!

When I started this blog at the start of the year I never imagined to actually carry on with it because I thought I'd grow bored of writing. Strangely enough I found it enjoyable, relaxing and rather addictive so I carried on. Then I decided to start a separate blog to just post reviews so I can keep this blog personal. My other blog is called "Izzy K Reviews" (original I know!) and it will be quite different to this blog. There is a link here!

On this blog I will simply share my thoughts on things such as beauty products and cosmetics. It will be my honest opinion on latest thing I've tried that I find interesting. I will mention what I've enjoyed and would recommend. 

I will continue to use this blog and keep it updated as what I post on my second blog will simply be reviews. Hopefully it will be interesting to read and I hope you enjoy!

The song of the day is what has been stuck in my head all day: Dark Horse by Katy Perry.

Starting Youtube

One of the things I wanted to do this summer was start a YouTube channel and guess what... I have!
My channel name is Izzy K and here it is.

I've been watching YouTube videos for what seems like forever. Then I discovered that people made multiple videos and had accounts which people subscribed to. The first YouTuber I remember watching was Jenna Marbles when my friend sent me "how to get people to stop talking to you". Ever since then I always wondered how fun it must be to upload videos to make people laugh.

Never in a million years did I think I would actually do it myself. I'm by far one of the shyest people at my school and if people from my school found out about my little hobby I think they'd be surprised more than anything. Many people in my year have never heard me talk, yet alone in a video posted on the internet for everyone to see. Once someone asked me if I was doing a sponsored silence for charity and I awkwardly had to explain that nope I wasn't... it was just an ordinary school day for me!

The thing I'm dreading the most about it is not people making fun of me or disliking my videos, its the attention I might get with it if people find my videos. The thought of people bringing it up in conversation makes me feel a little bit ill and I prefer to just keep to myself. 

Not that many people know about my plans to make videos. So far 3 friends know. One of them found out when it came up in conversation that we would like to make videos which ended in us actually making one together. Another found out by finding a link to my channel. The third found out because my other friend told her. That was kinda nice of her though because it broke the ice and made it easier for me not to hide things from my friends. I just hope it becomes easier to tell more people so it doesn't look like I'm hiding it because I'm embarrassed.

I think the main types of videos that I will make will be vlogs and tags and maybe even a few reviews. The last video I made was "most likely too", with my friend, and I'm planning to do daily vlogs for my Summer holiday to Germany.

Here is the video!

I thought I should mention the reason I wanted to start YouTube. I don't want to beg for subscribers or have millions and millions of views, I literally just want to make videos that people enjoy and that will be fun to make. Throughout my teenage years I feel like it has been YouTubers that have kept me sane. Just hearing your own thoughts being spoken by someone else and put in a video is reassuring because it made me realise I'm not the only one to feel like that and everything is ok. (oh I'm getting soppy now better finish writing).

The song of the day is Chandelier by Sia because its a totally boatally amazing song.

5 Things To Do This Summer

"What time is it?" SUMMER TIME!!!

The summer holiday between secondary school and sixth form will be the longest one of my life. 12 weeks. Yeah baby! And I desperately don't want to waste it. I usually spend my holidays lying in bed watching Netflix and playing Sims (and I'll probably do a bit of that these holidays) but I wanna be slightly more productive than usual. That's why I've thought of a few things to keep me busy this summer such as:

• Blogging more- I never thought I would, but I quite enjoy writing my thoughts and documenting my feelings. I'll admit that I'm not the strongest writer and passing my English GCSEs proved to be difficult, but blogging is different as it is more relaxed with less pressure as I'm free to write what I want.  It will be fun to grow my blog with more posts.

• Exercise-Hahahaha...oh no! But it has to be done. These past few months I've literally been stuffing my face as a distraction from revising and lets just say I dont want to be slipping into any bad habits.

This will be what happens when I try to be healthy

• Sort my room out- My room has turned out to be a bit of a disaster because revision notes were piling up everywhere and I still have all my school stuff filling up my cupboards that need to be taken out ready for the new year. I feel like until my room is tidy I wont be able to think straight.

Wish me luck sorting through my school work!

• Read more- Now I'm not someone who likes reading...at all. But since everyone keeps saying how good it is I kinda feel like I'm missing out. My mission: to read the entire Harry Potter series over these holidays (I'm a really slow reader and it takes me about quarter of an hour to read 20 pages)

Cant wait to get stuck in

• Social Media- I'd like to post more on websites such as Tumblr, Twitter and YouTube. I recently got all these accounts and I'm still worried about posting for fear of "does this sound stupid" and "everybody's gonna hate me". I hate that this stops me from enjoying myself so I just have to grit my teeth and stop being so self conscious. 

The song of the day is Human by Christina Perri.