Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had an amazing day and Santa was good to you.
Today I am going to be talking about my day and what I got up to and the presents I received *I am in no way bragging so get over it* I had a really nice day and I hope you did to.

My Christmas outfit was a cute black and red checky flannel type pattern (it has a word I just don't know it) from New look and that was £12.99. I paired it which this baggy red thin jumper from Primark which was £8 and then a simple necklace which was also from Primark for £1.50. Unfortunately my nose isn't pierced but I really want it done so i'm wearing a fake one from Urban Outfitters which was £3

#breakingmaneck 

I was quite adventurous (for me) when it came to my eye make up, I decided to use my black eyeliner from Primark and the w7 blue sparkly liquid eyeliner to make my eyes stand out and be a bit different. It is christmas after all!

Yeh it's not the neatest, call the eyeliner police!

Here's some family photos!

Safe to say JJ got the tall gene

Fam Christmas Selfie

There's not much point going into detail so I'm just going to show you!

Oh yeh I got LiveSOS #bejel

#TisTheSeasonToBeSpoilt

My day was filled with: family, board games, wrapping paper and food.
My Christmas dinner was on point! I don't eat meat so I decided to try a Nut Roast which was the worst thing ever! So I just ate the vegetables and yorkshire pudding! mmmmm

Christmas Wishlist

So it's Christmas Eve and I'm not going to lie I don't feel very festive, it's sunny outside, I'm revising and everything just seems pretty average. Which is a shame because Christmas only comes once a year and I feel like I'm wasting it. Today, I've decided to talk about the things I would LOVE to get for Christmas, some I have actually asked for and some I just really want in general. I by all means do not expect to get all of this that would be utterly ridiculous! I'm thinking of doing a post about what I got for Christmas so leave a comment if you are nosy and would like to see that.
I'm currently writing this whilst watching The Shaytards Christmas Special 2013 to get festive!

1. The first thing is the thing I want the most and have wanted for a very long time and that is a Mac-book, I know I won't get this because it is A LOT of money! So I've asked for the Pink HP Pavilion laptop instead, because they're good laptop's plus they're PINK! I need a laptop for when I go to University so I need one which will last!

2. The 2nd thing I really want is a DSLR camera, but again they're SO expensive so I probably won't get one, I don't actually have a specific one I want I would be happy with any, the initial reason I wanted one is because I used one during my Media and I fell in love! I love taking photos and the quality of these cameras are utterly incredible! I used one to take photos for my Christmas Decoration blog post!

3. The 3rd thing I've asked for is Books, I love books! I have asked for a few books so i'm going to put them into one point. I have asked for are:

• The Hunger games trilogy 'cause I was collecting the god editions but my brother left it in Thailand, and I was not very happy. 
• Zoella's book Girl Online, obviously 'cause it's Zoe's but I also really like the concept as it's basically my life (a blogger who suffers with anxiety) 
• The Maze Runner books, I saw the film and was blown away so I can only imagine how good the books are going to be.
• Finally, The Divergent books! I was recently introduced to the films and I can't wait to read them and watch the rest of the saga!
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4. As well as books I live for DVD's I'm not as advanced as to have a blu-ray player but hey DVD's are fine with me! I have only asked for 4 DVD's because I have been looking expand my DVD collection. I actually know I have these, not because I was peeking but because I was there and my mum made me pick which ones I wanted. So I got:

• Tangled
• Wreck It Ralph
• Frozen
• Sleeping beauty

Because they're the best ones. 

5.The final thing I have asked for are CD's just like DVD's they're slowly going out of fashion and it makes me hella sad, although all I do is then put them onto my Ipod but I like having the actual CD so I've asked for a quite a few as I'm trying to build up a collection of my favourites. 

• Livesos
• Union J (signed)
• All 3 previous One Direction Albums
• All of Taylor Swifts 
  
  
  

Christmas Eve | Eve

Since it's Christmas Eve Eve and I'm getting festive sitting by the tree and watching the 8 out of 10 cats Christmas Special. I've decided to talk about the 5 things I love and dislike about Christmas and the festive period.

This is in no particular order. 

Like 

1. How happy/friendly everyone is, suddenly everyone has something in common and is happy and festive. I went shopping with my mum today and at least 10 people said "have a nice Christmas" or "all the best" and it was honestly wonderful and I loved it.

2.  I'm just going to say it.The presents. I love receiving presents. Not because I'm greedy, but because I love that someone has gone out of their way and got me a thoughtful present that they know I will love, but hey it really is all about the giving rather than receiving, but come on don't sit there and lie to me by saying you don't like receiving presents. 

3. Christmas films/songs. I am a massive and I mean massive fan of Christmas themed entertainment. I started watching Christmas films in November, and I can't get enough of the Christmas tunes from jingle bells, to Ariana Grande I love it. It's so festive and they're just so exciting and really make me happy so hey imma watch it as soon as it's not classed as bad luck.

4. Fairy lights, fairy lights I get are an all year round sort of situation, but there's nothing quite like when everywhere is covered in lights. You walk into town and there's a shop lined with fairy lights, there's suddenly bright Christmas decorations and on the way home you see everyone's house decorated with lights. But where I love fairy lights the most are when they're situated in the home. On the tree, up the banister, even on the end of my bed I love it!

5. The final thing I love is the 3 most important and exciting days; Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. I love Christmas Eve because I always either go to the cinema or the pantomime to get in the festive mood and it's the most exciting day ever, plus it's Louis Tomlinson's birthday. Christmas Day I love for obvious reasons: presents, family, food, board games, cheese footballs, alcohol. But ultimately, my favourite day is Boxing Day, for some people it's like an extra Christmas but for me I go to my Aunties and my cousin is there and loads of my aunties and uncles and we play board games, have wii sports championships, eat left over Christmas food and just laugh until we're going to be sick and it's great, I look forward to it every year!

Dislike 
1. The thing I dislike probably the most is people who slate me for enjoying Christmas even though I'm an atheist. I may not be a Christian or believe in god and Jesus, but I like the idea of the Nativity. I like that it's celebrating someone's birth, I like that the wise men gave Jesus a presents, but more importantly I like that it brought people together, and you spend Christmas with lots of important people in your life. Christmas is about Family and spending time with the ones you love and I think that message is portrayed well through the Nativity. So go ahead and slate me for my opinion.

2. Unpopular opinion alert I hate, and I mean hate snow! Yes okay it's pretty for like 10 minutes then when you have to go outside and you suddenly forgot what it was like to walk normally and you're in constant fear of ice and if you're going to fall and drown in the thick layers of snow. Plus I have horrible memories of Snowball fights, teenage boys are scary.

3. I don't like people who brag about what they want or what they got, like please stop. I don't want to see on instagram all the things you got and what I wish I had.

4. Waking up on Christmas morning/new years and sitting there texting everyone "Merry Christmas, hope you get everything you wanted" with loads of festive emoji's and then someone just replies "what did you get?" eurgh bruh wish me a Merry Christmas #rude

5. The thing I hate the most out of everything which really upsets me a lot actually is 11:59 pm 25th December and if you aren't already fast asleep because you ate your entire body weight in food you suddenly realise that it's over. Christmas is over. 365 days until the next Christmas and you only have 6 days to sort your life out before the New Year officially begins and all the things you said you'd do in 2014 now have to be done in 2015 and you feel sad because you didn't achieve the things you wanted to achieve!


I hope you enjoyed this silly little tag that I decided to do!
Merry Christmas, love
                                ✿Jessica Rose✿

Haul | w7

So a kind woman called Sally send me some w7 cosmetics and I wanted to show you what she sent me cause it's really exciting! I am going to be writing a full post about this on her website here is the link  http://www.cheapmakeupuk.co.uk/sallys-cosmetics-blog/4587451399 But for now here's some of the products I received, they're all affordable but quality products so make sure you check out @CheapMakeupuk on twitter. Ps I have a new background for my photos and it's hella cute!

The Honey Queen Blusher 

Primers

Normal Primer

Anti-redness primer

Anti-dull Primer

Cream eyeshadow base/primer

White eyeshadow base/primer

Blue glittery mascara/eyeliner (scared to try this)

Eyelust mascara (This is incredible) 

Twilight

So it's you're unaware I am a massive book and film fan, one of my all time favourite things to do is to read a book and then watch the film and vise versa, I did this for the likes of The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and many more. I have a list a mile long of books I'm desperate to read, from the Mase Runner series to Zoella's new book girl online. I am currently reading the Twilight saga and I am obsessed every free moment I have I'm reading, walking to school, in my frees, when I'm eating my tea I can't stop. I'm addicted.

I am a huge fan of the films I think they're utterly fantastic but honestly the book has not let me down, I think this is why most people like to read the book first as they'd rather have the film miss things out but for me I prefer film then book. You might think I'm mad but let me explain!

If you watch the film you get a complete summary of what happens in about 2 hours, its incredibly visual, you see the character come to life along with all the settings and props and then you read the book and you have all this information stored in your brain and it makes it 10x more visual and you aren't disappointed when they didn't choose an actor you imagined.

Back to the topic of discussion, Twilight, I much prefer the book I have always been Team Edward and the book really clarified that for me and I may be one of the strongest members of the team. In the film you see them connect and fall in love however, in the book you feel it with them. With it being the first book of the series it's a lot of character development and you see read both characters develop together and it's written so beautifully so well done Stephanie Meyer you did an excellent job.

I would give this book a solid 8/10 due to how well it's written and how you feel a real connect with the characters it is still the first book and a lot is left to be revealed. I am currently reading the next book in the saga. New Moon.

Christmas

Christmas Is Coming!
Everyone's counting down the days in chocolate, day by day, hour by house the big day is getting closer and I'm getting more excited by the minute going to sleep knowing you're waking up one day closer to the anniversary of Jesus' Birth. What makes it the most exciting is my decorations are finally up and the house has never looked better.

The smell of the tree, the bright lights, candles and the fire make the agonising wait until Santa arrives slightly more bearable and reminds me exactly why this is my favourite time of the year!

It's not just me who loves this time of year though, I mean why wouldn't you love Christmas? You get a winter break so no school or work, fairy lights are everywhere, Starbucks has their festive drinks in, Christmas parties in sparkly dresses and champagne and who can dislike the fact everyone is so cheery and all looking forward to the same thing!
But the deep dark vortex of weirdness that is Tumblr also goes crazy this time of year, producing some damn nice stuff from: photos I could only dream of taking, outfits I wish I could afford to enough snow it makes you feel the cold yourself. Tumblr never fails to make me feel festive, it could be the middle of July and it will make me wish it was Christmas the next day!

I think it's safe to say Christmas is without a doubt my favourite time of the year. I love waking up to a brisk icy morning, layering up and wearing a scarf but there's nothing I love more than wrapping up in a cosy blanket, with a hot chocolate and my favourite Christmas film.

Winter

You've probably noticed it’s been rather cold recently, winter is here and the cold weather has came with it!

Well a nice winter coat can be hard to find especially when spring clothes are already hitting the high street. However, you can never go wrong with a big fluffy coat, which are available pretty much everywhere, in loads of styles and colours.

But what do I wear on my feet?” I hear you cry.

Boots are always in when it comes to winter but this year Timberlands are all the rage. I have some, Ellie has some. Do you?

Timberland boots are fantastic for this cold, rainy weather as they’re 100% waterproof and super comfortable and of course they look great! Ellie is wearing hers with her big fluffy bed socks and they still look good. 
I took these photo of Ellie, check out her blog here

Just Think

This is quite an important post as I am going to be sharing my blog with more and more people I just want anyone reading this to know, I'm not doing this for anyone other than myself and I shouldn't be embarrassed of it or hold back for that matter. I am going to carry on blogging no matter what anyone says it makes me happy and you should do what makes you happy too, regardless of what ANYONE thinks.

Beam Designs

*This is not a paid advertisement*

During my time at Tynemouth Market I bumped into a very kind woman who has a stall called "Beam Designs" I wanted to do a whole post dedicated to her stall because I fell in love with the products she was selling.

 Her company is called "Beam Designs" and its basically her designs carved and shaped into wood, she makes all sorts of stuff from clocks to coasters to earrings, they're so simple and unique.

The first thing I was attracted to which was actually the reason I walked over to her stall, was a simple wooden coaster with a small heart shaped into it, I thought it was absolutely beautiful and minimalistic it would make the perfect gift.

Another reason I like her products are due to the fact they're hand designed and made from wood that have came from sustainable sources. Something that looks so good and is the environmentally friendly and made to such high quality is incredible really!

In terms of prices they range depending on what product you want, also whether you choose one of her designs or get it personalised. I think this is the PERFECT gift for anyone! (I will caption prices of products I have shown)

I fell in love with the idea of it and was gutted that I didn't buy anything! I'm definitely going to check out their etsy page and YOU should to!

Make sure to either pop along to Tynemouth Market and have a look or visit Beam Designs etsy page link here

More photos and prices

£14

£10

£6.75 per pair

£12 set of 4

£19.50

*All photos taken and edited by me*