Summer Smoothie

Hey Everyone!

So summer is FINALLY here! So I decided to make my favourite drink Pineapple and Mango smoothies!

They’re so quick and simple to make takes about 10 minutes max perfect for when you just want a quick healthy tasty beverage!

To make these smoothies you need:

•          2 cups of Orange Juice
•          1 Mango
•          ½ Pineapple
•          Ice

It’s that simple!

I also picked up some SUPER CUTE jar style glasses from Primark for £1.50 which is an absolute bargain!

First this you need to do is cut up the mango and Pineapple into chunks so you can blend them. Unfortunately I don’t have a proper blender or a juicer so I just used a hand type blender thing (wow Jess so helpful) so I just blended the pineapple and mango together then added the orange juice. 

Note: you can use less or more orange juice if you want

Finally, I added some Ice to make it like a Mango and Pineapple ice blend

Guys it is literally that simple and it tastes AMAZING! It’s definitely going to be my summer drink. I hope you enjoyed this and want to make your own now!   

Sunglasses: River Island £10

Jar Glasses: Primark £1.50

The Vamps

Hey everyone!

Today on “Review Sunday” I am going to be talking about the new up and coming band “The Vamps” I am a HUGE fan of the boys (I mean come on have you seen them?) but that’s ok everyone has their own opinion and “Review Sunday” is where I share mine. Please leave a comment on what your opinion of whatever I’m reviewing are and suggestions of what you want me to review. Anyway enough chit chat let’s get on with it.

So just incase you’ve been living under a rock or something here’s a little bit of info about who The Vamps are and why they’re the new up and coming band. The Vamps are a British Pop Rock band made up of 4 members; Bradley Will Simpson (lead vocals and guitar), James McVey (Lead guitar and vocals), Connor Ball (bass guitar and vocals) and Tristan Evans (drums and vocals) The boys all individually had YouTube channels where they uploaded covers and that is how the band got together. The band was signed in November 2012 with Mercury Records only months after the band had formed. The band has an incredible manager Joe O’Neill who also manages “The Struts” Joe has given them incredible opportunities. The band have been support acts for artists such as; The Wanted, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and McFly. They have also played several festival-style events around the UK such as Radio 1’s Big Weekend.

The Vamps have done INCREDIBLY well very quickly I mean it does help being incredibly attractive and very good at what they do. On 29^th of September 2013, The Vamps released their debut single “Can We Dance” which is a fun feel good song that shows off their personalities the song was very popular and reached Number 2 on the UK singles chart which is amazing for their first single. I love this song because it’s a fun song you can definitely sing and dance along to. They also released 2 more singles “Wild Heart” and “Last Night” which also did AMAZING! Increasing the bands popularity ready for their big album release!

“Meet The Vamps” I know we would all like to meet them I know but unfortunately that’s not what I’m referring too here. Their new debut Album “Meet the Vamps” was dropped on 14^th April 2014 and it’s AMAZING! The songs are written by the band so they’re personal to them and relate to things in everyone’s lives. The Album consists of 15 songs with a mixture of upbeat and some slower songs, perfect for whatever you feel like listening to. The Deluxe Edition has 3 bonus tracks; on the floor, Golden and fall.  I love this album it’s definitely an album I could listen to on repeat. Brads voice is perfect on every song; he has the ability to change his voice to match the feel of the songs. What I mean by this is if it’s an emotional song such as “She’s The One” you can really feel the emotion in his voice and with a fun happy bouncy song such as “smile” you can hear this he is truly happy and it brings a smile to my face. Pardon the pun.

I love The Vamps not just because their music is excellent and they have a bright future ahead of them but also because they’re wonderful people. I haven’t been fortunate enough to meet the boys yet. (One day people, one day it will happen and it will be magical) but I can tell from how they react with fans they have met and in interviews etc they’re genuine lads and because they came from different places and grew together as a band they have different personalities which bounce off each other making their friendship stronger therefore making their band stronger.  

My Favourite member of the band is Brad because he has an INCREIBLE voice! Sometimes I have to listen to their album in bursts so that it doesn’t get too much for me to handle. Yeah I’m a fangirl. Judge me. It’s so hard for me to pick a favourite song from the album but if I had to chose 2 I would pick “Last Night” and “Lovestruck” I would pick Last Night because it’s such a good song to sing and dance along to but also it was the point where everyone knew the band was going to be big and produce great things. The song was a MASSIVE hit and got to Number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. I also love Lovestruck because Brad sounds amazing and you can feel the emotion behind the lyrics and I just LOVE it.

I am lucky enough to see the boys 4 times this year. That’s right FOUR! Yeah I can’t believe it either. I saw them for the first time in February when they supported Taylor Swift at London’s O2. It was incredible to see a young boyband who had only released 2 singles at this point get everyone up on their feet singing and dancing. I knew at that moment that I was going to love them. I had listened to a couple of their YouTube songs and had heard their singles but I wasn’t as big of a fan then as I am now. Then when I saw them again at The Wanted in March Last Night had been released and I loved them. They’re absolutely amazing live if you get a chance go and see them! I am going to see them this June at North East Live and then again in September when they embark on their own tour which is going to be so good I can’t wait!

Because everyone’s opinions are different I asked a couple of my friends what they thought of The Vamps and here is what they think:

I am defiantly a fan of the vamps because I enjoy their music as it’s quite upbeat and makes me happy whenever I listen to them. I love all of them however I think James Mcvey stands out the most because he is just beautiful and talented and I like that he plays guitar aswell. However, I really like Tristan because he is very good at playing the drums in the group and stands out to me as he’s quite shy and just like the other members is truly grateful to be where he is. I love a lot of their songs so I find it hard to choose just one, because they're all so good! I love the vamps so much and I'm very proud of the boys!

-Amy @amy_wilson12

I am a big fan of the vamps and I am very excited that I will be seeing them 3 times this year! They’re incredible live as they interact with the crowd waving and smiling getting the crowd excited. Even though they have only supported and played occasional gigs for example: Radio Disney Music Awards and Radio 1’s Big Weekend they’re natural performers especially Brad he was born to be on stage. I love all of the members but my favourite vamp would have to be James! I love him so much he's got a beautiful voice and a beautiful face. My favourite song from Meet the Vamps would either be Girls on TV or Somebody to you (the non Demi Lovato version). I think the vamps are great because they have a unique sound and have worked very hard for all of their success and they really deserve it!
-Beth @13Bethr

I know a lot of people love James and Brad the most but personally I love Connor! He’s blonde like me but also he is very sweet and his smile is so adorable it makes me melt. I love The Vamps because they have worked to get where they are, it wasn’t just handed to them on a plate. I enjoy writing music and playing guitar so I love that aspect of them I always like artists who write their own songs I feel like they’re a lot more personal. My favourite songs from the album are: “Somebody to you” and “She was the one” I love somebody to you because it puts me in a good mood and I can defiantly relate to “She was the one” on an emotional level. 
-Joanne @bombayunicycle

Somebody To You

So The Vamps just dropped their new music video “Somebody to You” featuring Demi Lovato  literally hours ago! Let’s just say there have been some mixed opinions. I am going to be doing a post ALL about everything vamps which will be up on Sunday so keep an eye out for that!

Within the video we see the 4 boys messing around in LA playing football and eating (the usual) then the band holds a small gig on the beach. The whole video has a really fun summer vibe to it, which I LOVE! The boys really worked hard on this track and the shooting took a couple of days much to our anticipation as daily they released a short Instagram video counting down the days to the release.

The song is called “Somebody to you” so let’s be honest we expected some girls to be in it, Brad had already kissed a girl in their “Can we dance” video so why was there an issue? Well... I think now there are a lot more female fans that adore the boys and will get jealous even though there is no kissing in this video they is A LOT of flirting and I must admit I was a bit jealous when I saw Laura Marano she truly is beautiful!

I think the reason the video received mixed opinions is because the girls are “perfect” they’re shown in bikinis and shorts throughout. I mean yes it’s LA and yes its hot but you know what I mean. A lot of the “Vampettes” are teenage girls who will feel self conscious anyway and may feel like they will never be good enough. Many girls fanaticise about meeting or dating a band member and they might now feel like that dream will never come true. You might be saying “Jess is this not all a bit extreme loads of music videos have girls in bikinis” and yes I agree, however the boys have a massive impact on their fans and they should know this and taken it on board. I understand that they didn’t direct the shoot or choose the girls however; they will have had some say and might have even expected this kind of reaction.

Let’s just talk about Demi Lavato for a second. She looked SO GOOD in this video! We all know that Demi is an incredibly talented artist and she features on this track and it AMAZING!

Personally I love this song and I do love this video and I hope that many others will too as they have worked incredibly hard on it and personally I am incredibly proud of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0go2nfVXFgA

Maleficent

Hey everyone!

Today is Sunday which means its "Review Sunday"

So as you will know Disney have a new film called “Maleficent” which is in theatres NOW! I went to see it with a few friends on Tuesday. We were sat 3 rows from the front as the screen was jam packed of Disney fans all super excited to see Angelina Jolie rocking wings and horns.

Maleficent is a new spin on the old classic Sleeping Beauty. The film is from “the villain” Maleficent’s perspective so you get a really different feel to the story. The plot itself is very different and you see Maleficent go through a range of emotions as you follow her story which has never been told.  A beautiful classic is now a 3D wonder for all ages.

We planned to watch it in 2D but the only 2D showing was sold out so we went for the later 3D showing, I’m not a massive 3D fan myself but honestly it was totally worth it. It wasn’t the kind of 3D where things fly at your face and you’re constantly on edge the entire time. It was the kind of 3D where all the colours were brighter and appeared almost magical, almost as magical as Angelina Jolie’s cheekbones. I am not joking when I say I had eyebrow and cheekbone envy. Every single female in that film had PERFECT eyebrows I couldn’t help but stare. Well done make up department.

If I was to rate this film I would give it “4 stars” because, it was made beautifully and was incredibly enjoyable. But the issue I had was that it was meant to be from a different perspective of what happened in the old classic Sleeping Beauty however, Disney changed the story line to reveal a plot twist which was good but personally I would have preferred it if they stuck to the original story line. But other than that it was excellent and I would recommend going to see it.

I am a massive Disney fan myself and I defiantly loved this film and shall be purchasing it on DVD. The recent animated Disney film Frozen has caused a lot of hysteria around the world and I’m sure that Maleficent will do the same! Another amazing Disney film that will be added to the collection.

Note: These is not my image it’s an official Disney poster for the film.

Birthday Bonanza

Hey Everyone!

I AM FINALLY 17! And after such a long wait I can finally do.....nothing. I could learn to drive if I wanted, which I don’t.  Anyway yeah my birthday that’s what I was talking about. The big one seven, seventeen my birthday was on the 29^th of May... just like every year but this year was special! It was the day after I’d seen the wonderfully handsome 5 member British boyband One Direction. 

I didn’t get a lie in like I wanted as my father came crashing through my door at 8 in the morning, yes 8 AM screaming “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” and once I was awake just left. He just walked away. So a grumpy Jess who hardly got any sleep was awakened at 8 in the morning unable to get back to sleep so I pulled myself out of bed and hour later at about 9am after lying there doing the usual routine of Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and getting that feeling of being Facebook famous from all the birthday posts you receive. Yes I do still use Facebook. Judge me.

So at 9am I finally scrambled myself into my parent’s room where my dad had already left for work, my brother was still in bed so it was just me and my mum (which I’m not complaining about) who was getting ready to leave for the day. As you can tell family time is not morning time. After I had received my favourite perfume and an incredibly cute pink sheep, which unfortunately wasn’t real but a pet pink sheep would be utterly fantastic. I wasn’t “showered with gifts” (not that I was expecting to be) but I had already been given One Direction tickets! And if you don’t think that’s the best gift ever then unfortunately you are wrong.

So my birthday plans for the day was me and “the girls” were going for a picnic just at the local park. Yeah we’re cool. As it had rained ALL day the day before (which we were out in all day, no regrets.) the grass was soaking and none of us really felt like sitting on wet grass. So we found a small sheltered concreted place which we call “The Pavilion” I have no idea why we call it that, that’s not its name.

So we set up camp in the shelter where I was “showered with gifts” which I am incredibly grateful for, but let’s just say they know me better than I know myself. I got A LOT of One Direction stuff which included : A pillow, mints, a bracelet (which I haven’t taken off), an unofficial DVD which features Diva Fever and if you don’t know who they are you better find out, a singing card and I also had received a beautiful 1D top from Beth on the 27th so that I could wear it to the concert.  Safe to say I like One Direction.

I also got a lot of other stuff which I also incredibly thankful for! Including: Vamps bracelets, Lord of the Rings books, Vamps poster, chocolate, Percy pigs and lots more. Thank you so much girls.

Also if you think your best friends are the best then I am afraid you’re sadly mistaken. Ellie got me a singing One Direction card, it speaks to me and wishes ME a happy birthday not you me! But what is more amazing is that Beth and Amy made me this AMAZING card which was coloured in beautifully and has a picture of Prince Eric’s (my favourite prince sorry William) body with Harry Styles’ head its truly magical and when you open it up you’re greeted with an A3 collage of pictures of us. I’m not going to lie it made me cry, much to their satisfaction I might add.

Beth and Amy weren't the only ones who made me a card. Because myself and Joanne watch A LOT of films we know a lot of quotes from them. So many in fact that her entire card was made with our favourite quotes. Note this isn't all the quotes this is our favourite ones! So yes there is a lot. 

Right okay people it’s about to get emotional #PDA My girls mean literally the world to me we’re like a little family of annoying teenage girls who love boy bands and for them to put so much time and effort into my cards and my gifts is absolutely incredible and I love them so much for it. One Direction wouldn’t have been so amazing if I didn’t spend it with Amy, Beth and Ellie. My birthday wouldn’t have been so good if I didn’t share it with *insert a list of names that will mean nothing to you* but honestly all jokes a side they mean a hell of a lot to me.

Now that’s over and we can all shake off the sop (that sounds disgusting I apologise for that) here’s some images from the picnic. And obviously being us we cant get a nice photo to save our lives. I apologise on behalf of all of us for our faces. 

After my picnic I went out of a family meal! Me, my parents, brother, Nanna and Auntie Claire went to my favourite little restaurant “Shiremoor house farm” not much exciting happened here we just had general chit chat and I eat my favourite meal duck salad and chips, I can’t even physically put into words how good it is. Here’s a picture and you can image it. You’re welcome.

I had an amazing birthday! Roll on next year! 

Fangirl Feels

Hello Everyone!

So after a 4 year wait last week I FINALLY saw the biggest boyband in the world One Direction in real life! Yes Harry Styles was in the same room as me and now knows I exist.

On the 28^th of May I went to see the boys at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and honestly it was one of the best nights of my life. The lights, the stage, the crowd and the boys there was just so much to take in at once it was incredibly overwhelming I may have cried... a lot.

So I had a very long day ahead of me as myself and 3 friends: Beth, Amy and Ellie decided it would be a good idea to go for 9am and honestly it was a great idea. Myself, Amy and Beth had decided to go and look around the stadium a couple of days before hand since we’d never actually been even though we lived like an hour away, but we wanted to know where everything was, where we were queuing to save time on the day etc and to make sure everything was perfect. Which it was. We made 2 new friends: Jade and Morgan who were lovely and we spent the whole day queuing with them making the day go by a lot faster! It rained all day so the crowd was a sea of ponchos (which Luke Hemmings from 5 Seconds of Summer commented on) as the stadium is roofless over the crowd everyone was soaking but we were not going to let that stop us from singing our little hearts out.

What we had a long wait of course we needed to take a few selfies. 

After a spectacular 9 hour wait, everyone already soaked from the rain out walked the 4 member Australian boy band 5 Seconds of summer. I thought Ellie had died next to me she had been hit by a serious case of the fan girl feels. The beautiful boy band from down under had once again tagged along on One Directions tour to  get the crowd excited which honestly wasn’t hard. After everyone calmed down (slightly) they started playing and it was amazing. I hadn’t seen them live before and had only listened to  a couple of their songs prior to the concert. I had been told that they were good live but I defiantly under estimated how good! If you get a chance to go and see them I HIGHLY recommend it. I am super excited for their debut album to come out in June!

Once 5 Seconds of Summer had finished their set the crowd was rearing to go and couldn’t wait to catch a glimpse of the boys. So, to keep the crowd buzzing they played the famous “Macarena” and all around the stadium you could see people doing the dance all in sync. Was a magical moment shared by all.

The lights started flashing and everyone knew what was about to happen. Finally, after a tremendously long wait the 5 boys everyone was waiting for were about to step out in front of 60 thousand people in the pouring rain. The video of them travelling across the world started playing and the screams began. I feel sorry for the boys sometimes even with their ear pieces in the crowd must be deafening. Within moments One Direction were right there in front of me singing Midnight Memories, I was unsure as to what to do with myself at this point so I sort of just buried my head in my hands screaming and crying.  Some may call me weird but others a professional fangirl. Harry Styles was about 3 people in front of me if that isn’t a dream come true I don’t know what is. I didn’t manage to get any photos from the concert because I was too busy recording Harry Styles dancing, eating bananas and other wonderful stuff he does. Sorry not sorry. Like I said before Harry Styles knows I exist, well here’s the story which I will be telling until I die he was in front of me and we made eye contact for like 10 seconds people then I smiled at him and he smiled back. Also when he threw his water into the crowd and me and Beth were hit by it and blessed with this holy water from Mr Styles. Was a beautiful moment for everyone involved.

 

I mean Harry Styles was incredibly close to me this is hardly zoomed. It was magical.

 After the boys had finished their set which I never wanted to end the crowd started flooding out all at once trying to get home. Thankfully there had been more Metros put on for the concert however it still took hours to get home and I didn’t finally arrive in my bed until half 1 where a happy Jess lay there unable to sleep as I was still super excited and unable to believe what had just happened. I think it will take a while for this to sink in!

Because I was in my own world I didn’t take any photos just videos however the other girls did so thank you very much to Beth, Amy and Ellie for these photos, and a couple of print-screens from my videos. 

Yes that is the famous Harry Styles eating a banana on stage. Hey when you've got that much money and previously dated Taylor Swift you can do what you want. But not drugs. 

Don't know how I feel about Snapback Styles, maybe stick to the bandanas.

Finally here’s a just some pictures from the night! Only a few days later and I already want to re-live it