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Selfridges Summer Beauty Box!

After trying Glossybox and being disappointed with the goods sent to me - (a face mask for mature skin?! I am seventeen not seventy) I swore off beauty box subscriptions as lets be honest if you go up to a make-up counter in Debenhams etc. you can get samples of the exact same products for free. (maybe it is worth it for the cult HD brows set but £12.95 a month hoping for a product that outright costs around £20 seems a waste.) 

Anyway Selfridges have answered my beauty prayers! A beauty box designed for summer that has pre-specified contents, and comes in at £25 for products that bought separately would cost £70. 


Another bonus is that most of the products in the box are products I have almost bought 20 times before, so I will finally get a chance to try them!

The box contains -

• Aqua Splash Tangle Teezer
• Models Own Neon Nail Varnish
• Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray 50ml
• Molton Brown Aqua Shower Gel 100ml
• Caudalie Beauty Elixir 30ml
• St. Tropez Instant Glow Face Lotion 50ml
• Jane Tran Hair Clips
• Erborian BB Cream 12ml
• Lancaster After Sun 40ml
• St. Tropez exclusive in-store offer card 

You can buy the Selfridges summer beauty box here [x] be quick, as you can imagine they are in high demand!

The exam period is here! - How to revise.

Everyone's favourite time of year is back and it doesn't feel like we ever said goodbye. I don't know anyone that gets excited at the prospect of revising hard to help them battle through whatever the exams throw at them but I am writing this today to help make the task a but more manageable by sharing some hints and tips! 

Firstly it is very important to manage your time carefully, no matter how little time you think you have, you can always salvage and make the best of the situation. Try using microsoft word like I did in my timetable (below) to open a monthly calendar which will help to keep track of time. Try counting the topics you have to do and dividing them by the days you have until your exam, this way you can work out how many topics you should try to do a day. 

A whiteboard helps to keep track too!

The next most important thing is knowing how you learn, it is not worth sitting there trying to read through a ruck of notes when your learning style is not reading. Most people have a combination of learning styles, you can find out yours by using a VARK questionnaire. (x) 

After you have worked out your revision type come up with tasks you can do and try to keep your revision active. Personally I write notes and keep a separate notebook for each subject to keep my notes neat.

Notebooks from Tesco 

After completing a topic I ensure I consolidate my knowledge by answering possible exam questions. This shows up any information I need to go over again and avoids me discovering the night before the exam that I actually haven't taken in the topic. 

Questions for each topic.

Use a variety of different techniques to make notes, I use my notebooks as mentioned before to  copy notes from my classwork and revision guides. I also write notes on record cards in a condensed form as they help to organise information into bitesize chunks. Making tables has also helped me learn the research studies for my psychology exam as it set the studies out clearly so made them easier to learn.

Psychology studies table

Flash Cards

I always buy revision books to help me revise, I find that they are very helpful to explain things in another way if I still can't grasp it. I also get the revision books that are tailored to the syllabus and exam board I am on because they organise the information into topics and help to fill in any gaps in my notes (no one wants a shock in their exam).

Universal study guides for the subjects

Board and syllabus specific guides.

Once I finish revising the topics and answering the topic specific questions I move on to completing past exam papers. This highlights anything I need to revise again. I use sticky tabs to keep track of topics or questions I need to revisit.

Past papers.

Colour coded sticky tabs

If you need some extra motivation try placing university prospectuses or apprenticeship guides around the house as subtle reminders that you have reasons to give your best, and don't forget that good grades leave the doors open to any career. Don't forget to use colour too!!

Prospectuses!

Colours

One Direction and 5 SOS

Wow time flies! 

Well this post has been in the pipeline for..ahem, 2 months tomorrow. So without further ado here is the 'highly anticipated' post.

On the 16th of March 2013 I went to see One Direction in concert for my sisters birthday, and it was amazing!!

Oh so tanned ;)

Now admittedly I do rather like One Direction so I was never not going to enjoy it, but I was a bit reserved about their vocal abilities being up to the standard on their album. Being the hardcore fan I am I had listened to acoustic tracks they had recorded before but hey you never know what tweaking has been done before it has been put on the world wide web. Let me assure you no tweaking was needed - the vocals were spot on. (x) 

The secondary stage

The concert was very slickly put together with a wall of screens behind the main stage that changed the set in seconds, very aesthetically pleasing. The move to the secondary stage was well thought out, they moved over the crowd on a platform which was definitely exciting for the crowd below.

I had the most brilliant time and we were so lucky with our seats! I had been apprehensive about our seating because we ordered tickets through a coach company because they had sold out from ticketmaster etc. (x) We were guaranteed lower tier seats and we were very lucky to be seated opposite the second stage that they moved across on to for a few songs.

Another gigantic bonus was the support act 5 Seconds of Summer, an Australian boyband consisting of Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin. I predict the next boyband phenomenon! They are very talented and heartbreak girl is definitely chart material. I would go and see them in concert again.

5 Seconds of Summer

So in conclusion - when can I go again?! 2014 tour here I come!!