MLIB or My Life is Boring

Sup Gangstas.
So I know I said I wanted to try and blog everyday, but as it turns out, my life is actually so boring and uneventful that there is literally no reason at all for me to blog everyday. So I'll just blog every couple of days, unless I'm still boring!

So yesterday, (Saturday) I auditioned for Big Brother. A few people sort of looked down upon me for wanting to audition, but it's something I'd thought about doing for months. It was an extremely amazing experience, though I didn't get in, the casting producer pulled me aside before I left and told me that I was really, really good, just a bit young. She also said she wanted me to come back next year, which made me really happy. Like I said, it was an awesome experience and I wish everyone else who auditioned and got through all the luck in the world, hopefully I'll see someone I recognise from the auditions on the show!

I was waiting for after the audition (to know if I was going to be on or not) before I officially applied for my makeup course. So I shall do that in the next week and in July, I'll hopefully be studying and in December will be a fully qualified makeup artist, which will be amazing!

Other than that, I've been spending a lot of time at home alone and it's getting even more depressing than usual. I keep thinking about this one thing over and over again and it's starting to absolutely piss
me off, but I can't talk to anyone about it! It's the most tedious and annoying thing evahh!! Ya Feel!?

So I shall be off now, I've got a dinner date with my old friends from a production I did nearly three years ago and I'm looking forward to seeing those charming people!

Thanks for reading!
Elise
xx

Work and Covers

Hey hey.
Not much has been happening for me. I worked today, which was fun as I had had a week off and I really like my work friends :) Though it was only a short shift, so I was home by the early afternoon.

I uploaded a video to YouTube yesterday as well. It was a cover, something I haven't done in a while. It's not that good but I wanted to put it up regardless, so check it out!

I made the decision to put up a post that I wrote probably a week ago now but never published simply because I was too worried about what people would say about it. But I watched this movie called "Bachelorette" this afternoon and one of the lines in it was short and sweet; "F*ck Everyone"
So I posted it just before this one. And I feel like a douchebag but...All well.

Anyway, thank you for reading! I hope you check out my cover and I hope you had a good day!

Elise
xx

Easter, Covers, Doctor Who, America

Sup Wingnut.
Basically.
For uhz.
If you understood that reference, feel good about yourself.
I understand that reference.
If you get that ^ reference, extra gold star.
Anyway.
So it was Easter yesterday (duh..) so that was great! I didn't really do  much, just chilled out in my sanctuary and watched Breaking Dawn, coz I'm feeling romantic and want a boyfriend like Edward...Minus the creepy watching you while you sleep, looking pained and brooding all the time and being a Vampire..Actually, I don't want a boyfriend like Edward, he's not much fun. I need a boyfriend who is crazy and weird and laughing all the time so that we can be crazy and weird together and not feel like a complete idiot!
So just order me one of those please! Preferably with a good fashion sense, 'cause you just can't get passed a guy who dresses well, smells nice and reflects your personality just enough.
Oh and if he's British, or from the UK, that's just a plus...But I'm not asking for much...Just give me Harry Styles or someone very similar.

Wow, shut up Elise!
I hope you had a good, relaxing, bunny filled Easter!
Today, I filmed/recorded/sang/whateveryouwant a cover for my YouTube channel of Adele's version of Bob Dylan's song "Make You Feel My Love". I actually played the piano too, which is exciting!
I shall upload that probably tomorrow or Wednesday, depends but there'll be a post about it!

So Doctor Who started again last night with the new companion, Clara. When I first found out that Amy and Rory were leaving, I was devastated. Amy and Rory come just behind Rose as my favourite companions and to see them leave was horrible! At first, I didn't like Clara simply on principle (Actually, I should say Oswin, 'cause that's when we first met her) but after the latest episode, or her first official episode I guess you could call it, I think she's incredible! She's so like the Doctor that it seems to frighten him and I love that! She's so witty and cute and I want to cuddle her! I like the Doctors new outfit as well! It's cute and not to different from his original, which I'm happy about though I don't seem to like the new TARDIS interior yet, but I'll get used to it!

I was thinking how weird it is that the USA decided to take away "u" from words. Like why?! Is it necessary to change the spelling of words? WHY!!?!?!?!?!??!!?!

That's my rant of the day over!
I hope you enjoyed reading this as I certainly enjoyed typing it. CEEEBBBZZZZ editing and proof reading, you're getting it raw.

CATCH YA
xx

Get Ready With Me

So! I made a makeup video! Something I haven't done in ages due to the whole computer/camera/editing kerfuffle! Basically, I was going out...Outside? Something that doesn't very often occur with me these days. Anyway, so yeah! Here's the video:

A ramble about some of the products I used:
Well, let me tell you a little about the wonderful, fabulous, dear, darling, amazing, awesome, incredible and fantastic Maybelline Colour Tattoos! I'm officially obsessed and I'm not afraid to admit it! They are truly amazing. The concept is meant to be like the MAC paint pots and they definitely provide competition to that more high end brand...Well, to be fair, I've only really tried one paint pot and in comparison to the tattoos, there isn't really much difference!

Another product I wanted to talk about is something I bought the other day. It's the Rimmel Match Perfection foundation. I haven't been able to give a full decision on the foundation yet, as I haven't worn it for long enough to see how it wears, however my first impression of the product is that it has a really nice consistency, more medium coverage rather than full. I didn't realise when I put it on that it actually has SPF 18 in it, so it is probably more of a day-time foundation due to the medium coverage and SPF. My initial decision is that I like it, however I have to wear it for a full day to find out how it wears to make up my mind fully!

So I shall stop rambling about the tattoos and foundation now and tell you what I used!

Face: 
Nivea oil-free moisturiser
Smashbox Light Primer
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 081 Fair Ivory
Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer 
Bourjois Concealer in 52
Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Translucent
Sleek Face Contour Kit in Light
Bourjois "Chocolate" Bronzer
Nars Blush in Amour
Sleek Highlighter from Contour Kit

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
Maybelline Colour Tattoos in:
-Too Cool (inner corner)
-Bold Gold (middle lid)
-Pomegranate Punk (outer corner)
Urban Decay eye shadows in:
-Virgin and Bootycall (inner corner)
- Half Baked (middle lid)
- Last Call and Busted (outer corner)
- Tease (through crease)
-Foxy (brow bone highlight)
-Blackout (liner outer lashline)
Maybelline mascaras in:
-One by One
-Falsies
-Illegal Length
(All in Blackest Black)

Brows:
Essence Brow Kit 

Lips:
Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in 113
Kate Moss Lasting Finish Lipstick in 16
Revlon Lip Butter in 080 Strawberry Shortcake
Essence Stay With Me Lipgloss in 01 Me&My Icecream

So yeah! That's everything I used , a lot of Maybelline, Rimmel and Urban Decay...They seem to be my brands of choice.
I hope you enjoyed the video and stuff and if you did, subscribe to my YouTube channel!

Elise
xx

Nick Grimshaw, Rants and The Sims 3

Today was extra special. It was Good Friday!
And it got me thinking, how can this Friday decide that it is "Good" compared to all the others? What did it do to deserve such a fabulous title! (I realise that there is a religious reason behind it...but #YOLO...)

Anyway! So today I woke up after a failed trip to a club last night (the lines to get in were ridic, so we just went home hahaha living the thug lyfeeee here!) and got my wee little bum out of bed to enjoy a hot cross bun and coffee! After that I sat myself back down in my glorious bed and played like 4 hours of the Sims...I created a very sad family (Sad because of what I called the two of them, not because they were sad...In fact they were the complete opposite!) and wrote a ranty blog post!
Now I'm sat here about to edit a video I filmed yesterday and then probably have a shower and pop myself into bed!

Before I leave, I'd just like to mention that I think Nick Grimshaw is actually incredible. If you don't know who he is, then let me tell you! He's a radio host for Radio 1 over in England and is sort of like Hamish and Andy (But...only one...If ya feel me). He is amazing! I've always known that he was great, but I don't know, today just sort of showed me how hilarious the guy actually is!

Anyway, I'll be off now!
I hope you all had marvelous days and have a good Easter weekend ;)

Elise
xx

Ed Sheeran and a Rant

I often like to believe that one day, just maybe, I'll be dubbed as the "Female Ed Sheeran". 

But as I sit here listening to him, I've decided that, for today, I don't want that title. I don't want to be compared to Ed Sheeran and I don't think anyone should be compared to Ed Sheeran. 

He is on his own scale; no one can really get to that level that he is on. It's reserved for him and him alone. 

The man is incredible. Similar to another singer/songwriter out there (whom, for reasons I shan't name), he writes about past relationships however different from the other, he doesn't bash his ex; he doesn't make them seem like they did wrong and he was innocent the whole time. 

The way he beautifully writes without shaming the person is incredible and inspiring. Even if it was a bad ending to the relationship, you don't have to bash them in a song, especially if you are extremely famous and loved worldwide. I feel like, if you're going to write a song about a past relationship, you write about the good things that occurred, it might help you feel better about the break up, or not...It just seems to me like it's pointless to dog the person you once decided to spend time with or even loved. If you have the ability to write beautiful lyrics and music, wouldn't you want to use that skill to write more meaningful songs? That's what I feel Ed Sheeran does. He has this incredible talent with words and he knows how to use it. Even with the songs he gave to One Direction, they're still beautiful and mean something to him.

Moving off from Ed Sheeran now, otherwise I'll get carried away.

Something that annoys me about the music industry and critics etc. is how more pop bands/singers aren't taken seriously. I'm not that into pop music, I enjoy the more acoustic genre; however it is no secret that I am a massive fan of One Direction. So, it irritates me how disregarded those boys are. They each have incredible voices, if they didn't, they wouldn't have even been considered to do the live auditions of X Factor by the producers in 2010.

I don't think many people realise that to actually get onto the televised auditions of any singing/talent shows, you have to make a massive impression upon the producers of the show at an earlier, more private audition. Sure, they put some acts whom have little talent through for humour purposes and to make the show that little bit more appealing.

Anyway, back to One Direction. People who really know nothing about the band apart from that they were put together by Simon Cowell  like to comment on how overly publicised and managed the boys are and enjoy believing that they only use auto tune to create their music, the boys actually having no real talent. I’ve observed/noticed that some of these people may then look up the boys and actually listen to them live and watch some of their video diaries and they can’t help but like the boys. It’s because they are as real as stars can get. Sure, they waste a lot of money these days getting tattoos, but they’re not big headed, they haven’t got massive egos and they are as down to earth as the person next to you. But because they are a “boy band” they get harshly judged and are often taken less seriously than others out there.

Is this simply because they don’t really write their own songs? Because the amount of singers out there these days who actually write their own lyrics or music is so limited that it seems more lucky when one like Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift; who do write their own content, pop up. So to judge them on that and then say how much of a fan you are of Beyoncé or Nicki Minaj’s songs is a bit hypocritical…Beyonce’s song “Run the World (Girls)” had 6 writers and 4 producers, Queen’s song Bohemian Rhapsody had 1 writer (with the assistance of his fellow band members) and 1 producer. I’m not dissing Beyoncé or Nicki Minaj at all; I just can’t seem to see how they are taken seriously when One Direction are not.

I think that all musicians, whether they write their own songs or not, should be taken seriously. It is one of the hardest businesses to break into, so recognition for actually being able to get a song played on the radio or to bring an album out should be received to all!

So the boys of One Direction are a boy band? How does that offend music? Their songs are light hearted and harmless. And don’t say they won’t last long because they were put together by someone else. The Backstreet Boys were put together ten years ago and they are still going strong to this day. Sure, they had breaks during these past years, but they are together today and making music and touring.

The amount of chemistry between the boys of One Direction is incredible and will help the boys to stay together, not to mention their contracts…

Another thing I question is this; when did it become necessary to be able to play an instrument to be called a band or artist? Some people just want to be singers, so why do they get judged if they don’t play the guitar or piano? I hate it when people say to me, “Tell me, how many members of One Direction play instruments?” in judgemental tones. I always reply with “Niall is amazing on the guitar, having been playing for most of his life and Harry is now learning and Louis and Liam play the piano,” They always, without doubt answer with “Oh, Harry’s learning the guitar now, ha. Ha” Yes, he is, but he’s a singer and trained in singing. It’s not easy to get up on stage and belt out an hour and a half worth of pop songs. The amount of vocal training these boys have to go through is incredible. Since the start of this year, I’ve learnt to appreciate just how much work goes into training the voice. Rigorous exercises to help balance the vocal chords need to be done every single day, more than once, in order to get your voice prepared. Learning to sing is just as complicated and time consuming as learning to play an instrument and I have experience in both vocal training and instrument training, it took me 10 years to get my piano to the level it’s at and two of guitar and I’m still learning every day.

People judge too easily these days. Most don’t even give singers a chance; they just dub them as “auto tuned” or “crap” without actually listening to their songs. Sure, most of the songs played on the radio these days are all light hearted, lovey dovey songs, but that is what is in high demand these days. Singers like Justin Bieber and the boys of One Direction are labelled as “gay” for no reason…It’s such a tedious and immature way of bullying. Who cares if they are gay? If they are, it shouldn’t matter or change anyone’s opinion on their music and it definitely shouldn’t be seen as an offence thing to be called.

But you’re judging their personalities without knowing a thing about them and I’m so sick of that! To be fair, I’m not the biggest fan of the Biebs, but I didn’t just wake up one day and say “I don’t like that Justin Bieber, he seems bad,” I actually watched some of his videos and listened to his music and it wasn’t up my alley! And that’s fine! I don’t go and diss the kid for no reason. Not everyone is going to like your music, or your art, or you work or the way you play football. If you don’t like something, you should just leave it at that and let that person get on with their life while you get on with yours. But the thing to do these days is to apparently bully and waste your own time abusing the person you dislike.

I’m going to stop typing this now, as it went from being a nice little chat about Ed Sheeran to a rant about the music industry…

But if you read this, thank you for reading and I hope you didn’t get too bored.

Elise out

xx

A Day at Home

Well hey, hi hello!
Today was a fairly uneventful day. I woke up and went out to buy a laptop cooler mat thingy to help prevent my laptop from overheating! Other than that I filmed and edited a video (successfully!!! YAY!) and chilled around.
BORING!
Right now I'm watching Supernatural and waiting to go out to a club with ma friend-a-loons!
So...That's it...Imma link my YouTube the video here: My YouTube Video!

So last night, I was having trouble going to sleep and as a result, my brain was ticking away at random thoughts. I ended up turning my laptop on and writing a detailed post about something on my mind. I don't know if I have the courage to post it...Maybe I will one day! We'll see!

So thank you for reading, you're the best! I hope you had a good day and are excited for overeating over the Easter weekend!

Smell ya later :)
xx