Monday 27 January 2014

January Playlist

Hey lovelies 


Today I'm going to be talking about my January playlist. It's kind of like a January favourites but just in the music category. This is obviously personal, everyone has a different type of music taste and I rarely find anyone who has the same music taste as me. And I have to admit that it's shit to not have a lot of friends that I could talk to about music because music is a big part of my life so here I am talking about it and share it with you guys. I respect everyone music taste so please don't give me hate for my music taste because that happen a lot to me haha, which is SO stupid. It's just such a shame that we live in a society where you get judged for what you listen to. 

Omg I've been rambling on and on for ages (oops) so let's get on ... 

First of all is Girls by The 1975. They've just released the official music video for it and oh dear lord, I am in love. I love everything about it. And I've been very lucky to have seen them live last summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkubQCI4Fxo

Last nite by The Strokes is on my playlist as Brittany Rosa, also known as JustLovesFashion in the Youtube world tweeted about it. I downloaded it and fell in love with it. So thank you Brittany for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOypSnKFHrE

Teenage Icon by The Vaccines. I came across this song after watching a youtube video the other week and i really like the sound track. I discover most of my favourite songs when i watch youtube videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFUKrsDDChE

Next is basically Arctic Monkeys' full album. Mardy Bum is great. It's my all time favourite. There are a lot o songs that I listen to 24/7 and get bored of it so easily but this one is not one of them. 
 Why'd you only call me when you're high and Arabella are amazing. Omg I honestly don't know how to explain it in words how much I love all these songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6366dxFf-Os&list=PLXboAJo1ui6GUpe12EdZVGUKaMpLxmEUn&feature=c4-overview-vl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6-TItCazo

I Wanna Be Yours. I adore the lyrics. It describes perfectly how I feel at the moment and I just can't stop listening to it. It's very calming in my opinion. I could literally listen to it all day. Oh wait I do.. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4NGoS330HE

Oh wait, not to forget, Arctic Monkeys cover of Hold On We're Going Home. You're all probably heard the original song by Drake. I actually like the original but it's over played in the radio and just everywhere which made me hate this song but then Arctic Monkeys came out with the cover and i was just like, wow. It made me love it even more and plus, it's more of my type of music so yeah, i love it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvA3q0ZU-NQ

The Call by Regina Spektor is next up on the list. I downloaded this song after hearing it in Narnia. And again I absolutely love it. It's just very relaxing to listen to. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNsQewlFtEs

Last but certainly not least, Heart on Fire by Jonathan Clay; rock version. As you might probably know, this song is in the movie LOL. It's my all time favourite film to watch. If you haven't seen it, then what are you doing with your life? But seriously, i love that film, and this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOk_edjCNFI

You probably think that I'm a soppy person now as most of the music up there is love related haha. I'm a failure in love and I just like to listen to these as the lyrics creates a world for me to imagine the impossible haha. Oh, i know that some of these songs are so old but there's not a lot of song that came out in 2014, in fact i don't know if there is a single song that's been released. So yeah i'd like to listen to my old favourites and rewind everything; every memory that it holds. Some of these are just based on my feelings at the moment.
Oh and i am aware that I am utterly shit at trying to explain songs but I attempted and I really need to post a new blog post so I hope you enjoyed this 

Alya xo 

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Chilled weekend

Hey lovelies

My weekends been very busy and eventful lately but i had nothing planned this week which is lovely as it means i can take some time by myself and where i want to be. So i decided to have a little walk around by myself and uexploring my area. I loved it, i used the time to reflect about my life and ME. The weather was rather chilly but the sun was shining brightly which brightens my day. Everything's been rather stressful recently; school work, family problems, everything and i've calmed down a little after having this little walk. Everything was so calmed and quite. Sometime all we need is just some time alone by ourself, no one around to complicate anything. Although i had a little company, music. Music is my escape from everything. And of course nothing can be complete with a coffee by my side.



I couldn't help myself but explore and have a look at the new vintage house interior shop that's only been opened. This only means one thing; Shopping time! One of my favourite things to do. I just couldn't help it okay haha. There was so many things i'd love to buy, i adore everything that was there. But i'm sticking with my New Year resolution which was to save up. I have to go back another time though.











It was so hard to choose on what to buy but at the end i got this notice board. It's a great main piece to hang it up in my room. It looks great in my opinion to fill empty space in the wall and it's also very beneficial to me as I always forget to do things and using this I could write down little things and clip it or I could even clip pictures. 





Thank you for reading, hope you're having a good day! 
Alya x

Tuesday 14 January 2014

Lush Purchases

Hey lovelies 

Lush is one of my favourite shop, ever! Walking into lush is basically walking into heaven. All you can smell as you enter the shop is gorgeous scents and bath bombs in varies different colours and types. 



Every time i walked past it, I just couldn't resist going in. This time, with very little money on me, I managed to get these 2 gorgeous bath bombs.



First thing I've got is this bath bomb that has an amazing design, I absolutely love the look of this! It's called "Tisty Tosty". It just looks so elegant. I mean how can you not buy this. The flower petals in it is so beautiful. The smell of this bath bomb is like a lavender, so fresh and just a beautiful flower scent. I can not wait to try it out.


The second and surprisingly last is "Golden Wonder". As you can probably guess, it is indeed gold, once you've touched it there is no escape of you getting gold everywhere. The size of it is rather big which is great because it means you can break it up and use bits by bits. The smell is so fresh. This was on SALE, which made it even hard to resist. It's such a good purchase. I definitely recommend to have a look on your local store while the sale is still on as they do really great deals. I got this one for around £1, yep such a bargain isn't it. 


Lush always give surprises and the surprise of this bath bomb amaze me haha. Judging from what you can see you'd expect yellow/ gold coloured water in your bath. But inside this particular bath bomb, there are three layers. A bright blue comes out once you break out the first gold layer and inside it is little bath bombs with different variation of colours (they remind me of chocolate buttons haha). At the end, your bath will be filled with torquaise/ light green coloured water like the ocean with little speckles of gold. 




Thank you for reading my attempts on describing the smell and just generally describing these bath bombs haha 
Alya xo

Sunday 12 January 2014

Outfit of the day

Hey lovelies

Me and my friend, Emily decided to explore the old town today to film her lookbook and we discovered some pretty great place that we didn't even know it was there/ what the history behind it was. So I'm going to share with you my outfit today and talk through my day. 


The weather today was improving, the sun was out but still quite cold which was perfect in my opinion, sweater weather! I wore this jumper with gems details all over the top which I love. 


I paired it up with this gorgeous daisy printed skirt which I didn't even know I've  got this. The colour is cream/ nude which matches my jumper. The skirt itself is very flowy and easy to move around. 


I had to carry a bag that would fit a lot of things for shopping and my camera so I wore this nude/ light peach bag with black outlines to match the outfit but yet again very spacious and useful. 


The whole outfit in General is very pale and nude, so I decided to wear my bright blue boyfriend coat that's becoming my favourite coat lately. It gives the outfit a pop of colour. It's a contrast but it kind of combine the whole outfit in some way as the daisy print on the skirt is coloured in blue


For accessories i'm wearing this gorgeous floral bracelet which i absolutely adore in the colour peach. I used to wear this everyday and everywhere i go, it just seemed to dissapear but i found it today and i just love it so much. I'm also wearing my earings which i bought a while ago in Primark




And last but not least, my ankle heeled boots! I can't describe how i love this. It's definitely my favourite of the month. It just goes with everything. It makes the outfit looks complete. I highly recommend this! Once you buy it, you'll never regret it.


My outfit today is basically putting together my old clothes and accessories.

The pictures was taken in a church called "St. Mary's Virgin". And a lovely man walked past us and told us a story behind it all. This church is the oldest one in Hull and the one next to it (which i didn't take a photo of) is apparently the biggest one in England. We were surprised and fascinated at the same time, it was great meeting him.

I also purchased a few little things today so i'll write a blog post about it some time soon! You can probably guess what it is ;)


Thank you for reading
Alya x










Tuesday 7 January 2014

Maybelline Babylips

My lips get really dry during this time of the year and it gets damaged. But thankfully I found out about this Babylips. They are literally my life saver. I use a lot of lip balms, particularly the Vaseline but I have to use my fingers to apply it on my lips which i hate because when I go out, the weather is really cold which means my hands needs to get wrapped up in my favourite pair of gloves and taking it off to re-apply lip balm is not an option. This Babylips allows me to just re-apply at any time without stuggle. 
Also they are really moisturizing and has definitely helped my lips a lot. They give a hint of colours which I love, I usually put it on before applying a matte lipstick as it would benefit my lips to be moisturized.
bought this product when it first went out and I've been using it ever since. It's a great purchase and very an inexpensive. You could find these at any local drugstore such as boots and superdrug. If you haven't got it ready, I definitely reccomend this product to try, especially if your lips gets really dry. 



also got this one for free after purchasing 3 products from Maybelline. It's also limited edition so I was thankful to have it. It's in the shade Cherry Velvet and the name just describes itself. So go and grab 3 products from Maybelline from Superdrug or Boots and if you're lucky you might get these for free. The size is absolutely adorable, I love it. I can take it everywhere I go 




Alya x

Monday 6 January 2014

Leibster Award

Hey Lovelies 

I was tagged by quite a few people which I'm very thankful about and I want to thank these people so please check their blog and give them a cheeky follow;  http://itsaleyna.blogspot.co.uk, http://Sabinaschoices.blogspot.co.ukhttp://films-and-pies.blogspot.co.uk/chasinghopeaway.blogspot.com

I feel like this award is a way of sharing a few personal things about yourself with other bloggers which allows you to get to know them better.

THE RULES: 
1.Thank the blogger who nominated you and make a post about the liebster award.
2.Write 11 interesting things about yourself
3.Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
4.Nominate 11 other blogger(blog must have under 200 followers) and notify who you have nominated.
5.Write 11 questions for your nominees.

11 FACTS ABOUT MYSELF :
1. I'm from Indonesia but living in Hull, UK at the moment 
2.I'm allergic to the cold weather as I was born and raised in a tropical country 
3.I have a fear of cats 
4.I have a huge obsession with YouTubers 
5.None of my friends have the same music taste as me 
6.I drink tea/coffee every single day and in result of that, I'm obsessed with Starbucks and Costa 
7.My dream job is to be fashion designer and have my very own boutique 
8.I can NOT stand messy room 
9.My birthday is on August which is during summer holiday and in result of that, I've never had a birthday present from any of my friends 
10.I'm currently learning French and working very hard on it as I would love to live in Paris one day 
11.I love travelling 

Questions :


1.What do you enjoy the most about blogging?
It's the fact that I can express my opinion in a written piece of work and also I wanted to do something fashion related for my job in the future and I feel like blogging is a great way to experience and learn more beauty/ fashion related stuff by reading other blogs, I personally think it's a great community with many benefits. 

2.If you could only shop for clothes at one store what would it be?
It has to be Topshop, every time I go shopping Topshop is just a must. I love everything from there, the clothes and the makeup is a really good and very inexpensive in my opinion. 

3.Do you prefer winter or summer?
I prefer summer, purely because of the holiday and everything that I can do during that holiday. I love the weather, the festivals, the vibes everything. Although I still prefer Autumn/winter fashion. 

4.What is your favourite comfort food?
My favourite comfort food has always been pizza but lately I have become rather obsessed with eating fruits. 

5.Side part or middle part? 
Definitely side part. Middle part just doesn't suit me and I envy those girls who can rock middle part. 

6.Who is your style icon? 
It has got to be Zoe Sugg, also known as Zoella in the YouTube world. I also love Cara Delevigne style. 

7.What song do you currently have on repeat?
My current favourite is Piano by Ariana Grande, it's not my type of music but the song is upbeat and it just makes me happy which is what I needed to start 2014 

8.Dark or nude lips?
Definitely DARK! DARK LIPS IS THE WAY FORWARD! 

9.Which places are on you travel bucket list?
- Paris 
- LA
- Dubai
- Australia

10.Can you recommend an amazing book.
I highly recommend The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It has always been my favourite and still is. 

11.What are you looking forward to in 2014?
I'm just looking forward to spend more time with my beautiful best friends and we have so many plans up head such as shopping trip to London, The Janoskians concerts in the UK, Summer in the City and a lot more. 
And I also really want my blog to improve. 

Who I nominate : 



My Question for the Nominees


1.why did you start blogging?
2.If you had to give up one luxury what would it be?
3.What is your favourite TV program?
4.One thing you want to do before you die?
5.What is your favourite magazine?
6.Who is your style icon?
7.If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?
8.What was the last thing you bought?
9.Do you sing in the shower?
10.If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be?
11.What are you most looking forward to?

Alya x

Outfit of the day

Hey lovelies

Today was a little shopping trip for school and my best friend birthday presents and i thought i'll share my outfit because i actually like my outfit which makes my day 10x better. This outfit also makes me feel really sophisticated and lady-like. Most of the things that i'm wearing are from the Boxing Day sales and i find it quite exciting to wear new clothes for the first time. I'm actually surprised that they all cooperate together. This is the full view of the outfit :







Boyfriend coat - Topshop 
Playsuit - River Island 
Bag - Primark
Heeled boots - H&M
Ring - New Look 
Phone case - Primark

I also couldn't help myself but went to Costa to get the honeycomb hot chocolate after watching one of Tanya Burr's vlogmas which she said was delicious and she is not wrong! If you haven't tried it yet, i highly recommend it. It is gorgeous!


Thank you for reading!
Alya x