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I thought I would share a little visit I took to the current exhibition at the Saatchi, which happens to be one of my favourite galleries. I always love the art exhibited there, the lighting is good and it's near my house so what could be better. This is also my first time testing out my new camera (Canon EOS 100D) which I mentioned in my last post if you want to check it out...

Anyway this is quite a short post but lots of pictures for you to look at!

Coat: Topshop

Jeans & Jumper: Brandy Melville

Hiya, I hope everyone had a wonderful christmas (if you celebrate it of course!)

I don't mean to brag at all in this post and I know that I am extremely lucky to have recieved such thoughtful presents but I wanted to share some of the amazing gifts I got from my family mainly because I was so happy and excited!

First of all I got this incredibly gorgeous camera which I was ecstatic about! I had wanted a good quality camera for aages and this is such a great model and I especially love it in white. Over the next few weeks I am going to be taking so many photos on this to test it out.

Then to accompany the camera my parents got me these great books which I have heard so much about. I'm looking forward to reading them to learn how to take great photographs.

Then I got these 4 beauty blenders in really fun colours. I've always wanted to try them out and see if they live up to the hype! I'll be sure to keep you updated on what I think of them. Then I also received the Benefit's #1 Selection Box which contains their best selling make up products. I loved it immediately because it has the best selection of everything so it is easy to try out. When they run out I can get the full sized version if I really like it. It contains the 'it's potent' brighting eye cream, 'porefessional' balm, 'they're real' mascara and eyeliner, 'rockateur' blush, 'hoola' bronzer, 'high beam' highlighter, and 'boiing' concealer.

Apart from some clothes (which I will show eventually in an outfit post) I got this really cute bracelet which I immediately fell in love with.

Hope you enjoyed reading, and enjoy the rest of your holidays!

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These are some long exposure pictures I took as practice for my school GCSE course. I was really happy with the final results even though they are quite abstract! Hope you like them...

I thought I'd share with you my soundcloud account where I regularly make a couple of playlists which each have a kind of theme! If you're feeling like you wanna find new music check it out!
https://soundcloud.com/aleksfreckles

Soundcloud is great for remixes and a more aesthetic layout for your playlists where you can set a photo etc. However usually when out and about I use Spotify which is the best because you can set playlists offline. I don't have as many playlists on there but it's good for following other people with similar music tastes and Spotify have made some great playlists e.g. Throwback Dance Party which is my jam at the moment but I also have my own one with a mix of songs. https://play.spotify.com/user/gbsemr/playlist/2br8xpBIxEfZo061pBt7q0

My favourite songs at the moment...

Wonder Woman :Lion Babe
Breathe :Years & Years
Help Me Lose My Mind :Disclosure, London Grammar
It's All In Vain :Wet
Bad Bad Bad (Matt DiMona remix) :LANY
Sleep Baby Sleep :Broods
Warm Water (Snakehips remix) :Banks
Love Me :The 1975
Livewire :Oh Wonder
High By The Beach :Lana Del Rey
EASE :Troye Sivan, Broods
Stay Awake :London Grammar
I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) :Lykke Li

Until next time

x

I'm sure you already know but taking care of your skin is SO important and makes a massive difference to its appearance. I have been using this three step Clinique anti-blemish solution for probably almost 3 years now and I cannot express how well this works for me. The picture below shows the travel set which is exactly the same as the normal one just a smaller size which is extremely convenient.

Before anything else I exfoliate my skin to instantly smooth the skin and get rid of any muck that has gotten on my face during the day and dry skin cells. First I use the cleansing foam (I usually do this in the shower), applying all over my face and then washing off. Next I put some of the clarifying lotion, which is a sort of tonic, onto a cotton pad and dab over my face gently. Lastly, I hydrate my skin with all over clearing treatment cream.

On the back of the packaging it says to do this routine twice a day but I tend to just do it once and it seems to work really well for me. If you were looking for some good (and not too expensive) everyday treatments for your skin I definitely recommend these!

Hope this was helpful :)

Until next time

Daily, wherever you are, when you switch on the news there is something bad going on somewhere in the world. It deeply saddens me that we live in a world where innocent people are killed. I was so shocked when I heard about the attack in Pais and my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by the attack both directly and indirectly. This includes innocent islamic people who are implicated by the actions of others, and lumped in a category together with extremists.

Recently there has been a lot of news about people portraying the 'highlights' of their life around social media. I do think this is a growing problem affecting young people especially but social media doesn't always have to be negative. Today I saw that everyone came together to express their sadness and respect for the event that occurred, whether it by posting the symbol below on Instagram, changing their profile pictures on Facebook to show support or simply Parisians marking themselves safe to assure loved ones that they are okay.

It is not only Paris that is being affected at the moment; Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are also experiencing the wrath of terrorism and hatred. I can only hope that something like this doesn't repeat itself anytime soon .

"This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the people of France, it's an attack on all of humanity and the universal values we share."