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July 13, 2017
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Hello everyone! I'm sorry for my lack of posting. I was going through a particularly difficult time and was also consumed by uni work, but I'm back now and ready to make it up to you all!

Today I'm going to be giving you a quick glance around my room and showing you all some of my favourite things including some stuff that means a lot to me. So here we go!

My bed is probably my favourite thing in my room (aside from the obvious reason of it being where I spend most of my time). My room was remodelled last Spring and one of the things I was determined to have was a double bed. We found this in IKEA and it's become my sort of sanctuary where I hide under a lot of blankets, cushions and toys for most of the year. The best thing about it is, it folds out to become a double bed as you can see in the picture. I prefer to have it out most of the time because having two mattresses stacked on top of one another isn't the most comfortable thing in the world- there's also a good chance I will fall out during the night. It also has some drawers underneath it where I store a lot of my school stuff and most of my DVDS and books!

This is my rather messy double chest of drawers where I contain the majority of my clothes and where I also leave stuff like make-up, deodorants and little things I need to use quite often like my glasses, and some jewellery. This area is always messy because I use the things that are sitting out all the time and I can never really be bothered to put it all back.

In the first picture you can see my plant house where I keep my two succulents (who were soaking up the sun and rain when I took these pics, they are now safely back inside). I love plants but I have quite bad hay-fever so during the winter and spring I keep the plants inside there as it keeps me sneeze-free and keeps them away from the cold.

You can also see my small candle collection, most of which I have never used, as they are largely there for decoration and to make my room smell a little bit better. They're too nice and too pretty to burn!

This rather blurry picture is of my shelf, where I keep a lot of the ornaments and various other bits and pieces I've collected over the years. I have quite a few faerie and dragon statues and some anime figures. One of my favourite things however, is my seashell jewellery box that my nan bought me from Majorca during the summer. It looks massive, but the inside isn't very big so it can't hold much - I just really like how it looks.

This is my bookshelf area which you can see is filled with (some rather embarrassing) books! Asides from the obvious however, here is where I keep my beauty box (filled with hairspray and various other lady bits), my cacti collection, perfumes, my DVD box, some ornaments, my slippers, posters I have yet to put up and two boxes full of toys and books. This is probably the most accurate glimpse into all of my hobbies, interests and things that I love.

Some of the books I keep in my book box, most of which remain (shamefully) unread!

I keep this huge chest as a CD box. I've had it for years so you can see some of my rather embarrassing music choices that I have come to regret over the years. I also have a very old CD player I use with them. In general, the box is used to set random things I don't actually have a place for, so my cards and my 2DS have made it their home too.

On my blank wall I keep all of my postcards that I've accumulated from friends and pen pals. I also keep tickets and any duplicate pictures I have of my friends.

However I keep the majority of photos in my various photo albums I have been given as presents. This one is one of my favourites!

Finally, here is my mirrored sliderobe, where I used to take my infamous outfit pictures, and behind which, I store my dresses, coats and shirts. It has kind of become the storage area for my family's general junk; my dad's records, the Christmas decorations, board games. They make my room look and feel a lot bigger and when I'm sitting in my bed, as I am currently, I can see the view from my room reflected in them, giving them a strange sort of beauty.

So, what does my room say about me? Well, that I'm probably quite ordinary and regular. I'm just kidding, if anything I think my room shows my creative side. I love making sure everything has it's place and putting things that matter to me on show for all to see. I think my love of toys and pretty things shows my childish nature and all of my books and sentimental items tell different stories.

I hope you have enjoyed getting to see this brief whizz around my room and I promise I will get round to posting at the weekend!

Love Rachel x

P.S to whoever has been using my pictures and linking them to a Russian dating app, I know exactly what you're doing and I can track your views on my blog. If you continue to do what you are doing I will have no option but to take action against you, just so you are aware :)

November 18, 2015
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UNI LOOKS: PART 2

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November 01, 2015
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MEET THE BLOGGER

Hello everyone! I first of all want to say welcome to my blog, and thank you for all the support I've received from you all so far. For those of you who don't know me very well, my name is Rachel Louise, I'm 18 years old and I come from a little town and a little country called Northern Ireland. This is me;

I have a huge love for plants, cartoons, literature and small animals with or without lots of fur. But let's not talk about me for too long, let's talk about my blog (well, at least my plans for it).

This blog is going to be an amalgamation of personal posts updating you on my rather mundane at times life, outfit / album / book reviews, make up tutorials, my own personal writings of stories and poems, tips, advice and rants on current trends and events. At the end of the month I will share my "Monthly favourites" which will include shows, artists, blogs and instagrams that I am utterly obsessed with. I will be posting every Wednesday and Saturday on the regular and in exceptional circumstances. But the one thing that will make this blog special is YOU. Your support and co-operation so far has been incredible and I feel so grateful to you all. For certain posts and discussions I will be asking for your opinions and questions so keep an eye out for that on my Instagram and Tumblr.

But for now, let's focus on the present and move onto my first post, "Meet the Blogger!". I asked on both of the aforementioned social network sites for questions that you all wanted to know the answers to so here they are!

Q; Do you feel you write best or predominantly in fiction or non-fiction? - @monoprincess

My stories are for the most part fictional, however they are based on non-fiction events that have happened to me in the past. I like to take the emotions I felt during those events and convey them in a more general way that others can relate to rather than making myself the main focus of the story. I'm not totally egocentric!

Q; What is your favourite movie scene of all time? - @kal.ena

I have been wracking my brain for the last 4 days trying to think of one movie scene and I think I am going to have to give it to the opening scene of the first Scream film with Drew Barrymore. I think there are very few people in the world who could say that they have never seen at the very least a parody or imitation of that scene. Barrymore's performance sets the tone for the entire film and she is what makes that scene so iconic. It portrays just the right elements of jump scare and humour that are persistent throughout the rest of the film franchise and I get goosebumps every time I see it!

Q; What got you into writing? What are your favourite places to visit? What do you enjoy writing about? - @belavictoriafox

Firstly, I have been writing for as long as I can remember. I have kept a diary daily from the age of about 9/10 and I have gone through so many books it's unreal! I suppose I really become more involved with creative writing within school (and I won an award for it when I was 11 for a story involving Spongebob, embarrassing but still one of my proudest moments to date). It was mainly due to encouragement like that from my teachers that inspired me to keep going and that I did actually have a little bit of talent in that department. Secondly, in general I don't really go out to very many places to have any favourites! I think maybe once I've seen enough of the world I can give a definitive answer to this and I kind of already answered the third question!

Q; What is your all time favourite make-up item and why? What is your favourite piece of clothing? And what is your biggest fear? - @dannithemermaid

For favourite make-up item I would have to say Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder because it is the only face item I've found that matches to my skin colour. I'm deathly pale and usually I can never find things to suit my skin colour but this is perfect! For clothing I love my huge holographic Koi Couture shoes, I wear them with every outfit picture because they make me look so much taller than I actually am. My biggest fear is either failure or the dark, both are so unsure and it's that feeling that makes me feel petrified.

Q; What piece of clothing do you wear most often? - @peachy.rosie

Probably my Little Mermaid and Adventure Time tops (because they're pyjama tops and that's what I live in).

Q; Favourite colour to wear? - @urbxnmuse

I love green, any shade! Emerald, olive, grass, pistachio, I love it so much both of my formal dresses were green.

Q; Which famous piece of art is your favourite? - @boletteeb

Monet's work is my favourite, my favourite piece being the water lilies with the bridge.

Q: If you had to choose an artist to listen to for the rest of your life, who would that be? - @wtvrlisa

I would have to say Lana Del Rey, I adore her music because it is so varied and can go from sweet and silky to upbeat and bubblegum pop in an instant. I would never get bored of her voice.

Q; Do you have any tips on staying body positive? - Anonymous

This is a topic that I'm actually going to do a huge post for soon with lots of tips and advice. But for the meantime all I can say is fake it fake it fake it! The more you take the time to say "I look cute as hell today and I am cute as hell every day I am flawless and people cannot bring me down" the more you actually will begin to feel it. Do not let anyone including yourself get in the way of you feeling good. Remember what you feel inside your head doesn't need to translate to your exterior so keep the positivity radiating and the negativity out!

Q; What inspires you the most to write? What's the easiest and most difficult for you to write about? - Anonymous

I find inspiration in almost everything, but sometimes it will hit me at the most random of times and wanes very quickly which is why I'm quite sporadic with it. It's easiest for me to write something that allows me to put a lot of emotion and soul into it. I hate having to write something that's forced or in 3rd person!! I know it's not really a topic, but there isn't anything I find particularly hard to write about because even in my darkest moments it was my only coping mechanism.

Q; What do you think your future will be like? - Anonymous

I can only hope that it will be full of happiness and I will continue on the way I am with the people I love at my side. I hope I can reach my goals and fulfill my dreams as soon as I can.

Alas we have reached the end! If you're still reading I want to say thank you for bearing with me and I hope that you will stay with me throughout the course of this blog and I hope that I can keep you all interesting!

Sending you lots of love and positivity xx

July 10, 2015
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