Fall Out Boy | Dublin Concert

I can't believe how late I am to post this. I've had the busiest month ever and forgot to put this up altogether. I went to see Fall Out Boy at the start of October in Dublin, see how late this is? 
Obviously being an amazing pop punk band, they put on a really great show.

I went with my bestest friend Kathryn, who is probably a bigger Fall Out Boy fan then me, she's a super fangirl, I hope she reads this. We were both pretty good fangirls for the night and lost our voices also. 

They played all their old classics like 'Dance, dance' and 'Thnks fr th mmrs' which is probably my favourite of their songs. They played their new stuff from their newest album 'American Psycho/American Beauty' and the rest of the stuff they played was from their 'Save Rock and Roll' album. They had the most perfect setlist and their songs are my new favourites to be heard live. It was so much fun just screaming lyrics and dancing along to their stuff, they make it so fun. 

They also had pretty amazing backdrops for all their songs and it looked like a lot of work went into it. My favourite songs that they played were probably 'My songs know what you did in the dark' and 'Young Volcanoes'. They played 'Young Volcanoes' and 'Immortals' acoustic half way through the concert which was a really good way to make the songs different from the usual electric guitar and drum beats. For those of you who have a vague idea of who Fall Out Boy are, have heard of them or might not know them at all, they have a song that was released in the recent Disney film 'Big Hero 6', an amazing film if I must say. You might have seen it before but if you haven't I'll link the song here.

I decided to put outfit pictures of the day in with this post as I had them and I wore my army jacket especially for the occasion. You can definitely see the old emo side of me in my music taste and fashion sense, I was cool okay? I went with the most grunge clothes I own, which isn't a lot. I am aware that the picture quality isn't the best and that they are slanty, but you have to get with the scene.

Check out Fall Out Boys stuff if you're into pop punk, indie kind of music anyways and if you already love Fall Out Boy has anyone ever been to their concert before? I'd love to hear about it!

Botanic Gardens

I've wanted to visit this place for a long time so what better time than to visit on your college midterm? It doesn't sound very exciting going to a place just covered in various types of plants and flowers but I think there's just something tranquil and beautiful about the place. If I lived near it I'd be there constantly I think.

 

It's times like these I wish I had a camera, if only the battery didn't leak in mine. I would've taken so much more photos than I did on my not-so-great iPhone. I feel like I could've sat there all day. They had this really cute pumpkin designing competition going on for children too and I thought it was super cute. Are you ready for a lot of photos of flowers and plants?

      

They had different green houses for different types of plants which I thought was really cool. They have one with cacti, as seen above and tropical plants and then more native kind of plants. The tropical room was really warm and it did make me feel like I was on some sort of tropical island, which was pretty neat and means that the design is pretty superb.

  

 

The pictures of me taking pictures of plants is like inception right? I really enjoyed and enjoy taking photos of nature so if I figure out blog layouts better then I'll probably have them displayed in a more creative way.

             

We left just as the sun was going down which made the scene so much prettier. The place is also attached to a graveyard which I know some people won't find interesting but there's a lot of history found there as a lot of famous Irish people are buried there. Not the best note to be ending on admittedly.

Anyone know of any places near them like this? I'd love to hear about them and travel there someday!

Lush Bath Bombs | Butterbear & Dragons Egg

I know I have a review of Dragons Egg on my blog somewhere already, last year sometime, around the time I managed to delete all the pictures off this blog. So I don't see why I can't do an updated little review thing. I'd previously had Butterbear too as far as I can remember. Either way they're two great Lush products and lets start talking about them.

         

The Dragons Egg bath bomb is probably the most entertaining to watch, I know that's how I always describe it. It smells like lemon and citrus and is meant to symbolize a dragons egg, it's not named that for no reason. It's one of the biggest Lush bath bombs I've had and it takes maybe longer than five minutes to fizz completely. 

Once dropped in the bath it fizzes around until the water hits the middle. The bath bomb then turns from white to an orange and begins to turn the bath orange. This is meant to be like dragons fire if I'm correct. The middle has a lot going on in it. It releases popping candy, gold glitter and coloured jelly which is moisturizing for the skin. It smells really clean, if I can use that description, and leaves your skin with a fresh scent. 

Butterbear on the other hand, is probably the most moisturizing and nourishing bath bomb. It contains cocoa butter and leaves your skin feeling really soft. It's not a very eventful bath bomb, it doesn't have an array of colour or anything fancy inside, just it's cute little face and it's great qualities. I would definitely recommend this bath bomb to people who have dry skin or who want a really luxurious feeling bath bomb. Smells great too, it has the same scent as butterball, I'm pretty sure they're like the same product in a different shape. 

I feel like I have a lot of Lush products at home I still need to try out, since I love Lush that much, so you'll be seeing a lot of it on my blog soon. 

Anyone try these products before? 

Topshop Lipsticks | Tempation & Sweet Orchid

I'd been eyeing up all the lipsticks in Topshop for sometime now and since it was my birthday, one of my best friends got me some. I pretty much had the colours I wanted chosen so it made the birthday shopping a hell of a lot easier for her. 

 

 The colours I chose were, Sweet Orchid and Temptation (In the order they are above.) Sweet Orchid is the prettiest pale purple colour I've ever seen on a lipstick.  It's probably a colour that won't get much wear but I really liked it. When it's on your lips it doesn't look purple, it becomes a quite pale pink with slight purple undertones. It's kinda vibrant and bright but still quite a neutral colour despite it looking quite hard to wear in the pictures. Although admittedly darker lipsticks suit me more. 

        

The second lipstick, Temptation, is a typical lipstick colour for me. It's a dark red colour and also comes out lighter when it's put on just like Orchid. It's not as dark as I thought it would be but it's still such a pretty shade. It's perfect for Autumn.

The swatches above show the two lipsticks side by side. The texture of the lipstick makes it super easy to apply. It's a really creamy consistency that is also a bad thing because I've already accidentally melted one a little bit by accident, safe to say I was not happy. Other than that they stay on well and Topshop have the pretiest choice of lipsticks to chose from. I especially like the boxes they come in, it makes them really easy to store and see which one is which. 

Anyone else enjoy Topshop lipsticks? I'd love to hear which are your favourites!

Someday Summary | 26.10.15

I'm currently sitting in Starbucks and even though it's only 9am I want to write something. I know if the caption is a 'summary' of my day that should entail that it's the end of the day but I guess it doesn't have to be as of now, I'm really good with logic. I just want to write random things and give myself a purpose to be honest.

 

• Since it's almost Halloween, I did the first spooky thing of the year yesterday by carving a pumpkin, probably the only spooky thing I'll do this year. I never do dressing up scary very well but I'm a huge fan of horror films and Halloween in general. I wish Halloween was as big of a festivity as Christmas is, it just gets over looked and it's sad. I do think pumpkin carving is such a cute and fun idea though. It smells a bit pungent but it's okay it looks super cute once you put a candle in it. All my pumpkins end up looking happy not scary, even if I tried.
• I'm currently tracking the Dublin Marathon online and watching where Jack is, sounds super creepy. I think it is pretty scary though how I can see exactly where he is. I'm cheering him on from here,  he'll most likely see this later so hi you're currently on 3.9m at 32:32 whatever that means. Looking at the Marathon map is actually so daunting but I would love to do it sometime, even if I just walk it. I salute all you Marathon runners, go you.  
• I should probably be doing some college work but I'm currently trying to update all my social medias, ie my blog. I have written about my first few weeks of college but whether I post it is another thing, it's a bit of a rant, surprise surprise.
• I had a really good weekend catching up with family and friends and it made me really happy. 
• To add to this half Halloween themed post, I watched the Nightmare Before Christmas for the first time yesterday, and it's really good. I'm always so behind on must see films. I think the actual plot was missing a lot of things but what it's lacking the music makes up for. The fact it's a musical makes the film ten times better. It's my current Halloween soundtrack. 
• In other Halloween film news I went to see Crimson Peak the other day, I actually planned to see Pan but howsoever. It was less creepy and more morbid. It was very gruesome and  my type of horror is more paranormal and supernatural. I think the reason I thought it was good was because Tom Hiddleston was the main character. Either way most horror films are not the best anyway so I don't expect much.

Anyone doing anything nice for Halloween? 

Autumn | My Favourite Season & Outfit Post

The season of colourful leaves, bright scarves and Pumpkin Spice Lattes is upon us. How typical blogger did I sound right there? Autumn is genuinely my favourite season because you get to wrap up all the time and be cozy but it's also not too cold, even though where I live you'd sometimes question that statement. You get to wear dark lipstick all the time, my favourite thing ever, and drink lots and lots of warm beverages.

 

When the trees get all colourful and the ground becomes a beautiful mess of leaves and noise, I feel so happy to be surrounded by nature. Even though Spring should symbolize growth and new beginnings when all the new flowers grow and animals give new life, for me seeing the tree's and plants decay and start to begin again makes me feel happier to watch. I do realize I sound a bit morbid there but there's something so pretty about watching nature do its own thing. It behaves in its own way and I love just seeing it happen.

I'm really excited to do some more Autumnal and Winter-y posts, so hopefully I have the ideas and time to do them soon. For now I'm going to post some Autumn outfits I've been wearing recently. I wear a mix of pale and dark colours, although mainly dark most of the time, dark lipsticks and scarves are essential. 

   

How is everyone else finding Autumn so far?

Outdoor Cinema

Last week I went to an outdoor cinema for the first time in about three years. I forgot how much I loved the idea of it and it didn't rain, which is the most important thing. I don't know why I find sitting in a field watching a movie with a group of people cuter than going to the cinema, it's technically the same thing. I think it's because it's rare to go to an outdoor cinema but very common to go to a normal cinema, either way I love it.

The film that was shown was Dirty Dancing, which I'd never seen, queue the shocked people. I'd only seen the first half of it before, it's quite an over rated film but I still enjoyed it. Plus the audience cheered and clapped along, it was such a cute atmosphere.

There was cute little food stalls and a van full of Ben and Jerry's that were being given out for free, how great. They were giving out free ice cream to get people to sign a petition for stopping climate change and taking action. They were telling people about the conference in Paris later this year surrounding climate change. I think it was pretty great they were doing it because I know most people wouldn't have a clue what it was. They had a really smart campaign about showing the effects of climate change in terms of ice cream. They said 'ice creams no good when it's melted' and they were stating the same goes if the world's ice caps melt. It's a pretty easy but effective concept I think, I've no idea if other people took anything from it though. I'm hoping it registered in peoples minds somewhere along with their free ice cream. 

It was really nice once the sun went down and it became night. It felt like I was back in the eighties living my teenage years in that era instead, not that I know what the eighties was even like. I think it reminded me of Grease and that style and kind of makes me which things were still a little bit old fashioned. It's still great to see that these types of events are still put on for the public even if it's not that often, well where I live it's not maybe somewhere else it is.

Anyone ever been to an outdoor cinema before?