Apologies for the lack of posts this past month. I wish I could tell you that I was busy traveling the world or coming up with a spectacular new invention but the truth is that I was being lazy. But I plan on changing that next year. In 2015 I plan to post at least once a week. Let's see how long that lasts..
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are enjoying the last few days of 2014. Before we enter the new year I thought what better time to look back and talk about some of my favourite things of the past 12 months!
Beauty/Skincare/Fragrance
I'm not going to lie, 2014 hasn't been a big year of new discoveries beauty wise but I have discovered a few wonders that I will continue to love into the new year. First is the Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water. Not only does it cleanse your face but it also removes your make-up. I spoke about this in one of my favourites posts a few months back and it's remained a skincare staple. Keeping on the topic of skincare I've also been loving the Simple light moisturiser. I'll usually apply this in the morning before I put on my make-up and it really does leave your skin soft and feeling fresh. My favourite perfume of the year would definitely have to be Taylor by Taylor Swift. I received this last Christmas and after a year the bottle is almost empty which does upset me a little. I'm no good with describing scents so I'm not even going to attempt it, but if you get the chance give this a good whiff. It's amazing. Finally, my last beauty fave of the year are these EcoTools make-up brushes. I seriously don't know what I had done before I bought these! Again, these were featured in a favourites post a few months ago. Not only do they apply make-up well, they're super cheap and eco-friendly!
Coconut
For me, 2014 was the year of the coconut. I have become obsessed with both the taste and the scent of the stuff and I just cannot get enough! For Christmas I was lucky enough to receive a number of coconut themed things including the Black Coconut Yankee Candle & a bunch of coconut stuff from the Body Shop.
For me, 2014 was the year of the coconut. I have become obsessed with both the taste and the scent of the stuff and I just cannot get enough! For Christmas I was lucky enough to receive a number of coconut themed things including the Black Coconut Yankee Candle & a bunch of coconut stuff from the Body Shop.
Food
I made a lot of food discoveries this year, and it's no secret that my top new found love were nakd. bars. With a whole variety of different flavours, these bars can do no wrong. They're basically just fruit and nuts cold pressed together. I've tried every flavour (with the exception of Cocoa Orange since I don't like orange chocolate) and my favourites would have to be caffe mocha, cashew cookie, gingerbread, Christmas pud & pecan pie.
I've loved these Finnish hippo-like creatures ever since I was little and for years I had forgotten about them. That was until they started popping up again everywhere! Over the past few years Moomin merchandise has been appearing in high street stores such as Primark, Topshop and Waterstones and it's only fueled my obsession once again. 2014 saw my Moomin collection expand with me now owning Moomin themed pyjamas, stationary, figurines, a plush toy and I even had a Moomin birthday cake for my 18th birthday! I don't doubt that my love for these cuties will continue into the new year what with my 2015 calendar being a Moomin one.
Music
This year was filled with great new music discoveries such as 5 Seconds of Summer and a variety of new music from already loved artists including Twin Atlantic, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran & Union J. My favourite albums of the year would definitely have to be the Great Divide by Twin Atlantic and 1989 by Taylor Swift. I've also been hooked on the two newly released Marina & the Diamonds songs, FROOT and Happy. I seriously cannot wait for her new album which is set to be released next year! I've also of course been to a number of gigs over the past 12 months including Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Twin Atlantic and more recently Nina Nesbitt and Against the Current. I don't doubt that 2015 will be another rad year for music.
It's no secret that I'm not the biggest TV or film watcher but that doesn't mean that I don't have a few favourites to share with you. Just like the previous seasons, I've been hooked to American Horror Story: Freakshow. It's definitely one of my favourite seasons of the show. I can't wait for it to pick back up in the new year! I may not be a huge watcher of TV shows but I do love my anime and this year my favourite anime series would have to be YuruYuri. The first series of the anime actually originally aired in 2011 with the second series airing in 2012, but I watched both this year and loved it! It's one of those 'slice of life' animes which are my favourite.
Finally, the one film that stuck out to me this year was of course the Fault In Our Stars. I'm a huge fan of John Green's books and had been itching to see the film adaption ever since it was first announced. And I wasn't disappointed! I can't wait to see the film adaption of one of John Green's other novels, Paper Towns.
It seriously doesn't feel that long ago that we were saying goodbye to 2013. This year has been the fastest yet and I don't doubt that 2015 fly by even faster! Thank you so much for taking the time out to read this. Whether you've read every single blog post or this is the first one, I really do appreciate it! I hope you all have a wonderful new year and I'll see you in 2015.
Elijah xo
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