Finding your passion.

Hey Guys,

Today I thought I'd write about something which is close to my heart. Having a passion.

I think it is so important of have that something which drives you on, makes you wake up on a rainy Monday morning and makes you want to strive forward and achieve.

For me this, as I have probably mentioned, is history specifically Tudors and Early Plantagenets. Whether it is watching, writing or reading about it, I just get this feeling that this is what I'm meant to do.

However recently I have been challenged in this area, this is because I am studying history for a-levels which are very soon ( you might have noticed this a I'm shortening my blogpost and not taking many blog pictures until they are over) so that means revision and tests. The tests I have go t back are so disheartening that I just wonder if my passion is still there.

But it is. So much so I made a couple of little Etsy purchases spurred on by the Tudors...

So what is the deep message of the this, just keep you passion alive, do something that increase your love for it and if you haven't found your passion, you will find it or realise it ( for the longest time I didn't believe history was a passion of mine I thought I was just a little interest. But then I realised I  really could not go without it)

I hope this helps or inspires anyone

Sorry the posts are so short  and a bit deep at the moment... Blame exams!

Love,
LadyoftheRivers x

We all have that one friend...

Hey Guys,

Recently I've been noticing the many different aspects of my friend group, I then watched a couple of videos about " We all have that one friend..." and I thought it would be fun to share with you the friends I think I have in my friend group. If you can't spot these in your friends... maybe your that friend.

1. The friend who can eat anything and never gain wait. aka The metabolism I wished I had.

I defiantly have this friend. She is absolutely lovely but she does eat a sizeable amount of sugar. But never puts on any weight... she doesn't even work out. I feel like I just stare at he with envy when she eats Doughnuts and Haribo for breakfast with a Chocolate spread sandwiches for break, a big-ass meal with an afters for lunch coupled with coke and crisps....
I mean, she eats all this and still looks great... I can't even eat all that and if I did, I'm sure I get like mistaken for a whale or something...

2. The friend who knows everything and HAS to tell you.

This one doesn't have to be top of their class but just has a bunch of random facts in their head which will make anything you say invalid. I surprisingly have two of these friends and end up avoiding having arguments or any type of discussion for fear of being cut down by their many, many, many, facts...

3. The friend who obsessed with that one thing.

This was for a long time me in a friend group ( Whoo, Tudors) but the responsibility now has shifted onto my friend's shoulder. She is obsessed about her music and bands. Cue posters, stickers, merch, t-shirts just everything under the sun that relates to at least one of her bands. I just feel bad I can't join in her mourning for MCR or almost weeing herself when a new all time low song comes out.

4. The friend who forgets everything.

Whether its birthdays, meetings, or even my name. I have a friend who has a brain like a sieve. But suddenly in exam season when the whole year she's been forgetting all the friend stuff... she remember everything for her exam. But still complains her memory is awful.

5. The happy friend.

This friend can be both a curse and a blessing. When your in a grump she is the last face you want to see. Her happy, positive vibes only persona is not something you want to be greeted with when its a Monday morning and you have the mother of all hangovers. How ever if you want a pep talk, to laugh until you cry and have a good old natter to this friend is the best.

6. The woe is me friend

This is the friend who's glass is defiantly half empty. No matter how many biscuits and cups of tea you make for this person they will never see the brighter side in life. However, just when you are thinking they're depressed they can have surprising mood swings.

These are just a few friends I've spotted let me know yours in the comment and I hope you have a great day

Love,
LadyoftheRivers

The General Election...

Hey Guys,

If you live in the UK you hopefully will be aware that there is an election on the 7th of May to decide who will run our country for the next five years.

As a politics student I think it is vital we participate as much as possible in order to choose who runs our country.

I know people like Russell Brand say we shouldn't vote by personally I think that we can't have a say when we don't put forward an opinion or fight the ruling powers

Women, listen up, I want to personally say vote because of what the suffragettes fought for, without them many of us ( and many men) would not have the vote. So I want to vote in order to show my solidarity with the move.

But back to the election. For all you over 18s please make the decision either Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives. Think before you vote. Please don't throw your vote away on a party. Read the manifestos and make an educated guess. I know this is heavy but I think it is an important topic.

Hope this helps or at least informs you about the biggest event in 2015.

Love,

LadyoftheRivers x

Not Ready for This.

He Guys,

This month has been very broken up for blogposts as I have been away a lot because I firstly went  Sicily and then a family holiday to Cornwall. Where there is zero internet but now I am back.
 But school. Tomorrow. Panicking.
So I thought I would take a few minutes to write a quick blogpost.

I don't know if anyone is ever ready to go back to school- I know I never am, so I thought we can support each other if you too are going back to school/uni and are facing the dreaded exams...


So here is an inspirational quote which I hope helps you (even if only a little bit)

 

So I thought this would be a good one to start with as it kinda helps me hope that even though life is a bit rubbish and hard at the moment you still can have good moments ( getting a bit cheesy now...Sorry...)

 

 

 

Hope you liked this short little update-y post.

 

 

Love,

 

LadyoftheRivers

Review of Moroccan Oil

 

Hey Guys,

Recently my mum won some Moroccan oil products in a raffle-thingy.... And oh my word... it has legitimately changed my life. ( I know that's a bit of a weird thing to say but it shows how good these products are.) This is because my hair is long, dry and I have bleached then ends as well so I was excited to try this as it promised it could improve my mess of hair.

I am actually surprised how good it was, this is because I was not part of the hype when it first came out and normally when a hype happens the product is normally good, but never as good as the hype promises. Until now.

I firstly tried the oil. I have been meaning to buy this for a while as I go swimming a lot so my hair is slowly turning disgusting from all the chlorine...And this has saved my hair. I'm still trying to find the best way to put it in my hair, I go from using my fingers or a Kent smoothing brush. But if you guys have any suggestions or want a tutorial let me know.

But it the Moroccan oil excitement didn't stop there because we also have the shampoo and conditioner which are really good for cleansing and conditioning your hair as my hair feels incredibly soft when I use it and not at all bristly. Which is what normally happens.

I also find using all these products makes my hair less greasy and it is also detangled, which means I can wash my hair a little bit less and when I do I don't always have to yank a comb through it.

However, there is one thing I would change. The smell. I don't particularly like it although my mum does. I would prefer something like apple, lime, just a more fruity fragrance  (that's what I like in my shampoo) but not coconut... I hate the smell of coconut...


Anyway overall I think it is a darn good product and I urge you to try it.


Love,
LadyoftheRivers