College, Birthdays, Cinema, Festivals and More!

Hi everyone, its Karina

I apologize for not posting anything for about 7 weeks, but I have been very, very, very busy. So today I'm going to talk about some of the things I have been up too.

Firstly I have finally finished my 2 years at college. Towards the end it all got very busy, stressful, exciting, sad, fun, scary and enjoyable. Once all our work from the final project was handed in, our final show was put up, which had been viewed many people and lots of people sold work. We decided to have a little party with our class to celebrate leaving, as our college doesn't hold a ball or prom for everyone. So we spent the day eating LOTS of good food and taking LOTS of photos!

It was a brilliant 2 years, we truly are a fantastic class, I've made some great friends, I will miss everyone and I have left with some lovely memories. Even our tutors Jon&Nicola were amazing. Now for the next step, university!

Another thing that I have been busy with is sports photography. I have a few friends in my local athletics club and their coach asked me to photograph a competition once back in April. But then that led onto more, more. Because the club, athletes and family members liked my photos and I got invited back for more. So I've now photographed at least 5 different competitions. This has been very time consuming but at the same time very enjoyable, brilliant experience and rewarding. I hadn't done much sport photography before but now im getting into it and would love to continue it. Here are a couple of my photos. I have hundreds more, if you'd like to see them then head over to my Photography Facebook Page, thanks.                          

                        

The other day (22nd June) it was a sunny day so my dad, brother and I went to one of our local beaches called, Walcott. Once we got there the sea was coming in, I've never been there when the sea is in so it looked different. But it was coming it so fast, it was crashing up against the walls, it was quite scary but fun and exciting at the same time. This was a great photo opportunity and I managed to capture a few good photos. Here are a couple, if you'd like to see more then head over to my Photography Facebook Page, thanks. We then walked along the beach and got an ice-cream, I had mint choc-chip, it was very yummy!

Also I went to the cinema with my friends from my Synchro Club. Can you guess what we went to see??.....Yep that's right, 'The Fault In Our Stars'. I didn't have a clue what to expect as I haven't read the book, but I was looking forward to it, even if I was going to cry! I'm not going to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it or hasn't read the book, but it was a very good film and of course it was very sad and yes I did cry! We then went to Costa Coffee and chilled for a while and to stop crying, haha! 

Over the last few weeks its been some of my friends 18th birthdays. Firstly it was my friend Sophie, she had a lovely garden party, it was great weather and I had a good time. Secondly it was Alice's birthday, she also had a party but the weather wasn't quite the same! Although we still got to go outside and enjoyed a good game of badminton, it was a great evening. Finally it was Emily's birthday, 4 of us went bowling (including Zoe) it was really good fun and I won both games! We then had a lovely meal in Nando's. This photo is from Emily's birthday at bowling.

Finally on Saturday 28th June I went to a festival, and no it wasn't Glastonbury, sadly! I went to East Coast Live, in Chantry Park Ipswich. The line up was very good and I like everyone that's why I went. It was Rixton, Neon Jungle, Katy B, Union J, The Saturdays, The Vamps, Jason Derulo, Rizzle Kicks and Jessie J. It was meant to rain all day so we weren't really looking forward to standing outside all day. But it was brilliant because we basically had no rain, so that made the day much better. All the acts were amazing, I sang, I danced, I screamed, I jumped and had a fantastic day. Also it was spent with 2 great friends, I cant wait to attend more concerts because I just love them!

Well that's just a few things I've been up to, I've also celebrated my Nan's 70th, been camping, photographed a friends prom, been shopping, been to a fete, been to other beaches and been out for a few meals with friends and family.

What have you been up to?

Thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed it. My next post will possibly be a haul as I've done a lot of shopping recently.

LOVE

KARINA

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Bank Holiday Weekend

Hi everyone, its Karina

Firstly I'm really sorry I didn't post anything on Sunday, I had a very busy weekend, as your now about to find out! So therefore I will try and make this post extra long! :)

I had a lovely and very busy 5 day weekend! It all started Thursday night, with 3 of my friends from High School. As it was Rachael's 18th birthday we did some shopping and then had a lovely meal at Jamie's Italian. I had never been before so I didn't know what to except, but it was lovely, the food was very nice, we had a kind waitress and it was spent with 3 amazing friends.

Next was Friday, my college class got cancelled, then all of a sudden myself and Zoe had an unplanned day together in the city! We did lots of shopping and visited Starbucks where too many selfies were taken!! The day started out rubbish but ended up being brilliant!! I loved just wondering around the shops browsing and chatting. Zoe is one amazing friend. :)

It was then Saturday, were I spent the day with all my family and close friends celebrating my younger brothers 12th birthday. Firstly we went to TGI Fridays, all together there was 13 of us. Hardly any of us had been before so we didn't know what to except, but wow it was very yummy. I had a cheese burger for main and shared a chocolate brownie for pudding. I was so full afterwards! Also the staff all came to our table with a birthday cake and sang a funny birthday song with a dance, it was hilarious! Then afterward we all went bowling, although I had to leave half way through to go to swimming training, but then came back! Here are 2 photos of Emily and I.

Next was Sunday. As I previously mentioned I am part of a Synchronised Swimming Club and we had a competition in Nottingham. So I was up early and travelled with my club by coach to Nottingham. I had a brilliant day with all my friends and my team came first out of six, so that was good. We arrived back home at about 7pm then I went with my family to McDonald's (Celebratory dinner, lol).

Then finally it was Monday, it was a Bank Holiday which meant no school, college or work for anyone, so myself and my family and friends all went to the beach. We have a beach hut in the family, at Wells-Next-The-Sea, in Norfolk. So we are always at the beach! I had a great day, we all played a game of cricket which got competitive! Then finished the day off by eating fish and chips, which was very yummy!

Here are some selfies we took in the car!!

I then tried to get a photo with the 2 cutest people in my family, but somehow it got photo bombed!!

I had a long, tiring but fun and brilliant weekend, with some amazing people. Looking back its made me appreciate all my family and close friends and that I love them all.

What did you get up to this weekend? Was it as busy as mine!!

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

LOVE

KARINA

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London & McBusted

Hey everyone, its Karina

So last Saturday (26th April 2014) Zoe, Dayna, Chelsea, Alice, Rachael and I all went to London, then we saw McBusted in the evening. We got the train at 1:30pm which meant we would get to London at 3:19pm! Here are some photos of us on the train being very excited!!

Once in London we went to Leicester Square, we did a bit of sight seeing and looked around, and as Zoe and Alice hadn't been in M&M World we took a trip there! And of course it was a keen opportunity to take many photos and selfies with giant M&M's!!

I then discovered that doing selfies while walking doesn't really work!!

It was then time for food, we went to a restaurant that most of us haven't been to before it was called 'My Old Dutch Pancake House'

Dayna, Me & Zoe (Waiting for food!!)

As the pancakes were quite big we shared one between two. Myself and Dayna had 'Hawaiian', Alice and Rachael had 'Four Cheeses' and Zoe and Chelsea had 'Amsterdammer', there we very nice. Then all 6 of us shared one pancake for dessert it was one with chocolate ice-cream and sprinkles, very yummy!

The next stop was the O2 Arena!

Once inside we all bought merchandise, I got a wristband and a keyring. We then found our seats and were surprised at how good the view was considering that are seats were quite high up, and of course, we took another selfie!!!! ;) By this point we were all very excited!

(I took lots of photos so if you want to see the rest Like my Photography Facebook Page. Also I filmed many of the songs so Subscribe to my YouTube Channel to see them.)

OMG McBusted were insane, they were amazing. If you have already seen them you will understand but if your going to see them, then make the most if it because you will have an amazing time. I sang every song, and screamed most of the time and left with basically no voice!

I got home at 2:15am, didn't get to sleep until about 3:30am, and had to be up at 7am!! Haha yep im mad!!

But I had an amazing day, mainly because it was spent with 5 amazing people and I love them all.

What did you get up to at the weekend?

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

Love

KARINA

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Easter Meet Up & Things I bought in Superdrug

Hello everyone It's Zoe!

The Easter Meet Up

Yesterday I went to an Easter meet up with the Norwich Phandom in Norwich! (Backing story to the Norwich Phandom: when YouTubers Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil came to Norwich last July, we formed a little friendship group with most of the people sat outside waiting where Dan and Phil were filming. Since then we've all become such good friends!) Unfortunately we were missing a lot of people yesterday but we still had fun. We took a few polaroids on my polaroid camera (I will probably do a post about it in the future!) and they are so cute.

In the morning I actually said to everyone "How weird would it be if we saw Jim and Tanya today as we are in the city?" Well unknown to me... This actually happened. 

WE MET JIM CHAPMAN! 

Once we had all had single photos with him, we asked whether we could get a group photo and so because most of us were too awkward to ask someone walking past to take the photo, he went and asked a man for us! What a gentleman! It was just so odd to see Jim after actually saying how weird it would be if we saw him! 

Things I bought in Superdrug
So before all of this madness happened, we went into A LOT of shops. I kind of had to keep my hands in my pockets for most of the shops we went into because my bank card was burning a hole in my purse and I wanted to buy EVERYTHING I saw! I did however buy a few things in Superdrug. (Whoops.)

The first thing I bought was the Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer. It's quite pricey for a concealer but I have had this one before so it's well worth the money! The one I had before was the 'True Ivory' one but this time I got 'Ivory' because I felt like the 'True Ivory' was a bit too light for my skin tone. I tried this one I bought yesterday and it's just right! I've had other concealers before but I didn't like the applicator for it, but I love this one as I prefer a wand to a brush pot. 

The next thing I bought was 'Penguin Chic' Nail Polish from Tanya Burr's Lips & Nails collection. I'm a big fan of Tanya so when I heard Tanya was bringing out lip gloss and nail polish collection, I was quite excited! I'm not a massive lip gloss person so I was more excited about the nail polishes than the lip glosses.
When they were first released, I looked at the collection and I loved the look of the 'Penguin Chic' nail polish and really wanted some! I waited till they were in stores rather than buy online because if I have the choice to, I would rather go to a store and get it there and then because I'm a rather impatient person! I went to the superdrug in Chapelfield Mall and they had every colour bar the one I wanted! 

That was a bit frustrating to say the least! Luckily there is another one in Norwich that wasn't that far away so I went to the one on St Stephen's Street. This time I managed to find the one I wanted! As far as nail polishes go, the colour is gorgeous! This colour is very different to the other nail polishes I own which is another reason why I wanted to get it. I'm quite lazy when it comes to doing my nails (as you can probably see by the state of them) so I prefer it when nail polishes are quick drying ones. This one isn't but I didn't really care because I like the colour too much to care whether it dried quickly! 

The last thing I bought was the MUA 'Undress Me Too' Eyeshadow Palette. I had seen this palette before and I had heard that the colours are really pigmented and that it's a good little palette to have. (Not to mention it's only £4!) I was standing with my friend Emily whilst in Superdrug and she was saying that it's quite similar to the 'Urban Decay Naked' Palettes. Now those palettes cost nearly £40 a piece so I was more than curious as to what Emily has said. So I went ahead and bought it!

I haven't tried out any of the 'Urban Decay Naked' palettes so I wouldn't be able to tell you whether there was a difference or not, but it WAS quite pigmented! I REALLY love this palette. I don't normally wear eyeshadow as I am in desperate need of some new brushes and it's quite a chore to put it on every single day, but I really enjoyed putting this on and it looks really pretty. I'm not too keen on really sparkly eyeshadows and instead go for more matte eyeshadows. But with this set, I really like it despite the majority of the palette being sparkly! On the back of the palette, it has a handy guide to tell you what each colour is called and it has a mini master class for you to try out. I didn't use that this time as I wanted to experiment. I am not an expert at applying eyeshadow. I'll just warn you now. 

I did this look (pictured above) using the colour 'Lavish' all over the lid using the provided eyeshadow applicator. I then took the colour 'Obsessed' on the outer corner going through the crease and blending it slightly with a fluffy brush. I then took an eyeliner brush and lined my eyes with the colour 'Corrupt' which is a really nice jet black shadow. I made a slight wing, took it under my eye and then there we have it! I love this look because when I looked at it properly after I had done it, It really made my eyes look even more gold which is great because I love the colour of my eyes!

So there we go that's a post about the crazy day I had yesterday and a mini haul! I hope you have a great Easter today and make sure you eat lots of chocolate! 

Until the next time,

Zoe

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