#MusicMonday

This weeks song for #MusicMonday is Cheryl Cole's Ghetto Baby. I dunno why but I've just been listening to it again lately; written by Lana Del Ray its a song very different to the usual material Cheryl puts out. Listen to it below.

Xo Dunya

#Moviewednesday

'This is not a love story, it's a story about love.' - 500 Days of Summer

This weeks movie: 500 Days Of Summer (2009)
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Starring: Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

(Image: filmophilia)
500 Days Of Summer is a movie that I love and loathe at the same time. The story is based on Summer who doesn't believe true love exists and meets a young man, Tom, who happens to fall in love with her over the next 500 days. I love this movie however, at the same time by the end of it I just felt sad and it made me question a lot of things. Haha it sounds all so dramatic but I dunno it's just how I ended up feeling by the end. I truly recommend you watching, before I watched it people always raved about it and how it was a must see; now I'm telling you the same. Here's the trailer below to get a little feel of how the movie unfolds.

Xo Dunya

#MusicMonday

In honour of this years World Cup (who has been watching?!) which has been amazing so far! I love the World Cup, I've been so excited this whole year counting down till it finally started. Anyways, back to the music; this weeks song is the 2014 World Cup official single. If you haven't heard it yet listen to it below.

I'm not gonna lie the opening ceremony wasn't great at all however the actual football has been amazing! My favourite match so far has been the Spain vs Netherlands. If you didn't know, I used to live in holland and I consider myself Dutch (my nationality is Dutch) so ofcourse they are my number one team that I support. If you remember 2010 World Cup we lost in the final to Spain and I have hated that team ever since! I'm sorry if that offends anyone but I'm not gonna lie, I don't really care. In my defence I was heartbroken when we lost. As you can see I can hold a grudge or two which I'm not even gonna deny, its pretty obvious; football can get personal sometimes okay! I'm sure sports fans understand this. So the first match which we WON 5-1 was the BEST match I have ever seen. Revenge is sweet and it deffo was! If you follow me on twitter you'll know how happy I was. Haha!

Anyways, this is my song of the week, what's yours? And let me know who you support in the World Cup. 

P.s. I support England also but now there's no point since were already out, sighh I had faith but I guess it was pointless. 

Speak to you soon

Xo Dunya

#HappySunday

Its a beautiful sunny Sunday morning. Start your day off with a positive attitude and appreciate everything that you have in life. We often take advantage of what we've got far too much!
 

(image: mass pictures)

Xo Dunya

Summer beauty essentials

As it's summer I thought I'd share with you my summer beauty essentials, from make-up to skin care.

First off, you gotta get rid of the hair. Yes, it's not winter where you can get away with not shaving your legs for a few weeks (guilty) as summer has come around, thus far Britain has actually managed to see some beautiful sunny days so legs were deffo coming out! Here are some products that you can use, whichever method you prefer. 

Next up is sunscreen. Now we all need sunscreen, you've got to protect your skin; we don't want to end up with painful red burning skin so sunscreen is everyone's BFF during summer. This is the one I'm currently using. The Garnier Ambre Solaire Moisturising Protection Spray  SPF15.

 

Another essential is deodorant, which is pretty self explanatory. In addition to this I also use the Oil Free Moisturising Day Cream to keep my face hydrated and the Nivea Hydro Care SPF15 lip balm to keep my lips hydrated. 

Make-up wise, during hotter days I prefer to not use foundation as I find it a little much during this time of the year; for day to day life anyway. I'm currently loving this L'oreal BB Cream it gives you very light coverage so I only use it when I feel confident enough with my skin. It feels very light, gives your skin a nice glow and all in all is a product that makes me very happy. I've repurchased this as I had it last summer also. 

Next up is lipsticks! These are some of the lipsticks that I have been loving atm. Elizabeth Arden  - Tropicoral no11, Mac - Dubonnet A73, Rimmel London - no101 and Topshop - Mink.

 

Last but not least, here are some extra summer essentials. 

My sunglasses which are from Topshop. 

 

And my current favourite chunky necklace from Topshop 

And some scrunchies! My current obsession. I plan on doing a seperate post on them in the near future just because. The large pink and green with polka dots are from New Look, the tartan and flower print are from Topshop and the mini ones below are from India, a friend got me them.

So there you have it, those are my summer essentials, what are yours? 

Xo Dunya 

#MovieWednesday

As the sequal has just arrived in cinemas I thought I'd dedicate this weeks #moviewednesday post to 21 Jump Street. I watched it a while back on Netflix and found that it was surprisingly funnier and better than I expected it to be. I mean from the trailer it looked great but that's why I was sceptical in the first place; usually with comedies when the trailer is really great and funny I've found that once you actually watch the movie you are left being a little let down as it just doesn't always live up to the trailers expectations. Actually come to think of it, this happens with various movie genres. 

(Image: Sony pictures)

Anyway, if you've yet to see 21 Jump Street (starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops) then you definetly should and it really is worth watching. Here's the trailer below. 

 

The sequel that's just been released, 22 Jump Street looks great however I have read that people were left a little disappointed as it wasn't as great as the first one. To be fair, with sequels I find that they're never as good as the original movie anyway so I never really expect it to be. Nonetheless, from the trailer it appears like a fun, feel-good movie to watch and I'm deffo gonna give it a go and see how it is. Here's the trailer below. 

 

Xo Dunya 

#MusicMonday

This weeks is a throwback number. Christina Aguilera was one of the stars that were up and coming during the whole Britney era (I myself was a HUGE Britney fan. Totally fangirled over her!) I liked Aguilera but was never as keen on her if I'm honest.

However, one of her older tunes that I think pretty much everybody loved was 'Genie in a bottle.' It's one of those throwback classics. Here's a link below for you to reminisce bout those good ole' days. 

Xo Dunya 

#HappySunday

There are times in your life where you feel irritated and frustrated by the fact that things aren't going the direction in which you want it to. Feeling like the complete opposite of what you've always wished for has headed to your direction instead of what you really wanted. I know, because I have felt like that and still do at times.

However, there are times where you have to remind yourself that everything happens for a reason, and I'm a true believer of that; carry on with what you're doing now and know that you're exactly where you're meant to be. So here's my quote for your hopefully great Sunday.

Xo Dunya 

L'Oreal Paris Lumi Magique Primer

I purchased this primer a while back now and have been using it on a regular basis. I think I saw it being mentioned in one of fleurdeforce's videos quite a while ago now and it just stuck with me, which I'm glad it did. The primer aims to 'provide a light enriching base which illuminates the skin.'

As you pump the product out it is white, however don't be alarmed as, as soon as you apply it onto your skin it just blends in with your skin tone really well whilst leaving you with beautiful glowing skin. It doesn't appear glittery/sparkly or anything like that, it just helps your skin glow and appear so natural at the same time. Once you apply your foundation or whatever you choose to use, if it's not a powder anyway, you will still see the glow shine through over your foundation which is great!(I find that once I have powder my face the glow tends to disappear a little, although tbh I did expect that to happen.) I was worried that once I applied my foundation or well, atm I've been enjoying using my CC cream, the glow would no longer be there as much but it is and you could get away with not needing to apply highlighter if you wanted to as the primer gives you a natural subtle highlighter-effect kinda glow. 

It also helps apply my foundation/CC cream smoother AND actually appear smoother. As it helps with areas on your face that may usually be a little dry which can come off on your foundation, or areas where you've had spots or blemishes which can also be quite dry or flakey, the (loreal) helps get rid of that. As it is a drugstore product it is also not too expensive which is always great! It retails at £9.99. (You can purchase HERE )

Xo Dunya

Farmers life + OOTD

The other day me and two of my friends, Annie and Lucy headed to a farm as it was finally a dry day in England. It was really fun and all the animals were so adorable (besides the pigs but I dunno I'm just not big on pigs) and I took some pictures of the day. I also made sure I took a selfie with all of them ha!

 



Top - Zara
Leggings - Topshop
Jacket - Zara
Bag - Zara
Necklace - New Look
Shoes - stylistpick.com
I know you can't see my bag in this picture but you can see it a little bit more in the third to last picture. Oh and shoutout to Annie, 4 of these pictures were actually captured by her (like the epic picture of the donkey!)

Xo Dunya

#MusicMonday

This week it's an album rather than just a single song. I was listening to Mumford & Sons and I remembered their song 'the cave' so wanted to listen to it, which led to me listening to their whole album 'Sigh No More.' I'm hooked on it I can pretty much listen to that whole album without skipping atm, minus the first song, I dunno I just didn't feel that one as much. However, the rest I don't skip.

If you're a little sick of listening to the same songs that you've been playing for a while now (like me) then listening to some other songs that you've either not played in quite a while or give a new song/album/artist/band a go. If you haven't listened to Mumford and Sons music yet, or you're simply just a fan who needs a reminder as to why you loved the band in the first place than have a listen below. My top picks would be, 'the cave', 'I gave you all' and 'little lion man.' Another single that I really love of theirs that's not on the album is 'I will wait.'

 

Xo Dunya