I am back, as one of my many resolutions is to blog at least once a week (as proven by Blogmas I can't manage a post every day)
And what better way to start than a post about Lush?
Today I went shopping with my mum and we went to Lush so she could buy a lip scrub, but of course, I couldn't resist buying a bath bomb! (I originally went in for the Unicorn Horn Bath Melt but they didn't have it, so I feel like a big order online is coming up instead)
This one is so lovely, there's a piece of cinnamon across the top (the gold bit) and the fizzer inside is green. The smell of the cinnamon filled the upstairs of my house, but it wasn't overbearing and my skin smelt great afterwards. The bath went from a bright pink to a deep pinky purple, with tiny bits of gold glitter which I loved! Although by the end of my bath, it had stained my lovely cream tub, but it was easy enough to clean off.

And at £3.35 each, I think it is a decent price for such a nice bath bomb.

Find one yourself here: https://www.lush.co.uk/products/phoenix-rising

In my photography lesson yesterday, we learnt about a photographer called Slinkachu. In his work, he uses small figures and every day objects to create big statements. I particularly like his photos that incorporate McDonald's packaging.

My group decided to create something along similar lines by filling a McDonald's packet with grass, placing two soldiers on the side, forcing cows into the packet, and the rest of the world carries on normally as if there isn't anything wrong with it. Here are a few of the photo's I took. (They aren't photoshopped yet)

I found Slinkachu's work really interesting, and I love the messages he sends across in such a simple yet powerful way.

Layla x

Day two in Holland was a lazy one for us, we just sat in and watched films on Netflix all day. On day three however, we went to Schutterspark, and had a walk around and a bite to eat at the cafe. Afterwards, we stayed at Kirsty's aunts house until it was time to move from her one cousins house, to her other cousins apartment.The apartment is decent sized, and has a balcony too.
I can't get over how "modern" and different Holland is to England, and the different views on things, especially weed. In Holland, people are allowed to grow 5 marijuana plants in there back garden,which is absolutely crazy. There are bicycles everywhere, along with bike lanes on all the roads and the drivers are absolute maniacs sometimes, but they're not as bad as the drivers in Athens! Tomorrow we have a wedding to go to, which I'm looking forward to as I've never been to a Dutch wedding before.

Layla x

So today was the first proper day in Holland. We left the house at 1am yesterday morning to catch the ferry at 6am, but it was delayed until 7:40am! I didn't sleep until we were on the ferry, and then I slept through most of France and Belgium too. We got to Holland at 1pm local time. I met Kirsty's Dutch family, who are completely crazy, but have made me feel really welcome. I even tried a bami, which is spicy noodles in breadcrumbs and it was lovely. Kirsty and I are staying at her cousin's house, and we fell asleep pretty quickly last night.
Today we went to Heerlen and we did some damage to our bank accounts. I bought the best thing ever though, a pink jumper with unicorns all over it! I also got some harem trousers, which are really comfortable, and a "You Can Sit With Us", which for anyone who doesn't know, is a play on a Mean Girls quote. I also bought a black leather hair bow to go in my hair, all from H&M. Then Kirsty took me to a shop called Action, and I bought some letter cubes that say "Dream It, Do It" with a star inbetween, which I think will look great by my bed. In the evening, we went to a football match that 2 of Kirsty's cousins were playing in, and we took silly selfies, and Kirsty's sister, Megan accidentally pulled some of the pitch up. I also drank tea from a clear mug which I found really weird and I don't know why. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow, so I will see you then!

Layla x

Today the weather has got worse and I'm having a bad hair day so I pulled out my beanie. I'm also wearing my rucksack for the first time in forever, thinking I could put my jacket there if it got warm but I need my jacket in this rain. Also, I stole the creepers off my best friend Kirsty oops.

Jacket - I'm not sure, my aunt gave it to me
Lace Blouse - Was my mums
Vest - New Look
Shorts - Internacionale
Tights - Amazon
Shoes - Primark (stole them off Kirsty, I need to give them back)
Hat - Hype
Bag - Vans

Layla x

It's taken me a while, but I've finally compiled a bucket list, which is also on my Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/laylaaurorax/). Hopefully I'll keep adding to it, and i'll do everything on it in my lifetime. My plan is to take photos of me doing each of these, and create a scrapbook with them.

1. Buy a homeless person a full meal
2. Make a scrapbook full of memories
3. Stand with one foot on each side of the equator
4. Put a secret in a balloon and let it fly away
5. Make a perfect cupcake
6. Go firewalking
7. Build a snowman with my best friend
8. Go to a photobooth
9. Hold a baby turtle
10. Visit the Haiku Stairs in Oahu, Hawaii
11. Paint roses red
12. Go white water rafting
13. Visit the Salem Witch House
14. Experience Christmas in New York
15. Watch a meteor shower
16. See the Grand Canyon
17. Drink from a coconut
18. Go skinny dipping
19. Live to see cancer cured
20. Go on a helicopter ride
21. Leave a note in a library book
22. Dye my hair a crazy colour without warning anyone
23. Learn a new language
24. Name a star
25. Start running everyday
26. Milk a cow
27. Backpack across Europe
28. Pet a panda
29. Go on a camping trip with my friends
30. Trace my family history
31. Stargaze and sleep in the back of a truck
32. Carve names into a tree
33. Throe a dart to a map and go wherever it lands
34. Be part of a flash mob
35. Build a tree house
36. Go on a no-budget shopping spree
37. Get a henna tattoo in India
38. Start a YouTube channel
39. Visit Jamaica
40. Go to a drive in
41. Play hide and seek in Ikea
42. Go on a road trip with friends
43. Kiss under mistletoe
44. Buy my first home
45. Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain in Rome
46. Visit Amsterdam
47. See the Fairy Pools in Scotland
48. Create a memory box and open it years later
49. Visit Ireland
50. Be a mother
51. Walk the Great Wall of China
52. See the Northern Lights
53. Take a photo everyday for a year
54. Have a home library
55. Ride an elephant
56. Set foot on all 7 continents
57. See a Broadway musical
58. Add a lock to the Love Lock Bridge in Paris
59. Participate in the Colour Run
60. Walk behing a waterfall
61. Start yoga
62. Learn how to drive

Thanks for reading

Layla x