January favourites!

The things that I got the most use out of in January, ranging from fashion and beauty to films and books!

I bought this denim jacket about a week after Christmas, and now I basically live and die in it. It's great to wear to college over the top of a thick woolly jumper, and I usually pair it with this lovely purple/burgundy scarf that I got for Christmas to keep extra warm.

I've been complaining for the past couple of months that the only season-appropriate nail varnish I owned was a red one (and red becomes boring very quickly), and so when I went in town last I decided to pick up a couple of darker colours so I could vary between them. I love the Rimmel nail varnishes because they have great coverage without using too much, and they don't smudge easily like other brands seem to do.

 Hooped earrings have been in fashion for the past couple of months, and when I saw these in Topshop I could resist. I'm always a bit pedantic when it comes to earrings; I can't have them too big or too small or I feel they just look out of place and draw the wrong kind of attention. But these are the perfect size, and help to make me feel a bit more stylish if I think I look a little boring. 

 I've heard lots of people talk about Spector around college for a while and I would always say to myself 'I'll have to listen to them one day', and thankfully that day came a couple of weeks ago when I decided to search for them on Spotify. I've not stopped listening to their album 'Enjoy It While It Lasts' since, and I love the Vaccines-style feel their music has to it.

 Since going back to college after Christmas, I've decided to become more of a list maker in order to reduce my stress levels. As my workload is increasing due my summer exams looming, I decided to start using this diary/planner to write down all I need to do in order to do as well as I possibly can. I find writing things in a list and being able to tick them off as I go makes me feel far more productive and like I've accomplished something. It's great for scribbling down late-night ideas as well!

 The book I've been reading over January is 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window and Disappeared' by Jonas Jonasson and it is seriously one of the most honest, quirkiest and interesting books I have ever read. It's about a man named Alan who, on his one-hundredth birthday, decides to climb out of the window of the old people's home he's in and disappear (as you can tell from the title). He ends up getting involved in things that nobody should ever get involved in, especially if they're one-hundred-years-old! But as the story continues and the present-day drama starts to unfold, the reader starts to experience flashbacks into the exciting life Alan has lead; finding that he's actually been involved in some of the most defining moments of the 20th Century.

The TV show Brooklyn Nine Nine has started been shown here in the UK on E4, and even though I'm only a few episodes in, I absolutely love it. I think it's hilarious and the characters are so likeable and unique. I've placed it on the same level of comedy as 30 Rock and Perks and Rec, because it has that similar oddness and absurdity to it that I adore in American comedies.




And last but not least, the main thing I have been addicted to this past month is Leena Norms' (justkissmyfrog) VEDJ. Although she mysteriously disappeared towards the end of January, making it not necessarily a VEDJ but pretty damn close, the content quality of the videos has been amazing, so I think we can let her off for running out of steam! I particularly like this one that she uploaded with Sanne from booksandquills about whether wearing make-up can constitute as being superficial, and even in some cases a liar. It just really sums up how I feel towards the whole topic and it's one of the best videos I've seen in a while.