Autumn Favourites

Hello There!

Welcome to another favourites post! I have been collecting a lot of my favourite things, for you to try and enjoy!

I bet you didn't see this one coming...
The other day when I was in town, I was told about these
beautiful arrangements of Cactus! So being that this is me who
 were talking about, I naturally had to go investigate.
I now have three more cacti!
Shop: http://www.flowerworks.co.uk
Price: £6.99

I personally don't go to Starbucks too often, I'm
never too happy spending £3.60 odd for
a small drink. But anyway I went the other day,
and my heart stopped when I saw the new cups. Everything
I love about autumn, is somehow summed up in this
cup.
Shop:http://www.starbucks.co.uk(obviously)
Price: depends

This background.
Ps: I got it off Pinterest, just search autumn phone backgrounds

I haven't been using coconut oil for too long, but so far it has
 been really good. My skin is noticeably softer and
it makes a nourishing hair mask. The only
thing i would say that isn't so good about it, is
obviously very greasy, and takes a while to seep into your
skin. Another coconut trend, seems to be
coconut water, and I saw this "drinking coconut" in
Tescos the other day. It was scary trying to break into but the
water inside, ( I'm my opinion), was lovely. It
reminded me of that ideal holiday in a
tropical destination, with someone sitting by the beach
sipping a coconut!
Shop: Most health shops.
Price: Depends where you go.

I have had my eye on this jumper as soon as it came out, and
I'm so happy I have it. The colour just reminds me of
autumn leafs!
Shop:http://www.hm.com/gb/search/#!/products?q=divided
price: £6.99

Three Words. Comfy, Baggy, Jumper. I bought this top
a small while ago when I was away, and it's so comfortable,
and I love the whole style, and the writing. Just wanted to
point out how horrible it is taking pictures of me, I took
this in the park, and everyone was staring at me, and I'm
terrible at posing.
Shop:http://www.pullandbear.com/gb/en/
Price: £19.99

As you can see cozy jumpers, and things are a recurring
theme, but I had to, It's one of my favourites!
I bought this from H&M last year, but I bought it before the
summer so I didn't have much wear out of it, until now.

http://allyography.blogspot.co.uk

Finally there is just one more thing I'd like to mention, which is the volume 1 seconde mascara, by Bourjois Paris. This mascara works really well, and i get a huge boost of length and volume when I use it. The other day, A friend asked me if my eyelashes were fake, I'm not sure if I should be flattered or offended, but whatever the case, I'm not going to deny, that this is a great product, and I'd recommend it. I bought mine from boots for £9.99, but I'm sure you can buy it from most beauty and makeup shops.

One final, final thing I'd like to say, is that I am thinking about writing a series of stories, and posting them to my blog. If that is something you'd be interested in please leave a comment!

Thank you for reading Ellagram!

Craft Fails//Scorch Trials Review

Greetings,
For todays blog, I will be discussing two different subjects, to make up for the blogs I didn't do, but I'd like to start with my craft fails...

I'm sure most people will understand the disappointment you feel after you work hard on something, and it completely fails. Pinterest sets my standards too high, and I tried to make this decorated plant pot thing...and it didn't really work so anyway here we go...

So the idea of this was to decorate these plain plant pots, with really
nice paper, to make them look all fancy. In theory a brilliant idea,
in reality it was a nightmare! I didn't take into consideration, that the
plant pots slowly get smaller in radius towards the bottom, so when
I tried to wrap paper around it, it flopped. Another thing that
became evidently clear, as I worked on this, it that I just cant cut
strait, all of my lines were, well, all over the place! 

The idea.

 

I'm not too sure where this is going with this idea, but the
moral of the story, is that you cant be perfect all the time, and not
everything you do will be perfect. If you want to get it perfect you have
to make mistakes.

On the plus side I made a bookmark out of the scrap paper.
For the scraps of your failures come ideas. My new life quote.
A wannbe craft post, becomes a fortune cookie message.
Only on Ellagram.

Scorch Trials Review...

Over the weekend, I went to go see the next film in the Maze Runner series, The Scorch Trials, and decided to write up a
review for it. I would like to start by saying that I enjoyed the film, It was everything I expected the film to be, fast paced, thrilling, and on the whole entertaining. One thing I would like to say about the film, is that I like how it is a completely different story to the first one, and that it doesn't have a copied script from the last film. One thing that I think was a slight problem is, that it is nothing new. Of coarse, is its own franchise, and respect that, but I have seen a lot of films like it, like The Hunger Games, and Divergent. I'm not saying that these movies are bad, but I think that they are all the same, an I'd love to see a new idea brought to cinema. I think that after the Hunger Games' success, other film makers saw a lot of money making opportunity, in making other films based of books like it, a ''cash grab'' if you will. More on the topic though, I have heard that the film, isn't at all like the book, but I'm not all that sure, because I haven't read the book yet. Please stop judging me. I think that it is important that the movies stay true to their source materials, because I think that for people who have read the books, it's disappointing to see all the aspects you loved from the book exclude from the film. However, on the whole based on the movie itself, I'd give this movie 4/5.


Thanks' for reading Ellagram, and as always, bye for now.

Autumn Is Coming...

Hey Again!

I would just like to start by saying sorry that I haven't posted in a while, I was really busy with back to school, and i was away in London for a while too, so I haven't had too much time to sit down and write a blog. Another thing I wanted to mention, is that I will be reducing my posts to about two a week, so I think that instead of having Honest Reviews, Wednesday Blogs, and DIY Sunday every week, I'll have them go Honest reviews one week, then next week DIY Sundays ect.

Anyway for this weeks blog, I'm going to show you some of my favourite things about Autumn, since it's rapidly approaching. I have noticed that everyone has talked about back to school, and how it's so terrible, and I thought lets look at the positive side of Autumn.

Scented Candles...Perfection!

One of the things I love about the cold, is that you can wear
woolly jumpers again. I know it's far from christmas, but
this retro christmas has been my life for 3 Christmases running.
I have had it for ages so...it's more of a tradition now!

One of the things most people love about the cold,
is the idea of being cosy and warm by the fireplace.
I think I took it to the next level this year! I know
my legs are really pale and bumpy, and purple, but
I'm so happy I got these socks, they took so long to get
here. They are honestly my life atm!

I know they are really geeky, but I love them so much!
The colour just reminds me of Autumn leafs, and they
go so well with my jumpers!

I don't know about you, but don't you think a steamy
hot tea is just the perfect way to get settled after a tiring,
cold day. I have recently been obsessing over green tea, I
have to have a cup in the morning and one at night.

Like I said earlier about cosy things. Shoutout to Auntie
Bernie for knitting this blanket, it's amazing!

Looking up autumn pictures on Pinterest, is probably my
favourite thing to do atm!

I know i'm a teenager now, but teddy bears.
This is Mr Shark,(I'm very creative with names),
and he is just perfect to cuddle.

I forgot to mention halloween, but yes halloween is one of my favourite things about Autumn too. Im already planning what to wear! Thank you for reading Ellagram! Whats your favourite thing about autumn?