The Tube of You.

January 18, 2015


"I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing." - Ed Sheeran 

I haven't posted a video on YouTube in just about a month, and I have excuses, like my beautiful camera was damaged on the plane to Melbourne and the lighting has just not been 100%. Hopefully today I will be filming a video for you all, but I just thought I would leave the link to my last video here to get you all in the mood for some new laurenmtp videos! 

Nic and I sat in front of the ol' Christmas tree and played some Christmas Pictionary! 


Feel free to watch the video; maybe like, comment and subscribe if you're interested! 

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TuesdayThoughts

Anger.

January 10, 2015


"For every minute that you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anger and frustration is something that we are all constantly constantly plagued with. It doesn't matter who the person is, or what you think of them, at some point you are going to get mad and disagree with some if their choices.  

We are surrounded by a lot of people in our lives who do a lot of things, sometimes it's something incredible and you cannot agree more with what they're saying or doing. You wholeheartedly support their decision and you are filled with this absolute sense of pride, but sometimes your reaction can be the complete opposite. It's strange how sometimes the people who we hold close can often drive us completely insane. 

When you're angry with someone, you have a coupe choices, hold onto that anger and don't let it go. Let the anger swell up inside of you until you can barely stand to look at them. You just want to expel every negative thought that you have ever had about that person. You want to yell and scream and stomp your feet like a child because sometimes it all gets too much. The quiet girl that's always polite and well-mannered has had enough and nows the time to tell you what I really think. It's strange how anger has this power over us, the power to take control of our words and emotions and send them out into the world. 

Am I the only one that gets like this? The only one who strives to be a good friend, but sometimes becomes so frustrated and angry with people that you just snap. You loose it, and you either yell at someone and tell them what you really think or you write out that list in your head, the list of everything that has ever annoyed you about the other person but you'd never have the guts to say it. I often find myself taking the second approach, the approach where I never tell people what I really think in fear that they'll hold against me. I never tell people what I really think because I'm scared they won't like me anymore. I never tell people what I really think because I don't want to loose the friendships that took so long to create. 

Now you've made your move, you've either said what you really think or you've kept it to yourself. Either way you're usually sitting there, alone, feeling angry with yourself, because you said what you really thought or because you didn't say what you really think. 

Someone once told me something, which I'm pretty sure he paraphrased from Buddha, but it was that being angry with someone is like holding onto a hot coal. You can squeeze it and hold it in your hot little hand and nothing will happen, but if you don't let it go, if you don't release that hot coal the only thing that can result from it, is that you'll have a burnt hand. 

Is it better to hold onto our anger, keeping it inside and letting it consume us or are we better to say what we really think, put those out into the world and wait patiently for the result. 

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Fashion

Stripes, Stripes and STRIPES.

December 10, 2014


"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." - Coco Chanel

So lately a current obsession of mine has been stripes, when I walk into any shop lately I am naturally just drawn to anything that has stripes. Over the past month and a bit I picked up these three pieces that I am absolutely loving and adoring.

Striped Tube Dress - Myer Miss Shop - $30.00 (AU)
This dress I wore to two of my friends 18th, with a natural face and eye look and a bright red lip. I really love the way this dress hugs your figure at the chest and hips area. It has think black stripes, which don't really show up that well in photos, but I think looks super cute in real life and could easily be dressed up or worn more casually. As it was a backyard party that I wore it to, I paired it with plain black thongs (flip flops), but here the model has worn it with black booties, so I guess you could pair it with anything.

Striped Crop Top - Jay Jays - $15.00 (AU)
The second piece I have picked up recently is this navy and white striped top. I usually wear this top with blue denim shorts, black shorts or blue/black jeans. When I went to the counter at Jay Jays the woman serving me said I could grab another top so it was basically buy one get one free, so I grabbed a plain grey skirt of the same style. I try to wear this shirt for casual occasions as I don't really think it's that dressy and I really love the style. I got a Medium instead of a small so it would sit like it does on the model, barely showing any skin so it's not really what I call a crop top. The material is also really soft and wearable so I was really happy with these purchases!

Striped Crop Top 'Pocket Tee'  - Sportsgirl -  $24.95 (AU)
This is another 'crop top,' but again I got the larger size so it doesn't seem to be as cropped. This top was a bit pricier, but as many Aussies know Sportsgirl isn't as cheap as it once used to be, so it was a lot more expensive then the deal I got at Jay Jays. Again I wear this shirt quite casually with skinny jeans or denim shorts, both blue denim and black. The material again with this top is very soft and easy to wear, it's also a bit different because the stripes at the top are quite thick and get thinner under where your collar bones would sit. The pocket also gives this top a different vibe to the dress and the other plain striped top.

Are you as obsessed with stripes as I am, or what trends are you loving this summer? 

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Photography

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.

December 08, 2014



"Christmas is not a time nor season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." - Calvin Coolidge

So the other night myself and some friends decided to go and look at some of the more legendary Christmas lights in Sydney, with the 'Jesus Christ Of the Later Day Saints Church's' Life Sized Nativity Scene and Christmas Lights. I just snapped a few pictures and I thought I might post some of the pictures on here.











I hope you enjoyed and have you seen any nice Christmas lights this year? 

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images taken by me on my Canon 1200D. 

Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Girl Online

December 07, 2014


"Every time you post something online, you have a choice. You can make people happy or you can take away their happiness. Just a thought." - Zoe Sugg 

So I just finished Zoe Sugg (Zoella)'s first novel 'Girl Online' and honestly it is fast becoming one of my favourite books. First off, I am so proud of Zoe, she has done such amazing things and I really think she is one of the most inspiration ladies. She has stayed so humble through everything that has happened to her and deserves all the success that she has achieved, I am happy to support her through everything she has done and will continue to do because I can't think of someone who has worked so hard for so long and achieved such incredible things. 

I have always been inspired by Zoe, whether it be through her YouTube channel, her fashion sense, her blog or just the general way in which she carries herself, she is definitely one of my role models. I have idolised her for a long time now and her blog is one of the reasons why I decided I wanted to start one of my own. I was going so well with my blogging and then after the HSC I just stopped and I wasn't inspired to write, I felt pressured and I just wasn't enjoying it. Then whilst browsing the Internet one night I came across this trailer: 


After watching this I wrote 'Blogging Hiatus,' even a tiny glimpse into the novel inspired me to write more and get back to one of my favourite past times. After having a pretty crappy day on Thursday I found myself in my local Bookshop and noticed that Girl Online was currently ranked number four. I had planned to wait till Christmas but after so much disappointment in one day (it's a long store) I decided that I needed a treat, so I picked up a copy of Girl Online. 

{Spoiler Warning}

I honestly could not put this book down, I spent the whole of today reading it and have had it in my handbag all of Friday and Saturday desperate for a chance to keep reading it. This book inspired me so much to blog and to even just be myself. It reminded me that it's okay to get nervous or anxious and that being a clutz is completely normal. It showed me that public embarrassment is not just something that just I am constantly plagued with.  

So Girl Online is the story of 15 year old Penny who runs an anonymous blog online where she blogs about everything and anything. Everything in her life is pretty average until one day her mum gets an opportunity through work to take their entire family to New York (which is one of my dream places to go and anything set in New York because 1000x more appealing to me). In New York Penny makes a heap of new friends including Noah (ooohhhh mysterious) and learns to let go of the awful and toxic parts of her life.  

I honestly loved Girl Online from start to finish and I would definitely recommend picking up a copy, not just because you are supporting Team Internet and Zoe, but because it really is an amazing book! 

If you have picked up a copy, what did you think? 

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