Dear Dave 19.02.2015

HELLO CHUMMY!

I was watching a 'Dear Tom/Dear Carrie' video this morning (eating porridge in bed whilst watching YouTube, the norm), and the whole point of the series between Carrie and Tom Fletcher is so that they can keep in touch whilst travelling and doing all the amazing things they do.

Now we don't have world tours or West End shows or anything like that, but for some strange reason, i hardly ever see you and sometimes i just need a rant to my dear old chummy. It's not like we live across the road from each other any more and can pop round on a casual Thursday night and eat tubs of ice cream is it.

Just FYI other readers that may come across this blog post, in most cases i try my best to be grammatically correct; however on these specific 'Dear Dave' blog posts, please excuse the random punctuation and capitilisation,. IT'S MAINLY FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT.

So, the first topic i would like to discuss with virtual you is this..

WHY ARE VLOGGERS SO POPULAR. 

This is a topic we have discussed a variety of times. I mean, i myself am one of these people who look forward to their favourite YouTuber uploading a new vlog. But why? Why do i find these normal, everyday people so entertaining? I literally spend hours of my life watching the same people do the same things over and over again. How many times can i watch someone tell me what they had for tea before i get bored? Because that day has not yet come. 

At the age of 15 i was hooked on Twilight, as you may well remember, so i understand how young girls can obsess over their favourite characters. My obsession is relatable; a breathtakingly beautiful vampire falls in love with an abnormally average girl and whisks her away with all things romantic. I just wanted to be Bella Swan, who wouldn't? It was my fantasy. Fantasy being the operative word.

Vloggers are not a fantasy. They are people like me and you who go about there days exactly the same and yet i still tune in every night. Granted, the more popular ones probably have more exciting days than most, but it's nothing spectacularly amazing.

Do young girls need an escape form their life?
Is TV entertainment becoming outdated?
Is YouTube brainwashing us?

I just don't know chummy and I would like your opinion on the matter please.

Carrie and Tom end every video with 'my face looks like this' picture.

So i thought we could end each blog post with a book update!

I'm currently reading 'Sharp Objects' by Gillian Flynn. It's getting quite disturbing, even worse than Gone Girl i have to say, but i am enjoying it profusely.

xoxo

Emma Hardie's Moringa Cleansing Balm Review.

Now, being a fan of beauty bloggers, it's pretty hard to miss the craze about Emma Hardie's 'Moringa Cleansing Balm'; Every blogger I follow seems to swear by it.

I've struggled with a severe amount of spots for about four years now and am yet to find that one amazing product that just zaps away the nasty little buggers. I'm always researching new products to try out but I never have the courage to actually try them. However, after reading glowing reviews of this product, I decided to take a trip to Space NK and give it a whirl.

Unfortunately, unlike most, I was extremely disappointed. 

I'm not 100% sure what skin type I am as it varies at every stage of the month; being a girl and having hormone cycles, this is inevitable! I would say I have oily skin as, after washing my face free of makeup, my skin appears very shiny. 

I was hesitant at first about purchasing a cleansing balm as to me, putting more oil on top of oily skin didn't seem logical. But after some reading, several skin care blogs advised that using balms on oily skin gives it the moisture it needs so excess oils aren't produced. It theoretically made sense, however, it appears my skin plays by it's own rules.

To be fair, the first time I used the balm, it felt amazing. It's such a luxurious product, it really feels like a pamper every time you use it. It smells gorgeous and it makes your skin feel super super clean. 

I used the balm both in the morning and before bed. One week in and I had extremely sore, aggravated spot clusters all over my face. My face is pretty much covered in scarring but i only get single spots around my chin nowadays and the odd few near my cheek/forehead. It was extremely painful to touch and I started to lose confidence in having no makeup on, even in front of my boyfriend who has seen it a million times. 

I really tried to stick at it for at-least a month, as i'm under the impression you are suppose to give your skin a full hormone cycle to adapt, but I could last around three weeks. My face was unbearably sore and I almost considered wearing make up to the gym as I was that ashamed of my spots.

On the up side, I gave my friend, who has normal/combination skin, the jar to give a go (as not to waste the 40 or so English pounds!) and she loves it; she even went to buy the moisturiser to finish her skin routine off.

To conclude, despite the beauty blogger hype, Emma Hardie's Moringa Cleansing Balm is not the one for everyone. The saga continues to try and find my holy grail product.