My Netflix Recommendations

Netflix is my one true love so I thought that I would share some of my favorite TV shows and films to watch on it. Recently I have been really loving all the newly added, so good job Netflix!

1) Pretty Little Liars.
I am only on Season 3 of this show, but I am hooked! It is such an addictive tv show to start watching so if you need to be revising or doing something else important I would not recommend watching this because you will undoubtedly become addicted to it.

2) Gossip Girl.

Another addictive show to watch, but so so great, I loved this and watched it so quickly as I got drawn into the characters, so again do not start this series if you have other things to do, it is very ADDICTIVE! 

3) Merlin.

I have always loved Merlin, I have every series on DVD! But having it on netflix means I can watch it easier so if I just want to watch something but I'm not sure what then Merlin is my go to tv program. Would definitely recommend this series. 

4) Disney. 

This is a bit of an odd recommendation as there is not a specific film I would recommend as all of them are brilliant, if you just type in disney to the search bar you get over ten disney films to choose from and recently netflix have been good with their choice of new disney films (brave, hunchback of Notre dam, Hercules and oz the great and powerful), definitely the best kind of films out there! 

5) Mock the Week.

A comedy quiz show that makes me laugh every episode, this is mine and my dad's sense of humor in a nutshell, and I love it! It is my go to program on netflix when I need a laugh, it's only the older series's though so would love it if the new ones could be up too *hint hint netflix*

Thank you for reading, let me know what your favourite thing to watch on netflix is at the moment, 

-J xox

Ypres trip

Today I went on a battlefield trip with my school, this is honestly one of the best yet most upsetting trips I've ever been on. We visited the Ypres region of Belgium where many battles throughout ww1 took place, so all around are cemetery's and battle grounds, I could not imagine living there and seeing them every day as after even one day I felt the impact.

The vast amount of soldiers who gave there lives for us in this one area is unimaginable and when seeing the graves it is hard to fathom that there are British or Commonwealth men lying in the ground who fought for us to be here today, some of whom may be related to me, or one of my friends or you?! Here are just some of the places we visited and a fact I learnt from each:

We first visited Mening Gate, this is a memorial for 55,000 soldiers whose bodies were not found and they do not know where they were killed due to many circumstances, when building this they ran out of room to write the names so a further 34,000 names of unknown soldiers are written on a memorial at the Tyne cot cemetery.

The Flanders fields museum was the next destination we visited and this picture really got to me, straight after this picture was taken a bomb hit and all of these injured who were expecting to go home died, this was also only 1 year before the war finished so had that bomb not hit all these men would have survived the war, the person who took the picture survived as they had moved a few metres from the site the bomb hit so he was able to print this picture with its story of despair.

The next place was the Essex farm cemetery, this is where the famous poet John McRae served as a doctor, however it is also where the youngest known soldier to die in ww1 is buried, he was only 15 which is an anomaly as normally you were not allowed to join until you are 18.

We then visited Leningrad which is a German cemetery, we went here to see the difference between how the British and German bury there dead and also to pay our respects of course! One fact that shocked me is that in one grave as soon as you walk in there are 25,000 German soldiers all buried together, and what makes it more interesting is that 2 Belgian men looked up every name in the grave and found that two British soldiers got mixed up within the mass of German soldiers. I cannot write down the kinds of emotions I felt when here, these people had lives and families and it confuses me how one war can take so many.

Lastly we visited Tyne cot which is the largest grave of British soldiers in the world with 11,871 men buried here. The saddest part was reading the sentences that some family's asked to have on their loved ones graves, some were very emotional on one grave this was written 'it was as if the sun had gone out' (this was actually at Essex farm but there were many at Tyne cot too). The sheer mass of graves that were here was astounding, again how could one war take so many.

Overall it was a very emotional experience which I would thoroughly recommend to anyone but especially history enthusiasts!
Thanks for reading,
-J xox

My top 5 handbag essentials -H

 Hannah here!

Yesterday I gave my handbag a much needed clear out and noticed that there were a few items I always carry with me. So I thought I would share with you my current handbag essentials.

• The Body Shop "Honeymania" hand cream 30ml- This sinks in super fast for on-the-go application.
• Eos organic lipbalm in "Sweet Mint"- There's no need to stick your grubby fingers in a tin to apply this lip product. 
• Carex refreshing wet wipes- This is just the brand that I am currently using. They're a fairly standard 'does the job" product, but definitely necessary. 
• Chewing gum- To keep you minty fresh all day. I love the "Bubble mint" gum by Extra, it's definitely my favourite flavour. 
• A makeup bag- I always have a small case to keep all the necessary bits and pieces together and prevent them from getting lost. My sister gave me this one for Christmas because I love cats, it's also a great size! 

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed it. I would love to know what your handbag essentials are! 

-H xox

Water and tea update.

Jess here,

In a previous post I spoke about how I was only going to drink tea and water this February and for about 15 days I was able to complete this successfully. Then my family and I went to harvester and I completely forgot and automatically ordered a diet Pepsi, and only after drinking it did I realise what I had done, after this I just had a craving for fizzy drinks! I did manage to hold myself off slightly however my will power is not the best and I ended up drinking about two more diet fizzy drinks. I was VERY disappointed in myself however even though I didn't complete the month without sweeteners, this small action has had an impact on my diet. I have now changed the sweetener in my tea for either one sugar or nothing, and I drink so much more water throughout the day, and even my family have started to drink more water because of us trying to give up sweeteners. So all in all it was a good idea to try it, although I have realised I have a slight addiction to fizzy diet drinks I am now drinking more water than I have ever drunk and actually do feel healthier in myself. I would highly recommend trying to give up sweeteners, even if it is just for 15 days!!!

Thanks for reading, 

-J xox 

Outlet haul

Jess here, 

The other day my sister and I traveled to Gun Wharf Quays in Portsmouth which is an outlet shopping park, and it is amazing! I love discounts and when I can get a £56.50 dress down to £16 I can't say no, so here is what I bought:

From Jack Wills I got two dresses, they had the best discounted clothes, I was so tempted to get some track suit bottoms which were only £15 but I persuaded myself out of it and instead I bought two dresses: 

£56.50 down to £16 

£49.50 down to £10 

We then went to gap so that my sister could get some baby clothes for her children however I managed to find two bargains:

 

£19.99 down to £13.99.

This jacket is a different kind of purchase than what I normally buy however I thought it would be perfect as a summer jacket as it is so light, and I loved the colour of it!

I cannot remember the exact price of these stripped jean leggings however they were around £15.

Thank you for reading,

-J xox

Only Water and Tea February.

Jess here,

Recently in a food tech lesson I found out the bad qualities of sweeteners such as the risks of headaches, cancers and mood swings, although it is not 100% proven that these things occur from sweeteners I can't help wanting to test it out.

I have recently been getting headaches and wondering what it could be, although it is only probably stress from school, when I was taught about this I thought to myself  'God I drink a lot of sweeteners.' 

In my house we always substitute sugar for sweeteners, in teas and coffees, diet cola, diet lemonade and no added sugar orange squash so by removing these things from my diet,  could make some impact on my health.  I also never drink enough water, the reason for this is because I would rather have orange squash or another kind of sugary drink but I have recently learnt that most of these contain sweeteners! 

When I mentioned what I had learnt to my parents they were as shocked as I was at the amount of sweeteners we actually drink so we agreed that for the month of February we would only drink water and tea (because non of us could get up in the morning without a cup of it.)

These studies into sweeteners may be wrong but even if they are, only drinking water and tea for a whole month will hopefully have benefits for me and my parents health.

I'll keep the blog updated on how it's going, wish me luck and hopefully only drinking tea and water will do something good for me! 

Thanks for reading, 

-J

Current must-have products

Hannah here!

I hope you have all had a lovely winter break and are enjoying the new year. After a much needed break we have finally got ourselves organised and back into the swing of things. I thought I would  share with you some of the products I really couldn't live without!

The body shop tea tree cleanser
This is an absolute must have and I don't go a day without using it. It is perfect for mattifying and toning oily skin!

Tangle teaser
This was a new product to me in 2014 and I don't know how I coped before it! If anyone hasn't tried this, I don't know what your waiting for!

Real techniques stippling brush
I use this everyday to blend in my concealer and nothing does the job as well as this brush, its an absolute staple product.

The body shop shower gels
They all have such a lovely and refreshing scent, but my favourite is definitely strawberry. They're a tad pricey for a shower gel, but they last well and I feel so good using them. The scents I have are; Vineyard Peach, Mango, and Strawberry!

Vo5 "Give me texture" hair spray
I go through so many cans of this and I simply couldn't fault this product. its the perfect texturising spray with a great scent. 

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post. I am always looking for new products to try, and would love to hear what your current must-have products are! -H xox

Happy new year!!

Hope you are all having a great New Year's Eve and see the new year in happily! 2014 was a good year and we both can't wait for 2015, we hope to post regularly and keep you all entertained with our posts. 

And again HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

-J&H xox