February has definitely been a month of new experiences and that certainly reflects in this little haul I picked up along the way. A lot of these things have been very new to me, but after a whole month with them I can certainly say, they're all here to stay! Lets have a looksy:
Boss RC 1 Loop Station Pedal _______________________________________________________
This month I actually managed to get a gig that paid me good money and with that money I decided to invest in my music a little bit more. I decided to buy a loop pedal, I'd seen people use them over the years and have always wanted a try, but just couldn't justify the price.
But now I'm doing regular gigs and it has always just been me on my own with my lil'-plinky-plonky guitar, I thought it would be a good next step into adding a bit of backbone to my songs. Basically a loop pedal allows you to set certain rhythms or melodies down and loop them continuously until you tell it to stop. It is taking a lot of practice because I have recently discovered that my sense of rhythm isn't as good as I thought it was,
oops. And there's nothing worse than an out of sync performance! So it's going to take me a long time before I can use it in live shows, but I've just been having fun with it this month. I did manage to use it in a
recent youtube video and although parts of it are out of sync, I am happy with how it sounds and what it gives to the songs.
It was worth it for the amount of fun I'm having with layering beats and harmonies on top of eachother, one day I'll be as good as Ed Sheeran or Jack Garrett with it, hopefully!
Berets____________________________________________________________________________
I briefly mentioned this in a
Monday post but, I've been digging berets ever since I cut my hair off. I just think they suit me so well and I didn't think the would.
They're also a perfect add-on to any outfit if you can't be arsed doing anything to your hair and they're also surprisingly warm. I now currently have four berets and I know that's quite extensive and I need to stop, but I can't get enough of that Parisian/Audrey Hepburn vibe. Honestly for all of this month you would have found me on the local bus, heading to work with minimal makeup, an assorted beret and sunglasses. It's a
look I tell you!
NYX Precision Brow Pencil | Soft Brown______________________________________________
I have used the same eyebrow pencil for a long, long while.
The Soap & Glory Archery eyebrow pencil was an absolute staple to my makeup bag for years and I used to have heart palpitations when it was running low!
My brows are my pride and joy and I tend to get a lot of compliments for them, I never let anyone touch them and after some intense Dua Lipa stalking I have decided to grow them out a lil' bit. Anyway I went to buy my holy-grail Archery, when to my horror it wasn't stocked anymore, -
honestly I nearly cried- But I pulled myself together and decided to try something new. I settled for NYX because I've been using their foundation and it's pretty good so far and it's a cruelty free brand. So I picked up this scary looking thing and haven't looked back!
I think the colour is perfect for my complexion and it just looks so much more natural, also I love that it comes with a spooly brush so you can comb through those Dua-brows and feel like you DGAF, I'll show myself out.
Nag Champa Ayurveda Incense Pack _________________________________________________
This was actually a Christmas present from my Dad, but because I also got an amalgamation of candles for Christmas, I've been burning those instead. But once they ran out, I turned to trying these out and wow. They all smell amazing! The only ones I haven't burned are the white sage scent and the signature Nag Champa branded scent because I feel like those are definitely for special occasions,
-white sage is totally being saved for those days with negative vibes and they are few and far between at the moment- My favourite scents in this pack include:
Mystic Yoga - for you know, doing mystic yoga at 3am
Nirvana - a light and floral burn
Tree of Life - a fresh burn, perfect for a morning pick-me-up
Satya Super Hit - An incredibly strong and powerful burn, perfect for spiritual tarot readings and spreading onto your clothes making you smell like a music festival
ELF Contour Set__________________________________________________________________
I am a pale bean. And have therefor struggled with contour, I'm always terrified that I look like I have mud on my face, but I still long for dem cheekbones. So I decided to try out this contour set. It looked terrifying at first, but once this stuff is blended on the cheeks, it's so subtle. It's exactly what I wanted out of a contour kit and I am now equipped for dem cheekbones and dat contour. And paired with my ELF highlighter, it's a match made in heaven, especially on gloomy days waiting for spring, your face can still be poppin' Also ELF is so affordable man and cruelty free I was so surprised.
dodie | Secrets for the Mad - Audio Book _____________________________________________
I found myself in the middle of Waterstones reading this book and couldn't put it down. But couldn't afford the price at the time. So I decided to use my free Audible trial and download the narrated version by dodie herself. This was such a brilliant decision, because dodie's voice is already familiar and calming to me because of her ASMR videos. I would turn a chapter on and find myself just drifting off to sleep, which was nice but also quite annoying because I wanted to hear what she had to say! I did eventually get to hear it all, after rewinding back to chapters I had slept through and I found this book to be so sweet and honest. Although, maybe I was a little old for the target audience, I still enjoyed listening to her advice about relationships and life etc. I just applaud dodie for being so open and honest, it mustn't be easy with such a wide audience now. I've heard this book be described as 'the older sister that everybody needs' and that's exactly it, she so wise and yet so vulnerable. Also a little perk of the audio book is a song before the beginning of each chapter, which is so lovely seems as she's a professional musician. It's such a wonderful book and definitely something different that stands out against the pumped out youtuber 'merch' books that are flooding the millennial shelves at the moment. I would definitely recommend buying the audio-book though, it's so well produced and you feel every. single. word.
Honorable Mentions _______________________________________________________________
- Allllll the films, especially the Oscar noms, reviews coming soon
- My youtube channel, do you know I started
a channel, I don't talk about it a lot
- My best friends comic
Amber, go read it, it's magical and took a lot of hard work you won't regret!
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What treasures have you found this month?
