Thanks to Playstation for all images within today's post

I recently decided to play through the Little Big Planet 3 storymode (I'm not very good at the creator bits and bobs) and I loved it, even if I did complete it in a few hours...

I love being able to buy handcrafted items which have a pretty awesome element to them, over the last few months I've become a bit of an Etsy addict. (Some of those sellers are crazy talented)
I thought I would make this post for the people who are looking to buy their loved ones something awesomely nerdy and amazing. I found a few items I would like to share with you guys! Enjoy.

So I've been getting lots of people asking me on Twitter, what were my favourite game and films are of 2014, so I thought I would make a small post with my top 3! Enjoy.

Straying away from my usual topics, I decided to write something a bit more personal this week. And unfortunately it is to do with stress.

So at the beginning of October I embarked on my final year of University, and decided to take two jobs alongside it and carry on making videos on my personal YouTube channel as well as running the blog.  Let's just say that after 3 months I am a very tired person! However this doesn't mean I don't enjoy what I do.

I really try to make time for all of these things, alongside filming, dissertation writing, seeing friends and family. However this does mean I've scarified something I love the most which is 'me' time. Now giving up time to myself has stressed me out more than doing all of this work, I thrive on spending a few hours at least a day on my own and now the time I get on my own is bedtime - which I spend overthinking instead of doing the actual sleeping part.

But what I realised recently after some advice from a good friend of mine is that you do (as cheesy as it sounds) only live once and if you have nothing to show for it then what's the point? I do all of these things because I enjoy them and eventually want to build a career for myself. If it means I have another 6 months of stress then so be it. However I have now started keeping journal of the things which make me unhappy - I've found writing them down and not talking about them really does help. You let your feelings disappear into a book and you never have to worry about them again (unless they're ongoing of course).

So if you're wondering why there is less content recently on both here and YouTube, I'm not neglecting you I'm just trying to fit EVERYTHING into the weeks which are flying by. I shall get back on it soon, but tomorrow I'm going to have a bath and spend an hour thinking of nothing.

All pictures from PS4 capture in-game.

I do not think I have been so absorbed into a game for a VERY long time, welcome to Never Alone...*

All pictures found on google, as my Vita screencap wouldn't work!

Hi all! I hope you enjoy this Lush haul I have put together for you, showing you some of Lush's new and old favourite christmas bits!

Another little video to tide you over while the site goes through it's refurbishment! This time we have a Comic Chaos* unboxing, check them out here!

Make sure you watch right until the end to see me cry due to a very sour treat in the box!

My EGX overview to keep you going while the site has it's revamp! Sorry for the delay you lovely people!

Amy shares another unboxing of the 'Apocolypse' My Geek Box for September, enjoy!

Rouge Legacy made it's way to PS4 and PSvita at the beginning of the month and it's safe to say I am hooked on this little indie rage box.

So as most of you know EGX is next weekend and we thought we would let you know what games we will be aiming to play and write about on the blog!

We were happy to review the game Runers* when described as a mix between Gauntlet and Binding of Isaac, so what did we think of this very unique game...

Hi all! Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I have been ill/busy. However have a look at the latest Geekbox unboxing!

I have plenty of awesome reviews and giveaways lined up for you all to watch!

I've always wanted to be part of Johnny Gat's gang, and now I can be with this wonderfully purple Saints Row The Third inspired hoody by Insert Coin Clothing....(*)

 The lovely folk over at Insert Coin Clothing sent me over a beautiful care package to review for you all and I thought I would start with this wonderful Tearaway inspired hoody! (*)

Today I ventured over to Hyper Japan today to spend lots of money on the wonderful delights that come with the culture. And fun was had! I shall put some of my highlights and a quick review of the convention below...

Marvel/Disney took a risk letting James Gunn bring his own flair and style to a new breed of Marvel heroes to enter the movie universe, and did he do good? Well let's just say in the voice of Rocket Raccoon 'Oh....Yeah'.

Have a gander at her Q&A she held over on her Twitter page, and keep your eyes peeled for regular updates and vlogs!

 I had a little splurge in Lush recently and decided to finally try one of the handmade colour (which you can use on lips, eyes and hair!) the colour is Drive and it is a very pigmented purple/pink colour with a slight shimmer to it!

So I originally tried to make this into a YouTube video, but my exporting software and mac decided to have a small mental breakdown. And as people actually enjoying reading my blog I thought why the hell not write about this. This blog is mainly for reviews, but why not have a moment now and again huh?

I wanted to speak about my first ever gaming experience and how this turned me into the gamer I am today. Some people like to refer to me as a 'gurl gamer' and this upsets me. I am a gamer, end of. My gender should have nothing to do with it. All gamers, male and female should be classed as a singular unit. If a woman wants to flaunt her body whilst 'playing' games then okay, but that's not me at all.

So when I was around 6-7 I remember my Dad bringing home a PC and a game he had heard 'SO MUCH ABOUT!' and the game was Myst. If you haven't heard of this game then you really haven't lived (and I suggest you log in to Steam or GoG and buy it right now). Myst is a first-person puzzle adventure game through an interactive world, where you could literally click on almost anything and it would reveal some kind of hint into what the purpose of this mysterious deserted island was.


You are given possibly the smallest amount of backstory when you play and just kind of thrown into the game, and f**k me this game was outstandingly hard. There are no goals for you to get to, you literally have to work with what you have and make notes, go back and forth for hours on end until something starts happening. Your character is also a huge mystery and you are just known as the Stranger.

This game was literally family bonding time for me and my Dad, I would get home from school and sit down with my Dad while he played and write down combinations we had found, or any important notes we needed. My Dad is dyslexic so this was also a chance for us both to learn. I also recently re-purchased this game and I struggled so bad (even used a YouTube guide for help, so god knows how me and my Dad completed it!) I absolutely adored these moments with my father and although I spent my fair share of time outside climbing trees and pretending to be witches with my friends, sitting behind the computer for a few hours a week was so much fun...especially when he brought a SNES home. But that's for another day.

I just wanted to write this little piece as recently I've seen girls getting slammed for not being true gamers, and joining a bandwagon by playing CoD in their pants for mens enjoyment. Although this does in fact happen and really makes me feel uncomfortable, it also makes me appreciate how much of a true gamer I am and how I've grown up playing games these girls would never even have heard of.

We are a gaming community and we should appreciate all games for what they provide us.

So as most of you know I read ALOT of books, and recently I went into Waterstones and made a good use of their buy one get one half price sale!
From top - bottom:
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman), The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman), The Humans (Matt Haig), The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion), I Am Pilgrim (Terry Hayes) and My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel (Hayao Miyazaki and Tsugiko Kubo).

These were all recommended by friends and co-workers, and I shall be making my way through them in the next few months!

What are you currently reading?

So MUA have released a selection of four new lip lacquer colours, and after the success of the previous ones I jumped at the chance to pick all four of these babies up!

So I recently went into Lush as I've been feeling a bit run down and I don't want the affects of this to show on my face and they recommend me some awesome products. The first was this Breath of Fresh Air toner water.

Over 9,000 Zombies is a 2D top down zombie shoot it out game, with swarms of the undead coming towards you - how long can you survive? *

I was lucky enough to have had a friend purchase some lovely BP. nail polishes for me when she went to L.A a few weeks ago. I thought I would swatch the colours for you because they are BEAUTIFUL! And really lovely for the summery weather!

(Left - Right ) Grey Waltz, Tropical Twist, Dandelion & Mint Chip

Entwined was a sneaky little Sony announcement at E3 which was made available to purchase on the day, I completed it on the day and have been hooked ever since.

Richard & Alice are both prisoners with secrets, this point and click adventure is brought to you by indie duo Owl Cave...*

After last years mind-blowing E3, what are we looking forward to for this console-less announcements in 2014?

Tango Fiesta is a 80's inspired  4 player co-op shooter created by Spilt Milk Studios, the game is currently in early access over at Steam with 25% off! *

Myself and many others were SO excited when 2K announced Borderlands 2 for Vita, PORTABLE BORDERLANDS?! YES PLEASE...

Mario Kart 8 has a now included Roy as a playable character, that in itself is the best reason to buy it right?

So people are always asking me what I use every day to hide the sleepy eyes and perfect my brow, here are my every day essential make-up products.



So I do not use this all day everyday, but if I am heading out to work and want to look my best with these high street bargains then this is my daily product selection!

 Here are some pictures of the Xbox One Dedsec edition of Watch_Dogs. A few close ups of the figure which was pretty impressive! A review of the game will be coming up shortly.

Here is a quick look at what's inside the box of the Wolfenstein Occupied Edition.

I attended MCM this weekend. I've never been to this convention before so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I'd heard it got busy on the saturday but this was just insane...

I don't normally rate conventions as a whole I normally just make a video/picture highlights, however I was so fucking (excuse my language) during this entire convention that I need to vent my frustration as I'm getting ignored by the MCM staff. I don't normally ignore event coverage from the day but I just feel like I can't let this one go.

So I go to lots of conventions across London and when turning up to MCM with my priority 9am ticket (you pay a little bit extra) I expected them to be letting people through pretty quickly and easy. So we would be in for a few hours before general admission at 11am and actually be able to stand around and look at the products on the stands properly. How wrong I was...I was left to stand out in the pouring rain and didn't actually get inside until 10.45am, despite getting there early and paying for priority tickets. Myself along with other people were fuming that we had paid out so much money to be left outside and not even get in on time, almost 2 hours queuing.

To make it even worse the security staff were absolutely horrible, shouting at people sometimes in even in their faces. Telling people to queue up in one queue and then when they had for half an hour finding out they were sent to the wrong queue. It was a shambles, and the most unorganised event I've ever been too.

I later found out they sold thousands of priority early bird tickets, which makes absolutely no sense. The whole point of priority early bird is so a select amount of people get in early, not over 70% of the people attending.

The layout was shoddy and they bunched all the stands really close together with loads of excess blank space, so when queueing for a stand you were practically in the way of anyone trying to look at the stand next to it. Also if you wanted to go for a quick cigarette, you left out the main doors and then had to queue another 45 minutes to get back into the venue (I don't smoke, but my boyfriend does), so when my boyfriend went out for a cigarette I was left waiting on my own for him for almost an hour with no phone reception.

And to make it worse is that their twitter account is full of angry people tweeting them and they have said that the queuing was due to changes that needed to be made after last years event. However last years event was praised and supposedly much better, when I tweeted and ask if I could complain and get any compensation my tweet was ignored. The ones they did reply to showed absolutely no remorse to the customers whose cosplays were ruined in the rain, and who had a really disappointing impression of the show.
I would say it's not the staffs fault, but they do not seem to care, haven't apologised and I saw Excel staff screaming in people's face.

I know the event is supposed to be busy on a Saturday but this just seemed disorganised, maybe I'll go on the Friday next year and see how it fairs.

RANT OVER; 

However all the companies stands were amazing, they were all super friendly and you kind of forgot about the shitty outdoor atmosphere once you got inside. I had a lot of fun walking around (although I was drenched) and met some awesome cosplayers. Here are some of my favourites from the day;

All pictures have been saved from the PS4 capture feature

It's finally here, the game we've (well I certainly have) all been waiting for since Bastion, from developer Supergiant Games.

Left - Right (Top) Banoffee Pie, Vanilla, Oceans, Spearmint & Tea Tree. Left - Right (Bottom) Summer Fruit glitter ball, Strawberry Split, Pink Fizz, Bay Rum & Cherrylicious

So I am constantly looking for other vegan friendly bathbombs to use alongside my Lush products, and it's always nice to try something a bit different...isn't it?

Raspberry Pink, Baby Blue & Fairy Dust.

I recently purchased three beautiful summery colours from Collection 2000's Work The Colour range. I will now swatch them for you below.  

As most of you know I am a bit of a tattoo fanatic, and recently I wanted to get a character from a film which is my favourite animation of all time.

The body is actually full black, but the shine of the cream says otherwise.

Excuse the redness and shine to the picture, but it's hard to get a decent picture of a tattoo when it's covered in cream! This is now my fifth tattoo, and my first film related one - I would eventually love to cover my leg in Ghibli characters as all the films mean so much to me.

I do not think tattoos have to mean anything as none of my others do I just adore the way they look, however this one means so much to me on a personal level and I am happy with the outcome.

Do you have any tattoos?

So Disney have recently announced Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Superheroes, and although it was pretty obvious from the teasers it still had us pretty excited and hyped up for the next instalment.

Are you looking for a vegan friendly hair treatment, well look no further 'This One' is now officially my favourite haircare brand. They pride themselves on not only delivering a healthy selection of haircare products, but ones which have some of the best fragrances within drugstore products.

Blow Dry Spray

I have spent the past few days playing the beauty that is Child of Light - now I was one of the only people who did not let themselves look too much into the game before playing. I saw one trailer and instantly knew I'd fall in love with it, so I stopped myself from peaking to give myself more of a surprise when the release came round.