Contrary to popular belief, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, or contracted a rare disease resulting in the loss of my fingers so I can't type anymore. I know it's such a cliche for bloggers and YouTubers to take long breaks and constantly apologise for them, which is why I'm not going to apologise for not blogging in 16 months (jesus).

Societal Norms Kinda Suck

Welcome back everyoneeeee - or if it's your first time on my blog, hey! Today's post might be a bit rambly but I think that it's an important one and I hope that you read on till the end and thank you so much for clicking on this post in the first place!

Hazy Days

This is a lil project I've been planning for a few months now. Basically, I really just wanted to style a photoshoot and have a fun day taking pictures with my friends. I'm so pleased with the pictures. And, since I put so much work in, I hope you enjoy them too!

in space we're here a million miles away

hiii here's a casual update post because you're all not probably worrying why I've disappeared off the face of the earth.

• been getting 4 pieces of homework a day, not loving it
• I might be going to Dublin soon but maybe not so I'm praying 24/7
• my bedroom's a complete mess and cba to sort it out
• my friends have started turning 14, I feel very young
• tired
• unmotivated
• dropped ma phone in a loo
• i love this  a lot
• this post is making me sound so interesting
• bye

i'm 13!!

Still slightly struggling to believe it as I remember my 10th birthday super clearly. In about 2 months all my friends will be 14, but hey ho. At least I'm not labelled as a little kid anymore. Well, not a tiny one. 

I'M BACK ( for good )

 

Yes, really. This is way overdue.. I've been locked out of my blogger account for just under a month, I think I had a little weep when I managed to get back in. Now that exams are over ( yes yes yes ), I'm going through a phase of being a living breathing potato. Meaning I've completed three different tv shows on netflix in the past month. I've been living off cold soup and babybels, and regret nothing ( maybe a bit ).

In other news, I got a dog! She's a gorgeous white Maltese, around 12 weeks old, called Poppy. I love her to bits, even if she put off my revision by 437237523047%. I'm in the middle of getting my results back, and overall I'm pretty pleased with them, even if there are a few I definitely could have done better on. The reason for this: after my first day of exams, I got really bad tonsillitis, so had to miss two days of them. I went back for the fourth and final day, and had to do the other two days 3 days later ( a lot of days ). 3 EXAMS IN ONE DAY. Nope. I'm just so glad it's over, cold soup here I come.

pictures from tumblr

bubbles

 

 

 

First, let me apologise for looking like a smelly potato in all of these. That happens when you compare me to Maddy.. Seeing as it was so sunny this morning, Maddy and I got out the bubble mixture and had a hour long session being like a 5 year old. I love the pictures we took! There's not a real cause for this post, but I wanted to share these pictures.

now playing: knee socks arctic monkeys/the first of the gang to die morrissey/aftershave ocean the vaccines

things you probably didn't know

I always seem to be on a bus

Orange juice

I really really want to visit New York

My money is spent on bath bombs and food

I like photography 

Any type of physical activity is the devil

I collect magazines and books, but never really read them, just flick through and look at the photos

MY ROOM IS A SHRINE TO CANDLES

In school I'm quiet mostly, but if you know me well you're probably deaf by now

Why won't my hair grow

I have two forms of motivation - loads and loads and loads or none at all. There is no in between

I can't be the only one who says lol out loud

I'd happily marry Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend

I hate milk but not in cereal or milkshakes 

This post is part of a little blogger series I'm taking part in called the "secret blogger project 2015" run by teen bloggers Emily , Rebekka and Charlotte. About 30 of us will be writing twice a week on selected little lifestyle topics and you can also go onto the twitter and Instagram hash tag "#secretbp2015" to have a little chat and view everyone's posts. If you would like to join or know more (we'd love to have you included!)  Instagram dm @theperks0fbeingemily or if you don't have Instagram, send a quick email to  rebekkarosebeautyxo@gmail.com!

one year old

Today my blog is one year old. Congratulations blog, you still look as bad as you did one year ago. I know I don't exactly have very much popularity, but I'm surprised 9,000 people are reading this. I really hope my blog can grow but thank you to all the people who take time out of their day to read it, makes me very happy.

Remembering last Christmas Eve, when I was curled up on my Grandma's couch in Yorkshire writing a lush review on my iPad to post whilst watching Friends, it gives me a really odd feeling. Back then I was still experimenting with backgrounds and headers, and it made me so happy and I'd be up until 3am designing. It's incredibly hard to explain but remembering that time makes me insanely happy and tear up a bit. I really have no idea.

September last year, I made the most embarrassing blog possibly ever. I then deleted the nav bar ( stupid ) which meant I couldn't use it anymore. Or at least I thought I couldn't because I didn't realise you could post through the blogger website. I thank myself every day for doing that because it meant I made this blog.

In December, this drawing was my header. Wow. I really loved it. Now my design is a bit more boring, but I think it makes a statement, and goes with every post because it's a minimalist theme. Maybe one day I can go back to this.

Then came Christmas and I had so many different backgrounds it's insane.

I discovered pic monkey and thought myself very professional ( jokes )

Oh, the good old times when I couldn't figure out why a white background was turning out grey. 

Now comes the time I started blogging 'seriously'. Pinks and oranges and reds everywhere, pictures of everyone and everything, editing whenever I had the chance. It was great.

Who remembers this guy ^^

My blog began to gain some more popularity, and I was meeting incredible people through it.

Here I am now. Still happier than ever, Thank you to everyone who's stuck by me. All the opportunities blogging has given me are crazy, and I am grateful every day for them. I hope to continue blogging until I'm 93 and posting about my multiple kittens and knitted pants.

life updates

Hello, remember me?! I'm that girl who blogged for a while and then disappeared? All in good reason. I've never done an update sort of post on here, so  I feel like it's a good time to, here goes.

• I went back to school recently, and all of the extra homework and stress is all a bit blah in my face.
• I've been a bit behind on blogging ( and everything ) lately, but I have a lot of posts planned so y'all better be excited ;)
• I appear to have discovered a new love for shopping and looking online for winter coats, and it's not even properly cold yet. I can't wait to wear them with oversized jumpers, fluffy boots, and tartan scarves. I'm just super excited for autumn to properly start.
• The need of a way to get up straight away in the morning is greatly needed.
• Tired. Tired tired tired tired tired.
• Please can I just be her.
• Time to go, have a cuppa, and watch some Sherlock.

now playing: sun structures temples/gotta get away the black keys/st. jude the courteneers

i have lost my humanity

pictures from my tumblr.

Okay I'm not gonna lie. This post is so ridiculously ironic I'm tempted to take it down/delete my other tumblr post. You see, I did a post with the title why tumblr annoys me, basically explaining why I did't have a tumblr account and why tumblr annoyed me ( note past tenses - suspense ). But after posting that I had a look on tumblr ( on a computer - don't worry pals - that was not a serious word I am not a cowboy ) and thought 'how hard can it be to set up an account?' Turns out very.

The actual setting up is probably the most frustrating thing apart from finding a picture that fits the YouTube channel art section ( I can't even begin to explain the struggle ). But once I had the account set up I think I re-blogged about 60 pictures in 10 minutes. I can really see why it's so addictive. Basically 10 tumblr minutes is 3 human hours and believe me once you've joined tumblr you're not human.

My tumblr is themed black, white and green. I know that is ridiculously overrated ( WHY IS EVERYONE SO OBSESSED WITH PLANTS ) but it was either that or text posts and once I find a text post account it's just scrolling and reading until I've read them all.

My phone STILL isn't letting me get the tumblr app so I'm going to have to make-do with my dad's EXTREMELY annoying android/very very old computer because he refuses to get a mac.

Let's count how many times I said the word tumblr in that.

42 things to do after exams

It's that time of year again. The exams. Excuse me while I go vomit. I actually have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to revision - it's got to the stage where I'm in the middle of making a set of flashcards for a subject on quizlet and I end up doing 3 honesty hours on ask.fm. Aside from this, there's NO time to do posts, and I'm in a place with really crappy wifi for 5 days. I'm really sorry I haven't posted in like a month, so I'll do my best to do a few more posts before my exams start, which is Monday. I'm in this treehouse place somewhere in Devon and I took lots of photos so once I upload them I'll do a post. But here are some things I really want to do this summer, and I'll probably add some more as I go along. All the ones I've done are marked with ` ( I keep coming back and updating this ( hi from April 2016 )).

1. Watch back to back ugly betty `
2. Post lots `
3. Sort out the blog `
4. Sleep for 24 hours
5. Go to a festival
6. Tie dye stuff
7. Go vintage shopping `
8. Sort out my bedroom `
9. Go to an outdoor cinema `
10. Buy a flower headband `
11. Play the hunger games with jess, grace and flynn `
12. Dipdye my hair `
13. Go to spain `
14. Play hide and seek in ikea
15. Try new strabucks drinks instead of always getting the peppermint chocolate cream frappe `
16. Swim in the sea without getting out after 10 seconds `
17. Go on a boat `
18. Go surfing `
19. Make cake pops
20. Get lemon juice highlights whilst sunbathing ( hopefully ) `
21. Perfect the messy bun `
22. Pull an all nighter
23. Sleep on a trampoline 
24. Draw on white converse
25. Have a nerf war
26. Buy some vans
27. Make a rainbow layer cake `
28. Swing into water `
29. Have a paint fight
30. Have a movie marathon `
31. Dance in the rain `
32. Take underwater pictures `
33. Finish my wreck this journal
34. Go swimming at night time `
35. Go to build a bear `
36. Play in sprinklers `
37. Swim with dolphins `
38. Watch a sunrise and sunset in the same day
39. Blow up a watermelon
40. Go to a waterpark `
41. Build a blanket fort `
42. Make a slushie

how to survive a sick day

Sick days. We all have them and nobody likes them. Except if you're faking it to get off a big maths exam - we've all done that too. I've been sick for the last two days and I'm ashamed proud to say I finished Ugly Betty on Netflix ( I am actually so upset that it's finished ) and started Sherlock which is THE ONLY SHOW I'VE SEEN WHICH HAS THAT MUCH SUSPENSE WHICH IS NOT NEEDED ( apart from the Woman in Black dur ). But even though sick days may get me off school, I still hate them as they can get so unbelievably boring. So this is how I survive them and I hope it helps you if you're coughing and sounding like you're choking like me :)

Read - is this where people throw rotten fruit at me? Even though it sounds boring there are some really good books out there. For example, divergent, the fault in our stars ( is there really any need to mention the authors?! ). If fiction isn't for you and you like more fashion/autobiographies etc PLEASE READ 'IT' BY ALEXA CHUNG.

Sleep - no explanation needed. Just you, a snuggly blanket and your dreams.

Make some tea - herbal tea is really nice if you're sick as it relaxes you and it doesn't have as much sugar as regular tea ( considering you take sugar in your tea... who doesn't?! ). My favourite at the moment is peppermint tea but I love chamomile and vervain.

Netflix/telly - haha. duh. If you don't have Netflix please get the free trial or actually just get it because it's sooooo good. You basically watch as many shows and movies as you like and you pay the same price each month ( I use my grandpa's account so I don't know what the overall price is but probably around £10 per month? ). They have just about everything on there, and I've discovered some of my favourites ( ugly betty, family weekend, the vampire diaries ( don't judge it's emotional and I love Damon )). If you can't be bothered to get Netflix ( well you're dumbbb ) my favourite channel to watch is comedy central, mainly entirely because of Friends. If it's not on, I'll turn off the telly and cry. Is it sad I've got I'll be there for you on my spotify playlist??

Listen to music - I recent got spotify so I listen to most music on there. Some of my favourites at the moment are:

Full Circle by Half Moon Run

Somebody Told Me by The Killers

Lonely Hearts Club by Marina and The Diamonds

Funhouse by Pink

Ain't It Fun by Paramore

4x4 by Miley Cyrus

Knee Socks and Snap Out Of It by The Arctic Monkeys

Rihanna by Clean Bandit

I'm sorry if this was boring - this post turned out to be a lot longer than I was expecting.

instagram/bloglovin/tumblr/pinterest

why tumblr annoys me

Can I just start by saying I don't get tumblr. At all. I tried making an account once and it was so frustrating not being able to find the right style of photo I wanted. And now, for some reason, my phone isn't letting me download the app which is frustrating also. So, I guess I'll have to deal with typing tumblr 'insert chosen theme here' pictures into google images and wish for the best. That was my tumblr rant, I'm not sure what the purpose of this post was. Probably just to put these pictures somewhere because I really like them.

50 facts about me

1. I can NEVER take a good selfie.

2. I hate peas.

3. I'm allergic to cats.

4. I've basically had a fringe on and off since I was 3, currently trying to grow it out.

5. I am ridiculously unfit.

6. I love having plants in my room but they always die on me.

7. I really don't like Physics.

8. I drink too much coffee.

9. My hair never grows.

10. Most of the clothes I own are either too big or too small.

11. I have a really long 'wish list' on my phone.

12. My middle name is Skai ( pronounced sky ).

13. My actual name is not pronounced like Eddie - eedee.

14. Most of my posts are spur of the moment at 2am.

15. I love The Vaccines.

16. And Royal Blood.

17. And Alabama Shakes.

18. I like Netflix.

19. I like hot chocolate even more.

20. I always have dark circles under my eyes.

21. Can you tell I'm running out of ideas yet?

22. I've been blogging since September 2013 ( I used to have another blog ).

23. I'm constantly redesigning my blog trying to make it look better.

24. I like acting.

25. My favourite scent is the Sea Spray by Lush.

26. I can't believe I have to think of 24 more interesting facts about me.

27. My lucky number is 7.

28. I own a lot of purple pens.

29. My room is never how I want it to look.

30. Tea is like a hug.

31. I love smelling lavender.

32. Brick Lane ( and everywhere near Soho House, including Columbia Road ) is my favourite place in London.

33. I have a teeny little Maltese dog called Poppy.

34. Who is VERY hyper.

35. I saw Kylie Minogue once at a gallery.

36. I eat a lot of muesli.

37. I used to think that broccoli was pronounced vroccoli ( ? ).

38. I am pretty obsessed with taking photos.

39. When people chew with their mouth open I explode.

40. If my name wasn't Edie it would be Beatrice.

41. I am a serious and commited 90210 fan.

42. I hate the smell and taste of milk.

43. The best exhibition I've ever been to was the Alexander McQueen 'Savage Beauty' at the V&A.

44. I think I saw Darcy Bussel on the train.

45. I love books, but never have the time or concentration to sit down and have an hour long reading session.

46. I have French lessons 4 times a week and I can still only say bonjour.

47. I love the smell of paint.

48. I really want to visit Boston.

49. I used to be a vegetarian. 

50. I've just written 50 facts about me.