Homegrown and chemical free

  

Greetings earthlings, 

I come to you today with some top quality music. The reason I wanted to share this music with you all is because it is music by two Irish bands from Galway (where I live).
I think its important to support your fellow people in their pursuits wherever you may be from.
Also, I know a lad in each of the bands so really I'm just fishing for brownie points here.

First up is  Rofi James 

Rofi James is made up of Ronan Flaherty, Jamie Murray and Evan Maloney.

Formed in 2012 the three lads have a unique sound, the drum box played by Jamie Murray in particular sets them apart from other bands. They're messers which make their live performances great fun, definitely no lack of energy from Rofi James. If you're lucky enough you might even catch them tucking into a post gig kebab up town in Galway at 2am.
Click here to listen to their new single Love Shot on youtube or here to listen to it on Spotify.
 Love Shot is now available to buy on iTunes.

The lads are also great at promoting the Irish language.
 Check out one of their songs through Irish here

It's a super catchy tune so make sure to check it out!
Also, check out their facebook page here



Next up is  Fellow Strangers 

Fellow Strangers is made up of Ado Lyons, Wayne Foy and Mike Burke.

Think Mumford and Sons mixed with Passenger and you get these guys. They were formed during the Summer of 2012 so although they're still new to the game their top quality vocals along with brilliant song writing makes them a must have for your ipod. What I like about these guys is that they don't know how good they are. Mind you, that may change! ;)
They're currently working on their debut EP and are hoping to have it ready by the end of the Summer.
Here's a taster of their music

Click here to listen to the lads live in Galway

Click here to listen to their song Julia.

Check out their facebook page here


Both of these band are made up of normal, unassuming talented guys. They're not manufactured bands they're 100% homegrown and do their own thing completely. Simon Cowell only wishes they were his puppets.

Now when the lads hit the big time you can be a hipster and claim you knew them way back when ;)
You're welcome.

Stay classy,  

L XX 

PS- That isn't Fellow Strangers actual logo up at the top. The picture is the same but the font they used is much nicer. I messed up the photo when I imported it and couldn't get their font to fit in so had to but in my own ugly one, my bad.

April Favourites :)

Greetings earthlings,

Ok so I've read a lot of these monthly favourites blog posts and I like them. That said, there is one thing about them that really annoys me. The cost of their content.

Yes, we would all like to have enough money to buy  tons of expensive make up clothes and anything else we fancy but in most people's case this is not realistic. sure know that in my case it is not. After reading these posts I ended up feeling jealous and bitter. Bringing me right back to my toddler days.

Because of this I have decided to start an affordable monthly favourites post every month(obviously).

I have decided not to put anything that cose over 15 euro in the post. And even better, some of the things are free!

So without further adue here are some of my favourite things from April! :

Beauty Products  

1. Rimmel BB Cream (8.75 in Boots)

I know, I know, I'm late hopping on the BB cream bandwagon, oh well at least I finally got on!
I love this stuff. Its feels really light on my skin which I love. It's not amazing with regards coverage but I find that if I use a bit of concealer before hand my skin looks perfect when I put the BB cream on.




2. Ted Baker Body Spray (7 euro in Boots) 

I love perfume but they are way overpriced in my opinion. If I ever do have a perfume I like to save it for special occasions and go with a body spray for everyday use. I love smelling nice and this stuff smells great. I'm always concious of the two things few people are going to tell you: That you smell bad or that you have smelly breath. This is why I am always covered in body spray and chewing gum.





3. John Frieda Frizz-Ease Daily Miracle Treatment- part of a 2 for 10 euro deal in Boots.  

I've been looking for a hair product that will protect my hair from the hear aswell as nourishing it and controlling frizz. This is it. It does exactly what it says on the tin. I've been putting in my hair while its still damp and I've really noticed an improvement in the condition of my hair.








Tv show 

Sherlock.
I recently started watching Sherlock on dvd(its broadcast on BBC) and I fell in love with it. As the name suggests, its a show about a detective. I am usually too much of a scardey cat to watch anything that isn't ridiculously light hearted so I'm quite proud of myself that I enjoy Sherlock. The script is extremely well written. The storylines are great and I found myself on the counch with my sister screaming our plot guesses at the television. We were of course, wrong every time.



Book  

Along came a stork by Marisa Mackle.
I got this book for 5 euro in Dunnes Stores and haven't looked back since.
I've been trying to ease myself back into reading and this is the perfect easy read to do just that. The storyline is as the title suggests, its a bit ridiculous and predictable but thats excatly why I love it. Its set in Ireland which makes it hilarious to read. I like to support Irish writers if I can so I'm happy to buy and recommend this book.












Food  

Technically this isn't a food, its a drink. I titled this category food as opposed to drink because I thought if you saw drink you would think I'd be naming my favourite alcoholic beverage of the month. Which I shall not, as I know that all of you are not over eighteen and I do not want to receive any emails from angry parents blaming me for their childs downward spiral into the world of alcoholism because I introduced them to some sweet spirits! Wow that was a long winded introduction to Green Tea. Yes, that is my favourite drink at the moment. But just the one with Lemon and Echinacea, the other one is vile.

Song 

I've been listening to a lot of music recently so I've decided to pick three songs. I've been really into remixes of late which is odd as I used to hate them. Yay for growing as a person.

Here are the songs I've been loving this month. (click on the song title to listen to them)

Destiny's Child Say My Name Remix

Passion Pit-Carried Away

Rihanna Stay Remix

I have decided to save the best for last.... 

Hottie Of The Month  

Sorry but I couldn't not include this category.
My hottie of the month for April is Zac Efron.
Zac has grown up gooood.
Feast yer eyes.

Sorry this post was so long, if you managed to get this far, thank you!

Stay classy, 

L xx