(These questions are from the Get To Know Me TAG on YouTube)

The questions:

Vital Stats:
Name: Laura Barlow
Nicknames: Laus (I only get called that by some of my friends that i do not hang around with any more)
Birthday: 8th November
Place of Birth: Some where in the UK
Star Sign: Scorpio
Occupation: I do not have a job, so Student

Appearance:
Hair colour: Brown
Hair length: Chest Area
Eye colour: Hazel to dark brown
Best feature: Personality
Braces: Nope
Piercings: I have both ears pierced twice
Tattoos: Nope
Righty of Lefty: Righty

Firsts:
Best friend: My first best friend was Leonie
Award: Probably under six Boston tw0step
Sport: Ballroom Dancing
Real Holiday: Majorca with my grandparents when i was 3
Concert: were i am from: JLS away: Justin Bieber

Favourites
Film: The Goonies
TV Show: Pretty Little Liars
Colour: Pink
Song: FAR TOO MANY
Restaurant: An Italian restaurant near were i live
Store: Topshop
Book: I hate to admit it but i don’t read them that much, I really want to read the Pretty Little Liars books
Magazine: Teen vouge, Look and the celebrity gossip ones like new, okay etc
Shoes: My new Black Amush boots from Topshop

Currently…
Feeling: Full from eating too many sweets
Single or Taken: Single
Eating: Was just eating sweets. Chocolate covered Raisins, Fruit Pastels and Sour Astro belts
Listening to: The Tv
Thinking about: These questions
Watching: The Chase
Wearing: Jeans, grey crop top, burgundy vest top

Future:
Want Children: Yes
Want to be married: Yes
Careers in mind: Dancer or Dance teacher, work with children, Fashion, Journalist
Where do you want to live: Somewhere sunny with lots of great shops

Do you believe in:
God: Yes
Miracles: Yes
Love at first sight: Yes
Ghosts: Yes
Aliens Yes
Soul Mates: Yes
Heaven: Yes
Hell: Yes
Kissing on the first date: On the cheek
Yourself: Yes

Hopefully this let you know a bit more about me thanks for reading, comment below if you would like x x x

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In Topshop my mum bought me a grey crop top. I think if you wear a crop top with a maxi skirt or thick tights and a mid length skirt they do not look provocative at all. A long skirt provides a balance to the outfit so you are not showing all your body. (the top was £8)

The black Bandeau top is from New Look it was £3 so very inexpensive. Like i said about the Topshop crop top as long as you wear them balanced i think they do not look bad at all.

Next from New Look I bought this  Sleeveless Top with what i thought was a husky dog but my dad said is a werewolf on it howling at the moon. I really love these style tops at the moment. You can buy buy these in most shops  but I preferred  this one two any of the other ones i seen because it was a lot more thicker. It is £13 and you can get loads of different designs.

I bought this top after I had returned a shirt because it was two small. I really wanted a top that was comfy and one i could hang around in, which this top is perfect for its dead stretchy and soft. You can also wear this dressed up and tops like this are in fashion at the moment. The top was £10 and again you could get it in loads of different designs.

I do a lot of Dancing and i did not really have any decent jogger bottoms to dance in. So my mum bought me two new pairs, both are full length the navy ones crinkle around your ankle as you can see in the picture but the burgundy ones just flow out. Both are super soft and dead comfy. I did have a problem with the burgundy ones.  I had them on only once and they ripped down the side, but lucky for me my mum quickly sewed them up, but i am sure this will not happen to everyone. The light purple/burgundy ones were £13 (I think) and the navy ones were around £18 (I think)

Then we went to Miss Selfridge where i could also spend my Topshop gift vouchers, I bought this mustard and black colour cardigan its not ichy at all and does not malt much. It was only £17 which is such a bargain originally it was £42 but i got it in the sale. I also bought a gold three symbol peace ring its so easy to wear because its not dead big and I think its really cute, the ring was £4.

And last but definitely not least we went to River Island and my mum bought me this checked jacket which i LOVE. Its really how i like to dress at the moment and i can not wear to get more wear out of it, as you can see from the pictures the hood its so fluffy and full of wool. The price was £50 but it was on offer for £25. I warn this today with navy jeans, my new black boots, my new grey crop top over a burgundy vest top from H&M and my peace ring. I loved my outfit and i can not wear to wear it again.

Hope you enjoyed this blog post and thank you for reading, feel free to post a comment or ask me any questions x x x

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This is a screen shot taking from the EMA promo for Selena Gomez being the host.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO >>>>> MTV EMA 2011 Promo

Selena Gomez is the host of this year MTV EMA , in this promo video Selena shows her alter  ego who talks to her from behind the mirror. In the video they sing a rap / song together and it is really catchy, honestly when you watch it for the first time you will probably be singing it all day, well me and my friend Annie were.

Selena Gomez was the MTV’s news special correspondent at the Video Music Awards Pre-Show in August, she acted professional, But for her new hosting duties at next months MTV EMA she’s decided to change things up a bit.  So that is why she wanted to make this video. Her alter ego wears a cotton checked shirt with only the top button buttoned, a leaped skin bra underneath, some boy style jeans tucked in with socks and worn with converse

I really like Selena Gomez yes i admit i am Jealous of her because she is going out with Justin Bieber, but i really hate the Justin Bieber fans who send death threats to Selena just because they are Jealous of her, we should be Happy for them. I think they are such a cute couple

Selena Gomez is in a new movie called “Monte Carlo” i am really looking forward to watching it even though the daily mail (my mum told me this) gave it a rubbish review. I still want to watch it though i never believe movie reviews because ones i like they don’t, and ones i don’t like they seem to love, i say each to there own. The film is about a girl (Selena) who is on holiday and she looks like a famous person over there so she impersonates her, i think if you like girly films then you will love this one. The movie also has Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy in it.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH MONTE CARLO MOVIE TRAILER

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Here is some pictures me and Leonie took with my new camera the Samsung PL150 (around £150) i love this camera i was abit on edge when i bought it first but now i have learned how to use it the best i really think the camera takes great pictures, also the camera records in HD so the video quality is really good.

Hope you like these pictures

(Edited on my camera)

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You probably did not know but i do Ballroom dancing, i have done it since the age of 4 and i love it. Dancing is fun it gets you moving, its exercise but you forget your doing exercise. I am not going to lie dancing is hard but do not be put off dancing by thinking you are to old.  Len Goodman strictly come dancing judge did not start dancing until he was 21 years of age, when i get asked by 15 year olds “am i too old to start dancing?” no your never to old.  People get confused with Ballroom dancing so i will tell you abit about it the dances are split up in to three sections. Ballroom or modern, Latin american and old time. The dances are in Ballroom waltz, foxtrot, tango, quickstep and viennese waltz. The Latin American dances are the cha cha cha,  samba, rumba, jive and the paso doble. There are so many old time dances i could not name them all but all the old time dances are sequence dances so everyone does the same routine. Another question i get asked a lot is do i dance in my dance dress, no when you are practicing you can wear any clothes as long as you can dance in them. And you don’t have to have to have big hair and make up  (half the time i am still in my school uniform because i have not gone home yet). In dancing you need to have quiet good stamina because in the competitions you can have to do at the most up to 5 dances at a time. Lots of people are scared to start dancing because they do not have a dance partner. I started dancing at 4 with a dance partner called Jessica. It took me until i got my partner to enjoy dancing (but i was only 4) i started not knowing any one but then made loads of friends, so don’t worry  if you do not have any one to join dancing with you will meet people at the dance school you join. My dance partner now is called Todd we have danced together since we were 11 years old. I get on well with Todd. Which you need to with a dance partner if you do not get on together you will never dance well. I see this all the time and have experienced  it. But no me and Todd and like best friends we do fight but never (not any more;)) over something to serious. I have had 5 long term partners, and tried out with many different people. If your new to dancing do not worry if it did not work out with your first partner, don’t quit, just try with a new partner.  Where i am from, The Isle of Man we have a big yearly event called the Isle of Man Dance Festival run by my dance teachers Ellis and Francis Killey, The dance festival is every year, and in about august time. If you do go away for dance competitions  i would recomend  the festival. Its a two day event, including all Modern, Latin and Old Time. Dancers from the Isle of Man, England, Ireland etc all come to the festival and it is in one of the most beautiful dance halls the Villa Marina. Dancers say they love dancing on the floor it has a great bounce and it is better than the one at the tower and Winter gardens in Blackpool, Which is a huge complement knowing that blackpool is the most famous place for Ballroom Dancing.

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I took this photograph in Stockport as well, i love the architecture of the building. The design and colours.  I think it is  a Tudor building. If you live in Stockport you will probably recognise this building, i am not to sure what its purpose is but if you know please leave a comment and tell me

This picture is once again taken in Stockport, After we had been shopping we were going back the hotel and i seen this back street ally, i love urban photographs so i though by taken this i could have one.

I am not a professional photographer and do not use a professional camera, or a professional photograph editing program. I am 15 and enjoy taking photos, i use my Nikon 8 megapixel camera and i editing my photos with Picnik, a free online photograph editing program.

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The Rimmel London one is very clumpy, which is a major pet hate of mine clumpy mascara. When you take the brush out of the mascara wand (or bottle what ever it is called) all the mascara gets stuck and comes out in long strands and stretches from the brush back in the bottle. Rimmel claims in its adverts dramatically different lash looks with just one brush, which it really does not. When you apply the mascara you eye lashes just clump together and need to be separated straight away.

I do find though the more you play around with the mascara the better it gets, if you watch beauty grues on youtube on a girls account called “morremilk” she had a method, which i tried and it really worked. Apply the volume brush first and once you like it use the length side to separate your eyelashes from the clumps it is in.

In conclusion i would not buy this mascara again, i am fussy about my mascaras, i think next time i wont be cheap and will just spend a little bit extra on the proper one.

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Step one is either a bar of soap (i bought this one) or a cleansing foam, the reason i bought the soap was because it is able to use on your body not just your face. So i can not say much about the foam as a review but the soap i would rate average it does not dry out your face as long as you use step three the moisturizer (which is recommended by Clinque) The soap does not have a strong smell. Which is good because if a product has heavy perfume in it, they can irate your skin.

Step two is a clarifying lotion (in other words a toner) this was the first of the three products to run out first. The lotion is of a watery consistency and it is in two separate liquids and you have to act as an emulsifier, and shake the two together. Step two kind of stings your skin if you use to much and rub it in to hard, or even hard open skin.

Last but not least probably my favorite of the products is the clearing moisturizer. Its in a small bottle but you only need a small amount and after using the clarifying lotion your skin is tight and might be rather sore, but when you apply the moisturizer your skin feels great fresh and and clean.

Over all, even though this is a good review on all the products, there are some bad points, for £30 which is quite pricey the products did nothing to clearing Blemish’s i started using them in April and they kept my skin in a good condition but did not Get rid of spots, blackhead, reduce pores etc.. it

just kept my skin the same, but the minuet you stopped using it, like for

example for a few days I forgot to use it, i broke out really bad, and quickly went back to the products which kept my blemish’s back at there normal state.

In my onion i think if your skin is already in a bad condition do not buy these products, but if you have quite good skin but can see it turning any think your skin could turn if you do not buy some skin care products i would recommend the Anti Blemish Solutions Clear Skin System by Clinque.

But as long as you use some sort of product, and wash your face twice a day. Your skin should  improve very soon.

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Maybelline foundation Instant Age Rewind is a foundation that when you twist the bottle the foundation comes out on the sponge applicator and then you apply it to your face.

The advantages of this foundation is that its small to Carrie around in your bag. You do not need a brush and a foundation so it does not take up loads of space.

The disadvantages of this foundation is that a lot of foundation comes out in one go, so when you apply it to the face it leaves streaks, so you need to rub it in with a separate brush or sponge, because if you use the one on the top of the foundation more liquid will come on to your face.

I think this foundation suits older skin better, if you have wrinkles or dark circles it does hide them, but on young skin i do not think its worth it. Because of its consistency its thick on young skin and looks like you have caked it on.

In conclusion i think this is a good foundation but i would see buying it if you have skin which you want to  ”rewind the age”

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