December 2014

Here's what LGC have been listening to this month!

1. I Want U-Allison Wonderland

2. SuperLove- Charli XCX

3. Talk Slow feat. Tech N9ne- Dirty Heads

4. Love This Town feat. Teddy Sky-Dizzee Rascal

5. Harlem- New Politics

6. Cosby Sweater- Hilltop Hoods

7. Take Me To Church-Hozier

8. Say You'll Be There- MØ

9. Up feat. Demi Lovato-Olly Murs

10. Holy-Pvris

11. Changing (Sigma's VIP Remix feat. Stylo G)- Sigma feat. Paloma Faith

12. Borderline- Tove Styrke
13. Comeback-Ella Eyre
14. Real Love- Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
15. Stockholm Syndrome- One Direction
16. Appreciated-Rixton
17. Confident- Justin Bieber
18. I Know- Shift K3y
19. Oblivion- Bastille
20. Welcome To New York-Taylor Swift
21. Absolutely (Story of a Girl)-Nine Days
22. All Falls Down feat. Syleena Johnson- Kanye West
23. SOS- Jonas Brothers
24. I Wanna Feel (Brookes Brothers Remix)- SecondCity

KRIZIA

1. Sam Smith

Sam Smith is one of my favourite singers right now and he's playing two sold out shows in Auckland next year and I managed to score two tickets to go see him. I'm super excited for the show, he's someone i've wanted to see live for a while now.

2. Inniu Tracker Boots

I've wanted a pair of Timberlands for ages but never wanted to spend $300+ for them so I went on the hunt for a good pair of knock offs. I found these for $89 at my trusty favourite shop Wildpair. They're great quality, exactly like Timberlands, but less than half the price! 

3. GoPro Hero 4 Silver

I was getting really sick of how bulky my DSLR was so I looked into changing my camera. Since I was already interested in a GoPro I thought it was the perfect time to sell the DSLR and go for the Hero 4 Silver. It has the same Mega Pixels as my DSLR did and does basically the same thing but it's less than the size of my hand. I LOVE it! can't wait to use it when i travel, I'm also looking into diving so i can film underwater.

4. Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones

These headphones have been glued to my head for the past few days! I love being in my own world when i'm listening to music so these are amazing for me. I've always wanted Beats but the reviews were never good, and if you're going to spend a lot of money on headphones you're going to want them to do a good job.

5. MAC Pro Longwear Foundation

This was my first MAC purchase ever and for $70 it might be my last BUT i just had to try one of their foundations. I have very oily skin and after reading a few blogs a majority of the bloggers recommended Pro Longwear for oily skin. I was surprised that it really does work, i get a few hours of looking fresh faced rather than getting oily 30 minutes after putting on makeup. It's pricey but i definitely recommend it!

SOPHIE


1. Simpsons Tapped Out
This is currently my most used app (aside from my social media apps of course), there's just something about this game that keeps me coming back and earning money (for the game to complete quests). The basic outline of the game is that Homer has blown up the springfield you know and love however Professor Frink has managed to find a parallel universe and it's up to you to rebuild it.

2. Missguided Boots
These are my favourite pair of shoes at the moment. They're comfortable, stylish and the heel gives a bit of height but not high enough to be uncomfortable if I was to wear them the whole day. They had previously sold out but when I found out they had come back in stock I was quick purchase these and I haven't regretted it at all!

3. Brooklyn Nine Nine
Over the Christmas break i've had a lot of free time on my hands and to help with my procrastination of not working on my dissertation I turned to Netflix and the hit T.V. show Brooklyn Nine Nine. I love this comedy show starring Andy Samberg and Terry Crewes about the 99 Precinct in Brooklyn and the hijinks they get up too.

4. Bleach London Hair Dye
In my 27 years of living I've had many different hair colours but have never felt truly happy until I had pink/lavender hair and then being blonde as a close 2nd. What with uni coming to an end soon and me having to get a real job soon, I thought i'd go back to being blonde, but before that has to happen I thought i'd enjoy having a bit of freedom with colour first. Bleach London is a semi permanent hair dye colourant that I use to achieve these unnatural colours I love.. I may do a blog post in the new year about them.

5. Instax Mini 8
For christmas my boyfriend got me a white Instax Mini 8 and I absolutely LOVE it! I've wanted on for ages and was meant to get one for my birthday but as he was still finding a job he surprised me and got it for me for Christmas. I can't wait to take more pics with it in the new year!

K. & S.
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LGC want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Thanks for sticking with us these past four months! We have our last two monthly favourite posts at the end of the week before we take a break.

See you in the new year!

K. & S.

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This Pale Fire is the lovechild of the talented New Zealand born Corban Koschak. Residing in Auckland Corban has always had a love of music and with thanks to a few open mic nights and the help of Kyle Wetton and Nick Douch This Pale Fire was born. The EP "Dusk" has been a long process in the making, but like they say good things take time.

This 7 track EP is a great indie/rock record that is enriched with hints of nordic mythology, which can be seen in "The Night" (which is also the EP's first single release) where it pays reference to Fenrir the Wolf God. 

The EP overall is refreshing and leaves me wanting more from This Pale Fire, which pains me as they're only still building a fanbase in NZ although I don't see it long before they get recognition and soon will have radio play all over the globe. They've recently just been given funding thanks to NZ Music on Air to create a music video with Cymbol 303 on their collab track "Burst of Colour", which isn't on the EP but if it's anything like the remix track of "Unfamiliar" I'm excited to see what this song will be like!

Personal favourites of mine have to be "The Night", "Silence" & "Siren's Song"

If your living in the Auckland area you should most definitely go and check them out on Facebook to see when they have a gig, if you're like me and not in New Zealand feel free to check out This Pale Fire's Soundcloud or better yet download the EP "Dusk" on Bandcamp! You won't regret it!

S.

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This British babe hasn't been in a lot of movies but we are very thankful to the Hunger Games for bringing him into our lives. You may just know him as Finnick Odair, the 65th winner of the Hunger Games but he's also had roles in Pirates of the Caribbean, Snow White and the Huntsmen, and more recently Love, Rosie. He is sadly off the market (he married a fellow British actress last year) and we're a little jealous she gets to look at that face (and those dimples<333333 ) all the time. We suggest looking up interviews with Sam because we can guarantee you'll end up falling in love with his adorable down to earth self.

K. & S.

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DRESS: New Look

HEELS: Internacionale

BAG: New Look

RINGS: H&M

NECKLACE: Tiffany's

On Sunday I had my works Christmas Meal which was organised by yours truly (and two other co-workers). Being students who work at the students bar this meal means a lot as it's one of the only nights where everyone isn't working (we have it after term breaks up) and everyone gets dressed up all nice and fancy.

The meal was soooo good! I had chicken and duck ballontine for a starter, braised blade of beef with mustard mash and bailey's cheesecake to finish. Not to mention A LOT of wine! In fact the pics I took of my outfit are pretty much the only pics I took all night haha, what am I like!

Big thanks to my friend Welshie for sorting out my hair!!

S.
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For my sister's Christmas present I thought I'd treat her to the Harry Potter Studio Tour (as we're both massive Potter fans). I'd been before with Krizia (twas a Christmas Present from my boyfriend) and I absolutely loved it! This time though as it's the Christmas season the whole tour was decked out for the joyous season.

This time round I splurged and got us both some audio guides, which provided further insight into the behind the scenes of the movie franchise.

Even though I had been before there was still so much more to see and things missed the first time viewing as I had been caught up in the excitement. A few things were missing and had been moved as well, the last time I was there, there was an epic display of all the beautiful graphic designs that featured in the movie (e.g. The Quibbler, tickets, books, posters etc) instead it was replaced with The Deatheaters and Voldemort sitting at the table (re: Deathly Hallows Part 1), however one thing is for certain I was still in awe of all the incredible detail that went in to making these films that meant so much to me and others around the world.

The Butterbeer was as still as delicious as I remembered and this time I upgraded and got a novelty mug. I managed to refrain myself in the gift shop and only purchased peppermint toads, but I could seriously go to town in there if I had the funds (wands, robes, jumpers... the works).

Here are a small selection of the pics I took:

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1. Playstation

I've always been a Playstation person, i've never gotten into XBox and i've been missing having a  Playstation in my life for quite some time. I miss playing Crash Bandicoot!

2. Christmas Jumper

At the moment it's feeling more like winter than summer down here so a Christmas jumper would be perfect right now. I've seen this design in a few other places (and in different colours) but i do love black! and of course i love the quote from one of my favourite Christmas movies.

3. Full House Boxset

Full House reruns have been on TV recently and its brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. This was one of my favourite TV shows in the 90s and i always used to see the DVDs being sold separately per season, but now i've found this amazing boxset and i have to have it!

SOPHIE


1. Water Filtration Bottle
I've been meaning to start drinking more water recently mainly for the health benefits such as better skin, feeling more refreshed, and I think it would help with my IBS problem. Not that i'm not a fan of tap water but there's nothing like fresh filtered water that you get from the grocery store or the local diary (newsagent in the UK). This bottle does just this! All you have to do is put in the filter disc and add some water!

2. Tattoo from Sasha Unisex
My sister linked me to a Buzzfeed article about this uber talented tattoo artist from Russia. Ever since then i've been dying to get a tattoo from her. I love her watercolour, no block line style. A trip to Russia may have to be on the cards to fulfill this wish!

3. Treadmill
For the past year I've really gotten interested in getting fit and healthy, it's a tad hard being a uni student and with my procrastination nature even though I have a gym membership I don't go as much as I'd like (especially now in the colder months). BUT if I had my own treadmill I could run in the comfort of my own home!


What's on your wishlist?

S. & K.
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WHOSE WALKED AWAY WITH A RECORD DEAL AND THE X FACTOR UK 2014 CROWN?

click to find out!

Christmas movies are one of the many things I enjoy about this season! 

Over the next two days Krizia and I will share with you some of our fav Christmas Films!

1. Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights is the animated, musical, holiday film centring on Hanukkah and created and starring Adam Sandler. It seems to be a yearly tradition that me and my sister watch this regardless of where we are in the world. It follows the adult life of Davey Stone whom after his parent's death has lead a troubled life, after causing havoc and knocking over Menorah he gets saved from going to jail but Whitey Duvall, a 70 year old man that has one foot bigger then the other. Through the film we get to see Davey grow and tackle his demons. 

2. Elf

Elf centres around Buddy played by Will Ferrell who as a baby snuck into Santa's sack and was then raised in the North Pole. Without the corruption of the real world, Buddy has an essence of innocence about him and his naivety leads to many a humorous moments as he travels to NYC to find his real father. 

3. Muppets Christmas Carol

This timeless Christmas story has been retold in this Disney film with the help of the loveable Muppets. Kermit and Miss Piggy play Mr and Mrs Cratchit, Michael Caine plays Mr Scrooge and Gonzo plays the narrator Charles Dickens.

4. Love Actually

Love Actually centres around a handful of strangers and their individual stories around Christmas time. With a stellar cast boasting the creme de la creme of British talent in the likes of Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant this movie was always going to be a fan favourite. With lovable characters like Colin the "Sex God" and his plans to move to America for all the American girls, young boy Sam who learns to play the drums so he can impress the girl he's in love with and Hugh Grant playing the Prime Minister and dancing around 10 Downing Street.

Honourable Mentions

The Santa Clause (Check back tomorrow for Krizia's post)

Home Alone 1 & 2 (Check back tomorrow for Krizia's post)

The Holiday

This Christmas

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

What are some of your fav Christmas films?
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LGC have picked the amazing, talented, and beautiful Jennifer Lawrence aka Katniss Everdeen for our WCW this week.

We love everything about this gal! and we really love how down to earth she seems.

Even when she's tripping over in front of the world at big award ceremonies she still manages to look like a Disney princess.

Her award season style is to die for-actually, her style's always on point!

She has an awesome body and we love that she accepts it as it is, even though the industry that she's in puts a lot of pressure on women's looks and their weight.

JLaw is definitely someone who would easily get along with us and our humor and we'd happily have her as part of LGC!

 S. & K.

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Blazer: River Island

Top: H&M

Necklace: H&M

Leggings: Topshop

Boots: Missguided

Being a third year uni student, all I ever seem to be doing is sleep, go to the library, work, if I have enough time eat and repeat. Naturally doing this constantly can get a bit frustrating so it's good to let your hair down for a night.  My friend Jess and I were feeling a bit blah one Friday night so we thought F*CK IT! Lets go out! We didn't want to do anything to wild like going to the student club night "The Eskimo Project" in Portsmouth, so we settled on Albert Road which has some really nice bars and pubs. 

For the occasion I felt like dressing up a bit but still having the semi casual vibe, so I teamed my maroon crop top from H&M (found in the basics section) with my new Topshop leggings to add a bit of a statement I wore my white blazer from River Island I had gotten in the sale the previous summer. To top it all off I wore my newly acquired boots from Missguided (they had sold out but had come back in stock YAY) and a plain silver necklace from H&M. Makeup wise I had a nude brown lipstick from Seventeen in Fond Farewell (see my Top 4 Fav Dark Lipsticks) and my classic winged eyeliner with various shades of natural coloured (Browns and Golds) eyeshadow from my MUA Palette.

This week saw the semi finals in X Factor, which means one more week and then X Factor will be over for another year :(
Find out below how the contestants got on singing Christmas classics and their last chance plea song to get them to the finals!!

November 30th saw Lily Allen come down to Portsmouth to play the final show on her UK leg of the Sheezus tour.

The O.C. was the "it" show of the noughties and it was THE staple show in most teenagers lives growing up around this time. We here at LGC were transfixed with the lives of Ryan Atwood, Seth Cohen, Marissa Cooper and Summer Roberts. 

The O.C. created by Josh Schwartz is about a young troubled high school boy Ryan Atwood (played by Benjamin McKenzie) from Chino, California, who gets sent to juvie but gets taken in by all round nice guy Sandy Cohen (played by Peter Gallagher) and his wife Kirsten (played by Kelly Rowan) and son Seth (played by Adam Brody). From here Ryan sees how the other half live in Newport California where he meets the girl next door Marissa Cooper and where we got this very rememberable line... 

The show tackles a wide range of storylines from addictions, deaths and just trying to fit in. It spanned across four seasons before it got cancelled mid season in 2007. 

The O.C. may not be on anymore but who could forget the epic theme song, Sandy's epic eyebrows, Marissa's hilarious yet meant to be serious freak out, basically any scene that has Seth Cohen in it because at one point or another we all have a bit of Seth Cohen in us and who could forget Rosa the maid (I know the Cohen's sure did haha)

If for some unfortunate reason you weren't watching this incredible teen drama go lock yourself into a room and binge watch this! You won't regret it!

S. & K.
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Shirt: burnout Alexander Wang
Trousers: fake leather from Temt
Bum bag: Ebay (heaps to choose from!)
Shoes: London Rebel from ASOS

Last Friday night Our House Festival hit New Zealand. Every year DJs like Calvin Harris, David Guetta, and Zedd perform and this year it was Steve Aoki and Skrillex who headlined.
For the event i definitely did not want to wear heels or a dress but i still wanted to keep things light as i knew there would be a lot of sweaty bodies and a lot of dancing was going to go down.
I settled on all black everything because you can never go wrong with an all black outfit.
Lipstick is shade 20 from the Kate Moss Rimmel London range and choker is also from ASOS.

What So Not and MK were also on the lineup but i only showed up in time to see the two headliners.
The legendary Steve Aoki was the first headliner up and he made sure that we didn't miss out on the whole Aoki experience so there were cakes, an inflatable boat, and champagne! Steve Aoki played all his big hits from Phat Bram, Freak, Boneless with an awesome intro from Simon Says by Pharoahe Monch, Free The Madness, Rage The Night Away, and he ended his set with crowd pleaser Pursuit of Happiness. He definitely knows how to get the crowd super pumped and ready for more madness throughout the night.
Skrillex opened his set with his track My Name Is Skrillex, it took a few minutes for me to get into the set because it was so loud i couldn't hear anything from the ringing in my ears but eventually i got into it. Skrillex was a lot more heavy than Steve Aoki, or as my friend put it a lot more 'dirty' but he was just as good and as fans of his from his days prior to being a DJ and fronting From First to Last to now he knows to work a crowd and did not disappoint. Following his opener Skrillex played First of the Year (Equinox), Bangarang, Wild For the Night, Promises, Summer, Rock N' Roll, and Cinema to name a few.

As a massive EDM fan i'm so happy EDM is getting bigger here. Now there's a new summer dance festival hitting Auckland called Summer Sound System where Avicii, Martin Garrix, and Afrojack are going to play next year. Haven't seen Martin Garrix yet but i've been dying to for awhile and i can't wait to see the other two again on home soil!

K.
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