♡ iyastevie ♡: March 2018

♥ Youtubers You Should Be Watching 2!

Every day when I get home from work, every time I sit down to eat and every time I have a spare hour or so, I sit down and watch YouTube. I love the platform, and it has become my version of TV. I literally no longer watch TV. If I am home alone, the TV doesn't even get turned on. I would much rather add a load of videos to my 'Watch Later' list and binge watch my favourite YouTubers! I have started watching some new people lately who I am really enjoying, and there are some that I have been watching for years! If you're as much of a YouTube fan as I am, you may enjoy the people I'm going to tell you about!

Danelle Hallan

Photo credit - Danelles Instagram (@danellehallanyt)

I stumbled across Danelles channel a few weeks ago and binge watched every single one of her videos in the space of about a week! Danelle creates videos informing the internet and bringing awareness to missing peoples cases. Danelle also does the odd case on solved murders or people who went missing and the case has subsequently been solved/ I think this is such a good cause to use the platform for! Her videos really make you think how is is possible for people to literally disappear into thin air with no trace? It is impossible! Somebody out there must know something about what has happened to the so many people who are missing. Danelles videos are very informative about the cases, she does really deep research into the person who is missing and provides updates to the cases she has discussed to keep all us viewers informed if there is any more evidence. I think Danelle is doing a great job, raising awareness for cases that are starting to fall off the grid, and she Danelle says herself, it only takes one person knowing or remembering something to help the authorities reach the end of their case and find out what happened to all those poor people who have gone missing and provide their families with the information that they need. If you're interested in true crime, I would highly suggest subscribing to Danelle!

Eleanor Neale

Photo credit - Eleanors Instagram (@eleanorneale)

I have only just started watching Eleanors channel, and it was actually through Danelle tweeting about her that I found her! A little like Danelle, Eleanor makes videos about true crime, but more so about murder cases. I find these very interesting to listen to, it is incomprehensible how some people can do the awful things that they have done and some of the sentences that they receive for the heinous crimes they have carried out is disgusting! Eleanor puts a lot of research into her cases, ensuring that us viewers know as much information as they can! She also always has the most amazing make up too, so I'm hoping she'll do a few make up tutorial also, as although most of her content is true crime, she does also do the occasional video on something that won't give me nightmares! I've binge watched a lot of her videos and I'm excited for the new ones! If you're into true crime or mystery stories, I would really suggest checking out Eleanors channel!

Guava Juice

Photo credit - Roi's Instagram (@guavaroi)

I have been watching Roi for years now. I initially watched him when he was a part of a channel called Wassabi Productions, which he co ran with another YouTuber called Alex. Roi left Wassabi Productions so that he could concentrate on his own channel, which was initially supposed to be a gaming channel. However, I don't think the gaming was a hit and Roi started doing what I would class as 'trend' videos. He has a series where he would bathe in very strange things, like the image in the middle where he is bathing in a bath full of Orbeez, but some of the more weird ones have been Nutella and of course, slime! I really like how happy Rois videos always are! Even though I was pretty gutted when he left Wassabi Productions, you can tell by watching these videos that he is happy with his own channel and it really does show! If you fancy watching a funny video that will make you giggle, definitely check out Guava Juice!

Shane Dawson

Photo credit - Shane's Instagram (@shanedawson)

Shane is one of the original YouTubers that I have been watching for years. I think I first started watching Shane back in about 2007 or 2008! Over the years, Shane's content has changed quite a lot. I really enjoyed the videos where he would try food from different fast food restaurants and attempting to waffle all different kinds of food! Lately his videos have been a bit more serious, and I'm not going to lie some of them have made me shed a tear or two! He made a series of videos where he reconnected with people from his past, and this included his father and his first big crush. You could tell that he was being so real and you got to see a completely other side of Shane, it was nice. I also love his conspiracy theory videos, they really get you thinking - even if some of them are absolute ridiculous! Although his videos have become more serious as of late, you still get to see that jokey and sarcastic side of him which everybody loves!

WaltsMouse88

Photo credit - Amanda's Instagram (@waltsmouse88)

Amanda is another YouTuber who I haven't been subscribed to for very long, but I am totally loving her videos! I first came across Amanda on Instagram, where she posts videos of her insanely huge Disney collection that I am seriously jealous of! Amanda makes YouTube videos of all things Disney! She has shown us around her Disney filled home, done hauls of all the amazing pieces she has found in charity shops and also does haul videos of what her and her lovely husband Adam, have bought whilst being in Disneyland or been gifted for Christmas. I love Amandas videos because they are so humbling, real and unedited! I love that the videos are unedited, something about it just makes it seem nicer and more personal, less like a production. As I said, Amandas Disney collection is unbelievable, she has so many pieces that I would die for! If you're a Disney fan, definitely give Amanda a follow on Instagram and YouTube!

I am always on the look out for a new YouTuber to watch, so if you watch anybody and think I may enjoy their content, definitely leave their name in the comments section!

You can find all the YouTubers mentioned above by using the links below:

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, by iyastevie

In edinburgh, england

♥ March Visit!

March is always a month that comes around so super quick! I never usually get to see Reece at this time of the year, because he was at college the past couple of years and it just made more sense for him to visit me during his Easter break than to take time off, so in the four years of us being together, we have only spent my birthday together once! It was so nice to be able to spend it with him this year and we planned to go away for a couple of night to our new favourite city, Edinburgh. We've been before just for the day, and we've both fallen in love with the city. It's so gorgeous, so architecturally stunning, there is plenty to see and do and so many nice places to eat!

My parents drove us up instead of us getting the train as I had found a discount village just a little outside of Edinburgh and my parents wanted to visit there too. The discount village is in a place called Livingston. There are two huge shopping centres, one a discount centre with so many stores inside like Ted Baker, Levis, GAP and so many more! Myself and Reece spent so long in the discount centre that we barely had any time in the other shopping centre, which had stores like Disney and New Look.

I managed to pick myself up a new Ted Baker purse!

Pictured - Cecilie Pearl Bobble Ted Baker purse in pink

I have been wanting to get myself a new purse for a while, as I have a Ted Baker one that I bought from Depop a few years back, but after using it nearly every day for about 3 years, the clasp isn't as strong as it used to be and it was very marked and looking old. I knew I wanted another Ted Baker as I really like the layout inside, I like that you have plenty of space for your cards, space for coins and also somewhere for notes and receipts. I managed to pick up this purse for only £50, when the recommended retail price is £80.

I also picked up a really nice Levis t-shirt!

Pictured - Levi's ringer logo t-shirt

Reece has been into Levi's for a while, but I never tend to go for designer clothes as being totally honest, their sizing's are always far too small for me! This is a men's t-shirt though, and I have plenty of room, in it which I like! Reece and I both got this t-shirt, so we've agreed that when we're together we will not be wearing them at the same time!

After we were finished in Livingston, my parents took us to our hotel. We booked to stay at the Apex Grassmarket hotel. It's quite funny that we decided to stay here, as last time we were in Edinburgh we walked past this hotel and Reece commented on how nice it looked. We booked a superior room, so we had a view of Edinburgh Castle, which was really nice!

Pictured - Bathroom in the Superior Room at Apex Grassmarket Hotel

Pictured - Bedroom in the Superior Room at Apex Grassmarket Hotel

Pictured - View from the Superior Room at Apex Grassmarket Hotel

We could not fault this hotel at all! It was super clean, we had plenty of coffee and tea making facilities in our room, they left us books to look at for ideas of what to do and where to eat during our time in Edinburgh. The hotel also had a pool and sauna which we used the two nights we were there and they were really nice too. I wanted to take photos, and even though we were the only ones in the area I still felt weird taking photos so I didn't.

We liked this hotel that much that we've both agreed that if we were to stay in Edinburgh again, which we for sure will be, we won't even look at other places to stay, we will just book here again!

After checking in to our hotel we went out for a wander around Edinburgh and decided to go to Zizzi's for some food as we had barely eaten all day!

Pictured - Passion Fruit Punch mocktails

Pictured - Food at Zizzis

Pictured - Playfair Steps

Picutred - Edinburgh

Pictured - Princes Street Gardens

The food at Zizzis was so good! Neither of us had ate here before as there isn't one in Carlisle and we never really stop at eat while we're in Belfast. We will definitely be visiting a Zizzis again as we were both very pleased with our meals!

One our one and only full day in Edinburgh, we decided to visit the National Museum of Scotland. We'd meant to go here before, but with such little time the past times we have visited Edinburgh, I'm glad we left it till this visit as we were there for hours and hours! This museum definitely needs a day to see, there is so much! I took so many photos while we were here but I'm just going to share some of my favourites!

Warning - some of the following photos contain bones and taxidermy. Please do not continue reading if you are sensitive to photos of bones and taxidermy.

We spent so long in the museum that when we got out, we were starving and our feet were aching! We went to Pizza Express for food, and I forgot to take photos I was that hungry. We went back to our hotel and went for a swim and then went up to bed for the night.

On our last day in Edinburgh, we wandered around the shops and I picked up a few more bits and bobs!

Pictured - Levi's ringer tee and original logo tee

I was so pleased with the quality of the t-shirt I picked up in Livingston, that when we visited the Levi's store I couldn't help myself and picked up these two t-shirts too!

Pictured - Patches from Levi's and Pie in the Sky

While we were in Levi's, I also grabbed some patches from there. They sell so many it took me forever to decide which ones I wanted. We also popped into Pie in the Sky a really cute shop on Cockburn Street in the old town and I grabbed a couple in there. As we were walking back to our hotel I spied another shop which had patches and grabbed the Eleven, Hogwarts Crest and the Jack Skellington ones.

Pictured - Harry Potter earrings and Alice in Wonderland pin badges from Primark

We also nipped into Primark on Princes Street purely so I could look for these two items, so I was really pleased that I managed to pick them up! My local Primark very rarely has items like this, so I really wanted to pop into the one in Edinburgh to see if they had them.

We also took a wander to this one small street that is packed with designer shops, just to have a quick look around. I didn't even enter any of the shops, I knew for a fact I would be looked down upon as I was carrying a Primark bag.

Pictured - Coach

Pictured - Mulberry

Pictured - Tommy Hilfiger

Then we went to Bella Italia for some food before we went home. Again, we were so hungry I forgot to snap a photo, but we both had Carbonara and I'm sure everybody knows what that looks like! What I did snap a photo of, was my pudding! I ordered Fragmenti, which is small churros with strawberries, marshmallows and brownie bits and a pot of chocolate sauce to dip in!

Pictured - Fragmenti at Bella Italia

We then went and grabbed a coffee in Starbucks and headed for our train home. I was quite sad to be leaving Edinburgh, not only because it's nice for myself and Reece to get away, but because I really do love the city so much!

The next two days were spent in bed, watching Black Mirror and eating junk. I really love these kinds of days, but we did really need to get out the house! The day before Reece went home we went into town for a coffee.

Pictured - Lattes at John Watts

Pictured - Scone at John Watts

We have an award winning coffee shop here in Carlisle that I was quite embarrassed to say that I'd never visited before! We both ordered a latte each and I grabbed a scone as I was starving! Both were very nice!

We then popped into a few vintage shops in Carlisle, which is one of my favourite things to do! Reece likes to look through the records and see if he can pick up any bargains and I love to look at the nik naks and vintage clothes.

Pictured - Warwick Bazaar

I really enjoyed this visit! It was so nice to spend my birthday with Reece and to get away to Edinburgh. The next time I see Reece will be May and we're hoping to go to Paris, so I'm very excited to write about that trip!

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