A small trip to Santiago de Compostela + Update ♡

Oh hi!
I'm sorry for only writing now but as you know Christmas was two days ago and with the preparatives, preparation of gifts, family time and all of those things, there was no time for me to come here.
But I am back again and this will probably be my last post of 2015 so I'm already wishing you a happy new year and that everything goes right with you!
Anyways, how was your Christmas (if you celebrate it of course, I don't mean to offend anyone haha)? Hope it was full of joy and that you got to spend it with the people you love and make you happy! Mine was pretty good actually :).

Well, today I went to Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, with my mom and her friends and I must say that I missed it already because I haven't gone there since this summer when I did part of The Way with my bestie!
I took lots of photos and I'm going to show you some of them :)

This was me today by the way :)

I finally got a decent photo in front of the cathedral!! Every other time that I went there it was raining so I've never taken a photo like this! Yay!

And very close to the cathedral there was this beautiful carousel! 

I also managed to convince my mom and my friends to help me find a froyo (frozen yoghurt) store which I knew was very close to the cathedral but had no idea which way though haha. Eventually we found it and I had my froyo :3

So, in a really brief way this was my day today! It was actually very fun and I'm excited to go there again!! :D
Hope you're all okay ♡ 

I'll write soon!

With love, 

Mari xx

The Maccabees appreciation post ☼

Hello!! I decided to show you one of my favourite bands since I feel like not enough people have heard about them.

Well, I'm going to talk about The Maccabees if you haven't noticed yet haha

If you like bands like The Foals, The 1975, The Vaccines, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Cribs, etc, you might like The Maccabees!

I though of showing you some of my favourite songs from them!

1. Something Like Happiness

2. Toothpaste Kisses (this is actually my favourite)

3. First Love

4. Pelican

5. Went Away

So, these are my personal favourites from them, but if you liked these songs just take a look at some others and maybe you'll find a new band of your liking :)

I'll write soon!

With love, 

Mari xx

December's Wishlist + Update ❀

1. LUSH - Bubblegum Lip Scrub (here)

2. TOPSHOP - Jersey Lace Triangle Bra (here)

3. URBAN OUTFITTERS - Denim Dungaree Dress (here)

4. URBAN OUTFITTERS - Moonflower Fairy Lights (here)

5. TOPSHOP - Stripe Funnel Hal Sleeve Top (here)

6. URBAN OUTFITTERS - Boulder Pink Kosui Mug (here)

7. URBAN OUTFITTERS - BDG Girlfriend Indigo Straight Leg Jeans (here)

Hey guys!! Sorry for being so absent lately but school tests are finally almost over so I'll be able to post more regularly! 

Since December just started I thought "hey, why don't I post a December's Wishlist?" and well why not? So here it is! These are some of the things that I've got my eyes on and I though that maybe some of you would like them too.

Since my last post so many things happened! 

Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 came out and it's not like I didn't like it (I really did!) but it could have been so much better... They sticked to the book, but not on the most important things. Like, they represented well the things that happened BUT the feelings and emotions that were described on the book weren't the same that were described on the film, and I think that it would have been much better if they sticked to that part of the book too.

By the way, I'm 16 now hehe! My birthday was amazeballs and I got to spend it with the people I love, which made it even better. Also, my cake was cat themed, HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!?! And there was an UNICORN PIÑATA!!!!!!!!!!! (that was a very important information okay lol)

Also, good news are that my grades are getting better than last year's! That is really great and I'm excited to get the rest of the tests' results, and I think that will be this week ahh!

If you haven't noticed, I made some changes on my side bar. :)

I added a 'get an email when I post' thingy and all you need to do is to write your email and click submit and everytime I post you'll get an email notification. I also added the followers thing (it's on the bottom of the side bar) so you can now easily follow the blog, publicly or privately yay

BY THE WAY!!!! Use the code "sxssymars" at checkout on http://aila.storenvy.com/ to get a 10% discount (they sell really cute and affordable clothes/shoes/accessories)! 

I'll write soon.

With love, 

Mari xx

Small Update ♡

Hello hello sweet little apple pies ⊱✿◕‿◕✿⊰

I know, I know! I haven't written in a month and I'm really sorry but I have my excuses haha.

I've been really focused on studying and school work so I barely had time for anything else... But the first round of tests has finally finished and now I have a little more of time to dedicate to the people that are part of my life and the blog!

During this whole month that passed lots of things happened.

I joined bloglovin (as you can see on the side bar of the blog), you can follow me there to get email notifications whenever I post! ☺

The new season of one of my favourite shows, American Horror Story, finally came out, even though I had to wait till it came out in Portugal and till I had the time to watch it, which was like a two weeks lasting wait I think, but I finally started it and I'm obsessed, once again. Seriously, this show is one of the bests I've seen!

5SOS' new album also came out last month, on the 23rd, but I've been listening to it through Spotify, until today, because I preordered a bundle (with the album and the safety-pin tshirt) , but it got out of stock really quickly and it only arrived today.

There was also Halloween! I tried to make a Rainbow Dash costume (how scary is that lmao) but I failed, hard, and then I also tried to impersonate Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family, and again I failed, it was really last minute and my hair is not long nor black and I didn't have time to get a wig, so I couldn't make the braids and nobody could tell that I was supposed to look like Wednesday. Result: I looked like a weird mutated Wednesday with blue pony ears hahaha 

And finally this past weekend I went trekking (I think that's the word??) with my mom and her group of friends!

The rest of the time was basically spent studying.

Now I'm really pumped for November, not only because it's my favourite month of the year, but because MOCKINGJAY PART 2 IS COMING OUT ON THE 19TH!!!!!!!!!!! (can you tell I'm excited?) 

Oh and it's also my birthday on the 29th lol

The tests will start again pretty soon so I don't know when I'll post again, but I'll try to do it as soon as possible!!

Sorry if this post was boring, I just haven't had many post ideas and mostly I haven't got the time.. :\

With love, 

Mari xx

World Mental Health Day 2015

Hey there,

As many of you probably already know, today, October 10th, is the World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is Dignity in Mental Health.

It is estimated that around 70% of the children and adolescents who suffer from mental ilnesses haven't had the help they needed at an early enough age. Why? Because most of them were afraid of seeking for help. Society in general doesn't have the best information on mental health and definitely doesn't have the best attitudes towards it, which makes it difficult for people that suffer mentaly to accept it and seek for the help they need.

This year's theme is about breaking the stigma that exists on mental illnesses by passing the right information about them, such as their causes and solutions, and facts about them that hopefully will help us 'break down the barriers' that keep us from seeking help and support.

You can help Mental Health Foundation on this by sharing some of the Fundamental Facts on social media with your family, friends or anyone you'd like to. (click here if you want to see them)

I keep seeing lots of people on social media romantizing mental illnesses, such as eating disorders, depression, OCD, social anxiety, self-harm, etc and it actually makes me really sad that people can't see how disturbed their minds are. Mental illnesses aren't something 'cute' or 'pretty', they're ILLNESSES that can lead you to very serious problems or even death if you don't get the help you need as soon as possible. I've struggled a lot with my mental health and I can say that it's probably one of the hardest things to 'get over' but it's possible and so worth it. 

Society in general seems to think that mental ilnesses aren't something serious and that people suffering from it can just let it go anytime and keep living their lives as if nothing ever happened (not true! It takes a lot fucking more than that).

This image says a lot about how the present society (in general) thinks of and acts with mental illnesses. These kind of behaviours are what make people that are mentally suffering think that mental illnesses are less important than the physical ones and that maybe they don't need treatment and can keep going on their own.

Most people with mental illnesses, especially the younger part, are afraid of accepting their illness and try to get better because they don't want people to think they're 'attention-seekers'. For example, people that self-harm get called that a lot just because of their scars. That just pisses me off so much like, can you just stop?! Anyone who would self-harm is clearly not feeling okay with herself/himself. That applies to any other mental problem, people don't choose to have them.

But they can choose if they want to recover from it.

No one should ever be afraid of wanting to get better. Accept your illness and beat it, don't try to hide it and pretend like it's not there, it'll consume you. And don't let anyone judge you by it, remember: you are not your illness.

Break the stigma!

With love,

Mari xx

'That's The Spirit' by BMTH review ☂

Hello!! I know I haven't posted in a while but school started this week for me and I haven't got any time to stop and write but I'm back!
The other day, September 11th, That´s The Spirit, the new Bring Me The Horizon's album came out and I think I've already listened to it way too many times but oh well lmao
So on this post I'll be doing some kind of review of their album!

Click here if you want to buy it

Tracklist: 

1. Doomed

2. Happy Song

3. Throne

4. True Friends

5. Follow You

6. What You Need

7. Avalanche

8. Run 

9. Drown

10. Blasphemy

11. Oh No

1. Doomed

This isn't one of my favourites of the album but I like it so much! The chorus kinda reminds me of a song I used to listen a while ago, even though I have no idea which song :\\ I like the lyrics, but that's not news because I think I like almost every bmth lyrics haha

I listened to it again and tried to understand what they were trying to say and we've got some deep shit in here (again, what are the news? lmao) wait can I swear in here¿?

2. Happy Song

S-P-I-R-I-T SPIRIT LET'S HEAR IT
Okay I think I listened to this SO MANY times!!! It's one of my favourites and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. I just relate a lot to it in some ways and idk maybe that's why I like bmth so much, like I can relate so much to most of their songs and it kinda makes me feel like I'm not that alone? 

3. Throne

I've been addicted to this song since it first came out and I love every single part of it. It shows that everything that hurts you, scars you and that brings you down will only prepare you and help you to be better, be stronger and fight back, you just have to stop and realise that you can't stay 'down' forever so you might as well start collecting the good things that come from the bad things (what am I even saying lmao I swear I'm not drunk and this is actually making sense in my head) and use them to 'recover'.

4. True Friends

Damn it, this is just thebomb.com 

No like this is also one of my favourites and I can't stop listening to it........... BUT there's something here that just doesn't sound right (and please someone tell me if I'm wrong because that would be a relief)! Shouldn't it be 'I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you' instead of 'I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you'??? hahaha

But I love it anyways.

5. Follow You

First of all, I would never associate this song to them haha but it is also one of my favourites. The lyrics are so beautiful and this is probably the most romantic song from bmth! I don't even know what to say about it besides that I adore it so much that I don't even have words to describe it.

6. What You Need

I just love the irony in this song. It's about people who aren't open-minded and who stick to the things they were taught, and are so afraid of being wrong that don't even take the risk to believe in new things unless they're proven true. Those are the people that also don't like you just because you think differently. 

One thing I like about Bring Me The Horizon is that they literally say whatever they feel like they need to say without caring what other people might think of them just because they have different opinions (yes, those are the people I just talked about ^^).

7. Avalanche

I feel like this song is a bit personal, because Oli said it's about ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and about his addiction to self-medicating. I can't really give my opinion on this one, at least on the lyrics part because only Oli himself can understand by 100% what's there and I'm sure this has a lot of meaning to him because this is a way of him letting out what he thinks and how he feels and it probably helps him a lot to cope with his feelings and emotions (at least I hope it does).

8. Run
I haven't listened to this one as much as I've listened to the others just because I don't relate that much to it and I enjoy listening to songs that I can relate to much more than I enjoy just listening to them.
It's a good song, and I like it but not as much as the others.

9. Drown
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG! That's all.

10. Blasphemy
I think this song is kinda related to 'What You Need' as it's about cynical people who won't let go of their beliefs, even though they don't actually believe them, they're just sticking to what they were told/taught.

11. Oh No
This song just makes me really proud of Oliver, like it shows how his addiction is now part of the past and you can see a really big change from the albums 'There Is A Hell' (which basically is about him dealing with being an addict) to 'Sempiternal' (wich shows how he's trying to stop) and to this one, this song in particular, because the story of it it's him speaking to someone who's still an addict and trying to help them come off whatever drug they're addicted to.

This album is really different from the others, and if you listened to all of them you obviously noticed there's been a huge change. I've seen a lot of people complaining about their 'new style' and how they liked the old albums better but just stop and think: it's their band, they create their songs. I think they have the right to be any style they want. If you don't like it just kindly leave, there's no need for rude comments... but that's just me thinking :)


I'm so sorry for this post being too long, and I'm even more sorry if you don't like BMTH (sorry for your music taste obviously. just kidding haha don't hate me I'm nice and cute) and if this post was literally full of nothing to you haha and I'm sorry if you gave up reading it and aren't reading this part of me apologising to you.
Anyway, hope you're all feeling fab!

With love,
Mari xx

Favourite Songs of The Month ♫

Hey there beautiful lil creatures! (don't ask lmao)
I wanted to show you some of my favourite songs, and I know I said 'of the month' on the title but these are just my all time favs so yea make that just 'Favourite Songs' lol

1. The first one will have to be Jasey Rae by All Time Low. I just love that song, it puts my ears in peace, for real.

especially the acoustic version omg

2. The next one is Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings, I only found out this song this year (shame on me) and it gives me life.

3. Of course I could not forget 5SOS, Disconnected and Long Way Home are the Luke to my Michael (otp 5ever soz).

4. Another song that I love (which I haven't heard for a while, but I sarted listening to it again this month yay) is Another You by Of Mice And Men.

5. Sleepwalking and True Friends by Bring Me The Horizon. All of their songs are great but these two just get me going.

6. There's this band I discovered last year I think, Alt-J, and idk I just really like them and their songs! My favourite is Every Other Freckle.

7. Last but not least, I have Basket Case by Green Day. Because ya know, you can never go wrong with Green Day.

I'm gonna stop now because you're probably already bored haha but if you want me to do a part 2 or something like that just let me know!

I think you can understand a bit of my music taste now, or maybe not, even I still don't get it lmao like there's days when I like 'heavier' things and then there's days when I just listen to indie or alternative (idk I suck at music styles names lol but you get it, hope so).

By the way, I took a look at the blog statistics and realised that people from Portugal (obviously lol), USA, UK, Thailand and Venezuela saw my blog..... WHAAAT? That's insane!! Thank you so much really! I hope that all you people that check my blog out are liking it so far. ☺

With love,

Mari xx

Books That I Want To Read ❀

Hey there! ☺

There are so many books I want to read so I thought that maybe I could pick some of them and create a small list! If you've already read any of these books please tell me what you thought of them and if you think they're worth reading! :)

And I hope that with this list you can also find new books that you would like to read.

Here it goes!

(I'm not gonna put the book descriptions here because they're really long, but I'll give you a link for each one!)

#1 Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23746004-black-eyed-susans?from_search=true&search_version=service

#2 Landline by Rainbow Rowell

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18081809-landline?from_search=true&search_version=service 

#3 Delirium by Lauren Oliver 

(and also the other books from the series)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11614718-delirium?from_search=true&search_version=service

#4 Every Day by David Levithan

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13262783-every-day

#5 The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

(and the other books from the Chaos Walking series)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2118745.The_Knife_of_Never_Letting_Go

#6 The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6017769-the-vast-fields-of-ordinary

These are some of the books that I really want to read, even though I still have about five on my bedroom still waiting for me to read them so I'll have to read those first, but when I do, these will be the next ones! (I probably spend way too much money on books lolz)

Hope you're having an awesome day/night wherever you are, and good luck if school already started for you! ♡

With love,

Mari xx

'Get To Know Me' tag ♡

Hello!
It's me Mari and today I thought I would do a 'Get To Know Me' tag, which are basically 21 questions and I'll answer them for you so you can get to know me a bit better! :)
Here it goes...

1. Are you named after anyone?

Um no, actually I don't think I am, my mom just loves the name Mariana haha.

2. When was the last time you cried?

It was last week I think, it's really easy for me to cry, even though I try not to, the harder I try the harder I'll cry haha.

3. Do you have kids?

No.

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself?

I think so, I mean I think I'd like to hang out with myself haha 

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I use sarcasm so much that sometimes I don't even know anymore if I'm being sarcastic or not.

6. Will you ever bungee-jump?

It's something I REALLY want to do! I already did something like that but it wasn't that high and I want to do it but from a higher place now. :)

7. What’s your favorite cereal?

This is a tough one... I love cereal so much omg. But I'll have to go with triple chocolate muesli! It's like heaven in my mouth ahhh!!!!

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Eyes, lips and hands. But mostly lips and hands, And if they have sense of humour, it's not the first thing I notice but it's the thing I try harder to know :)

9. What is your eye colour? 

They're green-ish. Like, they're a bit brown in the middle and green on the outside. I find them cute haha 

(here's a picture)

10. Scary movie or happy endings?

I don't know really. I like scary movies when I'm not alone. And I also like happy endings, but it depends on my mood, like I prefer movies that aren't that scary but that don't have happy endings, I don't know if you're getting what I'm saying lmao

11. Favorite smells?

THE SMELL AFTER RAIN MAKES ME SO HAPPY

And the mint smell!

12. Summer or winter?

People find me kinda weird for this, but I prefer winter all the way! At least I can wear all black without burning inside haha

13. Computer or television?

Computer! I don't think I even watch TV, all I do is watch movies and series online.

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home?

It was when I went to Brazil, I was on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

15. Do you have any special talents?

Besides being an awesome fangirl? Not really haha

Just kidding, well I used to play the cello and I used to dance ballet (I don't do any of those now though *cries*) but I surf, it isn't really a talent because I'm still learning but yea.

16. Where were you born?

Portugal!

17. What are your hobbies?

Fangirling, finding out new bands, listening to them, reading, online shopping (compulsively oops), watching youtube videos and 9gag. Wow my life sounds so fun

18. Do you have any pets?

I do!! I have 3 cats (I LOVE cats) and 3 dogs. :)

19. Favorite movie?

Hard oneeee! I love every THG movie, I loved 'The Host', 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower', etc.

20. Do you have any siblings?

Nope! Just me.

21. What do you want to be when you grow up?

I've already said this on my last post but I want to do something related to forensics and criminal investigation! :)

SO, this was it! Hope you liked it and that you know me better now!

I tag everyone who wants to do this ☺

With love,

Mari xx

A little introduction ☼

Hello!
This is my first post here and if you haven't noticed by the title yet, this will be a small introduction of myself and this blog.
I've never had a blog before so I don't really know how this works haha but I'll find out as the time goes by.
Okay so, I'm Mariana (but you can call me Mari), I'm a portuguese 15 year old girl and I decided to create this blog to let people know me a bit better (if someone will even read this lol).
I find it quite hard to say a lot of the things I want to say when I'm with people and when they're looking at me because I feel really pressured to say the right thing and most of the times I end up not speaking, so I'm using this as a way to express myself without feeling that kind of pressure, and maybe (who knows?) this will help me with talking and giving my opinions in front of other people! ☺
I'm a cat and plant lover and an art enthusiast, even though I'm not studying Arts, I'm actually studying Sciences and Technologies! I'm still not very sure about this yet but I find forensics really interesting and I've been wanting to do something related to that in the future for a while now.
And now you ask: 'Okay, but what can I expect from this blog??'
Well, like I already said, I'm gonna use this as a way to express myself and give opinions but of course that is not all! I'm also thinking of talking to you about random things and about my day and things I did, I want to talk about clothes, shoes, beauty and all that stuff too and I also want to share my music taste with you. I can do Q&A's if you want, some tags, etc.
BUT, the point of this blog is to spread positivity, because it can have a huge impact on your life, a good one (it already made mine so much better!) so I'm hoping I can help some of you, so please feel free to e-mail me ANYTIME and I'll answer as soon as possible!! (marithelilfairy@gmail.com)
This was my first post ever so I'm sorry for being boring lelz but the next ones will be better. ;)

With love,
Mari xx