Bria Lou Reviews

Hey Guys x I can't believe it's already the end of February, it seems like yesterday it was 2015! Anyway, I have a lot of things to share with you this month that I've been loving, so I'm gonna get started! This is without a doubt the most favourites I've ever had! I hope you enjoy seeing my favourites and I hope some of them become your favourites! Favourite Film: Do You Believe Don't be put off by the fact that this film looks religious - I am not religious at all and I loved it! It's about 12 different people, and the way that their lives all interconnect due to their varying life circumstances and their opinions about religion. Off the top of my head, these 12 include a priest, an atheist doctor, a homeless mother, a criminal and a pregnant teenager. This film is incredible, I mean, I've never cried harder at a film than I have watching this for the first time. Definitely give it a chance, even if you're not religious, as I'm not. ...

Hey Guys x Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I just had a really bad day! Anyway, I used my bad day to finally finish Zoe Sugg's latest novel, Girl Online On Tour. I've written a post about YouTuber books, so it's a bit ironic that this is the first book I'm reviewing in 2016! I reviewed the first Girl Online book, which you can see here . You might want to read that first because this book follows on from the first one. I just noticed that my first book reviews of both 2015 and 2016 have been Zoe's books. Anyway, let me get on with the review. I'm assuming that you know about Girl Online so, if you don't, this review might contain spoilers. Penny is back! And this time, everything's different. Penny's about to go on tour with Noah. Yes, following Brooklyn Boy around Europe seems like the best thing in the world! However, Penny soon finds that tour life isn't everything she thought it would be. She's alone, worried, and has no ...

Hey Guys x Sometimes, I feel like I live my life in black and white. This is a strange thing to say or think about, so let me explain it further. You know if you're out with friends and having a good time, and then all of a sudden, something hits you and you become... aware of yourself. And then you feel really awkward and uncomfortable in your own skin and basically start to wonder why you're such an awkward mess? No, just me? Ok then! I describe this feeling as 'living in black and white', mainly because I feel like I'm not living life the way I should be, or enjoying things as much as I should be. And I've been having this feeling more and more lately. I'm not the best person socially, which has always been the case and I don't really focus on that too much, but becoming aware of my awkwardness is the worst thing ever, because not only do I become aware of it, but I feel like whoever I'm speaking to is aware of it too. I guess th...

Hey Guys x As some of you may know, I started university in September last year. I've enjoyed it and also found it really difficult at times. However, I've noticed how different things are, from how I imagined they would be before I started. So I thought I'd fill you in on some of these things and let you know the truth about university! Although I have to point out that this information is directly related to my experiences and might not necessarily be the same as yours. The First Year Isn't All Fun and Games Before going, I thought that the first year was (excuse my language) the fuck-up year, the year where you can make mistakes, not hand in assignments and get drunk every single day. Well, tell this to my tutors because they don't care whether it's your first year or your third year, you're going to work your arse off, get completely stressed out and get the best grades possible... or so they hope! You'll Lose Touch With Old Friends ...

 ( Image Link ) Hey Guys x YouTubers writing books has become a thing within the last 2 years, and it's quite a controversial thing! It's a topic that I've wanted to talk about for a while because I have some quite strong views on it, from both points of view. I also want to get your opinions on it because it's such an interesting topic! So, I am not on any particular side with this debate, because I can see both points of view about YouTubers writing books. I also need to point out that I don't see Carrie Hope Fletcher's book as a 'YouTuber book' - to me, she's an author. I think YouTubers writing books is great - on the one hand, as a viewer. These people have a lot of really young viewers, some as young as under 11. Because of this, these books can be the things that get these children to enjoy reading, which - as a bookworm - I think is really important! And I also think it's a good business. Many celebrities write (or have ...

Hey Guys - Happy Valentine's day! x And as it's Valentine's day, I thought that I'd do a special 'Monthly' music playlist, all about this day! By this, I mean that I'm going to show you some of my favourite love songs, which gives me the chance to listen to as many love songs as possible! Let me know what songs you like to listen to on Valentine's day! Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding I re-watched 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' the other day and I completely loved it! It also made me fall back in love with this song, which I think is just so romantic and lovely. Definitely listen to this if you haven't already! Single Ladies - Beyonce This is a definite cliche of mine, but I still love it. And as I'm eternally single, this is the perfect song to listen to, particularly if you don't want to hear all the lovey-dovey romance music that will be filling the radios (and this playlist!) today! Love You More - JLS When J...

Hey Guys x Recently, Jack Howard made a video talking about YouTube. In the video (which you can watch above!) he said that he doesn't feel stimulated by typical 'popular' content, and he feels like he doesn't belong on YouTube anymore as a viewer. So I thought that I would respond to his video, because I have a few thoughts about this topic that I'd love to discuss with some of my own readers. First of all, I completely understand and agree with what Jack is saying about 'popular' content, and it's something that I've thought for a while too. I still subscribe to many 'mainstream' YouTubers (And when I say 'Mainstream', I mean team gleam, i.e. Zoe and Marcus etc with over 1 million subs) because I fell in love with their content in 2014. However, I'm finding that, more and more often, videos sit in my sub box unwatched because either I'm not interested in what they have to say, or I've seen the same kind of v...

Hey Guys x Sorry this is up an hour late - I've been having laptop problems! I've been thinking about friendships a lot lately, both the friendships that I have and the friendships that I see forming around me. I have this problem where, if I'm friends with someone, I have high expectations from them. Not anything big, just like being there for each other and doing things together etc etc. But the worst thing about that is that if it doesn't happen, or if I end up feeling left out for any reason, I start to write the friendship off because I feel that, obviously if they don't want to spend time with me then they must hate me and not want to be my friend right? However, I've been thinking about this recently, about the different types of friendships. I've come to the conclusion that my friends are great for different things, but none of them are great at everything - which is normal, I'm not great at everything either. One of my closest fr...

Hey Guys x I don't usually post on a Wednesday, but I have a lot of posts that I'm excited about going up in the next two weeks, and as I cleaned my brushes today, I thought I'd just put this up now! This is also a weird post because I don't usually do beauty related posts, but I definitely want to start doing more of these this year! Now, if you've been watching me for a while you'll know that I'm not a make-up expert in the slightest, I only started wearing make-up properly in the last few months. So this isn't me saying 'this is how you should clean your brushes', but rather 'this is how I clean my brushes', so feel free to leave your own advice and tips in the comments below! What you'll need: Brushes Shampoo Bowl (filled with warm water) A hairdryer First. run each brush under running warm water, before you put anything on it. Then pour the shampoo (or whatever else you want to use, like...

Hey Guys x As some of you may know, I live in London. So I thought that I'd show you some of my favourite places to go in London, maybe some areas that are a bit less tourist-y, so that if you ever come here, you can have a full London experience. I'd love for you guys to give me other places to visit, wherever you live or come from! I'd be really interested to know. The London Eye OK, I'm starting with the most tourist-y point, but I think that the London Eye is a good place to start because when you're on it, you can see other places in London to visit next! But more because, if you go on it once, you can always say that you've been on the London eye! Southbank This is the view from Waterloo of Southbank, which is right next to the London  Eye. It's a great place to visit because it's full of entertainment! There's a theater and so many restaurants and people performing and playing music and it's just a really lively place, a g...