Daddy's Little Girl

It is the day that is dedicated to the dad's of the world and sometimes, I admit, I don't appreciate my Dad enough. Sometimes I take him for granted and I forget that not everyone has the privilege of having one.

As a result, this post is dedicated to my dad.

Love you Padre!

He is the one to blame for my obsession with Queen, not Her Royal Highness, but the band fronted by Mr Freddie Mercury.

Apparently, according to my Dad, the first song I sang was 'We Will Rock You' which obviously came to be my favourite Queen song. I based my entire AS media coursework around the Fan's point of view of Queen, obviously interviewing my Dad and taking a picture of him and some randomers from a pub to go as the front page as the 'impersonaters' of Queen. It went down well and I got an A for it.

My Dad loves Freddie so much that he got a tattoo of the second image on his arm.

That is dedication for you and another way that my dad has influenced me.

Tattoos: If you have read my blog previously, you may have come across a post that contained my three tattoos. I also blame and thank my Dad for this too.

He got his first tattoo when he was ten years old, green ink and the tiniest dot. Shame he was pinned down by his brothers to get it. As a result, since a baby, I've seen my dad with tattoos. For some of them, such as a fish on his forearm, a bull lower down his forearm, a dedication to his sisters on his forearm again and a dedication to my cousin at the top of his arm, I witnessed them being created. 

You could say I was hooked on tattoos when I was younger, I love the smell and the noise and sitting in that dark little back room had some exciting memories. 

My Dad persuaded my Mum to let me get a tattoo underage because I knew what I wanted and secretly he probably thought I wasn't going to go through with it! I proved him wrong even when he laughed and left me alone with the tattooist (his from when I was a child) and my best friend holding my hand.

Those are the two major influences that my Dad has had on my life apart from being there and threatening to kill any boy who hurts me, which is pretty much standard for every father. It must be an unwritten rule or something.



Appreciate what you have and love you dad even if it's a secret!

faye xoxo

Glamour Awards

Yes, it was the Glamour Awards on Tuesday night and sorry it has taken so long to post a blog about it. 

As you know, I love Glamour magazine and in the ideal dream world that I think about most days, I would be a features and entertainment writer like Scarlett Russell. I loved her recent work in July 2011s edition (with Adele as the beautiful cover star)! She interviewed some of the Women of the Year winners including:

Entrepreneur: Kim Kardashian

Editor's Special Award: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Comedy Actress: Miranda Hart

Film Actress: Gemma Arterton

Pandora Breakthrough: Ellie Goulding

and

Band: The Saturdays

Look at all those fabulous people that she interviewed and wrote a piece on as a job for the UKs top selling women's magazine! What a life! I'd love to ask her all about it or shadow her for a day. 

Anyway, back to the Glamour Awards...

Of course all the stars looked uber-sexy and glammed up for this huge event! It would be amazing to attend and I would definitely buy some designer dress to wear to the occasion. 

Images courtesy of The Daily Mail

The Glamour Awards were also sponsored by one of my favourite things... Pandora. I love my Pandora to pieces and I only need one more charm to complete the bracelet! My friends all chipped in and bought me it as a special gift for my 18th birthday. 

Then, I was given four charms in total from my best friend and parents. It was a beautiful start and I carried on building it. 

Every charm has a specific meaning behind it which is why I love the Memories collection so much as it gives you exactly that. 

Full list of Glamour Women of the Year winners:

Presenter of the Year - Davina McCall

Designer of the Year - Sarah Burton

Filmmaker of the Year - Jane Goldman

Theatre Actress of the Year - Naomie Harris

TV Personality of the Year - Dannii Minogue

Pandora Breakthrough of the Year - Ellie Goulding

Writer of the Year - Dawn French

Sportswoman of the Year - Jessica Ennis

Band of the Year - The Saturdays

Accessory Designer of the Year - Victoria Beckham

Radio Personality of the Year - Fearne Cotton

TV Actress of the Year - Lenora Crichlow

Comedy Actress of the Year - Miranda Hart

Entrepreneur of the Year - Kim Kardashian

UK Solo Artist of the Year - Adele Adkins

Film Actress of the Year - Gemma Arterton

Woman of Tomorrow - Jessie J

Editor's Special Award - Rosie Huntington Whiteley

Man of the Year - Garrett Hedlund

Outstanding Contribution - Stevie Nicks

Buy Glamour!

faye xoxo

Summer Tunes

One thing that makes me think of summer is music. Music can take any person back to a place and what does that for me is the album Now 76 which was the album of Tenerife 2010. But, any video that shows the sun, the sea and late night beach parties is definitely in there to be a summer tune! 

A playlist for summer is needed! 

This weeks Top 20...

1. Pitbull Give Me Everything ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer

2. Aloe Blacc I Need a Dollar

3. Alexandra Stan Mr Saxobeat

4. LMFAO Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock

5. Bruno Mars The Lazy Song

6. Alex Gaudino What A Feeling ft. Kelly Rowland

7. Chris Brown Beautful People ft. Benny Benassi

8. Rihanna California King Bed

9. Snoop Dogg Sweat (David Guetta Remix)

10. Jennifer Lopez I'm Into You ft. Lil Wayne

11. Jessie J Nobody's Perfect 

12. Dev Bass Down Low ft. The Cataracs

13. Jennifer Lopez On The Floor ft. Pitbull

14. Nicole Scherzinger Right There

15. Lady Gaga Judas

16. David Guetta Where Them Girls At ft. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida

17. Swedish House Mafia Save The World

18. Inna Sun Is Up

19. Lady Gaga Born This Way

20. Adele Someone Like You

Party Central! 

Which is exactly what makes a good summer!! 

faye xoxo

She's from the Block

It is the beautiful 

Jennifer Lopez

I love her! She has an amazing voice, an amazing body, amazing videos and amazing music! 

(Yes, I did just use amazing four times!)

She has just come back to the spotlight after having a break for family life and I do not blame her! If I had two beautiful toddler twins like her, I would definitely take time out of the lime light and play with them all day long.

Just look at them...

Stunner's

This morning, I saw J.Lo's new video for I'm Into You ft. Lil Wayne and I just love it. It's hot, sexy, has beautiful clothes in it, a great dance sequence and the location looks fabulous! 

I'm carrying on with the summer theme here.

First, the dresses! 

I love them all of course and obviously Jennifer Lopez can carry them all off because she has curves and is toned! As if that happens in real life! I wish it did! Seriously. 

She has about five different outfit changes in this 4 minute 20 second video which nearly ratios at a dress a minute.

This little number shows off her toned legs fabulously and it shimmers in the sunlight adding that extra sparkle that every girl needs. The laid back wet hair adds to the casualness of the entire outfit making it look like something that we can all pull off. 

This dress I absolutely adore! It is backless... need I say more? The split up the leg and the flowing material makes it look beautiful and easy to wear. She looks magnificent, like a goddess coming down from above to Earth. 

This outfit looks like it would be so much fun to dance in. It swishes and it swooshes with an edgy feel to it also. It looks like it is Caribbean and African style giving the entire scene an exotic feel. 

The sea! 

And the man! 

He is a stunner and deserves to be topless in this video. If I were Marc Anthony, I'd be a tinsy winsy bit scared. 

The song is great also! It is definitely a summer tune with the beats and the melody along with rapper Lil Wayne. 

I love the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLcQmlN2Xg

faye xoxo