Janelle Monae // Current Girl Crush

'One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.'

- Janelle Monae

Ok guys, I'm gonna need a couple minutes of your time to talk about Janelle Monae. She's the perfect mix of class and elegance and her music grabs you with incredible vocals and infusions of jazz and pop. She has such a signature style which is pretty flawless, unique and makes me want to spend all my money on the perfect tux.  Ok, that is all. 

Images sourced from Tumblr

Check out some of her music:

Janelle Monae ft Erykah Badu - Q.U.E.E.N

Janelle Monae - Tightrope 

Janelle Monae - Cold War

Janelle Monae ft Miguel - Prime Time

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Angelina Jolie // Current Girl Crush

I haven't done a Girl Crush post in a while so I thought I would write one up featuring the love of my life, Angelina Jolie. My friend Nora and I are kind of in love with her and I need to tell you why. First of all, she is stunning. Literally, gorgeous. In a sort of 'omg is she even real???!' kind of way. Second of all, she always manages to pull off really interesting, intriguing characters or totally bad-ass female leads, playing complex characters and giving such depth to her performances.  It's great to see a female actor play such strong roles so well, again and again. Even in the film Mr & Mrs Smith, her character was still pretty bad-ass and I feel like any film she is in will not be a disappointment, simply because of her. Finally, I don't think I can talk about Angelina Jolie without mentioning the work she did for UNICEF, her position as Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (not forgetting her previous position as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador) and her current campaign to end sexual violence in war zones and war torn areas (you can read about sexual violence being used as a weapon in war and her recent work on this here, here and here). People have differing opinions about celebrities getting involved in politics but I think that it's absolutely brilliant that, despite her success, she is doing a great deal for such a complicated and devastating cause. I think that deserves some praise. 

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Sammi Maria // Current Girl Crush

I thought I would bring back my Current Girl Crush feature as I've kind of neglected it for a while now. Plus I just wanted to share my current love for Blogger and Youtuber Sammi (aka BeautyCrush) as I've been loving her blog and videos so much at the moment.  She was one of the first Youtubers I subscribed to waaaay back in uni and always find her tutorials/reviews not only lovely to watch but genuinely helpful as I'm completely clueless when it comes to make-up so it's nice to be able to trust someone's product reviews and recommendations!   

I'm also seriously in love with her style; effortless, classy and playful with the most chill and relaxed vibe going on like 'yeah I just threw this on... no biggie' and her recent August,  October and Date Night Lookbooks show this perfectly. 

Images sourced from Tumblr & BeautyCrush.co.uk

Where to find Sammi:

Blog // YouTube // Twitter

Who is your current girl crush?

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Music wise, I've been loving:

Sam Smith; I don't understand how it's taken me so long to listen to his songs but ohhh my goodness they are good, check out some of them below

The Lonely Hour

Latch (acoustic)

Lay Me Down

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Sofia Vergara // Current Girl Crush

Modern Family is fast becoming one of my favourite TV shows at the moment and I seem to want to spend my time just watching it back to back, all day everyday. 80% because of its great content and story lines and 20% because of the great cast, namely Sofia Vergara. When I'm 40, I want to look like her. Actually, I want to look like her now. She's also the highest earning American TV actress which I think is a pretty big achievement. Oh and she's Columbian with a kick-ass accent, need I say more?

Currently loving:

Tone it up

Blogilates

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Emma Watson // Current Girl Crush

Basically, I love Emma Watson. I don't even know her but I feel like we would be good friends so she's been my girl crush literally since Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone came out in 2001 when I was 11 (wow, 11 years ago now) and I'm kinda slightly in love with her.  In this celebrity obsessed culture we seem to find ourselves in I think she's a pretty good role model for young girls too look up to.  If you are going to look up to a celebrity then it may as well be someone who is classy, sophisticated and hard working.  Someone who promotes good values... not the booty shaking, weed smoking, falling out of the club images we sometimes see.  It's just nice to have a contrast and to see that, at the end of the day, it's the hard work you put into your life that will get you places, not how you look, dress or if you're a 'bad b*tch' (seriously hate that phrase!)
Also, her style ain't that bad either!

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I thought she was great in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and seriously can't wait to see her future roles and films!

Who are your current girl crushes?

Currently, I am loving:

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