Unboxing my Samsung S7 Edge

Samsung S7 edge

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Good evening Little ones! I’m back here today, waiting for a stupid headache to fade! Probably doesn’t help that I’m staring at a computer screen; but I’m bored lying in bed. Anyhow, I’ve had this phone for a few weeks now and I love it! I thought that I would show you what I’ve purchased, and my thoughts on this product.

If technology pleases you, and you are a fan of Samsung then you will love this :).

First impression:

First and foremost, I thought the box was stylish yet uninteresting. Sophisticated because the metallic writing was stunning and eye-catching, but that was it. The font was the star of the show, I know the main price is inside, but for such a beautiful product; why not showcase it in a better box? In addition to this, when it came to opening the box the magnetic feature was satisfying and clever. I thought this added a high-end aspect, which I would hope for since the phone is worth £500.
From working in a phone shop, I have seen many Samsung S7 edges, but I have never seen a pink gold one; until I unveiled mine. When I saw my phone, I was stunned! I know it’s just a phone, but this was going to be my baby for a while, (until the s8 comes out), but it’s still going to be mine as a work phone! Samsung really nailed the colours-schemes for the s7! See I’m not a fan of pink, but this isn’t IN YOUR FACE PINK. It’s delicate and captivating.
As I peeled the plastic sheets off the phone, I was met with a blinding shine! It’s rose gold heaven! And actually, ROSE GOLD! Not pink … Apple need to up their game in regards to their rose “rose gold” phone. In contrast to this, I thought the size was perfect, not too big and not too small. In compassion to my last phone, Sony Z5 premium it’s a walk in the park! I can actually hold this phone without my hand cramping. Also, I find the phone easier to hold because of the curve, with the Sony Z5 premium, it was so hard I thought I was going to drop it, and because I like taking pictures, it was near enough impossible unless you have gigantic hands. On the other hand, just like most phone companies, Samsung provides you with a charger and earphones. But not just any charger, a fast charger! Which I love! They also give you a usb adapter for transferring your old phone data to your new phone.
Last and certainly not least, I love that Samsung haven’t plastered their brand name all over the phone, it’s on the back of the phone, and on the top (but in very small font). I find that having the brand name all over the place in big letters … Tacky. Might sound silly, but that’s just my opinion.
Overall, I find that it looks like a beautiful phone, even before using it.  

Setting it up:

In regards to setting this phone up, it wasn’t hard in the slightest. If you are used to any Android phone, this will be simple for you. All you have to do is follow the prompts and insert the information they require. For example, a passcode and fingerprint set-up. Also in regards to unlocking your phone with the fingerprint, it’s very fast (when it works). There are times when it won’t recognise my finger, but that happens very rare; but that happens with so many other devices, Apple included… I would know I own an iPad Pro.
On the other hand, doing a data transfer is easy, Samsung actually provides you with a usb adapter which you plug into your own phone, and with that your contacts and pictures are on your new phone. In my perspective, I don’t like doing that, simply because if I have a new phone I want to start a fresh, plus there were people who had my previous number which I don’t want to have.
In conclusion, my first impression with this product is extremely high! I’ve now used the phone for a couple of weeks, as mentioned previously, and I love it very much. It’s super quick and easy to use. So much better than Apple.

This is now the end of the blog post, I hope you enjoyed reading it! If you are a tech person I’m sure you enjoyed this! Whereas if you’re not, but you like shiny things then hey-ho, I hope you liked it either way. I love you all so very much, and I will see you tomorrow with a non-vegan recipe! Sweet dreams! Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :D x x x 

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Advice on planning a Marketing essay

Planning a Marketing essay

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Good Morning Little ones (nearly the afternoon), just managed to get writing this, but I got my results back yesterday from my first exam; and I am more than happy with them! But this got me thinking, the only reason I manged to get such a high grade; was because I planned strategically hard. If you do Marketing, or if you struggle writing essays, then give this little blog post a read. I'm also going to interject some examples that the exam gave me.
Have a great day Little ones, I will also see you later on today as well! Can't wait!

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Analyse the question:

If you are anything like me, looking at the question time and time again can get rather frustrating. Appose to staring at it and hoping that it’ll give you the answers, take out the key words and put in your own words what it’s asking you to do. This way it’ll be easier to understand, and you won’t want to pull your hair. In my perspective, my exam asked me to, “Is there a fine line between persuading and manipulating customers into buying products/services. And does cooperate propaganda still exist?”.

First impressions were this is all over the place, immediately I thought that it would be best to find the definitions to manipulating and persuading. With this information, I was able to find techniques to both phrases, which I knew would help when analysing one of my points. I then thought that it would be best to find two companies that persuaded customers and one which manipulated them; this way I was able to differentiate between the wrong and right way to promote products to future consumers. On the other hand, the second aspect of the question was about propaganda, in my situation I found out the definition and applied the companies I had already researched, being Apple and Superdrug, and applied it to their advertising strategies.  

Apply the correct essay structure:

Fundamentally, having the correct essay structure is the foundation to a perfect essay. If you know what you are going to write about, and how to do it, it’ll be a walk in the park for you. Whereas if you struggle then this is the construction I would follow:

Point-have a strong and engaging point. This shows that you know what you are talking about from the beginning and will give you extra marks because of this. Keep it brief and to the point, I’ve made mistakes from this in the past; but I have learnt from those. 

In my exam, my first point was, “fundamentally, a company that successfully persuades their customers would be Apple. They give clear descriptions of the product offering, no hidden costs, and they are specific”. This gives a brief description about the company and how they work, as well as putting your own opinion across to the examiner.

Evidence- to make your point strong, you need to have factual evidence to support your point, or the examiner could think that you made this up. In my situation, I referenced the Apple advert for the iPhone 7 release. ALWAYS use evidence, whether it’s from moving image or print, always use it. 

Analyses- this is the most CRUCIAL part to the essay! This is what shows that you understand the question. When analysing you need to put forward your argument, you need to answer the questions, why they did it that way and how. If you constantly have the why and how in your mind; and you can answer that, that’ll give you high marks … 100% guaranteed. 

An example of my piece of work is as followed:

“Portrays and states “25% brighter retina display, longest iPhone battery ever”. This is a proper way of persuasion because they are not lying to their customers, otherwise it would be manipulation. By keeping it brief they are not boring their consumers, they are keeping their attention; which increases Apple’s chance of persuading their customers to buy the iPhone 7”.  

Reference- I can’t stress this enough! YOU NEED TO REFERENCE! You will lose marks! If you can’t state where you got the information from then you are in trouble! Also, when you are referencing, you have to do it in the Harvard style. For example, when it came to refencing the Apple advert I presented it like this: Apple, 16-09-2016, Apple-iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in 107 seconds, video, online ULR-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoveidgym4. Lat moderated 7-09-16. 

Link-ALWAYS link back to the question. It always rounds up your original point and makes it neat and tidy. That way that point is officially closed and you can move on to your next point.

In contrast to this, the essay structure should look like this:

Introduction: define the keywords, input what you are going to be doing in this essay and apply any context information about the companies (if needed).

Point one: make your point, back it up using PEARL and repeat.

Point two: make your point, back it up using PEARL and repeat.

Point three: make your point, back it up using PEARL and repeat.

Conclusion: conclude what you have done, and say what you final opinion is and relate to certain points of the essay, and then link back to the question as a final round up.

Depending on how many words and how much time you need is dependent on how many points you can come up with. I managed to write 3 key points in the space of an hour with a clear introduction and conclusion.

Thank you for reading this blog post Little ones! It’s a shame that it’s now over, but I will be back later! I’ll be writing a blog post in the middle of LAN (gaming society that I help run at University). But I have missed you all so very much! See you VERY soon! 

Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :D  x x x

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Story-time: Slit my wrists

Cut my wrist open

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Good Morning Little ones! It's been a rather terrifying week, first with my kidney infection and now this event. I've been trying to relax for a few days, but I just needed to write about this. My life flashed before my eyes, literally still shocked. You may or may not already know that I was submitted to hospital yesterday, due to me falling over and landing on a shard of glass.
If you would like to know more about this then have a little read down below.
I'm also going to be interjecting pictures, so quick disclaimer: if you can't handle blood then don't look at the pictures below the blog post.
I hope you are all happy and healthy, love you all so very much :).

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What happened:

Profoundly, I had just finished my morning Marketing lecture, I was given a 1 hour lunch break, which was enough time for me to make and eat lunch. as well as read another chapter of, The Lake House-Kate Morton, (amazing book, would really recommend).
I arrived home and pasta came to mind, as well as a drink, because I was SO thirsty. I went to grab a pint glass, but knocked on the floor because the draining board was crowded with other dished. I had a smash. As I went to pick up the remains I fell over my feet ... Yes my own FEET, and landed on the floor. Knowing there was glass there I put my hands out to protect my face. I looked at my hands and I was petrified with what I saw. Blood was spurting out my wrist, instinct was to put as much pressure on my wrist as possible. I screamed, Chris tuned around and looked at me with alarming eyes. He called an ambulance and rushed me down the stairs. I was running as fast as I could, I felt faint while sprinting down the spiral stairs. I manged to fight the urge. I saw the front desk of the University in sight, and burst into a full blown panic attack. I could hear Chris shouting at the ambulance team, as they said they were going to be hours. The team on the front desk went into medical mode and tried to calm me down, I couldn't breath, everything around me was dimming. I remember a man holding my hand and trying to clean my cut and saying. "it's not that bad". He went to take a look, and to his horror he gasped and told me to get in his car as he was rushing me to hospital. At this point I was freaking out, Chris was holding my hand. I thought I was going to die.
I arrived at the hospital, they examined me and managed to control the bleeding.
The worst was over,  I was then put in the waiting room to get stitches. 5 hours it took. 5 hours in the waiting room and I finally was able to get my stitches.
I stumbled into the A&E department, bear in my I still hadn't eaten all day, and by this point it was 5pm. They examined my arm and was contemplating what to do, they said and I quote, "I have never seen anything like this, it's so deep, we are surprised you are still alive, you could have cut a major blood clot". As you can imagine I started crying at the thought I could have died. I could have died ... That was terrifying to me, I could have died and I didn't. I am so grateful. Words can't even describe.

So thankful for the people that stitched me up and calmed me down. So thankful for my boyfriend Chris holding my hand all the way through. He's my star. 

PICTURES ARE BELOW, DON'T LOOK IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE BLOOD!

Sorry if the images have lines in them, the light I was under distorted the image. The pictures don't justify how deep it was, but 5 entire stitches! This is the craziest thing that has happened! I have never broken a bone, but I would have rather broken something, than being told I could have died. 

I hope this was an entertaining blog post for you guys, now that I'm sitting down at my computer, I am so entirely grateful for what I have in life.
I love you all so very much, see you later with a phone unboxing! I love you all so very much!

Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :) x x x 

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Vegan Potato Mash

Spicy Sweet Potato Mash Recipe 

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Good morning Little ones! Long time so see on the vegan recipes! I'm back in action and creating so much more! It's autumn, and what's better to eat this time of year than steamy mash potato. Normally I would have gem-potatoes, simply because that's all I've ever had. I've never actually tried sweet potato mash; which shocks me as I love sweet potato.
Enough rambling, if you want to make this concoction then follow the simple instructions down below:).

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Ingredients:

• 3 sweet potatoes;
• vegan cream (Alpro);
• 1 birds-eye chilli-VERY HOT be warned;
• 2 spring onions;
• 2 carrots.

STEPS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS:

1. Prepare you vegetables: peel the carrots and potatoes. Chop the carrots into fine chunks and place them into a large pan, do the same with the sweet potato.
   Dice the chilli and spring onion and put to one side;
2. Put 2lts of water into the kettle and wait until boiled. Once boiled pour the water into the large pan, in which the carrots and potatoes are;
3. Leave to cook for 20 minutes (until soft);
4. When the carrots and potatoes are done mash them with a folk until fully combined. 
5. Add the Alpro cream and stir together. Once combined add the chilli and spring onion and stir again.
6. Plate up and ENJOY! :D 

WHY THESE INGREDIENTS? 

Spring onion:
Onions are a great antioxidant, they also contain low fat saturation, this won't clog up your arteries, as it reduces cholesterol, in comparison to a normal red or green onion, this is so much better for your mental and physical health.

Carrots:
This root vegetable is also a good source of antioxidant agents. Which simply means that they are detoxing your body, and making sure that bad bacteria stays away.

Sweet potato:
Sweet potato is enriched with beta-carotene. In the body, beta-carotene converts into vitamin A (retinol). We need vitamin A for good vision and eye health, for a strong immune system, and for healthy skin and 

This is now the end of the blog post! I hope you enjoy this tasty snack/meal. Eat it with whatever you want, I love it alone as an afternoon stack; especially when it's cold outside. I can place this into a bowl, get all snuggled in bed and eat :).
I hope you are all happy and healthy, I'm going out to London again today, and also getting my hair dyed! I can't wait to show you! Stay tuned and stay safe Little ones! I love you! x x x

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