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Monday, the 22nd of May, is the last day you can register to vote in the General Election 2017. If you haven't registered yet.. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

As young people it is really easy to feel like your vote won't make a difference, but at the last General Election the turnout was 66.1%, which means that 33.9% of people did not vote. This means that the number of people who did not vote outnumbered the votes tallied by any one individual party. This shows how important voting is. You literally have the power to change the government simply by voting. 

I have found some really interesting articles online about this, if you would like to read more. This article from the BBC, discusses that if there was a turnout of 78% of 18-24-year-olds, it would lead to an extra two million votes. This article, from the Telegraph, says that if the turnout of young people reached 60%, young people would have the power to swing 37 consituencies. And this article from the Metro talks about how young people need to vote as their opinion differs so much to that of old people. 

If you are voting on the 8th of June (which you should be), please register TODAY!!!! and then Tweet/instagram/Facebook with the hashtag #NotThe33, to show that you are ready to vote and have your opinion be counted. I really think that we can all make a difference.

If you need help with choosing who to vote for then you can go to I Side With, which is a fantastic online resource (a kind of serious quiz) for helping you decide who to vote for based on their policies and your main priorities. You can also check out who you align with closest in other countries' elections as an added bonus. 

I personally would also recommend checking out the Progressive Alliance website to help you vote tactically, if there is a political party you would like to prevent from taking your consituency seat. They also have a fantastic Twitter where you can ask for more information.

Leave a comment if any of this has helped you to make a final choice or you know who you are voting for! And most importantly......

PLEASE PLEASE REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 

p.s as seen in the above photo, even Coco votes and she can't even read.
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Hey everyone, so a couple of months ago Sunday Riley sent me these two products, the Martian Mattifying toner (£48) and the UFO face oil (68). I was really excited to get these as I had read loads about them being good for acne and oily skin and they are mega expensive. I have been using them for about a month now and I have found that my acne has changed. I would say I get a lot more whiteheads rather than massive red angry acne spots, which means it's probably more hormonal now and just on the surface rather then the really painful ones underneath. I've also been really stressed about my essays recently so that can't have helped. 

I have found that the toner is best used in the morning under my make up and the oil is best used in the evening after I have cleansed (sometimes after a sheet mask) so that it has all night to work. Things always take time to work but so far I am really impressed with the Sunday Riley collection and I will be buying the oil especially myself after this one runs out. Have you ever tried either of these?
Claudia 



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Hey everyone, so in a couple of weeks I will be attending my first blog conference, the BlogOn conference in Manchester and I CAN'T WAIT! Here is my ice breaker so that everyone there can get to know me better, and so I can also answer some interesting questions for my normal readers!

1) Share a recent picture of you:
Me at Paul McCartney's childhood home on the 6th of May '17.

2) Describe yourself in three words
Capable, sociable, easily-motivated 

also I talk a lot as you will see below

3) How long have you been blogging and what made you start?
I have been blogging for less than a year but when I was younger I tried my hand at blogging but I didn't have the skills to make it look good so I ended up giving up and closing the blog. Now I'm a lot older I decided I wanted a real creative outlet to put my photos and ideas on so this blog was born! 

4) What was the inspiration behind your blog name?
I actually have no idea! When I was younger I wasn't a big fan of putting my surname in my usernames for things, so I started off with the username claudialovescats for skype and it ended up being my go-to username. When I made my instagram that was what I decided to call it so when I made my blog it seemed only natural to call it the same thing as my instagram. 

5) What is the best thing to come from your blog so far?
Things like being able to attend BlogOn conference? I also really like looking through my blog when I'm having a down day as I love looking back on all the adventures I have had! 

6) Your most remembered thing from your childhood
Always my pets, my dog Bunty, my hamster, my rabbit, our cats, my gerbils, the way their fur felt, the things they did and how much I loved them. I actually have a really good memory not to blow my own trumpet toot toot.

7) Something interesting you might not know about me is...
As well as living in Paris I also used to live in Russia. I lived there between the ages of 12 and 15 and went to international school where I made some of the best friends I've ever had. I had Russian lessons (people always ask me about that) so I have a very basic grasp of Russian. To be honest, it was such a life-changing experience in the most positive way. It has made me who I am I feel from the people I met and the things I got to do while I was there. I got interested in politics and history and look at me now - a Politics with French grad and a History MA student! It was hard being away from familiarity but it's made me really appreciate things I have and me, my mum and my sister formed a really strong bond there. I am actually tempted to do a post about living in Russia, would anyone be interested?

8) What social media platform best describes your personality and why?
I would love to say instagram, because it is so nice and there is something for everyone on there, but I think it's more likely to be Twitter - there's lots of stuff going on and you can jump from one thing to the next really quickly! 

9) What is your happy song?
I have lots and lots, I actually tend to stray away from sad songs as I prefer songs to be uplifting. I love Back Down South by Kings of Leon though, I think that is my favourite song. I love folk music and anything about summer. And Christmas songs but I can't mention those at this time of year. 

10) What is your favourite alcoholic drink?
Definitely cider, I love it! 

11) What is your favourite cake?
Anything with raspberries in that my mum has made! I loveeee raspberry flavour things.

12) What is your favourite takeaway dish?
Definitely something from the Chinese - chicken satay skewers? I think I would have them for my last meal on death row. I don't plan on being on death row though. 

13) Where is your dream holiday destination and why?
I would love to go to Mumbai again, but my dream holiday destination is definitely the Canadian Rocky mountains. And to see the northern lights.

14) What would your superhero name be?
I am really not into superheros at all! I think I would be some sort of cat rescuer?

15) If you had a magical power, what would you want to have and why?
I would love to be able to teleport. Like, so much, for amazing reasons like I could go to a hot beach or on a city break whenever I wanted, but also for more adulty reasons like I could have a lie in and still get everywhere on time.  

16) What one weapon would help you survive a zombie apocalypse?
Lots and lots of food. When I've had food I can take on anything! Also my French Bulldog Coco because she would bark if any zombies sneaked up on me.

17) If you could send something into space, what would it be?
I wouldn't send anything into space! I have read some awful stuff about the amount of junk that humans have sent up there. I would just admire it from a far and let it be.

18) What would you have on your gravestone?
A death date of a long while away I hope!

19) You make headline news around the world in 2 years time... but for what reason?
Claudia has become Prime Minister? Secret ambitions there. Honestly I don't know but I would hope it was something positive, eek.  

20) If an EMP wiped out all mechanical forms of transport, how would you get to BlogOn?
I think I would walk. There is a lot of lovely countryside between me and BlogOn and it would definitely be a real conversation starter when I finally got there!
Let me know if you are going to the BlogOn conference as well! 

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Hey everyone, sorry it has been ages since my last post - this is because I have been struggling through my final masters essays - except from the very daunting (15,000 words) final dissertation which is due in September! This weekend me and my friend Louise did our first couples double date to Liverpool to see Speke Hall, the Beatles' childhood homes and finish up at a restaurant no-one had been to before. It was amazing! 

First up we headed to Speke Hall which is super easy to get to in the car. We didn't know what it would be like at all but it actually ended up being really interesting as well as quite cosy. The bathroom and kitchen were definitely Pinterest life goals! Speke was also really handy for heading to see the next part of our trip - the Beatle's childhood homes. We had pre-booked the minibus from Speke Hall. 






Next we went to the Beatles's childhood homes, Paul McCartney's childhood house and Mendips, which is John Lennon's childhood home. I honestly cannot recommend this enough. It was a truly amazing experience and I'm not a gushy person AT ALL. It was interesting, insightful and actually really touching. The houses look perfect, and you can sit on the couches and look in everything - including the bathrooms and bedrooms. The only downside is no photos (as a photo addict) but we decided as the day went on that not being able to take photos was actually a blessing because it meant that everyone else wasn't taking photos and best of all the whole experience felt really special. It actually really encouraged me to live in the moment. There are loads of really lovely stories from in there that I could tell you but I think it would spoil it if you decided to go there. It was so so amazing it was an experience that has really stayed with me. Here are some photos of the outside below: the top is PC's childhood home and the bottom is JL's. 



For dinner, we went to the Maray restaurant which Louise had read about in the Guardian. It was a Middle-Eastern restaurant with a twist (I hate the phrase "with a twist" but that is the only way to describe it) I tried to take as many pictures as possible of our Mezze/tapas but it was so tasty we dug in! We had the falafel starter, whitebait, cod, the mozzarella and I had the buck apple mocktail and for pudding I had the chocolate tart. To find out the "twist" you can read about the dishes on the menu here. I would highly recommend this restaurant and it's not far away from both Speke Hall and the Beatles's houses if you are looking for somewhere convenient. This is the website and we went to the Allerton restaurant.
Let me know if you have been to any of those places before! Claudia 









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