2013 FAVORITES: ENTERTAINMENT

I first would like to apologize for not posting for a week, and sorry that this favorites post is a bit late as well. I love blogging, but sometimes life just gets a bit busy.

Youtuber: Missglammorazi, Ingrid Nelson
Ingrid has a lovely bright personality, and everyone of her videos put a smile on my face. I love the content she chooses for videos, and she does a lovely job editing as well. She was one of the first Youtubers I watched, and I am proud to say that I still love watching her videos.

Korean Drama: The Heirs
Even if you don't understand Korean, I would still highly recommend you try to watch a Korean drama because there are subtitles in many languages available. In the past, I had a view that Korean dramas were excessively cheesy and would not interest me; however, I am so glad that I decided to give one drama a try, and I now I find that I love watching them so much, sometimes even more than my regular TV shows. This drama, "The Heirs", follows a group of wealthy students at one the ritziest high schools in Korea. I would categorize it mostly as romance; however, it does have some parts that will surely make you laugh. Be warned, it is extremely addicting, and you may not be able to stop watching.

"Reality" Show: Made in Chelsea
My cousin introduced me to this show in December, and I really enjoy watching it now. It comes a generic reality show with a bit of a upper class English twist.

Blog: Sleep and Water
Sleep and water is a beauty blog that writes reviews about everything from high end to high street makeup. She was one of the first blogs I followed when I started blogging a little over a year ago, and I still love and admire her blog so much. The pictures are absolutely phenomenal and combined with the skillfully worded reviews, sleep and water is a blog that you most definitely need to check out.

Song: Panic Cord
Gabrielle Aplin has the loveliest voice, and I had just discovered her in 2013. Her voice is extremely soothing and her songs have the prettiest lyrics around. "Panic Cord" is one song that I find captures her up perfectly.

Album: Midnight Memories
Midnight Memories has to be my favorite album of the three, and I especially like the songs "You and I", "Happily", "Diana", and "Strong." This album is great to jam out to with your friends ; however, it also has a nice assortment of slow songs for listening to while catching up on some blog posts.

Book: The Selection
I have been extremely interested in Dystopian type books lately, and this one has to be my favorite. The story follows a lower class girl in a caste centered community who struggles to face reality as she is chosen to be part of the selection, a special event held to assist in choosing the upcoming princess for the current prince.

Song Cover: Latch by Disclourse covered by Koadline
My cousin also introduced me to this band Kodaline, and after she played their cover of "Latch" Disclosure. I absolutely feel in love with their voices. The song itself is amazing, but their cover has such a powerful feeling to it that can only be described by listening to it.

Dance Cover: Lay Up Under Me by Beyonce covered by Sorah Yang
I didn't discover this in 2013 (since I actually just saw it a couple days ago for the first time), but since it was made in 2013, I decided to put it in my 2013 favorites. This is not really a cover since Beyonce never had a dance for this, but the lovely Sorah Yang, who also sings, just happens to be an absolutey incredible (to the point of where I would even use mind blowing) dancing abilities. She is an amazing hip hop, contemporary dancer, and I was blown away by her dance of this song. The first parts of the video are clips of her students that she taught, and then at the end is her solo. This dance also introduced me this extremely catchy song by Beyonce which I now feel inclined to dance to every time I hear it.

If you decide check any of these out, please tell me what you think! What were your entertainment favorites of 2013? I have also done 2013 Favorite posts on makeup, makeup brushes, and skin care, hair care, and misc items if you missed those.

-Emily