2015 Year in Review
By Daeja Hopkins
Macy's
Macy's is a department store located in almost every mall! Usually Macy's has multiple levels of brands starting from underwear all the way to designer handbags, shoes and perfumes. They sell clothing and other necessities for all ages and sizes.
Alex and Ani Bracelet
Alex and Ani have become a new trend to the fashion industry targeted to a younger audience of teenagers. The bangles with the initial letter of your name have become very popular along with other simple bracelets with different charms. The bangles can be stacked and come in either gold or silver.
GoPro Camera
Go Pro cameras have become Very popular over the year of 2015. These cameras are used in the snow to record snowboarding and skiing, also for recording underwater scenery like scuba diving or snorkeling, but most of all to capture great memories with your friends and family. Whether you are skydiving or hiking you can use the go pro camera to record and share your experience!
Lush bath Bombs
lush products have also become very popular over the years, but just this years their bath bombs have become very popular. Bath bombs are a combination of different ingredients (soap) in the shape of a shere normally and can be filled with a surprise like glitter or rose petals to spice up your bath and add some color to it. A lot of teenager girls use these and provide a cute picture too!
Yeezy Boost
Kanye West launched his line of clothing and shoes this year. His Yeezy Boost shoes have become very popular in the Hollywood and celebrity industry. The shoes are by Adidas and sell for $200 on the Adidas website. But since there is such a high demand and not much supply, sneaker dealers are selling the shoe for much more then it's valued at. The Yeezys come in a bunch of different colors; the most popular ones are the all black, gray, and an oatmeal color.
Kylie Jenner lip challenge
The Kylie Jenner lip challenge was very popular over the summer of 2015. Ever since Kylie Jenner got a botched looking lip job, teenagers all over the world created a challenge were u such a shot class to enlarge your lips to mimic Kylie's look. These videos were trending on every social media including twitter and Instagram. This was one of the worst trends of 2015!
Hoverboards
Hover-boards were only cool for a quick second until they had been known to catch fire easily. Hover-boards are a fun way of transportation, but have recently been banned from high traffic areas and on the streets and side walks of certain places. Yet they are still fun to ride, be careful that it doesn't catch fire!
Straight Out of Compton
Straight Outta Compton was released in August of 2015. This movie was marketed very well, it even featured as a snap chat filter over the summer. The movie was about a band of 5 men from Compton, California called N.W.A and their history and rise to fame and all their struggles of racism and going through hard times as black men in Compton.
Fast and Furious 7
Fast and Furious 7 is about; after defeating international terrorist Owen Shaw, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) and the rest of the crew have separated to return to more normal lives. However, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), Owen's older brother, is thirsty for revenge. A slick government agent offers to help Dom and company take care of Shaw in exchange for their help in rescuing a kidnapped computer hacker who has developed a powerful surveillance program. The movie was marketed very well and had some awesome posters in malls and shopping centers.
Drake
Drake is a hip-hop rap music artist. He has always been in, but just last year he dropped Nothing was the same album. Everyone went crazy, you hear hype about his songs basically everyday and kids all over the world listen to it everywhere! Drake has changed the rap game.
Adele
After Adele dropped her 25 album in the fall of 2015 her hit song Hello went #1 for two weeks plus! she made a epic comeback considering her last album was from 2010. Since she released her tour dates they have sold out in seconds even though it's not until October 2016.
Top 5 songs of 2015
"Love your self" - Justin Bieber
"Lean On" - Peace in the Mission
"What do you mean" -Justin Bieber
"Can't feel my face" - The Weeknd
"See You Again"- Wiz Khalifa
New Years Resolutions
I want to improve in the sports i do; Track and soccer in 2016 and do better in school even though i have good grades, i'd like to make them stronger. I would like to spend more time with my family and friends instead of constantly being on social media.