Saying Yes and Setting Goals: How To Change Your Life

      As I sat here studying for my Spanish final on Monday and making some finishing touches on my final essays I was overwhelmed by not only how stressed out I am, but also how unhappy I am with what I have been doing in my life. I have a habit of saying no, of staying stuck in my own little bubble where it's safe and the things I have done before have become redundant tasks. I'm not happy living that way anymore, and that isn't the first time I have said that to myself. I want to make a change and the only way to do that is to go ahead and make it. So I made a list of a few things I want to do, some have deadlines and requirements but others are rather ambiguous so as to give myself more time and freedom and of course less stress as well. Rather than keeping them all general statements like "Eat healthier" I instead said something like "Eat one piece of fruit a day" or "Eat nuts one a week". Little changes in the same sentence make all the difference in actually getting things done. I left the file for this on my desktop so that it's always in view, but I password protected the file so that I can write anything I want there, without fear that someone might accidentally click it. I hope this is the start to changes in my life, and I hope that you too change yourself for the better.
       One of my goals is actually to take more photos, as that is something I used to enjoy quite a bit. Hopefully I actually do that, and hopefully I post some of those here.

Thanks for reading everyone,
Sammxoxo


P.S. The inspiration for this post is due to a wonderful blogger and Youtuber, Zoella. See her post here, and her video here. 

Dark Purple Lippy's: Would you wear them to work and school?

    I'm one of those people who constantly struggles between keeping their hair a normal color, and dying it a color that is so obnoxious people don't want to (but can't help but to) look at it, all the time. Currently i'm somewhere in between the two with my favorite hair color a nice gingery orange. I personally love redheads and would love to naturally have that hair color, but as I'm stuck with a mop of scraggly brown hair, dying will have to do. Orange hair however does tend to clash with some of my clothing, accessories, and of course makeup. So as I was going back to orange it seemed only natural that I should buy a nice lippy (or two, or three, or four) to go with my new hair color.
    Now! Enough back story, let's get onto the point. Anyone with darker skin knows a nice purple lipstick will look fabulous on them, but the paler girls I know all seem to generally avoid that color unless it happens to be October. Purple and orange just so happen to be my two favorite colors so I decided to ignore the stigma and try it anyways.

The two I picked up were:
Kate Moss for Rimmel London in 04 and Wet and Wild 919B

Left Wet and Wild 919B and Kate Moss line for Rimmel London 04
My apologies ahead of time for the poor lighting, it's rather dark out today!

Swatches

The top one is Wet and Wild and the bottom is Kate Moss for Rimmel London

Wet and Wild (Picture at the end)
    I didn't like the Wet and Wild 919B at all so I thought I would talk about that one first. I got this for fifty cents (normally only $1) on a buy one get one half off sale at Rite-Aid (a drugstore). The other Wet and Wild lipstick I got was from a slightly different line and normally cost $1.99 but I feel that made all the difference it was smooth and nice, I quite liked it. This one however was not smooth, nice, or easy to apply in any way shape or form. It stained me as soon as it went on which made it even more difficult to apply because any marks outside my lip were still visible after I tried to clean them off. The lipstick itself has a thick consistency, which felt uncomfortable to put on. The color payoff was fantastic for fifty cents, and had it been a more normal color (easier to apply) it would have been wonderful! On another note, the shape of the top is sort of flat which made it impossible to put on smoothly and I think a proper application would require a nice thin lip brush.
    The dark purple color in the tube is almost exactly what you get on your lips, only slightly more patchy (most likely due to the difficulty in applying) and that is the downfall for this lipstick. I imagined it would be slightly more sheer and workable for a daytime look however I could never wear this lipstick out and about unless it actually were October.

I apologize for my horrid appearance, i'm a bit ill and not much in the mood for getting properly dressed or putting on makeup!

Kate Moss for Rimmel London (Picture at the end)
    The Kate Moss for Rimmel London in 04 however was a completely different story. I absolutely adore this line from Rimmel and I only wish there were more colors. I believe this line is usually about $5 in my area, however this was on clearance and I payed about $1.25! This applied smooth and silkily, and felt even a bit moisturizing on my lips. I was able to remove any extra marks with my makeup remover easily. The pointy shape made it a breeze to both line and fill which I find the easiest way to apply bright and dark colors. I'm not the best at getting a good lip shape when applying lipstick and really must invest in some lip liners but the point on this was so lovely I don't feel I would even need a lip liner for anything more than keeping the color from spreading. The color payoff is nice, and looks pretty, it's a much more wearable color than the wet and wild. It's a nice berry, it's still a dark purple, but it feels more natural in a way.
    I plan to wear this when classes start on Wednesday I liked it that much! I definitely suggest this line, if not this color to anyone looking for a nice drugstore lippy! I can only hope the clearance price means some new colors are coming in to compete with my favorites!

Again, sorry about the appearance

So let me know what you think, would you dare to wear dark purple in your daily life or is it more of a night out on the town sort of color?

Sammxoxo


P.S. My apologies for being away so long. I've been a frenzy getting ready for classes, working my butt off, and buying textbooks! I promise to try and update more often and I even have one more post planned for tomorrow!

Thanksgiving

Just a quick update, I've been away from home due to Thanksgiving holiday. I've been hanging around my boyfriends being lazy about everything. A new post will be up as soon as I am home!

Blogs and the people behind them...

     Something I constantly find myself remembering is that those who write blogs are normal people too. Whether they're famous or completely unknown, whether they blog about fashion or cars, they are just like me. Obviously not just like me, but they too are people with hopes, dreams, disappointments,  boyfriends, girlfriends, best friends, problems, priorities and opinions and even shortcomings besides those they are open with. Within the last year I spent a lot of time on YouTube, partly due to self isolation and partly due to boredom. I watched funny channels from cats to skits, scary videos from psychological to jump scares, and finally found beauty videos. While all the other videos were nice for a bit, I got quite tired of them after some time, beauty videos however I could not get enough of. I have watched many different people from the extremely talented professionals to the everyday girl making videos in her bedroom and I found something to love in all of them.
     YouTube is a community and there is no place I better see that than through the beauty vloggers. They all seem to know one another, support each other, and have at least one other friend with whom they can make videos. I tend to isolate myself from everyone, not exactly on purpose, but because I just get really nervous going out with anyone. Even if you happen to be my best friend, you can bet i'm nervous the moment we leave my house. I find comfort in being alone, which altogether wouldn't be so bad if I didn't find myself so lonely all the time. I have friends I could talk to, and I do confide a lot in them, but I sometimes just find myself overwhelmed by only concentrating on the bad. So YouTube seems to be where I can easily turn, I can watch someones beauty review, or haul, or just vlog of the day, and have my mind on something else. Plus, I like fashion, beauty, and anyone who knows me knows that I love shopping.
     YouTube is lovely, and while I have no problem just watching videos, I thought it would be nice to try and film some of my own. So far I have only done a couple of pretty short ones on my laptop, one on my hair, and the other on a dye I used. However I think I will definitely start to do more, because I like it. Of course i'm terrified of rude comments or something of the sort but I think if putting yourself out there is what you want to do, then you should really do it.
     This is only my first post but I will hopefully definitely post more soon. I'll probably just start with simple things like reviews on products I have already used but at least it will be a start.

Sammxoxo