Watch the video below to see my review of them that I did on camera.
Hope you guys will go out any buy this palette. I love it so much!
Wednesday 21 December 2011
The Hello Kitty Say Hello Palette
Last week Sephora sent out their VIP gift certificates via email. Mine was 15$ off your purchase of 50$ or more. I went in with my mom. I got her a Dior lipstick (she's obsessed with them), and I got this cute little Hello Kitty Makeup Palette.
As you can see, the packaging was really simple. Just a white package with Hello Kitty's bow in silver. The cool thing about the packaging was that there was an iradescence. It almost looked like an opal so some sort of semi-precious/precious stone. It was really cool. Based solely on the look of the packaging I'd get another one of these. However, I have only packed it in my purse once, and the snap for the eyeshadow part is already starting to go. So I don't know if that was just a defect on mine, or if all the Palettes are like that.
Opening the palette you have two options. The top is the eyshadow. They are gorgeous and quite pigmented. There are 3 shimmery/frosted colours and one matte. I'm glad that the added a matte colour, because I like mixing my textures when I do eye looks. I find that it gives my eye more dimention. The mirror is also a reall good colour. From the top left corner to the bottom right corner (going in a clockwise direction) the colours are ice cream (white colour), peppermint (green colour), chocolate milk (brown), and airplane (frosty purple). They are great colours. My favourite to look at just in the palette is the peppermint green colour. I don't own many greens, and I don't wear them that often, but this one is gorgeous.
The next level is all of the lip colours. Now these I find are more of a gloss with a slight tint to it. They aren't full on lip colours. They are really great and a wonderful consistency, but I rarely wear lip colours, and when I do I reach for a lipstick tube, or a tube of lipgloss, so this probably won't be my first choice for lip colours, unless I'm on the go and it's all I have. From the top right corner clockwise, the colours are springtime, peach pudding, strawberry jam, and baby pink.
Here are some swatches of the eyeshadow colours on my arm, the top part is no primer, the bottom part is no primer. From left to right the colours are ice cream, peppermint, airplane, and chocolate milk. I love the consistency of these eyeshadows. They're not chalky, and there isn't much fallout. They're really great shadows.
Watch the video below to see my review of them that I did on camera.
Hope you guys will go out any buy this palette. I love it so much!
Watch the video below to see my review of them that I did on camera.
Hope you guys will go out any buy this palette. I love it so much!
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Update on Life - November
Sorry about the lack of well... everything lately. I've been really busy with school and trying to get in touch with a bunch of people as well so I've been really busy. I have filmed a few videos as well. They are up on my youtube channel (kellysbeautychannel). If you want to take a look at them they are all up there. Also if you have any requests on videos let me know. I want to make videos and blogs on things you want to know about.
Thursday 1 September 2011
Check out my second blog!
For those of you who love food as much as I do and love trying out new recipes, I created a new blog, where I post reviews of different foods I've tried, and also recipes of my favourite meals, desserts, snacks, etc and new ones I find intriguing. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoy posting stuff on there. Here's the link http://kellysfoodiereview.blogspot.com/
Now the fact that I have that blog doesn't mean I won't have this one anymore. I will still pay as much attention here as I do my food blog. I just figured this wasn't the place to post food reviews and recipes.
Talk to you soon! My August favourites will be up tomorrow!
Now the fact that I have that blog doesn't mean I won't have this one anymore. I will still pay as much attention here as I do my food blog. I just figured this wasn't the place to post food reviews and recipes.
Talk to you soon! My August favourites will be up tomorrow!
Sunday 28 August 2011
Series: Back to School Makeup Tutorials
Hey there everyone!
So I decided to do a back to school series. I know a lot of people are just doing one look for tutorials. I thought this was cool, but then thought wait a minute not every age range should be wearing the same types of makeup. After thinking this I decided to take my back to school video tutorial one step further and turn it into a series.
I find a lot of gurus just do what they would think is great for themselves when they do videos like this. I was looking at it from a different point of view, especially when meeting a few grade 6s who were the children of my parents' friends. These girls had heavy makeup on. I was shocked. I couldn't understand why they would have their makeup like that, let alone why their parents would allow that. Now I do understand parents are all different. I for one will probably let my 12 year old start experimenting with makeup, but I will be there to help her with it (provided I have a girl when the time comes). This made me look back to how I did my makeup in middleschool and highschool and made me realize that I didn't know all that much and never really learned techniques to use. I only saw pictures and I thought I was recreating them.
This series is to teach decent technique to different age ranges so they can still experiment, but at least know a certain technique that will help them out a bit better. I will be doing a video for grades 5&6 (ages 10-12), 7&8, (12-14), grades 9-12 (14-18) and college/university (18+)
Grades 5&6
For this video I'm mostly focusing on light colours that accentuate, but still look natural. No lipstick, foundation or eyeliner will be used as they create too hard of looks for such young and delicate soft skin.
Grades 7&8
For this video I'm using a simple simple light neutral with a very pale pop of colour. There is a powder foundation, and a thin thin line of eyeliner.
High School
There will be two looks created for these grades. The first is a neutral look using the Urban Decay Deluxe Palette. It will be a pretty simple neutral just using browns and golds. The next look will be a more colourful look, still using the same palette. Both looks will have an eyeliner look, however each look will change for eyeliner.
College/University
This has 3 videos. The first will be a business appropriate look, good for presentations. The second will be a going to class look, and the third will be a good look for going for coffee and hanging out with friends on campus.
Extras.
I am going to do 3 extra videos.
So I decided to do a back to school series. I know a lot of people are just doing one look for tutorials. I thought this was cool, but then thought wait a minute not every age range should be wearing the same types of makeup. After thinking this I decided to take my back to school video tutorial one step further and turn it into a series.
I find a lot of gurus just do what they would think is great for themselves when they do videos like this. I was looking at it from a different point of view, especially when meeting a few grade 6s who were the children of my parents' friends. These girls had heavy makeup on. I was shocked. I couldn't understand why they would have their makeup like that, let alone why their parents would allow that. Now I do understand parents are all different. I for one will probably let my 12 year old start experimenting with makeup, but I will be there to help her with it (provided I have a girl when the time comes). This made me look back to how I did my makeup in middleschool and highschool and made me realize that I didn't know all that much and never really learned techniques to use. I only saw pictures and I thought I was recreating them.
This series is to teach decent technique to different age ranges so they can still experiment, but at least know a certain technique that will help them out a bit better. I will be doing a video for grades 5&6 (ages 10-12), 7&8, (12-14), grades 9-12 (14-18) and college/university (18+)
Grades 5&6
For this video I'm mostly focusing on light colours that accentuate, but still look natural. No lipstick, foundation or eyeliner will be used as they create too hard of looks for such young and delicate soft skin.
Grades 7&8
For this video I'm using a simple simple light neutral with a very pale pop of colour. There is a powder foundation, and a thin thin line of eyeliner.
High School
There will be two looks created for these grades. The first is a neutral look using the Urban Decay Deluxe Palette. It will be a pretty simple neutral just using browns and golds. The next look will be a more colourful look, still using the same palette. Both looks will have an eyeliner look, however each look will change for eyeliner.
College/University
This has 3 videos. The first will be a business appropriate look, good for presentations. The second will be a going to class look, and the third will be a good look for going for coffee and hanging out with friends on campus.
Extras.
I am going to do 3 extra videos.
- How to apply foundation and make it last
- How to contour your face
- different types of eyelines and the pros and cons of each type.
Friday 26 August 2011
Live on BlogTV tonight
Hey guys!
I'm going to be on blogTV tonight around 9:30EST. It's just going to be a big chat and talk thing. nothing overly special. just a way for you to get to know me better and for me to get to know you better. here's the link for the channel. I hope you stop by! I'd love to chat! I know it's a friday night and I should be out doing something fun, I am most of the time, just I have to be up early tomorrow morning and I work till 7:00 so there's no point really by then. I hope to see lots of you there!!!! Talk to you soon!
I'm going to be on blogTV tonight around 9:30EST. It's just going to be a big chat and talk thing. nothing overly special. just a way for you to get to know me better and for me to get to know you better. here's the link for the channel. I hope you stop by! I'd love to chat! I know it's a friday night and I should be out doing something fun, I am most of the time, just I have to be up early tomorrow morning and I work till 7:00 so there's no point really by then. I hope to see lots of you there!!!! Talk to you soon!
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Luxe Box Open Box
So this blog post is late and I appologize. But I signed up for this monthly makeup service called luxe box by loose button. I love it so much so far! It is 100$ for 12 months of boxes and each box has 4-5 different products in it!!! They only deliver to Canada at the moment, but there are many of these types of things world wide, you just need to take a look for them!
Here's the link if you are Canadian and looking for a great box to sign up for! loose button
Also, here are some swatches of the products I got
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| Trucco Lip Pencil in Cinnamon - full size |
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| Trucco Lip Pencil in Cinnamon - Swatch |
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| Proclaim Argan Oil - Sample Size |
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| Stella McCartney - In Two Peony Perfume Sample |
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| Stella McCartney - In Two Peony Perfume Sample |
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| Essie Nail Polish - In Stitches |
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| Essie Nail Polish - In Stitches Swatch |
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Waterproof Makeup
The Basics of making your makeup waterproof and sweatproof is finding the right products. What I suggest doing is using cream products more than anything and then setting them with a podwer over top. The cream products tend to stick a lot better, they sink more into your skin so you get more of a glow. For Mascaras and Eyeliners you really just have to test which products work the best with your skin type to get a good hold and won't run. For me the best ones I've tried so far are from Maybelline. They don't run much for me.
My last tip for swimming with makeup. DON'T RUB YOUR EYES!!!!!!! If you rub your eyes when getting out of the water, something will smudge and run, what you want to do is bring an extra little towel and dab at your eyes and face.
Also, think about what you're doing. You don't need to wear makeup to swim, you don't need it to go to the beach. So if it's a party where there may be swimming, but you aren't sure, this is a good idea.
Watch my video for the tutorial! Please Comment and Subscribe!
My last tip for swimming with makeup. DON'T RUB YOUR EYES!!!!!!! If you rub your eyes when getting out of the water, something will smudge and run, what you want to do is bring an extra little towel and dab at your eyes and face.
Also, think about what you're doing. You don't need to wear makeup to swim, you don't need it to go to the beach. So if it's a party where there may be swimming, but you aren't sure, this is a good idea.
Watch my video for the tutorial! Please Comment and Subscribe!
Monday 25 July 2011
Update on Life!
Hey guys!
Firstly, for those of you who watch my youtube, my laptop needs to go through an intensive cleaning and reformatting. This being said, I won't have much access to my laptop and blog and youtube accounts. I will try to set everything back up as quickly as possible. I'm hoping to do the reformatting this week if I can. I will also try to film as many things as I can in the mornings to so of make up for the lost time and then edit them back to back almost and upload them as soon as I am finished.
Relationship-wise, things haven't been going that great, but I will talk more about that at a later date as things are still slightly touchy for me.
My throughout the years videos are still coming, just I keep putting them off because I'm getting close to a touchy point of my life and I'm afraid of filming. Still don't worry they will come!
I am hoping to get into a more of a health regime, so healthier "diet" (not a diet where I reduce foods and such, but diet as is how I eat). And exercise more. I will also post vlogs, and videos about how I exercise.
In just over two weeks (August 5th), I will be going to Montreal for the weekend. Friday night, I'm going to go see NKOTBSB (New Kids On The Block and the Back Street Boys) together in concert with my big sister and my cousin's wife. It should be a good show. I'm so excited. The next day will be a "big shopping spree" downtown Montreal. I'm hoping to get into forever 21, and some other stores to get some back to school clothing. I will haul everything I get while in Montreal as well!
I've been pretty busy lately with work and such. My boss has asked me to write up a training manual for the salon and well, that's been a hard job to do. Good news though! I get to take a week off in August and go to Stone Harbor, New Jersey for a week. I'm going for the week of August 14-21. We will be spending most of our days down on the beach and out in the sun. If you want in the week leading up to the vacation I can do a what's in my suitcase, what's in my overnight bag, what's in my makeup bag and what's in my beach bag videos and the sort. We will also be going to Atlantic city that week so there will be some shopping done that week. So when I return from my trip there will be yet another haul!!!
In other news, I didn't share this with you guys, but I feel like I should now, I got into a little car accident a few weeks ago, and ruined my back bumper. I wasn't going all that fast, but I misjudged my distance. Pretty much what happened was that I was backing out of my sister's driveway, a car was parked behind her driveway. Since she lives in a new development, the driveways and the streets aren't 100% finished, so I was going half by feel, and was trying to avoid the cars on either side of her driveway as well. Anyways the back driver's side corner of my bumper went right into the car behind me's door. There wasn't much internal damage, but for my car alone, the damage had cost upward of 900$ and the other car, the repair will be somewhere around 2000$. We went outside of insurance to do all of this, however my dad wants me to repay him the equivalent of the insurance deductible back. I owe him 500$ for that and I've already paid him 100$. Then my tires and rims were ruined in the front from hitting curbs. (I swear I'm not a bad driver). These cost another 450$ which I now owe him as well. So I'm thinking since I'm going to New Jersey with them, I can offer to pay the gas for the entire trip, and then in one week have around 250$ taken off of my IOU. This way after the trip I will only owe him 600$ and I can pay it back at 100$ every 15 days.
Now after all of my updates I hope all of you forgive me for my lack of posting. I will try to get more posts up later!
Love you all!!!
Kelly <3
Firstly, for those of you who watch my youtube, my laptop needs to go through an intensive cleaning and reformatting. This being said, I won't have much access to my laptop and blog and youtube accounts. I will try to set everything back up as quickly as possible. I'm hoping to do the reformatting this week if I can. I will also try to film as many things as I can in the mornings to so of make up for the lost time and then edit them back to back almost and upload them as soon as I am finished.
Relationship-wise, things haven't been going that great, but I will talk more about that at a later date as things are still slightly touchy for me.
My throughout the years videos are still coming, just I keep putting them off because I'm getting close to a touchy point of my life and I'm afraid of filming. Still don't worry they will come!
I am hoping to get into a more of a health regime, so healthier "diet" (not a diet where I reduce foods and such, but diet as is how I eat). And exercise more. I will also post vlogs, and videos about how I exercise.
In just over two weeks (August 5th), I will be going to Montreal for the weekend. Friday night, I'm going to go see NKOTBSB (New Kids On The Block and the Back Street Boys) together in concert with my big sister and my cousin's wife. It should be a good show. I'm so excited. The next day will be a "big shopping spree" downtown Montreal. I'm hoping to get into forever 21, and some other stores to get some back to school clothing. I will haul everything I get while in Montreal as well!
I've been pretty busy lately with work and such. My boss has asked me to write up a training manual for the salon and well, that's been a hard job to do. Good news though! I get to take a week off in August and go to Stone Harbor, New Jersey for a week. I'm going for the week of August 14-21. We will be spending most of our days down on the beach and out in the sun. If you want in the week leading up to the vacation I can do a what's in my suitcase, what's in my overnight bag, what's in my makeup bag and what's in my beach bag videos and the sort. We will also be going to Atlantic city that week so there will be some shopping done that week. So when I return from my trip there will be yet another haul!!!
In other news, I didn't share this with you guys, but I feel like I should now, I got into a little car accident a few weeks ago, and ruined my back bumper. I wasn't going all that fast, but I misjudged my distance. Pretty much what happened was that I was backing out of my sister's driveway, a car was parked behind her driveway. Since she lives in a new development, the driveways and the streets aren't 100% finished, so I was going half by feel, and was trying to avoid the cars on either side of her driveway as well. Anyways the back driver's side corner of my bumper went right into the car behind me's door. There wasn't much internal damage, but for my car alone, the damage had cost upward of 900$ and the other car, the repair will be somewhere around 2000$. We went outside of insurance to do all of this, however my dad wants me to repay him the equivalent of the insurance deductible back. I owe him 500$ for that and I've already paid him 100$. Then my tires and rims were ruined in the front from hitting curbs. (I swear I'm not a bad driver). These cost another 450$ which I now owe him as well. So I'm thinking since I'm going to New Jersey with them, I can offer to pay the gas for the entire trip, and then in one week have around 250$ taken off of my IOU. This way after the trip I will only owe him 600$ and I can pay it back at 100$ every 15 days.
Now after all of my updates I hope all of you forgive me for my lack of posting. I will try to get more posts up later!
Love you all!!!
Kelly <3
Monday 18 July 2011
Follow me on Facebook and Twitter!
Hey there everyone!
I just set up a Twitter and a Facebook account! I hope you all follow me on both! There will be special contests and questions that will go up on those pages as well. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/kellykayebeauty
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Kaye/211991382181187
Talk to you all soon!!!!
I just set up a Twitter and a Facebook account! I hope you all follow me on both! There will be special contests and questions that will go up on those pages as well. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/kellykayebeauty
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Kaye/211991382181187
Talk to you all soon!!!!
Thursday 7 July 2011
Sigma Brushes
asdHey everyone! I just bought a few Sigma Brushes I thought you all might like to be able to have a look and maybe purchase some as well. If clicking the Image above does not work, you can also press this link.
http://www.sigmabeauty.com/?Click=119360
Wednesday 6 July 2011
June Favourites
Products Mentioned:
- Mac Pro Longwear Foundation in NW20
- Benefit 10 Box Powder
- Iredale Mineral Costmetics Pressed Powder Blush in Copper Wind
- Benefit Brow Zings in Medium
- Inglot Eyeshadow Trio in M3
- White Eye liner
- Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips Custome Eye Enhancing Gel Cream Liner for Hazel Eyes
- Softlips Lip Balm in Ravishing Raspberry
- Covergirl Lip Perfection Lip Stick in Verve
- Dove Senstive Skin Day Cream
- Cypher Face Lotion
- Bath and Body Works antibacterial hand spray in Warm Vanilla Sugar
- Bath and Body Works Triple Cream body moisturiser in warm vanilla sugar
- John Freida Frizz Ease Heat Defeat Heat protectant
- Oscar Blandi pronto dry shampoo
- Dove Extra Hold Damage Therapy Hair Spray
- Essie nail polish: ballet slipper
- Essie nail polish: Turqouise and Caicos
- Essie nail polish: Your hut or mine?
- Aquis super absorbant towel hair wrap
Tuesday 5 July 2011
Curly Hair Tutorial
Hey Guys! So today I decided I wanted to film a tutorial on how to get your hair curly with a curling wand. This is my favourite way to curl my hair and I always feel successful after finishing. Let me know what you think!
What you will need:
1. Curling Iron or Curling wand
2. Heat Protectant Spray
3. Hair elastic or hair clip
4. Hair Spray
5. hair brush or comb
Again let me know what you think!
What you will need:
1. Curling Iron or Curling wand
2. Heat Protectant Spray
3. Hair elastic or hair clip
4. Hair Spray
5. hair brush or comb
Again let me know what you think!
Monday 4 July 2011
Throughout the Years - First Grade
check out my youtube to see my new throughout the years video. i'm going to vlog these rather than just do a blog post on them. I'll let you know through here to check them out, but I'm going to just vlog rather than write up a full blog on them.
Throughout the Years - Kindergarten
For me, kindergarten was ages 4-6. In the province I live in you do two years of kindergarten. Junior and Senior. My teachers both years were great. I had two teachers each year one in English and one in French. Kindergarten also only lasted half days. My mom had me signed up for the morning program. I remember my teacher Grace would bring in her puppy and puppets sometime and we would have puppet shows. Her dog was amazing. I also remember playing on the play structures and playing house. Play house was my favourite. The girls would always fioght over who got to play in the house area (Only so many people were allowed to be in a certain section at a time). I also loved story time and Arts and Crafts.
My mom told me that on the first day of Kindergarten she drove me to school and brought me into the classroom. I was so anxious to get started that I told her to go and pushed her out of the room. Yeah I was slightly a free spirit.
I know during that time I loved doing all sorts of crafts. My favourite show to watch on TV was Art Attack. I'd tell my mom to keep all sorts of stuff in our craft cupboard so I could copy all the different crafts he would make on that show.
That's all I can think of that happened over those years. Hope you enjoyed this installment!
My mom told me that on the first day of Kindergarten she drove me to school and brought me into the classroom. I was so anxious to get started that I told her to go and pushed her out of the room. Yeah I was slightly a free spirit.
I know during that time I loved doing all sorts of crafts. My favourite show to watch on TV was Art Attack. I'd tell my mom to keep all sorts of stuff in our craft cupboard so I could copy all the different crafts he would make on that show.
That's all I can think of that happened over those years. Hope you enjoyed this installment!
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Nail Polish Haul with Swatches
I went to Trade Secrets yesterday and bought 10 new nailpolishes. All Swatches are below
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| Essie: Fair Game |
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| Essie: Your hut or mine? |
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| OPI: Don't Mess with OPI |
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| OPI: Ink |
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| OPI Cajun Shrimp |
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| OPI: Mimosas for Mr. & Mrs. |
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| OPI: Turquoise Shatter |
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| OPI: Second Honeymoon |
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| OPI: Malaysian Mist |
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| OPI: Cosmo-not tonight Honey |
Monday 27 June 2011
Bad Hair Day Tutorial
Having a bad hair day? Want to do something other than a ponytail or a braid? Well watch my video and find a cute and easy to do updo that is great for when you're having a bad hair day. It will take less than 10 minutes. My original video before editting was 11 minutes, but I was also talking through the process which ate up a little bit of time.
I hope you all enjoy this video. Talk to you soon!
I hope you all enjoy this video. Talk to you soon!
Throughout the Years Birth to pre-school (Birth-4yrs)
I started walking at 8 months. It was at that moment that my mother realised she could not take her eyes off of me. In the house all the chairs had to be kept upside down or else I would push them around the house to a counter and start climbing. It was like that until I was about 3 or 4.
We moved to my current house when I was just 18 months old. I don't remember much from the move however. As I had said, my mother could not take her eyes off of me after I started walking. After moving my mom was getting ready to shower and had me in the bathroom with me and I for some reason thought it would be fun to run away from mommy and ended up tripping over my own feet and laded head first into the corner of the cabinet. I had to be rushed to the hospital and got stitches. To this day I still have a scar on my forehead. Since my birthday is early in the year, I started preschool at the age of 3 and finished at 4. It seems a lot older than many of the children who are in Preschool, but it was ok.
My best friend at the time was a little girl who I'll call KM. (I'm going to use initials throughout this series just so I can keep anonymity.) We did everything together. My mom even baby sat her right up until we both started Kindergarten.
That's pretty much all there is that I can think of saying about those 3-4 years of my life. I'll try and get kindergarten up as soon as possible.
Sunday 26 June 2011
Throughout the Years
Hello everyone!
I am thinking of starting a throughout the years blog series. Not sure if I'm going to do a vlog about it as well. I'll figure that out as I go. Just wanted to let you guys know that this is what some of my posts over the next few weeks will be about. I may post pictures from those years as well if I can find them. I'm doing this as a way for all of you to get to know who I am and what I've done and been through in my life.
Here's a short summary of what each post is going to be based upon.
1. Birth to pre-school (0-4)
2. Kindergarten (4-6)
3. First Grade (6-7)
4. Second Grade (7-8)
5. Third Grade (8-9)
6. Fourth Grade (9-10)
7. Fifth Grade (10-11)
8. Sixth Grade (11-12)
9. Seventh Grade (12-13)
10. Eighth Grade (13-14)
11. Ninth Grade (14-15)
12. Tenth Grade (15-16)
13. Eleventh Grade (16-17)
14. Twelfth Grade (17-18)
15. Freshman Year University (18-19)
16. Sophmore Year University (19-20)
I hope you guys enjoy these series :) Some of them may be hard to write, but I'm going to try my hardest to get one or two out every week for you guys to read! Birth-preschool will be out tomorrow!
Talk to all of you later!
I am thinking of starting a throughout the years blog series. Not sure if I'm going to do a vlog about it as well. I'll figure that out as I go. Just wanted to let you guys know that this is what some of my posts over the next few weeks will be about. I may post pictures from those years as well if I can find them. I'm doing this as a way for all of you to get to know who I am and what I've done and been through in my life.
Here's a short summary of what each post is going to be based upon.
1. Birth to pre-school (0-4)
2. Kindergarten (4-6)
3. First Grade (6-7)
4. Second Grade (7-8)
5. Third Grade (8-9)
6. Fourth Grade (9-10)
7. Fifth Grade (10-11)
8. Sixth Grade (11-12)
9. Seventh Grade (12-13)
10. Eighth Grade (13-14)
11. Ninth Grade (14-15)
12. Tenth Grade (15-16)
13. Eleventh Grade (16-17)
14. Twelfth Grade (17-18)
15. Freshman Year University (18-19)
16. Sophmore Year University (19-20)
I hope you guys enjoy these series :) Some of them may be hard to write, but I'm going to try my hardest to get one or two out every week for you guys to read! Birth-preschool will be out tomorrow!
Talk to all of you later!
Friday 24 June 2011
That Sun-Kissed Glow
As you all know there are many different ways to get that great summer tan.
1. Outdoor Tanning
Outdoor tanning is simply being out in the Sun during the day and getting the rays naturally. You can either lie out in the sun or you can just be outside gardening, running, playing games, swimming, in other words being active in some way.
Pros
This is using tanning beds to gain that golden look. People stand or lie in these beds and are only allowed certain amounts of exposure.
Pros
These are the Spray tans you tend to see on people such as the Cast of The Jersey Shore. You're in a room with a person who uses an airbrush to paint your body with colour.
pros
If you have ever heard of Mystic Tan or Versa Spa that's what these are. They use a chemical called DHA to give your skin a bronzed glow. DHA is a non toxic chemical that reacts with your skin to create a tanned look.
pros
These are the creams like the Jegens Natural glow and such. They contain small amounts of DHA so they can look natural, but they also contain dyes as well.
pros
Now I don't want to say UV tanning is good, but I do want to say that everything in moderation is good for you. A little bit of extra exposure to UV can be good because it helps to produce Vitamin D which helps reduce your chances of getting other cancers.
If I had to choose one to gain colour from for the rest of my life I would probably choose the UV free spray tan machines. I currently use the Versa Spa and I love the colour I get from it.
One last thing remember when buying sunscreen, which is important to wear, that you don't go above SPF 30. Everything above SPF 30 works at the same level as SPF 30, so you are just paying for a number.
Hope this helped every one
- Outdoor Tanning
- Indoor Tanning
- Spray Tans (airbrush)
- Spray Tans (Machines)
- At Home Sunless Tanning Creams.
1. Outdoor Tanning
Outdoor tanning is simply being out in the Sun during the day and getting the rays naturally. You can either lie out in the sun or you can just be outside gardening, running, playing games, swimming, in other words being active in some way.
Pros
- natural look
- easy to do
- happens every time your outside
- cost efficient
- high chance of burning
- not a lot of capability to regulate as the amount of UV rays differ every time you're outside
This is using tanning beds to gain that golden look. People stand or lie in these beds and are only allowed certain amounts of exposure.
Pros
- Natural look
- regulated amounts of time
- lotions to help slow down the aging process.
- much less of a chance of burning
- stronger UV rays reaching your skin
- costly
- speeds the aging process
These are the Spray tans you tend to see on people such as the Cast of The Jersey Shore. You're in a room with a person who uses an airbrush to paint your body with colour.
pros
- sun free
- gets you dark
- it's a paint so it doesn't last
- tends to turn your orange
- costly
If you have ever heard of Mystic Tan or Versa Spa that's what these are. They use a chemical called DHA to give your skin a bronzed glow. DHA is a non toxic chemical that reacts with your skin to create a tanned look.
pros
- UV free
- gives you a natural colour
- tends to not streak
- lasts 1-3 weeks
- costly
- too much can look fake
These are the creams like the Jegens Natural glow and such. They contain small amounts of DHA so they can look natural, but they also contain dyes as well.
pros
- low cost
- easy to obtain
- can turn your orange
- tend to get streaky and splotchy if not applied correctly
Now I don't want to say UV tanning is good, but I do want to say that everything in moderation is good for you. A little bit of extra exposure to UV can be good because it helps to produce Vitamin D which helps reduce your chances of getting other cancers.
If I had to choose one to gain colour from for the rest of my life I would probably choose the UV free spray tan machines. I currently use the Versa Spa and I love the colour I get from it.
One last thing remember when buying sunscreen, which is important to wear, that you don't go above SPF 30. Everything above SPF 30 works at the same level as SPF 30, so you are just paying for a number.
Hope this helped every one
Thursday 23 June 2011
Day to Night Makeup Look
Ladies and gentlemen here it is! My first YouTube video! What I wanted to do with this was show you how I would take what I consider my typical day look (for school, work etc) and how to turn it to night for a special event. From a slight change of the hair, to changing the makeup.
I normally go neutral and simple for a day to day basis. So I went with a soft brown and a shimmery gold. To transform into night I added a matte black shadow to intensify the outer corner and added more of the brown to the crease to add extra depth. I then accentuated my cheek bones with extra bronzer and a beautiful highlight. Then making my lips look full with a two tone lip colour; a deep red on the outer corners, fading into a light pink in the very center.
If you like what you see comment and subscribe to my channel. More will be coming and I'd like to hear what you have to say. I know the quality is shitty I'm sorry, I still need to get a better camera and a tripod. Also I need to figure out how to light my videos better.
I hope you all enjoyed this! I'll speak to you next time!
I normally go neutral and simple for a day to day basis. So I went with a soft brown and a shimmery gold. To transform into night I added a matte black shadow to intensify the outer corner and added more of the brown to the crease to add extra depth. I then accentuated my cheek bones with extra bronzer and a beautiful highlight. Then making my lips look full with a two tone lip colour; a deep red on the outer corners, fading into a light pink in the very center.
If you like what you see comment and subscribe to my channel. More will be coming and I'd like to hear what you have to say. I know the quality is shitty I'm sorry, I still need to get a better camera and a tripod. Also I need to figure out how to light my videos better.
I hope you all enjoyed this! I'll speak to you next time!
OPI Shatter Polish
I realised that if you applied the polish in a different way, the polish would shatter in different directions. most people just apply it like traditional polish. That still looks really cool but you should try applying it sideways, diagonally, even in a v-shape. The patterns that result are so interesting and amazing looking that I can't wait to try it out with more colours on my fingernails.
If you haven't tried it out yet you really should. Find a friend who has it, buy it for yourself, whatever you do you need to try it!
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Shellac Nails
I sat down at the table and had my nails filed and shaped, and my cuticles cleaned up. After that was done (took maybe 10 minutes tops), the uv curer was pulled out. She did the base coat on my first hand and put it into the uv light for 10 seconds while doing the other hand and then they switched places. At this point she started the first coat of my white tips for my french manicure each hand cured for 2 minutes. Then she did the second coat of white and cured each hand for 2 minutes. At this point the colour coats were finished. All that was left was the top coat. Once the top coat was applied each hand was cured for 2 minutes. She then took a cotton pad soaked in alcohol and cleaned off the sticky film that was left. My nails were DRY by this point. She then took a lotion and moisturized my entire arm and hand.
Overall I love this process. It is still quite expensive with french tips, I paid 63$ CAD. I'm glad that they last 14-21 days because spending that much on a weekly basis would be horrible.
To remove all you need is nail polish remover with a high acetone concentration. What you do is you take a cotton ball soak it in the polish remover and then place it on your nail and wrap your finger and the cotton ball with tin foil to add a slight bit of heat. You leave this on for 10 mins and then rub off any excess and you should be fine.
My reccomendation to everyone is to get this process done if only for a special occasion. The only down side is that you have to be able to commit to one colour for a minimum of 2 weeks. You can also purchase the products for this process for your home as well if you really want to learn how to do it.
Have fun Shellacking!
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