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!
Thursday, 1 September 2011
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
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