I decided to go with a bit edgy look. Mixture between Aria and Hannah. So sorry for the quality of the pictures!
I did a little bit of a research for you guys. I usually buy my cosmetics at Mueller, but sometimes I buy it online. A lot of people I know own the NAKED palette or a Dior lipstick. No way in hell I could afford that, so I do a shortcut. Sometimes I get lucky and find things on sale, sometimes I just buy the Chinese look-a-like thing from Ebay.
Shadow Pencil Blending Brush (Urban Decay)
price: $4 (instead of $16!)
description: This unique blending brush works magic with our 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil. Its custom shape and perfect flex let you expertly blend and feather. And like all our brushes, its totally vegan!
Shadow Pencil Blending Brush (Urban Decay)
price: $4 (instead of $16!)
description: This unique blending brush works magic with our 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil. Its custom shape and perfect flex let you expertly blend and feather. And like all our brushes, its totally vegan!
Professional Routine Mini Nail Kit (Essie)
price: £5.99 (instead of 14.99£)
description: Create your own professional essie manicure with our 3 step routine, including base coat 'first base' iconic essie shade 'mademoiselle' and top coat 'good to go'
Kim Kardashian Gold Eau de Parfum
price: 19.99£ (instead of 40£)
description: Kim Kardashian Gold eau de parfum spray for women is a warm and spicy perfume, opening with top notes of bergamot, grapefruit and pink pepper, blending with a heart of jasmine...
Bourjois Elastic Mascara
price: £1.99 (instead of £9.49)
description: Bourjois Elastic Mascara is a new and innovative product which contains unique ingredients that go beyond simply giving the appearance of longer lashes.
Calvin Klein Creme Lipstick
price: £2.25 (instead of £13.50)
description: Calvin Klein Delicious Luxury Cream Lipstick is a luxurious, ultra conditioning lip stick that gives your lips a smooth matte finish.
L'Oreal Gel Eyeliner
price: £5.99 (instead of £16.50)
description: A long-lasting waterproof eyeliner with an intense and bold colour result. The high-precision brush makes application easy and creates a perfectly smooth line.
OPI Nail Lacquer
price: £3.99 (instead of £13.95)
description: OPI Nail Lacquer in Thanks So Mu is a deep berry red shimmer nail lacquer that is quick drying on your nails, so you can apply your bold new colour with ease, and be on your way out the door in no time.
Dior Lipstick
price: $12.99
description: DIOR Rouge Dior Lipstick, Full Size in Shade: Samarcande Brown
Clinique Eyes& Cheeks Palette
price: $3.99
description: CLINIQUE Eyes & Cheeks Palette. All About Shadow Duo, 14 Strawberry Fudge, .03 oz. Blushing Blush Powder Blush, 15 Smoldering Plum, .06 oz.
Lancome Mascara
price: $4.99
description: LANCOME Hypnose STAR Mascara Travel Size, .135 in Shade: Noir Midnight.
NARS Eyeliner
price: $13.99
description: NARS Eyeliner Pencil in shade, Black Moon. .04 oz.
MAC Brow Pencil
price: $12.99
description: MAC Impeccable Brow Pencil in Black. .03 oz.
Victoria's Secret Eye Palette
price: $9.99
description: The perfect palette of silky shadows in smoky tones to glam up your look all summer long.
Covergirl Blend Foundation
price: $4.99
description:COVERGIRL Tru Blend Foundation
in Shade: Soft Honey, 1 fl oz.
"Wake up every morning and tell yourself that you're a badass bitch from hell and that no one can fuck with you and then don't let anybody fuck with you"
We all get to the point where we spend most of our time behind the computer screen, especially during the summer. You blog for a while on tumblr, check out few cool blogs, like few pictures on WeHeartIt, talk to your friends on Facebook, watch a season of your favourite show(yep, your read it right - a season!), watch some cool videos from Zoella, Troye Sivan and other cool youtube people....
And it's already 1am! How this could happen so fast?
I usually go to bed at 11pm, but during holiday, even if I try to make it happen...it just doesn't. So many things to do! And it's great if you're tired at 1am, but...I'm usually not. Few weeks ago, I was blogging my life away, and accidentally looked at the time. It was 2.15am! I surprised myself, I admit it, it felt a bit rebellious. I remember trying to stay awake all night when I was a kid, we had loads of fun during sleepovers. We were sneaking around the house and stealing food from the kitchen, giggling and hoping that our parents won't caught us. I mean, who didn't do that?! And one night a year we were allowed to stay awake till midnight and maybe a little bit after it - New Year's!
When I was in primary school, I used to sleep for 7-8 hours, usually because I woke up every morning 30minutes before the class started (I live 5minutes away from my primary school).
Last year I entered high school...for the first two months I got up at 5.40! How crazy is that?!
At the end of the school year, I got up at like 6.20, quickly got dressed and ran to the bust station, and usually be late for my first class which started at 7.30am.
I'm the lazy type of student, I love to procrastinate. When I come home, I jump right into my bed and watch and episode or two on my television, then I eat late lunch/early dinner, after that is computer time! Sometimes I play(more likely annoy) my brother and sister, take my dog out for a walk, talk to my friends and so on. At about 7pm I start to think about 'Hey, what about if I do something, like homework?', and I convince myself till 2 hours later, when I actually start working.
I'm very lucky that I have a great memory. I start studying three days maximum before a test (for the first six months of high school I was studying for a week before it). I don't really know what kind of grades do you have in your country, but our grading system looks like this: 1 is the lowest grade, you cannot pass with it, while 5 is the highest. So: 5 - excellent (90-100%), 4- really good(80%-89%), 3-good(65%-79%), 2-sufficient(50%-64%), 1 - insufficient (0%-49%). I have a lot of 4's and 5's, sometimes a 3 or a 2 pop in, but I never got an insufficient grade!
What is my secret? People think that I study all the time. But I & my mum believe that I'm the worst student ever. I study from 8pm - 2am (sometimes, rarely, it happens that I actually study in the afternoon). And the result? Bags under my eyes, cravings for a coffee and yawning all the time.
But I can still function! And I'm not the only one, so, people, be impressed with what teenagers are able to do! Most of the nights I just collapse into my bed, while during summer...not so likely. So here are few tips.
TIPS ON HOW TO FALL ASLEEP
1. Take a hot, but not to hot shower. Wear something cozy and nice. Lay into bed and turn all of the lights off.
2. Read a book. Eventually, your eyes will start to close, don't fight them.
3. Lay into your bed and start making your dreams. Don't overthink about what happened, just imagine cute scenarios of what could happen in the future.
4. Listen to music. But not that rock/crazy loud one. Create a special playlist, 'sleeping playlist'. Put on some soft, romantic, slow, maybe even sad music.
5. Turn off the computer, tv and phone. I know it's hard, but try it for once.
I really don't have anymore tips for you, because all of them usually do the trick for me. But if you STILL cannot fall asleep...screw it, go on Tumblr or Facebook and annoy people with your not-interested-in-sleeping phase.
TIPS ON HOW TO NOT LOOK LIKE A ZOMBIE AFTER SLEEPING FOR A SHORT TIME
1. Go back to sleep (if possible).
2. Do you like coffee? Good. Make yourself a gallon of coffee.
3. Put on earphones and listen to loud, happy and energetic music and sing.
4. Actually, turn the music on your computer as loud as possible and dance to it, pretending you're in a music video (until your family/neighbours slaughter you)
5. Don't hide the circles under your eyes. Show people that you haven't slept at all and that you're ready to kill at any moment.
6. Hope that today is halloween and that people will think that you're actually representing a zombie.
7. Eat candy.
8. Do 20 squats and try to do a pushup. If you fall to the ground, try not to fall asleep.
9. Learn the songs: 'When Will My Life Begin' (from Tangled) and 'For The First Time In Forever' (from Frozen). Sing them out loud.
So here are few tips(which I obviously know more, you're dealing with a pro here) that might help you. Do you have any tips for me?
:)
In years I learned a lot of things, including what is attractive to the visitors and what rules you should follow in order to get recognition.
BLOG DESIGN tips:
- Make your blog looking professional. By that I mean have everything organised.
- Don't use too many fonts. I think three is a maximum.
- Try to avoid fonts that are hard to read - stick to Sans, Arial and other that look like them.
- Don't use to many colours, or even worse, neon or bright colours. People won't be able to look at your blog without stressing on their eyes!
- Use quality pictures (you don't have to own the most expensive nikon in the world, just avoid blurry pictures)
BLOG WRITING tips:
- Honestly, write anything you want to. Do not let anyone tell you what you need to write.
- It's better to have posts with more than 300 words, it looks like you put more effort in it.
- Using labels doesn't really work anymore (at least that's what I read...literally everywhere)
- Everyone has its own writing style, so don't try to have a different one in each post.
Useful sites you should be on if you're a fashion blogger
- Polyvore
- Bloglovin
-Chictopia
-Lookbook
-etailPR
-Independent Fashion Bloggers
-Brand Backer
- WeHeartIt
- Tumblr
WHERE TO FIND FOLLOWERS
- I think that bloglovin is the best for that!
- when you're on bloglovin, find some people with tons of followers (2k+), and then check out their followers
- for starters, it's really good to follow people with less than 50 followers, because they are the ones who usually follow back and respond to your comments
HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO VISIT YOUR BLOG
- find blogs that at interesting, pick the most recent post and read it(!), then comment it.
- the first part of the comment should be telling them what you think about that post(write something from that post so that they'll know that you actually read it)
- in the second part of the comment you say something like 'Would you like to keep in touch? If you follow me on bloglovin, I will definitely follow back' and then post the url of your blog.
But what is the main thing? Keep posting! And always talk to your readers:)
If you'd stop five people on the street and ask them what do they have in their bags(and they would actually tell/show you), it would surprise you. You can learn a lot about a person if you grade their appearance. Business man are always the same - grey or black suit and a tie, looking very expensive. Classy, from higher class women usually have the perfect hairstyle and make-up, dressed in the more expensive brands (usually pushing a baby cart or walking a small Chihuahua). Then you have artistic people, with dreads and 'funny' dressed. When I was younger, I used to point fingers at them and ask my mom why are they dressed like that, and they would usually smile when they hear my question. I don't know why, but I always assume they are very friendly people who don't eat meat.
There a lot of kinds of people, cliques and so on.
Today I decided to tell you what I usually bring with me no matter wherever I am. I always take a bag with me - even if I take out only my phone or keys. It doesn't feel right just holding something in my hand non-stop. I have tons of bags, I think I might be obsessed with them!
Don't be surprised by how many things I carry, because I usually take a lot of non-useful things along. I viewed quite a lot of videos & read magazine articles called fashion blogger equipment when I was younger, just to see if I can be one of them.
1. My Phone
Exactly one year ago I got iPhone 5. For the last seven years I've been adoring Apple products, and last year I actually got two (I got an MacBook Air, too). At first I used pretty much to take pictures, send texts and call people. Eventually I discovered this beautiful world filled with apps. I have tons of apps (well, still under 20, but that's a lot for me). Now I still text and call people, but I mainly use apps. About a week ago I discovered Kim Kardashian: Hollywood app that seemed to be a big deal. And that is pretty much the only game that I have on my phone! My favourite apps are: Instagram, Snapchat, Aviary, InstaSize, Polyvore, Vogue and iTube.
2. iPod
I'm in love with my tiny, cute iPod! I think I got it for my birthday when I was 11, and that was the time that my dad try to inspire me for Apple. At first I didn't really know how to use it, it took me a year I think to start understanding the whole thing. I go to school by bus, so I have to listen to something. I have over 400 songs on it!
3. Notebook
Didn't we all try to write a diary at some point? Eventually, I gave up. But I keep this one for small notes, sometimes even entries that are similar to my old diary's writings. I'm on a lot of social media sites, so all the passwords are written right there. If I see something interesting, I usually take a picture, but if my iPhone isn't somewhere near, I take a note.
4. Pen & highlighter
I take with me this adorable floral pen from Harrods, for taking notes and such. If you look at my school notes, everything is in colour. Colours and pictures make me study easier, so I tend to highlight a lot.
5. Body creme
During the winter, my skiing is very dry, so before going out I use cremes (my mom did that when I was a child, I guess it became a habit). But even if it's not winter, I like to use them to make my skiing more soft.
6. Makeup
When I have chapped lips, there is nothing better than a lipstick! I always keep at least one with me (usually I bring two or three). I take mascara with me just in case that my eyelashes won't look so big anymore, but that usually never happens. I like using liquid powder that is oil-free. But here's the plot: I never use powder! My skin is very nice to me, I don't have any pimples, never had. But just in case I haven't slept enough, I keep it with me.
First dress (7.79€) Second dress (7.79€) Third dress (9.74€)
First top(9.09€) Second top(9.09€) Third top(5.84€)
First shorts(9.09€) Second shorts(12.99€) Third shorts(12.99€)
Backpack(7.97€)
Which one is your favourite? Do you know any good store that has affordable things?