The Beauty Within

I wanted to make a post about this topic because there are a lot of girls and guys out there who think skinny is the way to go. I am here to tell you that I believe everyone is beautiful inside and out.

There are no pictures in this post due to the fact that there is no need. This is a post about self awareness and about gratitude. As you all know, if you have been following me on my social media networks, I have been unhappy with my body for a really long time. When o mention my body issues to my peers they tell me that I'm crazy and that there is nothing wrong with the way I look. I have been working on being happy with my body for a while, I may not be happy with the physical side, but it's more important to be happy with the beauty within.

What do I mean by beauty within? 

Beauty within is something every person has. Its an inner love and care; inner gratitude. If you can accept your beauty within, then it will show in your outer beauty as well. If you are taking care of your body from the inside you will feel better. I'm not talking just vitamins or excercise, even though that will make you feel a lot better phyisically, I am talking about mentally. Whenever I am unhappy with the way I look or I feel I think of something that I am thankful for. My mom always taught me to be thankful and grateful for what I have, and now every night I speak out loud what I am thankful for. 

Ill give an example, sometimes I look at my life and feel like I'm sort of wasting time and things aren't moving fast enough, I take a step back and realize my present life and see what I have and what surrounds me then I think, "well, what if I didn't have this"? Then I say my thanks. How does this have to do with the beauty within? When you show gratitude for something you will start feeling better and want to better yourself. If you arn't happy with your body, be grateful that you have a body and give thanks that you are able to change it with physical activity, whatever it may be. Some are less fortunate and are not able to do this. So always make sure to give thanks. 

I hope you all enjoyed this blog post! Leave a comment, would love to know what you thought about this post!

Anna Sui Perfume ♥ Secret Wish - Review

Hey Everyone! Thanks for checking out this review for this AMAZING PERFUME! So short story with this perfume before I get started. I have been into Anna Sui for the longest time, oh and by the way if you don't know who Anna Sui is, check out this LINK!!!! Anyways, I have been just obsessed with her fashion and perfumes and even her organizational items for a really long time. I think the first time I saw anything Anna Sui, it was on StyleSuzi's Youtube Channel a long time ago. I finally decided to start a mini collection of Anna Sui's Perfume line and this is the first one. 

So let's get this review started!

Name: Secret Wish

Type of Perfume: Eau de Toilette 

Price: 1.7 fl.Oz. for $34.00USD CLICK HERE  for reduced prices.

Described directly from the Anna Sui Website: 

"Anna brings us the magic, the legends, the belief of wishes. Translucent as a fairy's wing, mysterious as a moonlit forest, Secret Wish embodies the enchanting essence of a fairytale. The instant the scent is released, a lush, ripe world opens up, filled with a bouquet of juicy fruits: fresh, sparkling lemon, summery melon, and velvety tagete, a soft, apricot-scented flower. Like fairies taking flight, it darts, hither and yon, surprising as it wafts in the air. A burst of joyful pineapple adds a note of flirtatious charm, as acidulous blackcurrant offers its mysterious facets. The fragrance deepens into a magical twilight with warm white cedarwood and sensual amber adding an intense and alluring character. Finishing with a light touch of musk, like falling star dust, it leaves an infinitely feminine wake. A fragrance that is at once as powerful as a charm, and as beguiling as a fairy kiss, it is a perfect balance of fruity and floral notes. Totally in command of a woodland realm. In a shade as soft as a fairy mist, the softest aqua dew, this is truly an elixir of fantasy and emotion.

Secret Wish, the mystical fragrance…..overseen by a fairy."

Review: When I first saw this perfume I gasped at the simple, yet gorgeous design of the bottle. It's like I walked into a faerie kingdom and the elves of the kingdom gave me this mystical water to drink to become immortal. It seriously looks almost like something out of Fern Gully.

 

 

The first scent I smelled when I sprayed the scent on my wrist was a floral scent, but it was very light. Once I let it sit a few seconds I smelled the lemon and the melon. The thing is, this is a confused perfume. What I mean by confused is that it isn't really a mature scent, but it's not really a young scent so it's perfect for all ages, if that makes sense. The scent doesn't last too long due to the fact that it is the lightest type of perfume, but if you spray it in your hair or on your clothing it will last longer.

I give this product  9/10 ONLY because it doesn't last that long.

I hope you enjoyed this review, if you liked it please leave a comment down below :)

Netted Sweater + Riding Pants-OOTD

Hey guys! Here is my first OOTD. 

Top: A'Gaci

Tank: A'Gaci

Riding Pants: A'Gaci

Glasses: Liz Claiborne

Boots: Enzo

SO! I just got all of the clothing pieces from A'Gaci's online website. I love their clothing so much because they are affordable and really nice quality!Today I am still sitting in bed with a messed up leg, I am going on day 5 today and I can't believe it's not gone yet! So yea, that's basically all I am doing today. Ugh, I wish I can work out, but alas I can't! Oh by the way! I am finally deicding to get a pair of Zumba shoes but they are soo expensive. I will be doing a post right when I get them so I can tell you how they feel!

Hope you guys have a great rest of your day!

Shimmer Lights For Red Heads and Brunettes :Review

Hey everyone! So I wanted to write a review for this product because I said in October or September on my YOUTUBE channel that I would, and I believe I have tried it enough to let you know what I think about it.

WHAT: This a a hair shampoo that is supposed to bring out the auburn of your brown hair and brighten your red/auburn hair.

WHERE: You can find this at any beauty specialty store, I purchased mine for 10.99 at Sally's Beauty Supply.

HOW: This is a shampoo that actually has hair dye particles in it which helps refresh your hair color. This DOES contain hair dye so please make sure not to use more than once a week for your hair. Put shampoo in your hair for 5 to 10 minutes, then wash out.

REVIEW: I used this hair shampoo when I was auburn and I used this maybe once a week for two months. This does bring a beautiful shine to your hair and a gorgeous tint.

I would NOT purchase this again however due to the fact that this made my hair fall out. Yes, my hair fell out. My hair really doesn't like hair dye because every time I dye my hair, I used to dye it every six weeks, my hair would always fall out more than normal. So imagine, once a week dying my hair was so damaging and thinned out my hair. Another thing, it made my hair super tangle and super straw like. It almost felt like hay. Yes, you can style you hair after and it would look fabulous, but it will still be unhealthy and tangled. You can use a conditioner with this if you are trying to brass up your red hair as a hair dye, but I don't recommend using this once a week, it totally ruined my hair.

As you can see, this is a very orange tinted shampoo, so if you wanna stay cool toned, please do not use this. I only had this on my hand for maybe half a minute and my hand is still stained so it WORKS! So if you want to spruce up your hair, this will work, but the damage is just as bad as using real hair dye every week.

If you guys have any questions other than what I have stated in this review, please feel free to ask! 

The Year has Come and Gone

Well the year has come and gone and oh, what a year it has been. We have all changed this past year and I would love to say thank you to all of the people that have supported me and that will support me for the years to come!

This year was so up and down, from deciding not to pursue my Paralegal life and completely changing what I want to do with my life, to finally leaving retail and getting a Salary job. I have learned so much within myself this year than any other year prior. It feels the older I get, the faster the years fly by. Man, I can't believe its 2014, and lord knows how much I thought the world was going to end in 2012, teehee.

So much has happened this year that made me a stronger person. When you look back at what you did all year, try not to think of the past year as anything negative. If you only remember negative things from the past year, try and make a list of great things that happen in 2014 so that in the following new year you won't just remember the negative and remember the positive. For example, I was laid off at my job, but that only led me to a job that I really loved and became the perfect job for when I am in school.

I want to also thank my friends and family who have supported my YouTube journey and my Blog. Without inspiration from them this year, I probably would have given up a long time ago. I am also thankful for the friends that I have made through this journey, it's so much fun meeting new people and I am excited to meet even more people for the following years!

My new years resolutions? Those are private because I don't want to jinx anything! #ripped2014

I hope everyone has an amazing New Years and I hope you will have a great 2014!

Why did I go Fire Ombre? My Hair Story ♥

Hey guys! I wanted to do a blog post about my hair today and the changes that I did and why I did it.

Okay, so...

Let's start at the beginning. This picture was taken in Florida in 2007 when I used to go visit with my grandparents, and this was the year everything started. I wanted to dye my hair so bad so I decided to get bangs and dye it dark brown. My original hair color is an ash brown. I was 15 when I took this picture, that's right, 15! I look like I'm at least my current age (22) here, and I think that was the real reason why I wanted to dye my hair, to look older.

I was pretty much a dark brown for about a year, this picture was taken in 2008, but then my hair grew a bit and I decided I wanted to get...bangs and highlights... I waited until the summer of 2008, when I went to visit with my grandmother again, to dye my hair,

So here I am, the summer of 2008, 16 and loving it! I had my hair done with fat highlights, and long thick hair!  This was probably my favorite time of my hair life. I loved having long and thick hair it was amazing!

You can see the highlights better here.

Then in the beginning of 2009, I decided it was time for the JET BLACK HAIR ERA! For some odd reason I thought I wanted black hair, so I went for it!

I only kept it for a couple months, then I thought, HEY! Let's try to go back to my old color!

DID NOT WORK!

AND I HAD TO CUT ALL MY HAIR OFF!!!! It was a really sad day for me. I hated having short hair, I was always a long hair kind of girl, but I wanted to cut it all off and start over. So I was a brunette again for a little while...

Then I met my soon to be ex, btw if you're reading, sorry!!! It's my hair story, and dying my hair red was sooooooo not my idea.

Anyways we met in 2010 when I was 18 years old, and he really liked different styles of hair on me so I said, why NOT! The day I bleached my hair was the worst day in my hair history....

The first time we dyed my hair red, I actually really liked it. Soon after, I relied that I wasn't a huge fan because my roots would always show and I had to keep bleaching and bleaching. That was destroying my hair. Yes, those are guinea pigs, we owned guinea pigs...a lot of Guinea Pigs....

Soon after, in 2011, I was tired of the maintenance and I went back to good ole jet black. I actually had that black hair for only 6 months, until I started missing my red hair again. 


So... I went and did the whole bleaching process again!

That's me and my mom, if you were wondering...

I loved my Ariel hair! It was so much fun having it! So from then on I had my red to auburn to red to auburn for the remainder of the years before now.

So, Ive been a red head for almost 3 years now, and the reason I went ombre was because my hair officially bored the hell out of me and was hard to maintain. I was tired of dying my hair every 6-8 weeks to the same color over and over again. I lost half of my hair, it's not healthy, and I know if I keep doing root touch ups, I will never get my hair back to normal again.

I decided the best way to show my creativity with my hair is to be able to have best of both worlds, I could have colored hair, but almost never have to do a root touch up due to the fact that I have dark hair on top!

So ombre is the look I have today, and I am hoping this will last me a long time so I can grow my hair thicker and stronger!

I hope you guys enjoyed my hair story! Leave a comment if you did, and if you have a hair story blog post, leave it in the comments! I'd love to read your post!

IPSY DECEMBER 2013

Hey everyone! Here is what I got in my Ipsy bag this month! If you guys don't know what Ipsy is, it's a monthly subscription of $10USD and you get almost all full size products to try out!

If you are interested here is the link : http://www.ipsy.com

Let's get started!

This month, my products came is a black embossed bag, which is great! I think I am going to use this as my Camera Bag.

This is the first item from the bag, it is an eye shadow trio from POP beauty and it's called "Bright up your life- Eyeshadow Trio in Smokin' Hot" The opacity is build able and you can create a great smokey eye with these three colors. Also, I noticed, that these eye shadows is really sparkly in the pan, but when swatched sparkle is almost all gone, which is good for people who like a more matte look.

The next thing in the bag is this lipstick by NYX called cream. It's weird because I don't usually like pearl finished listicks but this one turned out really pretty. It goes on pretty smooth and is pretty opaque.

Ugh, was so disappointed with the nail polish I got, it's like a muddy lavender and I love lavender but this was so gross. It also smelled really strong of nail polish, stronger than a regular nail polish. Anyways, this polish is by Nicka K and the color is "NY112".

Another disappointment, I'm sad to say, this is the be a...bombshell multiple stick in "Girl Crush". It is super pretty when it first glides on, I would use it a a cream highlight, but when you blend it it just disappears and all it is is just a shimmer and no color. If you like that, then this is the one for you!

Lastly, I got some lashes! I think these are wonderful. I love ardell, they are my favorite lashes. That is all!

Thanks for reading!

Outfit of the Night and Review: San Francisco's The Nutcracker!

Hey everyone! Today's blog post is about the San Francisco's Nutcracker. I went to go see that on the 12th of December and I have a few things I would like to speak about. First of all there will be spoiler's so if you are in the San Francisco and seeing the Nutcracker, please don't be mad if there are a few spoiler's in this blog post. Plus if you scroll down there will be a quick Outfit of the Night Pictures.

courtesy of sfgate

First, please tell me why the Nutcracker was the third "toy" that performed for the children,when Uncle Drosselmeyer brought the three toys out. I have never seen that in the performance before and i was sort of upset. I am also going to stress that I did not like that he was a red head, I am a red- head and I love red hair, but I'm going to be blunt here. The Nutcracker has always been a Brunette or had black hair, never light hair.

I LOVED THIS SCENE! It snowed on the stage during the snowflakes scene and I was in love of how magical everything was.  IF you were wondering, yes, there is a King and Queen of Winter in this rendition of The Nutcracker, which I thought was really pretty. I had no complaints about that, the dancers were amazing and it was just hands down, beautiful!

Now let's talk about the performances while Clara and the Nutcracker watch.

The performance I loved the best were of course the Russian Dancers, not only did they have the bet opening, but they were so energetic and awesome! The three male dancers jumped out of the Russian Eggs and it was so crazy and loud and amazing! I swear, they had the best applause at the end of the show.

The other dancer's were good as well except they added these three girls that were dressed with tutu's and garter belts flinging around these ribbons. Was not a fan. The dancers were great, but I just wasn't a fan of the characters.

Now I might be biased due to the fact that I am love with the Baryshnikov version of The Nutcracker and that one will always be my favorite, so when I found that Clara's younger character was different then the "Princess" Clara, I was sort of upset. I didn't like that there wasn't just one Clara, that they needed a "real" ballerina to play Princess Clara. I put parenthesis over "real" because the girl playing Clara as a child was good, but she didn't wear the pointed shoes so she could really dance, if that makes sense. In the Baryshnikov versions Clara was just Clara, no change in girls, she did everything.

By the way if you guys have not seen that version click HERE!!! it's honestly my favorite!!!

Oh but the ending, I did not like the way this Nutcracker did not end tragically. It was more like, she was happy after she woke up and that she just had the best dream ever, for which her Uncle intended. In the Baryshnikov version, she was torn away from her Nutcracker prince and was sadly looking out the window wondering if she would ever see him again. It was true love with Clara and the Nutcracker, but in the San Francisco Version it was a friendship and nothing more.

I feel like there should have been more to the ending then just waking up and happily running back to her bedroom.

Overall, great Ballet, not my favorite rendition of the story (with the extra characters and whatnot), but the dancers were amazing, the music was of course spectacular, and the effects were great. If you have never seen the Nutcracker and want to see this one, it's good, not old-school, but good. Very modernized in my opinion.

Our View, great Balcony seats!

The Chandelier was breathtaking!

Boots: My Enzo's
Dress: Go Jane (LINK)
Coat: Forever 21 last year
Purse: Gift

Close up was a bit weird looking, but you can see the true colors of the dress now!

Hope you guys enjoyed this post! More coming soon!

Charles Dicken's Christmas Faire!

Well, hello everyone! 

I am back with another blog post! This one is more lifestyle oriented! This blog post is all about the Charles Dickens Christmas Faire! This was the second year that I went and I wanted to share my experience with you.

By the way before I start I wanted to let you know that I will leave a link below this once my video is out so you can see live action shots of the faire, but for now I wanted to show you some of the shots I was able to get.                                     

Let's start with the fashion, this is not your typical street fair, dressing up is very appropriate for this type of fair and strongly advised. When you come to the Charles Dickens Faire you are submerged into another time; just imagine walking through doors and waltzing straight into The Christmas Carol. There is a smell of baking and booze and there are characters everywhere!

The dresses are gorgeous, but unless you are going to make these yourself, you are going to spend around $600 and up for a dress like this, trust me I looked. There are different fabrics, cuts, and styles of all of these dresses and you can't seem to take your eyes away from the beauty of the dresses.

This was actually something I didn't see last year, this woman (i'm sure) custom made her dress to be Dr. Who inspired. It was amazing!

So once you get into the faire, the first thing you see is the drink station, they have a few of those around the faire. They sell everything from soda and water to more "timely" drinks like mulled wine and Buttered Rum, which by the way was pretty good. Also, I would like to note that it is a timely drink for me because I live in America and we don't get Mulled wine and Buttered Rum here, so unless we make it ourselves, this is probably one of the few places we would find it.

 The one thing to know is most of the people are really nice, unless they are paid to be rude and it's part of their character, but most are really friendly. 

So now we move onto the shopping portion. Almost everything in the little shops are home made or vintage, and when I say vintage I mean they are from the 1800's or early 1900's. You could spend hours looking at everything and not buy a thing, but if you do want to purchase a trinket or two from the Dicken's Faire, be warned, for you will be spending a pretty penny.

Venders sell anything from home made fairy houses, to crystal skulls, to the gorgeous dresses and suits that you see everywhere, to even elven crowns and wands. Everything is unique and beautiful but quite expensive. So just be weary of that.

Let's talk about everyone's favorite subject, food! There are many different variates of food to try and experience. Of course you have the fish and chips, and the sweet nuts (which are almonds that, I believe, are covered with hot sugar), but there are also meat pies, geek food, just meat, and a lot more. There are also two restaurants like The Bohemian. I've always been intimidated by those because everyone in there has a costume on and play the part so well, I wouldn't know what to say back to them if they spoke to me. The food is actually not that expensive, it's about as bad as going to any fair really. I had Clam Chowder and Fries(Chips), and that cost me around $8.00. Not too bad.

These models were amazing! These women were in the windows of the main clothing shop that sold corsets and the dresses that most women wore to the fair. They would stand really still and try not to move, of course they would trade with other girls, or guys, every ten to fifteen minutes, but they did just an amazing job. I personally couldn't stand still in there let alone wear a corset while doing that.

So first of all, if you guys don't believe in Orbs...yea that's just "dust". Keep telling yourself that. 

There were little corners in random places of the faire that you would see not so aristocratic England. Of course you have to get your prostitutes and your pimps involved, how would the poor make money? So there were a couple of them roaming around as well asking for money and making eye contact with you. We even walked into a scene where the Pimp was asking his woman if she had made any money yet and she said no so he was about to beat her when another little man tried to fight him, it was a mess, but it was quite interesting. I hope I got that on video.

I don't want to speak so much about this area, it was where the belly dancer's would dance, I have  whole segment of this in my video that I mentioned previously and you will be able to see for yourself if you loved it or hated it.

Finally, I wanted to show you guys how my hair looked that day. That is all my real hair because I don't have one of those wigs that the girls wore with their dresses. If you guys want to see how I did this hair, I can show you in a tutorial. I looked more like Wendy Darling if anything, but I wanted to do something so I could somewhat fit in with the crowd.

Thanks for Reading! I hope you enjoyed this post! Video is up! Click HEREEEE