Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween costume..or..?

Scrolling through my Instagram and twitter around Halloween can always be interesting. There are so much odd choices of outfits that are on my newsfeed. here are always a lot of parties because people in high school are always looking for some reason to celebrate something and to make a party about it. There are Halloween parties the weekend before Halloween and on the day and even the weekend after to celebrate this lovely Holiday. I absolutely love the idea of Halloween and I think that it is so fun and I wish I wasn't so old so I could still trick or treat. Being someone or something else for a day and such a fun thing to me because you can be anything you can imagine. Going into High School ruins a lot of that fun thought
So as I am scrolling through my news feed and looking at all these people posting pictures in their very skimpy costumes, I am wondering if they even remember what Halloween is all about. Now a days its all about the sexy and scandalous costume and who can look the sexiest in them. I would say that 90% of the Halloween pictures I see are scandalous is some way. It really concerns me how low cut and short some people buy there costumes. I feel like everyone almost thinks it is a contest to see if the can have the shortest costume and things along those line.
I went to the Halloween store the other day with my friend to look for ideas of what we could be to hand out candy at my house. There was about 4 costumes that weren't tiny and sexual. That is literally all they even sell because it is so popular. I understand that that's how everyone else dresses so if you want to fit in at the party you have to wear something like that but there are defiantly some costumes that are a lot worse then others. I think people have truly forgot that Halloween is not all about that and it shouldn't be a contest of who has the sexiest costume. I girl I follow posted a picture of her and her friend and they had very short black skirts on and white button up shirts on but with them all the way unbuttoned so you could see there whole bra. Now I can see that yes there are lots costumes to be that have skimpy outfits but that's not even a costume. If people cant tell what you are by looking at you, that a problem and that's when I for sure draw the line of not okay.
So come one people lets remember what Halloween is all truly about tonight and have fun like when you were little and find a costume that fits properly! Sorry for my strong opinions and I hope I didn't offend anyone! Happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Youtube

I love fashion but part of fashion is also hair and makeup which are not always my strongest suit when it comes to getting ready for something. If you need an outfit or help with anything like that I got you but when it comes to hair and makeup I need a little help sometimes. I do ask my friends for help and suggestions but sometimes I need more then that. I then usually go watch videos on youtube. There are so many helpful videos out there that give step by step make up or hair tutorials on everything and anything you can think of.
My all time favorite girl to watch for makeup tutorials is Lauren Curtis. She has the all time best videos to watch. She can also do hair videos too but her makeup ones are the best. She has a whole bunch of videos that are makeup for like specific events. She makes them for special occasions, colors or times of day, ect. She also has makeup videos for look a likes or costumes. If you were trying to look like someone then there are a lot of people on there of videos she has made to look like them. She even has some for like Halloween specials and like costumes. 
One of my favorite people is Zoella. She does a whole bunch of things with beauty. She picks her beauty favorites of the month and outfits and makeup. She does videos that re just for funny too but I mainly just enjoy the other ones. I have gotten a lot of my make up ideas and my favorite products that I know still use because of her. 
One of the other things that I have seen is quiet a few video hair style fails. There is a video that makes me laugh every time. This is the link for you to go watch it! She is showing how to show to curl hair and then she accidentally curls a piece off. It is one of the funniest videos I have ever seen! 
The point is there is so many good videos out there. Next time looking for a new idea to do hair makeup and anything with beauty. Go to youtube and check it out to get a good idea! 

To tan or not to tan

No one likes being pale. I mean maybe a few people out there but not very many people. The things is that I live in Iowa so I can't get tan year round outside because it gets really cold and because I am at school or doing other indoor activities most the time. I do not tan in a bed and I have no interest to do that but I still wish to be tan so I have found a few other ways to stay tan in the winter without having to fake bake. Tanning before the age of 35 can increase the chance of getting skin cancer by seventy-five percent. These findings suggests that there is some kind of critical period in which minors are more vulnerable to skin cancer. It's because UVA and UVB radiation (found in a tanning bed) causes changes to DNA and predisposes it to become malignant. And that's how skin cancers develop. Tanning beds supply much more pure UVA and UVB rays the radiation that tanning equipment emits is similar to that generated by the sun--95 percent UVA rays and 5 percent UVB rays--but much more intense. Five to ten minutes, depending on the equipment, in a tanning bed is roughly equivalent to a half-hour in the sun on a mid-July afternoon. Tanning contrary to popular belief provides no health benefits, it does not provide a basic shield against sun rays. On an average day more than a million people go tanning at a tanning salon. Yearly, tanning salons can be attributed with causing about one hundred seventy thousand non-melanoma skin cancers. Over all you really shouldn't tan in beds but if you are going to anyways please be careful.
There are other ways to get tan then to go in a bed! There is always spray tans! This is what I suggest! I found a local Spray tanning place that is only $20 for whatever shade of tan you want. It does suck because it can be expensive and you have to do it so often but it is worth it for sure and way better then a bed. The other thing you can do is go to like CVS, Ulta or Target to buy tanning lotion and spray things that work really well. I suggest Jergens Natural glow if you are looking for a good one to start with. It is pain to put it on everyday sometimes but it is worth it for sure! I have also bought neutrogena spray kind that I really liked. It is like your own spray can in a bottle. You just need to be very carful to put the lotions and the sprays on evenly that way you don't get lines or marks. These are really a way better option then bed and please consider them as a option next time you wanna be more tan. 

trendabl

Trendabl is a website that stumbled upon over the summer. I don't use to much though because I am really busy but I wish I had more time to use it because it is a very good app. If you like fashion a lot I would highly recommend that you use this app. Its kinda of like pinterest and wanelo in a way!
You can upload pictures and tag where you got that item of clothing from and then it goes into that category for that store! You can also just post items of clothing you want and may not own from certain stores of categories. You can create drawers of things you want that other people post. You can make categories for the drawers and then go back later to look at them if you want them. I follow a lot of stores of there which is really nice if you like online shopping. They put the price right below the picture of the item. You can then click on it and then add it straight to cart that way you can buy it off trendabl and have to sent to you. There is a button you can click on that just says shop and you can click on that to see all the things with prices that you can instantly buy. You can search by stores and click on them to see what each certain store has. 
I dont only just use it for shopping though I also use it to get fashion ideas which is also the reason I post photos. I love just looking at the fashion that way I can see what looks good. If I see something i will see if I have something like it and if I can some how kind of recreate the outfit in a way and hopefully. Or if something is to expensive I will go and try to find it or something that looks like it in a cheaper version of it. I post things because I hope that people like to look at the outfits and styles I post and that they can maybe get ideas from me and like what I wear. 
Overall this is a great cite and you can follow whoever you want for fashion ideas and I recommend it highly if you like fashion and online shopping because it would be perfect for you then! 

Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Bling Ring

The Bling Ring is a newer movie that has a lot of fashion in it. Its based on true events that happened in LA California. It is about teenagers who track movie stars on the internet to see when they are out of town that way  they can rob there houses and get all the fancy stuff. They are obsessed with the glamour and the way of the fancy life. They steal more then 3 million dollars worth of stuff from celebrities houses. This group of teens became known as The Bling Ring. Though this was not my favorite movie and I would not recommend it, I would like to talk about all the great fashion in it.
During the movie when they are robbing houses they show all the fancy and nice clothes that they have. Everything name brand that you can think of! The most common name brand they used was Louis Vuitton! Louis Vuitton is one of the most well know expensive brand around the world. It is popular with men and women. Lots of celebrities own this kind of things in the housed they stole from. It is popular in american in places like LA but also all over the world! I even went to a Louis Vuitton store in Paris France! Everything is so expensive in there though, to give you a good idea there are body guards everywhere. There is a bodyguard in like every item in the store! They are so expensive too! I picked up this one jewelry box that cost around $4,600 and I saw multiple boxes just like this in the movie! If your not sure you know what Louis Vuitton is, it is known to be the high heel shoes with the red bottom. You know if they have the red bottom then that is the brand they are! My dream is to some day own something Louis Vuitton but when shoes are like $700 I have a lot of working to do in my life time to own something like that!
Over all the Bling Ring is just about teen who wanted to own brand name stuff and be part of high class society like that. I would love to be that to someday but they went to the extreme in the events that the movie is based off to get what they wanted.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Style or the norm

Everyone wants to fit in somehow but do you really want to become a part of something that you are just normal and like everyone else. I am not saying there is anything wrong with the people themselves, I personally have very good friends who are part of the "in crowd" but I just think that everyone seems to dress and look the same. They all have the same typical outfits everyday. It isn't really style its just wearing the same thing everyone else is everyday to fit in with everyone else and not feel left out. There are some clothes I don't wear to school because I know I would be judged. No matter how much we say we all don't care if people judge us we all do at least a little.
The most common outfit for the winter that I see everyday drives me a little insane. Everyone wears buckle jeans with a Victoria secret pink sweatshirt and UGG boots. Yes I do own all of those items of clothing and I am sure I have even worn them together once or twice but so many people wear them everyday. That's all that people will wear because it all they buy but that isn't style, to me its just the normal trying to fit in. I used to be against Buckle Miss me jeans and other brands like that until I tried them on and I actually really like them. I am not saying that you shouldn't ever wear it, just everyday. Another thing that I notice is whenever they dress up then they always just wear UGGS with there tights and tight skirts and v necks. Yet again I own all these things but that doesn't mean every time I dress up that I have to wear them all together. Especially the UGGS with the skirt, you can buy other shoes that match and look better with it too!
The point of this blog was not to insult anyone but just to point out the things that people are wearing around us everyday at school. Do you want to fit in or do you want to stand out and be your own person? Be your own person and make your style. Don't follow the norm like everyone else. Dress how you want and don't let anyone judge you because you can do what you want.

iTunes Radio

I was very skeptical when the new download came out for the iPhones a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure if I was going to like all the changes and I didn't know how different things would be with the new one. There are things I like and don't like but I think one of my favorite things about it and something that I am getting a lot of use out of is iTunes Radio!
If you haven't used ITunes radio yet I recommended trying it as soon as you get a chance or next time you get a chance! I was just going to ignore its presence in my music until my friend convinced me and told me all the great things about it! It is a lot like Pandora but right in your music app. You can type in a song, artist or genre to choose from what kind of songs you like. If you don't want to type in something certain there are categories of stations you can pick from that they think you would like. When you have found a station it starts on a setting of Hits. This means you are listening to more common music that you hear more. You can go to the info button on the top middle and change that though! You have the options on a scale from Hits to Variety to Discovery. Discovery are usually not very well know songs but things that it thinks you will like! Variety is in the middle of those two so you get some hits and some not common songs. When there is a song playing you can pick the star to click that you like the song and to play more songs like that but there is also an X so you can click to never play the song again. You can skip songs but be careful because there is a limited amount of skips. You can also use the + button to add it to an iTunes wish list of songs you want to buy or you can even buy them right on the spot. There is also a button to change if you want to allow explicit tracks or not that way you can choose that depending on what kind of crowd you are in. If you are really enjoying a song you can make a new station from that song you are listening to which is always handy to have more then one station depending on your mood.
You can make as many stations as you want and can change at anytime. I love iTunes radio and I am so glad this is a new things in the music app. I am currently listening to the Lana Del Rey station as I type, which by the way I recommend! I love finding new songs so I always have it on discovery and I have found new songs already that I want to buy and now I cant stop listening to! I hope that you try it and can find some good songs you love too!

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Avon

I have the biggest obsession with makeup and I constantly want to buy new makeup all the time. My latest obsession has been with avon products! They have everything you can think of and its pretty cheap! My mother is an avon lady so I can easily get avon things from here but if not you can go to http://www.avon.com and find a representative that way you can order or you can just order online.
Avon has so many products that you can buy. I use there foundation a lot from there. I have used the $40 kinds that you can buy from like Ulta but honestly I think I like the $12 kind from there just as much as I do the expensive kind! It works just as well! They have liquid and powder kinds of foundation for whatever you prefer! They also have like mascara that never clumps for me at all. It doesn't make your eye lashes quite as long but never does it give you just a clump of one eyelash like some mascaras do! I also use the eyeliners from there because they have these ones that have a little bit of shimmer in them which is different but pretty. They have any color of eye shadow that you could imagine possible! I only buy nail polish form Avon any more because I really enjoy all the colors and they are cheap! Other things they have are like perfume, and accessories such as earrings, necklaces, and rings. Many earrings that I often get complemented on came from Avon. They sell clothes and shoes though I have never bought that from there to put an opinion on them!
Check out Avon and all the great things it has to offer! I would definitely recommend it to any makeup lovers like me because I don't know what I would do without Avon! I hope you enjoy if you buy!

The Lost Empire

Atlantis known as The Lost Empire is a gorgeous place to go and it is in the Bahamas which makes it even better. There are so many things to do at Atlantis, the activities are never ending there. I just want to tell you why this is a great place to go on vacation with you and your family or even I hope some day on my honeymoon. Here are some of the just many things to do there
1.Dolphin Cay is a life time experience you will never forget! This is a place where you can interact with dolphins in many ways! You can swim, feed, hug, kiss, ect. with all the playful dolphins. It is so amazing to pet a dolphin and experience them first hand! You get wet suits and you get to stand in the water with them and play with them! It is expensive but it is definitely worth the cost! This is definitely my favorite thing to do when I go there!
2.There waterpark at Atlantis is 141 acres of pure fun! There are so many slides and things to do, everywhere you turn there is something new! My two favorite things are the Leap of Faith and The current! The Leap of Faith is a slide that drops you straight down a 60 almost vertical drop and then through a shark tank! Though you are going so fast you cant see any of the sharks at all! If you want there is a slide next to that one with a tube that has fun twists and turns and then you go slowly through the shark tank to see everything slower! The current is the best water park thing there in my opinion. This is fairly new but it is like a lazy river but not lazy at all so there is no more getting bored. There is  huge wave every like 5-10 seconds that goes through the river! Depending on how big they are and where you are floating you can even get tipped all the way over! It is so much fun, I could do it all day!
3.The Marina Habitat is filled with 50,000 animals and over 200 species! There are places underground that you can go see the fish! There are all these tunnels and places that are like a giant maze to see all the animals there are down there! There is also a restaurant that you can go to and its surrounded by fish tanks! If you want you can always look at the fish from above ground too, day or night because they have lights also!
I hope just these three things may have made you curious into wanting to look more into going here on your next vacation! Check out http://www.atlantis.com/default.aspx to learn more!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Edits

I know that this is a little off my topic that I said I was going to write about on this blog but I really wanted to take the time to telling you want I think some of the best picture edits are for Instagram. This still has to do with fashion someone what because in most of my Instagrams you can see my whole outfit and sometimes I put new pictures of just my clothes even. Without my lovely editing apps though I don't know what I would do! I will name just a few of my favorites!
1.My personal favorite app is called Afterlight. This app does cost 99 cents but that's not to bad for an app. On this app there are at least 50 filters under three different categories that you can choose from! It also has the usual setting like changing the brightness, clarity, exposure, contrast, etc. that most editing apps have. It also has this cool settings where you can add like fade and things like that to the picture to make it look like it is an old photo or tinted a certain way. My favorite part about this app though is frames. All the frames are meant so you can put it perfectly on Instagram. You can choose the frames shape and it can be white or black.
2. My next favorite is VSCOcam and this one is free which is nice. When you  get it you have to sign up which is nice though because then it saves all your photos in there when you edit them unless you delete them out. This one does not have as many filters to put on but still a lot of filters that I like a lot. This app has probably the best exposure settings to make photos look the best when using it. It also comes with other settings like the other apps to and work just as well. Over all these easily stores the photos you edited and makes them look more professional.
3. If you are looking to edit and put more like text and things on the photo I would use Studio. This app has filters also which are good too. I use it mainly for if I want any kind of text on my photos. They have premade text things and you can type your own. You can change the color of the text and move it wherever you like. I just found this app and I really enjoy it and wish I knew about it longer.
These are just a few of my favorites and I hope you can now maybe edit your photo and not just have to use the boring Instagram edits!

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Throw back songs

Now and then we can all use some good old song jam sessions. Talking about all the good old songs from years ago is one of my favorite things to talk about. It brings up so many memories and things from the past. I just would like to take a moment to talk about some of the great songs of the past. Not from that long ago but just some from when I was little and why they were so great at the time or why they still are so great. 
1. Bad Day by Daniel Powter. This is a good song for your worst days ever. It just so true with everything it says in it. It makes you remember that everyone has those kind of days and you aren't alone and to be happy. Always a good song when you are having a bad day!
2. Every time we touch by Cascada. This was like the party song for my friends and I when we were in middle school. We could not have this song on and not be dancing and jumping up in down. The slow version of this song is also very good too!
3. You belong with me by Taylor Swift. Now this song isn't as old but this was the song everyone when they had a crush on someone and that boy liked someone else. You would scream sing it when ever it came on the radio. This is for sure a hair brush as a microphone and jump up and down in your room kind of song!
4. Who said by Hannah Montana. Anything by Hannah Montana was the best thing ever. This was like the song telling you when you were young that you can be whatever you want to be and to follow your dreams and everyone knew it because it was by her.
5. She will be loved by Maroon 5. I was obsessed with anything maroon 5 and I still am to this day, but this was my absolutely favorite song growing up by them and still is. A lot of girls like it because its about a boy who loves a girl and will do anything for her and who wouldn't want that in there life!
This list could go on and and on of good old songs that I could write about but for now I will stop writing about them. Now please go enjoy all of your old favorite times and remember all the memories from them!

Curl Secret

The newest product that I have fallen in love with is the Infiniti Pro by Conair Curl Secret! I was very skeptical at first of this when I saw it. I didn't know if it would be worth my money or actually work at all on my hair. I read some read some reviews and watched some videos and hoped for the best and went out and bought it. It works so well! I absolutely love it so much and am so glad I bought it! I get so many compliments on my hair when I use it. It is also very easy to use as well and even takes a little less time. I would recommend if you are looking for an easy way to curl your hair you should go buy the Curl Secret. 
Its said to be the new revolutionary curler with styling features being an automatic curl chamber. If you haven't seen or heard of this new product, it is a curler that sucks your hair into and twist it up into a curl! It is kind of difficult to explain but I will try my best. You make sure you have the curler faced the right way and you pick a piece of hair that is about an inch wide. Then you clamp the curler as high or low as you want on the hair depending on the look you want. The curl then will suck your hair into it. It twist it up and then will start the beeps. It will beep three times telling you that it is curling it and then when it is done it beeps continually. You unclamp it and your hair is in a perfect curl! It is the greatest thing ever!
There are a few things you need to know about though. Before you curl your hair you need to make sure you have no tangles in your hair when curling it. It will beep at you a lot of it gets stuck or tangled to let you know there is a problem. I have got my hair stuck it in before. I freaked out a little bit but it didn't burn it off or anything I just had to pull it a little to get it unwrapped. It also says that you are supposed to do your whole head in 15 mins. This is not true for me but other people have said they can do it easily but I do have very thick hair and a lot of it. It still is faster then a normal curler though. This is just a personal opinion but it makes pretty tight curls which just doesn't look good on me always, but you can easily just pick the curls apart a little bit to give them more volume. Just a warning though that when you first use it the curls will come out tight but you can easily loosen them. 
Over all I would for sure recommend this product to most everyone! If you are confused by it or have questions about it go to www.curlsecret.com.  

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Why not?

There are some rules and tips you should follow out there when it comes to fashion but there are also some that are needed in my opinion. People get way to picky when it comes to the little things and I think that you can totally let slide. This again is just my opinion of what I think is okay to do and you can disagree with me or agree with me either way is fine.
1. Wearing white pants after labor day. People always say this is a horrible thing to do but I say go for it. As long as you make the rest of the outfit work with the pants and the season go for it. Let people judge you for it. 
2. Leggings as pants. I am all for this one! I love to wear leggings all the time. I have a million pairs of them because they are so comfy! They are cheap too which is great. I don't like to wear sweats to school so this is the next best thing! So you enjoy those leggings and wear them as pants!
3.Sandels when its cold. As long as it's not snowin out you can wear them. Embrace cold toes and keep the sandals on as long as you can! There are too many cute pairs out there to stop so soon! 
4. Jean overalls. If you are the right person then you for sure can pull these off. As long as you aren't wearing them in a farmer way and you are in a fashionable way then they are really good. I have seen so many people look adorable in them. I wish I was the kind of person who could wear them!
5. Crop tops to school. I am a lover for crop tops and I wish I could wear them all the time. You should not wear them to school with just normal pants to school though. If you wear high wasted pants, skirts, or shorts that is okay then. You can still see that its a crop top and it is socially acceptable to wear to school and other public events like it.
6. Vibram Five Fingers also know am as "toe shoes". I don't even own a pair of these but I know a lot of people who do and love them! If I had a good use for them I for sure would but them! As long as you aren't wearing them everyday with everything its totally okay to buy them!
7. Leotards. These are becoming more and more popular again. I own quite a few and I love them. They just look like you tucked your shirt in really easily and you don't have the problem of it coming out! They aren't always the most comfy but for sure worth it in my opinion.
8. Over sized sunglasses. These are personally my favorite kind of sunglasses to wear to be honest. Many people think they have been around to long and are a out of style. I will continue to wear my over sized round sunglass all summer long no matter what.
I hope this makes you feel some what better I hope someone else agrees with me out there so I am not the only out there doing this and thinking its alright! Keep wearing what you want to wear my friends no matter what fashion rules say!