Fashion ideas

I really love Pinterest and one of my favorite things about it is that I can get great fashion ideas from it. There are so many cute outfits out there being pinned. You cant always buy all that stuff like you want to though because we would all be broke if we did that. I do use it for ideas though! I like to look at them as ideas for what to wear everyday. I base the looks i find on there to decide what to wear! If you really want something that bad also a lot of the pins have links to them that way you can find where its from and can purchase it if you really wanted it
I also find really great things for hair and makeup on there too. I first found out how to do a sock bun from Pinterest which is now my go to hairstyle when I'm having a bad hair day. They have many step and pictures showing you how to do theses things. I find this extremely helpful when trying to learn a new hairstyle. There are so many things out there to do with your hair that I had never even heard about until I had a Pinterest. When it comes to makeup they also have some step by step pictures but usually there is a lot of links going to videos on youtube. I use these all the time to make my makeup look better. Overall this is just a phew of the reasons why I like Pinterest so much, there are so many great ideas and things to use on there. I have a link on the side if you want to check out my Pinterest.

Pinterest Quotes

Here are so more inspiring quotes/words I like on Pinterest! 

"I want your fears and your hopes the whole kaleido scope with you"

"Heels and red lipstick will put the fear of god into people." -Dita von Teese "Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction break the habit. talk about your joys."

"No matter what they take from me they cant take my dignity."

"As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change. . . I will always keep falling in love with you." - Karen Clodfelder.

"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person." - Margaret Anderson."There is no remedy for love but to love more." - Henry David Thoreau."Love is a dream that comes alive when we meet." - Anonymous."I don't believe in love because I still don't have you!" - Anonymous."I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox." - Woody Allen."Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat." - Ben Hecht."A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." - Ingrid Bergman."When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or the wife is." - Anonymous."Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it." - Anthony Trollope.

 ”Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein

 ”Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” - Benjamin Franklin

”Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.” - William Shakespeare

”That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

”The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.” - Will Rogers

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” - Denis Waitley

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

 “Go where you are celebrated – not tolerated. If they can’t see the real value of you, it’s time for a new start.” – Unknown

 "Dont be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone.." - Unknown

 “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

 “Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.” - Unknown

”It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle

”It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” - Howard Ruff

”It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince Lombardi

”Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” - Sun-Tzu

The half way point

In high school right now were are about half way through the year which means everyone starts to get lazy. Even though yes we all get lazy about school work at this point. We all get lazy with our looks and how we dress too. Being from Iowa, or other places cold, I know that it makes it even harder. When you are trying to get out of bed and its so cold and you are so tired. All you wanna do is keep your pajamas on and cuddle up. Then you realize that it isn't social acceptable to do that, or I hope you do at least.

So then usually the next step in sweat pants and a sweatshirt. Something almost as cozy as your pajamas and is next warmest and comfy. I know at this point it is really hard to change from those sweats because they are so soft and cozy. And a lot of people still wear that to school. Don't worry I first put the sweats on every morning too. But next what I do is I look in the mirror and ask myself is this really what I want everyone to see me looking like. If your answer is yes and you don't care then go for it, but if you are like me you know deep down you really don't wanna look like that. There are many easy solutions to this I promise! First of all find an inspiration for looking nice. Mine is usually myself because looking nice always makes me feel better about myself and I am more confident and much more likely to have a better day! Maybe you dress nice to get your crush to notice you or something like. There are really more things then you would think that can inspire you dress better. I am not saying that you have to wear a dress everyday either! I am just suggesting maybe next time instead of those sweats even just a step up to leggings would be better, maybe even jeans if you are really feeling it that day. And I know its hard but try not to wear a sweatshirt with the leggings! Find cute warm sweaters you can wear! Or just regular shirts with like jean jackets are cute too!  

Hair and makeup is usually the next struggle for me at least. I have naturally very frizzy crazy hair so I cant just wear it natural! This can make the morning a struggle. I just wanna throw it in a giant bun usally or just climb back into bed and stay there. I have learned that an easy one is to twist back the two sides and just put it into a low bun! It looks classy and nice.The sock bun; I am sure you have all heard of this great new item for when you are having a bad hair day. It is quick and easy and it looks way better then a messy bun any day. If you don't know how to do them you can find them on Pinterest everywhere! Don't have time to straighten all your hair? No problem just put it up in a pony tail and just straighten the ponytail and then wrap a chuck of hair (or you can braid the hair too) around the hair tie and bobby pin to make it look better then a boring old ponytail. Two words that have saved my hair many days; dry shampoo. It is a girls best friend. If you don't have time to shower and your hair is all greasy use it because it does miracles! One of the oldest tricks in the book but shower at night and put it in braids before you go to bed. Take it out in the morning and then naturally curly hair in the morning no heat needed. These are all great things to do in the morning.

Silence is louder than words

High schoolers have a social media problem. Writing this I am not saying that I do not have the same problems because I know I do some of the things I am going to talk about as well. I really don't think there is any way you can put a stop to things on social media no matter how hard you tried. Almost everyone puts too much out on the internet for the world to see, including me. This has become a major problem in society today. It is ruining so many things for us today and pulls people apart rather then bring them closer together. Now we can tweet and show our emotion and what we are doing instead of directly telling someone.

 Being the over emotional teenagers we are, we feel the need for everyone to know our emotion and feel for us or relate to us because no one wants to be alone. People tweet things so the can show other people a lot of time that they hurt them or have made them upset that way they can try to make them feel guilty and apologize to you. A lot of people also most pictures of them being happy and doing fun things to one up other people and show people that they are other another person and they can do whatever and it doesn't bother them. Then there are the people who just party and want to show that they party and brag to the world that they have alcohol and they are having a good time. People feel the need to show the whole world everything they are doing at all times of the day. Showing everyone all the things that.
My point in trying to get across is it is so sad to watch our society on social media. We are constantly complaining and one upping another trying to see who cause post the best thing and who can get the most favorites and likes. Its so sad that we have to put all our thoughts out there for everyone to see because then when we individually tell people it just isn't as special anymore! I am not saying that social media is totally bad cause its not and it can be fun and enjoyable. Next time before you post though just remember how powerful silence is sometimes.

The new Pandora

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!

Good Style?

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.

Skinny Love

One of my favorite songs ever is Skinny love. I originally heard it by Bon Iver and I couldn't stop listening to it for weeks. Then I found another version by Birdy and I honestly can not decide which one is better. Here are the lyrics to the song and I want you to listen to both and decide which one you like better.

Bon Iver

Birdy

Come on skinny love, just last the year
Pour a little salt, we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my

Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I told my love to wreck it all
Cut off all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my,
my, my, my,
my, my, my, my,
Right at the moment this order's tall

And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind

And in the morning, I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines

Come on skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split

And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind

And now all your love is wasted
Then who the hell was I?
'Cause now I'm breaking at the bridges
And at the end of all your lines

Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall,
Fall far behind?

Come on skinny love
My, my, my,my, my, my, my, my, my, my,

My, my, my, my, my, my ,my, my, my, my.

 Lyrics from metrolyrics.com