9.29.15

 

(I can't ever seem to take pictures of ice cream without eating it before remembering to take a picture...oops!)

 

These have been a little bit of a theme on this blog, but I'm glad I'm keeping up with it! Work has been eating up most of my time, and I find my lack of a good camera is really affecting my ability to blog like I want to. Fortunately, however, I just ordered a new camera! It was on sale and I couldn't resist, and decided it was worth the investment. So once it gets here and I fiddle around with it, I'll hopefully have much better quality pictures of all sorts of things. I'm quite excited!

 

Anyways, this week I loved:

 

-soft, beautiful droning music (Grouper & Julianna Barwick)

-rain clouds

-watching television shows at night

-washi tape

-light contouring and highlighting

 

I hope everyone has a great week! <3

 

9.22.15

My birthday was this past Friday (9/18) and I feel like it lasted the whole weekend. I'm usually not very fond of my birthday for a few reasons, but this year it just felt a little magical. My workplace celebrated with me, and my boss even bought me a cake and everyone sang to me. I almost cried, I felt so appreciated. My dad also delivered chocolate-covered strawberries to my work - I miss him terribly. I then spent the whole weekend with my friends drinking, talking, shopping, and finally we ended by going to the beach and the arcade. I enjoyed it immensely, and I'm sad it's over, but I have some tangible memories to sustain me.

This week, I loved

-Spending time with friends

-Agnes Obel

-Photobooths

-Painting my nails

-Black dresses

-Poetry

9.15.15

 

I'm a few days late for this, but I am valiantly trying to stick to my new little 'weekly things I love' diary. This past week has been a little crazy, so I took any opportunity to just relax and not do anything. I love to take pictures as I'm out, hoping to use them for entries such as this, but unfortunately I didn't go out much! That should change this week, as it's my birthday on Friday. I'm sure I'll have plenty of things to share after that ;)

 

This week I loved:

 

- Seeing childhood friends

-Walking through beautiful Brooklyn neighborhoods

-The arrival of autumn

-Purple lips

-Crisp, cold apples

-Gold eyeshadow

 

I'm going to lose my mind in Sephora in a few days for my birthday, so I'm sure I'll have plenty of new things to share here soon! See you guys later :)

 

Youtuber Recs | CloudyApples

I know I'm not the only one who loves watching Youtube videos. Sometimes I'll spend hours on Youtube clicking through different videos, but I spend a lot of time watching makeup/beauty/fashion based videos. As such, I have a lot of favorite Youtubers that focus specifically on those genres, whether for fun or other things. One of my favorite Youtubers of them all does post a lot of beauty/fashion videos, but she also posts a lot of lifestyle and discussion videos that share her own thoughts about the world she knows. Beyond loving her content, she edits her videos in a fun and pleasing way that really appeals to me. She often includes her boyfriend in her videos, and both of them are also hilarious.

So, if you're looking for a new Youtuber to check out, try CloudyApples! I thoroughly enjoy her videos, and hopefully you will too.

9.6.15

Inspired by Little Moon Dragon's challenge to write about all the things I have particularly loved and enjoyed this week, I have to decided to do just that! I can certainly use a reason to find some happiness in my life, as lately my mental illnesses have been succeeding in getting the best of me. I won't list many things at once, just the things that really stick out to me. I'd like to try and do this more often, for most weeks if not every week. So, this week, I have loved:

-Light lunches

-Deep orange colors

-Pomegranate cherry juice

-Strappy heels

-Disney Tsum Tsum app game

-Red lipstick

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick | Review

Yet another small review for you guys! I'd heard a few good things about Stila's liquid lipsticks, and as a huge fan of liquid lipsticks anyway, I was very excited to receive a little version of the product in my Birchbox. I received the color Beso, which is a gorgeous red.

It's very highly pigmented, and one swipe produces all the color you need. Unfortunately, this lipstick is not my friend. I wanted it to be, very badly. It had other ideas. Perhaps I got a dud, or maybe the smaller sizes aren't as good as the full-size versions. I'm not quite sure, but let me tell you my problem with this product. While the pigmentation and color is absolutely gorgeous, this lipstick does not "stay all day." Not even an hour, actually. After about 45 minutes of wearing this, I checked in a mirror to see how it was faring and the answer was: not well. There was a bare, very visible ring on the center of my lips where the lipstick had apparently rubbed off. It was also balling up, for lack of a better word, on my lips. It was not a very pretty sight. I re-applied to see if that would help, but the same thing happened. It just would not stay on my lips. It was also hell to get off of my lips, and left a lovely stain. Additionally, the scent is a little off-putting for me. I'm sure they mean it to smell like vanilla cupcakes, and it does, sort of. It's more like a vanilla cupcake chemical bath, and it's borderline sickly sweet. I could get over that, except the smell sticks around for about 30 minutes after application. 

I was very sad that this product didn't work for me, and I don't think I'll pay $22 for a full-size one to try. I'd rather try other liquid lipsticks, to be honest. Sorry, Stila, this one is a big miss for me. 

To close, let's have my blog earn its namesake:

One big, not-so-fluffy cat!