10.28.15

 

I've been a little absent from here lately, mostly due to overwhelming personal reasons that I'm finally getting a handle on (school, anyone? please, let it end!). At any rate, the holidays are nearing and with that, time for me to visit my family. I'm very excited for that, but until then I'm just doing my best.

 

Lately, I've been enjoying:

 

-Bite Beauty's lipstick in 'Truffle'

-Orange leaves

-Fairy tales

-Fairy-like clothes

-L'occitane almond shower oil

-Cuddly cats

fairy walk

fairy walk by sanguinine featuring bride hair accessories

Raina sleeve shirt
$105 - caramel-shop.co.uk

Naf Naf mid calf skirt
$28 - placedestendances.com

The Cambridge Satchel Company vintage handbag
shopbop.com

Cream jewelry
topshop.com

Bundle MacLaren Millinery bride hair accessory
boticca.com

Music Rec | Agnes Obel

I'm a big fan of sharing music, and I decided that I really wanted to bring that love of sharing to my blog. While I was waiting on my new camera to come in (which it did tonight!!) I was thinking of new little 'segments' that I could bring to my blog. Music recommendations sounded like a pretty good idea, and I'd also like to continue my Youtuber recs as I love watching a great many channels.

Today I'd like to recommend an artist I fairly recently discovered and have fallen in love with. I love female vocals as it is, but Agnes Obel has such a clear yet throaty singing voice that I instantly fell in love with. I love the soft, piano style music that she plays, and many of her songs have a darker mood that is absolutely perfect for autumn.

I figured she would be perfect for an autumn music recommendation. I'll leave a song below, the first one I heard from her that I really love listening to on the train. I hope you enjoy!

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.