October Bullet Journal Spread!

So today is October 1st! I am going to actually be planning in my bullet journal for this month and using a mood tracker. So I wanted to share how I decided to set up everything. 

I'm not much of a Halloween person but I do love Fall! Therefore I tried my best with some pumpkins (and a squash)! I messed out a little on my overview calendar for the month, I counted wrong lol but that's okay. On the next page I drew a tree with little circles around it as my mood tracker( I got the idea from here). Now...I'm not sure if this is going to work at all. But I want to try, mostly because life has been a little wonky and I need to focus on my mental health a bit more. I'm hoping that taking a moment to think about it every day will help(: 

I'm really happy with how this turned out especially mixing colors on the trees, because I feel like I suck when it comes to creativity 

The brush pens that I used were the Artist loft pens (the two in the picture), my hard tip Tombow Fudenosuke calligraphy pen, and Huhuhero Fine Line Drawing pen. 

Let me know if you bullet journal and share your spreads with me. I would love to see them(:

Until next time!

How to Spark Up Your Days

So, I'm finally about to begin my senior year of college, it's literally so crazy to think that just three years ago I was a high school graduate and now I'm 21 and close to obtaining an ACTUAL degree...

Time Flys 

In the process when is stopped blogging so much I wanted to find some new hobbies. One was bullet journaling. If you don't know what it is I'll link some videos below! But overall just of it is just a way to organize your life from daily reminders, calendars, mood trackers, grocery lists-anything you want.   But I noticed most of them involved some form of calligraphy or hand lettering which I find incredible and beautiful. Therefore I decided I was going to learn the art. I went on Amazon and bought a pair of Tombow brush pens and got to work following some amazing people (I'll also link them!)

Brush pens are honestly so fun and being patient with myself and learning how to use my hand in such a delicate way to create these strokes has been quite the challenge. I was literally so upset when I first started because I felt like I sucked and it was just another failed hobby, but I started to practice more and I've felt like little hiatuses help me more than I thought they would. I've improved since I started and that's more than enough for me. I'm working on currently writing a heading for a letter for my boyfriend who is leaving soom...so I, of course, want it to be perfect *facepalm*

*edit: He got the rough drafts because A for effort LOL*

So I just want to show some of my hand lettering/ calligraphy progress. Now while also sifting through learning this amazing style of lettering there's a lot in regards to credit for certain styles of writing (a little weird at times since there are only a few different ways to write A for example) so I will be crediting the ladies I can remember because I've honestly watched hundreds of  little Instagram flips and websites and youtube videos but I never claim to have created a style! With that said I love watching Kelly from Kelly Creates (she taught me how to write my capital E!), how to handletter (learned "bouncy lettering" from her) and also Amanda Rach Lee for honestly just tons of inspiration. 

So I've bought an empty book and dotted book to practice in, but a tip I got from how to hand-letter is to just practice in everyday life...so I did an August spread..which is super outdated now but it was so fun and I got to practice! 

NEXT,

I know I wrote a lot about calligraphy and hand-lettering, but I just love it so much! The next thing I want to share is much simpler haha. Sleeping. It might seem weird but getting enough rest is one way your body will thank you and how to have a more productive day in my book. I use the bedtime function on my phone to remind me that its time to go to bed in order to get 8 hours of sleep. It really helps!

Lastly,
Water + exercise. I have been exercising more frequently and coking way more of my own food since around February and it has made so many differences in my body! Water can help clear up skin, digestive tract, lessen bloating and ultimately your body craves it. So do yourself a favor and chuggggg. 

That's all I really wanted to say, I'll be posting my October spread soon!

Until next time (:

Coming Back

Well, well, well....

I have been gone from this blog for nearly 2 years. I stopped because for 1) me and writing have never been super chill friends 2) I felt like I wasn't exactly clicking in with the entire blogging world 3) I wasnt recieving the views that I wanted and sometimes it really really sucked. I was putting in so much work into my photos and layouts and social media and it just wasnt working for me!

But I want to try again, on my own terms lol, so I'm considering returning to blogging with some recipes and workouts! I've been very into cooking my own food/losing weight since the begining of the year and this would be a great way to track my progress. 

I look foward to maybe reconnecting with some old pals and also just having fun letting this be my actual space to post little bits of happiness. 

Second Year||| What I've Learned About Myself

It's been so hard for me to write lately but tonight as I sit in front of my computer trying to have a "me night" I decided that I wanted to write!

 

I don't know if you guys know this but it's my second year at  UCF & I am loving it, I'm finally getting to that point where I will be taking classes for my major & I'm more than excited. But aside from school I am going to talk about my social life (or lack there of compared the average college student lol). I want to talk about not losing yourself in such a pivotal moment in life.

 

The more time I spend in college the more I realize how important I am to myself. Now this may sound weird & it even feels weird typing it, but you have to find moments to take care of you. I say this because over time I have realized that I am the definition of a mom friend & sometimes that can be great and purely rewarding. But at other times it is honestly draining. I am only human. & with being human comes my own problems, responsiblites and stressers which I also need an outlet for. But it can be hard to express that when you want to take care of everyone else; but let me tell you- you have to find a way to balance the two. If not you're going to become unhappy in any other relationships with people because you are holding it all in!

 

So I repeat, care for yourself. Whether its just painting your nails and watching a chick flick, reading, taking a nice bubble bath, working out or even hanging out with a friend and getting back to old habits of spilling how your week was. In college it's easy to lose sight of what's important but stay grounded and true to yourself and everything will be just fine.

 

I'll try to update more often as time goes by, but I'm absolutely so busy and setting a blogging schedule just wont work right now! I know, I know...such a shocker coming from the girl who posts about organization at least in every other bog post.

 

 

Summer Sunset|||Makeup

Hey everyone! I know that I have been gone for a whilllllle!  

I finished up my first year of college which was absolutely WONDERFUL! I had so much fun!!

But now I am back home for the summer and I want to bring a fresh new feel to the blog! I want to do more beauty posts since that's actually my passion (but I'll see how far i get with blogging in general; I've been feeling so iffy about it!) so today I will be sharing a eye look that I think is super pretty for summer! 

For this look I used the Two Faced Chocolate Bar palette and 'Get Lucky' super shock shadow by ColourPop. 

1| After applying a primer I put milk chocolate all over my lid as a base

2| I then put salted caramel & semi sweet in my crease with a blending brush

3| I then used my finger to apply Get Lucky

4-6| Using a pencil brush, I blended the harsh edges into my crease

7| Winged liner using Physicians Formula liquid liner (literally my fav liquid liner!)

8| Couple coats of Better Than Sex mascara by Too Faced

9| Applied 'Lady' lippie by ColourPop 

That's it! Comment below if you have any questions and I hoped you enjoyed this quick pictorial!

Long Time No Blog ! But I need some help!

 

 

Hey there! I haven't posted in quite the time. I spent time away on my last year in high school and also the super amazing transition to college.

 

From my time here so far, I've had nothing but fun...I've met some really amazing people and I feel like I truly belong (#yay)

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But more about that in upcoming post...since actually college has inspired me to resume blogging!

 

I am enrolled in an English class and we have a semester long project where we have to choose a community that we are a part of and study how language functions within that community. I decided to choose blogging since I am a apart of Bloggers with Class.

 

I am now in the section of my paper where I need data in order to prove my statement/thesis, which is-in a nutshell: Bloggers are literate in their very own way. Therefore I have created a survey for other bloggers to take part in. Its only 10 questions and shouldn't take anymore than 5-7 mins. If you can spare some time and be a participant it would really help me out...not only with just my paper but in my own personal interest in this topic.

 

The link to the survey is posted here.

THANK YOU & there will be more to come later 

 

Influenster Review

Today I want to share something that I've literally been waiting forever to get!

My very own....Vox Box via Influenster!

Influenster is a company that sends it's members free items to review based on their social media activity. It's completely free guys-no strings attached! & it's super fun to receive a box filled with goodies just for you!

I received the Campus Vox Box which contained some items from Jergens, Sour Punch, and a couple more brands in which I will show you soon!

 I feel like this was a cool box, it had candy and beauty items...I guess not so helpful if your a guy haha. But let me share what I got!

 Shampoo, Pre-conditionor, and Conditioner from L'oreal Paris's Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight haircare line.

I haven't used it yet but the fact that it has Keratin & Tourmaline seems promising 

Sadly I cannot give a accurate review on this because I am, as I type, having a allergic reaction to this lip-balm *sigh* the only thing I can say it that it was smooth on the lips but for now I'll stick with my EOS balm

The tanning mouse by Jergens is actually pretty amazing! I tried it on my brother since I've been in the sun enough these past few weeks lol and it actually give your body a nice glow, just as it says. 

The apricot scrub is amazing as well it left my face super soft and smooth! But since I am going through the whole lip balm ordeal I'm sticking to all old products for the moment!

Lastly there was CANDY! I think everyone has had sour punch candy before and I have to say if any things changed its that the candy taste even better! I literally ate all of these the day I got them...well I shared a little bit(; 

Do you guys own any of these products? 

How do you feel about them? Let's chat below!

 

*I received these products for free for review via Influenster* 

Makeup|||Berry Lips

 It's been so long since I've last blogged and I've missed it so much!

I have gotten a chance to plug back in since SPRING BREAK just passed for me and I have lot's of post to catch up on-let me tell you that haha

So to kick off my...err...returning I want to share a new lipstick I've received!

Also I finally got to try Ipsy! Which is how I received the lipstick but that will be in another post. 

The lipstick is by NYX & is a butter lipstick! It's in the shade Hunk & on my lips it's a berry color with more of a pink undertone! I can say that the formula is very very soothe me creamy-I love it. It has a great staining power that doesn't make it look awkard while fading! 

I wore it for maybe 2 or 3 hours and then reapplied once my lips were getting dry instead of using my EOS balm and it simply perked the color back and was just like new!

After about 2-3 hours & then a second "layer"

    

I really enjoying wearing this lipstick and it wasn't high maintenance at all. But...I didn't get a chance to eat, I just sipped on some Starbucks haha. 

But, when I first swacthed this lipstick I felt a strange vibe of déjà vu. Lo and behold this lipstick is a dupe for Smitten by Revlon (Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains). In my opinion I think the lipstick is better just because it's creamy and less drying, but with Revlon there is that true staining property that is promised! 

But the lipsticks are cheaper so hey haha.

{even though they are completely different here they are basically the same on my lips}

What lip shades have caught your eye this spring? 

Let me know below ! 

Hello Spring.

Why, I haven't been on in a while!

School is honestly picking up so fast that I don't even know I if I'll make it through! Haha

All I see is AP tests after Saturday study sessions after Univeristy visits after projects....yeah my calendar makes me want to cry now a days. & that is also the reason why it's becoming even more challenging to post every week. 

So due to school and other factors I will be doing sporadic posts! At least until the end of May when I have around a week of no testing and then back to it again for a bit haha. 

I do have something beauty related that I would like to share though! It is(crossout) was the the new lipgloss/stain by Timmel: Provacalips. They are a super stain in my opinion lol; this baby lasted though eating and everything!! Sadly the color I bought didn't look right with my skin tone so I gave it to a friend. 

Pros:

WILL STAY ON UNTIL YOUR CHILDREN HAVE CHILDREN. Haha

How's your school life?

{{{Kadasia}}}

It's that time.

Well, it's getting close to the end of the year where the classes are piling up on projects and studying so I will be posting less often. 

It's sucks because I love blogging but I have to focus on my schooling as well! 

I hope to post soon but until then you know where I am!! 

{{Kadasia}}

Nails|||Stones 'n Roses

Hey! Today I want to talk about the new collection by Essie-Resort 2015, well one of the polishes!

It's called Stones 'n Roses, a beautiful muted peach

It does take a little work, only being fully opaque in 3 coats but it was worth it!

Here I topped it off with Diamond Drops by Color Club and then my Freedom Topcoat by Julep (which is the best!)

 

What's on your nails?

Tell me Below!

 

Makeup|||The Chocolae Bar Palette by Too Faced

 So they other week Too Faced had this CRAZY sale!

 I mean how could a girl resist! 

I was so happy that my mom was able to snag this great deal for us and it's one of the greatest palettes!

Review time!

So I haven't used all of the eye shadows in this palette but with just a few of them I am absolutely amazed! They are so soft and velvety, it's just great ahhhh. & don't let me forget about wonderful scent of chocolatey goodness you receive when applying your makeup, I was the happiest girl this morning haha. I have followed two of the three  guided tutorials that come with the palette and surprisingly it took me 10 mins to do my makeup and it was flawless....okay not flawless but you know (;

I am soooo satisfied with this palette and it seems likes it's going to be my next fav! Also the primer that came along was also great, I like that it goes on clear enough to not show up as a white base (such as my Smashbox shadow primer does) where shadow wasn't applied. But sadly the lipstick that was given in the set is way to light for my skin tone-even with a liner. So I gave it to one of my friends who was dying to buy the palette but didn't get to it in enough time (they literally sold like hot-cakes!). I'm so excited to use the other colors and experiment with the palette!

Here are so pictures of it! If you guys care for swatches let me know in the comments!

 Includes:

 The Chocolate Bar||Better Than Sex Mascara||Shadow Insurance||La Creme Lipstick in Nude Beach

3 Tutorials||Sample of Powder

 In the upcoming pictures I followed the second tutorial, Semi-Sweet

In my opinion this is a great look for V-Day!

 *excuse my mascara on my lid lol...that's honestly my down fall in makeup haha!*

I hope that you enjoyed this mini review!

Have you had any experience with The Chocolate Bar?

If so lets chat below!

Have a great day(:

Polka- Dotted Nails!

So I'm not posting on a 'scheduled day' but I do want to get up a post this week, since I haven't been able to blog in a while. 

I know you hear this a lot...but senior year is truly unexpectedly busy. 

There just so.much.work. But good news for me is that I'm done applying to universities so now I'm working on scholarships!

But back to blogging lol, I also finally found the time to paint my nails. I literally have not painted them for a month and a half now; which is quite crazy. 

I decided to do something simple but elegant. Polka-Dots! 

Polka dots are something that will never go out of style and my nails actually remind me of PINK, just opposite color pattern haha. 

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I am in love with this pink, it's Flamingo by Color Club. I usually use two coats to get it opaque and will only do a third coat to the nails that need it. The white is Snow white by Sinful Colors and I made the dots using a dotting tool!

*Side-Bar!*

How is everyone? I honestly want to create more of a personal friendship with other bloggers! We are are super cool ( we have to be (;) and I would love to connect with you all. So a topic I think we should talk about is...what's up with this crazy weather?! lol I live in Florida and lets be honest, us Floridians don't have clothes for this! I am running on my last sweatshirt tomorrow, sigh I was wearing flip flops just last week and now the weather is playing games. What's it like where you live? Maybe I need to crank out some #ootd's for cold days lol. What's your secret to staying warm?(;

Well I hope you enjoyed this post!

Final Thoughts on Benefits They're Real! Push Up Liner

Hey Guys! I am back with a final review on Benefits Push Up Liner that I reviewed  couple of weeks ago! I have been MIA due to school and am trying to stay on schedule so bear with me please!(:

 

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So I've been using this liner for a little under a month & I say that it does do what it promises to do. Which is to give you a liner that can allow you to get close to your lashes! 

But my main problem is....I can't effectively use this product....because I cannot get close enough to the mirror. The pen makes it impossible for me to get close enough to apply the liner.

I am a full on glasses wearer and when I do liner I essentially have to be supper close to the mirror like we're talking breath circles appearing on the mirror close. So trying to create a perfect wing looking in a handheld mirror or even in a vanity mirror makes it way much harder than it should be.

Another thing I cant get over is the fact that all o the natural creases in my eyelid close to my lash line show up with the gel liner. But then again that could just be on of those pet peeves that you alone only notice haha.

So sadly I will either be giving this liner to my mom or returning it to ULTA; who knows maybe they will allow me to get two mini sized ones in exchange? That would actually fix my problem (:

Well I hope this review was helpful!

See ya Thursday!(:

AHHHH!

So I know that I literally have been MIA lol. So sorry but senior year is to blame again! Ever since break ended, I've been ripping and running trying to get my scholarships done and get my laast bit of of recommendations and then find time to study!

It's been a rough couple of weeks for sure.

I just want to let you guys know I'm still here haha-just buried under paperwork

So I will be back this weekend for Simple Saturday and hopefully around for a post on Thursday!(:

Have a great night (:

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

 

via I Fall in Chocolate

I know that I am a bit "late" but I really wanted to spend time on this post and not write it half asleep on New Year's Day haha

So...it's 2015. WOW. 

I don't know why the fact that its 2015 surprises me but it does, like  we are getting so far in time and the scary part is it's flying by!

I am actually really really REALLY excited for this year! I have so much going on...prom, first year of university, maybe a out of country trip...like I just can't wait! But what I am really excited about is finding me-what I mean by that is focusing on myself and what I need to succeed. Through that I will be able to help others. I want to let my light shine and to do that I first need to find it! That might sound harsh but we all sometimes need to start over and what better chance to than now! I want to inspire others and be myself and in order to do that I need to strengthen myself spiritually and live my life the happiest I can. Also not only do I want to be happy but I want to be healthy, therefore I want to get back on track with exercising my body. Not only does it maintain our weight or aid in losing weight but it just keeps the body running smoothly-not exercising is like telling your body you don't care and I'm sure we all care. It allows us to wear great clothes and eat great food haha. But yes, I just want to enjoy life-not like I haven't all my life but I'm getting older and independence is knocking so I really want to start becoming more aware about myself and my surroundings and taking care of me.

I wish everyone a blessed year, I hope that you enjoy life and I also wish you a pocketful of sunshine for those rainy days. I wish that you aren't too hard on yourself and always remember that it's never too late to start off even if its not 1/365 days (;

||||Also, I have decided that I want to create a schedule and stick to it so I will be posting on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (Simple Saturday) !|||||

Have a great night(:

What your idea on 2015? Tell me below!

First Impression|||Benefit's They're Real! Push Up Liner

Yes...I did it.

I bought the infamous Push Up Liner

To be honest it kinda hurt shoveling out that 24 dollars but it was soooo nice on my eyes

I went to ULTA the other day to actually buy a new blending brush and they were so expensive! But I know that they will last a while so instead my mom decided that she would buy me brushes and I could get other make-up (:

So what I decided to spend my money on was this liner. I have been wanting a new liner for a while but I honestly like the preciseness of liquid, feel of gel, and and flexibility of a felt tip...weird huh? So in all actually this is actually the perfect kind of liner for me haha.

The Push Up Liner has a AccuFlex tip which is literally so soft and flexible and the formula is soft as well! It glides right along the eye and I was quite shocked at how thick or thin I could make the line. In my opinion it's quite revolutionary...yes I called make-up revolutionary haha. 

via Brushing Nior 

(it comes with the plug and it's simply discarded!)

First Impression

///So after walking around the store for what...a good 15 mins wonder what i should spend the alst bit of my Christmas money on, I finally went and was helped by a nice lady who put the liner on me (loveee ULTA employees). She started the application and the first thing I said was "It's so soft." Guys literally you don't feel as if you're wearing makeup, it's quite light which I love!

///Next, I got to look in the mirror and I was stunned at how nice the eyeliner looked and how quickly the look was achieved-wing and everything!

///She then let me do the other eye myself and I was done in under two mins....fastest I've ever been able to do my liner. I think this is what sold me haha, getting the same results as my liquid liner without the hassle of re-dipping after one line was amazing. I walked around and said maybe next time but then I slowly made my way back and picked up a box!

///I fixed my other eye so my wings would match up and my liner worked just fine. I did a smudge test a few hours later and it flake off but I did notice how oily my lips were after I left ULTA so I can not say that this is some horrible liner that does not stay on. In fact I love it so far and I am going to keep wearing for the next couple of days to make sure its for me but so far I am sold.(:

This is my first product by benefit and so far A+! 

I'm sure you'll hear more about it later, maybe a follow-up review.

Do you have any products by Benefit or do you have They're Real! Push-up Liner?

 Let's talk below!(:

Beauty 101|||Homemade Lipstick

First I want to say I hope that everyone had a grew Christmas with their families(; i reframed from posting on Christmas to spend time with mine haha. Now onto the post!
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This goes to all the girls who dream of getting that perfect lip color but don't have tons of money to shell out for lipsticks...

I was on Facebook and I ran across this video on how to make your own lipstick. I thought it was going to be the same old same old tutorial but was I wrong...I have actually never seen such a simple technique. 

She uses coconut oil & crayons. 

Simple right?

Now when she models the colors they are absolutely gorgeous! 

I couldn't find her exact video but there are many on YouTube. 

Here's one that I like: DIY: How To Make Lipstick Using Crayons

I actually tried this, I want to make a dark vampy look for fall so I used Red Voilet and Black but I put in equal amounts of both colors of crayon and it turned to dark-almost brown…but that's okay, I can always try again! Btw it isn't completely a lipstick more I would say more a gloss, only because it has that nice sheen to it(:

Here's what it looked like!

So it still turned out pretty but I wanted a more purple reddish undertone!

Well i hope that you guys give this a shot..it's super easy and so cool. I mean imagine- you see a color you want and bam! make it.

Tell you below if you try this or have some cool DIYs!