Facts of the Day #31

1. I went to the beach (lake beach) with my cousins today.  Just for a short walk, but it was fun.  I'll put up some amusing pics soon...

2. And now I'm just sitting on the couch watching dorm hauls and dorm tours.  I'm obsessed (for the moment.)

3.  I made some cool bracelets today at VBS.  (I'm helping out for the week while I'm visiting my cousins.  And actually, I made one of the bracelets yesterday.)  Bracelets are always too big for my little wrists, so the only bracelets I wear are either really adjustable, made by me, or just way too big and I end up taking them off.

Anyway, both are four-strand braids.  The one on the left is mint green yarn (I made it big enough to wrap around twice) and the other is just this waxy twine stuff.

4. I've heard cocoa butter is good for getting rid of scars.  I have this ugly raised scar on my left foot from an oyster (cut it a few years ago), and I have a 100% cocoa butter stick.  I'm hoping that will add up to a significantly faded scar.  (pics soon.)

5.  Obsessed with Pinterest over the past few days.  I've been going to the crafts/diy section and I've repinned many things.  I've found a lot of stuff I want to do to decorate my dorm, and loooottsss of bracelets I want to make.  I love the stacking trend, but as I said before, I struggle with bracelets.  Maybe Pinterest will help me?

Who knows how many of these I'll actually do...but maybe some?  hehe.  The paper ornaments intrigue me.  I saw a really cute string of lacy white lantern lights, but I'm not allowed to have lights of that sort in my room.  I figure I could make a garland of the ornaments and it would be just as cute!  I also like the tile things, but I wonder how on earth I could incorporate them into my room...

6. Confession.  Sometimes I look through my old pins and think "why did I ever pin that?"

The end.

Facts of the Day #30

1.  I'm back!  Uh finally... I was away for two weeks (the beach and New Orleans).  So I'm back and ready to rumble.  I'm in negotiations with my mother in regards to bringing my computer with me to Michigan, so we'll see how that goes.
2. Yesterday was a rather successful day! I:
     a. Cleaned my room

     b. Painted my toenails

sorry my toes are weird but I liked the polish so...

    c. Worked out

     d. Drew a couple sketchy drawings (I'm a little out of practice.  Hmmm....)

on the left is a badly drawn giraffe, and on the right
is an amusing/unflattering pic of one of my friends

     e. I edited two videos

     f. And I went to bed at a more reasonable time than usual!

3.  I'm eating this nommy vanilla yogurt for breakfast:

The only place I can find it is at Sam's Club.  Sad.

4. I'm obsessed with the Josh Garrels channel on Pandora.  For some reason I was under the impression that Pandora just plays crappy music...LIES.  It's fantastic.  And the Josh Garrels channel is sooo chill.  I listened to it for several hours yesterday and did not tire of it.  (I never listen to music that long...)

5. I figured something out!  My laptop always gets overheated on my bed because the little feet on the bottom of my case just sink in. (I knew that already, this next part is what I discovered)  So...when I was cleaning my room I found a square of cardboard and put it under my laptop.  Voila!  I now have a super light weight surface to keep my laptop on.  It works as a lap desk or just a flat surface for my laptop to sit on instead of my bed.

6.  That's about it!  I have plans today to film several videos, as well as practice some more drawing...

Facts of the Day #28

1. Question.  Do you all like these posts?  I like being able to kind of sort of 'journal' like this.  Let me know in the comments :)

2. I'm trying to change my twitter profile pic, and it's not working!  I even have the right file size, and it just won't upload or save or something... I'm stuck with the dumb little egg until I can figure it out.

darn.

update: It worked!  I pressed save at the bottom of the page, and although it never really loaded, somehow my picture is up now!  Yay!

3. I uploaded a new tutorial:

It's Katniss's makeup from the closing ceremonies of the hunger games.  It was more 'inspired' by the look, because I couldn't find any pictures of it.  All I remembered was the eyelashes and the eyeliner.  But I like it :)

4. I'm going to film a haul video and edit part two of my follow me around vlog today, so be on the lookout for those soon!  If you haven't seen the first part of my vlog, here it is:

5. One last video!  I entered the Seventeen Beauty Smartie viewer challenge with a Lily Collins inspired look.  Here's my entry:

I thiiink I find out tomorrow if I win (there's four winners, each winner is featured on the Seventeen website and receives $100) so that would be super awesome!  I don't get votes or anything from you watching, but I just want to show it to you because I kind of like how it turned out.  Someone even requested a tutorial, so I'll try to do that soon too!  Here's a picture of the look I copied: http://static.becomegorgeous.com/img/arts/2012/Feb/16/6806/lilycollinsseventeenmagazine1.jpg

6. And this is my 100th post!  Eep!

Thank you all for reading :)

Facts of the Day #27

1.  I'm back!  Here's my latest video, hot off the press:

2. I've got several products to review, some that I swatched at least a month ago.  Oh well...better late than never!

3. I drew this today.  Just a little doodle:

4. AND I AM GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL!  YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Thanks for reading, and I'll have some reviews up tomorrow :)

Facts of the Day #26

1.  So I got a video up today:



2. Whilst looking at my blog and twitter, I realized that my background for both are quite similar.  I also realized that I need to twitter more... follow me if you'd like :)  I'll tweet on the daily with updates on videos and randomness.
    https://twitter.com/#!/thismakeupgirl

3. Haaaaaa.  I was wearing this on my lips when my mom came to my room to talk to me:

I guess she's kind of used to me wearing crazy makeup around the house because she didn't even comment on it!

4. There is so much prom stuff I want to blog about, but that will have to wait for another post.  I'm tired and I want to edit one more video before I go to bed.  Perhaps I'll do a 'Facts of the Prom' video.  Hehe.

5. Tomorrow I'll be editing a couple of videos, swatching a few things, doing some more blog posts, and studying for my AP Government exam.  I definitely should have started studying a month ago, but oh well...

6. I'll need to do a Facts of Recent Times.  I've got a few outfits I want to show off as well as who knows what else.

The end, because this post is mostly about stuff I'll be doing, and that's no fun...

Facts of the Day #25

1. These are kind of more facts of yesterday.

2. I totally fell asleep today when I was doing homework yesterday...I definitely didn't get enough sleep the night before because I was doing a lit assignment. 

3. My school is playing assassin!  We're killing each other off with squirt guns, and the last person standing wins...I'm probably going to lose.

4. I totally had perfect winged eyeliner yesterday:

awk pics...I had just woken up from my nap!

I think I'll do a video on how to do winged eyeliner soon, since it was requested on my giveaway video.

5. If you haven't entered my giveaway yet, do it!

Make sure to comment on the actual video page rather than this blog post

6. And here's how I did my hair.  It kind of reminds me of Princess Jasmine, and possibly Clove's hairstyle in the arena.

It's kind of an awkward picture, but I think you get the idea.

7. I love carrots.  End of story.

Actually...that's a pretty odd note to end a post on.  So, I love eating carrots.  They're yummy and healthy :)

8. I'm having such issues choosing how I want to do my hair and makeup and nails for prom!  Plus I need to film some prom videos for YouTube.  And edit three that I have on my computer right now!  And film a bajillion more video ideas that I have written down.  (10 videos!)  And all the videos you are all suggesting on my giveaway video!  I love all the ideas :)  I can only film 3-4 videos on a good day though, so I feel like I'm getting a little behind...

9. I was watching ANTM last week and I just had to take a screen shot of this:

It looks like Laura's head is floating! Hahahahaaaa....

The end :)

Facts of the Day #24

1. I had to get up at 5 this morning.  I was not happy about it.

This is my 5 o'clock in the morning, glasses, t-shirt, and no makeup face.  (I hate wearing t-shirts.  I only wear my very comfiest t-shirts on the most necessary occasions.  I just hate not being dressed up...)

2. I cleaned my room today.  (yay!)

3. I also filmed three videos.  (and yesterday I filmed my giveaway video, which will be up soon)  I'm so excited!

4. I didn't get any homework done...

5. iMovie keeps crashing.  Like all the time.  While I'm editing one video, it'll crash several times.  It's so aggravating!  I'm trying all sorts of different things to keep it from crashing, and I'll let you know if I come upon a solution.

6. Now I'm editing my Clove hair tutorial:

(hoping it won't crash a million times)

The end!

Facts of the Day #23

1.  500 SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!! I'm so happy!  Thank you so much to everyone who is a subscriber.  Here's the video I made about it:

It's not a spectacular video, but just look at that beautiful video thumbnail!

2. So that means I'll be doing my giveaway soon!

3. I had an orthodontist appointment yesterday.  They told me I have to start wearing my bottom retainer during the day again...one of my bottom teeth had moved a little bit and I was freaking out.  But they shoved a file in between my teeth (what?) and now (that I've worn my retainer for nearly 24 hours) my tooth is nearly straight again.  Sorry, that's a little bit boring of a fact of the day.  But I'm hoping it will console some poor soul, who, like me, didn't wear their bottom retainer for a while.  That one crooked tooth will go back to normal!  They won't put any torturous braces back on your teeth!

4. Here's some outfit of the day pictures I've taken over the past three days:

5. I re-read the Hunger Games and most of Catching Fire over the last couple days of my spring break.  And then I finished Catching Fire the past couple of days.  I'm now re-reading Mockingjay.  (Re-reading means I have now read The Hunger Games 4 times, Catching Fire 3 times, and Mockingjay 2.5 times)  I'm obsessed... I still like the books just as much as the first time I read them.  (Although Mockingjay has always been my least favorite.  I feel like it's a little slow compared to the other books.)  Also, I feel like I mention the Hunger Games in all of my blog posts.... oh well

6. I finally watched American Idol last night!  I've only watched bits and pieces here and there but I pretty much love all of the contestants.  (I don't really like Holly and Colton that much though.  At least compared to the others) HAHAHAHAA I'm watching the results show right now and Phillip petting Colton's head is hilarious...

7. The end :)

Facts of the Day #22

1. SPRING BREAK! Oh my goodness.  I am so glad.
2. I filmed three videos today :)  I have so many videos to edit now...
3. The other day I got a strawberry lemonade from McDonald's.  Honestly, I didn't really like it.  The strawberry tasted really gross... Here's a pic, I'm mostly showing it because my eye makeup looks cool :)

4. And here's my outfit of the day:  (well, of the day I got the lemonade.  Not today.  Today I'm lounging around in athletic shorts...)

5. That bun on my head took FOREVER to do!  At least 30 minutes, because I had to get my hair into a ponytail at the very top of my head, braid four small braids, and then pin them all up.  It's the first time in ages that I've actually had my hair up because: a) my hair hasn't exactly been quite long enough. If you have thick hair, you know what I mean.  It's hard to get all your hair up if it's thick, regardless of the length.  b) My hair is extremely heavy.  I've tried before to wear a top knot that sits a little further back on my head, a regular bun, etc.  Every time I've ended up with a massive headache from the weight of my hair tugging on my scalp.  Since this 'do sits right on top of my head, the only discomfort I experienced was just from the bobby pins.  And c) It's really time consuming to get my hair up.  This style was totally worth it though!

6.  Arcade Fire.  I love 'em.  I've listened to their music for a couple of years now, and they're all I listen to when I paint.  I don't know any of the words (well, I can sing along to a couple of songs), but the tunes ALWAYS get stuck in my head!  I don't know why or how, but their music always helps me get in the zone for doing artwork :)  Honestly, their music is a little weird.  But I love it!  I'm working on a painting now, and I'll show it to you soon.  At the moment, it looks like a 5th grader painted it.  But I know exactly what it's going to look like in my mind.  (It looks pretty cool there!)

Thanks for reading :)

Facts of the Day #21

1.  All right, so the Hunger Games was AMAZING.  Just saying.  Some things were left out, I wasn't too disappointed by that.  You really can't fit everything into a 2 hr 20 min film.  I really really loved it and I can't wait for the next movie!

2. My quest for Aldi's Nutella was unsuccessful.  But I did find the real deal at Wal-Mart, so I'm satisfied.  (Although I really do want to know if there's any difference between the two!)

3. You can also see in the above picture that I've got some cool pigtails.  They will be in a tutorial soon.  (hopefully today or tomorrow!)  It's Prim's hairstyle for Katniss's homecoming in the movie.

4. I went to the beach this weekend!  I can't remember if I mentioned that in my last facts of the day post or not... I have a haul video that shows off the bathing suit that I wore, but I've got such a backlog of videos that it could be a little while before it's up. 

5. I am LOVING my wet'n'wild 'reserve your cabana' bronzer.  I've been applying it practically all over my face (well, my nose, cheeks, and forehead) for a pretty spring glow.  And it has SPF 15, so it's extra fantastic.

6. My skin has cleared up a bit recently.  I never really get a lot of acne, mostly just little bumps and a few red spots.  But I have been using this one product from Clean and Clear that had helped in just a few days!   I'm really excited because normally, acne products hurt me more than they help.  I'll let you know about it soon so I can tell you if the results held up!

7. Have you seen Julian Smith's newest video?  It is FREAKAY.  Also catchy. 

Have any of you watched any other Julian Smith videos?  I LOVE them.

Facts of the Day #20

1.  Wow!  I feel like I haven't done a Facts of the Day post in forever!  So much has gone on...
2.  I uploaded this video:


It's the Effie Trinket look I posted about here.  I actually quite like how this turned out.  It's kind of funny, because my dad saw it and was like 'Your makeup looks pretty."  And then he saw me close my eyes and was like "Uhhhh.  Actually it's a little bright ."  He didn't quite get that it was for a tutorial...

3. I'm preparing for the premiere tomorrow.  (My friends and I are freaks...making t shirts and everything)  I have our tickets printed out, and the biggest thing is just remembering to bring them to school tomorrow.

4. Last thing about the Hunger Games:  Last week one of my friends gave me the US Weekly Hunger Games magazine as a surprise!  It was so sweet and I was so excited!  Seriously people, magazines are awesome.

5. I have been craving Nutella.  SO MUCH.  There's an Aldi nearby me, so I might try to get some there.  Apparently, they have an off brand for $2 that tastes exactly the same as the real deal.  (Side note: They also apparantly have knock off Girl Scout cookies that taste exactly the same.  And Oreos.  I tried the knock off Oreos and they taste EXACTLY THE SAME!)

6. My room is a mess again :(  But I don't have school on Friday so I can tidy it up then.  I don't really know how this happens.

7. I got some CA-UTE (cute) clothes this weekend.  I'll post a haul soon.  (I know, yeah right, I haven't even posted my last haul yet.  But I got so caught up with my Hunger Games videos...)  Maybe soon just means in a couple of weeks.  But don't worry, there will still be plenty of videos in-between.

8. I'm still obsessed with jasmine tea.  (Have I shared that here yet?)  Sadly, I only have one tea bag left, and I have to wait until I can get some more (next few days) before I can drink some more :(

Sorry this post is so pictureless...posts with plenty of pictures are my favorites.  Anyways (Hunger Games again...) are you going to the premiere?  Sorry.  Too obsessed.

Facts of the Day #19

1. Monday.  woohooooo.
2. HUNGER GAMES NEXT WEEK.
3. Speaking of the Hunger Games, here is my most recent Hunger Games video:  (also, lets count how many times I've already said Hunger Games.  That makes it 4, or 5 if you count the video's title.)

It's Prim's braids from the Reaping scene.

4. Sorry I haven't posted in a few days :(  Well, it's been two.  But I was just kind of lazy this weekend.  I did swatch several products that I will be posting reviews on soon, so that's good!

5. I made a mug cake!  I followed this recipe, with a few alterations.  Instead of egg, I added some baking powder.  I probably should have added a little more, as I didn't even add half a tsp (the suggested amount).  I also used dark cocoa (Hershey's Special Dark) instead of normal cocoa, and omitted chocolate chips.  (I didn't have any.)  My cake ended up being overcooked- the recipe says to cook your cake for 3 minutes in a 1000 watt microwave, and 4 minutes in a 700 watt microwave.  I microwaved my cake for 3 min 10 seconds in a 975 watt microwave, and that was too much.  I would say start with 2 minutes, and then add on 10 second increments until it is cooked.

 I'll try it again regardless because it tasted good!
6. I made a quick video showing how to repair (as much as possible) a broken/peeling nail.  It'll be up soon!  It's a total lifesaver for me.

Facts of the Day #18

Alrighty:
1. Here's another app I've been loving: Mind Node.

For a while, I have been trying out apps to organize my thought process for my blog/YouTube.  I need something that can help me organize and visualize what I need to film, edit, swatch, upload, etc.  At first I was using Growly Notes (I'll do another point in this post to explain why I love it), but it didn't quite cut it for what I was looking for.  Mind Node is PERFECT in terms of visualizing. It's so simple (the picture above really explains it all).  You can create a "main node" (ex: videos) and sprout nodes off of it (film, edit, upload), categories of of those (Glimmer hair, Clove hair, nail applique), etc.    So now I can visualize what I need to do with a particular video to get it on the interwebs.  There is no longer any chance of a video slipping through the cracks!  (I'm always afraid I'll do that, because sometimes I film several videos in a day.  Then I might either forget to edit them, or edit them and forget if I already uploaded it or not.)  It's really easy to add a main node (right click and select new main node) and to sprout nodes off of that (hover over a node and click the + button).  I give it an A+ for simplicity.  The pro app adds some features (like inserting photos), but for what I need, the free version is perfect.  Price (App Store): free, or $19.99 

2. Growly Notes

I actually found this (FREE!) app on the Internet in my search to replace Microsoft OneNote.  I LOVE OneNote (I use it every day at school), but unfortunately it is not compatible with Macs.  Growly Notes (although I find that it isn't quite as sleek as OneNote) does basically the same stuff.  I haven't fully explored its features, but I know that I will once I start using it to take notes in college.  Basically, it is a program defined by organization:  you can create pages within sections within notebooks.  For example, I have a beauty notebook with different sections like random, videos, blog, and purchases.  And then I have pages within those sections.

It's helpful to create a sort of collage of information- you can type stuff, insert pictures, videos, and links.  It's so good at organizing!  Notebooks are organized at the top (beauty, important stuff, mac stuff), sections are the wider bars below (and can be added easily by clicking the +S button), and pages are narrower bars directly below the sections (and can be added by clicking the +P button).  One Note organizes things a little differently, but it does essentially the same stuff.  For school, I have stuff organized like this (sorry, I don't have a picture, listed in order of Notebook, Section, Page):

Psychology, Chapter 3, Notes 

Government, Chapter 16, Notes

So yeah, I love it because it's the closest thing you can get to an actual notebook on a computer.  Except it's better, because you can put ANYTHING in it.  And you can search for stuff in the handy dandy search bar.

Price: free

3. I got an email from somewhere.  (It was either JewelMint, StyleMint, or BeachMint.  Not sure because those companies seem a jumble to me.)  And it had this picture:

I just had to show you.  Because seriously, what is going on with that girl's eyes?  I know there's such thing as having two different colored eyes, but what about a blue pupil, and one eye that's half brown and half blue?  I think someone went a little crazy with the red eye...

4. I tried super gluing my tripod back together so I need to see if that will work.  Because I need to film some videos, and I can't do film without it.  (PS, that tripod is just about as old as me.  It came with my parent's first video camera. It was practically new though, when I started using it, because they never took off the plastic wrappings...)

Facts of the Day #17

1. Here's my OOTD:

(this one isn't privated on my youtube channel)

2. I finished filming a nail tutorial, and this is what it looks like:

3. Aaand right after I finished that, my tripod broke.

Waahhhhhh!  Hopefully some super glue will fix it.  Seriously, because a tripod is an essential part of making videos.  You (and by that I mean at least I) can't film without one.  Blogging is perfectly fine without a tripod.  Makeup and Hair tutorial making is not.
4. Still can't say the exciting thing.  But I'm hoping for it to get even more exciting soon...so I'll tell you then.  But don't get your hopes up.  I'll tell you by the 20th.
5. Ummmmmmmmm yeah.  That was my day! (discounting school, which didn't give me a lot of homework :)
6.  Oh, and in my math class there was a "just for fun" brain teaser thing in the midst of a bunch of math problems.  It went like this "There are only four words in the English language that end in dous.  One of them is tremendous.  What are the other three?"  I came up with two.  (mouse over two to see what I thought of, or click on it.  Not sure which will work.  I put in a made up website as a link so you could do that.)  BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THE OTHER ONE...maybe it will come to me soon.

Facts of the Day #16

1.  Ooh something super awesome happened yesterday!  I want to talk about it, but I've got so many other things to upload and blog about that I want to save it for later.

2. Speaking of so many other things, I've got about a bajillion videos.  I've got four videos already completed and ready to upload (one is an outfit of the day for this post), four that need to be edited, one video that is partially filmed, and four ideas that need to be filmed.  Plus I've gotten most of the products in my haul video (that I haven't even put up yet) swatched, photographed, or blogged.  I've already reviewed six products that are now up on the blog, I swatched 3 things from the haul today (and another thing that was from a previous haul.  A nail polish...I hate swatching nail polishes!  Normally when I buy a nail polish I already have something on and I don't feel like taking that off and putting on another nail polish that I might not want to have on right then.  You know, it's a hard knock life.).  Now I've only got to review a few more things.  Which reminds me, there's another thing that goes with two of those things that need to be reviewed as well...
I pretty much just dumped my entire to-do list on you.  Basically what's on my plate tonight is editing four videos.

3. I filmed 3 videos today!  They are all hair tutorials from the Hunger Games, and I quite like them.  Here's a preview of one of them:

4. Here's my ootd (from yesterday, so technically 'ooyd')

5. And here's a couple of pictures of what I actually wore today:

I actually made the headband (the lace thing) and the necklace :)  I've worn this dress several times before so I decided to reinvent it with different accessories (like the black ribbon).  It's kind of funny because I got a lot of compliments on the dress today- I'm thinking it was because of the ribbon...

6. I thiiink that's pretty much it: something super awesome, all the stuff I have to do, clothes.  Wow, that's such a FUN DAY!  There's got to be something else interesting... Whoops, ha I totally forgot about the Hunger Games videos.  That's totally exciting.  Did you guys see the new clip of Cinna and Katniss?  And I can't believe I haven't asked this yet, but are you going to the midnight premiere of the movie?