Tag: 48 Questions

Hello there!

So I've been doing several reviews lately but I'll soon be out of anything to review so today I'll be doing the 48 questions tag as I really enjoyed reading the one written by Chloe on her blog omgchl0e which you can find here.  It's random but I'm random, I love reading lifestyle posts and hope you enjoy mine!

1. What time did you get up this morning?

6:00 AM exactly

2. How do you like your steak?

Still getting over vegetarianism, not a huge fan

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

CATCHING FIRE, loved the books and absolutely loving the movies

4. What is your favorite TV show?

Superwholockian! Which is the super awesomely geeky fandom of the shows Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

I live near Los Angeles and I'm moving closer next summer, which I don't mind it here but I think London or New York would be fun as well

6. What did you have for breakfast?

... a yogurt bar, breakfast is a really low priority for me

7. What is your favorite food?

Generally anything with sugar, I'm a bit of a reformed candy addict but I rarely have it these days as I have a metabolism slow as a snail

8. Foods you dislike?

Pickles, cucumbers, pretzels, not a huge nut fan, cooked spinach though it's fine uncooked, vinegar, shredded wheat cereal, and there are so many more

9. Favorite place to eat?

Conveyor belt sushi, fancy Italian places, and cafes

10. Favorite dressing?

Pomegranate Blueberry vinaigrette, currently

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?

a 2001 VW Passat with more breakdowns than bad girls club

12. What are your favorite clothes?

Sweaters, sweaters, sweaters, literally everyday

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?

I love to travel so literally anywhere but I'd love to visit London and tour Europe, there's a few mountains I'd love to hike in the US, and NASHVILLE, the birthplace of country music

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?

I have to hope that's it's 1/2 full or I'll go crazy

15. Where would you want to retire?

Maui, Hawaii would be nice

16. Favorite time of the day?

I'm an early bird and a night owl so all are good

17. Where were you born?

WA state, very beautiful 

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?

I don't really like to watch any but I've probably sat through the most football games

19. What is your favorite fragrance?

Enchanted Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift, very floral yet light

20. What is your favorite face cream?

Currently Proactiv

21. Favorite baby/kids products?

I watch a lot of children's movies, does that count?

22. People watcher?

Yeah... I feel creepy but I find it really interesting 

23. Are you a morning or night person?

Like I said before, very much of both, I'm not huge on sleep

24. Do you have any pets?

I have 2 siamese cats and a dog (Rottweiler who will lick you to death), one of the siamese cats is really mine, the other is a family pet

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?

I was named Student of the Month today at school, kinda cool I guess...

26. What did you want to be when you were little?

Veterinarian, though not anymore

27. What is your favorite memory?

Growing up with my mom in WA state

28. Are you a cat or dog person?

I really, really love both though I lean towards cats

29. Are you married?

A little young for that, give me 10 or 20 years?

30. Always wear your seat belt?

Yeah! Way too scared to die or worse: get a ticket! 

(see my Hermoine reference there, no? ok...)

31. Been in a car accident?

Nope and I've been driving for almost a year and a half, be proud!

32. Any pet peeves?

Mean people, messy people, big-headed people

33. Favorite pizza toppings?

I know it's weird but pineapple

34. Favorite flower?

Roses!

35. Favorite ice cream?

This discontinued Raspberry, white chocolate chunk Ben and Jerry's they used to sell at exclusively at Target

I may or may not have just begged Ben and Jerry's via email to resurrect my flavor, what? it's so perfect and I want it so badly!

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?

Subway or Chipotle... this post is making me hungry

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test?

None :) 100 on the written 87 or something on the driving

38. From whom did you get your last email?

... Starbucks

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

Either Ulta, Target, or Anthropologie

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?

Not really, boring lately

41. Like your job?

The only thing I do is blog and play guitar, both of which I enjoy :)

42. Broccoli?

I really don't mind it

43. What was your favorite vacation?

Going to Maui with 40 other kids from my old school, SO. MUCH. FUN.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?

My wonderful family

45. What are you listening to right now?

U.N.I by Ed Sheeran (one of my all time favorites)

46. What is your favorite color?

Red and gold and pink, oh my!

(Wizard of Oz, reference...)

47. How many tattoos do you have?

None, though I think something musical would be fun

48. Coffee drinker?

Yeah, some may even say addiction but those people just aren't fun

Hope you enjoyed, I tag everyone to do the tag and if you do it be sure to leave the link in a comment below, I'd love to read! Hope I'm not annoying with my plethora of lifestyle posts, hopefully I'll have more beauty ones soon!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

Review: Covergirl Exact Eyelights Eye-Brightening Waterproof Mascara

Hello there!

It's really late and I procrastinated and now I'm writing, it's been a crazy day and I'm really hoping what I write doesn't end up sounding crazy...

So, walking into a drugstore looking for makeup for the first time, an uneducated 15 year old girl picks up a mascara that sounds like it's the best thing in the world and finds out that it may be the worst. Yes, the Covergirl mascara was the first one I ever picked out. I thought waterproof was always necessary (wrong!) and that this eye-brightening product would make everything look amazing (also, very, very wrong). 

I now know the secrets of the best drugstore mascaras and the fact that it is always helpful to read a review or two before buying a product, this would have helped me so much as I've now read several reviews that report the same problems as I had. The mascara clumps all of your eyelashes together into about 5 solid uneven, disgusting lashes, it smudges literally everywhere and I still didn't notice a difference in any shimmer or eye-brightening effects the product may have had. I was extremely unimpressed but as a first one it was absolutely terrible as I didn't know that it looked terrible until I started paying attention to other girls who had these full yet defined, beautiful lashes. 

I definitely would not ever buy this again or recommend it to anyone else.

Although, I'm pretty sure only the people who bought it in the shade black pearl had the clumping problem. Yet 75% of people had the removal problem. I wish I could show the results I had but I've long since thrown it away. Trial and error is the only way, right? I'm now a Maybelline mascara girl all the way...

Anyways, sorry about my little rant there, I was getting quite caught up in my extreme dislike for this product... naive little me. 

What's your favorite mascara? Leave me a comment below! I'd love to read

Have a Wonderful Day!
Mia B <3

Concealer Comparison: L'Oreal vs Rimmel

Hello there!

Just spent 2.5 hours purchasing and hanging Christmas lights for my room and they are amazing! But that's not what I'm here to talk about... Today I wanted to do a review so I'm going to be doing a comparison of the 2 different drugstore concealers that I've purchased over the past year so it's like 2 reviews in one!

1. L'Oreal True Match Concealer- Light Pale

2. Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer- Light/Medium

a) Tone matching

When I try and buy a new makeup product, especially in a drugstore, I will sit there for 5-10 minutes if I have to and find which shade best matches mine. So it's not out laziness that neither of these truly matched my tone even the Rimmel one, which claims to adapt to individual skin tone. 

L'Oreal is a little too light and Rimmel is a little too dark, neither company makes too many shades, although with a little foundation or an extremely good blend, it's not noticeable at all but whenever I even try to just walk out of the door with only a touch of either of these concealers, someone notices. 

b) Consistency and Application 

These have very different consistencies, the L'Oreal has a very thick consistency that is applied with a small wand that if applied hastily can feel a bit rough. While the Rimmel has a far more liquid based consistency that applies smooth as butter, to apply you squeeze the bottle onto the 20 or so fibers on the tip of the tube which I found a lot softer but a little messier and occasionally difficult. 

c) Coverage

I had a lot of acne while using both of these products so coverage was extremely important while I was using them and I can review them with ease. For me, the Rimmel and L'Oreal both take away any redness or off-colored spots wonderfully, something I was very happy with. However the L'Oreal hid the bumps of the acne a bit better, though not completely, compared to the Rimmel which easily showed all of my acne, though they were completely skin tone. So this one definitely depends on how much coverage you need. 

d) Blendability

This has a lot to do with the consistencies of the two formulas, the Rimmel was of course easier to blend due to it's more liquid consistency but the L'Oreal isn't bad either. They were both fairly easy to blend by hand. 

e) Overall- each out of 5

L'Oreal
Tone Matching: 3
Consistency&App: 3
Coverage: 4
Blendability: 5
Total: 15/20

Rimmel 
Tone Matching: 3
Consistency&App: 5
Coverage: 3
Blendability: 5
Total: 16/20

Hope you enjoyed my review, tried to make it a bit different than normal, let me know if you enjoyed! But it's late and I'm off to bed, I had to keep up my full month of blogging everyday!

Comment below: what's your favorite concealer?

Have a Wonderful Day!
Mia B <3

November Favorites

Hello there!

As always, it's the first of the month so it's time for monthly favorites! I always love looking through my feed at all the favorites around this time though I feel very unaccomplished this month... anyways, here's what I've been loving

Beauty

So I haven't gotten too many new beauty products, sadly it's been a slow month but I still have a few favorites...

Skin- Proactiv

This stuff is amazing, as I'm constantly reminded, it won't happen overnight. However, slowly but surely my skin is clearing up thankfully. My favorite product of the line so far would have to be the overnight clearing cream since it feels really, really nice on my skin. 

Makeup- Thicker Eyeliner

I've really started getting into my eyeliner recently and applying it thickly and winged everyday. Oddly, I would pick it over mascara at the moment, I know most are opposite but it really makes my eyes look bigger and it's my new daily essential.

Hair- Frizz Eaze Clearly Defined Sculpting Gel

I was hesitant to buy a gel as they are heavy and can give my hair that terrible crunchy feeling. However as long as I apply this when my hair is damp or heavily diluted with water it nicely defines my curls when it's curly or gives it waves when it's straight. I barely have to use any for amazing results and I've been using it literally everyday. 

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