I'm Back!

Hello there everyone, so after a quite long break from blogging I have decided to come back! I will be posting at LEAST three times a week now! I am sorry I haven't posted in so long, I have been extremley busy with school and work! :( but now I have decided to make a little time for this blog so it can become something even more useful to people! I plan to start doing WAY more reviews because I feel like that is one thing I research the most! Hopefully you enjoy!

Eyebrow Lightening: Before&After Pictures!

Hello everyone, long time no talk! I am back and once again here to stay. So here's a little back history on my hair, because it is why I decided to lighten my eyebrows. Up until last summer  my hair was virgin hair, I had never dyed it other than once for Halloween. It was a ashy dark dirty blonde that I hated, and along with that I had extremely naturally dark eyebrows (like chestnut brown coloured eyebrows). I eventually started dying my hair very dark for about a year, and now for grade 12 I've decided to go blonde with highlights. My eyebrows though are still very dark so for it to blend better with the blonde (I am getting highlights so there will  still be some brown) I wanted to lighten my eyebrows about 3 shades.

What ways you can lighten eyebrows:

Bleach 

Chamomile Tea & Lemon Juice

Lemon Juice 

Sun-In 

Bleach: I would never use this method UNLESS  I was getting it done by an experienced professional, too much can go wrong (ex. getting in your eyes, eyebrows falling out).

Chamomile Tea & Lemon Juice: This natural remedy works, although I have not tried it after researching I noticed that it can be very time consuming and need to be used several times to achieve a noticeable difference.

Lemon Juice: Same as above in the sense it takes quite awhile to achieve a noticeable difference. It also has to be heat activated. 

Sun-In: This product is pretty much a small concentrate of bleach in a bottle, it works but has many dangerous factors such as getting in eyes and eyebrows turning orange. 

WHAT I DID/BEFORE&AFTER  PICTURES:

Products:

5 volume developer (don't know if this is really necessary but it adds thickness to the sun-in so it's easier to apply)

Sun-in 

Q-tips

Container

Instructions:

I put 1ml of the developer and Sun-In into the container then mixed it together. With a Q-tip I gently smeared it on my eyebrows then let it sit for an hour. I have done it three times now with the amount of time I left it on varying from 20 minutes to an hour. Of course the longer you leave it on the better the effect. Then I wiped it off with a kleenex then wiped them down and put a little conditioner on them, just so they don't get too dried out. So far I have gotten superior results, but I noticed that the ends are going so light you can't see them as well so now I am only applying to the chunkiest part of my brow. 

Anyways, always do what works best for you and just because this worked for me there is a chance it will not work for you. 

BEFORE 

*before: this is in 100% natural light, cropped from another random photo hence why it`s not as up close! sorry about that! I am fairly pale here too, due to it being taken in June before the sun came. 

*after: please ignore un-maintained state of my brows, I am currently trying to grow them out. 

                                          AFTER 3 USES 

Motivational Monday 30-07-12

So due to this being the first motivational monday I figured I would give you guys a little taste of everything I could possibly do on upcoming mondays! I hope you guys enjoy these posts and I would love to hear all of your feedback and opionions in the comments or in emails!

Latley I have been more onto the tumblr scene and looking at that website made me realize how truly unhappy so many teens were about their looks and it made me super sad. I honestly think that if there were no social media sites or even internet then there would be alot less people unhappy about their looks. One statement that always bugs me is "society makes us feel this way" or "we have to look a certain way for society", what people fail to realize is that WE ARE SOCIETY. Every single one of us is apart of society. We need to take respoinsiblity for how we feel and learn to make changes so that we can gain self esteem! One of the biggest changes that I am in the process of making is to not compare myself to others. If you don't compare yourself to others then all you can do is make self improvements not improvements to be more like someone else. Everyone is beautiful in there own ways, size 2 is just as beautiful as size 11! Black hair is just as beautiful as blonde hair. Acne is just as beautiful as a face with no acne. We are our toughest critics and as soon as you let go of the idea of "perfection" you can start to see your true inner beauty. I know it sounds cheesy and you are all probably thinking, well it's easy to say all that but harder to do it. I totally understand that and of course I am just a regular teenager who is just as self concious as every other teenager. If I spread this though it makes me believe and support my theories even more. So the main message behind today's motivational Monday is that everyone is beautiful and its our differences that make us who we are. Hope you all enjoyed!
peace&love

Thanks Viewers!

This may not be exciting to some but I have finally reached 400 (four hundred) views on my blog and 5 lovely followers!! :) WOOHOO thanks for the support everyone!!

Review: Covergirl And Olay Simply Ageless Foundation

So I got this product around 7 months ago and have tried using it several times, the product is not technically bad but I found many flaws with the product when it came to my own personal experience. The idea of the product is awesome and although I don't have ageing skin I figured I would give it a try!  I bought two different shades #205 ivory and #215 natural ivory. It comes in 12 shades and has a cream consistency.

Product Name: Covergirl & Olay Simply Ageless Foundation 

Price: $15.99-$20 CAD 

Initial Impression: very creamy, easy to blend initially, interesting pattern, handy packaging 

Pro's: good quality packaging, medium/heavy coverage, light scent

Con's: way too dark, oxidises, goes into lines, not for oily skin, hard to blend   

          Overall Impression: Originally when I got this product I got it in the darker shade #215 natural ivory and it was ridiculously dark so the next day I went ahead and got the lightest shade they have and it was once again too dark. I didn't return them though because I thought I could possibly find a new use for them. The main problem I had with this product is that is went on my skin maybe a shade or two too dark which I could blend out and deal with but then after it dried and was worn for a little while it oxidized on my skin and turned an orange colour which made me look like a cheezy! It was awful, and it was a lot of work to blend out! When you put it on your finger it was so creamy and beautiful but the minute you put it on your face it turned into the devil foundation! It has medium to heavy coverage but had a very heavy look about it which I didn't like because on those I just want to wear a little makeup days it just looked unnatural. Overall I wouldn't suggest this for any young and oily faces because it just doesn't work! Also if you are fair skinned I don't suggest getting it either and if you are darker skinned go for a lighter shade maybe one to three shades lighter! I decided to wait and use this now in the summer being darker, overall it isn't as bad but I only use it as a under eye concealer although it goes into lines, I don't have a ton of lines under my eyes so it personally works for me, as well as a eye shadow primer on my lid as it has a fairly good staying power.

Rating (out of 10): 4

School Hauls, Reviews & Tips?

Hey everyone so for where I live in Canada we still have a little over a month left until school is back on and I was just wondering if you guys would be interested in me doing a small school series? It could include but is not limited to, hauls, reviews, locker decorating, tips and just overall organization! No one ever really comments BUT if you do read this please comment what you think because I would love some feedback! I have two posts in draft mode right now, sorry for the lack of posts the past couple of days like I said I have been working on some I just have no completed them yet so I thought I would ask this question then get onto the regular posts!
peace&love

What's Up Wednesday?! 25-07-12

Hola! So for today's post its a what's up Wednesday! Which is a personal life post of course. So today I had an amazing day, my two bestfriends (we have a core four bestfriendship, but it was only three of us today) and I went on an adventure to the lake which included taking the bus, starbucks, the beach, tanning and sushi! It was honestly one of the best times I have had in awhile and I just love my friends! They make me feel so comfortable and that I can act like myself which makes things awesome. Yesterday was kind of a interetsing day! I don't really want to get into it because it half sucked and was half good! I hung out with my two bestfriends again but also sort of broke up with another friend? If that makes sense. I have been trying super hard to get tanned lately and it's starting to show a bit so its making me excited! Anyways, I am going to keep it short just because I don't really think you all really will want to read these type of things. OH one more thing yesterday I just went to the grocery store and got new hairspray (meh not that exciting) and dry shampoo so I plan to do a review on the dry shampoo soonish once I have had a chance to try it out a few times.
peace&love