Brands I love. They really work, too!

     Sometimes it's hard finding brands that actually do their job and have the quality they claim to have. Here are a few beauty products that I highly recommend. Give them a try!

1. Dry skin? I use Vaseline cocoa butter deep conditioning body lotion. Find it at Walmart. This stuff keeps your skin soft and smelling good for quite a while. And it makes your skin glow.

2. For acne... Oxy maximum face wash is the best product I have used. It it Benzoyl peroxide and works really well at clearing breakouts. It comes in 2% Benzoyl peroxide and 10%. If you have bad acne but not too sensitive skin, use 10%.

3. Covergirl Lash Blast mascara. It can get kinda spendy but it doesn't clump up at the ends and it adds so much volume to my eyelashes that my eyes look like spiders... Although, I do have pretty long eyelashes.

4. Maybeline Unstoppable water proof eyeliner. This eyeliner doesn't make a print below my eyebrow when I blink and it actually stays where it is supposed to. I get mine at Shopco.

5. Tattooed by Inky perfume. I got my first bottle of this at a street vendor in China Town, NY. The guy said it was originally $75  but I bought it for $15. Then when I came back to my home town and ran out of it, I found it at Big Lots for like $4.50. I'm not sure if it was on sale but I love it! My favorite scents out of the ones I have smelled are Tattooed for women (pink bottle) and Koi (gold bottle).

  

Christina, Christina, Christina

     Christina Grimmie is a 17 year old girl who started posting videos of her singing on YouTube in 2009. She loves video games, hence the famous Sonic poster in the background of nearly all her videos. I feel as if she is very certain of who she is and who she wants to be . By the way, who doesn't love her trademark poofy hair?

     Christina is truly a musical idol of mine and makes me want to put my music out there. I have been envying her voice and can not describe my creepy obsession with her. Ok, I guess it's not a creepy obsession, I just really look up to her and watch her YouTube everyday.

     Find Christina Grimmie on YouTube at youtube.com/zeldaxlove64 and be sure to check out her album Find Me on iTunes!

Teenage Survival Guide #2: WORK HARDER, DUDE.

     This is kind of an awkward thing for me to write about because I do get embarrassed easily.

It goes a little like this: At the 2nd track meet of the season, I had to run a 100 meter sprint. I was having a horrible season and the only thing I was good at was hurdles, I managed to come in 1st or 2nd of everyone of those races that track season.
     After I got put into my heat for my race, I saw three of Ex-Boyfriend #2's friends. The nicest one was about 60 feet away from me on the sidelines. I could hear them betting on who was going to win. What they didn't know is I could hear every word they were saying.

In a nutshell: Ex-Boyfriend's friend said "Missy is gonna come in last." That ticked me off REALLY bad. They continued talking about me, which made me even more mad.

What I imagined would happen: The dude shot the gun (the signal for "GO"), I ran as fast as I could and at least came in 2nd. Ex-Boyfriend's friends felt dumb.

What really happened: The dude shot the gun. We all took off, I fell behind all of them, got nervous and slightly twisted my ankle. It wasn't too bad of a twist, I could still run and I didn't fall, but I kept running with the slight sting in the joint of my ankle. I came in last.
    At the finish line, I was NOT happy. I was about ready to go beat up Ex-Boyfriend's friend. My ankle still kinda hurt and I wanted to punch something because I got up a lot of confidence to run the race even tho this season I wasn't as fast as the years before. I was NOT  a happy girl. Then Boyfriend comes up and tries to calm me down as I swear that I will punch Ex-Boyfriend's friend for talking crap about me. He wasn't very happy either but he wanted to make sure I was OK.
     When I got in the car with my dad, I cried because I was so mad. Now I realize it wasn't that big of a deal but at the time it seemed like it.

     What I learned: Never talk about someone if they are less than a mile away from you. Push yourself and really work to get the results you want. In track practice, practice for ALL of your events. Not just a couple... Most importantly, stay confident and don't let the guy who wins every race get to you.

DIY Flower hair clips and head bands

It's pointless to buy a flower hair clip at Walmart for $15 when you can make 2 or 3 for the same price. It's easy, quick and affordable. A perfect accessory for any outfit.

Supplies:

• Fake flowers. Depending on how many flowers on a stem, or how many petal layers and how big you want your the flower on your clip or head band is how many to buy. The orange head band on the very bottom of the picture above is a whole flower, the clip to the right is made of half of the exact same kind.
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• Fabric. Does not have to be a lot, just enough to cut circles that you will be putting on the back of your flower. Any color (I use pink). I have a big sheet of fabric because I make these often.
• Plain hair clips. You can find packs of these at most craft stores. Or if you want to put your flower on a head band, then blank headbands. Color of your choice.

• Rhinestones. They're about an inch and a half wide. They come in hearts and other shapes. These are also found at any craft store. Not the kind that has the peel off sticky thing behind it.
• Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks.

Instructions:

Fake flowers:

1. First, you're gonna gently rip the flower off  of the plastic stem
2. Remove the middle portion (located where the rhinestone is going to be put) and if there is the green plastic leaf thing underneath, take that off too.
3. The layers of your flowers should be stacked but not attached now. Be sure to keep the layers upwards the way they came or else your flower will turn out backwards.
4. Do the 3 steps above to each fake flower if you want your accessory to be more than one color (such as the biggest flower in the middle of the picture above)
5. Once you have figured out what arrangement of color you want, take the biggest layer first (usually located at the bottom of a fake flower).
6. Take the next layer. Put a ring of hot glue around the middle around that little hole where the stem used to be on the first layer and put the second layer on with the stem holes aligned.
7. Repeat step 6 until your flower is as big and thick as you want it. Make sure that the original smallest petal layer is on top. It will look better because the rhinestone will fit perfectly on it.

Next comes the fabric!

1. Take out a rhinestone and get a pen or pencil.
2. Lay the Rhinestone on the fabric and trace it, making a circle.
3. Cut it out. Try to be as accurate as possible.
4. Glue it to the BOTTOM middle of your flower like above. Please excuse the black head band going across it...hehehe...

Almost done!

1. Take a rhinestone, and glue it on the TOP middle of the flower

Clip or head band?

1. If you're making a clip, take another circle piece of fabric, the same size as the one you put on the bottom.
2. Open the clip  and glue it underneath the top part of the clip so it looks like this (picture below)

Glue it so it is covered. This is so it will stay in your hair.

The back of your finished project should look like this.

Headband.

1. Take your flower and hot glue the head band straight across the middle of the piece of fabric on the bottom.

2. Take another piece of white fabric and glue it over the head band and other circle shaped piece of fabric.

When done, the back of your project should look like this.

Enjoy! If you have any questions, feel free to comment.

To do when you're bored...

Lately I've been EXTREMELY bored and spending far too much time on the Internet. So I thought I would share with you my list of things to do when bored.

1. Put stuff on your cat. (head bands, Mardi Gras beads. etc.) it's fun if the cat doesn't care.
2. Get your camera and take multiple pictures of your cat. This is one of the 30 something pictures I took of my cat Annabelle. She's kinda scary.
3. Attempt to make a duct tape wallet. I failed, but now I have myself a duct tape bookmark...
4. Find your dad's old cell phone from like 13 years ago, charge it and then try to work it. It's not easy.
5. Sing the Reading Rainbow theme song (That old show on PBS Kids I used to watch in like...the 90's or whatever) over and over and over again...
6. Get chalk, go outside, draw a giant unicorn and underneath write "I'm dirty Dan!"
7. Learn the rapping parts to Super Bass by Nicki Minaj
8. Watch people's cover songs on YouTube
9. Bond with your friend's 6 year old little brother.
10. Have a staring contest with your dog. It's actually pretty boring.
11. If your a girl with a layered hair cut, preferably short layers, put your top layer in a big fohawk.
12. Hang a Joe Jonas poster above your parent's bed. When they lay down to go to bed... >:) Hehehehe... My parent's haven't taken it down yet and it's almost been a year. My mom screamed.
13. Put on way too much eyeliner. Even if your a guy.
14. Pretend to be Elton John.
15. Go to Bored.com and try to get all the way through the Impossible Quiz
16. Get on  Facebook and post a really boring video about how to pass a job interview on someone you don't really talk to's wall.

That's all what I've been doing while bored. I have no idea if it will unbore any of you but just in case.

P.s. Duct tape is like... the best boredom buster EVER.

Chocolate...

     After a recent trip to the dentist, I think it's obvious why I had to get 3 fillings. Like most girls, I would strangle a priest, and run from here to the dark and soggy swamps of Uruguay and back for chocolate. That is, if Uruguay has dark and soggy swamps... I have no idea, I barely passed my geography class last year.

     After I picked out all the chocolate bits from our bag of trail mix, there is now NO chocolate whatsoever. This is what I look like right now:

     That is why boyfriends get their girlfriends chocolate. 1. So they're better looking than the creative, humorous, and scary picture above and 2. When girls eat chocolate. They forget everything and love their boyfriend again after a horrible fight.

    When I eat chocolate, it's like skipping through an field of pink and yellow akulekules (The pretty flower below) at sunset.

And just before the sun goes down, a hyppogriff (those creepy bird things from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) comes to me. I climb on and fly away to wherever the hyppogriff's heart desires ♥.  We soar over an endless type of some sort of body of water and then I fall off and land on a cloud. There, I lay stuffed with fattening, sugary, heaven in my belly.
And I live happily ever after. The end.

I love everything about chocolate. I could chug like 8 gallons of chocolate milk and want more.

SHUT UP AND APPRECIATE!

Today, I am emotionally numb because of situations with a certain person. ALL day I have for some reason had my mind on the number 5; I realized the number 5 is unappreciated so lets appreciate it! >:D BTW, I think that picture of a 5 is a Swedish road sign but whatever.

The Jackson 5! Theres little Michael Jackson in the middle! How precious. APPRECIATE IT! D:<

Maroon 5! They sound the same in every song and I'm not a big fan of their music but... APPRECIATE IT! D:<

Five for Fighting! I JUST found out this was one dude and the only song I would recognize is 100 Years but... APPRECIATE IT!! D:<

Hands! They have 5 fingers! I HATE feet, which is why I'm secluding them from this pointless post, but... APPRECIATE IT!!! D:<

Remember those guys who did their own version of Getcha Head in the Game from High School Musical? Ya, I don't care about them but they're B5 so APPRECIATE IT!!!! D:<

The Backstreet Boys! There's five of them! APPRECIATE IT!!! D:<

I just noticed that FIVE out of those six things were musicians! >:D APPRECIATE IT!!!

Teenage Survival Guide #1: Awkward situations with someone you like

Ok, back when I was in 7th grade I liked this guy. Let's call him...uh... Kip. Ok, Kip. Anyways, I met Kip one day walking home from school with my strange and also socially awkward, yet popular among the guys friend. I didn't exactly meet him, he just turned around to say something to us and after that I developed a random little crush on him.

In a nutshell: I for some reason wanted him to know I liked him. We had never even talked before.

My solution: At the middle school dance right before Thanksgiving break I had my best friend (the one I mentioned earlier, we'll call her Steak Sauce.... what? She likes steak, stop looking at me like that...) go up and tell him that I liked him. Steak Sauce eventually found him in the midst of the random dancing 13 and 14 year olds.

What I imagined would happen: Steak Sauce: "My friend likes you." Kip: "Which one?" Steak Sauce: *Points to me* "Her" Kip: "Oh my gosh, what a beauty... of course I'll go out with her." *Dramatic music and fog* *Kip and I running towards eachother with cheesy romantic music. I jump into his arms and he spins me around* <--Just kidding that last part I just added to make this seem more interesting. Kip and I live happily ever after.

What really happend: Steak Sauce: "Will you go out with my friend?" Kip: "Which one?" Steak Sauce: "Her" *points to me* Kip: "Uhhh... no... I'm too young?" After that my self esteem dropped from a high level to an extremely low level.

What happened later: I was walking home from school alone. It was early February, and everyone was getting hyped up over Valentines Day and stuff.  Kip was in front of me with his friends and turned around and saw me. Then he stopped me and asked me what I wanted from him. I froze up, heart beating, palms sweating. "Uh..I..I wanted to be your friend...."  at this point it was obvious he thought I was weird, ugly and creepy. I then just kinda ran home.

What I've learned: Make sure you get to know someone before asking them out. When I went to 8th grade I realized I didn't really like him. So if you like someone, simpily just get to know them and things might happen... if not, you've still made a friend. It's less likely to work out if you two have nothing in common. He's a smart straight A student and I'm a A and B student in an advanced English class, who sucks at math and he would probably think I'm an idiot if he knew that.

Hello there...

So, I was bored, and decided to make a blog. I used to have a blog... back in the days when my friend and I played Club Penguin haha. We soon grew out of that and years later, here I am. If you knew of me back then, my user name was Brindlepup and my friend's was Pink Icey 186. Anyways, now I'm a lot older and smarter. I don't really know what the point of a blog is supposed to be. What am I supposed to post about?
Is it pointless if I just post and it never gets read?...actually yes, but anyways I guess we'll wait and see.
-Missy