Updo of the Day

Hello everyone!

So the hairstyle I'm going to share with you today is super easy and would most probably work on a variety of hair types, though I myself have wildly curly hair. It's really just a good way to get your hair out of your face, though in a slightly different way than the usual pinning the front bits back. So here you go!

Start with your hair all wild and free (I used second-day hair... please excuse the frizz and general unruly look it has) . This curly updo is a really great way to get that top-layer frizz tamed while still enjoying your hair free from a ponytail or bun.

Starting at your part, twist front sections of your hair back on either side and gather at the middle of the back of your head.

Take the two chunks of hair you just gathered and secure to your head with bobby pins. Then, twist the hair into a bun, pinning as you go.

And there you go! Very simple and easy half-up bun. Feel free to let me know below if you tried it and how it worked for you!

-Hannah

Nail of the Day: Essie's Turquoise and Caicos

Hello everyone!

I know I haven't made a post in a while, things have been quite busy! But I had a relaxed moment today and decided to write a post for you guys. So here's my take on Essie's Turquoise and Caicos nail polish (one of my favourites!)

Turquoise and Caicos is a really lovely, summery colour. And, as always, the Essie nail polish is a perfect texture and consistency - with two coats, I had a nice opaque colour. It does take at least two coats, though, if you want a seamless, solid, bold colour. 

Hope you all had a lovely Monday!

-Hannah

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Toenails: Essie's Tart Deco

Hello hello! We are finally getting some lovely summer weather here, and it looks as if it'll be sticking around!

And now that I can bear my toes without fear of frostbite, I thought, hey, why not make them look good? So I swiped off my two-week-old, chipped pedi, gave the toenails a bit of a clean-up, and decided to slap on some of my new Essie nail polish. And here we go.

Tart Deco from Essie

On the toes!

I really love Essie nail polishes, they come in such fun colours! This one feels especially summery - it may be difficult to see the exact shade from the pictures, but it is a really lovely peachy colour. I also find that Essie nail polishes are quite smooth and go on really well. I'll definitely be using this colour lots this summer.

Are there any nail polish colours you're loving this summer?

-Hannah

Mini Cosmetics Haul

Hello everyone! First of all, Happy Mother's Day! I hope you are all having a lovely day :)

Secondly, cosmetics haul! I bought a grand total of TWO make up items today. Massive amount, I know! I thought I would share anyway, even if it is just to avoid the looming pile of homework waiting for me. So let's get started!

Now, I'm not completely sure if nail polish falls under "cosmetics," but if I didn't put this in, my haul would only have ONE item, and that's hardly a haul, is it!

Essie's TART DECO

Essie "Tart Deco" nail polish! It's a lovely peachy colour, very summery. I have been looking for a pinky-orange such as this one for a while now, so I was very happy to stumble upon this colour, and for sale, to boot!

I really do love Essie nail polishes, though I mainly have OPI in my collection, just because of OPI's awesome colour selection. I have one other Essie, Turquoise and Caicos, and I love the consistency and durability. In my opinion, OPI and Essie are very similar in how well they stay on. I will make sure to post pictures and comments after I try out this one!

Secondly, I bought my very first liquid foundation, hooray! I've been using powder for basically my entire foundation-using years of life, and while I love powder foundation, I was in need of a good liquid foundation for those times when extra coverage is necessary.

So I bought this Almay Clear Complexion liquid makeup, which, I just realized now, is new! I tried a little from a sample bottle at the store, and I really loved how it felt and blended in.

Only complaint: no spf. But I'm sure I'll survive!

And that is my extremely small haul! Once I've begun using these two products, I'll post some sort of review. But for now, I hope you're all having lovely Mother's Days, and that the weather wherever you are is better than the weather here!



-Hannah

Hair-spirations

There are so many curly girls out there in tv shows and media, which I LOVE, since I myself am naturally curly-haired. So many hair trends right now are straight or wavy, and however much I pine after them (I find those styles so pretty!) I know it will probably be a while until I finally get the energy to try them out. So for now, I'm sticking with the curls.

One character I absolutely LOVE is Zoe from Firefly, mostly because she is so incredibly bad-ass. But also because of her fantastic head of hair.

She has got to be one of my favourite TV characters... just so amazing!

Plus, her and Wash are the cutest couple! As soon as I begun watching the show, I was a fan. The characters are all so interesting, and the story line makes you want to keep watching. It honestly is heartbreaking that there is only one season.

Anyway, back to hair.

Another one of my hair inspirations on TV is Annie from Being Human. Her hair is just so cute and bouncy and it makes me want to chop all of mine off!

Seeing all these curly haired heroines makes me extra happy with my own hair... sometimes my mane can be incredibly frustrating, but it does pay off eventually, with patience and good humour! To any curly girls out there: keep rocking those curls!

Until the next!

Magnificence!

AKA Ed Sheeran and Passenger!

Covering No Diggity and Thrift Shop! Watch it and be in awe!

Seriously, I love Ed Sheeran. His music is just gorgeous. And Passenger's voice is so nice! I don't know a ton about his music but I'm definitely going to look his stuff up. He's got an angel voice.

In short, the two of them combined is a wondrous thing.





Soooo that was basically all I wanted to say! I hope you are all having lovely days!

OH plus plus also and, I just got an eyeshadow brush! (A real live professional one! WHOA!) I am very excited to use it. I may possibly mention it again sometime. Actually, I will most probably mention it again sometime.

BYEEEE

But today is Tuesday too!

Supernatural, anyone? No? Okay. Couldn't resist. Sorry.

First of all, THEME CHANGE! My blog looks different. Yay!

Secondly, ESPIONAGE MAKE-UP! You may recall my post from yesterday in which I excitedly babbled about Comicon. One of the things I purchased was eyeshadow from Espionage Cosmetics! I highly encourage you to check them out! Tons of fantastic colours! And all fandom related lines - the one I bought is part of the Browncoats collection :D

And you know what's exciting? The eyeshadow isn't just an eyeshadow. They actually call it everything shadow. Here's a list of all the wondrous things it can do:

• Eyeshadow
• Lash colour
• Highlighter
• Blush
• Temporary hair colour
• Acrylic colour
• Body shimmer
• Nail colour
• Lip stain
• Brow filler
• Lip gloss
• Contour
• Glitter tattoos
• Eyeliner
• Warpaint

Whoa. I know.

I still need to figure out how to do the majority of these things (all of them except eyeshadow, actually!) but I'm definitely looking forward to experimenting with the one I got! I really love the colour I bought - it's called Mrs. Reynolds and is this really nice shimmery pink.

 I love the packaging!

I think this colour would work really nicely as a blush (which I can totally do - see list above!!) so I may give that a try! It's a very smooth, nice consistency and goes on super well.

Very shimmery and dainty!














To sum up, I am totally going to buy more Espionage products! I love this one so far and am really excited to try different looks out with it. Go check them out! Here's the link again! espionagecosmetics.com

BYEEEE

My February Wishlist

With the end of the month comes a handful of things I've been eyeing... unfortunately, I'm pretty broke, so I'd better start saving!

First of all, this OPI "Dutch' Ya Just Love OPI?" I personally LOVE OPI nail polish and don't nearly have enough. And plus I absolutely love this colour!

Secondly, Revlon's Just Bitten Lipstain! A friend of mine has this, see Huyen, and I really want to give it a go.

Thiiirdly, this Lotty Petal Dress by Anthropologie :) isn't it so cute?! Actually, I could basically say anything from Anthropologie, I love all of their stuff!

Fourthly (is that a word?) Covergirl Eye Enhancers! Back to makeup! I already have a quad, similar to this one, and it's super nice - goes on really well and stays on! I'm definitely wanting to get another set. Maybe I'll branch out and get wilder colours. Who knows?

And lastly, MAC eyeshadow. I've been wanting one of these for soooo looooong, but still haven't gotten around to buying one! There are just so many amazing colours in these, and I think it would be difficult to decide on just one. Maybe I'll save up and go on a MAC spree one day :)








And there is my wishlist! For now! I really do need to refresh my makeup selection, so who knows, maybe some of these will become a reality. But for now, I'll keep dreaming!

OSCARS 2013

Okay, I don't know about you guys, but I absolutely love watching the Academy Awards.

I don't know what it is that I love the most. Maybe it's seeing all those gorgeous dresses on the red carpet. Or watching the amazing opening. Or just all the glamour, humour, and wonderfulness in general. I don't know. But I do know that this year definitely did not disappoint.

Here is a few of my favourite dresses:

First, Jessica Chastain. She is just so elegant and her dress was gorgeous. Apparently her skin is so good that she doesn't even wear foundation to these things. If only I could say the same... sigh.

This colour is just SO GORGEOUS. And Jennifer Garner is adorable, oh my goodness. I was watching a red carpet interview with her and she was just so cute and her dress was so pretty and ugh so perfect!

Amy Adams' dress. HER DRESS. LOOK AT IT. So pretty. It reminded me a little of Emma Watson's at the DH pt 2 premier in London.








But seriously, basically everyone there looked UH-MAZING. Just a few of my personal favourites on a looong list of favourites!


I was a bit nervous about Seth Macfarlane hosting... probably because I've never really seen much of his stuff (that includes Family Guy... I am completely missing out, I've heard. Sorry guys) so I didn't really know what to expect. He came on and started basically just telling jokes, and I was like, oh geez. What is happening. Then BAM, Star Trek. And things became swiftly and beautifully awesome. Seth Macfarlane nailed it.

I was just swept into this fantastic array of stupidly talented stars all doing things like dancing way to well for someone who's famous enough already, singing like complete pros, and all in all making me feel way less skilled in everything I do.

And Daniel Radcliffe likes poutine. As a Canadian, my love for him increased by a substantial amount. IF possible. I mean, I loved him a ridiculous amount already.

This year, I hadn't seen a ton of the movies nominated... Out of all the nominees for best picture, I'd only seen Les Mis (and on that note, the Les Mis cast sang AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, I THINK I TEARED UP A BIT). And I was SO happy when Anne Hathaway won for best supporting actress, she did so amazingly well in Les Mis!

I have so much more to say but for now, I'll refrain - this is getting lengthy enough as it is! In conclusion, the oscars were incredible, as they usually are :) I always want to go to one of these awards shows but I feel like if I did, I'd vomit and/or cry and/or flail all over all these famous people that I want to make a good impression on that it would just be no good. So it's probably best if I stick to watching them in my living room.

BYEEEE

Of video blogs, candles, and pumpkin pancakes

HELLOOOO THERE.

Too intense? Should I tone it down a little? Still working on this whole "blogging" thing. My apologies.

I just got back from filming a super-awesome-semi-awkward-yet-still-utterly-fantastic video with my buddy HUYEN! (see nofact-nofame.blogspot.ca for amazingness)! We decided to start a joint youtube account in which we'd make videos involving beauty products, hauls, and various other things. First filming period took place just an hour ago (mark this down on your calenders, people, for it is a historical event) and it was much fun! It's a little bit odd, how much I enjoyed talking to a camera! Anyways, I'll make sure to link the video once it's posted.

And now onto part two of this post: CANDLES. I've recently realized I have a thing for candles. Apparently I can't go without buying them if I see them in the store. Seriously. Like, I don't even burn candles that often, but I just keep getting more. I have a problem. But candle buying addictions aside, here are some of my favouritessssss:

I particularly like the scent of this one - I'm not quite sure what exactly the smell is but it's super fresh. Plus, it's a soy candle which is apparently better for you.














And secondly, there's this one. I haven't burnt it yet but it smells SO GOOD. Like, berries and forest and just general loveliness.

And the packaging is adorable, I love the jar.












I LOVE CANDLES.

Anyway, that was my day, basically, besides school and work. Video making. Candles. All the good stuff, right? And now I'm about to have a dinner of pasta (ONE OF MY FAVOURITES, YAY) with my family. All is well.

And I hear talk of a possible pumpkin pancake breakfast on the weekend.

That makes everything about ten times more awesome.

BYEEEE