Hi, it's been ages!

Once again it's Friday night and I'm sitting here alone thinking how it's been so long since I've even looked at my blog. It's so bad, I know.

My life has been kinda crazy lately which is why I have been away. With university starting again, trying to sell the house and starting a job I've been very busy. I have also realised that there are a couple of people who have followed me on blog lovin and I'm not too sure what that exactly means, oops, sorry I'm new. So if anyone is actually reading this let me know :)

So, in all honestly I was thinking about deleting the blog but have decided to try it a bit longer and see how it goes, so fingers crossed it works out. I have a couple of blog posts in mind and they will hopefully be up soon.

For now I want to mention that it was suicide awareness day 2 days ago and "are you ok day" yesterday. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in young people today. As someone who has dealt with the loss of someone from suicide and has dealt with my fair share of mental illness I know how much more awareness the world needs of suicide and mental illness. Now just because these specific days are over it is never too late to raise awareness.

To anybody reading this I want you to know that you are beautiful, appreciated and loved more than you know. That if you are feeling like you don't want to go on, that you should stay strong that little bit longer, things will work out, you were put here for a reason. If you are wanting to talk to anyone I am more than happy to listen. And even if you aren't feeling like this ask your family, friends, colleagues, anybody, how they are doing because those who are feeling the worst are the best at hiding it.

I hope you are all doing well and that your life is great
Thank you so much for reading
Owl
Xox

Bits and Bobs of the month

I know this is quite late and I haven't posted for a while but I really wanted to share what I've been loving recently. But seriously, how is it August already?? It feels like yesterday I was freaking out over starting university and now I am in my second semester, crazy!

lets start with the Neutrogena Pore Refining Toner and the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion. I've had really bad skin at the moment and the toner helps smooth the skin and reduces the look of dry skin. I then follow it up with the Clinique moisturising lotion to keep the skin hydrated and makes my foundation.

speaking of foundation, I have re-fallen in love with my Estee Lauder Double Wear Light foundation. I started using this again as the one I was using was too dewy for winter and it made my skin look more oily. This foundation gives light to medium coverage but is buildable. It is not cakey and looks and feels good on the skin.

Okay, I have a love/hate relationship with this mascara. I got the Rimmel Scandel Eyes Flex last year and I hated it, so I put in at the bottom of my make up collection to think about later. Then a few weeks ago I picked it up again to try and use it up and I have started to like it. I like quite dramatic eyelashes and when I use this over another mascara I get that dramatic look. I say I use this over another mascara because it does clump a bit but I find it doesn't so much when used like this.

 

 

With it being winter here in Australia I have opted for darker colours, even on the lips. I found this Maybelline Colour Sensation Bold Matte lipstick in the colour MAT6 when roaming the drug store one day and loved it. I was scared to wear red on my lips as they are quite small and feel that the red makes them look smaller but this one is quite flattering and I love it! The formula is not drying and it feels lovely on the lips.

Now to get all this stuff off my face I've been using the Nivea Gentle Facial Cleansing Wipes. I know that you shouldn't use face wipes (although I don't know why) but when I need a quick clean I use these. They take off my makeup so easily and do not dry out my skin. Definitely a keeper.

So I said above that my skin has been really bad lately and it has, its the worst it has ever been. I've been using the Clearasil Acne Treatment Cream to dry out my spots. Now it isn't a miracle cream (unfortunately) so they don't disappear instantly but I do find it reduces them a bit.

I recently picked up the Tresemme Heat Tamer Protector Spray to try and I am not disappointed. This does not leave my hair feeling oily or heavy and of course does the job of protecting my hair from heat.

Now the next ones aren't beauty or skin care and I don't have photos for them but I thought I would share anyway.

Peanut Butter Oreos! I love anything peanut butter flavoured and these are one of my favourites.

X - Ed Sheeran's album! He is a god! His songs are so beautiful and even if you don't like him you cant admit that his lyrics are beautiful. Take a listen to Tenerife Sea and Even My dad Does Sometimes.

The last on is a little weird but its the YouTube channel/family The Sacconejoly's. They post daily vlogs of the little family and their kids Emilia and Edwardo are the cutest kids ever!! Go check them out

So that's my favourites of the month, still cant believe its August. Leave a comment telling me your favourites of the month, or just general favourites and feel free to follow me on Blog Lovin

Talk soon
Owl
xx

My thoughts of the night

It is currently Friday night and as I sit alone in my living room I had a craving to write, but about what? I was tossing up ideas but none of them interested me, however, I soon came across a topic which has been playing on my mind all day. So, I am warning you now that this blog post is a wordy one and could get fairly deep but I encourage whoever is reading this to continue and leave me advice in the comments.

I want to start by explaining William Glasser's 5 basic human needs: survival, power, love and belonging, freedom and fun. Humans are driven to satisfy these needs and some needs are greater than others. For instance my need for love and belonging is my greatest need.

Since I can remember I have always needed my friends and family close. Sleepovers and lunch at Nonna's meant a great deal more to me than normal as it was a chance to be with the people I love and who loved me back. Having a best friend is something that I have felt I have always needed, and I still do. I have had many times where I have felt I don't have a best friend and it is during these times that I have felt my worst. My other problem is that I am very self conscious and worry about what people think of me too much.

This brings me to what has been playing on my mind all day. Yesterday was my one of my best friends and oldest friends birthday, so we went out to dinner my her family, my family and a few of her other friends. Now, we have been best friends for around 7 years but recently I feel as if she has changed and she is becoming someone that kind of annoys me. Together we get along like a house on fire, she's more like a sister than friend but as soon as there is someone else with us she acts differently and I kind of get pushed to the side and forgotten about. Last night she had her back turned to me for most of the night and only talked to me about once and this is not the first time it has happened. Whenever one of her other friends are around she is more concerned about them than me. Now I don't mean that I want her to stop talking to them and only associate with me but I would like to be included in conversation. Because of who, I am I take her actions to heart and start to think well maybe she doesn't like me or maybe she's my best friend but I am not hers. Now I know that I should just talk to her and tell her how I am feeling but neither of us are one to talk about our feelings and I do not want to lose her or distance myself from her because she is like a sister to me and I need her in my life, I just feel like she is being a bit of a lousy friend.

Okay, wow, that was a lot of me just writing whatever was in my mind and honestly I don't even know if it make sense to others.

I apologise for the ramble but this is what I felt like writing tonight. I am hoping to get up a skincare post soon so stay turned to that :)

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Lots of love
Owl
xo

Capturing Life

I have always been so slack with taking photos, I never take them. Yes I take some selfies every know and then and I have gotten a lot better since having my iPhone but its at times in my life where I'm like "I want to remember this forever", that I don't take many pictures and I always wake up the next morning and think how I would love to go back in time just to take photos.

I know this is a silly little thing to get upset about especially with so much else going on but I cant help but feel thins way.

Like, last year I had my high school graduation. yes there where professional photographers but sometimes its nice to have photos that you have taken yourself to the people who mean most to you doing ridiculous poses. The only photos I took were some selfies where I had already changed out of my dress. this is the same for my 18th birthday. There was one photo take of me at my birthday dinner that night, one photo of me blowing out the candles. back at my house I did take some selfies with my best friend but by then I was out of my dress and my hair was up so no one would know what I looked like at my birthday.

Fujifilm Instax Mini 8

Just a few pictures over the past 5 years

 

Pictures from my Europe trip

 

So in order to try and take more photos I invested in a Fujifilm Instax Mini 8. I realise that this is probably not the cheapest way to take photos but ever since I was little I have loved polaroid cameras and so I just bought one. As well as this I am trying to make more of an effort to do something with the photos I take. I recently printed off around 250 photos from my time in Europe (which was at the beginning of this year) and an assortment of random photos from the past 5 years. lets hope that I actually do something with them and that they don't just sit in my cupboard.

Sorry for the very long post but I just want to be able to look back on photos and remember all the memories and happy times.

Feel free to comment telling me I'm not the only one who feels like this.

Bye,
Owl
xx

The quest for the perfect pair of jeans

For years now I have struggled with finding the perfect pair of jeans. Just over the past 2 years I have gone through quite a few jeans (as you can see above) and not one of them has fit me perfectly or has been exactly what I am looking for. The jeans always start out perfect: slimming, comfortable, tight in all the right places, etc. BUT after wearing them 4-5 even sometimes 2 times, they have stretched in all the worst places. They become too big around my bum or even worse, thighs. They hang weird, they sag, they are loose around my hips and it frustrates the heck out of me! Yes my jeans aren't designer brands and cost a lot of $$$$ and maybe that's were I'm going wrong but I still expected more.

However, I am not giving up, my quest for the perfect jean continues, as today I made my way to the closest Levi's (just a casual 30 minute drive) to find that they did not have my size in the style or colour that I wanted, I was probably more upset than necessary. I fear that this may be a life long journey.

Anyway that's all for now,
Owl

An introduction from me to you

I feel quite excited and nervous as I write my first ever blog post and so I though I would use this to introduce myself and let anybody who reads this know what I'm about.

 

For now my name is Owl. Of course this isn't my real name and some people may be able to find my real name quite easily with some searching, but for now, I am not going to post it. I am from the small city of Adelaide in Australia. I recently turned 18, so clearly, I know everything there is to know. No but seriously, I have received so much help from blogs and YouTube and feel like I could do the same.  

 

I am not use to the whole 'blog' thing as honestly I haven't read that many. Of course I have read some of the more well known ones such as Zoella, Tanya Burr and Sprinkle Of Glitter but only because I fell in love with their YouTube channels. I wanted to start a YouTube channel to try and share my knowledge and give advice but after putting it off for a year I realised I did not have the confidence. As well as this I was not ready for people to know what I was doing and it's a bit hard to hide it if your face is on it. So after some thought I realised a blog would be the best place to start. I have always enjoyed writing and have recently found that it is a great way to tell someone your problems without actually telling anyone (if anyone has ever kept a journal/diary you will hopefully understand what I mean). However, just because I enjoy it does not mean I am good at it. I enjoy a lot of things but am I good at any of it... Nope! but hopefully it's good enough to understand.

 

To anybody reading this and who is interested in what I have to say I will hopefully be posting once a week about beauty, fashion, lifestyle, anything really that I feel like I have enough information to talk about. Please bare with me as I try and wrap my head about how to use this and getting my design right and all those kinds of fun stuff (if you are a computer/blog wiz and would like to help me out please do so :) )

 

So, I think for now that is all. if anybody does read this I would love it if you left a comment to say hi, give advice, let me know that someone is on the other side of that screen, just anything really. Also I would love to check out some other blogs so if you would like me to look at yours, let me know :)

 

I don't know how to end this so...um... Bye

Owl