New Year, New Goals, Same Old Dreams

2013. Two thousand and thirteen. I might be a little late on the band wagon but, wow, it is crazy how time flies, and with that I mean, really - it flies by, with a loud "swooosh". Whenever a new year approaches I start thinking about resolutions and goals I can set for the coming year, and every year I end up with the same, old, sticky clichés. Work out, eat healthy, work more with school work, blah blah blah... It's so old and used up! And honestly, when have I ever stuck with any of those? Never. Therefore, this year I will set myself some proper, serious goals that I haven't had before. They may not  be all eye-opening and original, but certainly better than my previous ones. Let's get on with them then, shall we?

Move to England and start Uni
Meet new people and become more independent and educated

Pretty obvious as I've just applied to universities in the UK, but this is what I am the most excited about for this year. Experiencing the life at university, learning about what I love (for those who do not know, I have applied to fashion marketing) and meet so many new people!

Travel

I told you they wouldn't all be original, this is one of the typical resolutions, but I really do want to travel and explore some more of the world this year! I have a few things in mind, but I need to decide on what to choose!

Develop my Blog

Any blogger of any sort will constantly be striding towards having a blog they are proud of, and although I am partially satisfied with the way my blog is now, there is so much more I can do with it! I also want to make it more of a full-time thing. That is once I finish my IB because I'm about to enter the time on exams which doesn't allow much blogging I'm afraid...

I need to leap into something that's unknown territory and try my best to make it work although it scares the hell outta me...I other words I need to:

Start a YouTube Channel!
Good god, now I've said is, and it's here, black on white. I've wanted to start making YouTube videos for quite a while now as I am obsessed with others on YouTube, but I find it really hard to sit down and make it all work... but new year means new opportunities, so I am going to do it. As making videos is a quite time-consuming project I doubt there will be any great progress until school's done, but I would love it  if you guys could give me some tips and tricks regarding this whole video-making thing. And if you have particular requests for what kind of videos you would like to see me do then feel free to let me know as I am quite lost somewhere between vlogs, reviews and tutorials..

Sort out my skin and clean my insides!
didn't really intend for that to sound so grotesque...
You were right, there had to be something beauty related, and well since my skin has been acting like crazy lately I have decided to take matters in my own hands for real this time and start from the inside to make my skin clear up.  I hereby open my door to everything vitamins, clean and healthy food, water and exercise. Hopefully it will do the trick, because my skincare is currently not enough on its own...

I consider these things as more of dreams and things I want to achieve (except from that last one - that's a pretty ordinary resolution...) and boy do I want to work hard to do so! Anyway, now that I've shared my dreams, goals and resolutions for 2013 I want you to do the same! Either by making a blogpost of your own (is you do, then link it in the comments so that I can check it out :) ) or by leaving a comment listing them. This way we can all work together towards achieving them and support and motivate each other along the way! I know this isn't like my typical beauty and fashion posts but I wanted to make this post, and so I did :) 

I thought I'd leave you with two pictures that may help your imagination spring to life when pondering on what you want to have done by the end of this lovely year.

- Em

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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Due to the extreme amounts of school work I have going on, I am just going to make this a "picture post" featuring some shots I have taken over the past days. Hopefully they will spread some Christmas feeling to those of you who are still lacking the festive feel:) Enjoy...

Snow,snow, snow and more snow...

Mickey inside Mickey?.. umm, what?

I wish you all a nice night, or day, or whatever time it is when you may read this. I will give you a better post on thursday, I promise!

Enjoy December, and please try to relax  a little in between all the Christmas preparations!

-Em

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Lightning and a Horse

Boy have I missed blogging these past days! I have had so much to do that I feel like  have barely had one moment to just sit and enjoy some quality time with my blog. That doesn't sound strange at all..

Now, I am not back for full just quite yet, because this next week is just as packed as this one has been, but in one week it is December and guess who is doing a "Twelve Days of Christmas" blogathon? (Don't even know if it should be called a blogathon .. Tag is probably better but oh well) Yes, you're right, that is me!

I am not exactly sure what I will write about but every other day in December up until the 24th I will write a post featuring something christmas-y. Whether it may be about fashion/beauty/food/tips it will be relevant for the christmas preparations. So just let me know if there are some specific things you would like me to write about. Maybe tips for Christmas/New Years Eve outfits or makeup/hair styles? Anything you want - let me know and I will keep it in mind! :)

Now today I have been working on a presentation I am having on Monday so I havent left the house except for a quick trip to the grocery store, so my makeup and clothing is fairly casual and comfy, but I will share it anyways.. and yes, I am wearing my horse print top from Urban Outfitters - again. Why? Because I absolutely love it. 

I how you are all having a wonderful Saturday! Talk to you all as soon as I can!

- Em

PS: From today of the posts from when I was in Colombia will be deleted simply because I have filled up the space I am given to use for free by blogger and I don't feel like it is necessary to have them anymore :) Just thought I would let you know.

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Something Blue...

I was in a skirt mood today... aaand in a colour mood so I ended up with a blue zip-up skirt  and some thick tights from H&M, an Urban Outfitters horse print top and my beloved Zara spiky leather jacket. Now since I went with colours today I wanted to share it with you, my readers :)

My "headband" is really a bandeau but it does the trick and it is from Monki
Ear - "chain" or whatever you would call it is from TopShop and I absolutely adore it!

Hope you are having a good day!

-Em

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Photoshoot

Today I have taken on a pretty fun project : making my creative portfolio for my University application!  Since I'm not very much of a designer or a drawer I decided to focus my portfolio on pictures, editing, styling (hair +fashion) and makeup. Oh, for the record I am applying to Fashion Marketing with a few twists, at a few different universities in the UK. Not all of the universities require a portfolio for this course as it is not an extremely creative/"crafty" type of study, however some of them do, and therefore I have to make one.

I have gotten a few of my friends to help me out by being my "models" and Ingeborg was the first one out, today. I have had a chance to look through the pictures and edit a few of them, so I thought I could share some of them with you! Keep in mind that I am not a professional photographer, stylist nor makeup artist, I am just doing something I love and find interesting. Now lets take a look at this beautiful girl!

 I wanted to do my take on the thick smoked out eyeliner à la Lanvin, and so I did. As for the skin, I went for a glowing, bronzed skin to balance the dramatic eyes and the dark berry lips.
The products I used were:

Skin // Clarins Instant Smooth Self Tanner, CHANEL Vitalumière Aqua (In B10 Beige-Pastel), Maybeline Dream Lumitouch concealer, Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer (2 Light), Sleek Contour Kit (Medium), TopShop Highlighter (Crescent Moon), MAC blush (Fleet Fast - Limited Edition Summer 2012), Maybeline Blush (76 Golden Bronze) and RIMMEL Stay Matte Powder (001 Transparant)

 Eyes // Maybeline Colour Tattoo (40 Permanent Taupe), Maybeline Lasting Drama Gel Liner (01 Black), L'oréal Super Liner (Carbon Black), Urban Decay Eyeshadows (Blackout, Bootycall, Foxy), MAC eyeshadow (Omega - this was also what I used for the eyebrows), Maybeline Flared Mascara and Ardell False Lashes (120 Demi)

Lips // In picture 1 and 3: MAC Lipstick (Rebel) and Revlon Kissable BalmStain (Crushed)
In Picture 2: MAC Cremesheen Glass (Over Indulgence) and e.l.f Lipstick (Party Pink)

Headband is from H&M.

What do you think about the pictures?
Would you like a tutorial on this (if yes - video or pictures w/description?)

- Em

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Winter Time

As winter is approaching quickly and Christmas with it, I want of share some of my favourite things about this season. Autumn and winter is a very "love it or hate it" season, I for one, don't particularly love the cold and rainy (or god forbid slouchy and snowy)  weather because it means I end up being cold and wet whenever I decide to step outside my house. I do however like the fact that this is the time of year when you can justify drinking one too many cups of tea, and snuggle up in blankets with candles burning everywhere. There is something relaxing, safe and comforting about winter. When the temperature drops to below zero and the walls of your house are creaking, you can bury yourself deep down among pillows and blankets with a good book. Maybe you've heard about these things before, but really, they are pretty darn great.

The reason to why I am writing a post about blankets, candles, books and winter is because well, today is cold and rainy and ..pretty "winter-y", and if it's like that where you are too, then maybe you should try this out, because it helps :)

I feel like Im back on the blogger roll now with frequent posting and a variety in my posts, but if you feel like there's something you would like to see that you feel is missing, then please let me know in the comments :)

Do you have things you like to do on cold and grey winter days?

- Em

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Sneak a peek of my room

My room is under a constant change at the moment so for those of you who have asked about it - a full "tour" of my room will be up once I feel like it is more or less ok-looking. But as I have no idea of how long that may take, I thought I would give you a sneak-peek in the meantime. The chosen area to be revealed is my makeup table / vanity. I am happy with the way it is right now, but judging by experience I will probably get bored of it soon enough and change it..but oh well I will figure that out when the time comes :) 

As for what I store on and in this table/desk/vanity (what would you say this piece of furniture is??) it is mainly my makeup, brushes and well as you can see, candles and perfumes. The two drawers are filled with the products I don't use quite as frequently (I'm looking at you, eyeshadows..), plus a few that simply did not have any space elsewhere. If you want me to do a "makeup collection" post I can do so, but I won't do it now, as that would take a while and I don't want to bore you to sleep unless you ask for it. If you are curious about where I got the different things thenwell, here it comes:

Table, the organizer for lipsticks ++ and the mirror // Cachivaches (a store in Colombia) 

Silver tray underneath perfumes ++ and the lamp // IKEA

Ok so that wasn't really everything, but all the other things such as the candles, the "religious"barbie-candleholder, the black lady "statue" and the cupcake thingie were all given to me as presents so I don't know where they are from :) 

Now let's just wait in excitement for the rest of my room to be finished...

I really do appreciate all of you who keep coming back to read my blog, it makes my day to see that someone out there enjoys to read what I write. Remember that if you ever have a request for me, just leave it as a comment or tweet me - you'll find my twitter link below.

I wish you all a good week!

- Em

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Musical Sunday

In lack of time and creativity for a better post I am just going to share my spotify playlist with you. This playlist has all my favourite songs, hence the name "favourites", and putting these songs on shuffle is a foolproof way for brightening my mood. I listen to music all day, everyday - without it I would probably be unbearable to be around...yup that is how important music is for me. So here it is, my baby which I am now sharing with whomever it is who might want to have a peek at what I listen too.

Favourites by Em

Enjoy your Sunday!

- Em

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London: WB Harry Potter Studio Tour

Hello,

So I promised you a new post today, and well here it is!

When I went to London last week, it was not only to go crazy shopping, we also went to the Warner Brothers Studio Tour London, which for those of you who don't know is a tour of the Harry Potter studio(s)! That is true, you get to walk on set and see all the real  props and costumes and ohh...words can not describe the happy feeling I got from being there. So instead of making a failed attempt of putting this experience into words, I will let the pictures to the talking for me. Enjoy, Harry Potter geeks!

Sorry if that was a bit “over the top” with pictures, but I wanted to show a teeny bit of everything and it was hard to only choose some … Believe me, I have many more pictures where these came from :) But I hope you enjoyed it and that if you have been considering going - this helped you decide. It really is incredible, especially for those of us who have read the books and watched the movies several times... I can admit I have, I even know many of the lines from the movies by heart! It’s on the edge of being embarrassing…

Now I have to get some more school work done, but I will talk to you all shortly!

Have you been to the studio tour? What did you think?

Have a nice Saturday!

- Em

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