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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The miracle liner

Review time! A few weeks ago I came across a little beauty that had been hiding in the shelves of my local H&M store (yes, they sell drugstore/high street makeup in H&M here). I have been searching for the perfect, smooth, long-lasting, pigmented, "blendable" and affordable eyeliner for a long time now, and I believe I have finally found it. Enter Maybeline Master Drama Eye Pencil. I believe this has been out for a while now, but I haven't heard a lot about it something I find strange as it is surprisingly good, with quality that hits the high end standards! I have it in the colours Dark Brown and Deep Purple. Dark brown is a matte while deep purple has some shimmer (see pictures below). 

They both slide on very easily and with high pigmentation so one "swoosh" with the pencil along your lash line + some touch-ups on the wing (if you want one) and you are good to go. Honestly I have never found putting eyeliner on easier than with these! If your want them smokey, then smudge until you have the desired effect and then it will stay like that for the rest of the day. They are said to last 16 hours, and so they do. The other day I put it on at 7 in the morning, and didn't remove it until 11 o'clock at night and it looked pretty much the exact same, except for a little fading of my wing, but considering I'd worn it all through a 16 hour long day, I can't complain. It's also lasted through sweaty work-out at the gym so to put it this way - this is a miracle liner that is unbeatable! Now I will shut my mouth and give you a little peek at what it does...

UK price is £4.49 which is a little lower than the Norwegian price which was NOK70 I believe, but it is still quite affordable considering its high quality.

When I put it on in the morning this is what it looked like:

Then about 10 hours later this was the state it was in; pretty good huh?

 So if you're ever in doubt of what eye liner to choose, then you know what I would recommend, because this is pretty darn awesome!

- Em

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Bring on the bronze

Whoops, I believe I just purchased my second Chanel product ever... Yup, I did, it is laying right next to me as I write this. Soleil Tan de Chanel, also known as Bronze Universel. I whipped it open just a few moments ago, snapped a few shots and then almost ran to my make-up table to try it on, and I have to say I am quite impressed! Now I did not add any photos of me wearing it in this post simply because I feel the need to try it out a little bit longer - testing its longevity and such, before I come to you with a review. But mark my words, there will come one, very soon I feel.

Anyway, I thought it could be fun to share this little (erhm..not so little maybe) purchase with those of you who find what I buy interesting. Now I will probably go and try this beauty a little bit more before I place it nicely next to my only other Chanel product, Vitalumière Aqua foundation, which by the way is one of the best lightweight foundations I have ever tried. I might review that one day too. If you're interested that is?

- Em

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New Year, New Face

Happy new year everyone! 2012 was a very exciting year with many ups and a few downs, but I feel 2013 will be one of my best years yet! Oh how excited I am for all that is to come!

As a new year starts, new trends enter the stage, and one of this year's first spring/summer makeup trends is a flawless, glowing face. Radiance primers, tinted moisturizers, highlighters and blushers are all essentials for this spring's makeup bags. So hide away those full coverage, matte bases and dust off last summer's sheer beauties. Let your skin show through, and only where needed add some concealer. Bring back some life and light to your high-points (nose bridge and cheekbones are all coming out) and pop on a little bit of the favoured peachy blush. Skip the powders and stay with cream products and poof; you'll be supporting the top trend!

I love the natural, glowing look and will definitely pick up a few new creamy highlighters and blushers/bronzers as I do not own any. If you have a favourite you would like to recommend to me then please, tell me about it and I might check it out the next time I go shopping :)

I hope you will all have an incredible 2013 and that you will keep following my blog and being such amazing readers as you are! 

I have a few products I want to recommend to you, so keep an eye out for those posts this coming week, and I am considering to do a "new years resolutions" post, if that is something you would be interested in?

- Em

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