Everyone! Thanks for being with me up until now. I hope you'll follow this link:
http://t-nee.tumblr.com/
because this is where I will be posting from now on!
I felt like tumblr was the place I wanted to be, I really can't phrase my reasons any better xD I've had an account for ages but I only ever liked other people's posts. Now I'm starting to make my own.
BUT! Not to worry, I will keep everything on here up for you to look at again if you do so desire.
Also if you like my facebook page, I will keep you posted (....get it?) on what happens on tumblr ^^
Thanks so much again and I hope to see you on tumblr <3
Love
T
Dienstag, 25. Februar 2014
Montag, 13. Januar 2014
Just some Holiday Pics
Well hello there handsomes.
Today's post is another slightly random one.
I brought my camera to my parent's place over the holidays and practiced a bit of photography and I thought I'd share =D So here ya gooo
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo that's that. Not much. Let me know what you think and if you have any photography tips for meeee.
And I will talk to you soon(ish).
Love,
T <3
Today's post is another slightly random one.
I brought my camera to my parent's place over the holidays and practiced a bit of photography and I thought I'd share =D So here ya gooo
Our slightly overdecorated Christmas tree. So we made some stuff called "Feuerzangenbowle", I don't even know how to explain it but it's safe to say that it's not just a little bit alcoholic. BUT decorating the Christmas tree has never been so much fun xD
Assortment of cheesy tree pictures <3
This one is my favorite of all pics I took during the holidays! Left to
right my brother in law, me, my mommy and my sister <3 (Can you tell
we were completely baked? xD)
Trying out settings on the camera to catch the fun reflections the light was making with this... whatever that is. I think you put candles in it.
FOOOOOOD.
This was just the main course of our Christmas dinner. YES, it tasted the way it looks :O
Don't worry though, I won't become on of those people who post pictures of everything they eat. It was just a special occasion xD
The making of the devilish beverage. Very fancy to look at but also very scary for the daughter of a firefighter who usually doesn't light more than a candle.
Oh, didn't I tell you? That stuff on top is sugar, you drench it in rum and ten light it on fire.
like thus.
Don't try this at home, kids!
(Well, technically I did try it at home myself, but I never said I was a good role model xD)
Lastly, a few selfies. Cause, gotta have those. So this is my look not for Christmas itself (didn't take pictures then...D=), but for dinner at a very old friend's place. I tried out a more smokey eye look and I think it came out really nice. I knew there would be some smoking done, so I didn't bother washing my hair. Instead, to cover up how dirty it was, I plastered it right down on my head and I was pretty damn happy about that as well.
What do you think?
Lastly, yesterday's hair and make-up! I
freshly dyed my hair yesterday and it turned out reeeeeeeeeally neat and
I wanted someone to see.I had plans to go out but then I got a headache so bad I had to stay at home :(
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo that's that. Not much. Let me know what you think and if you have any photography tips for meeee.
And I will talk to you soon(ish).
Love,
T <3
Mittwoch, 8. Januar 2014
CARDIGAN MANIA!
Yo, peeps!
So guys I've decided to postpone December favorites and do a double favorites post for Dec+Jan at the beginning of next month. BECAUSE there are some more pressing matters at hand!
Those being that I drove to the middle of nowhere yesterday and applied for fashion school! GAAAAH I HAVEN'T BEEN SO EXCITED SINCE...EVER!!! I'm finally coming around to getting the education that I want, which is something I could have done five years ago but I just somehow didn't and I've never regretted anything more! Now it's high time I answered my calling and got to learning about fashion and sewing!
In celebration of this I finally got over myself and I'll start doing FASHION posts here!
If you follow my facebook page, or have fanned me on lookbook, you might have noticed that I posted a series of "Cardi" looks lately.
One problem I've personally come across with a lot of fashion bloggers/youtubers: If you live in California or a place with similar climate, your summer fashion tips might be awesome, but you don't really know the first thing about ACTUAL cold weather in winter - no offense!
But where I live it does get really cold (I'm aware, of course, that there's places that get even colder) and we have to dress WARM. I recently picked up two cozy over sized cardigans from Forever 21 and I've been obsessed with them every since, so I thought they'd make a good first fashion post for this blog!
I've styled them (especially the pink one) in about 10 000 different ways by now, but here's some of my favorite looks:
About the photos: I'm not a model ok? xD I'm not even photogenic. It was hard enough to get THESE pictures without getting one where I look super derpy!
Also, I know the lighting is confusing, I kind of just did what I thought matched the individual looks best... I need to get outside and take pictures in the daylight! (JULES WHERE ARE YOU? I need you to help me again xD)
Ok, so what I learned about wearing over sized cardigans:
You wanna wear something body-hugging underneath a shapeless piece like that (good thing I love my skater skirts =D). OR, if you do wear another airy, shapeless piece like I did in look 2, try and make it something sheer or see-through and wear a tight tank top in a contrast color underneath, so that in the right light you can still see that your body has a shape underneath all this fabric. (Unfortunately, the light this picture was taken in is NOT the right one, but you get the picture xD).
Also, pop them cuffs out! (I love you, Chriselle!) What I did with the sleeves in look 4 really brought the whole outfit together, even though the cardi itself is a total contrast color.
Speaking of colors, If you have a statementy piece like the "Ocean Cardi", try to keep the rest in natural or neutral tones, for casual everyday looks. Of course, if you want to dress it up more for a party or something, you can add another color (or some more of the same, like in look 2), to create a bold look. (Some dark lipstick can't hurt either).
Since my hair color is a pretty big accent in any outfit already, I personally like to keep colors simple and bright. My craze over pink things comes really in handy these days ;)
Sooo, those are definitely two new favorite pieces of mine, the pink one being especially dear to me.
It's important to keep warm, but who says you can't be fashionable at the same time? =D
OK, this was my first fashion post ^o^ I hope you liked it, because it will not be the last one! (Since this is what this blog was initially created for).
By the way, I'd really welcome some constructive criticism and/or tips. Do you like my posts? Are they even interesting? Which kind of post do you like the most? What would you do differently?
Like, I know I should put in more pics and less text (show, don't tell - I guess), and I'll work on that!
Let me know if there's anything!
AAAAAnyways, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!
Love,
T <3
So guys I've decided to postpone December favorites and do a double favorites post for Dec+Jan at the beginning of next month. BECAUSE there are some more pressing matters at hand!
Those being that I drove to the middle of nowhere yesterday and applied for fashion school! GAAAAH I HAVEN'T BEEN SO EXCITED SINCE...EVER!!! I'm finally coming around to getting the education that I want, which is something I could have done five years ago but I just somehow didn't and I've never regretted anything more! Now it's high time I answered my calling and got to learning about fashion and sewing!
In celebration of this I finally got over myself and I'll start doing FASHION posts here!
If you follow my facebook page, or have fanned me on lookbook, you might have noticed that I posted a series of "Cardi" looks lately.
One problem I've personally come across with a lot of fashion bloggers/youtubers: If you live in California or a place with similar climate, your summer fashion tips might be awesome, but you don't really know the first thing about ACTUAL cold weather in winter - no offense!
But where I live it does get really cold (I'm aware, of course, that there's places that get even colder) and we have to dress WARM. I recently picked up two cozy over sized cardigans from Forever 21 and I've been obsessed with them every since, so I thought they'd make a good first fashion post for this blog!
I've styled them (especially the pink one) in about 10 000 different ways by now, but here's some of my favorite looks:
Also, I know the lighting is confusing, I kind of just did what I thought matched the individual looks best... I need to get outside and take pictures in the daylight! (JULES WHERE ARE YOU? I need you to help me again xD)
Ok, so what I learned about wearing over sized cardigans:
You wanna wear something body-hugging underneath a shapeless piece like that (good thing I love my skater skirts =D). OR, if you do wear another airy, shapeless piece like I did in look 2, try and make it something sheer or see-through and wear a tight tank top in a contrast color underneath, so that in the right light you can still see that your body has a shape underneath all this fabric. (Unfortunately, the light this picture was taken in is NOT the right one, but you get the picture xD).
Also, pop them cuffs out! (I love you, Chriselle!) What I did with the sleeves in look 4 really brought the whole outfit together, even though the cardi itself is a total contrast color.
Speaking of colors, If you have a statementy piece like the "Ocean Cardi", try to keep the rest in natural or neutral tones, for casual everyday looks. Of course, if you want to dress it up more for a party or something, you can add another color (or some more of the same, like in look 2), to create a bold look. (Some dark lipstick can't hurt either).
Since my hair color is a pretty big accent in any outfit already, I personally like to keep colors simple and bright. My craze over pink things comes really in handy these days ;)
Sooo, those are definitely two new favorite pieces of mine, the pink one being especially dear to me.
It's important to keep warm, but who says you can't be fashionable at the same time? =D
OK, this was my first fashion post ^o^ I hope you liked it, because it will not be the last one! (Since this is what this blog was initially created for).
By the way, I'd really welcome some constructive criticism and/or tips. Do you like my posts? Are they even interesting? Which kind of post do you like the most? What would you do differently?
Like, I know I should put in more pics and less text (show, don't tell - I guess), and I'll work on that!
Let me know if there's anything!
AAAAAnyways, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!
Love,
T <3
Samstag, 4. Januar 2014
RANDOM POST: My favorite and least favorite SNSD concepts for each member!
Hi guys and girls and HAPPY NEW YEAR OH MY GOD!
So I thought it would be a bit lame to start out the year with my December favorites. I will do those eventually, but right now it just doesn't feel festive enough xD
WHICH IS WHY I chose to make this slightly random post that has been lurking in the back of my head for quite a while. Now if you're not a K-Pop fan I apologize, but you can still look at pictures of beautiful ladies so I hope you'll still enjoy some of this post ^^
Okay, first off. Two things:
1. While I do have a bit of an order to the members, namely my favorites coming last, I DO NOT have a 9th through 1st place ranking of SNSD. The girls are all amazing and I love them all, and there's really just two or three that I love the slightest bit more. So please don't think too much about the order I put them in.
2. The pictures I am about to post are either screencapped by myself from the respective youtube videos (which is why the quality isn't always awesome), or just google image searched "member+song title". I do not own any of their content! (Also: I don't have a picture for EVERYTHING)
Oooookay let's get started!
- General
Before I get into single members, let's talk about concepts that were awesome/sucked generally xD
- "Kissing You" was just too cutesy, NO ONE could pull that off really well. I know they were younger and all... But it still seems very forced and unnatural. Also "Dancing Queen" was one of the worst songs they ever published, video and concept included.
+ Is it just me or are their Japanese videos just ALWAYS crazy beautiful? Paparazzi (pic), All my love is for you, My oh My (!!!), ... all those videos have awesome concepts that work so so so well!
-Yuri
Ah. Yuri is just a hottie. There's no way around it. I don't think I even have a least favorite concept for her. If I had to put a finger on a FAVORITE (or two...) I'd go with "Run Devil Run" (right) and "The Boys" (left), because Yuri looks best when the concept is cool/sexy.
-Sunny
There wasn't ever any doubt for me: Sunny looks best in this single shot of "Chocolate Love". First of all I love this song, and also it was the first time I realized that Sunny's singing could be so mature and beautiful. And then she just looks amazing, it was deffo a good video for Sunny.
As for dislikes, I actually never liked her short blond hair very much. There, I said it.
-Hyoyeon
Everyone needs to shut the fuck up about Hyoyeon. She's super pretty ok, whoever says differently obviously hasn't seen the videos for "All my love is for you" (pic), "Time Machine", Japanese "Oh!", basically everything where she has her blond hair xD
I realize her stylists back in the day ("Kissing You" was especially horrible for her) were a bit misguided, but ever since "The Boys" she looks incredible and I need people to stop saying she's the least pretty D=
-YoonA
Oh, she's so low on the list, whaaaaat?
Well, this is about concepts and even though Yoona is generally considered the most beautiful (doesn't mean I agree), she doesn't have a concept that's SPECIAL for her personally. To me, Yoona basically always looks the same.
They did try the bangs for "Run Devil Run", but that obviously didn't work out, and from then on they just left her hair as it is. YES she's beautiful, but she's also a bit boring!
(pic's from "the Boys" btw, which I neither hate nor love)
-Sooyoung
Jan refers to Sooyoung as "the one with the nose" xD Something about her nose freaks him out big time.
What freaks ME out is that I couldn't think of a single concept that looked really bad for her. She can just pull off ANY look. Be it short hair or long, smokey or natural make-up, Soo always looks good.
Ever since I watched "Dating Agency Cyrano", I see her in a different light too.
I won't even talk about her body. It's ridiculous. I won't.
Anyways, this pic is from the Japanese version of "Genie", but it was really hard to decide on one!
-Jessica
Here's the deal about Jessica: I dislike her in most of the concepts. I don't know what it is about her style but I never thought it looked particularly good... And then there's "Run Devil Run". I'm gonna go all out and say that NO member of SNSD has EVER looked as epic as Jessica does in rDr. What the. I don't. THE HAIR!
Turns out when they style Sica with more of a smokey look, she's just incredibly beautiful. In the album art for "I got a Boy", oh my. Oh Lord. She's so gorgeous! Why don't they always style her like that? Q_Q (Maybe because I'd probably die from a heart attack)
-Seobaby!
Only my three favorites are left: TAETISEO!
This subunit is just amazing, all my favorite members! And even though Tiffany and Taeyeon hold a very special place in my heart, I have also come to love Seohyun, the lovely maknae. (Once I could distinguish her from Yuri, that is xD) If you look back to the beginning of SNSD it's very clear that Seohyun is the one who's made the biggest transformation. She's turned into this beautiful, elegant lady and her voice is incredible!
I love her a lot in "Twinkle", which is great because it is a TaeTiSeo song. She also looks amazing in the recent videos for "Galaxy Supernova" and "My oh My".
The only concept that I didn't like for her was "The Boys" and even then, I think she did a great job!
-Tiffany!
Soooo, Fany is the one that I personally consider the most beautiful member of SNSD. She's just so gorgeous and there's hardly any concept that didn't look good on her.
In "Twinkle" (left) there are some frames where she just doesn't look like herself and it wasn't GREAT, but I generally still love Twinkle's concept too much to be bothered by that. Tiffany is awesome in basically everything else: I don't think there was a single shot in "My oh My" where she didn't look absolutely stunning! And while I generally prefer her glamorous curly hair over straight, she has never looked better than in "All my love is for you" (right). There is no doubt about it: Fany takes the cake for most beautiful.
-Taeyeon!
Dear Internet, I have a slight obsession. If I had to pick a single bias for ever and always, that would be Taeyeon. And if Tiffany had any competition for "most beautiful", that would also be Taeyeon.
Unfortunately, there are a few concepts that didn't look so great on Taeyeon, like everything where she has bangs ("Kissing You", "Gee", ... I'm not saying she looks ugly with bangs, just that she looks better without them xD) and those multiple recent videos where they just take a strand of her hair and twist it up weirdly on her head ("Galaxy Supernova", "My oh My"). So, unlike Tiffany, Tae cannot pull off just any look.
But when she does, boy, does she PULL it OFF!
My favorite look of hers is the long blond hair, the way you see it in "All my love is for you" (top) and "Twinkle" (bot).
She also had shorter and colorful hair for both "The Boys" and "I got a Boy", which I also liked a lot. Looking at pics of Tae's short hair made it easier for me to cut off my own xD
Taeyeon is also SNSD's oldest and, thus, their leader. But that doesn't stop her from being her own, dorky self and that's why she's my absolute favorite.
Also, did you ever hear her sing? My god, that gurl can SING.
That's all.
Okay, let's wrap up this increasingly weird post.
Let me know what your favorite SNSD concepts are, or, if you don't like K-Pop, just tell me your new year's resolutions or something xD Mine is to eat ALL of the things! (Just kidding, I went right back on diet after the holidays).
Anyways thanks for reading, and I'll be putting up "December favorites" soon!
Love,
T <3
You know sometimes (=always) I just post things because I FELT LIKE IT. Deal with it.
[EDIT]: Sorry for weird weird formats, I don't know what happened.
So I thought it would be a bit lame to start out the year with my December favorites. I will do those eventually, but right now it just doesn't feel festive enough xD
WHICH IS WHY I chose to make this slightly random post that has been lurking in the back of my head for quite a while. Now if you're not a K-Pop fan I apologize, but you can still look at pictures of beautiful ladies so I hope you'll still enjoy some of this post ^^
Okay, first off. Two things:
1. While I do have a bit of an order to the members, namely my favorites coming last, I DO NOT have a 9th through 1st place ranking of SNSD. The girls are all amazing and I love them all, and there's really just two or three that I love the slightest bit more. So please don't think too much about the order I put them in.
2. The pictures I am about to post are either screencapped by myself from the respective youtube videos (which is why the quality isn't always awesome), or just google image searched "member+song title". I do not own any of their content! (Also: I don't have a picture for EVERYTHING)
Oooookay let's get started!
- General
Before I get into single members, let's talk about concepts that were awesome/sucked generally xD
- "Kissing You" was just too cutesy, NO ONE could pull that off really well. I know they were younger and all... But it still seems very forced and unnatural. Also "Dancing Queen" was one of the worst songs they ever published, video and concept included.
+ Is it just me or are their Japanese videos just ALWAYS crazy beautiful? Paparazzi (pic), All my love is for you, My oh My (!!!), ... all those videos have awesome concepts that work so so so well!
-Yuri
Ah. Yuri is just a hottie. There's no way around it. I don't think I even have a least favorite concept for her. If I had to put a finger on a FAVORITE (or two...) I'd go with "Run Devil Run" (right) and "The Boys" (left), because Yuri looks best when the concept is cool/sexy.
-Sunny
As for dislikes, I actually never liked her short blond hair very much. There, I said it.
-Hyoyeon
I realize her stylists back in the day ("Kissing You" was especially horrible for her) were a bit misguided, but ever since "The Boys" she looks incredible and I need people to stop saying she's the least pretty D=
-YoonA
Oh, she's so low on the list, whaaaaat?
They did try the bangs for "Run Devil Run", but that obviously didn't work out, and from then on they just left her hair as it is. YES she's beautiful, but she's also a bit boring!
(pic's from "the Boys" btw, which I neither hate nor love)
-Sooyoung
Jan refers to Sooyoung as "the one with the nose" xD Something about her nose freaks him out big time.What freaks ME out is that I couldn't think of a single concept that looked really bad for her. She can just pull off ANY look. Be it short hair or long, smokey or natural make-up, Soo always looks good.
Ever since I watched "Dating Agency Cyrano", I see her in a different light too.
I won't even talk about her body. It's ridiculous. I won't.
Anyways, this pic is from the Japanese version of "Genie", but it was really hard to decide on one!
-Jessica
Here's the deal about Jessica: I dislike her in most of the concepts. I don't know what it is about her style but I never thought it looked particularly good... And then there's "Run Devil Run". I'm gonna go all out and say that NO member of SNSD has EVER looked as epic as Jessica does in rDr. What the. I don't. THE HAIR!
Turns out when they style Sica with more of a smokey look, she's just incredibly beautiful. In the album art for "I got a Boy", oh my. Oh Lord. She's so gorgeous! Why don't they always style her like that? Q_Q (Maybe because I'd probably die from a heart attack)
-Seobaby!
This subunit is just amazing, all my favorite members! And even though Tiffany and Taeyeon hold a very special place in my heart, I have also come to love Seohyun, the lovely maknae. (Once I could distinguish her from Yuri, that is xD) If you look back to the beginning of SNSD it's very clear that Seohyun is the one who's made the biggest transformation. She's turned into this beautiful, elegant lady and her voice is incredible!
I love her a lot in "Twinkle", which is great because it is a TaeTiSeo song. She also looks amazing in the recent videos for "Galaxy Supernova" and "My oh My".
The only concept that I didn't like for her was "The Boys" and even then, I think she did a great job!
-Tiffany!
Soooo, Fany is the one that I personally consider the most beautiful member of SNSD. She's just so gorgeous and there's hardly any concept that didn't look good on her.In "Twinkle" (left) there are some frames where she just doesn't look like herself and it wasn't GREAT, but I generally still love Twinkle's concept too much to be bothered by that. Tiffany is awesome in basically everything else: I don't think there was a single shot in "My oh My" where she didn't look absolutely stunning! And while I generally prefer her glamorous curly hair over straight, she has never looked better than in "All my love is for you" (right). There is no doubt about it: Fany takes the cake for most beautiful.
-Taeyeon!
Unfortunately, there are a few concepts that didn't look so great on Taeyeon, like everything where she has bangs ("Kissing You", "Gee", ... I'm not saying she looks ugly with bangs, just that she looks better without them xD) and those multiple recent videos where they just take a strand of her hair and twist it up weirdly on her head ("Galaxy Supernova", "My oh My"). So, unlike Tiffany, Tae cannot pull off just any look.
But when she does, boy, does she PULL it OFF!
My favorite look of hers is the long blond hair, the way you see it in "All my love is for you" (top) and "Twinkle" (bot).
Taeyeon is also SNSD's oldest and, thus, their leader. But that doesn't stop her from being her own, dorky self and that's why she's my absolute favorite.
Also, did you ever hear her sing? My god, that gurl can SING.
That's all.
Okay, let's wrap up this increasingly weird post.
Let me know what your favorite SNSD concepts are, or, if you don't like K-Pop, just tell me your new year's resolutions or something xD Mine is to eat ALL of the things! (Just kidding, I went right back on diet after the holidays).
Anyways thanks for reading, and I'll be putting up "December favorites" soon!
Love,
T <3
You know sometimes (=always) I just post things because I FELT LIKE IT. Deal with it.
[EDIT]: Sorry for weird weird formats, I don't know what happened.
Sonntag, 1. Dezember 2013
November Favorites!
Ooooh dear, I just saw the date and I almost fell out of my chair!
IT'S DECEMBER YOU GUYS! You know what that means right? I can officially be in Christmas mood now and no one's allowed to judge me anymore =D YESSS!
BUT let's just cast one last look on November, listing my favorites of this month!
1. My MICKEY MOUSE ONESIE (can't NOT write that in caps), oh my god! It's so fluffy and so warm and so comfy and I don't ever wanna take it off again. When I have Uni at night I'm always thisclose to just going there with my Onesie on like Idon'tgiveafuck. Fortunately, I give enough fucks to put on normal clothes every time. But still the most awesome thing ever.
2. Lipbalms of every form and color, and you know why. With the days getting colder, my lips are getting dry and it's painful. The balms you can see in this pic are just the ones I could grab on short notice. In my opinion you can never own too many of those - I have one in every pocket, every bag, every case; they need to be available AT ALL TIMES. Hydrate the shit out of them lips.
3. H&M eyeshadow palette - new edition! HA. I like that one almost better than the one I already owned xD Again, the matte and light colors aren't very great, but basically all of that middle set and most of the other darker shades are super AWESOME. GET if you can.
4. Avène skin recovery cream for hypersensitive skin. Uhm I don't know about having hypersensitive skin, I probably don't. But this stuff just feels really nice on my face, hydrates me really well and I do think my skin is healthier since I use it. Also, I love that it smells of nothing at all. That's really nice.
5. I already talked about this nailpolish by ANNY, called "goldfinger", in my favorite products of all time list, and all I said then is still true. The reason why I mention it again now is because this is also my go-to holiday nailpolish for Christmas. I put it on slightly early this year because I'm really feeling the Christmas/winter mood already, but it's absolutely not acceptable to put up Christmas decorations or anything of the kind before December, so I just celebrated quietly with my nailpolish xD
6. Directions Hair colors in "Rubine" and "Poppy Red" Ok, while I love everyone at my hairdresser's, I just cannot afford to pay 50 euros every three weeks to get my hair back to proper red (it just washes out so quickly!), which is why I ordered these ones via amazon. Now, on the pictures they both looked EXACTLY the same, and for 7 euros per can I thought I'd just order both and see what happens. Turns out, they are not even close to being the same xD "Rubine" is this almost black goo, while "Poppy Red" is really intensely red. So I mixed them together, but I guess I took too much "Rubine", now parts of my hair have that purply tinge. I actually don't mind that so much, but I'll still try using more "Poppy Red" next time. Anyways, they're my favorites because they are very much more time- and money-efficient than getting my hair dyed by the pros.
So those are my fashion and beauty favorites I guess.
Maybe I should mention that any kind of scarf or sweater or anything fluffy and warm was also a big friend of mine this month, it's been really cold.
As for music favorites, not much has changed from last month. I still listen to all that basically non-stop.
There has been an addition though: My boyfriend recently bought the Florence + the machine CDs and kind of infected me with that too. My favorite track is probably "Drumming Song", but I also love "All this and heaven too".
As for LoL, I have been loving Leona recently. I didn't use to play her that much, because my carry (=Jan) didn't like to play aggressive in lane, so I would stick to healers like Sona or Nami. But with the changes they made in preseason passive laning just doesn't pay off so well anymore, so we tried out Leona with carries like Varus or Lucian and it has worked out pretty well.
So that's why these days Leona is my go-to Champion.
Thanks to Yaya, I'm using the Poolparty Leona skin, but I also like her classic design ^^
SPEAKING OF SKINS.
Have you kids all picked up your Popstar Ahri yet?
because it. is. perfection.
Anyone who has ever seen a concert of SNSD or their video for "Genie" (korean) knows that this thing is one single Girls' Generation reference and as a fan ... I couldn't NOT buy it.
I DON'T EVEN PLAY AHRI.
But I had to have that skin.
So far so good. I don't think I have a favorite food for this month, because I just enjoyed eating ALL OF THE FOOD! xD
Aaaaaaaand I think that's it for now.
Ok guys, thanks so much for reading and as always: Let me know if you tried any of this & also what your November favorites are!
Love
T <3
IT'S DECEMBER YOU GUYS! You know what that means right? I can officially be in Christmas mood now and no one's allowed to judge me anymore =D YESSS!
BUT let's just cast one last look on November, listing my favorites of this month!
2. Lipbalms of every form and color, and you know why. With the days getting colder, my lips are getting dry and it's painful. The balms you can see in this pic are just the ones I could grab on short notice. In my opinion you can never own too many of those - I have one in every pocket, every bag, every case; they need to be available AT ALL TIMES. Hydrate the shit out of them lips.
3. H&M eyeshadow palette - new edition! HA. I like that one almost better than the one I already owned xD Again, the matte and light colors aren't very great, but basically all of that middle set and most of the other darker shades are super AWESOME. GET if you can.
4. Avène skin recovery cream for hypersensitive skin. Uhm I don't know about having hypersensitive skin, I probably don't. But this stuff just feels really nice on my face, hydrates me really well and I do think my skin is healthier since I use it. Also, I love that it smells of nothing at all. That's really nice.
5. I already talked about this nailpolish by ANNY, called "goldfinger", in my favorite products of all time list, and all I said then is still true. The reason why I mention it again now is because this is also my go-to holiday nailpolish for Christmas. I put it on slightly early this year because I'm really feeling the Christmas/winter mood already, but it's absolutely not acceptable to put up Christmas decorations or anything of the kind before December, so I just celebrated quietly with my nailpolish xD
6. Directions Hair colors in "Rubine" and "Poppy Red" Ok, while I love everyone at my hairdresser's, I just cannot afford to pay 50 euros every three weeks to get my hair back to proper red (it just washes out so quickly!), which is why I ordered these ones via amazon. Now, on the pictures they both looked EXACTLY the same, and for 7 euros per can I thought I'd just order both and see what happens. Turns out, they are not even close to being the same xD "Rubine" is this almost black goo, while "Poppy Red" is really intensely red. So I mixed them together, but I guess I took too much "Rubine", now parts of my hair have that purply tinge. I actually don't mind that so much, but I'll still try using more "Poppy Red" next time. Anyways, they're my favorites because they are very much more time- and money-efficient than getting my hair dyed by the pros.
So those are my fashion and beauty favorites I guess.
Maybe I should mention that any kind of scarf or sweater or anything fluffy and warm was also a big friend of mine this month, it's been really cold.
As for music favorites, not much has changed from last month. I still listen to all that basically non-stop.
There has been an addition though: My boyfriend recently bought the Florence + the machine CDs and kind of infected me with that too. My favorite track is probably "Drumming Song", but I also love "All this and heaven too".
As for LoL, I have been loving Leona recently. I didn't use to play her that much, because my carry (=Jan) didn't like to play aggressive in lane, so I would stick to healers like Sona or Nami. But with the changes they made in preseason passive laning just doesn't pay off so well anymore, so we tried out Leona with carries like Varus or Lucian and it has worked out pretty well.
So that's why these days Leona is my go-to Champion.
Thanks to Yaya, I'm using the Poolparty Leona skin, but I also like her classic design ^^
SPEAKING OF SKINS.
Have you kids all picked up your Popstar Ahri yet?
Anyone who has ever seen a concert of SNSD or their video for "Genie" (korean) knows that this thing is one single Girls' Generation reference and as a fan ... I couldn't NOT buy it.
I DON'T EVEN PLAY AHRI.
But I had to have that skin.
So far so good. I don't think I have a favorite food for this month, because I just enjoyed eating ALL OF THE FOOD! xD
Aaaaaaaand I think that's it for now.
Ok guys, thanks so much for reading and as always: Let me know if you tried any of this & also what your November favorites are!
Love
T <3
Freitag, 29. November 2013
Quick Review: Catching Fire
Soooooo I'm home from the cinema just now and tired as fuck, but I just cannot WAIT until tomorrow to say what I have to say about Catching Fire.
This.
Movie.
Is.
GREAT.
It was a very emotional night for me guys.
Ok, I'm a huge sucker for the ENTIRE Hunger Games franchise, I have literally read the three books in the matter of a week the first time.
And as an adaption of the books, Catching Fire was - more so than the first movie - almost perfect.
The casting was superb (except for Snow's granddaughter who looks just like Prim which is entirely confusing - but will you LOOK at Finnick?), the sets and make-up were just like I imagined them and... I don't know, I can just say that all in all it's just like the book.
Well, it's how I experienced the book anyways.
JLaw does some great acting, but I guess I'm biased because I also think she seems like an awesome person to hang out with (or maybe she just has amazing PR), but my absolute favorite is Elizabeth Banks as Effie, she just rocks. that. role. She needs to get more credit for this!
And while that's all super great, there ARE some problems that I do have, which are as follows:
- The cat. You guys. The cat in the first movie was black-and-white, this one is an orange tabby, which is already stupid because it's supposed to be the same cat. But also those are both wrong Oo Like, it's just this tiny little detail but the thing is called Buttercup, because it has dirty yellow fur. Could you not get this right? Stupid problem, I know.
- I already said that the girl that plays Snow's granddaughter looks way too much like Prim. Like, in her first scene I went "WTF, why is Primrose casually having breakfast with the President??". So that's that. Maybe a bit too confusing, but she's just a minor character.
- Here's the only thing that really disappointed me: When Katniss finds out what the Quarter Quell is about, in the books, she has this complete melt-down. Like, she goes into the basement of an empty house and just tears shit up and screams for like several hours. In the movie, she just walks out into the woods, has a bit of a sexy-cry (everyone refer to this, if you don't know what I mean), and then we're good. No. Just no. You have an academy award winning actress on your hands, fucking make her have that emotional moment. PLEASE.
This scene had just SO much impact on me while reading (because it gives so much insight on how messed up and crazy Kantiss is from her first Games, which btw is an aspect that generally got a little down-played too much, imho) and I guess my expectations were probably too high but even then what they finally did with it was... underwhelming =(
But I guess my other (also very high) expectations were all met very well, really. I was EXTREMELY hyped for this movie and not disappointed, which is more than I could have asked for.
So, can we just get Mockingjay out ... ? Right now would be a good time for me.
Ok I guess I'm just gonna stick with the fact that I LOVED this movie.
If you disagree, no offense, you probably didn't read (or like) the books, OR your expectations were even higher that mine, but if that's the case...you need to calm down.
Go watch Catching Fire, if you have not seen it yet, or better yet: read the books first, then go watch it.
Good Night for now (sorry for inconsistent writing and/or spelling mistakes, I'm just really tired),
and thanks for reading!
Love,
T <3
This.
Movie.
Is.
GREAT.
It was a very emotional night for me guys.
Ok, I'm a huge sucker for the ENTIRE Hunger Games franchise, I have literally read the three books in the matter of a week the first time.
And as an adaption of the books, Catching Fire was - more so than the first movie - almost perfect.
The casting was superb (except for Snow's granddaughter who looks just like Prim which is entirely confusing - but will you LOOK at Finnick?), the sets and make-up were just like I imagined them and... I don't know, I can just say that all in all it's just like the book.
Well, it's how I experienced the book anyways.
JLaw does some great acting, but I guess I'm biased because I also think she seems like an awesome person to hang out with (or maybe she just has amazing PR), but my absolute favorite is Elizabeth Banks as Effie, she just rocks. that. role. She needs to get more credit for this!
And while that's all super great, there ARE some problems that I do have, which are as follows:
- The cat. You guys. The cat in the first movie was black-and-white, this one is an orange tabby, which is already stupid because it's supposed to be the same cat. But also those are both wrong Oo Like, it's just this tiny little detail but the thing is called Buttercup, because it has dirty yellow fur. Could you not get this right? Stupid problem, I know.
- I already said that the girl that plays Snow's granddaughter looks way too much like Prim. Like, in her first scene I went "WTF, why is Primrose casually having breakfast with the President??". So that's that. Maybe a bit too confusing, but she's just a minor character.
- Here's the only thing that really disappointed me: When Katniss finds out what the Quarter Quell is about, in the books, she has this complete melt-down. Like, she goes into the basement of an empty house and just tears shit up and screams for like several hours. In the movie, she just walks out into the woods, has a bit of a sexy-cry (everyone refer to this, if you don't know what I mean), and then we're good. No. Just no. You have an academy award winning actress on your hands, fucking make her have that emotional moment. PLEASE.
This scene had just SO much impact on me while reading (because it gives so much insight on how messed up and crazy Kantiss is from her first Games, which btw is an aspect that generally got a little down-played too much, imho) and I guess my expectations were probably too high but even then what they finally did with it was... underwhelming =(
But I guess my other (also very high) expectations were all met very well, really. I was EXTREMELY hyped for this movie and not disappointed, which is more than I could have asked for.
So, can we just get Mockingjay out ... ? Right now would be a good time for me.
Ok I guess I'm just gonna stick with the fact that I LOVED this movie.
If you disagree, no offense, you probably didn't read (or like) the books, OR your expectations were even higher that mine, but if that's the case...you need to calm down.
Go watch Catching Fire, if you have not seen it yet, or better yet: read the books first, then go watch it.
Good Night for now (sorry for inconsistent writing and/or spelling mistakes, I'm just really tired),
and thanks for reading!
Love,
T <3
Montag, 25. November 2013
"November Days" Make-Up Tutorial (also: short hair & other exciting news)
Hey peeps,
today's post is very special to me for multiple reasons. First: I have had my hair cut shorter than it has been in... at least 5 years (wow Oo), and I'll be revealing that today.
Also (and more importantly), I'm proud to announce that I am now a volunteer for the What to Wear page!
I found out by complete chance that they were looking for volunteers and I immediately applied.They answered very quickly and were super nice the whole time, and apart from their massive abuse of hashtags (;P) they seem like a bunch of very cool people. They agreed to post my make-up tutorials to their wall and also let me do some posts on fashion news and other fashion journalism and I'm just so EXCITED, I'm about to BURST!
So yeah, that's happening in my life. It's pretty awesome.
If you guys could just head over there and give the page a thumbs up, that would totally make my day <3
Okay, now let's get into the post!
Today we will be creating this look
that I have named "November Days" because the colors remind me of grey and foggy November weather. Now this is a very soft and subtle look, because it's supposed to be wearable for any occasion. I've been wearing this almost every day now, weather to Uni or out to dinner with my parents - it always seemed appropriate. Let's get started.
1. First I did my usual foundation-concealer-powder routine for preparation, and then I started off by filling in my eyebrows. Now, I haven't been doing this for long, and I'm still in doubt over weather it's needed at all (I'm just not an eyebrow kind of person...), and usually I'll do it AFTER my eye make-up is finished, so that I can better balance out the look. But since I knew what look I was going for, I was able to do my eyebrows first and get that out of the way.
Now, don't go crazy with the eyebrows, because the eye look is very soft and you don't wanna overwhelm it. I just filled in some sparse patches to give them more shape and that's all.
2. Now pick up a warm brown color (mine is shimmery, but matte would work just as well) and spread it well into your crease. Try to pick a shade that's similar to what natural shadows on your face look like, because it's supposed to have a contouring effect. I have been loving this technique lately!
3. Your main color should be a well-pigmented shimmering pale grey. Mine has a bit of a lilac/baby blue undertone which I think looks sooo precious, so if you can find one like that, definitely use it!
Apply to the center of your lids and then blend it with the brown we used before.
4. Next bring your brown color from before down and line about half of your lower lashline with it.
5. Now this step is important, brightening the inner corners! I have developed a special technique for this, since it's so easy to end up with glitter all over the place, but still not enough color pigment where you actually need it (and that just looks messy). So, here's what I do: I apply a tiny bit of LIQUID white eyeshadow right into the corner of my eye, then blend that out towards my upper and lower lashlines. Then, quickly while it's still wet, I put a very sparkly white eyeshadow over top of that to set it in place. This way, the color will be pigmented enough and the sparkle will stay in place, because it's sticking to the liquid shadow. I do this with almost every make-up look and it works great for me - no more messy corners!
6. After that, just line your upper lashline with a dark grey,
7. your waterline with white or pink,
8. and then apply mascara as you see fit.
After that all you need is some blush (don't neglect that though, you'll need some warmth in your face with all those cold colors), and maybe some lipstick. Since it's getting really cold outside by now, I tend to choose just a tinted lip balm that I can reapply over the course of the day to keep my lips moisturized.
Anyways, that's the finished look and here's some more pics for you to see more angles of it.
Also - of course - my new hairstyle! (omg!)
today's post is very special to me for multiple reasons. First: I have had my hair cut shorter than it has been in... at least 5 years (wow Oo), and I'll be revealing that today.
Also (and more importantly), I'm proud to announce that I am now a volunteer for the What to Wear page!
I found out by complete chance that they were looking for volunteers and I immediately applied.They answered very quickly and were super nice the whole time, and apart from their massive abuse of hashtags (;P) they seem like a bunch of very cool people. They agreed to post my make-up tutorials to their wall and also let me do some posts on fashion news and other fashion journalism and I'm just so EXCITED, I'm about to BURST!
So yeah, that's happening in my life. It's pretty awesome.
If you guys could just head over there and give the page a thumbs up, that would totally make my day <3
Okay, now let's get into the post!
Today we will be creating this look
1. First I did my usual foundation-concealer-powder routine for preparation, and then I started off by filling in my eyebrows. Now, I haven't been doing this for long, and I'm still in doubt over weather it's needed at all (I'm just not an eyebrow kind of person...), and usually I'll do it AFTER my eye make-up is finished, so that I can better balance out the look. But since I knew what look I was going for, I was able to do my eyebrows first and get that out of the way.
Now, don't go crazy with the eyebrows, because the eye look is very soft and you don't wanna overwhelm it. I just filled in some sparse patches to give them more shape and that's all.
2. Now pick up a warm brown color (mine is shimmery, but matte would work just as well) and spread it well into your crease. Try to pick a shade that's similar to what natural shadows on your face look like, because it's supposed to have a contouring effect. I have been loving this technique lately!
3. Your main color should be a well-pigmented shimmering pale grey. Mine has a bit of a lilac/baby blue undertone which I think looks sooo precious, so if you can find one like that, definitely use it!
Apply to the center of your lids and then blend it with the brown we used before.
4. Next bring your brown color from before down and line about half of your lower lashline with it.
5. Now this step is important, brightening the inner corners! I have developed a special technique for this, since it's so easy to end up with glitter all over the place, but still not enough color pigment where you actually need it (and that just looks messy). So, here's what I do: I apply a tiny bit of LIQUID white eyeshadow right into the corner of my eye, then blend that out towards my upper and lower lashlines. Then, quickly while it's still wet, I put a very sparkly white eyeshadow over top of that to set it in place. This way, the color will be pigmented enough and the sparkle will stay in place, because it's sticking to the liquid shadow. I do this with almost every make-up look and it works great for me - no more messy corners!
6. After that, just line your upper lashline with a dark grey,
7. your waterline with white or pink,
8. and then apply mascara as you see fit.
After that all you need is some blush (don't neglect that though, you'll need some warmth in your face with all those cold colors), and maybe some lipstick. Since it's getting really cold outside by now, I tend to choose just a tinted lip balm that I can reapply over the course of the day to keep my lips moisturized.
Anyways, that's the finished look and here's some more pics for you to see more angles of it.
Also - of course - my new hairstyle! (omg!)
SO SHORT!
crazy eyes!
Also, the tips of my hair are this purply color right now which was not supposed to happen, but I kinda like it...
Also, the tips of my hair are this purply color right now which was not supposed to happen, but I kinda like it...
Got a bit of weird camera focus going on here, but the make-up shows nicely.
...I just thought this one turned out pretty ^^
Trinception! Taking a photo in two mirrors at once! =O
I was really just playing around by then ^^
I was really just playing around by then ^^
Anywho, that's all for today.
Again, please support "What to Wear" by liking their page (you're also supporting my posts!).
If you try out this look, send me pics and/or tell me how it worked out for you! Also, how do you like my short hair? =O
Well, thanks for reading and I'll talk to you soon!
Love,
T <3
[EDIT]
OOPS! Forgot to do product list ^^
Here it is:
1. I've been over this. You know it by now xD; 2. Maybelline "Fit me!" Concealer in 15; 3. H&M blush "Autumn flower"; 4. Maybelline "Fit me!" Powder in Translucent; 5. essence brow liner in 01-black; 6. labello tinted lip balm; 7. H&M eyeshadow palette; 8. claire's eyeshadow palette; 9. Yves Rocher couleurs white liquid shadow; 10. MAJORICA MAJORICA jeweling eyes; 11. Yves Rocher couleurs liner in "blanc", 12. Yves Rocher mascara in black.
[EDIT]
OOPS! Forgot to do product list ^^
Here it is:
1. I've been over this. You know it by now xD; 2. Maybelline "Fit me!" Concealer in 15; 3. H&M blush "Autumn flower"; 4. Maybelline "Fit me!" Powder in Translucent; 5. essence brow liner in 01-black; 6. labello tinted lip balm; 7. H&M eyeshadow palette; 8. claire's eyeshadow palette; 9. Yves Rocher couleurs white liquid shadow; 10. MAJORICA MAJORICA jeweling eyes; 11. Yves Rocher couleurs liner in "blanc", 12. Yves Rocher mascara in black.Sonntag, 17. November 2013
Quick Review: Thor - The Dark World
Hey folks so the gang and I finally went to see the new Thor yesterday, which was probably a bad idea since I was already feeling sick and now I'm just staying in bed all day but I REGRET NOTHING!
Okay, Thor 2 can't really compare with Iron Man 3 which was just AMAZING, but I still thought it was pretty good.
We get Natalie Portman back, and I love her as an actress but there's a bit of a plot hole as to WHY she wasn't in "The Avengers" and how she spent her time in between the movies, but whatever.
I loved the comic relief scenes in this movie; Jane's assistant Darcey is a lot of fun and of course we get LOKI! (I gotta say I'm not exactly 100% aboard the Loki-train that's running rampant on imgur right now, but I DO think he's an awesome character and I was glad he had an important role in this movie again, because, let's face it, Thor is pretty, but he's not very entertaining.)
The plot is pretty basic. Some evil dudes cause trouble because of an infinity stone that Jane happens to find, shit goes down. There's not much to it really. But the visuals are great, the action scenes are very nice and I gotta really say, the costume designers did a lot better than in the first Thor movie, when all the Asgardians just looked like they came from a cheap video game. Or maybe I just loved Natalie Portman wearing Asgard fashion so much, I ignored everything else in the movie xD.
I enjoyed watching it a lot, the pacing felt really nice and the story was, while not very complex, enjoyable. I definitely recommend you go see it, if you haven't already.
The only disappointment was the Collector, whom we get to see at the end (tip: Do not leave the room until after ALL the credits rolled. This is a MARVEL film, have your learned nothing?), who looks like - as Jan put it - a character that could come from "The Fifth Element". This is NOT a compliment.
Anyways, the whole thing is very exciting, I'm glad I watched it and I hope you'll be too.
If or when you've watched it, let me know what your thoughts are and which MARVEL movie you're most pumped for in the future!
Now I'm getting pizza delivered to my bed, which is just about the best thing ever, so I'm singing off. But as always, thanks for reading and I'll talk to you soon!
Love
T <3
Okay, Thor 2 can't really compare with Iron Man 3 which was just AMAZING, but I still thought it was pretty good.
We get Natalie Portman back, and I love her as an actress but there's a bit of a plot hole as to WHY she wasn't in "The Avengers" and how she spent her time in between the movies, but whatever.
I loved the comic relief scenes in this movie; Jane's assistant Darcey is a lot of fun and of course we get LOKI! (I gotta say I'm not exactly 100% aboard the Loki-train that's running rampant on imgur right now, but I DO think he's an awesome character and I was glad he had an important role in this movie again, because, let's face it, Thor is pretty, but he's not very entertaining.)
The plot is pretty basic. Some evil dudes cause trouble because of an infinity stone that Jane happens to find, shit goes down. There's not much to it really. But the visuals are great, the action scenes are very nice and I gotta really say, the costume designers did a lot better than in the first Thor movie, when all the Asgardians just looked like they came from a cheap video game. Or maybe I just loved Natalie Portman wearing Asgard fashion so much, I ignored everything else in the movie xD.
I enjoyed watching it a lot, the pacing felt really nice and the story was, while not very complex, enjoyable. I definitely recommend you go see it, if you haven't already.
The only disappointment was the Collector, whom we get to see at the end (tip: Do not leave the room until after ALL the credits rolled. This is a MARVEL film, have your learned nothing?), who looks like - as Jan put it - a character that could come from "The Fifth Element". This is NOT a compliment.
Anyways, the whole thing is very exciting, I'm glad I watched it and I hope you'll be too.
If or when you've watched it, let me know what your thoughts are and which MARVEL movie you're most pumped for in the future!
Now I'm getting pizza delivered to my bed, which is just about the best thing ever, so I'm singing off. But as always, thanks for reading and I'll talk to you soon!
Love
T <3
Donnerstag, 7. November 2013
Wedding photos!!!
Hah.
Yeah, did you even expect me to follow up on that promise?
I always planned to, but I don't see my sis so much, which is why I only received the photos last weekend when she and my brother-in-law (we still giggle whenever I say this xD) invited me to a Wellness weekend as a late birthday present.
Anyways, here they are. ENJOY!
First off, the bride and groom both looking STUNNING and absolutely adorable!
At the civil registry office. There are so many photos where they look at each other all in love and stuff... and I chose to put up this one where Tobi is doing some sort of frog face xD I still think it's cute :3
Hey, there's me! I cried more that my sister (then again... so did the groom xP). I'm glad the photographer didn't take any snotty pictures of me - phew!
XD. My boyfriend looking GANGSTA with his new sunnies. I just love this so much, I had to put it up xD
Oh my god. This is a rarity you're looking at, a photo of Jan and me! This will probably be used by both of our families for the next ten years or so... I'm glad I look okay^^
Yeah, did you even expect me to follow up on that promise?
I always planned to, but I don't see my sis so much, which is why I only received the photos last weekend when she and my brother-in-law (we still giggle whenever I say this xD) invited me to a Wellness weekend as a late birthday present.
Anyways, here they are. ENJOY!
Remember what I said about eye smiling when I'm really happy? Yeah, like that. I'm so glad this is black and white, because my teeth are REALLY yellow ^^ Other than that I really like this photo =)
hug <3
Okay, I know this is a bit random, but I think the photographer REALLY liked my hairdo, because there's at least 5 pics that have the blurry back of my head in them. Or maybe I was annoying him a lot by walking into all the frames. PHOTOBOMBED!
Anyways, those are the wedding pictures. I'm sorry to say there were none that had my complete outfit in them, but seeing my beautiful sister in her gorgeous wedding gown is good enough I think.
Congratulations again to my sister and her husband!
You guys are the perfect couple.
I love you!!
<3
So, that's it. Don't be surprised if I go into hiatus for a few weeks now after putting out post after post after post in these last days xD
Anyways thanks for reading (or... looking I guess)!
Love
Love
T <3
Mittwoch, 6. November 2013
I made dis (Frog girl)
SO. It's a busy week for this blog, huh?
Anyways, I still do "art" sometimes, even the kind that doesn't consist of fashion designs or little comicey drawings of myself during a lecture.
introducing Frog Girl a.k.a. Kaylie (cause she's not wearing a mask).
I think the last time I drew her must be like... YEARS ago. But when I sat down with my GT last night it's just turned out to be her somehow.
Seriously, she just seems to give you bedroom eyes on EVERY picture. I don't know why. It just happens.
This is really just skin shading practice that I have been dying to try out ever since I watched this video by Kienan Lafferty. (SHOUT-OUT TIME!)
So Kienan used to work for riot, doing the splash art for Champions (Ahri, Fizz, Wukong, Redeemed Riven, and many more are his work) and that's how I found his youtube channel, and now he's doing his little webshow while working on his online comic "Emma", which is amazing, go check it out! (Seriously. Go. NOW.)
Unfortunately I have only once managed to stay up long enough to watch his live stream at 4 am, but there's a video on his channel somewhere where he tries to pronounce "zwergprinzessin" xD So yeah, I'm like, a part of the community.
Please please please show him lots of love, he works so hard and he deserves more attention!
Ooooohkay, back to froggy. Now I'm not saying I'll ever be close to as good as Kienan is, but I really liked working on this and I'm pretty happy with the final thing. I know her hair looks really weird when rendered like this, but my main point was to practice skin and I think that turned out pretty damn nice. I still suck horribly at noses and lips though =/
Okay so I guess I just wanted to quickly share this pic and Kienan's channel with you guys. Please go read "Emma", you will not regret it.
Also, let me know what you think of Kaylie's skin and if you have any tips for me ;)
Thank yooooou for reading and smell ya later
Love
T <3
Anyways, I still do "art" sometimes, even the kind that doesn't consist of fashion designs or little comicey drawings of myself during a lecture.
I think the last time I drew her must be like... YEARS ago. But when I sat down with my GT last night it's just turned out to be her somehow.
Seriously, she just seems to give you bedroom eyes on EVERY picture. I don't know why. It just happens.
This is really just skin shading practice that I have been dying to try out ever since I watched this video by Kienan Lafferty. (SHOUT-OUT TIME!)
So Kienan used to work for riot, doing the splash art for Champions (Ahri, Fizz, Wukong, Redeemed Riven, and many more are his work) and that's how I found his youtube channel, and now he's doing his little webshow while working on his online comic "Emma", which is amazing, go check it out! (Seriously. Go. NOW.)
Unfortunately I have only once managed to stay up long enough to watch his live stream at 4 am, but there's a video on his channel somewhere where he tries to pronounce "zwergprinzessin" xD So yeah, I'm like, a part of the community.
Please please please show him lots of love, he works so hard and he deserves more attention!
Ooooohkay, back to froggy. Now I'm not saying I'll ever be close to as good as Kienan is, but I really liked working on this and I'm pretty happy with the final thing. I know her hair looks really weird when rendered like this, but my main point was to practice skin and I think that turned out pretty damn nice. I still suck horribly at noses and lips though =/
Okay so I guess I just wanted to quickly share this pic and Kienan's channel with you guys. Please go read "Emma", you will not regret it.
Also, let me know what you think of Kaylie's skin and if you have any tips for me ;)
Thank yooooou for reading and smell ya later
Love
T <3
Dienstag, 5. November 2013
Quick Review: "My Oh My" SNSD MV
Hey peeps so I just watched the MV to SNSD's new single "My Oh My" (which is so funny because I have been using this phrase recently xD), which is supposed to be the lead single for the 3rd Japanese album that will be released in DECEMBER (anyone still need a Christmas present idea for me?). And I... I just had to say a few words here.
Ok, first, check out the video if you haven't already:
Ok so we start out with the girls sitting in some café (Jess looking amazing in that first shot), and I didn't know what was going on the first time I watched it. But Seobaby enters and with her is some other girl (like whaaaaat?) and they are kind of spying on this guy who's inside apparently on a date with the girl in the red dress (so many actors!). And all of SNSD are super shocked, like, how dare he show his face with some other girl here, o.m.g. There's generally some really nice acting going on in this scene. Hyoyeon so gorgeous with the blond hair.
We also cut to the dance part a bit and it looks amazing! A lot of hip-action going on there, I wish we'd see more of it in this video. On the other hand, they only (officially) released dance versions of the last two songs ("Galaxy Supernova" and before that "Love and Girls"), so I'm also glad to get an MV with a storyline for a change =D
So the girls continue to be sassy and gossiping. Yoona gets some singing parts which doesn't happen so much usually; as opposed to Sooyoung who I think OWNS this album. She's so amazing, and I'm so proud of her for asking SM to give her more parts (on live TV!!), I think it really payed off!
Ok, further on the vid starts to get a little crazy what with the girls putting that dude in a giant top hat and blindfolding him and TRANSFORMING HIS HANDS TO FEET WTF XD
In that scene we get a cut to a new set and we have the four members that I like to call the "dance squad"(Hyoyeon, Yuri, Yoona and Sooyoung obviously) walking up to him (and transforming his hands, whatever), and oooooooooooh dear. Those four need more screen time.
Okay, I love the video, the song is very nice as well, but there ARE some things that I don't love: I'm not a fan of the outfits they are wearing, some of the colorblocking is just a bit too much. Also, I thought we were over the whole the-girls-pose-as-a-band-with-instruments thing, because it looks ridiculous and they haven't done it since "Seo Nyuh Shi Dae", which was their SECOND single ever.
As for my "bias" (I might have two or three of them xD), Taeyeon, I was a bit disappointed to see such few parts with her :< (Also stop giving her that hairdo! That looks stupid!) BUT she really kind of owns so many SNSD songs just because she always gets to do the flashy end-vocals, so I think it's ok to cut some of her screen time for other members, like Hyo, who we see a lot in this video. Anyways, Tae gets to fire the canon and sing the last few notes and that's good enough for me =)
The MV ends with Yoona erasing the dude's memory or something. Don't even ask me what they've done with the girl in the red dress, because she's just gone and never mentioned again. (Girls...you scary). So the white-dress-girl gets to have her date and everyone is happy!
All in all a great video, beautiful girls as always. I liked the mood and the make up a lot; and the song has a nice hook to it. Now excuse me while I go listen to it about 16392 times.
Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you soon <3
Love (and Girls =D)
T
[EDIT]:
My favorite parts are when Sooyoung throws down her cards and Jessica's face is all like "bitch you did NOT!"
Also Taeyeon laughing like a maniac with her torch xD dorky kid leader<3
And can I just say that Tiffany's singing in this is reeeeeeeeeeally good? (I felt bad for not mentioning her, even though she's one of my favorite members)
Ok, first, check out the video if you haven't already:
Ok so we start out with the girls sitting in some café (Jess looking amazing in that first shot), and I didn't know what was going on the first time I watched it. But Seobaby enters and with her is some other girl (like whaaaaat?) and they are kind of spying on this guy who's inside apparently on a date with the girl in the red dress (so many actors!). And all of SNSD are super shocked, like, how dare he show his face with some other girl here, o.m.g. There's generally some really nice acting going on in this scene. Hyoyeon so gorgeous with the blond hair.
We also cut to the dance part a bit and it looks amazing! A lot of hip-action going on there, I wish we'd see more of it in this video. On the other hand, they only (officially) released dance versions of the last two songs ("Galaxy Supernova" and before that "Love and Girls"), so I'm also glad to get an MV with a storyline for a change =D
So the girls continue to be sassy and gossiping. Yoona gets some singing parts which doesn't happen so much usually; as opposed to Sooyoung who I think OWNS this album. She's so amazing, and I'm so proud of her for asking SM to give her more parts (on live TV!!), I think it really payed off!
Ok, further on the vid starts to get a little crazy what with the girls putting that dude in a giant top hat and blindfolding him and TRANSFORMING HIS HANDS TO FEET WTF XD
In that scene we get a cut to a new set and we have the four members that I like to call the "dance squad"(Hyoyeon, Yuri, Yoona and Sooyoung obviously) walking up to him (and transforming his hands, whatever), and oooooooooooh dear. Those four need more screen time.
Okay, I love the video, the song is very nice as well, but there ARE some things that I don't love: I'm not a fan of the outfits they are wearing, some of the colorblocking is just a bit too much. Also, I thought we were over the whole the-girls-pose-as-a-band-with-instruments thing, because it looks ridiculous and they haven't done it since "Seo Nyuh Shi Dae", which was their SECOND single ever.
As for my "bias" (I might have two or three of them xD), Taeyeon, I was a bit disappointed to see such few parts with her :< (Also stop giving her that hairdo! That looks stupid!) BUT she really kind of owns so many SNSD songs just because she always gets to do the flashy end-vocals, so I think it's ok to cut some of her screen time for other members, like Hyo, who we see a lot in this video. Anyways, Tae gets to fire the canon and sing the last few notes and that's good enough for me =)
The MV ends with Yoona erasing the dude's memory or something. Don't even ask me what they've done with the girl in the red dress, because she's just gone and never mentioned again. (Girls...you scary). So the white-dress-girl gets to have her date and everyone is happy!
All in all a great video, beautiful girls as always. I liked the mood and the make up a lot; and the song has a nice hook to it. Now excuse me while I go listen to it about 16392 times.
Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you soon <3
Love (and Girls =D)
T
[EDIT]:
My favorite parts are when Sooyoung throws down her cards and Jessica's face is all like "bitch you did NOT!"
Also Taeyeon laughing like a maniac with her torch xD dorky kid leader<3
And can I just say that Tiffany's singing in this is reeeeeeeeeeally good? (I felt bad for not mentioning her, even though she's one of my favorite members)
Montag, 4. November 2013
September & October Favorites!
Can you believe it's November already!?
Time goes by so fast, I missed doing a "September Favorites" post xD Well, I decided to just put them both together ^o^
Okay then, let's get to it shall we.
Heeeeeeeeeere we go
1. Twinings Classics Lady Grey tea. Ah, I love this stuff. I've never been a fan of black tea, but the Lady Grey one is just REALLY delicious. Also, we don't have a coffeemaker, so to wake up a bit more in the morning I've been drinking black tea basically every day. I love it with milk and sugar <3
2. Teekanne "Cool Sensations" Ice tea bags. Yes, those are teabags to make with COLD water. I know this is weird, but since the tap water at my place has a bit of a weird taste to it I just can't drink it pure. Those tea bags helped me a lot to still get enough to drink without having to spend a lot of money on juices or stuff like that. If I put those into our water, it tastes just fine. Also, those don't have as many calories as juices or sodas would, so that's a huge plus =)
3. Okay, here we have this pink nail polish. Unfortunately, I took off the label and I can't for the live of me remember where I got it, but I know that the name of the color is "Karl says très chic", because I thought that was hilarious. These days I have been combining this with the Manhattan ProMat Topcoat, a matte topcoat, to get this rich, creamy berry color that is perfect for fall time. Unfortunately, the pink is not the greatest quality nail polish, so it chips off pretty easily and I have to reapply it a lot, but the beautiful color is worth it.
4. This is what I call my Instant Shower Kit, consisting of deodorant from Balea and wet wipes from ebelin. This is great because my Friday schedule sends me straight from ballet practice into a lecture at Uni, so no time for showering - YUCK! Thankfully, I bring my Instant Shower Kit with me every time, and I can do some damage control that only takes 5 minutes ;)
5. The Maybelline New York FIT me! Concealer in 15. Aaaaaaahhh! How long have I looked for a concealer in my skin tone that I can AFFORD! I look so healthy and awake now that I can properly cover up my dark circles xD These days I see even drug store make up brands trending towards pinkish foundation and concealers, which I literally couldn't find ANYWHERE (except Lancôme) two years ago. Huge hurray for that! Now us pinkfaced girls can buy cheaper products as well.
6. H&M's "Divine Eyeshadows" Palette. Oh. My God. You will not believe what awesome quality H&M make up products are. These eyeshadows are very highly pigmented and have a kind of creamy consistency that makes them easy to blend without losing any of the pigment. Now it has to be said that that is not true for ALL shadows in this palette, but just for the 6th one from the left, this shimmery bronzy color, that I use LITERALLY every day (seriously, not kidding), the 5 Euros or what it was that I spent on this palette were already worth it!
7. H&M blush "Autumn Flower". I told you. H&M. This blush is so so so beautiful; it has this little rose pattern and it has a great size and it also comes with a little brush (not a sponge), but I don't love that one so much. Also the color is this nice pop of red, that goes great with my hair, and it's so CRAZY pigmented, you have no idea. I have to be soooo careful not to put on too much, because it's just really red. This has become my new go-to blush, as opposed to the pinker tones I used in summer. Definitely recommend!
8. H&M Lipstick "Diva Bride". Are you kidding me? The name of the color alone is epic xD I have been experimenting with different lip colors since I changed my hair to red, to see what goes with it and what doesn't. You'd be surprised by how many lip colors work with dark pinkish red hair!
At the store this bright pink basically jumped at me and I thought "Can I pull this off?... I HAVE to try!!" And so I did. And I love it.
Now the H&M lipsticks are pretty awesome as well. Very well pigmented and they feel nice on the lips (I always wear lipbalm underneath every lipstick, just to make sure my lips are moisturized enough...), and I will definitely pick myself up some more colors next time I'm at H&M. But "Diva Bride" has a special place in my heart.
9. VICHY Laboratories Normaderm Hyaluspot on the spot anti-imperfection care. Okay, this should have been on my "Favorite beauty products EVER" list, seriously. But I was just starting to use it back then and I wasn't sure about it yet. Let me tell ya. This stuff has REVOLUTIONIZED my skincare. Now I have a horrible horrible picking habit, but the Hyaluspot really helped me with that. Even 5 minutes after applying it, pimples will feel less ...infected somehow. Here's how it works best: If you can tell you're gonna have a pimple, apply the stuff on that area twice a day. After you have slept on it once or twice, the whitehead will have appeared and you can safely squeeze it out. (I know you shouldn't even do that, but I'm a horrible picker and really it's better than mutilating my entire face by scratching it open when it's not ready yet). After that you just apply some healing cream on it and you should be almost rid of the whole thing the next day. At least that's how it works for me. Now it's not like I get fewer pimples since I use Hyaluspot, but it definitely reduces the life span of an average pimple to 3-5 days, instead of 1-2 weeks depending on how much I scratched it. This has really helped me with my skin, I love it, and I really recommend it.
10. Now last but ABSOLUTELY not least: My TOTORO Sweater!! My boyfriend got it for me for my birthday <3 Omg I love this thing. Not only does it have a little Totoro-face and -ears, but it's also SO warm and comfy, I never want to take it off ever again! 'Nuff Said.
Other favorites of the last two months aaaare:
MUSIC
Okay, there's actually kind of more like a collection of favorite ALBUMS I had these days, but I'll try and pick my favorite songs from there.
- Flyleaf "New Horizons" Well I think I said enough about this album in my last post. Go check it out if you haven't already; my favorite song, obviously, is "New Horizons"
- Girls' Generation "Girls Generation", SNSD's first Japanese album is also the only one that I physically own (bought it at the K-Pop dance festival in June). This and "New Horizons" is all I've been listening to on my way to Uni and back home. This is just a good album. The end.
At first it was weird to hear some of the songs in Japanese instead of Korean, but I got used to it. Now if you see me on the bus and I'm jerking around weirdly, that's because a song like "Genie" or "Run Devil Run" just came up and I'm dancing along in my head xD
Uhm my favorite song... that's a hard one. I think it might be "The Great Escape", even though I basically like all of them equally.
- f(x) "Pink Tape", omg I need this CD. It is SO. good. I told you before, I love f(x), they're amazing singers, I want them to be as successful as SNSD!
Okay, my bf has been listening to a lot of electronic kind of music recently, so I kind of got into it as well, which is probably why I enjoy "Pink Tape" so much. Yes, there's some really electric stuff there ("Airplane"), but I kinda like it.
Fav song..s: "Pretty Girl" and "Goodbye Summer", those are just soooooooooooooo well sung, oh my, oh my! I can't handle it, I just... I can't.
Also "Snapshot", "Step" and "Toy". And everything. AAaaaaaahhh xD
Oh, also (Yes, more K-Pop), I've been loving "Baby Steps" by TTS. I haven't listened to any other TTS song except "Twinkle" before and I kinda just stumbled over Baby Steps but oooooooooooooooh my God. Oh. My. God. The feels. Cannot. I just. I'm so done.
*goes to stand in a corner to cry*
TaeTiSeo, why are you doing this to me? This song. They're such wonderful singers. And Taeyeon. Taeyeon just kills me every time with the "Somebody help me!" part.
Check them out singing this live. Oh my. Crying.
GAMES
Well, obviously, we picked up Pokemon X/Y right on the release day, what are we, casuals? Because I'm a girl I got X, and Blauko and Jan are guys, so they both got Y.
What can I say? I love it. It's POKEMON you guys. The only Pokemon game I ever didn't LOVE as much as the others was Black/White, but I still played that for months.
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? It's Pokemon. That's all.
Then there's always League of Legends of course, but the last month has indeed been special, because Jan and I finally started playing ranked games, and got right into Silver1 (victorious ward skin for me!).Also: Who else is PUMPED for preseason? YES. YES. YES to all the changes they are making; Supporter gold income, vision distribution, TEAM BUILDER? Hell yeah. Can't wait.
BOOK
Okay I don't even know if that counts as OCTOBER favorite still, because I only just read it the past weekend, but "The ocean at the end of the lane" by Neil Gaiman, my all time favorite author. His newest book, and I swallowed it up in a matter of 48 hours. It's so good. Creepy, scary, sad and sometimes kinda gross. Exactly what we want from Mr Gaiman.
Oh wow that was a lot of text xD That's it about my Sep/Oct favs I guess ^^
Can I just say that this fall was AMAZING? We haven't had that kind of fall weather for YEARS in central Europe. Usually it's just hot in summer, then it's raining for a week in September, and after that it's winter. But this year we had proper fall weather with the colored leafs and sunny days and foggy days and everything and I LOVED it. This week though, I think weather has decided to go cold for good, which is also fine by me. Cuddle weather :3 Lot's of tea and soup. Yay ^^
Okay now, thanks for reading all of this xD I hope you find some of these thing as awesome as I do. If you try anything out, please let me know what you thought about it. Also feel free to tell me your fall favorites/recommendations!
Love
T <3
Time goes by so fast, I missed doing a "September Favorites" post xD Well, I decided to just put them both together ^o^
Okay then, let's get to it shall we.
1. Twinings Classics Lady Grey tea. Ah, I love this stuff. I've never been a fan of black tea, but the Lady Grey one is just REALLY delicious. Also, we don't have a coffeemaker, so to wake up a bit more in the morning I've been drinking black tea basically every day. I love it with milk and sugar <3
2. Teekanne "Cool Sensations" Ice tea bags. Yes, those are teabags to make with COLD water. I know this is weird, but since the tap water at my place has a bit of a weird taste to it I just can't drink it pure. Those tea bags helped me a lot to still get enough to drink without having to spend a lot of money on juices or stuff like that. If I put those into our water, it tastes just fine. Also, those don't have as many calories as juices or sodas would, so that's a huge plus =)
3. Okay, here we have this pink nail polish. Unfortunately, I took off the label and I can't for the live of me remember where I got it, but I know that the name of the color is "Karl says très chic", because I thought that was hilarious. These days I have been combining this with the Manhattan ProMat Topcoat, a matte topcoat, to get this rich, creamy berry color that is perfect for fall time. Unfortunately, the pink is not the greatest quality nail polish, so it chips off pretty easily and I have to reapply it a lot, but the beautiful color is worth it.
4. This is what I call my Instant Shower Kit, consisting of deodorant from Balea and wet wipes from ebelin. This is great because my Friday schedule sends me straight from ballet practice into a lecture at Uni, so no time for showering - YUCK! Thankfully, I bring my Instant Shower Kit with me every time, and I can do some damage control that only takes 5 minutes ;)
5. The Maybelline New York FIT me! Concealer in 15. Aaaaaaahhh! How long have I looked for a concealer in my skin tone that I can AFFORD! I look so healthy and awake now that I can properly cover up my dark circles xD These days I see even drug store make up brands trending towards pinkish foundation and concealers, which I literally couldn't find ANYWHERE (except Lancôme) two years ago. Huge hurray for that! Now us pinkfaced girls can buy cheaper products as well.
6. H&M's "Divine Eyeshadows" Palette. Oh. My God. You will not believe what awesome quality H&M make up products are. These eyeshadows are very highly pigmented and have a kind of creamy consistency that makes them easy to blend without losing any of the pigment. Now it has to be said that that is not true for ALL shadows in this palette, but just for the 6th one from the left, this shimmery bronzy color, that I use LITERALLY every day (seriously, not kidding), the 5 Euros or what it was that I spent on this palette were already worth it!
7. H&M blush "Autumn Flower". I told you. H&M. This blush is so so so beautiful; it has this little rose pattern and it has a great size and it also comes with a little brush (not a sponge), but I don't love that one so much. Also the color is this nice pop of red, that goes great with my hair, and it's so CRAZY pigmented, you have no idea. I have to be soooo careful not to put on too much, because it's just really red. This has become my new go-to blush, as opposed to the pinker tones I used in summer. Definitely recommend!
8. H&M Lipstick "Diva Bride". Are you kidding me? The name of the color alone is epic xD I have been experimenting with different lip colors since I changed my hair to red, to see what goes with it and what doesn't. You'd be surprised by how many lip colors work with dark pinkish red hair!
At the store this bright pink basically jumped at me and I thought "Can I pull this off?... I HAVE to try!!" And so I did. And I love it.
Now the H&M lipsticks are pretty awesome as well. Very well pigmented and they feel nice on the lips (I always wear lipbalm underneath every lipstick, just to make sure my lips are moisturized enough...), and I will definitely pick myself up some more colors next time I'm at H&M. But "Diva Bride" has a special place in my heart.
9. VICHY Laboratories Normaderm Hyaluspot on the spot anti-imperfection care. Okay, this should have been on my "Favorite beauty products EVER" list, seriously. But I was just starting to use it back then and I wasn't sure about it yet. Let me tell ya. This stuff has REVOLUTIONIZED my skincare. Now I have a horrible horrible picking habit, but the Hyaluspot really helped me with that. Even 5 minutes after applying it, pimples will feel less ...infected somehow. Here's how it works best: If you can tell you're gonna have a pimple, apply the stuff on that area twice a day. After you have slept on it once or twice, the whitehead will have appeared and you can safely squeeze it out. (I know you shouldn't even do that, but I'm a horrible picker and really it's better than mutilating my entire face by scratching it open when it's not ready yet). After that you just apply some healing cream on it and you should be almost rid of the whole thing the next day. At least that's how it works for me. Now it's not like I get fewer pimples since I use Hyaluspot, but it definitely reduces the life span of an average pimple to 3-5 days, instead of 1-2 weeks depending on how much I scratched it. This has really helped me with my skin, I love it, and I really recommend it.
10. Now last but ABSOLUTELY not least: My TOTORO Sweater!! My boyfriend got it for me for my birthday <3 Omg I love this thing. Not only does it have a little Totoro-face and -ears, but it's also SO warm and comfy, I never want to take it off ever again! 'Nuff Said.
Other favorites of the last two months aaaare:
MUSIC
Okay, there's actually kind of more like a collection of favorite ALBUMS I had these days, but I'll try and pick my favorite songs from there.
- Flyleaf "New Horizons" Well I think I said enough about this album in my last post. Go check it out if you haven't already; my favorite song, obviously, is "New Horizons"
- Girls' Generation "Girls Generation", SNSD's first Japanese album is also the only one that I physically own (bought it at the K-Pop dance festival in June). This and "New Horizons" is all I've been listening to on my way to Uni and back home. This is just a good album. The end.
At first it was weird to hear some of the songs in Japanese instead of Korean, but I got used to it. Now if you see me on the bus and I'm jerking around weirdly, that's because a song like "Genie" or "Run Devil Run" just came up and I'm dancing along in my head xD
Uhm my favorite song... that's a hard one. I think it might be "The Great Escape", even though I basically like all of them equally.
- f(x) "Pink Tape", omg I need this CD. It is SO. good. I told you before, I love f(x), they're amazing singers, I want them to be as successful as SNSD!
Okay, my bf has been listening to a lot of electronic kind of music recently, so I kind of got into it as well, which is probably why I enjoy "Pink Tape" so much. Yes, there's some really electric stuff there ("Airplane"), but I kinda like it.
Fav song..s: "Pretty Girl" and "Goodbye Summer", those are just soooooooooooooo well sung, oh my, oh my! I can't handle it, I just... I can't.
Also "Snapshot", "Step" and "Toy". And everything. AAaaaaaahhh xD
Oh, also (Yes, more K-Pop), I've been loving "Baby Steps" by TTS. I haven't listened to any other TTS song except "Twinkle" before and I kinda just stumbled over Baby Steps but oooooooooooooooh my God. Oh. My. God. The feels. Cannot. I just. I'm so done.
*goes to stand in a corner to cry*
TaeTiSeo, why are you doing this to me? This song. They're such wonderful singers. And Taeyeon. Taeyeon just kills me every time with the "Somebody help me!" part.
GAMES
Well, obviously, we picked up Pokemon X/Y right on the release day, what are we, casuals? Because I'm a girl I got X, and Blauko and Jan are guys, so they both got Y.
What can I say? I love it. It's POKEMON you guys. The only Pokemon game I ever didn't LOVE as much as the others was Black/White, but I still played that for months.
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? It's Pokemon. That's all.
Then there's always League of Legends of course, but the last month has indeed been special, because Jan and I finally started playing ranked games, and got right into Silver1 (victorious ward skin for me!).Also: Who else is PUMPED for preseason? YES. YES. YES to all the changes they are making; Supporter gold income, vision distribution, TEAM BUILDER? Hell yeah. Can't wait.
BOOK
Okay I don't even know if that counts as OCTOBER favorite still, because I only just read it the past weekend, but "The ocean at the end of the lane" by Neil Gaiman, my all time favorite author. His newest book, and I swallowed it up in a matter of 48 hours. It's so good. Creepy, scary, sad and sometimes kinda gross. Exactly what we want from Mr Gaiman.
Oh wow that was a lot of text xD That's it about my Sep/Oct favs I guess ^^
Can I just say that this fall was AMAZING? We haven't had that kind of fall weather for YEARS in central Europe. Usually it's just hot in summer, then it's raining for a week in September, and after that it's winter. But this year we had proper fall weather with the colored leafs and sunny days and foggy days and everything and I LOVED it. This week though, I think weather has decided to go cold for good, which is also fine by me. Cuddle weather :3 Lot's of tea and soup. Yay ^^
Okay now, thanks for reading all of this xD I hope you find some of these thing as awesome as I do. If you try anything out, please let me know what you thought about it. Also feel free to tell me your fall favorites/recommendations!
Love
T <3
Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2013
Flyleaf "New Horizons" album review
Subtitle: Goodbye Lacey =(
Hey there everyone, today's post is a bit of a change from the usual girlie-stuff. Sometimes I need to stop talking about make-up and taking selfies and get real for a second.
No Halloween posts from me, unfortunately, because I'm not going to any kind of event or party and even if I did, I would have started planning way too late to make a costume for myself, not to mention make a tutorial about it.
So instead I'm doing music today.
Let's talk about flyleaf. It was over four years ago when Ien and Lisa (love you guys!) first introduced me to this band. The first song I heard was "Cassie". I think it was during my stay in Japan when I really started listening to their music, and I even bought their first album in a mall in Japan!
For a long time I used to say "My favorite bands are Flyleaf and Paramore", but Paramore (amazing as though they are) have been pushed back to second place for a while now. Not only is flyleaf's first album (self-titled) incredible, their second one, "Memento Mori", has been my go-to singalong album for YEARS.
Then, about a year ago, singer/songwriter Lacey Sturm announced that she was leaving flyleaf! I gotta say my heart was a little broken. BUT before that they kicked out one more album, "New Horizons", which is the best thing this band has ever created. Ever.
Think they did it so everyone would have a reason to properly miss Lacey?
I think so. Now, let me get something clear. I know I easily get excited and because of that I tend to exaggerate a lot, saying stuff like "omg I love this" or "This is the best thing ever!".
This way it's a bit hard to tell when I'm actually being sincere. But rest assured that a lot of time and thought went into the statement when I say: Flyleaf's "New Horizons" is. hands. down. the. SINGLE. best. album I have EVER. heard.
Let me try and explain why.
First off, Flyleaf just makes good music. The kind of post-grunge/alternative metal thing they are doing works SO well. Almost all of their songs are extremely well produced and written, speaking in terms of music. There's some talented people working on these tracks and I also feel like they are really trying hard to make every song a perfect little composition in itself. Now, this is obviously true for both of Flyleaf's other albums as well; it just had the biggest impact on me personally in "New Horizons". Something about the order of the songs, and the mix of really strong and loud anthems and beautiful calm ballads... I don't know, the whole composition of this CD just does it for me.
Then there's the songs themselves.
Now I don't get around mentioning that Flyleaf's members are all very religious and this does show in a lot of their songs, but even though I'm not a very faithful Christian myself, it never stopped me from loving their music. First, because I think a song has a different meaning for everyone who listens to it, but also I'm of the belief that pure, unconditional faith is something very admirable (even though - or maybe because - I cannot claim to have it myself).
That being out of the way, let's talk about the lyrics. To my ears, "New Horizons" isn't so much about Christianity, as about basic human values. Like, there's a lot of songs that are about the entertainment industry (e.g. "Cage on the Ground", "Green Heart" and others) and how money has become more important to people than their own souls. I love those, because I agree so very much.
Somehow Flyleaf always manages to put things into words that have been somewhere on my mind, but I never thought about saying it out loud. But then, once I think about it, I realize that that's exactly what's wrong with humanity.
Of course that's not the only kind of song on "New Horizons", I was just trying to make an example of why I love this CD so much. There's also a lot of very emotional stuff that I identify with very much. Some honorable mentions are:
- "Call you Out": So this song gives me goosebumps for some very personal reasons. Anyone with ears in their head can figure out what those are: Because of a dear friend of mine, I keep finding myself in this situation where I'm one of two things: Either so incredibly sad, I can't even seriously talk about it; or just... so ANGRY, I wanna punch someone! (not just anyone either, someone specific) Now the latter of both is what makes me love "Call you Out" so much, because it's just LITERALLY (did I ever use this word the right way before?) what I would say, if I had any way to do so.
- "Broken Wings": Ah, now this is the other half of my emotional spectrum in this situation. At least, the way I listen to it. Other than that it's just heartbreakingly beautiful, and amazingly well sung.
- "New Horizons": Where do I start. The title track of this album is (being sincere again) my favorite song, ever. It's what gets me up in the morning, I shit you not.
The first few lines of this song is what I would get tattooed (if I didn't think tattoos, and especially text tattoos, were so stupid):
"So you're, tired, but you're alive
so open up your eyes and
you can get your sleep when you are dead,
kill the clock inside your head,
bring your normalcy
to the edge
and watch it drown in
New Horizons,
New Horizons"
I don't know why, but those words give me so much strength and motivation.
I didn't know I needed this song in my life, but now I usually don't go a full day without listening to it at least once.
Okay, I feel like the more I talk about it, the less meaning it has... So I'll stop now.
I guess my entire point of this post is: This. album. is. amazing.
Go listen to it, if you don't know it yet.
If you don't like it, that's fine too. Just know that you're dead to me.
I'm just kidding. I guess all I wanted to do is share something that's really important to me.
I hope you enjoy this kind of post, because I don't think it'll be the last one I make.
Thanks for reading anyways!
Love,
T <3
Hey there everyone, today's post is a bit of a change from the usual girlie-stuff. Sometimes I need to stop talking about make-up and taking selfies and get real for a second.
No Halloween posts from me, unfortunately, because I'm not going to any kind of event or party and even if I did, I would have started planning way too late to make a costume for myself, not to mention make a tutorial about it.
So instead I'm doing music today.
Let's talk about flyleaf. It was over four years ago when Ien and Lisa (love you guys!) first introduced me to this band. The first song I heard was "Cassie". I think it was during my stay in Japan when I really started listening to their music, and I even bought their first album in a mall in Japan!
For a long time I used to say "My favorite bands are Flyleaf and Paramore", but Paramore (amazing as though they are) have been pushed back to second place for a while now. Not only is flyleaf's first album (self-titled) incredible, their second one, "Memento Mori", has been my go-to singalong album for YEARS.
Then, about a year ago, singer/songwriter Lacey Sturm announced that she was leaving flyleaf! I gotta say my heart was a little broken. BUT before that they kicked out one more album, "New Horizons", which is the best thing this band has ever created. Ever.
Think they did it so everyone would have a reason to properly miss Lacey?
I think so. Now, let me get something clear. I know I easily get excited and because of that I tend to exaggerate a lot, saying stuff like "omg I love this" or "This is the best thing ever!".
This way it's a bit hard to tell when I'm actually being sincere. But rest assured that a lot of time and thought went into the statement when I say: Flyleaf's "New Horizons" is. hands. down. the. SINGLE. best. album I have EVER. heard.
Let me try and explain why.
First off, Flyleaf just makes good music. The kind of post-grunge/alternative metal thing they are doing works SO well. Almost all of their songs are extremely well produced and written, speaking in terms of music. There's some talented people working on these tracks and I also feel like they are really trying hard to make every song a perfect little composition in itself. Now, this is obviously true for both of Flyleaf's other albums as well; it just had the biggest impact on me personally in "New Horizons". Something about the order of the songs, and the mix of really strong and loud anthems and beautiful calm ballads... I don't know, the whole composition of this CD just does it for me.
Then there's the songs themselves.
Now I don't get around mentioning that Flyleaf's members are all very religious and this does show in a lot of their songs, but even though I'm not a very faithful Christian myself, it never stopped me from loving their music. First, because I think a song has a different meaning for everyone who listens to it, but also I'm of the belief that pure, unconditional faith is something very admirable (even though - or maybe because - I cannot claim to have it myself).
That being out of the way, let's talk about the lyrics. To my ears, "New Horizons" isn't so much about Christianity, as about basic human values. Like, there's a lot of songs that are about the entertainment industry (e.g. "Cage on the Ground", "Green Heart" and others) and how money has become more important to people than their own souls. I love those, because I agree so very much.
Somehow Flyleaf always manages to put things into words that have been somewhere on my mind, but I never thought about saying it out loud. But then, once I think about it, I realize that that's exactly what's wrong with humanity.
Of course that's not the only kind of song on "New Horizons", I was just trying to make an example of why I love this CD so much. There's also a lot of very emotional stuff that I identify with very much. Some honorable mentions are:
- "Call you Out": So this song gives me goosebumps for some very personal reasons. Anyone with ears in their head can figure out what those are: Because of a dear friend of mine, I keep finding myself in this situation where I'm one of two things: Either so incredibly sad, I can't even seriously talk about it; or just... so ANGRY, I wanna punch someone! (not just anyone either, someone specific) Now the latter of both is what makes me love "Call you Out" so much, because it's just LITERALLY (did I ever use this word the right way before?) what I would say, if I had any way to do so.
- "Broken Wings": Ah, now this is the other half of my emotional spectrum in this situation. At least, the way I listen to it. Other than that it's just heartbreakingly beautiful, and amazingly well sung.
- "New Horizons": Where do I start. The title track of this album is (being sincere again) my favorite song, ever. It's what gets me up in the morning, I shit you not.
The first few lines of this song is what I would get tattooed (if I didn't think tattoos, and especially text tattoos, were so stupid):
"So you're, tired, but you're alive
so open up your eyes and
you can get your sleep when you are dead,
kill the clock inside your head,
bring your normalcy
to the edge
and watch it drown in
New Horizons,
New Horizons"
I don't know why, but those words give me so much strength and motivation.
I didn't know I needed this song in my life, but now I usually don't go a full day without listening to it at least once.
Okay, I feel like the more I talk about it, the less meaning it has... So I'll stop now.
I guess my entire point of this post is: This. album. is. amazing.
Go listen to it, if you don't know it yet.
If you don't like it, that's fine too. Just know that you're dead to me.
I'm just kidding. I guess all I wanted to do is share something that's really important to me.
I hope you enjoy this kind of post, because I don't think it'll be the last one I make.
Thanks for reading anyways!
Love,
T <3
Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2013
New Hair REVEALED! Also selfie-trouble. (halp meh!)
SOOOooooo the time has come.
I actually wanted to do ze revealing of ze hair in a tutorial post, but that one got postponed (get it? =D), because something came up:
EMODA is looking for an ambassador and I would just about kill someone to get that position. I know I don't really stand a chance, but I'm the kind of person who will still try, no matter the odds.
(Go to http://emoda-webstore.com/ for more info :3)
My point being: entering the competition requires me to send in a face close-up (of myself, obviously) and I happen to think that I suck at taking selfies. I'm also socially awkward so I don't wanna ask some other person to take like 20 pictures of me until I find one that I like.
So I use "showing you my new hair color" as an excuse to list all my recent selfies (there are a LOT - I'm trying to get better.) and have YOU choose which one I should send in.
So without further ado, here are tons of pictures of my face (yay -.-)
1. Straight from the hairdresser's. O.M.G. I love those people.
Note: I did not do any editing on this except for cropping. This is the actual color my hair has.
2. I... do not know when I took this one. What I DO know is that I the mirror-selfie definitely works best for me. Idk, I can just predict the outcome a lot better..? Anyways, I kinda like this one, though it took a lot of adjusting in photoshop to make it bright enough =/
3. First in a line of manymany pics I took on my boyfriend's birthday, when my lamp made my hair look a lot more orangey than it is. Now this one doesn't really qualify for the EMODA thing, but I still put it up, because I kinda like it ^^ (camera focus fail though u_u I'm still learning)
4. I call this the "Jessica" face, referring to SNSD obviously. I don't know why exactly but it just reminds me of her. (I'd never, EVER claim to be as fucking beautiful as any of the SNSD members, I'm just talking about the expression here...)
5. Now this one I honestly like. Mainly because my hair looks so...neat <3 I think this one might be my favorite for EMODA.
Another thing I've been practicing: liquid eyeliner! Turns out that shit makes fotos look like 80% better. Huh. This pic is obviously not appropriate to send in, but I was so proud of my eyeliner that day (might be the reason I took so many pics :P), I had to share.
6. THE CRAZY EYES! I swear, this is just my face. When I try to do a no-expression face, this is what happens: I look like I want to stare into your soul. Since the crazy eyes are kind of my signature thing, and also because my face can be seen very well in this pic, I think this might be a good candidate for the EMODA picture... maybe?
7. Very orangey hair again, that's just the artificial light in my room. Problem with the mirror selfies: I only have mirrors in the back part of my room, where no natural light ever reaches anything =/
Hee hee. I just liked that one. Looks badass ^o^ (if it wasn't for my little chubbyhand)
8. Look at that. An honest-to-God laugh. Hah. Fun story: I was taking selfies in my room and I heard my boyfriend singing "You better run, run, run, run,..." in the other room. That's what made me laugh. Seriously. Making him sing Girls Generation. Hihi. This picture is very precious to me :3
Fact: I actually eye-smile a lot, when my smile is sincere. There's a pic of me at the wedding (hoping to get my hands on those soon to show you) where you can hardly see my eyes because I'm smiling so much.
9. So here's the pics from this morning. I had my hair in braids last night so I could wear one of my favorite hairstyles today. I kinda like this one with the lighting and my face being clear and all, but I'm making a bit of a funny face =/
10. Even funnier face, and, weirdly, I like this one even more. Something about my hair and the scarf and...Idk. (TOTORO! btw ^^)
Sohooooo, that's all. You sick of my face yet? ^^
Pleeeeheeease let me know which one you like best (just use the numbers) as soon as you can, either on my facebook page, or in the comments right here <3
Also if you like my new hair color, I recommend going to "Intercoiffeur Katharina Strassl" in Vienna, those guys are amazeballs, and the prices are completely affordable! (Also it's just two streets away from my place, so don't forget to stop by ;D)
Anyways thanks so much for reading and - in advance - for your counsel =)
Love and snuggles and all the good stuff :*
T
I actually wanted to do ze revealing of ze hair in a tutorial post, but that one got postponed (get it? =D), because something came up:
EMODA is looking for an ambassador and I would just about kill someone to get that position. I know I don't really stand a chance, but I'm the kind of person who will still try, no matter the odds.
(Go to http://emoda-webstore.com/ for more info :3)
My point being: entering the competition requires me to send in a face close-up (of myself, obviously) and I happen to think that I suck at taking selfies. I'm also socially awkward so I don't wanna ask some other person to take like 20 pictures of me until I find one that I like.
So I use "showing you my new hair color" as an excuse to list all my recent selfies (there are a LOT - I'm trying to get better.) and have YOU choose which one I should send in.
So without further ado, here are tons of pictures of my face (yay -.-)
Note: I did not do any editing on this except for cropping. This is the actual color my hair has.
Those two don't qualify, so they're not even getting numbers ^^ I have a lot of this kind of picture, where I was about to press the shutter and then looked back at the screen of my camera for some reason and then I end up with either (left) derpy-face, or (right) super-drama-face.
Fact: I actually eye-smile a lot, when my smile is sincere. There's a pic of me at the wedding (hoping to get my hands on those soon to show you) where you can hardly see my eyes because I'm smiling so much.
Sohooooo, that's all. You sick of my face yet? ^^
Pleeeeheeease let me know which one you like best (just use the numbers) as soon as you can, either on my facebook page, or in the comments right here <3
Also if you like my new hair color, I recommend going to "Intercoiffeur Katharina Strassl" in Vienna, those guys are amazeballs, and the prices are completely affordable! (Also it's just two streets away from my place, so don't forget to stop by ;D)
Anyways thanks so much for reading and - in advance - for your counsel =)
Love and snuggles and all the good stuff :*
T
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