Being a Better Blogger

Having been away from all things blogging for a while and now coming back and catching up on some of my favourite blogs, I feel really refreshed and more dedicated to my blog. From the content that I've read from other bloggers, I've come to realise that most if not all of them plan out how their going to manage their blog.

Personally, I've never been one to plan for my blog and that has resulted in me just posting whenever about whatever and I'm coming to dislike that flow of things. I want to be more organised and take things more seriously. I don't want to be like 'oh, I could've done this today but now the lighting is gone.' I'm more invested in this now and I want  things to pull through.

So, tomorrow I plan on buying my first planner, but with the year almost finished I'll end up using less than half of it, and some other pretty stationery - love the stuff - so that I can start being more organised and productive. I want to start doing OOTDs and I realise that that's not going to happen without planning and I really need to get myself a better camera - but everything in its time.

Of course I could just do the planning on my computer, but there's something about just taking the time to write it all out and actually being able to hold it that just appeals to me. Anyone else feel that way sometimes?

I should be able to sort myself out in terms of planned posting by sometime next week. This post is really just let you guys in on what I'm planning, what's going on. Sometime soon I'll be getting template of Van Rose professionally done, right now I'm checking out different people and templates to see which I like best and all that. Decisions, decisions . . . . It's so sad that I'm a person who could never make up her mind.

But thank you guys for reading through this post and have a great rest of your day.

I'll talk to you in my next post!

Summer Internship | Final Update + My Exam Results

As some of you know, I'd been doing a series of posts about my experience of interning this summer, but as I've been on hiatus from blogging for some time now it's about time that I filled you guys in from where I left off. So the updates stopped right around the time that I found out that I was accepted for the job. So sit back, relax, and enjoy eight weeks summarized.
The first day reporting for work was nerve racking, I didn't know where to go, who to see, but I just walked in stated my business to the first person I saw and then everything was taken care of after that. I was placed to work in the accounting department - yeah! 
At first, it was hard getting used to the flow of things and the people. I kept making mistakes at first and I hated having to ask for help. Such was the torture of week one. That continued on until the middle of week two and by Friday of that week I was n cloud nine. Heck, slip ups would still happen here and there but I felt confident in the work and I was getting used to the people around me. At this point, the only thing I didn't like was having to wake up early in the morning during summer to get ready for the day - oh well.
In week three everything was flowing along smoothly; I was doing invoices, writing cheques and all that other accounting stuff. On Friday of that week the company hosted a barbecue for the staff, it was awkward for me being around those people in a social setting, sure I was just starting to warm up to them but I have this issue of taking forever to really be comfortable around new people so . . .
The barbecue though, was nice and through the minor panic attack I was able to have some fun. Week four consisted of a few holidays that resulted in me not having to go to work until Wednesday . . . or was it Thursday? Let's go with Wednesday, and with that I was able to enjoy some of summer. 
By this point I had already realised that that place, like some other businesses, had quite a bit of drama going around. I really don't understand why it always has to be the girls.
Week five was suppose to be my last week working there, but by that time I'd gotten really attached to the place and the people and I was encouraged to ask for an extension. So, I did and it was approved. Since I'd been planning to attend Sixth Form at the starting of the school year, I only extended my time by three weeks - which would end my stay right before school started.
Those last three weeks were a learning experience just as the others had been. Working there made me think about and realise a lot of things about myself and what I wanted to do. It really cleared my head when there I was thinking that I had everything figured out. Previously I'd been terrified of the idea of the day I'd have to say goodbye to school, I mean I've spent the last 11 years of my life there and then all of a sudden I have to go out into the real world. But, this helped me to see that it wasn't as bad as I'd been expecting, it may be an awkward transition but it's not so bad that it would kill you.
So if you, like I had been, are worried about that, don't be. You'll be fine. 
I made some friends during the experience, I see them around sometimes and I'm planning to go back there during the Christmas vacation.
Oh and also, I promised you guys that I share the results of my exams. For those of you who are not familiar with the way that the CXC or GCSE exams work a 1 is equivalent to an A, a 2 is equivalent to a B, a 3 is equivalent to a C and so on and so forth. So, quick reminder:
1=A 2=B 3=C
So my results are as follows:
Office Administration   =   1 Spanish   =   2 English A   =   1 English B (Literature)   =   1 Mathematics   =   2 Food and Nutrition   =   2 Information Technology   =   1 Clothing & Textiles   =   1 Human & Social Biology   =   1 Caribbean History   =   1
So in all that, seven 1s and three 2s.
I started sixth form four weeks ago and I'm studying Sociology, Art & Design, Management of Business (MOB) and Communication Studies. Hopefully after my two years I can fly off to Milan and study Fashion Design.
That's all for now everyone.
I'll see you in my next post.

Mini Makeup Haul

Hello everyone, I have been absent from all thing blogging for two months now. Yes, I do feel bad for having left you guys hanging without a word but just know and try to understand that I needed some time away and now I'm back. It feels so weird to be back blogging after all this time and I hope to get pass this awkwardness and get back into the flow of blogging.

Just yesterday I was out with some friends when I came across some eyeshadow palettes downtown. If you've been reading my blog for very long then you'd know that I haven't been in the makeup scene for too long and am still growing my makeup collection. It'd been a really long time since I'd purchased anything makeup related and I just couldn't help myself. I got one of every L'oreal and Maybelline palette they had - and a mascara.

Here's an overview of what I got.

This is the first time that I've ever been able to get my hands on any Maybelline/L'oreal product just because stores here in Nevis don't usually sell them and the cost of having them shipped here is crazy. So when I saw these, I just had to make them mine.

(504 Subtle Berries, 506 Rose Fields, 804 Autumn Leaves, 824 Landscape.)

Neutrals are my go-to and I like the variety of neutral shades I get from these sets. Prom is coming up and I see myself probably using one of these palettes that night.

(220 Blues, 306 Forest Light, 336 Forest Smokes, 508 Summer Dusk)

Here I have some coloured palettes, nothing too bright.

(20 Blue Blowout, L'oreal Double Extend Eye Illuminator)

Lastly, this Maybelline Eye Studio Colour Explosion palette and L'oreal mascara. I've only opened about four - maybe three - of the palettes so far and I've just been messing around with them. In terms of colour payoff I'm really disappointed in the L'oreal palettes as the colours barely show up at first, it takes constant reapplying, I'll see how it is with a primer and get back to you guys. As for the Maybelline palette, I'm shocked at how vibrant the colours are on their own, it doesn't take a lot of reapplications to have a firm show of colour.

With the mascara, I don't really see any signs of lengthening to my lashes, but I do like the glitter end for highlighting my eyelashes.

That's my report for now and thank you so much for just reading this post.

I'll see you in my next post.