Too Much Information Tag

So, lets begin...

1: What are you wearing?
My pyjama pants and a t-shirt

2: Ever been in love?

I've been in love with celebrities *cough* niall horan *cough* but i've never been "romantically in love with anyone" - that was cringy

3: Ever had a terrible breakup?

Nope!

4: How tall are you?
5ft 4

5: How much do you weigh?
I don't weigh myself, I focus on being happy with appearance and how I feel about myself rather than how much I weigh

6: Any tattoos?

Nope

7: Any piercings?

Just my lobes

8: OTP?

Zerrie & Elounor

9: Favorite Show?
X-Factor, Home & Away, Pretty Little Liars

10: Favorite bands?
5 Seconds of Summer, Boyce Avenue

11: Something you miss? 
Not worrying about exams and stuff

12: Favorite song?

right now its let it go from frozen but the demi lovato version but it changes everyday ahah

13: How old are you?

18

14: Zodiac sign?

Aquarius 

15: Quality you look for in a partner?
Someone who can make me laugh and who is honest with me 

16: Favorite Quote?
“Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one’s watching”

17: Favorite actor?
Zac Efron

18: Favorite color?

Blue and Turquoise 

19: Loud music or soft?

Loud when im partying, softer when im just relaxing

20: Where do you go when you're sad?

Get into bed with icecream and cry 

21: How long does it take you to shower?

10 minutes

22: How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

Depend how early/late I am ahahah normally aobut 30-40 minutes 

23: Ever been in a physical fight?
I'm an ex-gymnast I could fight if I wanted to, but thats not lady like. 

24: Turn on?
run your hands over my hips when we're kissing

25: Turn off?
Body odour, bleh

26: The reason I joined Youtube? (Or in this case blogging!)
I was procrastinating. Youtube is time consuming and expensive eg. editing and cameras etc. but maybe soon I might have a channel, watch this space ;)

27: Fears?
Spiders and growing old

28: Last thing that made you cry?
 I think it might have been when some douchebag of a guy stood me up after asking me out

29: Last time you said you loved someone?
To my mum about 5 minutes ago

30: Meaning behind your Youtube (blogger) Name?
I just wanted to share my opinions on life etc and why I'm happy the way things are :) 

31: Last book you read?

The Fault in Our Stars la la la loveeeeee <3 

32: The book you're currently reading?
Not reading one at the moment!

33: Last show you watched?
House Rules 

34: Last person you talked to?
My sister

35: The relationship between you and the person you last texted?
One of my closest friends :) love ya connie 

36: Favorite food?
chocolate especially this one: http://www.alterecofoods.com/products/chocolate 

37: Place you want to visit?

New York!

38: Last place you were?
Nandos with connie

39: Do you have a crush?
yep ;) 

40: Last time you kissed someone?
friday night at an 18th

41: Last time you were insulted?
a couple of weeks ago on tumblr, someone said to me "you have a great body, shame about your face though" 

42: Favourite flavour of sweet?

strawberry

43: What instruments do you play?

vocals, learning guitar and i can play mary had a little lamb on piano ahah

44: Favourite piece of jewellery?
the necklace my friends got me for my 18th, its has my name engraved on a tag and a pink crystal love heart

45: Last sport you played?
marathon training 

46: Last song you sang?
red by taylor swift, my sister is playing it and im singing along

47: favourite chat up line?
If I told you, you had a great body, would you hold it against me? *cringe* ahah

48:Have you ever used it?
ahaahh never!

49: Last time you hung out with anyone?
Today had lunch with Perrey and Connie, then went to Nandos for dinner with Connie 

Make Up Haul - Oops

Sooooo Priceline had like a huge sale on, 40% off all cosmetics, and I brought it upon myself to drag me and a friend to Priceline to stock up on some goodies. Buy stock up I meant I spent over $100 on make up.

And this is what this $100 expenditure now looks like in terms of make up.

I'd heard about these recently. The maybelline FITme foundation sticks. They have only been recently released, only a couple of weeks ago. I bought one a while back and its probably one of the best buys I've had so I felt the need to get another one while it was on sale. Its basically a foundation stick. Its not completely matte, but is shine free, so powder if necessary for your skin but otherwise its great! Really simple to use, light weight, great coverage and handy size to stick in your bag if needed. I got it in the colour 120 like I always use, but will probably use a light shade as my summer skin pales down.

I then picked up another FITme product which was the concealer. I've never used these before but heard from many other beauty gurus that they are very good to use. I've always stuck to what I know because I'm scared of what changing products could do, but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try it. I have it in the colour sand as I found the lighter shade was too light for my skin

Again by maybelline I got the mineral powder. I use this in the colour classic ivory as I am a snowman haha umm basically I use this on day when my skin is good or if I just need a little bit of colour. Has really good coverage with just a little

Haha I feel like I have a theme going on, I also bought the maybelline falsies mascara because its only the best mascara ever and is needed by everyone! It doesn't clump and looks really natural, make your eyes lashes extra long! 

Under the reccomendation of many beauty bloggers and gurus, I finally bought the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation. I've normally always used maybelline fit me liquid foundation, but recently I've found it to heavy and cakey. Bloggers such as Tanya Burr, Zoe Sugg etc always use this foundation in tutorials and say its like their absolute favourite drugstore foundation. So again, I thought I'd step out of my comfort zone and try it. I have it in the colour classic ivory. 

Next I got the face of australia blusher in a colour called hello dolly. Its a really cute pale pink button. It is very similar to the mac blusher dolly mix that Ariana Grande is known to wear. It is pretty cheap, long lasting and natural looking. Just buy it honestly, you won't regret it. 

Next I bought an Essie nail polish in the colour cute as button. Its a bright pink and is absolutely adorable. I don't really know what else to say about it haha apart from the adorable name and colour I love it. 

Another nail polish I also bought is one of my classic favourites was the Rimmel 60 seconds try nail polish in Ethereal, a shimmery pale pink. Cost about $4. Totally worth it. 

I picked up an eye shadow palette which I had been looking for, for ages. Its the physicians formula nude palette which is a small palette filled with natural shades of pinks and nudes and browns, really cute pack, bought it for I think $20??

The final thing I bought was the Revlon colourburst in juicy papaya. I saw Tanya Burr use this in a tutorial and fell in love. So I waited until the sale to buy. Its a beautiful peachy coral colour and I cannot wait to use it! 

Okely dokely, that is how I blew a paycheck in one go :)

haahaha 

yours truly

rachel xx 

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

I'm a believer in if you do good to the world, a person, anything or anyone, that good will be done to you. 

Today while on a wander round the city, I had a serious realisation of what our society is like, we spend money on things we don't need to impress people we don't like. I, a criminal of this action, realised that I had been literally throwing my money down the drain, even though I'm exposed everyday to people who need the money more than I do. I was wearing an outfit which collectively was probably worth a couple of hundred dollars, which probably isn't actually necessary on my part. 

Today I was walking towards one of the stores where I do a fair amount of my spending. As I strolled I noticed a young woman sitting on the ground, looking like she'd been through a hedge backwards to put it bluntly. She had a cardboard sign, "age 19. Homeless, single, pregnant. Spare change appreciated" 

With about $60 in my purse I could've spent on a new top or shoes or bag or other items my affluenza brainwashed mind was blocked. I believed it was more worth my while to help this woman by spending $5 on a bottle of water and muffin out of a small cafe rather than that pair of shoes I really didnt need. The smile on her face when I gave them to her was heart warming. Knowing that I have done something good for a person was such a rewarding feeling.  

No one has ever become poor my giving to others. Next time you see a person in need, think if that was me would I want them to help me? 

2014 - a year of self love

In 2013 I discovered the person I wanted to be, 2014 will be the year I become that person.

So 2013 was a pretty tough year for me, and probably a lot of others. I dealt with things I've never had to before, like the stress of graduating from high school, getting a high enough score into university, as well as dealing with normal teenager-y things. Like body image, insecurities, issues involving friends and school related things like stress and anxiety. But through all of it, I discovered the person I want to be. And it seems silly almost to say, yeah I didn't become that person because I was too busy, as I had many opportunities to start. 

I want this year to be a year of self love. Where I put my health and happiness first. And when I achieve or even continue to live like this, I will feel content in myself, which has been said to shine out of people. What I mean is like they glow, you can tell they are happy with themselves, their life, the world around them. I truly believe that when you witness people with this, they are all the more beautiful than they were to begin with. 

I went through a phase of self loathe. Lets say between the ages of 14 to 16. I hated myself. I thought I was ugly, I thought I was fat, that no boy would ever love me because of how horrible I looked. I then went through some mental health issues, which I'm not going to openly discuss, that made things all the worse. I had braces. I honestly hated myself. 

In 2013 I thought a lot of things through a realised how unhappy I was with myself and decided to change that. Although as pathetic as it sounds I didn't have the time in 2013, I aim to make 2014 be the year I become the person I want to. I've given up with hating on myself. I've decided to be a happier, healthier person, whether that means getting up early and going for a run each morning or going to the gym or just eating better, I believe that I will be able to be this person. I've started thinking with a more positive mindset. Like you see perfect, slim, toned models who we forget have had a million different adjustments through photoshop and is what young girls aim to be. I've realised I honestly don't look like that, but I've also agreed with myself that I'm definitely not fat. You see all the girls asking what their body shape is, pear shaped, hour glass etc. it took me a while but I've come to the conclusion that I am simply Rachel-shaped and there is nothing anybody can do about it. 

Just recently I've began thinking in a more positive mindset and I honestly feel happier, I laugh at the stupidest of things that I have done, which say two years ago I would have gone bright red and wanted the ground to swallow me whole. 

I've decided this year I'm going to embrace my flaws and not hide away under layers of make up like I used to. I'd wear, foundation, concealer, powder, blush, bronzer, eye liner, mascara, sort of ridiculous now I think about it. One of my recent posts was about the amount of make up I wear. And within two weeks of posting that, it has reduced again. I've reduced it to concealer, powder and blush, it looks way more natural and healthy, as well as saving me a heap of cash. Apart from doing my skin absolute wonders, I feel more comfortable like that. 

When you can fall in love with yourself, you can then share that love with someone who appreciates you, rather that you looking for love to compensate for self deficit. 

This year I'm going to love myself for me. I'm the only me in this world and thats never going to change. I know I'm not perfect, but who is? I'm going to accept and embrace my flaws, think more positively, live in a more healthy way, and hope to spread positive vibes and inspire others to find self love. The only thing holding you back is you, so you've got to let go, and just see where positive living will take you. 

Yours Truly

Rachel xx