Skinny Love: Beauty Tips for your Skin

Since becoming a teenager, I've always struggled with bad skin up until recently where I've tried new products and had a change of diet.  

Most people tend to have a freak out when they hear the term 'diet'- me being one of those people.  Now this isn't an immense change to your diet but it is a minor change and does help. Cutting all things acidic from your diet will decrease the amount of breakouts you have, leaving your skin looking healthier and calm. Although I am no skin care professional and I know this may not work for some, but this has probably been the most helpful and effective way to prevent breakouts.  That being said, I'd like you trial this for a month and see if you have any positive results, this means cutting all acidic fruits and juices from your diet.

Along side with the change in diet, many people, particularly girls, tend to cake their faces in layers and layers of makeup.  This is completely unnecessary as all girls shouldn't have to feel so uncomfortable in their skin that they feel the need to cover it up.   In saying that, many of the makeup products girls use nowadays have contents in them that will make your skin worse than it already is.  I'm not saying, don't use any makeup but I do have some recommendations for you to cover up patches in a natural manor.  On my face, I use the 'thin lizzy' SPF 15+ mineral powder which is designed for acne prone skin and assist in preventing breakouts. I then use the 'Nivea'  fruity shine lip balm and an eye lash curler to emphasize my lashes which are not so long and give almost the same effect as a light layer of mascara.  

Although I should be washing my face twice a day, I only wash it at night.  In saying that, I use the 'Dermalogica' cleaning skin wash in the shower.  After I've toned my face (I have used a heap of different toner's, so it doesn't matter which one you use- I think I currently use Natio) I use the Dermalogica Overnight clearing gel and use the Dermalogica concealing spot treatment on my actual acne spots which disappear by morning.  So I would definitely recommend buying the concealing spot treatment cream.  After I've gone to sleep and woken up, I use the Dermalogica Clearing mattifier which prevents your face from looking greasy/oily.  I then apply my mineral foundation over the top of this.  

I hope this has helped and I feel this is the only way for me to prevent breakouts as my skin has been extremely calm all year in comparison to last year and I feel much more confident going to school and talking to new people.  I started using Dermalogica in January this year and saw results in about 1-2 weeks which is impressive. 

I purchased my Dermalogica package from David Jones, It was in a set called 'Medi Bac'.  Although Dermalogica is not cheap, it certainly works on my skin type so I would definitely give it a try.  You could also simply order them off the official Dermalogica Website.  I will list each product down below and where I purchased them. 

Dermalogica Medibac Set- David Jones

Thin Lizzy Mineral Powder- Big W

Nivea Fruity Shine- Discount Pharmacy 

Eyelash Curler- Woolworths

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Bad Hair Day?

We've all had that day where our hair just won't do anything.  Well, I have the solution! I bring you two very easy buns to complete and they literally take no time at all to complete!

STYLE 1: THE DONUT BUN

1. Put your hair into a high pony tail as this allows the bun to sit better on top of your head compared to a low bun.  Here I have used a donut bun bought at a $2 shop for about $4.  There are also many variations, you could buy a long donut or a flat long donut, it honestly doesn't matter.  If you don't have access to these, you can make one using an old sock.  There are many tutorials on YouTube.  :)

2. Spread your pony tail hair over the bun and use a hair tie to keep the hair in place on the donut.

3.  Part the excess hair into two pieces and braid them down.  

4.  Wrap the braids around the bun and secure them with bobby pins :) Use hairspray to make it stay for longer.

STYLE 2: THE TOP KNOT

1.  Again, this bun should sit at the top of your head.  As you tie your hair only pull it halfway through on the last loop as shown.

2.  Grab another loop of your hair tie as seen with my right hand in the picture.  With your left hand, twirl the excess hair and tuck it into the open loop made by your right hand.

3.  After the excess hair is looped through, tuck/hide the hair with the 'bun' and help fan it out using your fingers.  Use bobby pins to secure the ends of the fan.  :)

I hope this helps any of you having a bad hair day and if you use any of these styles or have any recommendations let me know by tagging me on instagram or twitter.

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More D.I.Y!

Yoohoo!  I'm currently on holidays and have really gotten into the creative spirit by adding a couple little things to my room to make it more interesting.  Firstly, I give you....................GLASS JARS!

Again, extremely late to the bandwagon but I really think these are a cheap and really adorable way to revamp any room.  I've cleaned out old pasta sauce jars and decorated them using left over wrapping paper and ribbon.  I've stuck mine on with a regular glue stick and filled them with pens, eraser's, etc.  You could also fill them with hair ties, bobby pins, lipsticks, whatever you have lying around.  For one of my jars I've even covered the lid and I think this adds an extra cute touch.

For my second item I have put together is bunting flags!

How many flags you make depends on where you want to put your flags.  The distance of mine was about 8 flags.  I've gone for a superhero print to match with a coral blue colour.  It doesn't matter how big or small you make your bunting and you could use all different patterns and colours to make your flags come to life.  Happy crafting!

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Positive Lists

 "I can't stress this enough, do MORE of what makes YOU happy!" - Alfie Deyes.

Positivity is key.  I've learnt things that happen in high school don't even matter because when you're older you'll be exposed to a whole new world of people who will be in your life and make you happy.  Hopefully, you'll be doing what you want and high school is only a tiny fragment of sand in your life.  I've opened up to trying new things and thinking of things differently.  I've allowed myself to not care for any drama and it has worked! I've stayed out of fights and disagreements and it's made me a much happier person and I'm sure a lot of people have respect towards me for staying out of it.

Somethings that make me happy include watching TV shows, good old Pretty Little Liars, always there for me when I got home.  Reading the same genre of books I always have- all this is great but I've literally done the same thing since the day I left the womb.  Sleep, eat, read, watch YouTube, watch TV shows, repeat.  HOW BORING! So without further ado, I have made up a list of new things to try and accomplish and if I fail, I'll just delete all evidence I even tried and search for a new, new thing.

1. Start a blog- I feel as if writing my thoughts and sharing them with absolutely no one, I can feel better about myself and hopefully expand my writing skills as my skills are that of a six year old.

2. Start YouTube- I really want to start YouTube because I do enjoy editing and making funny videos.  I'm also going back to the USA at the end of the year and want to vlog it for my friends to see, yay!

3. Read New Books- I finished 'Flowers in the attic' by Virginia Andrews today and it was so life changing and definitely one of my favorite books now.  10/10 would recommend.

4. Become more flexible- ehhh.  I'm really bad at this one but I'll get there. I've created a series of stretches in my stretch log to complete every day so hopefully by the end of the year I'll see some improvement.

5. Abs Abs Abs!-  I don't think it's possible for me to get a full on six pack- something that's in my genes.  But I am working on my core strength.  I've got a core workout I will complete everyday and hopefully see some improvement.  I hate exercise but I honestly feel really happy after working on my core.

6. Socialise more- I recently had a girls night not that long ago and it was honestly so much fun and I wish to have more time to spend with my friends watching movies and playing games.

7. Take more photos- pretty self explanatory, but I'm soon going to own a new Polaroid- yes a bit late on the bandwagon but I just never got around to buying one.  I want to document all the fun moments in my life through photos so I can make collages and whatever else you do with photos!

8. Change my room around-   although I hate change, I think it's about time for a room change.  Will I be bothered to do this? Absolutely not! But I really want to.

9. Have a picnic/stargaze- again this probably won't happen because bugs exist and it's really cold so I'll just stargaze off my laptop..... haha no seriously I want to do this.  It would be better if I owned a trampoline though!

So there is my list of change.  Not interesting to you but I felt like I needed to share with you how I turned my year of bad luck into a lesson.  From this lesson I'd really like to turn my life around now!

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