Nail Polishes for each Season: A Collection; Winter

So, I decided I'd put together my must have nail polishes/nail polish colours for every season of the year. So you know, I have a massive nail polish collection currently! But, no matter what, you need to have a base coat and a top coat for your nails, it will make it look so much better and I'm pretty sure the base coat like strengthens your nails as well or something, depending what sort you get (:

Winter

So, I'm currently in winter and I'm absolutely loving duochrome's and sparkley nail polishes! They are so pretty, even though the sparkley ones are so hard to get off!

1. A deep red. Being winter, bright colours don't really go well with many skin tones because heaps of people have lost the tan they got over summer, even if your skin doesn't seem to darken, everyone's does. A deep red is so gorgeous on wintery skin, like it's so much better than a normal red because it's more...balanced I guess you would say. My one is by Rimmel, it's one of the Lycra wears and it's called 391 Celebrity Bash.
2. A dark blue. So, any sort of dark blue is great for winter. Like, a royal blue or a navy blue for example. My favourite blue is so dark, it looks black in some lightings, but when it hits any sort of normal light it's a gorgeous shade of a royal blue with these green duochrome's. It's so beautiful! It's by Australis and it's in the colour 62290 Emerald Star.
3. A purple. So, I tend to wear purples more in autumn and winter than any other month, it just seems more natural I guess, not that it is natural by any means. But it just seems to fit better. In all honesty, I adore metallic dark purples. I have absolutely no idea what colour my one is but I know for sure it's by Borghese, not sure if any of you have heard of it buy oh well.
4. A black. No matter what, every girl needs to have at least one black nail polish. It suits almost any season! Like, they look gorgeous with sunkissed skin and just as beautiful with wintery skin. I have two blacks, one's a matte and ones a glossy sort of one, the glossy one is my most reached for out of the two. But seriously, I have such pale skin and it looks gorgeous with it! My number one is by T.B.N and in the colour 930 Black Beauty.
5. A pink. I think almost every girl who owns nail polish has at least one pink. Pinks go with every season, like bright pinks for summer, pastel pinks for winter, deep pinks for autumn and anything for spring. So, a cute pastel pink for winter is a must have! I currently have like 3 different shades that are very similar for winter, and they are all so gorgeous! My favourite is buy Rimmel, one of the Lycra wears and is in the colour 283 Pure Sin. The worst part about it is that it takes forever to dry!

So, I hope this was a little helpful and some sort of guide for your wintery nail polishes, but tomorrow night I'm going to do the Summer nail polishes (:
Also, my next edition in the series will be done on Sunday, I haven't had time recently!
I'll also be doing an 'update' on my life within the next two weeks, so yeah.

xoxo Sammi.

Surviving Highschool: Stereotypes/Labels?

So, I decided to start off my series with something that is actually a big issue in high school even if you don't really think it is.

But, this is going to sound like something your mother would say, but when you reach high school, your going to try out different looks/styles - and that's what pretty much everyone does. It's called finding out who you are!

But of course, people are going to judge you about this. Some might even pick on you for it, but don't pay attention to them! So what if you want to wear dark eye makeup and dark clothes? Some people are going to judge you for it, but in all honesty, what you decided to do with yourself on the outside, doesn't define who you are on the inside. Like, maybe you want to dye your hair blonde, get a spray tan and act stupid. That is a stereotype for a blonde, but in all honesty, if that's what you want to do, go do it! You only live one life, so do whatever you want to do!

Anyway, I have changed soo many times and been put into so many different stereotypes and I've been labelled so many different things it's not funny. I'm going to list a few and do a positive take/label of it! (Yes, just like the 'Born This Way' tag on Youtube.

1. Ugly - So, I've been called ugly so many times I'm starting to believe it. But, luckily for me, I have my amazing friends who make sure I don't actually end up believing it completely! I prefer to think of myself as 'unique'. (:
2. Emo - Okay, I went through a phaze 2 years ago and part of last year where I wore alot of black clothing, black makeup and dyed my hair black. I wanted so many piercing as well! But in all honesty, I wasn't emo or 'scene' I was just 'different'.
3. Nerd - So, this is my most current one! I don't mind being known as a 'nerd' because in all honesty, school means alot to me, I want to do well in school and I want to end up with a good career. I do call myself a nerd every now and then like around my friends, but I'm npt really a nerdy nerd, I like to think of myself as 'driven'.

So, I hoped this help and next Sunday or the Sunday after that I am going to do another one but on friendships!
xoxo Sammi

I'm going to start a series!

So, I decided to start a series sort of thing on here. It'll help my posts be more consistent and maybe they might help some people out.
Anyway, I'm going to call it 'Surviving Highschool' it's just going to be a bit of advice on everything! e.g dealing with bullying, friendships, homework!, relationships etc.
I'll make my first post sometime soon, like within the next week or so, and every week on that day, I'll post another one. I hope you all enjoy it and I hope it's helpful!
xoxo Sammi

Winter Makeup: A Written Tutorial

I decided I would take a new spin on makeup tutorials, instead of recording one, I'm going to write/type it all out for you!

I know this has been done before, I'm not trying to say I started the 'writing of tutorials' I just want to do one.

I'm going to say what the prices are usually, what brand/type of makeup I'm using and whatever else! Hope you enjoy.

P.S I will be doing a video on youtube soon, I will link my channel when I have it up and running!

1. First off, I apply a moisturiser and sunscreen. I put the two of them together because they're both before my actual makeup routine, but in a way, they're still apart of it. For sunscreen I use Banana Boat Kids: SPF 30, I apply it all over my face, down my neck, on my ears and on the top part of my chest. After around 5-10 minutes I apply my moisturiser, I use L'Oreal's Triple Action Day. I apply this to the same places I applied my sunscreen, except my ears.
2. After that all dries in, I apply a primer. I use Natio's Ageless: Illuminating Primer. I absolutely adore this product! It makes my skin feel so soft and smooth, it keeps my makeup in place all day, literally all day! I apply this all over my face.
3. After that, depending in what mood I am, what I'm doing that day and what condition my skin is in I will either apply a foundation, tinted moisturiser or completelty skip this step. But, when I wear foundation I either use Neutrogena's Healthy Skin (oil free) in Classic Porcelain, it has an SPF 20 or I use CoverGirl's Clean foundation for normal skin in Ivory. I actually have combination skin, but I find that this one does actually stop oil and that from showing completely, but maybe that's just my opinion. When I use a tinted moisturiser I use Nutrimetics Sheer Tint tinted moisturiser. Like the name says, it is very sheer, but I still love it. I apply the foundation/tinted moisturiser all over my face and blend it down my neck.
4. I now use a concealer on my undereye area. I'm currently using Rimmel's Hide The Blemish concealer. I do like this product, it does the job, but there are others out there that would most likely be waaaaay better!
5. POWDER! Okay, this step is determined by what I decided above. Like if I use a tinted moisturiser, I use my mineral powder by the Body Shop or my compact by CoverGirl. The compact powder is a powder in the Clean line, I think it's the one for sensitive skin, but I can't remember. It's in Ivory. My Body Shop mineral powder is one of the Nature's Minerals line, I seriously do not know what colour it is in. All I know is it's a really light one with a pinky undertone.
6. Now, I move on to my eyes. My eyes are really simple, I don't have an eye primer so I use my face primer (yes, I know I'm not suppose to use a face primer as an eye primer) and I quickly prime my lids. I use a Chi Chi brownish quad for my eyeshadow. I got this quad in a set sort of thing, so I have no idea what the colours are called or how much they are. I use one that has a slight goldish undertone as a base and the darkest at the outter v. That's all I do for my eyeshadow.
7. I now line and apply mascarra! For my eyeliner, I use the BYS gel eyeliner in Black Magic. This isn't the greatest eyeliner, but it's alright. I love gel eyeliners, but unfortunately this is the only one I have currently. I curl my lashes with an eye lash curler, I can't remember where I got it or how much it was. I then apply mascarra, I use Rimmel's VolumeFlash and the Body Shop's Define and Lengthen mascarra.
8. Cheeks! I only use a blush in winter. I'm currently using one by Chi Chi. It's a really light pink, similar to MAC's Well Dressed blush.
9. I apply a quick coat of lipgloss to my lips, I use a Sportsgirl lipgloss in the colour Tutti Frutti which is a really yummy corally colour!

PRICES: (Does not include the Chi Chi products, the sunscreen or any other product that I cannot find the price for)
CoverGirl Clean Liquid foundation: $15.50
CoverGirl Clean Pressed Powder: $14.40
Neutrogena's Healthy Skin Liquid foundation: $ $12.49
Natio's Ageless Illumination Primer: $15.41
Sportsgirl's Give Some Lip: $8.95
The Body Shop's Nature's Minerals powder: $39.95
Rimmel's website does not list the prices for products or else I would have them up!

DISCLAIMER: I bought all these products myself except for the lipgloss which was given to me for my birthday by my brother's girlfriend. I am not being paid to do a review/promote a product. All opinions are my own.

Rimmel Tell No One lipstick: A Review

Okay! So a while ago, around chirstmas time actually, I bought this absolutely gorgeous lipstick! I've been in love with coral lips for such a long time and I finally decided to buy myself a coral lipstick.

When I first bought this, I didn't really like it. It bleeds a little (goes off the lips) so, if your not using a lip liner, you absolutely HAVE to do this thing, I've forgotten what it's called, but you take a tissue and put it on your lips and squeeze them together and it takes off the excess lipstick! How clever is that? It stops it from bleeding and gives a bit more of a 'natural' look to it.

Also, it makes me look a little washed out or clownish if I don't have enough eye makeup on. You really have to balance it all out!

All in all, I absolutely love this product! It's so cute, it smells divine and it's such a pretty colour. If you have pale skin like myself, I really recommend buying it! You won't need a big chunk of cash to pay for it either!

Top Knots: An Opinion

If you don't know, Top Knots are a hair style, to break it down, it's just a bun on the top of the head. You can play them up with head bands, makeup etc. You can make them look different, like a ballerina bun or a big teased mess and everything in between!

Now, for my opinion! I absolutely adore Top Knots! Espically in the summer time, they're so easy to do and they keep your neck so cool! In winter, pair them with a cute scarf and they look divine!

Anyway, I think they're really cute and great for a day at the beach, pool, school, prom or anything!

So, this was really useless and quick, but I felt like doing it, I plan on wearing it to school tomorrow!

Organix Shea Butter Shampoo + Coconut Conditioner: A Review.

I just realised I haven't posted or come on here in a really long time, in fact, I've only made one post. So, I decided instead of being the lazy person I've been recently, I'd come on do a review on my shampoo and conditioner! Because, let's face it, who doesn't love having nice smelling, soft, shiny hair?

I'm currently using two different types of shampoo and conditioner by the brand Organix.

The shampoo I'm using is the Shea Butter one, I believe it really really cleans my hair better than alot of other shampoo's I've used in the past. Like, if I use too much hair spray by accident one day, with some shampoo's you can still like kind of feel it in their after you've washed it, which is just gross, but with this one you can't! It makes my hair so soft and nice and clean, I just love it! The packaging it comes in is going to be on the side, so you can all see what it looks like. The only reason I don't have the conditioner for this is because:

• The packaging gets confusing because they both look the same, they both sit up the same way and the colours on the packaging is the same.
• I'm not really a fan of the smell, like it's nice and all, but it's not really what I like.
• The place I bought it at didn't actually have the conditioner for it, so obviously, I couldn't get it.

The conditioner I'm currently using is by the same brand, Organix. I absolutely adore this product! It's so nice and I feel as though it really moisturisers my hair when I use it, which is really good because I have naturally dry hair and in winter (which I'm in currently) it gets even drier and really brittle which I find so annoying, so I try not to straighten my hair in winter because of this. But, since I've started using this conditioner I've found that my hair tends to be alot softer and healthier and I'm actually able to straighten it or curl it or something every now and then because it doesn't seem to damage it as much. The image of what the packaging for this one looks like is going to be on the side like the other one. Like with the Shea Butter shampoo, I don't have the other one in this set, so I'm going to list my reasons below:

• Like with the other one, the shop I bought it at didn't currently have the shampoo for it in stock, and I so badly needed a new shampoo and conditioner, so I just bought these two.
• The packaging is really confusing! Literally, the only difference in the two is that one says 'conditioner' as the other says 'shampoo'.

I'm pretty sure the pricing for them is different in some shops and areas. Where I bought it I'm pretty sure it was only $15 dollars (australian dollar) or maybe a little bit more, but I know that it can range from like $10 - $30 dollars. So if you have the money to buy it, I really recommend getting these two! They are so good and worth the money and they last a really long time as you don't need too much when using them.


I hope you enjoyed reading this and I hope I was helpful to some of you out there.
- Sammi