Life Essentials

Life Essentials: Charlie Edition 

For this week's blog post, I wanted to do something a bit more personal. I've seen lots of posts similar to this lately. People are posting them on Instagram, Pinterest, and their blogs, so I thought I'd give it a shot. The idea is to post at least 5 things that you believe are essential to your everyday life. The objects I chose were a journal, a pen, a book, a camera, and a candle. 

Journal: As weird as it may sound, I have a fetish for notebooks. I got this one about a year ago and am still trying to fill it up. I write things all way from random notes, quotes, to check lists in my journals. P.S. if any of you are wondering, this is the journal I am writing the quotes in that I talked about a few posts back. 

Pen: I write absolutely everything down! I love writing and always have a pen with me. 

Book: I'm always reading a book. In fact, I'm currently rereading The Spectacular Now because it was so good! 

Camera: I'm one of those people who lives by the saying "capture the moment and keep it in a picture". I tend to have a selective memory, as I only remember the things I want to. For example, I couldn't tell you what I had last night for dinner, but I could quote specific things I said when I was in 2nd grade. 

Candle: I've noticed lately that I always have a candle lit in my bedroom. Even if I'm doing homework at my desk, I still have a candle lit on the shelf. 

Hope you all accept the challenge of posting your life essentials somewhere!

Celebrating My 16th Year

So I was honored to have my 16th birthday on Friday the 13th! Nothing bad happened (thank goodness) and I had a blast with all of my friends :) Once the party came to a close, I decided to open up a few of the gifts. I was immediately blown away by how amazing my friends were! I decided I would post this to give you all ideas for your friends birthdays :) Let's get started!

P.S. I will also leave the links to the websites at the bottom

Polaroid Camera: This is on the more expensive side, as it was from my parents. If you are really close with someone and know they would love it, it might be something to keep in mind.

Nail Polish: This could range so much. You could find small bottles, big bottles, bright colors, or soft colors. I've always thought nail polish was a great gift. 

Jewelry: As many people have said, jewelry is a girl's best friend. Well techinally diamonds are, but jewelry works too :) I'm not quite sure where the top necklace came from, but I think it looks georgeous! The jewelry in the middle picture is all from Charming Charlie's and the bottom piece of jewelry is from a website called Stella & Dot. The necklace that says "Creativity, Vision, Orgininality" is from Tweed. One thing I really like about these two bracelets shown is that they can be loosened and tightened. I have a really small wrist, so it's hard to find bracelet's like this. 

Lush: Any bath and body products are a great gift for a close friend, but Lush seems to be the new thing lately. You can purchase things such as edible lip srub, face masks, shower gels, to bath bombs anf fizzers. 

A few ideas not pictured are candles, stuffed animals from their favorite movies, and movie gift cards. 

I hope this inspired everyone for their friend's upcoming birthdays! 

Charming Charlie:  http://www.charmingcharlie.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjwotmoBRCc6LWd2ZnkuBYSJACyt2qumuUYU86vMsDSh3fQxtBA3VOKdbBGUsBGM5ghdv023RoCm-Hw_wcB

Lush: https://www.lush.com/ 

Stella & Dot: http://www.stelladot.com/ 

Tweed: http://tweedathome.com/home.php 

20 Facts About Me

Hi everyone! So I have the day off today and really wanted to post something, but I just didn't know what. After thinking about it, I realized you all know very little about me! Here are 25 interesting facts about me :) Let's get started!

1. In 9th grade, I made a PSA with a few other girls and it won two awards; one county award and one state award

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ2JsxTmctA

2. When I got to college, I want to study interior design 

3. Finding Nemo has alwasy been my go-to movie in life

4. I came up with the idea of Beauty & Lifestyle 101 on a random summer day when I was sitting at the pool

5. I've been to one One Direction Concert (I've also been given the privilege to see them again this summer!) 

6. I've own two hermit crabs, 3 cats, one dog, and a bunch of fish in my life

7. Hikes have always been a major stress reliever for me

8. I've been playing soccer for 12 years 

9. When I was a little kid, I always had my hair in pigtails and looked like Boo from Monster's Inc. 

10. My favorite show is F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

11. Zoella was the main person who inspired me to make a beauty blog 

12. I have an obsession with photography 

13. My lucky number has always been 13

14. I love quotes, as I find they explain how I'm always feeling

15. I can't wait to finally go overseas this summer

16. Miles Teller is my celebrity crush

17. As weird as this may sound, I don't like donuts

18. One of my favorite things to do is doodle

19. I have a weird interest in elephants

20. As a project once, I had to make a reliquary for someone who was dead. I chose Robin Williams and he's has been my inspiration ever since