My favorite self care products and ideas!

Hi everyone!

My life is honestly pretty crazy. Trying to manage loads of school, being in two musicals, a social life, and having time to relax is difficult. So, I do a bunch of this kind of stuff on Sundays, to reset for my week. I thought I would share with you a couple of products that I love to make me just feel happy!

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1. Use a bath wash-

When I just want to add something extra during my shower to smell even better, I use this Warm vanilla sugar bath wash from Bath and Body Works. It smells like cookies (so amazing) and it just makes me smell so freaking good.

2. Do a face mask-

I do this every Sunday, just to kind of relax me and get my skin ready for another week of makeup all the time, haha! I use a variety, like this one I pictured, and then some ones in bags from walmart. Because I don't use much, I can usually get two uses out of the bags, which is nice.

3. Work out-



I love doing this on Sundays to really feel ready and prepared for the next week. Today is Sunday when I'm writing this, and I did one today and I am DEAD.

4. Exfoliate



I honestly don't notice a difference with this (LOL), but I do this anyways haha. I use this cheap one, which isn't really great, but I've gotten used to it.

5. Eat your comfort food-



For me, this is insta-pot lasagna. Eat something that you love, who cares about diets.

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So yeah! These are just a few ideas, let me know in the comments what you guys do for self care!
-Izzy

What I take to a theatre competition with me!

Hi everyone!

I went to a theatre competition last week, and I thought I would show you guys what I brought. This might be helpful for some of you guys, and if its not, I hope you still enjoy reading it.

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1. My bag -

This is a bag that I got from Target, and I absolutely love it! It holds just enough for me, and it's so cute!

2. A hairbrush

A must have.

3. Tights

I had to have these for one of my costumes, so I packed 2 pairs just to be safe.

4. Extra Makeup

Since we had to be there all day, I figured I better reapply before my big competition. So, I brought some eyeliner, mascara, an eyeshadow brush, highlighter, concealer, a beauty blender, and an eyeshadow palette.

5. Bandaids

I always bleed, so these are just a need for me LOL.

6. Bobby Pins

As you can see, these have definitely been used, but I still have some.

7. Hair ties

These three things that I've just listed are all in my emergency bag.

8. Bike shorts



I brought two pairs, because EMERGENCIES. I always lose mine right before I go on stage haha.

9. Earbuds



These totally came in handy for downtime. I loved having them with me.

10. Portable Charger



I didn't use this this time, but I can see how it would really come in handy. I'm excited to put it in my school bag and start using it.

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So yeah! That's it. I hope you enjoyed this post!
-Izzy

January Wrap-up

Hi everyone!

Wow. January was A MONTH. It was a pretty good month, pretty fun, but also EXTREMELY busy. Trying to keep up with being in two shows, doing school, and a competition was INSANE. It was really fun, but just crazy. So yeah, let's get into it!

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1. My Birthday!

I FINALLY turned 14!! So thankful to finally be out of being 13 honestly, haha. I feel like being 14 is stepping out of like the middle school age and moving up, idk maybe it's just me haha. I went to school all day on my birthday, and it was amazing. My friends were super sweet, and one of them even brought me a balloon. It was great.

2. Spent a lot of time with friends

Two of our best friends have started coming over on Wednesday afternoons a lot, and its just been really nice to be able to spend more time with them.

3. Learned how to longboard

On one of those Wednesdays, my best friend taught me how to long board and I LOVED it!! It was so much fun!!

4. Got a new car!

This may sound bland to y'all, but this is a big deal for us. We got rid of our car we had for 14 years (Ikr, as old as me!), and got a new one! It's so nice.

5. Competition

This past weekend, my school went to our annual theatre competition. It was so much fun. We got to walk around a university all weekend, and I also missed THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF THIS. I WAS SO UPSET. But it was super nice, and the campus was pretty. We won you guys! I participated in the ensemble musical theatre competition, and solo musical theatre. I didn't place in the solo musical theatre, but WE WON THE ENSEMBLE MUSICAL THEATRE!!! This was so big for us. I'm so excited.

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What I've enjoyed this month -

Gilmore Girls. Just Gilmore Girls. This is a tv show that can constantly cheer me up, and is never boring. No spoilers in the comments!

I love Lewis Capaldi. His music is so good.

Walking. Walking around that college campus was so peaceful.

Dancing. I did so much of it this month.

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So yeah, that's about it. This month has been crazy, but really fun. How was your January?
-Izzy

My Makeup Routine!

Hi everyone!!

Today I will be showing you guys my makeup routine. I absolutely love playing with makeup, and I've found this routine is what looks best and most natural, but still looks nice. So yeah! Let's get right into it.

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Step 1. Before

So this is me before makeup, thought I would show a before and after haha.

Step 2. Concealer

My favorite concealer is this Covergirl Clean Matte Concealer. So basically I just put that on underneath my eyes and blend it in. On my concealer and foundation, I use this beauty blender, and I'm not even sure where I got it at this point. I've had it for a really long time and it has been used to death haha.

Step 3. Foundation

I use the Maybelline New York Fit Me! foundation. I use it in the shade 112. I used to wear 110, but found it was too light for me, so I switched to 112. Then I just put a dab of that on both of my cheeks, and blend it all over my face.

Step 4. Color Correction Powder

On top of that, I then use the Elf Color Correction powder. It has blue, pink, green, and yellow for color correcting. So, I just put that all over my face.

Step 5. Setting Spray

I spray a few spritzes of this Elf Makeup Mist and Set setting spray on. I don't know honestly if it helps me keep my makeup on, but I use it lol.

Step 6. Highlighter

I love highlighter way too much haha. Lately I've been using this Laura Ashley palette I got from one of my friends for Christmas. I use the color blush on my cheeks, nose, and forehead.

Step 7. Eyeshadow

My mom got me this amazing Revolution Makeup Revolution London pallete. It's so nice, I'm in love with it. So basically, I just use two different colors of brown in my crease, and some pink in the center to get a brown\pink look.

Step 8. Highlighter again

Then, I just put some more of this Laura Ashley pallete's highlighter on my eye crease in the color Sand. It's this really pretty gold and I just love it.

Step 9. Mascara

I always use this mascara, it is the Maybelline New York Colossal Volum' Express'. This mascara is SO SO good, oh my gosh. I love it so much. I'm currently running out of it though, so in this post I used this one that I got in a makeup set for Christmas, and it is the Max Studio mascara. It is about the same as the Maybelline, and is a good back up.

Step 10. Eyebrows

For my eyebrows, I don't do anything complicated. Basically, I just put on this Elf Clear Brow Gel, and then I take a light brown from this Covergirl TruNaked Nudes Pallete and darken up my brows with it.

Step 11. Finished!

So yeah!! This is the finished product. I don't really need makeup, but it's just something I enjoy doing, so I do it.

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If you made it down to here, comment "made it". Thank you guys for reading this! I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know what your favorite makeup product is, I'd love some suggestions!

-Izzy

What's on my phone 2020

Hi guys!

So as most of you probably know, from my past blog posts, this year, I got an iPhone. I am absolutely in love with it. It is the love of my life. next to many gilmore girls characters  I received an iPhone 8, with the brand new iOS and everything, (which is also totally awesome.) Since this is a new phone for me and that meant I needed to download a bunch of apps and everything, I thought I would show you what apps I put on it. So yeah! Let's get into it.

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When I turn on my phone, this is what it looks like.

So first off, these are my two main screens. The background came from Pinterest. I obviously have all the main apps, like text messages, calling, reminders, etc. As you can see, I have several folders, which are social stuff, games, and school. Surrounded by those folders are several apps which are Fitbit, Life360, Spotify, and Bitmoji. I use my Fitbit app obviously for the fitbit I got a couple months ago, which I wrote about so I'll put a link to that here. Life360 is the safety and tracking app my family uses, Spotify is my music app which is my favorite thing ever, and Bitmoji was just for fun to create a bitmoji that looked like me.

So in my Social Stuff folder, I have VSCO, Instagram, and Pinterest. I don't share any of these profiles with blog people, mainly because I'm new to this, so yeah. I post on VSCO a good bit, I use Instagram for social media management, and Pinterest for fun.

In my games folder, I have Charades!, Slices, and MARIO RUN. I haven't ever used Charades! or slices before. I've never even gone into slices, which is super sad. But these games are pretty fun. My favorite has been MARIO RUN because, idk, it's just fun. 😂

Then, I have my school folder. In this one, I just have Quizlet, and Duolingo. I haven't even logged into Quizlet yet, but on Duolingo, I have a 9 day streak haha. Woohoo for being a good spanish learner. Yo quiere estudiar espanol.

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So yeah! That's it. Let me know in the comments what kind of phone you guys have, and what your favorite app is! Mine is text messaging haha. Have a great day!

-Izzy

December wrap-up

Wow.

Can you believe that December is over? I can't. It seems like just yesterday was January, and now its January all over again. How?? It's so insane. Well, December was a pretty good month, so I figured I would do a little wrap up of it and tell you guys what I did! So let's get right into it.

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1. Christmas show- Every year, our school does a Christmas show. This one went really well and i'm happy with how it went. It was also a great experience.

2. Exams went well!- I already noted this in my 2019 wrap up post, if you haven't checked that out go do that here! But yeah. I got great grades on my exams so I'm super happy with that.

3. Christmas break!- I mean, I don't really even need to mention this, but I've been on Christmas break which has been so nice.

4. Christmas baking- We did a LOT of Christmas baking this year. We baked cookies for our family, and also did a baking day like we always do for Christmas.

5. Christmas!- These are all so basic, wow. But yeah! My Christmas was great, and so much fun.

6. I got an iPhone!- You guys probably didn't know this about me, but I've had an android for the past year. I'm very grateful for the android, but honestly it's been my dream to have an iPhone since I knew what they were haha. I got a silver iPhone 8, which has now become the love of my life. 😂

7. iPhone games- Since I got an iPhone, my sister and my dad didn't really know about the games on GamePigeon, so we became obsessed with sending those over iMessage. My favorites are 8 ball and cup pong haha.

8. New Years Eve- for New Years Eve this year, we had a couple of our friends over and our grandparents, and we all ate and celebrated together. It was really fun. I got a bunch of polaroids, because I got some new film for Christmas, so I loved taking those.

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So yeah! That was pretty much my December. What did you guys do this December? Also, if you have GamePigeon, what is your favorite game to play?
-Izzy