Media Monday #16

Hello Everyone,
 Today is the last Media Monday of the year 2013. Which means next time you see one of these it will be 2014! That's crazy. This year went by so fast. Many amazing things I got to do this year. I traveled to Europe,befriended some amazing people, and had my crazy family move in with us. ( HI ELIZABETH) The trips, friends, and family wouldn't be complete without music, movies, and amazing books. This Media Monday is going to be my top ten music of 2013, top ten movies of 2013 and top ten books that I've read in 2013.

Top Ten Music Albums of 2013

10) Miley Cyrus -Bangerz
9) Panic! at The Disco - Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die
8) Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest
7) New Kids on The Block -10
6) Bastille- Bad Blood
5) Michael Buble- To Be Loved
4) One Republic - Native
3) The 20/20 Experience( Parts 1 and 2) -Justin Timberlake
2) One Direction- Midnight Memories
1) Beyonce- Beyonce

Top Ten Movies of 2013

10) Beautiful Creatures
9) Enough Said
8) Red 2
7) Iron Man 3
6) Frozen
5) Pacific Rim
4) Monsters University
3) About Time
2) 42
1) Catching Fire

Top Ten Books That I've Read in 2013

10) Being - Kevin Brooks
9) Lucas - Kevin Brooks
8) Papertowns - John Green
7) Autobiography of a Face- Lucy Grealy
6) Divergent - Veronica Roth
5) The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
4) Looking For Alaska - John Green
3) Insurgent (Divergent #2) - Veronica Roth
2) The Fault In Our Stars -John Green
1) Allegiant(Divergent #3)- Veronica Roth

Thanks for reading my top ten lists. I'll see you next year with a haul from shopping and a my 2014 new years resolutions
Happy New Year!
~Britt

Media Monday #15

Hello Everyone,

Today is the Monday before Christmas and sadly this is not a Christmas theme Media Monday but I have a lot great stuff to share with you. I'll start off with movies.


This past week I went and saw American Hustle starring Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence. I had a hard time following the plot line of this movie but when I could understand what was going on it was a very good movie. All the actors did an amazing job in their roles. Jennifer Lawrence is definitely not Katniss in this movie. I would suggest seeing it at least twice to completely understand what was going on.

Next is gonna be a book series that many people know about and I just read all three books within 6 days! I loved them, the series is called Divergent by Veronica Roth. I'm sure many of you have heard of these books or maybe have even read them. I loved the story of Tris and Tobias and all their friends throughout all the books. For those of you who don't know the story, the future citizens of Chicago live in a society that is divided into five factions, each one meant to uphold a particular virtue of humanity: Abnegation, meant to uphold selflessness; Amity, meant for the peaceful; Candor, meant for the honest; Dauntless, meant for the brave; and Erudite, intended for the knowledgeable. On a given day each year, all sixteen-year-olds take an aptitude test that will tell them for which faction they are best suited. After receiving the results of their test, they must decide whether to remain with their family or transfer to a new faction. Sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior was born into an Abnegation family, but selflessness has never come naturally to her like it does her brother, Caleb. She feels lonely and constricted by her environment and feels like she does not belong. When the time comes for Beatrice to take her aptitude test, the results are inconclusive: instead of fitting neatly into any one faction, she shows equal aptitude for three: Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless. This makes her "Divergent" and she is warned never to share this information with anyone for fear of her life. Even for a Divergent, it is very rare to have results with three factions. On her way home from the aptitude test, she encounters a factionless man who grabs her hand and frightens her. This makes her feel very nervous because she does not want to end up like him and is wary about risking her normal lifestyle and failing. She does not want to upset her father, who is certain that she will remain in Abnegation even though she is skeptical. On Choosing Day, much to her and her parent's surprise, Beatrice makes the decision to leave Abnegation and join Dauntless, while her brother Caleb chooses Erudite. She immediately leaves to join her new faction and her new home. Beatrice, who renames herself Tris when she reaches the Dauntless compound, becomes good friends with fellow transfer initiates Christina, Al, and Will. Another transfer initiate, Peter, quickly sets out to antagonize her as he does not believe Tris is good enough to be in Dauntless. Peter also has two friends, Andrew and Molly, who back him up as he tortures Tris. She is also introduced to their instructor, Four, who explains that they must pass an initiation process before they are accepted as full-fledged Dauntless members. They must rank in the top ten at the end of initiation, or else they will be dismissed and become factionless. (wikipedia) I'm sorry I got the description from Wikipedia. I just couldn't figure out a good way to explain it. I loved this book series. I HIGHLY recommend this series to anyone.

I believe that is it for this Media Monday. I got music but it isn't new or I've already talked about it. I hope you enjoyed this! I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! I'll be posting a Christmas Haul on the 26th or so. Be checking back for that!

Merry Christmas,
~Britt

Blogmas Day 1

Hello Everyone,
It's the beginning of blogmas! I'm uber excited to share with you the spirit of Christmas and give you plenty of ideas for your Christmas. I have 12 days of super exciting videos and blog posts coming your way! Today is we have a festive room tour! I had a lot of fun filming this and I learned how to use the voice over portion of my editing program! Everyday from today until christmas day I will have a blog post up! I hope you come see what I have for you each day! It should be a lot of fun! I hope you enjoy my room tour and come again to see what I have for you later tonight!

~Britt

Media Monday on a Tuesday #14

Hello Everyone,
How have you been? I've been pretty good. Yesterday was my birthday! Sweet sixteen! woohoo I guess? I used to make a big deal out of my birthday but this year I kinda just wanted to be left alone. Well I'll make a haul video on that after Christmas probably because its TWO WEEKS TIL CHRISTMAS,and well the more gifts the better. Anyway it's Monday and you know what that means (if you got that reference I love you) Media Monday this week I have a boatload of stuff for you so go get some hot cocoa or tea. Did you do it?... good. Now get comfortable... go put on your fuzzy pajamas or onesie. Done?....good. Get comfortable in your chair, couch, bed, etc. Good?...okay.

First off let's start with movies I've seen since I last did one of these.
About Time 
I saw this movie and loved it. It's a total chick flick and you will cry but the storyline is so neat. This boy when he is 21 finds out that he can travel back in time and he uses that power to get a girl. It's a really cute love story that will blow your mind. The writing for this film is so good just the right amount of humor and wit to keep you interested. The cinematography was incredible. Everything about this movie is amazing. I highly recommend seeing this movie.
Frozen
I have been so excited for this movie since I first saw an ad in August. When I went to see this movie it met and went beyond my expectations. It's so cute and Olaf is the cutest thing in the freaking world. The story is great and the animation is spectacular. I highly recommend this movie too.
Catching Fire
I almost forgot about to add this one in. I saw this movie at 8pm the night it came out and LOVED IT. They aged Peeta and Katniss well. I was crying for a good 90% of this movie.I always really liked this book better because it got deep into the politics behind the hunger games and the revolutions that are caused by the 74th hunger games. This movie was amazing. Ten times better than the first. The director really made sure the movie was closer to the book than the last one. I saw this movie twice within 24 hours. It's that good. I HIGHLY recommend this movie.

Next is going to be music that I've been loving.
Midnight Memories By One Direction
This album came out almost 2 weeks ago and I can't stop listening to it. I already know all the words to all the songs. This album is so much better from the last ones. Their voices have gotten stronger and deeper. This album gives of the vibe of hard rocker's life and sex. I'm pretty sure almost every song can be taken in a sexual way. Which I'm sure alot of the fans will love because  the One Direction fandom is crazy. I really like the growth of this album compared to the last one. I really like that they had a hand in writing almost every song on the album which is really good most artists barely get creative input let alone write the songs. Even if you hate one direction or whatever your reason is check out this album theirs something on this album for everyone's musical taste.
See Me Now- Little Mix 
This is a song off of the deluxe version of their upcoming album Salute that is not yet out in the States. I fell in love with the harmonies, the rhythm, and the message of this song. The message of the song is basically don't let the past haters get you down because look where you are now. I think that's a message millions of young girls need in their life, we get so caught up in what happened in the past that we don't see how amazing our present and future is now. The song has an African safari vibe to it that's really amazing and really makes you want to move. I would definitely you listen to this song.

Concerts are something we all love and enjoy. Guess what? I went to one a few weeks ago.
The Justin Timberlake 20/20 Experience Concert
Where to start with this concert! it was amazing! Even though I didn't know as many songs as I thought I did I still had fun. We had really good seats. Going to concerts I always love knowing that all the people walking into the arena share the same passion of music or the artist as you do. When I go to concerts, being a dancer, I tend to spend equal time watching the back up dancers as the performer themselves. Let me tell you, if being a JT backup dancer was a job I would take it. Those people did an amazing job. You know walking into a JT concert that the dancing is bound to be amazing but this was above and beyond my expectations. It was incredible. I had 2 friends who had fourth row seats and one friend who had front row seats. JT actually interacted with my one friend who was dancing on top of her seat and he made an okay sign. It was an incredible concert from an incredible performer.

Books can inspire you, make you cry and make you laugh. I recently read two books that make you do all three.
Looking For Alaska  By John Green
I finished reading this book Sunday night. I cried so hard but I laughed so much as well. The book is about this kid named Miles who goes off to a boarding school believing in something called the Great Perhaps.The Great Perhaps is was Francois Rabelais last words before he died. Miles wanted to go to seek his Great Perhaps. When he gets to the boarding school Miles, now renamed to Pudge, meets four people named Chip, he was given the nickname the Colonel, a girl named Alaska, a boy named Takumi and a Romanian exchange student named Lara. The book is all about the adventures these 5 go on. The middle of the book something happens leading to the most awesome prank ever.  John Green is an author that creates magic with the words he puts on the pages of his books. I wonder if John Green realizes how much he changes people lives with words on a page.
Papertowns By John Green
I read Papertowns a few weeks ago and I loved it. The idea of the popular girl next store taking this kid who has always loved her from a far, makes him take her on the best adventure of his life then just disappears the next day. Then its up to him to figure out where she went. I loved the idea of this book and several of my friends recommended that I read this book. I was glad I read the book. I really enjoyed the mystery aspect and the interactions between the main character's friends are too funny. The ending was a bit of a let down. I was fine with the ending I was just expecting a little more from John Green. If you're looking for a nice not too involved read then this is the book for you.

I believe that is it for this Media Monday! I know it's on a Tuesday but there was just so much I needed to cover I didn't get it done on Monday. On Wednesday the meeting Sam Edelman post will be up. I know that for sure because right after I'm done with this post I'm writing that one. I'm going to try something new for this Christmas. I'm going to be doing 12 Days Of Christmas blog posts. 12 consecutive days of blog posts. Ranging from how to decorate your room to the perfect Christmas outfit. the 12 days of Christmas will start on Friday the 13th and go til Christmas day. If you're worried I won't do all 12 days believe I'm scared too. This is going to push my organizational skills and my time budgeting skills to almost my very limit. I am determined to make it though. I hope you enjoyed this blogpost. I'll see you tomorrow for my Meeting Sam Edelman post.
~Britt

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NARS Haul

Hello Everyone,
First off I want to apologize for not posting as frequently in the past few weeks as in the past. I've been very busy with school work and driving lessons. I promise next monday is going to be a HUGE media monday and I have a few posts coming up this weekend. Over Black Friday we shopped online at Nordstrom and I got NARS products and thought you'd like to see the pretty makeup I bought.

 

 

 

 

Doesn't it look so pretty?

First thing I bought was makeup remover because I was out. I got the Makeup Remover Water. It looked better for your skin and seemed to remove makeup fairly easier than the rest. One thing I've noticed just from buying this small collection of NARS items is that all their packaging is practical, functional and beautiful. I loved this packaging as soon as I saw it. 

Next thing I bought was Sheer Matte foundation. I heard so many amazing things about this foundation and I was determined to try it for myself. It has a really nice texture and has amazing coverage. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep the color I have as it might be too light or too pink.

The next two things I bought go hand in hand, well eye in eye. I bought two eyeliners one liquid and one just a regular eye pencil I think these are my favorite purchase. I fell in love with the liquid liner as soon as I saw it looked like a marker. Although the fact it looks like a marker might not be good when the little kids in my house go through  my makeup drawer. Both eyeliners are very pigmented and don't need much to go a long way.

The next three things I got were a gift with purchase kind of deal. The first is a lipgloss. I love the color and the packaging. The color is called Golddigger. It a  shimmery nude gold color and it looks amazing on. I am definitely going to keep that one in my handbag.

The next thing in my gift with purchase was a primer. It works amazingly. I've used some primers before and nothing ever seemed to "prepare" my skin for makeup so I stopped wearing it. Now I have found a primer I know I'll use whenever I put my makeup on.

The last item that I got was a tinted moisturizer. It's a too dark for me but it seemed to be a quality product nice light coverage.

 I got home and sat down to write this blog post and watch YouTube, after two hours I went to go get my homework to start and I ended up putting on almost all of my new NARS purchases.  Here's a picture I took after it was applied to my face.

I hope you all enjoyed my blog post. I'm gonna start posting more often. The semester is almost over, winter break is almost here and the seniors are getting ready for walkabout. Posting will be a more of an option over the next few weeks. See you on Friday for my Meeting Sam Edelman post. (I know it's a month late but I was waiting for pictures and I was busy.)

~Britt

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