A Hungry, Happy, Hippie

My guilty pleasure is walking around Chemist Warehouse. Which then leads to me spending more money than I should (it's so bad, I should stop). After a while of using them I thought I could now give an accurate opinion on them. Elf Cosmetics Concealer  I had such high hopes for this concealer. This was the first product of Elf Cosmetics I've tried and I hate to say that I was disappointed. I use the last shade on the right. At first touch it is really moist. So I thought that this would work with me. In reality it begins to feel really dry under my eyes and actually start to flake after some time. It also just sits in my creases under my eyes no matter how much I blend it. I'll probably give this concealer one more try before I decide to say hell no. L'oreal True Match Foundation  Rant alert: You have no idea how hard it is to find foundation that is my shade. I am a dark-skinned girl living in a white make-up world. Sorry if that offends you b...

My excuse as to why this post is a month after Fashion Week: I went away for a week and then I came back and I was swarmed with like a million assignments and was like ah. But I'm back now yay!  ANYWAYS, back to fashion. I love Marchesa. Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig are geniuses and everything they create is just magical. I got a very ethereal vibe from this collection. I found myself feeling like I was in a dream but it also felt slightly grunge.  The story I (as in, my opinion which is subject to be wrong so don't take my word for it, haha), got from this collection was the main character from a book going into an adventure and turning bad even though they still had some little bouts of good in them. You can see this through the progression of looks going through. It goes from being very light, airy and flowy to something very 'fairy-princess gone bad', with the darker fabrics. The whole collection is very flowy. The fabrics all flow and dance when th...

I'm only one month into university and I have already read SO MUCH LESS. It's not my fault okay. It's because every unit I'm doing makes me read like 50 pages each and it kills me. It's not even like novels (which you think you'd get when doing creative writing) but it's like reading on what diegesis and the power of language. Tell you what, if anything, I feel right smart! I do know yes, this is September. I'm struggling ok. Please tolerate me haha. I'm going to do two read's and one reading and just skip the 'to be read.' Read This month I finished reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgernstern. I didn't actually know this, but this book came out of Nanowrimo (National Writing month for November. You should look it up it's very good for aspiring writers). I just think it's really cool that this novel came out of a writing competition basically anyone can enter. The book is about Celia who is a magician. She operat...

I'm going to sound so basic but quite frankly I love disposable cameras. I love that you have no idea what you're going to get and that with every snap you're basically winging it (and that's what my life is about anyways). I bought one in the middle of summer. I have this thing in summer where i spend money on unnecessary things. It's terrible. But this was one of the better buys that was totally worth it! I have to admit thought it was quite pricey. Some of the better disposable cameras cost around $20 and its I think $30 to get the film developed. So I will admit it's a bit of a pricey habit. I bought the Fuji Quicksnap Outdoor Disposable Camera 800SP Nic Feature. This was an outdoor camera so it only did well outdoors and it was at it's best in direct sunlight. Sometimes in the shade the photos didn't come out that well. Don't bother trying to take a photo inside with the light on, it doesn't work. Dark photos don't develop at all but fo...

WJuly is my last month to do some solid reading because university starts in August (which I suppose I should be excited for but I quite like doing what I want) and I've got to sort out other adult things in my life. Don't grow up it's shit. So I've been trying to power read through some books before I get busy. Also I've gotten like a lot of books because my friends got me a heap for my birthday in June. And then I've bought some too...whoops. I have to admit though, I'm not too Read I read The Magicians by Lev Grossman this month. If I'm being honest, I wish I liked this more than I did. People have said it's like an adult Harry Potter, which is true to an extent. There's definitely an R rated dynamic to it but I just found myself disappointed with the book once it finished. This is about Quentin Coldwater who is about to graduate high school and is obsessed with the Fillory series of books (which resembles Narnia very much). He feels emp...

I have a confession. I'm a bit of a fashion nerd. That doesn't mean I have any actual knowledge of any actual fashion but I like to keep up to date with what's going on. I hate admitting it but I watch Project Runway a lot. I stalk vogue during fashion week. Every fashion week. I don't know what it is but I love checking fashion shows out. I don't always have the time for it but when I do it's like a magical wonderland for me. However, I really didn't want to do a fashion blog post though because I'm me and I have no actual knowledge on anything fashion. All I know is what I like and what looks great to me. This was my thoughts during New York Fashion Week. I was like no Emma shut up no one cares about your opinion on fashion that's stupid. And let me tell you there were some good ones there! (I especially liked the Marchesa show) So now that we're in Paris Fashion week I thought 'RIGHT. Emma you need to suck it up. You were an art stude...