wardrobe= provides clarity?

I bought a new wardrobe. Not a collection of clothes, I actually lashed out the money on a large, decent black wooden wardrobe. I bought it from one of those places that has everything already assembled (thank fuck, the fights and abusive my mum and I create when we undertake the role of assembling furniture makes me want to knife myself...), so no real work so required.

(Nb: not my ACTUAL wardrobe. I damn well wish.)

I should give you a bit of back story. About a year ago, my old wardrobe broke. I was too stingy/proud/lazy to actually get another one, so I bought a $13 clothes rack from K-Mart. That has been holding up my clothes for a year. And oh, has it been one painfully long year.
a) it didn't stand up right
b) it was on a slant due to the weight of the clothes and would CONSTANTLY fall down
c) it looked really...messy

With my new wardrobe delivered and a public holiday off work at my disposal, I cleaned, reorganised and rearranged my room. The results? I'm going to be overlly dramatic and say clarity. The feeling of attaining organisation, clean sheets and colour coordinated clothes made my soul implode from happiness. Thus, this sinario probes the question: how has an organised room, that is also clean I should add, enabled me to feel calm, organised and dare I say productive?

Aside from this rather elaborate narration of the delivery of my wardrobe- I have been quite busy lately. I started a new job, the people are fab! So lovely, I am really enjoying myself. I went to Melbourne's Big Day Out concert and saw my favourite band, Vampire Weekend play. I've never been a maaasssive band person, although I do enjoy a cheeky Melbourne Banger*, but Vampire Weekend is so deliciously witty with their lyrics that I just can't help but love them.

Aside from that, it's my birthday on Thursday. I am turning 19. I'm going to put this out here: I am having a mild existential crisis abut turning 19. It's the last year of my teenage years. Where has my life gone? Where is my life going? I know it's ridiculous with the likes of mother heaving up the slow and depressing hill of turning 60 around the corner (okay 3 years...), but I feel like I actually haven't DONE anything that I've always wanted to do or achieve. So, in light of this mild crisis I have been having for the last week, I have decided that this year, my year of 19, I am going to take every possible opportunity I can and make everything count.

new year

fuck. it's 2013. already. my god how did this happen???

I honestly forgot all about this blog. I thought that I would have had the capacity to at LEAST update this pile of shit once a month, but evidently not. 

I am setting a small task for myself. Write at least one post per month. It does not need to be important. And none necessarily needs to read it. 

im baaaaaaccccck!

I really want to start making more of an effort to blog! it's just hard when I have ZERO followers and I feel like I am talking to myself.

1] What's been going on? Basically I have started uni again for the second semester of my first year. Shocked that i've made it this far, woohoo! I'm a lit student, politics student who also does French, just in case you were wondering.

2] I got the American Apparel DiScO pAnTs! They are legitimately as good as they say. They are SO sliming and nice and hskfjhslkjfghalskjhfdlkfjhasdkf damn they are worth the money. The way I look at buying clothes is dividing the cost of the item per wear. I have worn these damn pants every day since I bought them (AUS$122) and feel like the money was WELL damn worth it. Currently am lusting after the navy ones (swoon).

3] I think I want to go on exchange with my uni. That or go to Paris for 6 weeks with one of my best friends during June of next year. I am so damn conflicted, don't know what the heck I want.

4] I have tried the MAYBELLINE Colour Tatoos: they are so amazing. My favourite, and most used, is tough as taupe which is HEAVENLY. HEAVEN! A post & swatches are coming soon!

books!

Being a literature student at university, I am forever encapsulated and contained by books. Here is a list of my current booklist, but reader's discretion is advised, I read a fuckload of books at the one time.

1- The Essential Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway. : This is a collection of some of his pieces. He is arguably my favourite writer, making me dream of 1920's Paris and the way and lives of writers and intellectuals of the time. Swooooon. Fiesta is a great piece of prose.

2- Stasiland, Anna Funder: FANTASTIC! Such an amazing book by an amazing writer. Really enjoying it at the minuet.

3- Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert: A classic.

4- Love in the time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A recommendation from my mother's partner. He is obsessed with the books and passed on to me. I've just began to read it and am quite engaged in the prose. Will keep you posted!

Also am starting Perfume: A story of Murder and the Corrections. So excited to read them! Maybe I should start a book journal?

the fault in our stars

this book has changed me.

I literally could not stop crying.

No more to be said, I do not want to spoil anything. John Green is phenomenal.

Jeffrey Campbell JC Tardy Boots in Black!

Every season, I allow myself for one, nice and well made piece. Last summer, it was my amazing Nordic Fusion clogs that I love love love and wore nearly everyday of summer. This season, for winter, I have decided on a pair of Jeffrey Campbell Tardy Boots. These retail from $195 to $225 depending where you shop, plus delivery. I found these beauties at urban outfitters, reduced to $150 and with free shipping. So happy. Cannot wait until they arrive! (Photo: Urban Outfitters Website)

Review: Garnier's BB Cream: Miracle Skin Perfecter

Garnier's MIRACLE SKIN PERFECTER: light

I am speechless. I think I have possible found a much cheaper alternative to my MAC FACE AND BODY (I did a review, search away!).

At $10, Garnier's BB Cream is serving me well. It a moisturiser with a tint, though does adapt the name "tinted moisturiser". So I am confused. 

I have fairly good skin, and I find find that this + any old concealer makes a great face, for days of running errands and working! I like to apply "proper" makeup for uni- don't know why. I enjoy it! It also has SPF15 which is so good! Love a bit of protection on the ol' face! lol I'm 18

Furthermore with the review! The product simply comes in three colours- LIGHT MEDIUM and DARK. For me, the light is perfect, but I am imagine that in-between skin tones may possibly have a hard trouble colour matching. A MAJOR FAULT IN THE PRODUCT!

At my local price line, testers were available, so this is a possible way to avoid disappointment by testing your skin first!

The actual product appears quite thick when first dispensed- but my gosh,it's so nice and sheer! Puuuurrrfect for someone seeking a sheer, easy, no maintenance quick face in the morning.

The product is also VERY glowey, which is delicious in my humble opion.

Overall a great product if you can find your colour, cheap and definitely worth the money. I think that one's enjoyment of the product will depend on the colour- it just so happens that the light suited me. I think I am kind of on the, dare I say, 'darker' side of pale HA, so that may be something to keep in mind!