I made the move

Happy Friday! Today I was feeling extra snazzy so I switched it up a bit and moved my part to the middle. Every so often I do this and will feel like anything is possible. The middle part is magical. My sister and I send snapchats of the middle part to each other because no matter what anyone says we know we can pull it off. One time a friend of mine actually told me that I looked better with a side part. He said that he hated when girls tried to do the middle part. Whatever. I can work it and I do. This picture actually looks like it is more of a middle-side part.

Me, smizing, naturally.

I also got an email this week saying that a company (eh organization? I'm not really sure what to call it) wanted to have a second interview with me in-person. I had a phone interview earlier in the week and I guess it went well. Maybe they just wanted to put a face to a crazy person's voice. Ha! I'm not actually crazy. Oh god, this is Shutter Island all over again. Who can you really trust?? Are you crazy or not?? Well now I definitely sound crazy. Anyway, it is for an internship this summer and it sounds pretty cool. Also, the woman who interviewed me went to the same college as me!

I had my first Italian quiz today and I think I did molto bene! We will probably get them back graded by Monday so I will keep everyone posted.

Here are my likes and dislikes of the week:

Likes:
1. the magic of the middle part
2. breakfast (I have a great recipe I should post about sometime)
3. Yoga

Dislikes:
1. not responding to emails
2. the week before my period
3. long toe nails...ew

It started off as a not-so-good week and turned around pretty quickly. I hope everyone ended up having a good week too!

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

my style icon

I've never really had a "style icon" before. I've thought people dressed really cool and had great wardrobes but I never found one person where I fawned over every single picture taken of them. Then I got Pinterest. Then I saw the many many pictures of Olivia Palermo. Then I just knew...she is my style icon. I knew who she was because I was lame and watched the City and loved all of the stupid drama and the cute model boys. Not that model girl though, she cried too much. When I say someone cries too much, well, that says something. I thought she was really dumb and I thought she had nice hair but I never thought she had the coolest style ever. Well the million pictures on Pinterest changed my mind. She has quite possibly the best style (imho of course) of anyone in the history of the world*. I never saw a picture where she wasn't impeccably dressed. Maybe she has a stylist, maybe she doesn't, I don't know. All I know is that I want to wear everything she wears the way she wears them. Is that creepy? Well, I'm sure she's used to it by now. Hey Olivia, I'm sorry I'm weirdly obsessed with your style. You can hand down anything you don't want anymore to me. Thank you. 

Here are some of my favorite shots of her:

If I dressed like this it could be winter all year round and I wouldn't care. Because I would be FABULOUS.

Ugh, you have great taste in clothes and great taste in men.

I think I am going to change my wardrobe to all black. Only colorful accessories.

From my favorite Burberry Prorsum fashion show, with a middle part, in an amazing jacket. That sounds like an answer in Clue.

So there ya go. My homage to my style icon Olivia Palermo. Keep doing you girl and I will keep loving you. One day I hope to only wear clothes as fabulous as these. 

I hope everyone had a good day and until next time,

Caroline

   

* so of course there are those fabulous historical people like the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti and Audrey Hepburn and Marie Antoinette but I'm just trying to prove a point, ok??

February 2.0 Spotify playlist

I just made my Spotify playlist for February. It is nothing new to me really but they were songs I really started to like at the end of January and I didn't want to add them to the January playlist. Everything starts off with Tom Odell whom I heard play at the Fall/Winter 2013 Burberry Prorsum fashion show (I wasn't there watching but I saw it on YouTube). He has an amazing voice. His song Another Love is in like 15 playlists and I just do not get sick of it. Not too long ago I decided to listen to something else by him and the first song I heard was called Can't Pretend. It's so good. I think he is an English musical genius.

There are other bands on here that are awesome. One day I hope to learn how to get a link to the playlist or something like that. Go take a listen to these songs!!

Will I ever spell February right the first time? No.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

my January favorites

I guess the first Tuesday of each month will be my "favorites" post. In these posts I will recall my favorite makeup items I had been loving for the previous month. This month I only have four products which doesn't seem like that many but this will still be a long post because there are pictures for everything. Woo, we all love pictures. Let's get started.

1. First I have my sample of Roses de Chloé. It smells so nice. I wrote about it in a previous post so you can go back and read that if you want more information. I'm sad it's so little and will be gone soon.

more like good smells de Caroline when I wear this

2. Next I loved the Covergirl Lip Perfection Jumbo Gloss Balm (phew that is a mouthful) in the shade Rose Twist. I wore it to my Casino Senior Countdown night and thought it paired so nicely with my smokey eyes. It is a little pinker than a "my lips but better" shade but it is definitely not obnoxiously pinker. The only thing I don't really like is the old lady smell of the product. That is kind of gross. I still want to try more of these!

this picture is a little edited so the color is a little off...oops

3. My next favorite is the Wake Me Up concealer by Rimmel. I watch a lot of British YouTubers and they all love the Wake Me Up foundation. I am super bummed Rimmel hasn't released the foundation over here but I was tickled to see the concealer in Wegman's. It has a creamy consistency and covers the dark inner portion of my eyes nicely. It also has a slight shimmer in it so it is quite brightening as well. I don't think it would be too nice to cover up blemishes. 

So wake me up when the foundation gets to America

4. Last, but not least, my favorite makeup product of January (and probably of all time) was Benefit's They're Real! mascara. Wow!!!! How have I not tried this before? I think I can confidently say that this is the best mascara ever created. It must have unicorn magic or crack in it or something. This stuff does not clump and lengthens like nobody's business. It is a little on the wet side but doesn't smudge or flake or anything. Also, the wand is genius. I love the spiky end. Perfect for those end lashes. A+++++++ Benefit! 

I can't stop fluttering my lashes when I've got this on...people'll start to think I'm trying to flirt with them

There ya have it, folks! My favorite makeup items of the month of January. This is kind of fun. I am excited to see what I like in February. Stay tuned!

Until next time,

Caroline

taste is relative

The other day I got kind of upset because my roommate didn't want to watch a show I suggested to her to watch (this isn't the roommate pictured below). I was a little offended because I think I have good taste in television and it seemed like she didn't want to listen to my suggestion so instead she just decided to watch something else that I thought wasn't as good. I didn't say I thought it wasn't as good because that would have been snobby (I got a little snobby later, just wait for it) but I was definitely thinking it.

I talked to my mom about it later and she said to me that "taste is relative". She told me that sometimes people want to try new things and sometimes they aren't in the mood. After she said that I felt bad for thinking what she wanted to watch wasn't good enough. I have a problem where if something doesn't look good to me I will just think it's bad and if I like something then I just assume that it is fact that whatever it is is really good.

Well, this is where things get snobby on my end. Yesterday the same roommate asked if we wanted to see "That Awkward Moment" sometime soon and it turned out my other roommate already went to see it while the first roommate was gone (are you confused yet?). She was a little offended that they didn't wait for her to get back because she was talking about it earlier. She then looked at me because I hadn't seen it yet. I said to her I didn't want to see it because it got 23% on Rotten Tomatoes (actually 22%). They both thought it was dumb that I didn't want to see it because critics thought it wasn't good. Ok, ok, let me just say in my defense the trailer didn't make the movie look that good to me. I like Zac Efron but I don't like him $12 worth to see him in a sappy (and probably pretty dumb) "bro-mantic" comedy. My roommate who saw it said that she liked it and that it was worth seeing so that should be enough reason for me to go see it. I don't agree with her but I didn't say anything. There are somethings that we have very similar taste in and there are lots of things we don't have similar taste in.

That's just it, taste is relative. It is different from person to person. My roommate loves country music while I can only tolerate a small bit of it. I like to run (eh) and she doesn't ever ever ever want to run for the sake of running. We both like Brooklyn 99, Hawaiian pizza, and Lana del Rey. Everyone's taste is relative. There is not really a reason to say that something I like is better or more interesting than something she likes and vice versa. My mom is a very wise woman, I should always remember that. So she liked the movie and in the end I probably won't ever see it. No one is at fault! Also, I am broke, remember??

I hope everyone keeps that in mind and has a good day!

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

it's the Super Bowl!

Normally on Super Bowl Sunday there would be more people watching with me and much more food but alas, today it is just me and a Hawaiian pizza. I'm not too torn up about it. I'm pretty content.

I'm not really rooting for either team. I like Russell Wilson (he was offered money to play for the Orioles!) and I like Peyton Manning but really, I don't care about football this year. I guess I care enough to watch the game though. I don't know, it's just something you HAVE to watch. Kind of like the Oscars even if you haven't seen any movies nominated. Although, if you haven't seen any movies nominated in any of the categories then what are you doing with you life??

I spent maybe two hours working on Italian and another 45 minutes reading The Fortress of Solitude so I needed a break. Watching two random teams play each other works for me! My roommate and I decided if she gets back from her dance rehearsal before halftime we would go to our friend's house to watch the rest of it. Works for me too!

Whatever happens to me I hope everyone had a good weekend and a good Super Bowl Sunday!

Until next time,

Caroline

100 days left!

Last night was our "Senior Countdown Casino Night" where we celebrated 100 days until graduation. What. SO SOON! It was a really fun event where we all got dressed up in cocktail attire and played poker and blackjack. My college did a really good job setting that up. Afterwards, well I didn't have the best time. I won't go into details but the night ended in tears pretty much. I haven't cried like that in a really long time and I am a little embarrassed that I did. I think things will be ok. It will all blow over soon.

Here is the only picture I took on my phone from Senior Countdown:

On the left is my roommate, in the center is my old roommate, and on the right is me!

So since I missed Friday's post here are the week's likes and dislikes!

Likes:
1. Getting dressed up in cocktail attire...and boys in cocktail attire
2. Spinach artichoke dip
3. Covergirl's crayon balm thingy in Rose Twist

Dislikes:
1. Crying in front of people I don't normally cry in front of
2. Only 99 days of school left
3. Warmer weather teases

Let's hope I keep my cool for the rest of the semester.

Until next time,

Caroline