Happy Valentine's Day!

Classes were cancelled today so this morning I decided to make a Valentine's Day gift/breakfast for my roommates. I bought flakey biscuits and turned them into donuts!!! It is so easy and so tasty! It is the perfect easy breakfast that everyone will enjoy.

Here are the steps:

1. Open the biscuit packaging. The place the uncooked biscuits on a cutting board.

2. With something circle shaped (really anything) put a hole through the biscuits (ooh donut shaped now).

3. Pour some canola oil onto a frying pan so that the oil covers the bottom of the pan. Put the pan on the stove with the heat on medium.

4. Put a few biscuits in the pan. Let them cook on one side for a few minutes then flip over when cooked side is golden brown.

5. After both sides are golden brown take out the donut and let cool on a plate. After it has cooled down cover in any kind of sugar you want. Get creative!!

And voila! You've got donuts! You could even call then cronuts if you're into that sort of thing.

I also made my roommates some cute Valentines. If you want to see here is my instagram !!!

Here are my likes and dislikes of the week:

Likes:
1. the punny Valentine's Day cards floating around the internet. We looked at a lot of those today and had a few good laughs
2. NYFW - I really liked a few of the shows from this week. My favorites were Tory Burch (not the shoes), Zac Posen, Marchesa, Jason Wu, and others
3. New running buddies

Dislikes:
1. Cramps
2. Pretty Little Liars (I don't not like the show, I actually really like it but the dialogue is SO STUPID and I get so embarrassed every time I watch it but I just can't stop watching it is the most addicting thing ever)
3. Previous gold medal Olympians getting 4th place or worse (it is hard to watch)

We got Thursday and today off from school so it's been a chill week. I am really excited for tomorrow, my parents and sisters are coming to visit me!!! More on that later.

Until next time,

Caroline

things I like to do when I'm alone

The semester has been really busy for me and my roommates so there are often times I find myself in the apartment alone. Alone time is when I recharge. I lean more towards the introvert side so I need alone time. I don't really want to get into the whole introvert/extrovert spiel, blah blah I'm not really that shy I just need alone time blah blah. Ok, so while I am by myself here are some things I've been doing this semester:

1. sing out loud, loud - I've always done this whilst being alone. I love to sing and I love to sing loudly. When my roommates aren't here I just sit in my bed or on the couch and just belt songs out. I'll just go through my Spotify playlists and sing whatever comes on.

2. play with makeup - I like to play with makeup. Sometimes it's weird when I try out a look and my roommate is in the room. I have to explain myself!

3. handstands - recently I've been doing a lot of handstands. That's another thing I'd have to try and explain...

4. write on here - I haven't told either of my roommates I started this blog so I've been trying hard to only write when they're not around. I don't know really why I haven't said anything because I don't write incriminating things on here but I guess it would be kind of weird to tell them now, a month and a half (or so) after I started it. I don't think they'd think it was weird but now that I've kept it from them it might seem weird. Does that make sense? If it doesn't I blame my sleepiness.

Those are just a few of the things I like to do when no one is in the room with me. If you do things like this, you're cool just like me!

Tomorrow I will post my outfit. I missed yesterday's post because of the snow and then friends came over and then we went out to our friend's house and time just flew by! Tomorrow will also be my second day off from school this week! Hallelujah!

I hope everyone is staying warm!

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

no makeup makeup??

Sometimes going to class doesn't require makeup. Like my running class. I don't think anyone cares at all if there is any makeup on my face. There are two boys in my class (I'm not saying I have to try to impress any boys or that me wearing makeup actually impresses any boys, oh stop. You know what I'm trying to say). One has a very pretty girlfriend in the class and the other I don't think would like me like that even if I looked like the most beautiful girl in the world, get what I'm saying? 

Unfortunately, I have two (three on Thursdays) other classes on the days I run so I like to not look like a complete slob. To do this I must take on the no makeup makeup look. The no makeup makeup look, you ask? How do you do this? Well, I'll tell ya! It is putting on makeup to make it look like you're not wearing makeup!! What's the point then, you ask? Well, I do not have perfect skin. Actually, I have bad skin. I won't deny it. I'm not confident enough to go out into the world with my uneven skin tone, blackheads, and other blemishes showing. I am insecure. I admit it! I like to cover up the blemishes with a light foundation and then go over it with concealer. Even if I'm trying for a makeup makeup look I'll try to blend out everything I put on so it doesn't look cake-y but I especially do it if it is for a no makeup makeup look. After concealer I will powder where I apply concealer then where I normally get oily. This pertains to my T-zone area (the forehead and down the nose, making a T shape, ooooh). I even take this no makeup makeup look a step further and apply mascara. I think it makes me look more awake than I probably am. To add a wee bit more awakeness to my face if I really need it I will add a nude colored eyeliner to my bottom waterline. My favorite is from Rimmel. I wrote about it before. 

That is what I do if I want to achieve my no makeup makeup look. I will have to be replacing my foundation soon because I might be running out of mine soon. I'll have to be on the search for a new one. I'm thinking about making the change to a BB cream when that happens. If I end up loving it I will definitely write about it here. 

I feel like my life is being run by the Olympics and I am not hating it. I do hate that people like to post big things before they happen on television with the huge time difference. I don't want to know these things beforehand!! 

I hope no one has spoiled anything for you today. 

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

magnificent mugs

This weekend my friend came over to the apartment and my roommate and I decorated ceramic mugs with water-resistant paint pens. We also watched the Olympics while decorating, it was so much fun. We had gone to Hobby Lobby and (our new favorite store) And That! to get the supplies. We picked up 6 or 7 pens and then two mugs each. My roommate picked up an extra mug in case she made a mistake but we learned that nail polish remover got off the paint no problem! This craft was fool-proof. I found a quote on Pinterest that I liked a lot so for my first mug I tried my hardest to recreate that. My second mug I decided to copy a drawing of the Eiffel Tower from a stationary set I had and then draw Parisian apartment buildings around it. It turned out really nice.

Here is the quote mug:

And here is the Eiffel Tower mug:

I only bought one pen so I kept things pretty monochromatic and I liked the way it ended up looking. I was thinking about just using a black pen but my other roommate as a white mug with the same colored bronze-y gold color C and I thought the color looked so nice with the white mug. Maybe I have a future in mug design.
 
If we decide to make any more crafts I will post about them here! I know what I'm going to do for Valentine's Day for my roommates which should be pretty cool. If they end up looking nice I'll post a few pictures.

ALSO, I got 100% on my Italian quiz/test thing. My professor wrote "brava!!" on it. :-)

I hope everyone had a good start to the week,

Until next time,

Caroline

ps - the color on my nails is Audrey by Julep

the worst pain you will ever feel

The title of this post kind of makes it seem like it will be all deep and emotional but really when I say the worst pain you will ever feel I mean menstrual cramps. So this doesn't apply at all to my male readers. I got my period today (tmi, I know) so I got the first wave of horrible cramps that accompany my period. They are normally really bad the first day or the second day of the week. This time hopefully it was just for the first day. Oh my goodness. This must have been my worst one to date. I was crying, feeling nauseous, and other bad stuff was happening but I won't go into those details (that would have been waaaaaay tmi).

My roommates get cramps, obviously, but I don't think they are ever that bad. I don't mean to sound like a drama queen but I think I get the worst cramps in the world. I wonder if there is a way to measure how bad the cramp is because if there is I might be able to set a world record. Call up the people at the Guinness World Record's because that title belongs to me. They are horribly painful and last a long time. There is one upside to this! I'm not totally clueless when I get my period. I'll start to get a cramp in a specific place and I'll know it's coming. It is good that I know it's coming but it's bad when I'm in the middle of class and I realize it and then I realize I don't have any sanitary products. Wow this post is chalk full of tmi's.

Today was just so bad and I'll probably do some research to find out how I can alleviate them better for next time. Probably the worst part about menstrual cramps: they will always come. Ugh.

I hope everyone's day wasn't as painful as mine.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

surprise!!!

Here is a surprise post of what lip products are in my backpack. I sometimes have more than just these three which is a little embarrassing because why? Is it necessary? No, not really. These three are my current most used lip products so it is a little understandable why they're in my backpack now.

I already spoke about two of them but here they are!

First I have my Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle. This is my all time favorite lip product. It is such a nice, subtle, "my lips but slightly darker and better" color and is very moisturizing. I recommend it to everyone. Going up to the right I have my Nivea Lip Butter in Raspberry Rose Kiss. It smells nice, it is moisturizing, I like it a lot. I just wish it wasn't as tinted as it is. It turns my lips a lighter pink shade, which I don't really mind but I'd prefer to have a clear lip balm. I still recommend though. Lastly there is the Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey. It is a beautiful color and applies nicely to the lips. I just wish it was a tad bit more moisturizing. 

There ya have it. What lip products are in my backpack at the moment. I wish I had better lighting in here. The colors in the picture are a bit weird. 

I hope everyone is having a nice Saturday,

Until next time,

Caroline

Olympics, Bob Costas, and donuts

Last night were the opening ceremonies for the Olympics! I love the olympics. I love the winter Olympics. I love Bob Costas! I love the opening ceremonies! My roommates and I sat around our television and watched the whole thing. It felt like some random parts took forever but I was kind of loving it. Before it all started we took a trip to Giant to buy donuts. Many people have been posting pictures on the internet of donuts and we were having major cravings. We justified buying them that late because they were pretty much the most American dessert (after apple pie, of course) and we have to support our country!

I thought the sets and costumes and music and everything was beautiful. The only big flub up was the 5th ring in the beginning not opening. Oops. Other than that I thought the ceremonies were amazing. There was one part towards the end I was a little confused about but it was still pretty cool. They played music from Tron, c'mon! There was also music from Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky and ballerinas and ah I love it!

The teams walking out seemed to go a lot quicker than I remembered. I guess things that seem like they took forever as a younger kid don't seem to take that long as an older person. There were also a lot of countries I've never heard about before...my roommates felt the same so I didn't feel too bad about not knowing.

I'm really excited for the next two weeks. Sports on all the time! American pride! Figure skating! Ah, the Olympics are just so magical and AWESOME.

Do you love the Olympics too?

Until tomorrow,

Caroline