upcoming dates

I had a really great weekend and I wish it could last longer but alas, tomorrow is Monday, which means my internship starts soon and I have to keep looking for jobs and keep working on internship applications. There is a lot coming up so I wanted to list a few noteworthy upcoming dates:

June 10th-11th: Informational meeting with The Lorton Workhouse
June 12th: My half birthday!
June 13th: When I am making my personal statement for an internship due so I can email it to two of my professors for letters of recommendation
June 16th: My internship starts!
June 19th-22nd: Firefly
July 4th: July 4th! Ha...
July 15th: Freer internship application due
August 22nd: End of my internship

There are the dates I can think up off the top of my head. Maybe if I think up more I will update this post. Check back in a week or a month!

Until next time,

Caroline

surprise!!

Yesterday was kind of a busy day so I didn't have much time to post anything. I was going to do a weekly recap and then list my likes and dislikes of the week but when I got home last night from my meeting I had for my internship I was surprised by a few friends with a party my older sister planned and set up for my graduation. I was under the impression my mom was only having a few friends over to drink wine and see our new bathrooms so when everyone jumped out and yelled surprise at me I was a little confused. I wasn't really sure why so many people were there so my first response was, "for what?" Later I figured out that it was for my college graduation and then sort of my half birthday (I threw in that reason, I like celebrating my half birthday).

It was so much fun! I saw friends I hadn't seen in a really long time and my friend's band came to play. They sounded so good. It was so nicely decorated and around the backyard were sheets of paper hung up asking questions that people could answer with markers. It was so funny. The question that probably got the most answers was "How many ducks could Caroline beat up in 3 minutes...no water breaks." My favorite response was -10. There was also a mini photo booth set up! I took like two pictures in it.

My sister did such a good job and I am so thankful. She spent the entire night before (I am pretty sure) cutting out paper stars and attaching them to strings to create a garland that was strung out around my backyard. She even hung individual stars from the magnolia tree in the backyard. It was awesome. She is the best.

Also all of my friends are the best for not spilling the secret! My meeting was in Old Town Alexandria and only lasted till 4 so my two friends met me afterwards and spent time with me down there looking through lots of shops stalling so everyone could get the party ready. I had absolutely no idea. If I were one of my friends stalling me in Old Town I would have been going crazy trying to keep it together. They also did a good job.

I hate to say things like this but I am so blessed (blerssed) to have great friends and a great family. I really am. I had such a good time last night. It couldn't have been any better. Ok, I'm done gushing now.

Until tomorrow, maybe I'll post my likes and dislikes then.

Caroline

it all starts tomorrow

My training meeting for my internship starts tomorrow. Wahoo! I'm a little nervous but very excited. I just got back from my beach trip and I am exhausted so I am ending it here.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

Packing for the beach

I'm going to the beach today for a quick two day getaway before my internship starts. I don't think I'll be getting much off time or I'm trying to not get off time so this will be my last hurrah before my 4th of July break and then until the end of August. It will be busy, but I think I am going to love it.

While I was getting together things for my trip I remembered that I do in fact burn quite easily and that for this beach trip I was going to try my hardest to protect my skin. Here are some of the essentials I packed:

- hat - I have this straw hat and a baseball hat at the ready.

- towel - duh essential #1.

- lotion with aloe vera - this will help after being out in the sun for a long time.

- sunglasses - duh essential #2.

- sunscreen with 50+ SPF. I found this with a coupon attached to it at Target so I said, "Why not?" This type is good because it is sweat-proof. Lawd knows I sweat a lot. 

- lip balm with SPF - your lips need protection too. I also got this with a coupon. 

- hair tie - my hair will get crazy.

- water bottle - gotta stay hydrated. I got this mason jar style water bottle at Wal Mart. It's huge, will keep me hydrated.

I didn't picture a book but I will be bringing something to read as well. I should also mention that something like a soccer ball or a frisbee would also be essential. 

Really, you can bring whatever you want! Be true to yourself!!!!! 

^ I'm not really sure

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

May Favorites

Wow, it seems like just two weeks ago I was posting my April favorites...I guess that's because I got around to posting that around two weeks ago. Oops. Sorry about that. Well here we are now at the beginning of a new month and I've been better about consistently posting so here are the products I've been very happy with this May. This post will be a little different than the other ones because most of the makeup I've been using and liking was in last month's post.

1. paper towels - I had this roll of paper towels saved from my apartment at school so when it came back with my stuff it went in my room. I used a few sheets to get some of the dust off of my desk then I remembered that I heard using paper towels instead of normal towels is a little more sanitary, unless you're washing all of your towels everyday. Well I don't do that and I know you don't either! I think using paper towels instead of the normal towels around my bathroom has helped my skin look a lot better. Well, I feel like it does. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be keeping up this method of drying my face off because it is definitely not environmentally friendly. Curse you, Good Guide!! There is no way paper towels get anything over a 0 rating for environment. 

2. Monistat Chafing Relief Powder Gel - speaking of Good Guide, remember this product got a 10 for health?? Well before I looked up this product I'd been using it a lot as my primer for my foundation. I started to really use it again this month. It is amazing. It is an exact dupe for Smashbox's Photo Finish primer (it has almost all the same ingredients) and Tarte's Clean Slate Poreless primer (it just feels really similar, I don't know if the ingredients are the same). It's kind of a funny product to use because it's for chafing but it's totally safe to put on your face. So if you have oily skin and want your foundation to stay on longer I recommend you try this. It's also like $7.

3. Real Techniques Essential Foundation Brush - I've been loving this brush with my normal Clinique foundation and my Rimmel bb cream I wrote about last time. It just works great! There's not much I can say about this. I apologize for not washing it before I took pictures. 

4. Maybelline Baby Lips in Cherry Me - Wow, I think this lip balm (I don't know if I can exactly call it that, it's more of a sheer tint) has been my most used lip product of all time. Before I kind of put it aside because I wanted to give others a chance (they have feelings too you know) but I've been pulling it out a lot this month. It's so easy to wear and so pretty. There is a swatch below. It gives off a really nice pinkish red color. It goes with almost everything. 

5. YSL Volupté Sheer Candy in Sweet Fig - I've also been loving this color a lot this month. You might look at this in the picture with all the other products and think, "uh, those are the same colors, CAROLINE." Well guess what, THEY'RE NOT. It is a much redder color and is described on the Sephora website as "sheer brick red". These sheer lip tints give about the same amount of color as the Baby Lips which is pretty great because the YSL ones are about 7 times the price. Nope, I did not buy this, it was a birthday gift. Look below, you can see how different they are.  

So that's it everyone! Paper towels and the same lip color! Who knows what will be featured next month. Stay tuned.

Until next time,

Caroline

good feelings

I just cleaned my room for the millionth time this week and it actually looks pretty good now. My life is pretty much centered around cleaning my room. What a life I live. It gets exciting sometimes though. I've found a few things that I thought were gone forever! It's a pretty great feeling. Having a clean room is also a great feeling. I feel like now I'm completely moved out of college and back into my house, which actually, I don't really like the feeling of but that's how things will be going for awhile. Not that I don't like being at home for a long time, I really love it, being around my family is another great feeling but not being in college anymore still kind of hurts.

Ok, no more bad feelings. Some things that make me feel great that will hopefully outweigh any bad feelings are as follows:

Rediscovering songs I haven't heard in a long time - I'm gonna be upfront about this list, as a quick side note, everyone probably feels the same about these things. I'm gonna list them anyway. Rediscovering songs is great because it will really take you back. I heard Bright Eye's First Day of My Life today and it made me so happy because it reminded me of when I used to spend hours on iTunes. This is weird but I actually used to spend so much time on iTunes going to artists I sort have heard of before, trying them out, going through their related artists (I don't know why I'm calling bands artists all of a sudden. I guess they do make art!), it was so much fun. I pretty much do this with Spotify now but that song was just so nostalgic. I really like how music does that, well, sometimes I don't but that will be a story for a different time.

Getting up early - I might actually be in the minority on this but I really enjoy waking up early. The earlier the better. If I sleep in past 9 the day is wasted. Ha, okay, I don't really mean that but I do feel bad getting up after then. While I was at school getting breakfast on campus was one of my favorite things to do. I liked going when it was early so I could have time to myself. Although, my junior year my roommate and I would meet me at our dining hall for breakfast and those were some of the best meals I had throughout college. I miss them! We would do the jumble crossword, read some of the newspaper, talk to random people. It was great. I hope when I start getting into a routine with my internship and then a job or whatever comes next I can have some sort of early morning ritual. It would make each day more enjoyable. I can sleep in when I'm dead!

Seeing things through to the end - When I say this I mean it in a few ways. First, which I don't think everyone would really understand is when I finish up a makeup product completely. The other day I, as what beauty gurus and bloggers alike call it, "hit pan" on my very first blush ever purchased. I was ecstatic as I swirled my brush in the pot and saw the little bit of silver unearthed. Knowing I could get through a blush in probably a few more months is a wonderful feeling. I won't be wasting this product! I hate to waste things, especially things I've spent a lot of money on. Makeup is one of those things I spend a lot of money on. If I can use it up completely then I 1. know it's a good product and 2. I haven't wasted my money. It's really fantastic. The second way I mean this is probably a little more relatable to a larger audience but I love it when I finish a book or a paper or get to the top of a mountain or anything that I've spent a lot of time doing. It is pretty satisfying.

I have a few honorable mentions that I will just list because this post is pretty lengthy as it is:

- good hair and/or skin days
- people saying they love you, romantically or not, it's just nice to hear
- getting rid of dead weight, or finally letting things in the past go
- making a good meal
- finally, making people happy, it makes me happy

I apologize this wasn't up yesterday. I just got to it too late and then didn't realize how long it would be.

I hope this post gave you some good feelings.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

I need a wee bit more time

The post I had started writing for today has been taking me a little more time than I had first thought so it will be up tomorrow. Here is a little preview:



It's gonna be a long one. Ooooh wee. It's not about this song btw, I just mention it briefly. Don't get any ideas people!

Until tomorrow,

Caroline