Regular blogger?

I've put a lot of time and thought into this and I've considered blogging regularly.   As a young teenager years and years ago, it was my hobby and my passion to log online and connect with the world.  Blogging was huge when I was young.  YouTube wasn't quite around yet at the time.  I'm sure people reading this now would ask, why blog when you can film like everyone else? Yes, that's true, but there's just too many things to consider (as with many others who would like to do the same but are just as hesitant).

Let's just say if I were to fast forward my life 2.5 years down the road where my boyfriend and I have finally gotten a place of our own, the chances of me blogging would be much higher.  

Anyway, I feel like vlogging and filming is some sort of an investment.  As of now, we are trying to save up for a house.  It's been long time coming for the both of us and I think it's also a huge milestone in our relationship.  I don't feel comfortable with filming if the quality "sucks".  I don't want to deal with the issues where the colour isn't right, or the video isn't clear, all because I don't have the proper equipment.  Not saying I have to spend a fortune on equipment to achieve optimum quality, but I want quality work (I'm not willing to spend $250 on a camera if this goal of mine doesn't last).

It seemed so easy back then the amount of effort I put into web design, graphic design, and just sitting down to write.  The inspiration back then was endless.    Then again, blogging is very different than filming.  

I also work a full time job and cook every day after work.  With that being said, I'm often pretty tired.  

I do live in a place that snows for about 7 months of the year, so natural sunlight doesn't last for very long.  Weekends would be the best time I could "film".  Not sure how I feel about people giving me the weird look talking to the camera (we don't live alone).  

I will try my best to take pictures of things I'm using that are beauty related.  Let's hope this will be the beginning of an inspirational journey.  

PS.  I can't believe this was created back in 2010....time passes by so fast.

Skincare

Hi everyone,

It's funny when you look back at old entries and realize how much time as passed relative to how much you've changed as a person.  You know you're getting old when.... =P

I'm not going to post any pictures, but I thought updating should do for now.  I would like to work on this blog a little more if time permits.

I may have mentioned it in a previous post that I went back to school and finished about a little over 6 months ago.  I'm working full time now...yay.

Anyway, I'm not going to post any pictures, but I thought I'd go over my skin regime.

I experienced the worse skin crisis I've ever had in my entire life.

As a background, there are certain foods I don't eat because through past experience, they break me out.  For example, popcorn.  Don't get a wrong, I watch movies with the bf all the time, but we never buy popcorn; reason being is because it breaks me out really badly.  I've always been a petite girl, but have noticed I'm put on some slight weight - a healthier weight for a girl my size (only from this past half a year).  So my bf's parents bought "Chicago" mix and I decided to try it out....bad idea.  Long story short, my face was hating on me for a good 2-3 months.  This way back in December by the way.

Hot sauce isn't so bad.  I have learnt to tolerate it because I eat it in my pho (which tastes great when you add it when you're over half way done....you get the best of both worlds!  you enjoy the original broth itself AND what it'll taste like with lemon juice and hot sauce.  Is it just me?)

Back on topic...so the cleanser I switched to prior to breaking out was Clinique Normal/Combo.  I was using the whole system.  I was also using BB creams at the time...which I find now is way too oily for me.  My acne is bumpy and on my cheeks.  When I break out, it's normally in my t-zone.  To say the least, it was a point in my life where I never felt so unattractive with a naked face. I should note that during this time it was winter, and our winter months are very dry.  Oh and did I mention that I switched to Clinique's Oily skin kit?  Pretty sure it made it worse, go figure.

For xmas, the bf got me the Clairsonic Mia 2...heard great things about it, but because I had yet to figure out why my skin broken out, not sure it was the best time to try this device out.  I used it everyday, and it felt like it resurfaced more breakouts...great.  Now, I use it twice a week.  I switched cleansers to Fresh "Soy Cleanser" and then "Murad".  Murad definitely helped calm down the acne.

..Sorry guys, I just realized this post is getting really long and before I jumped to the present of how my skin is now, I'd really like to thoroughly go over the process of what I had to go through and what products I used.  I'll have to save it for another day.  I guess 10 years ago it was easy to blog on and on...what happened to the inspiration?  But to be fair and rather skip details (I also switched foundations which I think ties into this whole thing too), I'm gonna have to split this post up a bit.

Til then!

-Apologies for the abrupt end to the post..there's too much to say and too much to type haha