Easy A

 I thought I wouldn't like it, because it tends to be that if a movie has several famous actors, it won't be that good (e.g Valentine's Day), but I actually liked it and thought that it was really good.

Emma Stone's character Olive was great! She was smart, whit a great sense of humor. Also I gotta mention the "Pocket Full of Sunshine" scene, it was one of my favorites, it was so funny and seemed so... real.

I liked the construction of the movie - it wasn't typical teen comedy, with cheap jokes. It had witty dialogs and clever lines such as the "Kinsey 6 gay", it had book and movie references -  I loved it.

Also, Penn Badgley was nice as always - his character was friendly, polite and just extremely awesome (the ending!). I'd probably think that he did great even if he'd play in a bad movie... That's how much I like him.

And I'm gonna finish the review with a quote from the movie, that couldn't be more true:

"Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life." 

Olive Penderghast lies to her best friend Rhiannon about losing her virginity to a fictional college freshman. Word quickly spreads and when she agrees to help out her bullied friend by pretending to sleep with him, she's suddenly in the middle of attention and she likes it, a lot. Olive sees her life paralleling Hester Peynne's in "The Scarlet Letter", which she is currently studying in school and decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

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Nails part 5

This time only one design. It was my first time using craft glitter to do my nails, and I think it turned out pretty good. 

I painted my nails and topped it off with one coat of top coat. Then I tapped the glitter on with a regular painting brush, let it dry and put on another coat of top coat.

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E.L.F. Christmas Tools 10 Piece Brush Collection Limited Edition

I got the E.L.F Christmas Tools 10 Piece Brush Collection Limited Edition for my birthday. My brother ordered it on 8th of November and I received it on 16th, which means it got here within 5 work-days. The collections includes 10 brushes: Flawless Face Brush, Blush Brush, Eye Shadow Brush, Lip Defining Brush, Foundation Brush, Eye Liner Brush, Concealer Brush, Brow Comb & Brush, Eyelash & Brow Wand and Smudge Eye Sponge. The collection was 12 £ plus shipping 3.95 £, so the total was 15.95 £.

My review

Flawless Face Brush - it's big and fluffy, perfect for putting on powder, but the wooden handle shakes a bit, it's not properly attached to the metal part.

Blush Brush - one of my favorites, it's a angled brush and really good for contouring.

Eye Shadow Brush - another of my favorites, it's fluffy and easy to use.

Lip Defining Brush - works good, easy to use.

Foundation Brush - also one of my favorites, I had never used foundation brush before, always a sponge or my hands, but the brush really makes a difference, it applies foundation evenly and easily.

Eye Liner Brush - it's okay, I prefer angled or small brushes, but it does its job

Concealer Brush - works great, but the bristles were a bit loose when I got it, the metallic part wasn't properly sealed, so I had to press it close myself.

Brow Comb & Brush, Eyelash & Brow Wand and Smudge Eye Sponge - just like every other comb, wand or sponge, does its job, easy to use.

Overall, I'm really happy with the brushes, I use most of them every time I put on make-up and for that kind of money it's really a good deal.

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Christmas

Once again Christmas is here. The coziest time of the year - TV's full of holiday movies, everything's decorated and festive, tangerines and gingerbread pretty much make up an entire new food group. 

To me, no Christmas can go by without Home Alone. It's classics! I've seen the first two movies countless times, but I still have to turn on my TV, even if I don't watch it, it has to play at the background. They've been part of my Christmas memories as long as I remember. Macaulay Culkin was my absolute favorite actor when I was in elementary school. As far as the third movie is considered, it was watchable, but the fourth is just awful in my opinion.

Also, past few years I've half-accidentally half-on purpose watched Surviving Christmas, While You Were Sleeping and I  Bridget Jones's Diary - they're all funny Christmas movies that always manage to make me laugh.

When I was younger my Christmas movie list also included Eloise at the Plaza, I'll Be Home for Christmas and The Santa Claus.

Another thing that always puts me in a holiday mood is department store Christmas sections - all the ornaments, decoration. I just can't be Grinch. I usually buy every year one or two ornaments that really caught my eye and look special and then hang them up in my room.

Happy holidays, everyone :)

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Creative jewelry

Although I love classical and every-day jewelry, I also really into creative and different pieces. Here are some examples that caught my eye.

 

  Limelight collection by Piaget, cocktail ring Mojito

 T-Rex ring by nOir Jewelry

Two finger sword ring by nOir jewelry

 Snitch necklace. As Harry Potter series fan, I love it.

HP, same thing. I love it.

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Nails part 4

 I got really into the splashing technique that I recently discovered

 From left to right starting with thumb, the meanings: peace, happiness, beauty, love, moon.

From right to left finishing with thumb, the meanings: destiny, light, water, earth, fire.

I bought a nail art brush and it's amazing. It was so easy to do the symbols, I never would've guessed. This brush is officially one of my new favorite things. Pin It Now!

Letters to Juliet

Another typical chick-flick where a girl goes to Italy... Yet another movie that I like.

1. Cast

Amanda Seyfried (Sophie) - she looked so pretty and always stylish, her character worked in New Yorker, that's so cool.

Chris Egan (Charlie) - to me, he'll always be Nick from "Home and Away". He was so young when he played there, now he's all grown up. It was kinda weird to hear him speak with a British accent. I liked that both, Sophie and Charlie, are sarcastic, but still polite.

Gael García Bernal (Vicor) - his character was interesting - really, really passionate about food and uses the phrase "win-win" way too much.

2. Plot - I liked that the movie wasn't all about Sophie and Charlie, but it told the story of Claire and Lorenzo (who are a couple in real life). Although, the end was super-cheesy, I still enjoyed it.

3. Julie's secretaries - they really do exist, but they're called Juliet Club. Volunteers reply to letters left in Verona and they organize events in honor of "Rome and Juliet"

4. Italy - one of my favorite countries. I've never been to Siena nor Verona, but now I really want to go and see the Juliet's wall.

An American Sophie Hall is on a vacation in Italy with his workaholic fiancé Victor. Victor wants to spend most of their time meeting up with suppliers but Sophie wants to see Verona. She founds unanswered "letter to Juliet" that's been there for fifty years. She answers it and soon enough Claire arrives in Verona with her grandson Charlie. Claire, Charlie and Sophie start searching for Claire's long lost love Lorenso Bartolini. Pin It Now!

Books part 1

When it comes to books, it's similar to my taste in movies - I like fictions that have a bit drama & romance. I think that kind of books are the easiest books to read. In school time, I don't have the time to start reading a really meaningful thick books, but sometimes I still do.

So today, I'm gonna review two books that I read last week.

1. Alyson Noël "Faking 19"

It's about 17 years old Alex, who has a best friend M. They live in Orange County and are quite popular in school. They decide to check out the L.A nightlife. Pretending to be 19 they met two guys, who are rich and a bit older. Alex and M enjoy those L.A weekends but also they're distraction for Alex who's failing her senior-year, has family problems and after the initial fun of the glamorous getaways wears off, she is forced to reevaluate her friendship with M and decide what's next for her in life.

The fact that Alex and I have some similarities made me like the book a bit more. Also since I've never been to the States I liked to read about fascinating life in the Golden Coast. It reminded me of less glamorous  and dramatic version of Gossip Girl.

It's not the best book I've read, but it's definitely a good summer reading.

2. Meg Cabot "Boy Meets Girl"

Kate MacKenzie is an office worker at the New York Journal, her evil boss, Amy, is forcing her to fire beloved pastry maker Ida Lopez, who refused to serve a second dessert to the paper's lawyer, Stuart Hertzog, who happens to be Amy's boyfriend/fiancé. Ida Lopez sues the paper for wrongful termination and the case goes to Mitchell, Stuart's handsome brother. Kate, who is sure that Mitch is just like his brother, is charmed by him. Mitch is certainly nothing like her ex-boyfriend, Dale, who's trying to win her back, but still refuses to marry her. Despite everything Mitch and Kate are falling for each other. Mitch tries to catch Amy in a lie during a meeting about deposition, which has horrible consequences for Kate.

Meg Cabot is one of my favorite writers and I absolutely love her "Boy" series, so this book gets a definite thumbs up. I love how the book is told in series of e-mails, instant messages, phone messages and journal entries so we can see the course of events on many people's viewpoints.

Another thing I love is that some people who are mentioned here are also mentioned in other "Boy" series books, that also have something to do with the New York Journal.

Overall, I really do recommend this book, because it's fun and easy reading and there's really no way that Meg Cabot writes an uninteresting book. 

(I wrote this in August, but something went wrong when I edited the picture, so it appeared like I posted it in December.)

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Superhero jewelry

nOir Jewelry partnered with DC Comics and  released a new jewelry collection based on most iconic female superheros like Catwoman, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl. To celebrate DC's 75th anniversary nOir's designed a collection where each design features what the superhero is known for. The collection is limited edition, includes earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings and the price starts around 60 $

Here are some of my personal favorites:

Gotham City ring 

Wonder Woman double ring

Catwoman claw earrings

I'm a Supergirl bracelet 

Batgirl cuff bracelet 

Nerd in me is excited. They're so beautiful, I wish I could buy them all.

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Nails part 3

Nails that I did for my birthday.

I really love this color. It's deep purple although in some light it looks like black. It stayed on for a week without chipping. In the end of the week some tips on my right hand nails wore off, but just a little.

 

I broke my thumbnail and I had to cut off all my nails. One of my pet peeves is when one nail is chopped off and other are long. I can't stand it so I filed them all off.

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Do good

There's so many ways to help the ones in need or just to make our world better. Sometimes is just one click away.

There's this really cool website  www.care2.com, where you can donate to causes such as breast cancer cure, feeding pets, helping children in need etc.

Only thing you have to do is click. With each click site's sponsors donate to the cause, it's totally free and 100% of the donations go to your selected cause.

You can click every day to all of your selected causes.

There are 12 categories:

Children

Rainforest

Big cats

Fight cholera

Breast cancer

Pets

Seals

Oceans

Primates

Global warming

Stop violence

Wolves

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