The Little Things (January Favorites)

Happy Sunday to us all! How are we today? I hope that great, because we all deserve some greatness in our everyday life.

If you're asking what's going on with this home bud, then the answer is that I am abso-freaking-lutely exhausted, in a good happy cheerful way, but still. I had an amazing birthday. I was reminded of how lucky and fortunate I am to have some of the people I have In my life. My family of course is a big part of it. On Friday morning we went on to the country to eat brunch on a ranch where it was peaceful and green. And the rain came falling down in gallons but we were inside by the fireplace and we sat there for hours drinking cider, which is my favorite hot drink, and talking. We sat there doing what seems like only my family would- solving crosswords and answering trivia questions that come in the Friday newspaper, and I had the time of my life. There is no group of people I would rather spend time with than my family.

I was joyed by a number of people who wrote me some really wonderful things for my birthday. A few that stuck out were a guy friend of mine that I have only gotten to know this year really. I was really quite emotional to get what he wrote to me. He proved to me what I thought was true, that we're turning to be really good friends. I just love him. Another is a guy that went to primary school with me and he and I were barely in touch through the course of the past few years, and then started reconnecting through mutual taste in music that we posted on Facebook, and he sent me a song "Winter Song" saying he knows it's both weather and music taste appropriate and this is one little thing that made me light up. Another is my best childhood friend. I know her literally since I was born and she sent me the most emotional "thank you for being here for me". Her family and friends always judge her a lot and she thanked me for being the only person in her life that doesn't, which to me is the best thing someone could ever say. It means that she really is grateful for our friendship just as much as I am for it. Another was an old crush of mine. He's what I would call the perfect man. He's smart as hell, athletic, looks good, terribly sweet and caring, funny. He has it all. It's been two years or so since my crush on him, but I'm always gonna have something for him because how could you not? And then. He started talking to me on Facebook and then realized it's my birthday and congratulated me and all and then asked me how I was planning to celebrate it so I said jokingly "family friends and a lot of guys" and he asked "oh really? Which guys?" So I replied-"whichever. I am desperate", and then he said the sweetest thing "you? Desperate?! You have absolutely no reason to be desperate״. I know it's a small little thing but I love this guy so much, even if as a friend, and hearing him, Mr. Perfect, say that to me is like the peek of my dreams. Later on in the conversation he told me that he misses me, and that he wishes we'd talk more. At this point it was like my heart was taken out of my chest by him and then put in the microwave until it exploded. I just love him!! My friends then made me breakfast yesterday after a long night at a club (probably one of the worst club experiences of my life 'cause we were all so tired) and I was reminded of how grateful I am for them as well. So those are the little things that made my birthday.

Now these are the little things that made my month:

1)T.V. Shows: 

*The Carrie Diaries. It tells the story of little miss Carrie Bradshaw before her Sex and the City, when she was still a young little virgin. It's a really sweet teen show, and it's really quite entertaining. You're sure to love it if you loved Sex and the City. It premiered earlier this month and I am addicted.

*Skins the British edition. I'm not kidding when I say I finished the first four seasons in less than two weeks. I was a hardcore addict, but you know what?! THEY KILLED ALL MY FAVORITE FREAKING CHARACTERS! Not to spoil anything, hence you don't know who they killed. I just love that show so much!

2) Movies:

*The Silver Linings Playbook. I thought it would be more of a comedy, but it has quite a lot of nutcase drama in it. Nonetheless I loved it very much. 

*The Intouchables. Really good french film. I saw it with my family this past week, and we all enjoyed it. It's terrific. The acting is amazing, the story is inspiring, and the comedy is top notch! 

3) Musician: 

*Passanger. I discovered this guy only this month, and I honestly don't know how I had lived prior to hearing his music. Absolutely up my street. Hits every note that makes my heart melt or my eyes tear up. I don't have enough good things to say about his lyrics and music. The lyrics are all so descriptive, and so picturesque. They truly tell a heartbreaking story in so little lines. They melody is so serene and soothing.

4) Song:

*What You're Thinking by Passanger (surprise surprise). Better hear it for yourself. I think I have already put it up in one of the posts lately, but darn it, I am an addict.

5) Perfume:

*Number 8 by Abercrombie. I have already written a few reviews and descriptions of it. The shame is that I am running out of it, and I haven't been able to find it in any near Abercrombie recently for the strangest reason. Don't run out on me please!

6) Nail Polish:

*Markwins. I never knew this brand, but I bought four of their nail polishes in Target I think, and I fell in love with the red shade "Dark Red". I'm not even sure it has a name. Apparently they've got something to do with Wet n' Wild, but honest to God I have no idea really. It's sparkly, and wintery, and lovely and I just love it. Good application with only two coats that lasts a long time. 

Love a lot and hope your week turns out to be great :D XOXO Roni J.

The Sky Is The Limit

Hey hey :)
With it being soon the beginning of a new school year, I wanted to tell you that you can achieve anything.

Aim as high as possible, and try and reach for the stars. There are so many unbelievable things people have achieved by dreaming and aiming higher and higher. Who would have thought human kind would fly or walk the moon? Who would have thought that women would get rights anywhere? Who would have known we'd be able to communicate with people who live on the other side of the planet?
We, we are majestic creatures. We, we are capable of anything. I just wish we'd all take that sentence and use it for the best of humanity and the best of this earth. We, we can make pigs fly (enter swine flu joke right here).
So, this year, let's make those pigs fly and those dreams go as high as possible. We've all got so much in store for us. We can all contribute so much, and give back to this earth, and to its population.
This will become a new thing where every once in a while I will put a list of limited addition things I would love to have. <3 This time nail polishes.

1) Pinch Punch nail polish by Louise Gray for Topshop! Not only is the color stunning, but I also think that the formula on Topshop polishes is amazing. At first glance I thought it looked like the color of the Divine Swine from the Muppets' collection for OPI, but it is much more of a coral peach salmon color, where as Divine Swine is mucho mas of a purple. I also love the packaging of it.

2) Chanel's Rose Paradise is next. It's such a beautiful color. I cannot express in words. It is quite summery, but I find it really subtle, and therefore versatile for every occasion and season. So classy, and amazing. It's again a salmon-y color, much like some of the flecks of glitter in the Pinch Punch nail polish. I do hear these tend to chip a lot, so see if you would like to invest.

 3)Into The Night from the Amazing Spiderman collection by OPI. Amazing midnight blue with speckles of glitter. Perfection in my opinion. It is very comparable to another limited edition by China Glaze called Want My Bawdy from their New Bohemian collection.

 4)Another very beautiful color, this time from Essie's Fall collection, is Stylenomics.  It is a beautiful forest green. It looks exactly like the Crayola Forest Green, but with more of a blue tone to it.

)Last, but definitely not least is the Holland collection from OPI. Yes, the collection. Not one. The whole collection. Amazing fall colors that vary from pinks and blues and grays and greens. Gorgeous! Favorites are Thanks A WindMillion, which is a seaweed green. AMAZING!
Another favorite is Didn't You Ear About Van Gogh, which looks like the perfect nude color for every skin tone.



Hope you enjoy the song by Feist-There's A Limit To Your Love. Have a great weekend :) <3 XOXO Roni J.

New Beginnings

Hello girls.
I know how it's not really the beginning of spring anymore, nor is it new year's for any religion that I know of, but I am going back to school in about two days, and I need something fresh to hold me through the exams and the stress. I cleaned things out with my guy friend G. with whom I had a fight yesterday. To be quite honest I was surprised that he was the first one to approach the other and ask to forget things, but he was for forgetting and not getting into it, which I guess is okay for getting to be exactly the way things were before, but it doesn't really solve any problem we had between us, which is exactly what I wanted to realize during the fight. He's just covering everything up so that on the surface it looks alright, but does it actually make things better? I think not. I'm just glad we're not falling apart, to be frank, because he IS really important to me, but I don't like leaving things undone.
Another thing I need a fresh start with is GUYS. I know we probably went about this thirty seven time, or at least the amount of blog posts I've posted up until now, but today I realized that I am still in love with a guy I fell in love with over 4 years ago, and that is plain ridicules. He was an amazing guy and I have no regrets for falling for him or anything, if anything, he's probably the best guy I have ever had feelings for, or at least was the best guy at the time. He lives very far away, in my old town, nothing happened between us, and in October I went there for the first time in two years. I knew this from the start that it will hurt, and I think a part of me wanted to go, because he is my first love, and I wanted to feel that pain again. The thing with me is that I never fully get over a guy. I fall in love with others. I don't think about him as much, but once in a while I get caught up with the memories of him. It's a good thing that I don't see him as much anymore, and that I will probably never see him again, because seeing him really hurt me and raised questions that I don't know how to answer. On the other hand, as I've said already, I hate leaving things undone, unfixed, unsolved. I need that closure, and I will never get it because there was never really something there.

This memory of him keeps running through my mind today and I really need to let it out somehow, because otherwise it might drive me insane, and the thing is that I really don't feel comfortable bothering my friends with telling them this, because I don't think they would understand, and I really don't want them to know, how much of a hopeless romantic I am. On the outside, in order to not get hurt I just build myself up to look bulletproof. The truth is that I've just been punctured pretty thoroughly with so many bullets that there's really not much more to hit and there for the bullets keep missing, if that makes any sense.
The memory I have of that boy, A., is us waiting out by the school to get picked up. Now, this was a private school so the entire grade knows each other, it's not massive. There was a little square where the parking lot is where there's a flagpole, benches, grass and stuff. I remember it being a really cold day, and it was us and a few more people waiting. I am not much of an expressive lover, again probably because of my defenses, so I wasn't much of a boy-hugger at the time, just like today I'm not much of a kisser, it just makes me feel a little awkward, and it was a really big deal for me at the time. I remember that although it was cold, I was wearing something pretty short. I remember it probably being on of the two happiest days of my life in the romance department, and you can see how dull and stupid they are. The simple feeling of being hugged from behind by this boy I think I'm in love with. I was so young I don't even know if I could have perceived how much I felt for him for being so far away from getting him. The two things I remember him saying during that whole situation is something along the lines of "you project warmth" and something along the lines of "my mother might see this and think the wrong things". How the flipping duck did this make me happy, how messed up and blind does a girl have to be to no even think of the words he's saying that are either as deep as the little pee ponds they have for toddlers as a pool, or completely and utterly insulting. I say a lot. Either it was plain stupidity or real love, but me being all full of ego, I'd rather think that I'm an intellectual.
I just need desperately to be rid of my feelings for him, because if it's the casual status update of his Facebook, the fact that his current girlfriend is one of my best friends, or the sincere fact that when I was there he didn't even bother with saying hello to me, or hugging me goodbye, because I will probably never see him again, for that matter, which stung like my lungs were punctured, it just all hurts far too much. There is an endless number of possibilities that are so near, and much more attainable, so why keep dishing on the past?
Onto the more fashion-beauty related part of the post. I recently got a gift from my mom for spring to be able to pick whatever I want at the drugstore for a certain amount of money, and I wanted to haul it.



The two items are by the same brand called Jadé from France I'm almost certain, which is rather inexpensive and really great quality, and therefore I am kind of surprised that it's not covered anywhere, and that I haven't heard of it from another beauty blogger or Youtuber, ever. These are not the first items I've purchased from this brand, and thus far I really love all their products, so check it out if you will. The first item is a lipstick shade in Marigold or 457 which is a beautiful bright coral-ly color for spring. It's kind of similar to my So Chaud lipstick from MAC, but it is more pink toned than the true tangerine color of So Chaud, and I absolutely love it.  The packaging is pretty dandy and expensive looking.

The second thing I got is a nail polish by them. It's shade's name is Award Blue and its number is 393, and it is just the most beautiful shade of electric cobalt blue with really fine shimmer on it. I love nail polishes like that for the summer because even if they're not the brightest or most summery shades I love it when they glitter in the sun. It's just so beautiful. These are the pictures of it in the bottle, and swatched on my nails. I couldn't find ANY information about the brand online, which seems extremely odd to me so I'll do some more research for you, and come back with options of where you can buy it in popular drugstores, and maybe where you can hear some more about it. Love you Fashionistas! Goodnight, XOXO, Roni J.

March Favorites

Hey there!
Well, today we're about to sum up the entire month of March! First, let's start by summing up the overall feelings and day to day life in March.
March has been an up and down month. With the entire "trying to move on" debacle there have been many days when I was down and gloomy, which is just an awful feeling, and a lot of days the sun was still hiding away, and in the beginning of the month it was dark and cold.
Yet, this month I have started this blog (YAY), I have gotten over Mr. Oh-So-Not-Right, I have gotten back on my feet slowly and gradually as the month went by, and the sun finally was out.
I hope this is more of a permanent happy period, because I don't like myself gloomy and sad and mad and... Well, wrong.
My month's favorite are:
FAVORITE THING: The sun. Point made.

FAVORITE SHOE: My Loafers, as I have said in my last post, they're just great transition shoes. They still keep me warm when it's windy out, but they are not as heavy as boots or more wintery shoes. More specifically my favorite shoes of the month are my brown Aldo loafers.
FAVORITE NAIL POLISH:  My favorite nail polish this month is definitely Barefoot In Blue by Essie. This nail polish isn't only simply a gorgeous springy shade, but it is also for a great cause. If you aren't familiar with the brand TOMS, it is a brand of shoes that donates a pair of shoes to barefooted children for every pair you buy off of them. Long story short, Essie teamed up with TOMS to raise awareness for the cause. I personally did not make it to get my hands on this shade, because I was not aware of this, but I think that both this and TOMS agenda in general just helps people in what might be hectic personal lives to help other people.

Since I did not manage to get my hands on this shade, and I adore it even without being related to the cause I searched for a dupe, and it looks like I have managed to find quite a similar one (the one I'm wearing on my nails in the last outfit of the day), which is Lapiz Of Luxury again by Essie, and I'm not sure if this was permanent collection or not, but I'll put a link to where I was trying to look for it right here, and if you like it, then maybe you can get your hands on it. From what I see on picture with the Barefoot In Blue it looks like they're exactly alike except for Barefoot In Blue maybe being a little bit darker. The formula is great as usual with the Essie nail polishes. It's an amazing color for spring without being too in your face.

FAVORITE BLOG: Is Chriselle's blog "The Chriselle Factor". She absolutely knows what she's talking about, she's not afraid of bright loud colors, and her blog is simply gorgeous and really informative. I love her both on youtube and as a blog writer!
FAVORITE T.V. SHOW: Lately I've been watching the last season of One Tree Hill, and I am SO sad it's about to be over. I have been a fan of OTH since I started watching the first season maybe two years ago, and just couldn't stop. When I saw that Chad and Hilary left I was pretty sad and took a break from the show and we went our different ways (sad sad), but I was bored one day and started watching the rest of the show and fell in love with it all over again. And now they're taking it away from me again :(. Watch it if you may, it's really really good and full of drama and action this season.

FAVORITE LIPSTICK: It's practically the only one I own, and it is So Chaud by MAC. I love the orange shade for spring and it suits so many skin tones. My skin tone is more of an olive skin tone and I know it suits lighter and darker girls as well. I love it! It's a little in your face, but you can tone it down by either blotting it, which makes you lips really dry, or by putting a little bit of a lip balm or Vaseline underneath, but then it loses it's matte finish, so see which one you like best: bright and matte, toned down and matter, or toned down and a little bit shiny.

FAVORITE SONG: My favorite song this month is probably any kind of feel good, light romantic song. You've already heard Olly Murs's "Please Don't Let Me Go", and "For You I Will" by Teddy Geiger, but there's another one you haven't heard from me quite yet, and it is the song "Stranger" by Chris August. Same breezy lovely feel to it that makes you smile, and wish this man was your man and that he'd sing that to you every morning when you wake up.
I have also gotten back into hearing Jason Mrazs' music. His new album is so sweet, and his music, as usual, is soothing and wonderful.
These men make me believe that there is still something good out there for all of us girls.
FAVORITE PERSON: This month my favorite person is Joey Graceffa on youtube. This guy is so funny and cute, and I just love watching his videos. He vlogs every day, so there's always new things to expect from him and he is simply enjoyable to watch. 

FAVORITE PIECE OF CLOTHING: My beloved, lovely, worn to death acid washed pair of jeans. You might have noticed that they have basically been in almost every outfit of the day I've done this month, so I guess you already know exactly what they look like. Hehe *getting a little pink around the cheeks*






That's it girls. Share with me YOUR favorites for this month with either putting a link to your blog below or by just commenting. I'd really love to hear from you. Don't forget to subscribe right there =>  somewhere. Hope we have a wonderful April, and that every day will bring a new adventure our way. Kisses! Roni J.