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Why I Love Spring
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So you may sense a theme with todays and Fridays post. They are both about spring and they are both collaboration posts. Todays spring post is in collaboration with the amazing Hannah Delacour, we are going to be sharing with you why we love spring. Hannah is seriously amazing with a capital A! I love reading her blog and she is hilarious, I could chat to her for hours. I will link to her blog at the bottom of this post.
So spring... Right now its the first day of spring and its snowing here in DC so I'm not really feeling it but nonetheless I am going to be sharing with you how much I really do love it.
My Top 5 Products For Spring
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Bumble & Bumble Pret-a-Powder- This is meant to be a volumizing powder and dry shampoo in one, personally I love it just for adding some body to my roots. It adds some great lift to you hair and gets rid of grease ewwwww. The reason this is great for spring you ask? Well the smell seriously reminds me of freshly bloomed tulips. Its just so fresh and floral.
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette- This palette is the stuff of dreams! It is just so beautiful and the product its self is amazing. I especially love the middle shade Incandescent Electra (which is exclusive to the palette) for spring, it is a mix of a pinky highlight and a coral blush.
Chanel Rouge Allure Gloss in 15 Sensible- I featured this in my favorite spring lip products, the shade is a beautiful pinky-nude that has something a bit coral-y about it. The formula of these is really nice, they have a gel like texture that stays put on your lips without being overly sticky.
Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder Foundation- This foundation is just perfection for me, and spring is the time to break out your dewy bases. It has a medium coverage and some serious glow with out looking shiny or oily. It also has some great skin benefits to keep my skin hydrated in the changing spring weather. I will be writing up a full review next week.
Super Facialist Glow Boost Serum- I have always loved this Una Brenna Vitamin C serum but in the past few months I have been skipping it and using a more hydrating option. Now the weather has started to warm up I have switched back to it, I can really tell the difference in my skins natural glow and now I wake up and my skin looks instantly awake. I wrote a full review on it HERE.
Thank you so much for reading, what are you favorite products for spring?
Go and check out Serein's top products for spring over on her blog.
Serein's Blog: http://sereinwu.com/
Serein's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dressyourselfhappy
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Nuxe Reve de Meil Lip Balm Review
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Dealing With Anxiety
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So let's start with me telling you how it all began. I first realized I have a problem with anxiety around four years ago, when I look back now I realize that actually most of my life I naturally have been an over anxious person. My anxiety really came to a head when I was injured in school four
years ago. I tore two tendons and a ligament in my left foot, after it hadn't healed 6 months later I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. Basically I was told I would be in pain for the rest of my life, I could learn how to manage it but it would always be there. Luckily I am a lot better now and with a lot of healing therapy my foot now only bothers me occasionally. But anyway back to the anxiety thing, because of the injury I ended up being off school on and off for almost two years. When it came to going back to school I started having major panic attacks about it, I'm pretty sure that came on from being out of it so much. At the time we had decided to move to DC so I dropped out of school anyway. I thought maybe with a fresh start I would be ok, I was wrong and something people need to realize is that if you have anxiety is that it will always be there, every one has it to a certain degree it's how you manage it that maters. Over time I have learnt a few strategies to keep my self calm when I get anxious and I now haven't had a panic attack since we moved. The strategy that helps me the most I would say is when I get panicked to really focus on my breathing, when you begin to panic you breathing becomes short and you breathe from the chest. Notice how you feel and try to relax, start breathing from the pit of you stomach. Another thing that can happen when you panic is that you don't let enough carbon dioxide out when you breathe, your breathing becomes shallow and then you begin to fell sick and lightheaded. To combat this you can regulate you breathing by breathing into a bag or if you can't do that or are in public and don't want to try taking shallow breaths in and letting a long breath out, keep doing this until you feel calmer. Distraction is always a great way to calm down also if your with someone try and have a chat, that always helps me. If not playing a game on you phone, listening to music anything that will distract you. I have been know to read every single word in a magazine to distract myself. Some other techniques I have been told is exercise, I exercise on a regular basis and I'm not really sure if it helps but it is a good stress reliever. There are also methods like pressure point tapping and jumping up and down I personally have never tried them but it's worth giving them a go if you find nothing else works. The most important thing to remember it not to be embarrassed and to seek help if you need it whether that is from a friend, relative or health professional. The things I get anxious over tend to be things that yes are scary but things that I really want to do, I can spend 24 hours before hand feeling horrible with anxiety but once I have done it I feel great, you just need to learn to push through it and in the end you can conquer your Anxiety. I really hope this has helped someone not just deal with their anxiety but know they are not alone. If you want to ask me any question don't hesitate to email me at nicola.darita1@gmail.com
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years ago. I tore two tendons and a ligament in my left foot, after it hadn't healed 6 months later I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. Basically I was told I would be in pain for the rest of my life, I could learn how to manage it but it would always be there. Luckily I am a lot better now and with a lot of healing therapy my foot now only bothers me occasionally. But anyway back to the anxiety thing, because of the injury I ended up being off school on and off for almost two years. When it came to going back to school I started having major panic attacks about it, I'm pretty sure that came on from being out of it so much. At the time we had decided to move to DC so I dropped out of school anyway. I thought maybe with a fresh start I would be ok, I was wrong and something people need to realize is that if you have anxiety is that it will always be there, every one has it to a certain degree it's how you manage it that maters. Over time I have learnt a few strategies to keep my self calm when I get anxious and I now haven't had a panic attack since we moved. The strategy that helps me the most I would say is when I get panicked to really focus on my breathing, when you begin to panic you breathing becomes short and you breathe from the chest. Notice how you feel and try to relax, start breathing from the pit of you stomach. Another thing that can happen when you panic is that you don't let enough carbon dioxide out when you breathe, your breathing becomes shallow and then you begin to fell sick and lightheaded. To combat this you can regulate you breathing by breathing into a bag or if you can't do that or are in public and don't want to try taking shallow breaths in and letting a long breath out, keep doing this until you feel calmer. Distraction is always a great way to calm down also if your with someone try and have a chat, that always helps me. If not playing a game on you phone, listening to music anything that will distract you. I have been know to read every single word in a magazine to distract myself. Some other techniques I have been told is exercise, I exercise on a regular basis and I'm not really sure if it helps but it is a good stress reliever. There are also methods like pressure point tapping and jumping up and down I personally have never tried them but it's worth giving them a go if you find nothing else works. The most important thing to remember it not to be embarrassed and to seek help if you need it whether that is from a friend, relative or health professional. The things I get anxious over tend to be things that yes are scary but things that I really want to do, I can spend 24 hours before hand feeling horrible with anxiety but once I have done it I feel great, you just need to learn to push through it and in the end you can conquer your Anxiety. I really hope this has helped someone not just deal with their anxiety but know they are not alone. If you want to ask me any question don't hesitate to email me at nicola.darita1@gmail.com
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My Favorite Lip Products For Spring
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Empties and Dissapointing Products
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Mascaras- I actually have 4 in my little empties bag here, they are all actually empty and I used them all up (always a good sign). Rimmel London Scandal Eyes mascara in extreme black, I did like this and used it all up but I don't think I would repurchase it again just because I think there are better drugstore mascaras. L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes mascara, I really love this mascara. It is totally my favorite from the drugstore, I have already repurchased and always will. Collection Super Size mascara, this was ok but not amazing I probably wouldn't repurchase it. The Lancôme Hypnoses Star is my all time favorite mascara, it just gives great length and volume and I will always have a bottle in my collection. This one I used up was a travel sized mini.
The Only Two Eye Brushes You Will Ever Need
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Beauty Q&A with Aymie Louise
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I am super excited about todays post as it is the first collaboration post here on Perfect Peonies. Myself and Aymie have come up with five beauty questions each that we will both be answering. So here we will answer the first five and then over on Aymie Louise we will answer five more! Before we get to the questions Aymie is going to introduce herself a bit.
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Oscars Inspired Makeup- Margot Robbie
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So I began by priming my skin with Stila's one step correct, I then buffed Rimmel London's match perfection foundation in with the Bobbi Brown full coverage face brush. I concealed my under eyes with Laura Mercier's dark circle concealer. I felt like she didn't have to much going on with the face, so I just added a little powder and some Nars Laguna bronzer.
To finish off the look I used Maybelline colorsensational vibrant mandarin lipstick, it has a satin finish so I set it with a little makeup forever translucent powder to matte it down. I was a little unsure about the lip as I said but I have now found out she was wearing Hourglasses opaque rouge liquid lipstick in Raven which is a very similar orange red color to vibrant mandarin. Love...
