ALL ABOUT MY EYELASH EXTENSIONS

So a big, expensive, thing going on right now is eyelash extensions. Now I know I am a little late to try this out. But I did it anyway. And if you don't already know what eyelash extensions are or how they work, I'll do my best to explain. But please note I am NOT an eyelash technician, so, if you have any questions, I can try to answer them, but it would be best to talk to a professional.

What are they?

Eyelash extensions, are much like extensions you were to put in your hair. They extend in length your natural lashes by putting an extension on it. They can also add volume and curl. So, long story short, the name explains it, they are eyelash extensions. Which also means you have to already have natural lashes.


How long do they take to put on?

The procedure itself is completely dependent on who you go to, how much practice they have, and their level of training. Also, the time it takes can depend on you, and how many natural lashes you have.
Another factor is some technicians do different "sets". The two most common are natural and volume. Natural is much less eyelashes on the eye, where as volume lashes there is plenty more.
Typically for a new set they take an hour and a half.
Mine ended up taking two and a half. Which was due to my abundance of natural lashes and getting a fuller set.

How are they put on?

The procedure of how they are put on seems relatively simple, in terms of steps. First they clean your eyes, than add a primer, following that they will choose the extensions dependent on the look you're seeking. You MUST have your eyes closed for the amount of times it takes, because the fumes from the glue can irritate your eyes if in direct contact. Next you fall asleep, which you may think is impossible when someone is poking at your eyes, but its very possible. I did it easily. The technician will than begin the process of separating one for your natural eyelashes from the rest. She then takes the extension, puts a very VERY small amount of glue, and she then will put it on top of your eyelash. She will then keep the eyelash separated from the rest for a little bit longer. This all continues till every eyelash, in my case, has an extension on it.

How much do they cost?

The cost... this is the big question. And the reason I took so long to get them. Where I live, they can cost anywhere between $50-$200+. They say you have to go with the higher price range to get a better set, the technician I went to normally charges somewhere in the middle. I was lucky enough to book an appointment on Black Friday and got 50% off.

So I only got my eyelashes done last night, but so far I have had no pain, no problems and no concerns. All I have to say are good things.
The picture I will have attached to this post are my lashes with extensions on them.
If you have any questions I'll try my best to answer them.

Thank you and enjoy!
Together Lets Make a Creak!
:)

BLOG REVIEW FOR "LITERALLY DARLING"

I was having a writers block today, didn't know what I wanted to say nor how I wanted to say it, so when I get like this I enjoy reading. I think its because I know that as all these writers and authors were writing they came upon writers blocks too. And yet somehow they came over it, and even though they had that writers block they overcame it and still managed to write something truly beautiful and captivating. Now they were able to do that, although I don't have that skill and the powerful use of words that professional authors do, or even that other bloggers do. And I think that may be because I truly say how I feel, just lay it out there. As for why I told you that I have a writers block and had no idea what I had wanted to say today, So instead I deciding to review and share with you guys an amazingly beautiful blog. One that truly inspires me, it is amazing and beautiful and captivating, everything I want mine to be. Except this blog isn't quite the same style. Here is the blog in talking about;

http://www.literallydarling.com/
If you have stumbled upon this blog you may have done the same thing as I did, and decide to read almost everything on it!! But if you haven't I strongly suggest reading it. And this isn't me broadcasting this blog as like an advertisement or anything, first off, definitely not big enough for that, secondly, the author(s) of this blog, have no idea I even exist. So yeah.. there is a sad reality.
But anyhow, no pity party for me today!! I want to share with you an amazingly written post located on Literally Darling, it is called, What I Learned After Being Ghosted Just As I Was Feeling Secure.
I suggest reading it so you know exactly what it is I am talking about.
But the way the words flow together they make you feel for the girl who is saying it. I can say from personal experience the feeling is awful. I didn't lose my dad, not even close. But just the bigger theme s something I understand, opening up to someone about something that affects you and than they leave. Nothing said. Just gone. The author of this post says at the end of her post this; "The problem isn’t me, because despite what you may think, I am not how you treat me." I think this is something everyone needs to hear. Because the way people think of you isn't how you are defined. You are your own person, not someone else's thoughts. Be you. Don't conform to the person people think you are. Don't fall for it. Stand tall. People leave because you are to good for the,. Let them leave. You're better off without them. Make them wish they still had you.
The post that I shared above is something I want to start doing on my blog. Personal stories that I can write out with a technique that is captivating. I wont be able to do this for a little while as I don't believe I have that kind of ability yet, but if you are interested in me trying something like this, leave a comment.
And Together Lets;
Make a Creak
:)

NEW FAVORITE MUSIC GADGET ON THE RIGHT

This is just a quick update on a new addition to my blog! If you haven't already seen I have added a "Top Favorite Songs" playlist in which you can listen to while on my blog! I will update this playlist daily so you will never be left behind in my new favorite songs!!
I have music from many genres and I hope someone finds a new song they love and have never heard before!! It is completely free to listen to so I hope you enjoy!
Comment your favorite songs that I have on the playlists or comment what it is missing!! I would love to hear from you guys and gals!
Together Lets;
Make a Creak!!
:)

IS IT WORSE TO FAIL AT SOMETHING, OR NEVER ATTEMPT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

So as a bit of a starter before I get to the question of, "is it worse to fail or never attempt?". I want to state that this is my first "Philosophical Tuesday" and these posts are not suppose to anger anyone, or go against anyone's morals, it is merely a question I am sharing my beliefs on. If at any point you feel uncomfortable reading this know you can stop, and if you go to my "Contact Me" page you can send me an email stating why you feel I went against you and I will review it and respond. Again though, this is just a question I choose to answer with my beliefs and views. I hope I get people thinking and I hope people enjoy. Thank you!!

I'm sure we have all been asked or begged by a friend to play a sport, say baseball with them. And maybe your response went a little something like this, "No way. I suck at baseball!!" That probably would have been my response anyway, at least up until now. Because now I've really thought about the question stated above about, is it worse to fail? or never attempt?

My belief is that it is better to fail. Why might this be? because you can never know if you're good at something or if you enjoy something unless you've tried it. Lets say, for example, in gym class when you're really young, you don't have a fear of failing to hold you back, not really anyway. So you choose to participate in every game that the teacher chooses to play. This is what probably made you decide that you like certain sports and hate others. You know this, because you attempted it. Maybe you failed it the first few times, or many times, or maybe you just suck at the sport, but because you attempted it you can make that decision, or no its not really my sport, or I LOVE this game!!

Lets look at another way to view things;

You probably got your first job around the age of 15 or 16, some maybe younger, some maybe older, just that is the average. So I'm going to guess most people began working at either McDonalds, Tim Hortons or a little restaurant in their area. Maybe you didn't just bear with me. If that was your first job I'm assuming you applied just because you wanted money, not because that's what you wanted to do with your entire life. So you work here for a while, and you hate it. This means you now know, this is NOT what you want to do with your life, AT ALL!! It was an attempt that taught you that. So from that attempt in the fast food business you decide to stay as far away from those "Now Hiring" signs as possible, and at this point you're 18, and you decide to apply as a receptionist at the local Law Office, after all, you want to be a lawyer. Once again you work at this place, attempting it, and guess what? The environment just isn't for you, so the next step is, okay, lets do a whole life change, I don't want to go to college for this anymore, I want to go here for this. And with that you get accepted into Social Service Worker at the college a few hours away. You decided not to apply for part time at the foster care unit because you don't want to jinx it, you would hate to realize this is early that Social work wasn't your thing either. And ultimately its isn't. You get your degree and you get a job. And its just not for you. If you would have attempted it earlier you wouldn't have wasted so much time and money. but now you're stuck, at least till you make some more money.

With all of this being said, I believe that it is worse to not attempt something at all, than to fail because you did make that attempt. You gain experience and knowledge by attempting and doing new things, especially when you end up failing, it makes you think of the things you could do differently next time to make yourself better. So long story short, try baseball, try soccer, try everything you have the chance to, even if its a little work shop in the community where you can make things for the people in the hospital, maybe its something you find you really enjoy doing, Without attempting stuff you'll never know anything about yourself, don't be scared to fail. Learn from your failures.

And Together Lets:

Make a Creak

:)

WHAT MY SECOND SEMESTER IS LIKE

So for many of us who are in high school we just got back to school for our second semester, sadly.. I find the first day back is so boring, and although it goes by very quick you just wish you didn't have to be at school. Or that's the run down with me anyway. I did not want to wake up this morning, nor did I want to go to sleep last night, not knowing when I woke up it was a whole new load of classes. One great thing for me though is that my second semester is a heck of a lot easier and less course work load than my first semester. Semester one looked like this;
English
Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology
Biology
Chemistry
Where are my second semester looks like this;
Physics
Functions
Healthcare
Philosophy
Although my morning may seem terrible since its pretty much all math that may be changing tomorrow as I am looking into a timetable change. Physics isn't needed for what I want to go to University for, so I don't think I want to take it and risk getting a low mark in which would lower my average. Although I will update you on the whole physics thing once I myself figure it all out. As for know that is what my course load is like. I'm definitely looking forward to my philosophy class the mist out of the four courses, for anyone who doesn't know, philosophy is "the study of knowledge, reality and, existence. And if that still leaves you unclear as to what it is it is the process of exploring large questions in life, such as, "is there a superior power, such as god?" or "do people have a destiny or a fate?" or another big question is, "what makes us human?" These are some questions in which I will be exploring through my philosophy course, and for our units we will be holding debates and also journals, in which we write down and argue why we think one way with logical thinking.
So I'm sorry for this little ramble, probably not to exciting, but I'm thinking maybe I'm going to start doing "Philosophical Tuesdays" where I will explore one of life's many big questions. I will be sharing my beliefs on the question and will hope it will open up the comments for people to share their thoughts on the subject being explored. If this is something that interests you, leave a comment down below or stay tuned! You can subscribe to emails over to the right, where it should say "follow by email" this will allow you to receive emails regarding my new posts!!
Thank you for reading my little chat and I'm hoping to update again tomorrow!!
Together Lets;
Make a Creak!!
:)

THIS THING CALLED, THE PLUNGER TOSS

You probably think this post is going to be messed up considering the title claims I'm talking about this thing called, The Plunger Toss. And the image going through your head is people throwing plungers into toilets like its a sport, and I wish I could say that image is not even close to what it actually is, but... that image is exactly what it is. In a small town I visit frequently there is an outdoor rink where, in February, more than 100 people gather to throw toilet plungers into stinky old toilets probably picked up from a dump. I'm kidding about that part, but they are EXTREMELY old and beaten up from the annual sport called The Plunger Toss. Below is going to be a diagram illustration exactly what this "sport" is and how it is played.

So without judging my art, this picture pretty much explains the entire game. You toss the plunger, into the toilet. Yayy!!
If the plunger lands into the toilet bowl you get more points than if it were to land in the circle surrounding the toilet. Now this probably sounds extremely dumb, and maybe it is, but while you're playing it, its probably the best most entertaining thing that anyone will ever do! So it makes it worth it!! And if you're the lucky winner you get a trophy ;) what could be more exciting than getting to explain why you have a trophy that has a toilet and plunger on it!! oh yeah, right. NOTHING!
But actual rules for the game is, if you can imagine horseshoes, you throw a plunger while standing on your preferred side of the toilet, and if the plunger lands inside of the toilet you receive 10 points, whereas if it lands in the surrounding circle you will only receive 1. The game starts off as a round robin tournament which after four, twenty minutes games quickly turns into a game of elimination, its a fight till the death for those whole heartedly into the game, which most people are!
MY RESULTS;
And the most anticipated part of this blog is the results in which were achieved by my group, and here they are; we won two out of the four games played in round robin, losing one game to people who were cheating, and to another team who were INSANLY good!! And after the round robin we made it through the first set of elimination although lost in the final seconds as someone got a 10 point flush!!
So that is what occupied my Saturday, if anyone else has any fun stories of how they enjoy spening their weekends leave a comment!
And together we will;
Make a Creak!!
:)

ONE THING EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

When you are little you always hear, "awwe, aren't you so cute" or maybe its "you look like a sweetheart". Either way, or whatever alternative it could be that is along those lines, you stop hearing it the older you get. And maybe since I said that you're starting to think about it, and are like, damn, she's right. But the thing is, the older you get, the more insecure you get and the more you need to hear it. So this isn't going to be an overly long post today, its going to be relatively straight to the point, an its just going to be me telling you everything that I think you need to hear.
First of all, you're beautiful/handsome.
You're adorable.
You're loved.
You have a life ahead of you, and you can do WHATEVER makes you happy.
Doctors aren't the only people who make money in this world. You don't need that 95% average.
You put a smile on someone's face.
Someone cant stop thinking about you, even if its a stranger who saw you at the bus stop.
Do what you love.
Some day your life is going to sort its self out, don't stress.
You don't have to be a size 2 to be beautiful, everyone is.
You don't have to have a 6 pack to be hot, everyone is.
If they hit you, leave. They don't love you.
Having sex doesn't make you a slut.
Not having sex doesn't make you a prude.
You don't have to be makeup to be accepted.
You don't have to play hockey to be cool.
You will go some where in life.
Eat what you want, stop counting the calories. We know you are capable of counting higher than 90.
AND NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS YOURE PERFECT, THE PEOPLE WHO PUT YOU DOWN ARE TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL. STAND TALL. SPEAK UP. BE YOU. YOURE PERFECT, LOVED, AMAZING AND, STRONG.

I hope I made someone smile when they read this. You have an amazing smile. Everyone does. And everyone deserves to feel good about themselves, just because people don't tell you as much doesn't mean they don't think it.
Together Lets;
Make a Creak.
:)<3

JANUARY FAVOURITES

January 2017 is already coming to an end! Yes, you heard me right. Only 11 more months of 2017!!!And since it is coming to an end, I though, why not do a January favorites? So here I am!! I should probably start off my saying, I'm not a makeup freak, I actually have hardly wore makeup since July 2016. My choice to do this wasn't anything special, its not like I went vegan and didn't want to purchase all new makeup, nor is it because I had a terrible experience. I actually haven't had any bad experiences with it, I stopped merely to build self confidence. Which has worked. But that's for another post! I just wanted to let everyone know this isn't a big makeup favorites of January 2017. So with that disclaimer, we might as well get started!
In the month of January I had many favorites, and here they are;

OREO CHEESECAKE; Another favorite of mine is Oreo Cheesecake! Which is soo yummy! Only downside being that you cant eat to much because it fills you up so quick! I don't have the recipe for this exact one that I had since someone made it for me, but I'm sure if you were to check Pinterest for one you would be able to find a super quick and easy one!
TEAS; CHECK OUT MY OTHER POST ABOUT BLOGGING AND TEA TO SEE SOME OF MY FAVOURITES THERE!

GARNIER FRUCTIS; SLEEK AND SHINE, ANTI-FRIZZ SERUM I have chosen this as one of my favorites because I LOVE the feeling of my hair right after I put this in, and just how soft it is all the way until I have another shower and wash my hair. I find you need the littlest amount and its so easy to work into your hair. And for the price it is unbeatable, I got it for $3.97 at a drug store! AND IT TAMES FRIZZ!!!

VEGGIE STRAWS; I am addicted to Veggie Straws, have been for as long as I can remember, and one of my favorite brands is, Sensible Portions. I believe this bad was only around $6 at Costco. I find them to be an amazing snack and they are something I would reach for even more than chips!









HOT BUTTERED RUM; BATH AND BODY WORKS CANDLE This candle is so amazingly scented its quite difficult to put into words, all I can say is, it makes any space warm cozy and relaxing.








DAWN SHADOW; XBOX CONTROLLER So if anyone is in search of a new Xbox One Controller, I HIGHLY suggest the special edition Dawn Shadow, it is soooo beautiful! Now there
isn't anything special about how it works, which is quite sad, but it is the newest Xbox controllers, so they can connect wirelessly to any Windows 10 device, which is a plus for some people!

LINKED LOVE; PANDORA RING The beautiful ring I got from my boyfriend for Christmas! Definitely a favorite this month as it has yet to leave my hand!! This is a beautiful, elegant simple ring, that holds soo much detail into it. In love with this ring almost as much as I am in love with the guy who got it for me, hoping he comments something if he reads this far ;)<3






So there are only some of my favorites from January 2017! And if we share a favorites in common let me know! Or if you have any favorites or things you think I should try comment them down below! And with that being said, I hope everyone had a great January and I hope February treats everyone well as well!! You'll be getting MANY more posts in February!
So together lets,
Make A Creak!
:)

SURAFCE REVIEW; MY LATEST PURCHASE!

Its not that we use technology,   

we live technology.

-Godfrey Reggio 

I'm sure many of us know the feeling, when you want the latest piece of tech, or you want something so badly, but you have to wait for your next pay check, and than you buy food.. so you have to wait longer. Then maybe you

realize, "if I don't get the oil change my car has needed for the past two weeks I'll need to replace my car" so, than you have to get that oil change. Then as you're looking online for deals you realize, I still don't have enough. Or maybe you have just enough, which would mean, no gas money, food, rent money, nothing. So you cant purchase it even though it was an amazing deal. And by the time that you have enough money the price has gone up.. And so on and so forth, I'm sure you understand what I'm saying by now. Its a first world problem. That you cant really classify as a problem, because starving to death would have been a much bigger problem..

Well I have been there done that so many times that I've lost count. And I'm sorry to say, sure its exciting when that expensive thing you've been wanting is just gifted to you, but its better when you get something you worked for. Something I've recently done, when I purchased myself a Surface Pro 3 for a steal. And I know, I know.. Its not even the newest one! But I'm sure if you researched into them as much as I have you would understand that the difference between the 3 and the 4 is next to nothing. I purchased the Surface Pro 3, with an I5 processor, 128GBs and 4GBs of RAM. I have had this piece of tech for just over a week, and here are my thoughts...

IT IS BEAUTIFUL!! Sorry to all those MacBook lovers out there, but I think the Microsoft Surface may have won the beauty competition!! It is sleek and highly customizable, you can choose to purchase a colored pen, and the type covers come in a variety of different colors! Also you can buy whatever kind of sleeve or case you want! Its so easy to make it your own! And even if you didn't want to add anything to it, its a beautiful minimal design of only black, white and a silver metal back.

NOTE TAKING IS SOOOOOO EASY!!! With the Microsoft pen that comes with the purchase of your surface you can take amazingly neat and easy notes, whether you are a student, and constantly need to scribble down notes, or work somewhere where you are constantly in need of a pen and paper, it is so simple to just write something down and save it for later.

YOU CAN ADD STICKY NOTES TO YOUR DISPLAY! I may or may not completely love sticky notes, so to find out I could add them to my display I was ecstatic! Whether I scribble down reminders to myself or just little things I've heard during the day and want to remember, I constantly find myself using them.

IT RUNS SO MANY PROGRAMS!! You may be thrilled to know that anything you have and can do on your laptop you can probably do on this. Whether it is, Photoshop, Blender, Visual Studios, Unity, Sims 4, Instagram, Blogger ;), YouTube, Netflix, anything you could possibly think of the Microsoft Surface pro can do!

THE DISPLAY!! Ever wish you could watch 4K videos, yeahh, me to, but now I can ;) ;)

Above are 5 of the things that I adore about my Surface Pro 3, there are many other reasons I love it, and I hope you enjoyed the review! Comment if you enjoyed it and would like to hear more reviews!!

Thank You!

Together Lets,

Make A Creak!!

:)

BLOGGING WITH TEA

So I should probably start this off first by saying; I'm extremely sorry for the lack of recent posts. I can go on and on about how busy I have been, which is 100% true, but I've also just had a lack of motivation. There is one extremely hard thing about blogging and it is that your trying to connect and talk with people, yet people are only coming to read. Not to talk back. So everything feels really one sided. I think I have finally gotten out of this pickle though, and I feel like I'm going to have a lot more time and motivation to do things and put out new content so my blog can be up and running again. So I figured for my first post in a while I'm going to talk about one of the many things, other than my boyfriend and family, that always manages to make me smile, tea.

As I am typing this blog post out, I have a cup of tea next to me, something in which I feel is a tradition while I'm reading, writing, typing blogs, studying, pretty much anything for that matter. I feel like no matter where I am or what I'm doing if I have a cup of tea next to me I am instantly content and just happy and warm. And if I'm instantly happy and warm and content drinking it, I'm obviously going to be happy and content telling you about my favorites! Soooooo, lets begin!

I'm currently drinking Hazelnut Vanilla, which is an amazingly creamy warm blend, perfect for any time of the year, but especially perfect for the cold winter months. Its a black tea, which essentially means it has low caffeine content. Black tea is also suppose to be good for circulation because of its lack of caffeine. Another beneficial part of drinking black tea is that while it steeps it eliminated the antioxidants. Antioxidants can harm body cells if consumed in large quantities.
Some of my favorite teas that I find myself craving or wanting are, in no specific order;
Steeped Tea from Tim Hortons, I get a large with two milk, two sugar. It tasted like a subtle vanilla tea that is rich and creamy.
Carmel Almond Amoretti, I purchase this at Teavana, and one of my favorite things about this tea other than the taste is the fact that it steeps pink in color. I put almond milk and honey in this tea to my preferred taste. And it has a wonderful almond, cinnamon, candy apple taste to it.
Cookie Dough, if anyone remembers as a kid trying to sneak a bite of cookie dough before anyone saw, or as a teenager looking up "edible cookie dough recipes" (which I have a great one for anyone interested) than you will LOVE this tea, and hey, you don't have to worry about getting sick like you were always told was going to happen if you ate cookie dough as a kid. I put milk in this tea, just to make it a bit more creamy, and it is one of my favorite go-to's.
And although this a very broad one, I don't have time to go through all of my teas and pick out all of my favorite chai ones, but I find myself always pulling up this recipe when I have the time to make a wonderful creamy rich cup of tea. It is wonderfully written and very easy to follow, so I suggest to all my chai tea lovers to try it, and if you don't have the time to make your own one of the chai teas I find myself always grabbing is, Lipton Chai Tea Bags, I normally put milk and honey in my cup along with the steeped tea so it gives it a thinker creamier taste that I feel makes chai teas so special and yummy.
Others that I love to drink are; Earl Grey, Mint Chocolate, Spiced Apple, Chocolate Chai, Caramel Truffle, Blueberry Lemonade, Strawberry Orange Sunrise, and Cherry Goddess.
Now although I did mention a lot of teas I also have a lot more that I love. I love drinking tea and I enjoy trying new kinds of tea, and hope that I have inspired someone to try a new kind, even if it is just a sampler, because I myself do love samplers!

And with that being said, I am going to try my hardest to keep up with new content so you guys have something to read! And I hope sometime some of you guys start commenting so we can chat!! Even if you go to my contact page and if you email me privately, I'll do my best to respond as soon as possible! :)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day/night, and that everyone is inspired to try a new tea!
And Together, lets;
Make a Creak!!
:)