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!!
:)