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    If you don't love her, then most tend to hate her. Those who do often tend to say "she's not famous for any reason", "she's only famous because of a sextape, "she's famous for doing nothing".

    These days she has become a successful business woman in her own right, but she didn't become famous because of those things, she did those things after she became famous, and that's what actually makes many of us so annoyed at her, maybe whether you realise it or not.

    People like to say she's not smart and she's all about her appearance. The truth is it's the media who choose to focus mainly on her appearance (though that's done some great things for many woman in loving their bodies) but this external focus means we don't tend to think about what is underneath. Truth be told most of us don't really know her (obviously myself included), so we don't really know how smart she truely is.

    But the reason she annoys many of us so much is because what she does goes against everything we've been taught.

    Her main job, her career path, is to just be her, and that's not something which can easily be made to fit into some box. We're obsessed with simply knowing what she's doing, what she's wearing, what she likes; and she lives off that. The same goes for the rest of the Kardashian family.



    The reality is that this is the direction our entertainment path is taking. Entertainment was once about going to the cinema to see a film. Then the television was created and it was about bringing shorter films into people's homes. These days our screens are dominated with reality television.

    Those who criticise most of the time just simply do not understand it because it goes against what they know and what they've been taught; they say it is narsissim and not really entertainment, but the truth is it is exactly what entertainment is in this century.

    YouTube and blogs (just like this one you're reading now) are becoming forms of entertainment, and profitable ones at that (think of all the bloggers and YouTubers you might know who are racking in the earnings). A lot of bloggers and YouTubers do tend to have a category they fit into, whether it be beauty, fashion, lifestyle, etc, but most also have a side to their work where they literally just film or inform you about what they've being doing in their normal day-to-day lives. We love to just watch what people do every day; we love to see people just being themselves.

    We get to follow these people's stories, see things as they happen and grow with them.

    At the end of the day bloggers and YouTuber's embody the same form as entertainment as Kim - and we love it all.


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    We all know we need to be looking after our environment. Most of us are aware of paper wastage, and how having bundles and bundles of paper can have a long-term detriment to Mother Nature, particularly trees. Despite this we probably still go through hundreds of pieces of paper ourselves each year. Though the technological age is converting most of our paper ways to a digital screen, many of us just can't get past having a physical piece of paper in front of us for certain things.

    To help with this many of us probably choose to buy recycled paper, or other things that are made from 100% recycled products. But what if we could take our conscience effort to help the environment a step further in this area. Say hello to the Paper Saver.


    To me, after you purchase this notebook, you'll never need to buy another in your life. So really it is both an envrionment-saving tool and a money-saving tool for you. Uni students take note!

    Now this has been around for a little while, so you may have heard of it before. The idea behind the Paper Saver is super simple, yet makes total sense, I don't know how someone didn't think of this before. Basically take any spare or old pieces of paper you have laying around that only have one side with markings on them (like all those assignments you attempted to print out but the printer decided to freak out on you so you have about ten copies of the same assignment laying around). Fold them all in half, slip them inside the sleeve within this leather bound notebook - you're ready to go.

    It speaks for itself really.




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    posted by . 5/31/16 .


    It's that time again....

     Tom Ford Perfume - Black Orchid
    My Mum actually nabbed this for a huge bargain. She found a few bottles stocked a Priceline (which isn't a normal occurrence) and saw a sticker showing a huge markdown. She took it to the counter and it turned out that sticker was suppose to placed elsewhere, but because it had been on the perfume, essentially advertising it as that price, they had to give it to her at about half the price it normally was. My Mum has been wearing Tom Ford for a while, and she picked up this exact scent a little while ago, but in a bigger bottle. I actually love the smell of this one. It has a much more sophisticated and grown-up scent to it, but every time I'm wearing it and around someone they always compliment me on how good I smell - probably the best sign that you can get that you're onto a winner. It isn't cheap, but if you can ever grab some while it's on sale, I would highly recommend.




    T2 Teamaker

    I have been using this baby non-stop this month, multiple times a day. In between drinking my new favourite Peppermint Tea (see next) and my Skinny Coffee Club detox coffee, this thing never get a break. This will get you one full cup of whatever you happen to be brewing, and my favourite thing about it is, once you're ready to serve, you just pick the whole thing up, rest the bottom of it on the top of your cup and it will dispense. Super easy.



    T2 Just Peppermint Loose Leaf Tea

    I think this has to be the thing I was the most obsessed with this month. I have been drinking this almost every day, twice a day, morning and night. I never use to be that big into herbal teas, but lately I was dying to get myself some peppermint tea, of course the first place I thought to go was T2. I could not recommend this stuff enough. I just pop a heaped teaspoon into my cup, chuck in some boiling water, let it sit until all the leaves have settled to the bottom and then for another few minutes more, and you're good to go. It's so refreshing and warming and I love how clean it leaves my mouth feeling. Man I'm about ready to go for a T2 shopping spree after all this talk about them.



    Beauty Essentials Face Cleanser

    I love trying new skincare, so when I was in need of a new face cleanser this month I decided to try this one out. For me this was one that took getting use to. I picked up one that claimed to foam up, because I normally like that kind, however I wouldn't say it foams up all that much. When I use my face cleansing brush I can get a decent foam going, but otherwise it's nothing to crazy. This made me think I was going to hate it, but I changed my mind after I washed it off. My face ends up feeling so squeaky clean, yet not dry and void of all moisture which some cleansers can do. This is one I much prefer to use with a cleansing brush than hands, but for the cheap price point it will leave you feeling nice and clean.



    Impressed Juice - Sunny Side Up

    Does anyone else can random juice cravings at times? Normally I fulfil this by just picking up a carton of apple juice, but I decided to try something a bit different. I headed to the cold section of my local Woolworths and spotted this amazingness. Yes, the packaging 100% sucked me in, but the product inside is just as good as it looks on the outside. I've only tried this one flavour, 'Sunny Side Up', but I'm keen to try some others. This flavour in particular tastes a lot like orange juice, but like real orange juice, like orange juice that you've just squeezed directly from the fruit into your mouth. I'm hoping they launch an online shop soon that lets you buy packs of these, because I would 100% be down for that.


    Seed Coat
    I have never been so warm in my life, and I managed to nab this coat for a serious bargain. My Mum and I actually spotted this coat in David Jones around a month ago and thought it looked so beautiful! It is normally a $200 coat though so we weren't about to grab it on a whim. However the other day while shopping, I was trying on a coat in ICE Fashion and just wasn't feeling it so Mum said we should just go try on this baby anyway. As soon as I put this one I knew it was the one. At that time there was I think a 35% off sale, or something like that, but when we took it to the counter it came out ever cheaper. We didn't say anything and left, but after checking later we realised that it was 35% off an already reduced price, so we managed to nab it for only $90, which was only around $20 more than the ICE coat I had just tried on. I think there's a sale on at the moment and it's even cheaper, so now is the time to buy if you're considering. Excuse the stock photos, exams are currently looming and it's just generally the shit end of semester at the moment, so taking time to grab a nicely styled outfit photo to show of this beauty just wasn't going to happen. P.S the hood is detachable.

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    posted by . 5/30/16 .




    If there's one thing that can completely change the look and feel of your makeup with a single application, that's lip colour.

    This post is actually a collaboration with two other awesome bloggers who are from my area of Newcastle, NSW; Aussie Beauty Talk and Permanent Procrastination. So head over to their page's to check out their posts and discover some more awesome lip product recommendations. But for right now, here are my top three!


    I'm not really one to wear bold, darker colours often, but I do find myself gravitating towards them in the store, and absolutely love the look they give when I do find the confidence to wear them.

    NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil - Train Bleu

    I had been lusting to get my hands on another NARS product, though I had no idea what I wanted. When I was in Sydney and I found a NARS counter, as soon as I saw these lip pencils I had to have one. I didn't have anything else like it, all my other lip products were your normal lipsticks, and as I said I'm draw to bold, dark colours. This one can get a bit patchy after being worn for a couple of hours, but I'm yet to get my hands on a matching lip liner, and I think that could make a major difference.

    Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick - Violet Frenzy

    When I purchased this one, it was my first lipstick in purchase in an extremellyyyyyyy long time. I was dying to try a purple colour, and so I grabbed one of the first dark purples I found, luckily I ended up loving it. This lipstick is buildable, so depending on how dark you want to go, will depend how much you layer on. Again I need to find a matching lip liner to really nail the application of this one.


    BYS Lipstick

    I think this was the first lipstick I owned, and I think my Mum brought it for some dance or show I was in and needed a red lip for. Back then I didn't really appreciate the product because it's taken me a long while to get into lip colour, but I've recently been using this again and man does it have a seriously good colour pay off. It also stays on the lips quite well; it does transfer very, very easy, but considering how much it transfers the colour does also stick to your lips fairly well. BYS are a cheaper brand, but I think for the price point this is a pretty good product.


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