Skin Care Tips

Prefer Gel Cleansers if you have oily skin.

Foam Cleansers are for dry and combination skin.

Always use a moisturizer!Even oily skins!

Always wash your face before applying makeup.Clear skin means clear surface for makeup, it will not only be in your face for longer but also it will look so smooth.

Always use a skin mist after makeup to not get cakey.

Wear SPF!

Prefer foundations that DOESN'T have SPF in them.

Bar soaps are drying, but with a good moisturizer, it might become your best friend.

Know Your Skin Type.

Knowing the kind of skin type you have is more important then your skincare routine.For years I thought I had oily skin because I had so much acne on my forehead.Then I went to the dermatologist and turns out, I actually have Dry skin.Now I use Lush's Movis and Mario Badescu Rose Water and my skin is becoming a lot better!!!!!!!!!!!!

Skin Care Favorites for Dry Skin

I have a dry skin and taking care of dry skins are not easy.If you use the wrong product, like drying ones, you will end up getting dry patches or worse, severe acne.On your face, getting rid of dry patches is easy.All you need is exfoliators, for face and for skin. I'm pretty sure you have heard of The Body Shop. It makes amazing vegan products for really good prices. If you have sensitive skin, exfoliators might be your worse enemy but this particular one is made for sensitive skin.This one is called The Body Shop's Mango Body Scrub

You should NEVER use a body exfoliator or any other body product on your face so here is another face scrub that works

amazing with dry skin.Dry skins know the struggle of not getting enough moisture on their lips and what I think is the problem is, people don't use a lip scrub before they apply their daily lip balm, that not only makes your lips baby soft also it keeps it moisturized.My favorite Lip Scrub is from Lush.It's called Bubble Gum Lip Scrub.Click here to buy

Now lets talk about face cleansers.The only product I have been using past 3 weeks is LUSH's Movis Soap.I heard that soaps that don't make that much of bubble are the ones the most natural and non chemical.This soap NEVER bubbles for some reason which can be challenging sometimes but it means that its natural so yeah.It smells EXACTLY like whole wheat bread, I just want to eat it when I'm using it.

Moisturizers are dry skin's best friend.But some moisturizers can make your face feel so greasy and gross.Who likes extra grease on their skin anyways right?Too much oil causes acne and clogged pores..One of my absolute favorite facial mists/ moisturizer is from Mario Badescu.It smells like heaven and it really does work pretty good.It only costs $7, I suggest it so much!

Online Favorites//

Looking for a website that you can trust and that is cheap?Shop Miss A is a great option. Everything on there is ONE DOLLAR! They sell jewelry to accessories to makeup.I usually buy jewelry from that website because they are forever 21 quality and they are only one dollar!

http://www.shopmissa.com/

Brandy Melville is my favorite place to shop but unfortunately it's only available in California...So you have to order online :( They are famous for their alien t-shirt and I think they should be famous for EVERYTHING they sell, its just amazing.

https://www.brandymelvilleusa.com/

Who doesn't love saving money?What about getting a 55 dollars worth bag full of goodies just for 10 dollars? That is exactly whats ipsy is for. Ipsy is a subscription box that you pay monthly an receive 5 items of makeup that are worth MINIMUM 55 DOLLARS!The only bad part is the all the items are sample sizes but they still are not so small.

https://www.ipsy.com/

Eating Disorder

One of the most important things in the modeling industry is to stay healthy and stay fit..And how do you stay the same weight, even over years?Answer is simple.By not eating more then 1000 calories a day.Sometimes that can even be 100 calorie a day..So what does 1000 calories look like?All the food that you see in the right are 1000 calories.So it's basically about 4,000 calories if we ever go to McDonalds once.Which is some peoples for day meal..Eating disorders are mostly caused because of modeling.Even I am NOT PERFECT to some modeling agencies which is sad because not everyone is perfect and people think that everyone has to be perfect.Eating should be something you do without worrying about how much calories you are going to gain...Eat whatever you want, if people ever tell you that you are fat..Eat them too.

Modeling

Soo I went to a photo shoot yesterday...It went great but I saw some girls who were crying just because they didn't got accepted.I felt sad for them.The society makes everyone feel ugly nowadays.Its like you open instagram you see these girls with like 30 grams of makeup, flawless skin, perfect body and you feel like the ugliest creator on the world or the most insecure.But trust me EVERYONE is insecure.For example most of the girls there were so skinny like even I felt fat around them, but they all had eating disorders and they didn't eat anything the entire day.I was the shortest in the group, all the girls tried soo hard to make them look taller by wearing high heels even though half of them were 5'9 at least. Those who wore high heels didn't get accepted.I was the only brunette, but actually I felt amazing because they were all the same and I was the only one who was different.
What do you think about modeling industry?

April Favorites 2//

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To be honest, I always read only a half of a book because I just get bored in the middle of it or I just don't like the book.When I heard that my current favorite tv show had a book, I got so excited but the first two books weren't really that good, I only read it because of Bellamy (a character in the book and in the show).The show is a loooot better then book by the way and show has a lot more action.However the last book, "Homecoming" is a book that is inspired by the tv show and I am really loving it so far.It is not boring and it is kind of similar to the tv show.



I don't like curly hair.Even though I don't like it I just have curly hair and it is so hard to take care of it.I always do straighten my hair and when I don't straighten it I use this.Moroccan Oil.It is kind of expensive but it works amazingly if you have heat damage, have dry hair or your hair just looks damaged for no reason... <<(I feel you) .It doesn't smell bad either so if you don't like strong smells like me, you would love this.

Makeup in 1970's

In 1970s makeup was everything.No one got out of the house without makeup and makeup was always bright pop colors.Really bright colorful colors. Putting eye shadow on your whole entire lid was so popular. Just like 1950s, makeup was so cheap back then.No one really used "nude" colors back then.

Revlon came up with this brilliant idea of putting single eye shadows in one place and that's the story of how eye shadows palette's created.I think colors on eyelids were ok but those eyebrows.. I just can't.Thin eyebrows was the biggest trend.

I mean just look at this eyebrows and eye makeup from chanel's 2014 1970's inspired runaway...Also the makeup.In 1980's people used to draw fake lower lashes using gel eyeliner.So the makeup they did was basically is green, blue or any other bright color eye shadow, normal face makeup which is foundation plus powder, crazy eyebrows and fake lower lashes...What do you think is better?Old makeup trends or present makeup trends?

Makeup in 1960's

1960's were known as the starting of everything related to makeup and the time where people first started creating their own makeup brands. For the first time, unknown models began to rival the big Hollywood names in becoming the ‘face’ of makeup brands.For example Audrey Hepburn. You don't know her, you must have been live under a rock.Right?She is of the most famous models in late 1950's and 60s.
You may not believe this but actually Maybelline was a makeup brand in 1950's too. They were a lot cheaper back then, like this mascara you see was only 10 cents!Yes, it is a mascara...In 1960's makeup was nothing like what we do right now. Foundation wasn't really a thing back then and the makeup they did was only a bold red lipstick and a thin eyeliner with a bunch of powder on their face.

One of the most known powder brand was Cotytan, we actually still can buy these from drugstores and it looks nothing like the ones back then.In 1960's most of the packaging of the makeup was made out of metals or carton or glass but never been made out of plastic.Nowadays, most of the makeup brands use plastic on their packaging that contains many non-healthy things in them..


Just like I said before, foundation wasn't really famous back then untill Revlon released its first foundation ever...Yes, Revlon.It is still available in drugstores right now.It was only 1-5 dollars back then but right know some of the makeup lines sell a 50 dollar foundation with bunch of chemicals in them,in 1960's it was all natural and not harmful.
Lets talk about lipstick.Red bold lipstick with high pigmentation was everyone's favorite thing and everybody 7 to 70 wore lipstick.Everything was so cheap.What do you think about old vintage makeup?

Here is a video about How To Apply Makeup and it's from 1960s.Hope you enjoy!

April Favorites//

April Favorites



I have been looking for a good game lately and finally found one!It is called Quantum Break and at first I though I wasn't going to like it but I loved it! You play as a person with time manipulation powers in a world where time stutters, making everything freeze except himself.It reminded me a lot of the game Life is Strange but with more action.




Do I have to mention about how long it takes to straighten my hair?It usually takes 1 hour and with this hair straightener, it only takes 20 minutes.Not that It does straigthen my hair fast also it makes my hair look so silky and healthy.Click here to see.

If you love to edit videos also want to keep your theme, CROPVS is your app.It adds a white border to your videos to make them look a lot nicer.

March Favorites//

March Favorites//

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Looking for a TV show to watch because you literally watched every single amazing thing already like 8 times at least? You HAVE to watch The 100, it is sci-fi and it is a story of 100 juveniles convicted of various crimes ages through 12 to 18, are sent to Earth to see if it is survivable.It became my absolute favorite show and I highly suggest it!*heart emoji* *heart emoj*

I don't like neon colored nail polishes,or colorful ones.I guess I just don't like colors I prefer mauve or brown..I found the perfect nail polish that doesn't chip off and color fits perfect for every skincolor.It is the O.P.I nail polish in the shade/color "Over The Taupe"

I think the app of the month should be SoundHound.It is one those apps where you open the song make the app listen to it and it finds the song.You all probably know shazam but this ones a lot better.I prefer soundhound better than shazam.

Sarasota

   I feel like everyone thought I had the best Spring Break ever because of the snaps I posted on snapchat but in reality nothing really happened.Before the trip I have only been in Sarasota for only one hour in UTC and I wanted to go there for days and it happened.In the pictures Sarasota was sooo beautiful and green and amazing but actually it wasn't really enjoyable.

   People there was so cold and mean and they were all so old.Even I myself felt much more young being around them.I had to take pictures for my cousin's blog where she does outfit ideas and stuff, so I did that but unfortunately I don't have the actual photos with me (;_;)....

  Best part about our little trip was food.I was unable, UNABLE to think any of food or even eat because I was so full the whole time.The most disappointed thing was Siesta Key Beach.I thought it would be at least as good as Maldives but nope, it was nothing like there and finding a park space was the most annoying thing.

   Overall I hadn't open a page of work and slept for twelve hours which is okay for normal people but not for me,finished The 100 last episode which was so sad because Bellamy,got silver in LoL (a game) and that is actually it...

How was your Spring Break?

Wishlist

 Hey!I have been eyeing a lot of new things lately that I have been dying for!So here is a list of those things:

1. Lorac Matte Eyeshadow Palette,in love with the color burgundy!

2.Topshop ripped jeans,they look amazing with tank tops.

3.Triangl white bathing suit,the reason why my fav color is white right now.

4.Michael Kors Rhea Zip Backpack

5.Nike Air Force 1, they look much more better than Adidas Superstar.

6.Lush Herbalism, amazing for acne and blemishes.

7.Too Faced Bronzer(s),for sun kissed bronze look.

#Tumblr Girl?

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We all see them all over the internet. #tumblr, so what is exactly a tumblr girl?After making a blog on tumblr and doing a lot of searching I found that "Tumblr Girl" is a girl who is perfect.There are a LOT of tumblr girls out there too. Grunge is the most known one for sure.

Here it is; Tumblr Girl with
the hashtag "grunge"

   "Grunge" or "soft grunge" is generally used to describe girls between 14-18 who pretends they listen to grunge music by wearing Nirvana tees. Well grunge is a fashion trend that originated on Tumblr, but its actually has something about a type of music that is basically rock.People who consider themselves as "grunge" always wear black, wear choker, wear combat boots even in summer.There are also a group of girls who call themselves "pale" too which is another group of people likes grunge-y things.

Lets change the subject, in all honesty so many girls compare themselves to these "tumblr girls", as I myself do that.It is not okay.Most of us are trying to be exactly like them.We always compare our worst with their bestNobody should be compared to those girl who you see online, behind all that makeup we all are the same.Life is not a competition and nobody is perfect.I just wanted to mention about that and I want to know what your opinions on them? 

bye,
-ѕ e l e ɴ

Overrated Things

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People say unrealistic stuff.You listen to them knowing that it is not true,you know the feeling..So here are some things that are explained as "HOLY GRAIL" but in reality they are just a waste of money..

"Angel" Thierry Mugler .Honestly the version "Alien"  is one of my favorite scents though not your absolute favorite perfume if you don't like strong scents.It stays forever, I just love it!

However, the new perfume the company released called "Angel" smells really bad.I had so many positive thoughts before smelling it...They say it smells like "oriental gourmands" but it actually smells like the t-shirt that you forgot to dry it and now it smells soo bad that that you just want to throw it away...This perfume is a waste of $95.00 by the way...

If you are watching youtube you already know this product. Everyone's favorite eye shadow palette: NAKED PALETTE.It is listed $54 and doesn't even has such kind thing as "pigmentation" in it. Its just so sad that people (I am in this category to be honest)  buy this because some famous people suggest it and they buy it then they come home and gets dissapointed.

I feel so bad by saying this because I actually have one in my house but I think iMac is overrated if you don't have a job that needs computers.You can't even download League of Legends (a game) ..I am not saying that is bad but I think buying a macbook pro is so much better if you are just going to buy a computer.

There are so much things that are overrated, everyone has its own opinion.So what do you think is overrated?

Concealer 101

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Whether I was writing about video games or makeup, there would be someone that says negative stuff about what I was writing about. So here it is my "Concealer 101" and today I will write about concealers. You probably understood that I am not the best beauty guru but here it goes.....

What to buy?

I want to say that everything I will mention in this blog; are all going to be drugstore because I am a cheap person and why would you spend thirty dollars on a makeup at the age of 14? I also made sure that all the items were least known.So I am not going to say items that you know already; that are wonderfully described so many times by other beauty guru's. The products are refined by form and coverage so here are some things you need to know about concealers.

To choose the color that matches your skin, don't swatch the product on your hand only.If possible , get a mirror and swatch the product on your jawline but also try to match the color with your neck color so that you don't have a bronze face and a pale neck.Stay AWAY from concealers that are too pink and too orange.Try not to get "color correcting" concealers because those things can drive you crazy when it comes to blend!

Here are some of my favorite concealers from drugstore!

 Hard Candy
It has full coverage but since it is "heavy duty" concealer, you have to use it with a foundation.This product can be found in Wal-Mart.

Click here to buy.

 Elf Maximum Coverage Concealer
Elf is one of the most affordable makeup brands and has very great quality.This concealer has a creamy formula and it is lightweight plus looks very natural on face.I personally mix this product with a moisturizer to make tinted moisturizer.This product can be found in Target.

Click here to buy.

 KIKO
I am pretty sure you never heard of this before..KIKO is a underrated makeup brand that makes high end quality makeup and sells for really low prices.This concealer has a stick formula and has very high coverage.This product can be found in KIKO's official website.

Click here to buy

 LA GIRL 
My absolute favorite concealer.They have a huge variety of color, very full pigmentation and it stays for more then 10 hours!This is the only concealer that matches my skin tone (color is: Medium Beige).This product can't be found in Walmart etc. but you can find one in Beauty Depot in Fowler Ave. for two ninety-nine dollars.

Click here to buy

Physicians Formula
Eighty-percent of my makeup is physicians formula.All of their products are cruelty-free, organic and pigmented.This concealer covers up every blemish you have, gives you non dark circle effect and stays for so long.

Click here to buy

..If you have any other suggestions comment down below!

        LY -Selen

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Best Day in My Life So Far

Best Day in My Life

Getting lost on streets, going to random places, having no idea where we are, telling parents that they are staying in my house and when their parents call acting like my mom..
These were just one of the bad "sides" of the best day of my life.It all started with a plan that we did in school..

FRIDAY
Everyone loves Friday.Except my old class.On Fridays we had 4 class English, 2 class Math which was so boring and one class is 40 mins, the food was everyone's least favorite, broccoli. Usually like every Friday we go to (sadly used to) movies after school, no matter what.In that day we couldn't. Also Saturday we had to go to World's Largest Paint Party but most of the people didn't buy tickets.Some people had to go to dentist,  had a basketball game or went somewhere else. The only people who could go was my and my best friend. Yeah I have a lot of best friends but this one is my absolute favorite at all time.  Lets just say that her name is Tana since you can't say Turkish names.We lived in the same complex so she was in my house all the time. The people I talked to aka. my friends were all mature and they weren't afraid of going places that we are not suppose to be going..But Come on you only live once.So that day we decided to go to the other side of Istanbul all alone and Tana's parents NEVER lets her get out of the house like that's how strict her parents was.But again with me acting so innocent saying that we are ONLY going to the mall, his dad said yes.We called everyone in our "group" and told them ,come to my house first and we would go somewhere....

SATURDAY
At 10 am people started coming to my house and they had no idea what we were going to do.Our complex had private owned buses that used to take us to malls but not that specific place that we were going to...Life In Color..Some of you might not know what is that so let me tell you what it is just showing by a gif.

So do imagine this as being the world's largest paint party that started at 5 pm and there were 7 people there and 2 of them didn't even had tickets.

First we took the taxi and went to the lets again just say "downtown Istanbul" and walked about 5 miles to take the other bus that would take us to the concert/paint party.Istanbul has 2 sides that a bridge connects one is the "Europe" and the other "Asia" we all lived in Asia and went to the other side all by ourselves.On the way we played truth or dare "our favorite game at all time" and It wasn't like "OH MY GOD you guys just kissed on cheek , GOALS GOALS.s .s .s" Like HELL NO we are not a 6 year old.The worst thing about on our way to go is that a parent calling us and I acted like my mom.I know its not funny when you say it this was but I was hilarious actually.Oh also his mom believed that I was my mom.After having so much fun, ordering 5 large pizza's, going places that we really didn't even know the name of it it was 3 pm. 

It was 2 hours to the party to start and those people still didn't had ticket.We went to the area that the concert was going to be early because there are traffic everywhere.There I saw my brother and he can be sooo annoying sometimes but that day he actually helped us by buying 2 tickets for that concert.There are no seats in that arena but the tickets costed 2 times higher then the original price.To be honest I still can't believe how did my brother paid for that but I think he was around his girlfriend and he wanted to look like the "Kind Brother" in that moment.


LIFE IN COLOR
The party started to open lights and all that stuff and "Sage (not her real name)" and "Berk" got lost.Those were the only people in who could took us back to our house because the party finished at 7 am..If you are not believing me you could go look it up.

The party started at 6pm and all the paint and we had so much fun that day.I can't explain the fun we had in there or otherwise it would be 3 posts at least.Two weeks later I had to come back to United States and I am hoping right now that I could get mature friends that don't act like kid(s).What was your best day in your life?Did you know it was going to be the best day of your life ahead of time? What happened? Why was it so amazing? What effect did that day have on the rest of your life?Thanks for reading..

-selen

Would You Rather?

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Would you rather live one life that lasts 1,000 years or live 10 lives that last 100 years each?

Would rather 10 different lives that last 100 years each.This question is a bit hard actually when you think about it because why would you be the same person for 1000 year?Also why would you want to die for 10 times and come back as another person..

Would you rather have to sneeze but not be able to or have something stuck in your eye for an entire year?

       If I have to sneeze and not be able to for only one time I would choose that because I know the struggle and the pain when something stuck in your eye.

Would you rather have a dragon or be a dragon?

Have a dragon!

   Would you rather never be able to speak again or always have to say everything that is on your mind?

     Never be able to speak is better, there are some times that everyone can think so bad things or think so messed up things about other so I better stay quiet then being mean to everyone,almoost everyone.

Would you rather be able to read or be able to read minds (but be illiterate)?

       I would of course rather read minds, because you can learn to read at any age.

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Would you rather be able to speak fluently every language in the world or be the best in the world at something of your choosing?

I really want to learn more then 5 languages but being best at "that thing" I want is better.

Would you rather be in prison for five years in solitary confinement or not ever go to prison and not ever become rich?

I really don't know which one to choose, Is it that  I was so rich that they put me in prison and now the question is asking Would You Rather to be rich or not be rich and not be in prison?Confusing..

Would you rather wear a snow suit in the desert or be naked in Antarctica?

Wear a snow suit obviously because you can take it off.

Would you rather change the past or be able to see into the future?

Go back and change the past so that in the future (now) we would be more futuristic.

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