There's a person I see almost every day, who has scars running up and down her arm. Every day I see them and I think about to the days where I used to self harm. The scars on my arms are gone and the ones on my wrist are covered up by a tattoo, but they're still there. I can still see them especially the one that I remade over and over again for years: a heart with a cross underneath. Anyone else wouldn't be able to tell they are there but I will always see them. Then I see her scars that look recent, and I want to say something but I can never bring myself to mention it as I just remember back to when I did that. And I never wanted anyone to mention anything or call attention to it. So I just wanted to write an open letter that she may never see, but if it helps someone else out there then that works too.

One of my favorite brands is ColourPop, they're products are typically really good quality and are drugstore prices. So I love trying almost everything they come out with that I know I will use. So when I saw they came out with their fall collection that was made up of ultra satin lips, pressed powder shadows, super shock shadows, and blushes. I don't really reach for super shock shadows that I got as I don't really love cream eye products and I hardly wear blush. So I skipped these items from the fall collection by ColourPop.

I've been blogging here for almost two years now. And a lot has changed in that time period, both how I approached blogging to the topics I write about to the community surrounding blogging. And it's tempting to follow the trends of what everyone else is doing. From similar layouts to topics you write about. But staying true to yourself seems like one of the most difficult things to do in the even changing blogging community, especially when it's really tempting to get caught up in all the ways to drive traffic and get views/followers.

‘Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live.’ – Gianni Versace

This famous Gianni Versace quote can be easily translated into interior design as well. Your home décor isn’t, or at least, is not supposed to be a mere reflection of current fads. More frequently, it speaks about who you are and how you like to live your life. It is the picture of yourself you are presenting to the world. So, considering the most popular interior design styles, let’s see what kind of picture you are sending.

For today's Is (BLANK) Cruelty Free? I'm going to be focusing on the brand LORAC. Now I've seen a mix bag on this brand from other cruelty free bloggers/YouTubers. Mainly in regards to the suppliers so I wanted to find out myself what their response is and make that determination myself. And yes, I have purchased from them in the past for the Beauty and the Beast collection. So let's jump into the policy and determine what the tea really is.

For today's Is (BLANK) Cruelty Free? I'm going to be focusing on the brand Origins. This is a skincare brand that I used to use frequently before becoming cruelty free. They are known for their natural skin care that has products in stores worldwide including 90 stores in China. I would love to find cruelty free brand that has very similar products, if you know of any let me know in the comments.

Similar to the concealer post in the "cruelty free products that I basically live in" series this is going to be insanely short as I only use one product. I just go back and forth on three different shades that all go with my hair color. So what is this wonder product that I basically only use for my eyebrows? Wunder2 Wunderbrow in brown, auburn, or black/brown. It lasts for about three days so I don't have to worry about my almost invisible brows since they are naturally extremely blonde and vanish into my skin tone. So I use these to make them really show. Plus not having to recreate my brows every day is a major bonus for me. Is it the best to leave product in for three days? Probably not. Is that going to stop me? Nope, it's my lazy trick to brows every day.

I'm very picking about my concealers and the undertones that they have. They need to be full coverage within giving me a pink or yellow appearance. I also don't want it to crease or have any type of flashback. So when ColourPop came out with their new concealer, I was a little hesitant to try it but after watching several reviews some people rank it up there with Tarte Shape Tape which is my all time favorite concealer. I did pick up two shades: Fair Neutral 10 and Light Neutral 20. As I normally light a concealer lighter under my eyes but one that matches my skin tone for the rest of my fair. It was hard telling online if light would be too dark for me, as sometimes light can be depending on the brand.

NYX recently released a series of six eyeshadow palettes with a set of matching three lipsticks that correspond with the elements: fire, water, earth, air, metal, and wind. Originally I was going to get all of the palettes, but upon further debate I decided I would probably would never reach for air as it's a bunch of pastel colors which is never something I use. Except maybe on the inner corner or to highlight my brow bone, but that's not enough to justify purchasing this palette. And I was debating on skipping water and wind as well. But I love deep smokey colors, don't have anything similar enough to these already, and would reach for them enough that it was justified in my mind.