Not Again...

I don't know if I'll ever post this. But I would like to just apologize to anyone who may read this blog, but mostly to myself, for being so irresponsible with it. I completely forget about it, I really do. But I was just having a look see through my old posts and I remembered what pride I had in this little space on the interwebs. 

I'd hope to have it again someday, but we'll see. I'll be back with something in a couple of days, I swear on it.

It's March?

Almost an entire month has gone by without one post from your truly. Where have I been? I don't know. Just living life, I guess. I think I might just do some tags to try and get back into the groove of blogging... but I don't know. We'll see what happens.

So there have been a couple of interesting life developments. I've decided where I'm attending college. This is something I never thought I would do. I've been hiding from the idea of growing up into a real human who does real life things for a long time. Now that my plans for next year are pretty much set, I feel a lot more stable... and a lot... older. I feel like I'm growing up, and I kinda like it while simultaneously hating it.

 Also, I've been trying to get in shape, and because of that I've gotten into the fitness side of Tumblr. I spend a lot of my life on Tumblr and working out now, when I'm not busy. I would like to look good for the summer, but well see. Maybe I'll write a few posts about it all.

I've also been huge into vine. I would never have the guts to start one, but damn. It looks like a good time.

So that's been my February in a nutshell. Tell me about yours?

a Winter Rant

I am so incredibly uninspired as of the moment. So uninspired. I think I have that thing that you get in the winter when your kind of depressed. When I'm at home, I just sleep. I've done nothing productive in a couple of weeks, not on this blog or in real life.

So I first want to say that I feel really guilty for not posting anything here for an entire week. I'm going to try a lot harder to produce some really quality content. I have an exciting post brewing in my brain that should come toward the end of next week. I also think that I'm going to do something more or less valentines related, even though I'm single... so unfortunately single.

Okay, let's get on with the rant. I'm basically going to name all of the things that I hate about the winter, so prepare yourself from some full on negativity.

-My lips remain chapped for the entire season. No matter what I do, no matter how I try, there's nothing that I can do about it. 

-Sometimes, my car doors get frozen shut. It's difficult to get inside of my car. Today, I couldn't actually open my back doors, so I had to pull all of my stuff out(including my million pound backpack) from the front, which was a pain in the butt.

-Have you ever felt that feeling when your walking and the cold air is blowing directly at your face? It feels like your suffocating and you can't get a breath for the life of you. It's so scary. I've decided it's probably my least favorite feeling ever.

-Just driving in general sucks. It takes me almost twice as long to get everywhere, and I already have an issue getting places on time.

-I wish I didn't have to wear so many layers. In the summer, you can walk around barely wearing anything and your good to go, but in the winter you need like three coats and a sweater and big boots. I just want to not have to wear so many clothes.

-I never get much of a tan on, but right now I'm translucently pale. I'm having a hard time finding a foundation that is light enough for me, so I've been going pretty much makeup-less.

-The hot water at my house runs out very quickly. I like a long shower or a full bath, but the water heater thing in my house just isn't allowing for it.

-It's a workout to walk through the snow. You slip around everywhere and almost fall on your face about every ten steps. I just want it to be warm... please.

So that's it. I'm sorry that there's nothing else that I have to talk about right now. Whenever I even try to think of the makeup related things that I could do, I go completely blank... However, like I said, there are some other things that are coming up next week.

So my question for you is what are your least favorite things about the winter that I missed? Do you agree with any of the things that I listed? Maybe you have some favorites that you would like to share.

Moderation is Key

So I've decided that I need to use moderation when it comes to posts... duh.  I think that I got really carried away during the latter half of January. I hadn't looked at my blog since halfway through December and... bam, I was posting nearly every single day.

That's a lot, don't you think? Whilst on one hand, I'm very proud of myself for staying so committed to blogging, on the other, I started running out of ideas. I mean, if I had just decided to post twice a week instead of every day, I could have made the posts I'd done go most the way through February.

One thing that I just quickly want to say though is that I hadn't told myself that I needed to post every day for the rest of January. I did it, more or less, out of sheer excitement and joy that I have for blogging. I would get an idea in my head, jot some stuff down, take some pics when I got the chance and upload it just like that.

What's to come for February is more planned out posts. Hopefully some larger one's talking about things in general, like my Cold Weather Lips post or my Autumnal/Winter Nail Varnishes post. But I would also like to do some reviews and comparisons like my Dry Shampoo Wars post. Maybe I'll do a monthly haul and a monthly favorites as well as a couple what I wore and how I style posts.

Last, I just want to add on that I would like to post at least once but no more than three times a week. I think that this is a very obtainable goal for me. I would love to hear any ideas that you have for posts of your own or anything that you would like me to do!

A Fight for Hydration

I think I have a tendency to over dramatize my titles... But this is serious. I'm freaking out. I feel like a dry little shell of a human being. I know that it's a mixture of a few things that are making me feel this way, so I thought I'd give you a run down of them before I told you the items I've been slathering all over my parched body. Holy run on sentence...

First thing-with wind chill, it's been around negative thirty to negative ten for the past week or so. I don't spend much time outside, but with those temps, there's no moisture in the air. Second-I've started a new skin care routine. It's a lot more... thorough(?) than before, and though my skin looks great, it's feeling the effects. Last-I don't drink enough water. I've been obsessed with sugary drinks recently. I never drink sodas or anything like that because I don't enjoy carbonated beverages, but you'll never catch me just drinking plain water. I'm always drinking my zero cal lemon aid vitamin waters(they're SO GOOD!).

The combination of those three things cannot be good for my body. As a result, I've moisturized my face like four times today... looks like I'm going to make it through that eye cream faster than I thought... I'm even such a weirdo that I've brought all my products onto my nightstand incase I feel the need to add another layer.

FACE:

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion +

This isn't a greasy moisturizer at all, in my opinion, though it may be a bit much for those with oily skin. It's for very dry to dry combination, and I would classify my self a dry to dry combination. This stuff is great to put under a face of makeup because it soaks in quickly and doesn't leave a residue unless you really pack it on. It's also hypoallergenic, which is never a bad thing, especially when my face is feeling so sensitive.

Bobbi Brown Hydrating Eye Cream

This one would work with any skin type, I think. It's not my favorite eye cream ever, but it's the one that I have right now so I'm using it up. This one soaks in relatively quick, unless you have very oily lids and under eyes. You need a really small amount of this, but Ive been using too much in my desperation...

Smith's Rosebud Salve

This stuff is a lot like Vaseline. It's thick and greasy and doesn't soak in quickly, which is great for lip purposes.The most moisturizing products are usually like this because there's not very much, or any alcohol in at all. I talked about it in this post.

BODY:

The Body Shop Body Butter in Ginger Sparkle

I hate the name ginger sparkle. I think it's supposed to smell like gingerbread cookies, but it smells like lemons from up close and sort of like a bouquet of tulips or something from a far. Quite summery, wouldn't you say? Anyway, this is just such a deliciously thick and creamy product. Sometimes the consistency of body butters vary, I find. Like the mango one isn't very thick at all and the oat one(is there an oat one? it's in a tan container and has grain things on the front) is really thick, but not so smooth. This one is perfect. And my mom(I always steal her stuff...) picked it up on offer for five dollars when they're usually twenty. Bargain!
Alright, that's all I have to say. Thanks for reading! What are your favorite moisturizing products to use as of the moment? Have you tried any of these?