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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

We moved!

March 25, 2015 BY Amy Sousa 0 Comments

Hello! I haven't posted a video or made a blog posts in over a month. I know that seems bad, but there's a reason for it. I decided that moving in the middle of the semester was a good idea, and when looking at it- it really was. I lived in a student house with 5 other people and all I had was a tiny room with all of my furniture in it. There was no space for doing homework, makeup, relaxing, having people over, and my roommates were (excuse the meanness) total pigs. My boyfriend and I decided that we would both be happier moving (him from his parents house in a different town from school and me from a student house) so we moved into a two bedroom apartment closer to our university. It's been almost a month since we've started moving, but now we're all moved in and only require cleaning up. We still don't have internet and I'm writing this from school (and uploading videos from school) because we'd like to get internet for the beginning of next month.

We decided to record our little process of moving and made a moving vlog that includes three weeks of content (in about 10 minutes) so here it is!

I will go back to making videos on a set schedule very soon! I'm aiming for one video a week for now, but when school is over I'll aim for two (or even three :o) if you guys enjoy the content and request more/like/comment/all that stuff that shows you're watching.

Anyways, that's all I have to say for now other then there's going to be an updated Apartment tour coming in a few weeks after my Dog moves in with us from my Mom's house.

Here's the video!

Simple Valentines Day Makeup Look

February 11, 2015 BY Amy Sousa 0 Comments

Hello all! This should have been uploaded on the weekend, but I unfortunately broke my SD Card - USB stick so I had to upload all of my files to my iMac to then transfer them over to my laptop, which was impossible because I wasn't at home during the weekend and I had surgery yesterday so yeah. Life happens.

Here's a video I made specifically for Valentines day. This is just a very simple look that would look great for something more casual. Of course you can change the lipstick colour, contour a bit more and even highlight to change this into a better date night look.

Anyways, Here's the video! All the products that I used are listed below the video in this post :)

Products Used:

Maybelline Baby Skin face primer
Maybelline Fit Me Concealer (10 LIGHT)
Rimmel London Wake Me Up foundation
Rimmel London Stay Matte setting powder
Eyebrows: NYX dark brown colour from Bohemian Rhapsody Pallette
Mascara: Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
Eyeliner: Essence Liquid eyeliner in Black

Brushes:
Real Techniques face brush
Anastasia Beverly Hills #12
BH cosmetics large powder brush
BH cosmetics small powder brush
Sonia Kashuk Powder brush

Naked 3 Pallette
Crease: Nooner
All over: Dust
Centre: Trick
Inner Corner/Brow Bone: Strange
Blush: Essence
Bronzer: Too Faced Chocolate Soliel Bronzer in Medium/Dark
Lipstick: Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in Rosedew

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

life

Moving + Video Updates

February 03, 2015 BY Amy Sousa 0 Comments

If you've seen my January Ipsy Review blog post or video you may have heard me mention that I'm moving soon.

Throughout March I will be moving into an apartment with my boyfriend and my Dog who currently lives with my Mom in Toronto. I've barely been uploading videos or blogging, but once I move I won't have to worry about 5 roommates and lack of lighting so I can make videos whenever I want without the worry of being judged for talking to myself.

I want to either blog or make videos about the move showing how I set up my space as I will be buying a whole new desk specifically for makeup storage and will have a much nicer set up in general. I also want to show you guys how I'm decorating and incorporating cool tips for how to decorate your first apartment while on a budget because my boyfriend and I are both university students, which means we are masters of budgeting.

If you like the idea of me documenting the move and decorating let me know! I'll most likely film it either way.

As for regular videos I will try my best to upload as much as I can, but with Two (possibly three) jobs and school there isn't much time left in the day to film when there's sunlight (my room lighting sucks poop). When school is done in May I will definitely get onto a good uploading schedule and do as many requested videos as I possible can.

Let me know what you think and what you want to see!

Amy Sousa

reviews

January IPSY bag Review

February 03, 2015 BY Amy Sousa 0 Comments

I'm starting out 2015 with an Ipsy bag review! I've been subscribed to ipsy for close to two years now and have always loved it. My only issue with ipsy is that it's closer to $20 a month as I live in Canada and the currency hasn't been great recently. Now that I'm not a beginner at makeup and have a bunch of basic products, Ipsy isn't what I need anymore and for the same price as ipsy I can buy one MAC lipstick, one sigma brush, three drug store items, or two nail polishes of my choice.

If you're a beginner at makeup, ipsy is great for you! My advice would be to get a one year subscription because it's cheaper than paying month to month (which is what I did) and the subscription is automatically over after 12 monthly bags. It's also worth if if you live in the states and it's only $10 with free shipping.

This month I received a blue and white bag (not my favourite... actually it's really ugly) with products I wasn't all too excited about. Usually I love my ipsy bags, but I only really got one great product and two okay products. I filmed a video which is at the end of this post actually reviewing each item.

Will I continue with ipsy? No. I'm considering trying out a different subscription box that is the same price or maybe a seasonal box with amazing things. Any suggestions? I'd love to hear them! But for now I'm going to save that money for products that I can chose from and know that I'll love.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

life reviews

How to Look Fresh for Your Exams

December 14, 2014 BY Amy Sousa 0 Comments

Now that it’s exam season I’m sure that doing your entire makeup routine is the last thing that’s on your mind. Believe me, it’s the last thing on mine. But it’s been proven that feeling good about your appearance can improve your performance in general. It’s also important to do part of your makeup routine like applying your moisturizer and things that’ll help hydrate your skin (especially if you have a real winter like I do here in Canada). Now because I’m in the same boat as you and have my own exams to write (5 of them) plus a part time job- I’m going to share a few tips on how to keep your skin looking (and feeling) good during the exam season and a simple makeup look that you can’t go wrong with on the day of your exams.

1) Drink 8-12 glasses of water every day. Try to have two as soon as you wake up in the morning as it’ll energize you and two an hour before you go to bed.

2) If you take one shower per day, take it as soon as you wake up in the morning. This will help wake you up and prepare you for a long day of studying (or for your exam. No one wants to sit next to someone stinky. Trust me, been there, done that).

If you take a shower when you wake up AND when you go to bed, try taking the colder one in the morning to help you wake up and taking a hotter one at night, which will help you relax more and sleep better. This also won’t completely strip your skin of its natural oils as the cold shower won’t really do much if you just take a quick one with a bit of body wash. Use the warm shower for the exfoliating and papering.

3) Moisturize! You absolutely need to moisturize your skin. It doesn’t need to be a fancy shmansy moisturizer that’ll make you want to cry every time your entire pay check goes towards it. Something as simple (and cheap) as the Cetaphil moisturizer is gentle enough to help your skin out. If you want to pamper your skin even more you can add in a few drops of your favourite oil (mine is the Josie Maran argon oil) and this will help make your skin glow. You really do not want your skin to crack and feel dry. It’ll distract you from studying and it honestly just sucks in general. Just remember to moisturize (it only takes a minute) and you’ll be set.

4) Don’t over study. I know this isn’t a beauty tip, but studying too much can cause stress and you all know what stress can cause. Pimples! Stress pimples are horrible to deal with and they just make you stress even more and that’s when the ugly cycle forms. When you begin feeling yourself stressing just stop. Even if it’s for 10 minutes. Create a study schedule that’ll benefit you. If you feel like this will take a lot of study time away from you, make flash cards and carry them around with you. If you’re waiting for the bus, waiting for your food, or if you’re early for an appointment you can pull out those cards and get some quick studying in.

5) Go to bed progressively earlier before your exams start. This will ensure that you won’t be too tired for your early morning exams. If you don’t have any early exams then aren’t you a lucky one? All of my exams are at night except for one 9:00 one and one 12:00 one which to me are way too early. You can still wake up earlyish to get a few hours of studying in, but getting enough sleep is probably the most important tip to being prepared for an exam and looking good while writing it.

An as promised, here’s a quick and easy makeup look that anyone can achieve for writing an exam. I hope you like the makeup tutorial and subscribe for more videos (that won't always be posted on here!) :)