1. Beauty
So I'm not one to use beauty products like mascara or eyeliner but I do use skin products, so I guess I can fit this in this category. My skin gets incredibly dry in the summer time, so my doctor recommended that I use Cetaphil. So I tried it out and realized that it really worked. Now, I'm not sure if this is just for me or not, but I find it works so much better when your face is damp. I also recommend the Cetaphil soap it works absolute wonders for my skin. I have not tried the body lotion, but when I get back to school, I will purchase it and let you know how it works.
This is one thing that I hate to admit but it's true, I perspire and not a lot, but whenever I go out. So, I did some research to try and find the best deodorant to help with this problem. So I found, Secret deodorant and it works like magic. Though it's a little pricey but I promise it works wonders. You can find this deodorant in drug stores and Walmart, Target.
Lastly, is hair. Now, I'm not 100% if this counts as beauty, but I included it anyway. So, it's really hot around my house and I decided to not put any heat on my hair this summer at all, except for my bangs, so I've stuck with doing a milkmaid braid in my hair and I absolutely love it, I had some help from my mom though. But it's my go to hairstyle for if I need to go out or just lounge around the house. Here is a link on how to achieve this look: Milkmaid Braid Tutorial (though my hair is not this long, it's very close to how my hair looks now)
2. Music
This whole month, I've been loving a lot of new music. Neon Hitch has been my favorite artist this month. I loved her voice on the first couple songs I heard last year and this year I got back into her again. She now has a new song and video coming out called Yard Sale, so please check the song out, the video should be out in August!
When I first heard Magic! I fell in love with their reggae sound and was captured by 'Rude'. I heard their album 'Don't Kill The Magic' all throughout this month and my favorite songs are No Evil, Stupid Me, Don't Kill The Magic, and How Do You Want To Be Remembered.
My favorite songs this month have been Take On Me by A-Ha, Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi, and Try by Colbie Caillat. I've loved Take On Me for as long as I can remember, but I just recently saw the full video and I fell in love completely, it's so amazing and cool and I just watch it over and over and smile because it just makes me so happy. Livin' On A Prayer, has also been a favorite of mine for a while but hearing it again just made it a complete favorite because it's just great and I love to listen to it whenever I'm about to go out because it just makes me feel great and energized. This last song by Colbie Caillat was actually introduced to me by my mom, yesterday. I had to add this to my favorites because it's such a beautiful song and video and I haven't stopped listening to it. Here's a link to this gorgeous video: Try by Colbie Caillat.
I've also been listening to some new and upcoming artists. I've been loving Neon Jungle and their new album 'Welcome To The Jungle'. Now, I'm not sure if the album is released in the US yet, but I think it's released in the UK, but nonetheless you can find it on YouTube for no cost. My favorite songs are Trouble, So Alive, Louder, Braveheart, and Bad Man. I've also been listening to Lola Blanc. She is a writer as well as a musician and she's written for artists like Britney Spears. I've been loving her music and her loud outfits and videos. My favorite songs from her are Bad Tattoo, Shangri-La, and Shut The Damn Door.
3. Movies
If you didn't know, I have a love for movies made in the 80's. So at the beginning of this month, I thought one movie I haven't seen was St. Elmo's Fire. So I got the movie and absolutely loved it. The movie follows six sort of young-adults out of college and the movie goes explains how each of the characters how kind of adapted to being out of college. It's such a great movie and I definitely rate it a 10.
The next movie I saw was Vampire Academy. I thought at first, 'oh this movie doesn't look too good, it just looks okay and I'm not going to like this.' I tried reading the book, but I got bored, so I was thinking this is going to be boring too. But it was the complete opposite, the movie was great and really funny. I absolutely loved it and I definitely recommend it. I rate this movie a 10 honestly.
4. TV Shows
This whole month I've been watching a lot of new TV Shows. I'm going to start off with Skins. Now Skins was a British show but I found it online and began watching it at the beginning of this month.This show is absolutely hilarious but pretty inappropriate for kids 12 and under. This show is great and honestly watching this show has made me think more, it teaches you something I think for each season. It's one of those shows that you don't expect to learn anything from but you do. At the moment, I am on the last season and so far it's really good.
Finding Carter captured my attention just by seeing the commercial and learning the concept of the show. The show follows this girl who's name is Carter and one night she gets taken in to this police station and tell her her actually mother is not her mother and that she was kidnapped. So she has to deal with this new family and new environment. I really love this show and I definitely recommend it. (Also the girl who plays Carter Stevens is Kathryn Prescott and she was on Skins, if you didn't know)
So, Sex and the City has always been a favorite of my mom's and at the end of last month I started watching it and I instantly fell in love with the show and the characters. I've been watching this show religiously and it was just so amazing and fantastic. You have no idea how many times I've gotten inspiration from the things Carrie wears. It's honestly my favorite show and I can't stop watching it.
I've been watching Teen Wolf since it first came on and it's been a favorite of mine since. It recently just came on for it's fourth season and I thought the first episode was a little rocky and I was scared if this season was going to be good since they killed off Allison but it picked up the second episode and has stayed really amazing for the rest of the episodes. I wasn't a huge fan of Malia when she became part of the new cast but now she's actually really growing on me and I really like her, she's funny and witty. (just like her father). Now, I want to be the first to say this, because if it actually happens you heard it here from the start, but I think Peter's the benefactor.
5. Books
Now I honestly didn't think I'd be reading any books this summer, but I picked up on a couple of books, that I thought I'd share, but their not like literature they are fashion books.
I picked up on Living In Style by Rachel Zoe and I honestly love this book so much. It's all about like fashion, interior design, how to information, and some stuff about her as well. It's a great book overall. Here is a link to the book: Living In Style by Rachel Zoe
The second and last book is Paris Street Style: A Guide to Effortless Chic by Isabelle Thomas and Frederique Veysset. I first heard about this book from TheBeautyCrush or Sammi on YouTube and I thought why not check it out. So I purchased the book and I started reading it and I fell in love with this book. I instantly wanted to dress very Perisian. I recommend this book so much. Here's a link to the book: Paris Street Style.
Thank you so much for checking out my July favorites! I hope you had a good month and now on to the August!
XO, Blake
