Summer Bucket List!

So... as I type this, a vlog is uploading to my YouTube channel, so you'll be seeing that soon.  Basically, in my video I talk about how I'm making a summer bucket list.  I have about 30 on it right now, some of which I wrote down after the video was filmed.  I'm trying to get to at least 50!  If you guys have any ideas let me know, and I'll see if I wanna add them to my list.

Here's the lsit so far.  WARNING:  This is an extended version of the list mentioned in my video.  Since the video has been filmed, I've had time to add to it.  Here it is!  :D

1.  Go on a walk and take pictures of nature
2. Make homemade jewelry
3. Make lanyards
4. Volunteer
5. Make cupcakes
6. Make homemade fruit juice or lemonade
7. Make a summer soundtrack.  Add to it all summer long.
8. Learn to sew or knit
9. Make popsickles
10. Make a smoothie
11. Draw a picture of your house from the outside
12. Attempt to make a kite
13. Stay up all night watching movies
14. Make homemade icecream
15. Attempt to make homemade raisins
16. Attempt to make homemade pickles
17. Make a music video
18. Collage
19. Do outdoor yoga
20. DIY your clothes
21. Ride a bike
22. Wash a car
23. Take a nap in the shade
24. Eat watermelon
25. Watch the sunrise
26. Watch the sunset
27. Take a hot bath
28. Eat breakfast in bed
29. Learn to speak a little bit of French
30. Do an ombre manicure

The Best Iphone/Ipod Touch Apps!

In the mood for a completely addictive app for the iphone or ipod touch?  Check these out!  These are my favorite apps :)  All of these are free except for the ones in parenthesis.


1.  Cube Runner (FREE)
2.  Line Runner ($1.99)
3.  Fruit Ninja (FREE)
4.  Whirly Word (FREE)
5.  Bad Rats (FREE)
6.  Line Up 2 (FREE)
7.  Candy Train (FREE)
8.  Moron Test (FREE)
9.  Rat on Scooter (FREE)
10.  Anger Jump (FREE)

Rain Rain Go Away... C>

Rain rain go away...


It's been raining non stop here!  It's crazy!  Three days in a row, one day the power went out, and the grass is all duisgusting and muddy and I'm dying!  I love rain, but not this much.  By the way, the thing in the title is supposed to be a rain drop C>  haha, doesn't look like one does it... maybe an icecream cone?


My nails are wet right now so I'm trying to type and not get nail polish on my keys, haha.  My keyboard is really dirty though.  I need to clean it!  Actually, my whole room is a mess!  I need to do some major cleaning tomorrow! 


Incase you were wondering I'm painting my nails with Claire's "Secret Garden" and I really really REALLY hate Claire's nailpolishes, I'm not afraid to say that, but this one was on sale for $2.00 so I'm like, SOLD!  And it's actually a really pretty color once you get a few coats on, I'm just not a huge fan of the formula and the brush.  It's a really pretty light blue... kind of like an aquamarine.  It's beautiful!  I got it when I went shopping with Mikayla on Saturday, haha.


Ok, talk to you guys later.  Love you!  C>

No 2011 April Favorites ;(

          That's right.  I've done it again.  No April favorites this month guys.  SO sorry!  I just haven't been trying anything new.  But this month, I can guarentee I'll have lots of awesome stuff to show you guys!  :)  I've been very expermental :D

Natalie on Relaxation

          Today, for some strange reason, I've been feeling very relaxed, and I have no idea why.  I think my bedroom might be part of it because I "deep cleaned" my room yesterday which is what I call it when I like vacume, and clean the furniture, and the mirrors and all that good stuff.  I think because my room is so clean and I can smell like the lemony freshness I'm sort of relaxed.
          
          I'm usually never relaxed because I'm always GO! GO! GO! trying to get a lot of things done, and I'm always pretty stressed out, but today being mothers day I've just been very care free and we've been just hanging in the back yard, and we had crab which is one of my all time favorite foods, and we've just been playing board games and stuff.


          Me and my brother had a squrt gun fight which was so much fun and now I smell like water and grass, so I feel really dirty, like I'm not fitting in with my room.  Haha, but I'm about to take a shower so then I'll be all clean and super relaxed.  Today's been a lot of fun so I think when I'm all care free and not so stressed out I'm really relaxed.


          I can feel that I'm going to be getting a good nights sleep tonight.  I kind of just want to curl up with a book right now and drink some hot tea or something.  Ha, I'm just in that kind of mood.  Right now I'm reading the second "L.A. Candy" book, "Sweet Little Lies" and I'm almost finished, but I don't have the third one with me right now because I still need to get it from the library, so I'm thinking maybe when I finish it I should take a break from the series.  I've been wanting to read the "Confessions of a Shopoholic" series but then I'm worried when I'm finished I won't want to stop reading the collection and I'll forget all about "L.A. Candy".


          I don't know what to do, haha, but I'll figure it out.  I'm going to go shower now.  Oh!  This is really random, but my favorite Body Wash of the moment is B&BW Twilight Woods.  That just came to mind thinking of showers, haha.  It makes me feel so warm and sweet.  Ok, talk to you later :D

Overhyped Mascara: benefit Bad Gal Lash

No doubt about it, if you're as big of a makeup geek as I am, you've heard of the Benefit Bad Gal Lash mascara.  It's the mascara all the beauty gurus rave about.  It's also the mascara that's $19.00.  While some people may be willing to pay this price, I'm not.  I prefer $8.00 drugstore ones.  

After hearing rants and raves from beauty gurus rating this mascara 5 star, I figured it was time for me to try it out myself, even if it was the mini, inexpensive version; $9.00 actually.  


When I buy a mascara, I look for three main qualities.


1)  The wand.


2)  The formula.


3)  The way it applys.


          Different people have different preferences about how they like their wands.  I like a good variety of wands in my mascara collection; some fat, some thin, some bristely, some rubber but, the main thing one thing I look for on the wand of all mascaras is the quality.  If it looks real cheap, like it'll fall off within the first week, I won't buy it.  This mascara, however, had a great wand!  Large and fat: just the way I like it :)


          The formula of a mascara should not be goopy.  You shouldn't have to wait that long for it to dry on your lashes.  Otherwise, when you blink it goes everywhere.  I like it to be smooth and light.  The formula of this mascara was perfect.  Not goopy at all.


          The way a mascara applys should not be clumpy at all.  It should apply smoothly and flawlessly.  You shouldn't have to spend a lot of time working on it.  You should just be able to throw it on or go without having to seperate clumps with a lash comb, or wipe off smudges with a Q-tip.  This mascara applys fantastically.


So, it sounds like this mascara works pretty well, right?  Right.  It's a great mascara.  I love it!  But, I do think it is overhyped.  Everyone says, "It's SO worth the money!"  "It's so amazing!"  It's not all that great, I have to say.  I've tried better mascaras from the drugstore.  It's not anything that you have to run out and buy for $19 in my opinion but, if you want to try it I would definitely start with the mini version. THat's just my opinion.


I love Benefit and I love this mascara.  I'm just saying, I don't find it that amazing.  Thanks for reading :)  

          
          

Natalie Eats a Raw Lemon?????

On Friday, Mikayla and I walked down to Chipotle.  We were dirt poor and bored to death!  Being the weirdos that we are... we decided to have some strange fun.  If you're every super bored and have no money, here are some activities you can try with your friends.


1)  Drink a teaspoon of Tobassco Sauce
     We tried both kinds: spicy jallepeno, and original.  They were so spicy we each drank half a bottle of water... per teaspoon!  I almost died considering I can barely eat pepperjack cheese without sticking my head under the bathroom faucet.


2)  Eat a raw lemon.
      So sour!  But, it actually wasn't that bad.  You  just have to pop it in your mouth, chew it up really fast, and swallow.  :)  You can also try this with limes but, they were out.


3)  Play games with toothpicks.
      We took a bunch of toothpicks and made a tick tack toe board with them.  One person was X's and the other was just a diagonal line.  We also played mancalla and broke up the toothpicks into tiny pieces for the beads.


Hope you try these things out!  :)