Blog Challenge: Day Four!

A photo of your partner/best friend/or loved one

I didn't want to limit myself to just one of these so I will do all three. :)

My amazing, thoughtful, kind and loving boyfriend - Kyle.

 

From left to right, Stefanie, Adrianna, and Karina (the closest, friends since grade 7)

                                   

This is a particularly old picture, I think I was going into grade ten when my family went on a trip to San Francisco. Absolutely stunning city.

Blog Challenge: Day 3!

What's your favourite store?

So I've kind of been thinking about this all day (woke up at 6, it's now 5, that's a lot of time to think about a question) and I still can't say definitively what it would be. I think the closest I've ever come to a store where I just love everything they sell would be Urban Outfitters or New Look but the problem with those is that their sizes aren't ones that really work with my body type generally so I rarely shop there. I think the winner is probably American Eagle because their pants are the PERFECT fit for my bum (if you got da booty go there) and pants are an essential and they also have other cute stuff from time to time. A little bit of a boho style I would say.

xx

Lord of Misrule Bath Ballistic

Lord of Misrule. 

This is one of the Halloween edition from LUSH. I picked it up thinking that it was a Christmas one do to all of it's festive colours and cute little crown on top. Once I realized it was a Halloween one I figured I would just pretend it was for Christmas.

The smell is absolutely lovely, it's got a sweet smell to it without being too over powering like the snow fairy scent (which I personally find makes me gag). It's made with patchouli and black pepper oils but don't let that throw you off. 

 After plopping it into the bath I was a little worried that the deep burgundy colour seeping from the middle would dye my skin (I had stuck a finger in the middle and it turned it red but with some scrubbing it came off). Luckily it didn't! 

My absolute favourite thing about this bath bomb is how lovely it made my skin feel, I came out feeling as though I had been moisturized in the most beautiful scent from head to toe! 

Not sure if it's strange to put up a picture of the water after but I was just in love with the colour, it felt as though I had just stepped out of a bath in the most lovely rosé wine. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to try LUSH products. I was so pleased! 

xx

Blog Challenge: Day 2!

Doesn't look too appealing, does it?
However it surprisingly is! This is actually my boyfriends (3rd) sandwich seeing as I forgot to take a picture of mine earlier. I only ate one. It's got hungarian salami (MMM), pickles, white onions, mustard, and lettuce! It's definitely not something you wanna eat before going to talk to your crush but Kyle and I don't mind stinky breath from each other.

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Challenges

Ok. So...I'm going to do this thing.
I will hopefully succeed at this thing.
No promises though.

It's the 30 day blog challenge! Not sure why I made it sound so serious, guess I wanted a little mystery in my life.

I'm taking this from Renee at losetheroad.blogspot.ca, a gorgeous lady from the other-side-o-canada. Go check her out!

So. Beginning with day 1. 

This is me. Excuse the yellow tinged teeth, gotta work on that. 

My day was really great, did the 1.5 hour commute to school and back which was surprisingly pleasant both ways, had a yummy coffee, ate a cheeky cookie, saw my loverly boyfriend Kyle and relaxed watching christmas movies :) I think i'll go have a bath with my Lord of Misrule bath bomb. 

(You can check the video for more info about LUSH products that I use on my youtube channel, www.youtube.com/haleypetkau)

thanks for the read, until tomorrow xx

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

It truly is the most wonderful time, everyone is moderately happy and going about their day with a seeming christmas joy in their hearts. Christmas lights are strung every where while joyful music bellows out the speakers of every corner shop in town. However, it's also the trickiest time of the year to those who's metabolisms are not of at 16 year old basketball loving boy. That is me. 

Over the last couple of weeks I have found it increasingly harder and harder to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. I think part of this is due to my birthday being directly after halloween (gorging on chocolates and copious amounts of alcohol) only to be followed right away by the christmas season (a.k.a. cookies, chocolates, hot cocoa, cakes, specialty baking, sweets, etc.) and the two don't really go great together. 

Within the last couple of days I've been really discouraged about my weight. It's not that I am overweight per-say, more just uncomfortable with my body around others. I don't have masses of weight to lose, maybe just 10 pounds to shed some of that uncomfortableness. Is that even a word? Probably.  I find myself searching the Pinterest boards and pinning all of these inspirational quotes and workout plans that I know deep in my heart I just won't get around to doing. I don't want to be that person! 

I've decided that it's probably time to make a few changes. I've also realized that this is going to be one of the hardest times of year to make those sorts of changes, so I've created a list to navigating through the sugary struggles of christmas. 

1. 6 glasses of water a day - this is 2 less than the encouraged amount, and yet far more that what I normally manage to consume in my average day. Not entirely sure why I struggle to drink a healthy amount of water, but I would like to slowly make my way to changing that. 

2. At least 15 minutes of exercise a day/7 days a week - this again is less than the recommended amount. I wanted to give myself a chance to get used to the idea of it before going full speed ahead. It'll go up to 30 minutes in a couple weeks (hopefully).

3. Only 4 cookies a week, and not all at once - I am not usually a cookie person, but lately I feel as though there has been freshly baked cookies either at my house or my boyfriends every day this week. It's like god is teasing me. Christmas season is the time for baking cookies, and I don't want to completely avoid that, so cookies will be my treat. 

4. Only 2 hot chocolates a week - this can be changed around with my favourite Starbucks drink (minus the whip cream) or kept the way it is. With the cold Canadian weather that's getting worse as the days go by I find myself craving something warm more and more. I think it's better to opt for a guilt-free plain coffee than the 120 calorie hot chocolate. 

5. Less alcohol! - I don't really want to give myself a limit on this because I am a freshly 19 year old girl (legal age in british columbia) and I would like to be able to go out and have some fun with friends, but I think less alcohol is a good idea regardless of watching your weight. It also helps that I'm broke and alcohol is stupidly expensive. 

6. Be happy - this isn't really going to shed any pounds from my body, but I want to keep my peace of mind throughout this process. I think that being happy with who you are and how you look and trying to find things about yourself that you love without being cocky on a daily basis is a very important thing. 

Those are my guidelines for the christmas season! I would love to hear what some of yours are, or if you have any tips and tricks to share. 

Thank you for the read xx

A Ruby Among the Rubble

So, let's just say I recently splurged. I know, I know "you're a broke college student" "you need to save up for your future" "stop throwing your money around" etc, etc. I know that I shouldn't have, but I did. 

And let me tell you something, 10/10 do not regret. This little bad boy is something that I truly believe every girl should have amongst their make up collection, whether they are a fanatic or just want a 'lil something to smack on their face in the morning.

Let me introduce, Too Faced - Natural Eyes.

The palette itself really pleases to all types of the day (which is what it is trying to do, but it does it so well, it's amazing). It has 9 different eye shadows. The looks Day, Classic, and Fashion each have 3 allotted shadows.

Under Day, there is Heaven, Cashmere Bunny, and Sexpresso
Under Classic, there is Silk Teddy (personal favourite), Push-Up, and Erotica
Under Fashion, there is Nudie, Honey Pot, and Chocolate Martini.

Naughty names, Too Faced, naughty names ;)

Every single one has a lovely silk-like texture with amazing pigmentation (I find the darker ones to be better pigmented than the lighter ones but ya know how it goes). I love, love, love, using this in the morning. I guess I just find it so easy to travel with going back and forth from my house to the boyfriends while I'm in school. All you need is a little mascara, foundation, and in all honesty you're good to go!

What's even more lovely about this palette is that it's so friendly to beginners at make up. It comes with a little pamphlet with step-by-step instructions of how to style each look. Brilliant!

All in all, definitely worth it's money ($45 Canadian, $36 American, or roughly 25 pounds).
Available in Sephora

Haley xx