America - November 2011

Hey guys, I'm bored so I decided that I would upload some photos on to my blog of my trip back home to Philadelphia (and New York), so this is kind of a pointless post and the photos are like close to a year old but What the heck! There was over 600 photos so maybe I could upload a few more if you guys would like that maybe another time?

How I Deal With Haters

Hey Guys,
So today I wanted to talk about something that I always get asked, 'how I deal with haters'. 
I get asked this question so much, and I've never really talked about it because there isn't really that much too it!
All i usually do is delete any of the hate comments i get and block the user. I think that this is the best way to deal with the problem because if you don't block the person they are just going to keep leaving bad comments on your videos.
Also people always wonder if they ever make me upset and no, it literally goes straight over my head, if they think an anonymous comment over the internet is going to put me down they can think again haha!
People always comment on my appearance, usually saying 'you wear too much makeup' or 'your teeth are terrible', and first off, if people think i wear too makeup they must have never seen someone my age walking around the mall, i know people that wear full on black makeup and black lipsticks and winged liners (and heels) at my age and people think i wear too much makeup haha! and who are they to tell me that i'm wearing to much makeup, its my face i can decide what i thinks to much makeup for me!
And i know some people are going to say its constructive criticism, and i can deal with someone saying something in a polite way, but if someone is going to call me 'ugly' or 'stupid' then im just going to block them! Simple as :)
So the main point is that i don't ever really acknowledge the haters because it's not worth it and replying to them is only going to give them what they want and that is to get to you, and i know i sometimes reply but i usually say something like 'there is no need to tell me this' or something like this anyway i would never go and reply saying something nasty back because two wrongs don't make a right! 
well anyway thats my brief opinion on the subject, i didn't cover everything but maybe i could do a video on this topic if you guys would like that?
let me know :) 
thanks,
          melissa

Furry Friend Tag!

Hey Guys! 
So today I'm going to be doing the furry friend tag which is just a list of questions about your pet!

Questions!

1. What is your pets name?
    Reina (Spanish & means 'Queen'!)

2. What kind of pet is it and what breed?
     She's a dog. She is half Labrador and half Red Setter! 

3. How long have you had your pet?
    About Three and a Half Years, ever since she was a puppy!

4. How did you get your pet?
     Ok, so ever since my older brother was young, he wanted a dog, and my  parents were always like 'no, it's too much work blah blah blah' and he kept on asking, then when we moved to Ireland he was still asking and they finally gave in! So they were searching online and stuff for dogs and we were going to adopt another dog from a dog pound which was a collie and was a few years old, but then my mom's friend told her that her friend from work had a dog that just had pups and said we could have one! She lived on a farm and the dogs were kept in a barn! We went to see them and we were looking at all the pups (there was like 8) some were black some were red, then my mom picked up one and it had this really cute face and had really distinct facial markings and she said to my brother that he should get this one and everyone agreed, so he picked it! The dogs were too young at this stage so we had to wait a few weeks until we could take it home, but after a few weeks we went back and collected her! 

This is her the first night we got her! She was so small!! <3

5. How old is your pet?
    Reina is 3 and a half! her birthday is the 11th of January.

6. What are some quirky things about your pets personality?

    She is obsessed with rocks, like OBSESSED. It's all she ever thinks about and she always wants you to throw them for her which isn't good because they're starting to ruin her teeth so we're trying to get her out of that habit! 

7. What does your relationship with your pet mean to you?
    I honestly don't know how i could live without her! Life would be so boring, she is part of the family and is just the cutest thing ever and makes you laugh because she's so silly!

8. What are some of your favorite past times with your pet?
    Well she loves to go walks and she gets walked everyday, also i just like to sit beside her and pet her and sometimes she falls asleep beside which is just adorable!

9. What nicknames do you call your pet?
    She doesn't have any nicknames!

Well thats all the questions and i hope you enjoyed this blog post! :)

Pictures From France!

Hey Guys! 
So originally i was going to do a huge blog post on my time in France but i never got around to it :( 
So I thought i would just post a few pictures of my time there and stuff :)
I had such a great time there and the actual place i went to is called Lourdes, which is like a holy/religious place and i kind of went on a pilgrimage/vacation!  
also i have a facebook account if you want to go check it out!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melissa-Colhoun/325873490839751
So here is the pictures! 

It was so super pretty there and was so much fun :)request more things for me to blog about because i never think of what to do! i really want to blog a couple of times a week!
Bye <3 :)

$20 Makeup Challenge!!!

Hi guys, currently I am in France!! But I uploaded my new video '$20 Makeup Challenge' and I wanted to do a more in-depth review on the products I bought for the video!

I wasn't expecting these products to be the best things out there but thought some of them would be OK. I was pleased with some of them and not with others!

 This is the blush i got and it was quite cheap £3.09 and I actually really like this blush! the color is so nice and I wasn't expecting it to be that pigmented and when applied with a brush you can see the two tones in it really well and it turns out so pretty. I don't like the packaging on it however, the lid just pushes down over it and doesn't screw on so if you were travelling with this and it cracked it would likely spill over everything!

 This lipgloss is another product that i really enjoy, it's such a nice color and smells really nice, it's very pigmented and the packaging is nice enough aswell! And it was only £2.99!! The downside of this lipgloss is that it's a little sticky and your hair can get stuck in it sometimes. 

 Thought that this eyeshadow trio was ok, not amazing but ok. The color pay off was good in the darkest shade and in the highlight shade but the all over the lid colour wasn't the greatest. This was the most expensive product and was £6.49

 I did not like this mascara, it did nothing to my lashes apart from darken them, but it didn't add volume or length, I wasn't expecting it to be amazing either because it was only £1.99. It's very basic and would be handy if you were on holiday and lost your makeup bag and needed to get something cheap just for the time being? 

Didn't really like this foundation either.. the coverage was light-medium if not just light. It definitely doesn't last up to 14 hours either and was just too sheer, but perfect if you don't like wearing heavy foundation and wan't something to reduce redness and uneven skin tone maybe? This was only £3.99

HAIR DYE FAIL!

Hey Guys!
Today i decided to re-dye my hair. I've had it dark for a while now and since it was summer i wanted to go lighter again, but go dark again once summer was over. I bought hair dye today which was in the shade 'ash blonde', i didn't want my hair to be that color but i knew that it would never turn out that light anyway so i bought it. I was kind of scared incase it turned out really blonde or really ginger but i decided i would do it anyway. I filmed the process for my vlog channel so i will probably upload that video tomorrow, but here's what happened = NOTHING!
There is basically no difference in my hair color and if any it got darker! It was such a waste of money, and i know that you get what you pay for but i didn't want to go to a salon and pay £100+ on it if i was going to dye it darker again anyway but still!

 This is the dye that i bought, i know it looks really light but i knew it would never turn out like that anyway!

 This is before i dyed my hair.

This is after i dyed my hair and you can tell there is barely any difference! it looks a bit darker and it looks like it has less gingerish tones in it but its definitely not blonder! 
I don't hate the color of it actually i can of think it suits me, but its not what i was looking for but i can live with it and i don't think ill redye it for a while but who knows! 
Bye! 
      Melissa xx

Where have you been?

Hey Everyone! 
I am so sorry i haven't done a blog post in so long, i completely forgot! 
Im going to start posting more frequently on this because i think it's a really easy way to talk to you guys :)
I wanted to post on this regularly, but i got really stuck for ideas.. 
leave suggestions for me on what to do, reviews? ootd? booklissas? recommendations?
I honestly have no clue on what to post on this so i would really like it if you guys could help me out! maybe ill do a new post tomorrow! 

Thanks. <3 :)