Book Review: Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz, Ron Bass

Hello lovelies ~

can you notice that I am starting to post more often ? I hope I can make even more posts in the coming days :)

I've been wanting to read the book I am reviewing today for a long time, but I always got busy and forget about it, until the other day at work when I had nothing to do and was browsing the files on my phone, that I noticed I have this ebook and started reading it.

Summery: 
What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever? 
Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different--except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other. 
The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream. They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiralling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever. 

alternative cover

My Opinion :

as I said, I've been wanting to read this book for ages, and finally got the chance to, at first it wasn't that interesting (I mean not much happenings) but then more characters started to appear, and when I reached the chapters at the end (20 something) I got so consumed in the story that I became a statue (that's what my co-workers said, "I am just a body with no sense of reality", "my soul went to an alternative world and left my body here a souvenir" and similar things) seriously, I sat there clutching to my phone and making facial expression and gasping, not noticing anything that is happening around me, and suddenly everything went black, my phone battery died without a warning when I had only 10 pages to finish the story I shouted a curse and ran to charge my phone, good thing since I work in a salon there is electricity plug everywhere, but the bad thing that the salon was kind of crowded at that time I was not able to use my phone while it was charging, I was so tense I couldn't sit down, I was literally walking in circles in the reception area, at that time I realized how drug addicts feel when they don't get their drug, it was horrible..

but after that I got to finish the thing and I wish I didn't, dude this was mindfucking, I had almost the same feeling I got after I finished reading Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson (do you want a review ?) 

I hated the end, I wish Maggie was the real one, I loved Andrew and jade, but you know I had a feeling from the beginning that Sloane was the real thing since in the beginning maggie said that her real name was Sloane.. so it made sense.

Favourite character: Jade, I love this little kid, she is perfect and she is how I've always imagined my future daughter would be like ^___^

Rating: 5/5
Buy it here or Add it to your goodreads here

 ♥

Newest addition to my pet family ♥

My uncle gave me this guy yesterday :) he is an Abyssinian Albino guinea pig

I still don't know what should I name him though, any ideas ? 

June favourites

Hello, long time no see ~

sorry I didn't post for so long, it is because I am working now (this is my first job :]), and also it is Ramadan so I have no power to do anything since I am fasting, but here is the overdue post of June monthly favourites 

•  Jergens Smoothing Aloe Skin Comforting Moisturizer: this moisturiser is amazing, it really hydrates the skin and leave it looking smooth for a long time, it gives the skin a healthy glow which I love because my skin is so dry (I should drink more water). what I love the most about this moisturiser is that it is not sticky and the skin absorb it really fast, so you don't have to worry about your clothes getting dirty. in addition to that, this moisturiser have Aloe and Cucumber in it, wich cools the skin and reduce irritation, which I adore because dry skin = itchy skin >.<

• WATER FIX hair lotion: hair lotion ? interesting huh.. I got this because I ran out of my frizz-control hair spray, since my hair is curly and dry, I can't go out of the house without putting something on it, or I'll look like a lion, which is not attractive at all. for only 700 files ($1.86) this things will give you smooth healthy looking hair without frizz, because it not only control frizz but it hydrates your hair, and it helps in getting rid of tangles. this is the best thing I've ever used in my hair ♥

you can tell which one I love the most right ?

• LOOK lip color: I bought these when I was in KSA, they had so many colours on display I didn't know which one to choose, so I got 4 of them. what I like about this product is that it is a lip crayon, which is really convenient because you don't have to worry about it melting, or be careful when you get it out because it might break. the texture is creamy and it doesn't dry your lips, it doesn't smudge easily and you can layer other lip product over it without getting their applicator dirty.

sorry for the blurry picture

from left to right: 314, 356, 353, 350

• L'CHEAR Budding Pink-Heart 8-color painting eye shadow: this is what I bought when I went pet fish shopping. lol. but it was worth it, because this is the best eyeshadow palette I've ever got. the quality is perfect and it only costed me 1 BHD ($2.65). the eyeshadows are very pigmented and they are not chalky, and they don't crease, also the staying power is really impressive, they stayed for the whole day even thought I rub my eyes a lot.

but unfortunately, it fell down and break.

• essence stay natural concealer: essence is an affordable brand with good quality makeup, but unfortunately in Bahrain you can't find it easily. good for me they sell it near my dad's workplace so he can pick up what I want on his way back from work :) for a long time, I used BB cream in place of concealer, the result were good but not perfect, and recently my dark circles became worse and I got an acne scare on my chin which I hate, and BB cream wasn't working for me anymore. so when I saw the essence makeup stand in Red tag I immediately checked the concealers they have, and I got number 03 SOFT NUDE, which matches my skintone and brightens my face, I even use this as a highlighter because it looks natural but gives your face a beautiful glow, it doesn't crease and it is very long lasting, it stayed on my face for 2 days (I was too lazy to wash my face) and it still looked nice.

• L'CHEAR Shiny Lip Gloss: recently I've been loving lip glosses, and when I've seen these in the market I got them immediately, not to mention that it costed me 500 files ($1.33) for both. they don't smell yummy, but they are still good, these are very pigmented and creamy, and even though they don't moisturizer the lips, they don't dry it which is very good, because lip gloss normally makes your lips very dry. these will fade when you eat and drink but the good thing is that they stain your lips a little so if they fade you won't have pale lips, but there will still be a hint of colour on them which is perfect because I never re-apply my makeup (laziness).

number 3, number 2

here are the swatches, the lower is how it is applied normally, while the upper ones are when you smudge them and blot them with tissue paper.

So these were the products I loved in June, and hopefully I'll be able to keep doing monthly favourites.

See you :)

unplanned haul :)

Hello ^___^

Today I went with my brother to buy him more aquarium fish since he got a bigger tank, but we ended up getting these cute little chicks instead 

 but seriously, I have to stop buying pets, our apartment is slowly turning into a zoo..

Anyway, since we couldn't find anything but goldfish (which he hates) we decided to go again in the afternoon, but again we couldn't find the fish he wanted so I suggested we take a look at the weekly market near the pet shop, I ended up spending all the money in my wallet to get this:

handbag, shoes, two lipgloss, eyeshadow pallet, mascara

all of that costed 6.500 BHD ($17.24) which I think is really good ~
the bag only costed 2 BHD ($5.30) and the shoes were of the same price :)

I am really happy about the stuff I bought and I will go there again to get another pair of shoes.

that's it for today, and sorry for the lack of pictures, my camera's battery is dead >.<

Book Review: King Solomon's Mines

Hello guys, How have you been ?
personally I haven't been very well, this is officially 2nd week of hell this year (it is not yet half of the years).. hopefully things will get better this week :)

to be honest I was actually planning to review bornprettystore.com and the products I got from them, but I accidentally deleted the pictures so...

I wasn't planing on reading anything today, but when I went to Uni this morning my class was canceled which means I'll be sitting there for an hour doing nothing, so I thought why not go spend this hour in heaven (a.k.a UoB Central Library)


Summery: 
Alan Quatermain, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain john Good have travelled a long way over difficult country to the hidden land of the Kukuanas.  Now, deep inside a mountain, they have finally found king Solomon's treasure.  There are enough diamonds there to make them the richest men in the world.  But will they be able to leave the treasure room ?

back cover

My Opinion :
I wanted a quick read because I only had an hour or so to read, and I choose this book because a few weeks ago my Arab110 lesson was about king Solomon and his great army so I thought why not ? besides I didn't have much time to go through all the books in the library to choose what to read (I normally forget myself when I am surrounded by books, the past semesters I would spend 5 hours in the library just staring at the books -while they are on the shelf- or touching them I don't even read the title, open the book, or even get it of it's shelf, weird I know).
anyway to the actual review, I like to read about adventure and traveling and lost treasures, maybe because I rarely get out of the house X( 
and this one was really fun to read even though it was so short and everything happened so quickly with little detail but that is probably because this is a revised version from the original story written by Sir H. Rider Haggard (Penguin Readers offer simplified text of the real books and this one is level 4 -Intermediate 1700 words) when I was reading the first chapter I thought this might not be that interesting, but as I kept reading it got more fun, my favourite parts are from chapter 11 to 13 :)

Rating: 3/5
Buy it here or Add it to your goodreads here

Bobbie Brown Makeup Lesson Experience + FOTD

Hello again <3

this is going to be my first face of the day post (hopefully not my last). Lately I've been taking makeup lessons at Bobbie Brown (the basic how to apply makeup)

last week was how to do Smokey Eyes, the lesson duration is 20 minutes, but I asked the makeup artist that works there -which is by the way is an amazing person, she is really sweet and friendly and she was really clear with explaining everything- to alter it so I would be able to wear it to University, and she did.. everything was easier than I thought it would be and it looked really pretty :)

and while we are at it I'll tell you my opinion about their mascara :

Bobbi Brown 'Everything' Mascara

at the store it looked really beautiful when I applied it, it made my lashed look more defined ad it gave a noticeable volume and I had no trouble with it at all, and I left it on my face the whole day (I do that when I am using a new product to test it'd durability) and the next morning after I washed t I noticed that my lashes looked thinner, but I thought that's probably because I washed of the mascara and now my lashes are back to looking boring, but through out the day my lashes kept falling off :( and now they look thin and brittle.
I know that it is caused by this because I don't wear makeup unless I have to.

*Disclaimer: I am not telling you not to buy this product I am just telling you about my experience with it*   

Today's lesson was Secret to Perfect Skin, this time I had another makeup artist teaching me how to do things, she was okay and a little bit rough but maybe it is because I am just not used to people touching my face :/
First thing was skincare routine, which I found okay, but it won't replace my current skincare routine (BTW would anyone like me to make a post about that ?) mainly because it feels kinda heavy on my skin, I can actually feel that I am wearing layers of product which doesn't feel nice at all and it makes me look like I just dipped my face inside a frying pan >.< 

Then she showed me how to conceal my dark circles, which was amazing!!
after that she showed me how to swatch foundation and how to find the right shade for me, and applied foundation on my face, this was my first time wearing foundation (I normally use BB cream) and I didn't like it that much because even though the formula was really light it had a lot of coverage (I would recommend it because this is a really good product) but I don't need any coverage because my skin is clear except for my horrible dark circles :(

After that she used bronzer, honestly I've tried applying bronzer many time but my face always looks dirty when I do XP but it looks nice when she applied it hopefully I'll be able to do it the same way :)

Aaaand, this is the results:

ignore my blurred mom in the background

^awkward selfie face
I am not good with taking pictures (－‸ლ)

Eyes:
Eyeliner - Missha the style monotouch shadow [NBK01]
Mascara - Daiso Volume up black mascara

Face: (Everything was applied by Bobbie brown makeup artist and everything used is from Bobbie Brown brand)

Step 1: Skincare
Cleanser - cleaning oil
Tonic - Hydrating face tonic
Serum - Intensive skin supplement
Eye Cream - Hydrating eye cream
Face Cream - Hydrating gel cream
Special Care - Lip Balm SPF15 ( I really didn't like this one, because it is not moisturizing and it is very sticky, it feels like vaseline, and it taste horrible)

Corrector - peach
Concealer - warm natural

Foundation - Skin warm natural

Powder - Sheer pressed warm natural
Bronzer - medium

Natural Blush - Nectar
(I copied everything from the face chart I was given)

See you soon :)

What did I buy

*This was supposed to be posted on Saturday but the internet stopped working before it was poster on my blog, and I am just too lazy to adjust everything I wrote so here you go*

Hello there ^___^

it have been a long time since I posted something, I've had a lot of stuff that I wanted to post about but I wasn't allowed to use my laptop because of my sickness :(

anyway so today's post is about the things that I bought, first I'll start with the stuff I bought yesterday:

I love buying deodorant (no, I don't have body odor problems)

playboy play it Lovely + playboy play it Sexy

My mascara started smelling weird so I went to Daiso to buy a new one (mostly because it is cheap and I am broke)

Hopefully I'll be able to review it soon :)

I also bought an eyelash curler because my other one is crooked and it break/rip out my lashes >.<

and today while I was waiting for my mom to get out from work, I thought I'll look around the shop to pass time and I came across this:

it is a turmeric soap, everyone keep saying how amazing for your skin is and how good it is at getting rid of body acne so I thought why not give it try.

( the story of my bacne:
two years ago when I was in school, I was so bored in math class so I thought why not take a nap?
and while I was dead sleeping, my classmates turned me into a scrapbook, they wrote on my neck/shoulders/face with markers and blue pens.. anyway after two days I started developing acne on my shoulder and until this day I can't get rid of it T.T)

but before going to pick up my mom from work I bought these ~

look at this cute nose ~

I bought two cute little mice <3

*shy*

running around in there new home

 

aren't they so cute ? I've wanted to get a white mouse for like 4 years or so but my mom never allowed me to :(

but this time she let me :D

Do you guys have any suggestion for names ? (they are both females)

Bonus: I got escada perfume samples in the mail today

and that's it for today's post, see you next time