Room Tour!

Hello! This post has been long anticipated and I'm finally doing it. A room tour! I decided to do this for a couple of reasons. One being that I want to help anyone in trying to decorate their room and two being that I just thought it would be fun. I've selected a few decorative/post worthy things in my room to show and hopefully give anyone some ideas for their room!

The first thing I decided to show was my corner of posters (a whopping amount of 2, wow Sydney). The one on the left is a poster of Ed Sheeran that I surprisingly bought at Canada's Wonderland because I love Ed Sheeran and it was only about $8. I'm on a budget! The second poster on the right is of the famous kiss at Times Square, New York City and ironically, I bought it in New York. I bought it from a street vendor but this picture is sold in so many places. Both of the these posters also have frames around them and I bought both from Michaels.

This is probably my favourite part of my room! I have two guitars hung up on my wall, both of which are played everyday! The guitar on the left was my Grandpa's old Yamaha guitar which he passed down to me. The one on the right is a Fender T-Bucket 300CE which I got for Christmas (probably the best present ever). Both are held up by guitar hangers from Long & McQuade.

These are the fairy light I have draped on my bed frame and were seen on my wall in the previous picture. These, in my opinion, are the best fairy lights to buy because they are just teeny tiny little lights along a copper wire. They're not too obnoxious and in your face which is nice! These I purchased a while ago from Urban Outfitters. They're a bit pricy but they've lasted a really long time!

 I chose to include these two items mainly because I think they're perfect for storage. The picture on the left is a jewellery box that I got from Home Sense. It has three drawers (I know, it looks like there is a fourth drawer on the top but it's just your imagination), a top box that holds rings and two long necklace holders on the side. It was also pretty pricy but it holds so much inside which is great for storage. The next picture is actually a DIY makeup brush holder made from my old candle. I initially got the idea from Ingrid Nilsen (missglamorazzi) but instead of painting it, I left it bare. I personally like how you can see the clear fillers just like in makeup stores! It's cute and completely free! 

This is a view of the top of my desk and above. I decided to show a photo of this because of the setup. Sitting on top are two plants on each end (both of which I will talk about later), a clock from Ikea that doesn't have batteries in it, a Stress Relief candle from Bath and Body Works and a picture of my friends and I. The wall map is probably my favourite decoration in my room! It's a scratch map of the world that I bought from Urban Outfitters. How it works? Whenever you visit somewhere in the world, you scratch off that area and a different colour is underneath for every country. This is also has a frame from Michaels.

This is my most recent purchase and it's a desk calendar that starts in August 2014 and ends August 2015. If you know me, you'd know that I'm a freak about organization so this is something that I personally need! It's also just really good for keeping yourself organized during the busy school year.

These are my plants!! I love them so much and I think plants are a must for a room! They keep your room full of life! On the right is a willow plant that my grandmother bought for me from Terra's Garden Center. They're seasonal plants so you'd need to wait until spring to buy them. They're held in a clear glass vase that you can buy pretty much anywhere including Home Sense. The plant in the middle is called an air plant. They don't need any soil to grow and can take any light! All you have to do is mist them with water. I bought this from my local florist and it already came in the glass container. The plant on the right is a small terrarium from a Garden store called Centro and Centro has become my ultimate favourite store! I think I love everything in there...! Anyways, the terrarium came with the plant, stick, stones and soil already planted and you just have to mist its once a month to keep it alive.

The last thing I wanted to include is my best friend, Ren. It's a lizard I got as a Christmas gift and the tank came with everything already inside of it. Ren's only about six months old but cute as ever! Also, if you were wondering why I'm calling it an 'it', it's because I'm not entirely sure of the gender but I have a feeling it's a girl!

I hope this has helped anyone in trying to decorate their room or has helped anyone with some room theme ideas! I am also in no way trying to brag about what I have because I know that I'm very fortunate for having all these things. I bought everything myself aside from the gifts so I'm in no way trying to seem greedy!

Thanks!

Sydney

Care2 Petition

I just signed this petition concerning animal cruelty and the topic is pretty heavy. If you want to sign, click here. I really hope that this petition reaches the goal.

Thanks!

Sydney

Beauty Product Favourites!

For the most of this winter season, I've been purchasing and using some amazing beauty/body products and I thought I should share them! (DISCLAIMER: There is, in no way, that I'm bragging about the items I have here. It's just to help anyone who is interested!)

 These first products are similar because they both help to heal and hydrate dry skin. They help me a lot especially during the winter when my hands get very dry and start to get chapped. The Ella's Magic Balm is a waxy balm that you rub onto the dry parts of your skin. It's a bit oily and annoying when it gets on your hands but if you leave it on during the night, it helps LOADS. One major thing that I also love about this product is that it's organic and "100% from nature". The other product is an Ultra Repair cream made by First Aid Beauty (FAB) and I love this one because it's like putting on a plain old hand cream. I usually have a problem when my hands are the slightest bit moist (excuse that word) and this one sets pretty nice on my hands.

This next product is the Professional Sebastian Sharper hair spray. I like this hairspray the best because its very light and sprays very lightly on your hair. I find that a lot of other hairsprays don't spray nice and usually comes out like a cheap spray bottle. Also, whenever my family is in need of some of this, we travel to the US because it's much cheaper than it is in Canada and it's at a very good price for a large bottle.

I've been using this face wash for a long time now (I have 3 unopened bottles of it...) and I love it! There's not much to say except for that it works well! I have a pretty good complexion so I don't need anything fancy and this simple Neutrogena face wash does the job. I don't believe I would recommend this product for everyone though because some people say it makes their face dry. For me, it doesn't but it all depends on the type of skin you have.

This is the Stila waterproof liquid liner and I love it soo much. My friend told me that it was really good a long time ago and I've been buying it since. It's awesome because pretty much like a pen and you don't need to dip the tip of it into anything. Some liquid liners that I've had from time to time are way to liquidy and I had a difficult time applying them but this one is not too liquidy and is super easy to put on.

This is an eye and lip primer by Prime Time. I don't really use it for my lips because I have no purpose actually using it for my lips but it's really good for your eyes. It's made by all organic Canadian products and it's one of my favourite makeup products I've bought! I'm not sure where else you can buy it but I bought it from a beauty shop called Celestial Beauty and I believe this shop (Located in Burlington, Ontario) is the only one of it's kind. 

The last product I've been using quite a bit are the Bath and Body Works Holiday Traditions body lotion and shower gel. I received these two as a gift on christmas in the scent cranberry and I absolutely love them. I've never had these products before but these ones, specifically, smell awesome.

Thank you for reading and if this in anyway helped you out, please share it with people because I'd love giving advice on these kinds of things. If you made it to the end you get 10 pizza points.

This kind of sounded like I'm advertising these products, which I'm not, I just love using them!

Thanks!

Sydney

New Blog and YouTube Channel!

Welcome to my blog! This was long anticipated and I hope I can can get a hang of it. My blog is inspired by Zoella's blog because I was to post about beauty, fashion and some 'adventures'. As well as this blog, I am starting up a YouTube channel! The videos I want to make will be things like beauty/makeup videos, hauls, challenges, rants, music videos, and possibly gaming videos. I'm super excited and I've been meaning to start both this blog and the channel! 

Thanks! 

Sydney