Book Review: Beach Blondes

     Hey everyone! Today is probably going to be one of my favorite posts like, ever, because I'm doing a book review on one of the best books I've ever read. It's called 'Beach Blondes' and it's by Katherine Applegate. Without further ado, here is my mini-review on the book:

     Summary:  The book starts out with Summer Smith basically loathing her life. She lives in snowy Minnesota and is almost a senior in high school. Between no boyfriend and no action in her town, she's ready to spice things up. Coincidentally, her Aunt Mallory calls and asks if she would like to join her and Summer's cousin in Crab Claw Key, Florida. Of course, she cannot deny the opportunity.

     Summer gets there and meets amazing and unforgettable people. Preferably three guys in which a fortune teller warns her about. One will seem to be the right guy, one will seem to represent mystery, and one will seem to represent danger. (Seth- the super sweet, friendly nice guy... only he has a girlfriend.   Diver- mysterious, a bit strange, but completely harmless.  And Adam- The Senator's son who's kind and attractive.. but his family has a dark side.)

     In the end, Summer falls for a guy- and has the most unforgettable and amazing summer of her life.


     Review:   I could NOT stop reading this book. Literally. I finished in two days and am reading it again. I love the characters, the setting, and romance. (Seth is SO sweet! I kinda wanna marry him.. Lol. If only... ;)) Also, this book has surprising turns, and some jaw-dropping scenes and events. A must read for teen girls, especially for summertime.

     PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read this book! I will be doing more reviews and post on this book, so look for those, and by the way.. this book has a sequel called 'Tan Lines' and I'm dying to read it, so when I do I'll give a review on that as well.

God Bless,
-Hannah


  

Update

Hey guys. If you didn't know already, school has started for Hannah and I. Due to that, we're probably not going to post as often as we used to. Posts will probably come on the weekends, for the obvious reasons. Anywhoozle, sorry for the lack of posts, just letting you know we're still posting.

Xoxo,
Hayl

Healthy Lifestyle Tips!

Hiya! Hayl here. Today I'm writing this blog post about tips on staying healthy, I guess. Before I start here are some disclaimers...

• This is NOT a diet! 
• This is not for losing weight, but maintaining it, and keeping your body healthy overall. 
• This is mainly for people who don't do sports, yet if you do I suppose you can still take some of the tips I suggest here.
• This is partially from personal experience and my not work for all body types.

Now that we got that out of the way... Here are some little tips for staying healthy!

1. Take a jog with a friend (or by yourself! I don't judge.) once in a while! Even if it's just once every couple weeks, running is one of the best exercises you can do.
2. Do crunches and pushups everyday before bed. If you just do 10 pushups, 10 crunches, and alternate about five times every single night, you'll eventually see that you can endure so many more as time goes on! I remember I started doing pushups everyday, I could only do about 15 in the beginning, but I got up to 40 in about two weeks!
3. Run up and down the stairs about 20 times, a couple of times a week. 
4. Listen to music and dance like there's no tomorrow! Dancing is a really good workout too. Do this once a week for about thirty minutes.
5. Eat lots of vegetables! They have lots of nutrients that the body needs.
6. Fruit instead of junk! Fruit isn't as good for you as vegetables due to the high amount of natural sugars, but it definitely is better than processed junk food. So whenever your craving sweets and whatnot, just eat some fruit!
7. Treat yourself once a week. What I do is have dessert just once a week, usually on Saturdays.
8. No soda, and go easy on milk and sweet teas. Soda is very carbonated and just overall bad for you. Milk is loaded with fat, too. Yes, it has calcium, but you can find much healthier ways to get calcium! (I'm not saying to completely cut out milk, just don't drink it as often.) Sweet tea is packed with sugar, too.
9. Whilst "treating" yourself, pick dessert type things over candy.
10. If you eat meat, (or if you're a vegetarian -- even better!) don't eat too much red meat. Red meat isn't good for you at all, and should only be eaten once a week. Chicken is much, much better for you than red meat, but still isn't that great if you eat it too much.
11. Drink lots of water! Sugar free juices are also good for you as well.
12. Multivitamins! It's good to take vitamins just so you make sure you get all the nutrients you might be unintentionally missing out on.
13. Wash your hands a lot! You don't want to get sick!

...And that's all for the tips! Thanks for reading! If you have any tips that I didn't mention, please leave them in the comments below! Cya!

Xoxo,

Hayl

Back to School Scents!

Hello! Hayley again. I'm going to be writing about scents I recommend for back to school... wearage. LOL! I just invented a new word. Anyway! I want to make this a quick blog post so I'm just going put the scent, who it's by, and an image.

Secret Wonderland
by Bath and Body Works

Heiress
by Paris Hilton

Inner Grace
by Philosophy

Falling in Love
by Philosophy

...And those are the best scents that I thought of for back to school! (: Thanks for reading.

Xoxo,
Hayl

First Day of School Schedule!

Hey guys! So as you saw on Monday, Hannah did a Day-Before-School Schedule type thing, so I decided to do a First Day of School Schedule! (Hannah if you want to do this one too you can!) Anyway, moving on to the actual post.

For the first day, I always shower the night before just so I have some extra time. Sometimes I shower in the morning, but not always! By the way... tell me when you shower, like - in the morning or the night before. I want to know! Because I'm not really sure what I should do... :P

6:00 A.M. - I like to get up pretty early on the first day just because I want to make sure I'm all ready. Normally I'd get up at about 6:30 A.M. I'd also stretch a little bit to wake myself up.

6:05 A.M. - Go to the bathroom. Hey, we all have to do it!

6:10 A.M. - Breakfast! I eat a big breakfast on the first day so I'm energized and ready to go!

6:25 A.M. - Turn on the the music! While I'm getting ready, I LOVE to listen to music. Especially heavy electronic indie - it gets me pumped up and for some odd reason, confident about myself. I know, it's really weird, but true!

6:30 A.M. - Get dressed and do my hair! Obviously I have to do this. I usually get my first-day-outfit all picked out the day before, and for my hair, I do nothing fancy - just quickly straighten it!

7:00 A.M. - Little things. By this I mean cleaning my ears, brushing my teeth, washing face taking my allergy medicine, deodorant, and obviously... Fragrance time!

7:15 A.M. - Get my school bag/backpack and supplies prepared. I will probably do some organizing the day before as well, but at this time I will be setting it up so when I'm leaving I'll have it all ready.

7:25 A.M. - Last minute! Spray some perfume, brush your hair one last time, etc.!

7:30 A.M. - Time to wait for the bus! The you're off to your first day of school school.

7:30 A.M. - 3:15 P.M.(ish) - On the bus and obviously in school!

...And that's all. Thanks for reading! (:

Xoxo,
Hayl

August Favorites!

Hello! As you know August has come to an end. May be sad for some, but may be happy for others. It's sad for me, because August is one of my favorite months! Anywhoozle, I'm going to be sharing my makeup and beauty favorites with you. I kind of have a lot of stuff, so this might be a little lengthy.

Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment - This works amazingly. It tingles on your lips and quickly refreshes chapped lips! I like to put this on before bed so in the morning my lips feel nice and healed and soft.

Crest Complete Multi Benefit Toothpaste - This keeps my breath smelling really nice for a long time, yet isn't too strong and minty.

Neutrogena Acne Wash - I'll admit that this makes your face feel very weird in the shower, but once you get out and dry off it's very soft! And obviously, it helps with my acne!

Tresseme Luxurious Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner - I mainly bought this because Tresseme doesn't test on animals, but to my surprise it's my favorite shampoo and conditioner I've ever used! It helps my damaged hair a lot!

Clearasil Vanishing Acne Cream - This gets rid of acne so quickly! For little pimples and zits, if you put a little on it before you go to bed, it'll be almost completely gone in the morning. For bigger problem spots, it'll take a little bit longer, but it still works!

Up & Up Alcohol Free Skin Toner - This is a fairly cheap product, but works really well if you aren't looking for anything that professional and whatnot. If I'm running late in the morning and don't have time to wash my face, I just take a cotton ball, put some of this on it, and put it all over my face for a fast cleaning!

Perricone MD Cosmeceuticals Face Finishing Moisturizer - I have tried a lot of moisturizers, and all of them worked okay, but always left some redness on my face and felt a bit uncomfortable. But this one feels amazing and doesn't make my skin red! It also smells pretty nice. ^^

Smashbox Lip Gloss in Fame - I'm usually not a fan of bright pink lip glosses, but Fame by Smashbox is so pretty and not overwhelming like some!

Fresh's Tinted Lip Treatment with SPF 15 in Sugar Rose - I LOVE this product! It moisturizes my lips and leaves a tint of color!

Aussie Instant Freeze Sculpting Gel - I like to use this when I put my hair up, to make all of the missed pieces stay in place where they're supposed to. I know a lot of people normally would use hairspray to do this, but honestly I don't really like hairspray... haha!

Philosophy Inner Grace Body Wash - This smells SO good! It can also be used as a shampoo, but personally I only use it as a body wash.

Degree - Motion Sense Anti-Perspirant/Deodorant in Fresh Energy

Bath & Body Works Sensual Amber Fragrance Mist - This is by far my favorite product from Bath & Body Works. It's the longest lasting body mist (and one of the best smelling mists, too) that I've had!

Bath & Body Works Pocketbac in Sugar Lemon - If you didn't know, Pocketbacs are basically just mini hand sanitizers. And like any sanitizer, it sometimes has that chemically smell. But not this one! And that's what I love about it.

Chameleon Nail Polish in Calypso - This nail polish is by far my favorite one. It changes colors and doesn't streak and takes a while for it to start chipping. The best part - they're affordable too!

...And those were all of the products that I used a lot in the month of August! I hope you enjoyed reading.

Xoxo,
Hayl

How To: The Perfect Manicure

     I just painted my nails, so that's what inspired this post! Here are my tips for the perfect manicure:

1)  Use nailpolish remover and remove nailpolish. Even if you aren't wearing any nailpolish, it's good to do it anyways just in case!

2)  Cut your nails or trim them.

3)  File your nails.

4)  Wash your nails with soap and water.

5)  Use a base coat.

6)  Paint your nails a fun color!

7)  Use a top coat.

8) Let them dry, and wella! Your done!


Thanks for reading!
God Bless,
-Hannah