Lovelies >3

Hello guys! Its been a while since I used my phone to make a post, but I really miss the simplicity of it.

Today is a Saturday~ and I woke up not too long ago. I have so many future post topics that I should get working on for the better sake of everyone, but I've been too lazy to get around to that. So, if you all are willing to be patient, please wait. And to add to that, my laptop is no longer charging. Therefore, I've lost a majority of the photos I've specifically taken for the future posts -- and I didn't even consider transferring the photos to my computer. So, as of now, you'll have to bare with my boring posts. ^__^b

I really dislike that the mobile app of blogger always places photos at the bottom! I think I should write that in a review for the all in hopes that maybe they change it.

Anyway, the next post will be about some of the photo apps I use. ^^ and this is a post I CAN do right away, since my mobile phone can now do screenshots after it updated to the Android 4.04 platform (Ice Cream Sandwich) which I absolutely LOOOVE. (:
Hehe,

I hope you all enjoy this lovely Saturday afternoon!

With much love.
Take care,

XOXO

arizona

p.s I recently got instagram so if you're interested. Follow me at: arizonavu
Thanks lovelies!

Circle Lenses~

Hello you guys! So recently I have gotten circle lenses, and I understand the risks in doing so. I'm well aware of what happened to Mint's (another blogger) eye, and how it ruined her vision as well as a few other bloggers. But I decided personally that this was a risk I wanted to take. 

I've only worn them ONCE for a few hours at the most. And I don't intend on wearing them not until another few days or maybe next week. The one's I've gotten were the Geo Nudy Green and the Geo Nudy Grey. I've only tried the Geo Nudy Green as the label on the vial says it expires sometime next year or two, whereas the Nudy Grey expires in 2016, so I decided to use that first. 

When I first attempted to place these in my eye, it constantly fell off my index finger into my palms, or flattened against it. I tried inserting it the way some Youtuber's have done, but I realized that doesn't work for me. My eyes do not open big enough for the lens to be properly inserted without me blinking or looking too far up. Instead, I went with the method my friend had told me when she got her legit contacts from her optometrist and the way they showed her. What you do is you pull down the lower part of your eye, and than put the contacts in, than push the lens up into place. Afterwards, you blink. I find that that way works best for smaller eyes or eyes that can't open up using the two finger method. 

Once I had it in, I teared up for about... 30 seconds or so, just getting adjusted to it. The lens were quite comfortable for a first time wearer, except at some point I could feel something was in my eye, and it took a bit to get used to. >< Other than that, it was quite enjoyable. There wasn't any enlarging effect, but I think it gave my eye a beautiful colour. 

Overall, I liked it and it was definitely something new. (:

I can't say how good they were because they were my first pair, and I don't have enough experience to know what a good lens feels like etc. 

I don't want to forget to be cautious though, and the same for all of you as well. Please be careful, and aware of the risks before deciding to do this. >< 

xoxo

-ArizonaVu

Outfit of The Day / Ideas

Hello! So I thought it'd be a good idea to post about something I've never really done: clothes. And maybe inspire some of you to try out something different. But we must begin with the outfit of the day:

scarf+sweater, upclose

This isn't quite complicated. It's rather quite simple. It's just a basic semi-bubble black skirt with a baggy/oversized-ish sweater with a scarf. I thought it was cute yet simple, and something different to wear since on my normal outings, it's usually jeans and a shirt or hoodie. I plan to wear this in the summer, since as of right now in April, it's a very strange weather this year. It snowed and rained, than gave summer-like weather, than back to the snow and rain. So it's SUPER unpredictable. I BLAME GLOBAL WARMING, LOLOL

Anyway, the main focus of this next few outfit ideas is a basic black skirt with one plaid shirt. Because I honestly don't have that much money to shop for clothes, I guess sometimes you have to figure out ways to restyle what you already have. 

bubble ish skirt or a basic black skirt

Plaid Shirt

Combining these together create a simple look:

You want to double knot the shirt at your waist, than buckle up the remaining buttons on your shirt. Doing this also kind of accentuate your waist especially  if you're bustier or curvier. LOL

Than, using the same items, you can create this:

A open cardigan kind of thing. This time, have a shirt inside and tuck the ends of the plaid shirt into the skirt. (: therefore it kind of creates a cardigan while displaying your nice top ? LOL

Or you can leave it down and not tuck it in at all. 

Adding a scarf to ANY of these looks is a good idea, it gives it splash of colour especially if you're wearing all black. 

I know this is really simple. But I hope it kind of gives you a general idea. And if you don't own your own plaid shirt, a dress shirt or maybe if you have a sibling that you could borrow from would work as well.

I really liked my outfit of the day though, I was literally hopping around in it. It made me feel really girly, and well, just bubbly. LOL 

I don't normally wear these to school cause I feel out of place in general, I'm waiting for High School or something, where I hopefully can renew myself. I just feel uncomfortable with the people I know now... I think I've been with a lot of them for a long time, some of them even since kindergarten. 

Alright, this took a me a long time to post, since I was so distracted by Youtube. -__- 

MY BACK ALWAYS HURTS. ):

MUAAAH. I've been sitting behind this computer screen for a few hours now, and I better get off of it. So I'll wrap this up. 

Thanks for reading, and enjoy your Sunday evening~

xoxo

Arizonaaa 

Hair Tape & Split Ends

Hello guys! (: I forgot to mention that in the beginning of March, at the same time I got my glasses, I was lucky enough to be able to find 'hair tape'. Which was something I've seen plenty of Youtubers have, or I've seen people include them in their haul. Since I live in Canada, you're bound not to be able to find half of the things that you want. If I lived in Vancouver, I think I would have a lot more opportunities since I've seen their China Town looks hell of a lot better than Edmonton's. LOL

Oh well, it's something I'm going to have to live with! I really did like British Columbia and Vancouver and all, it really was beautiful. The Night Market is the best. All the things for sale there was cute, cheap and I guess useful. It's sad I didn't back up those photos... *sigh*

BACK TO THE TOPIC! LOL Hair tape. I was lucky enough to go to T&T Supermarket to pick up some hair dye, but not only that -- I was carefully looking and managed to find what I wanted! It was Dariya's hair tape, but the awkwardest thing was, they just had to shelf it with where the er.. 'protection' things were. xD Anyway, the price tag was only about 6 dollars Canadian for a package of it, which came in the colours of either black or pink. There wasn't any blue like you see in the picture below.

They each contain two pieces of hair tape, and I personally loved it. It's completely hassle-less, ouch-less, and no need to scramble to find bobby pins or anything. They hold up quite well for just a flat velcro-thing. And it was useful for the daily routines to hold up the bangs away from my face.

The Content

The Back

For six bucks, it wasn't bad. Definitely loving it. (: I'd really like to try the Lip Glosses they have, I forgot what they're called but they looked very cool. I think Hair Tape is simple but innovative, solves my morning mishaps since I lose literally all my bobby pins. (: 

OH! Also, I really have to do that Tsubasa Masuwaka inspired hair tutorial soon, I've been preparing for it for a while now. I'm just waiting for my hair to heal I guess, lately the ends feel like really rubbery. o__o And my split ends are coming back to haunt me as well! 

Here's a chart about split ends:

Basically, I've experianced all of these split ends except for the Right Angle, Offshoot and Deep. This is why I've tried limiting my heat uses -- including Hair dryer. It feels like my hair's going to die or something, x)

There's this great website that showed this chart and how to 'measure' split ends. It's quite interesting acutally, here's the link <-- CLICK ON IT!

Alright, well there's only..  two-three more months of school, and boy is it ever nerve racking. Along with that, I have to start dress shopping soon so I will have my graduation dress. -__- i hate fancy dresses, A LOT. I don't think I look very good in them, and I don't like wearing them for a long period of time either. The only thing I like to dress up for is usually for Weddings. I haven't been to one in a long time, but the magical feeling of it makes you all happy. Especially when you see the couple! 

(:

I hope you guys enjoy your weekend,

xoxo

UNTIL SOME OTHER HOUR

CHEEERIOOOOO

- Arizona

March x April

Hello! So this is quite the late update, but because I haven't uploaded my photos up until recently, I haven't been able to properly describe events accordingly. LOL anyway, in the beginning of March, I got new glasses. I was raving about it in the beginning from the time I picked them out. 

Yes! This time, I had picked out glasses that had bigger frames, and a no nose pad type of glasses. It feels completely wonderful, and almost as if I'm wearing no glasses at all. Recently, when I go back to my old glasses, they feel like a child's glasses. The frames are so tiny and the nose pads poke and prod. It feels so odd! I don't know how i was able to wear those. 

I probably wear glasses all the time, and I'm pretty sure you see that in most of my photos now. My memory I think is pretty bad (so I hope I haven't made this same post again!) LOLOL. 

Just lovin' it. It frames my face perfectly! (: I'm glad my visions not that severe and that recently it has only deepend by a quarter or something. Haha, (:

OH, regarding Toby, he's such a gorgeous guy. He's gotten a haircut just a few months ago and he looks quite furrier now. His ears grow back incredibly fast (think I've mentioned this before), but yeer! 

He's definitely a out doors dog, (: Haha, he has amazing eyes. I'm jealous. My dog looks bettert than me!!! 

Anyway, this a short update, I want to say more.. but I can't seem to be able to type it out at the moment. AND I'm very distracted! LOLOL Today is also Friday the 13th, no bad luck yet but.. who knows. 

Anyway, best of luck for everyone else!

Happy cheerios!~

xoxo

Arizona . 

O: Thank you !

(This waas taken on my cell, >o< I was outside playing
with my dog, and it was gorgeous out. just gorgeous, anyway,
THANKKK CHUUUU)

Hello there! Anyway, I've come onto my blog these past few days and I was stunned. Shocked. My very first  follower. Maybe normal people don't get this excited over it, but this was the very thing I've looked forward to. It's a start at least, lol

Anyway, mainly, I just wanted to say thank you, and I sincerely hope to keep you entertained or maybe just interested. 

PHEW. 

Now that that's said, hmm, I can only say how much of a happy muffin I am. It's those small things that can really make someone happy. And I don't know if other people know, but these small things might be the one thing that makes someone's day a completely brighter. I don't take for granted what I have now, (at least try not to) because I realize how fortunate I am. I have food, legs, arms, face, eyes, ears... 

Well, really, thanks. Along with that, I have another follower on Twitter! I don't know how long it'll last until they unfollow me, but I appreciate everyone who has considered or even actually pressed the 'follow' button on both my blog and my twitter. It makes me really happy. Hehe! 

OOH! Another good thing! I aced my band test -- the best I have ever done since.. the seventh or eighth grade. Although I only got a 95%, it was still quite a achievement. I only hope I can push forward from here onwards and not let my nerves get to me. YOU KNOW WHAT NERVES DO TO YOU! 

High School registration has also been completed. I totally went against the school I originally was so keen on going into. I don't know why. Anyway, the rest will depend on my marks for my last term for school -- that will lock  in the courses I've chosen. I am hoping to be in full I.B. And if my marks aren't top notch at the end of the school year, I am really digging myself a bad bad black hole. All the more, that makes me nervous, and therefore I think I'll have a lot of stress. Since P.A.T's (Provincial Achievement Tests) are coming up along with HLAT (Highest Level of Achievement Test). *sigh* , I better start reading and improving on my L.A, social, science and math especially! 

Alright, so thaanks for takin' some time to read this. Again, I appreciate y'all a lot. Thank you. (:

Have a WONDERFUL week!

until next time-

CHEERIO

-Arizona xoxo

Bag of Love; Happy Easter

Toby & I, givin' him a chin scratch, lol

It is back to blogging now! (: Happy Easter Sunday everyone, I hope y'all are enjoying your eggs. Aha, sadly, everyone at my home has work so I'm celebrating Easter alone. Actually, there's not even much to do. I want a Kinder Surprise to munch on, xD or chocolate. LOLOLOL

Alright, so all my photos are uploaded! Yesterday, I think was a good day. I mean, I felt happy and energetic and just ready. All full of smiles~ WHEEE. 

Over the afternoon of Friday, I have went shopping. And FINALLY got a pair of sweats to replace the ones that my brothers lost. They're so comfy and soft on the inside, and yeer. Along with that, I got shoes,  a scarf and a few new shirts. (: Definitely loving my shoes the most though, I think they're definitely a girls best friend rather than diamonds. I don't even get why people like diamonds so much! It's just a rock. o____o Right? Ooh well, that is just my own opinion. Anyway, pictures pictures! That's what you're waiting for!

In order from top to bottom

1. Scarf

2. New cardigan <3

3. SHOES.

4. SHOOOES

Haaa! There's a few more, but I'm going to include that in another post called March-April haul coming soon! The shoes look fabulous and well, I was very lucky they still had size 8's left since the other shoe I wanted was g-o-n-e. BOO. Well, I'm happy that I got these two. And the knit cardigan is just lovely! 

I think slowly I want to transition my style into something more like this:

or

All these photos are credits of Gyaru Gal's Tumblr ! I'm thankful to this tumblr which I follow, cause it's like a heaven of ideas and inspiration. (: Y'all should check them out. I don't know when Gyaru became adored by me, but I like the way it's taking me. I doubt I'd pull it off very well, but we'll see. 

Hmm, yes. I've got many more posts to come regarding hair and stuff, so please look forward to it as always. ^___^ 

Until another time,

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

ari.v

Topic of the Day: Insecurity

Looking at this photo, I bet a good portion can say: I've felt that way. The feeling of insecurity is widely known, and sometimes too well. Both boys and girls. It's there. With so much influence, those magazines displaying thin girls or muscular guys and our very own idols (celebrities, friends, media) we are all so aware of.

This topic to me, is a very close to heart one. As I was also a kid who struggled with being confident (and I still struggle today). It's been a long road -- I can tell you that. I used to always be called 'fat' by those kids from school. And being a kid, that really hurt like hell. I wasn't ever skinny I don't think, I was always meatier than everyone else. There were moments where I wish I was thinner, and I even blamed my parents. I hated school half the time and all around me was the one word that people kept saying. It's been fourteen years and it still goes on. 

I'm not perfect, and never will be. It was a long road to recovery. I knew that that one word hurt me, and I wanted to feel better so in the end I think I ended up hurting others. In some part of me, I wanted revenge. I took the easiest path and that was to inflict back pain on the ones who gave it to me in the first place. To this current day, things hurt less.

I think it is these very things that I did led me to be a better person. I'm not saying that any of it was good, but as I matured I have learnt  from it. I learned that I have to accept me and that includes the whole package: body, face, eyes, everything. Eventually, I got tired of crying about this, because it truthfully wasn't worth my time any more. No matter what and where you go, there will always be a pair of eyes staring down on you. I learnt to embrace all my good and not think about the negative. Everyone has potential. I always say: "Beauty is skin deep. You can always look beautiful on the outside, but it has no meaning if the heart is rotten"

Though it is inevitable that there are days where I completely break down, it is those moments that I look at myself and feel wonderful that make me confident. Through those experiences, countless tears, screaming, questioning, and pondering I have finally reached a point where I just stopped caring. I think things happen for a reason; for better or for worse. I learned to stop listening to those voices and instead find my own. I cannot emphasize enough that being beautiful has no meaning if your inside doesn't match up. A light will be sparked. Your personality is the flame that lights up the candle, it is with that flame that the beauty of it shines.

"Inside all of us is hope"

God gave us a heart, a brain, and a life to live. Living it unhappily because of insecurities is not worth it. There is so much more beyond looks and I believe each and every one of us can reach the stars. There is no end to how far you can go, and everyone has the potential to be and feel wonderful. There may be times in which we question our presence and who we are, but it is all the journey I think we have to take to find it. It took me fourteen years and counting to finally let things slide. I know I'll never look like how my best friend looks like, and that I might never be as thin as some super model. But I do know that there's so much more for me, and I can push away these insecurities and pull through. Inner beauty is also the best foundation to build on, and from there, a outer beauty confidence I think will be born.

I believe in inner beauty, strength, and the personality that completes it. Again, I believe everyone has potential, and that those magazines should give us ideas of creativity not ideas of image and how we should look like. There shouldn't be a guideline.

As Marilyn Monroe gladly said: "Imperfection is beauty; madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring"
Our imperfections make us unique, and we can learn to embrace it. (:

I wanted to make this post because for whoever and whomever might be reading this, maybe you'll find that there is so much more in life. And that never are you alone in this world -- because for quite some time... I, myself thought I was alone. But it's not true. So many people are out there going through the same thing, and my own story has only made me stronger.

Anyway, don't stop believing. Don't stop loving.

Live well, laugh often, LOVE always.


Until next time,

xoxo

Arizona.

UPLOADING

HAI HAI! Well, I feel like doing a awful amount of blogging tonight.
The photo's are uploading and I honestly didn't realize it was 1000+ worth of photos. o__o
Clearly, I've been too carried away and lazy to bother with uploading these sooner. I think I'll put a March - April Haul somewhere this week, since I've still got some shopping to do. (;

So please wait for it, in the meantime, I'm going to make a serious post I guess -- Regarding an issue that's worldwide.

xoxo

First Video + Birthday Wishes

Hello! I haven't posted a blog post that's got meaning to it lately, but I've got things in stock for you over the next posts! It's coming soon, so I only hope whoever's reading will be patient. I still wonder when will I have my very first follower?! Anyway, I think I'm going to start wishing Happy Birthdays not through Facebook, but instead through a video. 

Pheew, well, enjoy the next few minutes of this presentation~! 

Alright, so so sooo, Happy Birthday, and to anyone else who's birthday is today, you have my blessings. May all your wishes come true, and maybe you'll be the happiest pumpkin ever! Haahaa.

I'll hopefully be blogger famous one day, at least that is my dream. I wish to get a better computer though, a better camera as well. I think I'll have a goal list on my home page soon, so look forward to the changes! (:

With love, xoxo

-aV 

p.s. Hope you have a great day, weekend and Easter! There's so much more to come, (: