Music Recommendation {1}

Hey Everyone!

So I thought I would do this weekly music recommendation, if anyone is looking for new songs to listen to. Music is a huge part of my life, so I might as well share some of my faves on here with you all!

This week I've constantly been replaying "Can't Remember To Forget You" by Shakira ft. Rihanna.

It has such a cool beat and these ladies together make magic. You can watch it below!

Thank you for reading!

- Aleks xx

Uni Life | First Year

Hey Everyone,

I'm almost done my first year of university, and I want to reflect on my experience. This is more for me, I guess, looking back maybe 5 years from now and seeing what I was like and what I was experiencing in the past. I've never kept a diary, so this is the next best thing.

I'm currently sitting in one of the many areas in my school to just study/socialize/eat. I have an empty Second Cup drink next to me, I'm far too lazy to throw it out, I'll do that when I get up to get to my next class. I'm listening to music, just going through things on the internet - as per the usual with me.

I recently was thinking about where I'm going with my life. Yes, I plan to be a lawyer one day, but until I go into law school, I just get a degree in any major I want. I'm doing Sociology, and i'm taking a bunch of random courses just to complete requirements. I sat down and thought about what I'm learning, and to be honest, I can't tell you. None of what I'm doing now is going to matter if I plan on actually being a lawyer. I am essentially wasting 4 years of my life (not to mention thousands of dollars) on an education that will essentially not matter and be non-existent in a matter of 5-10 years.

I've talked about this with my friend, and I've found that I'm not the only one who feels like this. Not only do I feel like I'm wasting away and learning nothing, I feel like I don't have a life in a sense. What do I do? I study, and procrastinate. I'm not doing anything crazy, as I see a lot of people doing. My dream is to explore the world, and while I am working to achieve the means to be able to do so one day, I feel like I'm only young once, I want to experience the world NOW.

I'm hoping to do a Study Abroad next year, and live somewhere on my own and just be my own person for once. I don't live on campus, and maybe that has something to do with my feeling this way. I still feel somewhat dependant on my parents, especially because I'm living at home and I don't have to worry about rent and bills to pay, just support my own "wants" which include clothes and any sort of luxury items.

I know a lot of people are going through the same thing, but sometimes I just feel so down, and upset that I'm not doing anything with my life. I am very happy and I understand that it is a privilege to go to University, a lot of people don't. I guess I just want to make my family and friends proud of me, and that sort of adds pressure to get amazing marks, and I find myself sometimes falling behind with things. I have to learn to understand that everything I do is for myself, and I shouldn't make choices depending on who else will be happy, but if I will in turn be happy.

This is yet another post that has gone to shit, but there we go, I just wanted to rant a little about that. I can't wait to read this once I've finished my undergrad, and see how different I am, if I am at all.

If you've read thus far, prove it by commenting and letting me know your thoughts on your own Uni experience. I would love to know what other people think :)

-Aleks xx

Celebrities and Why We Idolize Them (ft. Iggy Azalea)

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the lack of posts. I see all these amazing bloggers and I just want to do a bunch of fashion blogging, but I don't have the resources (AKA a good camera) at the moment, so I'm just going to do whatever I want for now!

PS: I already made a video about this, but I'm going to go a bit more in depth here, if you care to read?

This past week, something out of the ordinary happened, but it's not earth shatteringly amazing. I saw that Iggy Azalea's new album, The New Classic, (Which you can pre-order here) finally was released for pre-order in Canada. I noticed that she was #5 on the Canadian Rap & HipHop charts, and decided to tweet about my excitement. As I said in my video, my tweets usually go into the Twitter abyss, and nobody pays attention to them. Not a minute later, I see a couple of people favouriting and retweeting this one tweet. I was confused, but I had hashtagged the album name, so I figured people just saw it from there.

No. Not at all.

Iggy Azalea herself retweeted me, and I almost lost my shit, but I kept my cool, seeing as I was in the middle of a lecture in school. My first thought was that she had retweeted everyone, but nope, only a couple of other people. I don't think my tweet really stood out, it was pure luck, I tweeted it at the right time, when she refreshed the page (most likely). 

Even though I would love to think she was already on my page and just loved me and thought she would retweet something. Boohoo, it's not that.

MINI SIDE NOTE WITHIN THE POST (?what?)
I am in love with Iggy, listen to this song whilst you're reading this, it's her new song 'Fancy' featuring Charli XCX whom I also love and adore (Go check out her EP)

This is the first time a celebrity had retweeted me, I had only gotten a couple of replies from Icona Pop before (pre-100k followers). I felt special for a couple of minutes, and I started to wonder why. Why do we freak out when this person does this little thing that "acknowledges our existence"? Why didn't I flip when 20 other people retweeted me? I was full of questions, but no answers.

I've never been head over heels for a celebrity (with the exception of Harry Styles but then again, who isn't?), and I've only tweeted them a handful of times, but never along the lines of "HARRY STYLES GIMME SOME OF YOUR GRAVY", I am not thirsty.

This post has gone to shit, so if you've stuck around 'til now, you're my new best friend.

So thinking about why we put celebrities on this pedestal brings me back to why they appear in my dreams sometimes. We admire them, and the things they've achieved, and we sort of want to be like them. This, of course, is for the most part, sometimes I will thirst follow a celebrity on twitter just because they're cute, even though I know nothing about them (*cough* Dylan O'Brien *cough*).

The media brings so much attention to these people that are truly just like us, and they become so out of touch and far away from us. Thinking about it, I know many boys that look just like the boys from One Direction, but do I give them a second glance? No. I wonder if one of them became famous, would everyone who knew them from before look at them any differently? Probably. It's all about the hype, and if something gets hyped, everyone attaches said item/person like a leech. 

Given the attention, celebrities also have so much influence over us, and could probably command us to do horrible things. I once read a post that said something along the lines of  "If Justin Bieber ordered his fans to assassinate someone, they probably would form a plan and go through with it." This is so true, how many times have you purchased a song or something else that your fave celebrity "recommended" through twitter? I haven't really, but I'm sure many other mega-fans have.

This post has gone on for far longer than I intended, and if you've made it this far. Congrats, your interest in what I have to say is tremendous, or your attention span is longer than that of a goldfish, whichever one you prefer.

Also, I've noticed that on every comment I make/reply to on YouTube, I add "xx" at the end. I have officially turned into THAT girl. I apologize if you find it obnoxious, but my fingers now naturally just go towards that 'x' on the keyboard and I can no longer help myself.

I hope you're all doing well, and I will talk to you soon!

-Aleks xx

See what I mean? I didn't mean to type that on the end, it just happened.

New Video!

Here's my new video, I hope you enjoy it!

I will do an actual blog post soon, I've just been super busy with school so there's been absolutely no time!

-Aleks xx

New Video!

Hellooooooo!

I've just posted a new video on my YouTube channel, you can either watch it below, or click here!

YSL Lipstick in 17 (Rose In Tension)

 Hello Everyone!
So, I don't usually dare walk anywhere near the Yves Saint Laurent section in Sephora; their products appeal to me too much, but the price tag is just... not happy days (as my anthropology professor would say).

But, one fateful day, I was browsing past it, and I took a look at their Rouge Volupte lipstick line. I picked up many colours, swatching them, but they just weren't doing it, but this one stood out to me, and was 
practically calling my name.






This is #17 in Rose In Tension from the Rouge Volupte Shine line. It looks really bright on the packaging and in the actual tube, but because it is from the shine portion of the lipsticks, it comes off slightly more sheer on a swatch and on the lips.

The staying power is amazing, the colour sort of stains your lips, and stays on for your whole work/school day. I do sometimes touch it up, just because I like that shiny finish, but there is honestly no need to.

 The packaging is slightly heavier than your average lipstick, but the luxurious look is to die for, and the extra weight is not a big deal for me.

The price for this lipstick is $39 CAD, which is a hell of a lot of money, but I sort of convinced myself that I needed this lipstick, and that it will pay out in the end when I get compliments on it and I feel like a million bucks while wearing it.

There are no other cons other than weight and price, and I would definitely recommend this lipstick to everyone. I don't hear anyone talking about this shade in particular so I wanted to share my opinion.

 Thanks for reading!

-Aleks xx

My School Morning Routine!

My new video is up! Go check it out :)

Thanks everyone,

Aleks xx