Hello my Vintage Darlings!

It sure has been awhile, hasn’t it? I have to say I truly did miss writing and interacting with fellow bloggers & followers. Sadly though, I simply had to step away these past few months. As much as I adore blogging and desperately wish to achieve my goals with this blog, I just wasn’t in the right head space to put out the quality content that I dreamed of.

The last post I made was right around the time where my anxiety was worsening and the depressive episodes I’ve often found myself in were getting longer. I just couldn’t pull myself out of the darkness no matter how hard I tried.

I had so many delightful blog ideas, but every time I would even think about sitting down to write them, my chest would start feeling tight and suddenly it would feel like I was drowning and I needed an escape. Unfortunately this feeling started sticking around daily, along with the thoughts of self doubt.

Without going into too much detail, because I really don’t wish to dwell on the sad, I stopped doing everything I love. I wasn’t getting out of bed, wasn’t getting dressed up or doing my makeup, wasn’t doing any kind of self care, I had zero energy, and I wasn’t really eating. In fact I dipped down around 80lbs in March/April.

It’s been several months of a downward spiral.

I needed some kind of positivity in my life. Any kind of shining light to pull me out of this.

Recently I’ve found something to help a bit with my anxiety. It’s still there and it still needs time to fully help, but I’m happy to say I’ve had my inspiration back lately!

Which is the whole point of this blog post! With it officially being the holiday season and having so many blog ideas, I delighted to say I’m back to blogging regularly and I’ve even decided to do Blogmas this year.

I’ve already got the first week of Blogmas drafted and plenty more planned out already. I’m just absolutely bubbling over with excitement like a glass of pink champagne!

I’m also extremely elated to come back into the blogging community to catch up on all of your posts as well as find new blogs to fall in love with!

I really hope all you Loves enjoy what I have to offer and please don’t ever hesitate to drop your own links in the comment section!

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Hello my little Vintage Darlings ♡

As you can see, it has been over a month since I’ve last posted. I’ve also barely been active on WordPress, my main Twitter, or my Instagram. The reason for this being that I’ve unfortunately fallen back into bad habits due to personal issues like anxiety. Throughout the whole month I was inactive, I was just weighted down with sadness and self doubt. Thinking that there’s no way I’ll ever accomplish my dream of turning this into my own little business and being able to work from home doing something I love dearly. Feeling like there’s no point to continuing my blog and writing because I felt people wouldn’t care to read what I have to say or care if I gave up. My issues of sadness also made me feel like there wasn’t much point of anything, so for the whole month I haven’t been myself. I ended up giving up the things I adored, stopped doing anything like even going out, and remained in bed feeling empty most days. I gave up trying to achieve my dreams and goals, which in turn made me sink down further.

I’ve become disappointed with myself as my main goal was to write and grow my blog, but instead I gave it up and it’s gone nowhere. I can’t help but think where my blog would be today if I wouldn’t have let sadness and anxiety win, but I can’t dwell over the what if’s. I can only make new goals and stick with them.

That’s exactly what this post is all about. After feeling the way I have lately, I’m choosing to try and fight past these awful feelings and have more positivity. To do this I have created a list of goals that I wish to accomplish this Spring with the hopes that they will not only help me achieve my blogging dream, but also to feel happier, less doubtful, and most importantly like it’s worth getting up and out!

Here are all of my angelic Spring goals! ♡

♡ Daily Yoga & Meditation – As I’ve mentioned above, I took time away from writing and posting due to my anxiety and sadness becoming worse. Not wishing for this to happen and keep me from accomplishing the things I want the most, I would like to try and get into daily yoga and meditation to hopefully help alleviate some of my stress. I truly feel I could benefit positively from this.

♡ Drink less coffee – This is one I truly need to work on the most. Usually a tea drinker, I have been consuming many cups off coffee lately, more often than not I have multiple a day. It’s at the point where I feel I simply need a cup, or three, just to get me through the day or I don’t feel myself and have zero energy. I hope to able to break this habit!

♡ Don’t Dream it, Do it – I don’t want to waste this lovely season staying inside and dreaming of all the things I’ve always wanted to do, I want to go out and actually do them. I want to live in the moment and enjoy it.

♡ Continue my Writing – I’ve mentioned this before, but I started out on WordPress with a Clique blog where I basically wrote a Clique fan fiction on it. In addition to this blog, I have also written on fanfiction.net for quite some time. It’s been almost three years since I’ve last done any type of creative fiction writing and I’ve been wishing to get back into it. I’ve recently had inspiration for a storyline that I’ve already started drafting and I hope to continue with it.

♡ Grow my Blog & Don’t Give it Up – I’ve stated many time before that growing my blog and creating a job out of it is a huge dream for me, which is why I can’t help but beat myself up over the fact that I had to step away for over a month do to anxiety issues. I just sit here and think about where my blog could be right now if I would’ve have just sucked it up and pushed through it, but there’s nothing I can do about that now. The only thing I can do is look ahead and stay positive that it’s not too late and I can grow it and still achieve my dream. My goal is to remain constant, positive, and to not give up this dream no matter how much doubt from others and my own self doubt comes. Hopefully by the end of Spring my blogging goals will have been met and I can start the process of becoming self hosted.

♡ Find Adventure – A big goal that I wish to accomplish this Spring is to find adventure no matter the place, setting, or time. I crave adventure constantly, so why not turn anything and everything into a magical adventure to remember?

♡ Be Free to Show the Real Me – For me this year is all about finding myself —who I truly am inside and embracing it one hundred percent. I’ve recently realized a few things about myself and I don’t want to hide that part of me anymore. I want to be free and not care what anyone thinks as I show the real me. I don’t want to walk around being “stiff” or pretending I’m someone I’m not. I no longer want to be afraid to let out the carefree, silly side of me because of thinking “what if someone judges me?” — I refuse to continue to live life and act according to other people’s standards.

♡ Start a Garden – This was a goal featured in my Angelic Goals for March post that I have not yet been able to start. Being that it’s been cold, snowy, or super rainy, (or all 4 seasons in a span of a weekend) I obviously couldn’t get started on my delightful little garden. However this is still something I wish to do this season and I have been thinking of the flowers I hope to grow!

♡ Go to a Strawberry Field – I would just adore a sunny, Spring day frolicking about in a field of delicious, fresh strawberries! I’ve went strawberry picking once before and absolutely loved it.

♡ Visit the Farmer’s Market – Spending a breezy day picking out fresh vegetables and fruits just sounds delightful to me!

♡ Gain the Confidence to Wear the things I’m Afraid to – Lately, along with my reasons for stepping away for awhile, my confidence has gone down way more than ever before. I would adore wearing darling little tank crop tops and dresses without feeling like I need to cover myself up in oversized cardigans and sweaters. As I’ve said before, I do have BDD and it has me feeling awful about myself. I hope to gain confidence to wear these things without feeling awful about myself.

♡ Have a Tea Party/Tea Date – As I’ve mention in my Angelic Goals for March post, I would still adore nothing more than to have a whimsical garden tea party. Surrounded by beautiful blooming flowers with the fresh spring breeze blowing about, a spring tea party would just be perfect. However, I have not yet been able to have one as it has still been quite chilly and there’s even still been some snow! I’d also adore to have a small tea date with someone where we have dainty snacks and delicious teas during a calm Sunday afternoon.

♡ Explore the Art of a City – While I may live up in the majestical mountains of Pennsylvania, I’m originally from Philly — a city known for its great history and art. Being so down and uninspired for so long has now led me to craving to explore some form of art, to walk around a city and just take it all in. I’ve always loved visiting the art museum. Walking up those famous steps that Rocky once ran and spending the day admiring all of the enchanting works of art. Skipping off to Love Park to see the incredible water fountain and taking a photo of the iconic Love statue. Even stopping by the Reading Terminal Market To take in the art of all the diverse foods and baked goods. I dream of exploring the city so badly.

♡ Enjoy the Nature – Whether it be frolicking through freshly bloomed wild daisies or peacefully sitting by a dreamy waterfall, I want to take in the beauty of nature. With it having been an extremely cold winter and snowy first half of Spring, I just dream of getting out and enjoying all the outdoors has to offer me.

♡ Plan a Trip Somewhere – Lately I’ve had the burning need to plan out a trip and to travel  I would adore to make concrete plans for a whimsical adventure. I may not be able to drop everything and jet off to a beautiful place like Paris, but I can still plan something fun to satisfy my wanderlust needs.

Although I’ve been down lately, I’m still remaining positive that I can work on and achieve my Spring goals! I truly hope this post not only inspired you to create goals for the season, but also that it’s okay to not be okay. If you need to step away for a bit, that’s perfectly fine. Let yourself have a breather and remember, it might seem bad now and you might be so down, but you’ll pick yourself back up again when you’re ready. ♡

Let me know in the comments some of the lovely things you Darlings are hoping to accomplish this Spring!

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With my soft, pink Marie blanket wrapped around my petite shoulders, my hand grips a delicate bunny mug filled with delicious hot tea. The warmth from the mug drifts up from it and twirls around the room, leaving the inviting scent of strawberry cheesecake hanging in the air. My free hand reaches out for the controller as my ‘Lilac a Virgin’ coated gel nail delicately pushes pause. The soft sound of the hauntingly beautiful song ‘Spanish Sahara‘ plays from my phone as I type away at a new blog post, finally feeling better enough to concentrate on it.

Hello my Little Vintage Darlings ♡

Another week has unfortunately passed since I last posted, once again falling away from my schedule, and I sincerely apologize. I have been feeling very under the weather as of late and sadly have been experiencing a lot of pain, so I have stayed away from blogging and haven’t been focusing on being active on blog comments or social media in general. I hope you Loves understand!

Though I still don’t feel the greatest, I miss writing and communicating with fellow bloggers very much. As it’s closer to spring, I have so many darling posts scheduled, but today I wanted to bring you Loves another ‘Tea Time with Blair’ discussing something that I absolutely adore with all of my heart! So grab a cup of your favorite tea, or coffee if you prefer, and let’s have a little tea time!

Today I wanted to talk about the game that is very near and dear to my heart, Life is Strange.

Life is Strange is a choice based adventure game originally developed by Dontnod Entertainment, later Deck Nine for Life is Strange: Before the Storm, and published by Square Enix. It’s available for play on PC, PS3, PS4, and Xbox 360 & One. The game consists of five episodes, the storyline of which follows 18 year old photography student at Blackwell Academy, Max Caulfield who soon discovers she has the power to rewind time simply by holding out her hand. What she doesn’t realize at first is that this rewind power comes with a downside, it creates a butterfly effect. Meaning each choice you make as Max will come with consequences.

The game opens within Max’s nightmare of an impending storm that will rip through the town of Arcadia Bay, destroying everything in its path. Startled, Max wakes up in her photography class wondering where that dream came from. Still shaken from her nightmare, she goes off to the bathroom after class when she sees a blue butterfly land on a bucket, making the perfect photo opportunity. Once she takes the photo, she hears fellow student Nathan Prescott walk in and go on a rant followed by the voice of another person, who she later learns is her childhood best friend Chloe Price. Hiding in the corner, Max witnesses Nathan shoot and kill Chloe. Not believing what she is witnessing, she reaches out with her hand and time rewinds, leaving Max back in her photography class wondering what just happened. This kicks off the beautiful beginning of the game that is Life is Strange.

When I first started playing this game, I had no idea just how attached and invested I would become in these characters and their development, especially Chloe and Max. The graphics of Life is Strange are just so incredibly beautiful, the storyline is amazing, and the music makes it all the more emotional.

To put it simply, this game is tragically beautiful.

There’s no way to get through this entire series without crying multiple times. I’m usually someone that will get a bit teary at sad parts of movies or shows, but parts of this game reduced me to full on sobbing. I could play it thousands of times, but I will always be reduced to the sobbing.

As you continue on playing as Max, you can choose to develop feelings for Chloe (I love Pricefield so much), which honestly just makes the choice you must make at the end of the game all the more heartbreaking.

All of the choices you’ve made may come full circle in the end based on which ending you decide to go with. I personally absolutely cannot go with the more heartbreaking one.

I’m going to tell you Loves my reasoning for this, but if you have yet to play Life is Strange or the Before the Storm bonus episode ‘Farewell’, please skip to after it says “End of Spoilers!”

** Spoilers for Life is Strange and Before the Storm/Farewell **

As I played through the game as Max, I saw just how much she truly cared about and loved Chloe. Therefore, there’s no possible way I could ever choose to sacrifice Chloe over Arcadia Bay right? This choice became even easier for me after the final scene in the Farewell episode and playing through Before the Storm.

There’s just no way I can have Max choose to go all the way back to the beginning and let Chloe die alone in the bathroom believing everyone she ever loved and cared about abandoned her. Thinking that she wouldn’t be missed by anyone. Choosing that ending erases the entire week Max and Chloe spent together. Everything they’ve been through, all the times Max saved Chloe, the way Max was there for her, what happened to Rachel…there’s just no way I can let Chloe die not knowing that Max came back and loved her. Not after everything Chloe has gone through and especially not after that heartbreaking message Max left in Farewell.

Some may say it’s selfish to sacrifice multiple lives for the life of one, but if it were me, I would choose the person I love over a town. I believe Max would do the same. After all Chloe is her number one priority.

I did however choose that ending just once, finally sucking it up and seeing it past the Pricefield kiss. Of course I didn’t see the full “sacrifice Chloe” ending until after playing Farewell, which is probably why I cried so hard. It broke me just like the ending of Farewell did.

I will always, always choose Chloe Price.

** End of Spoilers **

Life is Strange is truly the most heartbreaking, but yet incredibly beautiful games I have ever played and I don’t think any other game will ever compare.

I will always recommend this game to anyone every chance I get. I hope my little tea time has convinced some of you Loves out there to give this beautiful game a try. The first episode is free, by the way!

Let me know in the comments if any of you plan on giving this game a try! If you’ve already played it, feel free to tell me your opinions on it!

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With the enchanting time of Daylights Saving Time happening last night, Spring now feels that much closer. I just adore the Spring, it’s like a beautiful new beginning. Romantic roses begin their bloom, birds sing their lovely tunes, and sunshine illuminates the earth during the longer days. Everything is just so fresh and delightful!

Today I wanted to post a lovely, simple blog all about the little things I absolutely adore about the Springtime. I’ve done one of these posts before called ‘Little Things That Make Me Happy’, so I hope you Darlings enjoy this Spring themed one. ♡

♡ Dainty birds singing their morning tune

♡ Beautiful blooming flowers

♡ Frolicking around an enchanting forest

♡ Picnics in the park on a sunny day

♡ The smell of fresh, clean spring linen

♡ Hanging clothing out to dry on a breezy day

♡ Fresh air blowing through an open window while spring cleaning

♡ Everything feels like a fresh new start

♡ Delicate pastel decor

♡ Soft little bunnies hoping about

♡ Daylight lasts longer

♡ Romantic, ethereal spring dresses

♡ Wearing flowers in my hair

♡ Traipsing through fields of wild daisies while the late afternoon sun kisses my hair

♡ Having whimsical tea parties in the garden

♡ Growing delicious veggies and darling flowers like lilacs and lavender

♡ Skipping through strawberry fields in a dreamy floral dress

♡ Trees shedding dainty pink petals that sprinkle the ground below

What are some of the darling, little things you love about Spring? Leave a comment below letting me know and feel free to link to your most recent post! ♡

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Yet another lovely month has gone by and as usual, there have been darling items that I’ve absolutely adored all throughout February.

While it is a little over a week into the whimsical month of March, I still would love to share my February favorites with you Loves.

First off I wanted to tell you all that I’m sorry for being very inactive this past week! You may have heard that those of us on the east coast were hit with a nor’easter last Friday and being that I’m in Pennsylvania, we got hit pretty bad and lost power for four days. It ended up completely throwing me off my blogging schedule as I obviously couldn’t draft, edit photos, read & comment on other’s blogs, or post anything. It honestly has me a little stressed as one of my goals this month is to really focus and grow my blog to eventually reach my ultimate goal of turning it into my own little business. However, I will be working extra hard this next week to get all caught up!

Now that, that has been said, let’s get right into my lovely favorites!

♡ Celebrity Big Brother – If you don’t follow me on Twitter, then you may not know that I’m absolutely addicted to the reality tv series Big Brother. I’ve adored the American version since the very first season and I’ve watched ever since, even subscribing to the 24/7 live feeds. Well this February was the first ever US edition of the celebrity version and I just loved it so much. While it was a shorter season than usual, 3 weeks compared to the normal 3 months, it was the best the American version has been in the past few years! The houseguests actually played the game as opposed to sticking with what one person says and not playing for themselves. A bonus was the fact that there were zero showmances! Well unless you count Metta and Orwell. While I may not have liked who won (Omarosa was robbed!) I just loved it so much and was very happy to get in my BB fix!

♡ Disney Movies – As someone who loves princesses and is enchanted by magical fairytales, I obviously love Disney and all the movies. Though lately I’ve been watching them a lot more frequently, especially all throughout February. There were some days where I’d watch one or two several nights in a row! I even finally got around to watching the live action Cinderella and I completely adored it! It’s honestly one of my favorite movies now and I just can’t stop watching it. Lily James was simply perfect as Cinderella!

♡ Lemon Cake Tea – With my love of getting cozy with a dainty cup of tea, I’ve been on the search for new delightful teas to try and I found an absolutely amazing one! It Red Rose Sweet Temptations Lemon Cake tea and its happiness in a teacup. One of my favorite things is the delicious taste of lemon tea cake and this tea tastes exactly like it! Sipping it from a vintage tea cup is like taking a delicate bite out of a fresh baked lemon cake. If you Darlings come across this tea, don’t hesitate to buy it!

♡ Lavender Beach Body Lotion – With my love of all things pastel, I originally got this lotion because I needed a filler for my Victoria’s Secret order and thought the bottle looked pretty. I figured it would be yet another lotion that I only seemed to use for photos, but I was so wrong! I ended up adoring the scent so much, it’s like lavender daydreams in a bottle. It’s a lovely soft, light scent and the feeling of the lotion on my skin is delightful. It makes my skin feel so soft and doesn’t just sit on top of the skin. The scent also lasts for a bit, which i love.

♡ My Planner – With one of my angelic goals for February being to get into planning, I did just that and bought a Big Happy Planner. The one that I’ve bought is the memory planner and I’ve been extremely happy with it! It has darling rose golds and pastel pinks and I just love that it’s an undated, vertical planner. It’s been not only helping me stay organized and keep enchanting monthly memories, but it also had been helping me get back into art! I just love getting new shabby chic and vintage looking stickers to make my weekly layouts look so dreamy.

♡ Dew This Rose Clay Mask – As someone who takes her skin care routine very seriously, I wanted to switch things up for the upcoming spring season and add more delicate & romantic rose skin care into my routine. PINK ended up coming out with a new spring beauty line and this included clay masks. Loving the light scent of roses, I just had to pick up the Rose Clay mask! I’ve been using it all month long and it’s now one of my favorite masks. It has been gentle on my soft, delicate skin and has helped make it feel even softer. Plus the scent is absolutely darling!

While I still plan on loving all of these things throughout March as well, I can’t wait to see what new favorites this month will bring me!

Let me know in the comments what some of your February favorites were! Also if you’re new to my blog and if you’re already a follower, feel free to leave a comment with your most recent blog post linked so I can catch up on some reading as well as drop you some comments and likes!

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With the month of love over and a new month full of growth and blooming flowers upon us, I have a new list of goals I have set to achieve during the month of March. I’m delighted to say that February’s angelic goals were a success as I’ve worked on them throughout the entire month! Reaching them has not only made me happier, but they’re helping get me to my main end goals.

While I still plan on working on last months goals, like my lettering practice, I have a few new and enchanting goals I’d love to reach in March and I’m excited to share them with you Loves!

♡ Grow my Blog – One of the main things I’d love to succeed in this month is growing my blog. So far I’ve been blogging for a little over a month and while it is going well, I’d really like to kick start it this month. With having the dream to have my own little business as my job, I really need to get this blog moving. I must stick to my blogging schedule and I truly need to start networking everyday. Being that I go through anxiety and periods of not wanting to be social, I really need to be sure to push past that this month. I plan on joining blogger threads and discovering new blogs to read as well because I’d love to meet new bloggers and become friends with some!

♡ Plan a Garden Tea Party – Always dreaming of a romantic garden tea party during the spring, I want to bring this enchanting idea to life. With it still being cold and snowy here in PA during March, I can only start making plans for it. Using Pinterest I will be looking into dainty finger food recipes, adorable baked goods I can make, and decor ideas. I’ll also be trying out new teas and hopefully find some more darling teacups!

♡ Be Enchanted by Nature – With my love for frolicking through fields of daisies, traipsing through magical forests, and visiting strawberry fields, I’d love to spend more time being amazed by the beautiful nature. I’d adore spending time watching the waterfalls or having picnics in the park while enjoying the scenery. Many of the things I have planned for spring involve being outdoors, so I think this goal will be absolutely easy.

♡ Spring Cleaning – The fresh start of spring is one I absolutely adore. Everything is gentle, light, and airy. There’s nothing I’d love more than a breezy spring day where the fresh air blows through the open window with the afternoon sun shining brightly as I clean the house and make everything new again. Dusting, decorating, and putting fresh floral linen sheets on the bed is sure to make it feel and smell so much more like spring!

♡ Wear More Romantic Dresses – Finally deciding to completely be myself without caring what others might think, I want to start wearing more romantic dresses this spring. Lovely light floral prints, pastels, and linens to feel like an ethereal spring fairy dancing in the meadow.

♡ Update my Wardrobe for Spring – As the seasons change, I enjoy changing and updating my wardrobe. This season I hope to add more dainty florals and enchanting pieces to feel like a delicate spring princess.

♡ Go on Whimsical Spring Adventures – For a long time I’d let my imagination run wild with dreams and ideas of what I would do during the spring time. Sadly I’ve never set out to actually do any of those thing, that’s going to change this time. I plan on setting out on whimsical adventures from my wildest dreams not just in March, but during all of spring.

♡ Look into Starting a Garden – I’d absolutely adore attending to a little garden. Flowers are just so lovely and enchanting, I’d just love to start my own garden. I’m hoping to look into which delightful flowers, and possibly some veggies, that I would love to grow!

I’m so delighted to start working towards my angelic goals this month! With the way I accomplished them last month, I believe in myself that I can easily achieve all my March dreams.

What are some of the goals you’ve set for yourselves this lovely month?

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With my love of magical fairy dust, I wanted to share one of my absolute favorite makeup palettes with you Loves today. Enchanted by dreamy pastels and darling sparkles, the Glitter Bomb Palette from Too Faced is one of my go to’s. It’s just so angelic and with a simple swipe of color from it, it can leave you feeling like a beautiful fairy.

A palette I bought months back, I find myself reaching for it often, especially this past week. Adoring this palette myself, I wanted to create a review for any of you Darlings out there that may still be on the white picket fence about picking this up. I truly hope that by the end of this post, you’ll find the Glitter Bomb palette as enchanting as I do.

When I first saw the previews of the Glitter Bomb palette, I simply knew it had to be mine as I absolutely adore a glittery makeup look. I was never one to shy away from “out there” makeup looks after all. This palette was everything I dreamed of; not only did it have glitter shadows, but some of them were delightful pastels and had names like “Fairy Dust” and “Rosé All Day.” It was as if this palette was made for me!

Getting it, I thought the packaging was darling. It’s a sleek black with the word Glitter spelled out in rainbow letters. Inside the letters are colorful, little sparkles that move as you move the palette around. It’s such a lovely design!

Moving on to the most important part of this palette, the shades are absolutely stunning. This dreamy palette comes with 8 glitter shades and two base shades. One base shade is a white and is meant to brighten up the look of the glitters on your eye and the other base shade is a matte black shadow meant to darken and smoke out the look of the glitter shadows. Both of these bases shades go on very smoothly and truly help the shadows pop. I personally prefer using the brightening base as I adore lighter shadow shades.

As for the main glitter shadows, these are so perfect and left me completely enchanted by them! They go on so nice and buttery, which is surprising as they are a glitter shadow. I’ve been using this palette since the summer and I’ve yet to have an issue with patchiness or the glitters feeling chunky on my eyelids. One swipe of color leaves you sparkling like an ethereal fairy!

The Swatches you see in this post were done with just one swipe over NYX’s glitter glue primer, which makes these gorgeous glitters not only pop even more, but last all day without creasing!

You can easily create many looks using just this palette alone or mix it with others for even more angelic looks. You can even get away with using Fairy Dust or Rosé All Day (with a light hand) as a highlight! Personally I’ve been loving the dreamy pastel look I’ve been wearing a lot lately using the shades Fairy Dust, Rosé All Day, Confetti, and Hot Damn! With a dusty plum added in the crease as a transitional shade, this pastel look is a darling and dreamy look that reminds me of princesses and lilac skies.

I’m honestly extremely happy that I made the purchase for this palette as it’s been a staple in my recent looks. I know many people might see the word “glitter” and shy away from this palette thinking they’d either never use it or wouldn’t be able to come up with any looks because of them being glitters, but I believe anyone can make this palette work. If you’ve been debating on getting this, you’re in love with glitter, or you’ve been wanting to try something new and outside your makeup comfort zone, I truly recommend the Glitter Bomb palette.

I think you Darlings will love it as much as I do!

I hope you Loves enjoyed today’s enchanting post and it helps you decide on whether or not you’d like to give this palette a go!

Let me know in the comments if you plan on trying it or if you already have!

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I was recently nominated for another blogger award by the lovely Hannah and I’m super excited to answer another one of these! So thank you so much to Hannah for nominating me!

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The rules:

• Put the award logo/image on your blog.

• List the rules.

• Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog.

• Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well.  (if someone could direct me to the creator that would be fab…)

• Tell your readers 3 things about yourself.

• Answer the questions you were asked.

• Nominate 10 – 20 people & notify.

• Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify).

• Share a link to your bests post(s).

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Three things about me:

♡ I’m from Philly born and raised and no the playground is not where I spent most of my days (I mean I think I’m funny).

♡ I love the tv show Big Brother and have watched the American version since season one episode one. I’m also a live feeder!

♡ I used to write fan fiction for the tv show The Nanny.

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Here are the questions that I was asked:

♡ What’s your one must have item as a blogger?

I’d have to say my blogging journal. Recently I’ve been getting into planning and bullet journaling and I’ve decided to keep a separate bullet journal just for blogging. It’s been helping me not only stay on top of posts, but also helping me plan out new ideas for darling posts. Plus it allows me to get creative with my planning, which I absolutely adore!

♡ Which persons blog have you enjoyed reading most of all lately?

I’ve been enjoying so many lately that I simply can’t choose just one!

♡ If you could use a colour theme for your blog, what would you use?

Everything would be dreamy pastels like lilacs, blush pinks, mints, and icy blues!

♡ What do you find most difficult when blogging?

What’s the most difficult for me is that I sometimes go through periods of not wanting to be social, even if it’s just on the Internet, due to my anxiety. This affects my blogging because I don’t want to talk to anyone or even pick up my phone, so I end up not posting or really being active on WordPress or social media. I could still click publish on a blog post during this time, but I don’t want to publish a post and expect people to read, follow, like, etc if I can’t do the same for their posts that day. This is something I’ve actually been trying to push past the last few days, which explains my lack of posts.

♡ What made you write your first blog post? (Leave a link to your first post)

I’ve said this in my other tag, but it was The Clique community on WordPress that first drew me into blogging. While the Dylan Marvil blog I had years ago is now deleted, my first true Clique blog as a Massie is still up for me to cringe at. Here’s my first actual blog post on it (aka more than two sentences): https://themassiehopeblock.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/finally-back-in-westchester/

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My 5 questions to you Darlings:

♡ What is your absolute favorite time of day and why?

♡ What’s your favorite fairytale?

♡ What’s one goal you have for March?

♡ What was your favorite thing you did this month?

♡ If you had to choose, would you rather it rain sprinkles or snow glitter?

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Here are the Loves I chose to nominate:

Alyssa – LissysBakedTreats

Sophie – Frosting Fairy

Ashleigh – FlippersandFlatWhites

Discovering Your Happiness

Chantel – ChantelKeona

Jasmine – JustJasmineElla

Jenny – SparkleandStyle

Natalia – NataliaTalksAbout

Glaiza – GlimmerOfHappiness

Amaryllis-SweetLittleAdventures

Please don’t feel like you have to do this awards tag! It’s completely optional!

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I adored getting to answer this tag and I hope you loves enjoyed reading my responses. Thank you again to Hannah for nominating me!

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Head in the clouds that grace the lilac skies, I’ve always been a dreamer. With my angelic daydreams and enchanting wishes, I knew just what I wanted. I wanted to create my own magical kingdom full of whimsy and wonder. A delightful world where dreams are encouraged, happiness is bliss, and everyone is free to be who their hearts desire; a wonderful little dreamland where everything is enchanting. I wanted to create my own little fairytale world, so I did.

I’ve created my own personal fairytale where everyone who enters can become the majestical being they’ve always dreamed of. Whether that’s a princess, fairy, mermaid, unicorn, or even a dainty little woodland creature. It’s a beautiful, angelic place where everyone is free to reach for their most wildest dreams, make wishes on dandelions, have whimsical tea parties, and frolick through fields of fresh flowers without the judgement of others. It’s a lovely little land that’s open to all people, no matter who you are or what you identify as, all of you are welcome and safe here.

That’s what my blog is for me and what I want the message to be behind it. For it to be this enchanting fairytale kingdom that teaches all of you Loves that it’s okay to be a dreamer. This is a magical space where I hope to inspire all of you that it’s okay to be you, even if society tries to tell you otherwise. There’s someone out there that accepts you for exactly who you are and thinks you’re beautiful. That you deserve all the love and happiness in the world, especially the love you have for yourself. La vie en Rose Diaries is the fairytale world I created to do just that. I want all of you Darlings out there to know that this blog is a safe and welcoming place to all. I will never judge you and instead hope to inspire and encourage you and let you know someone is here for you if you ever need it.

This fairytale kingdom I’ve made is a dreamy world where you are all free to be you and let your inner beauty shine.

You are all beautiful and I hope you see that. ♡

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I hope you Vintage Darlings enjoyed today’s little post. I just wanted to create a short post about the message and meaning behind my blog. ♡

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Hello my little Vintage Darlings ♡

Have you ever seen someone carrying a darling little bag and wondered what enchanting things they keep inside? Well today I’m letting you Loves take a peek into my girly, princess bag and see all of my must have essentials!

I’ve recently switched back to using my Henri Bendel Riverside Convertible Clutch in this gorgeous dusty rose shade as I wanted to use a smaller bag for the time being. As someone who usually carries a lot of magical things with her, I wanted to limit myself to just the princess essentials. This bag is perfect for any fancy princess out there as it is a dreamy shade of pink that adds the right amount of class to any outfit.

Though we aren’t here to talk about this beautiful bag, we’re here to see the wonderful things hidden away inside. Just what does an enchanting princess keep inside of her bag?

Spilling the dainty bag out, the first thing that comes out is one that’s whimsical and hypnotizing with its charming sparkles. With a delightful pink color and a darling name, this is something every princess should keep in their bags, a hand sanitizer. This lovely one is called Champagne Sparkle and has an image of the Eiffel Tower on it. It smells like champagne wishes and dreamy roses. I absolutely adore it!

The next wonderful item you’ll find is a soft baby blue book with a precious little quote, “Wake Up. Makeup. Repeat.” This is the place I write down any enchanting blog post ideas if they come to me while on my whimsical adventures. The best part is that it is also a mini planner, which is perfect as I can schedule on the go.

Being that I am very girly and have a love for makeup, my bag obviously contains some lavish items I simply can’t be without.

Every princess needs her favorite fairy dust with her at all times. Mine happens to be this angelic pink fairy dust that’s wonderful and dreamy. Keeping it with me and just knowing it’s there makes me feel magical.

Needing the feeling of soft, delicate lips, I also love to always have at least two different balms with me. My newest favorites being a vanilla mint balm and rose sugar, which smells like romantic rose petals.

This aren’t the only lip products I have in my bag of whimsy though, I also keep my current favorite shade of a Too Faced Melted Matte in Sell Out and a MAC lipstick in Elle Belle; the packaging of which is just completely darling!

The last thing I keep in my dainty bag, is my adorable and soft faux fur wallet from Guess. A gorgeous shade of blush pink, the feeling of this wallet is luxurious and is my favorite addition to my princess bag. It’s the perfect size to store my smaller Henri Bendel card holder that currently has all of my important cards such as credit cards, IDs, and other necessities. I feel as though I’m holding onto a pink cloud every time I pull it out of my bag!

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I hope you all enjoyed taking a peek into my enchanting little bag! Leave a comment letting me know what some of the essentials you loves carry in your princess bags!

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