10/24/15Well it has been a while since I have done a favorites post, considering I used to do them every month. I don’t really feel that is necessary when most of my favorites stay the same and I only put up about 4 posts a month. I still like doing them since I personally enjoy seeing other people’s favorites, so I think I may start doing seasonal favorites, or maybe just favorites from the past few months since nothing in them will probably be that seasonal. Like always my favorites are quite random and if you have been reading for a long time you will see some repeats, but we all have those things that just never leave. Like I said even though these are my fall favorites, nothing is really themed for fall, and actually because these are my favorites from the past few months some of them are from the summer, so really it should be more like summer favorites, but that also doesn't make sense. Anyways I will stop mindlessly rambling and get onto rambling about planned things.
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First and foremost youtube is a favorite this month, although in actuality it is a an eternal favorite, because Youtube is my life. I thought I would share the types of videos I have been enjoying, and maybe share a few. Now one type of video I have been watching a lot recently are moving vlogs. I don't plan on moving anytime in the near future, but the idea of moving is kinda fun for me. I know it probably sucks in reality, but having everything organized and packed away is really cool to me. There is also just something so exciting about watching the moving process for someone else. I mostly watched livinlikelindsey's moving vlogs, but if you just search for moving vlogs you can get a lot of them. I also enjoyed Lily Melrose's moving vlogs as well.
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The other type of videos I have been enjoying recently are old you tubers videos. There is something so real and genuine about when someone starts a channel that is really enjoyable. I went back and watched a ton of Connor Franta's old videos, and even though I wasn't subscribed to him at the time it is fun to look back on the videos, and especially because he is from Minnesota so some things I can just relate to. The other channel I like watching old videos from is the vlog brothers, when I discovered them I watched so many of their old videos, and if I had the time I would love to watch them all, but unfortunately I don't have that sort of free time. It is some of the most classic youtube, and I suggest watching old and new vlogbrothers videos because they are genius and hilarious all in one.
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Now speaking of hank and john green, they are also a part of another favorite this month, and that is their podcast dear hank and john. It is labeled under the humor category, and although it can be funny, don't expect it to be all laughs. Still a great thing to listen to and I highly suggest it. Like vlogborthers it is informative but also entertaining, except you can actually listen to all of the podcasts they have made in a reasonable amount of time, unlike their videos
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My next favorite has been playing the piano, and I mentioned this before on my blog, but I learned to play piano as a child, but I stopped in middle school and only recently picked it back up. What got me back into playing the piano was this Disney piano book because the songs are really easy to learn so you can learn a song in about a day and that can be really motivating. I have also been enjoying learning to play different pop songs.
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It is very fun to be able to play music that you listen to on the radio or just in general, and these have been what have brought me back to the piano. I do love playing more classical pieces, but because they take longer to learn and aren't as fun to play I often get lazy and I end up not practicing. I don't know if I will ever get more serious about piano, but it is a fun skill to have and I enjoy it as a hobby.
Ok so now I will move onto a bit of beauty, I wanted to try and get a variety of things in their favorites and I think I am accomplishing that. So first let me talk about the Maybelline dream fresh BB cream, which I actually mentioned in my everyday makeup routine. Now I am going to be honest, this is more summer favorite than a fall favorite since I have gone back to using my fit me foundation now that it is more fall, but I still love this. It is perfect
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coverage for the summer since it is so light, and it is a bit more pink than I would normally use but it is ok because that fits when I have been in the sun. Recently I have been mixing it in with my foundation but I think I might start just exclusively using my foundation soon, although I will definitely pull this out in the spring and maybe even before that because I do love it. Now my other favorite is this Sally Hansen miracle gel topcoat, because I discovered you can wear it over just normal polishes, which is great. I do like the gel line polishes as well, but if you want to wear your favorite color, but make it actually last all week you can. Now I have barely even had time to sleep let alone paint my nails recently, so I don't use it regularly, but I do love it for my toes. Actually I am hoping to paint my toes soon but I do need some time set aside since this topcoat does take a long time to dry, which is one of the only downsides, but because it stays on for so long I am ok with it.
Like I said I am trying to get some variety in my favorites for this post, so now I thought I would share some app favorites, both of which I have talked about before. The first being word brain, which I would describe kinda like boggle, but you are looking for certain words in particular. Now I love boggle, but this game can get pretty hard pretty fast, but they give you hints along the way, and I have tons of fun playing with my sister. It is fun, but I do have to say minecraft is way more fun.
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Minecraft may be the single best investment of my life so far. It provides HOURS of entertainment, and because of the recent update I can go to the nether I can enchant, I can brew, it opens up so many things for me to explore. I have had so much fun playing it, I just wish I had more time to play it. I could honestly play it for hours it is so much fun.
So this last favorite may be the most random of them all, but I thought I would include it. Recently I have really enjoyed making collages just with different images I find on the internet. It all started when I because obsessed with the idea of redecorating my room and I wanted some inspiration, and that is what you see above. I love this collage and I used to just pull it up to look at it because it is so pretty to me. I am not as obsessed anymore, but that's because I have created more collages after that. Here are two examples of ones that I have made. Obviously the one below is a religious collage, so if you aren't Christian I am sorry, but I like it so I thought I would show it. I have just been using Fotor to edit my collages (it is an app on my computer), because it is simple and easy to use. It doesn't do anything fancy, but I don't need it to. I simple just look up photos I like and put them together in a collage that looks pretty to me. It is more fun than you think I would suggest giving it a try.
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Well I hope you enjoyed this long overdue favorites post. Hopefully it wasn't too random for you, and maybe you found something that you want to try. I didn't include any food favorites simple because I couldn't think of any, but I do platoon including them in the future if I find any. This favorites post still seems pretty short to me so hopefully any I make in the future will be longer.