ColourPop wishlist + Coming back! ❀

1- Birthday Suit blush, $8

2- Smoke N Whistles highlight, $8

3- Amaze shadow pigment, $5

4- Bichette matte lippie stix, $5

5- Bound glossy lippie stix, $5

6- Brink matte lippie stix, $5

7- Cami matte X lippie stix, $5

Hey guys! If you've been crazy for ColourPop products but can't get them because they don't ship to where you live (like me) you probably already know this, but ColourPop will start shipping worldwide (except for China and Turkey) on July 12! I was so happy when I got their e-mail that I decided so make a wishlist from their products and let you know about the company if you didn't hear about them yet.

All of their products are cruelty free (and some of them even vegan!!), unexpensive and the quality, from what I've heard and from reviews I've seen, is amazing!

So yeah, these are the products that I'll buy first, as I really what to try them out! And if you want, when I have them and have tried all or most of them I can post a review :)

Okay, now I think I owe you all an apology, I haven't posted in like... four months?? and I know I didn't finish my Paris daily blogs, I didn't forgot to upload the last day post, there were just some things that didn't go that well with me and my father and we kinda had a fight on that day, so I didn't have any time (neither was I in the mood) for writing a post, as I was really not okay. Then I came back to Portugal and I was always busy doing something else and never had the patience to write something. 

I've finished year 11 on June and had my exams after it and now I'm going to the second phase of them to try and get a better grade.

So yeah, I haven't had much time, but now that I'm almost done with all of this school stuff I'll definitley have more time and ideas for blog posts.

I've loved this blog from the day I started it and I don't want to give it up, it makes me really happy to see it slowly growing and see that a pretty nice amount of people take some time of their lives to look at what I post.

With that being said, I just hope that you're all feeling peachy!

See you on the next post (which won't be 4 months apart from this one, I promise! haha)

With love,

Mari xx

Paris! day 4 ♡

Hey there ♡

Okay, I finally did something today! I went to the center of Paris, visited the Tower Eiffel (and took some lovely photos) and also went to see the Notre Dame Cathedral and I think that it's such a beautiful place! It has a big garden in the back where people can walk and sit and it's really peaceful!

I even got to see the Eiffel Tower with all the pretty lights on!

I took many more photos but I can't post everything as it would make the post reaaaally long haha (but check my instagram if you want to see some more).

Now I'm home and I'm so excited about going to the center of Paris again and get the chance to visit some more places!

I'll write you again tomorrow :)

With love,

Mari xx

Paris! day 2 and 3 ♡

Goodnight peaches ♡

Like I said on yesterday's post, I'll let you know everything about the bowling place I went to yesterday on this post!

It's a really nice house and they have so many bowling lanes!! They have two floors with 16 lanes each but they also have billards and stuff like that (their website is http://www.beach-bowling.fr/ so if you want to know more details, such as the location, just check it out)

I must say I'm TERRIBLE at bolwing and you can see that in my punctuation on the last photo haha but overall it was a nice time spent with my dad and his family!

Oh! Do you want to year a story about yesterday? I left my bag at the bowling house. Yep, and I only noticed when I got home! Inside of it were my documents and some money so you can imagine the panic that filled me because without my documents I can't fly back to Portugal! But we called the house and I was so happy to hear that they had kept it! We went there again and it had everything, even the money!! Lesson here: don't leave your bag alone and forget about it EVER again lol

About today... I did nothing, like nothing really, which pissed me off a little too much. We had lunch at a friend of my dad's house and we stayed there the WHOLE afternoon! I didn't know anyone there and I didn't know about who they were talking about and I didn't get their references because I didn't know them nor nothing about their lives so yea... I really hope tomorrow I can finally go to the center of Paris and visit the city!!
I'll write again tomorrow! :)

With love,
Mari xx

Paris + Stick a Smile + Update ♡

Hey there!
Hope you're all feeling peachy :)

First of all I'm really really sorry for not writing for two months and the main reason was school because I've been studying harder now as I've settled higher goals but I've also been a lazy bum so I'm really sorry haha.

This will be just some kind of update BUT I have something to ask you! :D Well, on Friday I'm going to Paris to see my dad who's working there and I'll stay there for a week. What I wanted to know was if you'd like me to do daily posts that week to tell you how my trip's been and show you what I've been doing? I think I'll do it because it'll be super fun and I'd love to share everything with you guys! ♡ If you can, please leave a comment saying what would you think of that :)

OH! There's one thing I'd like like to tell you about! There's this amazing initiative, Stick a Smile (click on it to access to their website), that basically has "the goal of making the world a happier place". They distribute stickers free of charge that contain short quotes reminding people to smile. You can contact them by their email ( hello@stickasmile.com ), all you have to do is write your name and address and they'll send you some stickers! I think this is such a nice and positive initiative, and also their team is super nice! Nick, Rafe and Sam are so sweet and they've sent me stickers for the second time already and I didn't even ask for them ahh I was so happy when I got home today and saw the mail!! :)

Talk to you on the next post! ♡
(If you haven't followed my blog yet and would like to, there's a button on the very end of my side bar that says "Join this site", just click there)

Lots of love,
Mari xx

Mental Health Awareness

Even the most beautiful flowers have a not so beautiful part. 
That happens with us people too. 
The people who look like they have such a beautiful and nice life are not always the ones who are really like that. Everyone has their own life, everyone has their problems and secrets that only a few people or no one at all know about.  Everyone struggles at some point of their life, but not everyone struggling can be noticed, on time.
It makes me sad how just because someone appears happy and physically healthy everyone else will suppose that they are okay. People often forget about the mental health, and some of them even joke about it or romanticize mental ilnesses. I find this extremely sad and it just shows how much our society is messed up. Depression is not "special", anxiety is not cute, self-harm scars are not beautiful, suicide is not poetic, eating disorders are not glamorous, schizophrenia is terrifying, etc; stop romanticizing mental illnesses. They're not beautiful at all and you don't want them. 
Please pay attention to the ones you love, just because they seem fine it doesn't mean they are. The power and damage of mental illnesses is so strong, but you can't see it from the outside if you're not paying enough attention. 
Everyday people commit suicide, mostly because they're depressed. Depression (which can be followed by many other mental illness, making it even harder to deal with) is not impossible to recover from, it isn't at all, but help and support is much needed. If you see someone who you think might need this help please help them seeking for it. Or if you think you need some support or help please don't hesitate in seeking for it, before it's too late. 
If no one notices you're struggling, tell someone about it.  Reach out.  Seek help.  No one is going to save you, you have to save yourself, with help from others. 
You (or someone else) might not be having the perfect time right now, but don't give up your fight, you'll blossom again ♡
And remember, you're not alone!

I hope your holidays were lovely and that you're all good! Happy new year!!

With love,
Mari xx

World Mental Health Day 2015

Hey there,

As many of you probably already know, today, October 10th, is the World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is Dignity in Mental Health.

It is estimated that around 70% of the children and adolescents who suffer from mental ilnesses haven't had the help they needed at an early enough age. Why? Because most of them were afraid of seeking for help. Society in general doesn't have the best information on mental health and definitely doesn't have the best attitudes towards it, which makes it difficult for people that suffer mentaly to accept it and seek for the help they need.

This year's theme is about breaking the stigma that exists on mental illnesses by passing the right information about them, such as their causes and solutions, and facts about them that hopefully will help us 'break down the barriers' that keep us from seeking help and support.

You can help Mental Health Foundation on this by sharing some of the Fundamental Facts on social media with your family, friends or anyone you'd like to. (click here if you want to see them)

I keep seeing lots of people on social media romantizing mental illnesses, such as eating disorders, depression, OCD, social anxiety, self-harm, etc and it actually makes me really sad that people can't see how disturbed their minds are. Mental illnesses aren't something 'cute' or 'pretty', they're ILLNESSES that can lead you to very serious problems or even death if you don't get the help you need as soon as possible. I've struggled a lot with my mental health and I can say that it's probably one of the hardest things to 'get over' but it's possible and so worth it. 

Society in general seems to think that mental ilnesses aren't something serious and that people suffering from it can just let it go anytime and keep living their lives as if nothing ever happened (not true! It takes a lot fucking more than that).

This image says a lot about how the present society (in general) thinks of and acts with mental illnesses. These kind of behaviours are what make people that are mentally suffering think that mental illnesses are less important than the physical ones and that maybe they don't need treatment and can keep going on their own.

Most people with mental illnesses, especially the younger part, are afraid of accepting their illness and try to get better because they don't want people to think they're 'attention-seekers'. For example, people that self-harm get called that a lot just because of their scars. That just pisses me off so much like, can you just stop?! Anyone who would self-harm is clearly not feeling okay with herself/himself. That applies to any other mental problem, people don't choose to have them.

But they can choose if they want to recover from it.

No one should ever be afraid of wanting to get better. Accept your illness and beat it, don't try to hide it and pretend like it's not there, it'll consume you. And don't let anyone judge you by it, remember: you are not your illness.

Break the stigma!

With love,

Mari xx

Favourite Songs of The Month ♫

Hey there beautiful lil creatures! (don't ask lmao)
I wanted to show you some of my favourite songs, and I know I said 'of the month' on the title but these are just my all time favs so yea make that just 'Favourite Songs' lol

1. The first one will have to be Jasey Rae by All Time Low. I just love that song, it puts my ears in peace, for real.

especially the acoustic version omg

2. The next one is Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings, I only found out this song this year (shame on me) and it gives me life.

3. Of course I could not forget 5SOS, Disconnected and Long Way Home are the Luke to my Michael (otp 5ever soz).

4. Another song that I love (which I haven't heard for a while, but I sarted listening to it again this month yay) is Another You by Of Mice And Men.

5. Sleepwalking and True Friends by Bring Me The Horizon. All of their songs are great but these two just get me going.

6. There's this band I discovered last year I think, Alt-J, and idk I just really like them and their songs! My favourite is Every Other Freckle.

7. Last but not least, I have Basket Case by Green Day. Because ya know, you can never go wrong with Green Day.

I'm gonna stop now because you're probably already bored haha but if you want me to do a part 2 or something like that just let me know!

I think you can understand a bit of my music taste now, or maybe not, even I still don't get it lmao like there's days when I like 'heavier' things and then there's days when I just listen to indie or alternative (idk I suck at music styles names lol but you get it, hope so).

By the way, I took a look at the blog statistics and realised that people from Portugal (obviously lol), USA, UK, Thailand and Venezuela saw my blog..... WHAAAT? That's insane!! Thank you so much really! I hope that all you people that check my blog out are liking it so far. ☺

With love,

Mari xx

Books That I Want To Read ❀

Hey there! ☺

There are so many books I want to read so I thought that maybe I could pick some of them and create a small list! If you've already read any of these books please tell me what you thought of them and if you think they're worth reading! :)

And I hope that with this list you can also find new books that you would like to read.

Here it goes!

(I'm not gonna put the book descriptions here because they're really long, but I'll give you a link for each one!)

#1 Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23746004-black-eyed-susans?from_search=true&search_version=service

#2 Landline by Rainbow Rowell

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18081809-landline?from_search=true&search_version=service 

#3 Delirium by Lauren Oliver 

(and also the other books from the series)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11614718-delirium?from_search=true&search_version=service

#4 Every Day by David Levithan

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13262783-every-day

#5 The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

(and the other books from the Chaos Walking series)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2118745.The_Knife_of_Never_Letting_Go

#6 The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6017769-the-vast-fields-of-ordinary

These are some of the books that I really want to read, even though I still have about five on my bedroom still waiting for me to read them so I'll have to read those first, but when I do, these will be the next ones! (I probably spend way too much money on books lolz)

Hope you're having an awesome day/night wherever you are, and good luck if school already started for you! ♡

With love,

Mari xx

'Get To Know Me' tag ♡

Hello!
It's me Mari and today I thought I would do a 'Get To Know Me' tag, which are basically 21 questions and I'll answer them for you so you can get to know me a bit better! :)
Here it goes...

1. Are you named after anyone?

Um no, actually I don't think I am, my mom just loves the name Mariana haha.

2. When was the last time you cried?

It was last week I think, it's really easy for me to cry, even though I try not to, the harder I try the harder I'll cry haha.

3. Do you have kids?

No.

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself?

I think so, I mean I think I'd like to hang out with myself haha 

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I use sarcasm so much that sometimes I don't even know anymore if I'm being sarcastic or not.

6. Will you ever bungee-jump?

It's something I REALLY want to do! I already did something like that but it wasn't that high and I want to do it but from a higher place now. :)

7. What’s your favorite cereal?

This is a tough one... I love cereal so much omg. But I'll have to go with triple chocolate muesli! It's like heaven in my mouth ahhh!!!!

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Eyes, lips and hands. But mostly lips and hands, And if they have sense of humour, it's not the first thing I notice but it's the thing I try harder to know :)

9. What is your eye colour? 

They're green-ish. Like, they're a bit brown in the middle and green on the outside. I find them cute haha 

(here's a picture)

10. Scary movie or happy endings?

I don't know really. I like scary movies when I'm not alone. And I also like happy endings, but it depends on my mood, like I prefer movies that aren't that scary but that don't have happy endings, I don't know if you're getting what I'm saying lmao

11. Favorite smells?

THE SMELL AFTER RAIN MAKES ME SO HAPPY

And the mint smell!

12. Summer or winter?

People find me kinda weird for this, but I prefer winter all the way! At least I can wear all black without burning inside haha

13. Computer or television?

Computer! I don't think I even watch TV, all I do is watch movies and series online.

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home?

It was when I went to Brazil, I was on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

15. Do you have any special talents?

Besides being an awesome fangirl? Not really haha

Just kidding, well I used to play the cello and I used to dance ballet (I don't do any of those now though *cries*) but I surf, it isn't really a talent because I'm still learning but yea.

16. Where were you born?

Portugal!

17. What are your hobbies?

Fangirling, finding out new bands, listening to them, reading, online shopping (compulsively oops), watching youtube videos and 9gag. Wow my life sounds so fun

18. Do you have any pets?

I do!! I have 3 cats (I LOVE cats) and 3 dogs. :)

19. Favorite movie?

Hard oneeee! I love every THG movie, I loved 'The Host', 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower', etc.

20. Do you have any siblings?

Nope! Just me.

21. What do you want to be when you grow up?

I've already said this on my last post but I want to do something related to forensics and criminal investigation! :)

SO, this was it! Hope you liked it and that you know me better now!

I tag everyone who wants to do this ☺

With love,

Mari xx

A little introduction ☼

Hello!
This is my first post here and if you haven't noticed by the title yet, this will be a small introduction of myself and this blog.
I've never had a blog before so I don't really know how this works haha but I'll find out as the time goes by.
Okay so, I'm Mariana (but you can call me Mari), I'm a portuguese 15 year old girl and I decided to create this blog to let people know me a bit better (if someone will even read this lol).
I find it quite hard to say a lot of the things I want to say when I'm with people and when they're looking at me because I feel really pressured to say the right thing and most of the times I end up not speaking, so I'm using this as a way to express myself without feeling that kind of pressure, and maybe (who knows?) this will help me with talking and giving my opinions in front of other people! ☺
I'm a cat and plant lover and an art enthusiast, even though I'm not studying Arts, I'm actually studying Sciences and Technologies! I'm still not very sure about this yet but I find forensics really interesting and I've been wanting to do something related to that in the future for a while now.
And now you ask: 'Okay, but what can I expect from this blog??'
Well, like I already said, I'm gonna use this as a way to express myself and give opinions but of course that is not all! I'm also thinking of talking to you about random things and about my day and things I did, I want to talk about clothes, shoes, beauty and all that stuff too and I also want to share my music taste with you. I can do Q&A's if you want, some tags, etc.
BUT, the point of this blog is to spread positivity, because it can have a huge impact on your life, a good one (it already made mine so much better!) so I'm hoping I can help some of you, so please feel free to e-mail me ANYTIME and I'll answer as soon as possible!! (marithelilfairy@gmail.com)
This was my first post ever so I'm sorry for being boring lelz but the next ones will be better. ;)

With love,
Mari xx