What's Up #1? World Cup Fever!

It's been awhile blog. How are you today? How has you week been? I've been away for a bit thanks to an assignment I had due, but hey a couple more weeks and I'll be a University graduate...yay!

I won't lie I've gotten distracted badly. I'm a huge football fan so the Brazil World Cup 2014 has been the locus of my focus (ohh such rhyming skillz..lol).
Now lemme just get this out of the way and say, I AM A GERMANY FAN!!! Yes Deutschland is the place that holds my heart every single World Cup. I've been supporting Germany since 1998 since that was the first World Cup I ever watched from Group Stages to the Final. I really want Germany to take it this year, they've gotten so close multiple times, but this time, is their time, but first we have to survive Group G. They managed to stun Portugal in their first match and a draw with Ghana (possibly the best game yet, imo), and the next task is the USA on Thursday. Win or draw we advance but I want a win to finish off the group stage in style.

This was supposed to be posted last night before the USA-Portugal match, but boy am I glad I didn't post this up. That last 30 second goal from Portugal was a beaut!
There have been some massive upsets in the World Cup thus far with the defending champions Spain getting the boot thanks to the Netherlands and Chile (good job guys!). France has been impressive in their first two matches, after the last World Cup, France became the joke of the football world, but this year they aren't making any jokes. Benzema and Giroud have been outstanding for France, and my eye is now trained to recognize Valbuena on the pitch, because let's face it, the guy is amazing! He has speed, and he sets up some of the most beautiful plays and goals I've seen in a long time.

Now let's talk about England. Oh boy England, oh boy. I don't hide the fact that I am a die hard Liverpool FC fan and a good few of the England players play for Liverpool so I was ready to support my boys and I can honestly say England why? What happened over the years? England used to be a power house in both European and World football, what happened? Sighs, it's bittersweet having to see them depart so quickly but that's football.

This World Cup is the ultimate thriller for me thus far, the biggest of the big are being sent home, and the "smaller" teams are the ones sending them home and I LOVE IT!!! I can't wait to see how this unfolds further. I'm hoping for a Netherlands-Germany final, but with the way things are shaping up you'll never know who makes it all the way to the end.

So guys please feel free to let me know how you've been and who you'll be supporting this World Cup. As always stay positive, stay healthy and I will post again soon....I might just have a review in the works ;) ;)

P.S. If you like football ranting, follow me on Twitter, where I post random burst of football excitement at your faces :D

Bye guys :)

Makeup Haul!!! Collective Haul for June.

My name is Je Line and I am a makeup addict!!! 

I love makeup and especially love buying and trying new products out. Now for a little clarity, I live in Trinidad so most of the drugstore makeup available in the US unfortunately is not available here .....or so I thought. I recently took a trip to Starlite Pharmacy and I won't lie I found my mothership. Elf cosmetics, Rimmel and a few other brands that aren't readily available in Trinidad lined the perimeter of the store....it was love at first sight. 

The eyelashes and eyelash adhesive were purchased at my uncle's variety store. I've never used false lashes before so I didn't want to spend a crap ton of money on them. Each pair cost me $35TT which is cheap here in Trinidad. I'm very excited to try these bad boys out! They are by the brand Sassi.

Sassi America Eyelashes

Next the products I picked up at Starlite.

I've been wanting the Real Techniques Fine Liner brush for ages and I'm super happy that I was finally able to get my hands on it! I also picked up some elf (eyeslipsface)products, the elf Complexion Brush, elf Cream Liner in Plum Purple and elf Single Eyeshadow in Wild Wheat.

elf Complexion Brush and Real Techniques Fine Liner Brush

elf Cream Liner in Plum Purple

elf Single Eyeshadow- Wild Wheat

Rimmel is finally being imported to Trinidad so I managed to pick up my second Rimmel by Kate lipstick. This shade number of this lipstick is 107.

Rimmel Kate Moss 107

Last but not least, I picked up a Prestige Single Eyeshadow in the shade Golden Retriever. I've heard it's a dupe for MAC's Goldmine but I'm not 100% sure about that.

Prestige Eyeshadow in Golden Retriever

I found some Rimmel products on a random day out with my parents. Seeing that I already own a couple of the Kate Moss lipsticks I decided I would try some of their eye pencils to see how they work.

Rimmel Eye Pencils

Rimmel Scadaleyes Eyeshadow Crayon in 003 Bad Girl Bronze

Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in 230 Deep Ocean
and
Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Liner Pencil in 071 Pure White

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my blog, hopefully I don't get too caught up in the World Cup and post things more regularly but until we meet again stay positive, stay happy and I'll speak to you soon. :)

First Product Review!! Freeman's Mask

This bad boy has honestly become a favourite in only a few weeks. I absolutely love this stuff! 

The Charcoal and Black Sugar Facial Polishing Mask, is an Allure Magazine Best of Beauty Award 2013 Winner. 

According to bth the website and the packaging, "this mask and scrub works double time to detox skin. Firstly, naturally purifying Activated Charcoal helps absorb oil and impurities without over drying. Then Black Sugar helps exfoliate away dulling skin cells for softness and clarity. Perfect for all skin types." 

I have incredibly oily, sometimes incredibly sensitive skin and it doesn't help that I live in a hot and humid climate (yay Carribean girl life!) so I need to exfoliate often to prevent over-production of oil and to remove excess sebum. This mask does this and it does it so well. It's bumped my usual St. Ives Apricot Scrub from my skincare routine. It's that amazing!!! 

It looks very odd and you will scare people when you apply it to your face.

The mask as soon as it makes contact with my skin produces a warming sensation, it is by far one of the strangest things I've ever experienced. 

Now I've seen reviews where people complain about the mask burning them but I've personally never experienced that, so please be careful, just because it worked well for me doesn't mean it'll be the same for everyone else. 

After one use, my skin felt baby soft and look brighter. 

After using it for a few weeks, I've noticed the number of blackheads I had was reduced, my skin is clearer and brighter! 

I absolutely love this stuff and it's definitely a product I will repurchase! 

So tell me what's your favourite face mask is, I would love to know :) 

Until next time, stay positive and happy! 

My Words #1

A poem I wrote in the spur of the moment one night. I was waiting for a burst of inspiration, and it finally hit me like a ton of bricks. I hope I'll enjoy more nights of inspiration like this. :)

Going to be posting more of my own poetry and writings on here.