Friends with Benefits, Videos, Twitter ect

Hey guys, been having a rather entertaining week actually.  Hot topic between me and friends has been ‘friends with benefits’.  What do u think?  Too risky, chance of attachment and heartbreak or just a good bit of fun?  My personal opinion keeps swaying as I get the opinions from more people but I think that it can definitely work in some situations. 
I’ve been getting obsessed with everything to do with social media outlets.  YouTube, Twitter, Face book, Blogger all have been receiving extra love from me as its half term and I have nothing better to do. 

Follow me on Twitter @ruta_yt

YouTube has been up to date with videos every 2-3 days depending on when  have time to upload.  Really proud of myself, I was on a serious ‘YouTube block’ hahaha.

From now on I will be doing weekly updates on blogger to keep a look out for those...

I am also in search of a new camera as I think it is finally time.  Mine has been playing up lately and its time to step it up.

How has your week been?

My Perfect Autumn Day

What can I say. It has been a rather lazy and uneventful day for me yet I couldnt have asked for a better one.  London's temperatures are finally hitting the chilly autumn side which I have been waiting for.  Sitting in my room with a few lit candles in my full tracks trying to keep warm whilst devouring a book with a cup of herbal tea is definatly what I call relaxation.  I'm currently trying to finish 'The Girl Who Kicked Hornets' Nest' the third and final installment to 'The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo' series.

I recall a day like this last autumn/winter which I spent blogging in the chill.  My reading obsessions have grown to a point where no time is to be wasted on watching TV and instead all my spare time is dedicated to reading.  Last saturday, in one sitting, I managed to read 'The Alchemist'.  Weird little book I have to say.  For me someone who is not so sure about the whole God thing its a little akward to read.  However I did enjoy the things about the universe and the general idea of persuing your dreams no matter how hard the journey has been or how much you may want to give up.  My now exessive reading is also making my passion for writing grow and the need for my opinion and voice to be heard more prominent in my own mind.  Well thats one thing that issint a lie on my personal statement. 

Another little perk in life that I cannot survive with and that I consider most people to take for granted is music.  No matter what you might be going through there will be a song that will : 1. remind you of good times 2. be in parrallel to what you are expieriancing or 3. just remind you that it will get better.  The artist that I am currently listening to non-stop is Ed Sheeran. Suprise, surprise.  His album '+' makes me feel like I on a whole other world when I listen to it.  I highly recommend it.  This post is completely rambly so I think I'm going to stop there.

Tell me what is your favorite thing to do on a autumn day is?

SUNBLOCK vs. WRINKLES, SKINCANCER, DARK SPOTS

I really do not think theres another choice but to wear sunscreen/sunblock! If you know me then you will know I am sunblock mad and every spring my search for the worlds best sunblocks comences once again!

EVERYONE should wear sunblock...even if you're black your natural skin SPF is only about 8-9 so you really need to protect yourself against the sun damage you can get!

Exposure to UV causes your skin to damage leading to premature wrinkles, sun spots, for some even skin cancer! I have and know four people with skin cancer and two of them had died already all at around 30!

Trust me not getting a tan in one day is worth it ... because sunblock doesent prevent you from having a tan it only slows down the process of getting one!

I still come back brown as a chocolate biscuit when I have been away but never do I get sunburnt!

My favorite sunblock of all time is the.....(drumroll please)

California Tan SPF 30 - around £15

If you're in the UK you can order this from lookbest.co.uk

I use this for my face and body and I am acne prone and oily and this does not give me any problems of breaking out or making me oily!

It contains no mineral oil, its non-clogging

I love this stuff, I use it daily

It makes my skin look absolutely amazing. By that i mean it looks youthfull, smooth, glowing and even.

One Last Thing

SPF30 is more then enough as it provides 95% protection whilst SPF50 give 97% so whats the 2% in practical terms really? Also SPF30 lotions tend to be much less sticky and thick so their nicer to use, because if you dont like your face products then you wont use them.

xoxo

A wee bit of inspiration

Most of my life I have blindly spend dreaming.  Its only when you start thinkin about your dreams you realise how unrealistic you are… one of my faviroute quotes states ‘ its only intangable ideas, conceps and beliefs that last’ and I don’t think this could be any more true …it goes on to say ‘stone crumbles, wood rots …people,well,they die’. The only things that are untouchable by facts,science, studies, opinions ;are our own dreams! Who can say to me that I wont be succesful…who can say to me that I wont fuffil my dreams...NO ONE.  Because the only thing that matters is what is in your heart.  People may hate - call me cocky,stupid, a bitch but that only makes me want to succeed more.  Show what I have to offer more.  Love to my fullest more.  They are the ones who are going to be popping prozac when life hits them in the face, not me.  All the critism I get doesent ‘go in one ear and leave the other’ it stays locked in my brain so that one day I can turn around and say “come visit me in L.A. theres more then enough room for you all” and you know what one day I will be able to say that. I don’t quite know how I am going to get there as life changes and you cannot stop the events that unroll in front of you, you can only embrace them and take them for what they are…life.  And for the ones that strive to succeed good luck to you I hope I see you at the top.  Success cannot be measured by money or fame it’s the goals and morals that you have within that need to be fuffiled. Most people my age don’t quite yet know what they want from life;even if they think they do.  For some having a family is what is most important, for someone else it might be saving a life and for all it is money but remember money is paper, you can set it alight and it will all be gone ‘but things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on…’

My Healthy Hair Revolution

For the last two months I have not touched my hair with heat *pat on the back* !!! I'm realy proud of myself...before I used to heat treat my hair like every two days....and now I cringe at the thought of having to straighten/curl/blowdry my hair!

I have been using intensive oil treatment every time before I wash my hair... its a mix of coconut almond and castor oil heated in the microwawe and applied to the hair.   I absolutely adore this, it moisturises my hair like nothing else and leaves it feeling soft smooth and looking shiny.   If I do want volume or wave in my hair i will jst use rollers or frech plait my hair.   But ussualy i jst leave it how it is wen it naturally dries and I'm good to go. 

I also started trimming my hair regulary...and I knw u might be thinkin you must have money but I DO IT MYSELF! Every 6 weeks or when i start seeing that my hair is splitting I trim my hair by about 1 cm and its really easy. Just work your way up by sectioning really thin bits of ur hair and you will instantly refresh your cut.  I have layers and i dnt ruin my hair doing; this trust me it works. 

I knw this post is kind of long but I really want to let you all knw that everyone can have beautiful, healthy shiny, soft hair.  The reason I didint say long is because I believe your hair should be healthy before its long!! Thats the reason I trim quite often so I can get any dead ends off!!!!

Please if you have any hair tips leave them in the comments below so that I can try them out!!! thanks xxx

Tinted Foundation!!!!

Yes, yes i knw what I typed...tinted foundation? You might be thinkin 'what the hell?'
But lately I've been hating how foundation looks on my skin because its winter and i find my skin is on the dry side but foundation makes it oily....its really weird.

So wot ive been doing is actually is mixing my liquid foundation with an oil free moisturiser...
The ones i use is Maybeline 'Superstay' liquid foundation and Clean&Clear shine control moisturiser....
And I LOVE it, it makes my skin look naturally flawless just because im not hiding everything
It covers up discolorations and uneveness which is what I need!!!
I love this is a one step moisturiser and foundation in the morning so I can spend a couple more minutes in my warm bed!  

Whatt have you been loving this week?

Photoshoot, Religious war And FOTD

So I haven't blogged in far too long ...and I do appologise! I've been busy with school and its hard to sit down and write without getting distracted by other things.  I've actually not been wearing much makeup lately but I did do a photoshoot with two friends of mine for my portfolio so that was super exiting. 

This is the makeup im wearing today

And here are my two favorite pics from the photoshoot...

Apart from that I was watching the movie 'The Body' yesterday and got really worked up/insprired to share my opinion so I ended up posted this on my facebook :

 'Im not the religious one but I know that beliefs are not based on facts, they are based on what people have in their heart. So I don't care if you're Christian, Jewish or Muslim you need to stop the rediculous need to prove your religion exists and more importantly who Jeruselam really belongs too. We are all children of God and we should all respect each others beliefs! No one should be threatened to believe in their hearts!'

How is the weather where u live?