Beastly...the Book!

WARNING: this book causes sleep deprevation!!! (Seriously I was up past midnight quite a few nights reading this book!)

So I recently went to Chapters with my friend and i was looking around the young adult section when I saw "Beastly" the book!
It's written by Alex Flinn and boy was it good!
Its a very original story though the plot was taken from stories like Beauty and the Beast and The Huntchback of Notre  Dame. It is 300 pages (not including the authors note). I enjoyed every minute. It wasn't like one of those books that are boring at the beinging and then slowly get interesting. Although there is not a lot of action there is a lot of love and reflection. Now if you are not a romantic kind of person than I don't reccomend it. BUT this is a book that is just as good for boys as it is for girls.

A Product Description according to Amazon.com
I am a beast.
A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.
You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.
Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.



The movie comes out March 8, 2011!!!! Can't wait!

Merry Christmas!!

Heyy everyone!
I just want to say that I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!!!
Did Santa bring you what you wanted? I hope so!
Are you not excited for a new year? I am!
haha, nuff said. I'll let you go finish  you Christmas dinner leftovers and say Joyeux Noel, mon amies! (Merry Christmas, my friends!)
 :)

Happy Halloween!

Finallly! A post NOT bout books or movies! This time is about makeup :)
Today at my school we celebrated halloween. I was a vampire-hippy/ dead hippy with blood on her face....

Photos Taken Courtesy of my friend Mellissa (she has an awesome pro camera!)

If you want to do this look for halloween either go watch a mini-tutorial tomorrow on YouTube orrrrr you can read this:

First prime your face
Next, take a soft wedge sponge and dip it in some white face paint (liquid is the best)
Now set it with translucent powder... if you do it with white powder you run the risk of overdoing it)
Conture your cheek either with a DARK bronzer or some like browny liquid makeup you can get at haloween stores. This is gonna help with the dead sunken in look.
Now your gonna need to accentuate your dark circles. For me this is a night mare because they are the one thing I want to cover up. Use a dark purple eyeshadow on a fluffy eyeshadow brush and loose sleep in secconds!!
Now make some pretty eye makeup, like a rusty red on the lid with black along the crease, long black eyeliner, lots of dark mascara, some red lips and POOF!  your now a blood sucking vampire!
To get that  real-fake blood you can buy htem in tubes or baggies anywhere around halloween time. To be percise if you want it somewhere speacial use a brush or if you couldn't care less drip it straight from the tube!
Hope you have fun!

TRICK OR TREAT!

~

The Mortal Instruments Jewlery!

What?!

Yup, you read it right! TMI has official jewlery!

Here is a link to the sight ( http://www.etsy.com/shop/hebelmet )and below are some of my favorite peices and prices (in USD)!

:D

Clary Bracelet: "I don't want anything else in the world" $45

Facilis Descensus Averno leather blacelet
$35

Jace Puzzle Heart Pendant $45

Wings Pendant inspired by Clockwork Angel $55

To Love is to Destroy-Puzzle Heart Pendant

front

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Aren't those amaaaaazing?

:O I want them all!

haha



Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone (especially those in Canada cause today is our day!)

Things to be Thankful for:

• A happy family
• a roof over my head
• food
• wonderful friends
• life
• my subscribers on YouTube (hehe)
• The dinner that will be set infront of me tonight
• The warmth of my cozy bed

And there is so much more!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Gobble Gobble!

xo Marina

Freaky Coincidence: Alex Pettyfer & Emma Stone

OMG! OMG! OMG!

So in my last post I mentioned how I found the perfect Jace Wayland for the Mortal Instrument's series by Cassandra Clare...

And then I said how I had found out that Emma Stone was officially going to be playing Clary in the Official movie comeing out in 2012...

Well look at this movie poster:

OMG!

Emma Stone did not star in Beastly, Vanessa Hudgens did, but thats beside the point...

Lol, I'm not sure if you can see my point, I'm not even sure I do so...

All I have to say is WOW!

and

and I want to see Beastly now too!

haha

The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare

So this is the latest series that I am waaayyy into. It is amazing. I like my fantasy books but I hate it when they go way over the top. This one is a perfect balance of normal and absolutely strange.
Cassandra Clare has created an amazing world. it has its own government, own country, bad guys and the works.
There are tons of twists and secrets that push the fast paced story along.

I recently typed the title in on YouTube and I found the perfect casting for Jace: Alex Pettyfer

If He doesn't make you want to read the book than I don't know what will.

Also, the book is being made into a movie... which is amazing. I think its going to be released in 2012. The only disappointing thing is Emma Stone will be playing Clary and right now I can only see her as the Easy A girl. But oh well. I am sure it will still be amaaazing.

Pride and Prejudice

I have watched the movies and read the books! As most of you know I am an avid Jane Austen fan and I absolutly adore the Pride and Prejudice 2005 movie with Kiera Nightly...

Housekeeper- "Do you not think hima handsome man, miss?"
ELizabeth- "Yes. Yes, I daresay he is..."
On the handsomeness of Mr. Darcy

A little backround on Pride and Prejudice:

In 1976 Jane Austen wrote the early version of Pride and Prejudice it was called First Impressions. Jane did not publish the book for fear of it not being good enough. This story is famous today as famous as even those who have never heard the name Jane Austen have heard Pride and Prejudice uttered in one form or another. Pride and Prejudice is finally published in 1813 (haha I wasn't sure if I was right but I am... I have soooo many referance books on her! ) the same year Napoleon was defeated.
Pride and Prejudice is about not just Elizabeth and Darcy but of many people. There is love, betrayal, loss and forgivness, lies, letters and flirtation. If I was to try and sum up the whole plot I would fail and end up writing the story in my words, so I must ask you to venture out to the World Wide Web (one a NEW tab) and google Pride and Prejudice if you do not know the plot already.

Matthew McFayden and Kiera Nightly in a suuuuper intence ballroom scene!

Kiera Nightly and Matthew McFayden (I hope I spelled that right) have done an amazing job with their roles. So have all of the other actors! They bring the story alive in a much more modern way than the odeous BBC version.

Hopefully I didn't ramble and bore you too much, and hopefully you will take my word for it and check it out! It can be boring if you NEVER watch anything other than action films... but if you are quick enough to inderstand the different scenes you will see that there is action but in a much less bloody way!

Robin Hood Dies! (HUGE SPOILER!)

I know most of you probably don't even know that a TV series like Robin Hood BBC existed! Haha I do! ... Duh :P

Any waaaayyyy, I just watched the finale of season 3 and OMG I friggen bawled! BBC killed 3 of the main characters in one two part episode!!!!!!

Ohmygoodness its so sad... but in a good way! 

If you wanna see it for yourself go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkDXoeuK0Q this was the best vid I could find on YouTube. They did an amaazing job at killing RH (I'm doing this so that I don't upset anyone who has yet to see it)

I mean, I cried enough when they killed Marrian in season 2! Ugh :(

I'm upset that its all over but what can you do?

England!!!

So I went to Lowestoft, England for a few days...

A lot of people haven't heard of Lowestoft but I can't figure out why! Other than the fact that its a small town it is absolutly beautiful!!

I have been quite a few times before but this is my first time since I was 9!

I did A LOT of shopping!!

There were a lot of places with MARINA as part of the name!!!

I had a lot of fun! I missed you all! Stay tuned for an England Haul Video!!!

Tea!!

The Benifits of Tea!!!

I have recently taken up the habit of drinking tea once or twice a day (my grandparents 7-9 times!) and I did a little research on it... It's amazing stuff!

• Green tea, rich in antioxidant treasures that protect against heart disease and cancer, now shows promise as an allergy fighter.
• Green tea may be useful against a wide range of sneeze-starting allergens, including pollen, pet dander, and dust.
• Compared with nonhabitual tea drinkers, tea regulars had higher bone mineral densities, even after exercise and calcium-which strengthen bones-were taken into account.
• "Tea is one of the single best cancer fighters you can put in your body"
• Tea can lower 'bad' cholesterol levels.
• Drinking black tea may lower the risk of heart disease because it prevents blood from clumping and forming clots.
• Trying to lose weight? Reach for a cup of green tea instead of a diet beverage. Compared to the placebo and caffeine, green tea extract consumption produced a significant 4% increase in 24-hour energy expenditure. If you consume 2,000 calories per day and don't gain or lose weight (you're in energy balance), an increase of 4% would translate roughly into an 80-calorie daily difference. Over a year, this could result in 89 pounds of weight loss.

My New Obsession

In my  Room Tour Video you probably heard me say how I am loving Pretty Little Liars, well I am obsessed. Currently I am reading the books and watching the series on TV...

I think its interesting... and I'm not realy into the Gossip Girl stuff either, it was just a fluke! I happed across it one day and I sort of fell in love!

My favorite character is Aria Montgomery:

I lover how her character is so complex!

I want you to tell me who your favorite character (here or on YouTube). Your choice doesn't have to be from Pretty Little Liars, it can be from anything like Harry Potter or Glimour Girls or Free Willy...

If I get enough character options I will create a poll with the most popular here and you can all vote on your favorite one... then I'll do a makeup tutorial based on that character (it can be guy or girl!!)

Today  I will be filming a look based on Aria Montgomery but that doesn't mean you can't mention her fo her!!

YouTube Lied to Me!!

So, in the third video I uploaded today not only do I explain why I have been so MIA but also because YouTube LIED to me!

I was recently sent an e-mail (via YouTube) that I had become a PARTNER! I was so excited I went right ahead and filmed a video.... But now it has been 3 weeks! And I have had no word from YouTube about my partnership. I have conacted YouTube and tried to get them to do something but so far nothing has happened.
Help! If you could spread the word or even complain for me it might help.


THANK YOU!!


If you aren't Subscribed to my YouTube then here's the link!! (If I were you I would subscribe... Its fun and its free!) http://www.youtube.com/user/makeupwithmarina

Dear John!

The other night I watched Dear John. I have to say it was one of the most satisfying movies I have seen in a long time! I cried, I laughed and watched it with deep intensity.
Now, I'm not one for mushy love stories but this I liked!
The ending was a bit quick but what can you do!
I give it a 4/5

Peter Rabbit Visited my Garden!

Haha the other day I was looking out the window and saw this tiny little rabbit rinning around my front garden.

I tried to upload a picture but I think my camera is too fancy for blogspot to handle....

A makeup artist (MUA) is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions including all aspects of the modeling industry.

As you can see I freelance with friends and clients! if you have a talent in makeup let people know! It is a very rewarding job!

MTV Picks up "Teen Wolf," Emma Watson and Logan Lerman to be "Wallflowers"

SO you all know how I am in love with Logan Lerman and how Emma Watson is like my inspiration for EVERYTHING well take look an article I found on the both of them:

"Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson and Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ Logan Lerman are in negotiations to star in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which is based on a book that “has been on the American Library Assn.’s list of the 10 most frequently challenged for reasons including the treatment of drugs, sex, and suicide.” Sniff. They grow up so fast."
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/20/mtv-teen-wolf-emma-watson-logan-lerman-wallflower/

"The upcoming adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower is set to be a low-budget indie production, but writer/director/author of the novel Stephen Chbosky may look to grander blockbuster fantasy fare for his leads with the likes of Logan Lerman and Emma Watson in contention. Since Sony is not yet willing to make him the new Spider-Man, Variety reports that Lerman may follow up Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief with this coming-of-age drama. Likewise, if Watson signs on, Wallflower would represent her first feature film role outside of the Harry Potter franchise.
Published by MTV (wait, what?) in 1999, The Perks of Being a Wallflower tells the story of a teen who assumes the alias “Charlie”, and describes the various events of his high school life in letters to an anonymous person."


So I am super excited :)

Haul!

So today I picked up a few things; this is just a taste. When my birthday comes I will do another haul and show you the goodies and you can request reviews :) I love watching hauls so if you don't I'm sorry
Marina xoxo

I cannot wait for the MAC To The Beach Collection to come out! In Canada it hits stores on May 27 but its online on May 26

Watch this video by Temptila on the upcoming collection! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9nVuba9_Ek&playnext_from=TL&videos=hqnMkd1CoPc&feature=sub

Emma Watson and People Tree

Mission Statement

People Tree's mission

To support producer partners' efforts towards economic independence and control over their environment and to challenge the power structures that undermine their rights to a livelihood.

To protect the environment and use natural resources sustainably throughout our trading and to promote environmentally responsible lifestyles and environmental initiatives to create new models to promote sustainability.

To supply customers with good quality products, with friendly and efficient service and build awareness to empower consumers and producers to participate in Fair Trade and environmentally sustainable solutions.

To provide a supportive environment to all stakeholders and promote dialogue and understanding between them.

To set an example to business and the government of a Fair Trade model of business based on partnership, people-centred values and sustainability.


http://www.peopletree.co.uk/

May 7, 2010

So I just recorded an update video to explain some things. This months monthly contest info is in that video. So once its uploaded I'll let you all know on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/makeupwithmarina

Update

I have a 20 Questions video that YouTube is not letting me upload so I will make a new one tomorrow, as well as an update video, so look forward to those!!
I am realy looking froward to this blogging and if you can just bare with me until I get the hang of it I'll be posting stuff like crazy before you know it!

xoxo Marina!

Welcome!

So hopefully I will have the chance to post on this blog regularly and update you all on my videos and other great stuff. Check back here on days I don't put up a video because more than likely I'll have a makeup tip of the day or some pictures for you guys!

xoxo Marina