A quick Pampertime.

I've been super tired the past week so I felt like I needed a little me-time. So I came to the conclusion to have a little pamper time for myself.

So I decided to share my pamper night with you all, everyone needs a little me-time from time to time to get a little bit rest and just to get rested.

Starting off
I took a hot shower, put on my pj's and Dutch braided my hair so it wouldn't be in the way for later. And I sprayed it with this hair treatment so my hair would be soft as it dried naturally.

Ignore the nailpolish hahah

let's do this!

I brushed my teeth,

I got a lot of face masks last week at my birthday, as a present from both of my sisters. So it was time to try one. I decided to go for a cucumber pull off mask, because I love cucumber and a pull off mask is so easy (if you don't get it stuck in your hair) and I was feeling lazy so it was perfect.

the mask is clear and was very refreshing

And when I had the mask on I put on fake cucumber on my eyes.

Finished it off by laying on my bed with my eyes closed and music on for about 15 minutes. It was very nice.

After the pampering it was time to sleep and I felt good and rested.

What are your must-haves when you feel like having a quick pamper night ?

DIY: How to make your own comfort box.

A comfort box is a very simple DIY, if you feel like you need comfort most of the time when you're alone a recommend it to you to try and make a comfort box.

Take a small, or big box and fill it with anything that gives you comfort, easy right? If you know you get comfort from hugging a pillow, put a small pillow in your comfort box.

Don't know where to start? here are a few idea's.

• Stuffed animals/pillows to hug.
• a blanket.
• Your favorite book or poem.
• Your favorite over sized t shirt.
• tissues. 
• Nail polish (it is optional, but I fin painting my nails very calming) 
• a journal and pen to write down all your thoughts and emotions of the moment.
• comedy films or TV series ( NO TV series/films that will make you sad, which I used to do a lot of the time which would get me even in a worse mood then before).
• Drawing material
• a CD with your favorite playlist (Happy songs, songs which remind  you of something good, maybe songs that will remind you of something good about the past that made you happy).
• scented candles.
• A bubble wand to blow bubbles and distract yourself a bit ( it may sound silly but when you feel terrible weird stuff like a bubble wand can make you so happy).
• body lotion with your favorite scent.
• pictures of your favorite people, or good memories.
• Tea (works always for me).
• a stress ball ( doesn't always work that well if your stressed but it's fun to play with once you calmed down a bit)
• encouraging notes and letters you get from loved ones.
• a jar filled with your favorite uplifting quotes.
• Your concert tickets
• Old postcards that cheer you up.
• Glitter.
• Play-do

Beside this kind of comfort box you can also make a food comfort box with your favorite chocolate and any sweets and candy you like!

What is something you wouldn't want to miss in your comfort box?

Tell 'em that it's my birthday!

Hey guys, a very personal blog post today!

It happens to be my 19th birthday today. I started off my day with blasting this song. And went to school. I got such lovely presents! I just want to thank my friends for all the lovely presents, I have such good friends.

The biggest present though was that they came in the class singing happy birthday with a birthday cake.   It was during my journalism class, so we got to eat the cake in the break.

They are the best! I love them, here's how they surprised me.

Appreciate your friends, I know I appreciate mine.

Have a good day guys!

10 ways to be confident.

Being confident isn't always as easy as it may look to some people, we all have our own weaknesses that make us feel less confident. But being confident is so much more fun, and you enjoy life so much more.

So, I here are some things that make you look confident. Because confidence is hot!

1. Clean your room. This may sound stupid, but I promise you it works, a messy room equals a messy mind.
2. Listen to songs that make you happy. Stop listening to music that make you want to be alone and be all emotional or just sad music. Listen to music that makes you want to dance, music which you can enjoy and make you happy. Maybe listen to it while cleaning your room and dance while you're cleaning. Get a little crazy, that is totally fine.
3. Smile. It may sound simple, but it really helps. If you enjoy something, show it off with a smile. And you will brighten other people their day too.
   
   
   
4. Believe that you're confident, even if you're not. Fake it if you need to. Just be in a confidence bubble.
5. Love what you wear. When you love what you wear, you show it off with confidence. When you look good, it changes the way you feel anyways. 
6. Walk with purpose. Walk like you've got somewhere to be. Just try it, it will change the way you feel while you're walking, it seriously gives a confidence boost.
7. Make eye contact. While talking, while ordering something, while paying for your grocery shopping, make eye contact. A good way to make get used to make eye contact is to make yourself remember the color of the eyes of the person you're talking too.
8. Stop comparing yourself to others. Focusing on your positive qualities, rather then comparing yourself to others. You are you, and they are nothing like you. And just like Sofia Vergara says:
   
   

    

9. Next time you're at a party or meet up or anything else with a lot of people meet someone new. The girl standing all by her own staring at her phone is a good one to start with...
10. Write down at the end of each day something you did, which made you proud. For example, I met new people today. It will make you realize how much good things you do. It helps you focus on the positive. 

I hope these 10 ways to be confident will help you! 

Standards don't define you.

A couple months ago a Viner named Nash Grier.

This guy.

made a YouTube video ranting about girls and what "guys" look for in girls. If you're into social media you probably have seen it because this video went viral and got a lot of attention by the way he started ranting about girls with his two friends.

Let me get a couple things straight about Nash.

• He got a lot of subscribers on YouTube because of his successful vines.
• He vines a lot with his little sister which is an adorable little blonde, very blue eyed girl.
• Look at Nash, his eyes are really blue too. 
• Girls just really fancy him and think his sister is adorable so he got best of both worlds.

That is why he got so much hate for doing what he did. And it made me pretty mad too, especially because girls are usually insecure about themselves.

BUT.

That is not what this blog post is about. Because he made this video, he got a lot of responses from other YouTubers.

Girls are insecure most of the time, that is because the standards are insanely high. And what Nash did, making this video, is making the standards only higher for the girls that fancy him and look up to him.

One of the YouTube respond video's he got really spoke to me. This girl called Savannah Brown made a slam poem as response to the video. This video is so mature and it is so full of good messages, and so well done. It is a fine piece of art right there. Very original.

So watch it, Listen to it, Think about it.

Standards don't define us, they never did, they never will.

Storytime; Job Fail.

Back in the days I would be so hard on myself, I wouldn't allow myself to make any mistakes. Looking back I realize how stupid that is, how am I supposed to learn anything if I don't allow myself to make mistakes?

Here's a funny story.

A couple months ago I applied for a job at this restaurant, and keep in mind I had no experience whatsoever. I had never worked in a restaurant. So everything went okay, I got the job. I was a waitress. Knowing I had a lot to learn, I started to have this weird feeling about it all. I just thought it was because I had a lot to learn. And I knew it would be a lot to handle. But I was feeling adventurous and went along with it.

So the day I got to meet my colleagues and we had this little presentation about working at the restaurant I already got lost and I arrived way too late. So I sort of met everyone and we got to see the restaurant, which was a new one. 

My first workday was a Saturday, and honestly I have never humiliated myself more.... It just didn't make any sense to me, I couldn't remember which people I've helped and which one I haven't. I didn't get how I had to take the orders with this small box I've got which looked like a calculator to me. Oh and let me not start about taking the drinks and food to the tables, I feel so lucky I didn't drop any sandwiches or drinks. But the amount of forks, knives and spoons I've dropped is infinite. Seriously. 

So while the day got worse I started to panic more and more. Up until this point I just disordered the entire restaurant. No joke. I seriously messed up the entire restaurant. I started to order wrong stuff for people, and didn't know which order belonged to which table. I left people waiting for like twenty minutes until they got mad. It was baaaaad. 

It got to the point my boss had to tell me to calm down, after the day was done, which felt like forever, we got to eat, sit down and talk about the day. And we came to the conclusion I just basically made all the mistakes that are possible to make.

So the Sunday I worked in another restaurant, and just my luck. The "big boss" came to eat there and wanted to talk to me because he saw how messed up I felt. And literally everything happened all over again. I just disordered the entire restaurant all over again. The girls I've worked with didn't even wanted me to help cleaning up after the restaurant was closed. So that was another disaster day. 

Long story short, I humiliated myself the weekend, and have never been that tired. It was the worst weekend, and I looked up so badly to the next weekend. I really, really didn't want to have another disaster weekend. 

The end of the story? I got fired the Friday night before I could start my next weekend of working. I seriously worked one weekend before I got fired. I was honestly so happy I got fired, because I  just came up with the conclusion being a waitress is nothing for me. I sucked at it. It was pretty hilarious looking back to it. 

The End!

Well, this was a funny life experience for me afterwards, and at the moment I didn't know if I had to laugh or cry about it. Everyone made fun of me, and weirdly enough it made me realize I shouldn't take myself too serious. These things happen, at least I know I'll never work in a restaurant again. 

What have you learned from mistakes in the past? Feel free to share your life experiences with me, I'm always in for some life lessons or a good laugh. 

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

What is the first thing that pops up in your mind while reading this title?

At this moment I think of the Paralympics in Sochi. I'm pretty sure we all know about the Paralympics! It's the Olympics but then for people with a disability. So this post is dedicated to all the people in the Paralympics to give them some credits for what they do.

These people have a disability, but they are the best trained, hard working people. Some of them don't even see their disability as one, others choose to make their disability a  reason to show how much you actually can achieve even though you miss a leg, or anything else.

The paralympics are very inspiring, and I never realized it. They are very inspiring!

So, do you watch The Paralympics? Who's your favorite? And which sport is your favorite?