Candle haul

Hello All! 

So the other day I went into my local HomeSense looking for a k-cup holder, but walked out with these candles and a coconut shower wash. (funny how that happens haha) Anyway I thought I'd share what candles I bought and maybe try and explain the scent!

Here they are all together

First we have Tobacco and Oak...

This candle smell literally smell of woody tobacco, more of a musky oak tho.








$12.99


Second is my favorite out of the three which is Lavender Blackberry...

I love this candle so much because it has such a sweet, fresh, nice smell to it. It is very strong however and when lit for 10 min it already fills the room! It also is very long lasting which is LOVE!!



$12.99




Last but not least, we have Caramel Apple...

And omg guys, this smells like Christmas and Autumn mixed together in one!! I will say it is a unique smell and I don't think everyone would love it, but if you like sweet and somewhat fruit smells this is a gooder! The smell is definitely more of a roasted caramel with a hint of apple.


$10.97




Alrighty that is it, hope this was enjoyable...till next time! BYYYEEEE!!!

#TooSkinny?

#SkinnyLife

Here goes, me writing another long story when i should be studying for my finals but i thought this might be a bit more important. 

If you can tell from my pictures i am very skinny, slim, anorexic…whatever you want to call me. i have been like this all my life. i was always the skinny one who could eat whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and not gain any weight. now for some people this is a dream come true, but for me this has been a problem (don’t get me wrong it does have its benefits and i love it when I’m sad and just want to eat shitty food all the time)

First lets start off at the start. When i was younger i was very active, i played hockey, baseball, i did diving, i played volleyball and would go play at parks and stuff, so i naturally thought i just burned so much energy off i stayed skinny. i did eventually quit all those things and before i started volleyball i didn’t do anything. During this time i went into depression, i would not eat because i thought i was fat, i would look in the mirror and see fat legs and fat stomach, when in-turn, i was normal to below normal weight. 

This went on for a while but i found out and realized i wasn’t fat and was skinny (and i owe that to my grandma, although it was by saying i was skinny and need to eat, she helped me out)

Then i learnt what metabolism meant and what it did so i told myself i had a huge metabolism and thats why i was skinny (which is true) but the thing is i am a 17 year old male who weighs 130 lbs(pounds) 

So far i have told you what i kind of went through as a kid being skinny but now its the present and I’m very self conscious of my body. Still to this day, i sometimes see myself as fat in the mirror who needs to loose weight. But as some of you may know i have had depression and have anxiety so this is something you can add to the list. But being all those things doesn’t help with me being self conscious. I’m slowing learning that not looking in the mirror and always weighing myself is a very good thing and if your struggling with body issues then I highly recommend that strategy. 

Lokai

Hola! 

So todays post is a little different... 

Recently in my life I have been feeling down and upset

And I don't know why...

Well kinda...

Plain and simple, 

Life is a b*tch.

I've seen people wear these and I'm sure lots of other people have too!

This is a Lokai bracelet.

The white ball contains water from Mt. Everest,

While the black ball contains mud from the Deep Sea.

Since Mt. Everest is the highest place on Earth

and

The Deep Sea is the lowest,

It represent the highs and lows in life.

The message is

"When you are in high moments in life stay humble,

When you are in low points, stay hopefully"

I bought this when I was in a low point in my life

So low that I wanted it all to end...

This came at perfect timing,

like it was fait.

People always ask what it is and I always tell them exactly what I just wrote

Some don't get it and make fun of me

While others totally get it.

For me it means a lot and I wear it almost every day.

The idea of it is so simple,

yet has a HUGE impact. 

Different kind of post but I thought it was worth sharing!!
          ---Hope ya'll enjoyed it :)

Daily morning products I use.

Hola! 

So I thought i'd make a blog post about what I use to get ready in the morning...

(which you could probably guess by the title of this post....classic Brandon) 

1) After getting out of the shower I dry off and blow-dry my hair. 

2) I rub the gel in my hands and then disperse into my hair.

3) When I finish that I usually go put on my deodorant. (Which fyi sells fricken amazing)

4) Once my armpits smell nice and fresh I pick out some clothes and put them on.

(To see what I usually wear click here)

5) After that I brush my teeth to make 'em look nice and white.

6) Since i've done all that, my hair goes all weird so I end up touching it up with more gel and then hairspray the sh*t out of it.

(Not actually though cause I hate the after feel of hair with hairspray)

7) Final step is putting cologne on. I save this till the end because I like that to be the last sent that goes on me. 

(weird I know... but I'm weird soooo...)

And there we go folks, what I usually do in the mornings to make myself look/smell half decent. 

:)

Fall Photoshoot

Hola! 

So the other day me and my friend (the girl in the pictures) did a "Fall Photoshoot" and it was so much fun! The weather was perfect because it wasn't to hot and wasn't to cold. Plus the tree leaves were a perfect color!

NOTE: These are edited in photoshop but, since I'm not the most skilled at photoshop what you see is pretty close the to the real deal. 

**By no means am I calling myself a professional photographer but I thought these were pretty good and decided to share them.**

-Enjoy

So you've made it to the end...yay!! I would love feedback on these pictures so be sure to leave a comment on what your thoughts are :)

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Braces!!

Eeeeekk!! So the day finally came and I got braces. I got them on July 3rd, one month after my birthday. I only got the top ones one because my dentist recommended that I get my top ones done first then, a month later, come back and get the bottoms ones done, so that is what I'm doing. 

Information:

So a little back story on why I got my braces... When I was little, both my sisters had braces and lots of people I knew had them to. They told me that braces suck and wish to never get them, but for some reason with all the people saying no, I actually really wanted braces. When I was about 11 my mom took me to the doctors and I asked if I could get them, sadly he said I was to young and my teeth were still changing, he then told me that my teeth are good and the worse thing I would get was a retainer. I was really sad. :(

Pre-process:

Now fast forward 5 years, I went to the dentist and he told me that my teeth were moving, and not in a good way. He suggested that I get a consultation to see if getting braces is a good decision. After the consultation they said I will need to get braces at some point in my life because of the rate they were moving/changing. So me and my mom talked it over and came to a conclusion that yes, I will get braces. 

After we told my doctor that we were going to get them he scheduled meetings to talk about finances and the steps to lead up to actually getting them. First thing is he just did a regular clean of my teeth to make sure they were ready for the brackets to actually go on. Next he made a mold of my teeth with this weird clay stuff (which I almost gagged because it filled my whole mouth and went a little down my throat) Then the last meeting he talked about pricing and plans that we could use to pay for them (i'm not going to say how much they were, if you really want to know then google it) *Also keep in mind this was a process over months, I didn't get all those things done in one day.*

I had a really good doctor who knew what he was doing and was always very nice, but he was a little odd/strange. I can really explain it but I didn't have the best feeling about him and almost moved to a different dentist because of it, but after already getting the molds and have various meeting with him and the fact that I've been going to that dentist office my whole life, my mom said no! just stick it out, and I'm happy that she told me that because I was really impressed.

Process:

So July 3rd I woke up, had breakfast, and headed on over to my dentist place. Surprisingly I didn't have to wait very long for them to be ready. Once I sat down in the chair they just brushed my teeth with the gritty toothpaste to make the surface of my teeth nice and smooth. After that they coated my teeth with, what I think was, glue or some kind of paste. Then came the fun part, they stuck this thing that keeps your lips and cheeks away from my teeth in my mouth and began to place each bracket, one by one, on each tooth. After each bracket was on my tooth to the doctors satisfaction, they took this weird light heating thing and basically dried the cement that held each bracket on each tooth. Since I only got my top teeth done it took about and hour. Throughout the whole thing I surprising wasn't scared or nervous, I was just pretty chill about it.

First impressions:

The first day I had them it didn't really hurt that much it was more of constant tension on my teeth. The second day I woke up and they were hurting more, so I took Tylenol to help subdue the pain, that really helped. Also I was/still am very cautious about what I eat and I'm always googling wether or not I can have stuff, but from what I've read is that you can eat anything you want but MAKE SURE to BRUSH YOUR TEETH GOOD after. Avoid biting in corn on the cob or apples. And in the first couple days try not to eat very hard things because your teeth are not used to having this much tension and to be straight up, it f*ck*ng hurts to eat things that you have to chew!

Overall having braces isn't what as good as I thought it would be but it's not that bad. My mouth doesn't feel the same and I'm always feeling them and moving my lips around them, but you if you ware scared of how they feel you get used to them pretty fast, I know I was used to them the first day.

Yummy bagel!

Today I thought I would make a food type blog post. What I'm going to make is a bagel with Nutella and banana. It is pretty self explanatory on how to make it, but if you want to see how I do it then keep reading!

Step 1)
- First thing I do is choose the bagel I want. I went for these Cinnamon raisin bagel because they are my favorite.

**Note: that these aren't anything special bagel just good old fashion ones and you can use any type of bagel you wish.

Step 2)
- Set your toaster to whatever temperature you like and put them in. I personal don't like the pre-set bagel setting so I just turn the dial to just above the #2 setting. Doing this, on my toaster, leaves it warm and just a little firm, not to crunchy or crispy.

Step 3)
- While the bagel is toasting, I like to go and get my spread that I'm going to be putting on the bagel. I have chosen Nutella because....its Nutella and it's flipping AMAZING! :P

Step 4)
- Once they have toasted just take them out and put them on a plate. (and yea I know I'm using a Pocahontas plate, but I like to use this plate because its not our nice plates so if I drop it, it won't brake, which has happened before.)

Step 5) 
- Don't let the bagel cool down to much because I find that when you put Nutella on a warm bagel it spreads easier and kind of melts into it just a bit.

Step 6)
- I don't always do this step, mainly because we usually don't have bananas in our house, but I bought some the other day and thought i'd add them to the bagel. All you need to do is cut them up and add them on-top on the Nutella.

Step 7)
- Just put the bananas on the bagel, like you see in the picture.

**Note: If you want to make your bagel to look a bit more fancy and dressed up (or you are craving lots of Nutella like I was) you can add a bit of it on top of the bananas.













And there you go! Just a very nice and easy way to make a Nutella and banana bagel. I usually have this as an after school snack, but since its summer i'll have this for really any meal/snack.

---I hope you enjoyed this little food post, Also don't be afraid to leave a comment if you tried it and tell me if you liked it or what changes you would make :)