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Fall Fashion and Makeup Essentials!

Hi all,

Since the Fall season is coming up fast, I've been going crazy with Fall fashion and makeup essentials, just to live this Fall to the max #youtuberprobs

Alas, here are my Fall essentials:

Fashion:

1. Chunky Sweaters

Chunky Sweaters are a definite must-have for fall; it's great to cozy up in by the couch, or really practical for those breezy-but-not-really days. What's the downside to looking fashionable yet huggable?!

2. Olive, olive, olive!
Olive is a super trendy colour this Fall, and you don't have to dress head to toe in green to be trendy. Just incorporate some olive-shaded accents into your outfit to stay super on-trend this Fall!

3. Fall boots
Um okay can I just express my love for leather boots in Fall... They look super cute with just jeans and a t shirt, or you can layer higher socks with it so your socks peek out from under your boots. Leather boots are such a classic for Fall, whether it's heeled, flat, tall or ankled, LOVE.

Makeup:

1. Rose Coloured Blush
Rose coloured blush looks great with the earthy tones of Fall, and with the darker months coming up, a rosy pink blush can really brighten up your face.

2. Glowy Skin
Glowy skin is again, super in this Fall season, but lezzbehonest when would you rather have dull looking skin......?
Luminizing products such as highlighters and products with reflective properties can brighten up your skin tone in these duller months, despite the drier skin and darker outfits!

3. Flirty Lashes
I absolutely adore bold, flirty lashes. It opens up the eyes and makes everything so much more fun! The only issue that I have is, when I find a really great mascara (ahem, Covergirl Lashblast, ahem), I'm there sitting in class, and my eyelid tickles because when I look up to take notes, my lashes brushes against my eyelids. First world problems much....

Okay and I'm just throwing this out there since we're on the topic of Fall, but I'm abso-freakin-lutely obsessed with the Starbucks Salted Caramel Mocha. It is just beautiful.

So thats it, my Fall fashion and makeup (and drink!) essentials this Fall. Leave me a comment as to what your favourite Fall things are, or tweet me at @MissJulianaYu anytime!

Love,

Julsie xx

Top 3 College Must-Haves!

Hi all,
If you might not know, I'm a freshman in college! I start University here in Hong Kong, on the first Monday of September, and I'm so excited. I'm a Faculty Of Arts student, and will be taking Spanish, Translation, Mandarin, English, Sport and Religion.
As I'm typing this, I'm sitting amongst my mess of a room. I'm officially packing up my things and moving into the resident halls first thing tomorrow! I realised that there's a lot of things a newbie would forget to bring, or not realise that it's a necessity! Thankfully, I met a group of amazing Year 2 friends at the orientation camp I went to last week (when I had Sally post for me!) and we've become great friends. They gave me some tips and tricks so I thought I'd share it with you all here!


1. A Day Planner

Paperblanks Day Planner, in the Filigree Floral Ebony design

A day planner is incredibly important, I organise my school work, social life, crucial university dates and deadlines as well as social media plans (e.g Youtube video ideas, Hello Style Cosmo shows) on this! Also, it's great because you can have a spread of a week over two pages, and you can plan your week accordingly! It also has a phone book, an empty schedule table, pages of blank notes, monthly calenders and  two ribbons to mark your day!

This is the day planner that I have, but unfortunately it's not my own photo! It's incredibly cute, but it also comes in a range of different designs and sizes to suit your daily life. You can pick another design that you think best defines your personality, and adds an oomph to your boring everyday schoolbooks!

2. A Shower Caddy

Vera Bradley Shower Caddy

Whether you're sharing a bathroom between two rooms (4 girls) like I am, or trooping to shower stalls shared by your entire floor of girls, everyone definitely needs to bring their own products into the shower! If you haven't realised, I'm a massive product junkie, so it would just be stupid to walk in with my arms full of products. One great thing about shower caddies is that it adds a pop of colour to your drab dorm room, and it's also waterproof on the inside, in case any of your products spill over.

3. Decorations

Many dorm rooms will not allow nails hammered in for photo frames, artworks or whatever medal you want hung up. But, with stark white walls and a plain mattress on a plain wooden bed, it's hard to not cry when you see that plain room. So, to spice it up, develop some photos to stick everywhere! They'll remind you of all your friends from back home or in high school, and also there's a lot of pretty photos on Tumblr or on Pinterest! It's like your original wallpaper!
Also, fairy lights can brighten any boring room, and make it super cute and cozy. I'm actually a little bit afraid of the dark, so fairy lights are perfect because the soft lights won't keep your roomie up at night, but bright enough for you to fall asleep to.


All this dorm room talk has me excited to get back to packing! I'm super excited to meet my room mate tomorrow, and to decorate my 1-year "house" with her!

Love, from Julsie xox

Chanel Glossimer Lip Gloss Review in Rose Dilemma 144

Hi all,

So I've been obsessed with the show 2 Broke Girls (promo trailer here) and Caroline mentioned her love for Chanel lipglosses. It hit me that I've never owned a super high end lipgloss, I've had MAC, Benefit and a ton of drugstore ones. So of course, despite being a broke college girl, I had to get myself one. Just to try and justify it, its not like I got a Chanel lipgloss cos my current favourite TV show mentioned it (they used the Rouge Allure series, ha!) but my excuse was, since I'm starting a new university, new classes, and meeting new people, I might as well invest in a good lip gloss, something that I can just grab and go, and that I'll feel super confident in.

So I dragged my friend Elsie with me to a Chanel counter, and picked out a lipgloss! I was looking for something girly and pink, but slightly peachy. A "my lips, but better" shade. And the Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in the shade Rose Dilemma 144 was the one I chose!

First of all, LOVE THE PACKAGING. It's a classic clear tube, with a gold rim and the wand attached to the black applicator with the classic Chanel Cs on the top.

The doefoot applicator distributes a perfect amount of product each time, so you wont need to re-dip the applicator into the lip gloss for more. That way, there will be minimum bacteria and air in the lip gloss in the product overtime, making it more long lasting.

Rose Dilemma 144 is a pink shade, with a hint of peach. Also, it has gold reflexes in it, giving it that sheen without that glittery effect. Also, I should mention that it's not really that sticky. Everyone knows how awkward it is when the wind blows and your wispy flyaway hair gets stuck to your lips. But it's actually just a little bit thicker than an average lip balm.

I've had this for a couple days now, and I can honestly say that it has really good lasting power. On me, it lasts around 4 hours with eating and drinking like normal. I must say that this is quite pricey though, at USD$29.50, but it's definitely worth it for the quality and colour pay-off.

I'll definitely be wearing this for all my upcoming university orientation days and camps. I feel so luxurious with this on whilst rocking the big, sexy Victoria Secret hair. 

Next time I post, I'll be at uni freshmen camp! I'm there from Sunday 18th until Tuesday 20th, but I'll have my trusty fellow Tweedler, Sally to post for me :)

Add me on twitter @MissJulianaYu to keep up with everything happening! And tweet me, I love getting tweets from you guys! No really, please, cos I'll have my phone with me at the camp and I'd be so bored in the wilderness so send me anything from a hello to a random joke!

Love, from Juliana! xox

The Nerdy Life of LittleMissJuliana

Some of you may know, if you follow my twitter @MissJulianaYu (insert shamless plug here lol) that I'm also really nerdy. As of recently, I've taken up a few languages. I've always wanted to be fluent in 5 foreign languages before I turn 25, that is, excluding English and Mandarin. Since going to school in Australia, I've picked up Italian, and even though I've only learnt it for twoish years, I've kept at it by watching Italian cartoons and beauty vloggers, listening to Italian songs, as well reading Cosmo magazine in Italian (so my parents won't be able to read the raunchy cover lol double whammy!)

As of now, I've taken French, German, Russian and Spanish, as well as brushing up my Italian properly. Since learning these European languages aren't exactly popular amongst Hong-Kongers, I've got to self-teach with language books, textbooks, and the online community of internet tutors.

And yes, that means I do two to three hours a day on weekdays, one hour on Saturday and Sunday, and I give myself weekly unit tests and dictations. Even if I've graduated high school. Even if it's my summer holidays. Hopefully, by the end of all this, I'll be fluent in 7 languages- English, Mandarin, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Italian.

Studying is actually so fun when there's nice stationary involved. Back in high school in Australia, everyone would rip out nice posters or pretty advertisements from magazines to cover a plain notebook.

I like colour-coding my notes as well. It's scientifically proven that it could help jog your memory when it comes to tests and recalling vocab.

Also, I've set my alarm clock to a song called "Buenos Días" ("Good Morning" in Spanish) and it's so incredibly cute. I find myself singing along as I get out of bed.

During my high school years, watching beauty videos on Youtube in any other language except English was my way of procrastination, but I didn't realise that I could actually pursue this hobby as a career. So, I'm about to major in Translation for university at the start of September. How exciting! I could go on a student exchange program for a year, as well as work in any department practically anywhere in the world after I graduate. The fate of an international student.

Love, Juliana xox