Skin Care

Don't mind me try and be Beauty blogger, but I was watching dear Bunny's video from last year
"MY SKINCARE ROUTINE!" and I have acne prone skin. Bunny talked about her holy grail products but said she couldn't suggest any dupes so here I am to suggest some alternatives!!!! :D

All products should be found in your local Walmart, Walgreens, or Meijer (prices do very).

Acne spot treatments
-Elf Acne Fighting Gel(w/ 1.0% Salicylic Acid) $1
-Alba Botanica Acne-dote skincare inviolable Gel $7.66
-Say Yes to Tomatoes Clear Skin Acne Roller Ball Spot Stick $8.97
-(for the ladies) Natures Cure Acne Vanishing Cream (works with hormone issues) $8.97

Face Washes!
-Alba Botanica Acne-dote Deep Pore Wash (Salicylic Acid) $7.49 (my personal favorite)
-Alba Botanica Good and Clean Gentle Acne Face Wash $4.99
-Desert Essence Thoroughly Clean Tea-tree Face Wash (also Gentle)

Moisturizers                  
(if you do not moisturize your face,
you will over produce oil and clog your pores!
however most of theses products do not fight acne).

-Coconut oil (test first be fore full use!) $6.98
-Simple light Moisturizer (fragrance and dye free!) $8.31
-Simple Rich Moisturizer (fragrance and dye free!) $8.31
-Say yes to Tomatoes Moisturizer $9.09


Hope this was helpful, I may add more in the future!!!

-Prker

Writing Road Block

So get ready for something #relatable. :D

I am at an area of my nonexistent Writing career where I'm not doing nothing fruitful my my 1000 pages of many years work. I just am not motivated, to edit, or publish, I am motivated to write.
Like now I'm writing, and I'm good with that, but at the same time, I am furious with myself for not doing anything with my long hours of hard work. I have access to self publish, and to design my own book cover, and to just do everything, I have all the tools at my finger tips, and yet... nothing

Now mind you, I'm doing this to my Poor Mother as well, she has written severe Children's books and is expecting me to illustrate them, but to no avail. It doesn't help that I am a full time college student, and have a job. but on my free time I do everything I do not need to accomplish.

I hate this, not doing anything fruitful... its just... not helpful, and counterproductive.

Coffee...

I was talking to my Friendly Neighborhood Barista, and he told me that most people don't know what certain drinks due to some commercial coffee companies, and I thought that was sad. so I will enlightened those who are used to star.... I mean commercial companies, instead of local.

Latté-esspresso 1-milk 3+            1:3+ 8oz     includes Mochas and other flavored latté drinks

Cappuccino-esspresso 1-milk 2   1:2   6oz

Macchiato-esspresso 2-milk 1     2:1   3oz=a shot glass

Espresso-esspresso 1-milk 0       1:0   duh!

there are more according to Huffington Post

But these are the basics, you might even say after looking at that chart I'm wrong, I could be, but its the basic idea, not altogether accurate, but its close. Now you know what all these fancy drink names mean pretty much. No go forth and don't be such a noob! :D All in good humor!

-Leah RP

Winter Jam

There are few things in this world that I enjoi ;D, but one of those few are cheap amazing concerts such as Winter Jam! I had a blast there, and got to hear some really amazing music.

Veridia

About a Mile

Blanca

For King and Country

Newsong

Family Force 5

Building 429

Francesca Battistelli

Jeremy Camp

Skillet

I found two new bands this year, new to me lol, and I am a bit more interested with the. I will be honest, I don't get as excited about every band, but I am happy to find new ones, and hear a variation of styles if if I don't get as stoked. After all 'Variety is the spice of life.'

I also got a t-shirt because I like getting at least one t-shirt, and that is it.

my 2 favorite bands were Skillet and For King and Country, the major favorites!

thanks for reading!

My video links

Follow me around Winter Jam-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs0WIENDIs0

Get ready with me for WJ15-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzA0rH0xnEM

-Parker

Art Student

Today, I prepare for my Stat. and Probability midterm. First of all, if I was in Australia, or a European   country, I wouldn't need to take a Stat. and Prob. class. but here, in America, trying to get my Associates in Visual Art, I am required to take three Math classes, along with social sciences, and a regular science class.

Now, in all actuality, I love the social science, especially Abnormal Psychology, and Astronomy, but now changing the transfer program rules, requiring me to take one more Math, namely Stats and so on.

I don't need this, I'm not looking for an easy A, when it comes to class, but still, I have 0 interest in Stats. Why? just Why? this isn't ever going to aid my degree, in my field of study. I don't want to deal with it, I don't want to be in this class, I'll never us µ squared, the only thing I may ever use is Φ because that makes up nearly every organic like compositions, but on what earth will I need to use this stuff, because I am not planning on becoming a gambler, or a accountant.

Life man, just complaining about stats that I don't need.

-L.R. Parker

Old.... Friends?

Today as I scrolled through blogs as you would normally do (not really) I came across a blog that and old... well, I'll call her a friend, because she was one of my earliest friend I can remember. and now that I think about it it makes no since that we were friends then.

Once we hit puberty everything changed, she began to try to control me, and I sub-contiously knew it, but you also understand being a kid and unable know how to handle specific situation. The short version is I cracked and completely crushed her, because she was completely hurting me, because that is how I used to think friends were, trying to control each other.

She then couples together with another girl as a friend and they completely freeze me out, and thus begins my black sheep, and they become my hypothetical bully. If I had a bully, I would consider her one then, not as much as my supposed best friend at the time, because no one could top her, but it wasn't the best.

I also saw this same friend, not to mention was partners in drivers ed with this girl, because we knew each other from the Home School Group, so we were on semi friendlier terms with each other.

Now, I go on and today, I see her Blog, she is getting married and is two months younger then me,  she is 18.

Married by 19, I understand, and I could have called it because of how I know her. But now, I wonder, because of our friendship, should I feel happy to her? We came to at the least tolerance, but now to be honest, I have no bad feeling towards her, I am Switzerland, I am Horton at the end of Horton hears a who, because I actually am happy for her.

What Valentine's Day means to me...

During the time of Empire Claudias, Father Frank O'Gara, or St. Valentine, known for marrying young people illegally, due to the fact that Empire Claudias wanted unlimited amounts of solders
who wouldn't be distracted by wives or children. He was sent to prison and killed, but before he was killed, the daughter of one of his judges, was blind. and it is said that he prayed for her and healed her. Thus Valentine's Day.

But what Valentine's Day means to me.

I do not have a significant other, and therefore I do not anyone to celebrate this holiday with. So, over the years, my Mom showed me a different way to go through this holiday, I cleaned the kitchen, baked cookies, made a pie, and set everything up for breakfast, so its like a mini Christmas, or Easter. More for blessing them then anything else.

It's about blessing people on this day, because its about loving people. Not just one person, it's about those I love.

-Parker