It is a fact that I'm trying to do more for myself this year and get back to learning more about subjects of my personal interest, one of them being Astronomy... I've always felt fascination for the stars and the moon, the planets and what's out there in our galaxy so why not learn more about it?! 

On a couple trips to Waterstones I've discovered a few books that seemed not only appropriate but easy to understand on the subject! 

The first one I picked was "What We See In The Stars (£12,99)", an illustrated book of constellations and what they mean which is very interesting and helpful at reading the sky. Even thou it is considered a junior book I couldn't resist the illustrations!

We're 7 days into the year and I'm trying hard to keep up with the goals I set myself...  

Having a bullet journal helps with those transitions as I can make sections dedicated to each and every goal in particular keeping track of my progress and motivating me to keep going and not give up... 

Let's get into it shall we?! 

Funny enough this afternoon I was trying to get back into my blogging routine after a week of not even looking at it, when I could not find inspiration to write. Everything that I noted down I was not happy with so I stepped back. 

It's half past ten in the evening and it's the time I feel most inspired to write, where I actually think my words make sense together and I'm not rambling too much when it takes to a review post. I also feel like I have enough energy to write a month worth of posts, but with that would come the boredom of having to wait for time to go by to come back and write again. So I try not to do that mistake too often.

I guess I just need to justify why I've been absent for a month, and funny is I didn't even notice the time go by. If you're an avid reader you've noticed I wrote a post on why I was thinking of quitting blogging overall and just live life as it is, considering I'm not getting much further in my blogging path or accomplishing the targets I would've like to by this time. Truth be said I haven't given all the time in the world to blogging and even thou I love it and is one of my favourite things to do I just can't bring myself forward to leave everything else behind for this.

Time flies when you're having fun, or so they say. It's been 2 weeks already into my Make-up course and I feel like it went by in a minute. 

The Foundation weeks are the ones where you learn all about the basics in make-up like foundation, concealer, eyeshadow techniques, lipstick and so on. There's nothing creative involved to be honest and most of the times we spent having a Demo in the morning and practicing the looks in the afternoon on each other. 

The components vary from day, evening, vintage and bridal make-up and at the end of the 2 weeks we have the exams on a day and an evening look which will give us the next stage of the course, if we pass. Those exams happened last Friday and I passed! -happy dance-

It's been an experience, to touch people's faces without being unsure of what pressure to use, what space to keep between us and all the talk we need to have in order to provide a good consultation to the client. But at the end of the day it all came to be a normal thing, which is the main. 

Since I went through I now have ahead a Fashion and Photography Make-up course which is totally my thing, I'm so excited I can't even believe it is today! From now on I'll have a different make-up artist coming in each day to teach us different techniques and concepts! They will also expand our knowledge on products and the uses we can give to them. It's an overall exciting journey and I just hope to take everything I can from it. 

I feel like I learnt things so far but since I do my own make-up for years and years and with blogs, youtube and all the internet sharing I already knew a lot of the theory involved, so the main thing I took from this two weeks was definitely the practice and the help of everyone in understanding the proper way to do things out there. 

Bring it on! 

I want to make this so one day I can remember the journey, how I got where I'm going to be and the reasons why it took so long.

It's been years and years since I decided to become a makeup artist, I never had the approve stamp from my parents...

Which brought me to where I am now. Started with Art in Secondary School, 3 years of creative content, video exploration, observation drawing that I totally hated for some reason and the eternal expectation of applying some of my knowledge into what I really wanted to do. It was never a problem to have an idea for my future, never struggled to think of what I want next, what I want at the end of things.

Ohh well, I can say now... I'm a weak person!

I failed completely my spending ban for the 1st month of March which will take consequences upon my final goal... less money for IMATS! *crying out loud*

Still, I managed to use up a whole lot of products which was also on my goals list! So not that bad...

At the beginning of the month I got me some Kiko makeup as I went to Oxford Street - that happens twice a year - so I justified the purge and the fact I spent just 30£ was not big of a deal at all... 

Let's share a bit of love around here! I'm an avid believer that blogs are made out of people who write them but also the people who take time to appreciate them! Like a piece of art, it's important on it's own for the creator but it only shines to the world when somebody else sees the beauty in it!

Today I'm here to share blog posts that I've been enjoying the content and overall personality involved in them so hopefully you'll find a new place to travel or discover a new holy grail product! Who knows?!

I've mentioned it before that I'm not too good when it takes to share bits of my life, writing update posts and stuff even thou I quite like reading personal achievement posts and all that jazz! 

Well, I guess today is the king's anniversary, as we say in Portugal, and I'm here to share some bits of the lately happenings! Can I just mention for a bit how delicious my cheese toast looks? No one beats this on instagram ;)  

Last December I decided to give in and try My Little Box for the first time, I haven't looked back. On my 3rd and February edition box I'm excited to report it didn't disappoint and even thou I skipped the review of my January "My Little Wish Box" I plan on doing them from now on no exceptions!

Starting with the obvious, the box itself is always on point! The design and themes exceed anything I see out there and the fact they look cute on the top of my dressing table or wardrobe helps a lot! Not to talk about their purpose of keeping things organised, specially the cards we receive that are too beautiful to trow away! 

But the subscription is not about the box on the outside! With the ever so growing box subscription offer we often pay more attention to the inside to see if it's worth the money we're investing in and how it compares to the others. My Little Box is my favourite so far on the matter, it offers a bit of everything, beauty and lifestyle and in this particular edition home pieces! What else can I ask for?

Blogging, everyone knows what that is, a trend?! Many would say, but to me it is a way of expression, a personality explosion on internet, a way of sharing information on subjects we care about, a friends maker, a opportunity giver and a lifestyle. 

For the past two years I've been dealing with blogging on my shoes, I've met a lot of blogs through out the journey and some I just left to whoever is interested in them, others I keep as treasures. Blogging is what it is, a way of communication that's being over explored by opportunists and slowly destroyed by consumers. 

More than a place to share it's become a place to trade, I read your blog if you read mine, I'll comment if you comment on me, I'll share if you share... and the essence is disappearing...

Money aside, it's nothing to do with sponsored posts within the limit, honesty is essential and I will no matter what keep reading a blog if it carries honesty in it, but the fact someone expect me to read their blog in trade of them reading mine is a bit over the limit to me.

I can't remember the last time I sat down and did an update post, maybe in January? It's been a long time now and I know I should do this more often.

6 months later here I am in dear England and apart from all the hard things, I manage to like London more than I ever expected. People has been lovely to me and the great things happening all the time in this beautiful city makes me feel alive. I'm not very happy with my current job thou and I'm on my way trying to find something else, it's being a year full of new experiences so far. Let's wait and see what I have reserved.

Mary Bloomy has a strong Art influence as I, Sara, have been passionate about art since I can remember. Every and any kind of art calls for me from sculpture, architecture, painting, drawing, digital, design, special effects and all things surrounding leaving me with great love for amazing artists out there. 

Sharing art is sharing life so here is some of my favourite artists and their works. Enjoy!

The best platform to look for art inspiration is deviantArt - find me here - where you can find amateur and professional artists covering every kind of subject you can imagine! You can share your own art for free and comment on other's people work while saving your favourites to inspire you later. It was my main source when lacking inspiration on my art school days! Tumblr is also a great place to seek inspiration - find me here.

Digital art is something else for me, I would love to make it but I just can't spare the time and patience to learn it at this moment so I end up just looking at it!

One of my favorite digital artists is Aunia Kahn! I LOVE her work, I mean true love!
Art can't be described as it gives a different feeling to each and every person so watch for yourself and feel it.

The poor quality comes from the gif maker not from the image itself All the images were taken from Aunia's official facebook page & tumblr

Not long ago I've started reading a lot more posts about places people visited and somehow found my attention being pulled to certain cities that were not in my 'To Visit' list!

As you may all know I'm Portuguese, I was born and grew up in Porto, north of Portugal, but when I was 10 I moved to the south, a place many of you may know - Algarve! I lived there for 2 years and went in holidays many more after, that to be honest, I'm a bit tired of! Nonetheless Algarve has many amazing places to visit besides the famous beaches! On a day you're not in the mood for a swim in the ocean I highly suggest visiting FIESA!

The creative process can be something completely out of this world in your point of view as we don't get inspired by the same things, we don't go for the same paths and everyone's tastes are completely different! 

I usually post a bunch of makeup looks through out the year as I love playing around with eyeshadows and coming up with different colour combinations so I thought it would give an interesting post to share the way I get inspired, how I do to create such looks.

When time comes and you have to move out you often struggle with the amount of stuff you have... Since I moved to another country it's harder to carry every and anything I want. As a change of life try to keep it as minimal as possible to stay healthy and not buried in a lot of things I decided to declut my makeup before I even packed it.

I was about to share an endless amount of makeup I got rid of but instead why not give you tips for when the time comes?! Much more interesting! That's what I thought!

As a 19 year old girl I dream about running the world, visiting some places and get to know other cultures. The fact is that it's not always possible as you may notice big trips are expensive! So if I had to chose only 5 countries to visit other than home (Portugal) and current living country (England) they would be: