Gossip Girl's Final Season

Is anyone else as sad as me that my most cherished TV series is coming to an end? Is it just me? I want to know. 

Three episodes in the new and final season and I am already feeling that hole in my existence from knowing I won't have it back after that. I will most definitely miss a lot of things from the show. Some of them have been already portrayed in the Wetpaint site (you can get a scoop there!). 

Now, for the real deal. My  best friend and I have self-proclaimed somewhat as the real life S and B. You might figure out who is S (me) and who is B (her). We have a friendship that has lasted for so long that we truly ARE family. I would never think about telling her that we are not going to be close or friends any more (I couldn't live with that)...We've had our fair share of fights through our lives too, and who wouldn't with 15 years of knowing each other!? Yet together we stand, and we like scheming as much as B and S do. So yes,  there might be others that state the same as us, but we like to think there is no friendship like ours! Well enough with me and my bestie, on we go with this memorable post. 

To be honest, the first couple of episode made me a little uneasy, with Blair all "old-school" and Serena all "grown up". The spice of them was just not there yet. And that promise (a very naive one if you ask me) between B and C that they have to find peace on their unfinished business for them to be able to go strong as  a couple (Ok, I'll admit that it is kind of cute and romantic and very hearts and flowers kind of pact) Oh and the engagement ring? That one is even cuter! 

This new episode (careful! Spoilers coming!) just made me reconnect! The old Gossip Girl was here! And the scheming continued, but from the newbie Sage that is..well..doing Nate. I think her character is what the producers said to be Gossip Girl coming full circle. She has the power at Constance, she is Serena and Blair in one with little hint of Georgina and Little J. She's got the older girls rounding up their minds! 

What about Dan? I just hope he knows what he is doing. I think he has become what he always despised. One of those manic, manipulative, rich and spoiled kids from the Upper East Side (well without the money anyways). And Georgina...Seriously? That was an unexpected combination to see (honestly, not so unexpected) 

Chuck Bass, what can I say about him? He is gorgeous, he is rich, he is now the gentleman with his girl and he is just breathtakingly HOT. I want him to finish all his business and just be with Blair already!!!

The highlight of this episode: "DOROTA! I'm feverish!" After Chuck was with her and left her..well..hanging. 

What do you think about Nelly Yuki being back and as Bad as it can get? She has the power in her hands to make Blair tumble and fall (just like the London Bridge), will she be able to get her "revenge" and conquer? I am seriously looking forward to see what happens! 

I think I will wrap this post up, or else it will have to be a complete story book from me! 

As the series go on, I will most definitely continue writing about it! I am super excited to see what else happens but also very much sad about it. 

And what I'll miss the most? this phrase: 

"Gossip Girl here. Your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite.....You know you love me, XOXO, Gossip Girl" 

xo, 

S.A 

picture from here. 

Headbands

Hey Everyone!

Headbands, I've got quite of a ride with them, i loved them, then hated them, then loved them again and back to hate. Lately, I'm in the love face again. 

Ever since Gossip Girl came out, with Queen B using them, I kind of grew into them once again. Don't wanting to spend money on them, I never really had the patience to sit and look for the ones that suited my style just yet. 

I'm talking about 3 years ago. 2009. It's the middle of 2012 and I found the best ones, for me. A champagne  one which is a turban kind of style. It is just gorgeous. The other ones are more common, just plain colours and very basics. 

Yes, I have very few, but I guess they are the best way to put a twist to your outfit. 

xo, 

S.A

picture from here 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: And then there were 2

Hey Everyone!

The final 2 are already here!, Rachel and Giselle, shocker to not be seeing Shanice in the finalists, but the tie-breaker was the decision maker and she was not even close to the retail price of the whole amount of products in the last challenge. 

For the final episode, the audience is going to have to vote for the one who will be the next beauty vlogger. They will have to make a beauty/fashion vlog showing up their real and true capacities that we haven't been able to see that much of through the competition. Nerves and time pressure are just not the best companions. 

AND SHANE DAWSON IS ON THE FINAL EPISODE AS SHANAYNAY! (WHO'S EXCITED? I AM I AM!!) 

I am so looking forward to the final and see who wins.

I leave you with this weeks episode! Enjoy! 

who do you think will win? Rachel or Giselle? 

xo, 

S.A 

picture from here. 

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot camp: Hauls in heels

Hey Everyone! 

Running in heels is not fun, specially when they are like sky high tall. This week in BVB, the final 3 contestants had to do so, while shopping, under a 3 minute limit. I was perplex, but I have had to run in heels, and let me tell you, it was just for emergency purposes, not to go grab a shade of nail polish. Of course Elle and Blair didn't expect the results to be that bad and to have a 3 way tie. It is not an easy challenge, therefore I respect the contestants even more now! 

If I had to run, in a store to grab beauty products, let me tell you...I will take my heels of! I think some of them thought about it, but since it's called, Hauls in Heels...well, there was no point in contradicting the challenge. I had a lot of fun watching this episode, specially because of the faces they were doing, it went all from happy to dragging and smooshed. 

Here is the episode if you missed it! the elimination will be next Tuesday! Let's see what happens then! 

have a great day! and the WEEKEND IS COMING!

talk to you real soon <3

xo,

S.A

picture from here. 

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Cupcake Catch-up: Beauty Vlogger Bootcamp Ep. 9

Hey guys!

This weeks episode of BVB was a more relaxed one, Elle and Blair catch-up with the 3 remaining contestants that are fighting to be the winners of the competition. It was nice that they did this with Rachel, Shannice and Giselle. To get to know where the final 3 come from just gives us a better idea of all the things that they have going on, how driven they are and how much we can relate to them in everyday activities. 

In this post, I will talk about what I like to do when my friends and I get together to catch-up on each other's life and to have a little time off from our very busy schedules. I have 3 best friends from school, we have been like sisters all through high school and made the transition smoothly, we are always chatting, even though we can't see each other as often as we would like to. One of them live's in Canada, and the rest of us haven't moved at all. You might think that with them the story is different, but no, we are still pretty busy and don't have  similar schedules to find a small period of time to see us. 

My friend that lives in Canada, comes in to town every 6 months or so, the longest period of time she's been out was 2 years but because of external factors. That's the time of the year when the rest of us that still live in town, leave everything on hold and just take a few days to spend them all together. Which is amazing. 

We normally go to lunch, or maybe, go to grab a coffee, a Starbucks is more accurate to say! we love it. We talk and talk for hours and hours, and laugh a lot, and I mean A LOT, in the process. We are all pursuing different careers so listening to each other anecdotes is the most interesting thing in the world. We all know the life and miracles of the people that study with each other just by knowing their names we all know that Juanita did this and Anthany did this other thing. 

There is nothing better in the whole world, than having such good friends. Taking the time to catch-up is relaxing and makes you just happy. Simply Happy. 

I love my besties and hope they are great as always! <3 

What do you do when catching up with your friends? 

PS. I leave you this weeks episode of beauty vlogger bootcamp below! Enjoy!

xo, 

S.A 

picture from here. 

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: Week 8

Hey everyone! 

It's that of the week in which I start to ramble about BVBC! yes, I am loving it and I'm not ashamed about it. The challenge for last week and this week was to create a day time look and night time look from pieces found in a drift store. The catch, they could not go over 100 dolars. Bargaining power is the KEY. 

I loved the outfits two of the contestants pulled out. I have been watching the show for the last eight weeks and still don't remember the names. I am THAT bad with them. I loved the challenge and saw how their personalities came out with them. I think styling is a natural talent and it could also be developed if studied profoundly and with dedication. 

Honestly, the contestants have been doing great jobs through the time of the show. As it comes to an end, the competition gets tougher and the elimination process just becomes more and more difficult. The 3 girls left, just created a strong bond, and now having to bite their heads off to win makes it HARDER for the competition. I just hope the best wins, and no drama arise from it. 

Here I leave you with this weeks episode! 

Hope you like!

xo, 

S.A

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Update: Modeling?

Hey everyone!

I have been crazy busy these few weeks.There are some exiting things happening for me that I am not yet allowed to say but I hope soon I will be able to. My best friend since we were 5 years old is studying Communications and Broadcasting and something more fancy involving film making and she's asked for my help to model in one of her group projects. I have worked with her previously and I love how it all worked out.

Now I will do a pictorial like ad campaigns and we'll see how it all works out. I hope we can share some pictures with you and make a new layout for the blog! How cool would that be? Fingers crossed! 

Stunning pictorial right? 

Gossip Girl's season 5 has ended. I was so torn when the credits rolled and seeing that Blair is FINALLY fighting for Chuck. I wish they will not make us wait too long for the final season, which BTWs is going to be short, as of 10 episodes short. So I will have to wait helplessly for the new season and meanwhile thank God Pretty Little Liars is going to be back soon so my cravings for my all time favourite series is not going to be as bad as it has been this week! If you have any recommendations of what shows to watch, please please please let me know! I am in the hunt of new ones to keep in my mind. 

I hope you have a great week and that it started right for you <3

xo, 

S.A 

picture from here. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: Week 7

Hey everyone! 

Another BVBC is here, but we could only see half of the challenge. Buying and styling on a budget is difficult enough to do it under time pressure. Right I sometimes take 2 hours to pick up the perfect clothes for the perfect outfit. 

I loved this week's challenge, and as the competition comes to an end, the challenges are being more stressful and a lot more relevant. 

Here is this weeks episode if you missed it! 

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have a great weekend! 

xo, 

S.A 

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: Week 6

Hey Everyone!

It's been a couple of hard days for me with the studying and everything for the midterms, but I finally gave in and decided that some time to write to you guys is always worth a little rest for me. This weeks episode was about the beauty and the vlogging. 

It was about time that they had a challenge mixing both ingredients. I loved it. It really showed how the contestants behave in front of the camera and how they portray and stay truthful about their personalities. I really liked that little twist they had for the challenge making someone get only two minutes to do the make up tutorial while the others got complete 5 minutes to complete the challenge. 

I thought this week, as the episode was released yesterday, that I will not spoil it and let you guys enjoy every single aspect of it. 

I leave you with this brand new episode of BVBC hope you enjoy! 

Have a nice day loves! 

xo, 

S.A

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: Boy Crazy

Hey everyone!

It's time for another of the infamous posts about BVBC!! Every Tuesday I get hooked on the internet and specially YouTube to see the premier of new episodes of this series. I love them, specially how some people just watch the episodes and give so much hate about them when I know some of those haters, as some call them, just love it so much but are plain out of this universe with jealousy about two regular girls makinbg a career out of their passion.

This week's challenge was all about the boys. They had to paint/makeup around with boy blank canvas. I think people thought this was just crazy, I did too, but thinking about it, it was not so crazy in the end. It had to be this way so they can judge over the creativity of the contestants, after all you need to have a lot of it to create some tutorials and picture some of the craziest requests.

I loved how Shanice had the vision to recreate something Vogue-ish and stood out from the other participants. It was my favourite look and just thought that she has what it takes to become a really good beauty and fashion guru.

Here is the video! I hope you enjoy! <3

xo,

S.A

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: Stranded on a deserted island?!

Hey everyone!

This week premièred the new episode of BVBC and this week's challenge was all about showing their vlogging skills, which need to go in hand with the ability to gain more views and make the vlog more fresh and light but always with professionalism.

The theme was, the 3 things that you would bring to a deserted Island. I will do my part on this challenge. I will list the 3 things that I would bring to a deserted island.

The number one thing I would bring is my flipflops, I don't want to get all hot and sweaty with maybe the shoes I was with when dropped there. The next thing I think could be a bow+arrow combo (very hunger-games style) to hunt down my food and maybe protect myself from something sneaky and dangerous in the island. The last but not least thing, could be a bikini cover up, because I wouldn't like to get all sunburn with my bikini that i brought already under my normal clothes, I dont think anyone would go naked to the deserted island..it just don't make sense to me. Yes, this is all that I would bring. What 3 things would you bring to a deserted island? leave it in the comments below :)

Here I leave you the new episode of Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp! ENJOY!

Have a nice day!

xo,

S.A

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: Week 3

Hey everyone! 

On Tuesday the 17th aired a new episode of Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp. You may be wondering what took me so long to write a post about it, and here is the reason, i've been sick for the past days, i had horrible headaches and had to get some university work done. My life was such a joy! haha (sarcasm) 

Well, I really liked the challenge they had on for the week, Closet organization. I am a huge closet freak, sometimes I like to reorganize it and I spend less than 4 hours taking every single piece of clothing and shoes I have in it. I have two closets and a dresser which are overflown with clothes and I just enjoy so much to clean it and put it together that it is just no work at all for me. It drains me, yes, but right after I just sit on my bed and just feel that I can breath a lot better now that it is all super neat. 

They had to memorize the display of the closet in a picture and just recreate it. I think some of the contestants just where so overwhelmed by the time pressure that they just forgot everything they saw in the picture and some others just went in and did a really nice job. There is not much to say about everything else. I just thought to my self that I would've done such a great job at it that I was eager to see who did it best. 

Elle and Blair were super patient in this challenge, and I even think they wanted to help some of the contestants so that they did a better job and just don't mess the clothes more than they where. I loved this challenge and made me wonder what else could come along with the next ones. 

I hope you guys watch the new episode, and as always I will link it below for you to watch it! 

Have a great weekend!

xo, 

S.A 

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: The Elimination+Ep2

Hey Everyone! 

On Tuesday, the second episode of Beauty Vlogger Boot camp aired and I was so excited to see what is next on this show. The elimination process of the previous episode consisted on the challenge of doing a full face with out a mirror in 3 or less minutes. The eliminated: Roxanne. I think their decision was a little too harsh, but at the end of the day, she did look less professional than the rest and didn't feel confident at all while performing in the challenge.   

The next challenge, was to create a stylish piece of clothing, with just a plain white T-shirt and just few tools and a couple of accessories. OH and it featured GREGORY GORGEOUS. I totally think this was a great idea for a challenge, because in that way you can get to know the contestants style and how they work under pressure to be the best as they can get. 

I loved the T-shirt from Shanice, it really added something edgy to the style and definitely knew what she wanted to do. She was determined and really pulled it off to create a great, non-traditional T-shirt. 

This episode was not filled with as much drama as the last episode was, I think they toned it down because of the amount of critiques the show received, but it is a contest show people! it has to be dramatic and has to be harsh, I stand with my position on being judgemental if you really want other to show their real potential. 

I hope this week is of your likelihood! Go watch it now! :) (link below) 

Have a great day! 

xo, 

S.A

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp: The Beginning

Hey Everyone! 

Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp is a new reality airing via YouTube in the channel of ulookhaute. It is hosted by Elle and Blair Fowler and is one of those shows in which people tell other people how to become what they are aspiring to do. 

Today   is the first episode and they had a really interesting Challenge, Do your Makeup with no mirror! you heard right, NO mirror AND it had to be done in 3 minutes or less. This sounds crazy but when you are in a reality tough things should be done to show skill and how professional you can be. The contestants are a very varied group of people, I was not expecting that they would allow guys in the competition and was a bit awkward, in my opinion, asking them to do their makeup... but everything in fashion and beauty is acceptable if you truly love it despite your gender or political views right? Don't take me wrong but I was expecting it to be just for girls that wanted to be immersed in the vlogging duty to show their skills and share their tips and tricks. 

Lets talk about the hosts and judges of the competition. They were the ones who gave the challenges and they are the ones in charge in judging how the contestants/participants did in each challenge from now on, they are the ones who make the decision on which participant didn't do as well as the other and that person has to go home. It's not an easy job to go around telling people that they are not good enough and I felt like Elle and Blair were having such a rough time at it. While judging you have to be completely honest and tell what you are seeing. Truth hurts right? I think people should not get into a competition if they can't handle this painful reality. But these girls I feel did a great job and looked just FAB while doing so. 

On to the prices, which is the most exiting part of it all, A collection of clothes and accessories sponsored by JustFab, Makeup from Dermstore,their own series on ULookHaute and a cash price (which they don't say the amount of it). They are all really great prices and makes sense for a beauty vlogger to get those prices. 

Over all, I think the reality is going to be filled with great moments and a lot of drama, which is a special ingredient for every reality/competition program. 

Have a great day and don't miss the Premier of the Reality Competition, Beauty Vlogger Boot Camp! (click on the image to go to the video)

xo, 

S.A

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this reality YouTube series in any way. I have not been compensated with any form of payment to write this blog post about it. Non of the companies, people or animals mentioned in this post have contacted me to promote them. All opinions are my own. 

The new Blog

Hey everyone! 

It's been just recently that I moved both blogs, my Getting Fit and Light and Beauty by S.A, together I feel that now I can expand on topics about beauty, fashion, randomness, healthy eating and habits in this blog now. While writing the entries I feel much more confident to say what is going on in my mind much more rapidly and type things up related on the topics I normally address here. Just recently I've come to notice that I have been slacking in writing diverse entries like my healthy spotlight and in general the healthy eating habits I once had. The reason is that I have my life all jumbled up and since I went on summer break from university I have been so bad in the way I control the food I eat and what I drink. 

I want to get back on track, I even bought a notebook where I can jot down the ideas that come to my mind at the moment about the benefits, what I eat to renew my diet, and all of it. Since I merged my previous blogs into SKMS, my previous blog posts have been unattended and left behind and I know you would love to know what else is here apart from  the recent fashion forward posts I put up constantly now. 

So here I leave a list of 5 of my previous blog posts so you can check them out and tell me which ones you miss the most <3

Healthy Snack: Avocado Humus

5 foods that get to your hips 

Healthy Spotlight: Almonds

Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Inspired 

13 personal Questions Tag.

I hope you like them and get back and check some more of them! 

xo, 

S.A