I am extremely honored to say I have been given a Liebster award by one of my fellow bloggers, Chinella.
This lovely lady was one of my first followers and comments frequently on what I post. Her support sometimes is what makes my day!
In case you aren't familiar with the Liebster award, I will do my best to fill you in. It's an award given by peers to bloggers who have under 200 followers. The idea is to recommend smaller blogs so that you can spread the word about them!
The rules are kind of hard to track down. There's no official site or anything, it's just a word of mouth kind of thing. But here's the gist of it:
1. Link up the person who nominated you (it's just polite!)
2. State 10 facts about yourself
3. answer 10 questions given to you by the person that nominated you
4. Pick 10 bloggers with under 200 followers to nominate
5. Come up with 10 questions for those nominated
6. Go to their blog and let them know you nominated them!
Facts about me
1. I have a tuxedo cat named Potey, and he's the love of my life. |
| Potey Tinklefink |
3.I am obsessed with milk. I drink, like, a half gallon a day.
4. I love Disney, I have an annual pass to Walt Disney World
5. I have been to over 50 concerts. Probably even over 100!
6. Ke$ha is my alter ego
7. I am completely too invested in Pretty Little Liars, Justified, and Parks & Recreation
8. I might be biased because Amy Poehler is a role model of mine...Leslie Knope is even MORE of a role model to me
9. I got involved in the 'fat acceptance' movement thanks to Tumblr.
10.I might go into politics when I'm "a grown up"
The questions Chinella gave me
1. Since when did you know you had a passion for beauty & fashion? -- My passion for fashion has actually been a pretty recent thing. My mom wasn't really the type that taught me how to do my makeup or any of that sort of thing. I spent my youth being extremely misguided in the sense of makeup. I also was never interested in fashion because I thought that being fat and fashionable were mutually exclusive. I didn't know that you could be fat and fashionable! Which, obviously, is absurd!
2.Did you ever try to give up on blogging? When I first decided to make a beauty blog, I initially made a tumblr. I had a tough time keeping up with it and realized it wasn't right for the things I wanted to do. I still have the tumblr and plan on incorporating it better into the blog. Also when I first started my blogger I didn't go all in right away. It took a while for me to catch a groove.
3. What is your favorite thing about beauty & fashion? I am really just into the whole idea of making yourself look how you want. Whether that's enhancing your favorite features, hiding your least favorite, or just altering your look to how you see fit. I tend to like looks that "take chances" and aren't just a simple look. I have a more 'alternative' style so I guess this fits with that. I love body modifications so I think makeup is just an extension of that!
4. What is your worst thing about beauty & fashion? I don't like that a lot of people think there is only one ideal of beauty. It's about time the world realizes there are so many ways to utilize fashion, and it doesn't have to be the same for everyone!
5. What is your current favorite fashion trend? Personally I really love that studs and spikes are trendy right now. If it were up to me, everything I wear would be covered in them.
6. What's your advice to new bloggers? Just keep at it! Don't get discouraged. Google is your friend for stuff you don't know or know how to do. Honestly I'm a pretty new blogger myself so!
7. Your most memorable blogger moment? When I got my first GFC follower. When I made my blog there was no longer an option for a GFC widget. Miracle upon miracles, and a long story later, I somehow got one. Getting my first follower on there was a huge accomplishment for me because I think that's the way most people follow.
8. Favorite makeup product at the moment? I love Nyx soft matte lip creams, I basically want them in every color!
9. Your biggest support when it comes to your blog? Definitely my boyfriend. He may not totally understand my passion for it but he is pretty supportive about it and tries to understand.
10. Who is your biggest beauty & fashion inspiration? Honestly that's so hard to answer. I don't have many specific people that inspire me...I just take inspiration from several different places and combine it into one! (pinterest, tumblr, real life friends, bloggers, youtube tutorials!)
My questions for my nominees
1. Who or what inspired you to start blogging?
2. What is your favorite drugstore makeup product?
3. What is your favorite color, and how do you incorporate it into fashion?
4. What is your advice to bloggers who want to give up?
5. What is your favorite holiday and why?
6. Favorite type of shoes?
7. Where do you buy most of your clothes?
8. What is your advice to fashionistas on a budget?
9. Who is your celebrity style inspiration?
10. If you could travel anywhere, where would it be and why?
last and not least, the nominees!!!
For the record, it's really hard to see how many followers some people have. If I could, I just looked at GFC. However, GFC was acting up when I did this and sometimes wouldn't load. If I couldn't, oh well! Hopefully you aren't offended if you have 2000 followers, not 200.
2.Christy @ Avoiding Atrophy- this girl is HILARIOUS, and I love her style of writing. She also has a lot of advice! I highly recommend her to you, even if she isn't a beauty blogger.
3. Becky @ Does my blog make me look fat?- a fabulous fatshionista!
4. Shannon @ From My Desk to Yours- a lifestyle blogger that I actually know in real life!
5. Katy @ Katygracefully , a health and fashion blogger who has GREAT fitness tips, but doesn't body shame!
6. Lit From Within- a great nail polish blog from a central FL beauty blogger!
7. Em from Plus Sized Millard- another fabulous fatshion blogger!
8. Polished Plus- yet another fatshion blogger!
9. Beth at Tinkerbell and the lost girls- fatshion beauty blogger
10. Rachel at A dress is for life ANOTHER great fatshion blogger!
EDIT: for the record I feel like a major dick. I had specifically written down one of my favorite bloggers, Your beauty fix then somehow when I was actually writing the post, I completely left her out. I feel awful but decided it was worth mentioning her even if it was late, because she really is one of my favorite blogs!
Well there you have it folks! Another huge thanks to Chinella for thinking of me. Hope to see all my nominees passing along the award :)
Follow your bliss,
Ember Darling
Awww Thank you so such sweet words. I look at it as we are a family, and as family we need to encourage eachother instead of ignore. So if m following you its for a reason, there is no use following you & thn ignore ur posts. I enjoy your posts. There was no way I couldn't nominate you. Thank you for replying to the questions.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree!! Thank you so much again <3
DeleteHaha love the cat!! :)) Would love for you to check out my blog :)
ReplyDeletePenny Rose
http://pinkandpetals.blogspot.com/
thank you! He's the light of my life ;)
DeleteI'll check you out for sure, thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the nomination!!!
ReplyDelete10 facts about myself:
1. I have 2 rescue dogs, Gizmo and Barney
2. I get paid to watch concerts
3. I work at the Amway Center and Blue Man Group
4. I lived in Scranton, PA for 9 months
5. My husband and I have been married for almost 2 years now
6. I used to sleep with a blanket until I went away for college
7. Can't go a day with out coffee
8. Guilty pleasure TV shows include, Pretty Little Liars and Gossip Girl
9. I have moved 5 times in the past 2 years
10. I am addicted to Pinterest
Embers questions:
1. Who or what inspired you to start blogging?
After reading Cupcakes and Cashmere and The Small Things Blog religiously for a year I thought to myself "hey I can do this too, maybe people will want to know what I'm doing"
2. What is your favorite drugstore makeup product?
Essie nail polish or ELF makeup
3. What is your favorite color, and how do you incorporate it into fashion?
My favorite color is purple, but thinking about it I don't really have anything purple. lol. I like wearing neutral colors and having good accessories
4. What is your advice to bloggers who want to give up?
Keep posting, and get your name out there on social media. Link everything back to your blog
5. What is your favorite holiday and why?
Halloween, it's always fun to be someone else for a day oh and I am obsessed with the smell and taste of pumpkins!
6. Favorite type of shoes?
Flip flops, unless I'm working you'll see me in my flops or Toms
7. Where do you buy most of your clothes?
I love a good deal, Forever 21, H&M, Old Navy, Target and even thrift stores
8. What is your advice to fashionistas on a budget?
Makeup, buy stuff that's from the dollar store to experiment with, find out what you like then spurge if it's you think it's a good investment. Clothes, shop at Plato's Closet, have a clothing swap with your friends, dig deep in the racks at Goodwill
9. Who is your celebrity style inspiration?
I don't really base my style of any celebrities, but I feel that Carrie Underwood never looks bad in any picture whether she is dressed up or down
10. If you could travel anywhere, where would it be and why?
Alaska, I am obsessed with moose
Thanks! I want to go to Alaska too! Also I too am obsessed with pumpkins!
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