Weekly Updates: {All about my 'Project Pan/Project Use it up Plan}

Hello lovelies! I have another Weekly Updates post which I haven't actually posted in about two weeks I believe. So, I have something I wanted to talk about but it won't be as in depth as I want it to be mainly because I plan to talk about in a video in December.

So, right now I have a decent sized 'Project Pan' going on. I've been actually sticking to it but then again it's only two months long my project pan. I did this because I've been meaning to really look at my collection and make the changes necessary.  I have finally acknowledged that I have a big makeup collection. Now,first off, I'm not bragging. I'm just stating what I've personally been denying in other ways.

Now, when I say I have a big makeup collection, I don't mean as big as some people on Youtube have. I have gathered more makeup than anyone I personally know and a lot of beauty 'gurus' on youtube today.  I have sarcastically said in the past about my makeup collection but now It's not as funny. I've come to realize after watching many project panners on youtube that I do have a problem. Which I will only touch upon on here because it's something that might be harder to understand and It's a topic for another day.

My problem is I shop. When I say shop I don't mean here and there or reasonable shopping, I shop too much and buy too much. Sure,girls say that all the time but I really am a shopaholic. I buy loads of makeup and it isn't necessary in the slightest. It's as close to hoarding is it can get without it being hoarding. I might make a video on this in the future but right now I just wanted to state that.

Which leads to this whole post. It's the point for my project pan. I know nobody needs 10 foundations and 15 bronzers. It's not something anyone should have in amounts. One foundation is good or even two. Bronzers two is all you need a matte one for contouring and a shimmer for all over or just your cheeks.

I want to downsize but not in the sense of my collection becoming smaller but in the way that It's products I truly want to use or try. Logically, I have too many lipsticks and eyeshadows for me to even try or use everyday. So, I also plan to do a few decluttering videos in the month of December. That's when I'll start my first video in that series.

Now, for my plan. My plan right now is to use the products in my Project Pan as much as possible not so much use them up but get a lot more use out of those products. This will go into 2015.

2015 my plan is different than doing a project pan. I plan to do a Project Use it Up. Now, This will be an intense change from one to another. I never put myself on bans because I end up going nuts and buying EVERYTHING. That's when my problem goes in circles. However, I'm on my project pan now and I'm hoping this will transition me into my project use it up.

So, I'll have a post in depth along with the video and such for when that time comes. I just want to give you all a general idea of what will be happening on this blog as well over the next year. This will be going on for one year. It's going to be hard for me not to buy makeup. I know and that's why I'm allowing myself in the month of December to buy a few products that are on my wishlist because if I cut myself off before getting some of them I'll end up breaking it before it's begun.

The stuff that's on my wishlist I'll be doing a video on closer to January 1st. I'll probably do it about a week or so before the 1st. I'll also post my 'products I plan to use up that year on Christmas I'm thinking, I'll also have my overview of my Project Use it Up' in December.'

With the wishlist, It's not a lot of things but its a few that I want because if I don't get them I know It'll end with me making a 100$ order on websites just because I feel like I need to. My plan is for example, I have 10 liquid foundations. So, when I use them up, or really once I'm on my last one, I can buy that one 'foundation I've been wanting for me it's a toss between Covergirl Whipped Creme foundation and Benefit 'Hello Flawless' I've been wanting to try those forever! So, to reward myself and to also keep myself wanting to finish more products. I'll allow myself to get those.

My project use it up isn't just makeup. That's what will also be hard for myself. I buy more books than I read, so I have myself a goal to read quite a few books before I'd be allow myself to buy them. I have hand soaps,lotions,and hair care products I also want to use up.

I like to have goals and this one will be a really nice outcome I believe in the future. It'll help me be a lot more organized and it'll possibly in months to come once I've been on this Project Use it up for months I'll loose my urge to buy things and spurge.

So, I know this post is way too long and it's just craziness. I just wanted to talk and get this all off my chest and I hope you all enjoyed it and if you're on a 'Project Pan' or a 'Project Use it Up' leave you link below and I'll check you out and follow!

Review: Chapstick Dual-ended Hydration Lock Moisturize and Renew

I received this product for free to give my own opinions on after I try it out. Now that that's been said keep in mind. I'm not payed or anything from the company I just get chances to try out products and see if I like them or not and then tell you guys what I thought.

You can get a chance to do the same thing by signing up with the same website I use to get this kind of free products to review. Smiley360.com. I'll give you my referral link at the bottom if you'd like to sign up!

Now, for those of you who don't know what Smiley360 is it is basically a review site. You can review products on there of products you enjoy or didn't like. Smiley will also give surveys to see if you qualify for products they need people to review from company's. It's very easy to quality. I've gotten many different products to try out from them over the years. It's very simple and very easy to do. Just sign up and they will have surveys and an opening 'Smiley' new members campaign for you to earn points right away!

This product I was so excited about when I saw that I could possibly get this product to try out. I love finding new chapsticks. It's funny because I do try a ton of chapsticks but I have very few that I like to use. Most don't do the job they need to do or they just don't moisturize enough . For me, there is nothing worst than a chapstick that smells good but it either doesn't last on my lips long or it isn't moisturizing well.

That tends to be my deal breaker with chapsticks. This one does a decent job. I enjoy it and it does moisturize it isn't amazing in lasting power but it does do the job and It makes my lips feel so smooth after I put this on. It doesn't have that oily or waxy feel to it that some chapsticks do which I really enjoyed about this product. I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5.

The last thing I want to share with you all is that. I started making youtube videos again. I have two videos currently up. I have a 'Dollar Tree haul' and I also have my first video of my 'Project Pan' I go more in depth with it on my channel. I do plan to do my two week Update on here as well.  I will be having my video review of this Chapstick on there so if you want to watch that when it comes out you can always subscribe.

My youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/Wonderlandsofbooks
My Smiley360 referral link! http://h5.sml360.com/-/c1sw

My LATE Friday Freebies

Hola Chica's today I have one of my favorite kind of posts or videos to see. FRIDAY FREEBIES! I've been trying to remember to take pictures of my stuff before I put it away or use it,it's a work in progress. I have been gathering up a pile of stuff over the past week and a half.

This week has been a pretty decent I got a few things I was super excited about. I've been trying to keep up with when new samples and freebie deals come up but work does come first so I don't have time to get all the things that my fellow freebie fans do.

Every week I get a few magazines. I don't have all of them because I gave some to my great grandmother. She likes to read some that I get but don't care for. So, I have two magazines this week to show you.

I was lucky enough to get in on this amazing Canon deal. You pick which picture you want them to print out and you pick the style of paper and they send it to you. I picked three different printing paper styles and I picked three pictures I really wanted.

First, let me tell you, I love Vanessa Hudgens, have for many many years and she's beautiful so I picked to get two gorgeous pictures of her. Then, I picked to get a picture of my cat that passed away this year Princy. I plan to frame them and put them up in the future.

I got the chance to try out a Graze box,for free, through my buying concert tickets to go see Demi Lovato. (I'll have a post on that after I go see her later this month.) That was a nice thing to try because I do want to subscribe to subscription boxes sometime in the near future. So, if you have a recommendation for boxes let me know in the comments.

Yeah, I ate a few things as you can see.

I got another sample through PinchMe.com which is always nice. I don't get these as often mainly because I am never home at 12pm on a tuesday. So, I miss out when they give all the good stuff away. I missed the Nail Polishes which I was super bummed about.

 I got a few other samples from different sites and apps I use. I got the Colgate from Veo, you can get that app in your appstore. It's an awesome site, they have polls and little trivia's as well. I get so many samples from this site daily!

 Poise also has samples from time to time which I always love because this brand is amazing with their products!

 I got some Nesquick samples which is great with Winter coming up. Perfect Winter drink! I also got a Finish sample (which I just used) and it's always a great surprise when you see those samples going around. I got two coupons with the Finish.

Lastly, I have some coupons I got through freebies or just sent as 'freebies' but not really freebies. I put away or used a lot of my other coupons I had gotten. Next week, I'll take pictures right away so I don't miss a thing!

So, that's all for my very late Friday Freebies. It's rolling on Sunday morning so hopefully this weeks next Friday Freebies is on time and yeah! Have a nice night or morning whichever!

Bye Bye Beauty: Bath and Body Works Body Splash and Lotion in Mango Mandarin{DISCONTINUED BEAUTY PRODUCTS}

Hello,Hello,Hello! I have a new segment for you lovely people and I'm pretty darn excited about this. I am always finding old products in my collection that I love/loved to pieces but it's now discontinued or I just find out it's been discontinued. It's funny the second I find out a product I have and like or even love is discontinued I try not to use that product or stock-up on it through eBay or Amazon accounts. Am I the only one does this?

This brings us to the product I want to talk about today in the first of this series. One product I've loved for years is the Bath and Body Works Body Splash in Mango Mandarin. This product was my baby for so many years. I used this everyday and then I realized they discontinued this scent and products back in 2009? I think. I'm not so sure. I was done to a few uses and then I stopped using the product because I was thinking... 'well,this is the last of it,never going to be able to use this again'.

That's when I tried looking it up and boom! I found it and ordered it almost right away. I still don't use it as much as you can tell. I go to it from time to time but until I have a few more backups I don't like to go near it.

I want to first talk about the product that made me want to make this post in the first place. This body splash is the best I've ever come by from any company. The scent is so citrus based and those happen to be my favorite scents. I love so many different scents but I tend to gravitate more toward fruit based fragrances. This is a light but powerful orange body mist that I love for myself but I do like to spray on my bed to have it linger in my room. If you haven't tried this before,you need to, go on eBay or Amazon and grab one while you can. They aren't expensive which I love. It can be from 9-13$ for this product.

The last product I want to touch upon because It's the same product but in lotion form and I love this product. I didn't try it before when it was in stores. I bought it when I bought the body mist on eBay. I thought I'd try it. It smells delicious and fruity just like mist but I think this one has a bit more of a lingering scent. I've used it only a handful of times because it is discontinued and I want to get another one in the future.

That wraps up our Bye Bye Beauty segment. There are so many other products that I love that are discontinued that aren't beauty related. So if you want me to do a few of those from time to time let me know in the comments. Also don't forget to vote in the poll on my blog.

My question for you all is,do you have a product you love to death but is now discontinued? Did you by backups of this product?

Dollar Tree Haul #1 {PICTURE HEAVY}

Hello lovelies, I am back with my first haul on this blog.  This one is very exciting for me because I'm such a Dollar Tree fanatic. I have turned this into a collective Dollar Tree haul as I bought some things within the last two weeks. I also went today to pick up some things and see if they had anything new. (WHICH THEY DID!).

I have come to realize I am weak when I go to the Dollar Tree. I always end up caving and getting more than I should.  I have lately been going there for crafting supplies to build a collection so I can do more D.I.Y projects. I have been watching a lot of youtube videos of 'youtubers' who make Do It Yourself projects and I've been wanting to get more crafty so to speak.

I have been looking for the 'washi' tape everywhere and I finally found a few at my local Dollar Trees. Nowhere near how many some other Dollar Trees have. I want a lot of the other ones they have.

Ribbon is my latest love...mainly the Holiday and Halloween ones. They are really pretty. Although this one picture isn't showing the full color power of them. The ribbons are from the brands Christmas House and Details Accessories.

Now,the beauty. I actually don't buy much makeup or beauty related products as I used to. Years ago I would spend so much each month. Now, I've slowed it down because I have been wanting to use up a lot of products I have in my collection since my collection is quite large.

I've been seeing everyone hauling this from the DT. Essie Sleek Stick nail designs. I only bought this one because I didn't want to go crazy in there so I just picked one to try.

They also had a few Maybelline Color Show nail polish. I got the 'crackle' one in 'Purple Possibilities'  Oh, for the Essie Sleek Stick I got it in 020. It doesn't have a name that I can tell.

That being said...I have slowly started buying more beauty products little by little. I'm getting new storage in the next two months so I have been easing up on my banned so to speak.

Another set of things I've been buying is pain relief things because I've been having a lot of arm/wrist pain. I've always had this since I was about sixteen. It goes away and comes back and it can become so painful that I can't move my wrist even the slightest. The Dollar Tree also has amazing pain relief pads for your back and shoulders I've been using and need to pick up more of as it only comes with one in each pack.

Food,food,food,and food. Well,drinks and snack related products I have found at the Dollar Tree that love more than some name brand products I've come across in stores.

I love the Cappuccino Supreme in Mocha and French Vanilla. I have been stocking up on these for the Winter. I saw they have Iced Mocha from the brand so I plan to try that out.

Okay, Now, I have just the miscellaneous products. Stuff I got just because...that happens a lot.

 Halloween decorations. These little boxes were too cute for me to pass on.

I picked up another puzzle I saw today at the DT. They have some really nice ones there I found a super cute Disney one and some Christmas ones that I didn't put in this haul along with others because I already put the stuff away.

 These I saw about a month ago and was so excited. I bought every single one they had. I saw on  instagram there's another one with her and her cat,Meredith. I NEED THAT ONE.

For those of you 'Dollar Tree' fans out there one way I've been using when it comes to DT is following Dollar Tree instagram's and the Dollar Tree tag. I find a lot of new products that are coming into Dollar Trees as well as coupons to get that you can use to get free products. You can also follow me on Instagram I post an overview haul picture and Dollar Tree Wishlists. If you want a review on any of the products I mentioned here in the haul leave me a comment below.

If any of you do Dollar Tree Hauls or anything like that feel free to let me know, I'm always looking for more fellow Dollar Tree people to follow!

Weekly Updates: {LIFE THINGS,YOUTUBE,RED LIPSTICK,PROJECT PAN}

Hola Chicka's it's been a little while since my last post and I'm sorry for that. I've been crazy busy lately. I'll have a video up sooner rather than later on my youtube page explaining that. Until then, you'll see a fluctuation of me on this blog. I have some ideas in the works for this page as well as my youtube channel.

Right now I just want to say I do have a post idea set-up for tomorrow on here on my favorite 'Red Lipsticks'. So, if you're a beauty lover like myself you might enjoy that. It will probably be very picture heavy! I also do plan to do more hauls on this page in the upcoming weeks. I did just go to the Dollar Tree the other day and bought a few products but most of it is all packed up. I do plan to do a 'Products I've hit Pan on' post soon. I want to do a project pan again but right now probably isn't the best time for me to do so because it didn't work out the best last time.

I said I have plans for my youtube channel in the future. I want to redo everything. My editing style,my content,and the QUALITY. So, I need a new camera and that's why my youtube videos were taken down and in the new few months between November through January. I do plan to get a new camera that'll take great pictures and do a decent video . I want a Canon but that's a little out of my reach for the time being...maybe next year. (If I'm lucky!)

I want to do more TV and Movie reviews on my YT in the future. I have so much going on but 2015 will be a good year for the blog and the YT channel. Until then, it'll be slower on here because I DO have a lot going on and that won't ease up until January. I Also have another thing that'll happen after January in March. I can't wait to talk  to you guys about the new things I have going on and planned but for now. It'll be little tidbits. So, hopefully a blog post a week!

FINGERS CROSSED.

Big Brother 16 : Week 6 Double Eviction Recap

Tonight was a crazy night. Two evictions wrapped into one and I loved every minute of the craziness. (Partly because I'd love to be on this show sometime.) This week went better than I expected it to go. As we saw on Wednesday nights episode it looked like Zach was going home and if you watch the Live Feed's you'd know he had just about both feed out the door. 

Luckily for Zach Attack 'Nicole and Hayden's' plan up and went into flames. They wanted Zach out and everyone was on board. Frankie looked a little lost after being told he was going out the door but in this game you don't question people too much or you'll be next on the block. 

Zankie lives another day as Zach gets as 6-2 vote. Donny,Nicole,and Hayden look stunned. They were huddled around the table next to Cody and Derrick. Probably trying to get a read on why things happened the way they did. Up next is the second eviction of the night but first is the HOH competition.

The Head of Household is a Math related competition based on things that happened in the house so far. The Head of Household is Caleb but that won't last long as Nominations are next. You seen Frankie skipping and Zach twerking as Nominations are getting set up. You can feel the tension between in the air from the looks Derrick and Cody share. I'm sure the night will end chaotic. Either,Donny, Nicole,or Hayden WILL be leaving the Big Brother house and on their way to jury. 

The Nomination ceremony has begun and Caleb has nominated none other than Hayden and Donny. Now onto the live Veto competition. Hayden is probably thinking of his revenge plan for if he gets off. I honestly, hope that it's him that is leaving to the jury. Mainly because he can be really offensive in some of his comments. I also think once he's gone Nicole won't have anyone and she'll be easier to get out.

The Veto competition has begun and the people playing in the VETO competition is Caleb,Hayden,Donny,Victoria,Zach,and Christine. The competition is one in which the players have to run into a ball pit filled with balls and rubber ducks hidden deep in and the first person who has three ducks wins the Power of Veto. Zach and Caleb were close behind following Donny. The Veto competition winner is Donny. 

The nomination has changed as Donny took himself off the block and Nicole is put up in it's place. Nicole looks like she's about to cry. This will be more than interesting to see who's going to be gone. Nicole or Hayden? I bet you guys didn't see this coming you fruitloopdingus!

The houseguests have begun to cast their votes and it's looking close for eviction tonight. Nicole and Hayden throwing people under the bus. Knew that was going to happen. It's going to be a close vote tonight. Hayden is evicted from the Big Brother house with a vote of 5-2. Lots of fighting going on after Hayden is evicted.

All, I can say is Sunday's episode will be nothing but crazy. For more insight check out the live feed on CBS.com or check back for Sunday's recap.

How To: Getting Started in Free Products and What Sites to follow

I thought this post of all would be a nice start for you guys. I actually get this question a lot through my facebook,instagram,and in my personal life. So, I thought maybe it was time I did a video on this. Which will be at the bottom of this post. That will have more details which are harder to explain  written.

What I am going to talk about in the post is how to get started in getting free products and coupons. Things of that variety.  For what sites to follow and such I'll leave links below but I will mainly talk about that and how they work in the video.

So, first thing you might want to do that I didn't and it messed me up is make a email just for freebies. I know of many people and youtubers who make a few so they can get more of that same product. I don't do that because It's extra work and I know that it'll come back around in a few weeks to months later.  If you do want extra but don't want to make multiple emails you can always try to have one sent to your house and one sent to one of your family members or a P.O Box. Then you'll get two,I believe. I've done this once or twice. Just make sure your family members know that it's yours.

Another thing you want to do is make sure you have a basket,drawer,bin,etc. Something to store your freebies in. If you're anything like what I am or some other freebie lovers. You have a drawer filled of your free products. I have three different sets of the 3-Tier-Drawers. You can get them from Walmart,Target,Online stores like Amazon, and Dollar General. For my storage of stuff and organization, I'll save that for another post.

If you don't feel comfortable with giving out your first and last name you can give a fake one. Just make sure your address is correct otherwise you'll never get it sent to you.

The Last thing I'm going to touch upon on here is sites I think are wonderful and you should check out. Once again, I'm not going to go in depth of them. Check out the video for all the site details. I'm just going to list the site and what it is.

smiley360.com : This site is a 'Try Products and Review them' So, for this site you do a small survey and that will say if you qualify for campaign. Once you get in and get your product,you'll get to try it and keep it for free. But, you'll have to review it, talk to people about the products.

CrowdTap : This site is a "Try Products and Review them and Host Parties". You get to do the same thing as Smiley360 however this site also has House Parties where you get a large amount of products and have to invite people over and share the product and just have a little party.

BzzAgent : This is a "Try Products and Review them". Same as The two sites I've talked about. This one I have been with the longest out of the top two. So, It's very easy for me to work with and understand.

Influenster : This is a "Try Products and Review them" I've been with this one just as long as BzzAgent. I don't remember which I joined first. This is a site where you can now either get to try one single product and review or from time to time they have these 'boxes'. They call them 'VoxBoxes' (I'll post a picture below of what one of my previous one looked like. With those boxes you get a mix of different products to try and review and then win more prizes.

If you want to sign up through my links that'd be great. I get a point for each person who uses it.

My Links
Smiley360
for an invite for Influenster tweet me on twitter and I'll email you.

Those a the main sites I check with. There are many many more I go to daily so check out the video below for more chances to get free products and some other people I know that are great to follow if you love freebies.

Weekly Update: {Getting the Blog Up,Finding Carter,What to Expect}

Hello all you lovely people. I finally am getting back to blogging it's been so long since I've kept up with one. I think now is the perfect time. So, this is one of the sections I'll have on my blog. I'll get into this a little bit later on. Since this is my first post. I just want to touch upon a few things for everyone who's coming across my page and wanting to know what I'm all about.

Let me start off with who I am as a person. No, this isn't my life story about to come out. I'll just talk a bit about myself.

My name is Alyssa, I'm nineteen and am way too passionate about things than I should be. I love everything about Television and Film. I put myself into these two arts when I watch them I fall for the characters and almost feel their pain. I want to get involved in the entertainment industry in the future so that's one reason I feel so strongly about those things.

I'm also a Freebie and Coupon fanatic. I'm nowhere near 'extreme' when it comes to couponing. I do enjoy saving and am trying to get better at it and get higher savings. So, you can expect that from me. I am not a great couponer so I probably don't post much of that except if I find a good deal and thing you'd want to know about it. I'll post about it most likely on my instagram which you can find somewhere on my page. I will try to post about it on here.

I spoke a bit of my love for films, I'm going back to that because I will have a section about that on this page. So,for those of you who are interested  Movies and TV Shows this is for you. I will be doing recaps on some of the shows I watch. Not all my favorites just a few because I watch so many and don't have enough time for me to review all of them. I'll recap my favorite shows like Finding Carter,True Blood, and Big Brother for right now. Once Pilot season comes up in the Fall I will most likely review Gotham and a few other new shows.

Another section I'll be having is on Pet related stuff. Products to have your furry friends try and I'll also post possibly weekly-biweekly freebie friday videos on my youtube. I'll be reviewing products on here. I'll also have a video coming up about freebie sites to check out.

I love beauty and anything related to hair care so I'll have some of that going on here as well as small touch of craft/home decor. This page will be a mix of all the things I love and what I love to do in my free time!
So, if you like any of the following I talked about. Follow and I'll see you soon.