The Beginning of Everything Book Review.

hi, hello.  This is a new thing i"m starting and i would love your feedback, its something I've been considering doing for a while so I figured why not just do it.   Ronny, xo

Title: The Beginning of Everything (Also known as Severed Heads, Broken Hearts)
Author: Robyn Schneider
Pages: 335
Published: 27th August, 2013 By Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance, Coming of Age, Realistic Fiction
Source: Purchased with own Money
Rating: ★★★★ / 4 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life.
No longer a front-runner for Homecoming King, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Cassidy is unlike anyone Ezra’s ever met, achingly effortless, fiercely intelligent, and determined to bring Ezra along on her endless adventures.
But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread. And now he must consider: if one’s singular tragedy has already hit and everything after it has mattered quite a bit, what happens when more misfortune strikes?

Personal Review: I'm going to be completely honest with you, I haven’t read a whole book in a single day for a few years. The Beginning Of Everything begged if not pleaded for you to keep turning the pages. Though I will give you fair warning now, this is not your average coming of ages novel. If you are looking for a book that whisks you away into a world that defies reality, this isn't for you. This won't make you spend your days dreaming of that person that will sweep you off your feet and make your entire life perfect. It will however open your mind, it will slam reality in your face in such a way you won't be able to put the book down.
In saying all this, as much as I love books that give you, even for a little while, a sense of beauty and hope, I think I preferred this. The realism of everyday life was played out strongly, as well as the angst that every 15-17 year old happens to go through in a typical coming of age novel. The idea that love, and lovers despite their pure love of one and other won't always end up together without the tragedy of death is a little bit refreshing.
Robyn wrote this book for today's teens and as much as I think that appropriate for now, in 10 years will it just be a book at the back of a book shelf? Maybe.
Its hard to compare this to any one particular author, but there’s a great chance that is you love John Green you'll have an opinion on this book. Negative or Positive only you'll be able to make that choice.
Its definitely a 'I want to read a book but I don't want something that I have to think to much about' type of book, and that’s why it was so easy to read in a day. Why a high rating you may ask. For what this book is, its worth it.
It's no Catcher in the Rye, but it deserves credit for being real, well as real as the world inside a teenagers head can be. The writing is beautifully executed, its witty and punny, it gives you everything you need in a YA book. That’s why this is 4/5, its not a classic, but it is beautiful

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"You don't need makup"

Now, this isn’t something I hear often, but I often witness it being thrown around as a compliment. Stop. Wearing Make up should never be about whether you do or don’t need too. It’s about wearing it because you want too. This goes the same for when people say you should never wear make up to impress someone. If you want too, then you should. But for no other reason. If you think enhancing your natural beauty is something you want to do whether going on a date or going to the super market. Then you go for it, wear it with pride. If it makes you confident, if it makes you happy, if it makes you look in the mirror and be able to say “hey, I don’t look so bad” then you do whatever you please. No one needs make up, we want make up. That’s the bottom line, and whether you want to or not is up too you. But it does not and will not define how beautiful you are.
And you are beautiful.
I know people don’t realize how tacky “you don’t need make up” sounds, yes you are intending to tell someone that they are beautiful with out it. But it often (well at least in my head) comes off as “you look stupid wearing make up” I don’t care if people think I need it or not. I covered my face in whatever I please because it makes me happy.
You should always do what makes you happy! 
This is something I wrote on my Tumblr a few months ago, I got quite a positive response to it on there but considering this is not only my beauty blog, but my writing blog, I figured it would be appropriate to leave it here too. Now that I read back on it, the wording could've been a lot better, but i've left it unchanged because it still puts the point forward that I wanted to make.  Just remember how beautiful you are, make up or not. I hope you are all having a wonderful day, and sorry about my lack of posts.  Also you can follow my blog with Bloglovin if thats something you might enjoy doing, it would make me smile loads. 

 Ronny, xo

Blood of thy enemies. (Red Lipstick)

hi, hello.

Todays post is about my obsession with  (mostly red)  lipstick.
It may or may not be a massive problem.......for my bank account. :P
I spent a lot of my youth making sooooooooooooooo many make up mistakes, especially back in my obsessive goth days *shudder* But, one thing I did do right was pick up my first tube of Red Lipstick, it actually wasn't even mine. So thanks friend for leaving it at my house! I'd been wearing horrible cheap black lipstick A LOT back then, but I remember the first time I ballsed up and wore a striking red lip in public, it was like compliment central. They always say when something makes you feel good, keep doing it, well red lips was that thing, I guess its almost a signature of mine now.
Its a choice that i know a lot of Beauty people would gasp at, but its in my every day makeup routine.
I honestly just don't suit nudes/pinks etc, I'm so Ghostly white that red stands out so much better, especially with my generally darker eyes.

(Top Row: Lime Crime Velvetine- Red Velvet, ModelCO- Kitty [this is musky pink but it was free], Rimmel Acpocalypse- Stellar, Chanel Rouge Allure- 104 Passion, Kate Moss by Rimmel- 107 x2 [matte], Lime crime- Glamour 101, MAC- MAC red [satin], Revlon- 477 Black Cherry, Australis Velourlips- NY-CEE, elf Matte Lip Colour- RichRed, Second Row: Lime Crime- Styletto [this is Black mostly used for halloween], Maybeline Super Stay 14 Hr-065 Ravishing Red, Kate Moss by Rimmel- 111 Kiss Of Life [matte], L'Oreal Infallible-312 Ravishing Red, KLARA cosmetics SAMPLE- 03 & 05, MAC- Ruby Woo [matte], Kate Moss by Rimmel- 10, Maybeline- 645 Red Revival, Rimmel Moisture Renew- 330 Sloane's Plum, Revlon- 477 Black Cherry [back up still in package because i love it so], Rimmel- 170 Alarm) 
So, this is my not so impressive collection at the moment, i've been delving into wines/plums a lot lately since its heading into winter soon, much like reds, these darker colours just fill me with a new level of confidence. I have such an itching for more, I can't go very many places without picking more up.
I think red is a very hard colour to pull off, its a very daring and bold colour if you aren't confident in doing it. You either have to wear it with pride or not wear it. Its just one of those staple pieces that makes me feel put together when i'm rushing out the door. I would definitely recomend the Kate Moss by Rimmel if you are looking for something to start you off, or MAC's MAC red. I sometimes doubt my own choices, trust me, but I have to stick with my gut, if it makes me happy, thats all I can ask for.

If you would like some swatche's either on the lips or on the hand let me know, and i'll try and make that happen.

Are you a bold lip person? Whats your favourite part of wearing a bold lip? Whats your go-to or Holy Grail shade/brand? I'm really open and interested in some new stuff to add too this collection.

Leave a comment or throw us a follow and lets chat about all the glorious wonders of lipstick.

Ronny, xo

Catch up.

Hi hello.

Its been quite a while, I'm sorry. Its the last 15 minutes of the first day of April, so, I came to make promises that I know I cant keep. I want to start by making at LEAST 1 post a week here. *snorts*
But honestly, I think I NEED to do this. I can slowly feel my intellect diminishing, and my ability to write things that even make a slither of sense disappearing. Being stuck at home for the last year and a bit is driving me crazy, I never thought I could get sick of being at home, and being lazy, but I am.  I'm sick of being treated like a lazy teenager, and I'm sick of being blatantly fucked around by hospitals.
Very few good things have come out of the last year, but I have discovered my love for many things, things that I am thinking about studying for a while.

Other then that, you haven't missed much.
There was my birthday, and this Soundwave. Oh soundwave, I miss this.
I forgot to tell you about that, my favourite person from my favourite band knows who I am.
No big deal.
I've been running this fansite for him since i met him in 2011, and when i mentioned it too him he gave me the biggest, warmest most sincere hug ever. Told me he remembered me from last time.
I cant even begin to tell you how much this meant to me during a year that's slowly collapsed around me.
Music means a very big deal to me, I fall in love with bands and become ver emotionally invested in them. I've been lucky enough to meet so many people I adore, but this was the honestly perfect.

Anyway, if I keep rambling, i'll run out of things to talk about for the next few weeks.
I hope wherever you are you are having a good day

Ronny. xo

Thoughts.

Hi, hello. Always fall in love with your best friends. The way you fall in love with books and movies. I don't mean have a relationship, I just mean fall in love with them. Realize they will be forever there for you, just like your favorite band, or that character on that show you like. I've been so lucky to get two soul mates and I'm only just 21. They are just like any other relationship ship, but we are mostly kidding when we make sexual advances. They will be the loves of my life, they may come and then may leave, but they'll have a place on my heart that is so much more special then any other friend. Fall in love with the way the make you laugh, or the look on their face when you haven't seen them in a while. With those super long hugs, or when they come to because you make them feel so safe. Don't just love you best friend, fall in love with them. Love them unconditionally and eternally.

Sorry I've even so quite lately, I've had a few blah weeks and just haven't been in the right state of mind to make sense of words. Though I promise the beauty part of this is coming soon. I'll have a haul possibly soon. But I had a wonderful day on Tuesday (the 4th) as it was my birthday and although it was quite, it was good. I feel so loved and humbled. I surround myself with such stunning people, sometimes I don't think I deserve them.
That bit I wrote up there was something I came up with in the middle of the night after receiving the first text of my birthday from my best friend, and it stuck with me as my other best friend texted me later on. There are two people I've been lucky enough to love in my life, and these are definitely it. Never ever take them for granted, no matter how much you sometimes want to strangle them, they'll be there for you in the blink of an eye. I'll definitely be uploading some snaps from my ever so exciting 21st which is this weekend, and I made a beautygram @fromcatstoconcealer if you are on instagram, follow me. I'm going to keep this short, some of my keys have stopped working and it's sending me crazy.

Ronny, x

1:45 am.

Hi, hello. 
For the first time I came here without something to write about, but i just wanted to write. I get a  bit weird when I have nothing to write about, I feel like there should be something important enough floating around my brain that could always do with over analysing. But for the first time in a very long time, I'm not over analysing something someone said to me or the fact I haven't spoken to such and such in so many days. I'm not allowing these things to fill my mind. I think one of the biggest things that lead me down hill so fast last year was I allowed myself to over think everything. I wanted people to care about me the way I spent so much of my time caring about them, and when it didn't happen I assumed it was my fault, that I wasn't a good person, and that I didn't deserve them in my life. However, I promised myself this year I was going to become a positive thinker, I was going to allow my mind to be free and peaceful and let my life follow. It may not be something I can realistically keep up for a long time, I mean the second I find out something that pisses me off, I still shut down completely. But, I guess I'm talking myself into being okay with it. Not every bad moment in my life has to end with me in my bed not wanting to get up for days and weeks on end. I don't like looking back and remembering how cynical I was. I've become quite fascinate with the workings of Buddhism, and despite my disinterest in religion of any sort, I think it may be something I can slowly incorporate into my life. Just to clean out my mind, body and soul. Would you look at that, I managed to ramble about nothing again for a while. Oh my.
I've become hopelessly in love with this band called Passenger, his album "All the Little Lights" is just hitting home right at this point in my life. I feel like I stumbled unto something by accident right at the point in my life that i needed it. Its so beautiful, and if you are into acoustic music, I guarantee you will love him.
Also Lorde, yup, she's been on repeat quite a bit too, mostly because Royals is really fun to dance too.
Surprisingly, I'm actually more of a metal head, its the music I always fall back on but sometimes I feel like, I want something that make me want to punch people. My music taste is very vast, is there anything you are enjoying lately? Or even your favourite band? I think the one thing I am disappointed with about this year, is I am unable to go back to school to study writing which is something I was very much wanting to do, but I can't afford it/ cant afford to loose my disability because of it/couldn't go to uni even if I wanted too because y'know disability and stuff. I'll explain about it one day, when I'm in a complaining mood or something. I don't think i can write, i never have. But i enjoy it, its much more comfortable then acting was (and acting WAS my comfort zone).
Photography has also helped my writing a lot, I'm looking at things through a camera lens instead of through my own eyes, It makes the world around me seem so distant. I promise I won't start calling myself a photographer. Boy have i missed having a constant creative outlet in my life.

Sorry for how scrambled this is, I basically just pulled my laptop out and let my finger dance and my mind wander, whereas the last two posts were planned and drafted. I'll try and make them a nicely edited extension of my brain in the future, maybe.
I was actually going to come on here yesterday and rant about something I saw on the news, but 2 posts in, I didn't really want to start splatting my opinion all over this thing. I've been on the Internet long enough to know that some opinions should just be left in my head. I've sure I'll get poked at enough one day that I will just rant on here. That's for another story. If you bothered to read this ridiculously lousy post then I applaud and thank you.

Ronny, x

The best things in life are free.

Hi, hello.

First and fore mostly, happy 2014. I hope how ever you chose/choose to bring the year in, that it was safe and surrounded by people you adore.
As I was laying on the grass of Flagstaff gardens in Melbourne, and as the people slowly grew, I started to people watch. (This is something I do a lot, it often gets me into trouble because I make faces when I'm accidentally staring, oops) and as the clock drew closer and closer to midnight, the atmosphere just exploded. Picture this, thousands of people surround by friends and strangers counting down at the top of there lungs for a year of complete unknowns, a year of trying, succeeding, failing, a year that we all hope we bring us joy, and that wasn't even the most magical moment. Fireworks and colours filled the black night sky, between the booms and the cracks the "DJ" was playing a song that's title is unknown to me, (if you live in Australia, you'll know it as the free tv song) but the lyrics that made my heart explode with smiles were these
"the best things in life are free"
I was smiling like a Cheshire Cat, colours and sparkles and people, hugging, kissing, smiling, laughing, and for the first time I realized just how magical the smallest things can be.
I'm not sad about seeing the end of 2013, frankly the year was awful. I walked away with a spark of confidence about who I am, and what I'm doing, but I won't miss the darkness. I'm not setting goals or resolutions this year, if I've got nothing, I've got nothing to lose. And that's what I'm walking into dark abyss of 2014 with. No expectations, of myself or of anyone. If good things happen, then it will be a surprise and when bad things happen I won't be such a mess. I'm just going to appreciate everything around me, the people I love, nature, beautiful things, seeing people smiling, the first sip of a good coffee and you get drift.
If I can pass one thing onto anyone today, that would be to walk into 2014 with a smile on your dial, and know that whatever happens you'll be okay.
I give anyone and everyone permission to point this back to me in a month when I'm down and feeling sorry for myself. It might not work, but that's okay.
Life's okay.
I hope, if you're reading this, you tell the next person you see that you love them or appreciate them. The best things in life are free, you just have to look around and listen.
I'm going to leave you with a few photos I took, I haven't quite mastered my fancy camera yet, but I'm trying and challenging myself. Aiming for a photo a day this year, help bring my creativity back into swing. I love the photo of the crowd, everyone is just silent and staring at the fireworks, and for a moment we were all one.
I'm going to leave you with that. Thank you if you take the time to read this, it means the world to me.
Smile, always smile.

Ronny, x