working hard pays off

 Working hard is an expression that is used way too much in my opinion: people use it with sarcasm thinking that it's nearly impossible to work hard. I honestly think that working hard is possible, most people are just too lazy to work hard and they just wanna make it easy thinking that the final result will be the same. But that's completly wrong because when you work hard, the final result is completely different. It might be harder but it really pays off. 

No matter what's your goal, if you wanna reach it, you have to work hard. That's it, no secret magic or anything, you just have to be focused.

My future starts today

Today my teacher assigned the places where we'll make a 2-weeks-stage (in the tourism area obviously) and I've been picked to work on the "City Sightseeing Bus". For those who don't know: it's a bus that makes the tour of the city (Milan) showing the main monuments and the famous places
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I am honesty really excited because that's going to be my first real job experience I'll be in contact with people from all around the world, so I'll be able to speak english, russian, french and italian obviously. 

For now I know that it will be in february and they'll tell me the details after Christmas break. I seriously can't wait because my future starts here

The Sightseeing Bus

New year's resolutions | 2015

It's december, Christmas is almost here and 2015 is as well. 

Every year I make a list of resolutions for the year that is coming, but I hardly ever complete it (i usually lose the list in february lol). But this year I decided to make a list and post it here and I'll do my best to actually do the things I wrote down and I'll update this post every time "a wish comes true" and I'll eventually add some new resolutions.

So here's my list:

1) lose weight (I'm pretty sure everyone puts this one of their list every year lol)

2) visit London and/or Paris

3) turn 18 and realize that nothing has actually changed 

4) go on the top of the Duomo di Milano

4) read all Arthur Conan Doyle's books about Sherlock Holmes

5) have my first job experience (I wanna do a stage in a hotel or stuff like that)

6) wear a dress or a skirt on an ordinary day (this one's gonna be hard ahah) 

7) buy a new coffee machine

8) stop delaying things

9) take a plane (this is really weird but I never took a plane)

10) appreciate the little things

11) see at least one live concert

12) Go to Expo2015

13) see the EMAs live

I'm gonna update this list in the next few days and then, in 2015, I'll do my best to make these things come true :)

Every single city in the world has beauty, you just need to discover it.

I'm pretty sure that no one completely likes the city where they live, but this doesn't mean that that it isn't beautiful, it just mean that you haven't seen its beauties.

So please go out there and see places of your city that you have never seen and fall in love with them.

Christmas time in Milan

I made a lovely video about Christmas in Milan (:

Taking chances | starting a YouTube channel

A few month ago I decided that I would've start making YouTube videos, but I never made them. I haven't made them for a lot of reasons, but I have to admit that those were just excuses. The real reason why I didn't make them is because I wasn't confident enough. Today I decided that wanted to make them anyway so that's what I did.

I did a video called "CHRISTMAS TAG". If I have to be honest, I'm not confident at all with it and I know that my accent is really weird and stuff, but I published it anyway because I'm kinda tired of waiting 

I know that it's not going to be popular or thing like that, but I've been inspired by Connor's video and to finally do it.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

My relationship with my flaws

When I was younger, I thought that I was pretty just because I had blue eyes, when I grew up and I realized that I was wrong. Growing up, I started to notice my flaws and I started counting them all and everyday I could've find some new ones and it led me to hating myself for having them.

When I was about fourteen, my self-esteem was pretty low and I didn't feel pretty enough or skinny enough.

I was really influenced by television, by all the nice actresses and singers. I must admit that most of these girls were from Disney Channel.

But, growing up, I started realizing that I wasn't the only one who felt this way and I realized that the ones I thought were perfect weren't that perfect.

Now I'm seventeen and I'm learning to appreciate myself. I can't say that I'm completely confident and things like that and I must admit that I still have days when my self-esteem is really low and I don't even feel comfortable going out and seeing people, but I'm trying to love myself as much as can.

I personally love music and I always rely on it, this case isn't an exception: a have a few song that describe perfectly how I feel when I don't feel confident at all. These are the mains: 

• Tied Together With a Smile by Taylor Swift

• I feel pretty/unpretty  by Glee Cast

• The Lucky One by Taylor Swift

Writing this post has been a little uncomfortable, but I think that a lot girls and young women need to know that they aren't the only ones to feel this way and I also hope that this post made someone smile :)

And remember this: everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

It's always a great pleasure seeing Ed Sheeran live

here's a video I made

Sometimes it's hard to be yourself but it's definitely worth it

Who knows me knows that I am pretty quite person. That doesn't mean that I don't like having fun, it means that I don't like having fun in certain ways. This means that I'm not the average "party girl" who likes going to clubs, drink and stuff like that. I like having out with genuine people who can make me feel "okay" in ordinary ways. Unfortunately I don't know a lot of genuine people because most of my 'friends' like having fun by "getting wasted" so they go to clubs every saturday night and 'get wasted'.

As I have already said, I'm not that kind of person, but last week on Halloween I decided to go to a big club with some friends. Big mistake. 

I'm not gonna tell all the details, but I swear that it was, for me, really really really boring. I don't understand why people like drink, smoke and make out with random strangers. Like, what's the point? That's absolutely not what having fun is for me. 

At the end of the night I was the only one who was sober and that's the reason why I got a little 'isolated' from my group. It wasn't a pleasant situation, but I'm proud of myself because I could've give up and start drinking to fit in the group, but I didn't: I stayed true to myself. 

PS. I don't think that drinking is wrong if you do it with the right people and if you it consciously, but I honestly think that if you drink to look 'cool', then your life is a little pathetic.

What do you think about this topic?

  

Nail Trends Autumn/Fall 2014

These collections came up a few months ago and we all have already seen them, but we probably don't even remember most of them so i decided to summarize the main collection.

CHANEL

Chanel came up with three new colors: Orage, Secret and atmosfphère 

My favorite is the "631 Orage", "storm" in french. It's a really dark blue with hints of dark gray with a slight shimmer.

It think it look amazing on rainy days.

Then there's a nude color "625 Secret". I personally love nude colors because they are comfortable, elegant and chic. But it's also true that I have tons of nude colors so I didn't really expect a lot from this one, well I was wrong. When you wear it you see that it's a perfect balance between pink nude and yellow nude. This one definitely goes to my top five of nude colors. 

The last nail polish Chanel came up with is the "629 Atmosphère". When you see it in the bottle it's not that obvious, but it's a "iridescent peral", as it's described". It's semi- sheer and duochrome that shifts from gold to pink. It can also be used a top coat.

DIOR

Dior came up with four/five new colors: 902 Bar, 796 Carré bleu, 254 Rose tutu and 206 Pied-De-Poule. It also came up with a box with some nail products  called "Nail Artistry Box"

The 902 Bar is a really dark blue that look black and it has some nearly invisible shimmer with a glossy finish.
I can be used on important events, but also on ordinary days because in my opinion it's really "versatile".

 It's a slightly blue color with the gel shine formula. 

It's really autumnal, but I honestly think that it's hard to wear it.

The 206 Pied-De-Poule a "dark" nude color. It's not a classic pink or yellow nude you see around, this one is much more mature. 

It's has a quite glossy finish. 

I think that some would define this one as the "perfect nude"

I left my heart in Ukraine

How to improve a bad day

"Everybody has those days, everybody knows what I'm talking about" sang the young, sweet and innocent Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus back in 2006 in her song Nobody's Perfect and she was right because we all have those days when we are basically depressed for no reason and we don't even know why, don't we?

I decided to do a little list of the things I like doing when I'm sad for no reason (and yes, it's usually a sunday)

1) see a nice movie

I am a big movie-lover and I have a pretty big DVD collection so I just choose a movie that I'm 100% sure will cheer me up. 

As I have already said, I love a lot a lot of movies and I wanted to pick just three. I was a really hard challenge but I chose these ones: LOL (the 2012 one, with Miley Cyrus), New Year's Eve and The Perks of Begin a Wallflower

2) go for a walk

Go for a walk, just like that. It might sound stupid but it really helps. You can choose the closest park you find or you can go to some parts of your city where you've never been. I personally love going around the city with no destination because I always find really love places and I feel like a tourist 

If you find a nice park you can hang out there and, why not, hug a tree if you feel like it ahah

look at this awesome murals I found once

3) call a friend
sometimes we feel like nobody can undestand us, but we're wrong: if we only tried to talk to our friends we'd notice that. So just call a friend and try to talk with them

4) tidy your room / organize stuff

How may times have you thought that your room would look much better if it was just a little different? Well, to me it happens a lot and usually when I have an idea for improving my room I write it down somewhere so, when I have some free time, I just do it. 

You can improve your room with little  stupid things like hanging some pictures on the wall, adding some new lights or with little diy projects.

5) new band

I personally love music and I love discovering new music so sometimes I just go on YouTube and listen to some music that I've never hear before and maybe get a little obsessed with the singer/band opsss. Anyway finding out new music can be really enchanting

6) sleep

Sleep is a really important part of our day and sometimes when you haven't slept well you fell a little down, so I suggest to have a little nap because it really does help!

7) cook

I am personally terrible at cooking, but doesn't mean I can't try! Sometimes I go on random cooking sites and see some recipes and, in some cases, I try them. (Most of the times I fail, but those are just details ahah)

Now that we're getting closer to winter and Christmas I'm looking forward to find some Christmas recipes yay

Id you cook you don't just spend time, you can actually relief  you mood because there are some foods such as almonds and peanuts are scientifically proven to make you feel better

8) study/ read a book

I'm a little bit nerd so I love reading books and/or study school stuff because I think that our knowledge is the most precious thing that we can have and no one will ever be able to take it away from us

9) visit a museum

This is also a "nerdly" thing, but I like so much visiting museums because I just  love learning new things and museums, if properly  visited can be really interesting, you just have to give it a try! And most cities have museums that give free visits on some days so you don't even have to spend money

Fall essentials

When fall and the cold arrive it means that we need to update a little out closet and maybe add some products to our make up collection. I decided to make a little list of the things that I personally love for the fall time.

LIPS

The really first thing I like doing when it starts getting cold is buying new lip-products because when it gets cold our lips become a little.. cracked so it's really important to take care of them.

As first thing I wanna show you my favorite lip scrub.

It's a Lush product and in Italy it's called"Labbrividisco", if I'm not wrong it's called "Mint Julips" in the UK. 

It has actual sugan in it and you can eat it! delicious!

labello, labello, maybelline

Of course I always hydrate my lips and these are my favorites lip balms

A62 Clinique, 04 "on the catwalk" Essence,
02 "all you need is red" Essence, 87 Kiko

But my favorites lip products are lipsticks!
I have soooo many fall lipstick, but in the end I decided that these 4 are the ones I love most.

 NAILS

For this time of the year I like using some nude colors (as the Chanel and the L'oréal ones), I also like wearing some purple and red because it starts to feel a little Christmasy (is that even a word? ahah). But my favorite thing is matte nails so I use a lot of matte  top coats like the H&M one you can see in the picture

FASHION 

When I think about fall fashion, the first thing that comes in my mind are sweaters! 

I love them sooooo much and I'm going to do a post about them!

 The scars are aso really important for the season because let's say the truth: nobody wants to get a cold!

They look soooo small ahah

Last but not least: BOOTS
I have really tiny feet so for me it's really hard finding nice boots, but last week I went shopping and I found a pair from "Ecco" that I really like!

Autumn

Fall is finally here and it will be with us until the 21st of December.

Some people hate it because it starts getting cold and it rains a lot. 

Some people love it because everything looks cozier and because you can drink hot stuff (tea and coffee) without risking to burn yourself ahah.

I personally love it because it means that we're closer to CHRISTMAS!

Who knows me knows that I love (I'm obsessed with) Christmas 

I also love wearing sweaters beacuse they're really cute, comfortable and warm

An another reason to love autumn is HALLOWEEN 

And as some of you may know, Taylor Swift releases an album every two years at the end of October and yes, this year is THAT year. So I, as Taylor's fan, am so exited to hear all the songs from 1989! 

Then, the ones who love The Hunger Games, know that in november will be able to see "The Mockingjay pt.1" !

So yes, i'm pretty excited for fall, what about you?

The Cinnamond Challenge - SamKingftw & DrewIsSharing

Sam & Drew meet up!

Today the youtubers SamKingftw and DrewIsSharing did a meep up in Milan and since I'm pretty obsessed with youtubers I couldn't miss.

When they arrived I hugged Drew, made a picture with him and I bought his bracelet. Then I gave Sam my phone and we took a few selfies.

Sam and Drew has been really nice and they took at least one picture with every person that was there. They have been really available and, honestly, I didn't really expect it. They didn't just take pictues, they also kissed fans, hugged them and talked with some of them on the phone. Sam also twerked lol.

After a while they made some challenges like the cinnamond challenge and the chubby bunny. Sam called Alfie, Joe and someone else because he wanted to do the "prank calling youtubers" but nobody answered ahah. They they did a really tiny Q&A.

Here's some of the pictures I took:

I also randomly met them saturday night ahah

I also did some videos and I'll probably post them in the next days (:

Hello people :)

Hi everyone, my name is Inna, i'm 17 and I live in Italy since I was 7.
I'm trying to create my future by studying tourism and economy, but I'm also trying to deal with all the issues that come with the fact of begin a teenager. I'm going to use this blog as a sort of diary where I can share my thoughts, my ideas, my fears and maybe I'll end up inspiring someone one day.

I will write on this blog at least once a week and every week I'll choose a color that represents the past few days.