Over the last 5 years I’ve developed a lot of trust issues with red lipstick although its supplied me with some great memories of epic outfits and perfect makeup looks it’s also betrayed me, there have been countless times where I’ve put on a red lip that I thought was perfect that I later found out to make me look like a clown… and I don’t mean the kind of clown from your childhood that makes you a balloon animal and blows cute little bubbles at you I’m referring to the clown in your nightmares the one that wants to cut you up into little pieces, more like the clown from the season Freak Show by American Horror Story and no body wants to look like that.

So as a result of these traumatic lipstick scenarios I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect red lip and I can say that Ive both found it and haven’t found it at the same time, and here’s where I have to let you all know and beware spoiler alert, THERE IS NO PERFECT RED LIP !

That’s correct I can’t tell you what the perfect red lip is, it’s all circumstantial and by circumstantial I mean the perfect red lip depends on what skin tone you have, what blush you’re wearing and what colours and tones you’re wearing at the time. In saying that I’ve put together a variety of red lipsticks from a few different brands that perform perfectly they all have a slightly different tone and colour to match many different skin tones and colour ways.

1# Nars – Lana

            2# Mac- Lady danger 

                           3# Sportsgirl- Almost Famous

                     4#Chanel- La Somptueuse

        5# Nars- Annabella

       6# Mac- Ruby Woo

      7# Mac- So Chaud

Titel - #2 Unravel Me 

Author - Tahereh Mafi
Pages - 461
Language  - English 
Rating - 4 out of 5 

Author - Tahereh Mafi
Pages - 408
Language  - English 
Rating - 5 out of 5

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One thing that I appreciate so much about this series as a whole is not the beautifully crafted plot, nor is it the breathlessly striking characters. No, it's the fact that Ms. Mafi does not take the fact that she is writing for a younger audience and use it as an excuse to "dumb down" her writing. 

So many YA books are written in the most plain manner possible. It's a reoccurring theme within this genre that leaves younger readers like my self thinking, "Do they really think we aren't as literate as our elders?" I find this a very frustrating reality of most YA works, and although I truly love the genre, it is a huge problem for me. However, Ms. Mafi seamlessly and eloquently breaks out of this YA cage, so to speak, and enriches her audience with lush, lavish language and absolutely captivating imagery. 

When describing the Shatter Me trilogy, I like to describe the writing as "one giant metaphor".  I've never read a book that implants such rich imagery into the reader's mind through the use of continuous metaphors, or one that uses such complex vocabulary in such a tasteful way- one that doesn't make the novel seem like a textbook. Ms. Mafi does not treat her generally younger audience as being below her, or as being incapable of understanding such a beautiful prose. She treats us like mature, intelligent humans through her writing, and because of that, I hold such high respect for her. 

The Shatter Me trilogy is one that I would recommend to anyone that loves a well-rounded story that's packed full of action, suspense, and lots and lots of romance. This series almost borders between a romance novel and a dystopian. It is very romance-heavy, and the plot is largely driven by an (at times very angst-filled) love triangle. (Most of) the characters are extremely lovable and come to hold a special place in your heart by the time you reach the conclusion of the series. 

A small thing I wish would be added to the series to enrich it even further would be the addition of more humor, especially in Shatter Me.  Aside from side-character Kenji Kishimoto, nearly all the characters either have a very dry, sarcastic humor that is very scarce throughout the trilogy. The addition of more humorous moments would have made Shatter Me a bit more readable, but again, this is only a small critique and one could argue that the series is just as good without it. 

I’ve never been a fit or even a healthy person, don’t get me wrong I’ve had my moments where I took part in crazy health fads like skinny teas, smoothie only diets and lets not forget that time when I did the lemon detox and almost went bat shit crazy and died from starvation, but other than that I’ve never been a health conscious person.

However as of recent with the popularity of nutrition and health being on the rise I’ve started to become aware of the fact that maybe perhaps I need to be more health conscious.

In terms of weight loss and fitness I honestly believe that nothing works except hard work and eating healthy (well relatively healthy anyway, we cant be good all the time.) and I understand more than anyone how hard it is to wake up that half an hour earlier and go for a run or head to the gym, believe me when I say I know how it feels to hit the snooze button and close my eyes and go back to bed instead of just biting the bullet and getting straight into your workout. Going to the gym isn’t even the hard part, the struggle really beings when you go to eat that chocolate coated cookie that you know has a soft marshmallow centre with the perfect amount of strawberry jam that just crumbles and melts in your mouth, thats the hard part… and Ive often fallen victim to the concept of eating healthy for one day and waking up the next morning to find that I’m not skinny…? Unfortunately I’ve learnt that its just not that easy.

After coming to this heartbreaking realisation I made plans to begin a workout and fitness routine that would help me lose weight but more importantly help me to become fit and healthy. After about 2 minutes of research I got bored and turned to Instagram and after only 2-4 hours of scrolling through my feed I happened to be filled with lots of inspiration. A bonus is the fact that my bestie Minela also has the same mentality, and it just makes it a lot more fun to workout with a good friend <3 

I can already tell that the next 12 weeks will be hard and I’m assuming that it’s going to hurt to sit down for a little while but I can only hope that it wont kill me and maybe I’ll come out of this a slightly more healthy person.

xoxo Rim E. F.

Jon Snow