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    Ever since I started middle school, I've been blogging. (Granted it was a game blog for a game I was addicted to.) Throughout those 4-5 years that the blog was active, I found joy in blogging. However, as time past by, I stopped playing sed game and of course, stopped blogging. I started this blog to fulfill that desire to blog though I didn't where it would lead me. It's been a year since I started and I'm amazed how far I went and how far I still need to go. This post is dedicated to just that. 

    How have you grown as a blogger over the past year?
    When I started this blog, I didn't know what this blog would be about. 
    A year ago, I was lost having no idea where this blog would take me. I threw a dice and I ended up in beauty. This blog serves as my growth into the beauty community and has helped me learned so much. I probably wouldn't know what AHA or BHA is if I didn't make a post 'bout it. TBH. Oh, and my product photos have improved in my opinion.

    Why did you name your blog "WistfulBeauty"?
    The terminology of wistful is the longing for something. WistfulBeauty means the longing for beauty. This described me as a middle schooler.  I got acne earlier than all my peers, so that left me self-conscious. All the rude shiz that people said and hell even certain relative got to me. When I started high school, I started to seriously get into skincare. Plus it sounded better than my previous blog name. OOF THAT WAS A PROCESS JUST TO TRY TO CHANGE IT.

    Do you see yourself blogging for another year?
    That's a stupid question. If you haven't gotten the vibes of this post, then yes. I hope that I will still have a passion for blogging even after high school and I do hope I post more frequently. 

    What do you hope to improve in your blogging?
    There's too much to list. Getting better at using social media. (All Linked Below) Knowing how to flat layout 'cause those are gorgeous. Having better camera quality. ETC

    What do you hope people get out of your blog? 
    Helpful tips/advice oh and appreciate my shining personality...  ;) (pfft I'm an introvert)

    What is your favorite post you did throughout the years and why?
    K Beauty Cult Fave: BANILA CO CLEAN IT ZERO REVIEW 
    The whole process of creating this post was enjoyable. From swatching makeup to the struggle of taking the "perfect photo" of this cleanser
    Fashion WishList Haul 
    Stalking fashion website actually became helpful. Lol. Take that parents who said I was wasting my life :')
    Skin Food 101: Rice Water 
    Skin Food 101 was the first series I ever started on my blog. My favorite post I did from it was rice water. Rice= x3 Rice water was something incredible accessible to me as I eat/make it every day. It somehow made a chore more enjoyable. Plus I learned new ways on how to use rice water

    What do you wish people did on your blog? 
    I get comments here and there though I wish there was more engagement. To be clearer, I wanna know if the post was helpful or if I should elaborate on certain things.  This way  I could help better my content. 

    What would you say to an inspiring blogger?
    Don't do it for the wrong reason like money. Yes, I have ads in my blog but I bet more than 70% of you have ad-blocker and of that 30% who don't less than 1% will actually click. Thus why I'm a broke human. Instead of cash, do it cause you have a passion for blogging. 

    What would you say to your future self?
    Buy some cookies and binge eat those. Hope all the best as well

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    It's nearly the end of the year and I'm speechless which is pretty rare since I talk a mile a minute. The holidays are quickly approaching and ending meaning it's gonna be a new year which filled with uncertainty. 

    Three years ago, I would have never imagined that this would be my life. I would bluntly tell you that you were lying and to stop fooling around. I would have never believed that I would be sitting at a table filled with all my friends. I remember when I was a "senior" in middle school, one of my friends wrote something in the lines that I should make friends. I didn't have many friends in middle school. I was a pretty shy, awkward, and introverted person.
      
    It didn't help that I suffered from in a way cyberbullying. depression and other stuff. Around 7th, I fell into a depression where my life consisted of crying throughout my school day, skipping lunch and starving and just wanting it to end. My good friends moved and one of my friends that were still in the school told me so I guess you could say distance myself from the group. I guess it made sense at that time to distance myself, so I did. I sat at the edge of the table far from them. I cried and pressed my head down leaving red marks. I'm not going to go into detail of everything for now anyway. 

    It kinda breaks my heart and makes me a bit teary-eyed recalling my youth. Middle school truly does live up to its name and has been an adventure that will haunt me in my dreams and make me laugh time to time. It was a time of understanding who you were as a person and well I sadly didn't have a choice other than probe around my crumbling mentality. 

    The whole point is that sometimes heading into something new whether it be a new year or even a fresh mentality can be a good thing rather than negative just because it's filled with uncertainty. You just to have hope and it helps if you have a flashlight to guide the way. 

    It has been around 6 months since I have seriously tried to keep constantly posting on this blog and it means a lot when anyone checks out my blog for the very first time or for the tenth time. I couldn't imagine that I would get views all around from the world even if it's one. I do cherish them and I remember there was a time where I would write all the new countries down for keepsakes.  I find it amazing when countries around the world that don't have English as a dominant language check out my website and I find it more amazing that places, where my family is from like Vietnam, view my blog. It gives you a warm feeling inside. Thank you for all of your support!!! Follow my Instagram: thefallenwaddles. Til next year or til lunar new years.  

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    With each day there's a passing birthday and a holiday that's soon to be celebrated. It's December and it's the month of celebration. Following the festivities comes present or gift. It doesn't matter how you say it, cause they're all a just of bundle of joy. But let me be honest finding and getting a gift is quite stressful sometimes. It can be expensive and you don't know what to get the other person. Thus this guide was built! :p


    Photo Credit: UrHappyBunny


    Peripera - Peri's Ink The Velvet: 6.67
    A pigment lip stain that would last for an eventful day. It isn't drying on the lips and guides on well for even those chap lips. It comes in 18 colors and can be used for the gradient lip effect.

    Photo Credit: Yesstyle

    Hera's Place - Mini Schedule Note Pad $2.32
    No one has perfect memories and everyone one want to know what they have to do before it's too late. This is a portable notepad for reminders of the little things from homework to parties. For someone who needs an order or likes to maintain order in their life.
    Photo Credit: YesStyle

    A’ROCH - 925 Sterling Silver Threader Earrings Sterling Silver Necklace $7.51
    This is a  simple and beautiful necklace. It's dainty and can go with numerous outfits/style. The necklace is quite sturdy and comes in two colors.

    Photo Credit: YesStyle

    Momoi - Squeeze Ball $3.12
    These adorable squishes are so fun to play with. Intensely poke it or stretch it to relieve your stress or pass the time.You can put it in your room and decorate a shelf with it. There's  a variety of adorable animals and colors. 

    Photo Credit: J-SubCulture



    This eye mask will help soothe the eyes by heating up to 40 degrees Celsius. The mask emits a strong smell which will fade. This is perfect if they're traveling, having problem sleeping or are stress out with life.  

    Photo Credit: YesStyle

    FROME- Beret $6.56
    The beret is slowly becoming a trend these days. This adorable hat will make the outfit game jump. It comes in 19 colors and is a wonderful quality for the price

    Photo Credit: VampyVarnish
    Wet and Wild Megaglo Highlighting Powder
    With all the celebration, you can't forget a highlight. This highlight can be subtle and build up to be blinding. Also, the application of this is smooth. This is probably one of the best highlighters in the drugstore. 

    Photo Credit: aikaneko

    Innisfree - It's Real Squeeze Mask $3.12
     This is perhaps one of my favorite sheet masks in general. It gives your skin a pick me up from all the stress and everything. They're moisturizing and doesn't irritate the skin. There are 16 "flavors" which targets different skin concerns. Find the one best suited for the gift receiver. 

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    I hope these were helpful and I hope whatever special occasion is celebrated that it will an amazing experience and of course fun.

    -Some Links Are Affiliates meaning if you choose to buy the object I will get a small commission. You don't have to choose these links if you don't want to. This does help me keep my blog running along with Adsense. Thank you if you did and if you didn't, either way, thank you for reading my post! :)-

    Follow my social media: IG:thefallenwaddles 








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    Just a couple of days ago, the sole winner of the $700 million lottery was just announced and with that lottery fever slowly died down. I might never see a sight such as an ordinary woman purchasing $200 worth of lottery tickets in a single day, or to see my father race around Chinatown to purchase a single lotto ticket from numerous stores for the fun of it. This will be an image that will probably stick with me till my untimely death, but hey I'm only like a teen! I got years to go... I hope... (That turned dark)

    If you're curious about why I am talking about a lottery that no one can win, then I'll inform you. It made me think about this particular comment I read on Youtube one day which prompted a debate about this particular human being who happened to well known in the social media business and quite wealthy. This particular human being which I'm not going to name didn't feel contempt with their life at one point and felt pressured by society to act a certain way.  I noticed half of the replies to the comment was things such as, "Yes, because there are so many things to be depressed about when you made millions of dollars on stupid little things."


    This led to me to become curious about a question that has no true answer.

                                               "Does being wealthy bring happiness?"


    H-E double hockey sticks yes it does! (I'm basically saying Hell the way my Catholic school made us say it.) I mean I could pay off my loan, my mortgage, my house! Scratch that, I could sell my house and move into the nice part of New York City where thousands of tourist crowds around and there isn't any horrible traffic.  Wait that doesn't exist... New York traffic is cruddy. Plain cruddy.

     If you haven't caught on, I'm joking. I can't actually buy a lottery ticket now, can I? That would be an "illegal" action. Well unless I hire a certain somebody to make me a fake ID which I am of course joking again.  These are what I'm assuming are the thoughts that pass through the lottery buying human beings participating in this craze.

    Out of all seriousness, the idea of having money is fascinating. The ideas seem to be endless when you have a cash flow for once. You could buy a nice fancy car, clothes or even friends that are real as a unicorn. There are always two sides to every story though.

    My global teacher once told my small class a life lesson on greed and how it changed a family. I'm not actually sure if this story is actually true or false, but I'll tell you it anyway. There was a family who was like a tightly knitted glove, and by a miracle, they won a lottery.  This became the tipping point for the family. The once tightly knitted family that everyone knew broke and crumbled into pieces. Eventually, they became broke and homeless and the saddest part of all is when everything else failed they didn't have each other.

    This basically shows how sometimes money isn't meant to be in the hands of a select few. It's probably why rich people remain rich people. It's not like they burn through their cash like some of us will. Money is like a flame. If you're not careful with it, the flame could manifest and become uncontrollably. It would consume everything in its path whether past relationship, friendship and your sanity. However, if you learn how to tame the flame, it could transform into a fire which can be a tool to your disposable and help you through life.

    I'm now going to assume that not most of the human population is tempted or gullible enough to be consumed by the greed and think about what factors could being rich bring out. Here one, fake people.

    We all had our share of fake people at one point in our life. It's something we can't control and sadly can't being out among the masses. If you were slightly richer than your peers, you might be surrounded by a few. People are attracted to wealth after all.


    Negativity assigned, wealth can be a pretty neat thing as long as you're not a fool and spend it all in the first get-go. If you're surrounded by the right set of people and mindset than that's fine.



    I hope this post happened to be randomly entertaining or didn't bore you death. This was my second attempt to write this post, so hopefully, everything made sense as I wrote this at 1 am and re-wrote this at 11.26 pm which is a bit late.... : I
















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    I don't even know if I should even be posting this to my blog. I don't even know how to explain my whole mind set or where I should begin. Should I even start with the picture books my eyes were glued on when I was on as a kid or just start with my inspiration for posting this. There's no point worrying. 

    To The Person That Made My Whole Family Paranoid: Hello :)

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    A dim classroom right across the principal office. The desk was lined in rows and I sat at the left mid back seat. Right next to me were the boys who felt like it was a smart idea to rip part of the textbook that we used to cheat right up. (Not Cheat, But She Let Us Look At The Text) My Spanish teacher announced to the class that we would be doing a project a family tree at the end of the class. She repeated this til heard to my annoyance.

    I wasn't turned off by the idea. A family tree seemed like child works. It wasn't a project that you give to an honors class that was going to high school. It was more of a work you give to a 1st grader. I'm not complaining though since I didn't mind writing out my sentences out in Spanish considering I could use Google Translate or have one of my friends help me. I never said I was talented in Spanish or that my Spanish Teacher was decent. We literally had to have my 2 classmates teach us Spanish because they were a better teacher. That's beside the point.

    My whole problem with the whole assignment was how can you expect me to construct a family tree when I'm ignorant to how many cousins I have or their names for that sake. 

    The only time I associated with my relatives was when I was raised by my grandma til age 3 and the small visits we have which last for 1-3 days.  They live nowhere close to me. At that time, the closest person was one of my relative who was stationed in Maryland which would be a long ride considering I live in New York. 

    When I was younger, my mom would often complain how no one lived near us. I can't lie and say there was never any bitterness when I saw my friends' family picking them up. Aunt and uncles going to their graduation. That was something I didn't have. But that was when I was younger, now I don't give much of a blue clue if they live here or not or attend my graduation.

    I understand modern technology would able me to call or text my family and find out all the information I need. Here the thing, calling strangers who are related to me by blood or marriage with one of uncle/aunt was just odd. Am I suppose to text them, “Hey, what your face I mean name.... I need you to answer all these personal information so I can do a project.” I get what I could just word it differently, but still, you get the point.

    I could ask my parents all my question that I needed to complete the assignment, but they were busy making an income to support my family, didn't know the answer or ignore the truth.  

    Instead, I lied for all the information. I used my basic knowledge of that person from the short conversation I probably had with them years back or stalked their Facebook to find dates like birthday or pictures to glue.

    My whole problem was not about me being all sad and mopey that no ones live near me. No that's my mom. My problem is the web of lies that surrounds my family. It would be that whenever I learn something about my family, the next thing I know it was just lies or only part of the truth.

    I never really had any family value that most of my friends have. In my thoughts, my family is my mom, dad, brother, and dog. It's short and simple and no complication. This is my family value and I'm fine with it. No lie. But when my mom goes in the conversation saying, "You don't know how lucky you are to have a dad." or "I wish you lived near your grandma or near your aunt." 

    How do you expect me to value family when I am told lies or even go against what you told me.

    I used to think that I was fully Vietnamese, so when my old classmate in Catholic School ask me. “Are you Chinese?” I always respond confidently, “No,” Fast forward 5 years later, I was told the truth. ONE PART OF IT. Mom was Irish and Chinese. Then Fast forward 1 year later, I was told that my dad isn't fully Vietnamese either. He has had a tiny percentage of Chinese. Now, I no longer say confidently that I am Vietnamese. Instead, I simply say I'm part Chinese, Vietnamese and Irish.  I can't actually say I'm from Vietnamese. Can I?  *the pettiness*

    Here's another incident,  I was told grandpa died while fighting for the Vietnam War. Nope, that was a lie... I think I should be joyful that he didn't die right? No... instead, I have a mother who's depressed about not given a chance of knowing her father and is still searching out for a man who vanished. (I do wish that she find a clue on who he was as a person, but all we got is a picture and a rendering DNA kit.) The whole reason for this lie was because of an event that occurred in the past which I have no knowledge of which made my grandpa and grandma split apart...


    This is one of many occurrences of my family that I don't know and is on the smaller side of the scandalous meter. I obviously can not actually reveal all of it for personal feeling. All I could say is that in modern day society some would be cursed upon and have shades of side eye. That's something I can't change after all family is family. No matter the scandals that are in your family, by the end of the day you're related by blood.


    This is a rant. I am aware. I'm sick and tired of this. Being blandly lied to.I shouldn't have to put on a detective hat and find out all the how what where why question. I'm simply 1*. I'm one person with one brain. I'm human. There are so many shocks I can take... : I




    * Sorry about the cruddy grammar  I typed this out at 1 am than passed out after posting it. I'll go over the grammar when I'm fully energized*







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    Sleep. There are probably thousands of thing we would rather do than drift off to sleep. Instead of being productive for 24 hours, we are stuck in the cycle of sleep. Trapped inside our own dreams we weave of our perception of life rather than binge watching Goblin. What's the point of sleeping when there's coffee.

    Sleep is actually important for us. It's not only a natural way to start the day fresh and energized rather than chugging caffeine loaded with cups of sugar; it can be a game changer when we are talking about our skin which is why we have the expression beauty sleep.

    When you get your beauty sleep, you will be less likely to have wrinkles aka have fewer wrinkle. When we sleep, our skin produces new collagen which allows our skin to become plumper and prevents wrinkle. The more sleep you get, the less wrinkle you'll secum to. If you don't have enough beauty sleep, your skin will be left drier exposing the lines.

    As we sleep, blood flows through our body including our skin. Sleeping allows the blood flow to make it's way to our skin giving us a healthy glow rather than looking like a ghost or dull. If you notice yourself having dull skin try getting more sleep

    The most visible sign of lack of sleep are dark circles and bags under your eyes.  When you have enough sleep your dark circle will be less visible and your puffiness will decrease. You might be able to get away without wearing concealer. Just make sure to keep hydrated to help reduce swelling. Also, before you sleep keep out of contact with any electronic devices cause tey might irritate your eyes.

    As you drift away to dream land, your skin is working it's job which is repairing itself. It is able to focus repairing since it's not distracted by the daytime factor like sun and harmful bacteria that you come in contact with through out the day.



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    Nice chu' meet you. I'm a human who's "16" years old. I started this blog to serve as a platform where I can share my skincare journey with the rest of the world.

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