Hello everybody! Since September just ended, I thought I would show you all of my favorite things from last month. Let’s get started!
Music
Alternative/Pop:
- Halsey’s Badlands Album (my favorite songs from it are Gasoline, Colors, and Young God)
- Carly Rae Jepsen- Run Away With Me
- Carly Rae Jepsen- Making the Most of the Night
- Nicki Minaj- The Night is Still Young
- Bruno Mars- Runaway Baby
Books
No Such Person by Caroline B. Cooney
Summary:
Murder. One of the Allerdon sisters has been charged with a pre-meditated killing and taken to jail. It doesn’t seem possible- but it’s happening. What was supposed to be a typical summer is anything but for this seemingly ordinary family. Shortly after the Allerdons arrive at their cozy family cottage on the river, Lander meets and is smitten with a handsome young man, and they begin to date. Miranda has a bad feeling about her perfect sister’s new boyfriend. And when the family must suddenly deal with an unimaginable nightmare, Miranda can’t help feeling that the boyfriend has something to do with it. The police say they have solid evidence against Lander. Miranda wants to believe in her sister when she swears she is innocent. But as Miranda digs deeper into the past few weeks of her sister’s life, she wonders why everything keeps pointing to Lander’s guilt.
Strangelets by Michelle Gagnon
Summary:
17-year-old Sophie lies on her deathbed in California, losing her battle with cancer… 17-year-old Declan stares down two armed thugs in a back alley in Galway, Ireland… 18-year-old Anat is caught in a booby-trapped tunnel between Israel and Egypt… All three strangers should have died at the exact same moment, thousands of miles apart. Instead, they awaken together in an abandoned hospital- only to discover that they’re not alone. Three other teens from different places around the globe are trapped with them. Somebody or something seems to be pulling the strings. With their individual clocks ticking, they must band together if they’re to have any hope of surviving. Soon they discover that they’ve been trapped in a future that isn’t of their making: a deadly, desolate world at once entirely familiar and utterly strange. Each teen harbors a secret, but only one holds the key that could get them home. As the truth behind the disaster that built this strange world comes to light, Sophie, Declan, Anat, and the rest must decide what to do with a second chance at life- if they can survive to claim it.
Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown
Kendra has always felt overshadowed by her older brother, Grayson, whose OCD forces him to live a life of carefully coordinated routines. The only way Kendra can stand out next to Grayson is to be perfect, and she has perfection down to an art- until a cheating scandal threatens her flawless reputation. Behind the wheel of her car, with Grayson asleep beside her, Kendra decides to drive from it all- with enough distance, maybe she’ll be able to figure everything out. But even in the midst of the road trip’s flat tires, gas-station food stops, and detours to quirky roadside attractions, eventually Kendra must stop running and come to terms with herself, her brother, and her past.
Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
Summary:
Mia Price is a lightning addict. She has survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her. Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as central to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come. Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn’t who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.
Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
Summary:
When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari desert without a guide. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation, and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate. But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she’s ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the silver lion’s sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire the entire area- and eliminate life as they know it.
Beauty
elf Pointed Foundation Brush- CVS Pharmacy, $3
Last month I decided to get a foundation brush since I didn’t have one. This was a great choice! It’s extremely cheap, yet the brush is high quality and none of the bristles come out. I found that when using this to apply liquid foundation instead of using my hands, my foundation lasted longer and looked more natural.
L’Oreal Paris Makeup Setting Spray- CVS Pharmacy, $16
This was sort of pricey for a drugstore product, but I wanted to try something like this because my everyday makeup does not last for my 7-8 hour school days. This is a pretty nice product. I found that when using this, my makeup overall (including eye makeup!) stayed on for a couple more hours than usual, which means my makeup hadn’t slid off at school.
Maybelline New York Master Glaze Blush Stick in Make a Mauve- CVS Pharmacy,$6
I bought this because I don’t have very much blush, especially ones to wear during fall and winter. I bought the darkest color, thinking that since fall is pretty much here, I need dark colors. That probably wasn’t a very good choice since I’m super pale, but I made it work. When I first applied this, I swept it on, and found that the color was extremely pigmented, so I looked like a clown. Since the color was very dark, it was hard to blend and make look natural on my light skin. Another day, I tried a different method which worked wayyy better for me. I softly took some blush form the stick with a blush brush and applied it onto my face from the brush. This was less noticeable and more natural once I blended it. What I’m trying to say is that this product is very good, but try to pick a color that would go best with your skin tone.
Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon in Redwood Forest, CVS Pharmacy- $8
I got this because I was looking for a dark red lip color. This was not quite what I had in mind, but I still love it. This is a more subtle red color, still dark, but if you want to reach the shade on the tube, you have to layer it. I am pictured wearing this lip color in the photo below.
Others
Bath and Body Works Flannel candle- Mini- $3.25, Regular size- $20
I love this candle so much. It smells like a very nice men’s cologne, and I am obsessed with the scent. I actually love the scent of men’s cologne and flannel shirts irl, so this is a nice candle for me. It’s also not overpowering, so if you want a fresh, subtle scent, then this is good for you.
That’s all for my September Favorites! I hope you guys liked this post, and see you next time.
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