Liebster Award

Hello everyone! I got nominated for the Liebster Award. Thank you to the beautiful ladies of  Essential Beauty, Emily and Hollie for the nomination.

So I did a little reading and come to find out, the Liebster Award is an award for newcoming bloggers. It is required that the nominated bloggers have less than 200 followers. I guess it's to encourage new bloggers and pass that along. Nonetheless, I am ecstatic to be nominated.

The Rules

• You must answer the 11 questions given to you by the person who nominated you.
• You must list 11 random/fun facts about yourself.
• You must pick 11 nominees with under 200 followers to answer your questions.
• You cannot nominate the person who nominated you.
• You must let the people you nominate know they have been nominated.

Essential Beauty's Questions

1. Which celebrity always has the best make up?
2. What is your favorite movie?
3. What are your hopes for your blog?
4. What is your favorite item of clothing?
5. Favorite place to shop?
6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
7. What is one thing that makes you feel better?
8. Best thing that has happened this year?
9. What song do you currently love?
10. If you won the lottery what would you use the money for?
11. When did you start putting on make up?

My Answers

1. Which celebrity always has the best make up?

In my opinion, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift usually, if not always have spot on makeups. They're already beautiful women as is, but their makeup just enhances their beauty so much more. Their usual smokey eyes paired with nude and/or red lips are so sultry I just can't handle it.

Being a K-Pop and K-Drama Enthusiast, how can I not mention Korean celebrities that I am so obsess over? Haha. Choosing a person, or two  from Korea is immensely hard. Everyone over there always has perfect makeup all the time. All the girl groups idols, the actresses, the comedians, the MCs and even announcers. It is not a surprise that they bring makeup inspirations to me and I try to recreate their looks. After several headache-inducing minutes, I have narrowed down to two celebrities. I absolutely love Yoon Eun Hye's more natural, simple makeup whereas CL always dons feisty eye makeup. They're on different ends of the spectrum yet always have the best makeup on.

I honestly had a super hard time with this question... Koreans celebrities are always on par with their makeup. Not only women but also the male celebrities. They just really put much effort into their looks and I admire that very much.

2. What is your favorite movie?

Wow...I never knew I had so many favorite movies, to the point where I can't really decide and choose one. I really love Disney movies, especially the Disney Princesses. Out of the bunch though, I would have to go with Beauty and the Beast... and MAYBE Mulan too. Ever since I can remember, Belle has been my favorite princess. She is strong-willed and independent and even sacrificed herself to rescue her father. Wait... that's exactly how Mulan is too.

Besides Disney movies, I also enjoy a whole lot of other animated films, for instance, one of my ultimate favorite is the Kung Fu Panda series. This has nothing to do with the fact that I like pandas...maybe a little. :P

When it's not Disney or animation, my two other favorite films are a novel adaptation. One is Pride and Prejudice and the other The Great Gatsby. I have seen all of the adaptations for both novels and I don't have a favorite for a specific version; I enjoy each and every versions that ever came because they all have their own uniqueness.

3. What are your hopes for your blog?

I hope that my blog can continue on like it has been ever since I started it. I don't expect anything from it like fame or money. I just want my blog to do well and get around to a lot of people around the world. This is my passion and I would love to share it with people who share the same passions as I do. The more successful my blog is, the happier I am because I know that I am doing something right.

I've always been an introvert with low self esteem and near to zero self confidence. I don't like sharing my problems with my loved ones because I worry that they will worry and be sad because of me. Part of this blog is my diary. I share my issues, worries and problems on my blog and whoever reads it, reads it. For some reason, when I sit behind my computer, I am able to get let it  all go. It doesn't really matter if no one reads my innermost thought diary, it's the mere fact that I can vent myself.

I first started my blog in December and up until now, it is about seven months old. Although I still don't have many followers and not that many views daily, I am very appreciative towards those who are currently following me or those who visits my blog. I know I am lacking in many, many aspects but please bare with me. I will learn from my mistakes and come back with new improvements.

4. What is your favorite item of clothing?

Hands down, shoes. And by shoes, I also mean heels, wedges, stilettos, pumps and all those good stuff. I have an ill obsession with shoes and my closet is suffering from it. I own more shoes than I can ever wear, yet I continue to buy more. Although I have a closet full of shoes, I still have nothing to wear. Where's the logic in that? I have no idea. Haha.

5. Favorite place to shop?

Ulta, Sephora, sasa.com, imomoko.com

Don't think I need to explain myself. Haha.

6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?

South Korea. If and when possible, I would love to travel to South Korea and discover everything it has to offer. I don't just mean visit Seoul, I also want to go to Busan, Ilsan, Jeju Island, Daegu among other places. I literally want to begin at the northern tip and work my way down. It'll probably take more than a year, but that's why it's a dream vacation for me.

Besides South Korea though, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Maldive are some of the many places on my "Places to Travel Before I Die" list.

7.  What is one thing that makes you feel better?

One is to cry it out in my room alone, or in the shower. Two is watch a comedy with a tub of ice cream in arm. Three is to listen to K-Pop will venting on my blog.

8. Best thing that has happened this year?

I decided to change myself, for the better.

9.  What song do you currently love?

Toooooooo many to even list. B1A4, NU'EST, Girl's Day, Henry are amongst the few who came back recently... For the sake of this question and to not bore you guys to death, I will say "Time Boils The Rain" by... Kris Wu YiFan... Sigh. The first time I heard this song, I couldn't stop myself from crying. It was so beautiful, his voice, the song, the lyrics. I miss him so much. This song has been on nonstop replay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czb0iZg1pUI

10. If you won the lottery what would you use the money for?

No matter how much the amount may be, I will keep 5%, give my brother 5%, give my parents 15%, use 5% to fix up my ancestral homes in Vietnam and donate the rest to orphanages throughout Asia. Some of the countries in Asia are third world, kids with families still have hard lives let alone orphans. I have been documentaries and charity videos of monks and nuns from temples in Vietnam, Burma, Thailand where they run orphanages. It's so something they planned, it became an unexpected orphanage from people leaving their child on the steps of the temples straight up abandoned the children. The temples now run on charity funds which are used to feed, clothed and educate these children. I feel like if I can, I'd like to help these orphanages with money so the kids can get a good education. Only a good education can give them new a new life.

Now this is a what if question, but regarding this matter, in the future when I am financially stable, I wish to donate to orphanages with my own money. If possible, I would like to also adopt a child from these orphanages.

11. When did you start putting on make up?

Three or four years old. Haha. I was that naughty child that always got in trouble for getting into my Mom's makeup. But really, I started using eyeshadow, and hiding it from my parents in 7th grade. I was given permission in high school and kinda got lazy with it a year later and didn't really get back into it until college.Yes, makeup and I went waaaaay back; we had our ups and downs but it is finally here to stay. :)

Eleven Facts About Me

1. Ever since I was born, I was given two legal  names. The English name is for when I started school and the Vietnamese name is for home use. To this day, my friends call me by my English name, my family uses the Vietnamese name and my brother and cousins uses a nickname.

2. I am an avid day dreamer. I create fan fics in my head and fantasizes about it. All the what ifs...

3. I stand at 5 feet 1 inch tall; my heaviest weight at one time was 175 pounds. I have since then changed the way I lived, what I ate and have shed many pounds. I am not at where I want to be as of now, but I am slowly but surely getting there.

4. I want two or four kids, it has to be an even number. I prefer having a boy first so he can be the big brother. If I could, I would like them to be no more than a year apart.

5. I do not like going on vacations by myself, at least my family has to be with me. However, my perfect vacation includes my family, my uncles and their families. The more the merrier. If and when I have a boyfriend, he shall join us as well. In the future, if I am lucky enough to have a family of my own, I wish to vacation with my brother and cousins' families, as well as our parents. One biggo family vacay! This kinda explains why I am so family oriented.

6. I am bilingual, other than English, I can fluently speak, write and read Vietnamese. As a matter of fact, Vietnamese was my first language.

7. My first "car" was a brand new Toyota Tacoma, when I was 16.

8. If possible, I would like to adopt a child.

9. Pandas are my favorite animals, water lilies and lilies are my favorite flowers and magnolias are my favorite trees.

10. My favorite "fast food" is Panda Express. It has since stopped, but since I was in college, I had to have Panda at least once a week. Obsession? No....

11. Although I am 24 years old, I still live with my parents. They dislike the idea of me moving out and living alone. It took them forever to accept the fact that I moved away for college. Now that I'm back, the only way to move out is to get married.

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I Nominate(if you aren't already nominated)

1. http://eyelashinwonderland.wordpress.com/

2. http://millydoesmakeup.wordpress.com/

3. http://crueltyfreebeautyy.wordpress.com/

4. http://alyciastonereviews.wordpress.com/

5. http://brionyjayemakeup.wordpress.com/

6. http://missemilymarie23.com/

7. http://lipstickoncoffeecups.wordpress.com/

8. http://ancolleenmaith.wordpress.com/

9. http://makeupfairytales.wordpress.com/

10. http://sosophisticatedbeauty.com/

11. http://beautyandthecat.com/

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Eleven Questions For the Nominees

1. Who is your role model? Why? (Could be anyone from history or present)

2. What is your favorite brand of make up?

3. What is your motto to live by? Explain.

4. Eyeliner or Lipstick?

5. What is your ideal type? What do you look for in your perfect partner? (looks & personality wise)

6. Mind reading or invisibility?

7. If you were told you only had one more month to live, what will you do? How will you spend it?

8. Your stance on marriage? Is it for you? Or no?

9. Do you want children? If so, how many?

10. If you can go back in time for only once, back to any time period of your life, will you? If so, will you fix anything?

11. "In love, the person who loves more is the happier one", with that said, would you rather love someone more than they love you or be loved more than you love them?

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I hope you all enjoyed this special post. And for those who I nominated, please enjoy and I look forward to reading your answers.

Thank you very much for visiting and thanks for reading. Please come back soon! :)