Home Is Where The Wi-Fi Is

Okay so I finally took the time to take a few pictures of my dorm room! Also a side note, my dorm has awful lighting and I'm not that good with a camera....THOSE COMBINED GIVES YOU THIS MEDIOCRE BLOG POST!!!! I actually don't mind living in the dorms. I know that a lot of people hate it, but honestly you could probably put me in a field with a wi-fi connection and I would be satisfied. ALSO, I MADE MY BED JUST FOR THIS POST. DO YOU LITERAL STACKS OF HAY KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE A BED IN A LOFT? HARD. I DESERVE A GRAMMY, EMMY, TONY, OSCAR, ECT.

My favorite part of my dorm is my desk! I tried to make it look like a fashion editor's desk but I also don't have any money....so that is how I decorated my dorm! 

The prints are from rifle paper co! 

I bought the picture frames from Target and I spray painted them. BUT YOU KNOW ME, AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT AND SOMETHING ALWAYS HAS TO GO WRONG. I didn't wait for them to dry all the way and so the paint is all smudged, and you know I was too lazy to fix it and so there we have it! 

The hardest part of college for me is definitely making friends. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME, MAYA TO MAKE FRIENDS WHEN EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET HATES TAYLOR SWIFT???? I AM LITERALLY A PIONEER FOR DEALING WITH THIS. Also you have to walk a lot. I walk like 4 miles every single day. I know I'm so athletic and I qualify for the olympics and I am the founding father of the respiratory system. 

And here we have my bed, the only thing in college I can rely on besides the soft serve ice cream machine in dining hall. FLASHBACK STORY: When I was a baby, my mom and grandma made me a blanket with butterflies on it and it was my favorite blanket ever. I used it for all 18 years of my life and so for graduation my grandma made me the same kind of blanket but without the butterflies. Also we have the only picture ever taken hanging above my bed.

Okay so there we have my dorm! I know it's not much and this is pretty lame, but hopefully I can start blogging again! I am doing page design for the fashion magazine at my school and I'm writing for the Style section of the newspaper! If you want me to do a post on organization or something just let me know! And I know what you're thinking, "Maya? Organized? Who?" BUT YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN KNOW!!!! I OWN A DESK ORGANIZER. I HAVE LITERALLY BECOME MARTHA STEWART MINUS THE FELONY!!!!

If someone were to step on my face, I would want them to wear these shoes

If you're like me, when someone says "wear comfortable walking shoes," you completely ignore them and wear whatever shoes your heart desires. Honestly I love not wearing comfortable walking shoes when people tell me to, it gives me something to complain about. For example, you could be taking a nice walk with a group of people you don't really know very well and instead of making awkward small talk, you can just talk about how much your feet hurt and show everyone your stylish capabilities and negative personality. When I went to Boston with my school, my teacher kept telling me to wear tennis shoes and I was like....I'm not about to throw off this #LOOK I am serving with some ugly tennis shoes. Anyways, enough about my issues, I should probably talk about these shoes. 

You know like one paragraph ago when I said I was going to stop talking about myself...well I am going to talk about myself again. I was looking for some comfortable and cute shoes to wear to class next year because almost all my classes are across campus from my dorm. I found these Soludos Lace-Up Espadrilles shoes at Nordstrom. I thought they would be perfect because 1) they are my favorite color (stripes) and I love lace-up/ ankle strap shoes.

I realized that I should probably get some pics of them on my feet and I was home alone so I was a super professional blogger and just took them myself. Also I know this isn't the best picture, but I didn't shave my legs and the airbrush tool wouldn't work on photoshop. So this is what my life has come to.

ANYWAYS...The moral of this blog post is that these are some comfortable shoes that would be perfect for wearing to school or a job that requires closed toed shoes. I also, personally think these would be the perfect footwear selection to wear to the funeral of an enemy. They are subtle, but also a bold statement. Comment your favorite shoes to wear while walking around or comment about how I should probably delete my blog because we all know that is something that should be done.

BOPPIEST BOPS OF ALL BOPS

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Here is  a pic of me as a child, probably listening to What Dreams are Made Of by Disney Channel star Hilary Clinton, my first fav bop.

Bop 

Adjective

Adjective:  A song, usually a pop anthem. Makes everyone want to scream and dance the second they hear the first beat of the song.
Example: What Makes You Beautiful by British boyband One Direction is such a bop! It makes me want to dance so hard that every single strand of hair on my head is gone and in the hands of God and Harry Styles by the end of the song. 

OKAY now we know what a bop is for all the non-millennials reading this. I am so passionate about the songs I dance to, mainly because of the trauma I experienced at high school dances that only played rap music. Here is the story of how I became an official ambassador of bops. Every single high school dance I went to, we had the same DJ. This DJ was the WORST DJ TO EVER LIVE.....like him and Calcium Harris (Scottish DJ and Taylor Swift's ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris) would be great friends. Anyways the point of this information is that I have suffered. High school dances are already awkward and when you don't have any quality BOPS TO DANCE TO, the dances can be more awkward. Like it got so bad, that by senior year my friends and I were playing ping-pong with the table center pieces.

I remember junior year at a winter formal, I was sitting at a table with my friends probably discussing the evolution of Harry Style's hairline. I was bored of hearing songs like "Wop" and "Turn Down for What." My pop music loving tween heart was losing all faith in the music industry, and that is when it happened. I heard the first drumbeat in Shake it Off. I knew that this was going to be MY moment to shine. I wish there was a word for the feeling you get when you hear the first beat of your favorite song, because I AM THAT WORD. After I heard the first beat all my mind, body and soul knew to do was run to the dance floor. So that is what I did. The Taylor Swift gods pulled me to the center of the dance floor pushing past all the slightly drunk and sweaty teenagers. There I was at the center of the dance floor. The student body began forming a circle around me. Part of me was thriving off the attention. But the social anxiety part of me was begging for me to exit the primacies immediately. But I did what my religious guide and mother taught me to do, and I shook IT THE HELL OFF. I wish that every moment of every school dance could be like this, mainly because I was the center of attention, but also because I was having such a good time dancing and YA KNOW SHAKING IT OFF.

The point of this is, is that rap music might be fun to listen to, and admitting you listen to Katy Perry would ruin your rep, but YOU ARE LYING!! LYING!!!!!! TO ME when you tell me that you don't GO THE HELL OFF WHEN SHAKE IT OFF COMES ON!!!!! I KNOW YOU ARE LYING. I KNOW IT AND I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR STRAIGHT WHITE BOY PERSONA. Okay I still haven't gotten to the point of this post, but the point is, even though this could be perceived as a "white girl's top 40 playlist," I have navigated the internet to find the best bops of all time, and this is my BOPPIEST POPS OF ALL BOPS playlists.

1. Shake it Off- Taylor Swift
2. Wannabe- Spice Girls
3. What Makes you Beautiful- One Direction
4. One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)- One Direction
5. Year 3000- Jonas Brothers
6. Best Song Ever- One Direction
7. Cake by the Ocean- DNCE
8. No Control- One Direction
9. Hot n Cold- Katy Perry
10. Better Than Words- One Direction
11. Blank Space- Taylor Swift
12. Crazy in Love- Beyonce (omg it won't let me put the accent over the 'e' just know that I tried)
13. Happy with Me- HOLYCHILD
14. Kiss You- One Direction
15. Last Friday Night- Katy Perry
16. My Life Would Suck Without You- Kelly Clarkson
17. The Run and Go- Twenty One Pilots
18. That's Not My Name- The Ting Tings
19. Uptown Funk- Mark Ronson
20. Baby- Justin Bieber
21. Toxic- Brittany Spears
22. 22- Taylor Swift (HAHAHHHAHAHA I INVENTED HUMOR)
23. Girlfriend- Avril Lavigne
24. Walking on the Sunshine- Katrina & The Waves
25. We are Never Ever Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift ( I almost didn't put this on bc it was too long to type out)
26. Tik Tok- Ke$ha
27. I Love It- Icona Pop
28. Blow- Ke$ha

OKAY I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF 1D SONGS ON HERE BUT THAT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT THEY HAVE MADE SOME OF THE MOST QUALITY BOPS OF ALL TIME AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT THEN TAKE IT UP WITH THEM.

Also I am probably the only one that thinks this is the greatest playlist ever created and that is okay considering that my opinion is the only one that matters. Also YES, I do think that I could be a DJ at a high school dance....okay maybe just a middle school dance.

Also if you have any bops that aren't on the list, put them in the comments! 

Shopping at Poshmark

For those of you who don't know, Poshmark is a site where you can buy, sell and trade clothes. I downloaded the app to casually browse and found that there was actually some cute stuff, for a good price on there! I was hesitant to buy anything because I wasn't sure if it was safe, but Poshmark makes sure that it is a safe transaction and that you receive your order. When you buy an item, your order goes to the seller and your payment goes to Poshmark. Once you receive your order, then the payment is released from Poshmark to the seller, so it is completely safe!

                     

 

I bought this Kling dress off Poshmark and I thought that it would be perfect for school in the fall. It was originally $80 and I bought it for $10 plus $5 shipping. The dress came only a few days after I purchased it. It was used, but it was in good condition when I received it.

If you have any questions about Poshmark, just leave a comment below! Also I have some items from my closet that I'm selling on Poshmark if you are interested in buying any! Hopefully this post was helpful to you and Poshmark can be an affordable outlet for you to buy the closet of your dreams! 

DUPE: Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick

this is such a bad picture sorry I am trash

Okay so I have talked about the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick multiple times on here, it is one of my favorite products and I found a dupe for it and thought I would share! I wanted the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick ever since Taylor Swift said it was her favorite makeup product and sent it to a bunch of fans! It retails for $46 so I could never bring myself to buy it! I was in target one day and saw the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip in Vegas Strip and thought that it looked similar so I decided to pick it up.

The Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip retails for $12.99 but it is always on sale at Target and Ulta. I used this for a few months as a bronzer and highlight and I always got SO many compliments. It became one of my favorite products and so I thought that I would make the purchase and buy the actual Bobbi Brown one. 

Although they look different, the color when mixed together is nearly identical. I will admit that the Bobbi Brown one is a nicer eyeshadow, but if you just want to use it for your cheeks, the Physicians Formula one is the same. 

The on top is the Bobbi Brown shimmer brick in bronze and the one of the bottom is the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip in Vegas Strip.

Overall I actually think I like the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip better, WHICH MAKES ME WANNA SCREAM BECAUSE I SPENT $46 ON THE BOBBI BROWN ONE...ANYWAYS these products are perfect for traveling because you have an eyeshadow, bronzer and highlight all in one product! 

ALSO!!!!! I am doing a giveaway later this week and this will be one of the many products I am giving away so stay tuned!!!