Future of Beauty Blogging: Lazy Little Me

Clearly, I am rather far from the beauty blogging world. I have self classified my writing as a fashion

Cherry (left) and Emma (Right)

Emma Blackery

and music blogger. As this blog expands into the world of makeup (I have touched a bit on that) and accessories (find out on Friday), I am constantly trying to find some sort of role model for this all new world to me. Most beauty bloggers I have found are just plain gorgeous people and don't exactly need makeup or prepping. These people such as Michelle Phan and Zoella are a little far from ordinary people that we see at school on the streets (nothing against them!). Then came Lazy Little Me. This blog and youtube channel described as "the brainchild of youtube vloggers, Emma Blackery and Cherry Wallis". I am not saying in any way that Emma and Cherry aren't gorgeous girls. They really are. The thing is, they aren't so high fashion and out of your reach kind of people that it is almost unrealistic to even try to look like. This pair of girls are just so relatable and down to Earth that teenage girls sitting in their bedrooms can imagine looking like and wanting to look like. Cherry and Emma are not highly made up people and don't seem to put their selves above anyone else. Just look at the name! In one of Emma's latest videos, she jokes about how her highly dyed hair would look better on the barber's floor and how terribly damaged her locks are. A lot of people (including me) giggle at her self deprivation jokes. We all have our small flaws and not only Emma but Cherry talk about how to work around them and help them. For the rest of the video, Emma gives examples of different products that people with very damaged hair from hair dye can buy. Most of the products and makeup these two girls aren't ridiculously expensive and is something that many teens are able to get their hands on. In a video made by Cherry, she shows off the makeup she wears on a regular basis. It takes a reasonable time to create her look and doesn't give much difficulty. None of the stuff she applies is too crazy but still has a very 

Cherry Wallis

unique look to it.
Both Emma and Cherry are extremely unique and rather edgy looking girls. I mean Cherry has the same color hair as the fruit she is named and Emma has had about every color you could ever think of in her hair! At the moment, she is matching her best friend with flaming red locks that look so rad on her. Cherry and Emma both have have an extremely unique view on beauty that I have not seen in any other beauty blog or youtube channel. The other great part is that there are two people working on Lazy Little Me meaning two different points of view!
Lastly, after every youtube video each of the girls make, they always make a blog post to follow up on the video. So for those who prefer watching videos and those who like to read better can both get their ways (I watch and read). Cherry Wallis and Emma Blackery are just getting started and are already absolutely amazing.
Lazy Little Me- Real, Honest, beauty blogging
-Ann
Lazy Little Me
Lazy Little Me Youtube Channel
Emma's Youtube Channel
Cherry's Youtube Channel

The Perks Of Being A Blogger

Just today, something extremely special happened to me. Something on Twitter. Bethan Mary Leadley wrote me back on Twitter saying that not only did she read my British Invasion blog post, but she actually enjoyed it! After receiving such a special Twitter message I got to thinking how many special perks of being a blogger there are.
On February 25, 2013, I was bored. I had been reading ROOKIE and hearing about Tavi Gevinson's success with blogging and instantly knew that this was exactly what I wanted out of life and what I wanted to do. I had always loved writing and even wrote a novel in sixth grade (it was awful) and a couple fan fictions (Ed Sheeran, Alex Day, and Twilight) so why not create some sort of blog? I had never really written actual articles before much less anything about fashion. This continued a phase called

Young Tavi

I'm Not Good Enough
This was a TERRIBLE time. After seeing Tavi's style I instantly hated my own wardrobe and thought the only way to be noticed was to be an exact copy of her. I always felt awful and not "special" enough anymore. You could compare this phase towards Dan Howell's "Extrasensorial Crisis" in which he basically just wanted to change his life around. I wanted to change almost everything about myself from the clothes I wore to the music I listen to. I began throwing out clothing because it wasn't "Tavi enough". My love for this girl was becoming something that made me hate myself.

My favorite Tavi Outfit

Mwah!
This part is named after my God awful fail of an online magazine called "Mwah Mag". It wasn't the fact that my writing was terrible that bothers me. It was that I put no effort into my posts and thought that viewers would appear out of nowhere and make me a famous blogger. Sweetheart, it doesn't work that way. Within a week, I gave up for I figured that this would never work out. Here I give you the link to MWAH! Feel free to laugh about it.
Mwah Mag
Why The Hell Not?
Monday, February 25, I got bored at my house. I had been calming down with my whole wardrobe and actually starting to like what I was wearing. After refreshing Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr for about an hour the best thing to do was make some "dumb" blog just to give me something to do. I took a look at "The Style Rookie" Tavi's original blog for some ideas and came up with something called a "Fashion Bible". That first post was messy and disorganized but I put effort into it. The next step was coming up with a name for this blog. A couple weeks ago, I had made a fashion instagram called "how_fitting" and decided that was the best name for a blog. After fighting with myself, I took the risk and posted the link to this post my friends on G+. By the end of the day, I got lots of positive comments that made my heart do a little happy dance. I began posting more and more and coming with Music and Lifestyle posts. My writing was something I loved. At first, it was a big deal when I got five views on a post but the viewers and post views were soon rising. The whole thing was exiting and unbelievable to me. This was something I never imagined doing and I was here!
Ann Louise: Blogger
One of my closest online friends, Pietro started a blog and the two of us began talking about blogging and even doing some posts together! He is my blogging rock and whenever I have writer's block he can get me out of it. Besides, it's a good excuse to just talk to him more! I love blogging more than anything. So far not only has people such as Bethan noticed "How Fitting" but Bridie McDonnell said that she also loved my article of her! The experiences and friends I've made just through some website is absolutely amazing. I like to model my wardrobe and blog with some Tavi Gevinson elements but I do not intend of becoming an exact clone of her. She is a huge role model to me and if it wasn't for her, this whole website probably would not be here. I was the quiet unimportant girl before craeting this website and I feel almost like a different person. I now get to write about the things I love: Fashion, Music and all the other cool things I find in life. I want to thank YOU GUYS! You've given me The Perks Of Being A Blogger. 
-Ann
I wrote this post in honor of my 1000th view on this very blog. I owe it to you guys. I love you all.
Pietro's Blog