Top 10 MUST HAVE Items To Take To A Theme Park

Not pictured is my Drivers License, for obvious reasons.

1. MANNERS
I feel like this is something that I shouldn't even have to mention, but I do. The day that I originally typed up the post, I noticed the nastiest family being just awful to each other as well as to others and employees. There is no need for that kind of stuff. If you're going to be in a bad mood and take it out on others, just stay home. A theme park is supposed to be enjoyable. If you encounter a rude employee, find another employee or a supervisor (Dark Maroon shit) and talk to them about it. One person(s) doesn't reflect the attitude of the entire park and they shouldn't let you think everyone is nasty. BUT, as a guest attending the park you should have manners as well. Don't be nasty and rude to othes as well as employees, they are there to make your day go smoothly and enjoyable. Don't go running through the park trying to get to another area, the rides don't move, they will be there all day. Why are you rushing? I've seen people shove others out of the way, to try and get where they are going. I just.I can't. Don't think that this is only children, teenagers and young adults. More often that not, it is grown adults doing all of this. Don't get me wrong, a lot of kids come to the parks and then turn into wild animals...nothing irritates me more, but what are you gonna do?
The jist of what I am trying to say is at least have some manners. Say Thank you and please. Heck, if you're daring even say "May I...", I do, because it's corteous.

2. COMMON SENSE
I feel that this is another thing I shouldn't have to address but I do. Use your dang common sense. I mean, come on now! In this day and age, I feel like most people have no common sense. Just find it, and use it.

3. ID/Pass to get into the park
If you're 21 or older, you will need your ID to purchase an alcoholic drink. Make sure you have your ID, because if you don't have it, no alcohol for you. Also, you could need your ID if your pass doesn't work in the turnstile and they need to verify that you are who you say you are. I've had to do it before. I make sure to always bring my ID into the park, regardless.
Please, don't forget your pass to get into the park either! I've seen many people get into line to go through the turnstiles and can't find their passes. There is nothing more upsetting that getting all of the way to the park and realizing you can't get it! If you are a pass memeber and you don't have it, you should be able to go to Guest Relations and get a new one. I'm not sure if you have to pay for it or not. I'm not sure on that.

4. Money
The one main thing that you need to get anything in the park is money. Don't forget it. The only thing free in the park is the rides and water. Again, I've seen quite a few people forget to bring money.

5. Refillable Cup
This is on the list because it is a money saver. You pay, whatever it is for the cup, which varies depending on the park you are at. And then it's just $0.99 for refilles. Or it is cheaper if you get a pass member discount. $1.07 instead of $3.99 everytime you want a drink is a heck of a lot cheaper on your wallet! However, if you don't want sugary drinks, water if free. They are required by law to provide water for free. You don't need the refillable cup for that, but without one, it's not that big of a cup. So just keep that in mind when you go to any theme park. Also, just because you have a Busch Gardens cup, doesn't mean you can't use it in other theme parks. You can take it to Universal and get it filled for the same price. Heck, I usually use one from the Florida Aquarium when I come!

6. Backpack
Obviously you're going to need something to carry all of your stuff in! I suggest a backpack because it's just easier on your back. I've got two different onces that I use. Depending on what I am carrying depends on the backpack I bring...Actually I have three but I need to find the other one! On the days I bring the laptop, (yes, I bring a laptop to do work) I bring the big Busch Gardens branded backpack because it is the only one I have that fits it. On most other days I bring my rainbow hearts dickies(?) brand backpack that I had in high school. That is the one I use more often than not and it fits everything I need. When I plan on bringing less, I'll get the tiny Quicksilver one I purchased in 2010 from Busch Gardens.

7. Hand Sanitizer
This is a biggie for me.People are gross, especially when they're at a theme park. They don't cover their mouths when they cough or sneese...they don't wash their hands after they use the bathroom. It's just gross. Plus, you don't know if other people are sick or anything. I'd rather be safe than sorry and keep my hands germ free. I am a freak like that.

8. Sunscreen
You're going to be in the sun. There isn't a lot of shade. This is a given. Remember your sunscreen and protect your skin!

9. Medication
If you take any kind of medication during the day and are going to be at a theme park, please bring it! They don't want to have to call 911 for an ambulance to take you to the hospital! Also, if you need Tylenol or a band aid, you can go to first aid for those! If anything happens and you don't have your medication or just something happens period, please find an employee and ask them to call for First Aid!

10. Cell Phone
In this day and age the way people have their cell phones atattched to their hands, they would bring them in. A lot of people don't! Most theme parks sell water proof pouches to put your phones in! Also, if you don't want to spend the money for one of those, bring a ziploc. That's what I do most of the time! :) Especially if I know it's going to rain, or if it might rain, I put my phone and anything else that could get ruined in a handy dandy ziploc. I always have one or two on me.

SquareHue Skydive Interlaken April 2016

Press Sample

I wasn't really expecting anything from this collection to be honest. Between you, me and the rest of the Internet, I stayed off of Instagram most of the month so I didn't even know this months theme. There has been a lot of family stuff going on and preparing for my Mom to have surgery on the 19th and one other thing we really aren't talking about that deals with another family member. I did tweet about it when I found out, but that is all I really said about it. Unfortunately the big C happens to those you least expect it to happen too. That is all I shall say about that.

To a more happy note, this box was the colorful light of my month. It showed up on the 2nd of the month, but then again, I am only a few hours from Miami (where SquareHue) is located. So, it's kind of a sneaky advantage to me. *cackles* 

I think that out of all of the months so far, this is my collection. The polishes just scream Spring to me and I love it! 

Mönch looks like it would be a bright yellow jelly but it is in fact a bright yellow MATTE polish. I was really surprised when I read the card that it wasn't a jelly. It took two coats to make it opaque and surprisingly it was not hard to work with!

Eiger is a pink polish with a pretty light blue shimmer-pearl polish. SquareHue calls it a duo chrome and that is something that it definitely is not. Two coats is the perfect amount for a full coverage. You can still see a little bit of VNL, but not enough to warrant another coat.

Jungfrau has to be the most surprising polish for me. This is a light lavender polish with a lot of glitter in it. It's not chunky or does the glitter make it hard to work with. I've been waiting for them to make a polish with actual glitters in it instead of just a shimmer. I would say though that if you're wanting the amount of glitter I have, I would probably dab it a little bit here and there. That is how I got such an amount of glitter. On my pinky, I didn't dab though and you can see that you still get quite a bit of glitter. 

Jungfrau is the main summit in a group of mountains that is 4158 Meters (13,642 feet) high in the Bernese Alps.
Eiger is a 3970 Meters (13,025 feet) high mountain also in the Bernese Alps.
Mönch is a mountain that is 4106 Meters (13,474 Feet) high mountain also in the Bernese Alps.

Out of the three polishes from this month I would have to say that Jungfrau is probably my favorite. There is just something about it that I love. Plus, you can either wear it as one coat or two coats and I have shown in the above picture.
The formula's of these are all on par with each other and they all apply easily and you don't have to dab the glitter, it is just a personal preference. The whole collection is definitely a winner in my book!

If you would like to purchase this collection definitely check out SquareHue's shop! You can now buy individual polishes and previous collections! I LOVE that they're expanding!

Best, Autumn

SquareHue Dublin Pub Crawl - March 2016

Press Sample

I've been waiting to put blog posts back up until I can manage to get my .com address back, but then I realized that GoDaddy is giving me a hard time and wont release my domain name and I am not going to wait around and lose precious and valuable blogging time. I'm going to try and catch up with the next couple of weeks of the month and hopefully all will be good again! I'm also going to start throwing in more lifestyle-ish posts because I feel that the blogging world is too over saturated with beauty blogs and everyone is doing the same thing at the same time. There is nothing wrong with being different!

Without anymore rambling, here is the SquareHue Dublin Pub Crawl Collection!

I will say that I did internally groan a little bit when I saw the blue because they've been releasing quite a few blues as of late. They haven't released anything that is a dupe, but they have released a color a few months ago that is similar to this one.

St.John I would describe as a sky blue that is opaque in just two coats. The formula is lovely like usual with their cream polishes. 

Temple Bar I have been describing it as an orange creamsicle color that is a little darker than you would think. It's still gorgeous though! It is also opaque in two coats and the formula is just the same as usual.

Bridge Inn Is a "textured polish". I would say this is more of an off white with silver shimmers in it. Am I impressed with it? No. The formula is very thick and kind of hard to work with. It is a subtle textured polish though, so it's no like a PixieDust and it definitely is not like the China Glaze Textured ones. This does take two coats as well, but you have to make sure you get it even and really work with it. 

Is this my favorite collection by them? No it's not. There are definitely dupes out there for St.John, I do believe China Glaze has one and I can't think of the name at the moment. I don't have any polishes like Temple Bar and Bridge Inn so I am glad to have them! 

What do you think?

Autumn

The Beginning - Makeup In My Town

Hello everyone!

So, I'm not 100% sure how I am going to do these. The name is still kind of up in the air really because I have NO idea what to call this whole thing. A series I guess? Why is it so hard to think up names sometimes?! bah. ANYWAYS. Other than the name, I'm not even sure if you all would want to see like the actual steps it took to create the looks or like the products that I used. If you want to see the steps that it took, then I can always do a sped up video showing how I did everything with the pictures at the end in the physical post instead of the video. What do you think? I can maybe do this whole thing once a week because lets face it, I see way too much ridiculous makeup every day. :P

I also want to mention that I might not even do ridiculous makeup all of the time, I might throw in a look that is gorgeous that I've seen or something. We'll see how it goes! :) Hopefully you all enjoy this first one! I'm not listing the makeup because I did this probably 3 weeks ago but have been putting it off because I haven't been able to think up a good neutral name.


So, this first look isn't too bad. Except for the hairy caterpillar brows, the over drawn pale pink lips. Also, notice the "fake" nose piercing which this person literally used a gold dot on their nose. Why?

Just get one of those fake studs that is magnetic that goes in your nose. Way simpler in my opinion. Also, the dark mole thing..Granted I actually do have a mole there, which is funny but the eyeliner on top. I'm not even sure, do people still draw on fake moles? I know they were popular at one point ages ago, but it was farther up on the face or near the eye. Not so much the edge of your mouth.

I just can't with people sometimes. I mean, don't get me wrong, for the most part the makeup is okay. Tone the brows down, take off the black and gold dots and fix the dang lips and bam baby, you've got a pretty decent look there.

So, this isn't one of the worst looks that I've seen. I totally get that strong brows are back on trend, but I just can't with brows like that. I'm kind of really excited to start working on the next look because that one is a doozie!

-Autty