Courtney's Corner: hawaii

Hey Everyone !!

So im going to try to blog every single day or every other day while i'm on vacation in...... HAWAII !!

I will be going to Hawaii for 2 weeks, the first week will be in Honolulu, then the second week will be in Maui. I will be going with my mother, sister, brother, my mother's boyfriend and his 2 sons, and also his ex-wife's daughter. I know that sounds crazy butt we all get along and we are all very excited to be going on this trip together.

I will be leaving on Wednesday, August 14th at 7:30 am out of Toronto, Pearson Airport and ill be arriving at the Chicago airport around 10 am Ontario time. Then i fly out of Chicago after 2 hrs after landing to take a 9 hour flight to Honolulu, HI which we'll be arriving at 2 pm their time which if i was back home it would be 8 pm. I have never experienced a time difference as much as 2 hrs ahead to 6 hrs behind is quite a big thing for me.

When we arrive in Honolulu, we'll be staying at the Hilton, Hawaiian Village hotel and as you can see in the picture above it is HUGE and absolutely beautiful. This week we'll be doing the most, shopping, seeing pearl harbour, tourist-ing and pretty much every thing we can in the capital.

The second week will probably be my favourite.... well actually the whole trip will be my favourite, but i will enjoy Maui's chillaxing environment the most !

We'll be staying in a rented beach house that is 5 minutes to Front st. which is the main street in Lahiana. This is the place that we will be snokaling and paddle boarding and my personal favourtie, Kayaking :)

The only anxiety that i'mm having while the trip is getting closer and closer is that i have a HUGE, HUGE, phobia of drowning and the unknown. i cannot not feel sick when i go over a water bridge or driving close to the water, it makes my stomach turn over. In Ontario since we do not have the sea to enjoy we swim in our beautiful, big lakes but in realty they are not so beautiful to me because 99.99999% of the time you cannot see the bottom of the lake while you're swimming. I am hoping that since Hawaii's water is crystal clear that i might not be so afraid. (finger's crossed)

So i'll be trying to blog every second day at the most, the hotel and rental house both have wi-fi (hallelujah) so wish me luck and i will write to you guys soon !

And don't forget to follow me on twitter, instagram and vine because ill be posting hawaii pic's there !

Courtney

xoxo

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SATURDAY & SUNDAY MINI SHOPPING HAUL

So i know i said i would upload either Sunday night or Monday at the latest.... and today is Tuesday (awkward!) Anyways, here it is, the mini shopping haul that i did over this past weekend.

1. Urban Decay's Naked Basics: so in my last post i said i had received the Naked flushed platte, well i fell in love with "naked", so im hooked. I bought the basics, because i'm a basic bitch :( LOL, not for that reason but i actually have heard great things about it so I've decided to try it ! So far i am loving it, so pigmented and smooth. Also it is smaller than the flushed platte which makes travelling so easy ! EASY-PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY !

2. Also from Urban Decay, i bought the De-Slick setting spray. Now i have tried this before in the small travel bottle, and i loved it also it lasted quite long so i decided to bite the 35$ bullet and buy it. I found it quite a lot of money for just setting spray, yet you pay for the quality and damn it is pretty fine quality If you get n oily face, and runny makeup during the day like myself, i would defiantly recommend the De-slick setting spray ! All you do is spray about 4 times in an X formation and ta-da ! your face will stay matte looking all day !

3. I also went to American Eagle where i bought 2 shirts, a loose, ARMY GREEN (could upload a pic of the one i actually bought) cut sleeved shirt, with a little peek-a-boo hole on the back. I LOVE THIS SHIRT, so comfy loose and light, going to be prefect on those hot summer nights coming up! I also bought a tank top that more looks like a muscle top with smaller sleeves on the top (no collar). it has a sunset background with the word ALOHA in a white faint print. I love the fit and style, also i'm going to Hawaii in August (SO EXCITED) so this shirt is perfect... now note the faint print on it ;)

4. i went to LUSH... of course, and bought 3 items, the first was the "you've been mango-ed" bath melt, which is so nice and makes your bath smell good and your skin super soft (you don't even need to use a lot), next is the "space girl" bath bomb which makes your bath purple/black which smells like blackberries and makes your bath look pretty sweet. Lastly i bought the "magic mushroom" bubble bar, which i wasn't very happy with :( i hardly had any bubbles, and the bubbles i did have didn't even last more than 20 mins :( on result i would recommend the mango bath melt and the space girl bath bomb, but i wouldn't recommend the magic mushroom bubble bar.

5. I went to Zumiez which is pretty much a west 49 store like, in which i bought 2 obey sweaters, one is a zip up and the other is a pullover, the first one (which is the 5th picture below) is the pullover, and the colour is red ! i'm obsessed with skulls, so this sweater is perfect for me. the next one is the zip-up and it looks the same in the picture, super comfy and light.

6. Last but not least, i went to Forever 21 and bought this SUPER CUTE dress for only 25$. I wanted to buy a couple of dresses before summer early this year, and so far this dress has got me more excited for summer. it is a high-low dress with spaghetti straps and a loose & light feel to it. I would HIGHLY recommend girls with bigger boobs this dress because you can adjust the straps and with a good bra, you can either show as much cleavage as you want, which is perfect. But i think this dress would be perfect for anyone !

That's my mini shopping haul, and sorry for not posting this when i promised you :(

If you guys have any different opinions on the items i bought then comment below, ALSO if you have anything that you want me to try and evaluate then also comment below !

till next time ! -court xoxo