Pros and Cons of Taking Summer Class

Since I have finished a summer class a few weeks ago, I thought I would break my thoughts down into pros and cons of taking summer class(s). Including this summer, I have taken 2 summer classes total in my 3 years of uni. Next year I plan to graduate (inshAllah :) so I don't expect to take another summer class again! I was reallllly unsure whether to take a summer class, and before I finally decided to just do it, I listed the good and bad of either of my choices for myself. This is what I will be sharing here. InshAllah this will be useful for anyone else who may be undecided like I was ;)

Pros
- if a specific class is required, get it over with asap since you will have to do it eventually
- makes the semester during the school year a little more manageable/ less stressful

Cons
- extra fee (check with your college)
- want/ need a (long) break ;) after a year of classes = lack of motivation
- have plans already/ will be really busy, so hw might suffer a bit

There isn't much of a difference in the number of reasons to go one way or another. It all really depends on your willingness to just do it (no matter how much you don't want to). Let me know in the comments below your thoughts on taking summer classes!

My Ultimate Movie List!

I'll admit it... I have an unhealthy obsession with watching movies. It all started on July 2010 when I decided to do a "movie madness" scrapbook page (which can be seen here). Since then, I have continued to watch a ton of movies for fun! I thought I would put up a FULL list of all the movies I have seen in these past 4 years. Some I have watched more than once, but I will include it only one time and in the order of most recently watched at the bottom. So far, I have watched 201 movies, but I will update this list as I watch more!

This is more for myself to keep a record of all the movies I have watched, but if this helps anyone in anyway, that's good too I guess :P

To see my past movie related posts, check out my other blog here. From now on, everything movie related will be on this blog. I plan to do top 10 lists, watch next lists, movie reviews, etc. so if you are interested, please come back for more!

If I repeated any names or spelled something wrong, please let me know in the comments. Also let me know your recommendations too!

So all the movies from top to bottom (watched long time ago to recently):

1. The 7 Wonders of the Muslim World
2. A Bug's Life
3. The Sword in the Stone
4. Dumbo
5. Alice in Wonderland
6. James and the Giant Peach
7. 101 Dalmatians
8. The Jungle Book
9. Pinocchio
10. Toy Story
11. Oliver and Company
12. The Great Mouse Detective
13. The Emperor's New Groove
14. Monsters Inc.
15. The Lion King
16. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
17. The Fox and the Hound
18. Bridge to Terebithia
19. Finding Nemo
20. Ratatouille
21. The Fox and the Hound 2
22. Tinker Bell
23. Kronk’s New Groove
24. The Wild
25. Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
26. Toy Story 2                                         
27. The Young Black Stallion
28. The Lion King 1.5
29. The Jungle Book 2
30. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
31. Alice in Wonderland w/ Johnny Depp                                                                     
32. Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween
33. 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
34. The Tigger Movie
35. Up
36. Piglet’s Big Movie
37. Bolt                                                                                       
38. The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride
39. The Rescuers Down Under
40. The Hobbit
41. The Incredibles
42. Meet the Robinsons
43. A Series of Unfortunate Events
44. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
45. Toy Story 3
46. Disney Nature: Earth
47. Disney Nature: Oceans
48. Legend of the guardians
49. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

50. The Nightmare Before Christmas

51. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

52. The Wizard of Oz

53. Animalia

54. Kung fu Panda
55. Chicken Little

56. The Thief Lord

57. The Black Cauldron
58. Hoodwinked
59. Madagascar
60. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
61. Rugrats Go Wild
62. Happy Feet 63. The Dark Crystal
64. Secrets of the Furious Five                                                                                          
65. Monsters vs. Aliens
66. Peter Pan
67. Bambi
68. The Rescuers
69. Robin Hood
70. Disney Nature: Predator and Prey
71. The Spongebob Squarpants Movie
72. The Rugrats Movie
73. Shark Tale
74. Over the Hedge
75. Matilda
76. Journey to Mecca
77. Bee Movie
78. The Wild Thornberry’s
79. Bambi 2
80. Antz
81. Megamind
82. The Princess and the Frog                                                                                           
83. Madagascar: Escape to Africa
84. Night at the Museum
85. Cars
86. Lilo and Stich
87. The Aristocats
88. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
89. Wall e
90. Cars 2                                                                                                                   
91. Winnie the Pooh
92. Rango
93. Peter Pan in Return to Neverland
94. The Prince of Egypt                                                                                        
95. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
96. Nim’s Island
97. Barnyard
98. Kung fu Panda 2
99. Flushed Away
100. How to Train Your Dragon                                                                            
101. Sinbad: Legend of the 7 Seas
102. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit
103. Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron
104. The Road to El dorado
105. Chicken Run
106. Ice Age                                                                                                                 
107. Alvin and the Chipmunks
108. The Tale of Despereaux
109. Stuart Little
110. Inkheart
111.Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief
112. The Last Mimzy
113. Alvin and the Chipmunks Sequel
114. Eragon                                                                                                                 
115. Staurt Little 2
116. Despicable Me
117. Disney’s Stitch: The Movie
118. Surf’s Up
119. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
120. The Water Horse
121. Race to Witch Mountain
122. Mary Poppins
123. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
124. Horton Hears a Who
125. G force
126. Mulan                                                                                                                   
127. Mulan 2
128. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
129. Jumanji
130. Rio
131. Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings
132. Mars Needs Moms
133. Ice Age: Continental Drift
134. Shrek                                                                                                                    
135. Zathura
136. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
137. Bedtime Stories
138. Mr. Popper’s Penguins
139. Brave
140. Scooby Doo: Music of the Vampires
141. Big Top Scooby Doo
142. Scooby Doo: Legend of the Phantosaur
143. Scooby Doo: Camp Scare
144. Wreck-it Ralph
145. Happy Feet 2
146. Madagascar 3
147. Beauty and the Beast
148. Aladdin
149. Cinderella
150. Aloha Scooby Doo
151. Scooby Doo: Mask of the Blue Falcon
152. The Hobbit
153. Nanny McPhee
154. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
155. Dragons, Gift of the Night Fury
156. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
157. The Hunchback 2
158. Nanny McPhee Returns
159. Puss in Boots
160. Hoodwinked Too
161. Frankenweenie
162. Coralline
163. Mooz-lum
164. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
165. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
166. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
167. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
168. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix                                                            
169.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
170. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
171. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
172. Scooby Doo and the Goblin King
173. Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase
174. A Little Princess
175. The Secret Garden
176. Little Women
177. Oz the Great and Powerful
178. Rise of the Guardians
179. Robots
180. Epic
181. Hotel Transylvania
182. The Dragon Pearl
183. Tangled
184. Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost
185. The Witches of Oz
186. The Croods
187. Turbo
188. Monster's University
189. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
190. Planes
191. Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
192. The Return of Jafar
193. Hercules
194. Pocahontas
195. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
196. Prince Caspian
197. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
198. Hunger Games: Catching Fire
199. Ballet Shoes
200. The Hunger Games
201. Despicable Me 2
202. Frozen (watched 7-29-14)
203. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (watched 9-6-14)
204. Rio 2 (watched 9-8-14)
205. Scooby-Doo Wrestlemania Mystery (watched 10-5-14)
206. The Lorax (watched 2-19-15)
207. Free Birds
208. The Boxtrolls
209. The Book of Life
210. Mr. Peabody and Sherman (watched 3-20-15)
211. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (watched 3-25-15)
212. Planes: Fire and Rescue (watched 4-26-15)
213. The Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb (watched 4-30-15)
214. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (watched 5-8-15)
215. Maleficent (watched 6/8/15)
216. Big Hero 6 (watched 6/9/15)
217. Journey to the Center of the Earth (watched 6/11/15)
218. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (watched 6/15/15)

Mani and Pedicure of the Week!

 

I haven't done a nail post in over 5 months and thought it was about time I did one again! After playing with my polishes on my clear nail wheels, I decided to go with a gold and olive green manicure since I liked how the two colors looked together. I usually don't share my pedicures here, but after swatching the orange Sinful Colors nail polish I bought around Black Friday 2013, but didn't really like at the time, I ended up loving the color and used it for my toes. To spare the sight of my feet online :P I have the swatched colors on a nail wheel. Two coats of the polishes were used on the wheel. Remember to click the images to enlarge!

I also wanted to use some nail decals I had to match my mani and pedicure ;) so these colors worked out!

For my entire manicure, I used:

 

Sally Hansen Ultimate Shield Base and Top Coat (as a base)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Nail Color in Golden 1 (485)

Maybelline Color Show Holographic in Mystic Green (25)

Kiss Nail Dress in Babydoll (received in Influenster Varisty VoxBox)

Out the Door Top Coat for Nails

 

For my pedicure, I used:

 

Sally Hansen Ultimate Shield Base and Top Coat (as a base)

Sinful Colors in Courtney Orange (30)

Nailene Bedazzle Pretty Blossom Nail Art (from a few years ago)

Out the Door Top Coat for Nails

 

I used 2-3 coats of the nail colors and after placing the nail stickers, I layered it with the top coat.



Collective Sephora Haul

I've done a bit of shopping on Sephora.com over the past few months, so here is a "little" haul of products I have purchased since December.

I have mentioned Sephora on my blog a few times already, but for those who want to know about Sephora, check out their site. Personally, Sephora's (weekly) deals like these and free samples usually get me to buy something even when I don't need anything. I love their point program where you get more stuff after spending a certain amount and accumulating points, not just what you would have ordered anyway. Their 2x, 3x etc, point idea also gets me to shop. I have noticed that during January, Sephora usually does double points on skincare, triple points on fragrance in February, and this year, triple points again on fragrance around Mother's Day. I love their Sephora Fragrance Sampler for Her and value sets. If you are into anything beauty, you will love browsing through Sephora, for yourself or gifts for others!

To become a VIB before the year ended, I needed a few more points so I bought...

Sephora Collection Pore Perfection Kit

Boscia Mini Mask Medley

For my birthday in January, I treated myself to another Sephora Favorites Fragrance Sampler For Her

Just from those 2 little hauls, I collected all the goodies below!

 

Finally, with my VIB perk of free shipping on any purchase, I chose the Tarte Bright By Night Skincare Discovery Set because I heard so many good things about the oil and wanted to try it.

 

I used some points and chose to try these 3 samples 

 along with the free samples below. 

 

 

I have a lot of products and samples to try out which I am excited for, so I will review (some of) these products in the future inshAllah (if Allah wills).

Proactiv

 

Long time no see! I'm sure I don't need to explain anymore, but I've been extremely busy with uni., work, and life basically. The "free" time I do have, I usually spend my time doing other things besides blogging here. But, with uni. ending for me after I finish a project in a few days, I plan to post once a week at least inshAllah. I might be taking a summer class too, so I won't be entirely free, but I will try to do what I can and get back to posting.

So the point of this post as you can tell from the title, is to share a recent skincare system... Proactiv. It's nothing new and many of us are familiar with it, but I recently decided to purchase a kit to try for my skin. I've heard mixed reviews about Proactiv so I was a bit hesitant, but I am a little desperate for clear skin, especially at this point in my life. I am unfortunately breaking out in adult acne and it's stressful! I've been use to practically clear skin for almost 20 years and this year as a junior in college, my skin freaks out. I think it might be due to the stress of junior year since the first time I did break out was as a junior in high school, but just my forehead was affected. Now, my cheeks and chin decides to join in :(

A couple of products by Proactiv have benzoyl peroxide, which seems to work for my skin as seen through the use of persa gel and I saw a few good reviews on some products. Proactiv also had 30% cash back on ebates for the kit I ordered and 60 days money back guarantee, so I thought now was the perfect time to try this line out.

 

 

I ordered the original Proactiv for Teens kit which includes:

Renewing Cleanser   

Revitalizing Toner    

Repairing Treatment

Deep Cleansing Wash    

Advanced Blemish Treatment
 

 

Free benefits included:

Travel-size Green Tea Moisturizer

The Doctors' Secret to a Lifetime of Clear Skin

ActivMember® Benefits

 

 

And finally, for my free gift, I chose the Dark Spot Corrector.

 

I started to use the set for a few weeks already, so I will post a review/ follow up on the condition of my skin/ acne once I get a good idea of what's working and not.