Anastasiya Shpagina

  Hello~ Sorry it's been a while since I've written... I think I'll take a break from just putting up what I put for my speeches! My ideas have seemed pretty dull recently, so I thought I should put a little more work into my blog!
  Today I though I'd talk about one of my favorite online people- Anastasiya Shpagina! I think she's most often known as the "real life anime girl", but she's done a lot of different things since she's been given that title!
  At first when I heard of her, I wasn't quite as interested for a couple reasons. Most articles and videos  about her said the same things: She wears the anime makeup all the time, she's received surgery, and people's opinions of her are mixed. There's a lot to say about her, but there's only a limited amount of information they can get and give. Most people that like to talk about her in these articles make it pretty obvious that they haven't actually found this information from her or a physical source, but instead just used what was already stated online. I guess it works...?
  My second reason is that her youtube channel was more like an instagram than what it is usually used for. All her videos were under 30 seconds, and all that was shown in it was what could be put in a picture- her showing her makeup, daily outfits, etc. Once in a while I would visit the channel and look at some random videos, but I was never interested enough to subscribe.
  However, she's changed quite a lot, and I love to watch her! I haven't seen many more articles about her recently, but she deserves to have another one written for her. Now, on her youtube channel, she does makeup transformations into celebrities, and they are really~ accurate. It's amazing how she can see the details of people's faces and change her features to look like others!

  Some of my favorite transformations of her are Ariana Grande, Avril Lavigne, Park Bom, and many others! I've seen many transformation videos, but I think hers are the most accurate. :) She's also made some makeup tutorials on ways to make her anime makeup, and an adorable way of doing ulzzang makeup!
  I don't like people having plastic surgery, but I like her too much to care(and plastic surgery will be saved for another post)! She seems like a very nice person, and she treats all her fans well. I haven't heard very much of her being in any drama, and I think she's a good role model when it comes to personality.
  Overall, I'd really recommend her channel!  She's great with makeup and has a great personality- I'd love to meet her sometime, especially since she's become a lot better with her english!

See you in my next post!

~Mare

Comfort Zone

  Hey guys! Sorry, I don't think I posted anything last week... I just wrote my speech on pets, and it was kind of... suckish. Well, all my speeches are but that one was extra stupid and cheesy. However, this week, I wrote my speech on gettting ot of the comfort zone!
  Whatever it is you like to do, it is important to get out of your "comfort zone" to improve. It pretty much explains itself. Your comfort zone is what you are you used to doing, but to get out of your comfort zone,

you have to try new things. This is why you should get out of your comfort zone once in a while.
  First, getting out of your comfort zone helps you improve. I'll use basketball as an example. You may be used to dribbling around the court and making lay ups, but you have to get out of your comfort zone and also practice shots farther from the hoop in order to improve them.
  Second, it gives you more options. The more you get out of your comfort zone, the more you'll know how to use. Instead of having to dribble up to the hoop to shoot lay ups, you'll also have the option of staying farther away and making hoops.
  Last, it will help you discover new things. After putting those things that were outside into your comfort zone, you'll discover a new level of things, and as you put those things into your comfort zone, there'll be even more.
  You have to try something you aren't comfortable with sometimes! It's important to get out of your comfort zone because it helps you improve, it gives you more options, and it helps you discover new things.

So yeah! For some reason, I'm running out of ideas about what to write about :( For at least a week, however, I should have more time to get online and draw, write, etc. My volleyball season just ended, but basketball season already starts in a few days! Anyways, see you guys in my next post!

~Mare