Sixteen Once: January 2015

Friday, January 30, 2015

Favorites: January (Netflix edition)

I know that I am way behind the game, but I now officially have a Netflix account! Since my family finally decided to get it I have been using it constantly. I watch a couple episodes every night, and sometime I even watch an episode or so on the bus to school. This week we had two snow days and you wouldn't believe the amount of movies I watched. Sometimes I wonder if I spend too much time online, but who doesn't. Thats just today's culture. Now that I have access to all these shows and movies I can watch the shows I have always wanted to watch, and it also provides an easier way for me to watch my current shows commercial free and in HD.
Basically this post is just a quick list of the shows I am re-watching, the shows I watch, and the shows I want to watch in the near future (if somehow I can find more time in my oddly spare free time).

re-watch

Friends

I guess you can call me a hipster, because I watched friends before it was on Netflix (ok...I tried to be funny). I cannot tell you how happy I am that this show is available, because now I can watch it whenever I want and it never gets old.

How I Met Your Mother

Another one of my all time favorites, and I am looking forward to watching all of these episodes for the 100th time.

Freaks and Geeks
A classic feel-good show that (once again) never gets old. Unfortunately only 18 episodes are available, but that isn't keeping me from watching them over and over again.

watching
Baby Daddy
I watched this show when it first took off (I think it was a year or two ago), but then there was this weird pause in the middle and I guess I though it got cancelled or something, so I stopped watching it. Then I recently saw that there were 3 whole season on Netflix, and I binge-watched them all in the span of basically a week (they are so addictive). Now I am just waiting for the fourth season to go up, or else I will have to keep waiting for wednesdays to come before I can watch the next episode.

Parenthood
Unfortunately, the finale season of Parenthood is not on Netflix, but if you are looking for a heartwarming drama about the most amazing and funny family ever, you have to watch this!!

will watch
Gilmore Girls
A lot of my friends have recommended this show to me because of it's similarity to Parenthood, so when I have a few less shows to watch (or I find myself having way too much free time) I am definitely starting this show.

New Girl
I used to watch this, but for some reason I stopped. Now that it is on Netflix I am definitely starting it back up soon.

Melissa and Joey
This was recommended to me because of Baby Daddy, and to be honest I have always had my eyes on this show. I will probably start watching this at some point.

I watch way too much TV

xoxoxo

Nina

Song stuck in my head right now: Feel Again - One Republic

Friday, January 23, 2015

Blog Updates: Sixteenonce Joins Instagram

The time has finally come. I have created an Instagram page for sixteenonce. It is still in the beginning stages, but I am really excited about where it may take me. I just signed up a few days ago and I was kinda surprised at how few people were actually following and likening my page, but I realize that it's a lot harder than it seems.

Social media is one of the most important parts in creating a blog. It is the only way to get people who don't know you, to find your blog. Once they discover it the whole thing spirals, and hopeful that will lead to a bigger success for my blog. These days, social media is the main platform for starting any sort of business or whatever. Technically you could just rely on word-of-mouth or foot trafic, but the fastest way to start is by informing people who might not ever hear about what you do through hashtags and such. I know hashtags are a bit overused and usually not just for publicizing what you do, but it is one of the smartest tactics for doing so. Through a hashtag you may reach someone who is interested in the stuff you do, but wouldn't otherwise be able to find you.

Anyways, if you are looking to get your blog (or whatever else you do) out to the public I really suggest signing up for as many social media accounts as possible and using a lot of hashtags (but not too many), and hopefully you will be a success in no time. It just takes some work and patience.

Here is a preview:

xoxoxo

Nina

Song stuck in my head right now: Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra

Monday, January 19, 2015

Beauty: My Lipstick Collection

A few weeks ago I was going through my makeup. I opened my lipstick drawer, and was startled to see that I have accumulated over a dozen products that I barely ever used.
Now I get how hard it is to buy lipstick. When you go to purchase some, there is really no way to know what the color will actually look like, or if it will look any good on you. It's a real struggle.

So, I decided to finally use all of my products, and put them on to show you what I use and what products actually look like when put on. Some products are better quality than others, and this test will show that exactly.