NEW BLOG

Hi People,
I've moved my blog -
the address is now

papercraneanni.wordpress.com

see you there ( click HERE to go directly there )

PAPER TOWNS - A Recommendation / REVIEW

Hi ...

So I don't know where you have been, probably under a rock, if you haven't read this book (the rock thing is a lame excuse because you can actually read under a rock, I'm sure).

PAPER TOWNS is a beautiful expression of the human character, and emotions a person goes through. It makes ordinary things seem magical, and it inspires you to not just hide under a rock and live your life, it makes you want to get out there and explore the world in your own way. I feel like this books makes me want to do daring things, and not care or worry about what others think about it, similar to how I felt when I cut my hair (CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT IT ) .

This is hard, because I really don't want to give out any spoilers, but I feel like Q is us, or we can relate to him. We all imagine these people to be so spectacular and different, and we see ourselves as boring and lame. Q learns that that is not entirely true. That has to be one of my favourite lessons from the book.

I'm sure others will take other things from this book, and I'm keen to read more about what you, or other blog poster people have to say, so if you know anyone who has written a review let me know so I can check it out.

PAPER TOWNS was really an enjoyable book to read and better than The Fault in our Stars (in my opinion), so please stimulate your brain, and read it.

Have a lovely day you lovely person,
xxx
Andrea xxxxx

P.S.
May the Fourth be with you until next year ;)

The Aussie Philosophy

There is more to life than hair, but it's a good place to start - The Aussie Philosophy 

So I used to have like really long hair (I mean really really long hair). Everytime I went to that hair dresser for a trim (the hairdressers were always bitterly disappointed when I wouldn't let them do anything but trim and style my hair...) the hairdressers would always ask me how I kept my hair so healthy. Despite having just under 50cm in length of hair, I had minimal heat damage, and practically no split ends. They would inspect my hair looking for damage and split ends, but alas they found next to nothing of the sort. 

My secret...

The AUSSIE Shampoo and Conditioner range. 

 (now I sound like one of those woman from a LÓreal ad ...) Dun dun dunnnn

The two products I use are the Aussie Frizz Miracle Shampoo and 3 Minute Miracle Fizz Remedy Deep Treatment.

It does what is says it does on the bottle. And is smells like a dream.

I swear this stuff does magic to my hair, leaving it looking like I've spent hours on my hair styling it, when in fact all I did was wash and brush it.

After cutting my hair shorter I was so nervous that my hair would go all puffy and frizzy, but thanks to the Aussie shampoo range, I don't have any. Click HERE to go to a post of mine where you can see how great my hair looks ( and all I did was wash and brush it and let it dry).

I really recommend this product to anyone who is looking for frizz remedy. It works, like seriously well.

Click HERE to go to the website and check out the range of Frizz Remedy.

To be honest, I really didn't like the conditioner, it didn't do great things to my hair, but the 3 Minute Miracle makes up for it. 

My 300ml shampoo and 250ml Deep Treatment lasts me about 4 months because you don't need to use a huge amount on your hair. 

I am desperate to try some more of their products, especially their dry shampoo. 

Please, next time your shampoo runs out, invest in this great product and give it a go. You'll love it I promise. If you're keen to try it, I'm sure they give out mini free samples, or you can buy the mini sachets for one wash.

(Oh and a tip for while you're waiting the 3 minutes during the Deep Treatment, do yourself a favour and read the front and back of the bottle, you won't be disappointed. Its Sassy and Chilled, you'll see what I mean)

Hope you liked this post and found it useful. Leave a comment below if you use, or want to start using any of the Aussie range.

Have a great day,

xxx

Andrea

#ChannellingMyInnerKyra

Hi to the Loveliest of Lovelies.

So despite this post being a kinda shout-out/gushing over my great friend, I actually want what I'm talking about to turn into a thing.
This post is going to start with a #HASHTAG and end with a #HASHTAG and that very special #HASHTAG is -

#channellingmyinnerkyra   (CHANNELLING MY INNER KYRA for those of you, who like me, might struggle to read hashtags)...

Here is the 411/the LOW down,
My friend Kyra is warm (she's a mammal so to be warm is expected of her) but she's more than that. She's friendly, but friendly in a way that isn't fake, she's genuinely concerned for others, and actually wants to hear about your day. She listens to her friends complain endlessly about how tiresome, or complicated their lives are, and she's always there to offer solid and wholesome advice that works. She's bubbly and giggly, but not annoying (yes we're all thinking of that one person who giggles too much and you wanna duck-tape their mouth shut the second it opens, well she's not like that). She's also an incredibly hard worker, she sits down and gets stuff done. Kyra is confident. Even if she doesn't feel it, she walks into a room with a purpose and strides in unconsciously demanding respect, and the feeling is mutual. I've never seen her treat someone without the equal respect that all people deserve.

So now you're thinking,  wow this Kyra is perfect (and Kyra reading this's head has just grown so big her parents are going to have to make their door wider just for her to fit into the house from no on). But here is the secret truth, she's actually not. She has her faults, and her own problems, she gets jealous, and angry (her siblings are usually the main cause for that, I'm sure you can relate ;) I sure can). These are all normal and human faults, but she usually handles them a bit differently to most of us. She accepts them. Yes, she's honest about it. She doesn't pretend like everything is hunky dory when it's not. She accepts her faults, her weaknesses as a part of who she is, and rolls with it. She turns her weaknesses into strengths. And that is one of my favourite parts about her. I feel like we could all learn from her cheeky confidence, and become better people.

Here is my THEORY on the matter,
If we all tried to use/channel the awesomeness that is my friend Kyra, and used these great and wonderful aspects of her that I've mentioned, we would definitely benefit.
So I want to start a HASHTAG , and you've guessed it - #channellingmyinnerkyra

Here is what to DO ABOUT IT,
Everytime you do something wickedly awesome, or out of your comfort zone and you realised you turned out better for it, then I want you to use the HASHTAG #channellingmyinnerkyra.
Everytime you were confident even though you didn't feel confident (its called FAKING IT TILL YOU MAKE IT), then use the HASHTAG #channellingmyinnerkyra.

Me Channelling my Inner Kyra cause she loves tea ;)
and normally I wouldn't post a picture like this even though its fun

So that is my theory ---
and even if this doesn't catch on, or work, I hope it helped. I hope it helped you to feel like you can be awesome even if you don't feel like it, you can push through on a hard day, and even Kyra, if you were just reminded of how awesome you are, then I'm happy.

I hope your day is fantastic, and that you try to ...
#channelyourinnerkyra

(the actual hashtag is actually #channellingmyinnerkyra, I just used that other one for dramatic effect)

The Almost Autumn Afternoon

Hi Lovely and Stunning Person reading this :)

Yesterday, the weather was perfect, the were a few light, fluffy, white clouds in the sky, and my dad decided to treat my family and I to milkshakes on a really cool wine farm about 15kms away from where we live. The farms name is Dornier, and during WW11, the guy who owns the place now's grandfather used to build aeroplanes. One of his aircrafts was called 'Do 217', nicknamed 'the Flying Pencil', and it was used to defend Germany at one point during the war.

The setting was incredible, and I can't actually describe it using words, because if I tried, I wouldn't be doing it justice. Thank goodness I took a million pictures (no more like 50), so I'll just post those instead.

Hey Andrea Claire?! wait! what?

Hi guys, and girls (although I'm assuming that you reading this are a girl, cause you know, guys don't seem to be big into reading blogs and all that)

Anyway, you might have noticed that my blog name has gone from Papercraneanni to HeyAndreaClaire :)
There is no significant reason for this change other than I felt like something different, and HeyAndreaClaire has a nice ring to it?! Don't know if you agree at all? yes? no? well yeah, I might go back to the original... you never know :)

Yeah so this was my quick update, I hope to have time over the weekend to post something more substantial, so look out for that ;)

Have a fabulous evening, morning, day ... whenever you are reading this.
xxx
AndreaClaire

Two Years Apart | Update

Hello,

Check out Two Years Apart's new cover on Youtube...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F45BbkAlPQM (copy paste this into your browser)

Enjoy
XAndrea Claire

p.s. I'm actually in Two Years Apart (hehehe)