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Hey y'all! I am going to do a Q&A post sometime soon, and I would be so grateful if you would comment questions for me to answer! I will note who the question is from on my post, unless, of course, you don't want me to. Which is fine! Thanks everyone! Teenage Blogger x

Hey guys! Today's article is about useful tips and tricks to do with hair. 1. Plait Your Hair Before Bed And After Showers! Not only does this keep it from getting tangled overnight, but when you take them out, it achieves beautiful, even curls that don't use heat or damage your hair. I find that dutch or french plaits work best, especially to get more curls near the top of your head. It looks especially nice with a far side parting! 2. Rinse Your Hair In Cold Water! Again, this works best straight after showers. If you dip or rinse the ends of your hair with cold water, it will help it grow longer, faster and healthier! 3. Avoid Too Many Products! Excluding products to wash your hair, it is best to use as little chemicals as possible. Over a long time period, this will damage your hair. Also too many products an make it greasy and not look nice anyway... 4. Don't Use Elastic Bands! Elastic bands, different to hair bobbles with material around them, are actu...

Heya guys! Today I’m going to tell you about... Everyday Makeup Hacks! And yes, it deserves capital letters. Hack 1: Put concealer underneath eyeshadow . This helps it to stay on longer, and makes the colour underneath more even so that the eyeshadow looks more even too! Hack 2: Put powder underneath lipstick. Very similar to the last one, to make lipstick stay on longer, (I've only done this once because it went away after a few hours) It might be an old trick but it actually works, any way, put on a coat of lipstick, then lay a tissue across you lips. Dust translucent powder on to make the color set so it stays on longer. Hack given by Blue Lake go follow! Hack 3: Mix your foundation with moisturiser . I have very pale skin, so a lot of cheap makeup brands don’t have foundation light enough for me, so I mix it on my hand with a little moisturiser- it also gives better coverage and helps it to last longer! You could also find a small plastic bottle and put a lot of bot...

Hola amigos! Today imma post about writing/text/rp slang that you may have heard a LOT but have no clue what they mean... So here goes! Atm- at the moment; Au- alternate universe; Cba- can’t be arsed; Cbb- can’t be bothered; Cul- see you later; Fanfic- story based on another author’s setting and/or characters; F4f/Fff- follow for follow; H4h/hfh- heart for heart; Irl- in real life; Lmao- laughing my arse off; Lol- laugh out loud; Ly- love you; Oc- own/original character; Otp- one true pairing; Oorp- Pov- point of view; R4r/rfr- read for read; Rp- role play; Ship- a pair who you really want to get together; Tbh- to be honest; Thx- thanks; Ttyl- talk to you later; Ty- thank you; Yolo- you only live once; I couldn’t think of any more atm but comment if you have any that I should add! Thanks and have a great day, hope your skin is clear, your (non fictional) crush kisses you, all your problems are sorted and you get lots of reads and followers xxxx Qu...

Heya guys!  Its me, Young and Enquiring (although I'm still looking for a new name...)! Today my article is on how to tell if someone is lying.  I'm sure that you have all wondered at some point if you are being lied to, and now you can find out! Face and Voice 1. Look for micro expressions. Micro expressions are emotions that flash up on a person's face when they are trying to conceal the truth. It is usually distress - their eyebrows join together and lift, with creases along their forehead. 2. Look for eye movements. If a person is making something up, they are likely to avoid eye contact. A right handed person's eyes will move up and to the right, and vice versa for left handed. Liars tend to blink more and rub their eyes, but just because they do this doesn't always mean that they are lying - people do this for other reasons as well.  3. Listen for voice changes. Liars usually talk faster and in a higher pitch, and also stutter or...

Hi! I was thinking about having a new name for my blog, but I can't think of any that I like!  Any suggestions? I want it to be kind of short, well at least shorter tham my currently one, and summing up my blog and me in one. In fact, lets make this into a competition. The winner will get a shoutout! Thankyou guys xx My ideas so far (please vote in the comments!):  One Life My Life Teenage Teacher Truth Of The Teen World Life Lessons As I Learn Lots of love, Young and Enquiring x

Hiya again! In this post I'd love to talk to you about something that I really don't understand, and something that's happened to me VERY recently (as in about an hour or so ago!). And this something is bullying. Let's start with a story. I'm on this open website called Quotev, on which you can share stories and quizzes etc, and read each others. I am part of an online magazine on it, in which yhere are multiple authors contributing articles. Today someone hacked into our main mag account, and deleted/edited some of our posts, posted an article on porn (if you don't know what that is, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GOOGLE IT. ASK YOUR PARENTS IF YOU MUST KNOW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.), and commented some really horrible things that I won't mention, before deactivating the account and therefore losing all our data, followers, and account. Meanwhile giving several people panic attacks and reducing a lot of us to tears. My question to you is: Why would you...

Heya again. I know this is the second serious post in a row, but I need, must say something about this issue. It has been bothering me for ages, and when would be a better time to post about it than now? I promise you guys that I will do something a bit more positive next time. Also I was thinking - maybe I should start doing slightly more personal posts too? Let me know in the comments if you'd like that! Anyway. One of  the things that disgusts me the most in this world, (and yes there is A LOT) is that there are loads of people that have so much money that they're doing nothing with, and then on the other side of the world there are starving, dying people with no help at all.  I find it awful when people clutching purses, or with a handbag over their shoulder, buying lots of expensive stuff, walk past a homeless person without giving them a second thought. Can you not spare one of your millions of pounds for a dying, lonely and starving person who has nothing? I hea...

Heya guys! Sorry again for being inactive lately I just had a complete writers block and couldn't think of any post ideas. Today's post is actually a guest post by IndigoSky (link at the bottom) about how to develop story characters.  This is really useful if writing stories is your thing, as it's easy to make them typical, boring personalities with nothing to make them stand out. So here we go! Hey guys, it’s  IndigoSky  here. Thanks to Apple Tree for letting me do a guest post on her blog! Anyway, let’s get on with this post. I love reading and creative writing, and I know that one of the hardest parts of writing a story is coming up with good, realistic, believable characters. So I’ve put together a list of rules to follow when coming up with characters: Rule 1:  People aren’t perfect. It can be very tempting to make your characters have only positive characteristics and no negative side , especially if you’re writing a romance story, or something to ...

Heya again. I just wanted to say a quick note... I love it when I see that you guys are viewing my blog. It makes me happy to know that people are actually reading it and seeing my posts. It would make me even happier if you could please please please follow and comment, I am trying my hardest to make it easy for you to do that. It really makes my day to see that I have interaction with my viewers and I would love it so so so much if you could comment, follow and share. Thankyou! Lots of love, Young and Enquiring x

Hiya guys, and merry Christmas!! So I was thinking about my last post, and about how it's quite hard to get a free guest post on another blog.  I want to help you guys out, so I'm going to hold a competition for 3 lucky winners to get a guest post on my blog! Now I realise that my viewers aren't very active, so I'm going to give you one year to enter, and I will keep posting reminders throughout the year. To enter, all you need to to is comment on any of my posts, share my blog on some form of social media, comment your blog name, what your post would be about and why you should win. The competition closes on the 25th December 2017. The winners will be announced hopefully the same day. Good luck! Question of the day: what are you most looking forward to getting for Christmas? Answer in the comments below! Lots of love, Young and Enquiring x

Heya guys x So I know how hard it is to write a blog that people will enjoy and follow, and if you are new to blogging it can be really difficult to find viewers.  Obviously I don't have very many followers yet but I have some knowledge which can help anyone looking for advice. I have been blogging for just under two years now and I have become more confident and comfortable in it and myself as time has gone on. So here are some tips on how to become more confident and better at blogging. 1. Be chatty People like a friendly person who makes them feel at ease and happy. Use language you would use normally, use it to impress your readers not your english teacher! It might help to pretend that you're talking to your friend, so that you feel more relaxed and more cheerful. 2. Post what your viewers want to see Your viewers are only going to read your blog if the content interests them. Mine is a lifestyle blog so I post a bit of everything, with a few areas that I know mo...

Hey guys Sorry I usually don't post shoutouts but I have to shoutout Teenage Blogger Central, because they are such a great website and have really helped my blog to grow. Heres the link:<a href="http://teenage-blogger-central.blogspot.com" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOM7nSd2iEbCZyM-4-GHvojoLcFj0I8pmNogHnmlxao9Lw6SQpJg4HNarhzs7YkiSY5bP1dtl8kS4aTRgHQViKv40vbuBW97yJTT1m6HnduU2cKLvHgn8K51neB4bFmmNTq-rS5nVa7E/s1600/tbc+button.jpg" /></a> http://teenage-blogger-central.blogspot.co.uk/ They post lots of blogs that are great for teenagers so please check them out!! Lots of love, Young and Enquiring x

Hiya guys 😘😘 I really need to tell you something  (🎤 I really really really really really really really like you 🎤🎤🎤😂)  No, joking. Anyway.  I'm not happy with my blog.  I don't feel like I'm connecting with my readers enough.  I feel like I'm here to provide info, but I want to be regarded as a kind of Internet friend you can ask for help on anything, and can just cheer up your day. Reading Zoella's two books (Girl Online and Girl Online:On Tour - if you don't know you should do, I might do a book review later...😀) has really inspired me, how Penny can write and the words seem to flow out of her fingers, how she always knows exactly what to say and exactly how to say it, how she connects with her readers and gets lots of lovely comments asking her for advice. I want to be like Penny.  I'll make you a deal. I will try to be more friendly and chatty to you and help you, and post a mix of interesting posts. ...