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Hi!
How are you guys?

Another year has passed... Time sure does fly.
As I normally do I decided to share the best of what happen this year!

I don't write in this journal often but I will try this year to do it more than just once or twice a year... ^^'

I continue with my creative quest, including the Nail Art tutorials.
I'm considering creating a website for myself too. It would be a way to share my though and my talents (if I have any... :P).

Many good things happen this year that make me happy. But I think that one of the best was being promoted from Web Correspondent to Staff Member of Jim Carrey Online.
I love being a fan of Jim Carrey and I'm honor to be proud of that family/team of fans!

I haven't wrote any lyrics in 2013, yet I have done a lot of knitting...

I'm hoping 2014 will be an amazing year and I wish you all hope, health, happiness and love this this year that has started!

Kisses
Eva Araújo
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Hi guys!
How are you all?

It has been a while since my last journal but I really didn't have that much to say.
First of all I'm happy for my friend Francisco, who has finally recover from his fall. He's still doing some physical therapy but he gets better everyday!
Unfortunately my creative plans with him are currently in stand by but I'm hoping one of these days they can resume.

I've been keeping myself busy though. ^^
After making those videos about becoming blonde I decided in a bit of an impulse to try and do some Nail Art Tutorials.
I'm not sure if there's a future in it but for the moment I'm gonna try.
I decided to do them in Portuguese because is very rare to find any kind of tutorial in my Language (Portuguese from Portugal) and using product you can actually find here.

I'm excited to see how it will turn out.
Here's my 2 videos of Nail Art.
The basic Manicure:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rwuz_…
And the first Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R5Ams…

If you don't speak Portuguese don't worry just turn the sound off and watch it like that. I think you can still understand it.

Also I have being going back to some beeding work since one of my mom's co-workers requested me to do her a rosary made of beeds.
Maybe I can earn some money doing this... At least 20 € I will win... so far.

Kisses
Eva ^^x
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Hi! How are you all!
I haven't write much in here, have I? ^^

I decided to write this journal as a bit of a review about the year that just passed...
Many things happen this year, some I'm extremely proud, not only for myself but to the future.

I have reach my main goal of writing 100 lyrics... now I have a new goal. Reaching 200. I already wrote 11 but my inspiration comes in waves so I have no idea when I'll be finished.
In the meantime I've being watching the TV Show "Once Upon A Time" which I'm completely addicted to. Rumbelle forever! ^^'

I never thought that going blonde would be an adventure in my life. Not only because I was able to do it for myself but also because, in a strange kinda way making the 4 tutorials that I made about the process allow me to get involved in a new project with a very close friend of mine.
I can't disclosed what the project is cause:
1) I'm not ready yet;
2) It's still too early to see if it will be worth it;

Still I'm hopefully.
The worst thing that happen to me actually involves the close friend I just mentioned. Unfortunately, at the end of November he suffered a really bad accident... He fell down from his house which is in the 3rd floor! He survived and is, at this moment, in the process of recovering.
It's a miracle that he survived and I've already visited him at the hospital to make sure I will give him the same strength he has given me.

I've been continuing to do my creative stuff and not only I hope to write more lyrics but also to do my acrylic and FIMO stuff!

But, of all the things that happen to me, there one in particularly that puts a smile in my face every time I think about it.
It's no secret that I'm a fan of two amazing actors. One is from my home country Portugal and the other one is... JIM CARREY!
As a fan (especially if you're a good one and I do believe I'm a good one), you wanna get involved in the fan community of your favorite artist.
In my case I chose Jim Carrey Online because they are the best fan website for Jim Carrey.
Since I became Jim's fan in 2010 I immediately decided to get involved but I never though I would receive the honor that I did!

The editor-in-chief of JCO (Jim Carrey Online) told me he had made me a web correspondent for JCO, which means I'm part of the crew of that amazing website!

I'm so honored! I can't believe I got that chance but I'm proud and I'm gonna do the best job I can!

I'm hopeful and optimistic about next year... about everything.
My friend Francisco is gonna recover and heal.
My friend Carla who recently lost her mom, is going to find a job.
And my dreams will come true!

Kisses to all and have a great 2013!
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Hopeful...

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Hi guys!
How is everybody doing?

I'm feeling hopeful about the future.
After doing that tutorial about bleaching my hair, a great friend of mine actually loved it enough and now I'm involved in some projects with him that have nothing to do with hair or bleaching. Go figure! ^^
One of them I'm gonna start next September when I become an intern at his work with him.
Gonna learn new stuff which I kinda hope will help me in my professional career that actually has been kinda blunt.

Till then I'm gonna enjoy doing the stuff I loved the most this Summer.
You gotta have hope in the future... Or you will lose your mind before you get there.

Kisses to all!
Eva Araújo
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Hi guys!

How is everybody?
I know, it has been a long time since I wrote a journal but I'm here to make it up to all.
On the my latest journal I told you about my adventure of becoming blonde and that it turn out good but not what I wanted.
This time I got exactly what I wanted.

I decided to go to one of those shop that sell hair salon products and bleach my hair at home again.
I went to a store here in Portugal and the lady that first talked to me was really nice.
She explained everything to be and I was surprise at how easy it really i. It just takes a bit of knowledge and that need to do your homework before you get into something like this.

I bought a bit of the Bleaching power and of the Oxidant to do a "Strand test". I totally advice you to do it cause that way you can see how your hair will react without risking lose it in the process. It worked so well that I went to the store again to buy the supplies that I need it. Funny though, what really worried me were the yellow tones in my hair that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take. While doing my research and seeing a lot of video of girl's you have done it like me I learn about the "Toner". For those who don't know, when you go blonde and have to bleach you hair, the best way to get rid of the yellow tones and the same time have a more natural color is using a Toner which practically is dying your hair with some blonde color. This color thought is especially for this affect. I used the lightest one they had.

The products were amazing and made me regret doing it with dye boxes like I did in my first attempt.
After 1 hour with the bleaching in my hair, this was the result: samuraimoon.deviantart.com/art…

You can see the yellow tones right? But still the difference in color from my first bleaching is drastic, to say the least. Lol

Three days later I put on the toner. You have to wait a few days... On my first try I didn't and my scalp was itching and burning, it was driving me crazy!
Don't get me wrong... it still itch and burned but in a tolerable way... ^^

I saw the difference right after rising and blowing dry my hair: samuraimoon.deviantart.com/art…

The ends of my hair are still a bit yellow but it really tone down. Now I look a more natural blonde! Lol

The whole thing was a success and when a few weeks ago I went to the store to buy the supplies to retouch my roots I also found out that I don't need to bleach my roots every month to retouch them. All I need is the Toner and a stronger Oxidant! Ain't that amazing.

My hair is amazing and in wonderful condition! I was so excited that I needed to share the information with someone so I made two tutorials about it.
I record them in Portuguese because when I did my research I couldn't find one single video of my country with products that I could find here... I saw a hole and decided to fulfill it instead of waiting for someone else to do it.
For the Portuguese Deviant Art folks out there you can go to my YouTube page to see them.

In the mean time and artistically wise, I redone all the backgrounds for the blog I dedicate to the Portuguese Actor Diogo Amaral anjos_do_diogoamaral.blogs.sap… and also I enter a competition for the new logo of "Festas de Lisboa" (Lisbon Festivities).

samuraimoon.deviantart.com/art…

I had a tone of ideas but not a lot of time to make them come true. I found out about it 5 days prior to the deadline so even though I could have enter with 2 more drawings I end up only sending one.

Still, I have one that I didn't finish but I certainly will for next year.
I was happy to be part of it cause it allowed me to let my creativity go lose for a while.
The more creative stuff I do the better.

I'm gonna work on some videos and some acrylic canvas cause I've been slacking a bit.
Also I have a few projects that are just in the discussing phase so I'm not gonna say anything until is certain.

I need to do something creative to live. I really do. My problem is that there are so many different things that I like to do that I haven't been able to find a way to do them all and earn money with it. ^^

Until then gonna keep on getting busy... with stuff I love cause if I don't I would die.

Kisses to all!
Eva Araújo
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