As I said, I just finished my first week of work experience which, for those who don't know, is when our school gives us three weeks to go to work places of our choice and see what jobs we'd be interested in pursuing. My first week was in my old primary school and I'm doing my next two weeks in a creche because I want to work with children. It was so amazing going back to my primary school and it was done so that I got to go to four different classes a day to watch the teacher do their thing and help, if need. Since the younger class need more help, I was in a Senior Infants class (5-6 year olds) in the morning, a split of Junior/Senior Infants (4-6 year olds) after break, 1st Class (6-7 year olds) after lunch then 5th Class (10-11 year olds) from 2 till 3 o'clock. I absolutally loved every minute of it, I got to read with the younger kids and help them with their maths, all that kinda stuff. I've always wanted to work with kids but now I'm positive that it's 100% what I want to do. You need so much patients with them and creativity. I didn't do much when I was in with the 5th class but it was still good, most of the time I was sticking pictures on the wall but they were so funny. They'd make cheeky remarks and the teacher would give out but they'd be hilarious. Being back made me realize how old I am, I'm not saying that I think I'm ancient but the last time I was in the school the 5th class were in 1st class! I remember them all being so small but now there are some that are nearly the height of me!
Working with the younger kids was brilliant, they'd get so excited about the simplest things, for example in the senior infants class they were getting an envelope with pictures that they had to match together and the teacher said "We're going to do something really fun now, you're all going to get an envelope" and they all gasped with excitement over an envelope! But it's not just the kids that amused me, the teachers were pretty funny as well, one was reading his class a story and he was getting so into it, he was putting on voices and singing all funny which got all the kids interested and I just found it so funny. There is also the more boring side to it like photocopying loads of pages loads of times and then cutting up lots of words and putting them all into the kids folders but I didn't mind doing that. The thing I found most fun was when I was helping the junior/senior infants paint. They were doing patterns using paint and sponges but they didn't have enough sponges for the whole class so there was one table painting and when one person was finished, another would come, paint and so on and so forth. I got paint on my shoes and in my hair, and because they were using sponges all the paint was absorbed by the sponges in minutes so I was running back and forth with different coloured paint to refill the bowls as children were handing me their wet paintings and sponges full of paint were being dropped everywhere. I would have loved to do another week there, I enjoyed it so much and it's defiantly something I'd love to do when I'm older.
When on work experience I wore makeup everyday so I really got to test my product's will power over the week. I use the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation which I've been using for a while and I think it's pretty good, it gives a good coverage and a dewy finish which I don't really like so I use my Rimmel London Stay Matte powder over it which I love, it just mattes everything, it stays really well and it smells quite nice. Today I used my Maybelline Colour Tattoo in ''On and On Bronze'' which is really good. I have oily eyelids so things usually crease easily but this didn't which is amazing and it's a really nice colour and there were a good few different colours so I may be buying a few more.
During the week I was always so tired after the day and being a lazy teenager I hate taking off my makeup but it has to be done and done properly. Girls always say they do take off their makeup but they still might not have the best skin and that might be because they're not taking it off properly. I use to just wipe it off with a baby wipe which I knew was wrong so I looked on YouTube for quick ways to get my makeup off but the products they use are sometimes quite expensive so I started using the Boots Essentials Cucumber Range which are cheap, they do the job and they smell nice, and they also do a fragrance free range. I start by using the Moisturising Lotion to take off my foundation, I just massage it into my skin using my hands for a few minutes then I wash it all off with warm water and a facecloth, it makes my skin feel so clean and it's way better for your skin then a baby wipe. I then use the Eye Make-Up Remover Gel which I put on a cotton pad and leave it on my eyes for a minute, it just loosens everything and makes it so easy to wipe away and it doesn't sting or anything. When I have all that done I use the Facial Toner, I just pour some onto a cotton pad and gently wipe it over my face, it just gets rid off all the makeup that gets left deep in the skin, I feel it's so important to use toner because even if you've scrubbed your face with a cloth, if there's dirt left in your pores you'll get spots. I've also started using the Moisturising Cream because I didn't moisturise and people are always saying you have to do it but I think it depends on the person and their skin. I have combination skin which means it's oily and dry so I only moisturise once every two days and I only use a tiny bit only on the center of my face because I don't need it anywhere else. If I use to much my skin gets oily but if I don't use it my skin gets dry, so I think everyone should decide themselves on how much mosturiser they need, I do think everyone needs to moisturise though even if you have oily skin, they do make moisturisers for oily skin so there's no excuse!
This is a drawing I got from a girl who called me ''Pretty Triona" for the whole week, cutie
