Watching YouTube videos - awesome way to improve foreign languages

Hi there! 

Today I would like to share another way to improve foreign languages - YouTube. I started watching videos on YouTube about 7 years ago. My favourite ones to watch are about makeup, clothes and vlogs in which people show their everyday life. This helped me so much with an understanding of different accent and in general with an oral language. I try to watch people from England, United States and Australia or New Zealand to have a variety of different pronunciation and accents. Not only I can learn something new about makeup or find out a new product but also learn new words and broaden my vocabulary. I don’t fell guilty when I watch them in my free time because I am listening to a foreign language. I also watch Italian and Spanish YouTube. I recommend this “method” to everyone, to find a topic that you are interested in and watch them in a foreign language. There are millions of videos on YouTube, so I’m sure that everyone will find something. 

Thanks 

Kasia

New York City - Gossip Girl locations

Hi there! 

Today I came out with an idea to write about my stay in New York City. I was there 5 years ago. For me, this was a dream come true, because I was always dreaming of New York. In this time I was a huge fun of the series Gossip Girl. Because of that I was determined to visit all the places where there were filming different scenes. I managed to do that and I saw a lake in Central Park where  Blair from Gossip Girl was feeding ducks and I walked through Upper East Side where Serena and Blair where leaving. Apart of that I also saw Statue of Liberty and entered the Empire State Building. 

When I came back home I found out that there is a special walking tour of Gossip Girl locations in New York. Also there is an app for a smartphone. I am sure that I will come back there one day I will try to visit every place of this beautiful and magnificent city. I totally fallen in love with New York City and I think that this is the best place to live and be successful in a life. 

Thanks 

Kasia 

Jeffree Star - cosmetics brand created by a man

Hi there! 

Today I would like to share with you some information about a cosmetic brand - Jeffree Star Cosmetics. Creator of this brand, as a name suggest, is Jeffree Star. He is a really controversial guy. He used to sing and he recorded some well known songs which are Prom Night and Beauty Killer. 

He has always been interested in makeup. As a child Star began regularly experimenting with his mother’s makeup and he wear it to school when he was in junior high. His looks are really colorful and out of this world. He shaved his eyebrows and often he draws them using highlighter. Also his body is all covered with tattoos. 

In 2016 he created his own makeup brand. It contains matte liquid lipsticks, regular lipstick, highlighters, eyeshadow palettes and lip scrubs. Lately he released a new eyeshadow palette that sold out in 3 minutes! 

His goal is to “create products that do exactly what they say and that actually last”. I own few liquid lipsticks and highlighter and I really enjoy them. His product are really good and they have a huge range of people that love them. 

I think that this is really interesting that a brand own by a man is more successful that some brands own by women. This shows how our world is developing and that there are no more boundaries. Everyone can create whatever they want. 

I will end this post my leaving a message that Jeffree said: “Let’s inspire each other to stay true to who we are and have fun doing it!”.

Thanks 

Kasia 

„Po prostu przyjaźń” - how to maintain a friendship

Hi there!

Lately I watched a polish romantic comedy “Po prostu przyjaźń”. This movie is about a group of friend that have to face with a lot of life’s adversities. To be honest I’m not a fan of polish movies but this one is quite good. Actors that are playing are well known and this makes this movie more interesting. 

This movie inspired me to write a few words about a friendship. Nowadays, in a world of Internet and social media sometimes it’s really hard to find a good friend. Everyone seems to be so busy and doesn’t have time to spend it with their friends. Because of that a lot of friendships are on extinction. This it really important to care about others, to nurse our friends.

Sometimes this can be very hard, especially when we are moving. 4 years ago I moved to Torun and left all my friends in my hometown. At the begging it was OK, because when I went home to visit my family I also visited my friends. Unfortunately when the time fly by it became harder. Our life changed, and we didn’t have a lot to talk. 

We have to remember that it’s really important to care about our friends and try to spend with them as many times as we can. We don’t want to be alone!

Thanks 

Kasia