Monthly favorites: February Part 2

Well hello there!

Once again I'm procrastinating, ahem updating my blog, because I don't have a magazine to translate at all, nope! Fine, I do, but I promised a Part 2 for February and it's been a week since Part 1 already. I'm gonna do my actual work as soon as I finish this post, promise.

Enough justifying, on with the favorite-ing.

Sherlock

I know, I'm way too late for this. I sometimes stubbornly not watch some tv shows. But did you know that there's only 6 episodes and each of them are like 90 minutes? Why can't Brits do their shows in normal schedules? That being said, this show is a-mazing. My brother made me sit with him and watch this last month for a whole weekend, and I sacrificed my back watching it because we just couldn't stop. And holy guacamole, Benedict Cumberbatch, though has an unfortunate name, is an excellent Sherlock. It's like he is the man himself. I mean who doesn't love a Sherlock adaptation? But with all other actors (which will bring me to my second favorite in a minute), even yes with Robert Downey Jr, you know it's the actor acting as Sherlock Holmes. This guy though, I mean wow! So yeah, watch it if you haven't already, and lose your mind till the next season starts in September.  

Elementary

I started watching this show the same weekend I finished BBC's Sherlock. After only 6 episodes, I was Sherlock-deprived when it ended. Hence Elementary. Though it doesn't reach the excellence of Sherlock, this is still a lot fun to watch. The Sherlock-Watson relationship is sometimes awkward, sometimes laugh-out-loud hilarious and sometimes aww worthy and it keeps the show interesting. Watson is Lucy Liu, which is a new twist all by itself, a female Watson. But, though I liked Jonny Lee Miller ever since Hackers, I can't really bring myself to call him Sherlock. The way he portrays him doesn't really fit if you ask me. So I suggest, if you decide to watch this, don't watch him as Sherlock but as a character with high deductive skills.

And I just love this photo of them, so I couldn't help but share.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

This one isn't a book (though it technically is) or a movie or a tv show, but it's a vlog. And let me tell you, I don't watch a lot of Youtube aside from occasional make-up tutorials (no judging!), but this got me hooked! If you've read and enjoyed Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, I guarantee you will love this. Just imagine if Lizzie Bennet lived in this century and made a vlog about her life. Every episode is 3-5 minutes long, and it's updated twice a week, so it doesn't even take a lot of your time to watch. And if you're like me and your youtube video attention span doesn't go over 10 minutes, this will be perfect for you too.

Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Liner

OK, let me be a girl for a second here. I've been obsessed with eyeliners for quite a while now. I have them all, pencils, kohls, liquids and gels. My discovery of gel liners was the latest and my first gel liner was a MAC and I though that was it, I was never buying another liner, I had found my perfection. Until I bought this. I have it in 01 Black and it's actually blacker than MAC's and stays on longer, doesn't transfer on my lid, and it comes with that brush which is really easy to use. It literally takes me 5 minutes to do a winged liner makeup (though I'm not as swift when using it on other people, like a few days ago, it took me half an hour on Burcu to get both wings identical, but we were bored waiting in the hairdresser so it was a nice distraction, anyway!) And it's cheaper too! So if you're looking for a good eyeliner I definitely positively absolutely recommend this. I'm actually gonna buy the purple one too, the minute I got my paycheck that is. 


Soo that's all for February. I actually went through a brief Jeremy Renner loving phase when I saw him singing, but it was fleeting, therefore not really worth mentioning (though I just did, didn't I?). The first week of a brand new month is over and so far I've read 7 books, and nothing worth mentioning yet. Which bums me. Maybe you could recommend stuff for me to read and save me from myself?

Till next time. Take care.