I have really enjoyed getting the opportunity to interview other bloggers for this series, and as far as I am aware, many of you have enjoyed being able to find more out about some of the people behind the blogs you read regularly, as well as discovering new bloggers to follow. Hopefully you enjoy finding out a little more about me!
What is the significance of your blog name?
To be really honest with you, I don't know what possessed me to call my blog YouReview, especially because I never really even liked it from the beginning! I think I was just so excited to start up my blog that I rushed through the trickiest (and most important part) in an effort to start posting what I thought were wonderful posts but looking back were absolutely shocking! Oh how far I have come! Many times I have considered renaming my blog but now that it is quite established and has been linked on other blogs etc, I don't think it would be worth it.
Is beauty your only obsession?
Not at all, in fact it is almost a very secret obsession because few people realise I am so into makeup and beauty related things! I love science, though I don't think I know enough and dedicate enough time to it to call it an obsession, rather more of a strong interest...books! That's my other obsession, I love books.
What makes your blog different from others?I think something that distinguishes this blog from others is my photographs - at least the fact that I take them outside among the greenery isn't something I have seen on too many other blogs. I was always very jealous of those who had fancy lighting set ups and incredible cameras (my camera cost $70 and is pretty rubbish!) who took stunning photos on white backgrounds. I could never achieve that so I decided to do a style of my own...photos outside. It's now become my 'thing' and I feel like I get better and better at it!
What is your dream career?
Early last year I did work experience for a week with 5 Speech Pathologists and since then I have completely latched on to the idea of becoming one. I have completed 3 work exp. placements with Speech Pathologists and am entirely sure that is what I want to do so I am really excited about eventually going to university to study that! For anyone who is at high school and thinking about work experience, I cannot recommend it enough!
Funnily enough, I really couldn't imagine working in the beauty industry because I am just so interested in health science/biological sciences. Beauty blogging is such an awesome hobby but something I don't consider as being a good career for me!
If you could feature on any TV show what would you pick?
The only TV shows that I watch are Big Bang Theory and an ABC series that isn't on at the moment called 'Call the Midwife.' I would totally feature on Big Bang Theory if I could!
What are your favourite books and movies?
As I mentioned, books are just about one of my favourite things in the world so it is ridiculously difficult to choose a favourite, but To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli and Looking for Alaska by John Green are probably in my top 10 however there are so many more I could ramble on about.
As for movies, I really don't get into them as much and cannot think of any that I absolutely love, though surely there must be a couple...
Though it was so strange being on this side of the Behind the Blog post, I really enjoyed it and hopefully you got to know me and my blog a little better!
If you would like to nominate a blogger to be featured, please don't hesitate to let me know by emailing me at candiceyoureview@yahoo.com
Oooh! Yay loved reading about you! I'm currently reading Looking for Alaska so I'm pretty excited - I loved The Fault in Our Stars soo much! And yeah, I totally associate the greenery BG with your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tashi! If you liked The Fault in our Stars it's basically guaranteed that you will like Looking for Alaska! Yay, glad you think that :)
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What you did at work experience sounds so awesome! It was too hard to find any possible career ones at the time so I ended up at target for a week haha :)
ReplyDeleteI was so blessed to get that placement, so so lucky! Many others I know struggled immensely to find good placements.
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ooh Speech pathologist. That sounds really interesting!
ReplyDeleteI loved reading more about you Candice :D
I'm glad Sheri :) I really enjoyed opening up a little more about myself.
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I know a couple of speech pathologist graduates and they love their work! My BSF leader moved interstate for a job but it's a good line of work- if you're passionate about it that's a good start!
ReplyDeleteI can't think of anything else I would want to do!
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Great post!
ReplyDeleteIt was a really interesting post and I've learnt a bit about you lol
One of the reasons I was first attracted to your blog was your frequent posts on drugstore products AND your lovely photos :) I love the whole greenery/nature inspired background!
Why thank you :)
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I've been so busy lately with work. And I've been catching up on blogs only now, so glad I didn't miss this post! Apologies for my lateness. I loved that you featured yourself, haha! You're a cheeky girl, you've never posted a photo of yourself on this blog! I would never have guessed you wanted to pursue a career in science, that's awesome! I actually have a friend who's doing speech pathology right now and she's loving it. Lovely to read more about you, Candice! X
ReplyDeleteHaha, cheeky me! I can't wait to get into a science based course at Uni! :)
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Loved getting to know you a bit better :) My biggest regret was not doing speech pathology at uni. My parents talked me out of it and I've always regretted it!
ReplyDeleteWow! It's amazing how many people have some kind of connection to it when I mention it. Before those little placements I did I knew so little of the profession! Maybe one day you could go back and study it?
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I love science and the Big Bang Theory too! That's awesome how you want to be a speech pathologist, definitely good luck with your studies and hopefully an exciting future career :D Looking for Alaska is a book i really loved too!
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