I'm Back!

Hello everyone! I am finally back, and I am planning on doing some hauling and reviewing soon! I know, I know, I always say I am gonna do it and I take forever to follow through but I promise soon I will! I recently went to Bath and Body Works and took advantage of their big semi annual sale! I also got a new palette eye shadow palette for Christmas that I want to swatch and review!

So how was everyone's Christmas? Mine was fantastic! I was super surprised this year with all my gifts. I would have to say that my most surprising gift was an iPad! I did not ask for an iPad because they are majorly expensive, but I am so glad I got it and can not be separated from it! I received the iPad 2 so if anyone wants me to post a review/overview let me know! I would be glad to post one.

I am so sad that the holidays are over, this year I think I tried to force myself to get in the holiday spirit but it just was not working. Maybe it's just because I am getting older? Who knows. By the time I started feeling in the holiday spirit Christmas had come and went. Oh well, it's only a year away! I also celebrated my birthday recently so that kinda puts a boost to the Christmas joy.


Usually I think that I should look nice on Christmas but I kind of bummed it this year. I didn't do any fancy makeup or any fancy nails. On my nails I wore China Glaze Twinkle Lights with Seche Vite top coat and OPI Natural Nail Base Coat--- speaking of nail polish I got a small China Glaze collection for Christmas and I will post swatches and a review soon too! Maybe I will also do so,e kind of nail tutorial also! I'll write down all my ideas so I can keep up. My New Years Resolution will be to try to post at least once a week on here (among other resolutions...), it does not sound like much but it's a lot for me, haha!

I want to build up some kind of community with my blog so that I have more motivation to post for you guys, the more of a following I have the more I will be able to post, so spread the word!;)

So enough of this book I seem to be writing, I am sure it is boring you all to death. As always post comments for posts you would like to see in the future!

Oh, and for those of you who are doing some after holiday shopping, check out my previous post about eBates to find out how you can earn cash back on your online purchase!

Happy New Year Everyone

Free Money?!

Hi everyone!

It't getting closer to Christmas and I am sure everyone is still scrambling around to get their shopping done- I sure am! I wanted to share with you a website I stumbled upon called Ebates. I seriously am in love with it. What it is is basically a website the contains links to tons of different online stores such as Ulta, Kohls, Under Armour, JCPennys, ect. When I say tons, I mean more than tons. So what you do is when you are doing your online shopping, you visit the store through the link provided on Ebates. Each store has a certain percent cash back, so for instance, Ulta has a 4% cash back I think, so if you were to spend 100$ at Ulta, Ebates will credit you 4$. This really adds up quick, especially during the holiday season. Some stores even have a cash back percentage up to 12%! Ebates has certain times when they pay out to people. You have the option to be sent a check, or for the money to be deposited into your PayPal account. Ebates also provides coupon codes to each store, so not only are you getting cash back, but you are getting a discount! Here is the link to Ebates for those of you who are interested:

http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=3GOJw4%2BuuA%2Fla3ksgAlwDQ%3D%3D

Ebates is really a no brainer if you ask me- it's free money! If you are going to shop online anyway, why not make a few extra bucks? Please let me know in the comments if you tried out Ebates and how you like it, I am so happy I found it! 

Have a wonderful day!

♥♥♥

Beauty Blogger Tag!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving! I sure enjoyed mine! I love getting together with the family during the Holidays, it's just so fun! As much as I do appreciate Thanksgiving, I am so happy that it is now officially Christmas season! I already started my Christmas shopping, and am actually almost done! I absolutely can not wait for it to get closer to Christmas so that I can really feel the holiday spirit. I just wish it would get colder out! It has not felt like winter weather at all yet, it's too warm! Oh well, it will snow eventually. Anyways onto the reason for this post! I decided to do a tag again today because I do not have any pictures ready for a review or tutorial, so I am going to do the beauty blogger tag! Okay, lets begin

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?

My hair is naturally curly AND straight. Weird, I know. My hair gets this really ugly frizzy curl right around my face and it is for the most part straight in the back.

2. What is your natural hair color?

Blonde! I love my blonde hair, but over the years it is turning more brownish, poo.

3. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?

I do not dye my hair, but I did one time and I dyed the underneath of my hair a darker brown/red color. I did this at home.

4. How often do you wash your hair?

I wash my hair everyday, sometimes every other day. I know, its bad to wash your hair so often, but my hair gets so oily!

5. Do you wear the same style every day or change it? 

I wear my hair straight almost everyday. Sometimes I wear it in a ponytail with a headband.

6. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?

I do my own! I think it is so much fun to be able to take credit for the condition of my nails.

7. How often do you change your nail polish?

I try to at least once a week, but I get lazy sometimes and its about a week and a half before I change the polish.

8.  Do you polish your toes in the winter, too or just in the summer?

Winter too! Although I do not care so much about how much my toes are chipping in the winter because only the people in my house can see my toes.

9. How long does it take you to put on your makeup?

Totally depends! If I am taking my time I can get up to 20 minutes. If I am rushing, maybe around 10.

10. What do you do first? Face or eyes?

Face first. Not sure why, it just makes sense to me.

11. Do you "collect" makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?

Definitely collect! I am major obsessed with anything makeup.

12. How often do you wear false eyelashes?

Never! I do not really like the look of falsies on me.

13. Do you do a full face of makeup everyday?

I try to! The more I do it everyday, the harder it is for me to go a day without it!

14. Do you wear makeup when you are home alone (or with family)?
Usually, yes. Sometimes though I get lazy and just do not really feel like applying makeup that day.

15.  Will you leave the house without makeup?
This is a tough question because it depends. If my skin is not acting up too bad I will, and I will feel a little bit uncomfortable, but I can manage. If my skin is acting up though, I will not. But if I am in a rush I will just throw on some concealer.

16. How many "high end" products do you have?
Well, my most high end brand that I have is Bare Minerals eye shadow, and my mom gave it to me because she did not use it. After that I would say my It Cosmetics HD powder, which again, my mom gave to me because she did not use. Other than that I just have NYX which I am pretty sure is drugstore, and then other drugstore products like Revlon and Maybelline. 

17. How often do you wash your makeup brushes?
Uh..well..never... I know! Its bad, but I just never have. I will one day soon though, promise!

18. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed?
I used to plan it out at night when I had to get up early, but now that I can sleep in I just pick my clothes in the morning.

19. How often do you change your handbag?
I do not use a handbag, so never!

20. What time do you get up & go to sleep?
I usually get up at 8:30-9:00 and go to bed around 11:00-11:30. I do not leave for class until 11:30 AM, yay!

21. How often and when do you work out?
I don't... whoops?

22.  Left handed or right handed?
Lefty!

23. How tall are you?
5'3 last time I checked, but my jeans are all the sudden high-waterish so maybe I am growing?

24.  Do you speak a foreign language?
No, not at all.

25. How many pets do you have?
4! 2 cats and 2 dogs!

26.  How often are you on Blogger?
Definitely not as often as I should be. I need to get in the habit of posting more. I think I will do a Christmasy nail tutorial soon?

27. Do you read the comments posted on blogs?
Well, right now there are not any comments on my blog (I am so a loser haha!) But I do read comments on other peoples blogs! I love to see the types of reactions other bloggers are getting.

28. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?
Yes & No. Sometimes I put it in the notepad in my phone and other times I keep it in my head, it all just depends!

29. How did you come up with your blog name?
It is just the way I would describe myself! Of course I am addicted to all things beauty though.

30. What kind of camera do you use for photographs?
I use a Nikon S3000 I think.

31. How often do you clean your house?
Not often enough!

32. What is your favorite color?
I am kind of weird when it comes to colors. I will say my favorite color is blue, but if I had to chose a color for something chances are I will pick a pink one. Weird, I know.

33. What is your favorite beauty/fashion magazine?
I do not really look at magazines so I do not have one!

34. Do you swear?
Sometimes. Mostly when I am home alone, or around my friends. I do not swear around family, it just seems weird to me.

35. What are you doing with the rest of your day?
My nails, a shower, maybe a hallmark movie, then I am getting ready for bed!

I tag everyone! Again, I am so sorry it has been so long since I posted anything! I will try to get back on track with things. Have a great day!

TAG! 200$ Budget Christmas List?

Hello lovelies! 

So I saw a post that Sam Schuerman did a few days ago and it was a tag I think. She did not specifically tag me, but I am still going to do it! So basically this tag is you make a wish list for Santa but your budget is 200$! Sounds like a fun post to me! Plus it will help me get my Christmas list started because some people in my family are asking me for a list... I guess they are ready to shop! So, lets begin!

The first two items on my list are the LORAC 3D Liquid Lustre in 

gold and silver. They aren't that expensive considering that they last forever,

at least that is what I have heard. I have had my eye on these for a while but just

never got around to purchasing them, now I can ask Santa! These run for $16

each. So the running total for both would be 32$

The next two items on my wish list is the Urban Decay Naked and Naked 2 palettes. 

I have wanted these for a while but again, never got around to buying them. Maybe

Santa will get them for me?! Probably not. These go for 50$ each bringing our running

total to be 132$

Next item is the Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki Brush. I have wanted

this for so long it is not even funny. It is not that expensive so I am not sure

why I haven't bought it yet, but oh well. This runs for around 18$. Now our

running total is 150$

This next item is DKNY Red Delicious Perfume. I already have the green

delicious and I love it so I thought I would broaden my horizon, haha!

The price on this varies depending on what size you chose, so since we are

on a budget I am gonna go with the smaller one which sells for 45$. 

The overall cost for Santa is...(drum roll please!)

195$

I am sure I could find something to fill the 5 dollar gap, but I will cut Santa a break;)

Leave below in the comments what you would want Santa to bring you on a 200$ budget! I hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving this Thursday!

Have a wonderful holiday!

♥♥♥

Bath And Body Works Haul!

Hello again!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I went shopping on Saturday and yesterday we put up the Christmas Tree! We have not decorated it yet, but it is up and it is so festive! I love the Christmas season, the decorations are beautiful, the songs are wonderful, and everyone is just so jolly...haha! I always feel the need to clean when it gets close to the holidays, I think it is because my mom always made me clean my room before Christmas so Santa could come. Although now that I think about it, I do not really see how it is related...oh well. At least now I have a good habit! Anyways, the reason I brought up the cleaning thing was because yesterday I also gave my room a good cleaning. It is totally clean and fresh now and I am racking my brain trying to figure out how to move around my furniture, I need a change! Okay, enough of my rambling! Onto the haul!

So like I said, I went shopping on Saturday and I picked up a few things from Bath and Body Works. I love shopping there because they always have such good sales and the scents are just luscious! I got a bunch of little goodies and only spent around 35 bucks, fine by me! 

 So here is just a picture of everything I bought, love it!

So the first thing that I got was a sale of 3 for 10$, like they always

have for the mini sizes of sprays, lotions, and body wash. So I got one of each: body spray,

body lotion, and body wash. The scent I picked out was Winter Candy

Apple. I must say, this scent is just absolutely heavenly! You can pick up

on the notes of apple, but it is not an overpowering apple scent, its got other

notes in it as well. It just smells wintery. According to bath and body works, Winter

Candy Apple is a "sweet blend of crisp apple, candied orange, and rich 

cinnamon spice". I do not really pick up on the rich cinnamon spice, but I do 

pick up slightly on the candied orange.

The next thing I picked up was on sale 2 for 5$. I picked up 2 mini candles.

I love these candles because even though are are quite tiny, they

burn for longer than you would think. So the first scent I picked up is Frosted 

Gingerbread. This has a very warm feel to it when you smell it. It is kind

of hard for me to explain this one, but I do pick up on a gingery scent. When I 

smell this I instantly think Christmas. According to BBW Frosted Gingerbread 

is "a warm baked blend of spicy ginger, rich butter cream and brown sugar

topping with whipped vanilla frosting". I do pick up on the butter cream

notes now that I know it is in there, haha!  

 The other mini candle I picked up is Winter. Winter just smells like when

you go outside in the winter. I feel like I am at a Christmas Tree farm, it smells

just like a pine tree! I feel like I smell some kind of musk in it too,

but I am not sure. BBW describes Winter as "notes of pine needles, fir balsam,

and winter woods". Okay, no muskiness in there, but the pine was right!

Yay for me, haha!

 So my fall wallflower bulb thing is almost out, like seriously I can

barely even see any of the juice left! So I picked up a wallflower refill.

The scent I picked up is my absolute favorite scent for the holidays,

Vanilla Bean Noel! I already have the spray and the lotion in this scent

and I am always spraying my room with my body spray, so I decided I

should go ahead and get the wallflower bulb! This scent smells very

vanilla-y and there is another scent under the vanilla that is maybe

caramel-y? I am not sure, so lets go to BBW to see what they say and

see if I am right! BBW says Vanilla Bean Noel is "A delicious medley

of fresh vanilla bean, warm caramel and rich, comforting cream". Yay

I was right about the caramel! Surprising because I am not actually

the best at describing scents...surprise surprise, right? Nah.

So I picked up my first scentportable. I have not put it in my car

yet, I am waiting until after Thanksgiving because the scent for it is a Christmas

scent and I have not started the Christmas scents yet, haha! So I just got 

plain black so I could use it all year round. BBW was having a sale

on these also, buy 3 get one free. So I picked up a scentportable for my mom,

too.  

Here is the scent I picked out for my scent portable. It is Twisted 

Peppermint. It is not a warm smell at all, it is actually a cool smell. I do

not really remember how the candle smelled in the store because

you can not smell the scent through this refill thing. I do remember it

smelled just like peppermint and was a cool scent. I do not remember any

specifics though. BBW describes twisted peppermint as "a refreshing mix of 

spearmint and mandarin, layered with iced peppermint, vanilla extract and 

sugar musk". 

 My mom picked this one out for her, so cute! I don't have my

own picture of hers because she already has it in her car, so thanks BBW 

for letting me use your photo!

This is the scent my mom picked out, it is called 'Tis The Season.

I did not get to smell it, so I cannot give you my own

opinion, but according to BBW, 'Tis The Season "blends deep green pine,

rich red apples and a touch of golden cider". I am sure she likes it!

Wow, that was a lot of stuff, and a lot of me rambling! I will try to keep this short, since I already talked to much! I hoped this haul/review helped you out if you are planning on buying any of these products. As always, leave any requests in the comments and I hope you have a great day!

Matrix Silk Wonder Smoothing Oil Review

Hi Everyone!

Thank goodness it is Friday! Sorry I did not post in the past two days, well I think it has been two days... haha! The first reason I did not have a post for you guys is because I just could not decide what I wanted to review. I did not want to do a makeup review again, and I had just done a post about nails, so I figured all that was left was hair products! Then after I decided I would review a hair product I had to figure out what to review. And my decision brings us to the post you are reading today!

Matrix Silk Wonder Smoothing Oil Review

So here is what the bottle looks like. It follows the orange label

Matrix uses for its smoothing line.

In order to get the oil out of the bottle you just twist the top

and pour out the oil. I wish it was a little bit easier to squeeze 

the bottle but it is manageable.

 According to Matrix, the oil "instantly restores shine and silkiness. Lightweight oil treatment quickly absorbs into hair to smooth and control frizz all day." I would not say this is a miracle product- at least no miracle for me. It does help though, I can definitely notice when I do not use this product. This product does make my hair softer and silkier, but it only slightly eliminates frizz. This is a product that I use everyday, but I will search for something better when I use this up. I am always on the lookout for that miracle product!

I find that this product works best when paired with other products, and will tell you what those are when I do a "hair product routine" post or something like that in the future, so lookout for that! I hoped that this review helps you if you are looking for a new smoothing oil or if you are trying to decided to buy this or not! I know that my review was pretty brief and not very detailed but I am sure that as I do these reviews more often I will get better at giving you information! 

I hope you all are having a good Friday and I hope you enjoy your weekend! They started playing Christmas music on the radio today and I was so happy listening to that in the car on my way to class. I will definitely have Christmas Nail Tutorials coming up soon, yay!

See you guys soon! 

NYX Eye Shadow Trio Review

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I hope you all are having a nice day! I am really looking forward to getting into a routine of posting on my blog. It's super exciting for a newbie like me! So for my blog post today I have a makeup review, yay! Today I will be reviewing the NYX Eye Shadow Trio. The color I have is Aloha/Mink Brown/Deep Bronze. Now, lets get into the review!

So let talk about packaging. I love the packaging of this

trio. I think the packaging looks super sleek! In these pictures

the packaging looks super dirty, but trust me, in person

it is not that bad! I think that flash from my camera is what

is picking up all that messiness. Now, I am not gonna lie, 

fingerprints show up on this packaging in person, but I do not 

really mind that, so it is fine to me.

So, here is what you see when you open it up. Talk about pretty! Again,

I think it is the flash picking up the messiness. On the left you have Aloha,

middle is Mink Brown, and the right is Deep Bronze. On the eye lid

Aloha and Mink Brown look exactly the same. At least I can't tell the

difference, maybe someone else can.These shadows are really

soft and do not come off chalky at all. They are pretty 

pigmented but I do wish they were slightly more pigmented so

that you could tell the difference between Aloha and Mink Brown.

Here is just a closer look at the shadows. Top is Aloha, middle

is Mink Brown, and bottom is Deep Bronze.

And here are the swatches! The top is no base, and the bottom

has a base. You can't really tell the difference between the 

base and no base swatches, but you can kind of see it 

with Mink Brown, which is the middle swatch. As you can see, 

Aloha does not swatch very well, poo. But it does apply quite

nicely on the lid. 

Overall, I would definitely recommend this trio to everyone! I only own one of the trios, but there are tons of them out there! There are trios for everyone-brights, nudes, neutrals, all kinds! I am looking forward to getting my hands on some more of these trios so that I can review them for you guys! If you have any requests just let me know! I will hopefully be back again tomorrow with another review! 

Have a super wonderful rest of your day!

Super Basic Nail Tutorial!

Hello again!

For my first beauty related post I decided to do a nail tutorial! This nail tutorial is super basic, I am sure everyone knows how to paint their nails! The reason I decided to start off with such a boring and basic tutorial is so that I can get used to the formatting and get the hang of this whole blogging thing. So just please, stick with me as I get used to everything. I promise much more interesting posts in the future! So, lets get started!

 You are going to want to start off with clean nails and file

 them to the length & shape you like. My nails are looking really

yellow in this picture- probably because I left the same polish

on them for 2 weeks! Whoops... haha!

Next, you should add a base coat. Adding a base coat will

prevent staining and will also help your polish apply 

more smoothly and prevent chipping. The base coat

that I used is OPI Natural Nail Base Coat. I really like

this base coat because it dries quickly and helps with chipping.

Next apply your polish. The polish I am using is China Glaze Velvet Bow.

I really like this color because it is a dark color but you can

obviously tell it is not black and that it is a deep red. In real life

this color is much darker than it appears in the pictures. The pictures show

the first, second, and third coats. The third picture still looks a bit

streaky but in person it does not appear that way. Make sure when you are

painting your nails that you always wrap the tips- paint polish on the edge of your

nails! This will make your manicure last much longer by preventing chipping.

Lastly, apply your top coat! The top coat I used is OPI Top Coat. 

I love this top coat because it adds a really pretty shine that looks

like you just walked out of the salon! I personally like to add a thick layer

of top coat, but you can do whatever you prefer! Top coat helps to add shine 

and prevent chipping for a longer lasting manicure!

And here is the final product! A very beautiful, long lasting manicure!

I cant wait to get into the swing of things and be a regular blogger! I know this was really basic and boring, but I promise to come out with more exciting blog posts very soon! I think my next blog will be a review of some sort of beauty item. Please leave any requests below! Thank you for visiting the blog and hope to see you soon! Watch out for the next post! 

I hope you all have a very wonderful day!

                                                            

Hi!

Hello!
 
   This is my first post on my first blog, yay! I will be posting about many different things- all mostly beauty related! I plan to be doing products reviews, nail tutorials, hauls, and maybe sometimes just a random blog! I am super excited to be doing this and hope that I can build up a community of people who enjoy reading my blog. I already have some plans for nail tutorials, so look out for those coming soon! I am looking forward to getting to know other people who are addicted to all things beauty as well!
 
 One reason I decided to do a blog was because I am totally addicted to beauty products! I have so much stuff that I hardly use, and I figured I might as well let others know why I hardly use certain products, or why I use certain products daily. Also, I feel like I will have a chance to rediscover some products that I already have but that have been put to the back of the shelf. I also want to let you guys know if a product really does what it says it will do or if it is something to maybe pass on.
 
 I am looking forward to getting to know all of you and if you have any requests for reviews or nail tutorials, please let me know!

   Have a wonderful day!