Ramblings of a Makeup and Shopping Addict

Cake Pops

2012-01-27T14:34:00.001-08:00

Spending my Friday night reading a Cake Pops book I purchased off of eBay. If you haven't already, scroll down and enter my giveaway!!

GIVEAWAY & 400th Post!!!

2012-01-25T11:14:00.000-08:00

I promised once I reached 300 followers I would have a giveaway, well here it is, and what more appropriate time then my 400th post! I can't believe I have reached over 300 followers. You have no idea how much that means to me, I'm so thankful. If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't be blogging. I didn't think much was going to come of this blog, and look at how far it's come.

And because I reached 300 followers I'm going to be holding a giveaway. Because I love you guys dearly and you deserve it! ;)

The rules are as follows:

Deadline to enter will be February 15th, 3 weeks from today.

All you have to do is comment below saying why you like to read my blog. That will give you one entry. If you blog about this giveaway you will receive 2 extra entries. Giving you 3 chances to win. (Leave a comment stating that you blogged about the entry)

You must, must be a follower of my blog, and I will check. This is for my followers who supported me throughout the years, so that is why I'm being strict on that.

That's it!

Here is what you will receive:

Hair clips from Charlotte Russe.

Tarte prime and mascara.

Kat Von B's eyeshadow palette.

I hope you like the giveaway!!

Target's Dollar Bins are Awesome!

2012-01-21T07:31:00.000-08:00

And that was my creative post title. Success. :)

And that's pretty much it, I picked up some pretty awesome things at the dollar section of the Target section. I thought this would be helpful to anyone trying to organize their things, or for school students like myself. :) Everything pictured is only $1.

I couldn't pass up this cupcake bin, it was $1, and it came in all different patterns. I haven't decided what I'll use it for, maybe nail polish or hair clips.

This is a magazine file. I have one at school, and I needed one for my parents house for all the magazines I get here and haven't read. But if you're using it for school you can store your folders in them and smaller books, that's what I use mine for at my apartment.

Assembled.

I picked up paper organizer, and also a coupon organizer.

Anyway, we got our first huge snow fall for 2012! And I'm suppose to be heading back to school today. I'm hoping it clears up and I can leave later today. Wish me luck!

Tag, Your It!

2012-01-20T16:44:00.000-08:00

So, here are the rules:
-You must post the rules
-Post 11 Fun Facts about yourself
-Answer the 11 questions that the tagger posted for you in their post & then create 11 questions to ask the people you've tagged
-Tag 11 people and link them in your post
-Let them know you have tagged them

11 Random Facts about Me

1) I do not own any perfume. I use body sprays and body lotions, that's it.

2) I have written in a diary since I was 16 years old, it helps me get things out that I normally would never say.

3) I have an obsession with doing good in school. I don't know what I'm going to do when I graduate. lol.

4) I must own two of everything, just in case one breaks. Like a straightener or a blow dryer. I always need a back up because I have an irrational fear of being without something I love/need. haha.

5) I don't have any songs on my iPhone -- none.

6) I don't know the name of actresses and actors, I could care less. Why should I? They will never know or care about me, why should I obsess over them? That's my motto.

7) I love Hot Yoga!

8) When I go out to drink with friends my choice of drink is always a mudslide(so bad for you). I can't drink Vodka, it does horrible, unspeakable things to me. lol.

9) When I go online my order of things I do is as follows: Check my mail, facebook, blogger, pinterest, repeat. Always. Always. I can't help it!

10) When I own my own home I want to have two Christmas trees. One downstairs and one upstairs. I've had a weird obsession about that, I just want to.

11) I have to be honest, I've been sitting here for a half hour trying to think of random facts about myself. lol

11 Questions for the People From Schnelle:

1. How did your parents come up with your name? Oh my gosh, I have no idea.

2.Do you typically get your nails done or do them yourself? I do them myself, they always hurt my poor fingers when they do them. And I hate hate how your nails looks when they come off. :/

3. Do you leave the house without makeup on? No, never. I don't like the way I look without makeup. I'll do minimal make up, like foundation and mascara.

4. Silver or Gold? Silver!

5. Where would you like to go on your next vacation? I just love to go to the beach, so I'm thankful if I go there.

6. Name one thing on your bucket list. Get married and have 2 beautiful children.

7. What is your favorite feature (eyes, smile, etc)? Hair.

8. What song(s) are you obsessed with at the moment? Anything by Bruno Mars.

9. Do you use sarcasm a lot? No.

10. What is the first thing that you notice about someone? Eyes.

11. What is your favorite food and/or dessert? Cupcakes!!

I tag anyone who wants to do this! You can use the questions by Schnelle. :)

Cupcakes Galore

2012-01-19T18:15:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my mom and Kohls I have a bunch of new cupcake decor to show you guys! I can't believe all the adorable cupcake things now, I guess because of Valentines Day, but still! It's exciting!!

Oh, and I have a random request, if anyone goes to their local Target and finds the $3 cupcake rug in the $1 bin section I will glady pay you for it and for the shipping, I want it so bad, and the Target near me is all sold out! :( Comment below!! :)

Anyway, here's the adorable things my mom purchased for me for Valentines Day. The past two days I came home my mom has bought me stuff for Valentines Day, I'm so thankful. :') I'll have an adorable cupcake set for Valentines Day now. Thanks Mom!

Home, Sweet, Home sign I'll hang in our kitchen & a vanilla cupcake candle.

Cupcake glasses with spoons, can be used for soup or for hot chocolate. I'll be using it for hot chocolate, can't wait!

Set of 3 cupcake bowls/glasses. Any suggestions for what I can use these for?

This is completely random but on the topic of cupcake, cupcake paper clips. So cute!

Anyway, have a good night everyone!

Cupcake Decor & It's Sugar

2012-01-16T19:03:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my mom brought home more Valentines Day decor. It's only a door hanger, but not just any door hanger it's a cupcake door hanger with bells and it says, "Be my Cupcake". Adorable. I know. Wait till my fiance finds out that I'll be putting it on our bathroom door, he'll hate it! lol.

Also my fiance went to Baltimore Maryland this weekend and picked up my favorite caramel chocolates from It's Sugar, and I was so excited when he brought them back. It's those little things that show that you really care, and he knows how much I love them so he picked them up for me! :) One full pound of them. Ya I ate so many the first day he gave them to me. So bad!

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Have a good night everyone!

New Kicks

2012-01-14T11:44:00.000-08:00

I was in desperate need of some new sneakers. I have a pair of white Puma sneakers, but you wouldn't believe what they did to the back of my feet. The sneaker was cut so low in the back, I guess they're low cut sneakers, they dug into the back of my heels so bad! I was kind of upset about it though because I really liked them, they were plain white and had rhinestones on them, so me. I guess I'll just have to keep breaking them in.. Anyway, so I picked up these lovely Puma's that were only $50. I wanted a pair of black sneakers plus they had pink in them, so they were perfect!

I've worn them like three times already and they're so comfortable. I still need to get a basic white sneaker now, but I think they're perfect for now. Also it's great because now when I go back to school I can wear these bad boys to the gym. :) Great purchase to start off the new year. Plus I picked up a pink yoga mat from Five Below to use at Hot Yoga. Yes, my friends and I are still going and it's great. The only thing is, I've had headaches after, every single time. They say because of the new blood flow to the head.. I don't know..

Oscar Blandi Dry Shampoo

2012-01-10T16:20:00.000-08:00

Another one of my resolutions is to stop washing my hair everyday, I'm basically trying to revamp what I'm doing with my hair because with all the bleaching and dying I'm doing to my hair it's taken it's toll on my poor hair. I have naturally curly hair and I really dislike it, so I straighten my hair every single day and like I said it's really taking a toll on my hair.

Just recently I was watching one of Kandee Johnson's You Tube videos, which can be found here. It's a list of her favorite beauty/hair products for 2011. She demonstrated using the Oscar Blandi's dry shampoo, not only does it help when you don't wash your hair everyday, but it also gives volume to your hair. It was also voted Allure's best beauty products for 2011. I decided to stop in Sephora at JCPenney today to see if I can find it. Luckily for me it was on clearance for $5.50, and that was for the small bottle, the larger bottle was on clearance for $9.50.

I was also given a sample of the First Aid Ultra Repair Cream. I used it today for the first time and I actually really like it. I'm going to keep using it for the next week to give a proper review, but by the feeling of my hands now I'm loving it! It doesn't have that greasy or heavy feeling that most creams do. I do have to say though, it has a medicine scent to it, but that could be why it's called First Aid. On the Sephora website it says:

This Ultra Repair Cream is a thick, rich, emollient product that hydrates deep down with exceptional penetration. This cream is for anyone with severely dry, scaly skin due to harsh winter weather, aggressive cosmetic treatments, or any of the following conditions: atopic dermatitis, irritant eczema, allergic eczema, and keratosis pilaris. With the help of colloidal oatmeal, shea butter, soothing eucalyptus oil, and ceramides, Ultra Repair Cream provides immediate relief and visible improvement for distressed skin. The FAB Antioxidant Booster defends skin from free radical damage and the cream deeply hydrates with exceptional penetration, providing immediate relief and visible improvement. The cream is immediately absorbed into the skin and can be used all over the body and on the face.

Target Haul

2012-01-09T16:26:00.000-08:00

Such a small haul it's ridiculous. But I took pictures so here I am, I'm going to blog about it.

The main purpose of going to Target was to pick up those Cupcake hand mitts that were in the dollar section my friend was telling me about. But I guess I was too late because they were all gone. I was kind of upset so I decided to roam the store. I don't know how I ended up at the yoga pants but it's a good thing I did, I found a pair I actually liked, and they were only $17.99! I also found a cute tank that was originally $17.99 on clearance for $5.00! Score! And I went back to their Christmas section which was so huge the other day but now is condensed to the smallest section in the world but was surprisingly 90% off and I picked up two sets of snowflake ornaments for our tree next year. I'm going to try to switch it up a little. :) I ended up paying .22 for all the 8 ornaments

I'm not the type to buy anything with leopard on it, but when i took a closer look the pattern almost appeared as hearts and I just couldn't resist.

I absolutely love this tank and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it. It looks like the sky to me, a midnight blue and little speckles of stars in the sky. I love it. The top part is flowy and the bottom is fitted, such a good find.

$5.38, I wasn't joking when I said it!

My fun snowflake glittery ornaments that were .10 each. Haha. I think they'll be a cute addition to our tree next year.

Anyway, enjoy your night everyone. I'm currently reading the 3rd book in the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy. It's all I've done all weekend. It's nice to relax in bed and read. :) Have you read the trilogy yet???

Victoria Secrets Semi Annual Sale Haul

2012-01-08T10:48:00.000-08:00

I must say, I was highly disappointed with the sale this year. I only picked up like four items. Boo. The things I wanted most I did manage to get, I needed Yoga capris and sports bras because my friends and I are still going to Hot Yoga and I do not own a sports bra. Weird. I know. Anyway, here's some things I picked up.

I also picked up a second sports bra but currently it's in the wash because I wore it to a Hot Yoga class.

You know, I never realized how comfortable sports bra were and why I don't own more? I went to Target today to see what they had and wondered to their athletic wear and I'm in shock at how expensive they can get. I got the Victoria Secrets Pink sports bras for a whooping $6.99 each. A deal considering how expensive they are everywhere else.

So there's my very small and pathetic haul from Vicki's sale. I'm considering purchasing more things online but everything is out of stock in my size. Boo.

Anyway, what did you pick up while you were at the sale? I'd love to see!

ALSO, check out a new tab I created, an ABOUT ME section. I finally had the time last night to figure out somethings on blog. I'm trying to edit more, so check out that if you're bored and want to learn more about me! haha.

Random Haul, First of 2012!

2012-01-07T11:04:00.000-08:00

Oh-my-gosh.. it's the first haul of 2012, and it doesn't matter if I bought this stuff in 2011, I'm showing it now, so I'm marking in a 2012 First Haul. lolol.

This is going to be a very random haul. Some things I bought on ebay, another Target, and the last is from Kohls.

Has anyone tried the Sally Hansen nail strips? Well I did, right before Christmas, and I had a hard time applying them, and I may not have even applied them correctly, but I did enjoy the idea! I figured I would give them a second chance and picked up 2 different sets off of ebay. (Only because it was cheaper to purchase online)

I also decided that I need to jump on the liquid foundation bandwagon. haha. I've been using a mineral foundation for a very long time now, Everyday Minerals. It was the only foundation that didn't make me break out. I finally took the time to go to Sephora and get swatched for different types of liquid foundation and took a few samples home to try for a week to see which one suits me best, and also to see which one doesn't make me break out! So needless to say I don't own a liquid foundation brush, the lady showed me which one to use, but it was $25, I think, so I picked up a similar one at Target for only $1, I haven't tried it yet though to give a proper review.

My mom picked these up for me when she was at Kohls. I was so excited! How cute are these?! I absolutely LOVE them! I can't wait to put them in our kitchen for Valentines Day. :)

My Christmas

2012-01-05T16:37:00.000-08:00

I realize this post is so utterly late it's ridiculous, but I have to post about it. Besides I'm trying to keep up with my daily blog posts. ;) I'm sure you won't mind.

First, I'd like to make some things clear. Christmas and Christmas Hauls. Why? I understand you want to show everyone what you bought, but really? I think it's a major form of bragging and it's completely unnecessary. The only way I condone showing what you go for Christmas is showing your "Favorite Items". Maybe it's just me, is it? Christmas is more than just the gifts you receive it's about spending time with the family you love.

I watched this YouTube video yesterday from one of my favorite YouTube guru's, and she posted her "Christmas Haul", the whole 15 minutes of it. I enjoyed it and envied her(will not insert her username), she showed her huge 50" TV she got, Uggs, loads and loads of Vicki's hoodies, Michaels Kors Watch, new iPhone 4s, jewelry from Tiffany's, etc etc etc. I understand her subscribers requested to see it but it was completely unnecessary, did you really need to post everything you got? I mean some children don't even get a coat for Christmas or shoes that they actually need and you're going to brag about you new 50" tv? (Don't get me wrong, I like her as a YouTube guru, it wasn't just her, it was a lot of people, ahh, maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.) How do you feel about people posting everything they got for Christmas? Do you think it's a form of bragging?

You're right though, if I felt this way I shouldn't of watched it, but I couldn't go on to without saying something!

ANYWAY, I'm going to continue on with my Christmas. lol.

My morning started promptly at 7AM. *Sighs* My brother is older than me and gets so excited for Christmas it's as if he is 7! haha. Unfortunately I didn't take many photos of Christmas at my parents house, but it was filled with nice goodies from Santa. :) I have to tell you the Pandora bracelet my father got my mom, she loved! And I'm pretty sure she was in tears when I gave her her elephant charm(it was her late mother's favorite animal).

After my families house my fiance and I spent the day at his grandfathers house just talking and eating, it was so nice to spend time with them. His grandfather reminds me of my dad so I love listening to him, he cracks me up!

After that, we went to my fiance's house to pack up our presents because we went down to our apartment to exchange presents there. It was a 2 hour drive to our apartment but it was so nice to finally spend time with, especially with our work schedules it's so hard to have a good conversation with him. So I enjoyed that so much. I have a few photos I'm going to share from that night. (And I am in no way bragging, I'm merely showing photos from that night)

Notice how my countdown still says 12 days? So lazy. haha

I finally own a north face!!! I was super surprised when I got this, I completely forgot I even asked for it!! What's great about this jacket, besides that it's a North Face is that is supports breast cancer. :) Has a pink ribbon on the sleeve and everything. :)

Can you tell I'm super excited here?! My fiance surprised me with such an awesome gift. When I asked him for this particular gift he kept saying how ugly they were and how he didn't want to buy them, gave me such a hard time! haha. I told him he didn't have to buy them and that I would purchase them myself (considering how much money they were!). He said he was at King of Prussia and he saw a girl wearing them, reminded him of me and said he had to get them for me.. so sweet. ;)

The tall hunter rain boots in pink! I still have to do a post about these because I want to do my own review on them. He also got me the wellies that go with them in the sweater knit, he said he had to buy them for me because he knew I wouldn't spend that much money on them and he wanted to keep my feet warm since I always complain my feets are cold. :)

My fiance wanted this throwback Philadelphia Eagles knit cap for the longest time and I finally just surprised him with it, see how happy he is?!

See our big mess in the background?! Not to mention the milk carton. haha, anyway I surprised my fiance with some car audio things for him new car, so he was super surprised. I snooped on his computer on the things he saved so I would get him exactly what he wanted!

Our oh-so-messy apartment! We didn't want to clean at all.. I'm pretty sure we left it like that for the night. haha

After that we spent the night cuddling and talking. We turned up the heat in our apartment snuggled up and went to bed together, exactly the way I wanted to end our night!

My 2012 New Years Resolutions

2012-01-04T16:17:00.000-08:00

My New Years Resolutions

I'd just like to start off by saying I love reading other people's resolutions so I'm going to post mine. It's also a great way to look back on within a month, 6 months and at the end of the year. I don't know about you, but I keep a list of resolutions in a diary and mark them off as I complete them. It's much funner that way. :)

My first resolution is to blog more. I like to blog once a day, but I want to blog about different things. I love posting my hauls(Mostly because it reminds me of what I bought and have) but I want to expand to different things. I'd love to do more makeup tutorials or more makeup reviews. First I need to realize that type of thing takes time and a lot of time I don't have a lot of time to sit down and edit pictures, they come as they are, raw and uncut! Also, my page, it's boring and almost a year old since I last did something with it. It's time to sit down and learn to edit my page. So expect changes coming! Also, I'm curious, what would be interesting posts for you to read? Since you guys are my readers you guys get what you want first! So, let me know!! :)

Do something drastic with my hair. My hair cut has been the same for 3 years now, maybe longer, it's definitely time for a change. I change my hair color quite often, but definitely not the style. I'm thinking bangs. I've been tossing that idea around for a while, so it's time. Maybe I'll start with side bangs and work from there.

Save money!! This one is inevitable, I just have to. I'm 25 and I'd like to have a nice cushion by the time I'm 30.

I'd like to start working out 3 times a week. My friends and I are doing that Hot Yoga again this friday and I felt absolutely amazing after so this is a good start. Tomorrow I'm going to head to the store to pick up a Yoga Mat for our next session. It'll be nice to throw that in there once a week while I'm working out at home. But let's be honest, who doesn't put this on their resolution list? :)

Graduate! 2012 is the year I'm finally graduating, it's been such a long so-many years of college and I'm super excited to finally be done with it all. I have 2 more semesters, so I'll be graduating in the fall of 2012 and I honestly can not wait!!

Learn to cook. I mean actually cook a meal. I love to bake, and I feel like baking comes naturally to me, so learning to cook would be a wonderful addition. haha. :) It'll also make my fiance happy and that's always a good thing!

Go somewhere new. I don't really care where it is, I don't have an specific place in mind, but every year I put this on my resolution list because I think it's important to do something new once in a while. Whether it be go to a new city or state you've never been to or even just a restaurant you've been wanting to go to, I think this is always a good thing to put on your list. It could be just a store you've been meaning to go to, but never yet gone there, well make it a goal to go there within the next month, I mean why not?! You've been wanting to go, so go!

Lastly, stop tanning. This year I will be experimenting with many different self tanners and become best friends with one. I need to stop tanning, it's so unhealthy and makes you look so much older than you really are. I don't really want to stop this, but I know I just have to! It's addicting and it's time. I'm 25 and I need to get over the whole tanning phase.

Anyway, that's my resolutions list, I realize I'm 4 days late, but I've been very busy. *sighs* I miss blogging so much and I literally made myself sit down tonight to do this. I know it's not very fancy with pictures and such, but it'll just have to do! :)

Hunter Rainboots SALE!

2012-01-01T17:35:00.000-08:00

When I went to King of Prussia one of my main goals was to exchange my Hunter rain boots I got for Christmas for a larger size. (Will explain in another post) When I exchanged them the lady asked how we wanted our refund. I was confused, and she said they were cheaper today. My fiance got $35 back!! The pink hunter rainboots were on sale for $89.90 and they are on their website as well.

I realize I'm typing this late, I just got home, so I had to share this sale with you. (www.Nordstrom.com) I'll be doing a proper review on these Rainboots when I have more time.By the way, the Wellie socks that my fiance got me are not on sale. I just know I've been watching this boots for so long and they NEVER went on sale, so I figured I would share. :)

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T06:01:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!!

Finally a new start, 2011 was an awful year for me, so I'm excited to start fresh and start some new goals (which I will be posting about).

I'm starting off the new year right, my fiance and I are spending the day together and going to King of Prussia mall. I'm so excited to spend the whole day with him!!

How was everyone's New Years Eve? I spent it in PJ's watching the ball drop with my fiance and his family, had a wonderful seafood dinner with my family and of course went to church. :)

I hope everyone is spending today with the thought of a fresh start!

Hot Yoga

2011-12-30T13:05:00.000-08:00

Tonight my friends and I are going to hot yoga. I'm excited yet nervous all at once. I'm nervous because I haven't worked out in over 9 months (Ekkk), but I'm excited to get back into working out, well at least motivated to work out more. :) I use to be very strict with working out.. 2 hours a day 6 days a week. Sometimes I think that was too much and that's why I stopped.

I did Pilates every other day when I use to work out, so I was wondering if Pilates is like Yoga? I enjoyed Pilates very much! I was wondering if you guys ever tried out Hot Yoga, and what's your opinion? I'll give a follow up if anyone is interested in learning more about the session.

Leave a comment and let me know if you've ever tried Hot Yoga and if you have any tips!

My Christmas Eve

2011-12-27T18:31:00.000-08:00

I had such a wonderful Christmas spending it with all the people I love.

Christmas eve I had work, church, and dinner with my family. Later on in the night I headed over to my fiance's house to exchange presents with his family. It was a lot of fun, and I'm so thankful for the beautiful gifts I got.

I decided to share some photos from the night. I hope you enjoy.

My future mother-in-laws dog, I was trying to get a picture of him next to the tree, this is the best I could get. Fail.

My fiance's brother opening up his present.

Such a horrible picture of my beautiful cat Nana.. I bought her a bunch of treats for Christmas and put them in a little gift bag.

Letting Nana pick which treats she wants.

My fiance's mom smelling the candle I got her from Bath and Body Works.

Blue Rays for his new blue ray player.

I always give my fiance one present for Christmas Eve, and this year it was air freshners. :)

Mr. Odie is tired after all the presents haha..

I had such a great night. Was up till 1 in the morning opening presents with them. Had so much fun.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Eve as well. Soon I'll post photos from Christmas. But tomorrow is my family's annual Christmas party, so there will be lots of photos to be taken. And I'm really excited!!

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T18:17:00.000-08:00

I want to wish all my beautiful readers a very Merry Christmas. Tomorrow I'll be very busy so I wanted to get a post in tonight before all the craziness started. In a little bit I'll be heading over my fiance's house to exchange presents. I'm really excited to give everyone their gifts. :)

Anyway, I hope all of you have a great Christmas. I hope Santa brings everything you guys asked for and maybe a little bit more. :)

I made a few clay ornaments one of my best friends reminded me about that I never posted of my blog, so I figure there's no better time to post them but tonight.

Also, while Christmas shopping, I picked up of candy cane earrings, I lost them, and they were my favorite, and I also picked up cute hair clips that I got tons of compliments on.

Have a nice Christmas everyone! <3

Christmas Traditions

2011-12-22T20:39:00.000-08:00

Christmas Traditions

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Definitely wrapping paper. I think it's a lot "funer" to unwrap presents.

2. Real tree or Artificial? We have an artificial tree. But when I have children I'm definitely going to do a real tree for a few years.

3. When do you put up the tree? I think right after Thanksgiving is appropriate to put up your Christmas tree, so that's usually when we do ours, if not later.

4. When do you take the tree down? After the New Year. It's so sad when it comes down, makes our apartment look so bare.

5. Do you like eggnog? Never tried it.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Definitely life-sized Barbie!! It was great because I was able to wear her clothes too. :)

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Of course! Why wouldn't you? He's the reason for the season! :)

8. Hardest person to buy for? My father, he has everything.

9. Easiest person to buy for? My mother or my fiance's mother, they're happy with anything they get. I love that.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I have yet to actually mail/email Christmas cards, but when I do I will definitely mail.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever? No Christmas present could be the worst, it's the thought that counts, and besides there's some families who don't receive any or could afford any gifts, so you should be thankful you're even getting a gift. :P

12. Favorite Christmas Movie(s)?The Grinch who Stole Christmas. (True meaning of Christmas!)

AND

Charlie Brown Christmas

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually in October, but this year I started in November.

14. Ever recycled a Christmas present? Once! When I was 13 or so, I forgot to ask my parents for money for a gift that I had to give the next day so I improvised and gave something I really liked that I haven't used to one of my friends. I know, bad. haha

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas cookies!!

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? I like clear, but the fiance wanted blue lights.. so I listened. lol

17. Favorite Christmas song? Santa Baby -- Mariah Carey

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We travel, every year, but I will tell you this, when we have our own home and kids, everyone is coming to our home. haha.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? I can attempt it. But I won't.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star. (My pink tree I didn't put up this year.. boo!)

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Tradition is, opening with my fiance's family Christmas Eve, and then with my family Christmas day, and my fiance and I are going to exchange at our apartment Christmas day later in the evening.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Nothing really, I mean if I would have to pick, definitely the traffic. It's hard to get from point A to B.. boo.

23. Favorite ornament, theme, or color? A cupcake ornament my best friend bought me.

24. What do you want for Christmas this year? Michael Kors watch... ohhh I do I do I do!!! haha. No I'll be happy with whatever I get. :')

Baking Cookies

2011-12-20T21:54:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday, before I came home for break, the fiance and I decided to bake a bunch of cookies for our families(more like ME bake the cookies). I took a few photos and thought I would share.

I made 4 batches of cookies. Candy Cane cookies(a recipe from my grandma), Peanut Butter Blossoms, Chocolate cookies with a cherry on top drizzled with chocolate on top of the cherry(another recipe from my grandmat), and chocolate chip cookies.

It was nice to come home and give our families a little Christmas present. Anyway, here's some photos.

Pandora

2011-12-19T17:14:00.000-08:00

My dad always buys my mom some type of jewelry for Christmas, and this year he decided to go with a Pandora bracelet. He wanted me to go with him to pick out the charms and the type of bracelet. Well, I think I'm in love with the Pandora bracelet. I wasn't a huge fan of Pandora because I thought it was silly to spend so much of such a small charm. (But who am I kidding, I spend that much on Juicy charms) Now that I looked and put on a Pandora bracelet I'm longing for one.

I feel like it's the type of bracelet I would wear everyday. My Juicy Couture bracelet I only wear once in a while because of how heavy the charms are I'm afraid of losing it.

Anyway, my dad bought a bunch of charms for her starter bracelet and I also bought her the elephant charm. But I figured since I'm on the subject of Pandora I'd like to post some photos of the charms I like.

What charms do you have? Do you like your Pandora bracelet?

My Christmas Wish List

2011-12-18T18:02:00.000-08:00

Just for fun, this is my dream wish list. I realize I haven't been blogging as of late, so I needed to blog about something today, and what would be more fun than a dream wish list. I see it as appropriate considering Christmas is 1 week today. :) Are you ready for Christmas? I'm not! As a matter of fact I just started. But I'm off from work tomorrow so I'll spend the bulk of my day shopping, no worries. :)

So my dream wish list. (Some of these things are actually on my Christmas Wish List haha!)

Michael Kors Silver Bracelet Watch with "Glitz" (no really, that's the name of it)

You can find it here.

Sony Cybershot DCS-T110 16.1 Megapixels! (Right now I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-T90 12.1 Mega Pixels, and it works perfectly fine, I just want to upgrade)

North Face Osito Pink Ribbon Jacket (I think I would wear this to class all the time, and I never owned a North Face before, just Columbia) You can find here.

Hunter Tall High Gloss Pink Rainboots. Can be found here.

Urban Outfitters Cupcake Gloves. Can be found here.

(Originally I wanted the cream with the teal topping, but here's photos so you know what they look like.)

Lauren Conrad's Book "Style" I've only been asking for this for like a year now.. haha Hopefully I get it!

Tarte's Limited Edition Lip Service. Can be found here. (But no longer available)

Over the knee Ugg Sweater Boots. Can be found here.

What's on your Christmas Wish List??

It was a lot of fun to do this, and a lot of time, hope you enjoyed!! :)

Home for the Holidays

2011-12-15T07:22:00.000-08:00

I'm officially home!

5 finals later.. in a matter of only 3 days, lack of sleep, and mentally drained, I'm home for the holidays!! :)

I can't believe Christmas is next weekend. I feel like I'm way behind, and I really need to finish Christmas shopping! Ahh! Is any one else in the same boat as me? When I talk to people and they say they're done for Christmas makes me so nervous!

Anyway, I don't have much to post about because all I've done this entire weekend and weekdays is study, study, and more studying. So I'll post a photo of our tree from school. I have so many photos to post, it's insane.

Anyway, have a great day everyone, back to work I go! I'm excited! Talk to you later.

New Coat

2011-12-09T14:18:00.001-08:00

Not much of a title. Haha. New Coat. And I'm super excited about it.

I got it from JCPenney's over the weekend and I'm really glad I did. I wore it yesterday and I'm loving the fit and warmth. So cute.

If you're interested in purchasing you can find this jacket at here. Comes in grey, white, and red. And it made People's Stylewatch Must Have.

I love that the fur is removable so I could wear it on a more casual day, but if I want to dress up I could attach the fur. :)

E.l.f. Review & Swatches

2011-12-08T10:41:00.001-08:00

In a previous post I mentioned I bought some things from E.l.f. at Target, you can see that post here. I had a few people request that I do a review on them, and I've been using the products for a few weeks now, so I can finally give a proper review. :)
First off I'd like to say that I'm highly impressed with the pigmentation and staying power of these products. For only being $1-$3 per item it's well worth your money. I'm not saying that these are as great as Urban Decay eyeshadows but definitely good for being $1-$3.
Anyway first I'm going to talk about the products I dislike.
Elf's Tinted Moisturizer. I'm trying, desperately to get back into liquid foundations (I've been using a mineral powder for many years). I figured this would be a good start considering it was only $3. I used it once, and I broke out from it, I haven't used it since, I know I'll break out again. I have very sensitive skin, and it's not just sensitive skin where I get a few little break outs, the kind of break outs I get are cystic pimples which are very painful and last for weeks. As a matter of fact, since I used it the pimple finally decided to subside. So this is why I'm weary of trying it again...

Another product I dislike is Elf's concealer. I'm in desperate need of a new one, seeing how the one I'm using now is running very low, so I decided to give this a try. Unfortunately I don't like it at all. I used it once underneath my eyes and it did nothing for my dark circles. As a matter of fact it was just to liquidy with no coverage power. Also, as weird as this sounds.. it tingled when I put it on, and not it a good way, it was more of a burning feeling. Weird. So I wouldn't recommend this.

Those were the only two products I disliked. Onto products I'm loving for everyday use. I've been using the Elf eyeshadow primer everyday. It's a perfect primer for everyday use instead of wasting my expensive Urban Decay Primer Potion. I'm a college student, so trying to save every bit I can is well worth it. So instead of using my high end brand everyday I'm now using Elf's. And I'm actually very satisfied with the staying power of it.

Onto the liquid eyeliners. I've only used the eyeliner is Coffee and I'm loving it. I don't particularly like the brush, but I can deal with it and I love the staying power of this as well. Like I said before I can use this everyday knowing it's only $1, compared to my $18 one.

Onto my black friday deal of the eyeshadow palette for $10 and the contouring powder.

Eyeshadow palette with flash

Without flash.

I tried swatching, but it didn't come out as well as I thought..

Like I said before, I'm loving the pigmentation of these colors, I've only used the neutral colors thus far, but I'm loving it! The palette was only $10 from Target on black friday, originally $15, and I seriously can not get enough of it. I love the color pay off on such a cheap shadow. As I've said before the color isn't as great as a Urban Decay or Mac shadow, but definitely worth your money. And with a palette with so many colors I have so much to play with every day. :)
Onto the contouring kit. I tried this once and it made me break out, I gave it a few days and wanted to try it again, but I desperately wanted this to work, and I've been using it for a week or so now and haven't had a break out since, so it must of been something else that made me break out.. (probably stress from school) but anyway I'm loving this! So pretty!

With flash

Swatches of the colors.

Over all I'm very satisfied with my purchases, and I'm really glad I finally decided to try their products. Will definitely be purchasing more.

Ramblings of a Makeup and Shopping Addict

Cake Pops

GIVEAWAY & 400th Post!!!

Target's Dollar Bins are Awesome!

Tag, Your It!

Cupcakes Galore

Cupcake Decor & It's Sugar

New Kicks

Oscar Blandi Dry Shampoo

Target Haul

Victoria Secrets Semi Annual Sale Haul

Random Haul, First of 2012!

*My Christmas*

My 2012 New Years Resolutions

Hunter Rainboots SALE!

Happy New Year!

Hot Yoga

My Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas!

*Christmas Traditions*

*Baking Cookies*

Pandora

My Christmas *Wish* List

Home for the Holidays

New Coat

E.l.f. Review & Swatches

My Christmas

Christmas Traditions

Baking Cookies

My Christmas Wish List