I'm back!! Catching up and updated make up collection.

Well, I'm finally back!...It's been some time since I last posted so I decided to write a little bit of a background story on how and why I started my page. Basically at the end of 2011, I was going through a REALLY bad break up so I wanted to pass time, and what better way of doing that than going on YouTube! I have always, always been into nails; the different nail colors, glitters, designs, everything! But it wasn't until I watched a few videos that I found my love for make-up too! I believe one of the first YouTuber's I watched and fell in love with was "SomethingaboutJanice" she was completely addicted to China Glaze nail polishes and also had a HUGE make up collection that consisted of mostly MAC products...now I don't shop at MAC but I thought it was really neat how someone could have so much make up!...and have it very organized as well. Soon after watching Janice, I found "SAAAMMAGE" or Sam/Samantha, who is a YouTuber who lives in my area! From there, my addiction to nails and make up just kept growing, which 1) Helped me get over my breakup and 2) Has really done some damage to my wallet $$. Anyway, because I was (and still am) too scared to start my own YouTube channel, I decide to create my own blog instead and share my love for make-up and nails with whoever would like to read about it.

I just can't get enough, I'm a sucker for packaging---all the beautiful colors and well, it doesn't help I follow probably over 100 beauty YouTuber's now who upload hauls and "new at the drug store" videos, making me want to buy it all! One thing most people don't know is that even though I have a lot of make up, I really do try to look for deals; whether it's redeeming my points for dollars off at Ulta, or looking for value sets/kits that allow me to try more products for the price of one high end product. And to be honest, the most expensive single item I own (that doesn't include eye shadow or cheek palettes) is probably my $30 Urban Decay make-up setting spray. Seriously guys, look for value sets!! Or wait until you have coupon codes and reward member codes (% off)...I'll have a lot this year because I qualified for Sephora's VIB Rouge (smh).

Anyway, I really love this blog and really want to try and get back into the swing of things. Because of this blog, I am able to keep my mind off of things that bother me because I can just write freely about something I love. So I'll start off this year with an updated make-up collection. This is actually after I cleaned out some of my old make up. This isn't everything, but it's the important ones that I actually use and is worth showing. So enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

 

All of my make-up storage, including the desk I bought myself once my addiction started growing. Everything isn't organized exactly how I would like it to be but it works for now. I just need more room! >_<

 

And I know it may seemed cluttered but again I mostly buy value sets which means most (but not all) of my products are mini/travel/value...whatever you want to call it, sized. Because let's be real. I would never use up a full size product with the amount of make-up I have.

This cart is where most of my make-up is stored. It's not the best because the shelves tend to fall off the tracks but it is sturdy for what I have. I would love to have the Alex drawers from Ikea but those are too much $$.

 

First off are my every day lip balms. All types; high end (Bite Beauty and Korres) to drug store. Pretty self explanatory, I use these every day and night.

 

Next are some lip glosses and lip stains. Mostly all drug store. There are some semi-high end; Benefit, Smashbox, Lorac.

 

Here we have some single eye shadows in the back, mixture of drug store and high end, then a couple Smashbox palettes, Lorac palettes and "other"...in this case Too Faced Cat Eyes and Naked 2 basics. These are shadows and palettes I don't reach for as much but still use, or the palette is too small for where I have the others on my vanity.

 

This is a sort of random drawer. I have a few palettes in the back I don't use. Like that Hello Kitty animal print one-bought it just for the packaging. Some hair clips and a bhcosmetics contour kit and Too Faced Sugar and Spice palette.

 

Next, these are setting powders, bronzers and blushes. Again a mixture of high end and drug store.

 

Here we have some mascaras in the back, to the right are some back up concealers, bronzers and face products and then the two in the front (or bottom) are samples from Sephora, anywhere from perfume to lipstick samples.

 

Here is what I call my "back ups" drawer. For products I love or use often. I can't go a day without it so, I make sure I always have a back up of it. By the way, *side note* I use all drug store for my foundation and eyeliner, only because it's something I use everyday and can't afford to buy high end for that. Which isn't a problem, I prefer drug store products for things I use everyday.

 

Here we have lashes and...I guess miscellaneous; more make-up brushes, hand sanitizers from BBW and a couple E.L.F face primers.

Brushes!...Oops...um they're a littttle dirty. I'm loving my monogramed cup that my boyfriend's sister got me for Christmas (the one in the middle). I just need a filler for the bottom of the cup but it is so cute! I mostly use E.L.F brushes, Real Technique's and the pink handle ones are from Too Faced...they're so SOFT!!

 

This one is my favorite. This container is where I keep my every day palettes (face and cheek).

 

Some more eye shadow palettes I just like to have on display. Limited edition E.L.F ones and a bhcosmetics one my boyfriend got me one year for Christmas. And some make-up look books, in case I need inspiration.

 

A close up of my cheek palettes.

 

I believe with my discounts the Benefit palette and Too Faced palette were under $30 each, when a single blush or bronzer from Benefit or Too Faced retails for $28-30. Uhh...hello, what a steal! The bhcosmetics one is less than $20 I think.

 

My babies!

Urban Decay Naked 3 that my boyfriend got me as a college graduation gift (for only $40 thanks to my $10 off at the time).

Lorac Pro palette which I cannot live without!

Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette, which smells so good.

City Color Cosmetics "Barely Exposed" palette which is a knock off of the U.D Naked one palette...but uh hello only $5!

And lastly my Anastasia Amrezy palette, I love the purple and green in that palette.

 

Can you tell I like neutral colors?

 

More lippies! These are from a Buxom set, Fresh set and Sephora's 17 piece lip set that was out for the holidays.

 

Oh and some other randoms from other sets. Dior, Kat Von D, Bare Minerals, Bite Beauty and Urban Decay, mini lipsticks.

 

And some more randoms.

 

Buxom is probably my favorite lip gloss brand, the color White Russian is perfection!

 

The brand Fresh is a close second. Their lippies smell like lemon! And are so buttery-smooth.

 

 

 

Some mini Benefit products.

 

Perfumes!

Mascaras, brow stuff, concealers, etc.

 

Eyeliners-black, brown and colored, NYX jumbo eye pencils, some smaller eye shadow trios/quads.

 

Make-up bags from (mostly) Ipsy subscription, Urban Decay and the pink one came with the Too Faced brushes.

 

And lastly, we have my foundations, setting sprays, some roller ball perfumes and the gold caps to the right are Lorac lip glosses.

 

I hope you all enjoyed. This was definitely a long post but I'm glad to (hopefully) be back! I need to work on nail designs so I can up load some more of those too!

Popsugar Must Have Box, MAY!

So there have been a lot of mix feelings about this subscription box, some were better than others but I think it's time for me to retire my subscription until I see them improve and keep things consistent. This months box was my last, for now, and I'm glad they made it worth it because it came a little after my birthday. So here we go...

 

So this wasn't on the card but it's an extra. It's just a little tote you can use to carry a few things if you're going to the store or beach or wherever.

Another extra are these chips. Suppose to be health, "sprouted' which unlocks all the 'good' that is inherent in grains, seeds, and beans and brings them to life nutritionally. Made with simple, clean ingredients like flaxseed and quinoa."

Kooringal Giselle Mid Brim hat. Just a fun little sun hat, honestly not my style but my mom might like it because she's always out gardening or going to the park with her siblings.

The Modern Margarita ($8.99/ on sale now). This should be fun for the summer time, or if you don't drink, it would make a great gift for friends who do.

Beauty Blender and Cleaner ($23.95). Really mad because I just bought this beauty blender (alone) a couple weeks ago (they retail for $20 each)! But I guess I'm glad I have another and a cleaner for it. Surprised to have seen this in the box.

Pacifica Natural Color Quench Lip Tint in Fig ($7). This one is pretty nice. It might be a little dark for me, I'm not sure I'll have to try it out.

A card "game" for girls night. 50 topics for conversation starters (around $13 on Amazon).

And the overall box. I think Popsugar is a good subscription box if you're looking for a variety of products, instead of just beauty and skin care but like I said, they need to keep their boxes consistent because Aprils box only have 4-5 things and wasn't so impressive.

Thanks for viewing!



New stuff!

Sooo...these are just a few things I've collected over the last two months...Sorry I don't have close ups of everything but you get the idea. Feel free to ask about any products you see here!

I like this stuff, I just wish it had better coverage because it's so light weight and will be great for the summer time!

 Feel in love with these Buxom glosses. They look and smell amazinggg.

So this is pretty neat, my boyfriend is such a sweet guy he basically told me that if I wasn't going to buy this set, he would. I'm glad he knows what he got himself into when he met me. The whole Magnetix II collection, 6 for $10...yes only TEN DOLLARS! And I have one magnetic polish from C.G already and the magnet for it so it's perfect (thank you love<3))

Some new brushes and the Beauty Blender!...Such a splurge for that thing.

New brush holder for my everyday use/brushes I use more. This container is usually for cotton balls, Q-tips, make up remover rounds, etc.

Some new Spring/Summer polishes. I love O.P.I's liquid sand collection!

This year Sephora's giving out Benefit products, "They're Real" deluxe sample mascara and the new "Watt's Up!" Highlighter.


I'm sorry for not posting as much on my blog. I've had a bit of...I guess writer's block...or blogger's block? I'm hoping the weather will be nice soon so I will be in the mood to post new stuff on here, including an updated make-up collection!

Also, proud to announce I've just about hit 3,000 views. I love it! I'm glad people are coming across my page. xoxo

Hauling!...Stuff from Christmas up 'til now...I swear I had more...

So I'm not sure if I've already posted about some of these products but I was thrown off when I had some technical difficulties posting pictures sooo...here ya go!

 

If you saw my latest weekly nails you already saw these polishes featured. Mostly from Mariah Carey's collection.

Real Technique brushes...love! This set was like $18? And they were created by a beauty guru on YouTube. I'm looking to buy more!

Random polishes I've purchased. Revlon is a "moon candy" one called "Heavenly." Sally Hansen top coat "Insta-Dri"...very similar, and cheaper alternative to Seche Vite. China Glaze's "Heart of the Matter." OPI's "DS Magic." And OPI's "I Don't Give a Rotterdam!" Very pretty blue-grey color.

So I've been playing around with products and wanted to try a new foundation so I got Neutrogena's brand. So far I like it but the coverage is only medium. Also got Maybelline's new "Rocket Volum' Express" mascara. I've had it for about a month now, it's nice and works pretty well but not a favorite of mine.  

Maybelline color tattoos from the "Metal" collection. Really love these colors on their own or for every day looks. "Inked in Pink" and "Barely Branded."

 

So this is an old trend but it is the "Caviar" nails. Basically tiny beads on your nails. Sephora sold this type of polish first, I believe, but I did not want to spend $25 for the kit. I bought beads from the dollar store but never really tried them out. Then I found this kit at Walgreens for $8. I tried it on but unfortunately because I work in a restaurant I thought it would be a good idea to put a top coat. Wrong! It took away the color of the beads and looked terrible. And I didn't get a picture before I did a top coat...stupid. I will try this again one day, it looked nice.

Nivea's new lip butters. Really, no explanation. I saw it, I wanted it, I bought it. These were BOGO half off, originally like almost $2? Not sure.

Prestige brow kit, for filling in my eyebrows, self-explanitory. At Ulta for $8-9

These are cute, right?! Pretty much the only reason I got this was because they were out of the full size bottle of "Rocking Rio (second from the left, it was a limited edition)" So I got the whole sample kit. They all smell really nice. Set was about $25? But these are actually REALLY small bottles.

I think I've featured a couple of these before...so here ya go. All the ones I have.

Benefit's "Sexy Six" sample pack. This was $25. I'm trying to get into different high end brands, other than Urban Decay, so I go for the sample sizes.

Last but not least, the freaking cutest Hello Kitty palette! I'm not going to lie, the ONLY reason I bought this is for the packaging because the colors aren't too great.


**I kind of wanted to quickly get this post up so, sorry for any grammar mistakes!**