6.26.11 Wallpaper nails

The fun thing I did this weekend: attempt to do these floral print nails a la Lauren Conrad. Not exactly the same. And if anything, Eric told me it looked Van Gogh-ish moreso than flowery. I don't have nail pens, but I did use a combination of nail colors that included Elf, Essie, and Wet n Wild. I'd say for something I winged, this was pretty successful.

(photo via Lauren Conrad's Twitter)

2.20.11 Beauty & Food

I'm no fashion maven, or beauty guru, but I do know what I like and this weekend was spent buying eye pencils, nail polish, long cardigans, food, and a really cute dress I got for 5 bucks at Ross. Unfortunately, the dress will have to wait a little while to wear cause it's mainly a spring dress. These don't seem like much, but these were the nail polishes I got this weekend and I must say that my collection is now growing and I must stop!

Ohh! And by the way, I'm a proud owner of this awesome-ness beauty tool:

Took me a few Walgreens to find, and my friend was the one who told me about it and said she got it at the last Walgreens I went to, and the only reason I wanted to go to that one was because it was closest to our friend's house and I wanted to get some Wet N Wild products. They barely even had any more Wet N Wild.

I went to Old Town with my boyfriend yesterday:

Ugh, don't we look so creepy. We take oddly awkward pictures. Anyways!! So, in Old Town they have this 5 and Dime store and obviously, nothing was really 5 or 10¢, but they had a Wet N Wild display! With all the things I wanted. That's where I found the Craze nailpolish in Shield above. Except I didn't want to get too crazy. They're prices were a little steeper than drugstore. The only other thing I got there was the famous creme eyeliner that's supposed to be just as good as MAC.

Anyways! Some of the items I did get this weekend that were duds are NYC makeup duo eye pencils! They're so hard to apply. I can barely even write on my own hand with them. They were about 1.97 at WalMart. What a waste!

02.13.11 Shopping, Food, Beauty, Boyfriend

I hope that the title of this post makes sense. My friend's makeup was in shambles so it was the perfect excuse to go shopping. On Friday, we found a big makeup clearance at Target. Picked up a Milani eyebrow and lip pencil, Sonia Kashuk's Reach for the Stars nail polish trio, and Physician's Formula gel eyeliners for Hazelnut eyes (it was the only one on sale). Then we went to Bed Bath and Beyond where I picked up a couple of other beauty items. Oh blah, my pictures hardly show any of the items I picked up. Needless to say, I had a fun time playing with makeup with my friend. She picked up a lot of goodies actually. I should have taken a picture of that instead. Then I went and found an awesome grassy toothpaste and toothbrush holder.

And before I picked up my boyfriend from the airport, my other friend and I had a feast of pastries from Hans & Harry's. Delicioso! Blurry outfit of the day on Saturday by my boyfriend. And today we were in search for cervezas this evening.

01.19.11 Beauty

So I came back from Santa Barbara yesterday and finally had time to try out my new Sally Hansen nail polish strips. I feel like you have to work with it quickly and try not to yank on it so that it fits on your nails cause I messed up a little bit. Not to mention, I'm a real cheap-o and cut most of the strips in half so that I could still have some for another use. My nails are already short anyway.. These are terrible Photobooth pictures, obviously but I wanted to throw these in. Esp my last one. I didn't do much shopping in Santa Barbara because most of my money went to this Wine Tour, food, and going out to this ridiculous but insanely fun nightclub called Wildcats.

Hah, I bought this lovely tunic dress that is currently being washed right now because I had worn it already to Wildcats and the next day driving back home. And I wish I could mention how beautiful the drive back was, but that's going to go into my other blog. My diary. hehe. While we were shopping, my friend had lost a blouse she had bought and caught the Victoria's Secret semi-annual sale. Found a bra for 17 bucks, but after her lost shirt, she was sulking at the thought she had really paid 40 for it. hah. I also came back with a Victoria's Secret product. I bought a ridiculously creamy lipstick called Scrumptious. The last picture is a pretty accurate photo of the color, and I love that it's not entirely nude. I feel it makes me look like I have at least some color to my face. Excuse my face though because before we left, I went to reapply my lipstick and found that I had knicked the tip of it on the cap. I wanted to cry.

01.09.11 Fashion, Beauty.. and Oprah's Gate!

Wanted to post these the other day but realized the majority of what I had bought were coats who deserved their own diary entry. hehe. I've been on the lookout for a blouse similar to what I had once seen Lauren Conrad wear. I think I saw it on her in one of her twitter pictures.. Tbh, I can't remember. And then I saw this makeup guru named Vanityhouse on Youtube where she wore a shirt that reminded me of it and she had mentioned she had gotten it at H&M. I never found it. Until just last Friday, I was shopping with my friend, and at a cheap-o store at the mall, I found something very similar to it on clearance for just under 6 bucks. I love the looseness of it and that it hardly shows any chest (because I hate that). Something I'm also really excited to show, and to eventually try is this new product by Sally Hansen. It's a copy of Minx Nails which I thought was awesome! I was just thinking of Lisa Eldridge who had a video on her trying out Minx Nails and it was cool. Her's was leopard print which Sally Hansen also carries. It's ridiculous! There were so many designs. I could hardly decide which one I wanted to try out first. So I got this one. It's in the number/name 220 Cut it Out.

I must also say that I'm in love.. no, I'm in lurve.... with my new Essie polish in Sew Psyched. haha. Although, I'm on a ridiculous kick lately. I feel like it's hard for me to save anything these days. I went on the Urban Outfitters website and bought a purple backpack for around 42 dollars. Hopefully it was worth it. I've been wanting a backpack, ironically enough that I don't even go to school anymore. Except, it would be perfect if I got it by the 15th because I'm going on a weekend trip, wine tasting in Santa Barbara. I'm a little excited. Not so excited on having annoying wino headaches hours later.

I went along with a couple of my friends last time we went there to go Beer Tasting for my friend (the one who got me into beauty's) birthday. That was so much fun. We were debating on doing a beer or wine tasting at the time and realized wine can really sneak up on you. Anyway, this time I'm hoping to get a souvenir wine glass if they'll allow it. Ooh, here's a funny video of the time I went Beer Tasting. I had to throw this in somewhere on the internet. We were picked up by any other normal looking young Southern Californian, and realized just how flamboyant he can be. Rode in his fancy schmancy SUV, picked up two lovely young couples, drank at four of Santa Barbara's famous brewery's, and then got a tour of bumpy Montecito where apparently Drew Barrymore just bought a mansion in, and where Oprah and her dogs live. Enjoy!

11.25.2010 NonThanksgiving Beaute

Happy Thanksgiving. Today I am thankful for being alive and that my friends and family are safe, healthy, and alive. These pictures were from the other day. I didn't do anything for Thanksgiving except for semi-help my mom, eat, and sleep. And then eat, and sleep again. And then eat.. and sleep next to my dog. And now I'm here. I had an entire outfit ready, too. But nowhere to go.. wah wah wah.... heh. All kidding aside, I think this beauty related post is also my fall look. Light, perfect shade of Autumn, and really easy.

Since it's been really cold lately and my face suffers from dry skin, I'm attempting to use more creme-based products. I have Nyx's French Fries mainly all over my lids. I tried throwing in some of the darkest shade of my Revlon cremeshadows in Skinlights around the outer V area, but it looks hard to tell. I'm also using Nyx's Doll eye waterproof mascara. I'm trying to also go casual with no eyeliner. Except earlier that day, I did try a little color putting Rimmel's eyeliner in Aubergine in my bottom waterline, but that's clearly not visible. The concealer I use under my eyes which I've been using lately is Lancome's Effacernes Waterproof Undereye Concealer in Medium Bisque. And I think these pictures are so obvious that it was taken much much later, because I did use Mac's Joie de Vivre on my cheeks but it looks like it wore out. And I used my new Palladio tinted lip balm in Brownie. Looks pretty good, right? I'm thinking this is my natural look. I'll figure out a way to be more descriptive with my makeup another time, esp. with a lot less talk.

And this is the ultra trendy color of Sally Hansen's Slick Slate, which I'm currently loving. Although I'm thinking of changing up my manicure routine on this color, because these chipped the next day rather easily. I think it might be the layers I put. I always apply a nail hardening clear base. Then nail polish, whether or not they need 1-2 coats. And then apply a topcoat which at the moment is Seche Vite. Because the applicator is supposed to be ergonomic, I was able to get it on my last three nails in only one coat. I'm also planning on limiting the beauty products I buy because I don't want to be a collector. I just want things that will look good on me. Ugh! It's so hard not to buy things because I just an ad for the L'Oreal Million Lashes, and it looks like something right up my alley. I'm noticing how I hate clumpy lashes, and these look like they would separate each one perfectly.. So as of right now, unless of course, there's a sale on a specific product I want, I'm not buying much. Not entirely a project ten pan, or a no buy because I think I might lose it. ahhh.

11.24.2010 Brownie

Is this a visible screen shot? Well today I went to my new favorite store for drugstore makeup, Bed Bath and Beyond. I'm excited to also announce that I found it cheaper than WalMart. Yesterday when I went to WalMart, I noticed their Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse Foundation was around 7.50, whereas Bed Bath and Beyond was (oh no my short term memory..) around 7.39... Well, it was cheaper than WalMart. Oh, and WalMart's Dream Matte blushes were at least 6 bucks, Bed Bath and Beyond was 5 something. Close to 6 dollars, but at least it shows. ha, I'm so excited by this now because from now on, other than sales and deals I'll find elsewhere, I'm going to Bed Bath and Beyond. Although, I did find that they didn't carry some other products I like to look for, like Wet n Wild, or NYC products. It was a rainy evening tonight, and I had just gone to eat Sushi with my friend and went to Bed Bath and Beyond afterwards, my lips were chapped and I didn't have any lip product on me, so I bought a Palladio lip balm in Brownie. I was surprised because I thought I picked up Rosey. And I'm glad that happened because Brownie turned out to look pretty good and natural on me. The ultra hipster with grandpa glasses rang me out, and thought it looked like a nice shade too. haha. And I've been noticing my current obsession over beauty products, so it took me so much courage not to buy much more. The only other thing I got, was the last Sally Hansen nailpolish in Slick Slate. It's such a trendy darkish gray nailpolish color that I am loving. Plus, the applicator was almost intimidating. Where it's flat, and is supposed to ergonomically paint your nails so much easier. It took me a while to get used to, and by the end I probably did at least three pretty well. I also did one coats in most of my nails. I wanted to post a photo, but it it's getting late. So, til tomorrow..

11.14.10 Beauty

Yesterday while running errands, I stopped by Target and was looking for things I needed. I was really thinking of getting Maybelline's Clear Mascara for my eyebrows, but remembered hearing someone say that the e.l.f. one was just as good, and it's only a dollar. Come on. It's duo ended with one eyebrow gel on one end and an eyelash gel on the other. To be honest, they look similar, and I think I might just use both for my eyebrows. I used the eyebrow one last night, and it was good. Tonight I'm going to try the other end. Although today was going to be the day I'm giving my face a break for the week, but later tonight, my family and I are going out to celebrate my dad's birthday. My other recent buy was this nailpolish. I have been on the lookout for any type of taupe colored nailpolish to follow this season's new trend. I never really try to follow trends, but I love this one. I've been trying to steer clear of shimmers and glitters, and found that this is a good pick. It's Revlon's Gray Suede. Although when in natural light, it looks more like a pinky taupe. I think some sites think it looks beige, but I beg to differ. I'm also on the lookout for a more darker grayish taupe. I picked up a new Maybelline color in Cocoa Motion. It's a good brownish taupe that I'm leaving on my toes, but I think grayish tones look better on my fingernails.

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10.28.2010 Beautiful Mistake

Today, I went to my important appointment. I did my face, moisturized, primed, use my good foundation and concealer, my eyes, lips, etc..... and I should mention that I wear glasses. I left my glasses on today. The weather was beautiful. Like the end of spring, beginning of summer. I also wore these awesome boots I own but I probably shouldn't have because the weather was so pretty, I could have passed for flats or some other dressy shoe...... Went to my appointment. It was pretty important. It was somewhat beauty related. I left, walked to the nearest validation station to validate my parking structure ticket stub. Walked to the nearest escalator to get to the floor of where I parked. Walked to my car, took off my jacket, and looked in the rearview mirror.. What? Was I melting?

I was thinking of stopping by H&M. There's this shirt there I saw some famous people wearing and I wanted it. But I immediately went home instead. Went straight to my room to unload my stuff, looked at my face, and noticed my makeup had melted off my face. Omg. I didn't take pictures because I was so embarrassed of myself. Instead I took a cleansing towellette and wiped my face clean. And then I ate a zip locked bag of Chocolate covered blueberries from Costco.

So that this isn't such a depressing post. Last night I was playing with my eye makeup. Yay? Nay? hehe. I'm obviously still learning. And the last picture is a nail polish I've been waiting to put on my nails. I would put on another nail color on. Peel it off. Then paint a new color on.. Peel it off. This color was always on my mind though. It's a dark emerald green color by Wet N Wild in Morbid. I haven't peeled it off yet.