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!

11.9.10 Beauty in Landscape

My friend Liza and I went to our friend's studio apartment earlier this evening. Our friend is the one who got me into beauty. She was at Walgreens when we arrived at her place and so while we waited for her I had to take pictures of her beautiful landscape. She married a guy who's dad is a horticulturalist. They turned their downstairs tiny backyard into a studio. It's really quaint inside, but the outside landscape is filled with thorny greens and claw foot tubs currently being used as a planter (but the picture I took of it was terrible and so that is left to the imagination).

Here are a few pictures of her beauty obsession. She's ridiculously addicted and tonight we were trying to steer her away from it. They might not look like much, but she's grown quite a collection. I also included a few photos of her cute antique tin can purchases and the rest of her charming exterior landscaping.

11.4.2010 Beauty

Some things I got recently are these elf lipglosses. Actually the first two are by elf. The third one is from a few months ago that I bought at Walgreens. I got them in Honey and Blossom and opened the Blossom one first. I know the elf ones are not pigmented, but I like the feeling of them. They don't feel too sticky and in fact, I kinda feel like they make my lips look a little fuller. If anything they'll look good over a lipstick. The lipgloss from Walgreens is by Incolor by Jordana, and it's similar to that design where you have to crank it to get product. It's probably a tiny bit more pigmented. They all probably don't compare to Stila in their quality though. I also got these awesome purple leggings from Sears Essentials. They're a dull purple color which I love, but might only wear it as house pants. They're really long too, which I also love.

(photo via sheandhim.com)

And a picture of my hair mostly. I'm going to miss it when I cut it next January. I really only like my hair because it reminds me of Zooey Deschanel, and I was trying to go for it in She & Him's song, In the Sun. Or like in the picture above. It's really just straight and long. And if there's anyone's style I love and always try to mimic, it's Zooey's. There was once a 500 Days of Summer ad in our local San Diego magazine where it was just a bunch of pictures of her in a bus, that I kept and left it in my bf's car. I love her, and my bf now thinks of her as his other wife.

10.26.2010 Beauty

I did some cosmetic supply shopping and got things I wanted and some stuff I saw for awesome deals. If anything I'm blaming my very good friend who got me into beauty. She told me that right now, Walgreens is having these Wet N Wild Shadows on sale for 2.50 which is the discounted price from 5 bucks! I got all of them except for one. And that last one was a red and black palette which I didn't even really want anyway. My friend linked me Easyaccessbeauty's youtube, http://www.youtube.com/user/EasyAccessBeauty#p/u/187/l9vej-thTZE, on a review of these shadows and saying most of them are dupes for MAC shadows. I don't own any MAC shadows but I did notice they are pigmented and did swatches of the purple one at the end of this post. Not to mention, they also kind of look like MAC's holiday collection palettes. Oh by the way, I'm sad to say that the Walgreens I went to didn't have anymore Vacation Time nailpolish. It must be getting popular.

Then I went and got the Revlon cream shadows at WalMart where it is the most cheapest to get these if they're not on sale. I was really thinking of getting the Not Just Nudes one, but found that this one, Skinlights was a lot more prettier and just as nude. Plus, there was just this one left. I had to get it.

I also had to go to Big Lots today and while I was there, got makeup remover towelettes for a dollar and also picked up this compact for 2 bucks. I was really excited when I saw the compact for its artsy Van Gogh cover. Not to mention, this was also the last one left. I don't really own a compact, but always think that it's something you just need. I even bought my cousin one last year for her birthday and she told me that she's never owned one before. I must say, the one I got for her was really cute. Lucky girl.

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