Made it Monday!

Hello lovebugs! Did you miss me? 

How was everyone's weekend?

We got snow! ugh! Saturday we were up and outside shoveling by 8 am! Built a tiny little hill next to our fence so the kids on the block could sled a little bit! Then a few hours later we took our boys and 2 of my sons friends and we went sledding in 3 different places! It was a lot of fun! Like every other day we had a house full of kids! My son has this one friend, who has a sister and a few cousins. Well they are at our house everyday for hours, from the time they get home from school (3:45ish) until about 9pm. Sometimes is it very annoying but these kids have parents who just don't care. I gave the little girl a pair of brown boots I got myself for Christmas that I never even wore, because she's walking around in slippers, in the snow. The mommy in me comes out and I would much rather know they are safe in my house than wondering around the streets. The girls don't even have good winter coats, they are just always wearing hoodies. I just don't know what to do? Anyone have any advice? I don't mind most days but some days it is just way to much! On Sunday my son and I went to the Humane Society so he could read to the cats! Why? They have this little volunteer program for kids k-5th grade. If a child isn't the best at reading and gets nervous to read in the class because they don't want to get made fun of this allows them to read to an audience who doesn't judge them and just needs attention! Now Bren is the top reader in his class but I love cats and am unable to have them due to my husband being allergic! It doesn't hurt to have him read extra and we get to give these animals the attention they don't get often! It was wonderful! 

Let's get to the part that everyone has been impatiently waiting to see all weekend ;)

My DIY!

I made some DIY makeup palettes. 

All I needed was cardboard, magnetic sheets, magnetic tape, scrissors, fancy paper and glue! I wanted to do a picture tutorial so you could see the steps I followed but I didn't follow anything specific. I saw it on pinterests looked at the pictures and then went from there! The first one I made I tore apart because I hated it! I did two different ones! 

This is the second one I did because I had some stuff left over and tried this out. 

I took a cd case, took the cd out, covered the bottom with a magnetic sheet, glued plan paper over the back to cover up the ugly bottom of the magnetic sheet and then cut some cute paper to size and put it in the front! 

Here is what the front looks like!

Here is the inside!

and here is a picture of the back~

This was soooooo easy. If you have cd cases sitting around just taking up space put them to use! 

The paper was $.59 at Michaels, I bought two 5x8 magentic sheets in a pack at Walmart for $1.97! Super cheap as well!

This is the other one I did! 

I first cut 3 pieces of cardboard. 7in x 10 inches! Two of these are used as the covering. I then took my fancy paper and covered the cardboard! Because there was space left over that wasn't covered and I wanted to cover the lines I added a piece of paper with a different print to cover that! I took the 3rd piece of card board and cut that out to look like a frame and covered that with the same paper I used on the inside. This is the frame that goes around the magnet and kind of protects the makeup you add! Put the magnetic sheet in and then poked holes and added ribbon to bind it together. I didn't know how to bind it together because the other one I made that I threw away didn't turn out right when I tried the other method. 

This one has my bronzers, highlight and my Milani bella eyeshadows!

(first time ever depotting as well)

How did I do? I love them! They aren't perfect but so cute! A lot cheaper than buying them! And who doesn't love doing things themself and being creative!

I know my little talk through is terrible. I am horrible at explaining things, especially when I just do it without following any steps!

If this inspires you and you make one, I want to see!

Stay tuned for a small product review tomorrow and I will also being getting back into my makeup challenge! Tomorrows challenge is EXTREME! 

xoxo!

Hi beauties! I know I said i'd be gone a few days but I just had to post today! I'll take the weekend off ;)

Today's makeup challenge was MATTE!

I didn't take a bunch of pictures but everything I used was matte!

These bella eyes gel powder eyeshadows are my favorite! I got 6 more on my shopping trip yesterday! I used bella mandarin, bella cappuccino and bella epresso!

I used my new Maybelline Fit Me matte and poreless foundation and powder! I went to 3 different CVS's yesterday to find this! And with the BOGO 50% off and extra care bucks I only paid $7.88 for both! 

On my lips I have a new NYX matte lipstick in 'butter' such a gorgeous brownie nude! 

A little peek at what I bought yesterday! I found 7 of the Wet N Wild matte lipsticks I don't have! BOGO 50% off! 

Has anyone tried the Salon Perfect brow gel?! It is amazing! SO creamy goes on so smooth and a little goes such a long way! I mean that, the first time I tried it I gave myself chubaca brows! People are saying it is a dupe for the Anastasia brow stuff! This is only $4.88 at Walmart! Check it out if you haven't!! 

Once these babes go down for a nap I'm going to start my DIY! I'd like to get as much done as possible because it's supposed to snow tomorrow and we will be going sledding!!! and I'm just so excited! I was going to tell you guys what the DIY is but i'm just going to keep you guessing! 

I've got a bunch of fun things coming next week so keep checking back! 

xoxo!

Who else is going to be getting snow this weekend? What are your plans? Tell me if you have any of these products and if you love em! or if you see something and are planning on getting it I want to know!!!

Hello beauties!

Happy Hump Day!

 Today's makeup challenge was colorful!!! 

I actually really like the look I came up with, I don't know that its something I would wear on the regular but its so much fun!

I started with a lime green in the inner corner of my eye, added a teal color to the middle and a darker blue to the outside. Then added purple in my crease and bottom lash line! Very simple! 

And of course my favorite lippie to rock! 

I've got a few things planned for the next couple of days! I'm going to be busy with some DIY's! and I think I am also going to do a first impression/review! Try not to miss me too much if i'm gone the next 2 possibly 3 days! Doing a little makeup shopping tomorrow! I am so excited, a little present for passing my boards!

The boys have a doctors appointments tomorrow night! Shots for 2 of them, my house is going to be filled with happy children! I can't wait.

NOT!

xoxo!

Signature look!

Today's makeup challenge is 'your signature look'. I feel as though a signature look is a "go to" look. Something you never get tired of and something you do when you don't feel like coming up with anything. The look you've masters and always find yourself going back to! That for me is my winged out liner and bright lip, nude lip, ANY lip! I paired it with a purple lip today! This is just the perfect look. It can be worn with any outfit, any hair style, any lippie, lashes, no lashes. I personally prefer a thicker bolder wing and I've become addicted to lashes, so i don't leave home without 'em!

You can smoke it out, you can do a colorful wing, a thin wing, a double wing, any type of wing is so simple yet so put together!

Ignore my hair per usual!

I will be 85, still rockin' my winged liner and wearing purple lipstick!

What is your signature or go to look! and what make up item can't you leave the house without?! I'd say lashes and brows are mine. Up until the last month I never realized the importance of a good brow! I've got barely there brows and short stubby lashes! BUT I also love my lippies!

Okay! Top 3 items you won't leave the house without!

Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo!

Also I think I'm half way done with the makeup challenge so start letting me know certain looks you want me to recreate or things you'd like to know about me, favorite products, hair, skin! ANYTHING! 

Did you miss me?

Hello Beauties!!!

Did you miss me? How was everyone's weekend? 

I had a very very exciting weekend! If you read my last blog post than you know that Saturday was one of the most important days of my life! 10:45am I was scheduled to take my NCLEX! Which is the state test to get your nursing license! I graduated nursing school in June 2012! Took my NCLEX July 2013 and failed, then retested on Saturday and....PASSED! I am officially an LPN! It still doesn't feel real! I think once my actual license in the mail! 

Since I didn't clean the house top to bottom last weekend like I wanted it to, I spent my sunday cleaning every inch of the house! Then made some homemade stir fry that was delicious, if only my husband wasn't so picky and could enjoy the meals I come up with!

I didn't do any makeup challenge looks over the weekend, so I started off my Monday with a makeup challenge! Todays look...Barbie!!! I don't have a wig or long blonde barbie hair, so just pretend my hair looks more like barbies does! 

How did I do?

Tonight will be our 17th day doing the plank challenge! It's getting harder and harder! Were up to 2 minutes :/ I don't know how I will ever make it to 4 and a half minutes! I am also 2 weeks without soda!This is the longest I've ever gone with out it! It's so hard but I know my body will appreciate it!

xoxo!

Fabulous Friday! Happy Weekend Ya'll!

Hope you're having a fabulous Friday!!

Today's makeup challenge was CONTOUR! This was so much fun for me because I don't ever contour my whole face! I usually throw a little bronzer under my cheek bones just to make them pop a tad more. I don't even know if i did this right! This was my first attempt at contouring everything! Hope you enjoy!

Here's a tiny step by step:

I didn't prime my face because after this is posted i'll be taking a shower and washing it all. I just threw on some of my E.L.F. BB Cream. Then I put concealer in the areas I wanted to highlight. I used Glamouflage which was a terrible idea because it made me super greasy! But it brightens up my skin more than my others! Then I used a brown eye shadow threw it on areas I wanted to contour, blended it out and added bronzer on those same spots and blended that out as well. Just kept adding bronzer and brown eye shadow until I got to what I think looks good!

                                                               Pictures of my step by step!

The before and after!

Can we please not talk about my 5 day non brushed hair!

Lips are Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in 210 'Unapologetic'! 

How did I do? I think for my first attempt I did pretty well! What do you all use to contour and highlight! 

Can you guess what tomorrow is? I am so anxious/excited/giddy but so unbelievably nervous! Wish me luck on my NCLEX! Hopefully after tomorrow I will be Janice Torres, LPN! 

xoxo!

Talk through Thursday!

I thought today i'd do a "talk through"! Tell you what I did for my makeup challenge look as well as the products I used! 

GLITTER! was todays challenge!

I start with a clean moisturized face!

First I prime my eyes using Hard Candy eyeshadow primer.

Then while that dries I like to prime my face! Today I used Dr. Brandt pores no more primer. I do this step so my primer really has time to set into my face while I do my eye makeup!

I took the first shadow from my revealed palette and put that all over my lid up to my brow.

Then I took this light  brown color from the same palette and threw that in my crease and tiny bit above.

  

I put this dark brown my my e.l.f. palette all over my lid and blended slightly into my crease.

This is a gold glitter from Wet N Wild, it's sticky and I just put that on top of the dark brown all over my lid using my finger.

On my already primed face I applied my Rimmel Stay Matte foundation with my small stippling brush from e.l.f

Hard Candy's glamoflauge under my eyes, blended out with my finger.

Set everything with NYC's translucent powder using my complexion brush from e.l.f.

Took this bronzed color from my e.l.f. palette and just threw that under my cheek bones to make them stand out a tiny bit more.

Then took this bronzey, pinky, peachy color and popped that on my cheeks. I love this color once on my cheeks its this really soft rosy pink color!

Then brow time. First I outline and fill in with the NYC brow/liner in taupe, brush it out with the old mascara wand, then I add some wax from this NYC brow kit and finally add on some of the brown brow powder. I like the texture is gives. I feel like it makes my brows look "realer" .

Next i throw on mascara and my favorite lashes!

I highlight the bridge of my nose, cupids bow and tops of my cheek bones using moonlight pearls by e.l.f.

Todays lips are 'San Paulo" from the Soft matte lip creme collection by NYX. This is a really pretty rosy pink. With flash it looks brighter than what it really is.

 

Ignore my messy not brushed 4 day old hair!

But check out my favorite sweater! MEOW ;)

Hope you enjoyed! Any questions just comment down below! Also let me know if you would like me to do this more often! Just so you can see what I use and how I use them!

XOXO!

Wet N Wild Wednesday!!

I don't know why they would put black and smokey next to each other on the makeup challenge! Similar look as yesterdays. I made the line a little sharper and smoked it out a tab bit more. I also have black in the waterline to make it a little more dramatic!

The other day I posted a little review with swatches of the Maybelline Creme Matte Collection! So today i decided to do a swatch and review of the Wet N Wild Matte collection. (the ones i own) and to make it a little more fun instead of just lip swatch pictures, i paired each color with today's makeup challenge look! Pick a favorite and let me know what color from this collection you would pair with a smokey eye!

Starting at the top left: Bare it all, Think Pink, Dollhouse Pink.

Middle Row: Mauve Outta Here, Don't Blink Pink, Red Velvet.

Bottom Row: Cherry Picking, Cherry Bomb, Mocha-licious.

I love these lipsticks. They are more opaque than the Maybelline ones. There are 26 colors in this collection and i can't wait to get my hands on all of them! The color selection in my area is slim so I only have 9 of them and I'll have to order the rest online! They go on creamy and pretty smooth but they are a little more drying than the Maybelline ones! They also stain like crazy! The perfect matte lipstick would be the Maybelline consistency/creaminess with the color pay off and color selection of the Wet N Wild! 

My favorite lipstick with this look is 'Bare it All'

This is my favorite nude lipstick at the moment! It was actually the first nude lipstick I ever bought! Love it!

Hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you think of these lipsticks if you own any! Which look is your favorite?!

xoxo

Tousled Tuesday!

Hello Beauties! I decided to do my hair today! Crazy tousled curls! I like big and I like crazy! I just used my flat iron and alternated the direction of each curl, front back front back all over my head. Ran my fingers through it, teased it up a bit and added some hairspray! 

And if you haven't already guessed, today's makeup challenge look is BLACK! 

I used the black eye shadow from my revealed palette on my eyes and lips! I was always so hesitant to buy black lipstick but now I think i'll add that to my wants list! 

Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo

Maybelline Monday!

Todays makeup challenge and a review on the maybelline creme matte lipsticks! with lip swatches! 

Todays color for the makeup challenge was gray. 

Pretty simple, nothing crazy with this look! I'm thinking about making this my go to everyday look! I just love it, partially because i loveeeee this lip color. 'tea rose' by elf!

 

Maybelline creme matte lipsticks!

There are 10 lipsticks total in this collection. I've got 7 of the 10. I want to have the whole collection but the last 3 are colors i won't wear. The struggle of having a lipstick obsession! should i buy them just to have the whole collection? or refrain knowing i won't wear them? I absolutely adore these lipsticks! i don't have any 'high-end' lipsticks to compare them to but by far the best from the drugstore! They are so creamy! They obviously have a matte finish but aren't drying on the lips! they also last for hours without touch ups! If you don't own any of these i suggest dropping what you are doing and running out to get at least one, i promise you'll love it! I tried to pick a favorite but i honestly can't! The only downfall i see in these is they aren't super opaque but they are definitely build-able!

695 'Divine wine', 680 'mesmerizing magenta', 675 'faint for fucshia'

670 'Ravishing rose', 660 'touch of spice', 655 'daringly nude' 650 'nude embrace'

Hope you enjoyed! Let me know if you have any of these and your thoughts on them! Are they a favorite of yours? Whats your favorite color from the collection?

xoxo!