L'Oreal Telescopic Shocking Extensions Review!

 

Hello there. I was going through my makeup collection yesterday and I realized.. I only own one mascara. I know this sounds absolutely insane coming from someone who is obsessed with makeup. A few months ago if you would have asked me I would have said 20. I came to my senses and purged a bunch of old makeup. I've been using Benefits They're Real and I was loving it, but I wanted to try something new. I like to have options. I almost picked this mascara up a few times but talked myself out of it everytime.

Nicole you do not need this mascara! You have a great one! Go buy more colorful eyeshadow!

Yeah, basically my inner dialogue every time I was at the store. I had been seriously neglecting my lashes by substituting with falsies. Anyway, something struck me today while I was in CVS (probably my 5 dollar off coupon) I had heard so many great things about this mascara and today was the day! So if you would like to see my review of this mascara, click below!

Inspired Fantasy Makeup

 

Hi everyone! So today I was inspired to do something a bit different by one of my favorite youtube girls, Taylor, from beeisforbeeauty. She does amazing makeup looks and even more amazing Halloween / special effects makeup. She's such a nice girl and her videos are awesome! If you haven't checked her out yet click here! You won't be disappointed! So she posted a picture on her Instagram the other day of some beautiful fantasy makeup that she did and it totally inspired me. You can see the picture here. Or on her Instagram beeisforbeeauty

So if you'd like to see how I got this inspired fantasy mermaid-y look click below! Hope you enjoy!

What I'm Packing: Wedding Makeup

So the boyfriend and I are heading out of town tomorrow for a family wedding. We're leaving early in the am so I brought all the makeup I plan on wearing to his house tonight, and I thought I'd show you guys what I packed!

 

So starting with face products..

NYX Shine Killer Primer.

Benefits The Porefessional.

MUFE Mat Velvet+ Foundation. I just bought this yesterday, I plan to review it soon!

MUFE Pro Finish powder.

Benefits Hoola Bronzer.

Sonia Kashuk All Covered Up Concealer.

Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso

Anastasia Brow Wiz

And for the eyes....

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

Naked Palette

Wet n Wild Mega Liner

Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion

Benefits They're Real Mascara

For the lips..

ELF Matte Lip Color in Rich Red

ELF Lip Exfoliator

Too Faced Lip Insurance

For brushes..

Sigma F40 contour brush, E25 blending, E55 shader, E65 angled liner, and E30 pencil.

I also brought my lash curler, and I painted my nails with Essie's Butler Please with SecheVite on top.

I will probably not use all these products. I just wanted to have options, you always gotta look nice at weddings. I'm the kind of person who over packs for everything. We're going up north next weekend and I'm suppose to pack "light" we will see how that goes! A lot of this stuff is new too. I've been kind of splurging on makeup lately (when I'm suppose to be saving money, eek! Bad Nicole :/ ) but I'm finding some amazing products! Also a few things were birthday gifts from my wonderful boyfriend! I plan on posting my outfit and makeup, hopefully tomorrow night. Thanks so much for reading!

--Nicole

 

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Liebster Award!

"The Liebster Award is for bloggers with under 200 followers and the rules of the award is that the nominee must link back to whoever awarded them, write 11 random facts about yourselves, answer the 11 questions from the award giver and then nominate another 11 bloggers and make up 11 questions for them to answer. It's a great way for new and undiscovered bloggers to meet new people and find some blogs that they want to follow."

Hi all! I was nominated for the Liebster award by the wonderful Yasmeen of aflowerpowerthing. I just wanted to say thank you so much for nominating me! Go check her out, super cute blog!

So my 11 random facts are..

1. I'm currently wearing a Detroit Red Wings hoodie, I love hockey and can't wait for the season to start!

2. I drive a blue car.

3. I'm left handed!

4. I have 4 tattoos, one is a cover up.

5. I have a nail polish addiction, I own as much as the salons.

6. I've been best friends with my best friend Kelsey since I was 5, she's a photographer!

7. I love to cook! Hate to bake.

8. I love to fish.

9. I love Greek food mmm feta.

10. I crochet!

11. I am not very fashionable, I won't lie. My clothes aren't that spectacular.

Here are the 11 questions Yasmeen gave..

1. Perfume or deodorant?

I love perfume, but don't think I'd want to go without deodorant.

2. What's your favorite clothing store?

I don't shop for clothing much. I'm gonna go with Kohls or Penny's.

 

3. Are you a morning or night person?

Night!

 

4. Why did you start blogging?

I have always really wanted to, I just never thought I could. I have a lot of free time after work because my boyfriend is in school for a few months, so I decided to start. I'm glad I did!

 

5. What's your favorite makeup product?

It differs, but I'll go with my Naked palette.

 

6. How often do you buy new clothes?

I maybe pick up a new shirt or something about once a month.

 

7. If you get to be anyone for one day who would it be?

I think I'd like to be someone like Miranda Lambert, love her.

 

8. Who's your favorite singer?

My favorite band is HIM, so Ville Valo.

 

9. What was the last book you read?

The Giver I believe, for the 1000th time.

 

10. Frozen yogurt or ice cream?

Ice cream!

 

11. What is the one thing that you can't live without?

My phone, even though its cracked and on its last leg.

 

Here are the girls I want to nominate..

Ashley

Margo

Pilar

Lucy

Ann

A lot of bogs I follow have a ton of followers, I will try to add more soon!

And here are my questions for you ladies!

1. Favorite nail polish?

2. Do you prefer your hair curly or straight?

3. Favorite perfume?

4. Favorite high end product?

5. Favorite drug store product?

6. Favorite time of year?

7. Who inspires you?

8. Favorite tv show/movie?

9. What purse are you currently using?

10. Best memory from 2013 so far?

11. Silver or gold jewelry?

I want to thank Yasmeen again, and I look forward to seeing your girls answers! Thanks so much for reading!!

--nicole

 

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Kat Von D Liquid Lipstick Review.

 

Hellooo there! Today I'm bringing you a review on an awesome product I just picked up. Kat Von D Everlasting Love Liquid Lipstick in Backstage Bambi. That's a mouthful! If you'd like to see my review of this product, click below!

Nails Inc. Leather Effect Review!

 

So I was making an online Sephora purchase the other day and I needed to add about $6.00 to my cart to get free shipping, so of course I checked out the nail polish section. I wanted to try something new. When I came across this, I knew I had to have it! Textured polishes are the new thing, and so far they've been hit or miss for me. I tried a turquoise one from another brand and it may have just been the color, but it looked horrible on me. It was super gritty too, I couldn't handle it. When I looked up reviews on this polish, it seemed much less gritty and was totally awesome looking. So I added this to my cart for $11.00. It's totally worth it in my opinion. I got black, of course. You can't go wrong with a black leather jacket, same goes for nails!

 

Lets talk about the actual bottle first, so cute right? Speaks for itself. From Sephoras website: "This polish applies glossy but dries down into a chic leather look without the need for a topcoat." I have never tried any other Nails Inc polishes, but i always find myself swooning over them at Sephora. I'm so glad I finally decided to buy one! This polish really does look like leather! It obviously has a slight texture but it doesn't bother me at all! One coat and it was opaque! I'm totally in love. They have cream, coral, mint, gray and black shades. I plan on purchasing the gray shade as well, love gray leather. So if your interested in an awesome textured polish, I highly suggest this one!

 

I just love it. It makes me feel badass. Are you guys loving this textured polish trend? Thanks so much for reading!

--Nicole

 

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Golden Bronze Eye Look

I believe this is my first tutorial that isn't colorful. I know a lot of color isn't everyone's thing but I really love it. This is something I'd wear if I was going for a more neutral look. It looks great with blue eyes too! I'm going to be doing it a bit differently, because its such a simple look. Click below to see how I did this!

August Favorites!

Hi there! Today I'm doing my August favorites. I love Summer so much, but I'm glad fall is coming! It's chilly here today, I cannot wait to wear boots! And drink hot chai tea! So let's get to my favorite products this month..

 

1. Simple cleansing wipes. I bought these originally to keep at my boyfriends house but they have yet to make it there. They remove makeup so well! I needed an alternative to my beloved Sephora makeup remover and I had heard good things about these. I will always use my Sephora remover but I will continue to purchase these as well.

2. Hoola Bronzer by Benefit. Guys. This stuff is great! I was skeptical about buying a high end bronzer when I first purchased it but I'm so glad I did. It's the perfect shade for me to contour with and it lasts all day. I've had this for well over 6 months and I have yet to hit pan. I featured this in my first post "All Time Favorites." It has a well deserved spot there.

3. Milani Luminoso Baked Blush. I own one other Milani Baked Blush and I love it, it's just a tad dark. This is the perfect coral shimmery blush for summer. It gives you a beautiful glow and looks great with my skin tone. I've been on a blush kick lately and I believe I have this blush to thank!

4. L'Oreal True Match Concealer. I use this to brighten my under eye area, it looks fabulous. It's very blendable and doesn't get cakey on me! I set it with my ELf HD powder and I'm always very happy with the results.

5. NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. I've had this forever and haven't really used it a lot this month. I've been using a lot of bright, fun colors and just a bit of this really makes the colors pop! I have to be careful with it because I hear If you use too much it can crease, but I have never run into that problem. Love this!

6. Black Nails! The polish in the picture is Rimmel Black Satin, but I've just really been loving black nails. I wore them for over a week straight which is unheard of in my world. I change my polish like, every 3 days. Black nails will never go out of style in my opinion! Just like little black dresses for your nails!

7. Purple Covergirl Eyeshadow #455. I used this shadow quite a bit this month, I just wore it to a cocert last week. I used this shadow in my Purple Smokey Eye Look too. When I first bought it, I was indifferent on it, but I totally love it now! Purple is my favorite color, and this is a great purple eyeshadow, plus it was only 3 dollars I believe!. Can't beat it.

8 Sigma Flat Top Kabuki Brush F80. I love Sigma brushes! I own 2 sets and I use them religiously. This one inparticular I found myself reaching for a lot lately. I've found so many uses for it but lately my favorite way to use it is for buffing in my mineral foundation. It makes it look flawless!

Just for kicks I figure ill throw in some extra favorites. Just so you guys can get to know me more!

My favorite food is the month: I'd say is stir-fry. I was making it all the time!

Tv show: Rules of Engagement, I've just started watching it this month and I think it's hilarious. It's a cheesy sitcom but I do love those!

Movie: Both Despicable Me movies, so cute!

Music: I've so been loving my HIM they have long since been my favorite band but I finally got to see them in concert last week and I'm absolutely in love all over again. Can't get enough.

Book: Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual!

So those were my favorites for the month of August. Bring it on September! I'll have a tutorial for you guys tomorrow, ias always thanks so much for reading!!

--Nicole.

 

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Halloween Look #1

 

I'm so excited about this post! Halloween is my favorite time of the year and I love to do Halloween makeup! So this is my first of many Halloween looks, it's really suitable for any costume.. And you could always use other colors to better suit your needs! Click below if you wanna see how to get this look!

 

Daily Makeup Organization.

For today's post I wanted to show you all how I organize the makeup I use most often. Before this little setup I had all my makeup stuffed into a makeup bag and that bugged the hell out of me. I love my makeup and I felt it should be on display! I do still have a lot of makeup in makeup bags in my drawers, but I will tackle that later. For now, I have the makeup I use the most organized and I'm really happy with it. Click below to see how I did it!

So I'll start with something not in the above picture. I found this cute little set of acrylic cups at Meijer for about 5 dollar and knew it would be really useful. Before I had these I was using small drinking glasses and that's just not practical. In the cup on the right I have all my "tools" tweezers, lash curler, spoolie, kiss lash tweezers, and some small scissors. The other cup houses all the pencils I have, lip and eye. I have tons of different ones.. Revlon, NYX, Ulta Brand, Rimmel ect. Next to that I have a bottle of my favorite perfume, Viva La Juicy. And finally I have a ceramic pig I made when I was about 10 that holds my q-tips. I know I'm an artist..

I think this is the piece I'm most excited about. I keep my main face and lip products in this. On the left side I've got some Maybelline Color Whispers, a NYX gloss, Too Faced lipstick (my favorite nude lipstick) Too Faced lip insurance, an ELf lip exfoliator (I plan to do a review on this soon!) my lash glue that's missing its cap as of yesterday, eyebrow pencils, and a NYX brow powder. In the middle section I have some NYX primer, Garnier BB cream, a UD Naked skin sample pack, MUFE powder, liquid eyeliner, a few concealers, Porefessional, Mineral foundation and my Bronzer. On the right side a few more concealers, my mascara and eyeliner, Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk and Benefits Watts Up. I keep floss picks in the little jeweled box next to this. I can put a variety of items in this piece which I like so I have some options of what I want to use.

 

Next I have this cute set of drawers. They're tiny, but useful. Top drawer I have a Nars blush, Elf golden Bronzer, an Elf quad, and some NYX roll on shimmers. These are beautiful! I will probably use them in an upcoming tutorial. Second drawer I keep my much loved paint pot, 2 milani baked blushes (gorgeous) the brush that came in the Hoola Bronzer, and 2 Hard Candy loose pigments. In the bottom drawer I keep 4 L'Oreal Infallible Eye Shadows, 2glitter liners, and a Chapstick. I keep a pack of Simple brand Makeup remover wipes on top of this. And to the left of it I keep my Elf HD powder and an EOS lip balm.

 

So there you have it. That's how I organized the makeup I reach for the most. Obviously I don't wear all of these products every single day, that would be nuts. And I'm sure this will change up sooner or later, but for now it works and I'm happy with it! Much better than a little bag full of makeup on my counter! Now if i could only organize the rest of my collection.. How do you ladies organize yours? Thanks for reading!!

--Nicole

 

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