So Goodbye

I'm here to say goodbye.
After much thought, I've decided to leave this blog for the time being [don't know if I'll need it again in the future].
Reason being, I simply can't go to school, go to work, manage 2 blogs, a youtube channel, AND have a life outside of the internet. I've simply decided to cut back on this blog to give myself more breathing room =)
My personal blog will be updated more often because of this and I am happy.
It will be filled with personal AND beauty related things as well.
So sorry for jumping back and forth with ideas, I hate yet love trying out new things like this.
You never know what possibilies lie ahead.
The posts that I do on here will be found on my personal blog so do follow!

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Goodbye and see you on the other side!

Valentine's Day/Romantic Date Night Tutorial!

Drugstore Haul Video + Review!

Hey! Here's my 2nd video! Sorry I haven't been blogging lately, been super super busy! I'm in love with filming & editing videos!<3



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Hey guys! Omg I can't believe I started my own Youtube channel.
So new & clueless!
I wanted to try something new and after watching all of my favorite youtubers, I decided to join in on the fun.
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NOTW: Barbie Pink!

So my Zoya polishes from the promotion finally came yesterday!!!

I'm using Barbie for this week. It looked so dull in the bottle but as you can see, BEAUTIFUL on the nails! I love love loveee this color. So girlie and spring-ish!

Can't wait to use the other 2 colors =)

My Makeup Vanity Area

I always love watching youtube videos of people's vanity areas/makeup collections.

Thought I'd share mine just for the heck of it =)

Here's what my jewelry/perfume section looks like!

And this beauty here is where I keep all of my makeup!

I love it so much! I've wanted it for a long time and finally got it! It's super sturdy and holds so much.

The bottom 2 drawers are my nail supplies & nail polish! [Separate post on that later!]

Here is my entire vanity area

This is my favorite part of my entire room. Where all the magic happens, teehee!

I was planning on reorganizing it but who knows when I'll get to it.

Everything is from Ikea. ~

Hope to see some of your vanities one day!

Clothing Haul 1/21/13

This isn't really beauty related but I thought I'd include some hauls whenever I go shopping because it's fashion which has a bit to do with beauty, doesn't it?
I went shopping yesterday and scored great deals. Here's what I bought!

7 tops & 1 pair of sweatpants for around $50 =)

SUCCESS!

And here is me, from earlier today hehe.

Feels weird blogging about a subject twice since I just blogged about this on my personal blog, haha!

Bye loves!

NOTW: Classic French

When I don't feel like doing any designs or don't know what color to use for the week, I always opt for the classic french manicure. Can't go wrong with classics! Fresh, simple, elegant = love!

Product Review: Benefit's Hervana Blush

This is my favorite blush so far out of the many that I own. Although I love makeup in general, hoarding blushes is probably my guilty pleasure =)

Today, I will be reviewing the Hervana blush from Benefit, my favorite brand!

photo credit

I've wanted it ever since it came out at work. [I used to work at ULTA]

Then, lucky me, I got to pick some gratis and there it was, free to take!

[I should have taken 2!]

Benefit's packaging never fails. Cute as ever.

Price: $28 at ULTA & Sephora. Expensive in my opinion, but worth every penny.

Packaging - 5 stars.

A lot of people complain about the box and how it's not compact, but I never take this blush out of my house  so I think the packaging is cute. Swirling my brush around it is fun and prevents the dust from flying everywhere.

Color - 4 stars.
It is a light princessy pink that really complimented my skintone. It will make you look dolly, especially if you put a lot on. Swipe a few layers of it on for a natural flush! I gave it 4 stars because it takes a while to build to the shade you want.

Without flash. 

As you can see, it's very very light. I had to put a few layers on just for it to show on camera.

With flash.

With 1 layer on.

This picture was taken last spring. Usually the blush won't show in pictures so this is the only one I could find =(

I try to rotate between my blushes, but I find myself reaching for this one the most because it goes well with almost every look!

Look how much I've used up! Need to stock up!!!

Lasting power - 3 stars.

Since it's so light, it does fade throughout the day, HOWEVER, it does last for a quite a few hours before it does. If you're going to work for 4-5 hours, it'll be there when you get off. Any longer and you will have to reapply.

BONUS: Not sure about the other Benefit blushes but this one smells SOOOOO DIVINE. Had it for about a year now and it still smells amazing every time I go to apply it!

I recommend this blush to girls with fair to olive skin. Unfortunately, it does not suit darker skin tones =(

Also, even though I use this almost every day, you can see that it'll still be a while before I run out. That's why I say it's worth the steep price of $28. I love Hervana!

Disclaimer: I was not paid for this review.

Weight Loss Message To All Girls [& Guys] read read read!

Post taken from my personal blog. I wrote this in April 2011. I still stand by it today which is why I'm reposting it here on my beauty blog!

I've had the biggest realization the other day and I was like "damn".....so I want to put this on my blog for everyone to read, maybe it'll help some of you and save you some time.

As a lot of people know, I was on the quest to get my IDEAL body. I was really close to it, a half inch away on various body parts from MY idea of my perfect body. I don't know if I've reached that goal or not yet, since I haven't gotten the chance to measure myself this month but I don't really care anymore.

I've worked my ass off, always watching what I ate, exercising like crazy, doing toning sets when I didn't feel like it, always ALWAYS thinking about my body image. Let me put this out there first; it does pay off. I'm really proud of what I've done and can see the difference from before.

But now my chest & butt got smaller from the weight loss and guess what? I was still not satisfied. To get it all back guess what I have to do? Gain weight. So I was thinking to myself, "after all that hard work for the past few months, I'm just going to have to gain weight again?" HELL NO. Because then I'd be back at square 1, wanting my ideal look. *sigh* I think that no matter what, you're never going to reach your "perfect" body unless you accept that your body right now is beautiful. No body is perfect. Then you can go on to working on shaping and tweaking to enhance it. All of my family members keep telling me that I've gotten too skinny and that my butt got smaller, etc. In my mind I'm not as skinny as I want to be. I can still grab a bunch of fat from my stomach so how can I be too skinny? But fine, I don't have a personal trainer, and my life isn't dedicated to working out 24/7 so I will never look like some famous ppl in magazines. 

I'm not a photoshopped person, I'm real and I guess real people have fat. Which is perfectly fine. 

I was so upset over it one day that I asked myself, "am I happier now or was I happier back then when I was curvier?" "Be slightly chubbier with a butt/chest or slim & slightly flatter?" "FLAUNT MY CURVES OR BE HAPPY THAT I'M THIN??"

Honestly both come with their own happiness. But personally I think I was a tad, teeennnssy bit happier a few months ago. And I should've been happier. Why did I stress over it so much? Why, whenever people complimented that I have an awesome figure, didn't I listen? Instead, I took all of the comments on how big my arms were and how fat I was to heart and let it rule my mind. Now that I think about it, I've gotten 39845345x more compliments than insults. Even to this day, after people comment on how I lost weight, they still add in "but you were already perfect before". I feel pretty stupid, and probably wasted a lot of time & energy over it. I took my body for granted, shame on me. Now I wish for it back. You gain some you lose some.

Ask yourself, do I really want this? And really think about it. If the answer is yes, then go for it and work hard. If not, be happy!! 

Extreme weight gain and weight loss is very very unhealthy for you. I don't want to become like that, changing my mind all the time. You'll also get ugly stretch marks, which I already have =___= so annoying.

What's my plan now? Well, I'm just going to say that I've reached my "ideal" look. This is good enough. I've worked hard, and I like what I see. Now I'm going to do a bunch of different work outs to maybe get my butt back. =((( Still going to work out & stuff but not as psychotic as before.

All teenagers, mostly girls, get VERY hung up over body image and go through hell trying to figure out what they want & what to do with their bodies. That's why I wanted to share this with everyone. 

Just be glad you were born with every body part working effectively. Why always complain over fat calves when someone out there was born with none? 

Eat healthy, try to stay active, put in your all when you're working out and you'll look fine. I hope I always follow my own advice. When I feel fat & not happy I'm going to remember that I wrote a blog entry about this! No more internal battles, I AM BEAUTIFUL!

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