Something Different

I've been pretty quiet over here. I haven't abandoned this site but I've started a weight loss blog to journal my journey to losing 30 pounds by my 30th birthday. It's a vunerable side of me, that I rarely show but I'm in a calm and happy place right now and I've always been comfortable enough with myself. So if you want to come over and offer some words of encouragement or advice or anything of that nature as I take this uneasy road, then I welcome you.

You can find me here www.adivazweightloss.wordpress.com

I'm coming to keep this blog, I want to keep my profession/hobbies separate from my personal journey.

Ciao for now

"Bed" Time

We have been searching high and low for a bed for my son. Out of all the bedrooms in our house he chose the smaller one with a slanted ceiling. So I've been brainstorming on space as he grows. I decided to go with the student style loft bunk beds. So today we tried 2 more furniture stores. I finally decided on one at the second location.

This is the store model. I was really in love with the stairs instead of a ladder. The stairs also doubles as drawer space.

This is the actual one he got. With the desk on the inside. We've decide not to put together the bottom bunk for now and just use the space as his work space.

The color is called Cherry Merlot and if I'm not mistaken the name is Ivy League. A very nice rich dark wood. So now I have Sat. & Sun to paint, if I decide to paint over his burgundy-ish walls. And I have until Tues. to find him some bedding and a desk chair. I see a trip to Ikea in my near future. I really want to turn his room inside out and start fresh with a bare room.

And thanks to our friend Mr Black Friday, we got a steal of a deal.

In other news, my brave husband left home at 11:30 last night and stood in line at Toys R Us for their midnight opening. He pretty much got everything for our son. Then he went and stood in best buy line at 4:30AM for their 5am opening. I told him he was NUTS! And somehow after that he made it to Radioshack before finally making his way home and passing out before his head hit the pillow.

We usually do small toys and one big ticket item depending on his academics and behavior throughout the school year. So his big ticket item that he has been asking for since he was 7 years old is an ipod, I feel he's old enough and more responsible now than he would've been at 7. . Thats pretty much all that's left on his list, of course I'll throw in a few stocking stuffers maybe ipod speakers and some better earphones because the apple ones are horrible(another post in itself). I will be done Christmas shopping by the end of this week. Next year my goal is to be done before Thanksgiving.

Now I'm sitting here debating a second Old Navy order because all of they're pants are on sale $15 for adults and $10 for children! Oh the sales..Never thought I'd get this excited over them.

I LOVE SALES!!!!

Last night I caught wind of Old Navy and Gap being among the few stores opening Thanksgiving Day. So I went over to the website to get an idea of what we could possibly need. Low and behold they were having an ONLINE SALE! 3 day deal busters. I was so excited. Then I got my husband excited and hey, anytime I get that money gripping husband of mine excited to spend money, I jump on it. So today while waiting for dinner we placed our order!

All outerwear was 50% off, so my husband and son both got pea coats for $25!

All sweater were 15% off

so they were around $10. The boys got a few sweaters.

All long sleeve tees were $8 for adults and $5 for kids. We all got some of the long sleeve tees and I also got some Old Navy signature t-shirts for $5 each.

The boys also got beenie hats for $2.50.

So for our little family of 3, we got around 20 to 25 items for $168.

Shipping was free for purchases of $50 or more.

Then there was a code for $10 off of purchases over $50.

Now I'm waiting on they're pants to go on sa

le so the boys can get some jeans and cords.

My husband is braving the crowds tonight and hitting up toys r us at midnight. I'm going to stay home and talk him through it on blackberry messaging. LMAO And while I'm typing this up, I'm suppose to be seeing what time the apple store opens so he can go by there and get my son's ipod nano. On top of their sale, we also get a 8% employee discount. My goal is to be done shopping for my son between tomorrow and Saturday.

Funny we drove by Best Buy and from the freeway and 11am we could see people had already set up their tents for tonight. It ain't that serious to me!!!! My friend and I are going to hit up a few online sales tonight while IM'ing each other.

I got a few of these in different colors, originally $14.50 but on sale for $5.

This is the peacoat the boys got, originally $49.50, on sale for $24.75.

I got this in I think 3 colors, originally $16.50, on sale for $8

The boys got a few of these a piece, originally $9.50 for boys and I think $12.50 for men. On sale for $8 adults and $5 kids.

I can't wait to see my little one in this cute little sweater. Originally $24.50, on sale for $15.

We got some other stuff, but I'm too lazy to copy and paste the rest. Now I'm sitting here relaxing watching Beyonce's special on tv. I think the boys have eaten themselves into food comas. LMAO

Happy Thanksgiving

I am thankful for having a God who loves me unconditionally and who knows my heart. I am thankful for a family who loves me unconditionally. For a son who still loves and appreciates his mom and is always checking on me and giving me free hugs. I am thankful for a husband who will work until the skin fall offs his hands to make sure his family is taken care of. The same husband who is my biggest cheerleader no matter the randomness that may go on. I am thankful that in these hard economic times we still have a roof over our head, clothes on our back and food to eat. I am thankful for being blessed to wake up and see another day.

Now bring on the fat girl pants!

Germaphobe

So maybe I am concerned a little too much with germs. But I have a right to be, right? Let me set the scene. Stopped at 7-Eleven for gas and got some snacks for my son and I. There are 2 cashiers. I end up with the one who is LICKING her fingers. First, you not wearing gloves to get my food, the little wings from the oven. STRIKE ONE. But its ok, you're not touching my food. But then you go to ring up my drinks and you grab them by the top. STRIKE TWO. No problem, I'll rinse them off in the store. But then you LICK your fingers to open my bags and hand them to me. OH HELL NO!!!!! STRIKE THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX. So I tell her about herself. I took all my items out of the bag and requested the other lady hand me 2 bags. I told her, you're licking your fingers, then handing me the bags. NO. She call herself getting an attitude. Bitch you just licked your fingers! Not only that, but you handing the bags to MY CHILD. And you have the nerve to catch an attitude. Wrong chick. We have managed to stay swine flu free, cold free and he just got over pneumonia 3 weeks ago. I will kill you in 7-eleven. So I ask for the managers number, since they just so happen to not be in there store. YES, I reported her ass. I go outside, pump my gas, this same lady is getting the trash and then starts smoking, somehow I don't think she went back in and washed her hands. So I will be following up with corporate.

One of my main pet peeves is someone who acts like they are doing me a favor when I'm paying MONEY. It is not my fault, you chose to work at 7-eleven. Anytime I am spending money and I am a respectful customer, I DEMAND respect. Don't mistake kindness for weakness cause I will flip the switch on ya. And like my husband says, "you don't want her to release the beast, I promise you don't" I was just disgusted and I had a half mind to go return everything. But I did wash the bottle tops, and wipe down everything before we continued.

Some people are just nasty. What makes people think its ok to lick their fingers and then touch papers, bags,etc, and then hand this stuff to complete strangers. I don't know you! I don't want to touch your saliva. You might as well spit in my hand. SMDH..

woosah...vent over. Tomorrow I will follow up with corporate. This is a fairly new 7-eleven down the street from our subdivision and we spend money there at least 3 times a week. She must've been new cause I'd never seen her before. But I will take my business elsewhere if you can't teach your employees sanitation.

Countdown

Wooowww its almost Thanksgiving. Then Christmas. Thanksgiving snuck up on me. I need prep time! No we're not hosting this year. I need to lose a couple pounds so when I put'em back on I'll be ok. lol We usually eat 2 dinners that day. With my family, then with his family. And we take food home from both houses. I think my favorite food has to be turkey salad and my mama's dressing the day after. And I'm crossing my fingers that my mama make her homemade banana pudding and 7up cake. Ooohwee, I think I'm going to go get me some elastic waist pants to wear that day. Last year I was cute and uncomfortable. LMAO I'm talking bout shoes off and pants undone in the car on the way home. And I was in a fat girl COMA I ate so much.

Today I sent emails to mi familia requesting Christmas wishlist. My goal is to finish Christmas shopping between now and next Wed. My mama was the only person to respond back. I'm only going to request it 1 more time, after that people gone start getting socks and fruit cake. My little wishlist will be completed and emailed before I leave for work in the morning. I didn't ask for much, mostly gift certificates.

I guess thats all I got for now.

Update/Elf Cosmetics for Target

Wow, it's November! How did that happen? 2009 is almost extinct. My birthday was Oct. 31 (Halloween) and I didn't do anything special. I got a Macbook Pro as a gift. I'm still trying to figure it all out. I also got some Japanese Cherry Blossom stuff from Bath & Body Works, from my son and mother. We didn't do dinner as we do every year. I just didn't feel like it. I had a photoshoot that morning, so I was up at 6:45am! I was done by 11am and was ready for some food and a nap. The little one was a vampire, so we had vampire-ish makeup to do. He said he got alot of compliments and in turn came home with a sinful amount of candy!

That's really all the update I got, I've been doing alot of marketing & advertising for my business. Being in the shop can get really boring when its slow which it usually is at the beginning of the week. I mean, really who gets their hair done on a Monday? lol

I finally got over to Target to pick up a few things and check out their Elf Cosmetics line. I was really excited when I found out that starting Nov 1, Target would be getting Elf products in the store. Well, lets just say I was disappointed. Basically, its all holiday edition. Some of their $1 products were packaged in 3's and sold at $3, etc. I think the highest item was the 10 piece studio brush kit, and that was $10. Needless to say I didn't buy anything. But they are a good idea if you are doing a contest on you tube. They would make some neat prizes.

I guess thats all I got. I have a review coming up on Sigma Brushes. I received their "eyes" kit in the mail. At first glance, I'm already impressed.

Stay tuned.....

Bath and Body Works Sale

They are having a wonderful sale. I went in there just to replenish my Sea Island Cotton lotion and I came out with 2 lotions, a body butter, a shower gel and perfume. lol I could not pass up a good sale and she was giving me an in store coupon too for a free item. Shoot, happy early birthday to me. Anyway, so if I remember correctly, it was buy 3 get 2 free, buy 2 get 1 free, spend $15 or more get one item free $13 or less in value, and with the purchase of the perfume I got a free item.



Lists of items:

Midnight Pomegranate Body Butter-$15.00

Midnight Pomegranate Perfume-$26.50

Winter Candy Apple Hand Sanitizer Gel-$1.50

Sea Island Cotton Room Spray-$5.00



Free items-

Midnight Pomegranate Shower Gel-$10.50 value

Twilight Woods Triple Moisture Cream- $12.00 value

Sea Island Cotton Triple Moisture Cream-$12.00 value



My total would've been around $80ish or $90ish instead it was $51.96! I plan to go back and get the Winter Candy Apply shower gel & body lotion. It smells just like the country apple that I think they no longer sell anymore.

So, if I had to pick between my selections, I would definitely go for the Sea Island Cotton, if you like that fresh clean scent. Reminds me of our fabric softener. Twilight Woods if you like a soft musk scent with a hint of fruit. And Midnight Pomegranate if you love fruity smells. They also have the lotions in smaller sizes that were 5 for $10. So thats an option.



So I tried to upload a video but it was still processing after 4 hours! So I just cancelled it. I'm trying to figure out how to load them straight from my youtube channel but until I figure that out, blogger will have to do if I can figure out why they take so long.



I think thats it for now. I'm going to try to record my elf haul sometime tomorrow. I heard through the grapevine that they will be available in Target starting Sunday, November 1st. I'm planning to check them out to see what they will be offering and at what prices since they're regular line is only $1 online.

Brush review of sorts..

Studio Tools vs Mac

Hmm, Studio Tools at Target have stepped their game way up. The bristles are alot more softer and the handles are different as well.

This is a Mac 224 and the studio tools brush side by side, same brush basically aside from bristle color. The studio tools is alot more dense and precise and lets not mention cheaper. It could also be compared to the Mac 222. The 224 & 222 were both around $24, the studio tools was $4.99!


My entire set of studio tool brushes. The eye brushes all are the old handle brushes with the exception of the blending brush.


Elf powder brush vs Coastal Scents bronzer brush
I like them both. The CS brush bristle are closer together and picks up alot more product but the handle is a piece of crap. The Elf brush was cheaper but not by much. I wanna say $3 and the CS brush was $6 maybe. Can't remember. But either of these brushes are great for the price. And both get the job done.

Foundation brushes..Mac 190SE vs Studio Tools

Either one is fine. My Mac one is from the 2008 holiday collection so it's a smaller version. But the bristles are soooo soft on the studio tools brush. And it gets in all the crevices. That brush was $7 as oppose to the $30 for Mac.

Mac vs Studio Tools, don't mine my Mac brush it needs to be washed.

Basically, there is no difference in the two of these brushes aside from asthetically and price. The bristles on both are very soft. The studio tools brush is slightly smaller which I actually like better. Mac 187 $42(estimate) Studio Tools $6.99 at Tarjay. I've found my dupe and plan to get probably 2 more for my kit.

Now if I can get a dupe for the Mac 188 and 242 brushes. I'm so over spending so much money on Mac. Even with the discount you still spending a lot of money. The only time I will purchase Mac now is when I cannot find an inexpensive dupe for something. I completed my kit as artist for probably around $150 over the span of 12 months. All thats left for me is to build my foundations. All in all, I'm a happy camper.

Finally got my orders in..

I finally recieved my Elf Cosmetics and Glamour Doll eyes order. First up, Elf, shipping wasn't bad at all. It took about a week and half from order to shipping. So not bad, considering I seen alot of reviews on shipping nightmares.

I really like this brush belt for the price. It was $15, it's faux leather but feels very sturdy. It says Elf in the bottom right corner but its hardly visible unless you really look at it. As you can see, I couldn't wait to get some of my brushes tucked away. Also tucked away is lash glue, tweezers and small scissors.


These are the eyeshadows,blushes and the bronzer blush duo(which I heard is a dupe for the Nars one but more affordable) from the studio line. I believe these were all $3 and I got 50% off on all the studio items.

Top Row (blushes): Peachy Keen, Candid Coral, Mellow Mauve
Next (shadows) Butter cream, Saddle, sand dollar
Duo: blushed/bronzed


Order in its entirety:
Brush Belt
black wristlet
shine eraser blotting sheets/50pk
eyelash curler
corrective concealer quad palette
Shimmering Facial whips- Spotlight & Golden Peach
Studio line kabuki brush
shadows-sand dollar, saddle, butter cream
blushes- peachy keen, candid coral, mellow mauve
2 in 1 conditioning gloss- Supermodel, plumtastic
Lip primer & plumper
eye primer & lip liner
natural eye lash kiy
mineral lipstick-Natural Nymph
Blush/bronzer duo
Fan brush-studio line
flat top powder brush-studio line
mineral eye primer
mineral lipgloss-Trophy Wife
Hypershine gloss-Honey
Superglossy lipshine-candlelight, honey do
waterproof eyeliner pen in black
Wet gloss lash & brow clear mascara


entire order in the bag it came in

Finally Glamour Doll eyes "samples" I was VERY disappointed with this order. From shipping to getting them in my hand. Pictures can be decieving and also I must've missed some print somewhere, these bags literally are smaller than the palm of my hand. She sent me 3 free samples but honestly for $10 I would've rather had bigger samples as oppose to the free ones. I guess I'm just annoyed that this shit took 3 weeks and then showed up in my mailbox in a regular letter size envelope. All I could honestly think was "3 weeks and $10 for this" I wish her well with her business but I will NEVER again.

My elf order was huge but was still less than $50! A large portion is for my kit but the stuff that's for me, I might do a review on when I get around to using it. So glad I'm not waiting on anything else to come in the mail. I've done so good budget building my kit that I'm going to put my Mac pro card to use real soon. I need a few shadows ..ok not need, I want, along with a few lipsticks. I also have a few B2M items.

Man deadline is looming, I go live in the salon as early as next week. I have a few more products to get along with ordering my marcels. I have to finish designing my flyer to get to the designer and then printer. I have to decide on a business card and a colleague has been pushing me to get up a website so she can send some people my way without bugging me everyday. So I have that in the back of my brain. I also have a photoshoot in a week with 2 models. So the light at the end of the tunnel is pretty dim, but I am so not complaining.

Ordering products online

I've been back and forth on whether to post this or not but this is my blog and its my experience so I'm going to.

Now I've never been one to order makeup online. I like to see my products in person to make sure its something I like. But I bit the bullet oh about 2 or 3 weeks ago and started ordering small stuff and things I've seen countless reviews on.

Glamourdolleyes.com
I don't think I did enough research or watched enough reviews on this one. No doubt the eyeshadows are VIBRANT and they catch my eye every single time. So I bit the bullet and I ordered a couple baggie samples. Totaling me about $10. This is a ONE woman show, the one big detail I somehow overlooked. I placed this order on Sept.22 and I still have yet to recieve. I wouldn't be too bothered if there wasn't an advertisment going about about special halloween combinations and to order soon to recieve in time. Umm, I support the movement and I ain't mad, make that dough but can I have my samples, this advertisement came out after my order. I understand the website says orders on a SLIGHT delay due to shipping errors with jar supplier. I understand that, I know that could be stressful in itself. But I didn't place an order for jars. My samples are baggies, so unless baggies are included in that shipment, I'm a bit confused. It sounds like I'm complaining and I'm not, I'm ANNOYED, I've went from nervous, to patient and now just plain annoyed. I don't like paying for something and waiting in limbo. $1, $2, $5 or $20, it's my money and I either want it back or want what I paid for. I prefer the latter but if that's not possible, send my shit back through paypal. I do not want to wait a month for samples of some eyeshadows. So for this one I say: DO YOUR RESEARCH, I myself will not be placing another order but I won't tell anyone else not to, that's just not me and everyone's experience will definitely not be the same.

Makeupgeek.com
This order is probably the reason for most of my annoyance with the one above. I placed this order the day after placing the above order. That same night, I received confirmation of order placement. The next morning I received shipping info and a day or so later this order was IN MY MAILBOX. WTF...how that happen. Now both of these companies are independently owned and granted Marlena doesn't have to "make" her product but still. This order went from Michigan to Texas in 3 days. I will definitely order from her again if needed.

Eyeslipsface.com
the good old elf cosmetics. Now I took a gamble on this one. I remember a while back people were complaining about shipping. Then it got considerably better. I placed a large order. Ordering about 19 items from the regular line, the mineral line and the studio line. I won't complain, I just placed this order on Tuesday and the website still says order processing so I'm hoping I have it at my door by this time next week. If you order from here you take a gamble on shipping unless you pay for 3 days or overnight, etc. I don't need my order bad enough to pay $12 to 3 day it. But when I get it I will surely review the products.

All in all, what I've learned is I still don't like ordering online. I have just enough patience but not enough. I don't like paying for something not knowing if all will go well. But I am glad I have paypal. I won't be making any online orders anytime soon for any makeup products from big name companies or independently owned companies and I will never order makeup from Ebay or somewhere of the likes cause I just don't trust it.

That's all I got for now.

Haul/Review, Etc

Here are a couple things I've purchased over the last 2 weeks or so.

Nail polishes up top: Atomic(green) clear, Nuclear Energy(purple), Nyx jumbo eye pencils which I swatched in the next picture, cuticle oil by Haken, I love this stuff in between nail fills. It smells like strawberries and leaves my cuticles soft. It was in the range of $2-$5 at Sallys.

Nyx jumbo eyepencils left to right, Lavender, Slate, Cottage Cheese. I think I own just about all Nyx eyepencils. They are a cheaper alternative to Mac shadesticks. I like Mac shadesticks but not at $14+ a piece. I get my Nyx pencils For $2.99 at my local beauty supply store, but they can be ordered at nyxcosmetics.com or cherryculture.com

I got this order from makeupgeek.com(will review experience later)

Ben Nye & Mac pigment samples, Nyx glitter liners & Nyx eye palette for brown eyes.

Top: Nyx glitter liner gold (left), glitter liner Disco Ball (right)

Bottom: Ben Nye pigment Ice (white) Ben Nye pigment Starry Night (black sparkle) Mac pigment Fuschia

I really like this palette. This is a great idea for beginners. It's a palette that is designed to enhance eye colors. Mine is for brown eyes but there was a few others on the site as well.

Revlon finally got some true matte lipsticks. I really like this one in Nude Attitude. Very neutral and truly matte.

A few things I picked up at Walmart. At the very top Revlon matte eyeshadow in Venetian Blue. Walmart has picked up a new line called Hard Candy and I love the packaging. It's almost an Ed Hardy-esq feel. Anyway I purchased Walk the line liquid liner in black, Lash call lengthening mascara Night Owl it's black (don't like the wand on it) book of eyeshadow-Rocker Chick (comes with a sample black kohl eyeliner that's really soft and creamy) Nobody's Perfect Concealer palette in Medium

Rimmel natural bronzer in Sunlight, L'oreal de-crease primer (great cheaper alternative to Urban Decay and Too faced shadow insureance) Revlon Colorstay foundation in Toast w/ SPF12 for Normal to Dry Skin. I really like this foundation and am going to do a separate review on it.

If you like to play with lashes, right now is the time to get plenty of variety. You can find all sizes and colors since it's halloween time. Same for wigs. The 3 up top are all Halloween lashes, the Revlon fantasy lashes I got in Flirty. My own lashes are rather full and long so I don't play with lashes often. But they are fun to be creative with and use on photoshoots.

This is a look I did a couple days ago. I used the Coastal Scents 88 regular palette. The colors look a bit powdery in the pictures but not IRL. They actually were quite vibrant but its not a look I think I would do again.

My new glasses. Makeup can be worn with glasses. The pictures above I have on 1 contact and couldn't wait to get the other one out. lol Sad thing is I'm too blind to do my makeup without contacts.

I think thats all I got for now. This post is getting a bit long.

Time to catch up

I have so many things I want to update about on the blog. Honestly, I just formed a habit of not blogging, not you tubing,etc and it's so easy to NOT do any of it. Truth is I enjoy doing both. I'm in limbo about the you tube channel though. I enjoy making tutorials but the editing of them bad boys is just not what that is! It's part of the reason I haven't done any tutorials recently. I don't like windows movie maker much and I don't like the wait time it takes to upload. So I've really been wrecking my brain trying to come up with a happy medium. I'm going to experiment a little bit I think before I just give it up all together. As for the blog, I'm going to start updating regularly. At least that's what I'm shooting for. I finally was able to just play in makeup and create some looks as I wait for my cosmetologists license to get here so I can work. So I have a few looks I'm going to be posting in the next couple of days. I also have a few hauls/reviews I want to get to. I'm also waiting on 2 packages in the mail. One order I just placed last night and one order is going on 2 weeks now and I'm trying to give it a chance to get here before I say anything but I'm starting to get a little antsy about it. So if it's not here by tomorrow depending on how I feel, I'm going to go ahead a write up a sight-unseen review to be posted by Friday, based on research and my own personal feelings regarding MY order.

Anyway, I want to revamp the blog. I was looking at some past post and I see where some of them are not what I want to see on my beauty related blog, so some post might be going bye-bye. Going forward, I'm going to be posting any and everything beauty related that I think will be of use to myself any one who still reads or comes across this old blog, every now and then I might purchase something none beauty related like an electronic or something and it might get sprinkled here and there. :)

With that said, if I can get these pictures to load correctly up next will be some random makeup pics that I want to get up.

That's all I got for now.

Some New Looks

I don't know if anyone still reads this blog, but if so, I had some time on my hands the other day so I created 2 tutorials on the tube. Check them out if you want, but for now here is some pics.

My Everyday/Go To look: This is a look I gravitate toward when I'm feeling lazy or uninspired. It's really quick to throw together and very simple. Doesn't take department store brands or Mac. You can certainly use that if you want but I had to be sensible with spending while I was in school.

This look can definitely be taken from a simple day look for work, school or errands, etc. To a smokey gorgeous evening look for a girls night out, date night,etc. For an evening look I would darken the outer V with a black shadow, I would line the lips and use a darker lipstick or gloss, maybe a red or plum. Whatever you like..

For this look I used the following:

Face:
Revlon Custom Creation foundation in Deep (shade #2)
Mac Studio Finish Concealer in NW35
Milani even tone powder in Caramel

Eyes:
Covergirl eyeshadow in Golden Shimmer (all over the eye stopping a little above the crease)
Nyx Dark Brown (in the crease and outer corner of the eye)
Nyx Nude (for browbone)

Lips:
Studio Gear Ambition (lipstick)
Mac Dazzleglass Miss Dynamite (lipgloss)

For this look, I like the purple but not a fan of the glitter. I was trying something different because I had gotten the idea in my head and I had also picked up the glitter at Walmart. It is by Mary Kate and Ashley and it was around $2.84. The glitter of course is messy and I didn't like seeing little specks of glitter show up everywhere.

For this look I used the following:

Face:

Revlon Custom Creation in Deep (shade #2)

Mac Studio Finish Concealer in NW35

Milani even tone powder in Caramel

Eyes:

Lavender (Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette)

Fishnet (Urban Decay)

Stars n' Rockets (Mac)

Dark Purple (Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette)

Midnight Black (Smashbox to set eyeliner on waterline)

Loreal Intense Linuer(sp) (liquid in Carbon Black)

Maybelline Colassal Volume mascara (carbon black)

Mac eye kohl liner (Engraved)

Lips:

Mac Angel (lipstick)

Rimmel Eastend Snob (lipgloss)

I really enjoyed doing these tutorials. Reminded me of how I missed doing tutorials. I don't miss the editing process though. It's very tedious. I'm brainstorming some other ideas and we'll see how it all goes.

In other news, today this blog is a year old. When I started it last year I had all these ideas in my head but school and life took over and I didn't have the time to devote to it like I wanted. I thought about deleting it but I don't want to. So I'm making an active effort to update alot more often than I did before even if noone still reads.

Oh and how could I forget..I finally graduated from cosmetology school. I took my first test and passed. So I have one more test to take and I thought I could take them back to back but of course that would be too much like right. So my next and final test is in 2 weeks. I need to repack my bag. By this time next month, God willing, I will be a licensed cosmetologists.

So I think thats all and if you still read thanks for stopping by and checking me out.

Peace

3 months later...

Wooowwwwwwww...I can't believe 3 months have passed since my last post. Let's see what I can sum up...Still in cosmetology school. This is my last full week of school. I will be graduating next Thursday morning (Aug. 6) Now that its coming to an end it seems like I just started. I'm ready to move on with my life. I've been in school 10 months. Graduating a week early and the first one of 26 people that started with me to actually graduate. I'm very proud.

Let's see what else, my baby turned 9 last Tuesday (the 21st) That was emotional for me. He's growing up. We had a party the Sat. before and there was 9 kids that came out to celebrate with him. They bowled, did laser tag and had pizza, cake and drinks. He got TONS of toys, games and money. Then on Tuesday, he took cupcakes to school to share with everyone that he couldn't invite. He is such a thoughtful kid. Always thinking of others. I hope its a trait he'll never lose.
He will be starting 4th grade at the end of August and he is so ready. We bought all school supplies over the last couple of weeks and it has just made him a little bit excited. I think shopping for school clothes is going to probably send him over the top. lol

That about sums up the last 3 months. Nothing major, school, work and rest is about it. I'm hoping to go on a family vacation when I graduate. If my husband can get off. If not, we'll just go to Six Flags are something.

I am the luckiest woman alive...

who else would let me sleep in til after 1pm, then lay in bed all day. Make a grocery list AND go grocery shopping. Come back, put away all groceries then make me a SHRIMP & CHICKEN FRIED RICE.


I LOVE MY HUSBAND! And this fried rice combo was THE BOMB!

Now I didn't get too lucky cause I gotta go do laundry but man...I'm well rested and full so I won't complain! LOL

5 YEARS AGO TODAY

I married my best friend!

Happy Anniversary to us! I look forward to the next 50 years. To kick start our day we're on our way to see Obsessed w/ Beyonce and Idris Elba.

School related and some other stuff (PIC HEAVY)

First, I never posted after I got my new baby gadget. I posted about dropping by ipod classic at school and sending her to ipod heaven. A few weeks later I got my new baby.

The 16g Ipod touch...I love this little piece of technology. The only thing I hate is 1) it's only 16g(was not about to shell out $400 for the 32g) 2) Can't instantly get on the internet. But I love ALL the apps I've gotten. They have kept me pretty sane during some boring times at school. I also like that when watching movies,etc they play pretty much the length of the screen and also you tube plays VERY clear. I bought the clear case at Walmart cause I'm always dropping stuff. lol But overall, I'm very satisfied with this ipod.

On to some school related stuff, this is one of my favorite clients. When she first started coming to me her hair was brittle,dry, broken off all over and above her ears. I took this picture this past Saturday. She was so excited to see the progress.

These pictures were taken Easter weekend. We have been rollersetting her hair every week to keep her from having to do her hair every morning and adding heat and/or products. I trim her ends every 6 to 8 weeks to make sure she is clear of split ends and we relax when we need to. This particular weekend she wanted something fun, cute and girly for Easter. So I gave her the ever so popular little hump in the front and on each sides we just put up some fun twists and pinned them in place with bobby pins. This do was seriously so easy to do. The hair was already molded and curly so the hump didn't even have to be teased, just pinned into place. Same thing with the twists. For the curls, I just put a little style wax on my fingertips and finger combed through the curls. To finish, I used a little bit of spray shine by Paul Mitchell. Mind you, she is only 13-years-old, so she was ECSTATIC when I finished. I was pretty pleased myself. :)

This is an updo I created on a mannequin about 2 months ago. All I did was a classic rollerset, then took some holding spray and started pincurling all the pieces into place whereever they fell. This was actually busy work one day I wasn't real busy, but I actually liked the finish look.

This is actually a classmate. We were suppose to pick an Era(50's,60's,etc) and recreate a look from that time. Me being such a rebel, just gave her a look I was feeling and it turned out really good. So they labeled it as 80's rock. (whatever floats your boat, lol)

I gave her a really smokey eye, a lipstick that was a dead-on match for the tone of her lips. As for the hair, alot of teasing and alot of hair spray. Then we went on a photo spree around the building. lol

This is one of my favorite pics taken that day. The wind was insane but worked perfectly.

Another favorite cause it really conveys the message..I guess. At least that's what the teacher said.

This one was just for fun. lol

I think that's enough catching up for the night. lol