Tag: Kreativ Blogger Award

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1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 Kreative Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

I was tagged quite a while ago by the amazing Jacqueline to do this tag. So I just want to thank her and hopefully you are following her blog! If not, make sure you do!


1. Let's start off easy.. My new love is boots right now. I want it to get colder here in Cali so I can wear them all the time.


2. One of my thumbs is shorter and fatter than the other. haha, sounds funny. The small fat thumb runs in the family. Most of my dad's side has it.


3. My daughters name is Laila and she was a preemie when she was born. 2 pounds actually.


4. I hate onions! If anything even has the slightest onion smell or taste I cannot eat it.


5. My biggest phobia, yes a phobia, are snails. They are so gross and nasty. ewww. I will run the other way when I see them.


6. I really love watching sports. Well only college football, basketball, golf, tennis... I think thats it. ha!


7. Being a Taurus, I can be extremely stubbon and I always know (well, I think) that I'm right. LOL

Okay now for the 7 nominated:

Angela - http://sparklemidori.blogspot.com/

Becky - http://iambeautiful20.blogspot.com/

Jen - http://beautyandthehousewife.blogspot.com/

Livia - http://princesa-livia.blogspot.com/

Nik - http://niksbeautifuldaze.blogspot.com/

Noelle - http://beautygirl24.blogspot.com/

Vanessa - http://vansmakeupride.blogspot.com/

Hopefully I got everyones names and links right :) I will be doing more tags soon!

♥ Stephanie

Top 3 Brow Products I Use

Hi everyone! So moving right along and sticking with the brows for another post, I thought I would mention my top 3 brow products that I currently use. Depending on the day or how much time I have, each of these brow products I absolutely love. Lets jump right in!

Anastasia Perfect Brow Pencil

This pencil is so easy to use and I love how it's double-ended. I use this one when I am in a hurry and I just need to do my brows fast. Sometimes I will take it with me and then I have it for whenever I need a quick fix for my brows as well.

Benefit Brow Zings

This is my all time favorite Brow kit that I will buy over and over. It has everything you need to shape your brows. It comes with pigmented wax for shaping, powder for setting, tweezers, hard angle brush, blending brush, and mirror. I think this is definitely worth the money and a great kit to perfect those brows.

MAC Eye Shadow In Cork

I actually got the idea to use this certain eye shadow a while ago from the lovely Jacequeline. Her brows are amazing and I rushed out to buy it and try and I love it. Just use any small angle brush to apply and its simple. Easy to use and a little less expensive.

Thats it! Hope you all enjoyed! Let me know in the comments what you use!

♥ Stephanie

Threading, Waxing, Tweezing, OUCH!

Hey everyone! So I wanted to do a post strictly about the brows. A lot of times we do so many posts about eye shadow, mascara, liners, etc. that the brows are forgotten.

Everyone has their own way of getting their eyebrows done.

I personally always get my eyebrows threaded. Have you ever tried it? I personally love it better than waxing. The wax used to make my eyebrows so irritated and red, it took about 2 hours to fade away and be normal. When I get them Threaded, they still get red (only because I have really sensitive skin) but goes away within 15 mintues. I also notice when I get them threaded, the re-growth is slower which is always good.

But everyone's experience will be different. So I want to know, what do you do to your eyebrows? Do you ever thread them? Wax them? Just tweeze them yourself? Let me know!! I cant wait to read your answers!

♥ Stephanie

Essence Of Beauty Review

Hey girls! Happy Monday! Hopefully your monday is going good so far. So I finally took the plunge and bought some Essence of Beauty Brushes from CVS. I have been wanting to try these out for myself and see how they are. So here are the ones that I bought:

Kabuki Brush and Deluxe Duo Set

Deluxe Duo Set came with 3 brushes that are double ended, so really ended up with 6 brushes for $14.99! here are some things I noticed:             
- Soft

- Easy to Use

- No Fall Out Of Bristles

I love the size of each brush too. The powder one is a little small for me, but I bought the Kabuki so doesn't matter. I can use it for anything else.

I have been wanting a Kabuki Brush for a while now. I wanted the MAC one, but didn't want to pay the price. This Kabuki is $9.99 at CVS or any drugstore that carries this brand. It is so soft it's amazing. And no harsh smell of any kind, they just smell like brushes. I always need  to check the smell to make sure its not offending. Weird I know! =D






So those are the brushes I bought! OH! One big thing! CVS is having a sale on them! Not sure for how long, I'm thinking until the end of this week? But you buy one and get the second Half off! I bought the duo set, and ended up getting the Kabuki for only $4.99 instead of $9.99! Great deal so make sure you check it out!

♥ Stephanie

Holiday Collections 2009

Hey wonderful girls! So, I know everyone is going to be blogging about MAC's Holiday Collection. Which is great, don't get me wrong. I am probably going to get one or two sets, but not go crazy and buy every single set. But what about other holiday collections? I am more excited to see what my other favorite cosmetic companies are coming out with. So here are a few that I cannot wait to get my hands on.

Too Faced

Too Faced is the one that I am beyond excited about! I am loving the way the French and Fabulous Palette looks. Im hoping to get everything from this Holiday Collection.

Smashbox

Smashbox is going to have some really great sets. I don't own a lot of Samshbox, but that will all change once I buy a set =D

Benefit

I do own a lot of Benefit, and I'm excited because their Holiday sets come with so much in them! Very fun! And they always get me with their packaging. I am a sucker when it comes to fancy packaging.

Which Holiday Collections are you anticipating? Let me know!

♥ Stephanie

E.L.F. Products Ready To Launch At Target

Yes you read the title right! E.L.F. Cosmetics will be launching at target. I haven't tried any E.L.F. products as of yet, but this might get me buying some. The holiday shipment to Target will be the products from the $1 line, expanding to $3, $5, and $10 products. Then when spring rolls around, they will include studio products. 

E.L.F. Cosmetics will be available at Target November 1st.

So what do you think? Are you excited? Doesn't make a difference to you? Let me know below! Need to hear your opinions!

♥ Stephanie

Nailene Review

Hey everyone! It raining here in California! If you follow me on twitter you know I love the rain! So, what better thing to do but do my nails. Being on a budget, I can't afford getting a manicure like I used to all the time. Plus being a mom, no time either.

I tried Nailene products for the first time this week. I have to honestly say that their products are so simple to use, and not messy at all. The first thing that caught my attention, was the packaging. I love how everything is easy! Other nail packages I have used, I barely open it and everything goes everywhere. not fun. But Nailene's packaging is so easy to take everything in and out.

Here are my nails plain and blah:

And here are my nails using Nailene:

What I liked were the French Polish Guides. They work really well and make the white nail polish straight everytime! Another great thing, is that the polishes dry so fast!! I was amazed! I did my whole manicure within 15 minutes and they were completely dry!

No negatives here. I was really impressed. I will be doing more with Nailene, so you can see different products that are all great =)

Check them out here:

Website

Twitter

Myspace

Facebook

♥ Stephanie

Urban Decay Shadow Box Swatches

Hey Lovelies! I don't own a lot of Urban Decay so I was super excited to get this shadow box. I have to admit that now I am addicted and want everything! I personally love this box because of the amazing and vibrant colors. Here are some pictures.

The whole set includes:

6 eye shadows named:

Top Row: Snatch, Mildew, Flash

Bottom Row: PainKiller, Smog, Toasted

24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero

Mini Shadow Primer Potion

For = $30! Worth it!

Here are swatches:

In person, Pain Killer is the brightest blue I have! It is beyond vibrant! I love all of them though. Looks coming soon =D

Hope you beauties and doing fab!

♥ Stephanie

TAG: Makeup and Blogging

I was tagged by Vanessa to do this, so first off thank you Vanessa! =D

Here is the question:

WHO, WHAT and/or WHEN did you get started with makeup & blogging?

Okay first makeup:

I remember being in middle school and me and my BFF went and snuck to the store (Rite-Aid) to buy a Covergirl Compact. It was completely the wrong color! haha it was way too light for me and I though I was the coolest pulling it out in class. I didn't want to tell my mom, which now seems weird but I thought I would get in trouble.

My first MAC purchase was in 8th grade when I went with my mom and bought one eyeshadow. Ironically I think it was aquadisiac! Thats funny now looking back.

Blogging:

Well I have always been interested in writing. Even when I was in school, all I would do was write. I had so many journals and I would write all my friends letters! I barely started blogging in May of this year. I think I got into it from seeing other people on twitter having blogs and I thought it was really interesting. I'm going to give credit to Jacqueline because I know I saw her blog and was amazed, so thank you Jacqueline! =D

Well there is my story! and everyone should do this too! If you do let Vanessa know because she's doing a giveaway if you post! click here

♥ Stephanie

Urban Decay Party Pics (just a few)

Hey everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend! And if you were lucky, you had today off too with the holiday.

So yesterday I went to the Urban Decay Party in LA and I had fun! I didnt take many pictures.. My friend and I arrived kind of late, so we ended up just getting what we wanted and left.

I bought the Show Pony Shadow Box with Kime Buzzelli's autograph

A poster that you could choose which designs you wanted

And I saw Queenofblending there! She is so sweet ♥

I always looks super young haha =P

And that was it! I had a great time just talking and finally meeting her. Wish you were all there! :) I will be doing swatches of the Shadow Box and more so make sure you look out for it!

♥ Stephanie

Urban Decay Party! Will You Be There? =)

A big Hello to everyone!! Well, it's Friday once again, and hopefully your not like me where I am home doing absolutely nothing. Hopefully your living it up! =D Anyways, just wanted to see if anyone is going to the Urban Decay Party in LA this Sunday.

All the info is in the Flyer. Make sure you RSVP, because I talked to Urban Decay on their twitter, and they said every person needs to RSVP so they don't reach capacity. So if you plan to go, let me know! Hopefully I can meet some of you there! :D And if not, I will make sure I take pics! Hopefully I'm allowed to =)

♥ Stephanie

Boots: Splurge Vs. Affordable

Now that Fall is here, I am mostly excited about digging through my closet and taking out my boots! Living in California, as soon as it gets cold here, the boot are automatically on my feet. Being a mom of a one year old, has made me start hunting for bargains rather than splurging on whatever I see. So, I thought I would do a little comparison with boots, mainy saying that you can find affordable boots anywhere!

First: Splurge

Items in this set:

Yves Saint Laurent Imperiale wedge boots, $1,395
Chloe Flat over-the-knee boots, $1,295
Halston Astor suede calf boots, $1,295
Christian Louboutin Piros 120 boots, $1,275
Marc by Marc Jacobs Ruffle suede knee-high boots, $790



Second: Affordable

Items in this set:

alice + olivia Sunset Slouch Boot, $50

Madden Girl Sesame (Black Paris) - Junior Women's Shoes, $50

Slouchy Belted Boots, $40

Cowboy Harness Boot - Teen Clothing by Wet Seal, $40

American Eagle Marley Flat Boot, $35

I think the affordable boots look way better than the splurge. You can click the Affordable picture to see the prices of all the rest of the boots.

I will do a post soon about all the boots I have, not many but still fun! =)

♥ Stephanie

MAC Goodies

I went shopping yesterday and I had to go to MAC and get a few things from the Black Collection.

I bought Gilt By Association Eye Shadow and Volcanic Ash Exfoliator.

First my pictures and I what I think about Gilt:

I was going to buy Young Punk or any of the other ones they have, but Gilt seemed like the more reasonable choice. Meaning I would wear this one way more than the others. I still want to get the rest though just to have =) I did a super fast look with it here last night. Didn't turn out as great because I didn't have much time.
I have a regular brown from the 88 palette for the entire lid, and Gilt on the outer corners of the lids. Hopefully you like it :)

Second, The Exfoliator and what I think:

   Pros:

 - Smell is amazing! Not Harsh or strong.

- Not too thick and not too liquidy. Just right.

- Skin feels super soft and silky.

- For $20, To me it's worth it!

Cons:

NONE! =D

So those are my thoughts. I want to know what you all think! Have you bought these? If you plan to, what are you going to get?

Let me know in the comments below! Any questions, Comment and I will get back to you below!

Thanks Beauties!

♥ Stephanie

Requested: Spectrum Swatches

Hey everyone! So Rai and Nik asked if I could do some swatches of the Spectrum Pigments. They actually look brighter and vibrant in front of me, but that happens.

Here are the swatches:

First row, left to right: Famous, Caution, Apricot Peach, Greed, Kissed Awake, Plastic Jade

Second Row: Liquid Lighting, Mai Tai Hangover

The ones that came out really vibrant and amazing were Caution, Greed, Kissed Awake, and Liquid Lighting.

So if you need links, check out my past post about them and thanks for the request girls!

♥ Stephanie

Spectrum Cosmetics

I'm starting to really pay attention to makeup that is more natural and better for the skin. So when I found out about Spectrum Cosmetics, I was kind of excited because they are:

Talc free
Chemical free
Petroleum, Artificial Oil and dye free
Synthetic Preservative free
Fragrances free
Animal test free 

Here are some pictures of what their pigments look like:

My favs are Liquid Lighting and Caution! So pretty. They are all really wonderful colors. I'm going to order a few more that I saw online. I need a couple of their blues =) Make sure you check them out and let me know what you think! here are some links:

Twitter

Website


♥ Stephanie