I treated myself to a little splurge!

Since I've been super stressed out lately with school (especially accounting two..ugh) and spending so much time in tutoring and such trying to prepare for the final, I decided I deserved to treat myself a little.  The first few things are from one of my fave stores, Target :)

With Memorial Day weekend coming and my friends wanting to go to Splish Splash, I realized I didn't have a bathing suit.  So when I walked into Target and saw this Stars and Stripes bikini ($14.99 each piece) by Xhilaration, it was instant love (and the last one in my size!!)

Next, I had a birthday party to go to, and I wanted a dress that screams spring (most of the ones I have with me are winter dresses), and what does that more than a mint green dress with daisies on it?  It's called the Xhilaration Strappy Fit and Flare dress, and was $29.99.

     

I needed something to go over that, and saw this open front cardigan by Mossimo Supply Co. in the color "dog bone" (off white) for $19.99.  It was a perfect match for the dress :))

Finally, after pining over those Seychelles mint shoes Erika posted several weeks ago, I saw them on DSW on sale, and had Yoshi get them for me (we didn't get to do Valentine's Day this year due to an emergency.)  They are GORGEOUS.  A little high (I'm not used to wearing sky high heels) so these are special occasion shoes only, but I LOVE them.  I wore them with the above dress and cardigan to my friend's party :)

And last but not least, of course I had to get my pony fix :)))  Erika and I snagged the last two blind bag ponies.  They were all opened (I guess some little kid was cheating and opening them till they found one they wanted) so we got a discount, both for a dollar (when they're usually almost $4 each!) and I got the pink one. (Mosely Orange is from a previous time):

Aren't they cute!  My accounting final is Tuesday.. wish me luck!  Once finals week is over, I'll be back to posting like normal.  I already have a pic of my April empties ready!  

This or that!

QUESTIONS:
→ Makeup
Blush or Bronzer  Blush!
Lipgloss or Lipstick ummm...stain! (Yeah I cheated..)
Eyeliner or Mascara  Mascara!
Foundation or Concealer Foundation!
Neutral or Color Eyeshadow ...Color!
Pressed or Loose eye shadows Pressed all the way, Im a disaster with loose ones.
Brushes or Sponges Brushes!

→ Nails
O.P.I or China Glaze China glaze
Long or Short short (its my destiny...)
Acrylic or Natural Natural!
Brights or Darks Brights!
Flower or No Flower Flower :)

→ Body
Perfume or Body Splash, Perfume
Lotion or Body Butter- body butter
Body wash or Soap -Body wash
LUSH or Other Bath Company LUSH!

→ Fashion
Jeans or Sweat pants Sweat pants in the house, Jeans out of the house
Long sleeve or Short.. long
Dresses or Skirts Dresses!
Stripes or Plaid Plaid
Flip flops or Sandals Flip Flops!
Scarves or Hats Scarves, Cant rock a hat :(
Studs or Dangly Earrings Studs
Necklaces or Bracelets Necklaces
Heels or Flats FLATS
Cowboy Boots or Riding Boots Riding boots
Jacket or Hoodie Hoodie
Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe Forever 21
Abercombie or Hollister NEITHER
Saks 5th or Nordstrom Nordstrom

→ Hair
Curly or Straight Straight!
Bun or Ponytail ...Um... bun
Bobby pins or Butterfly clips Bobby pins
Hair spray or Gel Hair spray
Long or Short Long
Light or Dark- Light?.... how about medium
Side sweep bangs or Full bangs Side swept
Up or Down Down

→ Random
Rain or Shine Shine, but i do like the smell of rain
Summer or Winter...um um um both?
Fall or Spring..... Both.... okay spring
Chocolate or Vanilla Vanilla!
East coast or West coast east coast of course!
XOXO,

Would you rather (beauty edition)

The Questions:

1. Would you rather only ever wear eye makeup or skin makeup?

Eye make up! I need mascara and black eyeliner! Ask me in a few years and the answer will have changed. Most likely.

2. Would you rather cut off all your hair, or never cut your hair again?

Never cut my hair, I can't rock the short hair, id love too but I can't pull it off:(

3. Would you rather always wear your clothes too big, or too small?

Oh too big, i hate tight clothes! Especially pants that ride up your butt… I never understood people who wore tight pants, it's a disaster waiting to happen!

4. If you were given $1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

Since I have too much make up, I'm going with clothes. I can think of a few things Id love to buy..

5. Would you rather wear lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?

Um this one is a no brainer, eyeliner as lipstick, why would anyone use lipstick as eyeliner. It sounds very dangerous! Plus brown eyeliner on your lips wouldn't look so bad ( I think…)

6. Would you rather wear MC Hammer pants or Biker Shorts in public?

MC hammer pants! Biker shorts should only been worn by bikers. 

7. Would you rather never be able to fill in your eyebrows or only fill them in using a sharpie?

Never fill them in.. I don't want chola brows!

Noooooooooooooo.........

8. Would you rather never pluck your eyebrows, or never shave your legs?

never shave my legs! (that's what pants are for...) I can't even think about caterpillar brows! ::shudder::

15. Do you wear blush?

Day 15! Blush!

Of course I wear blush, who doesn't? It feels weird doing my make-up and not having blush on. When I was a youngin' I could get away with a pinch but now I have to actually make an effort and put blush on. My only problem is that I never get it to look blended in. My favorite blushes are:

Perfect matte pink blush, no shimmer at all. Elf really has amazing blushes!

Of course I have to add Orgasm by Nars, it's the most universal flattering shade! 

A tad overpriced but it goes the distance, Poppy Convertible blush by Stila.

I also use a cream by Mark. that I believe is called Berry, but it's almost done! Its a great winter blush, keeps your skin moist..(What a weird word...Moist..eww.)

Day 14

Day 14-

Favorite youtuber

Wow, this one is hard, I have so many beauty you tubers! But Ill start with my first favorite which is Lauren Luke. (panacea81) I LOVE HER.

I think I watched everyone of her videos, and I love her accent..ZOOM ZOOM!

then I discovered Michelle Phan, (rice bunny), Pixiwoo (Nicolette and Samatha), Kandee johnson, MissChievous, Tanya Burr and I can't forget Lisa Eldridge! 

I also watch Xsparkage, MakeupbytiffanyD, and dope2111 (Promise Phan)

and the list grows every time I go on youtube! 

Garnier vs. Garnier

A few months ago, I picked up the new BB cream from Garnier, it provided a good coverage but I wasnt crazy about the greasiness that my skin was doing, See I suffer from.. Combo skin. I know its not the end of the world, but it sucks. So the BB cream was amazing for my cheeks, but my T zone was a mess! Enter Skin Renew BB cream for Oily skin/Combo Skin.  I ended up buying it from Target.com because it was sold out in every store I went too!

What can I say! The coverage is amazing, it's matte, and it still covers nicely on my cheeks as well, but I will use the other BB cream on my cheeks as it seems to work better on the drier areas of my face.

Oily skin BB cream VS. Normal skin BB cream

What bothers me is that why is the newer one is smaller in size but cost the same (actually it cost more!)

I will still use the normal skin version, but  I much prefer the Combo skin/oily skin version much more. I feel like it covers more then the other version. But thats me! Tell me which one you prefer!

Day 13! (ah I am a lost cause)

Where do you keep your makeup?

Everywhere. I am not kidding. I have it in the bathroom, some in the car, in my purse, and of course my beauty closet! I really need to take pictures of it but the state of it.. is scary. Luckily spring is here (happy first day of spring!) so I can tackle it and take proper pictures of the contents. 

I keep a little ziplock bag containing:

1-Concealer

2- BB cream

3-Lip butter

4-mascara

5-eyeliner

6-powder

I finally got around to doing that because I realized that having two compacts of power and about seven lip products of the same lip color and nothing else was counter productive.

Also Before I leave, another archive for the mint obsession:

Laura Ashley Slippers from Marshall's

More Mint! Jessica Simpson Wallet.

Do not laugh, but the reason I bought this besides being mint.. is because the insides of it look so organized! I loved that it had more then six card holders. And don't think I have a ton of credit cards.... I have 3... But I have so many discount cards that they float around in my bag and I stand at the check out aisle looking for it and taking up time, that most of the time the check out person uses theres. 

So that is it for today, mint.. mint... mint! Bye!