My Lame Weekend

I'm completely bored & I need to write a new blog but I don't know exactly what to blog about? So I'll blog about my weekend! Saturday I went shopping - & I went to the Goodwill Clearance Center & the mall. I'm really bad about getting tons of things not for myself at Goodwill. So this time when I went, I decided to get everything for myself. I ended up getting a ton of different vintage pieces to add to my closet - and I only spent $15! Tons of cute granny sweaters & cardigans - my favs! :D At the mall, I ran to Sephora & Mac. I got a Benefit sampler thingy from Sephora & a lipstick and matching lip liner from Mac.

All my mall goodies :)

I picked out the color 'Chatterbox' for my lipstick & the Mac lady picked out 'Soar' lip liner to match it - since I'm horrible at lip liners & such. I just now started getting into testing out and messing around with lip liners - so I don't really know much about what color goes with what, etc, etc. 

Today, my boyfriend brought me a surprise ! 

ZELDAAAAA! I totally forgot that the new Zelda came out today! And he surprised me with it! :D :D Big smilez! I would be playing it right now instead of blogging about my lame weekend, but - it's late - and I've been working a lot more than I normally am - and I'm soooo tired :( I'd get to into it & would never want to quit! But tomorrow is my day off & I'll just play it all day :)

 

I want to take photos of all my Goodwill stuff I got this weekend & take pictures of me 'modeling' them & how I wear and mix vintage clothing with modern clothing. So maybe that will be my next blog entry? Something at least a bit more interesting than this one!Who knows.

Goodnight lovies!

REVIEW: Elf Body Shimmer Sticks

I've had 2 of these for about 3 weeks, and the other 2 I just got in the mail today. I didn't want to purchase all of them at once because that would have sucked if I didn't like them & wasted money. But, I do love these! So I ended up purchasing them all :)

I use these as highlighters. I just got the Blazing Bronze one (last one pictured) in the mail today - and it's a bit too dark for me, so I will use that one as a contouring shade maybe. I really like the other 3 though. My personal favorite is the Golden Glow one (3rd one pictured). It has actual pieces of glitter every here & there - and I think it looks really nice. The others are mostly just shimmer - no glitter chunks yet!

These are nicely pigmented & go on good! You can just rub these on your face and then blend them with your fingers -- but I dip my finger in the product then glide it across my face so I don't get too much. You kind of wanna have a light hand when using these - or I do at least since I'm kinda pale. 

These are really great & I use the Golden Glow one just about every day! I just got the Cosmic Coral one in the mail today - so I will probably end up using that one just as much!

Galaxy Nails!

I got bored yesterday & was searching for nail tutorials to do because I suck at nails & need a little guidance. I found this video telling you step by step how to do it:

I had most of the colors already to do this -- except the dark blue & white. So I replaced dark blue with a dark plum & a white with a glossy light grey.

I'm not quite sure if mine look like a galaxy or not? I have super short nails from constantly biting them.

I used:

China Glaze - Haunting (sparkly black) & the yellow one I don't know the name of it :(

OPI - Skull & Gloss Bones? (I think, it's part of the Pirates of the Caribbean Collection)

Wet N Wild - Night Prowl (Plum), Blazin' (Coral), Kaleidoscope (Glitter)

I just noticed the background in my nail polish picture matches all the nail polishes! It's my 'The Stand' by Stephen King graphic novel :)

Favorite Fall Lipsticks

My favorite fall lipsticks:

Lime Crime Coquette - $16

Revlon Super Lustrous - Primrose - $5-6

Covergirl - Sultry - $6

Nyx - Doll - $4-5

Nyx - Hebe - $4-5

Covergirl Queen Collection - Royal Plum - $6

Only one of these (Lime Crime) is a high end brand. But I love these!

The one that I wear the least is the Nyx Hebe just because it's red - and I don't really wear red. However, when I do - I wear this one! It's more of a wearable red more-so than a very bright and crazy looking red. I think it's wearable because it has like little shimmers of gold mixed with it so it tones down the crazy color a bit.

Also, if you like the color of the Lime Crime one - but don't want to spend $16 - I found a dupe of it & reviewed it here:

http://stfulaurenpack.blogspot.com/2011/10/lime-crime-coquette-lipstick-dupe.html 

 

I just got the Primrose & the Royal Plum ones over the weekend. I normally don't really wear dark colored lipsticks - but I loooove this Royal Plum one. I'm also not sure why it's called Royal Plum? It's more like a dark crimson color with blue undertones to me. But I like it. I got a lip liner to wear with this one & it's Rimmel London's Exaggerate Lip Liner in Epic. These two go good together.

The Primrose lipstick is more of a sheer darker baby pink - if that makes sense? Haha. It's not like a really bright baby pink like colors you'd wear in the summertime.

 

The Doll lipstick is a really nice dark pink shade. It has blue undertones & looks nice :D

And for messy lipstick appliers like myself, I recommend using this Elf Lip Lock Pencil. It's clear - and you put it on the outside edges of your lips so when you do put your lipstick on & press your lips together - the color doesn't get all over the outsides of your lips! Plus, it's only $3 -- and they always have sales going on at eyeslipsface.com -- so you may could get it for $1.50 like I did mine :)

I really want to try out some high end lipsticks, but don't want to spend the money on them :( I don't mind spending my money on them if I really like them & would wear them mostly every day but I'm afraid I won't like them after I purchase them & that's like $15 wasted. Blahhh. So if you have any recommendations please let me know! :D

Instagramin' Erryythang! Blahblahblah

As most of you may know, I Instagram just about every single picture here on my blog -- as well as my Tumblr. I've been obsessed with using my iPhone, I don't even use my Canon Rebel anymore! :P Haha. Basically I just wanted to write a blog entry & I had nothing else to discuss about - so I figured I'd share a few pictures I took today :)

I took a bunch of what I like to call ' I love me pictures ' today with my lovellyyyyy pink wig :) Some guy messaged me today on Facebook & told me he was a photographer & would love to shoot me sometime (he lives in the same area) - & I had my pink wig on in my default picture - so it made me feel good about myself & I decided to take more pink hair pictures! Bahaha. I didn't respond though. I've considered modeling before, but I am just awkward & would feel weird. I feel like I would try and be sexy in my pictures & then I'd laugh at myself because I'm not sexy at all - and it would just be a disaster. So no modeling for me anytime soon! 

I also had to work today, so I went in a little early to eat. And of course, I had to use Instagram on my food because I am a loser & such.

OM NOM NOM! Gyro meat is delicious. If you've never tried it, you should. It's like a mixture of beef & lamb if i'm not mistaken? I've also been eating salads lately? Very odd for me. I hate salads. But lately, I've been craving it. Pregnant?! Lol, just kidding. I just eat a ton of junk food & when I eat healthy things it makes me feel better - so lately i've just been craving healthy things such as salad - and normally I eat fries with my gyro meat, but I've been replacing them with either potato salad or slaw. Yay for healthy eating Lauren! :D

Then, once I got home from work, my mother's friend was over & had some Pomegranates :) I love pomegranate flavored things (as well as scented things!) - so I had some to eat. And of course, a chance to Instagram something!

So this is what I do in my free time, and even when i'm busy. Any chance I get when I see something cool, I Instagram it - because I am lame.

I miss my wonderful boyfriend! I wish he'd stop working oh so much during this time of year! Then maybe I'd be able to Instagram cute pictures of him too :( It just sucks because we're both starting to work a lot as of right now & when I'm off - he's not - etc, etc. Oh well! We're hopefully getting a house soon so we can cuddle every night again :) Makes me a happy lady.

But that's all for today. Nothing interesting. Just sharing my love of Photography/Instagram :D

P.S. Oh yeahhh, and I totally added ' The Great Fairy Fountain ' remix to my music playlist on my sidebar for this blog. So enjoy jamming to some sweet Zelda tunes while reading my boring blog :)

Wet N Wild Sparkle City Limited Edition Glitter Palette

I went driving today with my sister & decided to stop by CVS. I ended up getting a Wet N Wild Coverall concealer stick for $1.99 & one of the limited edition Sparkle City Glitter Palettes for $4.99!

I got the 'Main Street Glitz' palette. It also comes with a 'glitter' eyeliner (it's not really glittery). I haven't tested these out yet -- but I did swatches of them & I love the way they look.

 Yayy! Some of the colors like the ones on the left of the palette are just basically glitter that you would wear over your eyeshadow to make it pop. They remind me of NYX Glitter Cream Palettes - which I also have & love. The colors on the right side of the palette are more like glitter cream shadows you can wear by themselves & it would look nice.

& an up close picture of the palette. I personally love this palette! I am going back to get all of them once I get paid :)

DIY: Easy & Cheap False Glitter Nails

Since May/June 2011, I have been obsessed with wearing false nails! Not all the time, because I can't really do anything with them on :P -- But every so often. I get all the supplies to do it myself - I don't really mind if they only last up to 3 days haha. I'm just cheap & prefer not to spend $30 to get fake nails.

Here's what I use:

•  I get the FULL (NOT tips!) false nails off of EBay - they have a variety of different colors - but I have baby blue ones (not pictured) & white. I like the white so I can paint them whatever color I'd like. I got 500 false full nails for only $4-5 with free shipping!
• You'll need the false nail clippers as well! I'm not sure exactly what they're called - but I got these off EBay as well - they cost me around $3-4 with free shipping. They have these at Sally Beauty Supply as well - but I don't know how much they are there.
• Next, I use nail glue (duh). I just got the nailene kind from Wal-Mart. This glue holds on pretty well - but I think I'll get a stronger one from Sally's once I run out.

You'll also need a nail file to smooth down the edges of the nails to make them even. I personally don't use one because I have issues with nail files. I hate the way they feel, and the sound that they make while in use. Bahah, so I cannot use them :P

• Next you can paint them whatever color you'd like -- I used this mini OPI lavender polish. It's from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection & it's called ' Planks a lot '.
• Next for the glitter - I used the Wet n Wild Wild Shine nail color in Kaleidoscope. This is a really really nice glitter nail polish & it's only $.93!!

& that's all! So total it cost probably under $1 to do my own nails. Woot! Not too bad.