Friday Reads! A Visit from the Goon Squad

I've been in a reading slump lately. I honestly just haven't had the time for it, and when I do have free time I tend to hang out with my boyfriend instead of reading or playing games like I use to. But I'm trying to get back in the groove of my old hobbies and started reading this book about 2 weeks ago.

I picked up A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan .. God, I'm not sure how long ago. It was a Goodwill find though (as a lot of my books are).

I'm currently about 100 pages in, and this story starts out with a character who is a Kleptomania. It starts off with her stealing a wallet from a lady in the bathroom then goes into some of her favorite items she has stolen. Then, the next chapter is about her boss. His issues, etc, etc. 

As of right now, I cannot tell you what this book is about.. because.. well.. I dont really know. Every chapter thus far is about a different person but they connect with people from previous chapters. So I know this story eventually comes together and has a point. I just don't know what yet.

Even though I don't really know what is going on, I still enjoy reading this book so far. I like the writing style. It also makes me want to continue to read this book so I can see how all these random people connect in the end. The only thing I can complain about this far is that sometimes it is hard to follow. Only at the beginning of a new chapter when you don't really know who the chapter is about.. but you eventually find out when reading a little further in.. and that honestly isn't even a huge complaint.

I'm enjoying this book thus far! That's it for my friday reads. I'm just taking it one book at a time currently :P

Current Favorite Lip - Wearable All Year :D

This has been my favorite lip look since I think February of this year. It's super affordable & they both have a lasting quality. These two together are awesome :)

First up, the Elf Matte Lip Color in Tea Rose. This color is great. It's not quite a nude. It's kind of like a dark nude/brown with some mauve mixed with it. Such a weird and unique color that looks fantastic. I luuuurve it. I apply this all over my lips - starting it out as a lip liner then working my way to fill in the rest. These last for quite a long time. If you're not too wild about this color, check out the others. There are currently 4 other colors (I believe) & these are definitely worth picking up for only $3 each! You can purchase these at either Target or E.l.f.

Next is the lipgloss. It's called Cappuccino. This is by Ioni Cosmetics -- and I've only seen this brand at a store called Fred's. I'm not sure if they are nation wide or what.. but it's kind of like a general store. But Ioni Cosmetics has nail polishes, lipsticks, eyelashes, liners & more. Most of their products are only $1! One freakin' dollar. Holy shit. And this lipgloss is amazingly pigmented. You could wear this alone and still get the color you see through the tube. How I apply this on top of the Matte Lip Color is I just dot it on sparingly and after I lightly pat my lips together, I pat the excess gloss off on a towel. I don't really care for glossy lips, personally. They are not my thing. Your hair blows and gets all up in that mess.. no thanks. But I need to apply a light layer of gloss on top of my lipstick/liner because my lips are very dry and peel-y and all that gross stuff.

^^ Here is a somewhat crappy picture of me wearing the combination. You can't really see the color good.. but whatev.

So a total of $4 for a lovely dark nude-ish/brownish/mauve-ish lip. Not too shabby, my loves. Seriously, check these out. 

NYX Sex Bomb Palette Review/Look

Long time, no post. As always. But I purchased this palette.. i'd say 2 months ago.. and I absolutely love it! I mainly wanted it for the bright red eyeshadow because I don't really have a red eyeshadow. But I ended up loving this palette as a whole & all the colors in it.. which is very rare when it comes to palettes.. for me, atleast. 

I purchased this at Ulta for $7.49. Pretty decent price.. NYX products are affordable anyway.

(sorry my up close pictures are shitty.. camera phone)

All the colors are super creamy and not powdery/chalky at all. The only one I didn't really care for just from looking at the palette is the shimmery sand colored one. I don't like ugly shimmery eyeshadows. H8. Fo' lyfe.  Kidding. But the way I wore it in the pictures.. I used all the colors in the palette.. even the ugly shimmery one. I blended the ugly shimmer on top of the matte light taupe color in  the crease and let me tell you.. those colors look AMAZING together. Really, they do. I fell in love with the ugly shimmer. These colors blend very well together. I find that some drugstore eyeshadow palettes are hard to blend the colors together without either losing pigmentation .. or just looking horrendous as a whole. But this palette blended all together = BAM. 

My overall opinion of this palette.. is great. I honestly have nothing negative to say about it. It's one of my favorite beauty purchases this year, thus far. Soooo... go get cha one ;).

My Favorite Liquid Eyeliner !

Here lately, I've been doing winged eyeliner daily. I also take selfies while wearing this look & get a lot of comments on Instagram telling me it looks really good and asking what kind I use. Welp, here it is:

 Maybelline Line Stiletto Liquid Eyeliner

I've only tried out a handful of liquid liners to be honest, but out of the ones I've tried - I love this one. I actually just love this one in general that I keep repurchasing it! It's anywhere from $6-8 I believe depending on where you purchase it at. The cheapest probably being Wal-Mart. It has a felt tip which I love. I hate the liners that have the crappy brushes - they are terrible to use in my opinion. This one however is very easy to apply.

Yay selfies! :D Haha I wanted to show you some pictures of me wearing the actual product. I personally love this liner & would recommend it! If you have any favorite liners, let me know!

Yay for personal blog posts! :D

I've been MIA lately. I've actually had a lot of personal stuff going on. I'm currently single. My past relationship that lasted three years was a complete joke. My computer also got struck by lightning so that helped the downfall. I actually even closed down my shop for a few weeks. I was shipping orders out later than I should have been so therefore I thought it'd be best for me to take a break & focus on myself. Good news, I got a new car! Bad news, I'm always broke now. Haha. But I've been better the past month & ready to get back into doing what I love! I need to do more blog posts, videos, stuff with my shop, etc. I also should probably finish makeup school, haha. I've been getting back into graphic design lately as well! I'm going to start doing logos, business cards, etc. for people & also going to be designing my own prints. I'm currently focusing on myself & doing things that I want to do in life. I've made a lot of new friends in the midst of all of this that have been here for me. So this summer has been kinda sucky at first, but it's gotten way better towards the end. I've actually been going out more and socializing as well. Which is odd for me, I never go out. Hermit for life. But I've had fun going out with friends and drinking and what not. That's also another reason I haven't been posting anything! I'm getting back into wanting to do more posts though. So expect that. I know I always say that in previous blog entries, but I mean it this time dammit. I want to do game reviews, book reviews, makeup reviews, show pictures of stuff I have for sale, show pictures of things I make, all kinds of goodness to come! 

Blah, this was an extremely long and boring blog post, I know. Just felt like I had to post something to let everyone know where I was.

DUPLE ALERT! Mac Beauty Marked Dupe

Hello again lovies! Sorry long time no talk. To be honest I haven't been into makeup/beauty items lately so that's why I have not posted in a while. But I have recently done a swatch comparison for you all!

Mac's Beauty Marked compared against Ulta's After Hours ES.

They are very similar in color. Mac's Beauty Marked is just a tad darker(blacker) than Ulta's After Hours. Personally I like Ulta's After Hours swatch better than Beauty Marked.

 

Mac's Beauty Marked = $15

Ulta's After Hours = $6

Also the Ulta brand eyeshadows are $2 each this month! So you can pick up this shade as well as others for super cheap! 

Sorry for not posting more for you guys. I am hopefully going to post more often. Just let me know what you guys are interested in seeing/reading about! :)

February Favorites 2013 !

I made a YouTube video of my monthly favz this month :)

You can watch it here

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