I'm going on a little trip this weekend to celebrate my birthday, which is on Monday. Since it's a short trip I don't want to bring too much with me, only the essentials. I won't need 8 different eye shadow palettes!I wanted to share just a few things I'm taking with me.A case for my contact case.Say what? A case for a case? Well, I really couldn't pass up this cute case from … [Read more...]

I was browsing Fall makeup trends the other day and came across a few smokey brown eyes. I realized that I've never featured any such look on my blog, so I had to do one!The key to this look is using brown eyeliner instead of black. Brown makes for a much softer, less intense look.  This is great if you're going for natural makeup or just want to try something … [Read more...]

I recently got another Target Beauty Bag in the mail (the review for my first one is here).  Target would send out these bags filled with samples and coupons every once in awhile, free to whoever signed up. This particular bag was their last one.These aren't deluxe-sized samples like the ones you get in subscription boxes, but it's still cool to be able to try a few … [Read more...]

Today I'm sharing two manicures I created that were inspired by lace.  One is a mint nail with a white design and the other uses a nude color with a black design. I drew out the designs step-by-step so that you can easily learn how to recreate them.Mint nails with white lace designFor the nail color, I used Sally Hansen Hards as Nails Xtreme Wear in Mint Sorbet. … [Read more...]

All kinds of beauty products have been accumulating in various rooms of my apartment. It got to the point where I realized I needed to take action by using my existing products before buying others. I recently finished these 5 products:L'Oreal Power Volume 24h MascaraBenefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow FoundationClean & Clear Morning Burst Facial CleanserClinique Dramatically … [Read more...]