Roxy Maxi Dress

Woahhh I have not been good at updating my blog and it seems like I haven't been on here in a very long time.  Well it's summer now and to me it means a couple of things.  First off the BEACH! I love the idea of the beach, sand, and the hot summer weather but to tell you the truth, the beach sounds better than it really is.  Why? it's because you aways find sand weeks after in the weirdest places x)

Summer also means sun dresses and maxi dresses.  Actually maxi dresses will be today's topic.  I bought this really cute and pretty maxi dress from Roxy.com two weeks ago and I am completely in love with it.  Considering that I am so tiny at 4'11" and 105 lbs. I find it extremely difficult to find clothes that fit well without any alternations.  I took my chances with ordering this dress and I'm so happy that I did.  Here are my measurements waist: 27, bust: 31, hips: 32. You can buy the dress here!

Spring Photo Shoot

I have a very special friend name Grace and she is currently pursuing her passion for photography.  Grace was original a very close friend of my older sister from high school.  They are still very good friends :) Last fall, Grace and I did a photo shoot for my senior pictures in a nearby nature preserve.  You can click here to see the pictures.  Just a couple weeks ago Grace contacted me to do another fun photo shoot with her and I gladly accepted.  Here are the results, she did such a great job :) Enjoy!

Here is the makeup tutorial for this look :)

Studying

I am in a frenzy with all the prom preparation and AP exams coming up soon.  It's been so crazy and I just am just looking forward to May 15th, when my exams are over.  This school year went by fairly fast for me which is a very good thing.  I am really looking forward to branching out and meeting new people in college.  I hope you all have had more of a peaceful spring time.  I definitely am looking forward to nice summer dress weather...ahhh just thinking about it makes me smile :)......but right now I'm catching up on some much needed sleep with my lovely AP Calculus textbook. 

Prom Dress: Strapless Nude La Femme Dress 17474

Hi everyone! So I ordered my prom dress from promgirl.com last month and unfortunately I had to wait a month for the order to come in. It finally arrived last Wednesday and I am so excited :) I feel like the weight on my shoulder has lifted and I can breathe a little.  


The dress that I ordered is a nude color, with some crystal accents on the chest area.  It is a full length dress and the designer is La Femme.  I am a big fan of La Femme, their dresses are so elegant and the chiffon material that most of the dresses are made of is so beautiful.  Other the a little hemming to the length of the dress, it fits perfectly (I wear a size 00).  I haven't gotten the chance to take the dress in so I won't be posting any pictures of me in the dress now but I will post pictures of the dress on the model.  I'll post pictures of me in the dress after my prom on June 8th. 


This is my third experience with promgirl.com for prom dress shopping and I do really recommend checking out their selection of dresses.  I have a coupon code that allows you to take about $21.00 off a dress.  This promotion code is really for free 2 day shipping but you can choose the $8.00 regular shipping and have the promotion code go towards your dress cost.  Good luck and happy prom dress shopping :)

Promotion Code: StyleWk2

Product Review: Coastal Scents 22 Piece Brush Set

As of right now Happy New Years!! I hope everyone is starting out with a big boom...because I know I'm not haha.  I think I spent the whole day tackling the massive pile of homework that I had over break and babysitting.  I guess that's my big boom right there.  I did a review for a brush set that I purchased a couple weeks back for a good friend of mine and I'll post a picture below of us :)

I was very impressed with their 22 Piece Brush Set most of the brushes were very good.  If you're interested an inexpensive brush set that has lots and lots of eye brushes.  I do recommend checking this one out from Coastal Scents and an added bonus, they always have some kind of promotion going on.  Sometimes it's even 50% off.  I will definitely be purchasing this set for my own use in the future.  Stay warm and stay in touch :) 

OOTD: Versatile Look

Happy Holidays! I'm so stuffed and jolly right now :)  I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday too ^_^  The other day I spent some time filming three videos and this is the last of the three.  It's a short outfit of the day video.  I don't think I've really talked about my style or the way I dress much yet so this is a good place to start right? I'm sitting here right now trying to compare my style to one single person and I realize that I don't have a specific fashion icon that I look up to.  I think I take a little bit of inspiration from different celebrities, bloggers, and my own taste.  I'm quite a petite girl so that is also something that I always have to put into consideration...which can be extremely difficult sometimes.  There are a lot of cuts and designs that tends to make me look even more petite.  I have always been into business and professional look because I want to be a no-nonsense, strong, and kick ass kind of woman.  I hope someday I will be :)

Top: Gilly Hicks

Jeans: Forever21

Boots: JCPenney

Blazer: H&M

Necklace: By Boe

Product Review: La Femme Blushes

Hey everyone! This entry is extremely late, actually I think it might a two or three late...so sorry everyone! >_<  I bought this La Femme Blush palette a couple months ago during the summer when I watched a review video from gossmakeupartist.  I personally think these blushes are amazing and highly pigmented, to point where to it might be wayyyy too pigmented.  The only downfall that I found to these blushes is the fallout of the blush and it is very powdery.  The next best thing about these blushes is their price.  I'm pretty there are other places to purchase these blushes but I went to Makeup Mania.  Each blush costed about $2.50 (What a steal!!) I'll link their website below.

Colors: (Left to Right) Cinnabar, Coral, Coral Spice, Soft Beige, Heather, Red, Mandarin Red, Pink Velvet, Mocha, Peach, Peach Sparkle, and Terracotta 

Makeup Mania Website   

Makeup Tutorial: Holiday Look

Hey girlies and guylies :) Happy Holidays to you all. I hope you have a great time with family and friends this holiday and for college students, welcome home! It's good to have my sister home again....sort of. Haha I'm just kidding.  Since the festivities are just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to do a holiday look.  I have worn this look before and it's super super simple to do.  I spent the whole day filming and editing three videos.  This is the first one and I forgot how long it's been since I filmed a video in my living :) Hope you guys like it!

Product Review: Elle Bang Confidential Brushes

A while back, Elle Bang was having a sale on many of their brush products.  I never heard about them before so I decided to pick up the All Natural 12 Piece Set.  This has been the biggest brush regret purchase so far for me.  I love raving about makeup products but there really isn't a lot of good that I can say for these brushes. On the good side, the shipping was very fast and customer service was decent.  I really appreciated how Elle Bang was willing to remedy the situation by sending me replacement brushes but I was still unhappy with the product itself in the end.

So to start, I ordered the All Natural 12 Piece Set and when I received my order I was missing several brushes.  Including, a contour brush, a concealer brush, and also the lip brush.  I didn't realize that I did not receive the lip brush until later on when I checked out the website again.  The foundation brush was synthetic too which I don't understand because they were all suppose to be natural.  All of the brushes shed like crazy, I think I almost cried from frustration when I used them on my face.  I contacted the founder of Elle Bang through their Facebook page because I was unable to email or call them. She answered quickly and was very helpful.  She sent me replacement brushes but I didn't like them any better.  I won't be purchasing any Ellen Bang products anytime soon but I do appreciate the customer service.

First Impression: Sigma Synthetic Face Kit

I'm terrible at updating my blog but I'm working on catching up I promise :)  I posted a video for my first impression of the Sigma Synthetic Face Kit a couple weeks back and I also did a review on it a few days later.  This is basically an  unboxing video. For a better understanding of my experience with Sigma as a makeup line.  This is my first time purchasing from their website.  I honestly was very pleased with the speed of processing and shipping.  My brushes arrived within a week so I was a happy camper :)

Makeup Tutorial Inspired by Nana's Look (In The Night Sky MV)

Ooops late blog entry :( I updated my channel with a makeup tutorial video that was inspired from Afterschool's music In The Night Sky a week back but never updated my blog.  This look is Nana's and I had so much fun doing it.  It's extremely simple and dramatic.  Basically if you have back and brown eyeshadow and black liner.  You are pretty much set for this look :) Enjoy ♥

Hair Tutorial: Straightening Hair With Instyler

Hey guys I received a request to show you how I would straighten my hair with the Instyler....the only problem is that I have straight hair to begin with 0.o So what I did was waved my hair with the Bed Head Wave Artist.  Then I used the Instyler to re-straighten my hair.  I don't normally use the Instyler for the purpose of straightening my hair, I rather reach out for a straightening iron instead.  Nonetheless, here are the results :) Enjoy

Product Review: anothersoul Palettes

Hey! So I couple weeks ago, I was just jumping from site to site with no purpose whatsoever...and I came across this Etsy store that sold hand made empty or freedom palettes.  I was absolutely blown away by the quality, design, and price.  To let you guys know, I've been looking into purchasing some palettes that I could use to store my depoted eyeshadows and blushes for a long time now.  I do know about UNII palettes and Z palettes but the prices were a little more then I wanted to spent on palettes and I wasn't a big fan of the designs either.  So when I discovered these I knew I had to get them.  They are $12.99 which is a great price for makeup palettes. The seller's name is Lynn and she is super sweet and nice.  I had so many questions about shipping and payment, she answered all my questions really fast.  So I do recommend these palettes for those who are looking into buy makeup palettes.  

Three Palettes That I bought:

PURCHASE: http://www.etsy.com/shop/anothersoul

OOTD: First Day of School

Heyy! I just had my first day of school the other day and usually like to make a good first impression back.  I was planning to wear a casual dress with scandals the day before but when I woke up that morning.  It was full out fall weather.  There was no sun and it was raining sadly.  So I had to throw something together really quick and result was a simple and cozy outfit. Here is my first day look.  Hope you guys like it and much love from a blank palette :)

Riding Boots and A Jacket

Hi lovelies!! I'm super duper excited about two items that I recently bought.  The first is a black jacket that falls a little too short to be considered a trench coat and the second are brown riding boots.  These two items have been on my lust list forever and it took me so long purchase them because I had a vision of what I wanted them to look like and I had to do a little searching.  Hope you guys like them :) Much love from a blank palette♥

 

August Haul

Hi there! It's another monthly haul video.  Sorry I was so late on posting this video on my blog.  I've been working hard on my summer assignments :)  If you have any question please feel free to ask.  Enjoy and much love from a blank palette ♥

Makeup Tutorial: Maybelline Charcoal Smokes Look

If you've read my previous post (Target Haul) then you pretty much know how I feel about the Maybelline Charcoal Smokes Quad.  I really don't like it because it's not something that I would consider a BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.  There's just too many cons that overweigh the pros.  The darkest color (which is the liner) is pretty good but that's pretty much all that is good about this quad.  I apologize if this sounds like I'm bashing this product but I've tried it and I don't recommend it to anyone :(  I just don't want you guys to waste your money on something that doesn't work very well.  I can't say the same for the other quads in the Stylish Smokes line because I haven't tried them so I don't want to say anything bad about something that I don't know yet.

For those who have tried it and love the Charcoal Smokes or any other one from Maybelline, I'd love to hear your input on it.  I'm a true believer that not all products will work the same on every person so I'm glad if it works for others :)  Even though using the quad is pretty simple, this tutorial is how I would go about using the eyeshadow quad. Enjoy and much love from a blank palette! :)

  

Target Haul

Before you go HOT DAMN! GIRL YOU NEED TO GO AND PUT SOME MAKEUP ON! I would like to start out by apologizing for the lack of make up in this little haul video of mine.  Hopefully, you guys won't mind the change of scenery :) There are a couple products that I definitely recommend in this video and others that I advise you to stay away from.  I'll list them below and write a brief summary on why they are or are not good.  Enjoy and bunches of love from a blank palette :)

Recommended Products:
Sonia Kashuk Nail Polish Starry Night - long lasting and very pretty
Sonia Kashuk Iced Coffee Eye Definer - very creamy and a good dark brown color...not sure if it's long lasting yet? I'll find out soon though :)
Sonia Kashuk Radiant Tinted Moisturizer (Beige) - light to medium coverage, color match for NC37, tends to leave skin looking overly radiant so powder is necessary
Elf Angled Contour Brush: very good for the price and very soft

Products to Avoid: 
Maybelline Charcoal Smokes Eyeshadow Quad - creases easily, not blend-able, and poor pigmentation
Revlon Illuminance Creme Eyeshadow - terrible fallout, tends to crease, not long lasting

Makeup Tutorial: Dramatic Purple Inspired Look

Heyyy!! Summer is wrapping up pretty soon my dear friends.  For most of us, this means SCHOOL.  As much as I hate the thought of that, I have admit I'm looking forward to doing more dramatic special occasion looks for you guys.  Today will be the first of many looks, I was inspired after buying nail polish off of the Zoya website.  Funny how you can find inspiration in the strangest place? :) Either way, this look is great for you girlies going to homecoming, prom, or just out with friends.  And for those with brown eyes, this look is PERFECT :) because purple brings out those lovely brown eyes =] Have fun and check back soon for more updates!

Instyler Beachy Wave Tutorial

Hi ya'll I did a review on the Instyler a couple months back (here yo). Now I finally got my act together and filmed a tutorial on a beachy look that I usually do with my Instyler.  If you've ever used a curling wand, it's pretty much the same method.  This look is really good for going out but I usually wear it when I want to look more dressed up.  So if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment.  As always I'd love to hear what you think :)