Outfit of the Day - Another Warm One

Even though it was supposed to be fairly warm today, it was rather chilly this morning so I still wore a hoodie until it warmed up! I recently rediscovered these shoes - I can't believe I forgot about them! These are one of my favorite pairs of shorts - and they used to be my brother's jeans that got too short for him (which is hilarious considering they were much too long for me when I put them on to measure the cutoff length)

Face of the Day

I completely forgot to take a photo of the products I used today! Many of them are ones I've used before, however.

Products used:

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro primer
Revlon Colorstay foundation
Milani HD Advanced concealer
Milani Minerals Compact Makeup
Cargo blush - Key Largo
Prestige Brow Perfection - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara
MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box - Honey, Peace
Wet n Wild Creme Brulee eyeshadow
Physicians Formula black gel liner (from the Hazel Eyes trio, but it doesn't really matter)
L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black mascara
MAC lipstick - Impassioned
Revlon Super Lustrous lipgloss - Coral Reef

My outfit today was pretty boring - just jeans and a tshirt, and shoes I've shown here before - so I didn't take photos of it, either. My fragrance of the day was more of my sample of Marc Jacobs' Oh Lola!

Outfit of the Day - Shades of Green

I knew we weren't back into the cool weather for good yet! For fairly warm days, I like skirts or shorts. I have two of these skirts from Target - the other's grey - and I love them because they're comfortable, affordable, versatile, and because of their shape, they're not prone to blowing around in the wind! That last one's probably the best part. It's windy here pretty often, which makes me not want to wear a lot of my skirts and dresses! 

This tshirt is another one of my very favorites. I just adore loose-fitting tshirts, and this one's especially lightweight which makes it great for hotter days.

I've had these H&M sandals for probably five years - I'm surprised how well they've held up!

Face of the Day - Trying New Products!

Products Used:


Urban Decay DeSlick Spray
Boots Instant Matte
Revlon Colorstay foundation
ELF Translucent Mattifying Powder
Jordana blush - Tawny Beige

Prestige Brow Perfection pencil - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara

MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
Jordana eyeshadow - A Classic
Wet n Wild Vanity palette - lightest matte
Milani Liquif'eye - Black
Wet n Wild Greed palette - matte black
Jordana Best Lash mascara

Revlon Super Lustrous gloss - Coral Reef

Face of the Day

Products Used:


Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro primer
Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation
Revlon Colorstay under eye concealer
Revlon Photoready concealer
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear powder foundation
Physicians Formula Happy Booster blush - Rose

Prestige Brow Perfection pencil - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara

MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils - Cucumber, Peacock, Yellow
MAC eyeshadow - Lucky Green
Urban Decay Deluxe Palette - Peace, Honey
Wet n Wild Vanity Palette - palest matte shade
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel Creamliner for hazel eyes - black
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara - Carbon Black

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - Smitten

Gumball/Confetti Dot Manicure

This is one of the most fun manicure's I've done in awhile, but it's also one of  the easiest I've ever done that isn't just a single color! It's so simple - just choose several colors of polish you like together, then get a dotting tool of some kind (or several if you want different sized dots). Choose one color at a time and randomly place dots on your nails, continuing with the other colors until the whole surface is covered with dots! By going with one color over all the nails at once, you can avoid having to wait for the dots to dry since they'll be almost completely dry by the time you start the next color. And there's no need for a base color if you choose polishes that aren't particularly sheer. Also, because only a little bit of each dot overlaps another, the polish doesn't get too thick and start chipping or peeling off quickly as can sometimes happen with thicker manicures. It's lasted several days on me with no chipping whatsoever - and of course it also says something that I've been willing to leave it on that long! I tend to switch manicures more often than this.

The polishes I chose to use this time, L-R:

Zoya - Pippa

China Glaze - Gaga for Green

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Blue Me Away!

Wet n Wild Megalast - On A Trip

Essie - Lights

Wet n Wild Megalast - Club Havana

I used the Seche Clear base coat and Seche Vite top coat for this manicure.

Edit: I just noticed this is my 200th post! It doesn't feel like I've done that many!

Nail Polish Swatches

These are most, if not all, of the nail polishes I've added to my collection over the last two months. 

China Glaze - Stone Cold

Essie - Navigate Her

Essie - Tart Deco

Essie - Turquoise & Caicos 

Revlon - Posh 

Pixi - Paradise Pink 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Pacific Blue 

Illamasqua - Nomad

Brash (Payless) - Turquoise Twist 

L-R: Revlon - Impulse, Revlon - Flirt, SXY (Payless) - Pink Prestige, Essie - Lights

L-R: Wet n Wild megalast - Tropicalia, Club Havana, Through the Grapevine, Pixi -  Coral Cabana

Recent Manicures!

For this manicure, I did the pink stripes first and went back with the yellow after. They were pretty much randomly placed.  Yellow: Zoya - Pippa
Pink: Essie - Lights

Main base: Wet n Wild - Tropicalia
Main dots: Essie - e-nuf is e-nuf
Accent base: Essie - Tart Deco
Accent dots: Wet n Wild - Club Havana

Base: China Glaze - Stone Cold
Tips: Milani Nail Art striping polishes

May 15th FOTD - L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows

Face: 
Revlon Colorstay Combo/Oily
NYX Concealer jar
L'Oreal True Match powder
Milani Minerals blush - Mai Tai

Eyes:
MAC Painterly paint pot
L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow - Gold Imperial, Golden Sage
Revlon Grow Luscious eyeliner - Espresso
Maybelline The Colossal mascara

Lips:
Wet n Wild 903C
Revlon Colorstay Mineral Lipglaze - Continuous Coral

Bright Pink! FOTD - May 17

Face:
Urban Decay De Slick Spray
Revlon Colorstay foundation
Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer
L'Oreal True Match powder
Physicians Formula Happy Booster - Rose

Eyes:
MAC Painterly paint pot
Urban Decay - Scratch
MUFE - 75
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara - Carbon Black

Brows: 
Wet n Wild Vanity Palette - Matte Dark Brown
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara

Lips:
MAC Candy Yum Yum lipstick (a thin layer)

Outfit of the Day: July 3rd

T-shirt: The Gap

Shorts: Target

Earrings: Wet Seal

Shoes: Payless

Outfit of the Day: July 2nd

Tank Top: Old Navy

Skirt: H&M

Belt: H&M

Shoes: Payless

Combined Outfit of the Day post–last 3 days

Somehow I forgot to actually blog about my outfits the last few days, despite taking pictures of them! They’re not very exciting since it’s been pretty hot, which generally leads to me wearing boring flip-flops and no accessories.

June 29th. It was a hot day but not unbearably so.

Tank top: Target

Capris: Unionbay, via Kohl’s (I’ve had these since high school)

Sandals: Victoria’s Secret PINK

June 30th.

Tank top: H&M

Shorts: Target

Sandals: Born via Marshalls

Necklace: American Eagle

July 1st. When I woke up at 8:30 it was already in the 80s, both outside and in my bedroom, so I decided it was time to break out a dress.

Dress: American Eagle

Sandals: I didn’t leave them on in the picture, but I wore the same yellow flip-flops from PINK today.

Outfit of the Day–Coral and Pink

Top: Express

Jeans: Express, via Plato’s Closet

Shoes: H&M

Sunglasses: Forever 21

And just in case you’re wondering, my toenail polish is Revlon’s Craving Coral.

Outfit of the Day: 6.20.11

Sorry for getting this one out late! Somehow slipped my mind to post yesterday.

Top: Old Navy

Jeans: Express

Earrings: Wet Seal

Shoes: Target

I seriously regret not having bought this shirt in a million colors. It was $5 last summer and it really is one of my favorite shirts – lightweight and comfortable without being totally transparent.

Nails of the Day: Konad Flower Accent Nail

Base color: Revlon Top Speed - Guava
Flower from Konad m60 plate with white Konad special polish.

I seriously LOVE this color!! I think it really goes well with my skin tone, and it's so fun for summer - it kind of reminds me of popsicles.

I still haven't figured out how to stamp a Konad design in the same place on multiple nails, but it didn't really bother me with this one since they weren't right next to each other. Hopefully I'll get it down eventually!

Pink Flower Nails

I'm not really sure where the idea for these nails came from, I just kind of...did it.

Nail color : China Glaze - Sugar High (Up and Away Collection)
Flower petals : China Glaze - Something Sweet (Up and Away Collection)
Flower center : Essence - Sundancer

I used this tool from Sally Beauty Supply to make the dots. I had always shied away from doing any kind of nail art because I assumed it would be too challenging, but this dotting tool is seriously so easy to use. It's really handy that the brush is connected to it, too. And it's really affordable!

I had already had this on for a few days before I decided to photograph it, so my nails are a little worn away...whoops.