Some new Wet N' Wild swatches

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were awesome. :)I had a a nice Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's with my family, with some crazy stuff in-between; sickness, travels, computer problems, and working, all of which conspired to make me unable to post much. I'm going to try and catch up on the last several weeks so bear with me! ;P

 For the first of my catch-up posts I bring you these swatches of 3 Wet N' Wild Mega Last lipsticks I bought recently. I love these lippies and have recently re-discovered how awesome they truly are.

(You should click the pics to see them best!)

 I got Cherry Picking, Red Velvet, and Purty Persimmon. Thankfully they all have the names on the stickers; I have an impossible time trying to keep them straight with just numbers.

With flash, left to right: Cherry Picking, Red Velvet, Purty Persimmon. (Taken with my Canon Rebel.)

With flash, L to R: Cherry Picking, Red Velvet, Purty Persimmon. (Taken with a Canon Elph.)

No flash, L to R: Cherry Picking, Red Velvet, Purty Persimmon. (Canon Elph again.)

 Shade descriptions:

-Cherry Picking: This is my favorite of the bunch and one of my top faves of all the Mega Last Lipsticks I own, I'm thrilled to finally have it! It's a gorgeous cranberry red with lots of pink in it. The color looks slightly sheerer in the middle of the swatch but I think that's because I'd already worn it on my lips before I swatched it, so the middle was a bit worn down.

I love these types of pinkish-reds. I think this shade would look beautiful on anybody in any season.

-Red Velvet: I got this one because it was there, and I still have this impulse to buy every red I see lol. This one is a light red that might be nice for folks who are a bit afraid of the color. When I was swatching them all for the first time, this shade appeared to have a slightly sheerer, balmier texture than the other two. It would probably make a nice stain.

-Purty Persimmon: I got this one because I'm also kind of into orange lip products lately; this shade is a very bold orange-coral-red, probably more orange than red but definitely more wearable than 24 Carrot which is a lighter carrot orange. My sister wore Purty Persimmon to a party the other day and it looked stunning with her fair complexion, dark hair and eyes, and the teal eyeliner she was wearing.

All three shades are crazy-pigmented, which is what I adore about these Mega Last lipsticks; there's so much color packed into these tubes for so little cash, you really get bang for your buck.

Me wearing Cherry Picking; looks slightly darker in person, the flash brightens it up a bit. Please excuse my otherwise bare face :)

That's it for this post! I definitely plan to buy every single shade in this line, except maybe the dark brown one. I also want to do a huge swatch-o-rama of all my Mega Last lippies once I can get lip swatches of them all.

Thanks so much for reading and please stay tuned for more posts!

Update: New look! (Sort of..)

Hi there..

You may notice my blog looks a bit different. I'm attempting a long-overdue change but it's been years since I customized my blog that I've forgotten how to use the features. :(
Please be patient with me while I figure this out.
One thing in particular is seriously bothering me; I want the title text aligned in the middle but I've poked through every single customization feature at least 3 times and can't for the life of me find how to align title text. Sigh.

Anyway, thanks for bearing with me! Hopefully I can create something clean and professional looking while keeping my personality. :)

Updates: Makeupbee contest and life in general

Hey guys! The OCC/Makeupbee contest results are in and I just wanted to update for anyone who missed it; I wasn't chosen as one of the 3 winners but I was in THE TOP 10 (#10 out of 542 entries!!) which, needless to say, I'm pretty jazzed about! I've entered almost all of the Makeupbee contests they've had and never made it this far, so I'm really happy.

I need to say a very sincere and heart-felt THANK YOU to every single person who took the time to vote for my entry; I was able to be in the top 10 because of your votes and it makes me so thankful to have such awesome friends/family/people supporting me and what I love to do. When I needed you guys, you were there for me and I'm truly grateful to you all<333

There are always contests going on over at Makeupbee and I plan to keep entering so keep an eye out for me! ;)

On another note, I'm not as actively blogging at the moment because life is pretty busy. I have an event coming up next weekend and will likely be without internet for several days next week.

Also it's been a fairly crazy couple of days, involving a broken water heater and an inch of water in our basement so yeah, lol.

Anyway, thanks again for all your help and support.. I'm truly blessed. I hope you all have a great weekend, thanks for reading! :D

Update :O

Hi :) Normally I hate posting without any kind of a picture to look at, but I don't really have anything to post, lol.. sorry! :(

I wanted to update since I haven't posted anything in a few weeks. This is mostly due to the craziness of the holidays, and the passing of my Grandfather on New Year's Eve. Several days after that were spent communing with family and planning his Memorial, which was held last Wednesday. Because he was living in Michigan at the time, my family and I drove out there and the trip took the better part of a week. Towards the end of our stay, I got sick with a cold or something that has left me somewhat lethargic and still a little under the weather. So it's been a roller-coaster of a past few weeks for me.

Not meaning this post to be at all depressing, I will say that I'm doing okay and I hope to be back to blogging soon. I have many posts to make as soon as I can find the time! I hope you will bear with me as I search for a new groove to settle into. ;)

Thanks for reading this and I hope you're all doing well! Happy weekend, everyone!<33