Yay Anniversary!!!

My darling husband and I just celebrated our 8 year anniversary last weekend. It was officially on the 7th but for what he had planned we put it off till Friday and Saturday. I woke up Friday morning to my "schedule" for the day. I was SO excited, I'm sure I squealed a little (ha!). Here is what it looked like front and back (anyone else having a Ross from Friends moment? FRONT AND BACK!) My first adventure would be to get my hair done by the lovely Jenn Scott (you'll be seeing more of her soon). My husband LoVeS my hair down but since I am NOT good at doing hair he never sees it down. Then I went to get my nails done but was about 15 min late, the lady threw a tissy fit and I just backed away slowly. Was annoyed at the time but I had some errands to run anyway so it turned out well. Little Branson had a Mother's Day brunch planned for me so I went home to get makeup on...what would I BE without it ; D?

 

Soon I was ready for my special date with my Mr. B. It was SO darling!!! They sang songs, recited poems and served delicious chicken salad sandwiches. I was so proud of my little man my heart was just bursting! All the kids gave us their treasures that they had been working on for two weeks and were just the perfect hosts. I had personally never been to a better preschool soiree. After hugs and kisses (since I knew I wouldn't be seeing him till late the next day) Kev and I were off to pack up for our fun time together. We were soon heading up to Salt Lake to check into our hotel and to shop at the Gateway *SQUEAL*!!! He had worked so hard at getting a website done at work that they gave him a very sizable gift card to that particular mall and he gave it all to me...sniff...I was so touched and VERY ready to shop! LOL =D

We hit Forever 21, Z Gallerie, Urban Outfitters, Down East, Ann Taylor and loads of boutiques. I was quite literally in heaven. Dinner was also divine. Kev and I both worked the 10 year anniversary for the Olympics and were treated to some great spoils. One of which was a $100 gift card to the decadent restaurant Flemmings. We went to drop off all of our/my bags at the hotel and when they learned it was our anniversary and that we would be dining there they gave us a card for a free appetizer!!! This was SUCH an awesome trip =). Here I am before our wonderful meal was seved.

This was our appetizer. Filet Mignon served SUPER paper thin with mint, capers and egg crumbled on top. You took it and placed it on the cheese beget slices....SO yummy!!!!!

 I opted for stake and Kev for pasta and at the end of our meal they brought us out truffles with a Happy Anniversary card and a $25 gift card to come back. I was so impressed with the service and the overall experience that I would LOVE to go back sometime soon...hint hint honey ; ).

 When we were stuffed to almost full capacity (had to save room for popcorn at the movies, my FAV!) we decided to walk around and shop a little more before our movie. We saw Dark Shadows which btw was the DUMBEST movie ever made!!!!

Sorry to be so blunt but I wanted to walk out SO many times but stayed with the small hope that maybe maybe it would get better....it did not. We left with minimal brain cells left and headed to our hotel. I LOVE walking at night with my cute hubby just us. It feels like we are dating again and I get all giggly around him and his cute dimples. When we got all in our comfy comfies ready to hit up Netflix for a few episodes of Chuck, Kev said he had one more surprise for me. I had NO idea what he had up his sleeve but he made me sit on the couch and close my eyes. I heard the ruffling of bags and then something being placed on the ottoman in front of me. He told me to open my eyes and there before me in it's PERFECT entirety was our home.

 Well, the floor plan anyway and ALL of our furniture scaled perfectly for me to see what would fit where. WELL WHO NEEDED CHUCK ANYWAY?!?!? I played with my little "dollhouse" for at least an hour and was happy to see the boys beds fitting in their rooms where I wanted them to. It was SO fun to move around the couches and end tables too. Oh the simple joys that come from thoughtful presents. I love you Kev and am so happy we are together!!! Here's to many more years of laughs, love, memories and life. Have you ever been blown away by a significant other? An amazing date? Proposal? Anniversary? Tell me about it!!!

Day 50: Sun Goddess (Makeupbee contest)

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Day 50, yayuh! Today I have something special for you.. it's my entry for the OCC and Makeupbee contest! If you're on Makeupbee (or want to be) please go check it out and Like my entry! I'd appreciate it so much :3

I didn't cut off my chin on purpose.. I was using my macro lens and even at full arm's length it can't get my whole face, lol. it takes such nice detail though x3

This contest is all about Summer lips so I tried to step out of my comfort zone and do something bright, fun, and Summery! I used my new lip tar in Traffic (yellow) as well as a bunch of other things for lips and eyes. If you'd like to know how I did it please keep reading....

 Products:

Eyes:

-TFSI Candlelight

-Tick:Tock Cosmetics Infinity Shadow Base (unnamed nude shade)

-BFTE "Lava Momma" (hot pink)

-Shiro "Porygon" (muted berry)

-Sugarpill Burning Heart palette (all shades)

-BFTE "Okul" pro color (bright yellow)

-BFTE "Ushakaron" pro color (mustard yellow)

-BFTE "Draconis" pro color (pinkish orange)

-BFTE "Soleil" (pale yellow on tearduct)

-BFTE "Beautiful" (pale yellow/pink duochrome)

-Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black felt tip liquid liner pen

-Wet N' Wild Megaliner in Black (wing)

-Urban Decay "Zero" 24/7 Glide-On pencil (lower lashline)

-BFTE "Black" (lower lashline over liner)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

-Andrea Modlash #33 Black

Brows:

-Sephora brown pencil

-BFTE "Heat" (metallic copper)

-BFTE "Autumn" (metallic gold)

-Cover Girl clear mascara/brow gel

Lips:

-NYX "Fuchsia" lip pencil

-NYX "Purple Rain" lip pencil

-OCC "Traffic" Lip Tar

-OCC "Beta" Lip Tar

-NYX "African Queen" Mega Shine gloss

(I also ended up dabbing on a little Soleil, Lava Momma, and Poison Plum eyeshadows in some spots)

Face:

-Revlon Colorstay in Ivory/Buff mixed

-mark. Bronze Pro

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Cherry Bomb

-BFTE Cosmetics shadow in Beautiful (highlight)

I hope you enjoy it! I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out, although there are of course things I would change if I could do it again. That's always the case though, isn't it? ;)

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Day 49: Chinovi swatches

Day 49: Here are some swatches of my Chinovi shadows; I had some left on the brushes after doing my real swatches, so I rubbed them on my hand over either Pixie Epoxy or DG Glitter Glue, can't remember which..

The colors are so vibrant, just look at that metallic orange! That's Kettle, one of my faves<3 I really want to order from Chinovi again, I need to own all her shadows.. o___o

This was a filler post but I should have something fancy coming in the next day or two if I can get the pictures sorted out ;D

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Day 48: Lip Tar swatches

 Day 48: here are some swatches of the lip tars I got at IMATS. :)

Direct sun: Feathered, Traffic, Rx, Tarred.

With flash.

With flash after blended out.

I blended the swatches with Q-tips which absorbed some of the color, but as you can see they're still quite opaque. I got these particular colors because I thought they'd be handy for custom color mixing. I've also wanted a black lip color forever; now that I have Tarred and my NYX black lipliner, I'm dying to do a dramatic black lip in a look!

How would you use these lip tars? :)

Days 46-47: BFTE "Super Nova" swatches

Days 46-47: Forgive me for missing yesterday, I wasn't able to post. :x
Yesterday I was cleaning up my makeup area when i found this baggie sample from BFTE. I don't remember when I got it or if I ever posted swatches of it. I didn't remember owning it, hehe.. so here's a swatch for you! The color is Super Nova and it's a rusty red color with tiny sparkles in it which appear to be light green and maybe gold. Sadly the green sparks don't come across in the pictures but they are visible in person. :)
PLEASE click the photos so you can see the vibrant color:

Left is swatched on bare lotioned skin; right is swatched over Darling Girl's Glitter Glue. Natural light.

Direct sunlight.

Flash.

I'm glad I found this! If I already posted pics here before then oh well, you get twice the prettiness. ;)

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Day 45: Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Green Safari

 It's Day 45 and today I bring you... the new Milani Shadow Eyez pencil, woohoo! I've been itching to own this since I saw swatches and reviews recently. I want all the colors but could only get one so I went straight for the green. I don't own any good green shadow bases so I'm ecstatic to have this in my collection!

The color is called Green Safari which I find very cute for some reason<3

It's a bright grass green with some shimmer but no chunky glitter which is awesome.

Flash

No flash

In person it just looks shimmery/pearly, but in the photos you can see a tiny bit of gold shimmer especially around the edges.

This pencil glided on my hand so smoothly; it's pigmented but not thick like the UD shadow sticks. After applying this I waited about 30 seconds and tried blending it out a bit, which it did but unevenly since it had already begun to dry around the edges. It IS blendable if you do it right after you apply. Otherwise, when I tried touching it a few minutes later it would not budge at ALL. Awesome. 

I cannot wait to use this in a look and I plan to see if I can get the other colors as well. Apparently this is a CVS exclusive but all Milani was on sale BOGO 50% off today so you might wanna get on that. ;)

Do you have any of these shadow pencils? What do you thin of them?

Drug Store Beauty

This is a look I did with almost all drugstore makeup. Hope you enjoy this quick fresh summer look =).