Beauty Resolutions Update: Holding Myself Accountable

     If you may recall, at the end of 2012 I made a list of Beauty Resolutions for the new year. You can see my original post HERE. I decided this evening that in order to hold myself accountable for said resolutions, I need to write down everything that I buy. So that's what I did tonight. I must say that I am rather proud of myself. I certainly could have done better over these last 3 months, but I could also have done much worse. 

     Per my own guidelines, I am not allowed to buy any new eyeliners this year. I have stuck to that rule so far. I haven't purchased one eyeliner, or a lipliner. I also made a resolution to take better care of my skin. I'm proud to say I've been following a regiment and my skin looks pretty darn good. I haven't had any serious breakouts or anything like that. I also limited myself to only buying lip products I know I will use regularly. I have been sticking to that as well. So many new things have come out that I've wanted to try, but I left them at the store knowing I'd be wasting my own money. No new body lotions, body sprays or shower gels have been purchased. I am still using what I already own. I also limited myself to 7 nail polishes, and so far have only bought 5. 

Of course, I am not perfect, as no one is lol. I have gone a tad crazy buying brushes and makeup sponges. I do use them everyday, so I feel it was money well spent. I also fell off the deep end and purchased 4 new foundations (holy shit!) and 2 new concealers (so much for P10P use ups!) I am also still buying small eyeshadows palettes here and there, which add up to a lot of new eyeshadow to say the least. (2 singles, 2 trios, four different 8 pans, 1 quad and the Naked Basics palette)

   I'm not quite sure if the good outweighs the bad in this situations LOL. I only have to answer to myself after all, and I am proud of the amount of self control I've had so far. So until next quarter, wish me luck!!

   How are you doing on YOUR New Years Resolutions? Good, bad, forgotten altogether? Let me know in the comments below!

Much love, and wishes for health and happiness 

Beauty Resolutions for 2013

    Hello again my loves! I hope you all had the very best holiday season, and spent time with family and loved ones! I also hope this new year brings you good things, and happy days!

     I've never been one for New Years Resolutions, I usually fail within the first 2 days. The problem is I am OCD, and if I screw up at all, I just give up because I'm not perfect. (One of many things I need to learn to deal with)

     I've decided this year to do Beauty Resolutions. I'm not going to be too terribly hard on myself, as I don't want to set myself up for disaster (lol!). I've thought long and hard about these for the last 2 days, and I think all of these things are very feasible for me to stick to.

1. No buying any new eyeliners. I have way too many already.

2. Only purchase lip products I am POSITIVE I will get a lot of use out of.

3. Wear lip products on a more regular basis. Use it or lose it. Enough said.

4. I am limiting myself to 7 new nail polishes for the entire year.

5. I am also limiting myself to shopping to 2 times a month. I also need to really think about my purchases, not just buying anything because it's on clearance, or on sale, or because everyone has it. 

6. Take better care of my skin.

7. No new lotions or body sprays. I need to use up the majority of what I already own first.

8. Make a better effort to do my hair on a regular basis. I'm sick of looking like a bum 24/7.

On a more "professional" level:

1. Blog at least 3 times a week. I have been neglecting you guys lately. I really love blogging, and I should make more time for it.

2. Set a schedule for making videos, and just get better at it in general.

What are your resolutions for 2013??

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7 Deadly Sins of Beauty Tag

This is a tag that's been going around on YouTube for a while now. I thought I'd do it as a blog post instead =)

GREED

What is your most inexpensive beauty item? Your most expensive?

My least expensive would have to be my Wet n Wild lipsticks. I got them at sale at Rite Aid for 69 cents. My most expensive would be my Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette, which was $55. However, that is technically 15 items, so single item would have to be my MAC lip liner in Saunter which was $19. (Don't judge me! lol)

WRATH

What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? What product has been the hardest to get?

I definatly have a love/hate relationship with eyeliners. I love eyeliners, and love to wear them. However I hate it at the same time because I have such hooded eyelids, that that's all you see when I wear it. The hardest product for me to get has been nothing so far. I do however want theBalm Nude'Tude palette REALLY bad. I have been trying to win it on Twitter and Facebook with no luck. They don't sell it in store anymore, so I guess eventually I will have to break down and order it online. 

GLUTTONY

What are your most delicious beauty products?

This question confuses me, considering I don't eat my makeup lol. I would have to say my most delicious product would be my NYX Mega Shine lipglosses. They smell amazeballs!

PRIDE

What beauty product gives you the most self confidence?

I have 2. One would be foundation. The other would be mascara. I don't leave the house without either! 

LUST

What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex?

A nice smile, a sense of humor, nice eyes (my husbands are gorgeous!) and a strong set of shoulders. 

ENVY

What items would you most like to receive as a gift? 

Eyeshadow palettes and perfume. I never buy perfume for myself. 

I tag all of you!! =)

Newsworthy this April

   It's that time once again, when I'm coming off of a makeup buying binge. *hangs head in shame* I was just looking through my collection, realizing just how much I have. It's cray- cray, let's just leave it at that, lol. It's time to shop the collection, so to speak, and start using things. I have quite a few eye shadows and palettes that have only been used once or twice, before moving on to the next new thing.
    I'm also realizing it's not just eye shadow I have a plethora of, it's blushes too. My blush collection has recently exploded, thanks to my new coral/ peachy colored blush obsession.
    So, my lovely readers, it's time for another monthly makeup schedule. If you've been a reader here for a while you will remember I did this is November also. I can't promise that I will be as good about posting every day as I was before, but I'm really good give it a 110% effort! I've decided that if I have same brand eye shadow and blush, I will coordinate on those days.
    Below I will list kind of a run through of the brands I have, and what I have to work with, so if you want to see a look with any particular product, please leave me a comment below so I can work it in for you.

Urban Decay

• Naked palette
• Naked 2 palette
• 15th Anniversary palette

NYX

• 10 pan palettes (Green Eyes, Secret World, Caviar & Bubbles)
• 3 trios (Rock & Roll, Rust/Walnut/Golden Bronze, Aloha/Mink/Deep Bronze)
• 2 blushes

Wet n Wild

• 8 pan palettes (Comfort Zone, I <3 Matte, Petal Pusher)
• 5 Color Icon Trios
• 4 Color Icon singles
• 6 pan palettes (Greed, Pride, Lust and Vanity)

ELF

• 32 color palettes (old Warms and Brights, new Warms and Cools)
• 2 quads (Day 2 Night and Butternut)
• 4 blushes

Coastal Scents

• Warm palette
• Shimmer palette
• 10 Blush palette

Too Faced

• Natural Eye Palette
• Beautiful Dreamer collection

Random Drugstore

• Everything from Sally Girl, Cover Girl, Rimmel, Ulta, etc.

So how is this breaking down for the rest of the month?

Sunday - NYX

Monday - Random Drugstore

Tuesday - Coastal Scents

Wednesday - Too Faced

Thursday - ELF

Friday - Wet n Wild

Saturday - Urban Decay

I will post the list in the side bar, in case anyone is interested. Remember to leave a comment below of what products you would like to see a look from. Have a wonderful night my lovely readers!

Random Thought

    I watched a video by Beauty Broadcast a while back (if you don't follow or watch her, you MUST) where she had her husband do her makeup. It was frickin' HILARIOUS!! I asked my husband if he'd do it for a blog post, he declined. He's no fun haha.
    My 6 year old asks me all the time if he can do my lip stick, and do my hair, etc. My random thought is this: perhaps I will let him do it this weekend and have one awesome post from it all, and hilarious quality time with my son.
    Thoughts? Should I be scared? LOL

Newsworthy this November

   I have acquired A LOT of makeup and nail polish the last couple of months (you've all probably figured that out haha). I decided I am going to follow a sort of schedule for the rest of November. This will do 2 things: insure I am using everything I have equally, and also force me to post everyday. I am going to try REALLY hard to abide by the schedule, but I will be upfront here: I am really lazy when it comes to blogging some days. So the schedule for this November will be as follows:

Monday: Mani's
Tuesday: Too Faced Natural Eye palette
Wednesday: Drugstore (e.l.f, Wet n Wild, etc)
Thursday: Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette
Friday: Coastal Scents palette (Warm or Shimmer)
Saturday: Drugstore
Sunday: Urban Decay Naked palette

    Also, any reviews I may have will posted on Sundays. I hope everyone will join me everyday, and help me stay on point to be here everyday! Every one have a great November, I know I  will because it's my birthday month! =)