Basic Beauty Routine

Have been really lazy lately. REALLY lazy. haha therefore my outfits have been uninspired-- unless you call velour track pants and American Apparel hoodies inspired....(yes...sadly I did say velour track pants =//) in that case i would probably take you to the hospital for intensive treatment for brain damage-- ANYWHOO I thought I would do a daily makeup routine since blogs are supposed to be entertaining, and not depressing (like my outfits). A rule of thumb I usually go by for the days that you dress totally UNFABULOUS is to compensate by making doing your hair and makeup to prevent you from looking like a slob, or homeless, whatever. Take a look at my daily must haves:

1. Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion: This stuff is my best friend. It's the first thing I put on in the morning and the last thing I put on at night. During the wintertime I get really dry around the..muzzle (hate to describe my face to words used to characterize a dog...but thats all I can think of to describe that area around your mouth) and this stuff works wonders to keep my skin from becoming flaky and dry. It's light and oil-free so it's good to use in winter or summer.
2. CG Smoothers Tinted Moisturizer with SPF15: I never used to really wear any type of face powder/foundation/tinted moisturizer except for when I would attend the occasional high school dance or It's light, it's easy to apply, and it has SPF in it which is really great for preventing wrinkles. I usually apply this after I put on my moisturizer on my forhead, a little on the nose and around my cheeks underneath the cheakbone. wedding because I hate the feeling of too much makeup and I my worst nightmare would be hearing my peers refer to me as "cakeface". But I have a problem with an uneven skintone and slight redness on some parts of my face (and no, not on my cheeks, I wish!) so no face makeup made me look sort of splotchy and not very put together. So a nice common ground for me was tinted moisturizer.
3. Benefit Eye Paste: No matter what, I NEVER leave the house without some type of under eye concealer. I'm seriously raccoon eyes without it, it's terrifying. This one is really good but if I'm feeling frugal I'll sometimes buy the Maybelline Cover Stick which is good too. I pat this underneath my eyes where those dark circles are and voila it looks like I've slept 6 hours more than I really did.
4. N.Y.C. Eyebrow Powder: This stuff is great. I don't like to use pencils since the line is too harsh but this powder is really easy to blend and makes your brows look natural and groomed. The wax helps your brow hairs to stay in place too.
5. Jemma Kidd I-Tech Liquid Eyeliner: Usually don't do this unless I have an extra five minutes to spare in the morning...which is not often. But when I do I try to put this on because I'm ALL FOR making my eyelashes appear a little bit more lush. This stuff is AMAZING. This is the first eyeliner I've tried that DOES NOT come off. I'm serious, rub at it all you want and this sucker will not budge.
   
6. E.L.F Eyelash Curler: I love long and voluminous eyelashes. Which is sad because my eyelashes are short and sparse=/. That's why I always use an eyelash curler to trick everyone into thinking my eyelashes are prettier than they are ;).
7. Maybelline Colossal Mascara: I only really like this because the packaging is so cute. It's bright yellow and fat haha. It's not my favorite but it's what I'm using right now. I usually stick with the good 'ole Maybelline Great Lash.
8. Stila Convertible Color: This is really pretty. I usually buy this in the color Poppy which is a nice red color..but not too red don't worry you won't be looking like a clown if you try this. I like it because it's a cream formula so you can also use it on your lips!
   
9. Nivea Kiss of Flavor Tinted Lip Care: I really REALLY love this tinted chapstick. The color is so pretty (I have Passion Fruit which is a red-ish color) and it smells FANTASTIC I'm seriously hungry everytime I apply it. This is a must. Especially if you don't really wear lipstick. Try this out. Definitely reccomend.
   

Vday

You don't need to say it. I royally suck for my infrequent postings. Please forgive I am the worst multi-tasker known to man and have been swamped with midterms and projects lately. Anyways these are some pictures from my vday. FINALLY got to pull out this lovely white dress that I've been dying to wear since I received it from my sister about a year or two ago. The black detailing is so pretty it reminds me of the decorations on a cake.

Dress: ABS by Allen Schwartz; Shoes: Cathy Jean; Clutch: Express

Lost and Found

Randomly found this photo....from winter break actually. Tried to take pictures by myself but I kept cutting off my head or feet...or both in this case. Haha well at least you can see the majority of this outfit. Enjoy!

Jacket and Skirt: Forever21; Plaid Shirt: boyfriend's; White Shirt: Nordstrom's; Tights: Target

HEAT

Despite the terribly glacial-type weather the past couple of days I have been in high spirits this week celebrating the HEAT concert at my school this weekend. This was on Friday night when some friends and I went out to the local club for some pre-heat festivities. I was pretty determined to wear both the zipper skirt and platform strappies even if there was a high possibility that I would either: a) allow my zipper skirted arse to freeze into a large ice cube or b) wobble and slip onto the wet cement and possibly break both my ankles. Whatever. The risk was worth it. I really loved this outfit and it will probably be my go-to ensemble when I decide to go out and have nothing to wear. Oh yes, and the last picture is of my fab bf/roomie before my bf picked us up that night. We took about 1389241240 pictures exactly like this... roomie wanted to "utilize the staircase".. or something =) haha turned out cute though!


Tank and Skirt: H&M; Jacket and Jewlery: Forever21; Stockings: Target; Shoes: GoJane

Black is Wack.

Actually it's not. It's pretty amazing actually. I just didn't know what to put for my title. Anyways, this is what I wore to run errands with the bf. Went down to Irvine to pick up his drawing tablet (my xmas gift to him), then starbucks (sig. hot choc xtra whip cream. YUM), then met up with his sister and bf at circuit city to see if there were any sweet deals since it's going out of business. Ended up buying the cutey acer laptop. PERFECT for carrying around on campus, i love =). Have been skype-ing everyone on earth since I brought little acer home =).
P.S. I'm on a jewelry strike until I can find something worth wearing.


Cardigan: Forever21; Shirt and Scarf: American Apparel; Shorts: American Eagle; Shoes: GoJane

Whateva

Nothing inspirational or interesting about my outfit but I thought to take a few pics of it anyways since this is basically my "woke-up-late-threw-whatever-was-on-the-floor" look. The cardi and shorts I got on sale while in Las Vegas at a store called Madewell. Honestly, they were some really great finds: I got the shorts for whopping $6 and the cardigan for about $12. I mean SCORE right? Anyways I wore this to school on Friday and to lunch with my cousin at this chinese takeout place with probably the BEST chow mein and orange chicken in the whole entire world. Later that day I went to the Victoria Gardens with sister, michael and bf at PF Changs (I really don't eat that much fake asian food....that day was just the exception, I swear)where they had some special for a soup, appie, entree and dessert for $20. sweet.

Tshirt: Abercrombie and Fitch (boys); Cardigan and Shorts: Madewell; Necklace: Nordstroms and gift; Headband: Forever21; Booties: Gojane

Polyvore Love

Okay so i've spent the past 3 hours browsing and playing around with the site Polyvore.
Let me tell you this website is way too addicting. You get to create cool outfits/collages out of basically ANY piece of clothing available. ever. haha it's so fun playing with the imaginary dream closet. here's an outfit i created for school (which starts on monday. bleh). =)