October Favorites & What I've Been Up To

So....hello again everyone! It has definitely been a while but I do have a reason.  I got married last month! October 4, 2013.  We had our wedding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  So basically I've been doing a lot of planning and just super busy getting all of that together.  I will do a blog post a little later in the month about how the wedding went! So for now, I'm going to do my October favorites!

Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb:  

I LOVE THIS SCENT!!!! Oh my goodness.  I wanted a new perfume for the wedding so my grandma and I went into Nordstrom just to smell the different perfumes.  I had gotten a small sample from sephora and liked it but it wasn't until actually smelled it out of the bottle.  I fell in love immediately! It is very floral just like the names says.  It is not super strong either which I like.  Needless to say, I am addicted.

My Wedding Band:

I know, I know.  It's cheesy but I can't help it.  It is obviously going to be a new favorite of mine! :D

Benefit Rockateur Blush:

This blush is just amazing! It's a beautiful pink color with some shimmer.  It looks like a lot of shimmer but when you put it on it is a very pretty pink with just a slight shimmer.  Plus you can wear it with almost any look!

Formula X Polish in Extreme by Sephora:

I can't say enough good things about this polish.  It goes on really easy.  You could get away with using only one coat but that's a hard thing for me to do! HA! The brush is really nice.  It's not too big or too small.  It is long lasting as well.  I've had it on since Halloween night and it is just now starting to chip.  As for the color, it is just gorgeous!! It is a pretty reddish orange color with a hint of shimmer.  It is perfect for fall.  I loved it so much I didn't even do an accent nail! Crazy stuff.  I will definitely be investing in more of these nail polishes.  Hopefully they are all as good as this color!

So not many favorites this time but these are the things I've been using almost daily.  What were your favorites for October?

Sandy

30 Day Blogger Challenge Day 6: 6 Pet Peeves

Oooh let me see, I've got plenty of these.  So lets get started.

1.  When people shut doors at night without turning the knob and it makes a slamming type noise.  That drives me nuts! It might take an extra 2 seconds to do.  Not very hard either.

2.  When girls/women don't put their hair up when they clearly should.  Like sports for example.  I remember playing basketball in school, you're all hot and sweaty, running back and forth,  why would you want your hair down? You don't look good anyways.  I just don't get it.  Your hairs all up in your face more than your opponents.  Or while putting on makeup.  This is probably just a me thing but I always have to put my hair back to do my makeup.  It bugs me when I watch youtube and the girls are doing their makeup and have to constantly pull their hair out of their face.  

3.  Not rinsing dirt dishes right away.  As soon as you are done rinse your dishes otherwise it drives up and it is so much harder to clean them.

4.  E-readers.  Like iPads, Kindles etc.  Don't get me wrong I absolutely LOVE my iPad.  I just like books.  I like to hold the actual book and physically turn the pages myself.  <----- a="" actually="" after="" font="" h="" is="" it="" more="" nbsp="" of="" peeve.="" pet="" preference="" than="" that="" typing="" well.="">

5.  And my biggest pet peeve!! I'm sure some of you do it and absolutely love it but I just find it ridiculous.  When girls/women run around outside in mini skirts and then wear ugg boots.  I don't get it at all.  Ladies, it is NOT cute! It looks like you are 6 years old and are dressing yourself for the first time.  

6.  Commercials.  It's not actually the commercials themselves it's when you are watching your show and it goes to a commercial and the sound automatically gets louder.  It is so annoying.  

So there are my 6 pet peeves.  Not very exciting I know.  And clearly I have some issues to work out.  HA! What are your 6 pet peeves?

30 Day Blogger Day 5: 5 Things You'd Like to Do Before You Die

Hi all!! So, 5 things I want to do before I die huh? There are so many things I'd like to do before I die.  I will try to keep it short and sweet though.

1.  Just travel.  I know this is very vague but I just want to go everywhere! Outside the United States I've only been to Germany and Mexico.  And Germany doesn't really count because I was so young I didn't really get to enjoy all it has to offer.  I would absolutely love to go to Greece! And Istanbul.  Paris, Machu Picchu, Italy, St Lucia....Oh my goodness the list goes on.  Fiji!

2.  Have a career that I enjoy.  That's not saying that I don't like my job.  I am very thankful for my job. It would be nice though to be excited to go to work everyday and do what you love.

3.  Go skydiving.  Yes, that is something I REALLY want to do.  I was going to go last year in Vegas but there was something going on in the drop zone so it was cancelled.  We had to leave the next day so we couldn't reschedule.  What a bummer!

4.  Surprise my future husband with a vacation! I'd love to work it out with his boss to set up some time off for him.  Then when he gets home that day tell him to pack his suit case and just head to the airport. I think that would be such a fun, great experience.  And definitely a surprise for him!

5.  Hmmm, lastly, own a BMW or an Audi.  That has always been a dream of mine.  For the price of my Ford Explorer I could have gotten one of them but since I live in the AK I figured a higher up 4 wheel drive would be the smart choice.  We have been talking about moving to the lower 48 one of these days so it is very likely to be in my future!

Well, not too much of an exciting list but those are my picks.  What would you like most to do before you die?

30 Day Blogger Challenge Day 4: 4 Things You Can't Live Without

Let's see, this one should be easy.  Food, water, clothes....Oh, you mean figuratively speaking? Okay then. :D HA! These are in random order by the way.

1.  Cell Phones.  Seriously people.  Could you imagine not having a cell phone? I was around during the day when there were no cell phones.  When you had to travel forever trying to find a phone booth and then, DAMN, now you need a quarter.  Plus nowadays you can do just about anything on your cell phone.  Make calls (obvi), search the internet, play games....whatever you need.  As long as you have service that is.

2.  Humor.  Life would be so incredibly boring without humor.  What would be the point? I mean there would still be love but and happiness but would that really be the same without humor? Plus it's good for your health.

3.  Internet. DUH.  What else can I say?

4.  Family & friends.  Okay, so technically that's 2 things.  I'll just say people then.  Almost everything happy in your life involves people.  Whether it's your spouse, your friends, your family, even random people.  They all add that little something to who you are.  

What are your 4 things you can't live without?

30 Day Blogger Challenge Day 3: 3 Things You've Never Admitted to Anyone

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 3 of the 30 day blogger Challenge! This is a tough one for me as I really do have a hard time not telling things about me. HA! 

1.  I would absolutely LOVE to be a make-up artist! I've loved makeup and doing makeup ever since I  was like 6 and was playing with my mom's makeup.  (who BTW, does not wear much) I remember doing my sister's makeup for her senior year when she was homecoming princess and everyone was asking if I was a makeup artist.  I WISH!

2.  I would have to pretty much quote Dhara for the fact that no one I know personally knows about my blog either.  Or my instagram for that matter.  I mentioned doing a beauty blog to a co-worker and I just got this really weird look from her and decided not to mention it to anyone else for now.  Maybe eventually though!

3.  This one is actually probably a shocker to most people...I don't always brush my teeth before bed every night.  I know! It's disgusting and I should not be doing this... but sometimes I'm just so tired the last thing I think about doing is brushing my teeth.  

What are your 3 things you've never admitted to anyone? Let me know below. :D Have a good day!

Sandy

30 Day Blogger Challenge

So, I was perusing some bloggers that I follow and I found a fun 30 blogger challenge that Dhara Patelio and Yige Zang created.  Follow Dhara at http://dharapatelio.blogspot.com/ and Yige at http://yetanothermakeupblog.blogspot.com/

It looked fun so I figured why not? Here is the list of challenges:  

As I am a little behind I will do challenges 1 & 2 today.

Second Challenge:  A picture of you two years ago & how you've changed

How have I changed....well, my hair is definitely a lot lighter.  I am just as much obsessed with makeup as I was back then but way more obsessed with nail polish.  I have learned to be more self confident and not care so much what other people think.  My sister had her little girl just last year and she is so incredibly amazing that thinking about having kids myself isn't completely out of the question anymore. 

You should definitely do the challenge if you are looking to have fun and get to know other bloggers! Let me know if you decide to do it as well!

First Challenge:  One picture of yourself and a description:

So here is a recent picture from this year.  I don't have many picture of just me so I decided to use this fun one with my niece Lizzy! So lets see...a little about me.  

1. I live in Alaska which I love to an extent because it is soooo incredibly beautiful and all of my friends and family are here.

2.  I would like to move to the lower 48 eventually because there are so many different things to do as far as shopping, concerts, amusement parks etc.

3.  I am turning 30 next month! AH!

4.  I am getting married next month as well! October is definitely going to be one to remember! ♥

5.  I am OBSESSED with make up and especially nail polish.  It's getting bad.  Reeeaaal bad.

6.  Cheese burgers with french fries or pizza are my absolute favorite foods.

7.  I don't like cold but still live in Alaska? What? Maybe because I love snowboarding?

8.  I love movies!  Especially scary movies and it is so hard to find people to watch them with me :(

9.  I love music as well.  I will listen to almost anything.  Yes, even some country.

10. I am very close to my family and friends.  I don't know what I would do without them.

So, it didn't really specify what it meant by description so I just went with 10 facts about myself.  FUN!  

You should definitely do the challenge if you are looking to have fun and get to know other bloggers! Let me know if you decide to do it as well!

Sandy

August Favorites!

Hello everyone! So as you all can tell, I have been slacking on the posts...again.  I can give excuses like work, planning a wedding etc. which does have a lot to do with it, but basically, I could do better.  So I'm gonna try I promise! :D

So who else can't believe August is over already? I mean my goodness it just flew by.  I did find some good things in the month of August along with something I've been using for years that isn't really a big surprise beauty product or anything.  Well, lets get started!

First up, Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner in Celadon:

I purchased this at Nordstrom.  I had to stop by the mall to pick up some bridesmaids shoes that I had on order and figured why not stop by the Nordstrom beauty Counter? $120 later...not counting my $20 Nordstrom note...I walked out with this beauty.  (Amongst other things of course) I wish I were at home so I could show a better swatch but this will have to do.  It is a pretty grayish-green color.  It goes on really smooth though I do have to go over it a few times for the color to actually show up as dark as it looks here.  I really love the color! It looks like your average black color but when it hits the sun you get the greenish color that just pops out.  I think I wore it literally every day that I wore makeup after I bought it.  It was not cheap though.  At $30 for a simple eyeliner there are definitely other eyeliners that are just as good if not better.  But I still really like it anyways.

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte-Silky Sensual Radiant Lipstick SPF 15 in #1 Nude Beige:

Oh my goodness! I have heard SOOO many good things about this lipstick from all of they beauty bloggers and gurus.  I just couldn't muster up the courage to pay so much for a simple lipstick.  Well, I ended up getting a $100 Sephora gift card from my co-workers as a bridal shower gift and figured I would get some luxury items that I normally wouldn't buy.  I am SO happy I bought this! Not only is the casing itself beautiful but the color is gorgeous! It is a very creamy texture which I just adore.  My grandma is always looking for a good lipstick and I was so excited to show her this one.  She loved it just as much as I do! Just not the price.  So she probably would not purchase this herself but I am definitely going to be buying some more of these amazing lipsticks!

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly:

So I'm pretty sure almost EVERYONE knows what this is.  I have been using it since I was about 16 years old.  I use it on my lips every single night.  I get very dry lips and this is the only thing that soothes the pain.  I'll even put it on throughout the day if i'm just staying at home.  It is so refreshing.  If you have this and haven't tried it on your lips I highly recommend it.  I got a free sample of a Josie Maran argan lip treatment from Sephora.  I was so excited to try it.  As soon as I opened it I did not like the smell.  When I put it on it just did not give me that refreshing feeling and literally within 15 minutes it was gone.  I went and put on my vaseline right away after that.

Does anyone have any other beauty uses for Vaseline Petroleum Jelly?

OPI Bond Girls Liquid Sand Nail Polish in Honey Ryder:

So, I bought this nail polish on a whim.  I'm not really one for having texture on my nails.  But this one just looked so fun I decided to give it a try.  It is wonderful! It goes on very nicely and could even be used with only one coat.  I thought that the texture would bother me but it really didn't at all.  I wouldn't do all of my nails with this but as an accent nail it looks great!

DiorShow Maximizer Lash Plumping Serum:

So. WOW.   This was another free sample that I got from Sephora.  I love my mascaras but I always thought a "primer" type mascara was just such a waste so I never tried it.  When I saw this as a 100 point perk I went ahead and chose it.  I sure am glad I did.  I had it for about a month before I actually tried it.  And boy does it make a difference! My lashes look thicker and more even.  It looks a little creepy when you first put it on because it is white but then once you put your 2 coats of mascara over it it just looks amazing! I will definitely be repurchasing the full size product.

So there are my August favorites! Again, sorry for slacking so much.  Next week I am actually thinking about posting some pictures of me in some different makeup styles for my wedding since I can not decide what I should do and maybe you can help me choose which looks the best? What do you think? I also made a Sephora and Ulta online purchase that I will share with you guys as well.  I hope you all had a great 'hump' day and I will talk to you soon!

Sandy