I'm Making Dinner For Le Boyfriend

Hello lovers!

Paul was being a good boy today and we're celebrating my interview for a much higher paying job tomorrow so I'm making him dinner. What a good little housewife I'll make, eh? Haha.

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I started by preheating the oven to 425 and gathered two rather large russet potatoes. I ran them under cold water to get them squeaky clean and edible and mine was a bit old so I had to cut a few growths off. I sprayed them with cooking spray because I didn't have any olive oil and seasoned them with salt and pepper. I gave them a few good pokes with a fork and threw them in the oven.

While the potatoes were doing their thing in the oven I got the chicken breasts marinated in lemon and herb deliciousness from the fridge and cut them into nice chunks. I chucked it in a pan put the lid on it and let those babies sweat a bit.

Let them cook for four-ish minutes on each side with the lid on and then I moved onto the veg: asparagus and green bell pepper.The dashing bald man in the picture is my roommate Mondo. Lol. Honestly I don't know what kind of magic Mondo made with the veg, but they were delicious and there was some garlic and chili flakes involved.

Then the dinner really started to come together and we ended up with lemon herb chicken, baked potatoes, asparagus and green bell peppers, and green salad with ranch dressing.

I'm trying to up the picture ante so I hope that is working for you my loves. I will be back in full force around Easter because I have a surprise for the boy and I have document the process. :)

Love you!!

Third Time's The Charm

Hello lovers!

I'm going to be starting my journey to a healthy weight again. I might as well be honest with you I've gained weight since the last time I tried to lose. I'm ready for a lifestyle change and I'm using shaaanxo 's video about her weight loss as inspiration and motivation. I will really just be eating more vegetables and fruits and little to no fast food. My goal is to work out at least 4 days a week.

Along with getting my weight and fitness under control I'm making a concerted effort to get my face clear and keep it that way. My skin is almost clear with just a few break outs around my chin area and once those clear up I will be working on keeping it consistently clear. Then I can work on fading my acne scars and once those are mostly taken care of I will start my YouTube channel!! I think it will be a weight loss beauty channel and I eventually want to be a beauty guru. Can't wait to set all this in motion so I really need my skin to clear up!! Maybe I will start using my Mario Badescu glycolic foaming cleanser and Josie Maran Argan Oil to trick my skin into thinking it has enough oil so it doesn't produce as much.

Wish me luck for clear skin! I'll keep you updated because I know you all care so much about this!! Haha.

Talk to you later lovlies!

I've Found It!

My holy grail fast drying top coat that is!

Hello my loves. Today's post is going to be about Out The Door super fast drying top coat. When it says that it dries super fast it is not exaggerating because I slicked this bad boy on my yellow and white polka dot nails and I swear two minutes later it was completely dry. No tackiness, no dings, smudges or smears just beautiful shiny nails. I have never sung praises so high about a product that I've owned for less than a week. It is just that good.

The camera on my phone isn't working, so I got a picture off of Google Images that is similar to what my nails look like.

Photo credit to likeacandyshop.blogspot.com

It was the first time I used my new dotting tool from the Sephora nail art kit. Its super handy and I can't wait to do so many cute nail designs! 

New In: Sephora + MAC Cosmetics

Hello lovelies!

I deleted my Friends Come and Go post because those friends have really come and gone and I don't need to be reminded of them. Moving on and up in life. :)

As ya'll know I went on a little road trip to pick my friend up in Sacramento and since we were there a shopping session happened. My roommate Jenny and I went to Sephora and MAC while my roommate Mondo and friend Reggie went to Zumiez and stores like that. It was really fun and on the way home we stopped at Sonic in Roseville for dinner. All in all it was good experience and I'm glad it happened.

We went to MAC first and Jenny bought an eyeshadow palette and with the revamped palette look you have to buy inserts for the shadow pans to fit in and we didn't realize that so it was a $50 empty palette. So go her. Lol. I just looked at a few lipsticks, but I wanted to look at Sephora before I bought anything. Then we went to Sephora, shocker I know, but let me tell you the sale section was tiny (read pathetic) and really hard to find. I got the .5 oz size of Josie Maran Argan Oil, Sephora Collection Nail Art set, and a Beauty Blender!! And I found out that I'm almost a VIB which is very exciting.   

Then we went back to MAC and I got two lipsticks in Sunny Seoul and Crosswires and an Mineral Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle. It is all lovely. <3

I love everything I got and had a good ass time with my friends. I'll be back with a beauty review and my teeth whitening system is coming on the 18th. :) Yaaaay.

Til next time my loves.

Let's Get Naked...

Hello lovelies!

There are four collections of pigments from Naked Cosmetics that I want sooooo bad. I'm not going to lie to you most of them are neutrals, but if neutrals are wrong I don't want to be right. Oh my goodness, they are such good quality as they should be for $60, but I heard that they do two for one deal a lot so its like getting each one for $30 which I am able to rationalize much easier. Now I do understand that single eyeshadows are $14 so paying $60 for six is a deal, but you add on that twofer deal and you have quite the bargain. And if you wait to buy them at IMATS you can get them even cheaper!!

I shall include pictures of the pigment collections I'm eyeing.

Sierra Nevada, Naturally Nude, Java, and Blushing Bronze

Sweet goodness these are beautiful. One day, bit by bit, I will own all four of these. :)

Until next time lovers. <3

Roommate Adventure!

Hello lovelies!!

I swear I'm the absolute worst at staying mad at people. You could completely screw me over, steal my boyfriend, and ruin my makeup collection and I would get over it. I honestly think it is because I'm too lazy to hold a grudge. It takes entirely too much effort to stay mad at someone for longer than is really necessary. 

That was just a little back story you needed to know before I tell what I'm doing tomorrow. Just so you don't think I'm crazy or have a really bad memory and I may be guilty of both, but I want to like my roommates. Anyhoo, I'm driving two of my roommates and myself to Sacramento to do some shopping (tomorrow is payday for all of us I think) and to pick up one of my good friends, Reggie because he just turned 21 and didn't have a chance to celebrate with us. We all consider him family so we're so excited to have him stay with us for a couple of days! Yay for birthdays and hanging out with family. :)

I don't know if you've made the connection yet, but you should be smelling a haul coming on. I'm going to Macy's, Nordstrom, Sephora, MAC, Bath & Body Works and hopefully Ulta. I plan on spending a stupid amount of money (well at least to me) because it will be some much needed retail therapy as I just learned a bit of shocking news so you see that I need Sephora to make me feel better. I'm sure that sounds shallow and ridiculous, but I don't judge you so leave your judging eyes at home. Thank you very much.

This was just a little update while I paint my nails for tomorrow.

There will be another post up tomorrow so don't fret. :)

Good night lovers!

The Apartment Search Is On

I recently found out my living situation is going to be changing because my roommates have all committed to a place without me. :( It's funny because I still like my roommates...I kind of understand that they were looking out for themselves, but they could have discussed their plan with me. I have til May 31st to find another apartment that is clean, affordable, nice, spacious and has a room big enough for my boyfriend Paul and myself. I would like a couple windows and a nicely sized closet, but I can pretty much make anything work. I've found a few possibilities that I have call and take a tour of.

I'm also trying to find a new job that will help me make payments on a new-to-me car. I've applied at a health care provider (I'm really gunning for this one) and for a host position at Olive Garden.

Omg, my friend Reggie just turned 21 (he's a baby :P) and I'm going to pick him up on Friday and he's going to spend the weekend! Since I'm going to be down in Sac I'm going to Ulta and Sephora just because I never get to go to an actual store and I would enjoy that.

Another Haul! eBay, Etsy & HauteLook

Hello lovers! 

I've been a bad little online shopper and I placed orders on eBay, Etsy, and Hautelook. From eBay I bought a black faux leather satchel that has gold tone hardware and a cross body strap which was $25. It's my substitute bag until I can afford the Michael Kors Large Hamilton Tote bag from Macy's which is $358.

I finally had extra money so I ordered a swamp family gator tea sippy sippy cup from Bunny or grav3yardgirl's Etsy page. I've wanted this since she first put it in a video and mentioned it on her Facebook. It's soooooo cute. I'll include a picture here: 

Let me just tell you that HauteLook had a pretty great deal on Whitening Lightning Dial A Smile teeth whitening system with the whitening boosting pen. Now on the Whitening Lightning website this system is almost $500 and HauteLook had it on their website for $59. I'm sorry 88% off was just too good of a deal for me to pass up mainly because I watched nguerriero19 's February Favorites video where she mentioned this product and she had a code to get 70% off and I must say that I'm happy I waited to buy it. I'm so excited for this damn whitening system.

I also think I'm going to make my drugstore rounds maybe tomorrow. I think I will be going to Sally's as well to pick up the new China Glaze ombre nail polish sets. There are three sets: pinks, purples and blues. Are you ready for my pictures? Too bad. BAM, here they are!

I'm torn between which ones to get. I think I want to get the pink and blue ombre sets because I don't generally wear all that much purple.

It has recently come to my attention that I have to reevaluate my living situation in the coming months because my roommates are not renewing the lease. Well really they just all talked about moving somewhere else and leaving me out of the loop. I was pretty pissed about it, but now I see it as an opportunity to find a better and more grown up apartment. Like one that doesn't smell and look like shit all the time. I already found the place I want to live and I just have to ask my boyfriend if he likes it because WE'RE MOVING IN TOGETHER!! <3 <3 Whoop whoop. I'm really excited about it. There are hardwood floors and it's a pretty spacious 4 bedroom 2 bath layout and I really want to live there!!!

New L'Oreal Versailles Romance Color Riche Nail Polish Collection

Hello again lovelies!!!

I went to my Zumba class tonight and on my way home Walgreens was just calling my name and I couldn't resist. They had the usual buy one get one 50% off deal for almost all the makeup brands and after looking at everything I saw the L'Oreal Versailles Romance nail polish collection display. The display was really cute and had products that I actually wanted to buy which I usually don't do because I avoid gimmicky or hyped up things, but the nail polishes definitely caught my eye. There are 6 nail shades in the collection and they are all beautiful pastels just in time for Spring. I personally didn't have any pastels in my nail polish collection so I felt the need to buy all 6 colors and my nail polish rack is definitely looking better with the additions. :) Once I got home from the store I saw the Nouveau Cheap had an updated blog post about this collection so I felt proud of myself for picking something up when it's relatively new because I generally don't buy things til I look at reviews and have thoroughly convinced myself that I need the item and that I will actually use it. My life is full of inner turmoil about whether to buy certain beauty products or not. Haha. Such a hard life I live. Anyways, here are the names of all the polishes and pictures of the colors.

Image Credit to Tara from Nouveau Cheap

Color Riche Nail Polishes (as shown on display):

115 The Palace Life

117 Creme Puffs

120 Royally Yours

118 Pistachio Dream

116 Macaroon Me Madly

119 Lacey Lilac

All of these polishes are very creamy and I was glad to see that there is no shimmer or glitter in any of these shades!! It just made me so happy for the additional uses and if I want some glitter I'll add some. 

The collection also has 6 new balm colors and 3 nail lingerie designs and out of those options I really want the nail lingerie designs. They are just plain beautiful.

That's what I have for you today lovers! Talk to ya'll soon. <3