One Girl's Thoughts On All Things Beauty

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Forever 21 picks!!

So I feel like shopping, but with my son's birthday this month, Father's Day and planning a small family vacation doesn't leave much room for shopping!! Online shopping, making wish lists, filling online carts I'll never actually order lol! Sounds pretty bad huh? But I find it helps, gives me the sensation of shopping, without the bills! I do go shopping here and there, just got some underwear & sunglasses yesterday! BUT money is tight sometimes, and my love for fashion and girly things just doesn't fit in the budget some weeks. What's a girl to do?? Make a wish list! Here are my current favs at Forever 21!!

Rompers:

These two have a vintage feel to them, I really like that! :D

This one is flirty & fun, yet a 'throw on and go' ease to it.

FLORALS so feminine and perfect for Spring/Summer!

And of course I wouldn't be in my right mind if I didn't say this leopard print romper caught my eye! Love it!

TOPS:
(I didn't find many that even caught my eye :/)

I absolutely love this shirt! The print/color of the fabric, iridescent shine & 'sheerness' for summer!
I'm not sure how it would actually look on me, but here on this model it's gorgeous!

This shirt right here would be PERFECT for me since my son adores anything with superheroes!

He'd probably stick by my side the whole day if I had this shirt on! (not like he doesn't already he he) He has a shirt just like this, except for different style, obviously, so we could be twins! Haha

DRESSES:

I love the print on this maxi dress! So unique!

This leopard print dress is so frilly & sweet, its perfect for a date night!
I wish I could put this baby in my closet right now! lol

I bet this dress would do complete WONDERS for a girl's curves!!
I need this one stat :)

This dress is my my absolute FAVORITE of the bunch!

I love the color, simplicity & shape of the dress! It's gorgeous and would look great against tan skin *fake or not* hehe

Maybe I will do these at least once a month, different online stores... Its fun! Give it a try!!

Shopping in my dreams,
Justine<3

BTW: If you're wondering what these little things are ~~> "!" I'm not misspelling everything, it's an exclamation point but my font makes them look funny if they're not in a huge size! :( Sorry!!

Dramatic Purple Eyes

On my YouTube Channel, I will be starting a new series called the "Dramatic Series". It's basically just more intense makeup *eye, lip, cheek, etc*

This is my first look in the series:

(Don't mind the awful pictures, lol they were just some quick shots of the look)
A Dramatic Purple eye with glitter on the lids & "cat eye" eye liner
If I had some lash glue (which no fake lash wearing girl should ever be without) I would have added them, but since I don't *TEAR* I had to stick with two coats of mascara and call it a day!
You can view my video here.

Glitter Eyes & Purple Glam,
Justine

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Minty Fresh nails with a touch of Glam!

Mint nails are so fresh for Spring & Summer!

Sometimes it's hard to find that right shade of mint, but I think i've found it. Jaded by Revlon is perfect! Retails for around 4.99 so it's definitely affordable for those on a budget, I mean $15 nail polishes at MAC?! Get outta here! I'll get my money's worth & buy 3 for 15!

But money talk aside, I really love this color! I recently got a mint by Forever 21's line Love & Beauty, and ehh... it was alright, but not really that bright mint color I was looking for... The color reminded me of hospital scrubs!!! Hehe

Okay okay, now on to the nails!!

Alright, so lets get started!

First off you want to start with a good base coat, as I prefer to begin with every time. I think it just helps to give you a better surface to paint on than a bare nail. Especially since my fake nails just came off, and took some layers of my nail with it!! Grrr!

Apply one coat of a mint nail polish (I used Jaded by Revlon)

Allow to let dry completely and apply another coat to all nails

Allow those nails to dry once again *allowing them to dry for a good amount of time in between assures you will get a thoroughly dry nail when your done, if its wet underneath the last coat it will take forever to dry!! It will end up getting smudged and poof! there went all of your hard work!!*

Apply a third coat to all nails except the ring finger.

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Now bring out the best part, the GLITTER!

To get that glammed up look, I used a fine glitter. I have the Martha Stewart 24 pk of glitter ($20-$29 depending where you go) that I actually got on Christmas. I'm into all things gotti & flashy (not as much now) so of course my dad & his wife knew I'd love it, which I did & still do! :D

I love this set of glitter because it's so fine you can use it SOOO many ways!! I've even used it on my eyes! Yes yes, I know I shouldn't but it's so fine, the same size as cosmetic grade glitter! (I don't advise you to use it cosmetically though! Lol Use at your own risk!!)

Next apply a thick coat to the ring finger (I think its best if you work on one hand at a time) and sprinkle the glitter lightly onto your nail. Try not to completely coat the nail with glitter, as it is probably too much, but a good sprinkle should do.

You can use a small brush or a fan brush to brush off all of the excess glitter.

Allow all fingers to dry completely (10 min) and apply a top coat to each.

If you get a glitter that has small fine pieces, use it! I don't advise using big chunky craft glitter since some are painted and the paint runs off when you apply it to nail polish or use a top coat... I've tried!

Be inspired to try this, or any other look using glitter!! It looks gorgeous!!

Here are other color combos you could use!

Hope you enjoyed this look, I looooove it! So simple yet still has a little "bling" to it!

I also did a cool half moon design the other day on my nails (fake nails), but one broke off so I just took them all off and wah-lah, had to take pictures before I threw them away...

[The half moon part goes on the cuticle part, if you didn't know]

[I used Caribbean Coral by Sally Hansen $4.50 & Siren by Revlon $4]
If you want a tutorial, let me know :)

Unicorns & Glitter!!!
Thanks for reading! -Justine

Friday, May 20, 2011

Black & Gold... or what I thought was gold.

Here's a makeup look that I did last week, decided to take some pictures. Who knows when you'll need em'!

(don't mind the bad quality pics in this post!)

I was going for a gold & black color scheme here, but it ended up looking more "yellow-y" (even a word?) I guess it was just the tone of the golds I was using that cause this, but oh well. It was alright :D
I'm not one to wear certain colors like yellow/red/orange/green on the lid but eh, I went for it since it was already on! Hehe

Oh well, trying new things is fun!

Oh Geez...

I haven't been on here in forever it seems! I've been putting off my blog for too long!
I wanted to keep a blog, update it often, keep it exciting, but then I get sidetracked and don't update for months!!! Whats wrong with me?! lol
I definitely want to update this baby a LOT more, so I will definitely try.

First off, I've been trying to film more videos, come up with interesting things to even film about, other than silly videos you can find anywhere... its hard! lol On top of that, my camera sucks, which completely ruins the idea of doing a makeup video, but well what can you do? I can't afford a new camera at the moment, since our money is tied up in other places at the moment, but thats okay. I work with what I got! :D

So here's to making more blog posts and more videos!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Cherry Culture Haul [PICTURE HEAVY]

I finally got some new makeup!

Yayayayayay as I jump for joy!! lol

But really, I was pretty excited when I finally received my package in the mail & I could look at all my new goodies.

I had browsed through CherryCulture.com before, but never had any intent to actually buy, but then when my hubby offered to get me some, I said hey, why not?! lol So I did, here's the goods :)

Amuse Diamond Eyeshadow & Blusher