20 Qs

heeey party people. joining the bandwagon once again and doing a survey courtesy of GlitterMillie :) take the time to fill it out for yourselves if you so desire!

1. Things you cannot leave the house without:
burt's bees lip balm, sunglasses, ipod & earbuds, cell phone, antibacterial bath & body works lotion

2. Favorite brand of Make Up:
bare minerals foundation, mac eyeshadow, syle stylii eyeliner, dior or maybelline mascara, china glaze for nails, co bigelow gloss for lips

3. Favorite flower:
stephanotis

4. Favorite clothing store:
haha i'm easy, i like target and american eagle

5. Favourite perfume:
love's baby soft (classic), ralph lauren romance, marc jacob's daisy, versace bright crystal, and just out of the shower i like johnson's baby cologne as an all over scent

6. Heels or Flats:
flats foreva!! i hate heels, dude i live in flip flops and converse.

7. Do you make good grades:
always always

8. Favorite colors:
neutrals for clothes usually, earthy. in general i like pinks and greens the best.

9. Do you drink energy drinks:
occasionally i'll have a rockstar juiced guava but hardly ever, if i'm really really desperate for caffeine and there's nothing else i'll drink sugar free redbull

10. Do you drink juice:
grapefruit juice

11. Do you like swimming:
nope, sharks dude, sharks :(

12. Do you eat fries with a fork:
if they're giant or sloppy with sauce

13. Favorite moisturizer:
hempz herbal moisturizer

14. Do you want to get married later on in life:
yeah most likely

15. Do you get mad easily:
yeah i have a temper but i tend to be ok about keeping it under wraps, unless you push me then i'm pretty ruthless

16. Are you into ghost hunting?
i think it's funny and would totally do it

17. Do you have any phobias?
vomit and public speaking

18. Do you bite your nails?
not the actual nail, but the cuticles unfortunately yes

19. Have you ever had a near death experience?
yes, a few car accidents

20. Do you drink coffee ?
only mixed iced caramel coffee drinks

blue sapphire fantasy

i hope everyone had a fant-abu-lous 4th of july and celebrated by slugging back a brew or two or lighting up a bowl or a candle or sing a song or whatever ya do to chill out and kick back for a day of greatness.

so i got my package from sephora yesterday, i love USPS shipping. UPS sucks for the west coast seriously. i ordered the essie starry starry nights dupe, sephora sapphire blue. i la la love it! it's a jelly base with shimmery glitter and the more you layer the polish, the more the glitter shows through making it multi-dimensional (this is two coats). the pictures don't do it justice, seriously. plus, i haven't shaped my nails that well since i cut them all off cuz i'm letting them grow, so they don't look their best. but i still had to post these cuz i love this color! i was disappointed in the bottle volume, even though i knew how small it was in theory i was unprepared for the actual size. 0.16 oz is TINY for $5! and the formula is not great. i had some drag issues. oh well, i mostly ordered it so i could get the free sample of the matte bare minerals foundation, haha but i'm glad i did! i knew i'd never find essie's SSN, but hey maybe this is better!

*camera flash*

*direct sunlight*

so this next gold is pretty much the gold i was hoping for in the essie shifting power fiasco in the previous post, even though they are obviously different colors. (i'm not blind, haha i see it now) This notd is actually in the past tense, as i wore it saturday night thru monday afternoon. my sister in nevada who i went to visit over the weekend had a few polishes i hadn't tried out before and this was a little tiny guy buried in her collection that came with a halloween wood sprite costume kit, called "fantasy makers" by wet n' wild. that's the only name i could find on it. it's a super pretty shade. this is two coats, although i could've used three probably as it is a bit sheer still for my taste. the formula was like butter tho. if i ever see this again, i'm snatching it clean off the shelves! these pictures are both in direct sunlight (in the care on the ride home). remember to click to make them bigger!

shifting power glitter

oookay so i didn't wanna do the typical red white n' blue mani for the fourth of july weekend cuz let's face it, that's BO-ring (no offense to any gals sporting the patriotic colors tho ;) haha. so i went with my gold essie called shifting power. (i've seen this polish on other blogs labeled as "shift power" but i re-checked my bottle and it indeed says shift-ING so maybe some bottles went out without the ING?) unfortunately, the gold was a little weird with my skin tone, way copper toned and kinda dijon-mustardy almost. reminds me of the gold on a car, hence the name probably. anyway, i put one coat of nyx's sheer nude (AGAIN stupidest name ever for this super pink glitter shade) on top. and of course you can't see the gorgeous pink glitter in the pictures, it shows up as sort of flat greenish haha. but trust me it's pretty glamtastic! :) happy holidays and stay safe!

*editor's note 7/06: so after wearing this for a weekend...would i wear this look again? no. would i suggest the combo to any of you?? no! but the pictures are nice haha. i think the gold by itself would've been a better choice. aw well, fails come with wins too right?