Ulta I Love You!!

WOOT WOOT I got me a 20% coupon for Ulta this week and this is what I went and got myself. I love me some Too Faced!!!

Organizational Sundays

Sometimes I get these notions in my head, and I just can't seem to shake them until I take action. I had just such a notion today and man o'man was I sorry I did. First let me mention, although I think I might have before, that I am an organization freak of nature. I make my bed every morning and I can't stand clutter or things not in their proper place. When my room, bathroom, closet etc... are unorganized it makes me feel as though my entire life is out of order. So for that last couple of weeks I have been feeling out of sorts every time I opened the doors to my closet. Truth is I have too much stuff and not enough space.

 

 

So I spent most of the day trying to decide what to do with the limited amount of space I have and the massive amount of stuff I have. After sitting in my desk chair and staring into the abyss that has become my closet for what seemed like hours I finally decided that the only way to fix it was just start rearranging. Which ended up looking like its own version of chaos.

After getting started

What my room looked like with everything removed

It was a daunting task but after putting things back and then taking them out once again I think I finally found a solution.

After

Top Shelf

Shelf on the right

The thing is, I am moving next year so I have decided to start taking things out and sending them back home to MI in preparation. So I removed quite a few of the cloths I no longer wear or don't wear often as well as moved all of my shoes up to the top shelf since they take up the most space. While I still am not happy with the use of space, I am content with it for now. An emphasis on " For Now"

 

Hope Y'all had a great weekend!



Experimental Thursdays

So I wanted to do an experiment today. I am a sucker for mascara, so much so that I had to purchase another plastic drawer organizer to store it all. So as I was walkin through Ulta today (as I do many days) carrying around 3 new packages of mascara, yes you read that right 3, I thought to myself "I wonder if these things really do all they say they do". I had never really paid attention to the packaging of these cute little tubes before, I simply bought them because they promised longer lashes or fuller lookin lashes. So with that, this blog post was born. I bought three new mascaras today; Maybelline Colossal Cat eyes, Maybelline Illegal Length and L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes. So here is my before picture, my lashes are, I would say, of medium length and volume.

 

 

So today I am going to try the Maybelline Colossal Cat eye. Here is what the wand looks like

This claims to add "Instant volume" " no clumps" and "Full and Spiked at the corners" so here is my after;

 

 

 

As you can tell there wasn't a very noticeable difference. My lashes look darker yes, but not noticeably longer or thicker. I do however like the darkness of this product though, so plus on that. Otherwise this is a great big fail.

 

*update this mascara did last all day though*

 

 

Stay tuned for next weeks Experimental Thursdays!!! 



Oh Yes it's Ladies Night....

Woot Woot I love me some girls night out!! Last night I went out with a couple of my girls to celebrate both of their birthdays, and we had a blast!!

I am lovin the fall weather, since that means I get to rock a scarf (and a leopard one at that!!). So we went and seen the Movie Argo, which was fantastic, and then had dinner at this lovely Mexican restaurant. We laughed and joked and talked for like 3 hours and it was so nice!!

This week I have been lovin this new palette (well new to me anyways) that I bought off of Hautelook.com. Its the Balm Nude Tude, which I have been pining after for a while so when it came up in their sales I was like "Snatch" and "Now your Mine"

Hope Y'all are havin a great weekend!!

Steph's tidbits:

• We have been super busy around our house lately gettin ready for Halloween. We are throwin a party and the kiddo's have loved going shoppin for decorations
• Wahooo I logged 18 miles runnin this week!! I am a beast!!
• I took a Kickboxing class this past Thursday and it was an Awesome workout but man oh man did I feel it later!

*here's somthin funny. When ever I do a spellcheak on my blog posts, it always highlights words missin the "G's" at the end. Sorry folks but I come from the midwest and we like to leave the G's off words, can't help it.

Mid-Week Makeup Break....

Just realized how long its been since I posted anything makeup related. So I thought I would mention a couple of things: first, I have not been wearing very much makeup lately mostly because I am working out so much (I REALLY REALLY want to wear those darn shoes !). Usually after the gym or my run I grab a quick shower and then only have time for a quick bit of eyeliner and some mascara, with a bit of lipstick. That being said I am loving the following products since they pack a power PUNCH with only a little work:

Both of these products cost less than $10 (even less if you have a coupon or discount for Ulta!!).