Hello!

Hi, I haven't posted in the longest time. The summer flew by and even though I wasn't taken classes this blog got lost in my summer life as well. I've been working just about every day so when I have a day off I like to spent it doing something with my boyfriend, friends or family. I'll get around to making a post with some photos from vacations I took this summer and fun little outings but for now I just wanted to share a little something with you all that I can't wait for!

The NARS Andy Warhol Collection!

The collection will be carried at Sephora and Department Stores, apparently each having their own items!

Birchbox

The semester if finally over and I'm hoping to start posting more regularly again. I couple of months ago I requested to join a monthly beauty box subscription called Birchbox. Birchbox sends you a collection of about 4-5 samples of beauty products, the products are chosen for you from a beauty profile you fill out. After spending a little while on the wait list, I received my invite and got sent an April box. Here's what I got my first month!

I'm a little late posting this considering my May box has shipped and is already almost here (which I am so excited about because of it being Gossip Girl themed) but I wanted to share my first box.

Week 1

 My week through Instagram

Row 1 / My moms flowers
Row 2 / Myself not feeling well / Late night craving
Row 3 / Lonely highway / My pupils are always so large
Row 4 / Painting for the first time in so long / Lush face mask time
Row 5 / Petal explosion / Cotton Candy Shirley Temple
Row 6 / Pretzel Buns I'm excited to try different things with

Happy Spring!

Just a quick update with some instagram pictures I've taken this week! Happy spring everyone!

LUSH Haul

Today my best friend and I took a trip to our LUSH Store and picked up a few things. I cannot express my love for their products and I am wearing a face mask I purchased today as I type this. Every time I visit I try and pick up products I haven't tried before and some new ones of my old favorites of course.

To start with - I am wearing one of the two Fresh Face Masks I picked up today; Catastrophe Cosmetic with calming blueberries and soothing calamine. I just washed this off after it sat for about ten minutes, moisturized and my skin feels absolutely wonderfully smooth.

The second mask I picked up to try is Brazened Honey for a deep clean; it is the most powerful of their masks'.

The next item I picked up was a Tea Tree Toner Tab. I haven't tried one of these toner tabs yet but you drop them in a bowl of water, let me fizz away and do their wonderful thing for your face. And they only cost $1.95 each.

Having occasional trouble skin I purchased Grease Lightening to use as a spot treatment on my skin.

As for a moisturizer, I picked out a sample of Cosmetic Lad to try from a blind test one of the sales associates gave to me. I couldn't choose which moisturizer to get. This ended up feeling the best to me along with Gorgeous but I chose this one considering the $90 Gorgeous price tag. I can't allow myself like a product with a price like that.

Finally, I picked up another bar of my go to cleanser, Coalface!

Goodies!

My Adam jk planner has arrived! Along with two other goodies he added in there; a pencil and a postcard. I am so excited to start using it, I have already started filling in some of the fun pages.

Hello 2012

So far my new year has been spent doing some new things and some old.

My boyfriend and I made homemade doughnuts for the first time. At first I was skeptical being the doughnut connoisseur that I am but I gave them a try anyway. Surprisingly they passed my taste test.

I've been trying to cook meals more often and today I took a swing at making an omelette. It's not burnt, I swear just a little butter cooked on to the outside. On the inside is a delicious mix of broccoli and cheese. I made my boyfriend one with cheese and salsa, although his went un-pictured due to my lack of omelette flipping skills first go round.

Who needs Starbucks when you have a Keurig coffee maker and whipped cream!? Although I was a little sad when I realized we had no straws, could have used Starbucks for their straws.

Some shopping in the new year.

And some relaxing too!

Hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of 2012.