Just Three Things

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Three names I go by: ashley, ash, carter

Three jobs I have had: baseball stadium (loved it), elementary afterschool program, Coach

Three places I have lived: House, Townhouse, Dorm

Three favorite drinks: Water, Tropicana Orange Juice w/ Calcium, Liquid Cocaine (SoCo, Amarreto, Orange & Pinapple Juice)

Three TV shows I watch: Real Housewives, Big Bang Theory, Ghost Adventures

Three places I have been: Bahamas, California, Caribbean

Three places I would like to visit: New York, Spain, Paris

Three favorite old TV shows: I Love Lucy, The Nanny, Get Smart

Three favorite dishes: Grill Chicken with Lemon Pepper & Lemon Juice, Pasta with Chicken & Broccoli, Steak

Three makeup/beauty products I cannot live without: Mascara, Moisturizer, Oil blotting sheets

Three things I’m looking forward to: Summer, a special someone ;) & 4th of July

Three people I tag: anyone who reads this!

Likes, Love, & Hates

The rules are as followed:-
You have to share 12 likes, 1 love and 8 hates!

Like flip flop tanline in the summer

... the lil' kids I get to see every wkday

... listening to other people

... flowers and green grass and sunny skies

... people watching

... wearing legging capris every chance I get

... purseforum.com especially for COACH

... old, OLD movies we're talking techincolor here ;)

... VS PINK Boyfriend sweats with tees

... laughing with friends

... headbands - ahh the cure to any hair dilema

... Juicy Couture jewelry

Love a FRESH START :)

Hate guys who are reckless with a girl's heart

... windy days

... jeans they stretch out wayyy to easily

... wasting money

... Sunday nites :(

... wearing swimsuits

... humid days

... broken promises

& The Blog Must Continue ...

Wow I can't believe I have been gone this LONG!

Unfortunately, this isn't going to be a beauty blog as I'm not at home and really can't think of any beauty goodies to blog about at the moment.

First of all, can't believe how far into 2010 we are already! I decided to make a list of 10 Amazing Somethings in 2010 but my list has yet to even begin :( I've gotten outta some rather what could have been sticky situations and am loving life once again!

I'm starting to focus on my education, AGAIN (I went for 3 yrs after highschool and then was beyond burnt out). Still not eager to go back to school but I wanna start doing something with my life and have found out the hard way that it's pretty difficult to get the ball rolling without some kind of college degree. And when the time comes that there is that special someone who I'm crazy about (or rather he is crazy enough to wanna romantize me for the rest of my life) I wanna be able to build a life WITH him and contribute.

Sooo, that is where I am at right now. Trying to work on my spending habits - where the heck did my savings account go??? It was here just last summer, lol. I'm gonna try and be on here more like when I first discovered blogspot.com but it will not be like, 'Sephora Haul' lol

She was a Smart Girl ... Until She Fell in Love :(

I have been MIA for quite a bit or at best, not posting as often as I would like. When I do get in the mood to post I have been lacking in pics and detail. I'm going to make more effort on this thing or it's like, what is the point in having this ...

Lately, I've just been doing a lot of positive thinking and regrouping myself. No sob story here, but recently, I have gotten outta one tough relationship. We have parted ways and I'm beginning to look out for my best interest instead of what I thought was gonna be "our best interest". I just let love get the best of me and ignored every lil' voice I heard in the back of my mind for the past year and half. I'm rebuilding myself financially (yep, stupid me thought "oh, if I can help him pay off some things it'll help US"), and mentally (some guys are nothing but the filth that pigs roll around in @ best).

For this reason, I just haven't been on here as much and when I do get a moment to log on and post it's much of a ramble. Alright, so that is that and I'm so excited for what's up ahead and to have my little "selfish time" after trying to solve the problems of another when he couldn't even take interest in his own life.

Too Faced ... I would have to agree

I'm talking about Too Faced Shadow Insurance --- which I have been a fan of for almost a year. Well, all of a sudden it has stopped working!!! You have no clue how frustrated I am. My eyelids have never been able to keep shadow on w/out creasing until I found this stuff. Now, one eyelid in particular has had trouble creasing around the inner corner and to say it's pissing me off is putting it mildly.

What the heck happened??? (today I had it on for 4 hrs when I noticed the creasing) Any advice??? I have a sample of Urban Decay Primer Potion but haven't used it enough to decide if I like it more. I like the tube more than the "genie bottle" and that's why I originally chose TFSI over UDPP ... how do you apply your eye primer??? Perhaps I have began to rub it in too much and should just be patting it lightly on my eyelid???

For another update: Purchased MAC Studio Tech Foundation at a discount beauty store --- HATE IT! I tried it today and didn't even finish applying it to my face before I grabbed a makeup remover cloth ... I will admit, I shouldn't have bought this type of foundation but good lord this stuff was horrible for coverage and for overall look :( Perhaps I will give it another try but I have a feeling it will sit back in my makeup storage for quite a while before I decide to risk a day's worth of makeup on it again.

I Know It's Been A While But I'm Glad You Came ...

haha, if you are a Britney fan ^^that^^ should sound familar.



It's been brought to my attention that I have been lacking on blogging and I feel guilty. For me, I have to be in the mood and (of course) have something to blog about. If you saw my bathroom cabinets you would be like, "girl, get blogging!"



Back in November, I dove into NYX Cosmetics - well actually let's call it a Belly Flop w/ a HUGE SPLASH! My order was over 3lbs!!! CRAZY - especially b/c I had NEVER seen/tried NYX before only heard reviews on youtube and through blogs.



Well, I have finally put a dent in some of the products ...



NYX The Caribbean Collection 5 Color Eyeshadow Palette - I Dream of Jamaica

• HOLY GRAIL --- flippin love this palette *** gorgeous netural/smokey eyes - you can do either with this palette


• Application is simple and Blending is quick and easy


• The darker shadows can be used for lining *** one of the shadows can be used as a highlighter & inner corner of eyes


• Great Pigmentation - a lil' goes a LONGGG way

No joke - I said HOLY GRAIL!!! I have already had scary thoughts about what I would do if I were without this palette.

It goes w/out saying for me that IF I REVIEW SHADOWS WITH RAVE REVIEWS --- Staying Power is Great!!! *** I ALWAYS USE PRIMER before applying shadow so staying power based on the shadow alone I NEVER CONSIDER

***Pics to come!!!

MAC Foundation Update

Tonight I got on MAC's website to chat with a MAC Makeup Artist to see if they could not only steer me in the right direction on what type of liquid foundation to use but also to see if they could help me with a shade choice.

The outcome?
Rebekah said to go with MAC STUDIO FIX FLUID and shade NW 35

Lol, I had to describe what celeb my skintone was closest with (not expecting that one) - JESSICA ALBA and if my veins were blue or green - BLUE

I don't know, I think I will stick with NW (neutral warm - I have pink undertones) but go a number lower (NW 25) or so ... it seems dark b/c it's one of the last shades pictured

Now I just need the paycheck to try these out!

Special THANK YOU GOES OUT TO BOOBOO & LORIEN BEAUTYLOVE for their much appreciated comments :)

MAC Foundation ... Help Please!

I need your help! I wanna try some of the sets that MAC has on their website, I don't know if they are holiday sets (so they won't be available that much longer) or ones that are always listed.

I have never swatched or even been in a MAC store so I have no clue what color foundation to get. Currently I wear Laura Geller's Phenomenal Foundation in Medium and Maybelline 24hr Color Stay Foundation in Nude and Stila Natural Finish Oil Free Foundation in shade D ... are any of you a match out here??? What would you suggest for MAC Foundation???

Here are the kits I am looking @: (click on them to be sent to MAC's Website)

1. MULTI USE - UPSTARTS: FLAWLESS $56

2. MULTIUSE - UPSTARTS: WELL PREPARED $47

Are these sets good deals???

THANKS A BUNCH FOR ANY COMMENTS :)

Are you kidding me ...

Through January 25th NYX Cosmetics.com is having a sort of "Dollar Days"

There are so many goodies online for ONLY A DOLLAR!!! You would not believe how many items I had in my shopping cart - Everything I clicked into my shopping cart was only $1 and my total was well over $20 (I figured I might as well take advantage of eyeshadows and lipglosses for only a buck).

But sadly, when I went to check out - there is only one shipping option for South Dakota (might be more options depending on where you live) and it was over $15 so basically I was no longer getting such a good deal :(

AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF --- NYX mentions in lil red print that it could take up to 30 DAYS for your goodies to come to your doorstep!!! ARE YOU FRICKIN' KIDDING ME?! I guess when a sale is going on you have to sacrifice a lot just to get your "bargain"

I would normally place a link when I talk about something specific - especially a sale but I'm so frickin' torked off that there is no way I am ordering OR SUPPORTING NYX COSMETICS.com by adding a link. I don't think so!

So I guess I didn't need all that junk but oh boy how much fun would it have been to open up that box of beauty goodies!!! I will stick with CherryCulture.com where I have ordered my NYX products from in the past - plus they give you points for the dollars you spend ... like Sephora, it takes a while to get the points rolling but hey @ least it's something.

On another note, I have gone crazy with Coach purchases lately - seriously swear I am getting paid in Coach :S Plus I need to ramble about my $10 Steals from Sephora ...

Until next time, can't wait to read all your guys latest blogs :)

Kathy Van Zeeland Sale!

I'm going through my closet and now it's time to give my Kathy Van Zeeland collection a better home. All my bags are USED but in NEW CONDITION - I "baby" my bags :) There is even a purple wallet that goes perfectly with the purple flower handbag!

I'm not setting any prices but I am taking reasonable offers. If you are interested please let me know by leaving me a comment or if you would rather email me for more pictures my email is ashleynickers@hotmail.com. I will accept payment through Paypal.

^^^SOLD^^^

^^^ Purple Flowers SOLD ^^^