HIATUS over ... pulled that outta my seventh grade vocabulary ;)

No excuses here, haven't even been busy ... just wanna get back into the blogging world! I figured this would be a great way for me to experiment with products I already have - trying to rediscover my faves and give life to prior fails :)

AKA I'm on a budget - I had been doing good but Sephora's Friends and Family 20% was burning a hole through my pocket & I finally caved and placed not one but 2 orders via internet tonite. I usually place in $50 amounts to take advantage of samples or numerous freebie codes but tonite I placed one large order and then after digging around on makeupalley (my new love affair). I found swatches of the $10 NARS duo Wicked and Cheyenne and had 10mins to rack up my order to $50. May sound easy but I wanted to keep it as close to $50 as possible and I made it literally without a minute to spare! I kept looking @ the clock, clicking as fast as possible and my order placement was right @ 12:59 am (I had the convenience of being Central Time - worked as a disadvantage to my checking).

Anyway I think I'm going to hold out and do a haul once my box lands on my doorstep ;)

This past wkend was Halloween, just incase you have been living under a rock - my ideas started with everyone telling me to be Jersey Shore's Snooki to Kat Von D (wayyy too light for my skintone) to resorting to my highschool cheerleading uniforms (somewhere between graduatuion and now I got an ass - could button and get on the shell but my butt hung out horribly) and asking guy friends to borrow their football jerseys ... final result???

Drumroll please ... LADYBUG!!! Was completely inspired (& copied for that matter) Dulce Candy's tutorial :) I was all about the makeup and being girly this Halloween and had a blast creating it!




My girlfriend since middle school, Bridget - nothing but trouble when we use to get together back in the day and I'm happy to say NOTHING HAS CHANGED :) She was a Black-eyed 'P' ... she wore a black shirt with a gold 'P' on it and she was so darn cute! The best part of my costume was the makeup ... it was very last minute (I was scheduled to close @ the mall but my lovely manager let me leave early) and one of my coworkers ran around the mall for me looking for lady bug wings - she found child ones @ Claires along with headband antennas for me! They worked but I just wore black shirt and leggings and black heels for the rest of the costume.

P.S. this even surprised me, I had NO RED EYESHADOW in my stash!!! I mean, I don't recall ever wanting one but I figured even last year's Blockbuster Palette by Sephora would have something close ... NADA! So I spurged on a MUFE shadow :( Gotta find a use for this darn thing!

LashGASM Coming Up!!!

Today there was an extra special surprise waiting for me in my mailbox --- actually TWO!
Probably about a month ago, I was informed that Too Faced was holding a contest for - gosh, I don't even remember what the specific reason was but the 1st 200 contestants would receive a LashGASM mascara --- well I got two!
I'm not sure how new the mascara is but I'm excited to try it and and give my review shortly!
They are fullsized and retail for $21 so I'm quite excited that all I had to do was enter a picture and submit my email address and WHAM BAM, THANK YOU TOO FACED - I have 2 Full Sized LashGASM Mascaras to try out :)

Some Fun in the Dark --- Too Faced Style

Gotta, Have to Share with ya'll! I am BEYOND IN LOVE with this TOO FACED PALETTE!!!

It's Too Faced Fun in the Dark and it's CURRENTLY @ SEPHORA for ONLY $16.50!!!

YESSSS, GET EXCITED LADIES :)

Lemme say that I have never been a Too Faced Addict --- I swear by their Too Faced Shadow Insurance but that's about it. I have tried their Glamour to Go II but the shadows were ehhh to say it best and liked the blush and the lippies but that's as far as my love affair with Too Faced went.



Then I saw this DEAL on Sephora under 'Sale' and couldn't wait to be my hands on it ... LITERALLY CHECKED my TRACKING INFO EVERYDAY WAITING FOR MY PACKAGE



I fell for the shadows INSTANTLY - even the sorta yellow toned white shadow, Pin Up impressed me. It also includes 3 more shadows --- Peep Show (beigey pink), Full Frontal (shimmering deep brown), and Lucky Charms (deep green).



The palette also includes 2 cheekers --- Papa Don't Peach (peachy shimmering blush that HAS TO COMPLIMENT EVERY LADY) and Sun Bunny (subtle, buildable bronzer half and half of light and a hint darker).



Then there are two lippies --- lipgloss that I'm not drooling over Tropical Pink (pink, though mine is half clear/half pink sparkly gloss) and Free Love a perfect beige pink nude lip stick that I would love to buy full size!



Anywho, I finally decided to let ya'll know about htis --- though you had to of seen it on Sephora for a good month. I just bought another one last nite! AAAHHHHH! I know right, a lil' overkill perhaps but I might give it as a gift too --- NOT, lol.



I know it sucks I have no swatches but I guarantee the pics are true to life ... I will try and put up swatches --- I feel like I contaminate and waste makeup but doing that but I will get over it ;)



Oh, and minor detail - it lights up too.



I give 5 STARS --- WAYYY UP THERE!

Target Nite - BULLSEYE!!!

After work I had the urge to do some drugstore beauty shopping! I hit up Walgreens - mainly to look at Wet N Wild's new shadow palettes and then across the street to Walmart. Didn't pick up anything from either places.

I decided to stop in quick to Target in search of some of those beautiful orange stickers ;) Gotta love the end of aisle clearance!

Not much to type about - only found a Maybelline shadow quad in Limited Edition Just Peachy for $2 (very pretty and fresh) and a Swirled Cosmetics kabuki brush for $1.50 that is TDF!!!

THEN I SAW IT ...

The Most Beautiful Set I Have Ever Seen In Target's Beauty Aisle!!!

An ENTIRE SECTION of ELF --- MAJORITY OF IT STUDIO LINE :)

I have never tried ELF's Studio line but have only heard the best about it. I snatched up so many things I was a lil' embarrassed, lol.

In the end, I settled on

8 Custom Eye Shadows in Sage, Pink Ice, Truly Pink, Dusk, Moondust, Periwinkle, Ivory, Mocha

2 Custom Compacts for ^^^ Custom Eye Shadows

3 Studio 2 in 1 Conditioning Glosses in Perfect Pink, Supermodel, Love It

1 Studio Blush in Mellow Mauve

1 Eyelash Curler

1 Studio Fan Brush

1 Pack of Makeup Remover Cleansing Cloths (keep in bag for unexpected overnites, lol)

I believe that's all I grabbed from the ELF section :)

From what I have swatched so far, the shadows seem high quality - very pigmented and these aren't even from the Studio line!

Love the 2 in 1 Conditioning Glosses - already applied 2 of the 3 I bought! Goes on smooth and feels GREAT! Not sticky in the least!

The blush also seems to be great, not too pigmented but definitely buildable ...

Can't wait for tomorrow morning when I get to test some of this stuff out :) It's gonna be hard to decide what I wanna wear!

Spring Greening Reusable Straw Palette

I'm so excited to talk about Tarte's Spring Greening (cute play on 'cleaning', huh) Palette :)

This is my first time trying Tarte - I actually got the shadows confused with a Lorac palette that I got for my birthday (back in February - review to come) & ordered SEVERAL Tarte products when I saw Sephora had them ridiculously clearanced --- AND CURRENTLY ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR ONLY $20

Six Shadows, 3 Glosses, & One (pretty good) brush all in a reusuable straw (yet, sturdy) case - that's a mouthful!

I'm gonna talk about the shadows, gloss, and brush bc to be quite honest, I didn't purchase due to the case being 'reusable' lol.

The shadows are GORGEOUS! They are a bit more sheer than I had expected but I'm liking that - definitely NOT Urban Decay nor Kat Von D ... BUT, I'm thinking with a heavy hand you could pop these colors up a bit.

The colors in the picture ^ taken from Sephora.com are VERY TRUE to real life. They are very, oh what am I looking for here ... girly, carefree - gives me that summer feel where anything goes and everything is laidback ;) The colors all compliment each other so well, this is all you are gonna need for eye makeup - I've even used the shadows as liner.

I use primer before applying ANY SHADOW --- but lemme tell you, this stuff lasted throughout a day of work AND a 9hr truckin' drive (to drop off cattle - I've gone country for a man AND I LOVE IT *wink wink) & still looked amazing!

Do have to mention, I was a bit surprised with the size of each shadow - they were slightly smaller than I expected and although I haven't dug hard on Sephora, I'm GUESSING these are NOT FULLSIZE --- but seriously, I have NEVER HIT PAN w a SHADOW ... but trying, lol. I would say they are about penny size.

I will definitely be purchasing Tarte shadows in the future.

The glosses are once again, small but I only needed to dip the wand once (when I pulled the wand outta the gloss) for a full application on my lips! The colors are also true to the picture and are girly and natural - just a tint of color.

It says the glosses have a vanilla scent - MAYBE. I'm not sure if I noticed a scent at all - @ least no chemical scent :)

The brush has a bamboo handle and is really cute. It's NOT the BEST QUALITY but for a brush coming in a kit - I GIVE IT PROPS! I apply a wash of color with it on my lids and brows and then move onto my Sigma brushes for creasing and lining.

Would DEFINITELY SUGGEST to others --- with the price you can't go wrong!

I feel like I'm gonna jinx it by giving it 5 stars so I'm gonna say, for that reason alone ...

****4 stars outta 5

Just Three Things

TAG! I'M IT! :)

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.