Just A Girl...

Happy Bloggerversy To Me!!!!!!

>> Monday, November 16, 2009

"Its a celebration clap clap bravo
lobster and shrimp and a glass of moscado
for the girl whos a student and keeps up this blog oh!
Finish the whole bottle and we gon do it big like this"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Just A Girl......

This is a big deal to me, because I'm such a hobby whore... My first post started out like this.... "So I'm blogging now... Let's see if I can commit to it or will it be like the clarinet, the latch hook artwork, knitting, crocheting and dozens of other projects that I start and don't follow through with..... Ha ha! I guess it's about finding your niche. I've finally found mine. I'm not a weirdo girl who likes to play with makeup!! There's more of me out there!!! It's ok to take pics of food & call it porn!!!!!

I made soooo many wonderful friends through blogging! Friends that have been there with me over the last year to shop, talk makeup, BlogTV, Twitter, AIM, laugh & cry with!!!

I wonder what I'd be doing if I didn't start this blog?? I'd have a HELL of a lot more money! I'd have a minimal arsenal of makeup and beauty products. But I wouldn't have my friends that I made and I wouldn't trade that for anything.

Luv Y'all!!

Mean It!

Product Review: Remington Curl Envy

Hi Y'all!! Two product reviews in a row. From the girl with no money, lol! The temptation is KILLING me! All of the holiday sets are out and I WANT to HAUL.
Hot curlers have been on my mind for weeks... I don't know why. I feel like I spend so much time curling my hair everyday and I'm not about pink foam rollers at night... It's bad enough that I sleep with a satin scarf on my head! Like what if the house caught on fire? I need to run out, not take off my scarf and ditch the rollers. I WILL NOT be that lady standing outside with rollers in my hair.

HELL to the NOOO

It takes me about 20 minutes to curl my hair with my beloved curling iron. I wanted to try hot curlers so I can set my hair and then do my makeup then take them down. Mutlitask!!!

I got the Remington Curl Envy Set from WalMart. I'm sorry I live in the south now I mean "the SUPER WALMART". I went to WalMart last night after I went out to get some "pink stuff" b/c my tummy bothering me, and the tummy stuff is near the hair stuff. So I just got the damn thing! I've been eying it and was tired of playing games! So I snatched it! $21.99 holla in my broke a$$ budget.

Features:

It comes with 20 velvet tangle-free rollers. (I have a lot of hair I might need another set or a half set, lol)
Ionic Conditioning
Exclusive Wax Core
3 roller sizes
Cool-touch end rings
on-indicator light <-- Thanks!
Ready Dot
Easy Match Comfort Clips (The clip color matches the roller, if you can't figure out how to match colors you FAIL in life)

Product Review

Bottom Line....

My hair came out really nice!!! It was like 5am and I went to sleep, lol! But I'm going to give this thing another chance b/c I liked the final result and maybe once I get the hang if it and learn to set my hair faster

I'll like it better. I'm also going to to Beauty Supply Store to see if I can buy generic clips b/c I HATE the clips the set came with.

I give the Remington Curl Envy 3.5 /5 ♥♥♥♥ <- I don't know how to make a half of heart!

Tomorrow November 17th is my Bloggerversary!!!!! I expect cake, Hello Kitty Ballons and Strawberry Dragonfruit Barcardi!!!!

Luv Y'all

Mean It!

Product Review: Get Gorgeous 60pc Blockbuster Cosmetic Kit & FOTDs

>> Thursday, November 12, 2009

Hi Y'all! I was in Ulta the other day looking for a hot curler set, and I saw the Get Gorgeous Blockbuster Kit on sale for $19.99. It's regularly $24.99. So I bought it! Don't laugh at me. I just moved and I'm broke so the $5 discount made the deal for me. I didn't have an Ulta near me in CT so the store is 'new' to me. I also haven't really tried much of the Ulta branded makeup so I figured why not. I own 1 Ulta quad and I like it, so I figured why not. For $20 I got: 32 eyeshadows, 12 lip colors, 6 cheek colors, 4 full size lipsticks, 2 mini lipglosses, 2 pot glosses, 2 shimmer powders, 2 eye shadow quads, 2 concealers, 2 dual ended liners, 2 brushes, train case with mirror and applicators. Not a bad deal....

I love the fact that it comes with 2 eyeshadow quads & 4 full size lippies & the 2 glosses b/c you can take them out and keep them in your purse for touch ups.

I don't like the 'covers' over the eyeshadows and blushes.... It's like thin plasic casing which I see getting broken and I want to keep them covered from dust, germs, etc...

Here are some close up pics of the different compartments. If anyone wants to see swatches let me know.

Ignore my shoes & fingerprints.....

Bottom Line...

I give it 5/5 ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥

Overall I it's totally worth the price. Even if the powder products don't compliment your skintone or aren't to your liking. The traincase is cute and sturdy since everything comes out you can use it for traveling. The shadows are pretty pigmented. I was pleasantly surprised.

The color combos can keep you occupied forever! If your a beauty blogger it will keep you busy for about a week :)

Since I haven't had much exposure to Ulta or their own line of products it was a great way to test them. Sephora also has their own version which is $48 which it's a little out of my budget at the moment so I'm glad I found Ulta's version for less. Hopefully I'll find a job down here soon and I'll have real money again.

Here's a neutral FOTD that I did using the kit. I had to look cute to go Starbucks :) Sorry, I didn't keep track of the names.

Kisses...

Confused face....

Wind fail.........

Luv Y'all!
Mean It!

P.S. Sorry if this review sucked... Blogger was testing my patience and I had to re-write it like 3 times :(

I Got an Award! ♥ & I Almost was ATTACKED!

>> Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Hi Y'all I got an award from Alyssa! Her blog is a must read!!!! It was so sweet of her to pass the award to me.

Yay! I got an award! *does the cabbage patch & running man* It's always nice to get things :)
I got my award from MzPangee (go read her blog it's Fab)

The Rules:

1. Post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

2. Pass the award to 8 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.

3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I will now pass it on to 8 girls whose blogs I are FABULOUS!

Melissa- Fabulously Thrifty ~ She took away my swapping virginity.
Tammy- Not A Rich Girl ~ She's a Latina blogger with mucho sabor!!
Nu- NuNu Dolly ~ She makes the cutest fishy faces!!!
Jaimie- Just Kiss & Makeup ~ She's aight, but she didn't tweet me back today about meeting me at the Perimeter Mall. She also let me reap the benefits of her MAC ProCard that time...
Katrina- L.KO ~ She's hott! She's also super sweet and makes me smile :)
Wuzzy- The Rants & Ramblings of A Nobody ~ She lives in Hawaii & she loves me sooo I'm her Popolo.
Katie- Cocktail Smarty ~ She's the Smarty and lives under me (geographically)

I must go and catch up on my school work.... I had an incident last night involving a dangerous knocked up spider. So this a$$hole spider crawls across the couch and onto the floor. I scream and get ready to attack. It crawled into the hole of the barrel of my curling iron.... So I take a cloth thingy to block the hole of barrel.... Then just sat there full of fear for about 20mins......

Then I decided it was time for action...... So I got my mini vac and dumped him and sucked that sucker up!!!!

From Blogger Uploads

Problem.... SHE DIDN'T die!! That spider b!tch was crawling around in the see thru filter of the mini vac.....

From Blogger Uploads

So I did what any sensible person would of done.... Tweeted and called people for help!!!!! Since nobody could come help me, I ran down the street with the mini vac, took out the filter and ran back home. Then @XTIIINA reminded later that I should go get my vacumm before somebody jacked it....
So this was my 3rd southern bug sighting, and I had enough, I was on Expedia looking for the next flight out (I live right by the airport). I found a 1:15 non-stop to JFK.. Then my savior cousin Krissy called and calmed me down and I missed the flight........

I swear it was a brown recluse.........

I don't deal with bugs that have their own websites!

Brown Recluse Spiders can survive six months without food or water, hidden in their lairs during daytime and roaming at night. <--- That's soooo messed up!

Luv Y'all!!

Mean It!!!

Happy Hallowen (all late & sh!t).............

>> Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hey Y'all!!!! Hope everybody had a good Halloween!! Mine was ok... I just wore my regular clothes and said that I was a "New Yorker"... A friend of mine came up or actually over from Nashville and we met up with some of his friends and went to dinner at a restuarant in Atlantic Station called Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro, which was actually really good. I guess it's kinda 'cajun' themed, and I was having a hard time with the menu, lol Asking questions like "What's a Po-boy?", "Do crawfish taste like shrimp?". "What's the deal with sweet tea"?
I kept it Northern style and had the Chicken, Shrimp & Sausage Penne~ Italian sausage sauteed with chicken & shrimp, tossed with penne pasta in a tomato basil cream sauce & topped with parmesan cheese. Except I had alfredo sauce FATTY ALERT! I don't have any food porn to share b/c I was with a whole group of people who I didn't know and felt shy about busting out my camera to take food porn even though I really wanted to! The food was really good, and the atmosphere was great! So here's some stolen porn from there menu.

Shrimp, Crab & Avocado Salad

BBQ Shrimp Linguine

Their desserts looked amazing and yummy, but since we had plans to go out after dinner and I wanted my pants to still fit I declined........

After dinner we made a stop to pick up some drinks and decide where to go. My cousin gave us a few suggestions and since it was getting late we decided to go to club LIFE........ Oh I don't think I'm Atlanta "we be clubbin" kinda girl... I'm too old or something...

#1 I don't wait on lines to get in clubs.... I need to get my contacts right down here or stay my behind at home.

#2 I don't pay a $20 cover charge to roll into a club!!!! Do you know much many drinks equal $20!!!

#3 Well at Club LIFE $20 = 2 drinks, not cool for the unemployed!!! Thankfully, I was smart enough to pre-game a bit before we went out, but waiting outside on the damn line made me lose my buzz....

#4 PEOPLE please don't smoke weed in the club!!! I'm job hunting and if I have to pee in a cup to get a job I don't want my results skewed because LaQusisha & Deroy were smoking out the entire club.

A lot of people had on costumes and a lot of girls had on "outfits" that looked like they should be costumes. My spy pics didn't come out to goos and I'm not in any of them....