babble babble

Hey all you lovely people!

Today I have a bit of a babble post. haha. I'm sorry for the lack of posting, and whatnot recently. I have some awesome stuff planned to post...but I got sick, twice in a row. :( So I have not been up to posting much of anything at all. So for that I'm sorry. BUT as soon as I can get over this cold, I will be doing more FOTD's, EOTD's, and reviews.

But in the mean time I thought I'd come on here and chit chat with you guys. :) I hope you don't mind haha.

So, how are y'all doing? lol 

I was wondering lately what inspires you? Like what kinda things do you take inspiration from when you do your makeup? I've been in quite the rut lately when it comes to makeup, which is very dissapointing. 

Also, do any of y'all like contests on facebook? Or well makeup contests period? Once I can get some money, I'm kinda wanting to either host a contest or a giveaway...but dunno what y'all like, or what kinda prizes y'all like.

So yeah, thats about it really for tonight, but I'd love to hear your guys opinions! So please don't be scared, go ahead and comment and tell me what y'all like!! :)

I hope you are all having a wonderful day/night or whatever it is where you are. For me its nightime, and I'm off to bed. Maybe by some miracle I'll wake up and not be sick anymore. LOL. 

Much love!

Tricia

DIY Lip Scrub!

Hey lovely people! 

I had posted up on my facebook a few days to a week ago saying that I found an awesome recipie for a lip scrub. So here it is finally! haha. Sorry for no pics, and this being up so late after I had talked about it but I've been sick and just wanting to sleep most of the time. D:

But anyways here is my recipie!

2 Tbs Sugar (I used white, but you could use brown)

1 Tbs Honey

1/2 Tsp + 3 additional drops Vitamin E oil

and that is IT! Super simple! You just stir it all together and bam lip scrubbie! :)

I use mine just about everynight before bed (I'm bad and sometimes forget to use it) and before I go to put any bright lipcolor on.

Usually when I know I'm going to be putting on a bright lipcolor I'll use the scrub before I even start putting my makeup on, and put some lip balm on so my lips are super soft, and smooth before I go applying lipcolor.

Also I put lip balm on right after I use the lip scrub anytime. :) 

If you try this, or have any other cool DIY beauty secrets, let me know in the comments!

I hope you are all having a lovely evening or whatever it is wherever you are.

Much Love,

Tricia

ATTENTION!

Okay guys. So this morning a friend of mine linked me to this blog post...(http://attnbloggers.blogspot.com/2013/02/watch-out-for-this-girl.html). And I want to address what was written about me. I hate drama, and am not trying to cause it but to me it is important to defend myself and let y'all know the real truth. So here goes.

I want to say that what this person is saying is NOT true! Yes I enter giveaways, but I never expect to fucking win! I enter them, and share about them FOR FUN! Its always nice to win free stuff, am I right?
Also, as for me asking about tracking numbers, I ASK about that to make sure that you don't end up eating your money because of something getting lost, I've had packages lost in the mail before and I felt bad that whoever sent me that stuff lost both the money that it cost to buy those things, but also the money to ship it! THAT IS FUCKING ALL!

As for asking companies to send me stuff, I do not do that! Yes I have been offered to have stuff sent, or mentioned that I am willing to review stuff for people when they say that they are looking for someone to do so but I DO NOT FUCKING BEG FOR IT!

Also, I share the giveaways all the time because of the fact I know alot of people who, like me at this moment, DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON ANYTHING! I do it because I want to share the love, and give others a chance to win as well, to brighten their days!

I absolutely LOVE makeup and all things beauty, it is my passion. That is why I do stuff like this.

So to those of you who think that I don't care about anyone else but myself, please leave and don't bother coming back. I do not see why all of us in this beauty community must bash eachother! It is ridiculous to want to make someone feel like crap. I DO NOT LIKE IT OR SUPPORT IT!
To those who think I am dishonest, or just looking for free shit, please quit it. That is not the case at all.

Also, if you do not like people sharing giveaways, or posting about them, or things of that sort, THEN DON'T POST FREE GIVEAWAYS!

I think all this drama is ridiculous. WE ARE ALL HERE TO HAVE FUN, LEARN, AND BECOME BETTER AT THINGS WE LOVE!

SO to anyone who doesn't like me, doesn't like what I do, or what I post, then stop reading/liking/or talking to me! I DO NOT CARE! I know plenty of people who will still stick around with me. And those are my true friends.

So please, read this, and do what you want. I will keep doing what I am doing.

Thank you and have a nice day!

Mary Kay First Impressions/Review

Hi everyone!

So today I have for you a review of some Mary Kay products that I won in that giveaway I mentioned a while ago. I recieved 2 eyeshadows, 1 lip gloss, 1 lipstick, 1 eyeshadow brush, and 1 gel liner. :)

Up first are the eye shadows!

The brown shadow is called Chocolate Kiss, and is a really warm brown with a bronze type shimmer to it. The grey is called Polished Stone and is more pewter in color with some shimmer. Both are gorgeous, smooth and fairly pigmented.

Next up is the gel liner.

This gel liner is an amazingly pigmented teal color! Its so gorgeous, so matte, and SO creamy and smooth! Also just from the swatches on my hand I can tell that this is going to have awesome staying power. I had to scrub hard to get that above swatches off and even then my hand was stained. I love this and can't wait to play around with it. This liner makes me want to get more of the Mary Kay gel liners. Also it came with a really cute mini portable eyeliner brush that looks like it could be used as a lip brush as well. :)

Sadly I forgot to take a picture of the shadow brush, but its very soft, and fluffy. Just a basic shadow brush.

Next up is the lip gloss!

This is the Nourishine lip gloss in Cream&Sugar. This gloss is really sheer with alot of gold shimmer in it. Honestly not my favorite color on me, but will look great over some other lip colors I'd say. :) This gloss is smooth, with no detectable scent or taste to me and feels like it would be moisturizing on my lips. Also its not overly sticky either. 

Lastly is the lipstick!!!

This is the Mary Kay Lip Suede in Plum, it is a lovely purple color with pink undertones. This is freaking amazing!!!! This lipstick has a bit of a shine to it and feels like it would be moisturizing as well.  This has to be one of my favorite purple lipsticks. You can either dab it on for sheer color or layer it for more intense color. LOVE this!

Overall I'm really impressed with these Mary Kay products that I've won. My overall favorites tho are the gel liner and suede lipstick. I want more of them in more colors!!!!

Have any of you tried Mary Kay? If so what do you like or not like?

I hope you all enjoyed and are having a great night or whatever it is where you are. 

Much love,

Tricia

OCC Lip Tar First Impressions/Review

Hey guys!
So today the two remaining packages from the one giveaway I told y'all about came in! In one package were 3 OCC lip tars!!!! (I'll do a separate post soon about the other package)
I'm super excited to get to finally try these out, I've always wanted to try the OCC lip tars but never had the money or in all honesty, when I did, felt like they were quite pricey and couldn't find a reason to splurge on them. Now tho that I have tried them....lets just say I deffinatly am going to get more as soon as I have the money to!

With that lets get onto pics and swatches. :)

I won 3 lip tars in the colors (as in the pic above from left to right) Pennyroyal, Queen, and NSFW. They all came with a little mini OCC lip brush which is awesome!

First up is Pennyroyal, this is a really nice medium chocolate brown color with a little peachiness. Its alil dark on me but I bet will be awesome to mix with the two other colors I have. (If I do that I will let y'all know how it goes!)

Second up is Queen. Queen is a lovely bright neon pink with some coral/red tones to it. I am absolutely in LOVE with this color and can't wait to wear it out. :)

Last, but certaintly not least is NSFW. NSFW is a very classic slightly blue based red. Have to say this is one of my favorite reds I own!

Now on to the review part, sadly I just recieved these today and can't attest to the wear time, but they feel like they will last a long time, but what I can tell you is DANG these suckers are pigmented!!! You seriously only need a tinnnnnny drop to cover your lips. These also have a very slight minty smell/taste that I actually love. As you can tell in my pics above tho these do have a tendency to bleed very quickly (especially NSFW) so I recommend wearing a lip liner/primer with them. I already kinda knew from other reviews that this would be the case, but since I was just doing quick swatches, didn't bother with a liner (shoot me for being lazy) but I will use one when I wear them out. :) All three that I got are matte as well, they might have a slight sheen to them but not a glossy look at all, and once they totally dry they are matte. 

My overall verdict is that I completely LOVE these and need more in my life of them. lol. I totally recommend them if you haven't tried them!

If you have what do you think? And what are your favorite colors?

Hope you enjoyed and are having a great night/day or whatever it is where you are. 

Much love,

Tricia

The Balm Nude Tude Palette Review

Hey guys!!!
As promised here is my review today of the balm's nude tude eyeshadow palette!
I hope you all enjoy!

So this palette is yet another nude toned shadow palette, as the name implies. It is a pretty sturdy cardboard palette, it comes with a sleeve, nice size mirror, a dual tiped brush, and 12 shadows.

I find the palette to be surprisingly thin and lightweight for all that is in it, but I love it. It will be perfect for travel. 

There are 4 matte shadows in this palette, which I find very nice, as in some palettes you either get none or only like 2.

Now on to swatches and color discriptions. :)

This is the top row of the palette. 

Sassy is a satin white shadow.

Stubborn is a peachy satin.

Selfish is a is a frosted taupe color with a strong gold to it. Very pretty.

Sophisticated is a dark brown color with some bronze/gold shimmer.

Sexy is a lovely matte burgandy color

Serious is a matte black.

This is the bottom row of the palette. (sorry the lighting in this one sucks)

Snobby is a lovely yellow gold satin.

Stand-offish is semi similar to stubborn but alil more pink with some gold/bronze shimmer.

Sultry is a nice warm medium toned brown matte.

Seductive is a warm golden bronze color with a satin finish.

Silly is a gorgeous reddish brown base with awesome bronze shimmer in it. (sadly it didn't pick up on camera but I swear it is there!)

Sleek is a lovely matte dark brown.

Overall I really like this palette and can see some awesome looks being done with it in the near future. 

I love how slim and lightweight it is for travel and all the shadows have great color payoff and are super smooth and buttery feeling.

This gets an A+ from me!!

If you'd like to see any specific looks using this palette, or certain colors from it please let me know in the comments! Also if you have this palette I'd love to hear what you think of it!

Much love!

Tricia

Update!

Hey guys!
I know that I keep saying I'm going to blog more...and I am! I swear it!
My blogging is going to get back on track starting tonight. :)
Last week I won a giveaway on facebook from a lovely lady on there names Susielicious.
I won a huge prizepack of a Nude Tude eyeshadow palette, 3 OCC lip tars, and a bunch of stuff from Mary Kay. The giveaway was sponsored by 3 lovely ladies whom I also follow on facebook. (will link at the end of blog post, and on each individual post I do reviewing the items I won)
So far only one thing has come in, which is the Nude Tude palette, and I will have a post up on that later today/tonight. :)
I'm super excited to be reviewing all of this amazing stuff I've won.
I've also won a couple other giveaways recently that as soon as those prizes come in I will be reviewing them as well!!! Plus during my hiatus from the blog for the past umpteen months, I've won some other things I will review as well.
And before anyone asks, no I'm not gloating about winning these giveaways. I enter giveaways and contests always expecting not to win as so many others enter them as well. I just want to post about the makeup I do get and give y'all my opinions. Especially since as of late, with everything going on in my life, I've not had money for new makeups, or even for stuff I might need. I enter these things for fun, that is purely all. So I hope that noone takes offence to me posting about these things. And if you do, then you don't have to keep reading my blog.
Oh, and I'm going to be trying to put makeup on more often than I do now, so I'm going to try and post at least one FOTD or EOTD a week.
If you guys have any critiques or things you like/don't like about my blog please feel free to comment, I'd love to hear your suggestions on how to improve. :)

So yes this was just a little update/what to expect post. My nieces and nephew will be home from school in a couple hours and I want to take time to get good pics before they get home, so be expecting that post later tonight!!!

I hope you are all well and having an amazing day/night/morning/afternoon or whatever it is where you are!
Don't foget to checkk out these awesome ladies!!!

Susielicious: https://www.facebook.com/misssusielicious?fref=ts

Paradox Makeup Artistry: https://www.facebook.com/territheparadox

Elena Ware Bailey Makeup Artistry & Design: https://www.facebook.com/EWBaileyMakeupArtistryDesign

Theresa Rivas, Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Theresa-Rivas-Mary-Kay-Independent-Beauty-Consultant/219428238121593

Much love and good vibes going all your ways!!

Chitty Chat

Hey guys!
This is just a kinda chitty chat type post where I let y'all know whats been going on and/or ask y'all some questions!
First off I want to say that I am deeply sorry that I have still yet to start up my blog posting again. :(
Life got in the way yet again.
BUT I will be starting to post more hopefully monday.
I'm trying to figure out a blog schedual, and what to do posts on.
So that leads to my question: What would you guys like to see posts about???? You guys being my audience is the world to me, so I'd like to see what you guys are intersted in. Wether it be reviews, chit chat posts, me posting makeup looks, etc. I want to know what you guys would like to see!


So with that, I'm gonna let y'all go. Its late and I need to head to bed. Lol.

I hope you are all having a lovely day, night, or whatever it is where you are.

Much love,
Tricia