Check out this awesome Giveaway!

Hello to one and all!

I hope you are having a wonderful day or night or whatever time it is where you are. This is just going to be a short and sweet blog post about this awesome giveaway that an awesome blogger I follow is having!

HelloMissNiki is having an amazing giveaway going on right now in celebration of her 1000th blog post! It is friggen HUGE! Over $650 worth in prizes! 

So, if you would like to have a chance to win, just head on over to this post: 

http://www.hellomissniki.com/2015/07/1000th-blog-post-mega-giveaway

I wish everyone luck who is entering! Go show some love!

Until next time,

Tricia

Colour Pop Haul and Swatches

Happy Monday to all!

I hope y'all have had an awesome weekend, and that your Monday has been filled with coffee, and good vibes. I bring to you today a pretty big Colour Pop haul.
All of this is from their newly released summer collection. Now I have bought a few things from Colour Pop in the past and I love everything I have from them. I think that for the price point, the products are absolutely amazeballs! I am obsessed, and I cannot wait to get more. If y'all would like I could do a whole Colour Pop collection post or video? Just let me know. 

But anyways, lets get on to the products that I got in this haul. (Be warned this is going to be picture heavy)

***All products bought with my own money, and all opinions are my own***

So first up lets go over the new bronzers that Colour Pop came out with.

(L-R: Skinny Dip, Bon Voyage)

(Skinny Dip)

(Bon Voyage)

(L-R: Skinny Dip, Bon Voyage)

Both Skinny Dip, and Bon Voyage are matte bronzers. They are both super soft, and with Colour Pop's signature texture. Skinny dip is a neutral bronzer with just a hint of warmth to it, but it isn't orangey like some bronzers can be, it is just a touch more golden than Bon Voyage is. Bon Voyage is a very soft and subtle cool toned bronzer, super great for super pale skin gals like me! I can see myself using Bon Voyage all year long, but especially in the winter, and Skinny Dip more so in the summer, or when I want to add just that touch of warmth to my skin without looking like an oompa loompa.

Next is the three single eyeshadows I got.

(L-R: Coconut, Shark Attack, Flipper)

Coconut

Shark Attack

Flipper

(L-R: Coconut, Shark Attack, Flipper)

So I only got three of the single eye shadows available, these are the three that stood out to me the most out off all that they had with this summer collection.

First up is Coconut, it is a gorgeous deep ocean blue with just a tint of green to it, along with some brighter blue sheen/glitter to it. Shark Attack is the most unique out of all three that I got to me, it is a bronzey, coppery, coral. It is gorgeous and I cannot wait to use it on my lid with some warm browns in the crease, or for a spotlight smokey eye. YAAAAZZ! Flipper, is a pale tangerine with silver and turquoise glitter to it. It is gorgeous as eff and my pictures do not do these any justice.

Next up is lipsticks! 

I ended up getting one single lipstick and then their Sundays In Silverlake lipstick set.

Sundays in Silverlake

Sundays in Silverlake

Single lipstick in Topanga

Topanga

Cougar, Pasties

Chella, Parker

Thirsty, Ace

Yes I know that those are a lot of lipsticks, but what can I say? I'm addicted. Lol.

Topanga: So firstly can we talk about the name? One of the main reasons why I got it. Lol. Any other ninety's kids thinking the same thing? I always wanted to be her, and have her relationship with Cory. Haha! In all honesty, this is one of the colors I was most iffy on, I didn't know if I would really like it or not...but I really do! It is a gorgeous warm, but deep coral. I am in love with it and can see it getting a lot of use this summer. I may even need to get a back up of it. Topanga approves!

Cougar: This color is a bright but deep pink with a touch of red. It reminds me of strawberries in a way for some reason. Gorgeous color either way. 

Pasties: I must say that upon reading the name of this lipstick I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe. I love Colour Pop and some of their risque names. This is a gorgeous magenta color. Just perfect, and being in a Hyper Glossy finish, makes your lips look SO juicy.

Chella: This color is one of my favorites, it is the perfect medium toned coral color. It does lean a little more on the peach side but that is perfectly okay to me. I know I will wear this a lot this summer.

Parker: This is a gorgeous warm nude. Not a whole lot I can say about this one, but it is really pretty. Just deep enough that I think I can pull it off. 

Thirsty: This is a gorgeous berry color with a hint of mauve to it. I love that this isn't to light or dark, it is just right. This is one of my favorite go to kinds of colors. 

Ace: This color really surprised me, it is a gorgeous peachy pink. Its so so pretty! I didn't think I would like it as much as I do. 

Whew! That was a really long post! If you have made it to the end here I congratulate you! And thank you for reading all my blabbering! 

I love all that I ordered from Colour Pop. But then again I am never disappointed with them. 

Are there any products here, or that I didn't get that you are lusting after and want to get?

Also, if y'all have any suggestions for posts and/or videos y'all would like to see from me, just let me know in the comments! I appreciate it!

Till the next time, have fun, be you.

Tricia

BOO!

Well hello there!

Long time no see...or well read huh? I am still alive and kicking. And I will try and keep this post short..Hah!

So, I am finally going to try and resurrect this here blog of mine, as well as my YouTube channel. I first started doing my thang here many years ago, but then life hit me with a brick over my head (not literally) like it tends to do quite a bit it seems. But I finally now feel like I am in a place where I can start to get back into this, things have leveled out some, and in all honesty, I miss doing this. I miss doing what I love to do, and what I am passionate about. I've felt for a long time now that I am missing a part of me. So its time to stick my own foot up my own ass and get back into this. 

Now I cannot say how often I will post, or if it will be completely consistent yet, as I am still getting my shit together...but I am going to try this whole thing again. But here comes where I need y'alls help. What would you like to see? Both here on the blog as well as in videos? Whether it be tutorials, tags, color combinations, I don't care, I just need some ideas. I appreciate all the help y'all give.

 Also to those who have stuck with me through all this, I want to say a big THANK YOU. It means a lot to me. 

Until next time, 

Tricia

New Year

Hey guys.

So long time no talk. Holidays were crazy with me working two jobs and basicly working to death. I was hardly ever home and really didn't even get to enjoy the holidays. Yay me. Hah.

But that is not the goal of this post for me, I'm not going to bitch and moan and complain. That is in the past, it is a new year and I am planning to try and start bettering it, even from how it is now, and right now it is alright. I'm still struggeling with issues, but I am doing my best to overcome them.

Now in the past...well over a year now, I have let everything slide, from the blog to my YouTube channel, to even my own personality and dreams and myself in a lot of ways. That I am planning on stopping now.

I am going to start doing more of what I enjoy instead of just going through the motions of everyday living that is my life now. Yes I work, and work a lot, no I do not have much "me" time, but that doesnt matter. I am going to start making a concious decision to try and better each day, and do what makes me happy without giving a fuck what others think or anything. 

I am going to try and get this blog back up and running better, get my makeup skills back up and running, and hopefully my YouTube as well. Some of my posts though here and on YT might just start being updates or vlogs, but I'm not totally sure yet.

Things in the past while have changed me in ways, not huge ways, but just in ways of how I live and how I do things. 

But yeah, I'm posting this as a little update, and also a place where I can come back and read this and try and keep on myself about it.

I have lots of things I want to do, and I am determind to give it my best.

I love and miss you all.

xoxo Tricia

Star Crushed Minerals First Impression Review

**Sent for review purposes. See bottom for full disclosure**

Hi guys!

First off I'd like to apologize for slacking on blogging, things have been hectic lately with the main bathroom in our house being remodeld (sp?). 

But anyways that is not what I am here to talk to you about today. Today I have swatches and a first impression review of some shadows from the company Star Crushed Minerals. Star Crushed Minerals is a fairly new company (I think) ran by an awesome lady named Edie. She was sweet enough to send me some sample shadows to review for y'all. 

Now I didn't tell her what colors to send me or anything and may I just say that she must have read my mind, because she sent me lots of purple shades and I don't know if y'all know this but purple shadows are one of my favorite colors! She also sent along some awesome pink and green shades along with her eye primer. But enough of just telling you, because I know what y'all are here for and thats to see the colors! haha!

So first up is a picture of what the jars look like, now I got samples but I have to say that I absolutely love that Edie uses sample jars instead of putting them in baggies. I don't know about y'all but I absolutely hate sample baggies. They make to much of a mess everywhere!

This is what the tops of all the jars look like, except for the primer, which I will show in a second. They all have a clear sticker label on top with Star Crused Mineral printed on it. Now dummy me, I forgot to take a picture of what the bottom label looks like. but on the bottom lable, it is again clear with the shadow name, ingrediants, name of the company, where it was made, and how much product is in it (1g) printed in black on it. 

Now here is what the primer looks like:

 (top)

(Bottom)

This primer is white in the pot, but applies clear. It has a very kinda odd consistency, it is like a cross between a mousse and a cream. Also it can feel a tad gritty, but that disappears when you blend it in. Now I can't say anything yet about the lasting power of this primer, as I haven't tested it out that much yet, but I will be doing a review on it in the near future. :)

Now it is finally time to show you the gorgeous shadows! I will warn you now, I had some difficulty capturing the gorgeousness of these with hand swatches. I'm hoping that when I use them on the eyes, I will be able to get better shots of the colors.

All swatches are done over the Star Crushed Eyesahdow Primer. 

First up is the pinks and purples.

(Left to Right and Top to Bottom: No. 52 Perfectly Peach, No. 95 Delphinium Pink, No. 11 Starry Pink, No. 14 Grape Shimmer, No. 77 Royal Purple, and No. 101 Purple Reign)

So as you might be able to tell from the list above, Eddie not only has the eyeshados named but also numbered. 

Perfectly Peach is just that a really pretty peachy/nude color with a nice satin sheen to it. I can see myself wearing it all the time as a quick wash of color all over the lid as well as paired with other colors.

Delphinium Pink is a pink with a like slight lavender/blue shimmer to it. Really soft and I can see myself using it as an unusual inner corner highlight.

Starry Pink is a lovely deep rosey mauve pink. It has a satin sheen that almost loos alittle gold to me. 

Grape Shimmer is a pale grape purple color with a silvery blue shimmer to it. 

Royal Purple is a gorgeous matte reddish purple shade with some awesome gold/green glitter in it. The glitter was hard to see in the pictures, but in this one you can kinda see the hints of glitter. This is one of my favorite shades that I was sent and I can't wait to use it in a look. 

Purple Reign is such an interesting color. Its a really dark purple/blue color with an amazing forest green shift to it. Its freaking amazing! This has to be like my favorite color out of all the ones she sent me. I can't wait to do a purple smokey eye with this puppy, and use it wet as an eyeliner!

Next up is the greens:

(L-R: No. 28 Pear, No. 111 Apple Martini. 

Bottom: No. 92 Deep Aqua Gold)

Pear is a bright apple green satin.

Apple Martini is a matte medium green with a bunch of gold glitter in it. Its absolutely stunning.

Deep Aqua Gold is a really deep forest green with blue undertones and a faint gold sheen depending on the light.

All the eyeshadows have a really smooth texture, and are very pigmented. None applied patchy and overall I am quite impressed with these. I can't wait to make some looks with them and to eventually buy the full sizes of some of these and I have my eyes on some of her other colors as well! 

I hope y'all enjoyed this and if you'd like to see any specific colors paired together please let me know and I'll do my best to make that happen!! 

Don't forget to stop by and check out Star Crushed Minerals on etsy and facebook! 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/starcrushedminerals

https://www.facebook.com/StarCrushedMinerals?ref=br_tf

Much love,

Tricia

**Disclaimer: Products in this post were sent to me for review consideration and purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. I am not being paid to do these reviews**

FOTD & OOTD

Heya guys!!

So, in my last post, I told you I was going to start doing more posts, and the like. So here is 3 rolled into one! Lol.

Today I have for you a FOTD, and an OOTD.

First up is my FOTD:

A pretty simple look. 

Products used:

Anastasia Brow Wiz in Medium Ash

Ulta Clear Brow Gel

Physicians Formula pewter eyeliner from the nude trio of eyeliners

Prestiege My Blackest Lashes mascara

Bare Minerals Matte formula Mineral Foundation

Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

Bare Minerals Warmth

Bourjois Chocolate bronzer

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed

Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

NYX Automatic Lip Liner in Grapefruit

Milani Color Statement Lipstic in Flamingo Pose

And my OOTD:

My shirt is just a black cami from Forever21+. The skirt is a new and awesome skirt from Candy-Strike (http://www.candy-strike.com/) that I am absolutely in LOVE with. Its called their Tie-Dyed Skull Full Skirt. Its freaking amaze-balls and I will be wearing it often all year round. I got so many compliments on it when I wore it today. Lastly the shoes are just some coral flats from payless. xD 

So, I hope you all enjoyed this post, and are having lovely days! 

Also I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Much Love,

Tricia

Hello There Again!

Hi guys!!

Let me start this off by sayin that I am SO sorry that I have lacked on posting here on my blog. Life has decided again to get in the way. Like always. Hah.

For that I am sorry. I  miss blogging, and I miss doing youtube videos. But I am planning on starting again!

I've fallen into a bad funk for the past year due to lots of things. Sometimes life can do that. So I'm sorry for that. But I do plan on very soon starting to do more posts on here, on faceboo and on my youtube channel. I'm going to start getting back into my passion. I really miss it and am sorry that I let outside things influence how and what I have been doing.

I don't have a set schedual yet because I have a few things that I need to work out, as I'm trying to get a job and get my GED. But I am going to start back up on everything. Especially now that other things have settled down some. 

That and well, I realized lately that life can be way to short to let things draw you away from your passion. You never know how much time you really have, so do what you love and be who you are and let your passion and personality glitter all over. :)

I'm even going to start doing fashion things and nail stuff.

How does that sound? Also, to ease myself back into things, what kinda look/tutorials/tags would y'all like to see?? I need some ideas to get back into this. Lol.

I really hope y'all are doing well, and please leave your feedback for me here. 

I love you all. And thanks to those who have stuck by me. <3

Much Much Love,

Tricia

Check out my facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/beautytriciasway

Hi guys

Hey all. 

I just wanted to come on really quick before I go to bed and say that I am really sorry for not blogging as much as I should. :( 

I've failed so bad at it, and at making YouTube videos, and for both of those things I apologize. Life just sometimes really decides to turn everything upside down, and screw with you.

But, I am going to to my best to start doing more blog posts, and youtube videos. I'm even going to try and set up a schedual. It will probably be minimal, and slow to start off with, but I'm going to try. Starting tomorrow.

So, if you have any suggestions for blog posts, and/or YouTube videos that you would like to see, wether they be tags, makeup look, or product reviews, please put them in the comments below.

Thank you to those of you who have stuck by me. I love and appreciate you all.

Much love,

Tricia

Cuticle Charm by Blooddrop Fineries Review!

This product was sent to me for review purposes. (See bottom of post for full disclaimer)

Hey guys!

Todays review is again brought to you by The Rhinestone Housewife! (http://www.therhinestonehousewife.com/)

This is a review of Cuticle Charm by Blooddrop Fineries.

Here is what it looks like: 

Cuticle Charm is a lovely cuticle balm! It comes in a lovely cute little tin, with a sliding top to it. Cuticle charm is a pretty basic cuticle balm, but what I love about this is that it is SO moisturizing! I use it anytime my hands have been in lots of water, after everytime I wash my hands, and in the morning and right before bed. It will make even the most dryed out cuticles look amazing. With continued use it also keeps them looking that way. Plus it makes your nails SO shiny looking, literally it will look like you just buffed your nails for like ten minutes. I love that about this cuticle balm. You can also use it on really dry areas like heels, knees, and elbows. Which I think is pretty awesome. Alittle bit of this also goes a long way. I've had this for probably two weeks, and have not made a dent in it yet, thats how little you need of this for it to work so well. Cuticle Charm also has a lovely scent to it, its a VERY subtle orange vanilla scent which I think is just lovely.

I am absolutely in love with this, and highly recommend it. Cuticle Charm has totally replaced my old favorite cutle cream from Burt's Bees.

So that is my review of Cuticle Charm!!! I hope you enjoyed that and please check out The Rhinestone Housewife! She seriously has so many amazing products from quite a few brands there! Even some exclusive ones. :)

Much love,

Tricia

DISCLAIMER: This product was sent to me for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. I am not being paid to do this. 

I See Color!!! FOTD Inspired by Vintage Or Tacky!

Hi all you lovely people!!

I hope you are all having a great day today. :)

My day has been full of errands, and people staring at me. LOL. Always happens when I wear bright makeup, its like people think I'm an alien or something. *shrugs* Just makes me strut my stuff even more.

Man I have missed wearing bright color, and with the hot weather we have been having here in the North Bay, it just felt fitting.

This look was inspired by Vintage Or Tacky's look that she did last week called Spead Freak. I fell in love with the colors and just everything about the look and immediatly said in my head "next time you wear makeup, THAT is what you are gonna wear". Lo and behold I did just that.

I hope y'all enjoy this uber bright full face look. Sorry if the backs of my cheeks look alil weird, I tried bronzing today...dunno if I like it or not...not even sure I did it quite right. LOL.

Products will be listed after the pictures.

EYES:

Lorac eye primer

Maybelline color tattoo in Edgy Emerald

SugarPill shadows in Mochi, Acid Berry, Velocity, 2am

SugarPill Lumi

Urban Decay matte purple, W.O.S, Crave

Clinique bottom eyes mascara

Prestige My Blackest Lashes

BROWS:

Nyx eyebrow duo in Taupe

Ulta Brow Gell

FACE:

Skin79 Oriental Gold BB Cream

Garnier anti dark cirlcle rollerball concealer

KmS Mineral Essentials mineral foundation in porcelin

Tarte amazonian clay blush in Peaceful

Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer (countour)

Tarte Park Avenue Princess Bronzer

Mac MSF in Lightscapade

LIPS:

NYX Matte Lip Creme in Antwerp.

So that is everything I have on my face. LOL. Writing it all down makes it seem like alot. But oh well! lol.

I really love how this turned out on me. I hope you guys like it too!

If there are any looks or color combos or anything that you'd like to see me do please leave them down in the comments below! 

Much love,

Tricia

Chocolate Coconut Sugar Whipped Soap by Naiad Soap Arts Review

This product was sent to me for review purposes. (see full disclaimer at the bottom of the post)

Hi lovely peoples!

Today I have another review brought to you by The Rhinestone Housewife! (http://www.therhinestonehousewife.com/)

Todays review is of the Chocolate Coconut Sugar Whipped Soap by Naiad Soap Arts. 

This is what it looks like: 

This is a whipped soap with an added bonus, it has some sugar in it to exfoliate! This soap has a lovely thick whipped texture to it, and creates an awesome lather. I use it with a buff pouf, and I only need about a tablespoons amount to clean my entire body. This is great for everyday and leaves your skin silky smooth, and very soft. I love that it has some added sugar to it so that it doubles as an exfoliator for the body, and not just a soap, I feel that adds alot into getting you to feel cleaner. To me this is gentle enough for daily use unlike alot of just straight up sugar or salt scrubs for the body. As for the scent, this seriously smells amazing! Its not a complex scent, but amazing just the same, you can really smell the chocolate and the coconut, but its not overpowering or to sickly sweet either. Its perfect. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes whipped soap, or who want a nice gentle daily soap/exfoliator combo! 

So that is my review of this lovely soap. :) I hope you all enjoyed!! Be sure to check out The Rhinestone Housewife!!

DISCLAIMER: This product was sent to me for review purposes/consideration. All opinions are 100% my own. I am not being paid to do this review.

KmS Mineral Essentials Mineral Foundation Review.

This product was sent to me for review purposes. (see bottom of post for full disclosure)

Hi guys. 

So I'm not gonna lie here...I have been putting this review off for a long time. I hate doing negative reviews. Though in reality this one isn't totally negative. I did find a use for this product that makes it work alright for me, but it sadly didn't work for me as it was supposed to...but enough of that lets get into what I'm talking about here.

Todays review is of the KmS Mineral Essentials mineral foundation. This is a loose mineral foundation. The texture of it is a very finly milled powder. I am in the color porcelin. It is a very fair shade with neutral undertones. Now I love the way the color matches me, but I had some very unexpected problems with this foundation, most mineral foundations that I have tried blend into the skin and make it look flawless, this one literally sat on top of my skin and looked like I had just dumped powder on my face. My 8 year old niece even asked me if I had put powder on my face when I first put it on...that is a huge draw back for me, when I wear a mineral foundation I want it to look like skin, but covered. That draws me to my next issue with this, its supposed to be a high coverage mineral foundation, and I found no matter how much I used, it didn't cover any of my redness on my skin, again when I wear mineral foundation I want it to cover, doesn't have to cover 100% but I feel it should cover some of it at least, and this didn't. 

So after I tried it that first day, I just put it off to the side for a few days. I was so disappointed. But a few days later, I decided to try and figure a different way to use it, so I tired it as a setting powder that would give me some extra coverage over my skin79 oriental gold bb cream. Lo and behold, it actually worked for me better that way! gave me a great medium coverage on my skin for those days I don't want to wear as much makeup on my face. It still looked alittle powdery, but not as bad as when I used it straight on my skin. With alittle bit of fix plus sprayed on it looked pretty okay. For me it just works better as a setting powder than a mineral foundation.

Again I am sorry for not having any pictures, but I was so frustrated I forgot to take some. :(

So there is my review of the KmS Mineral Essentials Foundation. 

Much Love,

Tricia

DISCLAIMER: This product was sent to me for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. I am not being paid to do this review. 

Orange Thyme Clementine Cupcake Perfume Oil Review

This was sent to me for review purposes. See bottom of post for full disclosure.

Hi guys!

 I have another review for you today!! Today I am reviewing another product that was sent to me by The Rhinestone Housewife (http://www.therhinestonehousewife.com/)

This one is a perfume oil by the brand Orange Thyme. It is called Clementine Cupcake. This is what it looks like: 

This scent comes in a rollerball with a very nicely done lable on it.

Now as for the scent, as you can probably tell its supposed to be a sweet scent as it has cupcake in it. Let me tell you, this scent delivers on its name! Its a VERY realistic cupcake scent with some orange notes to it. When I first put it on, you can really smell the clementine mixed with the cupcake smell, but after about 10-20 minutes, the clementine completely disappears on me and I'm just left smelling like I'm a freshly baked cupcake. Now, I do like sweet scents myself, and kinda like this one, but it can be very overpowering, and in all honesty is even alittle to sweet for my tastes. I wish that the clementine would last longer with the scent, I think if it did I'd like this scent a whole lot more. 

As for lasting power, on me it lasts about 4-6 hours before I feel a need to reapply, which for a perfume oil is alittle weird for me, usually perfume oils last all day on me. But with it being in a roller ball form, its quite easy to take in your purse with you to reapply which is what I have done when wearing this scent. I haven't experianced any leaking problems with it yet, and its so well made I doubt I will. 

So that is my review of the Clementine Cupcake perfume oil by Orange Thyme!

Please be sure to check out The Rhinestone Housewife (link above in post). The owner is really sweet, and they have A LOT of awesome products!

Hope you enjoyed!



DISCLAIMER: This product was sent to me for review purposes/consideration. All opinions are 100% my own and in no way influenced by the company. I am not being paid to review this.

Pink Cupcake Shaving Soap Review

This was sent to me for review purpouses. See bottom of post for full disclaimer.

Hi lovely people!!! 

Long time no see I know. I've been extremely busy lately with life. Haha. But I am here today with a review for you. (and I will be having many more reviews up for you soon!)

Today I am reviewing the Pink Cupcake Shaving Soap by Rachel Rene Bath and Body. Now before I really get into the review, I want to say that I was scent this from a different website/person. I was sent this from a lovely lady who runs http://www.therhinestonehousewife.com/. Now on her website she sells alot of stuff from different brands. Some of which are exclusives. And I must say right off the bat that I absolutely love her website and enjoy having so many companies in one spot. I highly recommend checking it out! 

Now on to this review of this particular product. Here is what the product looks like:

Looks like a pretty standard bar of soap right? Well let me just say this stuff is absolutely amazing!!!!! Like seriously I don't think I will ever buy a different shaving product again! This soap lathers up really well, and gives such amazing slip and glide (thanks to kaolin clay) to your shave without clogging up your razor. Thats one thing I can't stand about most shaving creams you can buy in the drugstore, they clog up the dang razor and then you can't get a close shave. Really can get irritating right? Its why I never used anything but a razor to shave with, until now. Now I will not shave unless I use this. It helps give such a close shave, and leaves your skin super smooth and soft. Also it can double as just a regular soap as well. 

Now onto the scent, this smells like a straight up vanilla cupcake. No joke at all. But don't worry its not so strong that it will make you think you are baking a batch of cupcakes in your shower, its actually quite subtle, but very nice all the same. (She also makes this soap in other scents as well if you aren't a fan of cupcakes or vanilla.) 

So I totally recommend this product with my whole heart. I know as soon as I run out of it, I will be buying it again and again!

So please go and check out the rhinestone housewife (link above) and if you buy anything please let me know what you think!!

I hope y'all enjoyed this review and stick around!

DISCLAIMER: This product was provided to me for review consideration and purposes. All opinions are 100% my own, and never influenced just because I am sent something. I will always tell my honest opinion. I am in no way being paid to do this review.

EOTD: Glittah!!!!!!!!!

Hey all! I have an EOTD for you today!

I had the itch to mess around with makeup and this is what I came up with.

Brows:

 Revlon Brow Fantasy Tinted Brow Gel

Eyes:

Nyx HD Eyeshadow base

Nyx eyeshadow base in white

Tarte Purple eyeshadow (from a palette where the name isn't listed)

Urban Decay smog eyeshadow

Urban Decay Snakebite Eyeshadow

Urban Decay Virgin eyeshadow

Urban Decay Foxy eyeshadow

SallyGirl Glitter adhesive

SallyGirl purple glittler

Urban Decay zero liner

Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid eyeliner in Perversion

Nyx mascara

Whew that is alot of stuff on my eye! Haha! You never realize how much it takes to create a look until you go to type it all out for a blog post. Lol.

I hope y'all enjoy this look! It was really fun to create and made me realize quite a few things. haha!

I hope you are having a lovely day/night or whatever time it is where you are! 

See you soon!

Much love, 

Tricia

Beauty Blogger TAG! :D

Hey guys! 

Sorry for lack of postage lately. Things are super cray cray for me right now. I keep meaning to do so many differrent blog posts that I have planned, but time always gets away from me. From just family issues, to the time change screwing with my sleeping habits, to job hunting, its just all crazyness right now!

So for that I am truely sorry and I swear I'm going to try and get better. But I thought to make up for it, at least for the moment, I'd do a tag that I saw over on my lovely friend Autty's blog. ( http://auttyw.blogspot.com) If you haven't heard of her, or checked her out, you should. :) She's buckets of awesomeness! <3

So with that lets get on to this tag!

1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?

My hair is naturally very curly. Which I of course hate. I wish I had straight hair.

2. What is your natural hair colour?

A mousey medium brown color with lots of other colors in it.

3. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?

Depends on what I'm doing to it. If I'm going blonde or like a odd color, I'll go to the salon, but if its just brown or black I will do it my self.

4. How often do you wash your hair?

Honestly depends. Sometimes if I'm going lots of places, I'll do it everyday as I have short hair that I have to style. If I'm not going anywhere, I'll usually wash it about every other day sometimes less.

5. Do you wear the same style every day or change it?

As my hair is really short, I basicly wear it the same, tho lately I've been wanting to change it up, just I don't know how to. lol

6. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?

96% of the time I'll do it myself.

7. How often to you change your nail polish?

HAH! Way to much, my nail polish chips easily so I do it every couple of days when I wear polish.

8. Do you polish your toes in the winter, too or just in the summer?

All depends on my mood, but most of the time I'll have them painted year round.

9. How long does it take to put on your makeup?

It all depends on what I'm doing or where I'm going. It can take me anywhere from about 10mins to over an hour.

10. What do you do first? Face or eyes?

Depends really, if I'm doing a SUPER simple look, I'll do the face first, but 99% of the time I do eyes first then face.

11. Do you "collect" makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?

I guess you could say I collect it, but I've gotten better about mainly buying stuff when I need it.

12. How often do you wear false eyelashes?

Not that often, mainly on special occasions.

13. Do you do a full face of makeup every day?

No, but when I do my makeup, I always do a full face.

14. Do you wear makeup when you are home alone (or with family)?

Sometimes.

15. Will you leave the house without makeup?

Yes, I do it quite frequently.

16. How many high end products do you have?

Uhm....I don't know in all honesty.

17. How often do you wash your makeup brushes?

Not enough as I should. I don't deep clean often, but I do spot clean my brushes alot.

18. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed?

Depends on my mood, sometimes the night before, sometimes as I'm getting dressed.

19. How often do you change your handbag?

Not that often.

20. What time do you get up & go to sleep?

HAH! That varies from day to day. Sometimes I'll be in bed by 8pm, sometimes it'll be  1-3am, and sometimes somewhere inbetween those. And as for getting up, 96% of the time its between 5-7:30 in the morning no matter what time I go to bed. (gotta love having kids in the house)

21. How often & when do you workout?

HAH!

22. Left-handed or Right-handed?

Left. :)

23. How tall are you?

I'm about 5'1". Yes I'm that short. >.>

24. Do you speak a foreign language?

Nope, not really.

25. How many pets do you have?

Two, one dog and one cat. Neither are mine, but they live in the same house as I do.

26. How often are you on Blogger?

About once a day

27. Do you read the comments posted on blogs?

Not really.

28. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?

Nope.

29. How did you come up with your blog name?

Uhm, good question, I think a friend helped me out with it.

30. What kind of camera do you use for photographs?

*runs to go look* Sony Cybershot that I got a couple years ago.

31. How often do you clean your house? (Daily, weekly, other)

Certain things are daily, others are weekly.

32. What is your favorite colour?

I have way to many, but a few are purple, mint, coral, black, and turquoise.

33. What is your favorite beauty/fashion magazine?

People Stylewatch, and I think its allure.

34. Do you swear?

Not gonna lie, yes I do.

35. What are you doing with the rest of your day?

As it is almost ten thirty here at night, I'm going to go and watch youtube videos, and then go to bed. :)





I hope you all enjoyed this! I tag any of you who want to do it! :)
Also if you'd like to see more of these kinda posts let me know and post some you'd like to see in the comments!

Much love,
Tricia

Awesomeness!

Hey guys! I want to tell y'all about an awesome giveaway over at The Crow And The Powderpuff!

Now I know that I usually don't post about other giveaways here, but I have to tell y'all about it!

Shes giving away a 100$ gift card away to someone! (Can be broke down into two $50 gift cards to two diff companies!)

So go check it out here!! http://www.thecrowandthepowderpuff.com/2013/01/the-crow-and-powderpuff-3-year.html

question question

Hi guys!

So, I have a quick question...or well two quick questions for y'all.

First one is, do you guys like to see monthly or weekly favorites? I'm wondering because I'm gonna start doing favorite posts up on here, but dunno if it would be better to do a monthly one, or a weekly one, most of the time, products may not change much....so yeah, let me know! haha.

Also, for those of you with sensitive skin out there, or just for those of you out there who like cleansing oils, what is a good cheap one??? I've used the origins one and LOVED it, but sadly finally ran out and can't really afford the $$$ to buy a new one. :( So I'm now on the hunt for one thats just as good, but cheaper. Sadly most makeup removers, tend to burn my eyes, or just not leave my skin feeling clean at all, even after cleansing. :(

Much Love,

Tricia

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