June Stitch Fix is here!!

Stitch Fix is here!! i get so excited with this! this month's stitch fix is a little bit heavier than usual so I couldn't wait to open it up!

tada!!! 

First thing first..

The top

Pomelo Priya Abstract Floral Print Knit Back Tank

I actually really liked this shirt. I almost bought it but I saw similar item in Francesca's or Lizard thicket for a cheaper price. 

The Back of the shirt :)

The Loveappella Francesca contrast trim Button-up Knit Shirt

This shirt was extremely soft!

but... I did not like the way it fit me or that I got an item that's 2/3 sleeve when its summer. This one is a not.

This one is my Favorite!!

This is the Papermoon Remmie Multi-Color Chevron Print Maxi Skirt

This one was a definite yes! The color was beautiful and it is super soft!!

  Then there's this emperia Kacie Half Flap Crossbody Bag.

this was the reason why the box was so heavy!!

I liked this bag a lot. The color is what I would get and its a nice size. Howevr I do have a lot of bags and I saw similar bags in Francesca's for 30% off. 

Lastly, I received this Market and Spruce Jay Mini Houndstooth Printed Skirt.

I hated it lol. I didn't like the way it fit and it was an awkward length. It was below my knees and it just didn't look good.

I don't know why I kept thinking about other stores and the prices when I tried this box on. I did get the maxi skirt and the rest went back.

I think I may just be in the "saving" mode for our house. 

I did also choose to skip next month and see what happens. 

Did you get your stitch fix yet? What did you get? 

if you are interested, click on this link ----> Try Stitch Fix Today

Its super fun!

June Ipsy bag!

Its that time again!! I just got my ipsy bag from the mail! super excited!

(had to block out my address lol)

 

This month's bag design. Paradise!

the products that I got!

 

First off. Skinn by Dimitri James.

looks pretty cool. I have never tried an make up remover AND a deep cleansing mask! this is also a pretty good size too. this one almost filled up the whole bag.  

 NYX butter gloss color code BLG08; Apple strudel

Here's how it looks like.

its a pinkish color. Like The girl next door lip color. i like it so far!

 

 I have so many bottles of beach spray from ipsy. So I dont know how I feel about getting another one. I suppose it can't hurt to try another brand of it. 

 

Be a Bombsell mascara! this is full size and I can't wait to try it. I love mascara!! Anything to do to make my lashes look long and thick! :D

Lastly, Shimer Eyeliner in this turquoise color. I dont wear color eyeliners but I will give this a try since it is the summer. Plus I've seen a lot of people and on pinterst that you wear a thin or cat eyeliner (water eyeliner) and then place the colored eyeliner up top of it. Maybe i'll blog that later!

any ipsy subscribers? What did you get??

 

First time Home buyer!

So Blake and I have been house hunting since the beginning of this year. We took things slow and we would drive around to go see neighborhoods and houses on the weekends that I don't work.

So we finally made a decision that we are going with new-built homes. There are so many reasons why we want new built homes. 

Top 20 Questions to Ask

I have researched so much on first time home buyers and new built homes. 

We don't have the whole down payment saved up just yet but we are so tired of paying apartment rent and throwing away almost $900 a month. We know that once we get a house its not just monthly mortgage payment, we would have to think about utilities and other bills. Fortunately, Blake doesn't have any debt. Me on the other hand only has student loan (by the time we get a house my credit card will be paid off!). 

We are fortunate to be smart about saving money. Buying a new home is great because you can choose the floor plan that you like, choose amenities that you want for your home, and just any upgrades that you are able to afford. Also most of the builders have new home warranty. This is a definite plus than buying an older home. I don't want to have to worry about fixing up things after we move in the house and find any surprises. 

I also looked at this website ---> 50 things to know before buying a home tips for first time home-buyers/

Buy a home is BIG　purchase. We want to make sure that we are making the right decision. Not only to research on the area that we are interested in, the crime rate in the area, school district and builder quality. 

Tomorrow we are going with our agent to talk to the new home site agent regarding a possible offer. We are super excited and hopefully everything will workout fine. I am extremely nervous about this as well. I just want to make sure that by the time the new home is finished and ready to close, we will have enough money to put down AND to have some put aside for emergencies and to buy furniture. Now blake thinks that furniture can come later, but new home wont feel like a home without furniture (we don't have much. A couch and a bed and a desk lol)..

So, fingers crossed. 

And if you know any other tips or want to share your knowledge about home buying, please comment!! :D

ciao~<3

The Proposal

Almost Every girl longs their romantic proposal from their loved ones. Every girl pictures and envisions on how it would be like. So did I. 

I got my proposal last night when I took Blake out to his birthday dinner @ Chops Lobster Bar in Atlanta. Now before it happened, I have to admit I did suspect that he was going to do it..Why? because when I told my coworker that we were going out on a fancy dinner for his birthday, she said he was going to propose. Second, I kinda knew he was looking at rings but I didn't know when He was going to buy it and propose. Then he was super nervous driving to the restaurant. I mean he was talking but he was stiff. Then he wanted me to wear something fancy :P I mean yes, it was a really nice restaurant, but I was going to wear my new dress that I got from my Stitch Fix. 

Anyways, when we sat down, we were talking and looking through the menu. Then after we ordered we were just talking. He asked me what I got him for his birthday and I told him all these things that I am thinking about getting him. Then he said, "well, what if I got you something for my birthday?". I said, "why would you do that? That's silly!" then proceeded to laugh.

Then he was like, "seriously though" and he got up and took a step towards my seat, and he kneeled. And there it is. There's the ring and he asked, "Will you marry me?". Oh poor baby, he was SO EMBARRASED!! his face was so red, it was worse than when we had our first date lol. Then I laughed. I know I shouldn't have, but he was so cute. He was on his knee, face red, had a ring. I just kissed him and I said yes. 

Then a restaurant manager walked by, then he looked at us (Blake is still on his knee lol) and said "Did That just happen?" and I nodded with a smile. The restaurant manager proceeded to clap. Then EVERYONE in the restaurant started clapping as well. Man,... that embarrassed him even more!! lol He turned to look at me again and asked if I was going to put the ring on, and i said he was supposed to do it lol. and he did. The ring was too big unfortunately and we went back to the jeweler to get it resized to day. It only takes two days to resize so I wont have it for a couple of day. 

Man It was so awesome. He was so red and so cute. Then he calmed down a little bit. The restaurant gave us free champagne to celebrate and dessert (yum!). Throughout dinner, Blake calmed down a little and then gave me the romantic speech in which I started crying (started sobbing lol). it was great. It was just the two of us. Even though the event wasn't captured with a camera, but I'll always remember :)

Now I wonder what other people's proposals were like :P

 

Out and about

I didn't do much today. I got what I wanted yesterday. It was about 0605 and I got a call from work. Charge nurse said that she got all patients delivered and I can be on-call! I was beyond excited. I was super tired and was yawning from the second I woke up (mind you I slept from 8am to 4:30 pm). So I stayed home. Ate leftover chinese that I bought for the unit the night before while Blake got his pizza lol. We watched Game of Thrones until I was literally in and out of consciousness lol :P 

Anyways, we went to bed around 11:30pm and I slept until 7:30am. Guess I really need that sleep. 

so I decided to blog about make up today. from the previous two post (HERE) I wrote about what I purchased from Ulta that were new to me. 

The Revelon 24 hour cream foundation. And i used the make up application sponge blender to apply that. I have to say, I have found my new favorite foundation. I have been using it everyday since the day I purchased it. It provides almost full coverage (I only say almost full coverage because I have really bad dark circles underneath my eyes). I have purchased other foundations but they felt too heavy on my face and this does not make me feel like that.

So I apply my foundation with my new sponge blender and then I apply my NYX concealer.

yea I wasn't going to post pictures of my face without make up. lol But here's with all the base-face products applied. Really nice coverage. 

Then I filled my brow my the NYX auto eyebrow pencil. I got this in charcoal (or gray?) and in dark brown..sometimes I feel like i look better in brown eyebrows lol. Then I set my brows with the clear brow gel from Ulta. I like nice defined yet natural looking brows. 

Onto my eye shadows...

 Always remember to prime your eyes first. i used Benefit's eye primer. Its a sample size that i got with my Naked 1 palette. I loved it so far so when its gone i'll go buy the full size product.

So for my base color I used the color virgin and Naked. The Virgin color is a champagne/ivory color that I like and Naked is a good matte base color to use for a day time look.

I mixed these two colors together and just applied all over my lids.

 Then I used the color Smog on the outer corner of my lids. Apply is like a "V" shape. I also used the color Darkhorse to darken it a little bit and run the eyeshadow underneath my bottom lashes. Gives that great daytime smoky eye look. If you want more than the brown tone, use the black eye shadow you see on the right side and just deepen that "V" shape.

Then I just used the color Half baked on the inner corner of my eyes to give them the pop :)

 Then I used my Kate Von B Tattoo liner  and Kohl eye pencil as my eyeliners. I used very thin line for my liquid liner and created a small cat eye. Then I used the pencil liner to line the upper waterline to fill in any spaces.

To finish with the whole look, I used my Power Volume 24 hr water proof mascara and Maybelline Falsies. I love these two combined together. They make my eyelashes look so long and thick!

Then I finished off my face with Cargo bronzer, benefit blush/lip color stain  as my blush, and Benefit highlighter. (they are sample sizes that I got from Sephora and Ipsy bag). 

THE FINAL Look!

 

Without flash. 

With flash, you can see my eyeshadow colors more. 

hope y'all like it! :D

ciao~~

update

Sorry guys! I have been super busy lately. Work has been crazy. I only had sunday off (well for night shift people, one day off is like nothing) then I was on call on Monday (my regular signed-up call) thinking that I was fine because no one had called me @ 5 pm (that's usually when you know). So I went to the gym with Blake and came home around 7:30, checked my phone, and  I got 3 missed calls from work. So of course I knew. I called back and said that I will hop in the shower and be there in 30 mins. And it was like a zoo when I got there lol.

Then I worked pretty much the whole shift. Mind you, my regular work schedule for this week is working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (tonight). That is 4 nights straight!! I don't mind working 4 nights a week if I am needed at work, but 4 nights straight is about killing me here. I am sitting here typing this blog and eating my "breakfast" @ 5pm. I have told day shift charge nurse to put me down as first on-call person if we aren't busy. This means that because we usually have minimum 3 nurses scheduled per day/night. And There are 4 nurses scheduled to work tonight...and usually when its not busy, one can be put on-call. So.. Since i am wayyy over time for this coming pay check anyway.. I really don't mind being on call so I can have a breather. But then again.. my recent on-call luck has not been so good lol

anyways, I just wanted to update to say that I haven't forgot about blogging, in fact, I think about it all the time but I sleep all day when I come home from work =T I will update soon!

Hands like Houses concert & ulta haul!

I haven't updated my blog in a lonnnnggg time! I worked 4 nights this past week and I just finished my last night shift of the week. I am just so tired! Not only did we have some crazy deliveries on Wednesday night but last night was just crazy too. It started off slow but then patients just came in. It was more steady than crazy, nothing could be compared to wednesday night lol!

Anyways! So Blake and I went to Atlanta Masquerade to see a band that we both liked called Hands Like Houses. They are similar to Linkin Park and etc. kinda like those alternative rock style?

I have to say.. the group of guys that were there and were next to us were crazy. They were pushing each other around and running.. I mean I wanted to enjoy the concert. I get it some other bands were emo and rock and stuff... but think about others that are around you.. you could really hurt somebody! ALSO! Body surfing.. woo boy, was that crazy. A girl tried to do it and of course the crowd wasn't paying attention *bad timing* and she just dropped on the floor. o.O yup. Can't do those things lol..

Anyways that was a fun night other than being hot and sweaty :P

So I went to Ulta, I was out of my favorite mascara 

This! I love this mascara. Second mascara that I like would probably be the Falsies from Maybelline. 

Another thing I got is this complexion sponge. I have heard a lot about this other brand with the sponge blender that costs a lot of money. This Studio Basics Expert Complexion Sponge is only $4.99 from Ulta! Thought I'd give it a try. so far, I LOVE IT!! absolutely love it. You know what I use it with?

 

Revelon's whipped cream foundation! I have to say.. It blends so nicely, not just the sponge but the foundation as well. I love this new foundation. 

i am in the process of finding one that I love with almost full coverage because my Chanel one is almost done. I think I may just have found it :)

Then I just got some NYX HD concealer and Ulta brow clear gel. I Have never tried NYX HD concealer before and I wasn't sure which color I wanted or worked the best so I just got both. They look almost the same in the picture but one is a slightly darker color. They both blend really well and cover up my dark circles really well, but I think the darker color works if i apply it first then apply the lighter color. As in like correcting color with the darker (peachy color). :)

So this is it. I am going to take a power nap and to meet up with my brother and his gf for brunch then Blake and I have an appointment with our Real Estate agent to go see more houses!! :D 

hope y'all had a nice weekend!