Review | tarte fantastic foursome

Today, I wanted to share a little review on the tarte fantastic foursome Amazonian clay Blush set. This is a limited edition holiday gift set that comes with four new half-size blush shades. The set retails for $35 and can be purchased at tarte or Sephora (though it appears to no longer be available online.)

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Birchbox | November 2012

Finally, I am getting around to posting my Birchbox for this month (& just posting in general.) I have had the most chaotic month! Midterms, conferences, papers, & weekends away from home have all prevented me from blogging & well just about doing anything. On the plus side, because I am posting this so late, I was able to test out just about every product. The theme of this month's box was "give."

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Halloween | Candy Corn Ombré & How-To

With the hurricane cancelling my classes, I was able to divert my study time to nail painting. So here's another Halloween nail-art look. It's candy corn inspired ombré. I just love gradients, and I think this great for this holiday. I also took pictures along the way so if you want to see a tutorial, keep reading!

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Halloween | 2 Nail Art Looks

 Here is a quick post to get you in the Halloween spirit! Because Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, many parties are happening this weekend & in case you are going to any tonight or want to still be a little festive this Wednesday, keep reading!

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Birchbox | October 2012

I received my October Birchbox a couple of days ago & thought I would share what I got & my thoughts on the products and this month's collaboration with goop, Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle blog. 

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Steel Blue Gradient

I did this glitter gradient about a week ago (before my brittle nail disaster.) You have probably noticed I love doing gradients. I just think they are so beautiful & so easy! I had been doing bright ones all summer and wanted a change of pace by using some of my new fall polishes I ordered from Zoya. To create this look I used Zoya Natty & Zoya Fei Fei. 

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Zoya Fall Nail Polish Haul

I took advantage of the Zoya Back to School BOGO promotion & scored some great colours for fall! I picked four from their newest Designer, Diva, & Gloss collections and two from previous summer collections (though I will be wearing these for fall too!)

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Birchbox | September 2012

Today, I finally received my September Birchbox! Some things I'm excited for, some things just okay, but overall, I am still a huge Birchbox fan! The theme of this box is the September Issue, so I was excited to receive some great items to get me through the season.

Box Breakdown

• Boscia Purifying Cleansing Gel | 50 mL
• Jouer Matte Moisture Tint | Linen  2.3 mL
• Color Club | Tweet Me 7 mL
• Twirl by Kate Spade
• Twistband | Purple Lace
• Mighty Leaf Tea | Green Tea Tropical, Vanilla Bean, & Chamomile Citrus

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Urban Decay & the High Line

New York Fashion Week is a crazy time in NYC! There are so many events going on. Unfortunately, many are not open to everyone and those that are fill up fast! So when I saw that Urban Decay was giving out coffee & samples in Chelsea I headed straight there!

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Guild Wars 2 Nail Art

Last week, a new online computer game was released, Guild Wars 2. I have been hearing all about it because of my incredibly nerdy boyfriend. The launch date was August 25 for people that pre-purchased the game, and the open release was August 28. Guild Wars 2 is an MMO, so you play online with a bunch of other people, leveling your character, completing events, and exploring the world. It is along the likes of World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Wars The Old Republic, among others. After knowing Preston for so long my nerdiness was amped up to the extreme as well, and I played a lotttt of WOW. So, I was really excited to play Guild Wars 2 because it had the things I loved about WOW and also some different aspects that seemed to fit my wants in a video game even better. Unfortunately, they don't have a Mac client, so I have been playing on Preston's account. I am a Norn Ranger, and she is prettyyy cool. ;]

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Rainbow Water Marble

I am so excited for fall! I can't wait to drink Pumpkin Spiced Lattes while wearing a chunky sweater & boots. But after finishing my first week of classes, I had the feeling, "Maybe I'm not so ready for fall..." So to enjoy the last of warm weather and bright colours, I did a water marble using some of my new Color Club polishes.

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Most Worn Tag | Summer 2012

The last week for summer for me consists of thoughts of the upcoming fall. My mind is so set on what the next season will bring that I tend to forget to live in the present and enjoy the summer while it lasts. So today's post is a reflection on my most worn beauty & fashion products of the summer. This is based off the popular YouTube beauty tag "Most Worn-Summer Edition." Though, it's meant to be a video, I thought it was a great idea for a blog post. There are 12 questions on your most worn beauty & fashion items of the summer and at the end you are supposed to tag some fellow beauty vloggers (or bloggers) to answer the questions too. So whatever form of media you use, consider yourself tagged!

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Leopard Family Nail Art

 

I tried my first leopard print mani a couple of weeks ago. I have an especially small nail polish collection for being such an enthusiast. So in searching my polishes, I realized I had no browns for a natural leopard print. So, I opted for a monochrome black & white print. I call it the Snow Leopard! I followed instructions from Chalkboard Nails, one of my favourite nail blogs. Her designs are always so neat!

I am not a big fan of animal prints, but I knew my little cousins would love it. I was visiting my father's side of the family at a cabin on lake Tulaby, in Minnesota. It was so great being there, but by the end my nails were broken, my legs bruised, and my skin sunburned! Definitely worth it though!

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Coral & Gold

So before I left for my family trip to Minnesota, I painted my nails in the perfect summer colour: coral. I then added some elegance with a gold glitter gradient. I loved how this combination looked. It was just so pretty! I couldn't stop staring at my nails...and I had plenty of time to do so while on the plane from New York City to Minneapolis!

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Birchbox | August 2012

It's that time again! I just got my August 2012 Birchbox in the mail today! The theme is Beauty School and 15% of proceeds from Birchbox Shop purchases will be donated to Pencils of Promise, with the goal to build a school in Central America. Anyway, I love when companies give back, and I love the school theme. School supply shopping is my favourite time of year!

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