More Fellow Blogger Giveaways!!

It must be giveaway season because I know a few talented beauty bloggers who are doing so at the moment. I think I am going to start featuring and highlighting upcoming giveaways, it's a fun way to bring support and awareness to already amazing blogs. My post below featured Canadian Beauty Reviews (Steph's) amazing giveaway celebrating 150 subscribers, mind you that number has increased rapidly :)

Spilled Polish (Maddy) is hosting a giveaway featuring Firmoo Sunglasses..Check out her blog to see incredibly beautiful nail art, unboxings, and of course her giveaway!!

Jamie from Beauty and the Gamer is also hosting a lovely giveaway, she out did herself. Her giveaway is full of amazing goodies, to name some... Julep & Sephora polishes, EOS lip balms, Body Shop body butter AND MOREE!!

Please go check these lovely ladies out and support them! They are crazy talented in what they do..pass on the blogger love hehe

List of Blogger Giveaways with Links

Maddy (Spilled Polish)

Ends- June 1st, 2012

Jamie (Beauty & the Gamer)

Ends- May 30th, 2012 (Hurry!!) 

Steph (Canadian Beauty Reviews)

Ends- June 9th, 2012

Please check back on this blog as I will add more blogger giveaways if they become available. I will update this post as best I can and I think it would be cool to do it on a monthly basis? so a new blogger giveaway post per month but I am not entirely sure..

I hope you all have a great day!

...Off to painting I go !

Fellow Blogger Giveaway

A Beauty blogger who I love is hosting a giveaway..she has recently reached 150 subscribers and is celebrating her appreciation by giving away fab stuff!

Congratulations! :)

Head on over to Steph`s (Canadian Beauty Reviews) Blog by clicking HERE

Here is just some of the Goodies she will be giving away

Nighty Night

XO

Pictures of the Day

Today I had a lovely time going down to the Lake for a picnic with a dear friend of mine! The weather was stunning and we had a great time..Here are some of the pictures from our trip!

Hope you had a great day today ! :)

My First Attempt at De-potting

I have never de-potted a product before, but have since been eager to do so. I had hit the bottom of my favorite Lip Butter (Creamsicle) and thought that I could salvage what was left of it. It`s a shame how much product remains even after it hits pan. I have watched many videos of Guru`s attempting to do so as well, it looks so easy and simple to do so I thought I would try it with my lip stick. Before doing so I thought I would try the same method others used to de- pot their NYX Jumbo Eye pencils. The method consisted of using a hair dryer to essentially melt the product out into a tin. It was more difficult to melt the lipstick, it did not come out the way I thought it would. Below is my little tutorial, as well as my experience de-potting for the first time. 

Lip Butter De- Potting!

Here are the materials you might need:

-Product you wish to De- pot ( Lip Butter)

- A container of some sort (I am sure you can find some sort of mini container around your house, the one I used was a little jar from a MAC, you could also use the Lush container you get from their samples)

- Hair Dryer (to melt the desired item)

&

- a towel ( just in case of a messy situation) 

- I also would recommend a tooth pick, or Q- tip

So here is what the lip butter looked like before:

It would not twist up anymore, and the silver edging would kinda drag against my lip when I tried to apply.

So first I started out by placing the towel out, I rested the jar on it in case of any mess.

Then I turned the lip butter upside down, and placed the jar under neath then turning on the hair dryer. 

I thought that the lip butter would get heated and end up falling in the pan but that was not the case!

Instead I had to heat the lip butter up until it got soft..then I circled around the rim with a tooth pick until the lip stick holder part came out.

 So after this it was quite easy..I just used a tooth pick again to clean out the lip butter from the white plastic piece (Seen in the photo on the left) 

After scraping I kept placing the salvaged bits in the MAC container, once that was all done I just placed the dryer above the container to melt and smooth out the surface.

As you can see here it was somewhat messy!

Finally here is what it looked like....

So this was the final look!

It was fun to do, and pretty cool...soon I will try de- potting my NYX eye pencil !!

It is definitely something I would try again because your getting every last bit of product out for the price you have paid. It is also a very savy way of  saving & conserving :)

One tip- You have to be patient, It did take a little while to melt...After I stuck it in the microwave for a couple seconds to even it out a bit more but that is not necessary. 

Hope you enjoyed!

New O.P.I Collections

Hey Lovely Ladies,

To all you nail polish fanatics, O.P.I has not only launched one nail collection but two !! The first line, and my person favorite is inspired by Minnie mouse herself. You can only imagine that this collection would be filled with flirty pinks, and sparkles. Next up is the Spider man collection, revolving around the release of the upcoming film.

How beautiful are these colors??!!! 

I love the first one, it's perfect as a top coat for an accent nail 

Colors Left to Right :

Nothin’ Mousie ‘bout It

I’m All Ears

If You Moust You Moust

The Color of Minnie

Click Here to be directed to O.P.I's website

Top Left to Right: 

Shatter the Scales

Number one Nemesis

My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Just Spotted the Lizard!

Bottom left to Right: 

Call me Gwen-ever

Into the Night

Your Web or Mine?

I'm not a big fan of the dark colors, but I do happen to love "Call me Gwen-ever" and "Your Web or Mine"

Favorite collection? Favorite color?

 Lemme know :)

Buhh Bye

Mascara Obsession!

Mascara is the ideal makeup item for me, I think it can transform a look immediately. Quite frankly I feel like my look is not complete without it… even with a flawless face, and eye shadow it somehow looks unfinished.

I believe mascara was the first makeup related item I started using! I am a junkie when it comes to mascara, I am enticed by every single commercial or add in a magazine. Even then , not all of them live up to their expectations but I constantly find myself on the hunt for good mascara’s.

I like to experiment; even when I find a good mascara (and stick to it for some time) I get bored and like to try new things. Never once have I bought a high end mascara but there are ones that I am dreaming about. It’s just sad when you have such high hopes, you purchase an expensive product and it doesn’t satisfy your needs or wants.

I need help! What are some mascara’s drug store or high end that you love? I want my mascara to curl, lengthen and add a bit of volume, is that a lot to ask haha?! I’m kidding, I am just curious and would love to hear your critiques about certain mascara’s you love. Please let me know in the comments :)

Below are some of the ones I have tried:

 I have been using the illegal length + the XXL curl lately, but I feel like switching it up. I think I might go try one of the Covergirl's mascara's or a physicians formula one (the green leavey bottle one)

also here are some higher end brand mascara's that I am itching to try...although I am saying that I don't know how i would ever bring myself to spend 25+ dollars on a mascara!

YSL faux Cils & Benefit's They're Real!!!

Any thoughts on these? Are they worth the money?

Would love to hear what you think :)

Happy Monday:)

Hi Everyone,

I hope that your week has started off well, I just wanted to share a quick outfit of the day with you. I finally decided today that I would wear a maxi dress..the weather is just stunning so I had to!

I got this dress last summer, but it is still one of my favorites. It is light and airy and I love wearing it..the neckline has this wooden beading detail to it, so no need for any accessories up top. 

...I also wore these flip flops (doesn't match but ohhh well!!)

Here are some random pics of the beautiful flowers :)