Friday, August 12, 2011

Guest Post: Rachel


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Hey! This is Rachel from http://www.wethrowrocksatcars.com!
 
The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum
 
The Hourglass Door is another book centered around the paranormal, like most "teen" books these days, and normally I wouldn't have picked it up, but something about it made me want to read it (probably the cover, isn't it ironic that publishing companies want you to judge a book by its cover, but everydoby else doesn't?). It's about a girl who meets a "foreign exchange student" from italy, she knows she should stay away, but something draws her to him (where have we read this plot before?). Honestly, this book is a little repetitive, it's the basic romance that hundreds of other books have done in the past few years, except the main characters are both human, technically. Most of the paranormal books have human+vampire/Werewolf/ghost and a million other strange pairings. I like that in this book the paranormal part lies not in the characters (mostly), but in a sort of "technology", a time machine. It's different, I mean the time machines been done a million times before too, but not quite in this way. I don't want to give too much away, so you'll just have to go read it yourself (and you might get the chance to win a copy, when I hit 50 followers there will be a small giveaway on my blog).
 
I honestly loved this book, and I'll definately be getting the other two in this series, and you might see a review of them on my own blog. It's a fun, interesting book that I couldn't put down.
 
I want to say thank you to makeupaddict22 for giving me the opportunity to write a guest post for her. :) And I would really love it if you would all go check out my blog and follow if you like it.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

CONTEST WINNERS!!!

Hey girls! Thank you for all those who entered my contest:) Congratulations to all who won! I will definitely do more of them in the future when I have more followers! All of these winners were chosen through random.org and I promise I didn't cheat:) haha you all had a very fair chance! Ok now for the winners!

1st prize that will be featured in my sidebar is: Emily from bloomwithbeauty.blogspot.com
2nd through 4th prizes will be doing guest posts for me! They are:
2- Rachel from wethrowrocksatcars.blogspot.com
3- Lila from lushluxelovely.blogspot.com
4- Jessica from daring2beme-jessica.blogspot.com 


Again congrats to all the winners! I will be sending you all an e-mail very soon! Thanks so much for participating, and thanks for supporting my blog! Love you all!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Makeup Tutorial:)

Hey girls! I want to apologize again for my lack of posts, I have been so so busy with cheer practice, fundraising stuff, and a short trip. I haven't had a moment to even think about doing a post. Things are settling down a little bit for now, but I probably won't be doing as many posts as I have in the past. I will do my best to have 3 or 4 a week. Thanks for your support! Now for a tutorial that I have been using lately with my new palette from Urban decay! This has been requested because of the color woodstock, pink can be a frightening color to wear, but I have fallen in love with the look that I use it for:) I was personally told by a very lovely lady at Sephora that this look was perfect for blue eyes. (It is also the look I will be wearing for my pictures, but more dramatic!)  Here you go!
Start with priming your eye (I'm using Urban Decay  Primer Potion in Sin)

Pat a light color on your eye from lid to brow (I am using Verve from Urban Decay's Roller Girl Palette) I prefer the more shimmery shadows to the matte, but you can substitute with whatever you would like

Work a darker color into your crease (I am using Roach by Urban Decay, it's like a dark kind of purplish brown, it's gorgeous and a little goes a long way, so I would definitely recommend this)

Next pat your pink into the center of the lid, blend  lightly around the edges (This is Woodstock from Urban Decay's Roller Girl Palette)

This is how it should look when you are done with the shadows (Feel free to line your  upper lash line, and  finish off with mascara)

Finished look (I have also lined my bottom lashline  halfway with the Urban Decay's 24/7 liner in Whiskey as well as put mascara on my bottom lashes) Also, sorry for the picture....I had just finished cheer practice and I wanted to do a tutorial really quick!


I hope you all enjoyed this look! I would love to see your variations of this so link me some pictures in the comments! Again I apologize for not posting! xoxo

Friday, July 29, 2011

HAUL:)

Hey girls! So in the past two days I have been shopping quite a bit! Mostly for my senior and cheer pictures coming up! I thought you would enjoy seeing what I purchased:) I went to the drugstore, Ulta, Sephora, Bohme, Downeast Basics, and a little boutique:)
Voluminous Lashes- Walgreens, Tresemme Heat Tamer Spray-Walgreens, Wet n Wild mega liner in 868-Walgreens, NYX round lipstick in margarita-Ulta, Ulta nail polishes in Pinata-Yada-Yada and a Topcoat:)
Urban Decay Roller Girl Palette with one 24/7 eye pencil and a mini lip junkie, Urban Decay single shadow in Roach, and Urban Decay primer potion in Sin (all from SEPHORA)

This is just gently sticking my finger in each of the roller girl shadows:)

Roller Girl Palette Swatches left to right: Lip Junkie in Crush, 24/7 eye pencil in Whiskey, Shadows in Woodstock, Verve, Suspect, and Darkhorse


The Roller Girl Palette:)

Swatches left to right: UD Primer Potion in greed (this is my mom's she bought I just thought I would swatch it for fun), UD Primer Potion in Sin, and UD single shadow in Roach

Shirt from Bohme, shorts...no clue had them too long (Kohls..I think?)

Shirt from Bohme, crop pants from American Eagle

My favorite red dress:) from Bohme as well

Shirt from Down East basics (just the lace I have a cami underneath)

Shirt from Down East Basics, Skirt from Down East Basics

Dress from a boutique (can't remember the name...) and Lace shirt underneath from Down East Basics
 Hope you guys enjoyed my little haul:) I had so much fun with it! And will not be buying anything new for quite a while...haha! Let me know if you like anything and I will gladly send you the link to where I bought it:)

P.S. I am wearing the new makeup I bought, so if you'd like a tutorial let me know! I wasn't sure :/ Also, I will be gone boating all day tomorrow so I apologize if I don't get a post up! Have a great weekend! Love you all!

Quick post about the contest

Hey girls, just a reminder: When you put the makeupaddict picture on your sidebar, make sure that when you click it, it links to my home page!! Thanks, and good luck girls:)

Thursday, July 28, 2011

My Apologies!

Hey girls! I just wanted to apologize for not posting today! I had a really busy day trying to get things together for my cheer and senior pictures next week! This also means...That....I have a little haul and a tutorial to write for all of you tomorrow!! I'm really really excited to show you what I got:) Hope you all are doing well! Have a fantastic night! Love you guys:)

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

50 followers contest! (CLOSED)

Hey girls! I just want to thank you ALL for being my wonderful followers! Even though 50 isn't that big I'm still feeling really good right now! I wanted to do a little contest for all of you! I wanted to save doing a giveaway until I have reached more followers, just because 50 really isn't a lot! I really am so thankful to all of you for reading my blog, it means the world to me! To thank you guys I am going to do this little contest, it isn't much, but I think it's a great way to get the word out about your blogs! There will be 4 winners:) The 1st winner will be linked in my sidebar for 2 weeks and be mentioned in one of my posts, and the 2nd 3rd and 4th winners will be given the opportunity to write a guest post for my blog! The winners will be chosen through random.org. Here's the rules:

  1. You must be a follower of my blog to enter for this contest (No unfollowing when the contest is over...I will check!) Write the name you are following under (gfc) as well as a contact e-mail so if you are the winner I can contact you:) = 1 Entry
Extra Entries
  1. Write a blog post about this contest linking my blog (give me the link to this post in the comments) = 1 extra entry
  2. Link my blog/contest in the sidebar of your blog along with the picture below (link your blog in your comment) = 1 extra entry
Good luck girls! The contest will end 2 weeks from today on August 10th, at 12:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time)
* Please only make one comment, with all your entries posted in that one comment