Nail of the Day!

Every once in a while I am going to have a "nail of the day" post.  For the first time, today I painted my nails with Essie's Nice is Nice polish.  It is a gorgeous light lavender color that is perfect for the spring time.  Recently, instead of wearing traditional winter nail polishes which are dark and metallic, I have been wearing my pastel and bright spring time colors.  I personally am not a fan of Essie nail polishes only because I really don't like the applicator, but that never stops me from purchasing their polishes because they have beautiful colors!

Feathers!

I feel like I am seeing feathers everywhere recently in jewelry pieces and even in hair extensions!  Gwyneth Paltrow wore some hot pink feather earrings in her Grammy performance of the song "Forget You" and since then I have been obsessed with the look!
I found these earrings at Forever 21 and picking these out was difficult!  They had so many different colors and styles of feather earrings to choose from.  They also had headbands and necklaces with feathers on them, but for me that's way too much!  I love to wear these with my hair down.  They are on the longer side and mix into my dark hair so they stand out when I push my hair aside.  I love them!  Another thing I was interested in was feather hair extensions.  You can click the link and it will take you to the site where you can find so many different styles.  There are thick or thin feathers, and feathers of all different colors and shapes.  Adding just a few of these extensions to the underneath strands of the hair adds an interesting touch, and they are so easy to put in and take out.  They even withstand heat so you can style the way you would normally.

Birchbox #1

Yesterday in the mail I found my Birchbox package!  If you don't know what Birchbox is, it's a monthly service where you are sent about 4-5 deluxe samples of beauty products.  This can be related to makeup, hair, skin, or even little edible treats!  It's $10 a month and it gives you a chance to try a fair amount of products without committing to buying the whole thing.  You don't get to choose the products you get, but I have never been disappointed with what was sent to me.   This months package was dedicated to Valentine's Day.  When you open the package you get a card explaining the package and the products found inside.

In the note it said this package was all about indulgence.  In the beautifully wrapped package, I found the above five products.  From left to right: Bare Escentuals Flawless Definition Volumizing Mascara, Befine exfoliating brown sugar cleanser, Nars Orgasm Illuminator (my favorite of the bunch!), Pomega5 green tea mattifying moisturizer, and a Birchbox treat in sweetriot chocolate-covered cacao nibs.

These deluxe size samples are great!  I'm most excited for the Nars illuminator because I always wanted to try them but never wanted to pay $29 for the full size.  This is a very good sized sample because a little goes a long way with this product.




Along with this service, you can go and give feedback on the products that you received and for each product you give feedback on, you get 10 Birchbox points.  Once you acquire 100 of these points you get $10 off your next box OR a product from their site.  They sell full size products that were found in the Birchbox on their website.

Stila Make me Blush Set

How adorable is this set?  I finally got this in the mail today from sephora.com and it was only $20 for a full sized blush and two full sized lipglosses.  I love these Valentine's Day sets!

Every time I use this blush it puts a smile on my face.  The hearts are so cute and it is a really pigmented blush!  The gold overlay goes away with 1-2 uses.  I suggest wiping it off because that is a lot of gold glitter that will end up getting on your face (even though the gold accents make this blush adorable).  A little goes a long way with this color so do not rub your brush to roughly in this product.  You can go for the lighter pinks, darker pinks, or do my favorite and swirl all the shades together.

I absolutely love Stila lip glosses, I have so many of them.  These two are called hugs and kisses (yet again, how adorable is that????)  On the lips these sheer out.  Hugs (the red with gold sparkle in it) is a perfect topper to any lipstick to add some shine and subtle color.  Kisses on the other hand is a creamy baby pink.  One of my favorite every day colors.  This is going to go very nicely on top of my Angel lipstick from MAC!

Cute Love

I finally finished my 20 page research paper today and finally got a chance to go through some magazines I recently received.  As I was flipping through my Free People catalogue, I came across this picture and just fell in love!

The whole style of the catalogue tied together with this picture, effortless.  Now, I would not say this is my style of clothing, but that's not why it caught my attention.  For some reason this brings about the feeling of deep and true love, and since Valentine's Day is approaching I thought I would share this picture.  Every time I look at this photo it makes me so happy!  It's adorable :)