New Hair & Bright Lips

Fresh faced and feeling good.

Anyone who knows me well knows that when I have short hair, I enjoy with getting it cut, and pretty often at that. I love different variations of the pixie and mohawk. I love volume, and I love the low maintenance of it, especially in the summer. I love being able to have it messy and unruly on the top while being slick and chic on the sides. 

I do have to rave about my new favorite lipgloss- I have it in on in the photo above! While browsing through Target with my mom and sister in the cosmetics section for an absurd amount of time, I came across this lipgloss that caught my eye. I work at Sephora and I still always find myself browsing through drugstore makeup. I have a soft spot for pink lipglosses/lipsticks, I have to make myself not buy them because I have WAY too many as it is. It's Revlon's Colorburst lipgloss in Hot Pink (go figure).

Hot Pink is the first color on the left. 

This lipgloss is just. freaking. awesome. I have tried so many different lipgloss and I had this one for about three hours on busy Saturday and wasn't able to touch it up until I took my break and I still had a subtle shimmer on my lips! The Revlon Colorburst gloss is moisturizing, and the color you see in the tube is the same color payoff you'll get on your lips. Complete lip gloss love.

*The lipgloss runs at about $6.75*

Spark-tacular!

I've never been a nail savvy girl. I tend to keep it simple only really polishing my nails for special occasions, dates, etc. However, I do have an obsession with filing my nails. I will stand (hiding really) in corners of the store for minutes at a time and file my nails. I keep the Diamancel nail file in my brush bag and it beats any other file I've used. The most current animation in the store is all about nails: nail glitters, nail art pens, nails stickers, really cute stuff. I had to force myself to polish my nails the other day and I ended up using one of Sephora by OPI newest Top Coat Spark-tacular. 

I LOVELOVELOVE this polish, it's chunky and medium sized multi-colored glitter and it's amazing! It's very similar to the high end Deborah Lipmann nail polish Happy Birthday but ours is $9.50 and Deborah's is $16. The only downside is that I tend to be rough on my nails and I did three coats of Spark-tacular along with a regular top coat and just in daily activities it's started to chip at the tips of my nails. I would definitely suggest using it mostly as a top coat to prolong the wear of the glitter.

At least it looked good for a few days!

Penelope Cruz on V Magazine/Life Update

I love the styling and the makeup in this spread with Penelope Cruz. Androgyny along with the glamorous aspect is just gorgeous. 

I've been really out of it the past few weeks due to my car accident, my Honda is no more but I'm alive and well. Yesterday was the first day I was able to walk without limping or needing a knee brace and I'm very grateful for that. My knee is still really stiff and when I try to stretch it out it hurts like a bitch but I'm making progress. I feel lucky that I live in South End because I've been able to get around without any problems, besides taking the wrong bus. 

light rail sceneries.

I feel like when I move back to New York next summer  I'll  be prepared because I don't think anything is less enjoyable than walking around with a massive recyclable bag filled with groceries in the Southern summer heat, there really isn't anything cute about it but hey, it's necessary! Along with walking around in the heat, I haven't been wanting to wear a lot of heavy makeup or makeup in general. I eventually end up sweating most it off even when I douse my face in makeup setting spray. I've been doing a defined brow and a cat eye with a waterproof gel liner and that's been my go to look along with a bright lip. I've been wanting to experiment with new looks and photograph them but by the time I get home, the only thing I want to do is shower and go to bed. Hopefully, when it cools down somewhat I'll be able to get back into the swing of things.