Celebrating another year!

Hi!

Last week was my birthday and got showered with lots of goodies that I want to share if you don't mind :)
I spent part of my bday having lunch and shopping with my mom, my niece and my husband.
Later on in the afternoon me and my husband continued with his bday gift which was a little shopping spree *squee*.

So besides getting a couple of outfits, I went to Forever 21 to also get new additions to my accessories

Makeup time!
I stopped by a Sephora counter in JC Penney, which it does not look like a counter, it's like almost a full size store!...well not really, but it's pretty big!
I only got the free beauty insider gift

Onto MAC goodies I got 2 eyeshadows and 1 paint pot

I got Patina and All that Glitters

And Rubenesque paint pot, which I've had my eye on for a while

So pretty!

The birthday celebrations continued on Sunday since Saturday I attended my cousin's wedding, which i'll probably share my "adventure" in another post. But on Sunday we got cake (shown on very first pic) German Chocolate cake *drool* and a small cheesecake! And I got flowers too :)

Happy Monday! 

Betty

Give me Gold!

Hi!
First of all, I hope all of you are having a lovely weekend, mine ended up being a bit different than I expected.
A little trip we had planned for Friday got cancelled, but on Saturday at one of our Fanboygaming.com events I stopped by Sephora where I ended up buying a couple of things, with some goodies on the side. (let me tell you that the Microsoft Store is dangerously close to Sephora and MAC, well dangerously close for my wallet lol)
First, Urban Decay's Freelove e/s

I also picked up a couple of samples of Illamasqua pigments: Ore and Furore

At checkout I had enough points for 2 samples, NARS Pro-Prime Pore Refining Primer and Sephora Ultra Smoothing Primer.

The Sales Associate also gave me a Yu-Be Skin Cream sample.

But my favorite buy was Sephora by O.P.I. top coat "Only Gold for Me"

So much glittery goodness!

(1 coat)

One more with some touch-ups

I can't stop staring at my nails, love it!

Betty

A new addiction

Hi!!

So ever since I got the Instagram app on my phone, I've been getting a bit addicted. See my "creations" :

Hurley wanted her closeup:

New sticker on my laptop

Random accessory pics, Ring on the left is from a dollar store and the ice cream cone necklace is from Forever 21

Oh yeah next weekend is busy busy, first my Birthday is Friday, Wohoo! Then I'm going to a wedding, then more birthday plans that my husband has for the rest of the weekend. I'm planning to do lots of shopping.
Oh man oh man this week will be great!

Betty

Power Out

Hi!

So last week I got home from a long day and the power was out...great. The sun was going to set soon, so I grabbed my candles and lit them up.

The two short candles are vanilla scented, they smell sooo good!
I was trying not to get bored with no tv or internet, so I got an Ikea catalog, sat by the window and browsed through the pages pointing out at stuff I want that definitely don't need.

Oh yeah, before I got home, me and my brother stopped by Starbucks and got some drinks.

Products used that day:

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation (Barcelona), MAC Mineralized SkinFinish Natural (Medium Plus), MAC Style blush, Soft and Gentle MSF.

Yup just sitting drinking my coffee waiting for my husband to get home :)

Good Times.

Betty

Free lipstick...yes please!

Hi!

I did some depotting on a couple of eyeshadows to complete enough empties for a B2M.

Got me Costa Chic lipstick which is a light coral (frost), such a beautiful color.

I needed a new face powder, I have been using Studio Fix Powder for a long time (My shade is NW30), and as much as I like it, I wanted to try something new, so I got  the Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium Plus.

And I know I know I don't NEED to buy a separate mirror (since the powder doesn't have one) but come on how nice is this mirror, it's super slim, very convenient to carry around.

Just another random picture

The night when I took this picture the moon was HUGE and yellow, I was trying  to get a picture, but yeah it didn't work out, but I ended up really liking this image (the moon is that crazy looking glob in the middle)

Have a great day!

Betty

Up up and away

Hi Lovelies!

 On one of my many trips to the mall I stopped by Forever 21 and found this cute necklace

As always I usually make a quick stop at Starbucks for my fave drink, and saw a new way to spell my name. I loved the way they called my name when my drink was ready "Bettieeeee!" hehe

Betty

My First Top 10 Award!

Hi!
 
I got my very first tag/award thingy! Thank you so much to the lovely Lacey for sharing the love and mentioning me as one of her top 10 yay!

 My Top Ten Bloggers (in no particular order) :

Nouveau Cheap
Glam Morena

25flondon
Getting Cheeky
Will Work For Makeup
Bloomin Beauty
Sailboat
Ebrushka's makeup bag
Don't Call me Jessie 
Lil' Lady's Life






My Top Ten Products as of right now:

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation
MAC Peaches blush
Urban Decay Naked Palette
Milani Luminoso Baked Blush
Physicians Formula Baked Sands EyeShadow Trio
CoverGirl Las Blast Volume Mascara
MAC Stereo Rose MSF
Illamasqua Glint/Burnish Bronzing Duo
MAC Style Blush
Revlon Age Defying Concealer

It's been a super busy couple of weeks at work and I've been so tired and stressed, but last week when I saw the comment from Lacey, it made me day, my week!

I read lots of blogs and have discovered some great ones recently and it was so hard to pick only 10 blogs.
Ladies, feel free to let me know your favorite blogs and fave products!
I will definitely do another favorite Blogs and Products :)

Thanks again Lacey for this award! :)

Have a great day! :)

Betty

Bright Nails & Coffee

Hi!

Here are some random pictures of two weekends ago going to one of our Fanboygaming tournaments at the Microsoft Store in San Diego.

I wore Maybelline's nail polish in Coraliscious, super bright coral!

Fashion Valley Mall, see if you can spot Sephora ;)

I usually make a detour to Sephora and MAC and come back with hands full of swatches. I'm on a makeup no-buy right now, but that doesn't stop me from going and stare at all the pretty makeup, it's not weird right? hehe

I can't help but stop by Starbucks to get a drink

Usually I get a Java Chip Frappuchino, yup drinking coffee at 9 pm always keeps me up all night.

 

Random image driving around downtown.

:)

Why did I wait so long to get this?

I've had so many things on my wishlist that I've been slowly getting. One of them is MAC Style blush, which is a coral-peach with a gold sheen (Frost)
I've had this blush on my wishlist for a few months now, but what I said to myself as soon as I got it a couple of weeks ago was "Why did I wait so long to get this?"

When I swatched it reminded me of my treasured Stereo Rose MSF. So here they are side by side for a little comparison:

 Left to Right: Stereo Rose / Style

Stereo Rose is a pink-coral with a  peachy/golden sheen and Style is a coral peach with a golden sheen.

 From Top to Bottom: Style / Stereo Rose

I also wanted to compare Style between Stereo Rose and Benefit Coralista, which are a bit more pink-coral.

Here you can see the beautiful golden sheen of Style:

Left to Right: Coralista / Style / Stereo Rose

I'm loving Style blush, I've been using it a lot since I got it, giving Stereo Rose a well deserved rest for a bit.
Even though I've had it for a couple of weeks, it's safe to say that Style blush is an absolute favorite of mine!

Do any of you own or have tried MAC Style blush?

:)

Betty

A quick DIY

Hi!

I did a quick trip to Michael's because I've been wanting to get stuff to make a necklace.

This bow pendant really got my attention, and I also picked up a chain to match.
The pack of chains came with 3 of  18 inch each.

Since the 3 individual chains were very short, I linked them together to make one long necklace.
It took me less than 5 minutes to make this cute necklace.

:)