My 1 Year Anniversary!

On this day one year ago, I decided to start a blog on blogger.  I didn’t think it would get anywhere, and I didn't think anyone would read it, but it turns out I do have some readers.  It’s really exciting.  I also didn’t think that I would keep it up.   I started out sporadic, here and there, with some kind of random things. I then buckled down, and thought out a schedule.  I’ve changed it up a bit here and there, but I’m pretty set with how I’m doing things.  I like that I have a little bit of everything. 

This blog has introduced me to new foods and drinks and more make-up items.  Before this blog I never really wore lipstick and now (even though I’m not very bold) I love it.  I find myself not leaving the house without it. 

Without this blog, I never would have found some of my favorite blogs that I read either. 

I’m so happy that I actually kept up with something for a whole year.  I’m glad that I didn’t give up when I wanted to, or when I felt too overwhelmed by how much I was doing.  I can’t wait to see where my blog is a year from now.

It’s just so exciting! 

Yay me!

xx

If you're interested here is my first post ever!

Maybelline’s “The Nudes” Eyeshadow Palette:

If you’re like me, then you follow a lot of other beauty blogger/vloggers and since you follow a few others, then you know about this palette.   If not, then maybe you saw an ad for it.   I found out about this palette because of YouTube and I instantly wanted it.  I went to Target and they had run out, so then I went to walmart and there were only three palettes left, two were open, one was not.   I hate it when that happens.  It irks me so much because how am I supposed to know if someones dirty little hands have or have not been on them? You can obviously see the colors through the top, like come on!  

There are 12 shades and 13 different suggested looks.  There are 6 shimmers and 6 mattes. 

I have created a few looks from this palette, including the one on my FOTD #8. 

  I was a little bit confused at first, because the way the palettes like this always go is lid, crease, brow bone, corner, but this time it goes brow bone, lid, crease, corner.  I figured that out looking closer to the diagrams provided on the back.  Of course you don’t have to follow the rules and you can mix them up anyway you please.  

I love all of the colors, and I feel that they’re true to pot.  Even the very nude color does something on my eyelid, and it has become my favorite.  (Paired with other colors of course.)

This palette cost around $10 to $11, and I say it’s totally worth it.  Especially with all of the different combinations. 

Have you tried this palette yet?  Let me know what you think!

xx

Recipe: Lemon Chicken Pasta

If you have been following my blog for a while, then you’ll know that when I post a recipe it’s either an alcoholic drink recipe or it’s a dessert recipe.  This week I’ve decided to try something different and go for a dinner recipe.  (Or lunch, It’s pretty versatile.)  

I’m not much of a cook.  I used to cook more when  I was younger, but then I stopped and I’m now out of practice.  Also, I’m not a big fan of touching raw food.  Which is why for this recipe I used and already cooked chicken.
Anyways, enjoy!

Also, for the picture of all the ingredients, I forgot the Lemons, and my parsley is a plant outside, so I couldn’t really include that one.  (Sorry.)

3 cups (1 ½ dry)  Farfalle Pasta

1/3 cup (5 Tbsp) Butter

2 Tbsp Lemon Juice 

2 Tbsp Fresh Parsley 

¼ tsp Garlic Powder 

¼ tsp Marjoram 

1 ½ cup Grilled Chicken

Directions:

Cook Pasta and then add the butter. 

Grill the Chicken. (Or in my case heat it up a little bit.)

Toss the pasta will all of the ingredients above.

Enjoy!

For my tastes personally, I think that there was a little bit too much lemon.  Nut everything else was fine.   Just a side note just in case you’re not a big lemon person.

xx

Revlon Lipstick Review:

So I don’t know if you know this about me, but I am really safe with lipstick.  I don’t venture out from what I know and love.  I didn’t notice how safe I was about the colors that I pick until I tried to do a “my favorite lip colors” post.  I found out that they’re pretty much all the same color, just by a different brand.  Well not anymore.  I picked up two lipstick colors that I don’t own, a very light pink color and a deep pink color.  Both by Revlon, both from lines that I already know I love. 

Up first is the lip butter.  I have one other lip butter in a nice red shade called 063 Wild Watermelon.  I like to wear this one more in the fall and spring than in the summer or winter.  Now I have a light pink called 080 Strawberry Shortcake.  The reason why I never bought this one is because it’s a light pink.  Looking at the sticker on the bottom, it’s a pale Barbie pink, and looking at the tube it’s a candy pink.  But I decided to try it out, and I am SO GLAD I did.  I love the color.  It’s not too pink and sugary.  It’s perfect for the days where I want some pink without some orange.  I am very happy with my pick, and I will be wearing this a lot.

The next one is a little bit different.  I have another one from the Super Lustrous line and it’s a pink color.  It was my first lipstick, and for a while I didn’t like it and I ignored it, but I picked it up a little while ago, and I loved it. It’s called 423 Pink Velvet.  The one I’m showing you today called 657 Fuchsia Fusion. What I didn’t know when I bought it was that it has blue undertones in it.  I was tickled because I had wanted to try a blue undertone lipstick.   I really like this one, but I’m still a little weary about wearing it at this point in time.

If you’re looking for new lipsticks to try then I suggest trying Revlon’s Lip Butter line or the Super Lustrous line.  I would stay away from the Suede line though.  It’s not a very nice line.  

xx

Mixed Drink:Peppermint White Russian

If you know anything about me, it's that I love everything mint flavored.  You'll also know that I love Bailey's Irish Cream.  So, this drink is perfection. 

2 oz Peppermint Schnapps 

2 oz Bailey's Irish Cream 

1 oz Half and Half 

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice and then strain into a glass. 

You can garnish with peppermint candies, but I had a hard time getting them to stick.  So really I just wasted a few candies. 

I put the drink into a small 2 oz glass because I think the glass is super cute, but the recipe makes about a 5 oz drink. 

Enjoy! 

xx 

P.S. If you have any tips about getting the candy to stick let me know! 

Burt's Bees Facial Cleansing Towelettes:

I finally got some money in my pocket, so I decided that I would have a little shopping spree.   I didn’t spend much, but I bought things that I wouldn’t typically ask for.  The first item that I am going to show you is Burt’s Bees facial cleansing towelettes with white tea extract.  They’re 99.1% natural, and they smell amazing.  To me they smell like lemons but to my sister they smell like white tea.  I think they were around $6 and you get 30 in the pack.

I really liked these because they say at the top “removes dirt, oil, and make-up.”  So on my really lazy nights all I have to do is wipe my face and off to bed I go.  They remove my make-up nicely and I don’t feel as if they left any behind.  The first time I used them, I did end up getting the wipe in my eye, and that burned a bit, so my advice to you would to use caution. 

The only thing I don’t like is that after I have used the wipes, my face is a little shiny, but since I use them before bed, it’s not that big of a deal.   Also, until you use a few, it’s a little bit hard to pull the wipe out. 

  I love them, and I seriously can’t stop smelling them.

xx