I'm Back!!

Hi guys!

I've returned from my vacation to Minnesota! We ate so much yummy food and visited the zoo! We also accidentally spent all 4 days at the mall ^^; But that's okay! At least I can say i've been through the Mall Of America twice! We didn't go on any of the rides sadly because we thought it'd be super expensive! But for a full day of rides it was only around 30 bucks a person! I think we'll definitely be going back next year!

Anywho~ I ended up buying everything I had planned on getting! YAY! What I bought was a new pair of shoes for work (just some neon orange canvas shoes from Urban Outfitters for 10 bucks!), a handful of earrings from dehlia's, some new nose rings (actually stretched out my nose a size bigger because it's uneven!), some plush from the disney store, a lipstick from MAC (impassioned), and some new eye liner! (Kat Von D's tattoo liner in Trooper)

And the highlight of the whole trip was being able to FINALLY goto a LUSH store! I have an awesome post coming up tomorrow! I'm so happy and in love with that store! I'm super bummed out we don't have a store here, but the closest one is 2-3 hours away and we just so happen to be going there in october for Die Antwoord! I do believe I will be ordering in bulk online after that though ;3;

Anyways, we had a kick ass trip and I took some really nice photos that will forever make me smile :)

Oh, and I also got kisses from a baby goat. THAT WAS SO CUTE.

Well, i'll end this post with some of the pictures I snapped while there :)

eating white castle for the first time in 6 years!

MOA

Not sure what these guys were!

mooses are huge!

BABY GOAT KISSES

i loved this guy so much!

SPONGEBOB'S HOUSE

hehehe

HUGE change of plans!

WE'RE GOING TO MALL OF AMERICA!!

And the reason? WHITE CASTLE, DUH!

Well, that's just one of the reasons ;p

But we've wanted to go there for a while, but just never could get a chance to! But I think it would just be just more...of a vacation to go there over KC. It's going to be a longer trip, but I am totally okay with that! I love road trips and car rides are so relaxing for me. Hopefully we'll have enough gas money and spending money :p But regardless of money, i'm going to have fun no matter what since I'll have my man sauce with me. OH! And my aunt and unlce live there too! I'm super excited to go visit them! My boyfriend hasn't met most of my family so this will be a special treat!

Now the highlight of this trip will be visiting MAC and whatever other beauty stores are there! I'm determined to buy a buttload of makeup since I haven't bought any in a while!

Over all, i'm so overly excited and just am hoping to have a safe and happy trip! Once I get back I will have more time to put towards making some videos and blogs :) Hope you all are doing well!

~Mariah~

Messy Bun Tutorial!

Hey guys!

Here's a quick video on an easy and reliable hairstyle that I tend to wear almost everyday!

Hope it's alright for my first tutorial! ;3;

wow I kinda look like a zombie! ha!

I did just roll out of bed and down some coffee! :p

Hope you all have a great day/weekend!

~Mariah~

Excited!

SEVEN MORE DAYS!!!

until my (well, the man sauce's too) vacation!

I am even more excited because I discovered that there's a 

store at the local mall there!! I am unfortunate enough to not have a Lush store nearby so i;m super excited to be able to goto one!!

I have a few things in mind that I'd like to get too! Mainly bath bombs, even though I hardly ever take any baths ;3; 

We're also going to be hitting up a MAC store while we're there even though there is one here where I live. I plan on getting some of their fluidline and possibly some lipstick. Need to check an see if there's a sephora near there as well! 

I'm not too sure what else I'll end up buying, but if I can figure out how to work stupid videos on here, then I would LOOOVE to make a haul video ;u;

I guess I just need to get Window's Movie Maker for Dummies :p

Anyways, I'm still alive! Just still working a lot and there's been a tad bit of drama at work that could effect me in the near future ;n; not looking forward to that at all :/

But here's to hoping I can make the time to blog more! I have way too much stuff that needs reviewing :c 

Not to mention the list of tutorials I have in mind! 

Anyways, I hope you're all doing well!

~Mariah~

UPDATE!

Hello!

I just want to apologize for the long absence! Life threw a pretty shitty curve ball my way and I think things are finally now okay!

Plus, I have GREAT NEWS!

My wonderful boyfriend bought me a laptop! So I am going to start playing around with the idea of doing video tutorials (that's IF I can figure out how to work windows movie maker, lol!)

I've wanted to start a makeup/beauty channel for a long time and even though it might not be the best quality, it will be a great start! Anything is better than nothing! I also have a pretty nice HD camera and if the SD card fits into my lappy, I can make videos with that as well! It's just something I'll be working on over the next month or so!

But 25 days from today (6-25-2012) I'll be on vacation! Im so excited and even have a cute little countdown on my phone :p I plan on going shopping for a new swimsuit along with all the other little things we need for our trip! I love travel sized anything, so it will be super fun to get ready this early! 

I know some people might think it's crazy to plan this ahead of time, but I'm just that kind of person! So is my boyfriend :p This is just something really special for us cause we've been planning on going on some sort of vacation for over a year and we're finally making it happen! We're going to an amusement park one of the days so I probably won't wear anything beside sunscreen that day, BUT, I do have some super cute looks in mind and will hopefully get some pictures up to share with you when we get back!!

Well, that's about all I have to say for now! Hopefully in the next week i'll have SOMETHING nice for you guys to read! I did the most beautiful look using my Paris Palette and you guys just gotta try it out for yourselves if you can!

I hope you're all doing well!

Mariah

FANDOM MAKEOVERS

VICTREEBEL

So for my fandom inspired look today, I chose to do my favorite pokemon, Victreebel!

Here are some pictures of the look :)

Prime your eyes

Apply a nice white base using NYX's jumbo eye pencil in milk

apply the white base all around your eye, if you look crazy, you're doing it right! :p

(( now these next few photos are just of what colors i used! sorry i didnt get any application shots! ))

apply a matte yellow on your lid. pack it on good!

then take a shimmery yellow and apply it over the matte yellow and along the inner corner of your eyes and down to your bottom lashline

apply a shimmery yellow-y green on the outer part of your lid, blending it in towards the yellow

take a slightly darker green and work it into the crease and along the bottom of your lashes. take a very very dark green and apply the color into your lashline. add a bright pinky blush, some mascara, and pink lipstick of choice :)

now victreebel has these shapes all along its body, so i took MILK and drew little shapes just around my eyes. I filled them in with a light green then went in with a darker green to kinda add some depth and more shape to it. Throw on a wig and a yellow dress, and you're good to go! :D

♥Mariah♥

FANDOM-MAKEOVERS

LEGEND OF KORRA

So although I haven't been watching the series (for my own personal reasons) I know how popular and loved this show is! One of my dearest friends kinda helped me with the idea for colors for this look too! I'm not 100% happy with this look, so I think I will do one or two more interpretations! But I hope you guys do like this look nonetheless :) I had a lot of fun with it!

Okay so I primed my eyes first with ELF's eye primer, then I took MILK (NYX's jumbo eye pencil) and applied it all over my lid, under my eyes, and used it as a highlight under my brow. I then blended it all out.

I then took a couple of shimmery white colors and really packed them into the inner corners of my eyes and then swept them right under the inner corners on the bottom lash line.

I took the lightest shade of blue from the paris palette (orsay) and applied it to the middle of my lids. I also added the medium blue (louvre) to the end of the lid and took the darkest blue (seine) and swept in into the crease and down under my bottom lash line (just on the very outer corner) I then took that middle shade of blue again, and applied some more of it on my lid and blended it with orsay, and then applied it and blended it on my lower lash line.

I took a soft taupe color and used it to blend out the harsh blue lines along my crease and blended it up just under my highlight. 

Using a coppery/coffee color of shadow and an angled brush, I lightly applied it along the top of my upper lashline.

Curled my lashes and applied a little mascara

then added a nude lip and some darker blush to my cheeks and was done! :)

I hope you all like this look! Be expecting another variation of this in the next week or so! 

♥Mariah♥