Let's get this straight! • Review

HANA Professional 1" Flat Iron

Let's talk about hair, baby! So recently, I was sent this flat iron to try out & review from Misikko.com. Now I've been seeing a lot of reviews on here recently of these! One of the firsts being on Kiss an Makeup on a different flat iron from the same site [found here] But prior to blogger, I hadn't heard from the site nor the brand HANA before & after reading everyone's thoughts I was really excited to try it for myself!

My Rendition: ♥ 90's Makeup.

Yes ya'll the 90's! Lol recently I've been listening to a lot of nineties R&B on Pandora. The makeup on the old album covers & me playing around with the WnW matte palette have kind of rekindled my love for some of the most popular makeup trends of the nineties. Haa. I don't know about ya'll but I loved the 90s! It seems like just yesterday, we were watching TGIF lol. I didn't really start wearing makeup til the late nineties & even then it wasn't a whole lot. But I certainly remember watching my mom & my older cousins. & For some reason this is what I think about when I see makeup like this. Powder matte faces with little to no contouring. Little to no blush with very neutral eyeshadow (matte for the most part). Topping it off with lined lips & a deep red or reddish brown lipstick (usually matte also).

I saw this a lot when I was obsessed with 90210 as a kid lol Brenda Walsh & Kelly Taylor are the ones who stand out the most to me from that show. I saw this a lot with Selena too. She rocked the brown matte shadows, lined lips & brick red matte lips very often. The winged liner was something that she wore a lot too. I've included some links to pics of Janet Jackson, Salt n Pepa, Brandy, & Aaliyah also. It's a look that's been around probably since the beginning of makeup, just tweeked here & revamped there to make it look a little different. It's nothing new but it totally reminds me of back in the day. Well on to my rendition!!

WnW I ♥ Matte Palette

 COSMOS Five Pairs Bright Series Of False Eyelashes [CN05] from KKCenterHK

I've been using this a lot! I think my love for all things matte comes from my infatuation with my mom's makeup lol. So the colors I used are pretty obvious. There's nothing really special to it. My outer v is poorly blended but it didn't too much bother me lol. I also added the Cosmo lashes from KKCenterHK. These particular lashes are shoreter than what I'm use to wearing now. They're close to my natural eyelashes & give a really good thickness. Normally, I wouldn't bother with short lashes but these give a really pretty natural look. They're shorter in the insides & longer on the outsides giving that almond eye effect.

NYC Plum Rum

Instead of the deep red, I went for a rum brown. This NYC color is EXACTLY like the WnW Spike With Rum matte lipstick.. minus the matte finish, of course. But they are the same exact color. My mom has both of these lipsticks too. They are the ones she swears by right now.

I freakin love wearing this combo. It's so simple to do but looks so "put together". It makes a statement without looking overwhelming. It's such a classic look in my book.

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My Early Xmas gift

Yeah, he pretty much couldn't keep it a secret lol. My boyfriend is so sweet to me. He doesn't even have to do things like this for me but he always goes out of his way to surprise me. It's so cute. When he told me what he was getting me, I didn't really believe him lol but when I finally saw her I nearly died. She's just so adorable lol I seriously don't know how I ever lived without her haha. My first time on a webcam reaction was, "OMG one eyebrow is higher than the other!" LOL I was so weirded out.

All I do is make caras on this thing. Not sure if anyone cares lol but I'm wearing MAC's Dress It Up lipstick & Sinful Colors Wink lipgloss here & the purple from I ♥ Matte on the lids.

Hope you enjoyed my take on this look

& Thanks so much for stopping by.

xOxO

Thank you Nessa♥ + LA Colors + Fancy Steps !!

I received some really awesome stuff from my girl Nessa from Nessa♥sMakeup. So firstly & foremost Thank Youuuu, beautiful! I'm still building her a little thank you package 'cause she's been so sweet! If you don't already follow her, check her out. She does killer makeup.

Guns blazing, kid. I looove this ring. I forgot to show the back of it, but it's a stretch ring. & When you wear it on your ring finger, the barrel part goes across your middle & your index finger. Sooooo cool! I love it. I want to wear it everyday. +It blings like crazy. ♥ She put it in the little damask baggy that's under it. How adorable!

Revlon Prim Rose I had heard so many good things about this lipstick. Nessa had told me it was like Pink Pout in creme finish. My jaw dropped 'cause I love me some Pink Pout lol. So when I saw this in the package, I nearly died lol I didn't know this was what she was sending. It's just beautiful.. the swatch pic speaks for itself. Dare I say, I love it more than Pink Pout because of the finish & even the color is softer. It's utter perfection!

I♥Matte Nessa sent me this when it first came out because it was nowhere to be found in my area. It's been weeks now & I have yet to see it anywhere down here! lol So I'm especially thankful she grabbed an extra one for me! The colors are awesome & I've been using the neutral colors a lot for my everyday makeup. I mix both browbones for a matte highlight & the tan eyelid color with the flesh colored browbone color in the crease to blend whatever color I use on my lids. I love it! It's such a good palette to have with great basic colors you can use everyday along with some really fun, colorful mattes too. I lurveee it!

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Fancy Steps • Diamond Pumps

Eeeep! I first saw these on my Facebook feed. Fancy Steps usually posts sneak peeks of what will be going up on their site. I instantly fell inlove with these! My Snickerdoodle was like "You want them? I'll get them" D'awww! He's so wonderful. We had free shipping & the shoes had a 10% discount then. In all honesty though, pictures do these babies no justice. They are so much more amazing in person. They shine like.. well.. like diamonds. ^.^ Here's a direct link to them.

Mirror-like Double Platforms

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L.A. Colors Trios + Swatches

First of all, I have to tell ya'll I feel like each trio is the best dollar I've spent in my life. lol These trios are awesome & I just love them. After going back & forth for a couple days on whether to buy these or not (I didn't think I'd use them) When I went out to look for them again, there weren't any left! ;( After seeing them on BeautyyMonsterr's blog. I fell inlove with them again lol I went to the Dollar Tree in the next town over & found them! The only ones I didn't get where Grassy Knoll (I have too many greens I don't wear already) & Tiki Punch. I really wanted that one but they didn't have it. On their website, they have all kinds of new colors. But I didn't see any of those. Also, why is there an emboss design on the shadows on their site but not on the shadows I have. v,v No es cool. Moving along, these are nicely pigmented & really soft! For a dollar a pop, I have zero complaints. So on with the swatches!! ♥