Why I shouldn't go into Target

So this morning I was running early for a change, I decided to stop at Target..so here is how I go in for one thing only and end up buying 5 things! I went in for a little sweater to go over my sleeveless dress because I get cold at work from the AC. I grabbed a little shrug that was only 9.99 and then I spot this dress.

Love the Cute Details on the Shoulder

I mean it practically screamed "BUY ME NOW I am only 19.99"! Of course I think of an excuse to buy it, It will be perfect for Izick's Graduation/Going Away Party next weekend.

I then turn into the cosmetics department, WHY WHY WHY?? I don't need anything..I gather enough excuses to walk myself out of the department when I see the last display all shiny and glittery dedicated to HELLO KITTY! I start going thru all the items on display and after debating on buying Hello Kitty eyeshadows and lipglosses that are meant for lil girls, I notice something, a pink compact mirror super cute and it's only 1.99 of course I need it!

Then my pretty dress says "HEY LADY ACCESSORIZE ME" so off I go to find some turquoise earrings and a ring. I got the accessories on clearance..SCORE!

I get in my car and look at the time on my receipt, I walked into Target at 8:00am and picked up 5 things, umm 4 extra things I didn't truly need in a matter of 20 MINUTES!!

And this my friends is WHY I SHOULDN'T GO INTO TARGET.

Got Lashes?

Hi!

This week I noticed my lash stash dwindling so I decided to place a order on madamemadeline.com they have the best deals ever on falsies! I usually get the Ardell Wispies but this time I wanted to get something different.

So I got the Gypsy Strip Lashes in 94 and they look so plush! Can't wait to use them, I placed the order on Monday and received them this morning. Talk about service they even threw in a tiny tube of lash adhesive perfect for a clutch if you need a quick retouch.

If you enter "FALSIES" at checkout you'll get 8% off your entire order!

Here is a pic of my lashes!

NOTW aka Nail of the Week

I am going to try to keep this up do a new polish weekly.

This look I did on Sat. I used:

Confetti Nail Polish in White Knight - Could be a dupe for Essie's Marshmallow
Sally Hansen Crackle Polish in Vintage Violet.
Seche Vite Top Coat.

I promise to learn how to paint my nails correctly. I am a former nail bitter. I would bite my nails so much that the tips would hurt/burn/sting. I suppose it was a nervous tick but biting my nails was my bad habit since I was a little girl. My mom would bribe me all the time "let your nails grow and I'll buy a pretty ring" She bought garlic nail polish, nail polish that tasted like hot peppers etc. I would still bite my nails. I then got into the acrylic nail craze and that made my nails 100x worse. It wasn't till about 2006 that I stopped getting acrylic on my nails and I started using press on's for any event I would stop at CVS and pick up Broadway Nails's French Manicure Short Style and I'd glue them on, they would last about 2 weeks.

I got sick of buying the press on's and in Nov.2009 for my friend's birthday weekend, we decided to do our own nails and I painted my nails a LOUD silver. In all the pictures I could see the teeny tiny nubs and I thought to myself, I am 29 yrs old with teeny nubs on my big ole hands, this habit has to end. After that weekend I stopped biting my nails and I continued painting them and was recommended Seche Vite. I used Seche Vite as a base coat and top coat, I have to say that I owe my strong, long nails to Seche Vite. It's been a colorful ride since then and now I have a HUGE caboodle dedicated to my nail polish obessesion. (because I don't have enough obessesions)

MY NUBS November 2009:

Catching up!

This weekend was pretty eventful. Saturday I had my nephew's 10th b-day party out east we went go kart racing and I think the adults had more fun than the kids. We then went over to my brother in law's to continue the celebration, gallons of wine and a crapton of brushetta's was consumed. My nephew loves electric blue so in honor of him I went blue!

On my Eyes I used:
All M.A.C. Shadows
Perky Paint Pot as a Primer
Cool Heat on my lids
Bluestorm to Blend
Contrast on the outer V
Daisychain as a highlight
Sephora liquid eyeliner in black
L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara in Very Black

On my Face I used:
L'Oreal's Studio Secrets Face Primer
Maybeline FIT ME Liquid Foundation and Pressed Powder in #230
Smashbox Soft Lights Duo in Split/Second as a blush and highlight

On my Lips I used:
NYX Lipliner in Citrine
M.A.C's Lipstick in Freckletone
M.A.C's Lipglass in C-Thru



The Colors are much more vibrant these pictures don't capture the true colors.


**these pictures are crappy and I promise to take more pics with my Canon, these are from my blackberry they are so easy to email and upload and this is why I use that crappy camera.

Yesterday we had the opportunity to see my dad perform with his band at Eisenhower Park for the Latin Festival. It was both Danny and Daniel's 1st time attending one of my dad's shows. Daniel was excited to see his grandpa play. He was kept saying wow that's my buelo. I am super happy he had the chance to see his grandpa do what he loves to do. This again is a crappy blackberry pic, my dad is on the left playing the bass guitar.



Afterwards we headed out to find some grub. I wanted to check out Ayhan's Shish Kebab Restaurant on Sunrise near our home and I convinced Danny to go. WHAT A DELISH SPOT! The food was so GOOD we had the hummus dip and the spinach pie as apps and then Danny ordered the steak pita sandwich and I got the lamb and beef pita sandwich. Everything was delicious and the place is so pretty, we've found a new fave dinner spot,even Daniel loved the food which is rare cause my son is picky.

I've got some more stuff to post but will do so later on.

A Mini Haul

I had a couple of coupons to CVS and picked up more of the crackle polishes. I purchased Vintage Violet and Fractured Foil. I tried Fractured Foil on top of Sally Hansen's HD Pixel Pretty and it came out too sparkly.
Here is a pic of it..

I fell asleep before it was actually dry. I am going to try Vintage Violet on top of Confetti's White Knight this weekend. I also picked up Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition 3 minute undo dryness reversal treatment, I used it once and it did leave my hair silky and soft. I am trying hard not to wash my hair everyday, since I have highlights my hair is really dry and brittle it needs this treatment to make it smooth and keep the brittle at bay. I also got a Sally Hansen no more mistakes nail polish remover pen, It's great for little mistakes on the fingers but I had a hard time removing the nail polish around the edges of my nails without it messing with my nail! I'll stick to drying them well and using some soap and water.



It's going to be 99 degrees in NY today, I wish I would've taken the day off! Stay Cool..

Weekend Recap

On Sat. I went to Sephora to pick up the Marc Jacobs Daisy Perfume which was part of the b-day gift that my BFF Janice got me the gift was 10 samples of perfumes and a gift card to choose which perfume out of the samples wanted, it is the gift that keeps on giving! I also picked up a Sephora liquid eyeliner that I needed and a eyelash applicator which is pure genius makes it so much easier to apply my false lashes!!!

I also had 6 empties so I went on over to M.A.C and got Gorgeous Gold which is a beautiful yellow gold with green shadows. I think it will be bright yellow with a light primer and a rich green with black primer. I purchased Surf USA from the Surf Baby Collection which is a highly pigmented teal reminds me of Shimmermoss and Aquadisac but it is more rich in color and it is so pretty!

My Mini Haul:


I then got ready for a family party in Jersey. I wore a white dress that has navy blue embroidery and gold sequins. So I decided to play up those two colors on my eyes.

on my eyes I used:
Shadows were all M.A.C
Soft Orche Paint Pot as a primer
Goldmine on my inner lids
Amber Lights in the middle to blend in
Conrast on the outer v
Daisy Chain as a highlight
Sephora's liquid eyeliner in Black
Urban Decay Eyeliner in Zero
L'Oreal's Telescopic mascara in Very Black
Applied some false lashes I picked up at IMATS don't remember the number.
Duo Lash Adhesive

On my Face I used:
L'Oreal's Studio Secrets Face Primer
Maybeline FIT ME Liquid Foundation and Pressed Powder in #230
Smashbox Soft Lights Duo in Split/Second as a blush and highlight

On my Lips I used:
NYX Lipliner in Citrine
M.A.C's Lipstick in Freckletone
M.A.C's Lipglass in C-thru

Here is the look:



I liked it!



Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

NOTD

So I did my nails last night with the crackle polish and here are the results:



They look pretty cool I have to learn how to be patient and let the base polish dry before I put on the top coat.

I used the following polishes

Base Coat: Seche Vite Base Coat

Base Polish: 2 coats of Milani Nail Lacquer in Toe-Mato-Red

White Tip: Nail Art in White

Black Crackle: Sally Hansen in Ink Splatter

Black line: Nail Art in Black

Top Coat: Out The Door Top Coat

Ink Splatter Sally Hansen Review

So this morning I went into CVS and saw the crackle nailpolish by Sally Hansen in Ink Splatter the price is a little steep 7.99 but I had some a $4.00 dollars off coupon and bought it. My nails are currently rocking pesky purple by essie but they are horrible from being in the pool and are chipping. So of course I couldn't wait to try the crackle polish.

Here is a blurry pic - sorry my blackberry camera sucks!



I think I need to apply it lightly the stuff dries fairly quick so it is hard to coat the nail and I am also going to try a lighter base color so it can show thru the cracks. I love it pretty cool watching it crack on the nails!

a fresh neutral look

I did this look on my sis for a night out..I used my Coastal Scents neutral palette. Hope you like it!

M~

A light smokey eye

Here is a light smokey eye look I did on my sister in law a while back pics are a bit blurry though

I'm Alive

So yeah october was a bit busy! I am going to try to post a blog at least once a week. Sorry!! :-)

Here is a look I did using purples..

Bridal Look

Here is the look I did on my bestie Janice.


Face
Blackopal Foundation in Nutmeg
MAC Minearlized Blush in Love Joy
MAC Blush in On a Mission

Eyes
UDPP
Coastal Scents Neutral Palette
Loreal HIP Creme Liner in Eggplant
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese
Loreal Telescopic Mascara in Carbon Black

Lips
MAC Lipliner in Half Red
MAC Viva Glam VI SE

Weekend Recap

So I did not go to MAC! Had too much to do at home, I swear my house looked like a tornado had gone thru it. I spent Sat morning cleaning up all the mess. Then I took D to the Fall Festival at our town's library and it was nice! They had pumpkins for the kids to decorate, face painting, cool ballons, graftti art table and they also had a live band playing. They also served apple cider and handed out cake. Daniel and I had a great time.

Hola

Hey Chiquitas!

I feel like I am coming down with a cold! UGH NYC is getting cold quick this year and I am not happy! Nothing fun to report tomorrow I am going to meet up with my BFF Janice at MAC to b2m!! I want to check out the Style Black Collection. Then I will attend the Fall Festival in my neighborhood with D they have face painting and pumpkin crafts for the kiddos should be fun!

Have a Great Weekend!

The elephant in the room

I am in a slump, I have been going faithfully to the gym for a little over a month and don't see a change in my body or my stamina, in fact I feel that I've gained weight!

Now let me start by saying that I do eat healthy throughout the week but on the weekends I do fall off and have a slice of pizza and wine! I really want to lose this excess weight but it's so hard now, I lost 32 pounds for my wedding in such a healthy way, however I am starting to feel like I won't be able to achieve it this time around. I was 22 and had all the time in the world to focus on losing the weight and on planning my wedding. This time around I have to focus on so many things at once, I feel that it really isn't a priority.

Until I see pictures of myself and can truly see the difference of the past 2 years! Why isn't it my priority? When all I hear on a constant basis from my Husband is that I am gaining weight. Then anger and blame take over me.. How did I let this happen? When am I going to stop? and my response is "I don't ever want to take a picture of myself again"! Why am I ignoring it? Why can't I appreciate what my Husband has to say? I think it's because I know that I am overweight and don't know how to deal with it.

I guess I just needed to vent. I am going to start taking Phentermine which is for people with BMI over 25. I have heard great reviews for the pill. It is prescribed to Obese patients, and it has some side effects but the results are amazing and My Dr. has said I'am in great health, just need to lose weight.

My Baby is a Star

Hi Ladies! I know I haven't posted a look on here in a while. I did my sis in law's makeup on Sunday for a wedding she was attending. She took pics once she sends them to me I will post.

Back to the subject on my title... a good friend of mine Karen works at Scholastic, basically her co-worker needed a boy between the ages of 4-7 for a Better TV Segment. I got the email and replied saying I can have D do the segment. Karen then put me in contact with her co-worker who set everything up. The segment was taped on Aug. 4th and the topic was "Kids pick the book" and D was interviewed about one of his favorite books "Fox in Socks" by Dr. Seuss. He did great! Here is a pic of him at the interview.



I finally got the link yesterday. My Husband makes a cameo in the first 3 seconds holding a Book for D. Please copy and paste the link to view it.

http://realtime.vmsinfo.com/guest?key=OAuvUh53WiNIKL6xMQJnN5VtqvphKgQI&permissions=Se4YReDgSC4%3D


Then I got more good news they want D to come back for another segment this time he'll be on the TODAY SHOW!!! It is scheduled for Oct. 19th. Once I get more details I will post. What a great opportunity/experience for him, I of course appreciate the experience way more than he does right now but he will when he's older.

As a child I wanted to be on Romper Room or Sesame Street. I love that we can experience this together and that he actually likes it! It would be hard if he didn't like it.

Who knows my baby may be the next Brad Pitt.. well he'll be the Dominican/Colombian/Chilean with a NY state of mind ..Brad.. LMAO

I promise to do a look this weekend!

Hello Darlings...

Planning on doing a look tonight!

I've been so busy this past week.. My son started school and as soon as I get home from work its a race to get his homework done, take him a shower, read him a story, put him to bed , fold laundry, prepare my gym bag, prepare his lunch, layout his clothes for the next day and clean whatever mess my dear husband left in the kitchen and bedroom, finally jump in the shower and watch my DVR shows. IT'S SUCH A RAT RACE.

I was taking Daniel a shower last night and he is climbing on the bathtub balancing himself..I tell him to stop it because he may fall. His response "I am not going to fall I am a professional". The things this kid comes up with crack me up!

Janice and I are going to the Estee Lauder Sale this Sat. and I can't wait cause I get to fill up my third palette! Yippeee

I am also going to do a bridal makeup trial on Janice this Friday!

What look would you like to see? I have to learn how to post vids on YT!!

XOXO

8 years ago

I made it in to the WTC Chambers St Station at 8:15 am. I NEVER got to work that early. I went to grab breakfast at Fine and Shaprio and my co-worker Judy was there and she said "why don't we just eat here?" I said " Sure, we have plenty of time". We had our breakfast and at 8:45 threw out our garbage and headed towards the electric staircase by Duane Reade in order to walk thru Tower 1 and into the World Financial Center. When we got to the staircase we were greeted by a woman screaming "A BOMB A BOMB A BOMB" and then the lady threw her self down those electric staircases. Pure Shock as we could see the sunny sky grow grey. We then walked towards the Vesey St. Exit by the Borders Book Shop. We were told to wait about 3 minutes which seemed like 3 hours.

We managed to get out of the WTC mall in one piece stepping over metal and debris to the corner of Vesey St. and Church St. I looked up as soon as we got across the street and then the second plane hit and I can't find the words to explain how that BOOM sounded or how the heat of the fire was felt instantly..I get tears and goose bumps every time I close my eyes and relive it, feeling was just so surreal. I saw people with injuries, some lose their minds in tears, screaming and throwing themselves under cars. You don't realize what you will do in a situation like that unitl you are in it. I took hold of my co-worker Judy's hand and started walking ( in 5 inch heels) and did not look BACK. We made it to the front of Pace University right by the Brooklyn Bridge and noticed other colleagues of Merrill Lynch that were all going to walk over the bridge into Brooklyn I asked them to take Judy with them since they all lived in Brooklyn. I had to make my way to my mother's job on 35th and 8th, I knew she was going crazy not knowing where I was. I walked across the street and heard someone call out my name.. It was Angelique one of my best friends. I am so thankful that Judy and Angie were with me on that horrible Tuesday morning.

I don't watch TV today nor do I listen to the list of names, it's just so heartbreaking to know my name could have been on that list.

My prayers are with those who lost a loved one.

Never Forget.

My Estee Lauder Warehouse Haul

I went to the Estee Lauder Warehouse sale in Hauppague today and came home with:


I got:
Parfait Amour
Goldmine
Amber Lights
Modest Tone
Innuendo
Rich Flesh
Sushi Flower
Clue
Floral Fantasy
Frisco
Honey Lust
Seedling

I took pics with swatches but they all came out dark! So at the sale you get 3 shadows or 10 bucks! only thing is that the three colors are pre-packaged so you spend a good time looking for good shadows.

If you live in the NY area and are interested in going to this exclusive sale I have tickets for the Estee Lauder Warehouse Sale on Sat. Oct. 10 send me an email if you are interested.

lotd

blue and pink and some beige:

Face:
MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC 40
MAC Mineralized Blush in Love Joy

Eyes:
MAC Contrast on lids
MAC Gleam on crease
MAC Shore Leaves as a highlight
UDPP as Primer
Loreal Telescopic Masacara in Carbon Black
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eyeliner in Zero

Lips:
MAC To Swoon For Lipstick
MAC Lusterglass in Love Knot

Took the day off to send my baby to kindergarden! and now I am off to pick him up!