Small Business Saturday

Happy Small Business Saturday, everyone! I think out of this whole ridiculous four day weekend of money hemorrhaging, Small Business Saturday is by far my favorite. As much as I adore hunting for amazing deals, I love supporting small businesses even more! I may be biased since my parents own a book shop (pictured above), but what's better than endorsing small businesses or buying local? Anywhooo, I've compiled a list of a fraction of my favorite etsy shops for you guys to check out!


The Tiny Hobo: Brooches, Necklaces, Earrings, Rings, Art Prints


Silent Daisy: Blogger Templates, Graphic Design, Photoshop & LR Presets


Shop of Worldly Delight: Brooches, Keychains, Plushes/Dolls, Bookmarks, Bows, Scarves, Ornaments


The Floral Prince: Art, Vintage Clothing, Handmade Clothing, Brooches


Modern Girl Blitz: Brooches, Jewelry, Buttons, Pocket Mirrors, Tote Bags, Zine, Art


Nerd Burger Jewellery: Necklaces, Bracelets, Rings, Hairbows, Brooches, Handmade Clothing

And here's Mystery On Main Street!

You can always order (any type of) books via phone or email if you can't visit locally. (Shameless family promotion!)

I hope you all shop at least one small business sometime this holiday season! Let me know what your favorites are!



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Black Friday Deals

There's a "Beyond Black Friday" sale going on atModcloth! Get 50% off of 100s of items!


BH Cosmetics has a few awesome steals, as well as 50% off of the entire website! I recommend grabbing the Galaxy Chic palette.


6 full size Revolution lipsticks for $50 and a travel set for $35 at Urban Decay!


50% off of all boots and bags at Forever 21 and you can also get an extra 50% off of clearance items with the code EXTRA50!


NARS is having their Friends & Family sale! Get 20% with the code NARSFRIENDS.


Sephora has a bunch of items/set priced at $10 each today!


Smashbox is also holding their Friends & Family sale! Get 25% off of a purchase of $50+ with the code HOLIDAY25.


Sugarpill has all items marked down anywhere between 20% and 50%!

What are you planning on buying? Are you shopping for others or yourselves?



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I'm Thankful For...

These guys!

I am the luckiest girl in the world when it comes to my family and friends (and furbabies!!). They are all the most loving and supportive people I've ever known.

I'm also super thankful for all of you guys! I wouldn't be where I am right now without you, lovely readers! I hope you all had a safe and fun (and delicious) holiday, and here's another wedding picture for the road!





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Swatchfest: Urban Decay Ocho Loco 2 Set

Urban Decay came out with the Ocho Loco 2 set as a part of their 2013 Holiday Collection. Along with the Vice 2 palette, I definitely wanted to grab myself one of these sets before they sold out!





The Ocho Loco 2 set contains eight full size (1.2g of product each) 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils (five of which are new and exclusive!) as well as a Double Barrel Grindhouse Sharpener and retails for $59.00. The pencils and sharpener come in a pretty sweet looking cardboard tray with a color gradient to match the eye pencils. Urban Decay really knows how to do packaging well.

Left to Right: Roach (deep copper brown shimmer), Twice Baked* (rich brown satin w/gold micro-sparkle), Crave* (deepest, darkest brown-black matte), Perversion (blackest black matte), Deep End (bright metallic peacock shimmer), Mars* (bright metallic green shimmer), Ultraviolet* (bright blue-violet shimmer), Tornado* (dark eggplant pearl)
-Color descriptions taken from the Urban Decay website-
*new and exclusive shade

Double Barrel Grindhouse Sharpener

Double Barrel Grindhouse Sharpener - Open

Left to Right: Twice Baked, Roach

Left to Right: Crave, Perversion

Left to Right: Mars, Deep End

Left to Right: Ultraviolet, Tornado

As always, all of the pictures were taken in natural lighting and the shadows were swatched on bare skin (no base or primer).

If you've ever tried Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils, you know how pigmented and smooth they are and the pencils in this set are no different. They glide on so easily and took some work getting off, which is awesome for an eyeliner. There are no duds in this set!

The Ocho Loco 2 set is an amazing value. One of the full size 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils retails for $19.00 and you get eight plus a Grindhouse sharpener (normally $10) for $103.00 off of what you would pay if everything was bought individually. The Ocho Loco 2 set can be found at Urban Decay and Sephora.

Do you have this set? What do you think of it?



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EOTD: Ginger Pumpkin Whoops Edition

Eyes
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
BH Cosmetics Galaxy Chic Palette - Venus, Sun, Mars
Sigma Creme de Couture Palette - Ginger Pumpkin, Apricot Flower, Cherry Blossom
Physician's Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner in Ultra Black
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil - Zero, Lucky, Roach
BH Cosmetics Gel Eyeliner in Onyx
Clinique High Impact Curling Mascara in Black

Brows
Milani EasyBrow in Dark Brown
bareMinerals Ready Liner Shadow in Perspective


Today was not a great day for me makeup-wise. This look took me much longer than it should of. That's the cost of taking two months off, I guess. For some reason after I messed up real good the third time, I decided to just go with it and this is what happened. I debated whether or not to post this because it's not my best work, but I really love the how well the oranges and copper go together. Maybe I'll do a "remixed" version in the future and use all of the same products to do a different look. I don't know, maybe Cleopatra would have liked this. Haha.

I don't think I've ever (in my life) done an orange eye look. The Venus shade from BH's Galaxy Chic palette was just too gorgeous to ignore! Plus, I know a ton of you really liked it!

Have you ever had an "off" day and then ended up rolling with it?



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EOTD: Stash Damaged Edition

Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette - Damaged, Stash, Poison, Strike, Ambush
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil in Roach & Zero
Physician's Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner in Ultra Black
Benefit They're Real Mascara

Brows
Milani EasyBrow in Dark Brown
bareMinerals Ready Liner Shadow in Perspective


I think I'm going to start doing more of these (while still posting FOTDs as well) so let me know what you think! It's a little more convenient right now since my husband is still on nights. My desk/vanity is currently in our room and I'm too blind to apply makeup in front of the bathroom mirror. I feel bad cos the lights normally wake him up and I make a ridiculous amount of noise when I put on makeup; shuffling products around, opening and closing drawers, and I am also super good at dropping everything. These eye of the day looks take significantly less time to do, so I won't bother Ryan for too long while I'm applying my makeup. That and apparently I have a skin tag (we think?) located right under one of my eyes. I don't know where it came from and hope it goes away soon because it is less than cute.

Also, I'm sorry that my eye isn't in focus! I took at least 20 pictures and in all of the pictures with my eyes open, the camera decided to say "Oh yeah? Well, I'mma take a picture of your eyebrow now!" instead of focusing on my pupil like I wanted it to. Oh well. At least I learned that if I have time, I should look at my pictures before taking off my makeup so I can retake them if need be. Hooray for learning!

Anywhooo, let me know whatcha think and feel free to suggest any of the products that I've swatched for me to use in a look!

P.S. Holy HD, Batman! You can see every pore and little freckle on my face!



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ModCloth's Prezzie, Set, Go! Sale

Here are some super affordable options that I, personally, would love to have gifted to me and clearly I have amazing taste, so anyone would be happy to get anything in this list! (Can't you tell that I'm really modesty?)



Works Wonders Throw Blanket | Antler to Your Questions Ring | Tea Creature Mug | Holding Pattern Makeup Bag | Feline Cozy Pillow | Akin to Adorable Necklace | Fête Along Swimmingly Bottle Opener | Mural Maven Satchel | Contain Your Excitement Sugar Canister

Anything in the sale catch your eye? Are you buying for a friend or for yourself?



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Sephora VIB Sale

The highly anticipated VIB sale from Sephora is finally here! I don't know about you, but I saved up a bunch of money so I'd be able to grab several splurge-worthy sets and products. VIBs can use the code VIBTOPIA for 20% from 07NOV13-11NOV13, so it's not on for a very long time. My plan for this sale was to mostly buy things that were Sephora exclusives, so if a specific brand has a Black Friday/holiday sale on their personal website that's 20% off or better than 20% off, I can get things from that brand then. I like to think that I'm a savvy shopper! Haha.

These are my recommendations (in no particular order):



NARS Duo Eyeshadow in Marie-Galante | Urban Decay Naked Palette | Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup | Too Faced Pretty Rebel Palette | Lorac PRO Palette | Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Silky Sensual Radiant Lipstick in Opera Rose | Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette | Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Pro's Pick Lip Tar Set 1.0 | Urban Decay Ocho Loco 2

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All of these products are on my wishlist, but I couldn't afford to get them on top of what I had already planned to buy. Damn having a finite amount of money to spend! Boooo!


Laura Mercier Artist's Palette for Eyes | Marc Jacobs Beauty Style Eye-Con No. 7 in The Tease | Too Faced A Few of My Favorite Things | Kat Von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette in Poetica | Smashbox The Master Class Palette II | Sephora Favorites Give Me Some Lip | Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused Light | Formula X for Sephora The Twenty-Two | Tarte The Tarte of Giving Collector's Set & Travel Bag

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Now, don't quote me, but I think I heard something about Sephora planning an event for people who haven't reached VIB level, so have no fear if you're not a VIB! I'll let you guys know as soon as I hear anything solid.

Are you buying anything during this VIB sale? What's on your wishlist?



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