The Nail Files

Friday has finally arrived and that means my nails are looking special for the 3-day weekend! 

My friend/co-worker/fellow blogger, Kate, filled me in on a little inside information. 

It's no secret that Essie is like God's nail polish, in my eyes. 

Imagine my sheer excitement when Kate told me that Marshall's sells Essie for $3.99. That's half what I pay now. Sign me up. 

I'm really starting to love Mauve Green so I went and got this beautiful new color called, Da Bush. 

This is my current nail routine.

Seche Vite Base Coat, Essie- Da Bush, OPI Rapid Dry Top Coat

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My DIY at home mani :)

Join us if you want to show off your nail polish, or any recommendations that you have for others! :)

It's OK Thursday

It's OK

...that I have zero weekend festivities planned. I'm perfectly content with that knowing how much I have coming up in the next few months.

...that I cried this morning when I found out that Guiliana and Bill officially became parents to Edward Duke Rancic. They are two of the most in love, successful, good hearted people and I don't think anyone deserves this more. After the tough year they had, I'm thrilled that the surrogacy process worked for them.

...that I've had a gift card to the mall since my birthday at the beginning of July and I still haven't used it. Who am I?

...that I constantly feel like I never have anything to wear lately. Must use said gift card to  update my wardrobe soon. Maybe I just made myself some weekend plans :)

...that I've been having a mental battle with the cut and color of my hair the past few weeks. I badly need a change, but I'm not daring when it comes to color. And my hair needs to be longer, not shorter so we may run into some problems with the cut. 

...that I'm dying for 9:00 to hit so I'm home watching Big Brother. The episode last night was insane in the membrane. 

...that I'm completely over my blog layout. I really want something with a more vibrant and bright feeling. Instead, I feel somber when going to my page. No beuno.

Link up over at Amber or Neely's blog to share what is just ok with you today :)

Beauty Blender

If you aren't already familiar with this baby then allow me..

If you're anything like me, you hate the cake looking finish of applying your foundation with a brush. Sponges soak up more foundation than even gets on my face and the finish is never what I'm going for. And using your hands is just plain messy. 

After watching countless makeup videos regarding foundation, I noticed that many of them had one thing in common. 

The Beauty Blender

This egg dropped sponge allows for the most even application. The shape also allows you to reach under your eyes and in the creases of your face. 

Since there are no edges it also prevents you from having any visible lines. 

I ordered it two weeks ago and it just came in. I've only used it once (this morning) but I'm already in love.

Do yourself a favor and order this pronto.

My foundation is even and my hands are clean.

Win/Win

The Nail Files

 On this fabulous Friday, I'm feeling extra feminine - mostly because of my nail polish color, but I'll take it!

This week I chose this beauitmus color, Miami Nice, from Essie. 

I'm literally loving this color right now. It's a bright electrifying pink without it looking like I'm a 7-year old little girl. At least I think so ;)

Happy Friday! 

E.L.F Promo Alert

You get to pick 8 free nail polishes when you spend $20 or more on the E.L.F. website. Just use promo code 8NAILS. 

They really do have a nice color selection, if you ask me. And who can resist free nail polish?

I hope you enjoy :)

Where we belong.

Not sure If I've mentioned it before but I'm an avid reader.

Reading takes me to another place.

And throws me into a different life.

It's peaceful. And who doesn't love a little peace every now and again?

My favorite author for a fun summer reading is Emily Griffin. 

For those of you who aren't familiar with her, she wrote all of these stellar books.

Truth be told it was a little hard for me to get into love the one you're with.

BUT..

I'm not one to hold grudges so I'm dying to read her new release

I'd like to get one more book in before this semester starts. 

Being as that is on Monday and I have a jam packed weekend, I doubt that will happen.

Fingers crossed.

Has anyone read this one yet? 

If you have, what are your thoughts? I'd love to hear!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm loving that my friend is having a Mary Kay party tonight. There are only a few of us going so I'm excited to try the products - although I'm not prepared to spend a ton of money so I'm hoping I don't like anything :/

On that note..

I'm loving Mint.com. It's a website that will link all of your debit and credit cards together so you can easily monitor what you're spending. I've even created budgets for each category. 

For instance, I have a $300 budget for Alcohol and Bars. Last month, I went over that amount so I got an email letting me know that I was over so I knew to calm down. I still went $160 over but I'm the only one to blame for that. 

You can set your email preferences at whatever you want and there are a ton of fun things that you can do with this site. I'd highly recommend it to anyone that is looking to control their spending. Most of the time, I'll put something on a credit card so I don't feel like I'm actually spending the money, but this website calls you out on that!

I'm loving that I had a sleepover with my nephew last night. There is seriously nothing better than cuddling with that little guy, especially after he wakes up once because then he wants to make sure you don't leave. We both wore Elmo pajamas to bed!

I'm loving that I got a new camera on ebay after I broke mine last weekend. Just so you're aware my camera is like a 3rd hand to me. I feel lost without it. Best Buy didn't have my camera for sale so I had to go through other means of locating it, which happened to be on Amazon for $225. But then I found it on ebay for $100. I was highly skeptical but the seller had a good reputation and since I was saving over half I didn't have much to lose. She got here on Saturday and she is brand spankin' new. Me=happy camper.

I'm loving these outfits for when the sun is getting the best of us.

I'm loving Spotify. Thanks for keeping my ears happy throughout the work day. People have been recommending Spotify to me for almost a year and I was so into Grooveshark that I didn't even want to try it. Let's just say, I'm happy I made the switch. 

What are you loving today?