Review: Urban Decay Naked Palette

The Urban Decay Naked Palette was realeased last year in 2010, and although Naked 2 is out, I just got the first Naked palette for Christmas and I LOVE it. It is by far the most amazing eyeshadow palette I've ever tried, amazing quality eyeshadows, probably my second favorite next to MAC. The colors are totally gorgeous, and probably all I'd ever need, consdering I mainly stick to neutrals when it comes to eye makeup because I find that's what flatters my eyes the most. I will do swatches in another post, later, probably in two different parts, but for now I'm just going to be talking about it You probably know, this palette contains twelve full sized eyeshadows for $17 each...a $204 value right there...plus a mirror in the palette as well as a full-sized eyeshadow brush, which retails for $26, and a mini primer potion...so this palette is worth more than $230, and it was just $48, which is a steal. The quality of the colors is unbelievable and they stay all day long, especially when used with the Primer Potion (another amazing product which I will do a seperate review on another time) and, once, I realize it's bad to fall asleep with makeup on but I did, and in the morning my eyeshadow looked just as it had before. The colors, like I said, are stunning...beautiful neutrals including three matte colors. Shadows are... Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, and Gunmetal. I will go more into detail with colors and all of that when I post swatches another time. These shadows are all amazing, as I'm sure you;ve heard me say several times throughout this post. Awesome quality, even better price! Great color selection, the perfect neutral eye palette! You can get this product from Urban Decay's website (http://www.urbandecay.com) or Sephora or Ulta. It's definitely worth a try! The brush is also of excellent quality. The bristles are soft and don't fall out, and it packs on color well. It's also easy to clean...much easier than my other elf brushes. This is an awesome palette for a pretty neutral eye.

I'm back:)

It's been a month and five days since I last blogged, and...I'm back...sort of. I've been really really busy and haven't blogged in a long long time. I'm back now....and will hopefully be blogging with more swatches, reviews, and random beauty/fashion posts, plus other random things too! I won't be blogging as often as I used to, which was, like one post for every day, but it'll probably be a few posts a week, usually, most likely on weekends. I have a ton of  fun ideas planned so keep checking back on my blog soon! xoxoxo

Tumblr Questions!

I love answering the questions I find on Tumblr on my blog.
1. Do you have a ‘thing’ with someone?
A: I have a boyfriend...does that count as a "thing?"
2. Do you have any hickeys/bruises on your body?
A: Nope.
3. Have you ever tried your hardest and then been disappointed?
A: The story of my life.
4. Who was the last person you spoke to last night before bed?
A: My sister.
5. Do you believe what goes around comes around?
A: Yes, definitely.
6. Where is your mother right now?
A: At home.
7. Have you been to any concerts this summer?
A: Nope lol
8. Have you ever been to a concert?
A: HAHAHA no.
9. How many schools have you been to?
A: 2 preschools, elementary school, middle school...so four.
10. What do your socks look like?
A: They're the scented ones from B&BW. The really soft fluffy ones.
11. Have you ever read a Harry Potter book?
A: i tried and died of boredom on the first chapter.
12. Have you ever ‘dated’ someone you’ve never met?
A: Nahh.
13. Have you ever left your country?
A: Yess.
14. Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with L?
A: Not on the lipsss. It was a family member/relative.
15. How many times have you cried in a person’s arms?
A: I don't think I ever have.
16. Do you enjoy wearing dresses?
A: Loveee♥
17. What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
A: I was in bed.
18. Do you know who you’ll kiss next?
A: Nopee.
19. Have you broken the law in the last three days?
A: I never have!
20. What are you excited about?
A: Going back to school Monday and seeing all my friends. And Christmas.
21. Have your friends ever randomly stopped by your house?
A: My mom's friends have.
22. Is anyone ignoring you right now?
A: I don't think so lol
23. What if you had a baby with the last person you texted?
A: Well, the last person I texted was my boyfriend....um....
24. Do you currently have feelings for anyone?
A: Yeahh.
25. When was the last time you threw up?
A: Ahhh I love this question, because I love being able to say that the last time I threw up I was six.
26. Do you remember the name of your first school you ever went to?
A: Yes, but I'm not gonna post it online here.
27. How was the beginning of this year for you?
A: It was good and bad. I had a ton of homework, I remember that, and I was working on my science fair projct. But I had a ton of great friends.
28. How do you think the year will end for you?
A: It'll be pretty amazing♥

Scents and Fragrances 2

Awhile back, I did a post on smelling good and fun stuff like that...and now it's getting closer to Christmas, and I wanted to do something with winter and hoiday scents and just more scents and fragrances in general, because they're like one of my avorite things. Personally, generally I like fruity yet romantic scents, like Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck, but I love holiday scents. They too are some of my favorites. But, unfortunately, my dad is one of those people who is allergic to aerosol stuff and can't stand to be around it, because scents and perfumes and lotions give him a headache. I've found a solution...I spray B&BW Body Mist behind my ears, just a little, and he doesn't even notice. Plus, when you hug your friends or boyfriend or whoever, your ears smell super extremely good. I know that Bath and Body Works just recently launched their holiday fragrances as did other places, and Lush is coming out with all of these holiday inspired bubble bars and bath bombs. Philosophy as well, has some of the best descriptions of scents ever. I love all holiday scents, like cookies and berries and all of that yumminess. Scents and perfumes are like my favorite things ever, and this is currently number one on my holiday wishlist...Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck, which I did a sweperate post on. I have smelled it before, like in those little ad things you find in magazines and Ulta advertisements and such. it smells amazing.

2 Favorite Songs - Boys Like Girls

Recently I've been gwetting into bands, and I am especially obsessed with Boys Like Girls, Daughtry, Lady Antebellum, etc. Today I'm going to share my two favorte songs by Boys Like Girls, because I think they're awesome and after you're done reading this you should go buy them on iTunes and play them all the time.

1. Two is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls ft. Taylor Swift
Not only is this an amazing song, but t features Taylor Swift, probably my favorite singer of all time.

2. Thunder
This one I think I've blogged about before. But this is my favorite summer song. When I'm at the beach and I don't feel like swimming I just listen to this song over and over.

Holiday Gift Guide for HER

Hi there, today I'll be doing a holiday gift guide...my first ever...for her. I love Christmas time but never know what to get my friends! Theseare some of the things I would love to get, as well as things that would be great for gift giving. I think a good idea would be, say you have five friends you want to give gifts to - get stockings for each wof them and fill it with their avorite types of choolate, with some beauty products mixed in. I think Sephora would be a great place to shop considering there are a TON of gift sets for an amazing value. I haven't really tried a ton of this personally, but these are all things I would love to try out. the first thing on this gift guide would be the eihteen piece mini Sephora by OPI nail polish set. You could give 3 to each friend, and 3 to yourself. Or, if you're shopping for someone who really loves nail polish, you could give them this entire set, it comes with a color for everyone! Best of all, for eighteen (!) mini OPI quality nail polishes, this set is just $48. http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P298747&categoryId=S11502&shouldPaginate=true Another great idea is the Urban Decay Naked 24/7 Glide-On Pencil Set. I have tried this pencil and LOVE it. It's absolutel amazing, super long wearing. I washed my hands after using the br with it swatched on my hand,. and after using soap and everything it did not come off. I had to scub it with makeup remover. These are awesome, and work well with the five friends thing. Or you could give it to one eyeliner loving friend. And buy an extra for yourself. Because for $32, it's worth it. there are also 24/7 shadow pencil sets.The Philosophy sets are another great value, uch as the Sweet Kisses and Merry Wishes set, for $36, which contains four shampoo/showergel/bubblebaths, and four lipglosses. I know that Smashbox lipglosses are great glosses...so why not get a set? The Snap You're Fab lipgloss set looks pretty nice too.Four mini glosses and two full sized glosses for $30. The stila lip glaze trios are also pretty awesome!

Dress Codes SUCK.

Dress codes have really been annoying me. Because I went shopping today. And tried opn these yoga pants at Victoria's Secret Pink. And they made my butt look quite...attractive. But dress codes are the worst. Because they don't let me wear them. Sigh. Kbye.

Polyvore- Christmas

So I was on Polyore...this is what I came up with for a Christmas/fashion/beauty inspired collage...

http://babysparksxo.polyvore.com (Haha, my username is inspired by a swatch pic I found online of Baby Sparks Dazzleglass by MAC...)

Ruthless Preview

The tenth Pretty Little Liars book, Ruthless, comes out on December 6th...I like, can't wait. But here's a preview. Yay. http://prettylittleliars.alloyentertainment.com/files/2011/11/pll10-prologue.pdf

5 Favorite Blogs (Other than this one!)

I read blogs...it's what I do. It's quite entertaining, if I like the blog and what the posts are about. here are five of my favorites.

5. Amarixe - One of my favorite YouTubers. I love her blog. there's great swatches and reviews and things like that(: http://www.amarixe.com
4. Pretty Little Liars - my favorite show, a blog? Amazing. Love it. http://www.prettylittleliars.alloyentertainment.com/blog/
3. ♥ - Bahaha so technically this could be called cheating...it's my Tumblr. Because I love love LOVE my Tumblr. It has the most amazing posts. Weirdly enough, all posts that I like. Hahahaha. http://www.hersheykiss723.tumblr.com
2. I call this one The Campfire Song Song - A Tumblr dedicated to Spongebob Squarepants, with the best pictures and quotes from one of my favorite shows. http://krusty-krab.tumblr.com/
1. Temptalia - A makeup and beauty blog with reviews, swatches, giveaways, and more. http://www.temptalia.com