this birthday's fetish

My eighteenth birthday is quickly approaching! Before my last birthday, I bought makeup from Target, and kept it simple; However, last year the only thing I wanted was the BareMinerals starter kit, and that was the beginning of my makeup obsession. For this birthday I have a new fixation: nail polish! China Glaze, OPI, and Essie. Since discovering (and becoming a huge fan of) MissJenFabulous’s youtube, I’ve decided I need to convert my already quite large collection of nail varnishes to quality nail brands.

I made a list of all the colors I want to start my new collection with, and thought it would be enjoyable to share the ones I’m most in love with.

*on a side note, most of these are Essie, and that is because Essie does the best pastels, and pastels have always been my favorites.

*also, these are in order of the ones I want most.

OPI Mermaid's Tears- A perfect spring/summer seafoam green from the newest Pirates of the Caribbean collection

aMAYzing links

MAY!!

How can that be? Weren’t we all just opening presents and singing Christmas carols?! (ok, I exaggerate….)

My past few months have been filled with lots of changes and events, but 2011 is definitely being good to me, specifically May. May has, and I’m sure always will be, the most busy month of the year for me. This May is filled with Mothers' day, my dad’s birthday (May 10^th), my birthday (May 17^th), my high school graduation (May 19^th), my boyfriend’s birthday (May 27^th), and this May 31^st is my one year anniversary with my man! Lots of events, but they’re all celebrations, so I find it spectacular!

On a different note, I haven’t been a very consistent blogger, but I have been following others’ blogs and very present on the internet, so there are some things I’ve been looking forward to sharing. I’d like to make this a regular post if anyone finds it enjoyable, and I have some other ideas in the works.

Lets begin with my favorite YT link,shall we? That would have to be this video posted by Fleur De Force, accompanied by two other fabulous gurus, MissGlamorazzi and Pixi2Woo. 

This is one incredibly helpful video for someone just starting to build their collection/ wanting to try new things, with my three favorite youtubers.

 Birchbox is an incredible $10 monthly subscription that I have been hearing loads about, and am anxiously awaiting to join! When I say incredible, I mean its ever beauty-lovers' dream! For $10 a month, you get deluxe samples of high-end beauty products (aka NOT the tin foils that you get barely one use from). They allow you to try brands like Nars, Benefit, Too Faced, Laura Mercier, Kores, etc. Their blog has become my very favorite because of the inspiring trend updates to the editors' favorite beauty picks.

·        This Mothers' day, my sister and I put together a little “spa” present for our mom, consisting of Essie’s merino cool, Spongeable’s lavender tea-tree oil foot buffer, afew chocolate Heath bars, and, of course, the present included a pedicure from me. I decorate a plain purple giftbag with (1, 2) paper tissue flower tutorials, and she loved it!

      For the past month, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Danielle’s blog, especially her “Blogs I love” list. I’m finding lots of great reads from that. I also got the idea for this post from her Friday links to love.

·        I have been a huge fan of clip-in hair extensions for years! My aunt kindly gave me my first two sets when I was 14 and they got tons of love back in my big hair days! Recently, I came across the Luxy sisters’ YT, and found them so lovely & likeable, the extensions are getting rave reviews and they look fantastic. If you’re in the market for some clip-in extensions for a great price, whether its to fake some length or add thickness, I’d encourage you to check out their website. 

On a side note, their 50K subs. giveaway gave me a huge smile :D

     My mom and me have been watching NBC’s new show The Voice, and we think its great. Dia Frampton, of Meg and Dia, is already my favorite. Her rendition of Colbie Caillat’s “bubbly” was very original and just plain gorgeous!

·        I think everyone knows Elle and Blair Fowler, who are huge in the YT beauty community. When I found out Blair has a part in Disney’s Prom, I thought I might have to check out that movie, especially after seeing this interview of them at the movie premiere. As always, the Fowlers look fabulous.

·        Because of this lovely lady , I had a fabulous girl’s night a few weeks back where we attempted the infamous swirl nail polish technique. Also because of her, most of the items on my birthday wish list are various nail varnishes ;D Miss Jen is definitely fabulous!

And I had to save the BEST for last

·        The silver teapot located in Manteca has become one of my favorite spots!! It’s a quaint little tea room complete with mismatched teapots & teacups, delicious loose-leaf tea, beautiful furniture, and loads of little knickknacks everywhere! I love it a lot. My boyfriend has taken me there twice, and we've both enjoyed the Paris tea (a blend of fruity black tea with lemon) so much that he bought it for me, and I’ve been enjoying it at home almost every evening!

That about wraps it all up! I’m definitely hoping to become a more frequent blogger by having features like this.

 I hope everyone continues enjoying this May!

Nicolette M.