Panda-monium

So... Matt and I went to a costume party tonight for our Christian fellowship group. We went as pandas and yes, I made the costumes. I will be posting a tutorial on my YouTube channel on how to re-create this look but it was SUPER easy.


All you need is black and white face paint, cosmetic sponges or synthetic hair makeup brushes (I like the ELF professional foundation brush and concealer brush), white powder to set the white paint, and black or dark brown eye shadow to set the black paint.

You can also use an eyeliner pencil to draw out the areas you want to paint black.

For the costumes we went cheap and bought men's sweat pants and sweat shirts. I used a white bandana and cut it into the desired shape for our tummy patch. Then I used fabric glue to glue on the white patch. You can definitely use iron on transfer patches if you don't want the glue to show through the white (we didn't have an iron however)....

In total, I think that this costume costs about $12 if you have the makeup brushes and eye shadows/powders.

What are you dressing up as for Halloween? Leave me a comment!

Nails of Today

I just wanted to share a pretty nail combination with you! I used Essie's Mademoiselle (a light milky pink) and then two coats of NYC's Starry Silver Glitter on top. I believe this is supposed to be a good dupe for Debora Lippman's Happy Birthday polish.

I think that in the bottle, it's really beautiful. There are small silver glitter particles and multi-colored larger circle glitters. I'm not usually a glitter polish kind of girl buuuuut I like this. I think it's fun... it would be really great for New Year's Eve I think!

What are your favorite glitter polishes? If you own the DL Happy Birthday polish let me know how this compares!

Things life has taught me in the past year...

~ Thursdays are my most productive day of the week.

~ My sister is a strong woman - she deals with heartache better than I ever did at her age

~ Cable is overrated and expensive

~ You can make new friends even in your fifth year of college

~ Running feels so awful but so good at the same time (I got my time back up to 15 minutes and next week I’ll be shooting for 17…)

~ Cheesecake can cure a bad day like that *snaps fingers*

~ Even naughty kittens can be sweet sometimes

~ Bird feeders are not just for the enjoyment of human beings (cue cats bashing their faces on the window)

~ Not buying meat saves you money $$

~ Pictures on a wall make any place feel like home

~ Pita pizzas are the greatest lunch invention… ever

~ Pepperoni makes sandwiches delicious

~ The Golden Girls was made for mornings

~ Exercising is the best form of stress-managment

~ Older adults are capable of melting your heart in ways you never though possible

~ Nothing is more important than family

~ Being a “grown up” is hard work…

~ Worrying is a waste of time

~ Jesus is LORD! If you have faith in Him, you have no reason to fear

~ Death is a natural part of life

~ Sometimes Indian summers are exhausting

Let me know what you’ve learned so far this year!

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to do a quick post showing you my fun scarf that I'm wearing today. I bought it at Claire's on clearance so it was pretty cheap = what we like to see!

Today I have a busy schedule. I'm "working" today at the long-term care facility that I worked at this summer and I'm killing two birds with one stone by interviewing one of my guys for a project for my Soc class.


I hope all of you are well! Talk to you soon!

First of October!

Hello lovelies!

I felt like posting a beautiful new nail polish that I just got from Ulta! The color is called "Vintage Violet" and it's such a pretty, deep lilac color... and it was only $2 which makes it even better!





My bracelet is from JC Penny and was on sale for $20 from $40. It's a really beautiful wrap bracelet and it goes with EVERYTHING! I love it!


I also bought a really lovely Wet and Wild eyeshadow palette which I'll be doing a post on very soon so stay tuned for that.

I hope you're having a great weekend and I'll talk to you soon!