Pink Brushes and Strawberries. You can't go wrong.

Okay so before I begin with my instructions I just want to let everyone know that I made up my mind and......


I'm going dark, probably tomorrow so that I can go home and surprise my fam. They love my dark hair. (I've done it before but it was a major bitch to get back to blond)

So yeah, thanks guys for all the input. I'm gonna go with the peekaboo highlights either this weekend or maybe later on. I'm not in a rush.

Enough of that though, lets move on.

How to Get CHEAP, good quality, Pink brushes

I know, I know...it sounds too good to be true but it's not. I must must confess my love for E.L.F brushes. As I've mentioned before, I am unemployed for now so MAC brushes are definitely out of the question. My mom will laugh in my face if I call her up to ask her for 24 dollars for a makeup brush and I'm def not dippin into my savings for it. E.L.F brushes are an AMAZING replacement and they're only $1.00, i repeat $1.00. I've used MAC brushes before and although some of the E.L.F brushes are flimsy ( the smudging brush...not so good) there are some that I feel might even be better than MAC like the blending brush = <333 style="font-weight: bold;">What you'll need:
Makeup Brush (duh)
Nail polish of your choice
Napkins just in case
Nail polish remover just in case

Step One:

Pick your brush of choice (this probably works best on a white brush but def try your black brushes too)



It's hard to tell but this is my eyeshadow brush.


Step Two:

Once you've chosen your brush, you can either use a nail polish you already have or go out and buy a new one (some people dont like the idea of using something that you use on your nails on another surface, I say...what the hell, it's not going on my face and it's not damaging my nail polish or my nail so I used one I had already)

I decided I wanted a pink, glittery brush so I put a coat of clear glitter nail polish over the pink. Both of these nail polishes were about $0.97 each in Target.

Step Three:

Paint them! Paint your first coat, let it dry, paint a second coat, let it dry and once it's COMPLETELY dry you can paint a coat of glitter over it. Make sure you wait for your base color to be dry or else you'll make a mess and ruin the nail polish. I don't have a picture of me painting them because...well...how would I have taken pics and painted at the same time lol.


Step Four:

Let it dry!

Your finished product should look like this

Wall-laa, you have pretty, customized brushes to add to your collection. Feel free to use any colors you want, go crazy. My boyfriend saw the brushes today and thought I brought them from a store that way. He's all like "I thought you said you were trying to save money" (points at brushes) I'm like "Stay out my bidness" lol I explained to him that I did it all by my lonesome. Boys, psh.

If you decide to do this to your brushes TAKE PICS! I would love to see your brushes ladies.

So now...

on to the thing you've all been waiting for...

Chocolate Covered Strawberries!!!


I made these on Valentines Day and had this hotel smelling all kinds of delicious. They were so good that Danny's cousin even brought a box of them off me.

What you'll need:
a bag of chocolate chips (whichever you prefer, I personally used Nestle semi-sweet)- $3.49 in Target you can definitely get cheaper ones though, I had no choice lol
Strawberries (duh)- $5.00 in Stop and Shop
A bowl (microwaveable)
A spoon
Wax paper- $1.09 in Stop and Shop
A microwave
A fridge

I'm sorry but I don't have pics of the step by step process. Its pretty mindless but if you feel like you need the pictures I'll post some up over the weekend, I plan on making some for my nephews when i go home.

Make sure you have all your supplies laid out

Step One:

Empty your chocolate chips into your microwaveable bowl and put them in your microwave for 2 minutes. When the 2 minutes are over stir the chocolate , they will not be melted yet, after you stir, put it back in for another 2 minutes, take it out, stir it, and put it in for another 2 minutes. After the third time they should be completely melted. The reason I tell you to do this is because if you put the chocolate in for 6 minutes straight the chocolate will melt and get a nasty taste, doing it in intervals will help the chocolate melt in a good way.

Step Two:

Once your chocolate has melted you should wash your strawberries and then dip them into your chocolate sauce. Once you feel like it has a good amount of chocolate on it, lay it down on your wax paper, continue to do this with each strawberry

Step Three:

When your done dipping take the wax paper on each side and slowly carry it to your fridge, make sure you dont drop any! If you feel like it's too difficult just put the wax paper on a plate.

Step Four:

Let them cool for about an hour and WA-LA. After an hour the chocolate should be hardened and delicious.

Step Five:

Enjoy!


I apologize if I'm being too vague with the directions, if you have any questions feel free to let me know and I'll answer to the best of my ability


I'm heading off to have dinner with the bf and then we're going to a magic show lol. I'll let you guys know how it went.

Hope you ladies are having an amazing day. Love you all <33

Pretty much a mix of everything

For all the ladies who helped me thru my situation yesterday I left you guys a blog below this one just to say thanks.

I'm in class right now I swear to God I feel like ripping my hair out. This is pretty much the most boring class ever. I'm not interested in the history of music. I like music the way it is I don't need to know about woodwinds and the Baroque Period.


UGH

I apologize for getting all personal yesterday but I felt like I had no one to turn to and I felt like if I got personal, then maybe someone out there in my blog world will relate and understand and I was right. Maybe I should get more personal, more often. I don't want anyone to ever feel like they have no one to turn to because theres no one who will understand because trust me, I do. Name a life experience, I've dealt with it whether it be with my own life, boyfriends life, friends life etc.

I've been feeling really out of it lately. Every now and then I get into these self doubting moods where I feel like I have to analyze everything about myself and fix it so here goes.

Goal number 1: Operation Get my life back

I think I neglect myself too much in every aspect of my life so I have to work on it. I used to be so determined. All I wanted in life is to become famous. I don't know what happened to that dream but it disappeared and I want it back.

Goal number 2: Operation find the milli to my vanilli

I have no friends in this school because I've relied on his friendship. That was my first mistake. He is my best friend but he isn't my best friend all the time and thats what I need, a best friend all the time. Since I'm a transfer student I was placed in a hotel to live which is cool, I love living here, but it's away from campus and I know if I lived on campus I'd have the oppurtunity to make tons more friends instead of the drunk transfer students that live in the hotel. The only friend that I have that I feel like i can be 100% honest with lives about an hour away from me so its tough because we talk everything but I know you ladies can attest to the fact that there's nothing like a day out shopping or just chillin with your best girl friend.

Goal number 3: Work on my damn self

This one is pretty simple. I want to work on myself more. As in making exercising a habit, making sure I have amazing grades in school, getting a job to support my shopping addiction and last but not least...dun..dun...duuunn...learning how to drive. Yes I know I know, i'm 20 years old with a permit. My friend used to give me lessons but well...thats a long story so I'm pretty much stuck because I know what I'm doing but I have no one to practice with me. I've had to cancel my road test twice already. I'm gonna have to pay for driving school once I find a job but I'm willing to do whatever it takes. I want to take care of myself.

New Motto = Me FIRST, you SECOND


So now that you ladies know some of my goals, fill me in on some of yours? What do you feel you need to accomplish to become happier with yourself?

Oh and btw I need hellllpp. Okay so I'm currently a blonde...a pharmacy blonde and it's cool and all. I used to love it but now it seems like it's taking a toll on my hair. Its become such a hassle having to dye my dark ass roots every 3 weeks and my hair just doesn't look or feel healthy anymore so I was thinking, although I'll miss my Barbie blonde hair, the health of my hair is important...how many of you feel like I should go dark? I was thinking maybe dark brown with some red lowlights or dark brown with some peekaboo highlights or maybe just adding some lowlights to this blonde hair of mine. PiinkCupcakes help me out girl I know you're a cosmetologist lol.

Here are some pics I got off google



I typed in red lowlights and I got this. It seems like she has blonde and red in her hair but i'm not sure. It's cute though

I'm really liking this look. This is what came up when I typed in peekaboo highlights.

This is just the typical brown and blonde hair.

Tell me what you think and if you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know I'm down for anything.

In my next entry I'll show you how to turn your plain white E.L.F makeup brush into a gorgeous pink one =D

AND

I'll give step by step instructions of how to make chocolate covered strawberries to spoil yourself with.

Love you Amazing Ladies. I hope you're all having an amazing day.