happy halloween

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I was Marceline from Adventure Time!





And some Instax pictures from work. The last one is my favorite, double vampire trouble ;) I'm proud to have done the makeup and vampire bites on Big Wei, even though I only had a few blushes to work with since I didn't know he wanted something for his eyes as well. I may recreate the makeup look I did for Marceline - I was late and rushing this morning (as usual) so I didn't get a chance to get any makeup pictures.

I never plan to go out at night since the stories I hear about crazy stuff happening on Halloween scares me. I'm warm at home, burning my new Wasabi Apple candle from Bath and Body Works instead :) Whatever you guys are doing, have a happy and safe Halloween! ♥

shut up and take my money, nordstrom rack

A Nordstrom Rack opened up pretty recently in my area. I checked it out on Sunday, and I screamed on the inside with joy when I saw the makeup on sale. Swooooon. Urban Decay nail polish for $5? I need them. Too Faced A La Mode Eyes palette for $15? Especially since I was gonna buy it full price anyway? YES PLEASE.

Normally I don't like posting a haul when I've done one pretty recently but GUYS. I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT.

i got a mirror!

That's right! If you've been with my blog at the beginning stages, you'll remember my shameless "ootd taken in a target/marshalls/whatever dressing room" posts. Well that's all in the past, cause last weekend Pramod graciously drove me to Ikea to get a mirror. I got the Stave mirror, the same one in the picture. I can now take somewhat proper outfit posts. It's not as legit as the ones in fashion/style blogs, but it's tolerable at the moment. Plus people on Instagram do it all the time, so it's okay right???

Speaking of outfits, here's a lame outfit rundown cause I feel like it n______n

shirt » aerie
cardigan » mossimo (borrowed from sister)
scarf » american eagle
jeans » hurley (MY FAVORITE JEANS EVER)
belt » thrifted
boots » j shoes

haul | nail polish, oh my~

sally hansen snow globe △ l'oreal hidden gems △ sally hansen make waves △ sally hansen sparkling water
sinful colors all about you △ wet n' wild wild card/invitation △ wet n' wild gold album △ wet n' wild rising star

I admit I went a little overboard. It's been a long time since I bought this much nail polish. It's actually my first time trying out drugstore polishes - in the past, I bought strictly higher end brands cause I believed that they were better. Well, I'm happy to announce that their drugstore counterparts work just as well! :)

Edited: forgot to add the names ;)

stroke of midnight

MAC's Stroke of Midnight brushes are one of the prettiest I've ever seen, but I never thought I'd buy them off eBay for $65. I know, I know - eBay isn't exactly the safest place to buy cosmetics since there are a lot of fakes out there, especially since this is my first set of MAC brushes. I did a little bit of research on this set before purchasing, and I haven't bumped into anything out of the ordinary yet so I will assume these are genuine.

I've been wanting this particular set of brushes since MAC's Stroke of Midnight collection came out around last year, but I decided against it because I was being a responsible adult and not purchasing something that I liked, but didn't need. Well it all changed a few weeks ago when I decided that I would try to pack extra light for that California trip. I'd be landing around 12 and James doesn't get off work until 5ish, so that leaves a lot of extra room in between. I do want to explore a bit, but who wants to do it while lugging around a heavy duffel bag? 

So of course the rational choice was to lighten up my brush load, which makes sense in my mind because the Bobbi Brown blush brush (my go-to for bronzer) has a freakin' long handle and it doesn't safely fit in any makeup bags.

......Yeah. Don't judge, you've probably done the same thing in terms of reasoning.