jeans and t-shirt kind of day

light washed jeggings
olive green tank with black vneck beatles band tee
my hair looks like crap bc i have no blowdryer or straightener this week :[
gray brownish haviana flip flops

face
foundation is the same as usual...
neutrogena tinted moisturizer
mac msf natural to set
maybelline gentle pink blush

eyes
mac painterly p/p
mac satin taupe e/s on the lid
mac sketch e/s on the outer v blended into the crease
vs gratify e/s as a highlight

lips
mac whirl l/l
mac faux l/s
vs l/g on top for wat it's called sorry

intake and exercise for 9/15/10

so i'm gonna try something out. im supposed to be dieting so im going to be posting my daily intake on here. i do count my calories cuz im trying to lose weight but i usually do it in my blackberry but i feel if i post it on here it might make me realize like "wow wat are u eating?" u know wat i mean? ok so here's wat i had for 9/15/10.

breakfast
south beach protein bar - 150
vitamin water - 50

snack (munched on throughout the day)
2 cups of grapes - 126

lunch
starbucks garden pesto pasta salad - 320
light caramel frap - 130

dinner
roasted turkey breast lean cuisine - 260

total - 1036

exercise
45 min walk/jog
50 crunches
1 min plank
20 side crunches each side
10 push ups

i think i ate pretty well.
i always keep a water bottle with me so i drink LOTS
and LOTS of water everyday.
i always try and get my 45 min of cardio in.
i slacked on the workouts, but i did workout at home instead of the gym.
i know that's no excuse but i cant really do much while i'm away at school.
i know eating tv dinners like lean cuisines are not the healthiest but, i am
away for college. i rent out a room i don't really get to use the stove often so
i deal with what i've got. so i grab a few weight watcher smart ones and
lean cuisines for dinner at the supermarket. for lunch i will usually pack some
fresh veggies like carrots celery anything easy to travel with and go.
i'm thinking of going on weight watchers by the way.

i'm on the go a lot and i'm also a huge tree hugger.
now last semester i used to bring to class these ziploc bags of
watever i was having, berries, carrots, grapes, pretzels...watever
and i used to buy those 24 packs of water bottles every week
of course id dispose of everything properly but that's still not good enough.
i recently have turned a new leaf to help lessen the waste produced.

so instead of getting ziploc bags i've discovered RuMe bags and i've also
started using a reusable water bottle instead of buying bottles weekly.
this is not only environmentally friendly but saves me some money
by me not having to buy ziplocs and water bottles weekly
RuMe bags are awesome! they're basically reusable bags!
i've purchased the RuMe on the go bags so i can stash my food in there
and bring it along to class. the prints are pretty cute.
if you want to check these out visit this link
http://www.rumebags.com/shop/Mini-RuMe


being a healthy greener
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FOTD & OOTD

all i had planned for the day was a

trip to starbucks for a study date with my books
and a caramel machiato. some people might think
this is dressed up for a study day but, i feel like when
i dress up a little it and do my makeup i'm a little more
awake and during a study sesh i need a all the pep i can get.

so so plain today. it would have been different
if i had accessories to jazz up my outfit but i'm
a nomad so i forgot accessories at home.
(i live on staten island during the week for school)

outfit.
just black leggings a light gray tube top from charlotte russe
with a dark gray cardigan on top and black new sexy black
leather boots. i wish i had a scarf or even a necklace with me
so i could have dressed up this outfit more. or even a white
tank top instead of gray. oh well.

LOL i love my new boots.
they're by collin stewart from victoria's secret by the way.

face.
today i used bare minerals (medium tan) foundation
maybelline mineral powder blush in gentle pink
and neutrogena bronzer for shading (sunkissed 30)

eyes
mac painterly p/p
the cranberry color in the VS mosaic quad in front row on the lid
and mac brun e/s
stila smudge pot liner in black
rimmel sexy curves mascara

lips
mac whirl l/l
mac faux l/s
revlon color stay mineral lipglaze in 512 timeless nude

thanks for reading <333>

face of the day.

okay it's a whole new semester. i had quite an eventful summer. in all honesty it was just a bunch of partying. but its the start of the fall 10 semester and i need to get back into study mode. now that im back in school this means i'll have a lot of boredom to accompany me. so i'll be able to update this lovely beauty and life blog more often. i thought i would start off with a face of the day. i think i have enough products to update you on my project 10 pan adventure so i'll be sure to post about that soon. possibly friday when i get home.

now, last semester i had a much better cell phone camera, i had an lg dare. this semester i have a blackberry and as advanced as it is, it's got a horrible camera. i also have a webcam now and the quality is alright but it doesnt beat having a real digital camera or even my dare. so until i get a new digicam bare with me.

so today i was planning on studying all day but, going into the city to have lunch with a good friend sounded so much better! i woke up pretty late so i did my make up pretty quick and just threw my hair in a pony tail.

face
i pretty much did wat i usually do when im in a rush...
neutrogena tinted moisturizer (medium to olive) with mac msf natural to set (medium dark), victorias secret concealer and revlon photoready translucent powder to set it and a product ive had for a long time but never really used, maybelline mineral powder naturally luminous blush in gentle pink. and then i had benefits hoola bronzer on mostly for contouring

eyes
mac painterly p/p

nyx jumpo pencil in iced mocha
nyx loose pearl shadow in mocha pearl on the lids
mac brun e/s on the outer v and blended into my crease
milani liquif'eye e/l in black smudged on the top n bottom
rimmel sexy curves mascara topped off by benefit bad gal lash mascara

lips
revlons pink pout lipstick topped by revlons pink whisper l/g

peace ladies.
have an awesome semester.
hope you're starting off the way you should and not lazy and still in party mode like myself haha..

3 things tag & lush sweetie pie shower jelly

Three names I go by:
1. karen
2. nickname given by my bf..lol
3.

Three jobs I have had:
1. waitress
2. cashier
3. pharmacy technician

Three places I have lived:
1. Staten Island
2. Queens
3. Rockland County

Three favourite drinks:
1. diet pepsi
2. water
3. coffee

Three TV shows I watch:
1. one tree hill
2. gossip girl
3. the office

Three places I have been:
1. vegas
2. florida
3. ohio

Three places I would like to visit:
1. new zealand
2. philippines
3. california

Three favorite old TV shows:
1. charmed
2. saved by the bell
3. 90210 (original)

Three favorite dishes:
1. sushi-rainbow roll, yellow tail...anything i love sushi :]
2. pad thai
3. anything filipino

Three makeup/beauty products I cannot live without:
1. mac msf natural
2. eyeliner
3. moisturizer

Three things I’m looking forward to:
1. summer vaca
2. graduation...even tho its in a year and a half lol
3. seeing my bf again on friday! i miss him already!

Three people I tag:
everyone!

ALRIGHT so...i just wanted to procrastinate a little bit with that tag lol
anyway so....i had just used a lush shower jelly in my hair for the first time, so i decided i'd discuss it a bit.
i used lush's sweetie pie shower jelly. it's amazing stuff. it smells like berries and is a pretty, it's glittery, and is a pretty dark purple color. the website describes it to have a cherry scent, which i dont smell, idk maybe it's just me but i feel like it smells like fruits.

i love it so much on my skin. it lathers so well! whether you use it alone and rub it straight on your body or if you use a loofah. i always use a loofah even with my bar soaps from lush. i just feel like it lathers a lot better with one and i also have pretty dry skin so i like to use it to smooth out my skin.

but in my however....okay right off the bat in the shower..i only needed like a bit more than a pinch of the jelly. now, i have a lot of hair so for that to be enough was like..whoa. it lathered so so well! it smelt good while washing and i could see the glitter sparkling.

when i got out of the shower-i wasn't expecting the glitter to stay, obviously. but i can still smell it (so it didnt completely wash out in the shower) and i also knew my hair was going to be tangled. i didn't use a conditioner bc i wanted to see how it was in my hair on its own, i didnt even put in my daily leave in conditioner from garnier, for the sake of experimentation. it's been an hour and a half since i got out of the shower and my hair is STILL wet. usually by this time it's damp, but it's still pretty wet! which is annoying that it's taking so long to dry. BUT from the feel of what is dry..it feels soft. but it rly wasn't manageable when i got out of the shower. i usually comp my hair with a wide toothed comb when i get out of the shower. so i dont like that. but we'll see how it goes for the rest of the day....

8 things tag & ramblings

okay so i'm dique writing a paper right now with this blog entry haha...
just wanted to get a few things off my mind...

vegas was awesome! it was such a good spring break. ive been in college for almost 3 years now and ive never had that typical spring break you see people on tv have...but i finally got to experience my college spring break with the pool, sun, drinks, partying, clubbing, good friends...it was so much fun, but now it's back to my reality of a nursing student-hard ass work! lots of studying, lots of reading...basically a lot of stress...all until may! i just need to get thru the next 2 months and im golden. after this semester i can move on..hopefully (praying i dont fail)!!! anyway that break was a really good way to restart my brain cuz now im all partied out, got that out of my system and now i can focus on the work i need to complete.

alright heres the tag..that i stole from goregous http://mzfivetwooh.blogspot.com/

8 tv shows i like to watch

• glee
• one tree hill
• gossip girl
• how i met your mother
• will and grace
• i shouldn't be alive
• the office
• house

8 favorite places to eat and drink

• blockheads (best sangrias and mexican food and its cheap!)
• ihop
• taco bell
• my house if my mom/grandma cook
• banchetto feast
• olive garden
• the melting pot
• chipotle

8 things i look forward to

• summer
• going home to my puppy
• the feeling i get when i complete my work (relief and stress free!)
• my birthday
• going home every weekend from school
• seeing my boyfriend
• paychecks
• seeing my grandmother(s)

8 things happened yesterday

• bfs motorcycle got stolen
• rode in a cop car for my first time (looking for the bike, i didn't do anything wrong LOL)
• got home from vegas
• slept on a plane
• had the ill earache from the air pressure change when flying (hate it!)
• slept for hours and hours! lol
• dropped my sister off at her house
• saw my bf for the first time in over a week!

8 things i like about winter

• my birthday celebrations (january 19th, get it capricorns!)
• the sight of fresh snow
• winter clothes
• the return of mint mochas at starbucks
• warm drinks during a cold day
• christmas and family time
• snow days
• snowboarding!

8 things on my wish list

• mac dollymix blush
• mac viva glam gaga l/s
• a new car thats at least a 2000 model lol
• my paper to be magically complete
• a new ipod
• a new laptop
• unlimited starbucks
• my RN degree!

8 things i'm passionate about

• nursing
• interior design
• my boyfriend
• my family
• my education
• going green, conserving and imporving the environment
• animal rights
• homosexual rights

8 words/phrases i often use

• get it!
• giiirl
• i mean...
• i guess...
• yaaass
• faaakkk
• sheeet
• i dont get it...

8 things i've learned in the past

• walk away when u win (when gambling)
• being cute will get u in VIP and free drinks at clubs LOL
• keeping it real is better than being plastic
• get ur shit done on time!
• sterile dressings
• my earaches when flying is worse than i remember from the last time i flew
• your shit will get stolen in nyc within a blink of an eye
• how to enable/disable network connections on my laptop and disabling it when not in use will conserve your battery life

8 places i would like to go/visit/see

• the philippines
• DR
• new zeland
• europe (ALL OF EUROPE!!!)
• cali
• IMATS
• chile
• australia

8 things i currently want/need

• money
• my work to be complete
• this semester to be over
• move on to nursing 120!!!
• new snowboarding gear
• itouch
• new laptop
• my family and friends to be healthy and happy

8 people i would love to tag

• EVERYONEEE!!!!!

rimmel mascara review: glam eyes vs. sexy curves

i decided to try out new mascaras
i saw a video where michelle phan went thru a drug store
she walked by the rimmel section and mentioned
that she really liked sexy curves
i saw another video from pixiwoo
(i forgot which sister did the video, i honestly don't know
their names i think one is nik?) and she was
doing a comparison video among different
drug store mascaras...among them she said that
sexy curves was actually one of the best ones
she had picked up...so that's why i picked up
these 2 mascaras during this buy 1 get 1
rimmel sale at cvs a few months back

i wanted to review these after really giving them a shot
because sometimes i start to like things after a while
of using them, especially mascaras. i find that
they work better after they dry up a bit.

packaging
rimmel always has really cute packaging
i really like the glam eyes packaging
it's really cute with the black and pink
especially the criss cross pattern on the handle
i'm not really liking the sexy curves packaging
i think its kind of unnecessary how its so shiny
yea...thats kind of ugly

this is the wand on glam eyes
it's different from most mascaras
i know the quality isn't that great, i couldn't get my camera to focus
but if u can see, there are 4 strips of bristles as opposed to
the traditional wand where the bristles hug all around the wand
it doesn't really bother me...the only only thing is during application
u need to make sure that when u start at the root of ur lashes
u got up rolling up bc usually u can just sweep the wand
straight up with other mascaras
they are rubber bristles, i know some ppl find those
to be kind of spikey on the eyes, but i like it
being that there's 4 strips, 2 are the same, same with the other 2
2 strips are short stiff rubber bristles
and 2 are longer and more bendable

the top brush is the glam eyes.
it didn't come bent like that, that happened by accident
this is one of the cons actually. the wand is very flimsy.
it just got bent by putting it back in the tube bc its so weak.

the bottom one is obv the sexy curves.
rimmel actually took the spherical shape from that givenchy
mascara, idk wat the name is and telescopic from loreal.
only wat rimmel did was have 3 balls instead of the 1 like
wat givenchy and loreal has. they're advertisements
say that this will add 3x the volume, but i rly dont
see wat the difference is if theres 1 or 3 or even 5 bumps lol

enough rambling about packaging..here's wat it looks like on...
without mascara and liner (yuck lol)

glam eyes
not rly volumizing but it is really thickening
which i'd rather have than length (if not both)
does a really good job at separating tho

sexy curves
this is just the opposite of glam eyes
not really thickening, more lengthening

so i mean...what it really comes down to is your
own personal preference. id rather the glam eyes over
the sexy curves, just because it is lengthening, not as much
as the sexy curves but i do like that its much more thickening.

other than that..they do hold a curl (i've never had a problem
with that, but it does last). they don't flake and it lasts throughout the day.
so they're both pretty good...i wouldn't repurchase any of these.
i really like my loreal voluminous so i think im going to stick to that one
until i find a better mascara. however i don't want these to
go to waste so i do like to layer them together.