Dear Santa (Day 6)

Santa Santa Santa....

I know you need stocking stuffer ideas...

So, here I am again with plenty of ideas!!

Benefit has this lip and cheek stain that I have heard wonderful things about.

Basically, you apply to either place and it gives a rosy tint that will last longer

than your typical cheek or lip product.

Have you heard anything about the Benefit They're Real Mascara?

Well, I have! It's supposed to be one of the best mascaras out right now and beauty

gurus are raving about how awesome it is. I am not one to really splurge on mascara.

I like Loreal a lot so it would be nice to have someone else splurge on an item like this

that I would like to try, but doubtful spend my own money on.

Ahhh... who wouldn't love some cozy shea infused socks to wear on Christmas

morning? This Bath & Body steal would make for a great gift for any lady in your

life. They are so warm and cozy and make your feet feel so incredibly soft with the shea

butter.

I have been wanting to splurge on these Butter London polishes sold at Ulta for months

now!! But, I can't bring myself to pay $14 for a bottle of nail polish. This is a new brand

that again is another beauty guru must have.

I think this red is just a classic staple that any girl would love in her collection.

It's called... Come to Bed Red! ;)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this green color called British Racing Green. I think it's the perfect

deep Christmas green! If I don't get this for Christmas then I will be purchasing this

for myself afterwards!

I love this iphone case! I found this designer Jonathan Adler in Francesca's the other

day while dress shopping. They did not have this color in the store so I googled

it when I got home and found a few places online where you can purchase. I love

that it has the soft matte finish as well.

Yay for fun little bite sized gifts!

Dear Santa (Day 5)

Santa Baby...

I've been an awfully good girl this year...

If you will check off my Christmas Beauty list

I do promise to be just as good next year!

I have REALLY fallen in love with my NARS Laguna bronzer this fall which is why

I know I will love this limited edition Blush Palette.

It's limited edition and has been sold out on the Sephora website for months now!

HELP!!!

This palette comes with a highlighter, bronzer, and four top selling Nars

blushes including the cult favorite Orgasm and Super Orgasm.

WOWZERS... that made me blush for real!

You know how I love to travel and be on the go. This would make for such a

great palette to take for on the go and have every color I could possibly need!

Santa Baby

Hurry Down the Chimney tonight

With this Nars Palette

My cheeks will thank you!

Dear Santa (Day 4)

Hey Santa,

Just in case you are running out of ideas I wanted to give you another suggestion.

When I was coming back from Mexico I saw a purse I fell in love with. Ho, Ho... you

know how much I love purses. I know, I know you say you have enough purses.

But, Santa I have decided I need a nice leather purse in every color and lucky for me

I don't have a genuine leather purse in camel. Every girl needs a great leather camel

bag. My friend Jana agrees, so there!

Santa, you can go HERE to check my bag out online, but I know your elves

are already spinning their big ears to make this bag just for me!

My shoulder will thank you!

Dear Santa (Day3)

Hey There Santa! It's me again...

I have another fabulous idea of what you can put in your big red velvet bag to deliver

to Brooke Story, on your "VERY Good list" :)

I recently went to Sephora to smell the Jennifer Anniston perfume, but much to my

disappointment I didn't think the smell did much for me. So, my new friend George

at the perfume counter helped me find just the right scent. I explained to him that I like

really light scents with a touch of sweet. I told him the only perfume I have ever finished

the entire bottle was Light Blue by Dolce and Gabbana.

After smelling many different fragrances and coffee beans I found two yummy scents.

My first choice and new love is Flora by Gucci in the Eau Fraiche.

It's a great light citrusy flirty scent that compliments me very well.

My next favorite scent was Lovestruck by Vera Wang.

Again another light and romantic scent.

Thanks St. Nick!

Dear Santa (Day 2)

Dearest Santa,

As you know I recently had a facial that was not the most enjoyable thing ever.

I did however become informed that I need to be using a deeper cleansing technique

to decrease the size of my pores, prevent blackheads and breakouts, and

make my skin look more youthful.

So, with all that said I have found the perfect tool that you can bring me on Christmas

morning. It is the Skinsonic Skincare System. You will be so proud to know that I have

found a MUCH more affordable alternative to the highly sought after "Clarisonic"

from Sephora that retails for $150.

Santa, this retails for $49 and it comes with SO much more than the Clarisonic.

For $49 I get 5 different heads!! I will get normal, sensitive, exfoliation, hydration,

and toning brush head!!

I think this will be a lovely addition to my skincare routine and I would be one holly

jolly little girl to get this.

Dear Santa (Day 1)

So, I know I promised I would do better about blog posts and I have not been very

committed to that promise. I have found that I am in a apathetic funk right now...

and I think I've been there for a while. There are many things in my life right now that I just

don't care much about. I have a whatever, I don't care kind of attitude. It's not like

I am miserable or unhappy or anything like that, but just very unmotivated and I am going to

have to find a way to change that soon. I need some change in a few areas of my life and I need

to be committed to make that happen!

So, there you have a quick mini update on me.

I thought I would do several posts in December about gift ideas that involve things

that I personally would love to receive for Christmas!

I traveled to Mexico over Thanksgiving with my Mom and Nana to celebrate my mom turning

50 this month. It's a fun girly trip that we have been planning for over a year now. We

went to Playa del Carmen and stayed at The Royal. It was such a lovely luxurious

trip. Beautiful!

The last day we were there I had a facial. When you think of a facial don't

the words relaxing, therapeutic, and tranquil come to mind? Well, think again if

you sign up for a cleansing facial. For an hour long appointment I can honestly say

that half of that time was spent in pain. Picking blackheads and impurities out of my skin!

OUCH!!! It hurt so bad at one point I was about to grab her pretty little hand out of my

face and say THAT'S ENOUGH! I'M DONE! IF YOU DON'T MAKE THIS SOMEWHAT

RELAXING I'M OUT OF HERE! But, of course I didn't. I'm sweet... just sat there

and took it like a woman and said... "I'm fine." ha.

So, she used these products on me that you probably have heard of if you have ever

had spa treatment. The brand is called Pevonia. She recommended several products

to me; a cleanser and cream that would help my skintype. She explained to me that

I am oily basically in my Tzone, but a bit dry around my cheeks.

So, the line she recommended to me was to help prevent blackheads as well as fight and

treat them.

Pevonia Combination Skin Cleanser.

Retails for $28.50

Key Ingredients:

Grapefruit Essential Oil

Safflower Oil

Rosemary

Lemon

Horsetail

Combination Skin Cream

Retails for $48.50

Key Ingredients:

Hazel Nut Oil

Aloe

Tocopherol (vitamin E)

Cucumber

Arnica

Lemongrass

If you know any of Santa's elves pass the word along to him that I would

LOVE to try this skincare line!

Happy Holidays!!

Weekend Rewind. What's in my Bag?

Hey Hey! So, I promised you Friday that I was going to do better about blogging.

I had to push myself to do this Weekend Rewind post so feel very special that

I had you in mind! : )

You will notice shortly a theme to this post... or maybe not. For those of you that

are like me and not very observant I will tell you... every picture and product has Orange

in it! I actually bought one other thing, but it wasn't orange so I decided to not

mess up my consistency I have going in this post! I will do another post soon

on the eyshadow duo, Loreal Hip in the shade 510 electrified.

One thing I am going to try to get better at in blogging is reviewing more products that

I mention/use. I feel like I blog about things I buy, but I want you to get reviews as

well so you can know what I like/don't like about certain things I may mention.

So, with that said... here is what was in my bag this weekend. I did a little

copy-catting this weekend and bought items that were mentioned in a recent

youtube video by Kandee Johnson. She did a video on her nighttime cleansing routine

and after watching decided I wanted to give Burt's Bee products a chance!

Burt's Bees Orange Essence Facial Cleanser.

Kandee actually didn't mention this face wash, but when I was buying the scrub below

I decided that the cleanser and scrub would work really well together and decided

to get both. This cleanser is an award winning product that claims to "gently

remove all traces of dirt, oil, makeup, and pollutants while moisturizing and

conditioning the skin."

Retails for $8.99

As most of you probably know Burt's Bees products are 100% natural ingredients.

You can purchase at Whole Foods, Drugstore, or Wal-Mart.

Burt's Bees Citrus Facial Scrub

This is the product Kandee Johnson claims to use as her primary means of removing

her makeup. She says in her video that it's not too harsh to use every day to cleanse

as well as exfoliate. Scrub claims to "leave your skin fresh and dewy as it exfoliates

dead skin cells."

It retails for $8.99

Alba un-petroleum Jelly

This was another product Kandee talked about in her video. She uses this jelly

under her eyes, forehead, and smile lines for added moisturizing. It has a vaseline

texture feel to it, but she said that it won't clog your pores or leave you with break-outs

b/c of the ingredients used. It has seed oil, coconut oil, beeswax, and Vitamin E

among a few other things.

I plan to use this mostly under my eyes, forehead (where I have expression lines) and

maybe a little around smile lines. I doubt I will use all over my face or too much in the

T-zone since I tend to break out in that area.

Ahhh yes, Vitamin C gummies how I have longed for your goodness!! So, the

last few rounds of Vitamin C I have taken have either been the chewable tablets or

Flinestone chewables, which are like eating candy!! I haven't been taking any C

for a while now and several people around me have been sick and with Holidays coming

up I want to do some preventative action!!

I am SO excited about the gummies though. I would take the multi-vitamin in a gummie

too if they weren't so darn expensive!! It's like $13... crazy!

I got these at Wal-Mart for $4.95

And good ole One A Day. I have been slacking on my vitamins lately so

back to the daily grind!

Yay for staying healthy during this crazy, but joyful time of the year!

Have a lovely day!

Friday Faves

Well HELLOOOO there beauties!

After a near month break of blogging, I'm back! Where have you been you say?

Why did you stop blogging? hmmm. I'm not really sure. Laziness, planning trips

to NYC and Mexico, and best of all I got a baby puppy dog last week!! She is a light

apricot maltipoo named Millie and she has consumed my world. I will do a post on her

soon so you can meet this precious little angel!

So, I'm going to try my best to keep up with blogging and doing more reviews, but with

the Holidays quickly approaching I'm not making any promises! : ) Things get cray cray

around this time of the year.

So, I do have a Friday Product Fave that I wanted to blog about. I bought the Revlon

Photo Ready concealer about a month ago and have been using every day under my eyes and

on any blemishes I have!

Guys, I have to say I am so into this concealer. I have quit using my higher end

stuff and grab for this over the expensive stuff now! It is a stick which would lead you

to believe it would be a more dry consistency. Negative. It is the most creamy, smooth,

blendable concealer.

My face recently decided to turn into a pizza right before my trip to NYC and this

stuff covered my blemishes like nobody's business! I even showed my girlfriends on the

trip how well it hide my pepperoni face. They were all impressed and wanted to use it!

It's a bit more expensive than maybe your average drug store product, but much better

than a department store. Retails for $9.99.

I purchased the 003 light/medium shade and it works perfect for me for anyone that

is interested in knowing.

Ok, so this was a quickie. : ) Hope you enjoyed. I will do better, I promise!

Have a Fabulous weekend!