Vintage Goddess Hair

Summer should be nice and sunny not humid and sticky. The weather where I am is in the later category with a 99.99% chance of storms. So whatever ideas of having cute hair and pretty makeup you have can be thrown out the window real fast.

When I step outside the curls in my hair disappear and I'm left with a mane of frizz... ehh. I needed a cure and one fast, so I combined one of my favorite vintage updos (The Gibson Tuck) with a splash of goddess.

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Lipstick Mania! My Top 5 Favorites

There are a lot of things in this world I favor; pastries, fashion, and the list goes on, but if there's one thing in this world I favor the most, it is lipstick.
I am a total lipstick nut and I feel lipstick is a way for me to reflect my mood and personality, and it is also something that really pulls a look together.

I have compiled a list of my Top 5 Favorite Lipsticks/ Lip Products
Here they are in no particular order:

 YSL Rogue Pur Couture (06) Rose Bergamasque

This lipstick is the perfect shade of nude for me, it has a pinkish peachish touch to it that makes it subtle but also noticeable. Since I've bought it, I have worn it everywhere. It's the perfect lipstick for any-time of day and outfit.

 Urban Decay Super- Saturated High Gloss Lip Color in F-BOMB

I wear a lot and I mean A LOT of red lipstick. Of all the red lipsticks I wear, F-BOMB is definitely my favorite because it is long lasting and it is a perfect shade of Red, not too bright and not too dark.
I came across this lipstick when I was in Sephora and was looking at The OZ Great And Powerful makeup compact that Urban Decay came out with. In the Theodora compact there was a red super-saturated lip color that I loved but Sephora didn't sell separately, so I compared that red to other reds and F-BOMB was almost an exact match.

 CoverGirl (325) Spellbound

Every time I look at this lipstick I ask myself  "Why did you even buy this shade, it's purple for crying out loud", then I put it on and I'm like "Oh Yeah, that's why. It's a gorgeous shade!".
This lipstick is definitely for daredevils, It's the perfect pinkish purple shade and I absolutely love wearing this whenever I'm in a daring mood and it is also the perfect summer shade.

 Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede (035) Backstage

When I bought this lipstick I seen the advertisement with Olivia Wilde wearing this shade and I thought "OMG I need that color!" This lipstick makes me a very happy woman, it is a matte lipstick, but do not let the shade of the actual color stick fool you. This shade is a dark red, and I am not kidding. But I really love this color because I wear a lot of whites and this color looks absolutely perfect contrasting with the whites.

Urban Decay Super-Saturated High Gloss Lip Color in Glinda

I bought this lipstick in the Urban Decay The Oz Great And Powerful compact. As you can tell I have worn this shade down quite a bit. This color is definitely a pinkish muave color. This color is such a simple color and I wear it really all the time any time of the day.

(Little I.E- The Super-Saturated Lip Colors are ultra glossy, but the longer you wear the color it turns into the perfect matte color. These colors are highly pigmented especially the red that is also in this post. These lippies are great because you can also sharpen them. I highly recommend these!)

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Manicure Monday: For The Love Of Carnations!

The start of a new week.... but that's okay because it's Manicure Monday!
I use to do MM's a while ago and the motivation of doing it just wasn't enough anymore, but now I'm back to doing it.

I am never shy when it comes to my nails, so any colors or designs I'm up to try. This week I decided to keep my nails pretty simple, but I added a pop of color. I wear a lot of blacks and whites, so I always leave it to my nails to really finish off my look... it's the final touch and that pop of color really is a attention getter.

The pink I'm wearing this week is by O.P.I and it is called Suzi's Hungary Again!. I bought this nail polish in the Euro Centrale collection, which comes with many other beautiful colors that I also bought.

 I love this pink because it reminds me of pink carnations, and lately I have been inspiring a lot of my looks from flowers.

Who doesn't love flowers?

Yasmine xx

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Blood, Sweat, And The Occasional Tear

During my Senior year of high school everything was pretty much crazy; writing correlating papers, out of school activities, I mean the amount of work I doing was absolutely ridiculous. During that year, I was not active, besides being piled in school papers and staying up late so my homework was done before first period the next day. All the work I was doing and trying to follow due date schedules really stressed me out and when I'm stressed I eat. Do you see where I'm going with this?

Summer started and when I went to pull out all of my cute shorts and summer outfits... they didn't fit. I was absolutely mortified to the point where I started crying. From that point on, I told myself things are gonna have to start changing or else. Well that's what I did.

I got a membership at my local gym and at the beginning of summer started working out 5-6 days a week from anywhere to 2-4 hours a day. Its been almost a month and let me tell you... it's not all sunshine and rainbows.

I realized that if I wanted to get anywhere, the bad food has got to go. I love love love Italian food and found myself eating carb loaded foods the majority of the week. Different pastas and breads I totally eliminated from my list of foods to eat. Secondly, I eliminated all fluids except water and milk. Thirdly, I started eating small meals in 4 hour increments, so I am always full and I don't go all crazy on the amount of food I'm eating. When it comes to what I eat, I stick to alot of salads, chicken, fruits, and some veggies (I'm no sort of veggie person what so ever). I also eat a lot and I mean A LOT of sandwiches.

Going to the gym and pushing myself has definitely been a struggle. It gets tiring going to the gym everyday for a long extended time. Almost everyday I get up and I am all kinds of worn out and tired, I mean this stuff takes a toll out on you, but for the better. Also you learn to love the feeling of sore muscles. I don't know how to explain it to you, but waking up the next day and feeling something that shows proof that you're working your butt off  is worth everything you're doing.

I will be posting a part two to this post with a little bit more insight and I will keep on posting here and there some exercising tips that I learn along my journey of a fit lifestyle, cause I am right where you are... slightly clueless on this whole thing called exercise.

                                                                                                                                     -Y-