I got TAGGED!!!

I got tagged by the lovely Jenni (This Mommy's Spot)

The Rules:
1. Put the logo in your blog
2. Write five things you are passionate about apart from blogging
3. Tag 5 people on your lists and let them know you tagged them.

Things that I am soo passionate about....

1. God/Jesus/Church- I believe in God and I would not be here without Him. My life used to be lifeless before I knew Him, once I met Him my life literally turned around. I am truely grateful for my life! I know I would not be here if I did not meet Him.

2. My Family- I love my family, they mean so much to me! I don't know what I would do without them. We are so close and would never trade that in for the world.

3. My Boyfriend (soon to be Fiance)- We are high school sweethearts and we practically saw each other grow up, we have been through a lot and I don't ever regret meeting him. I want to spend the rest of my life with him.

4. Friends- I don't have many true friends but I am soo thankful for the few loyal ones that I do have. A friend means so much to me and I don't ever take that for granted.

5. Makeup- I love makeup and have played with it since I was a little girl. I started to use it when I was in middle school but about 3 years ago I really became passionate about it. I am now going to cosmetology school to get more educated in that field. Its my career now!

Ok...Now I am tagging these amazing girls!

1. Sofee

2. Courtney

3. Jannabelle

4. Melissa

5. Vane

CONTEST on YOUTUBE!!-CLOSED-

I am holding a contest right now on youtube. Please check it out and enter! I encourage everyone to enter, it doesn't matter your skill level. Just have fun! The link to my youtube contest video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSi1jWXFjgE

If you want to stop by channel, click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/nikol210


Contest ends April 10th but I am thinking of extending the deadline. So enter my contest please, there are 2 ways of entering. You never know you could just win!!!

Love,
Nikol

NARS Swatches

without flash... with flash...

Stephanie requested a swatch of NARS Sex Machine Matte lip pencil and I also decided to swatch Pillow talk l/g. I love these two lip products, they are really good! Let me know if you have any questions!

Spell cosmetics mini haul

I ordered from www.spellcosmetics.com and their customer service is amazing!! First, they gave me a raincheck, then bc they were behind a day or two on shipping, they gave me a full size blush. I am so happy with my order and here are some swatches of the e/s. Check out their website, I can't wait to use these e/s!!!

Drugstore Mini Haul

I went to my local H-E-B (grocery store) and they had a sale on Maybelline ExpertWear E/S and I got 3 of them....

Champagne Fizz (matte finish)

Silken Taupe (High pearl finish)

Night Sky (shimmer finish)

They normall cost $2.99 but with an in-store coupon of $2.00 off it came out to $.99 each. WOW!!! and they are pigmented and work well. so I saved a total of $6.00. I think I am going back to go get some more. Let me know if you want any swatches or reviews. Click on pic to enlarge.

Love,

NIKOL

Sephora Hual

I ordered from sephora.com and I'm excited about the NARS love set because It comes with...

NARS orgasam blush

NARS Sex machine velvet matte lip pencil

NARS pillow talk l/g

normally it would cost $73 but I got it for $49...yay for sale!

Then I got waterproof kohl e/l in black, jumbo e/l in white, urban decay primer potion, sephora glitter lipstick (#71) and they gave me the happy birthday mini l/g set for free bc of my bday! yay for presents!

Plus i got free samples which are awesome! If you want swatches or reviews please let me know! Click pic to enlarge

Thanks

LOVE NIKOL

Cherry culture Haul

I am so excited about this haul because I was able to get alot of the NYX stuff I wanted from cherry culture, most of it was on sale so I save so much money. I got the Amuse baby pink L/G free with my order. check out www.cherryculture.com for nyx products at great prices plus I got free shipping! who can pass that up? If you want to see swatches or want a review on a certain item just let me know. Click the pic to enlarge.

Stars Makeup Haven

I have been wanting these palettes for a long time now but CS was always out of stock. I found a website who has the exact same product for a couple of bucks less and less shipping too. Check out www.starsmakeuphaven.com for more info. I am happy with my purchase and honestly with alot of bad customer service stories from cs I'm glad I choose an alternative. The colors are pigmented and beautiful. None of the items broke or cracked during transit which is a huge plus in my book.

Birthday!

Hey everyone. Sorry this is a little late but I just wanted to share with you, what I got for my birthday from my boyfriend. I got more than what is shown but none of that is makeup related. I am super excited because I love Hello Kitty. my boyfriend wanted to get me more but everything I wanted was sold out. I got beauty powder in tahitian sand, and lipstick in cute-ster. Hope you enjoy....Thanks so much!

Contest Entry For MakeupbyRenRen

This is a dramatic look I created for Makeupbyrenren's contest. I am super excited and all the colors I used were from the 120 color palette.

EOTD: Black/Silver Smoky Eye

Hey everyone,
I did this look today using my ICING eyeshadows (they don't have a name) but the pic of them are in a ICING Haul below. I actually like the colors because they are pigmented and are workable with some fix+ spray or water and a decent base/primer. Anyways, I created this look for tonight and It hasn't worn off or smeared. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask or if you want to comment please do so at the bottom. Thanks Everyone!! I really appreciate each and everyone of you.

Valentine's Day Makeup Pt.2

Hey everyone! I did another v-day look using purple and fuschia. Hope you like and let me know what you think? It's purple on bottom and fuschia pink right on top of that. You can see my tut on YouTube username is "Nikol210". Sorry this blog was kinda delayed...had trouble loading pics so these are the only pics I have. Thanks!

Valentine's Day Look!

I created this Valentine's day look, Here is what I used...
-ELF Eye primer
-120 color pallette (red)
-Fuchsia MAC Pigment
-Vanilla MAC Pigment
-NYX Candy glitter liner in Hot Candy
-Almay Intense I-color in Black Pearl
-Rimmel London Glam'eyes Mascara in Midnight Black

Hope you like it!

ICING mini haul

I went to my local mall yesterday and I stopped at ICING by Claire's and found out they were having a 50-75% off clearance sale storewide and on their cosmetics they had buy one get one 50% off. So I took advantage of this and got some cute makeup things. I got a pallette with mineral e/s, an artist's pallette w/shimmer e/s, glamourous gltter e/s, pamper me glitter e/s. hope you like and you should go and check out your local icing if you have one.

All Beauty Haul

I wanted to try some MAC Pigment samples and I ordered them from www.shopallbeauty.com. They are very pigmented and are all cute colors. For 1/4 tsp of pigment it costs about $2.86 (i forgot but close). So if you'd rather not invest on a full size product, this would def. work or if you want to try out the color first. Here is what I got.... Vanilla, Golden Olive, Fuchsia, Violet, Clear Sky Blue, Kitschmas. Hope you like them, I am def going to order more.

Recent Cakes...

I have been really busy lately making cakes for birthdays this month. Here are two that I did, one of them is a hulk cake with the hulk's fist coming out of the top of the cake, it was really cool because one layer was purple and the other green. It was made with my homemade buttercream frosting which is sooooo good. The other one was for a girl who was having a birthday at my sister's work. It was cute too with the stars. Hope you like...
Love Nikol

Aqua Look

Hey ladies, I did this aqua look using my coastal scents aqua zone e/s, 120 palette, black tied velvet from MAC, Rimmel London Glam'eyes in midnight black and ELF mineral eyeshadow in Elegant, Mary Kay eyeliner in Charcoal. Hope you like!


Love Nikol

Milani Eyeshadows

I went to target a few days ago and I bought two Milani runway e/s. I got #11 in Beach Sand and #05 in Girls Luv Pink (I LOVE the name of the e/s). They are in super cute containers and are really shimmery. In person the colors are even more shimmery. I can't wait to use them. Each one cost about $4.50. Hope you like.

Love NiKol

Purple/Silver Look

Hey just thought I'd show you another of my looks. Hope you like it. I used my 120 palette and my elf mineral eyeshadow in elegant as highlight. For my lips I used MAC Viva Glam V lipstick.

love NiKoL

Sally's Mini Haul

Hey, I went to Sally's beauty supply store and decided to start my collection of China Glaze nail polishes. So here is what I got...for now. :) I then picked some other stuff up like a Sally Girl Eyeshadow in Sherbet Nights and some Nail Art star glitters. China glaze colors are AMAZING and they are professional quality just like OPI ! Hope you enjoy this tiny tiny haul. You can get these nail polishes at any Sally's beauty supply stores or any other beauty supply store.

China Glaze Nail Polish in Ruby Pumps















Spontaneous

Nail Art Star Glitter

Shocking Pink (Neon)

Sally girl Eyeshadow in Sherbet Nights