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I will update this when I get back into makeup. I haven't really been inspired lately, but I miss blogging about beauty related things.

School just started and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed since I'm still working my summer hours at my job minus the time I'm at school. I don't have much time to do homework or study, but my job is ending soon. Hopefully I can find another one because I don't know if I will qualify for unemployment. I mean, I will because I'm kind of being laid off, but since the economy is in the shits, I don't know if they will give it to me since I'm not in dire need of it. Not as bad as others might who actually have big bills to pay at least.

Nails!

My attempt to do my own nails since I don't have time to get my nails done, lol. I just hope they don't chip anytime soon (like tomorrow). I used China Glaze Heaven all over my nails and I painted the designs with the thin brushed polishes.

Sorry I've been MIA. I made a personal blog that I've been posting in more often lately. I had a great 4th of July. Spent it with my family. It was also my cousin's birthday. Hope you all had a good & safe holiday.

milestone. haha.

I finally hit pan on my MAC Era eye shadow. My first time on any eye shadow actually. I use this one almost everyday for a neutral look for work. I kinda panicked a little when I saw a hole forming in the bottom of the pan, but I think it still has a long way to go before I need to pick up a replacement.

Sigma!

Yay!!!! They finally came! I pre-ordered these back in the end of May and now they're mine! Woohoo! I was so surprised when the mailman delivered them cuz I wasn't expecting them so soon. I guess the mail people are working super fast.

A guide on how to use each brush

My beautiful brushes! They are now available here. You don't have to pre-order and wait because they're in stock! It's $64 for the kit without the brush roll and $79 with the brush roll. I got it without the brush roll since I have so many already. It essentially comes down to $5-$6/brush. Good deal, no?

They also included a freebie.

Swatches of the ELF eyeshadow. Not bad for a product that only costs $1.

boing.

So sorry! I've been busy up the yin yang. My aunt, uncle, & cousins are visiting from Philadelphia today so I'm being kicked out of my room.. Lol.

I went to Target yesterday with my bff. I picked up some Palmer's cocoa butter for some stretch marks I have... I hope it works. Why do they have to have a picture of a pregnant lady on the bottle? That just makes me feel bad lol. I also picked up some sunscreen for the face because I've recently learned that my cheeks burn REAL fast.. and I got some more face wipes because they're awesome. Only $3.34 for a pack of 30.

Sorry there are no photos. I have yet to steal the pictures from the trip from our work camera.

I just bought a new iPhone case since the one I bought from the apple store is PEELING already! I've only had it for 5 days!! I'm going to return that one. This is the one I bought. I got it here. BLING!

I've been addicted to this iPhone app called Puri! lately. You can draw all over your pictures and turn them into sticky pics justl ike the picture machines!

I'm back!

Back from my camping trip! It was GREAT! Bonded with the interns, some old and some new. We went hiking, played a lot of games, and got to check out an observatory. I learned how to focus a telescope and we got to see Saturn, Leo the lion, the big dipper, Vega, & some binary stars. It was absolutely beautiful up there. The sky was so clear and I even saw a shooting star! We also went up to a ropes course. I climbed up a tree and walked off a platform on the zipline!!! It was amazing. It felt like I was free falling, lol.

Here's a photo of part of the little house we stayed in.

Here's me getting my car wash after the trip, lol. I took the picture on my new iPhone!!!!!!! (Which I LOVEEEE!) I don't know why I hated the iPhone so much before cuz it's freakin AWESOME. I paid $399 for it though cuz I was only eligible for an "early upgrade" which doesn't mean shit! I was gonna add a line to my individual plan, but then it would turn into a family plan which would cost more... Even if it was only an extra $10/month for another line, it still comes out to $240 over the next 2 years as opposed to paying the extra $200 for the phone right now.

I also finally got an email about my pre-order for Sigma Brushes, so I purchased them. Can't wait for them to arrive!! Yeeee!

More pictures later!

busybusy!

OMG, Tao is such an enabler. I couldn't resist ordering pigments from TKB Trading after seeing swatches on her blog. I don't even use pigments all that much, but the swatches are amazing! I also ordered some ELF studio brushes since I thought "what the heck, I might as well put in this order too since I'm already ordering other things." And I have been working NONSTOP, so I deserve to give myself presents, haha. But seriously, I've been working like crazy. I worked overtime yesterday. At least that equals more $$, but I'm so tired and GRUMPY after work!

I'm going camping tomorrow with the interns! I'm actually really excited now. I wasn't so excited yesterday, but it has finally hit me that it's tomorrow! I haven't even started packing yet... I think I'm going to pack tomorrow morning since we leave in the afternoon.

On another note, I placed an order for 20 5g jars from Rainbow Minerals & More about a month and a half ago, and I haven't received my order. I've emailed them NUMEROUS times too on two different email addresses that they have, but no response... So I filed a paypal claim against them. It just sucks cuz I was waiting on those jars, so I could send Mayaari some samples and now they're super delayed. If anyone's thinking of buying from them, DON'T! There's an ebay store with the same name, but I don't know for sure if it's the same person...

NYX Sunflower

Sorry, been a little MIA. The only day I had off from work last week was Friday and I won't be having any days off this week. I'm going on a work camping trip on Thursday-Saturday to bond with the new interns we just hired, but I will update again before then :)

Eyes
MAC Era all over lid
MAC Cork contour

MAC Ricepaper highlight

MAC Blacktrack Fluidline liner

Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara

Lips

NYX Sunflower l/s

Innocence

A swatch of China Glaze Innocence. It's a very sheer manicure pink. I painted on about 3 coats and it has a cream like consistency. I didn't really like it much when my nails started growing out though because you can see the tips underneath the coats of polish.. But it is a great manicure color.

I really want to get Agent Lavender and White Kwik Silver, but they can only be found online and the shipping rates are kinda outrageous :(