Who’s ready to discover some fabulous beauty posts from this past week?Β There’s also a giveaway going on one of the ladies posts,Β so be sure you don’t miss out on that!
Search Results for: makeup tutorial
Too Faced Star Dust by Vegas Nay Review & Swatches
Who’s ready to see up-close pictures, swatches, and eye looks of the new Too Faced Star Dust by Vegas Nay collection?! I’ve been using this palette almost non-stop since it arrived and have been looking forward to sharing my thoughts with you all. Ready to dive in?
5 Ways I Use #MyDataMyWay in my Beauty Routine
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions are mine alone. #MyDataMyWay #CollectiveBias
I am really, really excited to bring you today’s post! Wal-Mart has challenged me to share the different ways I use my data plan in my daily life — my daily beauty life, that is — and I was totally up for the task! I am constantly using my phone in my day-to-day life for both beauty inspiration and beauty shopping…because you can never have too much makeup, right? Right! π
Before we dive into today’s post, I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be writing on My Newest Addiction‘s blog once a month. *happy dance* π Today was my first post (which you can view HERE) and was a tutorial. Please check it out and let me know what you think. And if you don’t already follow My Newest Addiction…..what have you been doing?? Haha, click over and follow her. You won’t regret it!
So with all that said, just keep reading…. π
Beauty Favorites for March 2015
This month was a no-brainer when it came to beauty favorites. I didn’t have a lot of products, but there were definitely 4 products that I kept grabbing for almost the entire month, so of course I have to share it with you all!
So if you want to see the products that I loved during the month of March — and the reasons why I loved them — then just keep reading!
BoxyCharm’s Shining Star is the Coastal Scents Revealed Palette! (December Unboxing)
If you feel like you just saw a BoxyCharm Unboxing post….it’s because you kind of did. π A little over a week ago we unboxed BoxyCharm’s November box together. The highlight of that box would have to have been the MICA eye primer. But let’s dive into this new box for December and see which product stands out the most!
A Little Bit About BoxyCharm
month with name-brand beauty essentials. Our goal is to enhance your
current cosmetic collection by delivering trendy and popular beauty
items right to your front door. Our beauty experts have years of
experience in the health and beauty industry and are dedicated to
selecting the essentials that they know you will love. Each month, you
will receive a beautifully crafted box with full size and luxury size
beauty items.
beauty products. The beauty items are carefully selected to promote
creativity and glamour. Your BOXYCHARM also includes a card with a
description of the beauty items received, keeping you savvy and excited
about your new items. It’s also a great idea for a gift! Our BOXYCHARM
can be delivered to your friends and family for any special occasion. So
what are you waiting for? Be charmed!Β
And just to add, the boxes are $21 a month and you get 5 full size products.
Β What’s Inside BoxyCharm’s December Box [Read more…]
My Wedding Day, April 26th, 2014 (Picture Heavy!)
This post has been a LONG time coming, and I apologize for that. When I set about revamping my blog, it completely slipped my mind until last week. I hope you will still find this post interesting and enjoyable, even though it’s coming to you nearly 5 months after my wedding day.
So let’s just dive right in. Since my wedding wasn’t any different than a typical wedding, this post will be mainly pictures. I’ll start in order of how this unfolded on my wedding.
For those who weren’t following me at that time, I got married to the man of my dreams on April 26th of this year, 2014. The ceremony started at 2pm, followed directly afterwards with a reception. Because my husband is in the Navy, I was able to get married on base at the chapel and we used the Atrium next door to host the reception in. Everything was so lovely — I’m blessed to know some very talented ladies who did all the decorating for the ceremony and reception. It was beautiful!
And now, to the pictures!
So, the morning of April 26th we started at about 7 o’clock (if I remember correctly) curling hair.
I had 6 bridesmaids, 3 flowergirls, my mom, and myself to get hair and makeup done by noon. Some of the bridesmaids helped do hair and I also had four friends come over that morning to help out. (My friends are amazing!)
If you are curious on what hairstyle I did on my bridesmaids, I have a tutorial on it HERE. I call it Boho Braids with Curls.
I know this might seem unusual, but I decided to do my own hair for my wedding. So after I finished my mom’s hairstyle, I started on my own. I also did a tutorial on it, if you’re curious. I kind of made it up as I went along, but I really liked the end results! You can find the tutorial HERE.
Now we skip over to the reception room. This is the seating for the wedding party.
The centerpeices for each table. I was blessed to know VERY talented ladies!
My cake topper. Which was also my mom’s cake topper and my mom’s mom’s cake topper. π
I thought this was SO cute! It was placed at the beginning of the food table and also on either side of the doors where the ceremony was held.
Picture time for the guys! What a good-looking bunch π
And they can do pretty epic jumps in-synch with each other!
And, of course, they had to do the traditional guy-getting-cold-feet picture. (Though why it’s tradition I have no idea…)
Then it was the girl’s turn for pictures. The wedding gown I am wearing is my mom’s — just a few days shy of 26 years old. π
My beautiful braidesmaids!!
In case you were wondering, four of the bridesmaids are my sisters. One is my husbands sister. And one is my older brother’s fiance (now wife). I’m sure you can guess who is who. π
And my three flower girls were my sisters as well!
This is my family! At the time of this picture my older brother (on the right) was engaged and my older sister (on the left) is married with a little daughter of her own now. π
Then we swapped things up and got some pictures with the bride and groomsmen…
…and groom and bridesmaids. π
After that it was show time! After all the guests were inside we shut the doors and my wedding party waited outside. To make sure I wasn’t seen, I waited with my dad around the corner of the building. π
My youngest sister and little nephew made an adorable couple!
Me and my handsome father doing the most important walk in my life!
My photographer got some really neat shots during the wedding!
The first time we ever kissed! For a girl’s first kiss…it was pretty epic π
Our wedding bands. π
Got to have a few funny poses thrown in. π
For those who are interested: My mom and dad — and my mom’s mom and dad — did this exact same post on their wedding day. I wanted to carry on the tradition and get a picture as well. And in her dress, too! π
Because of our schedule, we decided to do the ‘fairwell’ after the ceremony and before the reception. So here we are getting into our ride.
After a (very quick) ride around the base we walked around with the photographer to get some couple pictures.
A picture outside of the chapel we were married in. It was a beautiful day!
Our first dance together as a married couple.
I LOVE the harp and it was always a ‘dream’ to have it at my wedding. What do you know — my husband had a friend who played and she graciously offered to bring it to the wedding. It was SO special!
Father/Daughter dance. Such an emotional dance — I love my daddy! It was the only time I cried that day…
Mother/Son dance π
We also did a Marriage Appreciation dance. My mom’s parent’s were the longest married couple there that day — 50 years!
Time to cut the cake! According to our guests, we were WAY too polite to each other π
And, of course, I could not end the day without a picture with the two closest people in my life. My husband and sister π
And that was the end of my wedding day!
We spent our honeymoon in both Destin, FL and Boston, MA before flying to our new home in California.
We’re only a week or so shy of celebrating 5 months married. My husband is so amazing and we’ve quickly bonded and grown as a couple. Not to say that we haven’t had bumps in the road — that comes with life — but we learn how to ride them together, as a couple, and we get stronger each time. π
I hope you all enjoyed that. If you have any other requests or questions — you know you just have to leave them in the comments below! Thanks for taking time to look at a special day in my life!
I’m Renaming the Blog! (Details Below :-)
I feel like I haven’t posted in forever! But, while I haven’t been posting, I have been working behind the scenes! I’ve got some exciting posts planned for this blog, but first — as you already know from the title of this post — I have some big news to share.
I will be renaming — or rebranding — this blog! π
I’m sure you are full of questions, so I will try my best to answer them thoroughly in this post. But if I have missed a question, please leave it in the comments below and I’ll answer it. π
Why Am I Renaming the Blog?
There are several reasons for this. The biggest one, though, is that the niche for my blog has changed drastically in the past year. When I decided on the name Legacy of a Writer, I was exclusively devoted to reviewing books. About a year ago, however, my schedule started to prohibit my ability to read often. So I started blogging about other stuff — other products, games, makeup, and skincare. As I went through Cosmetology school, I really grew a passion and enthusiasm for makeup.
With my love for beauty and a desire to bring you guys more reviews and tutorials on makeup, I feel my blog title isn’t really accurate anymore. I don’t want to confuse my readers or the companies I work with by saying I blog about beauty and my title suggests reading.
Another big reason for changing my blog — and more specifically my URL — is because I recently got married and no longer have my maiden name. I am not really sure what I was thinking when I picked my maiden name as my blog URL — *palms forehead* — ah well, who knows! But since I am going to be changing my blog name, I thought it was a good time to change the URL as well. π
Does that make sense? If you’ve become a recent beauty follower, let me know if you had similar thoughts when you subscribed to my blog. Did it confuse you? Make you wonder?
Will the Changes Effect My Followers?
No. I’ve been doing a lot of research and reading up on this (one of the reasons I’ve been absent for so long), and I believe I can change it without it effecting you at all. π
Of course, I will have a new website URL, so you would need to update any bookmarks you have set up…or just remember the new URL. π But if you’re a follower of my blog, you should still remain a follower of this blog and get the email subscriptions (if you are signed up for that).
What Will the New Blog Name Be?
That is where you come in — my awesome followers! π
I have a couple ideas in my head for a blog name, but none that stand out from the rest. So I want to make you all a part of this transition! Give me some ideas for a blog name. Tell me what you think my blog name should be!
My blog objective will be to bring you reviews, tutorials, and hauls of skincare, makeup, and other products. These will be things that I would personally use in my own skincare or makeup routine — so, reviews to you that are from my ‘vanity’ or ‘beauty room’, so to speak. π
So please leave your comments! If you have just one suggestion for my blog name, or if you have a hundred suggestions, leave them below! π
There’s a Giveaway Going On?
Yep! I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate my announcement! As usual, all you have to do is enter in the Rafflecopter form below. But don’t wait — this giveaway ends in one week! Rules for this giveaway are at the bottom of the form — in short, though, USA only, must be a follower, and must be 18 years or older. π The giveaway form will close on Sunday, August 3rd, at midnight.
What’s the prize? Well, it’s an assortment of makeup! They are all full size products (except for the fragrance) that are brand new. I originally swatched the NYX eyeshadow palette, but it’s in perfect condition and has been disinfected, so all good!
I’ve listed all the products in the form below, but the total value of this makeup bundle comes to around $70! (I don’t know the exact price, because two products are not sold in the US.)
Thanks for all your love and support! I’m really excited to be rebranding my blog and renaming it. I can’t wait to share my passion with you all! π Thanks for being such an awesome group of followers! I love reading your comments!
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- Next Page »