I wish it could be Christmas all year long!

LOL, I wish! Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday and I really wouldn't mind it being Christmas every day. I love the warm feeling of Christmas, the decorations and the smell, I love love love the smell of the Christmas tree and all the Christmasy scent like cinnamon and peppermint. But most of all, I love how it brings all of my family together. I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and have a new year full of love, peace, and happiness.

Every year, we put our coins in a vase and then around late November or early December, we take it to the Coin Star machine and whatever money we make from it, we use it towards our Christmas tree. I'm not sure how much trees cost in the mainland, but here in Hawaii, it ranges from $70-$90 for a 7 ft. tree. This year we made $107.47 from our coins and our tree was about $85, so it felt like we didn't need to dig deep in our pockets for a tree. And we still had leftovers to buy more ornaments for the tree.

It seems like every year we have a different theme for our tree. I've already decided since last year that our tree was going to be country/rustic inspired. I usually buy the decorations the day after Christmas from the previous year since everything is 50-60% off, but a lot of my ornaments this year I bought at regular price. But I did score all the poinsettias from last years after Christmas sale at Ben Franklin and I got the burlap ribbons for 40% off at their Black Friday sale. I think I've collected enough ornaments, so no more shopping for those. I love how our tree looked this year, so it looks like we'll be using the same one next year.

Unfortunately we don't have a chimney to hang our stockings, but our TV stand did the job :)

My bf had me write out my Christmas Wish list since he needed a little help this year and I had him do the same. I got almost all of the things I had on my list except the MK tote since they sold out of it. It's ok though, because he still managed to surprise me with some SpaFinder gift cards and the perfume I really wanted. Undies for days, Lash Stash from Sephora, Third Season of the Vampire Diaries, Flawless perfume, SpaFinder gift cards, and a Naked2 palette...I am definitely one happy girl :) I didn't expect him to get all these things for me since making the list was just to give him an idea of what I wanted, but I am truly grateful for everything he has given me.

And since everyone else knows how much I love my makeup, my sister and her bf got me the Lorac Eye Candy Full Face Collection that I cannot wait to try out. Bestie James got me a Hello Kitty Brush Set and my cousin Cherry got me Stila In The Know Eyeshadow Palette. I can't wait to play with all of these! Next year, I might have everyone buy me a single MAC brush each as a gift so I can get a full collection :P jk, although it wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

SUMMER'S HERE!!!

Time to go darker on the foundation lols. My bf and I have been going to the beach a lot and I took him snorkeling last month for his birthday, so I'm pretty tanned right now and I hate it! I already get my natural tan just by walking out to the mailbox, but that just Hawaii for you. My bf laughs at me cuz I'm the one that's getting darker, when he's the one that needs the tan more than I do. And my cousin asked if I was wearing a bronzer the other night O__O. I think that's enough sunlight for me. I'm staying indoors for the rest of the summer! lols.

COUSIN ALYSSA'S PROM

My cousin had asked me to do her makeup for her junior prom and of course I was more than excited to do it. We settled for a neutral look since her dress was red & I didn't want to overdo the makeup. Her dress was just gorgeous, I love love love it! She was also on the prom court, so I wanted to make her look fabulous. Too bad I didn't take a closeup pic of her eye makeup though ;[ Overall look was just amazing!

TOKIDOKI 24 KARAT SKATE DECK PALETTE & PITURRA BRUSH SET

No one knows me more than my bestie James and he definitely knows makeup is my weakness. For my birthday he got me a tokidoki 24 Karat Skate Deck Palette and a tokidoki Piturra Brush Set. They're like the cutest thing ever, especially the brush set that I'll forever keep in the packaging lol. I'll do swatches on the eyeshadow palette if it's requested.

MY 25TH BIRTHDAY

This past weekend was my 25th birthday. On Friday, the bf surprised me with a new sexy pink laptop ;]

Now I can get back to blogging ^__^

Decided to have a garden dinner at home with a black, white, and pink theme this year with just my family and a few close friends. I was very impressed with how it turned it. Love love love the table settings <3 thanks to Kodie and my bestie James for setting everything up while I got ready. It turned out just how I wanted it to. Keepin' it classy this year ;]

Vanilla cupcakes with pink frosting, pink Rice Krispies treat, and pink and white cake pop made by yours truly and the bf ;]

 Bestie James made this cake just for me <3 Looooooved it!

What's a party without my favorite drink :P

HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY SISTER!!!

Today is my sister Roxanne's Birthday and also the last day for my E.L.F. giveaways ;] So if you haven't entered yet, don't miss this opportunity! I'll be announcing the winner either after 11:59pm HST or first thing in the morning when I wake up, depending on what we're doing tonight. Don't know what's the plan yet for my sisters dinner. I'm really excited though to find out who the winners will be ^__^

If you haven't entered my giveaway yet, click on the banner below ;]
Good luck!

MAKING THE MOST OF THE LAST WEEK OF SUMMER ;]

I've been trying to spend time with family and friends this past week since school starts next week already. Since both my parents were off today, we decided to have lunch at the beach along with my sister and our two clients. We bought some really bomb Garlic Shrimp in a pan at Geste Shrimp truck at Kahului Harbor and decided to stay in town. We had a lovely lunch at Kanaha Beach and the weather was just as lovely too. Too bad my little brother was in school today, it would have been a perfect family day out.

MY STAB AT GYARU MAKEUP ON MY BFF KELLY

My partner in crime since middle school, Kelly, loooooves the gyaru fashion. So, she asked me to make her into one! It was good timing since we both needed a little getaway from reality, her circle lens came in and I have a whole lot of eyelashes to work with. I used the eyelashes I got from Born Pretty Store in #113 and #201 (bottom lashes). Click here to see the lashes I got from Born Pretty store.

MODEL: KELLY

Before & After

We were going for more of this simple look:

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Not:

(Photo source: Miseducated)