Ulta Haul

It's been a while since I last filmed a haul but I went to Ulta recently with a $10 off coupon with me. All the items I purchased are incredibly affordable and products that you often don't hear about. The whole Ulta makeup range never gets talked about on YouTube so I decided to purchase a few things to test them out. I also picked up a few Essence lipsticks after hearing so many great things about them. Let me tell you, these $2.99 lipsticks definitely live up to all the hype!

Nails for Spring

A few weeks ago I went to my friend, Tatum's, office to discuss a future collaboration. You've seen me wear Love Tatum rings plenty of times on both my YouTube channel and on my blog, so a collaboration just seemed very natural. As we began bouncing ideas off of one another, I had an big "aha" moment. Instead of coming up with a simple "outfit of the day" type post, I wanted to create a fun video presenting a few nail ideas for spring. BRILLIANT! In today's video I will be presenting five nail ideas for spring, including a marble inspired nail art which was incredibly messy to create but looked incredibly chic.

4 or More Tag

I've been seeing the 4 or More Tag floating around YouTube and I decided to tag myself. I found the tag very interesting because you really get an idea of what someone really likes. If you buy a product four or more times then it's definitely a product that you stand by. **WARNING** There's a lot of lip products, but I'm sure that won't be a surprise to anyone.

Nails of the Day | Choconails

Brown has never been a color that I've liked wearing. I remember one of my high school friends used to wear nothing but brown clothing, it was a little odd but she pulled it off well. I've always preferred darker colors like navy blue and black opposed to brown because they make my already pale complexion look even paler. When it comes to clothing I still stay away from brown items, but I like brown a lot when it comes to beauty products and accessories. I have a wide collection of neutral brown eyeshadows but I don't have too many brown nail polishes. Something about this milk chocolate color really caught my eye when I first saw it. I'm not a chocolate lover at all but I personally love rocking what I like to call choconails.

Nails of the Day | Chartreuse

Last week I went up to Solana Beach with my parents and there I saw the local San Diego beauty store Kamay Beauty and Spa. I usually go to an Ulta or Sephora to buy beauty bits but I've been trying my best to support the little guys more often. Without knowing what kind of a sale they were having I went in "just to browse." Little did I know there was a huge section of items that were marked down 40-80%! In the sale section you could find several Mario Badescu skincare items, Becca makeup, Essie nail polish, and then there was a large display of O.P.I. nail polishes that were 40% off. I felt like I had hit the jackpot because I absolutely love O.P.I. and it's very rare for the polishes to go on sale. I was careful when picking out shades so I only picked colors that I was certain that I didn't own and this one was by far one of the most unique colors.

Haul | Shopping Local, Zara, and Vinyl Records

One of my new year's resolutions was to shop local. So much of my money goes towards big companies that honestly don't need my money, so this year I've decided that I want to support local businesses more. Often they have very unique items, brands that you already know, and these local businesses add so much character and life that the bigger stores don't have. I recently went to two local businesses in San Diego to get a couple of things. Sadly this will be the last haul for a couple of months but this whole "no shopping" thing will be worth it! You'll have to watch the video to find out why I won't be doing hauls.

Tutorial | 10 Halloween Nail Art Ideas

Halloween is literally just around the corner so it was time to unleash my creative juices and create a a nail art tutorial. But I wasn't content with just coming up with one idea, so I challenged myself and came up with 10 nail art ideas! I've created 10 simple Halloween nail art that pretty much everyone can do. They are extremely easy to replicate and all you'll need are nail polish colors that you probably already have, a nail art polish ($1.80 at Forever 21), and a mechanical pencil (or dotting tool). You can either pick your favorite design and just do that on all your nails, or rock mismatched nails like I did.