Top 10 Nail Polishes

In no order except for my number 1

1. OPI Bogota Blackberry- this is my go-to color in the fall and winter. its a beautiful berry-red with gold shimmer. its discontinued and i finally found a dupe for it as Sally Hansen's Wine Not.

2. OPI Do You Lilac It?- lilac creme. gorgeous

3. OPI Pink Flamenco- go-to hot pink creme

4. OPI Lincoln Park After Dark- very very dark purple, looks black in the bottle. for my dark days.

5. China Glaze Frostbite- very intense blue, almost royal blue but a bit lighter. it has what i detect as a purple duochrome and some shimmer. brilliant.

6. China Glaze Grape Pop- darker than mid toned purple creme. its a blue purple that has much more depth as a color when worn.

7. China Glaze For Audrey- tiffany blue. nuff said.

8. China Glaze Ruby Pumps- stunning red glitter. think dorothy's shoes.

9. Sally Hansen Pacific Blue- an extremely vivid cornflower blue that really unique. true color needs to be seen in person.

10. Orly Snowcone- think of the last color but lighter, pastel, and has a little bit of grey in it.

Bonus: Fav base and top coat- seche vite top coat and ridge filling base coat. 

My Favorite Candy

SWEDISH FISH!!!!


if u have never had them before they are the red sour patch kids minus the sour. aslo in a fish shape.
they are wonderful and delicious and i'm eating them right now. yum!

RENT-in my head

every year my school does a spring musical. i love it. its important as a director to cast a show for the people that you have and i think that RENT would be an absolutely perfect musical for us this upcoming year! our administration, however, would never let us do it, even the kids version, because of the language, gay romance, and aids but a girl can dream. cast list as follows:

Mark: Brett
Roger: Conrad
Mimi: Carly
Maureen: Lucy(me)
Joanne: Kendall http://salvationandaddiction.blogspot.com/
Angel: Powell
Collins: B.J.
Benny: Jason

P.S. if u hadn't noticed, the name of my blog comes from a song(Finale B) in RENT.

Bollywood look

this is my recreation of a bollywood look done by makeupgeektv on youtube. the video which i copied from can be found here. after i watched her tutorial i knew i had to try this look out and i love it!!!

*im really pale. like disgustingly pale so just imagine this look on someone with a bit tanner skin. i also used a retoucher so my skin wouldnt look as bad as it really is. iphoto rocks my socks!

products used:
1. too faced shadow insurance
2. NYX jumbo eye pencil in french fries
3. MUFE star powder in yellow gold(i think....the label rubbed off)
4. tape
5. Burgundy eyeshadow from my 88 palette
6. bright pink from the 88 palette
7. bronzy brown form 88 palette
8. MAC vanilla eyeshadow
9. UD yeyo and MAC fascinating eyeliners
10. ardelle little black dress hot date halfsies lashes
11. l'oreal lineur intense liquid eyeliner in black
12. UD zero eyeliner
13. CG lash blast in black
14. NYX auburn lipliner
15. NYX beige and pink frost megashine lipglosses

A Very Potter Musical

at the university of michigan. genious has been uncovered in the form of a harry potter spoof musical. the entire thing and its sequel which is actually a prequel is on youtube. its is literally the funniest musical i have ever seen and ive seen avenue q. thats saying something.

please please please watch it unless you're a harry potter virgin then go read the books or see the movies then go watch the videos. they are sooooooo funnyyyyyy omg!!!!!!!!

cool? warm? skin? what? :/

if any of you have been to a MAC counter or store looking for foundation, one of the artists probably asked you if you were warm or cool toned. and u were just like uhhhh i dont know....

well im here to help :)

without any makeup on, look at your skin. your skin has either yellow or pink tones in it or u could be one of the few lucky enough to have completely neutral skin. for some its easy to tell. i am extremely pale and i blush easily so i have pink tones. my friend maria who is tan has yellow tones. if its still hard to tell, look at your veins. blue veins= pink tones. green veins= yellow tones.

now the definition between whether u are cool or warm in the MAC dictionary is a bit confusing. If your skin looks more Yellow/Olive, you are Neutral Cool or “NC”. If your skin looks more Pink, you are Neutral Warm or “NW”. It seems kinda backwards cus usually we think of pinkish skin tones as cool and yellowish skin tones as warm. The reason for this is that MAC uses the makeup artists color wheel which is pretty much the opposite of what we usually think of as cool vs. warm. An easy way to look at it is like this: Think of each MAC foundation shade as being named with either the cool or warm shade that would neutralize and balance out your skin tone. 

a more thorough explanation and the place where i paraphrased the paragraph above can be found here. and there are probably countless videos on youtube for those who want further explanation.

  

new phone!

hey everyone! i got a new phone today! i got the samsung infinity 2 in blue. it looks like the intensity if yall want a reference. i tried going online to find a pic for u guys but they dont even have the phone on the website. weird.

it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard and you dont have to get the data plan to get the phone which was why it was so cheap. every other phone i wanted, u had to pay the $30 for the data plan which wasnt in the budget.

i got it because it was a really good deal at best buy. we only paid $1.00 for it!!

right now its kinda hard to type on it and im not sure if its because the keyboard sucks or just cus im not used to it yet. im hoping its the second one cus im going to have this phone for the next 2 years. so my typing right now is a little slow but i think ill get up to speed in no time.

im a JAP.......(jewish-american princess)

im a jew. a reformed jew to be exact. i dont practice very much, as in going to services and lighting shabbat candles, but i respect my religion very, very much.

after watching movies like the devil's arithmetic, the pianist, and the boy in the striped pajamas i am so moved by my peoples struggles during the holocaust. my grandfather, who is now passed, and my uncle were survivors. its hard to believe that people so close to u, suffered so much.

some people out there still hate jews. some believe the holocaust never existed. dumb shits.

i am white. i am caucasian. i was born and raised in the USA. religion is a state of mind, a belief system. my CHOICE of religion has NO effect on if i am a bad person or not. if i am evil. i can renounce my religion and become buddhist, muslim, or fucking mormon and still be me. still caucasian. still a good person.

fuck anyone who is prejudice against jews. if u haven't noticed, jews rule hollywood, the medical industry, law firms, and broadway. stephen schwartz anyone?

but im not saying that all jews are good by any means. every religion and faction of life has their extremists. those who bomb places of worship, vandalize, and push their beliefs upon others through terror.

im just saying, like a broken record, dont judge a book by its cover. or its ideas or beliefs. :)

youtube beauty gurus

everyone asks me how i learned about makeup. i didnt go to school for it nor do i think i ever will. ive never taken a class on it besides one for special theater makeup. my honest answer is always: youtube.

for the past 4-ish years ive been learning about makeup mainly through videos on youtube. youtube calls them beauty gurus and since they gave me my inspiration, i wanted to introduce some of my favs to you all. just google their name for their youtube channel and most of them have blogs or websites.

Enkoremakeup

pursebuzz

xsparkage

petrilude

beautifulyoutv

danalajaunesse

dollface22772-nail art

julieg713

kandeejohnson

makeupbyrisa

makeupgeektv

michellephan

misschievous

monroemisfitmakeup-she hasnt posted in forever :(

pinkiecharm-reviews only

pixiwoo

queenbeeuty

temptalia-her website is beast!!!!

update

do u know what i have been doing the past 3 days???????

sleeping and watching movies in bed

i find myself staying up really late and sleeping in really late, i mean like 1 or 2 pm. its pretty bad. almost all of my friends are morning people meaning that they have to wake up by 9 or they feel like theyve wasted their day. i dont have a problem with wasting my day.

im just enjoying my summer while it lasts. soon im going to have to think about my summer reading.....yuck.

but thats pretty much all ive been doing.

today i have to clean my room because im having a friend sleep over tomorrow night. yay sarah frances!!!

until next post. :)

Quick Tip #4b lip scrub

all throughout the year my lips get chapped and flaky and gross. this is a really good trick to easily remove all that nasty flakiness.

get a little bowl/plate/cup/whatever and add a teaspoon of olive oil. (olive oil is a natural moisturizer and makeup remover that has really good ingredients for your skin). then add less than a teaspoon of sugar. eyeball it and mix it together until it creates a paste. use your finger or a toothbrush and rub this along your lips. this will exfoliate your lips and remove any dead skin cells. then wash off with water.

your lips should feel nice and smooth afterward. just apply a lip balm and go. i do this about once every 2 weeks.

gotta love natural and cheap beauty tricks!

Fairies

i've always had a fascination with fairies. i loved dressing up as one when i was little, and now i love doing fairy inspired makeup.

a few years ago, i went to dragoncon with my brother. dragoncon is a sort-of sci-fi convention held here in georgia. i loved looking at all of the art vendors and came across the work of Nene Thomas. she is my absolute favorite fairy artist out there! i bought one of her prints called frost moon and i now have it hung above my bed on the wall. the painting is absolutely beautiful!

another one of my favorite fairy artists is Jasmine Becket-Griffith. she creates "strangelings". they look cute and innocent, yet fierce and gothic. i love her style and she has many other prints besides fairies like ones based off of the wizard of oz and alice in wonderland. here is one of my favorites called Allura. 

its over :(

i love theater so much. every time i do a show, it makes me realize even more that this is what i want to do for the rest of my life.

i love meeting new people and becoming instant best friends.
i love creating inside jokes that no one else gets.
i love dancing until my legs fall off.
i love making mistakes on stage and making it look like it was supposed to happen.
i love hearing the applause after a kick-ass number.
i love helping people with their fake eyelashes.
i love taking silly pictures in the park.
i love eating in a giant circle. like a family.
i love having a place where i can get away from the rest of the world.

my show is now over. its a bittersweet ending. we have strike and cleanup tomorrow and a lock-in sometime in the next 2 weeks. after that, it will be a very long time until we will have the chance to see each other again.

i will never forget once on this island. and i know that next year will be even better!

*will post a cast picture when i can get one.

tickets!

if there is anyone reading this who lives in the north atlanta area or friggin wherever and wants to see an amazing, AMAZING show, come buy tickets for once on this island this weekend!!!!!! buy your tickets now!!!!! no sales at the door!!!!

http://www.redphoenix.org/Island.aspx

1 week left!

wow. i havent posted in nearly a week. thats so crazy! this week has just flown by so fast with rehearsals everyday.

sunday was my only day off and we open friday night. ahhhhh! we pretty much finished blocking the entire show in one weeks time(an absolute miracle in the theater world) and are about 6 hours ahead of schedule which we will need when we start to clean the show. thats means going through and fixing all the little stuff and making everything perfect. the show looks amazing and sounds incredible!

pray is the most difficult number. and the most intense. i sprained my ankle during the dance break. :( but it will be fine by showtime.

mama will provide is the funnest choreographically. we have leg-ography!

the sad tale of the beauxhommes is the funnest overall. i get to partner dance with one of the tallest guys in cast and im 5ft. lol. he's also hilariously silly!

the human heart is the most beautiful.

jeffrey(about human heart): especially in a barefoot show, there are always 2 things actors should never work with: fire and glass.

guess what ya'll are working with?

me: laughs off the fear....

we are all holding these candles in glass bowl things and are gonna blow them out at the end of the number. its going to be so beautiful!!!

come see it! order your tickets now! no sales at the door!

http://www.redphoenix.org/Island.aspx

Quick Tip #4 prep your lips

before you begin your makeup application, apply a chapstick to your lips, like carmex(love!) or plain vaseline. this will moisturize your lips while you are doing your makeup so that by the time you're ready to put on your lip products, your lips are beautiful and smooth. :)

Quick Tip #3 nail polish easy cleanup

after i finished my july 4th nails, of course i had some polish that got on my skin and cuticles. there is a really easy way to prevent that from happening, so that u dont have to go in later with nail polish remover on a q-tip and painstakingly remove everything. all u need is some vaseline and thats it!

before u begin your manicure or pedicure, rub a light layer of vaseline over your skin and cuticles close to the nail. but dont get any vaseline on the nail itself or the polish wont adhere to the nail correctly.

then go ahead with the manicure or pedicure. after your manicure or pedicure dries, if there were any mistakes, simply wipe away the vaseline with a q-tip/paper towel/cotton ball, and the polish should easily come off. or just wait until your next shower and it will come off that way.

Happy early 4th!

hey guys!
im gonna be pretty busy tomorrow with the 4th and i dont think ill have time to post so i wanted to wish everyone an early happy 4th of july!

please be careful if you're setting off fireworks! and of course drive safe.

im going to be spending my holiday with my aunt and uncle and possibly other people. how r u spending your holiday?

and of course i couldnt celebrate the 4th of july without a special nail design!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! GOD BLESS THE USA!

Quick Tip #2 tired eyes

long night of studying? partying? just couldnt sleep? now your eyes look red, puffy, and u have under eye circles beyond comprehension. u can change that with this quick tip. :)

use a concealer with a peach base under your eyes to counteract the blue tones. basic color theory. orange cancels out blue. same concept can be applied to covering redness, but thats another quick tip. 

also, use a white or flesh-toned eyeliner on your lower waterline(the little piece of skin right above your lower lashes). this will help open up your eyes and make u look more awake. 

adding a shimmery champagne or white color to your brow bone, inner corner of your eye, and upper cheekbones will also make u look more alive and alert.