Wait. What?

Hi, um, my name is Amber and I like makeup and this is my blog...

Should I just start over since it's been so long?

Ok, so it's been about a month and I haven't posted ANYTHING! Life has been crazy lately. If you didn't know already, I got a job as a 4th grade English teacher and my first day of school is tomorrow! AHHHHHHH! I'm nervous but super excited for the start of this school year. I can't wait to see their sleepy faces tomorrow morning. :D I've been so busy lately with getting everything prepared for my students that blogging has had to take a back seat. Please forgive me. I will still create posts, and in fact, I have a list of blog ideas I'd like to talk about but time is not on my side as of late.

I simply wanted to get on here and let everyone know that I'm still here, I've just been crazy busy lately.

Wish me luck on my first day of teaching! :)

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My Week in Photos

Hey guys!
This past week has been pretty busy and this upcoming week is going to be hectic too! Throughout the week, I feel like it's important for me to take breaks to maintain my sanity. I have been LOVING Instagram ever since I got my new phone and post pictures all the time! Above are a few pics I've taken this past week.

This week I bought a new purse from Target from the line Merona. I love the structure of this purse and have been wanting a brown purse. Just something neutral and light-colored I could wear during the Spring and Summer time.

On Tuesday, it was mine and Brandon's 4 year anniversary. I decorated a white mug with meaningful pictures all the way around. :)

I also decided to spruce up my phone case by adding studs to the back. I think it turned out pretty cute and it gives me a better grip on my phone... I mean, it's not like I've dropped it four times in the past week or anything... *cough

Lastly, I went to Sephora and picked up a sample of Bare Minerals. I wanted to try this simply because I've heard of so many people liking it. I've tried mineral makeup before and hated it, but figured I'd give this a try to see if it was any different. I will be posting a review on it soon!

I hope you all have a good week and if you are finishing up this semester of school GOOD LUCK! I feel your pain! lol It's getting down to the nitty gritty but just hang in there!

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ELF Haul + Update

Hey guys!
I know I've been completely MIA lately but school has CONSUMED my life!!! UGH! I will try to post as often as I can but to be completely honest, I actually need to do a lot of catching up with school work before I can get back to posting on a more regular basis.

This past weekend I did a little shopping and noticed a few new things at my Target and K Mart. I typically hate going into K Mart and really have only gone a few times in my life buuuuuut after watching a haul video from K Mart, I decided to check it out. I went thinking I would pick up some clothes, but as I half way expected, it sucked. Instead, I spent my time in the cosmetics. I saw that they sold ELF and carried a few new items that I hadn't seen at other places. The one thing I picked up from K Mart was the Mascara and Shadow Shied, the rest I found at Target (before I went to K Mart).

I am glad to see more items from ELF pop up at my local stores. I think for the price you pay, it's a great deal! Enough talk, let's get on to the haul :)

Mascara and Shadow Shield, Small Stipple Brush, Small Angled Brush, Jumbo Shadow Stick in Forest Nymph, and Baked Eyeshadow in Enchanted

Funny thing about this is the day before I went shopping I actually placed this in my cart on Elf's website. I'm glad I found it at K Mart so I didn't have to pay for shipping :)

I've wanted a teeny stippling brush to blend out my concealer for a while. 

I think this will be good for gel liner and brow powder.

This is Elf's take on the NYX's Jumbo pencils.  It swatched great and I already have an idea for a look I want to do with this.

This color looked so much like MAC's Expensive Pink. I don't actually own Expensive Pink but figured I'd give this a go to see how I liked it. They had several other colors as well.

Here are the swatches of the Jumbo Stick and the Baked Eyeshadow. I wet my finger before I applied the shadow to my hand to get a better payoff (since it is a baked eyeshadow). 

Here's a close up. From pics I've seen of Expensive Pink online, this seems to come off as more golden with just a hint of corally pink. 

 I am so glad they are coming out with more and more products at my local stores. I really do like ELF for the money. Let me know if you have tried any of these products and how you like them. Definitely check out your local drugstores for new ELF products if you haven't already!


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Life Update + OOTD - Waxed Pants

Hey everyone!
I haven't posted in a while, so today I thought I'd give you a life update to let you know what I've been up to lately. I've debated on this post for a while but then came to the conclusion that this is my blog and I'm going to post what I want... even if it helps me cope with a few things. I know I typically post beauty and fashion related things (and you will find that even in this post) but I today I thought I'd get a little personal.

So, I'm just going to start...Brandon and I got into a car accident. We were going through a green light and a lady coming from the opposite direction took a left and plowed into the front driver side of my car. The air bags deployed, the windshield cracked, and the front left of my car is destroyed. We were beaten up a little and were sore from the impact but no one went to the hospital and everyone is alive and safe. The police did not file a police report and there were no "witnesses." My car is totaled and I'm still not sure if it will get fixed since I only had liability insurance on it but I still have a little hope. Here are a few pictures of my car.

These few pics are from the night of the accident.

Everything kind of flew out.

The officer gave us a ride back to the hotel in the back of his patrol car. 

These pics are from the next morning at the dealership where my car was towed to.

Life sucks sometimes but you learn to deal and move on. Though, I'm pretty sure that was easily the worst day of my life. I'm just thankful that we are safe now.

So to end this with a few things not so depressing, I'll let you in on what I've been doing school wise and finally an OOTD. YAY! lol This is like 4 posts in one so maybe this will make up for the time I've been absent.

I've been super busy with school. I actually had 6 assignments to do yesterday. My LAWRD! Ugh. I'm glad that's done with.  One of my assignments I had to do this week was to create a Math center for a first grade class. I had to create all parts of the center, transport it and set it up at an Elementary school, and finally work with a student in the center.  Here's in idea of what it looked like.

I chose to do a "greater than, less than, or equal to" center. I named it Gator Math. They work in partners and read two math word problems. They record their work on the data sheet, find both answers in the stack of numbered cards, place them on the board and then choose an alligator head to determine if the first answer is greater than, less than, or equal to the second answer. I thought it was cute. lol

So for my OOTD, the other day I wore an oversized white tee with an army jacket that I paired with a simple gold necklace, black waxed jeans and plain black ballet flats. The highlight of this outfit was definitely the pants. I love them! They add an edgy feel to the look and are completely in right now.

Necklace and Waxed Pants- Target, Oversized Shirt (old) and Ballet Flats- Walmart, Army Jacket- Old Navy, Nail Polish- OPI- Number One Nemesis from the Spiderman Collection

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