Hello All!

Hey pretty guys and gals! Long time no see if you don't follow me on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram! I sincerely apologize for not writing blogs the last couple months, the holiday season took over me :(

If you're interested in what exactly happened, here it is: I was hired at the Family Dollar in October and am currently being promoted to Assistant Manager in my home store but am working at a different store that requires an hour long commute daily for the time being due to training and a workman's compensation case going on at my training store + doing my Countdown to Christmas video series on Youtube (which was a fail in my opinion). And of course, how can we forget Christmas itself... I always get overwhelmed due to work, but this year for some reason I got a little depressed this Christmas. I wished that I could see my older brother, who doesn't celebrate Christmas due to his religion. And I also wished that I could've spent Christmas with my dearly departed grandparents who loved Christmas. I always have a thirst for family and tradition at Christmas, but this year it was stronger than ever before.

... Whoa, that got a little deep and personal! Sorry about that :(

I'm back just in time for New Year's and what does that mean you ask?

New Years Resolutions!

In regards to this blog, my only New Year's resolution is to write a minimum of two blog posts a week, starting January 1, 2014 - one of which will be a Nail Pick of the Week.

Other resolutions will be listed in my New Years Resolutions video going up in the next week!

Videos to look for in the next week:

*Get Ready With Me: Anniversary Edition (12/28/2013) *May go up on 12/29
*December 2013 Yays and Nays (Favorites video)
*December 2013 Empties Raves and Craves
*Favorite Beauty Products for 2013
*New Years Resolutions 2014 Edition

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week and I'll see you all later! Much love to all my pretty guys and gals!

More Places to Find Me:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Luna_Solara
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lunasolara91
Instagram: http://instagram.com/luna_solara
Pintrest: http://www.pinterest.com/lunasolara91/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/LunaSolara91
Email: jessicabrenemen@gmail.com

The Liebster Award!!

Hey pretty guys and gals! I was nominated for the Liebster Award again, this time by Rodenya at http://www.neyavbeautytalk.com/ and I thank you so much hon! If you haven't checked out her blog, you're totally missing out! Her blogs are awesome and she likes sharing her experiences with beauty, not just about products but things that we all struggle with beauty-wise!

So what is a Liebster award? It's an award that a blogger presents to other bloggers who have less than 200 followers. It's a really nice way to encourage others and to expand the blogging community.

The Rules

•Thank your nominator and link their blog.
•Give us 11 facts about yourself.
•Answer the 11 questions that your nominator asks you & also write 11 questions that you want to ask the people that you nominate.
•Tag 5 or 11 other blogs for the award, they must have less than 200 followers. Make sure that you inform them that you've tagged them and send them a link to your blog post so that they can see what they have to do etc.

My 11 Facts:
01. I'm 5'0'' and proud of it lol... My boss picks and says I'm 4'11'' lol
02. (I know I'll get judged on this) The man I'm dating is 49 and we've been together for 10 months.
03. I have eczema on my eyelids mainly
04. I have arthritis in my right ankle
05. My favorite color is purple
06. I don't have a gallbladder anymore
07. I'm terrible with directions but the less directions you give me, the more likely I am to find it! Weird, right?!
08. I've worked cashiering jobs for 3 years and I still suck at math... Even basic math
09. I'm terrified of clowns but I love "The Big Comfy Couch" (A show with clowns as characters, look it up on Youtube)
10. I don't have an Instagram account
11. I love to eat

Her 11 Questions for Me:
1. When did you start blogging?
**Way back in 2011, I've not erased any blog posts so you can go back and see my original posts.
2. Why did you start blogging?
**I love beauty products and wanted to have a Youtube channel but wanted to do a blog first, I guess to see if I was any good at it lol.
3. What advice would you give to new bloggers?
**Be yourself! Write as if you were talking to your best friend!
4. What has been your best experience with blogging?
**Being able to share products I like and showing my nail polishes I'm wearing, just sharing information in general.
5. If you won a $100 shopping spree at Sephora or Ulta, what would you buy?
**An eyeshadow palette (I'd have to shop to see which one), a Benefit product or an Urban Decay product, and a Nars blush definitely!
6. What's your favorite high-end brand?
**It's a tossup! I love MAC, Urban Decay and Benefit and I'm starting to love Kat Von D makeup
7. What's your favorite drugstore brand?
**Hard Candy
8. What inspires you?
**I don't know the answer to that question, honestly.
9. Who is your favorite guru?
**I don't like the word "guru" to be honest. But if I have to use that word, I define guru as an established beauty Youtuber with lots of subscribers. But my favorite of those has to be Rachhloves.
To pick newer Youtubers, this is hard... I like 2030GLAM, neyavbeautytalk and I've fallen in love with HollyReallyHearts!
10. What is your skincare routine?
**I honestly don't have one... Is that bad??????
11. What would you do if you came home and found a snake in your makeup?
**I would flip out and scream, grab my boyfriend and tell him to get rid of it lol.


I don't nominate anybody in specific because everybody I would pick already has been lol.
But here are some questions, if you want to do this tag yourself!
01. What is your number one priority makeup product that you can't leave the house without wearing?
02. What's your favorite drugstore makeup brand?
03. What's your favorite high end makeup brand?
04. What's one product you fell in love with this year?
05. What's one product you wanted to try this year, but didn't get a chance to?
06. What are your favorite colors to wear in your eye makeup?
07. Who's your favorite beauty Youtuber?
08. If you had to put one makeup product on your Christmas wishlist, only one, what would it be?
09. Would you ever do a project pan? If so, how many pans would be your goal?
10. How often do you paint your nails?
11. What makeup product is going to be your holy grail product this holiday season?

So that's that! Hope you enjoyed this tag!

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! <3

Where I've Been and Why I Keep Putting Off Videos!

Hey pretty guys and gals!
It's been a crazy first week of November and I'm really sorry for not posting as many videos and for putting off videos. I feel really terrible! I should just quit promising specific videos because when I do promise, I usually can't deliver... Anyhow.

So what's been going on, you ask?
Number one, I was having 3 nights a week to film, I now have 4. My boyfriend works nights and I have the house to myself, therefore I can get more filming done without distractions. However, I usually work nights and usually wind up with only one night a week to film when it's all said and done.
Number 2, I've been busting my butt off at work trying to get a promotion at my new job! And I finally got it! I'm going to be an assistant manager at a Family Dollar! Woo-hoo!
And number 3, the bad news... Last night, I promised ya'll a giveaway video and when I got home after running a couple errands, I was only gone for an hour at most... I found that the back door had been bashed in and the house had been broken into. A couple things were stolen, but nobody was hurt or home when it happened... Thank goodness! But for now, boyfriend and I are sharing my laptop, so I may not get to blogs and Youtube videos as quickly as I normally would. Filming videos should be normal, except for tutorials, we're still working on the lighting.

Next week's videos:
*Benefit Erase Paste and Hard Candy's Welcome Matte Mattifying Powder Review
*Getting to Know You Tag Part 2 (Tagged by TwentyThirtyGlam)

Videos to Keep an Eye Out For:
*November Ipsy
*November Boxycharm
*50 Youtube Subscriber Giveaway

***Update on Enummi Review: Working on it! <3

**If anyone is interested in doing a holiday swap with me, please let me know! <3

Hope you all have a lovely Friday and much love to my pretty guys and gals!

Happy Halloween! (+November Video List)

Hey pretty guys and gals! Happy Halloween!
I apologize for not posting a Halloween makeup tutorial like I promised, some crazy lighting problems came up and I can't fix it on my own. And I can't film tutorials in the rest of the house cause the lighting sucks here... So again, I'm sorry and I feel terrible for promising a video and not being able to deliver!

So for the month of November I plan on doing these videos:

**Getting To Know You Tag part 2 by twentythirty glam
**Hard Candy 4 day lash ink review + video journal
**My 5 Favorite Beauty Secrets! A Tag
**Work Makeup Tutorial
**Enummi Skincare Review + video journals
**My Gallbladder Story, 1 Year Later HealthVlog
**Crazy About Lipstick tag by twentythirty glam
**Makeup with Eyeglasses makeup tutorial
**"How Do I Get a Good Babysitting Job?"
**July , August and September Ipsy Opinions
**My Perfect Imperfections
**My First Time Tag
**Review for Hard Candy Welcome Matte Mattifying Powder
**Review for Benefit Erase Paste
**November Boxycharm
**November Ipsy

I also wanted to tell you all, I plan on doing a Countdown to Christmas on my channel where I film every single day starting December 1 and of course ending on December 25! I've got some awesome ideas for videos for ya'll and can't wait to show you what I come up with!
If ANYONE is interested in doing a Holiday Swap with me, please let me know, because I am interested in doing one!

Much love to my pretty guys and gals! <3

The Leibster Award

Hey pretty guys and gals! Hope ya'll are having a wonderful day!

Another award!!!! Yay!!!
I was nominated for the Leibster Award by Lily at Beauty With Lily She's a wonderful girl with an equally as wonderful blog, check her out!

The Liebster award is intended to give some exposure to small blogs with less than 200 followers.
The rules are as follows:
** Link back to the blogger who nominated you.
** Answer the 11 questions given to you by the blogger who nominated you.
** Nominate 11 other bloggers with less than 200 followers.** Go to the blogs you nominated and notify them of your nomination.
** Give your nominees 11 questions to answer.


1. What blog do you follow religiously?
** 2030Glam's Blog :)

2. What is your DREAM job?
**I'd love to work at a MAC counter!

3. What does your family/friends thing of you blogging? Are they supportive?
**My boyfriend is super-supportive! <3

4. What is one beauty/fashion trend you don't like? Why?
**I don't really pay attention to trends simply because I don't like following them.

5. What is your favorite thing about yourself? Why?
**My personality, everyone says I'm bubbly and funny and I like hearing that about me lol

6. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
**I don't know where I see myself then.

7. What are 2 beauty products you can NOT live without?
**MAC's Paint Pot in Painterly and Hard Candy's Welcome Matte Mattifying Powder

8. What is one beauty product you highly recommend to others?
**Again, Hard Candy's Welcome Matte Mattifying Powder

9. What do you love and hate about blogging? Why?
**Talking about and reviewing products that people may not have heard of before or are on the fence about buying them

10. Say you lost all of your makeup, yep ALL of it, and you only had time to go to Target and pick up 5 things...what would you pick up?
**Generalizing here, no specific brands, but 1, I'd look for a concealer that I could also use as an eyeshadow primer, 2 a purple eyeshadow, 3 a dark purple eyeliner, 4 a mascara, and 5 a pressed powder.

11. Have you ever been in a blogging funk? Where you don't know what to write about, you feel like nobody cares...etc. How do you deal with it?
**I don't write, I don't want to bore my readers when I'm like that. So I usually either just take a break or go play with my makeup and find something I haven't used in awhile and use it. Then I review it if I don't have any problems with it.

So that was all my questions that I needed to answer!
Everyone that I want to tag has either already done it or have too many followers!

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals!

The Halloween Tag!

Hey pretty guys and gals! Hope everyone is having a lovely week!
I know I've been MIA from the blog and I apologize, but I don't like posting when I don't have anything new to talk about lol. Anyhow, I'm back and have loads to share with you! This first post is going to be a tag post, hope you enjoy!

I was tagged by TwentyThirtyGlam check them out if you haven't already, they're AWESOME! <3

So let's jump in!
1. What is your favorite Halloween movie?
**I wouldn't call it a movie but my favorite is "Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin"
But I have two other favorite movies, Suck and Van Helsing!

2. What was your favorite costume?
**Vampire, hands down! In my years of dressing up, I've been Pocahontas, tooth fairy, witch, Hermione from Harry Potter and Vampire has to be my all-time favorite!

3. Do you like haunted houses?
**Loved them when I was little, haven't been in one in forever... Would probably enjoy it, if say my boyfriend was with me in case I get scared lol.

4. What's your favorite candy?
**Hershey's Cookies 'N' Cream bars :)

5. Do you decorate for Halloween?
**I didn't this year, but I normally do!

6. Do you still dress up for Halloween? And if so, what are you going to be this year?
**Depends on what I'm doing. We don't get trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood since it's a dead end street, but if I go to a party or I'm allowed to for work I will as a vampire.

7. What is the one Halloween candy you can't stand?
**Anything caramel... It's too sweet for me lol. I don't even like caramel popcorn.

8. What's your best halloween memory?
**When I was 17, back in 2008, I took a 5 year old boy I was babysitting trick-or-treating for his first time. And since I was still somewhat young enough to trick or treat, I helped him out a bit and trick or treated with him. I knew he wouldn't trick or treat for long cause he was little and he had a breathing disorder. So when we finished at a whopping 30 minutes, I gave him most of my candy :)

9. What song comes to mind when you think of Halloween?
**The Monster Mash, Welcome to My Nightmare, This is Halloween... I could really go on lol.

10. What's your favorite part of Halloween?
**Candy and seeing the kids in their costumes!

11. Would you rather trick or treat?
**Treat!!!

12. Candy Corn. Take it, or leave it?
**Meh

13. If a black cat crosses your path, what do you do?
**Absolutely nothing, I had one for 10 years growing up and nothing super bad happened to me after I got him, I think they're pretty cats actually! <3

14. Do you carve/decorate pumpkins?
**I used to every year, but haven't done so in the last two years due to either money problems, lack of time or I couldn't put the pumpkin in a proper place to be admired. And... I can't remember if I kept all my pumpkin carving equipment in my moving process.

15. How old were you when you stopped trick or treating?
**I was 12 when I stopped consecutively, but I went when I was 17 to help a little guy out! <3

16. Festive nail art. Yes or no?
**As far as nail art goes for me is orange/gold nail polish a glittery top coat or just dark purple nails!

That's all for the tag! Stay tuned for my sporadic blog posts!

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! Hope you have a wonderful Halloween! <3

Strawberry Fields by China Glaze

Hey pretty guys and gals! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
It's Monday and you know what Monday means on my blog! ... Yeah, it means it's time for me to pick a nail polish to "showcase" this week!
In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, I pick Strawberry Fields by China Glaze. They re-set their permanent collection earlier this year (which made me mad lol) and Strawberry Fields was added. It was originally released last year in October as a limited edition shade in the Breast Cancer Awareness collection (can't remember the exact name)!
It's a pretty, bright pink polish with orange shimmer in it! (If China Glaze would make a medium purple nail polish with orange shimmer in it and make it permanent, I'd promise to only buy polishes from them for the rest of my life)

China Glaze Strawberry Fields (No flash, indoor lighting),
2 days of wear and tear

China Glaze Strawberry Fields (Flash used),
2 days of wear and tear

I hope you all enjoyed my nail pick of the week post, I'd love to know what colors you're flaunting this week! Filming new Youtube videos tomorrow, not sure when they're going to be uploaded, maybe tomorrow or Wednesday (new job stuff). 

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! :) <3

Sunshine Award! :)

Hey pretty guys and gals! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend :)

So, I was nominated for the "Sunshine Award" by a blogger friend of mine, who is probably my best blogger friend so far! She is Leigh-Ann, also known as BlushingFacts on Twitter and as Blushing Beauty on her blog, you can check her out by clicking on the button below!

There are a few Rules for this Reward.

*Include The reward Logo in or on your Post

*Link to the person who nominated you

*Answer the 10 questions

*Nominate other Bloggers to give this award

The questions that Blushing Facts asked me were:
1. What is you Favorite Makeup Brand?
**Tied between MAC and Benefit

2. How Old were you when you started to wear Makeup
**I was 12 when I actually started trying to wear it school... I wasn't consistent lol. But I was 14 when I started to routinely wear it... Creepy times, I didn't know what I was doing lol.

3. What is your Favorite Movie?
**Don't really have one. I prefer tv series lol

4. Who is the Person that inspires you?
**There's my mom of course, she's had the courage to start over with pretty much everything in the last 2 years after leaving my father. When she was with him, she never let it show that she was unhappy, she did what she had to do and pushed through.
And my boyfriend inspires me, he was into drugs pretty bad and he started aviation school and he had to quit doing drugs to get any job as an aircraft mechanic. He set a goal and did what he had to do to achieve it.

5. What is your Favorite Season
**A tossup between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I really like spending time with the people I love most on those holidays.

6. What item in your purse do you reach for the Most?
**Either a pen, glasses or my blood sugar meter

7. Which would you prefer Ice cream Or Fruit ?
**It depends on my mood, as I love both. But right now, to help me lose a couple pounds, I've been eating a small bowl of strawberries at night before bed.

8. What color Nail Polish do you have on right now?
**Strawberry Fields by China Glaze in honor of breast cancer awareness! :)

9. What is your Favorite song Right now ?
**So close to Halloween I love anything by Alice Cooper or Marilyn Manson... I'm a little weird and get even weirder around Halloween lol :)

10. What are you Favorite Bloggers as Of Now ?
**2030Glam and Blushing Beauty :)


Here's who I'm Nominating for the Sunshine Award:
Julie and Ashley at 2030Glam: http://www.twentythirtyglam.blogspot.com/
Leigh-Ann at Blushing Beauty: http://lamb55.blogspot.com/
Neya V Beauty Talk: http://www.neyavbeautytalk.com/
Laurie: http://www.themakeupsquid.com/

And here are the questions I would like you to answer! :)
1. What is your number one holy grail makeup product that you can't live without?
2. What's your favorite makeup brand?
3. Tattoos?
4. Who are your favorite bloggers?
5. Who's your favorite Youtube beauty gurus?
6. Which do you prefer, trying new beauty products or trying new makeup and hair looks?
7. What is the one thing you always grab for in your purse?
8. Favorite thing about the holiday season?
9. Hot tea or hot coffee?
10. Favorite fall/winter fashion accessory?

Hope you have fun ladies! <3

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! New videos comin' at ya'll on Tuesday or Wednesday (To be determined)

Fall Foundation and Basics Changes

Hey pretty guys and gals! Hope you all are having a wonderful day! :)

So, fall is officially here! And you know what that means for makeup wearers... Right?

That's right! It's time for us to change out our foundations and other 'makeup basics'! Whether that means switching to a lighter shade or something more moisturizing, it's simply a beauty must! :)

What am I switching? I'm glad you asked!
I switch my foundation, eyeshadow base, and concealer!

What do I wear in the summer?
Even in the summer months, I'm a pale ghostie, so I wear MAC's Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in Light for foundation. I also wear MAC's Paint Pot in Painterly. And for concealer, I use Benefit's Erase Paste.

My Summer Basics!

What do I wear in the winter?
So for a pale ghostie, what do I switch to if I use the palest of the pale? Well, I did my research and found some stuff that's paler than what I already use! So, for powder foundation, I actually use Hard Candy's Welcome Matte Mattifying Powder lol, it IS translucent but it has buildable coverage. For eyeshadow base, I switch to MAC's Paint Pot in Soft Ochre. And for concealer, I use Amazing Cosmetic's Amazing Concealer in Ivory!

My Winter Essentials!

Why do you switch eyeshadow bases?
My skin tone gets light enough in the fall/winter season that Painterly looks orange against my skin! Pretty yucky if you ask me! And if I wear Soft Ochre in the summer, it makes me look yellow... Also yucky!

Do you use liquid foundation in winter for extra moisturizer?
Absolutely, but I don't have a favorite yet! I'm going to be using Olay Fresh Effect's BB Cream, of course!

My dearly beloved Olay BB Cream!

But I also have couple other products to try, Sephora's Instant Radiance in Light/Ivory and Laura Mercier's Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 in Nude!

Sephora and Laura Mercier products I'm trying! Can't wait! :)

I hope you enjoyed this blog post and I'd love to see your changes in basic makeup for fall! If there's any products in this blog you want me to do a review for, let me know either on Twitter or in the comments below!

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! :)

Gallbladder Surgery, 1 Year Later!

Hey pretty guys and gals!
Being 22 years old, you probably wouldn't expect me to have gone through gallbladder surgery already, but I have. I had the surgery on October 4, 2012, so it's been nearly a year. And to "celebrate" I want to make a video next week about my story, the surgery, the recovery period and everything I can possibly cover! I want to make this video because it's something that's effecting people younger and younger all the time. I also want to make this video for those people who may be about to have the surgery and aren't sure what to expect, I know I was totally freaked out lol!
In addition to telling my story, I want to tell my mother's story and one of my aunt's stories. They both had the surgery but the effects of things were different, so it can be hereditary but manifest itself differently and affect people in different ways. There will also be pics shown of my tummy a couple days after surgery versus now!

So, here's how ya'll can help! Think of any questions you can that you want answered, and leave them in my comments here or you can ask me on twitter!

Hope ya'll have a lovely day or evening or whatever time of day it is where you are!
Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! *mwah* :)

September 2013 Collective Haul Video

Hello my pretty guys and gals!

Here's the link to my September 2013 Collective Haul! I hope you all enjoy! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWYlb4mxaLE

Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! <3 :)

Tag: How Much Is Your Face Worth?

Hello my pretty guys and gals!

So, I was tagged by TwentyThirtyGlam to do this tag. You can find them here if you'd like! http://www.twentythirtyglam.blogspot.com/

The point of this tag is to first, gather the products you use daily for your makeup. Then you figure out how much all the products you use are, then add them together and voila, you have how much your face is worth! :)

My Typical Daily Products, Their Costs and Where to Buy:
*Aveeno Daily Moisturizer: $5 (Local Grocer, Food Lion. Available anywhere)
*MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre: $18 (MAC)
*Stila Eyeshadow in Kitten: $18 (Sephora)
*Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero: $18 (for 3 pack at Sephora)
*Benefit Erase Paste: $26 (Sephora)
*Benefit Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer Stick: $32 (Sephora)
*Hard Candy Welcome Matte Mattifying Powder: $6 (Walmart)
*Nyx Blush in Angel: $5 (Nyx website)
*Hard Candy Plumping Serum Volumizing Lip Gloss in Girl Next Door: $6 (Walmart)
*Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Cat Eye Mascara: $6 (Walmart)

So my grand total is $140, not as bad as I thought it would be :)



All the products listed above :)

I invite anyone who hasn't done this tag yet to do this one,  I think it's a fun one to do :)

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! :)

China Glaze: Don't Make Me Wine

Hey pretty guys and gals!

So, it's Monday... Technically it's Tuesday haha :)

And that means it's time for my nail pick of the week! 

I think I may have a serious nail polish addiction...

Anyhow, this week's pick is China Glaze's Don't Make Me Wine.

It's a beautiful reddish-purple wine color with just a touch of shimmer, perfect for fall.

It reminds me of Essie's Bahama Mama.

China Glaze's Don't Make Me Wine

1 coat of China Glaze's Don't Make Me Wine, regular light

So that's my nail pick of the week, I'd love to see what all my pretty guys and gals are loving this week so share if you'd like!

Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! :)

First Impression Review for em by Michelle Phan

Here's the link for my first impression review for em by Michelle Phan video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLEr468O9Cg

I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Tuesday!
Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! :)

Youtube Videos to Watch For! (October 2013 Edition)

So I'm going to try making a list of videos I want to do for the month. As I make the videos and they're posted, I will cross out the video on the list. Here goes!

** Update!

** My Gallbladder Story, 1 Year Later HealthVlog

**em by Michelle Phan Review + Tutorial

**Fall Nail Polish Colors

**Falling for Fall Tag

**Crazy About Lipstick tag

**September favorites

**September Cumulative Haul

**Makeup with Eyeglasses makeup tutorial

**Hard Candy 4 day lash ink review

**"How Do I Get a Good Babysitting Job?"

**September Ipsy Bag

**July , August and September Ipsy Opinions

**My Perfect Imperfections Tag

**Julep Review

I intend to film and upload all of the videos on Youtube in October! If there's anything not on this list that you'd like to see, please leave a comment or find me on Youtube, Twitter or Facebook and tell me! Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! *Mwah* :)

I'm Back :)

Hey everyone! So, I'm back on Youtube, I'm sure most of you know... I just haven't been on here.
So, I intend to start posting Nail Pick of the Week again every Monday. I also intend on making random review posts, videos to look out for lists and just randomness! So, be on the lookout for my nail post tonight! Much love to all my pretty guys and gals! *mwah* :)

April 2013 Ipsy Video!!!!

Here's the link for my monthly Ipsy video, hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe1fDeACiak

April 2013 Birchbox Video!!!!

Here's the link for my April 2013 Birchbox video! Hope a great Sunday is had by all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TInp7N_DZs

Essie's Lapiz of Luxury and China Glaze's Bling It On!!

Hey there everyone, sorry for the delay in posts. It's time for this week's nail pick of the week! This week's pick is Essie's Lapiz of Luxury and China Glaze's Bling It On, hope you enjoy :)

China Glaze's Lapiz of Luxury and China Glaze's Bling It On
 

I will be posting my Ipsy and Birchbox videos in the next couple days so be on the lookout for those and I will be doing a couple product reviews soon! Enjoy your Thursday everyone!

China Glaze's Shattered and Tattered and China Glaze's Lubu Heels :)

Hey everyone, hope a good weekend was had by all! It's the beginning of the week again, so it's time for my Nail Pick of the Week post. This week I wanted to something from China Glaze's Glitz n Pieces collection, so I used Shattered and Tattered.


China Glaze's Shattered and Tattered and China Glaze's Lubu Heels with flash



Start off with 1-2 coats of China Glaze's Lubu Heels.



China Glaze's Lubu Heels

 

Then, finish off with 1 thin coat of China Glaze's Shattered and Tattered.


China Glaze's Shattered and Tattered



 

Hope you enjoyed this pick, be on the lookout for my monthly Birchbox and Ipsy video later this week. Have a wonderful Monday :)

Hard Candy's Sky and China Glaze's Whirled Away

It's Monday again and also time again for the Nail Pick of the Week! I must be in experimentation mode, because all my posts lately have been me trying new things and this week is no different. This week, I've picked a pale blue base (Hard Candy's Sky, 1-2 coats, enough to make it opaque) and a fun polka-dotted top coat (China Glaze's Whirled Away, again 1-2 coats... Kinda tricky to work with). 

Hard Candy's Sky

China Glaze's Whirled Away 

 

I hope you all enjoyed my pick for the week and I hope you all have a wonderful Monday! :)

China Glaze's Purple Panic and Claire's Cosmetics Black Crackle Polish

Hello everyone! Hope a great Easter was had by all (for those that celebrate it). It's the beginning of the week again and that means a new nail polish pick of the week :) This week, I thought I'd switch it up and try something a little different. I was looking through my nail polish collection for ideas and found a bottle of black crackle polish that I've had for a long time and then paired it with a color I love! Apply 1-2 coats of China Glaze's Purple Panic, it's really up to you since it's a matte finish. Then apply 1 thin-medium coat of Claire's Cosmetics Black Crackle polish (any brand will do as long as it gives that crackle effect). Then apply 1 coat of any clear top coat desired to seal it all in! :)

China Glaze's Purple Panic and Claire's Cosmetics Black Crackle

China Glaze's Purple Panic and Claire's Cosmetics Black Crackle

Hope you enjoyed this pick, keep checking this blog and my youtube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/LunaSolara91/videos?view=0
If you have any comments or suggestions for videos you'd like to see me do, please leave a comment below! Hope you all have a great Monday! :)

Game Plan for April 2013!

Hey everyone, another month has come and gone, so it's time to get ready for the new month! So I'm going to share my ideas for blog posts and Youtube vids for the next month!

• Nail Pick of the Week blog posts weekly (obviously)
• Birchbox monthly haul Youtube video
• Ipsy (Previously MyGlam) monthly haul Youtube video (I'm supposed to start getting them again this month)
• Makeup Lotto Youtube video (new idea I got from Panacea81 on Youtube, she calls them "Lucky Dips")
• Month of March makeup faves (very soon)
• Maybe a tutorial of some kind this month
• 2 Product Reviews

If you have any requests for things you'd like to see me do on the blog or Youtube channel please let me know in the comments below, have a great day! :)

China Glaze's Lubu Heels and OPI's Not Like The Movies (Katy Perry)

Well everyone, it's the beginning of the week again and that means my weekly nail polish pick! This week I thought I'd do something a little different. I put a slightly thick coat of China Glaze's Lubu Heels on my nails, thick enough that it's opaque but not so opaque that it'll never dry. Then, once Lubu Heels has dried, put on a coat of OPI's Not Like the Movies from the Katy Perry collection, you don't want to see any black under Not Like the Movies.

Lubu Heels and OPI's Not Like the Movies

That's my nail pick for the week, what's yours?

Hope you enjoyed this post, have a great day! :)

March Birchbox Haul Video!

Hey everyone! It's Birchbox time again, here's the link for the video on Youtube! Have a wonderful Tuesday! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4sqkMHrK4&feature=youtu.be

Spring Haul!

This spring I'm trying new things in makeup, so this haul was a good sized one!

Let's get started with MAC eyeshadows :)

(Left to right: MAC's Aquadisiac (Lustre), Stars 'N' Rockets (Veluxe Pearl) and Black Tied (Velvet)

So far, I've only used Stars 'N' Rockets and I've gotta say it's already one of my favorite eyeshadows of all time, the only other shadow I like more than this one is Lancome's Luring. Aquadisiac is a color I've always wanted to play around with and create some looks with,  I bought Black Tied to use as an eyeliner, not quite as dramatic black as Carbon is.


Moving along to another MAC product

MAC's Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

I love MAC's Paint Pot in Painterly, but some days it looks orange on my pale skin, I bought MAC's Paint Pot in Soft Ochre for such days.


From Sephora, Amazing Concealer

Amazing Concealer in Ivory

From what I've seen so far with it, it lives up to its name. I believe that Hard Candy tried to make a dupe of this when they made their Heavy Duty concealer, but I'd only recommend that for covering up bruises and tattoos since it's so thick. But Amazing Concealer is perfect for covering up those pesky undereye circles, definitely worth it :)


Look out, it's time for nail polishes!

(Left to right: Sephora's Fierce (neon), China Glaze's Liquid Crystal, China Glaze's Rare & Radiant and China Glaze's Deviantly Daring

Anyone that knows me really well knows that I love my nail polishes and am willing to try most any color. My boyfriend bought Sephora's Fierce and I love it. I haven't tried any of the China Glaze polishes yet, but give me a couple weeks :)


From Birchbox and MAC, lipglosses

(Left to right: MAC's Mall Madness, Stila's Cherry Blossom, Stila's Rosebud and Stila's Dahlia

I've never been much on lipsticks, but lipglosses I can do. I haven't tried any of these yet except for Stila's Rosebud. The Stila shades are actually minis that come in a trio pack from Birchbox (if you don't know what Birchbox is, visit www.birchbox.com for more info).


Maybelline's Stiletto Eyeliner

Maybelline  Line Stiletto Eyeliner in Blackest Black

I've used this eyeliner before and really liked it if I remember correctly. This liner has a felt tip liner and I really like them, but am very picky about the thickness of the line produced. Hard Candy's Stroke of Gorgeous liner is my favorite felt tip if that's any frame of reference.


Color Tattoo!

Maybelline's Color Tattoo in Tenacious Teal

And last but not least, Maybelline's Color Tattoo in Tenacious Teal... This is a cream eyeshadow, but these have several functions. They can be used as eyeshadow of course, they can be used as an eye primer or they can be used as an eyeliner. I bought it to be used as an eyeliner :)


Well, that's all I have for my haul. I hope you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for more posts, and check my youtube for Birchbox videos! Hope you have a great Monday!

China Glaze's Flying Dragon :)

Hey everyone! Every Monday I'm going to be posting a nail polish that I've picked to wear for the week :)
This week, my pick is China Glaze's Flying Dragon (Neon), what's yours?

I'm Back! :)

Hey everyone, after a long hiatus I'm finally back to writing blogs! Keep checking here for weekly nail polish picks, monthly hauls and everything beauty related!

Like or comment on this post if you'd like to see a tutorial on this look! <3