Leigh's Birthday Bonanza

A few weeks ago

this girl:

turned 26!!!

Soo of course we had to celebrate with

a ladies weekend!!!

I drove down to Tampa early Saturday morning.

Let me tell you, driving to Tampa at 6AM is the 

way to do it. 

There is, like, no one on the road!

I got to Leigh's in an hour and 15, when it

normally takes me a little over 2 hours.

When I arrived, I was welcomed with a 

workout lol.

Those of you who don't know Leigh, 

you should know she takes her workouts

VERY seriously. She's basically

a personal trainer...

Soooo, she kicked my ass early Saturday

morning with a Welcome Workout :D

After the workout and a shower

we went birthday shopping all day long.

That evening we had reservations at Ulele.

The service, drinks, and atmosphere were phenomenal!

Leigh and I had salads, which were just meh, but 

that was probably our fault.

You don't go to a seafood restaurant to get salads.

Here we are having too much fun

with Boomerang.

After dinner we headed home for a quiet evening - for we had

day drinking in the morning.

But it is never a quiet evening when you get us together...

The next morning we awoke feeling refreshed and

ready to party!

But first...

BIRTHDAY PHOTO SHOOT

Birthday Cake that Deb made!

After the photo shoot we headed to brunch at 

Timpanos.

This place was amazing.

All the girls got the

Unlimited mimosa bar...

Let the pictures begin...

After brunch, we headed to South Howard for 

some more day drinking and more friends!!

It was a great Sunday Funday Birthday!

Cheers to another year Lee Lee!

XOXO

My First Makeup Video

Vlogging...

Not something I normally do,

but one of my final projects

this semester for school

was to create an instructional video.

This was something I had always wanted to

try doing, but was wayyyy too lazy to actually

do.

I had to pretend I was an instructor and

create a 2-3 minute long instructional

video on anything I wanted.

So, of course, I chose makeup :D

I decided to teach how to 

do a very simple every day

make up look (I mean it had to be

2-3 minutes long).

So I didn't even put eyeliner on!

I recorded and edited this video with

Imovie on my macbook pro.

It's not amazing, but I am pretty impressed

with how it turned out.

*SPOILER ALERT*

I received full credit for this post 

and the instructor loved it :D

Let me know what you think!

Should I be doing more of this 

"vlogging"?

Or should I just stick to blogging?

(I know, that is just a wonderful pic...)

Primed for Primer

Where have I been?

A little late to the primer game apparently.

I could not figure out why my 

makeup and eye makeup 

were not staying all day long

while I was in the comfort

of my air conditioned cube!

Girllll you need some primer!

LACK OF PRIMER!

Who would have thought that one product could

make such a difference?

Well, really two products for me...

I have fallen for, and use every day:

- Eye primer

- Face primer

Face primer? Is that what its called?

Anyways...

These are my RIDE OR DIE.

I have gulped down the kool-aide and

I will NOT be looking back.

What is a primer you ask?

I asked google.

If you want your eye makeup to stay all day 

Buy this:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Money Shot

I bought it hoping it would make my

eye shadow last more then a mere

two hours in the Florida heat,

and it did me one better...

My eye makeup and eyeliner

last through work, through workout,

and even sometimes through my shower.

I have to actually use makeup remover to get

it off.
(Note* I do not have to scrub to get it off,

it comes off quite easily once I use some makeup remover)

#lovenit

The other primer I use is a base
for my foundation.

At the moment I am using
Smashbox Photo Finish
Foundation Primer Light.

This is the travel size.

It really has helped my foundation
stay on longer, but I think I want
to play the field a little.

I've heard great things about Make Up For Ever
Step 1 Skin Equalizer Primer
Color Mattifying Primer - For Oily Skin

I've also been DYING to try the
BECCA Backlight Priming Filter.

This is supposed to give a more dewy finish - and my
face is already pretty dewy, but I love
everything BECCA and have
heard great things about this primer too.

Those will be the next ones I try, so I'll be sure
to give updates :D

In case you didn't know...