Oscars 2013 Best Dressed

*clap clap clap* let me start off by saying this was one of my favorite oscars red carpets! i love going from the grammys which is a little more edgy dress and then next award show is the grammys with big ball gowns and super elegant. i'm definitely a more edgy dress girl but i still love seeing all the beautiful gowns that i will most likely never get to wear (well maybe besides my wedding day) the carpet this wear was mostly neutral colors with random pops of colors (neon pink, neon yellow & cobalt) i'm not even sure if i could say i had a favorite this carpet because i was truly blown away. its seriously a shame that i have so many favorites and such little space to show off the dresses, most of the dresses have trains but were cropped for the purpose of space. 

if i had to pick a favorite it might just be jennifer lawrence purely because i idolize her, shes hilarious and the way she played off falling up the stairs was just great. she wore a christian dior couture dress. as much as i dont like amanda seyfried she really did look amazing in her alexander mcqueen dress, her hair went amazingly well with this dress. amy adams wore a oscar de la renta dress which made her look like a fairy. and i absolutely loved the color of her dress, its not really white not really gray... i don't know how to describe it besides truly beautiful. i was stunned by samantha barks in her valentino dress, i really didnt know who she was but she had her wow moment for sure. her dress reminded me of rihanna's grammy 2012 dress (which also landed on my best dressed list). not sure if its a good or bad thing that it reminded me of her dress. naiomi watts wore a stunning armani privé dress, the top of the dress was amazing with the organic/geometric design. its really hard to wear that cut without it pinching you in the wrong spots, so props to you girl! finally my girl reese witherspoon she always looks amazing in whatever she wears. her dress was by louis vuitton, her dress was one of the very few with a big pop of color in it. and it was refreshing on the carpet, also to mention how amazing her old school hollywood glam was! i swear that all giuliana rancic could talk about!

i didnt end up watching the awards because i had to much homework but of course i took a break for the red carpet... i had a ton of other favorites but i think these were my best of the best! do you think someone else should be up on this list besides one of the beautiful ladies already up there? 

Ulta Haul

i had set out to try out some new things from the drugstore lately. I picked up almost everything new from the drugstore which with most of it i'm really pleased with. i have tried the loreal true match crayon concealer before but i needed a brighter color so i could mix the two and get a perfect match. so far its my new favorite concealer. i have yet to try the rocket mascara but i have only heard great things about it. i was really excited about the maybelline color whispers, i got the colors pin up peach and coral ambition. i have tried out both colors and the only color that doesnt really seem to show up on my lips is coral ambition which is a real bummer because thats the color i was most looking forward too. i'm going to keep it though and try concealing my lips before adding the color because my lips are a little to pigmented for it. i also picked up a real techniques setting brush for under my eyes because i have been eying this for awhile not and figured eh why not. finally i have only heard amazing things about the revlon nearly naked collection and needed a new setting powder so i figured i would try it out, so far i love it.

Victoria Secret Haul

Over the weekend i was able to go home for a much needed alone time. the main reason why i went home was to get a hair cut, which i might add kinda looks good! but while home my mom said we could go shopping which i was excited for because needed some new lounging clothes. i only had a few hours at tysons, the main reason was to get some bean boots for the snow... which seems like its never going to snow. after getting those i did a little walk through urban outfitters window shopping (i left my gift cards at school) so window shopping had to do. after than i went over to victoria secret for some lounging clothes. i walked in really looking to get some underwear, not really in the picture because i don't feel the need to share that with you guys. i picked out my underwear turned around and saw the most adorable cropped yoga pants and i thought i had to have them because since i'm starting to work out more cropped yogas is a must. then i turned around and saw the most amazing sweatshirt... that let me add not cheap but totally worth it. as you can tell i'm in this huge fan of skulls and studs and this sweatshirt is a combination of both! after that i picked up a few wife beaters for undershirts. pink has some amazing things out right now i'm pretty sure i'm going back soon to pick up some more stuff.

February Birchbox - Red Carpet Ready

This months birchbox theme is red carpet ready. I thought the theme was a really cute idea seeing that it is award season. when i thought of this theme i thought that receiving a full face would be a really cute idea (primer, mascara, a lip product) something along those lines... and i received something along those lines. first off i watched the sneak peak video and i was somewhat underwhelmed... they talked about how lancome just became affiliated with birchbox, i was really hoping for the mascara! i received an email saying that because of the snow storm nemo my box has been snowed in so it would be a little late, totally understandable! when my box got here i was excited because i knew it was going to be my last box... yup, i said it... my last box. i'll go into detail about that later. but this box included:

• color club nail polish in wild cactus
• lancome le base pro makeup primer
• miss jessie's original pillow soft
• vasanti brighten up! enzymatic face rejuvenator
• ghirardelli caramel square

i was excited to see the nail polish, probably the thing i was most excited for. its a emerald polish to go with the color of the year! if you didn't know... emerald has been named the color of the year, so very on trend this nail polish was. i was really hoping to try the lancome mascara they showed in the sneak peak video but a primer is okay too... i use the benifit porefessional primer and i probably wont stray away from that for awhile, maybe i'll let my mom try it. i have received another miss jessie's original hair product before and have yet to try it. this being said the other one wasn't in a foil packet and was in an actual bottle. i'm assuming you shouldn't use that whole pillow soft sample at once so why put it in a foil packet i cant close... bad packaging on that one. i haven't heard of the vasanti brighten up! enzymatic face rejuvenator before but i love face scrubs so i will be sure to try this out with my clarisonic. and finally the little chocolate treat... seemed pointless but i already ate it so... i obviously liked it. 

overall i have liked birchbox... i may eventually go back to them but for now i unsubscribed. the main reason was because i wasn't receiving products i enjoyed. i wanted more makeup beauty projects along those lines and i just didn't seem to be getting them. that being said i unsubscribed for birchbox and subscribed to ipsy. i figured why not give it a chance i have been seeing what has been in the bags and they seem to really be products i like! i'm currently on the waiting list so once i get off i'll be sure to be reviewing the bags just like i did with birchbox. so long birchbox.

Drugstore to buy list

after watching haul video after haul video on youtube i decided i need to go on a drugstore beauty splurge! you might notice that this wish list is very lip heavy. i don't normally buy many (if any...) lip products because i'm not a very big lipstick wearing girl. i usually go for the standard chapstick, if you're lucky maybe even a tinted babylips. so i decided why not stock up for the spring/summer on lip products!

• maybelline color whisper- pin up peach & coral ambition
• revlon nearly naked pressed powder- light
• loreal true match super-blendable concealer crayon- fair light neutral
• revlon color stay just bitten kissable balm stain- honey & sweetheart
• maybelline color sensational vivid lipcolor- shocking coral
• maybelline volum' express- the rocket waterproof mascara

is there anything on the list that you think i'm missing that you think i should try out?