House Blog: The house!

buying a house is very exciting

so exciting in fact that i made the house its own video

nerd? oh yes.

i love that little house

House Blog: The Kitchen

The biggest thing that would need to be done in this house we are buying would be re-doing the kitchen. There is only half a kitchen worth of cabinets, the sink has some issues {and is super ugly}, and the paint on the walls is awful. The cabinets that are there aren't put together very well and don't match so we decided if we move into this place we will just re-do the whole kitchen.

The kitchen is very small and doesn't have a whole lot of natural light coming in so my goal is to lighten up the whole room and make it appear larger and more open.

I love bead board and am really drawn to white bead board cabinets.

My favorite so far are ones from Ikea and on their website they have a kitchen design program where you can put together your whole kitchen with actual products from them so I was able to realistically design the kitchen we want for the space we would have.

I took some screen shots of the finished product.

Floor Plan

This is the view from the front door looking into the kitchen

 

This is the view from the opposite end of the kitchen looking at the front door

It's a long narrow kitchen with three doorways which makes placement of appliances and cabinets really difficult. In my novice opinion, I think this looks pretty good. The husband and I are going to go to Ikea and have someone there give us their opinion about whether or not they think this set up would work.

The only thought I'm not loving? Putting together a whole kitchen worth of cabinets. The only thing I have ever put together was my vanity chair and all the screws came out that hold the seat part to the legs. Yeah ridiculous.

Thanks goodness for husbands.

Review: NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Rust

Hi ladies!

A month or so ago I watched a video on YouTube about www.porkdaisy.com

which is a discount cosmetic website that sells mostly NYX cosmetics.

I have been craving more Jumbo Eye Pencils since I purchased Milk this past January

This website offered them for $1.00 or so cheaper and then 20% on top of that along with $2.75 for shipping {which is awesome}

I was comparing their prices to a few other websites that sell the Jumbo Eye Pencils and www.porkdaisy.com was the best deal. Unfortunately, I ended up ordering four of the same shade and it shipped the next day so I didn't have time to contact their customer service. To return it I would have to pay return shipping and then shipping again to send the right colors to me. That much shipping would defeat the purpose of the cheap prices.

So, I'm going to show you the one color I ended up with.

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Rust

I'm quite pleased with the color even if it's not an everyday color. It's a purply reddish brown. It makes a great base for a purple or brown smoky eye.

If you haven't used or aren't familiar with the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils, they are somewhere between a pencil and a cream eyeshadow. They blend out super easily on your eye lid and provide a great base for your powder shadows. Not only do they help extend the life of your powder shadow throughout the day but they also amp up the color and pigmentation of your shadow.

They are a really great product and even if you don't want to go hunting online to find the cheapest price, their regular retail is like $4.50.

I'm disappointed I didn't get the other three colors I meant to put in my cart and instead ended up with four of Rust. But the prices were cheap, shipping was cheaper, and shipping was really quick.

At least I got one pretty color :)

xoxo

NYC Mini Haul Swatches

Hey! I have the swatches from my little haul the other day.

First up are the lip products

{Nude York City}

{Champagne Stain}

My lips with Nude York City

My lips with Champagne Stain

My lips with both

{Times Square&Radio City Rose}

xoxo

Things I'm loving right this second

The husband and I are off to the big city {baha not so big compared to others I have lived in but massive compared to where I am now} this weekend to
wish&dream&plan&browse

house things. Like kitchen cabinets. Lights. Rugs. Washer/Dryer. Dishwasher. Paint. Etc

We might be getting ahead of ourselves but if we wait until we aren't ahead of ourselves

we are late!

And I surely don't want that

Not one bit

So instead we shall get ahead of ourselves.

inothernews

Things I'm loving right this second?

this picture

My hair in this picture. It's time for a hair cut.

My sweet kitten in this picture

This awesome new lipstain I got this week that gives me bright pink lips ALL day long
so some day I can look like her and have pretty lips everyday

Oh and I read this and this it made me so sad and want to cry. the end.

Must go finish packing for my weekend in the big city.

Happy Father's Day

{why don't people wish everyone a happy father's day? who says it has to only be to your dad or fatherlike figures?! i say it should be happy for everyone so i repeat Happy Father's Day}