Mustache Nails- NOTD

Hiya Everyone, happy Friday! I'm here with my Nail of the Day! This time I tried mustache nails! I attempted at least but I think for my first time doing mustache nails that they didn't turn out too horribly bad...I would have redone them but I ran out of black nail polish! I have to run to walmart today and get some more! I did these nails starting with my new Revlon Colorstay Base Coat, I love this base coat it goes on amazingly smooth and it's wonderful. I followed my base coat with two coats of Wet N' Wild's Megalast polish in the shade 2% Milk, it's a light nude Pinot which I love. The next things I used were my Sinful Colors polish in Black on Black, a dotting tool, and a small paint brush. After I did my design I topped it all off with a coat of Orly's Sec N' Dry Topcoat. If you'd like a tutorial for these nails please comment below and I will be sure to get that up for you guys! I hope you all enjoyed this and thanks for reading!

Kisstixx Lip Balms and a GIVEAWAY

Hiya Everyone! Lots been going on and I should have a music blog up for you sometime this week from the Middle of the Mitt Music Festival and my interview with George Lynch and Robbie Crane of Lynch Mob! On another note I am here to talk about the lip balms by Kisstixx.

Kisstixx sent me 4 different sets of lip balms to try out and tell everyone about! I tried the Raspberry and Lemonade out and the Fire and Ice, the other two sets of lip balms will be given away to one lucky reader, check the end of the post for more info about that!  Kisstixx are sets of lip balms, you get two lip balms in each set and they are two compatible flavors. They are designed for you to be able to give one to your "kissing" partner and use one yourself! These have SPF 15 in them so they are great for summer but also these smell and taste amazing! (Disclaimer: I DO NOT ADVISE ANYONE TO ACTUALLY EAT THEIR LIP BALMS, this is just the taste on your lips when you wear it) The raspberry and lemonade actually smell like raspberries and lemonade and taste like it as well when mixed. The fire and ice flavors smell great as well. Fire is very cinnammon and spicy and Ice is very sweet and smooth. These are great and leave my lips so soft and moisturized! I love Kisstixx and will be getting more of these in different flavors, I will link their site below where you can get them!
                    
                             Now onto the giveaway! I will be giving away the Peaches and Cream and Strawberry Daiquri and Pina Colada flavors to one lucky reader of my blog.
Here are the Rules:
1) Follow me here on my blog
2)Comment on this post saying why you should win
3)Only Comment ONCE, if you comment more than once you will be disqualified
4)You MUST be 18 or older to enter or have your parents permission :)

*For an Extra entry post a picture of the KISSTIXX (shown above) and tag #mandablogsgiveaway and my instagram is mandaneil if you would like to follow :)

GIVEAWAY ENDS SEPTEMBER 9th and the winner will be chosen at random using Random.org and will be messaged privatley.

Its not required but it would be amazing if everyone "Liked" Kisstixx on Facebook because they did provide the prizes for the giveaway!

"Like" KISSTIXX on FACEBOOK

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Thanks for reading everyone!

Most Worn Tag: Summer Edition

                     Hiya Everyone! I am here today to share this fun tag called the Most Worn Tag: Summer Edition! I tag everyone else to do it as well, this is so fun to think about and do and I hope you all enjoy it! These are my most used and most worn things from Summer 2012

1) Most worn nail polish
- My Most Worn Nail Polish is my Maybelline Colorshow in Iced Queen. Its this beautiful lavender purple. (Picture 1)
2) Most worn hair product- My Most Worn Hair Product is my NYM Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray. This smells so good! I think it smells just like summer should smell, beachy and coconut. This makes my hair smell good and it gives my hair a bit of subtle wave! (Picture 1)

3) Most worn bag- My Most Worn Bag is my beachy Boho bag, I got this at a thrift store and it is made of recycled t shirts. I have been using this everyday, all the time! (Picture 2)

4) Most worn shoes
- My most worn shoes would have to be my mocassins! I wear one of these pairs everyday, I am currently looking for a black pair because I have been so in love with mocassins latley! (Picture 1)
5) Most worn accessories- My Most Worn Accessories are two bracelets, one is my wooden religious bracelet. I don't just wear this bracelet because it is cute, I am catholic if anyone is wondering. My second bracelet is my leather handpainted A bracelet that one of my friends got me for my birthday this past month. I love it and wear it almost everyday and its really cool because it is handmade and one of a kind! (Picture 2)

6) Most worn clothing item
- My Most Worn Clothing item is my grey hoodie! I have this in a cardigan as well from the same brand and in the same material. I bought them at the same time because I love the feel of the material. Its sort of black and grey burnout material, its not too heavy but its not light and it does keep you warm if you need it, I think the hoodie and the cardigan might carry over to my Most Worn Fall Edititon! (Picture 2)
7) Most worn foundation
- My Most Worn Foundation for the summer is my E.L.F. Tinted Moisturizer, this has just enough coverage for me in the summer and is very light on my face. I use this everyday I wear makeup in the summer unless I am going to a concert or event where I need more coverage. (Picture 1)
8) Most worn blush and/or bronzer
- I really don't wear alot of blush so.... My Most Worn Bronzer is my Natural Dazzle Bronzer from Barry M! I love this bronzer, its shimmery but not too shimmery and it gives a very natural glow! (Picture 1)
9) Most worn lip product
- My Most Worn Lip Products are my Maybelline BABY LIPS! These make my lips so soft and so moisturizing. These are tinted lip balms and they give my lips a tiny flush of color! I have the clear ones in peppermint and quenched and I love those as well. (Picture 1)
10) Most worn mascara
- My Most Worn Mascara is my Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara! This was so simple to pick out for this tag, I use this everyday I wear makeup, I love this mascara. This lifts and makes my lashes look amazing! (Picture 1)
11) Most worn eyeshadow- Ok so I had trouble with this one because I switch up my makeup so much but I have seen myself going back to this Duo from NYC, its the Yankee Blues Duo. I love this, and it looks great on blue eyes in my opinion! (Picture 1)

Well Everyone, Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed my Most Worn Tag: Summer Edition as much as I did and as I said before, I tag EVERYONE to do this tag as well, I'd love to see your Most Worn and Most Used products for summer!

July Favorites

Hiya Everyone! Wow! July went by so fast for me, I had my birthday, I was sick, and I went to a concert and will be going to another one in a little over a week so watch out for an outfit of the day but here is my July Favorites, some are beauty and some are random but I hope you enjoy them!

My first favorite is Soap and Glory's The Righteous Butter. It smells so amazing and makes my skin so soft. I like to use it when I get out of the shower to make my skin moisturized. It works great! I have the travel size I got as a gift but I will be going to Target and buying the full size, I recommend this to anyone who is looking for an amazing body butter!
Next is my E.L.F. Cream Eyeliner in Teal Tease. I bought this specifically to wear to the concert I went to. For 3.00 this is a vibrant colored eyeliner. When you buy it, it does come with a small brush that works well to apply it to your eyes, I used it on my waterline and it didn't smudge out or get messed up.
My Bath and Body Works Body Lotion in Country Chic is my next favorite, I have the travel size here but I do have the full size and I love it, I love the smell and how to feels on my skin. I was lotion alot because my skin is so dry all of the time. I got this on sale at my Bath and Body Works outlet for 1.25.
Next is my Nivea lip balms! I have two Nivea lip balms the Nivea Kiss of Protection(pictured) and the Nivea Kiss of Smoothness, I love both of them. They don't have too much scent to them but they moisturize my lips very well and don't make my lips feel greasy and oily like some other lip balms do.

This month I have been loving everything MINT! Mint chocolate chip ice cream, Mint gum, mints, the color mint, anything and everything mint! I have some mint jeans that I love that you might see in an upcoming outfit of the day. The majority of the month I have been polishing my nails a mint color! MINT is my color of the month!

Next thing that I have been loving this month is MOCASSINS! I have two pairs of mocassins and I love them. The ones pictured are Issac Mizrahi from Target. I got these at a thrift store, brand new in the box for 3.00. My other pair are brown suede leather with a peace sign on them from Candies, I purchased those at Kohl's on clearance for 9.00. I love finding deals. Well, I have been wearing mocassins all month, I love them and they're so cute and comfortable, I think my love for mocassins may transition from summer to fall!

I have two more favorites, the first one is MUSTACHES! I know its really random but I love the mustache sort of trend. I have bracelets that I love to wear and its just random and awesome and amazing! My last favorite is INSTAGRAM! I love instagram, my instagram is mandaneil if anyone is interested in keeping up with all that I do. I also post insta-hauls and random awesomeness! I hope you all enjoyed my month favorites, Thanks for reading!

Top 3 NYC Lipsticks

Hiya cuties!!! Today I have picked my top 3 NYC Lipsticks for you to see! These are available at Walmart and are 99 cents so super cheap and super affordable. The three colors I picked are pictured in the swatches below, from top to bottom the lipsticks are, Petal, Retro Red, and Cafe. These lipsticks are very pigmented for the 99 cent price, I highly recommend them. These wear very smooth on your lips too!
Petal is a light frosty pink, I love this on days that I am feeling super girly.
Retro red is my go to red lipstick, out of all my lipsticks. This is the perfect red shade for my skintone and I just love red lips. Last but not least is Cafe, this is a pinky brown nude color, I love this and had been looking for a color like this and when I seen it I snatched it up very quickly!
These also have an amazing smell to them, they don't smell like plastic or chemicals at all, the smell is very sweet . I hope you enjoy reading this and I hope you like the swatches below. Thanks for reading!

Our Do Something Entry Video- IndivisiblyInfinite

Hiya Cuties! Its Amanda again, here to share a video. I am in a Do Something group for a contest and we worked very hard on this video and are trying very hard to win! It would mean the world to me if anyone who can would watch this video and share it with your friends. So enjoy our coverage on fictional hurricane Mallak(the first letters of all of our names put together!) and emergency preparedness!

"Our team (IndivisiblyInfinite) teamed up to help our community and friends do something. This video is a representation of an interrupted television broadcast (tv show) because of a "BREAKING NEWS" report on Hurricane Mallak. (The hurricane was named using the first initials of each of our first names.) We worked very hard on this, so we hope you enjoy. :)

We all came up with this idea. We thought we could be creative, while still getting the message out.

Wanna "DO SOMETHING" big? Join the movement at http://dosomething.org ",

Thank you for reading and hopefully watching our video! Thanks in advance from everyone in the group! Hope we win but good luck to all competitors!

Current Favorite Read

Hiya Everyone! I hope everyone out in the world is doing great! Here to tell you today about my new current addicting read! Its the book The Sum of Random Chance by Lee Chambers!

This is an amazing book, I downloaded it into my iphone on my Kindle app this morning for free, it is only free for today for kindle users so I will link the book on amazon below but I downloaded it this morning and I flew through chapter after chapter, I am nearly finished with the book! This is a great book and I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. I read Lee Chamber's first book The Pineville Heist when a friend of mine was cast as the lead in the film. I loved The Pineville Heist and when I was told this was available on amazon today for free, I snatched it up and immediatley started to read.

Normally for me to read it has to be on my kindle app on my phone, I love books but I am usually on the go and won't carry one around so my kindle app is also a few favorite of mine, I have went through TONS of books latley just reading them on my phone. Well Thanks for reading everyone! I urge you to read The Sum of Random Chance, you won't be disappointed!

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If you guys(my readers) like book posts and current read posts, don't hesitate to tell me and I will do more, I am trying to branch out and blog about other things besides beauty and fashion, look out for a concert post soon and Outfits of the Day!