7 Deadly Sins Makeup Tag!!

Hi Everybody!!

I hope you're all doing well!! This post is a beauty tag. I was tagged by the beautiful +April Richardson (April) last week, and I just got some time to go through everything in order to answer these questions and complete this tag to the best of my ability :) Enjoy!
Greed: What’s your most expensive beauty item?

I think my most expensive beauty items are my eye shadow palettes by Urban Decay or Too Faced. I have all 3 Naked palettes, and the Chocolate Bar palette from Too Faced. They are all absolutely beautiful, and in my opinion, completely necessary :) 

Wrath: What item do you have a love/hate relationship with?

Hmmmm, this is a good one. I would probably have to say cream eyeliners. It may be because I haven't really had much experience with it, though. I have a couple, but I tend to gravitate towards my pencil liners or my liquid eyeliners most. 

Gluttony: What brand takes up most of your collection?

Eek! I have this problem when I see something I like, I need it in every shade and colour, but if this question means the most different array of products from one particular brand, I would probably have to say that the brand I have the most of would be Benefit Cosmetics.

Sloth: What product do you neglect the most due to laziness?

Either primer or nail polish. Primer because I really only like using it when I need my makeup to stay put for a super extended period of time, so I don't use it every day. I would have to say I use it about once a month. I do, however, use a moisturizer every day so I'm not just putting makeup directly into my pores Nail polish because I have a bad habit of biting my nails and I can't be bothered to paint what little nails I have. 

Pride: What product gives you the most confidence?

Any eye makeup whatsoever. Eye shadow, eye liner, mascara. When I know that my eye makeup is on point, nothing can affect me.

Lust: Which item is top of your beauty wish list?

Makeup Geek Eye Shadows (all of them). Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette. Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit. The list goes on and on, but they're all at the top.

Envy: Which makeup product/look is great on others but not on you?
Probably purple lips. I watch and LOVE +victoria donelda and she always looks stunning with the colour combos she chooses in her videos for her lips. I'm super envious, but I just can't pull it off like her :(

Aaaaand speaking of +victoria donelda, I'm going to nominate her to do this tag!!! I really really hope she notices me, and responds/answers to this! :) My life would probably be made if that happened. 

Thanks so much!!

Be Wonderful :)

Surprise 60th!!

Hi Everybody!!

So it was my mom's 60th birthday on July 29th, and it is my dad's 60th birthday today (August 8th), so for the past few months, my brother, sister, and myself were planning a surprise 60th birthday for the two of them. I called all of my aunts and uncles months ago, and I started the conversation by asking if they can keep a secret. Some of their initial responses were pretty funny, but after I assured some of them that I am very much not pregnant, they were all totally on board for hiding it from my parents! I was very excited and happy with all of their compliance. 

I had been thinking about how to get my parents over to my house for several weeks, and I thought it would be a great excuse to have them come over for a nice dinner in the backyard when I was finished gutting and remaking the garden. Not only did it give me a deadline, but it was a reasonable enough excuse that they wouldn't suspect a thing. 

My sister had the great idea of ordering roses to be delivered to our mom during the party. Unfortunately nothing in our city does that, so I just ordered them and picked them up myself. We also pooled and made a gift basket for our dad containing little bottles of rum, whiskey, coke, honey roasted peanuts, and maple bacon chocolate. Sadly, I didn't get a picture of the basket.

The party was a potluck style party. I asked everyone to bring a dish of some sort. I actually made a sort of menu and asked everyone to bring something specific to make sure we had all of our ground covered. 

The surprise part of the party was pretty perfect if I do say so. My parents were super surprised. It was pretty stressful for me leading up to the time they were supposed to come over, but once they were here and everyone that was hiding yelled surprise, I calmed down a little. 

I had a really good time. My parents were surprised. The weather was perfect. Everyone had fun. Some of my aunts and uncles even went on the trampoline!! We had good food, great company, and best of all, my parents had an awesome surprise 60th celebration. 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and I hope you have an amazing weekend! Thanks so much!

Be Wonderful :)

Fun Times!!

Hi Everybody!!

I've had such an amazingly fun past few days, and I really hope each and every one of you have had as much as a good time :)

I'm not sure I've mentioned this before, but I liken myself to be somewhat of a hairstylist. Don't get me wrong; I have no formal training nor certificate of any sort, but I have a lot of experience having done my sister, mom, and a couple of aunts' hair for a few years now. Saying that, every Friday morning, my Aunt Karen comes over to my house so I can wash her hair and style it. I also dye her roots and occasionally put some highlights in it. She has a wedding to go to next weekend, so she wanted her roots touched up as well as her highlights, and I'm quite proud of how it turned out :)

After that, I had the lovely April over for a makeup play date because I FINALLY received all of the makeup I ordered a few weeks ago.

We had a lot of fun, and it made me want to show off all of my palettes! Turns out, I have a lot :)

And this picture somehow only makes me want more. I have a problem :)

That same evening, Wayne, April, Chris, and I went to Costco for some groceries, came home, had dinner. 

Then we all had a game night at April & Chris' house. We played this game called 'Funny Or Die', which is kind of like 'Cards Against Humanity' if any of you have ever played that. If not, you should.

That was just Friday! I have more fun things to share from this past weekend, but those are in the 'Coming Soon' column.

Have a great week!

Be Wonderful :)