{REVIEW} Geo Tricolor / Angel Color / World Color Grey from Shoppingholics!

THIS POST IS NOT SPONSORED. I PURCHASED EVERYTHING ON MY OWN.

packaging!! everything was packaged very nicely! <3 td="td">

cute little notes ~

everything they sent me! All I ordered were the lenses in the boxes! Everything else they sent me for free!!!

the pairs I ordered! guess what they are!

opened the grey ones first and put them in the grey case

with flash

natural light

Color: 5/5 these are soooo pretty in person! I've gotten so many compliments on these!
Design: 4/5 the design is very nice and it blends in well
Enlargement: 3/5 they're 14.00mm so they're not supposed to make your eyes look that much bigger. Even so, these still make my eyes just a little bit bigger.
Comfort: 4/5 I get discomfort after maybe 6 hours of wear, but I always carry eye drops around with me so no worries.

I honestly love this pair. I've been wearing these for a little over 2 weeks now. At first I was afraid it'd make my eyes too light and I'd look phantom-like, but when I put them in they looked so nice and natural. I wear these every day and as long as I wash my hands before putting them in, they go in easily without discomfort.

Now onto the store review! I cannot express how much I LOVE Shoppingholics!! This was my first time ordering from them and they have excellent service! I have ordered from other places and they cannot compare to Shoppingholics. I just...can't. I was so happy when I opened my package because EVERYTHING was packed nicely. Every. Thing. Nothing was broken and I didn't have to worry about a thing. When I first ordered them I was worried that they'd break on the way here or overheat in this Texas weather. But none of that happened! I did have to go pick up my package (or I could've had it redelivered, but I was too excited). AND I GOT SO MUCH FREE STUFF WTF. NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN FREE THINGS. They gave me two animal cases (which match with my lenses; coincidence or whaaaat? I think not c; ), a pack of TWO pink dariya hair sheets, another pack of blue hair sheets, and also a golden collagen eye mask. Crazy or what?! For me to buy one of those hair sheets is like $5 each here. Then the cases are like $3 here. And then the eye mask is like $2. THEY SENT ME $15 IN FREE STUFF. OMFG. YOU GUYS. How can you resist now?

Hope you enjoyed this post ~ I know it's been a while since I've blogged.

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{NOTW} first NOTW! lilac tips

colors I used

start with bare nails

paint your base coat; I used Julep's Emma on my nails -- it's a nudy slightly sparkly color

put your tape in place as your guide

paint your tips with your color of choice; I used Julep's Renee

slowly take off your tape

apply a top coat, clean up a bit and you're done!

Yay, my first NOTW post! It's been a couple months since I've painted my nails, actually maybe 3 months to be more precise. Quite a while, huh? I've been letting my nails heal from my excessive painting the past couple years (literally had polish on 6/7 days of the week). Yeah, I kind of neglected taking care of my nails for quite a while...

Well, since it's been a while since I've done anything with my nails, I thought I'd do something simple but pretty. Aaaaaand since my new Julep polishes came in, I figured I'd use those! Overall I really like these nails ~ next time I'll try something more difficult, but for now enjoy these ~

Oh, I would like to show some of my past nail designs to you guys. But not today, maybe tomorrow or the day after. I need to get all the pictures together first ; o;

Okay, that's all ~ now I'm going to go and start on my blog header then I'll be off to bed. Good night <3 div="div">

{REVIEW} Nail polish for A PENNY?!?!

That's right, A PENNY! Can't believe it, right? Neither could I, hehe!! All you girls are gonna love this deal ~ first I'll jump into the review.

my box came!! it only took four days

welcome note

I got the "American Beauty" intro box

what's this? a bag within a box? whaaaaaaat??

contents of the box

inside the bag 

dum dum dah dah!! nail polish is nicely wrapped in bubble wrap

omg so pretty!!! 

swatch #1: Renee, one coat

swatch #2: Emma, top--one coat; bottom--two coats

Overall, I really like these polishes. The colors are beautiful and I don't have to put gobs on like I do with my drugstore brand polishes. Quality-wise, these are as good as, if not better than, OPI polishes. The only problem I have is how small the bottles are!! You get half the amount of normal polishes. At $15 for each bottle it's pretty damn pricey. But if you get the boxes instead you get a better deal!! I believe you get 2-3 polishes for only $20!! Much better than spending $15 on one bottle of polish.

So now you're probably wondering how it was possible to get two polishes AND a pedi cream for only one cent, including shipping. Well, that's easy! Go to Julep, take the style quiz, and then use the code "MAVENINTRO" at checkout to get your first intro box for a penny, plus get free shipping!! Amazing deal, right? 

Before you get started, I feel there are some things I need to tell you. Julep is one of those subscription type things, almost like subscribing to a magazine. What does that mean? Well it basically means you sign up for their monthly box they will send you. Every month they ship you a new box with products. When they do this they will charge you the 27th of each month. If you don't like the month's box you can choose to skip the month and the bill between the 20th and 24th. You'll get an e-mail the 20th of every month reminding you that you've subscribed and that they will bill you the 27th, if you choose to get that month's box. Easy, right? And if you don't want to stay subscribed you can easily cancel your membership and still keep what you've gotten.

Well, what are you waiting for? 

GET YOUR BOX FROM JULEP NOW!

proof for all you skeptics out there

{LIFE} Austin trip +4th of July

[WARNING: PIC HEAVY]

Hi you guys!! ♥ My afternoon is free and I'm in a good mood, so I thought I'd write up this blog post for you guys! I've been wanting to write this one for a while, but I never got around to importing the pictures to my computer. I finally did it though!! So here is my trip to Austin and my 4th of July in pictures ~

AUSTIN
On the first day we drove through Round Rock and stopped for some donuts. At Round Rock Donuts they have huuuuuuuuuge donuts!!! There was a donut there that was bigger than my head!

giant donut!!!!!

Once we got to Austin we stopped at CoCo's Cafe for some food and boba.

fried tofu, onion pancake, and my milk tea

After that, we toured the UT campus on our own. I really want to go to UT when it's time for me to go to college! The campus is soooo pretty and there are so many little stores and restaurants around the area. Hopefully in a couple years I will get in!!

UT campus map; looks kind of like Texas, but upside down!!

on campus--it's really pretty!

After we toured the UT campus, we walked around the shops beside it.

some shops

some more shops

inside the co-op

 After shopping we walked around the city for a while. There were lots of interesting things on the buildings and streets.

I thought this was funny

CoCo's cafe was cute

I got a t-shirt from the co-op

 After that, we went into the capitol building. This was my second time going there!

the capitol building

there is a star on the roof of the building

Later that afternoon we went and did a bunch of eating. We ate little bits from places like The Snack Bar and some food trucks.

This dip was really good!! The left half was hummus and the right half was eggplant. Usually I hate eggplant, but I loved this dip.

more cute stuff on buildings

a bunch of posters

food trucks!!! 

haha, the sign on the might cone food truck

 

I really wanted to take that giant cupcake ; o;

fries in a cone from the mighty cone truck

snow cone; we got frog in a blender flavor

bratwurst; it was really good, omg I'm salivating just remembering 

the bratwurst; split for five people LOL

Next we got in the car to go to Barton Springs, which was basically a large natural swimming area. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it, but I can tell you about it! It was very nice but verrrry cold since we went around 8pm-ish. There are fish in the water and also crawfish and other creatures, so it's just like swimming in a lake. The water was very refreshing and didn't feel slimy at all (like the lake does, er at least to me).

tiny bicycle thing we saw on the road! I still don't know exactly what it was...

The next day we got up early and had banh mi for breakfast. Then we went to a bakery and got some cupcakes.

After the bakery, we went shopping at the San Marcos outlet mall. While we were there I got a bunch of stuff!! We also got some froyo from Orange Leaf.

Later that evening we went for a little hike. The place where we hiked had a bunch of peacocks! It was a nature/wildlife preserve that you could hike in. The peacocks were so loud, but soooo pretty!!

this nice house out in the woods on the water

the view at the top of the hill we hiked; rich people are able to live in such nice houses on this lake

4TH OF JULY
I spent the 4th of July with my cousins at our local park. It was hot and there were ants, but it was nice.

some bugs made this bokeh effect.

Okay, that's all ~ I hope you enjoyed this post. If you ever decide to visit Texas you should definitely go to Austin!! Or you could go to Dallas and then visit me with gifts, hehe.... C;

Until next time!