Moroccanoil Root Boost

My mother the other day brought home the Moroccanoil Root Boost.  I just thought to myself that this will be another thing that isn't going to work on my hair.  I have been having a hard time lately to try to find something to give my hair a lift.  Some products gave my hair a dry feeling, and some left it feeling greasy, so my mother and I gave this one a try.  

My mother got the Moroccanoil Root Boost at one of our salons that we go to, but it is for $29 on their site.  I just checked their site where you can Click Here and it will be under their "hair" section.  

This stuff is amazing! I am so happy that I found something that actually gives my hair volume and doesn't feel yucky in my hair.  It helps thicken hair at the roots and gives you a natural texture. Seriously, I recommend this!  

The above picture is of my sister in law and I out to eat.  I sprayed my hair with the root boost the night before, after my shower.  Even the day after spraying, my hair still remained with volume and not flat. Go and try it! (:  

Lana xoxo

Sunshine Award

I was nominated for the Sunshine Award by Paola.  Paolas page is really amazing and she really knows  about fashion, go check it out! Also, want to thank her so much for nominating me! I think these awards are amazing to do so new bloggers get their blog out there and noticed and also to tell your readers something they don't know about you.  

The Rules:
1. Post eleven random facts about yourself.
2. Answer the eleven questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
3. Nominate eleven bloggers.
4. State eleven questions for your nominees to answer.

Random Facts:
1. I danced for 14 years
2. I was captain of my cheerleading squad
3. I have been dating my boyfriend for 4 years!<3
4. I have 2 older brothers 
5. I am a business and accounting major, so hopefully I will open my own little makeup store one day

6. I can watch Netflix TV series all day! 90210, one tree hill, gossip girl.. etc.

7. Boy Meets World is my all time favorite show! TOPANGA! (:
8. One 3 people know about my blog, the boyfriend, my best friend Amber and my sissy in law Carly. 
9. I have a dog who is my everything and wittle baby named Brandy..

ISN'T SHE JUST THE CUTEST!

10. I went to school first for early childhood education but then switched my major at the end of my         sophomore year.

11. I come from a very small town with a population of only about 14,000 people and I graduated with only 52 kids who I still see and keep in touch with most of them (:

Questions:

1. What is my favorite lipstick color?

I don't really wear lipstick that much but when I do, my favorite is probably "hue" by MAC and my favorite lip gloss would be "viva glam vi" by MAC also.

2. Who do you look up to?

I look up to my mother.  She is seriously amazing!  She works during the day and does everything she can to make everything great at home afterwards.  She is my best friend and I go to her for everything.  

3. What is my favorite nail polish?

My favorite nail polish would be OPI but if I had to be a color from that brand it would be "Gouda Gouda Two Shoes".

4. What is the most outrageous moment that I had?

I can't really think about an outrageous moment that I ever had on the top of my head. One thing comes to my mind though is when I went to Disney World when I was younger and I saw Britney Spears there.  This was when she was in the "hit my baby one more time" stage of her life. She was one my favorite people back then. 

5. Hot weather or cold weather?

Hot of course.  

6. Straight hair or curly hair?

Curly

7. Dark chocolate or regular chocolate?

Regular milk chocolate

8. If you could learn any language, what would it be and why?

I would love to learn Italian since I am italian and some people know how to speak it in my family.

9. What are you currently obsessed with?

I am currently obsessed with bandanas. I just love wrapping it around my head and how I look in them and I think a perfect look for spring. Weird I know! haha

10. Do you like bloggers or YouTubers better?

I like YouTubers better since I get to actually see the look on the people and how they do it. 

11. What is your favorite color?

Pink!

Nominees:

CoyoteUgly

BonnieBeauty

Bexistential

hollieclairexo

Hazel Hearts

DunUp Doe

marshmallowscoop

My Simple Modest Chic

Love, Lacey

Two Hundred or Less

My Questions:

1. What is your favorite quote?

2. Favorite book and why?

3. Favorite YouTuber

4. What is your current favorite makeup item?

5. Favorite TV show

6. What was a great moment in your life?

7. What is your passion?

8. What is your favorite beauty product that you loved all year?

9. What is the most outrageous thing you have gotten done to yourself (weird piercing, hair brightening)

10. How did you think of your blog name?

11. How did you meet your best friend?

Lana xoxo

p.s. Don't forget to tag me in your post! Can't wait to see all your answers! (:

Celebrity style inspiration

Seriously, look at how gorgeous Selena Gomez is!  She is my celebrity inspiration.  She could put anything together and make it look amazing on her.  She is always wearing that bold color lipstick and the bold smokey eye look.  I understand she has makeup artists and people to pick out everything for her, but when she is just around and just shopping with friends, her outfits still look great on her.  She isn't like the other celebrities at her age, for example Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.  They grew up to be trouble.

Selena helps out children with an organization called UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).  UNICEF works in more than 190 countries to save and improve children's lives, providing them water, health care, nutrition, etc.

Selena has the gorgeous long brown thick hair that girls would love to have.  The outfit shown about is a black t-shirt under a white blazer with a pair of dark washed skinny jeans with a pair of leopard high heels.  I just love her style!

Lana xoxo

Who is your celebrity style inspiration?

My MAC and Sigma Wish List!

So for the past two months, I have been really loving these items from MAC and Sigma.  Money is a little hard for me right now, so these have been on my wish list for a bit.  I will one day have these items! MAC is an all time favorite brand of mine and Sigma brushes are a just must need right now for me since my brushes that I have are old and not so good.  

1.  MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in "Soft and Gentle"

I have heard so many people rave about this.  It is great for a highlight. I have seen many videos on YouTube of people using this product and it looks absolutely amazing! 

2.  MAC Prep & Prime Highlighter in "Light Boost" or "Radient Rose"

The Prep & Prime highlighter.  I believe this is on everyones wish list!  This is a must need if you a looking for a great highlighter to put on top of your concealer.  I use the MAC pro long wear concealer and I have seen Jaclyn Hill on YouTube use that concealer and put this on top of it, and it's flawless.  It gives such a nice bright under eye look.  This will be one of the top items I will be buying first on this wish list. 

3 & 6.  MAC eyeshadows in "Amber Lights" and "Coppering"

These colors together are absolutely beautiful and would look great with any eye color.  They are high pigmented.  I have seen these also used on Jaclyn Hill and it looks great! These also will be one of the items I buy first from MAC.  

4.  MAC Powder Blush in "Peaches"

I just love this color especially when I am contouring my face.  I feel it would look amazing with the contour.  It's not to red and not to pink, it's just a perfect peachy color.  Exactly what I want!  

5.  MAC Shaping Powder in "Emphasize"

I have not found a great under eye setting powder yet and I have used the Ben Nye Banana Powder and I have to say I am not a fan.  After I have seen Jaclyn Hill (yes, I watch her a lot on YouTube.  She is basically my idol. Haha) use this on top of the highlighting pen, it just finishes off that under eye highlighted look and it's flawless, and absolutely gorgeous!  This will be another item that I will be purchasing first when I get a chance.  

7 & 8.  Sigma Kabuki Brush Set & The Sigma F35 Tapered Highlighter Brush

So like I said before, I NEED NEW BRUSHES!  The Kabuki Brush Set would be great for blending, putting on my foundation, and putting on my concealer.  The F35 Tapered Highlighting Brush would be great to put on my setting powder for under my eyes and also to help put the highlighter on.  I have seen many YouTubers use these brushes and it looks beautiful and easy to use.  People have raved about these brushes.  

This is only my MAC and Sigma wish list.  I have many more other items that I would love to purchase from Benefit, Too Faced, Anastasia, and many others.  If you have any other recommendations that is a must have that I should take a look at, comment below.   I would love to check anything out!

Has anyone tried any of these items? What do you guys think of them? Also I would love to hear what is on your wish list.  

Review..

Benefits Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer

This primer caught my eye when I went to the Sephora store because look at how cute the packaging is on it! It's adorable! It is very good to use also if you are traveling and it's a stick applicator also, so I thought I would give this a try.  With the light beige color which it applies transparent so it is great for all skin tones.  

I have been asked many times howI feel about this primer and also have seen forums about people asking about it before purchasing, which I should have done.  When I first applied this, it dried up quick on my face so I had to hurry to apply my foundation on top of it.  After I have applied all my makeup, after a few minutes I would check myself in the mirror and my makeup looked caking and not flawless.  I need my primer to not only prime my skin but to help keep my skin matte and hide imperfections which this does neither of that.  I also have normal to dry skin type, so if you have oily skin, I would not recommend this since you might look a little bit more oily and it may slide your makeup off and won't keep it on long.  

Benefit Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer: $32.00

Have you tried this before? What did you think of it?

Lana xoxo

ipsy February 2014 Blam Bag!

"The Look of Love"

ipsy's February glam bag!

Hey beauties!

ipsy is a beauty community where you can learn new beauty tricks from their beauty stylists from their looks every month.  If you subscribe to their glam bags, you will receive 4 to 5 samples or full-sized beauty products.  It's a great deal for only $10 a month or $110 for a full years subscription!! Shipping is also free in the US!! Shipping in Canada is $4.95 per month.

When you first sign up, they have you take a quiz and it asks you different questions of what you like and prefer with your beauty products and also asks questions about yourself.  Each glam bag is made just for YOU!

• To sign up for yours, go too: http://www.ipsy.com/r/5kz9

This months glam bag was called "The Look of Love" based on Valentines Day for the month of February.

In my glam bag based on what I chose in my quiz, and also what was made for me I ended up with:

POP Beauty

Plump Pout Mini

I can't even tell you how excited I was to get this color in my bag.  I usually only wear lip gloss on my everyday look. The color I received is called "Fuchsia Freesia".  This lip gloss does not even feel sticky on your mouth and that's a big thing for me.  If it's sticky, it's getting thrown away!  The only down side to this lip gloss was that it smelled funny.  The price for the lip gloss at POP beauty is $16.

*If you would like to take a look at more of POP beauties makeup, what colors they have in their lip glosses, and also interested in this lip gloss, go over to their website:  http://www.popbeauty.co.uk/

Tini Beauty

Eyetini Cordial Cream Shadow + Base in One

At first I wasn't sure how I was going to like this creme eyeshadow.  I love the color that I got, which is the color "Violette" which is a purpleish color, but I am not a fan of creme eyeshadow.  I gave it a try one day just to review it and it was easy to apply and went over my eye and was easy to blend well and it was a gorgeous color but if you went over it a little more, some of it would wipe off, so try not to go over it as much with your fingers especially.  It did stay on long though.  The price for this creme eyeshadow is $18.

These are swatches from both the POP beauty lip gloss and the Tini Beauties creme eyeshadow.  The pinky color on the bottom is the POP beauty lip gloss and on top of that is the Tini Beauty creme eyeshadow.  ( Sorry about the poor quality)

*If you would like to check out Tini Beauties website or would like to purchase this eye shadow, you can head over to their website:   https://www.tinibeauty.com/category/eyes/

Zoya

Nail Polish

The color I received was "Dot".  I have never heard of Zoya before so I was not sure what to expect with this.  This nail polish is great and if I come across this brand again, I will make sure to definitely buy some other colors.  The price for this nail polish is $9.

This photo of the nail polish doesn't even do justice for how gorgeous this color is.  It is one of my new favorite spring nail polish colors!  I really recommend this to everyone!

*If you would like to see more about the brand Zoya or would like to purchase this nail polish color, visit their website:  http://www.zoya.com/

J.Cat Beauty

Eyelashes + Eyelash Glue

I got these eyelashes in EL43.  I have yet to try these eyelashes out but I am so excited to try them out for a night.  I feel these are perfect for the night out.  This retails at $3.99.  I don't wear eyelashes, but I usually wear them on special occasions or if I am going out for the night with a bunch of friends.  

*If you want to view their website or purchase these beauties:  http://jcatbeauty.com/index.php?route=common/home

skyn ICELAND

Fresh start Mask with Ice Age Mud

I do love to try out masks and I am so excited to try this one out.  You are only suppose to leave this one for 10 minutes and to do it once a week.  It re-texturizes your skin.  It is a detoxing and brightening mask.  There are two phases to this mask.  This mask retails at $39.00 for a full size but a little sample like this would come out to be $6.50.

*If you would like to check out skyn ICELAND website or purchase this mask:  http://www.skyniceland.com/

All of my items came in this little makeup bag from ipsy which is such a great idea to store everything.

The value of this makeup bag came out to be $53.49! That is amazing for just spending $10 a month on a ipsy glam bag.  I would really recommend subscribing to ipsy if you really love your beauty products like I do!

- Lana xoxo

Introduction to my first beauty blog (:

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Who am I?

Wow so this my first beauty blog post! I am scared and excited at the same time.  I have been inspired to do this by reading others beauty blogs and watching youtube videos.  Makeup over the years became  like an obsession to me and I am so excited to show you how to apply makeup and the different looks that I wear for occasions and on random days. Also will be showing you what products I love, regret buying, and hauls.  I will be focusing on anything beauty related and I will also be showing you what I wear on certain days.  Hope you guys enjoy (;

Let's get started with introducing myself:

- My name is Lana.

- I am 21 years old.

- My birthday is June 29 (:

- I have two older brothers.

- I am currently enrolled in College.

- I absolutely LOVE makeup and anything beauty related.

- I love to try new make products out.

- My family, friends & boyfriend are my absolutely everything!