“No better way to beat that winter time blues….than with Blues”

So am I alone in that winter time makes me a little down; I am not a fan of cold weather and the sun kind of  hides behind the thick clouds. I am convinced I am not built to deal with cold weather and wearing tons of clothes. I am a child of the sun; I love spring and summer time!  Sometimes I find it hard to get dressed and pull myself together. I am really trying to have a better attitude about it since we have a least 2 to 3 more months of cold-like weather. I have decided to kick that winter time blues and depressed mentality out of here! Good bye!! This post is in honor of winter time, but the only blues I want is being added to my wardrobe! Check out some the great pieces I have found… some of them are must have for me! For instance, I am totally in awe of the peplum concept; is it not just awesome?? It does something magical to your waist line, and it just adds a touch of elegance to your outfit.  I live for a good stiletto, it just screams sexy! But no outfit is complete  without really great accessories and no girl should go without sapphires( its my birthstone), in my opinion. The sapphires pictured below are faux sapphires but hey you got to start somewhere.  So here’s to winter blues!

Some of the items  listed below are:

• Blue denim Forever21
• Ranjana Khan Lapis bib statement necklace
• Gothic Long Tail Back buckles coat-navy
•  L’Wren Scott cardigan

Review: New Maybelline Lip-gloss Alert

Anyone who knows me; knows that I am a complete sucker for a great lip-stick or lip gloss!!! Nothing gets my gears going more than make up shopping. So I stumbled upon these beauties in Wal-Mart (Douglasville location). I was doing my usual random browsing and eureka the lip-gloss gods opened up the gates (dramatic yes, but this is how I felt). I was completely taking a chance on this purchase because I had not read any reviews on them or even heard of them for that matter! But geesh when I say I hit the lip-gloss jackpot! Maybelline has totally raised the bar and now I don’t expect them to produce anything less than this quality of glosses. I bought these for about $5 a pop; not bad if you usually purchase high-end!  I feel like I totally got my monies worth; low-end price with high-end quality.  I got 3 colors for starters. I purchased Raspberry Reflections (purplish), Electric Shock (bright pink), and Captivating Coral.  There is no doubt I am going back this weekend for more colors!

All pros, no cons:

• Great application wand
• Great color selections
• Highly pigmented (for Maybelline glosses)
• Decent moisturizing qualities
• Sleek and classy packaging (heavy, glass-like tube w/ silver cap)
• Great price point
• Awesome with or without lipstick
• Shiny; yet non sticky (which I love in a gloss)

Below are the color swatches I did on my hand to show just how pigmented these glosses are.

Colors listed top down are:

Raspberry Reflections

Electric Shock

Captivating Coral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had to show you all the packaging…