So I've finally found my "holy grail" mascara thanks to a reccomendation from a friend - I've fallen in love with Maybelline's Full 'n Soft Mascara. I've tried a lot of mascaras in my life time but this one seems to be the big winner. I had someone actually "notice" my lashes which normally get lost behind the glasses, so after receiving that compliment - I knew I've found "the one" for sure.
Have a fashionable week everyone!
So yours truly had entered a giveaway through Beauty Addict Mag's Freebies section on their website and has won a DuWop giveway pack! I'm all for legit freebies and if I can win, anyone can win!
I ended up buying these boots from Target and rocked them with my skinny jeans today - so cute!
I hope everyone's doing well and have a fabulous weekend!
So I hate how you buy a new mascara and it's the best thing ever for a couple weeks and suddenly it's not working like it's supposed to?' Ideally I want something that won't smudge but isn't waterproof (waterproof formulas and my lashes tend not to agree), thickens a lot but doesn't clump up, lengths a bit, and keeps the curl once I curl my lashes.
I was using WetnWild's Mega Length Double Action Mascara and while I love the primer end, the mascara itself isn't liking me anymore and will either deposit barely any mascara on my lashes or else clumping in random spots. I've tried Bon Bon's mascara which I found for a whopping 88cents at my local Wal-Mart but it tends to smudge on my lower lashes and then I've got raccoon-eyes going on which isn't pretty.
While I remember Lucky magazine giving Cover Girl's LashExact Mascara a great review a while back, I'm not impresssed. Too much definition, not enough volume or color. It's good for doing the lower lashes but that's about it. I have yet to try Max Factor's Lash Perfection Mascara which seems to have a similar styled brush.
I do like Clinique's High Impact Mascara quite a bit but I do find it tends to clump up on the tips of my lashes a bit but then using a lash comb tends to ruin the total effect. Go figure that the most expensive one works the best but I think it sometimes weighs my lashes down and the curl won't stay (however, I was using a sample size one that I got in the free gift during Clinique Bonus Time when I stocked up on my beloved City Block SPF25).
My mom is currently using Almay's One Coat Triple Effect Mascara and seems to be liking it so far. I might have to pick up a tube of that because it's supposed to thicken, lengthen, and curl as well as not smudge.
What's your favorite mascara and why?
Obviously I'm quite overdue for an update.... I've spent the majority of my days off doing homework (which is the goal for Thursday as well).
I've been on a denim spree the past few weeks and bought three new pairs but my total purchase costs were under $75 with tax!
I bought a pair of skinny/straight-leg jeans by Hydraulic on sale for under $20 at Nordstrom and I was surprised the inseam ran shorter than usual. Any jeans that I can buy without having to shorten and alter the hem sounds like a good deal to me- because you have two choices when you're 5'1":
(a) buy everything in the petite department
(b) cut it off and HEM IT!!!
While perusing through Potomac Mills last week, my friend and I checked out this store called Urban Planet. The clothing selection there definitely has a more urban/hip-hop feel but they had nice selection of extremely affordable trend-styled jeans (dark rinses, grey washes, skinny legs, straight legs, pocket details, etc.). My inner style diva guided me towards the clearance rack and I found a pair of skinny/drainpipe leg jeans for $10 in a black-blue wash with some distressing in spots and they were the perfect length as well!
The new Levi's store recently opened at Short Pump Town Center and I decided to check that out this past Monday. I tried on a bunch of their jeans and finally decided on the Levi's 504 Slouch Straight in the "Black Bird" color (dark rinse blue-black). The best part is my new Levi's are a size 1!!! The slouch fit seems to have a bit more room which allows you to go a size down if you want them more fitted. I also find straight leg jeans to be more classic and versatile (they look fab with heels or cute when cuffed with flats).
So there's the "denim dish" but let me finish my re-cap of Potomac Mills. I ended up with three cotton Couleur de Rose tunic tees (white, black, and a punchy green), a pewter screen print tee with a rock-and-roll-ish crown print by Eyeshadow, a black hoodie by Caslon, and black kitten-heel leather pumps by Preview (a brand exclusive to the Nordstrom Rack) all from the Rack. I stopped by the the Cosmetics Company Store/Outlet and bought this sparkly neutral eyeshadow by MAC called Tempting and a Pinkphonic Glitterliner as well! The Glitterliners are a discontinued item but a little goes a long way and they're great for adding a bit of sparkle when having a night out with the girls! Plus I got the awesome $10 jeans as mentioned above in the "denim dish"!
So I think I now need to give my wallet a break...
Oh, and if you haven't picked up the new MAC VivaGlam6 Lipglass - you MUST! It's a perfect pinky-plum color and all the proceeds go to the MAC Aids Fund. So a great color and a good cause - sounds like another winner for me!
I'm obviously too excited to sleep...
I'm headed to Potomac Mills in the morning! I haven't been in years but I've passed by it a gazillion times to visit family in NoVA. I'm most excited for the Nordstrom Rack but we'll probably check out Saks Off Fifth and anything else that suits our fancy. I know there's the Estee Lauder brand outlet there as well so I'll try to check that out (i.e. MAC goodness).
Umm, thank goodness I really don't have access to a credit card or I'd otherwise be in major debt. It's going to be tough to "restrain" myself from shopping hardcore but pay day also means "pay the bills day." So everything will be debit to keep me out of trouble. However, if you'd like to donate to my fashion cause - let me know and I'll give you my PayPal e-mail address so you can send me some money. *chuckles*
I'm the broke fashionista!
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Can't wait to see the Abaete line at Payless!
Yes, I love shoes.
Wow... The last few days have been rough yet filled with the most caring, loving, friendly emotions in attempts to offset the numbing, sad, upsetting emotions. I have found out my sister is terminally ill and all the health issues she's had in recent years are the result of this horrible thing that's attacking her body but her soul and her spirit is so strong that I admire her so much for what she's about to go through in the next months.
I'm trying to sort things out and mentally prepare myself to go back to work tomorrow (I "survived" class this evening so bonus points for that) but if you'd like to contact me, please e-mail me at rvafashionista [at] livejournal [dot] com and it will be immediately forwarded it to my main contact e-mail.
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So in more upbeat news, I managed to score a sample of DuWop's Venom Gloss which is a colored gloss with the same effects as their regular Lip Venom. It's got about the same consistency of a Lancome Juicy Tube and there's a nice range of colors and it tastes pretty darn good. I didn't notice a huge difference in size but my lips are pretty full anyways but I don't look like a puffer fish so it's all good.
I've barely done any shopping lately... I picked up a couple cotton/modal Rubbish camis off the clearance rounder at work but that's about it.
Now it's time to write a paper and hopefully get some sleep... This hot weather and I are not in agreement!
Oh, lovely... So I go check my back account balance and such online after Monday's losing my Visa debit card at Wawa incident and I see a charge for $34.00 for Wawa in addition to the debit purchase of $30.15 at Wawa that I spent that day on gas. When I had called Visa on Monday, I asked them if I needed to run through and verify my purchases for that day and they said no. So according to Visa, my last purchase was at Wawa but wouldn't it be kind of odd for me to have a debit purchase and then a credit purchase immediately afterwards when I reported the card as lost/stolen. I explained this evening to them that I try to use everything as debit unless it automatically runs through as credit and there's no option for me to enter a PIN (for example, both H&M and Starbucks only run transactions though as credit). So now they're going to send me some paperwork from their fraud team...
I know $34.00 isn't a ton of money to some people but that's a tank gas or 10 lattes or $34 I could use towards paying off my school tuition and books that's charged on my Visa credit card and not my Visa debit card.
I wish I wasn't so scatterbrained/forgetful sometimes but I suppose there are much worse things in life...
Tomorrow evening shall be consumed with writing a paper for school. Cheers to not "having a weekend" but I haven't felt like being social either.
So I just took this Jung Typology Test for my "Intro to Business" class and I scored as a ESFP (Extroverted-Sensing-Feeling-Perceving) which is pretty accurate. To read more about my result, click here and here. I found a link on possible careers for ESFP types when I searched Blingo (it's like Google with prizes - I haven't gotten lucky and won yet though).
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In other news, I spent my entire day with Mom cleaning out my closet, drawers, clothes, and shoes - bye, bye clutter! Mom even organized my closet and everything's in sections. Even each of my drawers has a specific purpose! It feels so good that everything is nice and clean. I just need to tackle my jewelry next! I've finally made both of my desks into a mini-office of sorts: my left desk is my drawing/art desk and my right one is my computer and homework desk! Considering I have a bunch of acrylic paint left over from my art class this spring, I need to start painting again!
So I need to make this quick because I do need a few hours of sleep before I get up at 5:00am-ish... my parents and I are going fishing again and this time we're headed to the Ocean View Fishing Pier in Norfolk.
I was quite productive today. I had some "routine maintenance" blood work/tests done and since I was nearby Carytown, I decided to pop in and take a look around. I unfortunately noticed that I received some sub-par service in most of the shops and I suppose it was due to the fact I wasn't "dressed to the nines." Since I was running errands during the day, I ended up throwing on a pair of shorts, my ol' Alpha Phi Omega t-shirt from my VCU days, and my ever-so-comfy Hollister flip-flops. Honestly, if I was going to have a needle stuck in my arm multiple times due to small veins that "roll" - I was not going to wear high heels! I did stop by Clementine (I found a embroidered sweatshirt jacket on their rack which I happened to own so I was amused by that) and JetSet (the owner Amy is a total sweetheart) where I pretty much had "dress-lust" but my wallet was not in agreement. Ahh, the life of a poor college student.
I also got my car's oil changed, returned a school textbook, paid my car's registration to the DMV, got gas at Wawa and then lost my debit card there! So I've immediately canceled my card but I'm still miffed. To make matters worse when I drove back there in hopes to try to find the card, I had some scary K-Fed lookalike leaning out his car window and trying to get in my face while hitting on me simultaneously. So yeah... I'm in a very man-hating mode right now.
I think I've been a bit stressed because of inventory (which is thankfully over) and starting fall classes and health issues that I was literally ready to go "B*TCH - WHAT?!?" on somebody but I didn't. I've kept my cool or made an attempt too. Just keep pumping coffee through my veins and I'll be OK.
So really, the deal of this post is that you have to dress a certain way to get good service - chances are I'm not coming back into your shop again. I know I looked like a bummy twelve year old today but my glasses are Hugo Boss and I was wearing my diamond studs so I'm not a complete fashion noob. I've been in the retail world for over 5 years and I'm going to try my hardest to treat you well no matter what you're wearing!
*yawn* I'm headed off to bed momentarily but I found this quiz:
| This Fall, You Should Wear a White Shirt |
 Crisp and refined, you are able to wear a white shirt with style. Pair your white shirt with a funky belt to give it a modern, less preppy feel. |
I surprisingly don't own a white button down shirt - I have two blue ones from Old Navy but I don't own the white button down that's supposed to be hot this fall!
On a side note, Europa in Shockoe Slip is love. I spent my Thursday evening there hanging with Holly and drinking sangria and chillin' out to a good mix of house music in their lounge area. Good times - but being out late would obviously explain the tiredness.
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