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Aww, another blog award!

(please excuse this repost if you read it the first time, it was deleted when I was trying to fix my feed)

Thank you so much to Ev from Mozzarella and Makeup for awarding me the Liebster Blog Award! Its so easy to get discouraged to keep the ball rolling on with a new blog, so it warmed my heart when I read this.

I borrowed history the history behind the award and rules of it from her site:

It is said that the Liebster Blog Award started in Germany with the intention to 

highlight smaller blogs that are less known. (Blogs of less than 300 followers).

It is a blog that you accept with the intention of paying it forward. When you accept the award, you choose 3-5 other blogs that you feel are deserving of more subscribers and pass the award on to them. It's not mandatory, but it's just a nice thing to do :-) I'm always discovering new blogs so it's good to get the word out and help other bloggers get discovered as well.

I love the world of blogging and find myself reading my feed frequently. Some (but not limited to, there are SO many GREAT ONES out there) blogs I think are worth more subscribers are:

1. Pretty Petals

2. The Beauty Spot

3. The Little Brunette Mermaid

4. Oh So Fabulous

Review: Essie Clearly Matte with Love and Beauty Nail Polish

All I have to say is I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Essie's Clearly Matte Topcoat. Its really hard for me to find a nail polish that actually stays on. It seems to make the polish color you're coating more saturated, in this case, it made Love and Beauty's Neon Pink, more neon! Essie polish can get a tad pricey to collect but I grabbed this one off of Hautelook's Rock and Republic Cosmetics sale. The ONLY con about this topcoat is that the layers get heavy, and it'll chip with a quickness once you wash your hair out or do anything around the house where you're putting more pressure than usual on your fingertips. 

It gets 3.85 out of 5 Moxie kisses LoL, I'd recommend it more for some fab weekend nails! 

Personally, OPI and Sally Hansen polishes have never worked out, they've always been a one way ticket to Chipsville. The only color on my nails that I've loved have been by MAC, Confetti, Wet and Wild, Island Girl, and Sinful Colors. In my opinion, in the 'nails did' department, you want to spend the big bucks on your topcoat and/or your base coat if your nails need it. When I was shopping the other day, an electric hot pink caught my eye. Forever 21's dabble in the cosmetics department has been getting pretty positive reviews. So far I've tried nail polish and faux lashes from them and love them both! With only two coats the color was vibrant. I would suggest everyone to check them out, at only $2.80 a pop, you can afford to have a whole rainbow in your bathroom cabinet!

It gets 5 out of 5 Moxie kisses, they come in every color and can last about a week!

*don't mind the choppy application, hahaaha*

Get The Moxie Look: Latin GaGa

SO, I'm sitting on the couch relaxing with my sister, while my Godson is taking a long and extremely rare daytime nap... 

Sis: *as we are catching up on our fave reality shows* So I was at work, and I saw this beautifully ethereal pic of the Gaga (we LOVE HER btw), I think its the look I want to do for this weekend's wedding...DO IT ON ME!

Me: OKAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! *as I pop up from the sofa, like someone said there's free MAC products in the kitchen* (mind you my sis pretty much OWNS in the beauty department, so I hardly get the chance to "paint her face" hahah)
  
First off, let me start by saying my sister usually falls under a NC35, Lady Gaga looks like she's naturally a C2/NC25, on the MAC skin spectrum, so certain products won't read the same on both. Here's what MAC suggests Gaga is wearing in her newest Viva Glam Ad:

On my sis, I ended up creating a more "wearable" look, being that she was thinking about wearing it out to a daytime wedding and she's a brunette. Since Gaga's Viva Glam 2 campaign launched I've seen a bazillion blog posts on this look, this is just my take on it. 

What I used (all products MAC unless noted):

Face:

-Studio Moisture Fix mixed with Strobe Liquid

-Premium Triple Cream (around the eyes)

-Amazing Cosmetics Concealer (super blended)

-NO FOUNDATION, I hate her for her perfect skin! LMAO

-Prep+Prime Transparent Finishing Powder

Cheeks:

-Physicians Formula Powder Palette Bronzer (for contouring)

-Tenderling Blush throughout & Pinch O' Peach Blush (on the apples)

Eyes:

-Untitled Paint (from lid to brow)

-Brows Dipdown Fluidline (for definition), Cork eyeshadow (for filler)

-Highlight Brule eyeshadow, Mylar eyeshadow (tracing under the brow)

-Crease I mixed Girlie and Haux eyeshadows

-Lid NYX Cosmetics Eye Shadow Base in White, Gleam eyeshadow (scrapped off so its chunky)

-Inner Lid Vanilla Pigment

-Upper Liner NYC Liquid Liner in Black

-Lower Liner Graphic Brown Fluidline, Swiss Chocolate and Handwritten eyeshadows

-Waterline Fascinating Eye Kohl

-Lashes Cover Girl Lash Blast (she's a huge fan)

-Faux Lash #3 Lash stacked on the ends with Love & Beauty Full False Lashes (cut in half)

Lips:

-Viva Glam Gaga 2 Lipstick

-Smashbox Lip Gloss in Champagne

Off to put some goodies together for my 100+ follower giveaway, thanks for all the love!

Holy Inglot Batman!

I just wanted to share some awesome news MOXiE Mavens! The stellar customer service department at Inglot contacted me to spread the news about the launch of their online store!!!!

I've always wanted to try Inglot, since I've heard to many great things about the line. Its one of the leading European makeup brands that has been successfully taking over new markets out here in the continental United States. The best way to describe them is if MAC and Illamasqua had a baby.

I have been drooling over their red (one my many favorite colors) brush belts, since I've replaced my MAC one twice already. I love that its patent leather, it makes it super easy to clean and sanitize! My MAC brush belt from the pro store always ends up crumbling up, chipping, and fading after about 2-3 years of wear, I can't wait to receive my new belt!!!

Another thing I wanted to share with you all is this AMAZING DEAL that popped into my inbox. Many of you are probably aware of BeautyTicket.com, but if your not, their deals are HOTTTT! This week's STEAL OF THE WEEK is insane, I can't believe I almost bought this with only my employee discount at Nordy's a few years back... OMG over $200 in savings!!!!! I have a full and professional airbrush compressor and products to go along with it, but ahhhhhhh, a gal should never pass up a ginormous steal! Click bellow to grab one before they sell out at this price:

aHHH!

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Thank you to all my followers! I really appreciate your support, I can't wait to reach my first 100...just a smidgen more so I could announce my fab give away of some of my must-have FAVORITE products! Let's just say your makeup kit will thank you!

OoOo and I can't wait to show off my room renovation and tips and tricks to the DIY world of "remodeling" hahahahhh... wow I can't BELIEVE how long its taken me to gut my room, WHO KNEW I had so much stuff! I think a humongous blog sale is in order soon!

yay!! I've won a blog award!

First off I'd like to say thank you to the ever-so-stylish Amrilove for this award!

The way this award works is...

1. Thank & Link back to the person who gave you the Award. -check

2. Share 7 things about yourself. -see below

3. Award 15 people's blogs that you have discovered whilst blogging   

    -done, please check 'em out, even though I'm SURE you have : )

4. Contact these bloggers to let them know they have been given the award. -will do right after I post this

Seven things about myself (facts not in my post about some LITTLE KNOWN FACTS)
1. I'm a shorty, measuring up to 5 whole feet and 3 inches! Most people don't notice because I'm almost always in heels. hahaha What sucks the most is my nephew is almost a year old and everyone laughs when I carry him, he's half my height already!
2. I have a baby-ish face, especially without makeup. I'm always the one that gets IDed whether I'm buying lotto tickets, which you only have to be 18 for, or I'm simply trying to order a drink at the local watering hole!
3. I have an odd appetite, sometimes I can demolish what feels like a whole large pizza and still be walking back to the kitchen an hour later, other times I'm rather bird-like and am kewl with my fave Kashi bar in the morn and a PB sandwich for dinner.
4. I love scary movies. If a movie trailer involves an exorcism, haunting, abduction, or psycho killer on the loose, I'm there.
5. My favorite ice cream flavor is Mocha Almond Fudge, MmmmmMMm, the Baskin Robbins version is what its all about!
6. During my tenure at MAC Cosmetics, I had the pleasure of  being an assistant manager and later a manager. Trust me, there's wayyyyy more that goes into the job description then makeup and trying to keep the tears from rolling down your chin from your 7th hour in stilettos : )
7. I have the most caring, patient, understanding, and loving (I could go on for hours) boyfriend in the world!!! Umm...insanely charming, handsome, and smart as well!! --that's right, I said it hahah

Now for the fun part, awarding 15 (this was hard) of my fave, in no particular order:

                                       1. jomakemeblush
                                       2. dulcecandy
                                       3. cherylsbeautyblog
                                       4. giddyprincess
                                       5. expensive-pink
                                       6. ladydangermakeup
                                       7. prettyprettypetals
                                       8. thehollywoodheels
                                       9. makeupbytiffanyd
                                       10. abrilliantbrunette
                                       11. beautybroadcast
                                       12. makeupaddict-sabina
                                       13. makeupbyrenren
                                       14. makeupbygucci
                                       15. hardcoremakeupjunkie