honey do....

it's 8:24 am, thursday...i sat down to write this blog post yesterday afternoon, but i couldn't think of anything to write.  every time i sit to think, all that comes across my mind is a list of things i need to do this month! with Christmas, Avery's 2nd birthday and my surgery next week, i have a million things to do! but that list is so daunting that i'm trying to sweep it under the rug and forget about it.  

i need to quit burying my head and face this list head on! mainly, i need to get all of the decorations together for avery's birthday party and start wrapping presents so that when i'm feeling better after surgery i won't have a ton of things to do in the short period of time before christmas!

eeeeek! i better get started.....

dress & shoes//asos

tights//ruche

xo,

melissa

easy eye....

 hello lovers! pardon my absence...i've been a busy/tired lady! when is the last time i blogged? i have no idea, my brain is fuzzy into last week! i went on a shopping extravaganza on the weekend with my mom, sister in law, my bff's mama, and my two aunts....seriously, as the youngest of the group, i'm the most played out! i was in bed before all of them (at 1:30 am) and slept in later than them (7:30 am)...seriously, am I a loser or what? they definitely kept me on my toes over the weekend. 

i'm still tired today, even after catching eight hours of sleep last night...hence this post where i did an 'easy eye' look this morning because i just can't focus on anything else, i'm liking it though, i think it's a new fav!

very simple, easy and will match whatever i'm wearing.

cast of characters on the eye: i forgot my primer (too faced shadow insurance), so this look might not last, but lets just pretend i put some on.  i put mac's shroom in from the inner corner to about 3/4 of the way across my eye, and then put mac's satin taupe on my outer lid and into the crease to try and get a smokey eye going on....blended them together to soften and for a touch of highlight i put some mac's phloof! in the very corner of my eye....easy peasy, took me no time at all! to finish it off i took too faced sexpresso (from my natural eye palette) to line my upper and lower lid.

if you want to try this look....feel free to come over and raid my make up case

:D

xo,

melissa

autumn eyes...

 I don't think there is a shadow palette i'm loving right now more than my 15th Anniversary Urban Decay palette.  It's serious awesome-sauce.  I haven't ventured to much into the brights yet, but I'm always reaching for the neutrals.  Particularly vanilla, chase, deeper and my all time ever favorite, flow.  Which is the exact combo I put on my eyes today (apologies for the crappy iphone shots).  I think my favorite thing about these shadows is the metallic feel, yet they are so soft, creamy and extremely blendable.  I find matte shadows tend to get 'stuck' on my lid and look splotchy (although that may just be me need more make up practice)....

 happy hump day!

xo,

melissa

baby, it's cold outside...

 no seriously, it's cold...and it's only -6C! how am i going to survive when it's -40C :(

 and also, why didn't i get anti-glare on my glasses? i look like i have daggers through my eyes...

that's the end of this post, today was too much monday madness for me!

dress:coat//ruche

tights//american apparel

boots//urbanog

xo,

melissa

thirty by thirty...

Kendi, the brainchild of thirty for thirty remix (where you take 30 clothing items to create 30 looks) themed up with Fossil to great a thirty by thirty look book.  Talk about style inspiration....i'm loving so many of the looks and immediately want a party skirt, chambray shirt, chunky sweaters/cardi's/vest....and the list goes on.

Here are a some of my favorite looks from the lookbook....

 i die for this look!

seriously...all of these looks are going in my style folder.  now if i could only remember to look at it when i have no idea what to wear.

xo,

melissa

getting crafty...

otherwise known as, yesterday's outfit pictures turned out pretty bad, so what else can i blog about today?
what started out as an urge to make a snowflake garland turned into a doily garland when this mama got way too lazy to actually cut out some snowflakes.  i found a package of doilies in my craft supplies, add some thread and low and behold a little garland to bring a sort-of wintery feeling to the living room. 

pretty cute and it only cost me like fifty cents...i'm already counting down the days until december so i can get started on my holiday mini book that i purchased from the awesome elise joy.  My plan is to take at least one (or more) pictures each day in december to fully capture the holiday season.  I may need to rethink my plan to not decorate for the holidays until avery's birthday party on the 18th....

so exciting!

what are you excited about this holiday season?

xo,

melissa

glitter & ice....MAC 2011

 MAC Glitter and Ice Mineralize Shadow

Holiday Collection 2011

 When did I become so obsessed with make up? Definitely in time to take advantage of the limited edition Holiday Collection from MAC.  Okay, buying two shadows isn't exactly taking advantage, but coming from someone who never really bought much make up in her life, I'm pretty excited about it.

I was a little hesistant to order the mineralize shadows because they seem to get all around iffy reviews online in regards to pigmentation, but thank goodness for you tube beauty guru's (i'll list my fav's below) I've watched some really great reviews on this collection.

Also, thanks to watching reviews and seeing swatches on you tube I got a better idea of what the colors are actually like because on the MAC website they look uber dark and not really flattering.  I purchased Winterized, which looks like a navy blue online, but is actually more of a silvery purple and is what i'm wearing as my main color on my eyes today.  I put a base of MAC paint pot in painterly, then a highlight of vanilla from Urban Decay's 15th anniversary collection palette and also from that same palette I used flow in the corners of my eyes and swept a little inwards.  On top of that and to help blend out my outer eye, I used my second mineralize shadow in Hold That Pose, which is a pale mauve but has a bit of creamy silver in it.  It looks dark in the pan, but it nice and light and sheer. 

I really like the wintery effect you get from both shadows, highly impressed!

xo,

melissa

you tube favs:

amarixe

makeuptia

makeupbyalli

a new fav...

lush: lemony flutter cuticle butter

my newest fav, even though i've owned this product for about two years now? i just forgot i had it, and it looks (and works) as great as the day i bought it.  this luscious lemony butter is the thickest cream that lush makes and is an excellent cuticle cream.  my nails are super soft and smooth, i seriously can not stop touching them.  but this isn't just great for nails, it's also good for you hair (just rub a tiny bit on your ends to prevent splits) and also use it on any dry body part (elbows and toes) and for some extra sheen to your ink, rub on your tattoo(s)!!

lots of uses for this sweet, lemony cream....i'm so pumped that i took time yesterday to dig through my lush stash and unearth this treat!

what have you been loving lately?

xo,

melissa

randos...

a few internet randos that i'm likin' lately...

candles

crosley record player

pillow

measuring spoons

silk creme foundation

boots

snow flake garland

 vintage jewelry box

coasters

boots

window shopping makes me happy.

xo,

melissa

lookie here!!

 an outfit post! something i haven't done in awhile! finally got a pic of my new winter coat that i purchased with the help of a 50$ credit i won from ruche! lookin' a little frumpy in this pic, but i love this coat!

head to toe outfit all from ruche...cardi//dress//belt//shoes//tights

it's clearly not hard to tell where i like to shop!

ruche girl @ heart!!

xo,

melissa

ebew: colored tights....

 navy

November's feature over at Every Body, Every Wear is Colored Tights...the gist of the site is that everyone, everywhere owns the same or similar items but styles that item differently than everyone else.  This month, they picked colored tights, here are some ways that I have worn my colored tights so far this year...

 smokey grey

 floral

 pumpkin

 khaki

rust

how have you been styling your colored tights?

if you want to share them, don't forget to link your blog post over at EBEW!!

xo,

melissa