Congrats to the winners and thanks to all who entered!
More giveaways to come!
*NOTE*
Winners must message me back via YT within three days or a new winner will be drawn. Or, if you don't have a YT and only have blogger, then leave me with your e-mail and I'll get back to you.
As soon as I receive your information, I'll ship out your goodies as soon as possible!
If you haven't already entered my LORAC Giveaway + Love Culture Sweater Giveaway, you have 4 days to win it! It ends on December 27th!!! The rules are SO simple!!!!
Go to this video down below and comment as many times as you'd like up until December 27th. Also, you must be subscribed to my YT channel "cpickl3" and like the video below. This is to win the LORAC Sweet Luxuries Palette.
Have you ever heard of eBates? It's a website that pays you a certain percentage back on all your purchases online! If you are like me and constantly are online shopping, then this is for you! You can get sometimes 2.0% or more cash back on select store sites such as American Eagle, Aerie, Victorias Secret, HSN.com, and multiple of other stores! Don't worry, this isn't SPAM nor is it FAKE! It's very safe. I've already accumulated up to $20 on eBates. Once you accumulate a certain amount of money, then eBates will send you a check directly to you, or I believe you can get a direct deposit. Also, eBates has various coupon codes that you can use online!
I just took my first final exam today and it was hard! Honestly, I didn't study much...more like two hours before the final. The night before was very stressful due to an argument with the bf and...it was PHO SUNDAY! I can't miss out on pho on a Sunday! Btw, if you don't know what pho is it's a Thai noodle broth. I was up until 4 a.m. balling my eyes out on the verge of breaking up with my bf. It wasn't a pleasant night because of that and I had to work that day! So, that's how I totally half-assed my final exam today!
As for the winter moisturizer, what do you gals recommend? I am in need of a FANTASTIC moisturizer! I've tried both types of Garnier Nutritioniste moisturizers and even an Origins Perfect World moisturizer with SPF and they don't work as well. I still have some dry skin near my chin that just won't go away! Let me know! I am in dire need of a fantastic moisturizer!!!!
Btw, did you enter my LORAC Sweet Luxuries Palette giveaway + Love Culture Sweater Giveaway yet? Well, there's still about a week in a half left so get to it!!!! Find my giveaway video on YouTube on my channel "cpickl3" or go to my last blog post: LORAC Giveaway + Top 10 Gifts For Her.
I just got my order not too long ago from a website called Opensky. Opensky is a website where you can find trendy things that celebrities and professionals recommend and at a fraction of the price! For example, this POWERROCKS Super Magicstick retails for $50, but I got it for about $22.50 each after my free in-store credit (and shipping is free). I bought two of these, one in blue and the other in purple.
Now, what does this exactly do? If you own a smartphone such as the iPhone 4/4S, you can charge your phone with this magicstick. You simply insert the USB/charger into your iPhone and the other end into the magicstick. Then, your iPhone starts charging! How cool is that?!
BUT, there is a catch. This precious stick doesn't last forever :(
It can charge your smartphone up to TWO times only!
I tried it for the first time today and it works pretty good. I estimate that it takes up to an hour to two hours to fully charge a smartphone. This magicstick will turn red when it's close to or is running out of charging power. You can see the light when you click on the button on the side of the magicstick. It's very easy and convenient to use. I just wish that this baby was able to be charged too...and lasted forever!!!!
By the way, if you're interested in purchasing the
POWERROCKS Super Magicstick click on the link below:
Unfortunately, it's not on sale anymore for the price I got it for. It's now $40, but you can easily get this on Amazon.com for a cheaper price!
Also, if you'd be interested, you can join Opensky! It's absolutely free! You can earn up to $15-$20 in credit right away and you're always receiving more credit as you rank up. You can rank up with points by simply "loving" a product that's on the site or commenting on a product. I ranked up three levels, which is the middle level of being an Opensky member, within two days by doing the things I stated above. And, of course, you can rank up by inviting your friends...even on Facebook.
In my last YT video, I promised that I was going to do a video on holiday gifts to give to someone, but after filming it today I realized that my lighting sucks! My face kept turning orange and there were too many kids to film, so I've decided to quickly put together a text-only video, on my top ten beauty products under $20 for her, and this blog post! Details on the giveaway are down below! Good luck!
1. Fragrance: Victoria's Secret Forbidden Love Spell - $12
2. Travalo - $12.50 at Kohls
3. Contact Lens Case + Holder - was $12.99 now $5-$10 at Shopko
4. SIMPLE Makeup Cleansing Wipes
5. Hair: Garnier Nutritioniste Sleek & Shine Gift Set - $10 at Wal-Mart
6. Maybelline Gift Set - $10 at Wal-Mart
7. Cynthia Crowley YBF Eyebrow Pencil in Universal Taupe
$12 each or $20 on HSN.com
8. Tarte Blush&Bronzer Duo at Sephora or Ulta
9. Wal-Mart Make-up Brush Sets - $15-$30
10. Lorac Sweet Luxuries Palette $12 at Ulta ($79 value)
Giveaway details: One of my lucky subscribers on YT can win a Lorac Sweet Luxuries Palette! I believe this is sold out, so here's your chance to win this baby!
Rules are simple:
1. Must be subscribed to my YT channel - cpickl3
2. Like & Favorite the video titled
"Top 10 Beauty Products Under $20 for Her"
3. Comment on the YT as many times as you want until Wed., Dec. 27th, 12am.
NOTE: When I announce the winners, they are allowed only three days to claim their prize otherwise I'm redrawing!
BONUS Giveaway: Win my Love Culture sweater from a past blog post!
Remember this? Here's your chance to win it!
Details: In order to win this Love Culture sweater, you must be subscribed to my blog, which is obviously this one since I'm posting on it, and comment once on this post about your top beauty product under $20. This will also run until Wed., Dec. 27th, 12am.
Bonus entries for this giveaway: follow me on Twitter and Instagram for two extra entries.
Twitter: CornPickl3
Instagram: cpickl3
Easy enough to understand? Great! Good luck everyone! Hope you enjoyed this post!
This was by far the best that I've tried, which is including presentation, flavor, taste, and spice. Most of the time that I've ordered this in the past it's never been spicy like I asked for or else it tastes bitter. This was my first time ordering pad kee mao from this place too so I'm pretty satisfied with it. If you don't know what pad kee mao is it's just a thick-noodle dish with onions, broccoli (rarely), beans, bell peppers, mushrooms, and black pepper. It's amazing and I love it!!!! I mainly get this dish only for the noodles and seasoning. All else I usually don't eat.
@ Thai Cafe in Sheboygan, WI
This would be the perfect picture of how I explained how pad kee mao usually looks like. This is my second favorite or probably my favorite place to go more in general and for pad kee mao than at Thai Lotus. Sometimes this restaurant can make the pad kee mao a little bitter and not spicy enough but overall with service and taste I love this restaurant the most!
Here's another picture of the pad kee mao (right) to go and the other dish (left) is called the Sexy Salad, which is very delicious! Words cannot describe how amazingly good this salad is. It consists of cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, your choice of meat (chicken is best) and a special sauce that taste kind of like ranch with a special something. This is also from Thai Cafe.
I forgot what this Restaurant is called but I think it's something like Tim Tum Thai in Chicago, IL. This place has great food, but I wouldn't recommend their spring rolls. Those were disgusting, but all else is very delicious. I love their pad kee mao. It was good but not the best.
Here's another Chicago, IL restaurant that served pad kee mao. It's a Thai restaurant and I also forgot the name but it's just a few restaurants away from this Japanese restaurant called Gyu-Kaku, I believe.
Anyway, about the dish I thought it was alright. I have this place rated last place just because it wasn't the best pad kee mao I've tasted. The bean sprouts were kind of unnecessary. But, I was desperate for pad kee mao and they were serving it. OK-ay, but not the best, either. Also, don't order the pad thai. I think I remember it looking yellowish and it just wasn't good.
As you can see I am pad kee mao obsessed I can't go to a Thai restaurant without eating it. I used to like pad thai, which has longer thinner noodles with a sweeter taste, but now I prefer spicier food. So, next time you visit a Thai restaurant I recommend PAD KEE MAO.
No, it's not on fire! I just lit it up...isn't it beautiful?
This is a 4-ft pink tree that I purchased from Kohl's for less than $19. It's originally $40ish and on sale for $21.99 but I had a 25% off coupon. I absolutely love different colored trees and smaller trees! I don't have much room anywhere to put a taller Christmas tree so I prefer smaller trees like this one. Plus, they're so much faster to assemble and put away!
This is my first Christmas tree because my family and I don't usually put up a Christmas tree. It's a simple reason, but we do still celebrate Christmas, of course. I think I used to have one back then but my sister bought it so I don't really consider it my first Christmas tree. And, I didn't buy the typical tall and green Christmas tree because I think they're too boring-looking and I wanted my Christmas to have something that would be different than everyone else's in my family.
Overall, I'm super excited to start decorating my new tree with ornaments and some small Christmas stockings for my BF & I. I'm in search of some cute Christmas stockings with the letters H and M since those are my BF and my first initial of our names. We call ourselves H&M! I've checked out Kohl's already and there were two that I was considering. Let me know in the comments if you see any others that are catchy!
I need YOUR HELP to find a way or product that will clean my brushes and make them look as good as new! I've tried plenty and I'll share some of my ways with you and tell you whether or not my methods/products work.
I'll first start off with the only brush cleaning product I've ever used:
Sonia Kashuk Brush & Sponge Cleanser - $6.99
[Image source: http://www.target.com]
I would wet my brushes a little bit and then spray this onto my brushes. It kind of cleans the brushes...to me it's more like a disinfectant spray. The smell is unappealing and this cleanser makes my brushes sticky and actually doesn't remove any of the makeup from my brushes--maybe a little. I don't recommend buying this!
The next method to clean my brushes is to use baby shampoo, which usually works a bit except using baby shampoo doesn't really disinfect the brush and rid it of bacteria. It removes most of the makeup, but not all of it, which I really want all of the makeup removed. Everyone that I know uses this method. If you haven't heard of it before, you simply pour some baby shampoo onto a plate or even a little onto the palm of your hand and then swirl the dirty brush onto your hand until the makeup comes off. Rinse afterwards and repeat if needed. Also, I've tried regular hand soap and I don't recommend it. This may help disinfect your brushes a bit but it's for your hands not your brushes and hand soap is horrible at removing makeup from brushes.
Other than the two methods above, I mix olive oil and dish soap together in a plate and then dip the slightly wet brush onto the plate and then swirl the rest onto the palm of my hand. I rinse afterwards and repeat if needed. Sometimes this method works well but lately it hasn't been taking all of the makeup off. Also, I find myself adding too much dish soap or olive oil which makes my brushes too oily or else dry from the dish soap.
What do you recommend for cleaning brushes? Please comment and LMK!!!!
I've never been fond of using notecards for notes, but they've proved useful these past few semesters of college. Sure, jotting down notes in a notebook is good, but not for reviewing terms, vocabulary, or concepts for a class. Notecards are the way to go...just make sure you're organized!
First, buy yourself a coupon/notecard holder
This is a coupon holder I got from Wal-Mart for about $2 or less, but you can get them anywhere!
For the notecards they can be any size. It depends on how much you have to write. For me, I'm using the regular sized notecards and I cut them in half. There are a lot of terms to remember in my geography class so that's why I cut the notecards in half so I don't have to buy so many notecards. This proves to be helpful for psychology courses as well since there's usually a ton of things to remember.
The first thing I do when I'm writing the notecards is write down the chapter number in a different color than the actual term. This way I know exactly which chapter I'm reviewing the term for. Next, after I've written down the chapter number for every single term for that chapter, I write down all the terms on a separate notecard. Finally, I look up the definition of each term and define them on the back of the notecard with the lines. The notecard process is finished. All that's left is REVIEWing them...which is what I have to do this weekend! Good luck to everyone who has to study!
I'm loving this lace peplum top I got from Kohl's! It is very girly and dressy! I think no matter what size you are peplum-styled clothing looks great--surprisingly! This shirt was around $22 on sale. It's a bit much but I couldn't resist not buying it! I don't shop at Kohl's too often and I had $10 Kohl's cash so I had to get this!
I'm not a huge Badgers fan but this shirt was on sale for $6.60! That's a great deal! I could see myself wearing this to sleep or for sporting-themed events and plus, it's quite comfy. Now you know where I live!
Here's a close-up of the glitter/shimmer in "catch." Can you see it?
This is the last top I got from Kohl's. Of course, it was also on sale for a little less than $12. It's kind of a see through cropped top. I'm not a fan of cropped top since I'm a little meaty so they're not flattering, but I couldn't resist the Princess Vera Wang logo/design. I wore this the other day and it looks amazing despite it being a cropped top.
These are probably the top two products that I always buy from CVS or any drugstore. I love the SIMPLE Cleansing Facial Wipes. They're the only makeup remover wipes I use. All the other ones sting my eyes. The Physician's Formula Eye Booster is also amazing! It's a 2-in-1 eyeliner + serum. It helps your lashes grow longer as well as line your eyes. The felt tip is super thin so you can draw thin OR thick lines. I absolutely love, love these two products! It was great that they were having a sale on both!
The SIMPLE wipes weren't on sale but I had a $1.75 off coupon and used that for it and for the Physician's Formula Eye Booster it was buy one get one half off, so I got one for me and my sister since she was sad that it was sold out last time we went to CVS.
Speaking of sold out products, I swear that everytime I go to CVS the Nuance by Salma Hayek Eyebrow Pencil in Brown is ALWAYS SOLD OUT...at the store and ONLINE!!!! I did contact CVS about them restocking it and was told that my local CVS has them in stock but that same day I went and it wasn't in stock. So, what I'm thinking is that they just said that the eyebrow pencil was back in stock...but it wasnt! There was a different colored eyebrow pencil in stock, but not the brown colored one. I'm so mad and disappointed!!!! Now I have to resort to buying a different brand of eyebrow pencils :(
Have you encountered a similar problem? What do you shop for at CVS?
I was running to Wal-Mart for some nail polish remover and ended up purchasing some other items. I had to get candy canes since I'm in such a Christmas spirit! But, I didn't even get to eat any of them since my nieces and nephews ate them all :( As for the nail polish remover pads I chose these over the regular nail polish remover because this seems faster and I hardly ever paint my nails often, so having something convenient such as this would be better. Then, right above the nail polish remover pads I spotted the Sensational Gel Nail Polish and was eager to try it. (If you read my past post--the one below this--you can see my short review on the gel nail polish). Next, I had to try out the new Revlon Photoready Eyeshadow. It comes with eyeshadows and a primer. I didn't try out the primer yet but the eyeshadows are amazing! I love how the eyelid color is very creamy and the eyeshadows in general are quite pigmented! I'm going to buy more as soon as I go shopping again :)
That's it for my mini Wal-Mart haul! Below are some pictures:
I forgot to mention this one! This is Moon Dough that I bought for my niece in the clearance section for $2!!!! It's very messy and the dough isn't like regular dough. It's very soft and spreads easily. I wouldn't recommend letting kids play with this on carpet.
equate Nail Polish Remover Pads w/acetone
There are 10 pink rectangular sheets
one sheet can remove the nail polish off all 10 fingers
REVLON Photoready "quad' in Pop Art 535
SENSATIONAL Gel Nail Polish
Remember to read my short review on this gel nail polish! It may help you decide whether or not to buy this!
All I can say about this nail polish is...DISLIKE! This is my first time trying out gel nail polish and I'm just not a fan! I thought that this type or brand smudged easily and just didn't seem as great as the packaging displays. And, the actual packaging of the nail polish is quite small like the cheap $1 kids nail polish. I wasn't impressed and didn't feel like testing this out for a full 2 weeks. Also, taking it off is the hard part. You have to soak your fingers in acetone and hot water which is too time consuming to me. I'd rather just take off nail polish with nail polish remover. Please let me know how you like this or use it...otherwise I'm going to return it.
I never used to be a candle fan until Influenster sent me a Bath & Body Works Mini Candle in Mahogany Teakwood. It smells amazing just like Abercrombie & Fitch cologne. I remember one time I mentioned to someone that I want to smell like or just smell the scent of Hollister/A&F everyday...and now I can! I have become a candle lover over the past few days. I even bought my first ever candle (with my own money) the other day. I'll post pictures next time since I didn't take them out yet. Do you guys LOVE BBW candles too? Comment below and tell me which are your favorite(s)! And, if you love A&F cologne like me...then Mahogany Teakwood is for YOU!!!!
As you can see be the picture, a sty(e) is an infection that usually occurs on the waterline, either inside our outside, and sometimes on the eyelid. Some causes for getting this infection is improper removal of makeup, sleeping with makeup on, wearing contact lenses, and...something else about your eyes having too much wax or something. The sty(e) can appear either white or reddish and can be painful as well.
I recently got one this past weekend on Sunday, October 28th. I probably got it because I wore contact lenses that weren't worn or opened in weeks-months and I also didn't take off my makeup as well as I had hoped. When I finally realized that I had one I was freaking out! I went directly online and researched a bit on sty(e)s and how you treat them or got them. They're painful for the first day or two, but it eventually fades. I still have mine. It doesn't hurt anymore but it's still visible. I recommend skipping eyeliner or any eye makeup in general to help the sty(e) heal faster. Also, I've heard that rubbing a warm wash cloth over the sty(e) or the eye helps...some people have popped it or picked at it, but...that probably makes it worse!!!! I hope this post of mine helps you out and remember:
Have you figured out your Halloween look yet? Maybe mine will inspire you to do something! Or, perhaps it'll be your Halloween look this year! I'm going to be a zombie...or better yet, a zombie doll
This is how I first looked before I applied the makeup
After the makeup, with the original wig
My finished zombie doll look...w/o the blood...YET
Me w/o the wigs on...which do you prefer?
Wig or no wig?
PRODUCTS USED:
NYC New York Color Individual Eyes in 0156-08 Dark Shadows
(sent to me from Influenster.com)
Cynthia Crowley Your Best Friend Eyebrow Pencil in Universal Taupe
Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in Golden Beige
(my lightest colored foundation)
DUO Eyelash glue (dark colored one)
Eyechanger.com white contacts
(these were sent to me for free awhile ago)
