Influenster Homecoming VoxBox Unboxing Video

I'm back with an unboxing video! Hope you like it! If you don't know what Influenster is please click on the link below to my blog post explaining what Influenster is and how you can get a VoxBox:

http://cpickl3.blogspot.com/2012/10/h...

This VoxBox has everything perfect for college students: snacks, health and beauty items, and scholarship information!

Products mentioned (in the order of appearance):
Kettle Brand Potato Chips
Luden's throat drops
Red Vines licorice
Olay Active Botanicals Refreshing Gel Cleanser
SinfulColors SinfulShine Nail Polish

Follow me on social media:
Snapchat: cpickl3
Instagram: cpickl3

Thanks for watching!
****All products were sent to me for testing/review purposes. Any reviews are my absolute, honest opinions!

Thirsty Thursday

Thirsty Thursday

Meet Arthur Tweedie, water critic, and PUR advocate.

Watch him chug cups of PUR filtered water in the above link/video.

I can't even chug water that fast.

I'm from Wisconsin and I can't even drink beer that fast either!

I bring my state to shame :(

Anyway, Arthur Tweedie is freaking amazing!

He's a connoisseur, educator, perfectionist, linguist, socialite, and much more...or so it says in this video below.

I don't know about you, but I was very much under-educated about the water I drank.

I assumed that the city, state, or government tried to filter out the sink water, but I really didn't know what was still left in the water. So, I told myself I'd never drink sink water. But, I still used sink water to fill my ice trays and in a sense, I'm drinking sink water. As obvious as that sounds, I didn't realize that until Arthur Tweedie tweeted about it. I totally recommend watching his videos. Their informative yet entertaining! He definitely made me think about my water drinking habits!

Get to Know Me Tag Video

Watch the video and get to know me and my cousin :)

Remember to subscribe!!!!

And the winner is...!

Watch the video and find out!

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!

<3 you all!

Only 4 more days 'til my GIVEAWAY is over!

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.

To win the Love Culture Sweater, you must follow this blog and also comment on my blog post titled
LORAC Giveaway + Top 10 Beauty Products Under $20

with your blogger username, e-mail, or whatever median you used to follow this blog.

For extra entries for the Love Culture Sweater Giveaway, follow me on

Instagram: cpickl3

and Twitter: CornPickl3

LORAC Giveaway + Top 10 Beauty Products Under $20

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!

Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012 Unboxing

Hi everyone! Remember me talking about Influenster? Well, here's my first unboxing video for the Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012. If you didn't catch my blog post about Influenster you can scroll down more and look for the post, otherwise watch the video and I'll briefly explain it. Hope you enjoy!

Below are pictures of the products and my first impression of them:

Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves Curl Defining Hair Cream

First impression: I've heard of this brand before and heard great things about it. I can't wait to try it! Hopefully it will improve how my hair behaves when I curl my hair since it usually falls flat.

Goody Simple Styles Spin Pin

First impression: I'm not a huge fan of pins and I also don't do much with my hair either. But, I'm willing to make an exception to try this out and review it.

Bath & Body Works Mini Candle in Mahogan Teakwood

First impression: To me, this smells just like A&F colgne! I love it and can't wait to light it up. This would be so much cheaper than buying the cologne...especially for my BF. Next to the candle is a coupon that you can use to save $10 on a 3-wick candle.

Kiss Ever Pro Lashes Starter Kit

First impression: They look nice and seem like they'll function well. I DO need a new pair of lashes anyway.

EBOOST Dietary Supplement

First Impression: I do love energy drinks so I guess I'll probably love this too. Plus, a college student like me needs all the energy she can get!

NYC New York Color Individual Eyes Custom Compact in Dark Shadows

First impression: Aw, it's cracked! Damn it! As you can see in the picture, the packaging isn't covered with glitter...it's covered with eyeshadow fall out! Despite that an eyeshadow in here is cracked, I can still work with it...and I love how this has a primer and illuminator.

Vitabath Fragrance Mist in Luscious Lemon Creme

First impression: What am I supposed to do with it? I'm guessing I just spray this on when bathing to smell good? I'm not fond of lemon scents, but at least I'll smell clean :)

BTW, this was the bonus item given to select members. The other bonus item was Boots No. 7 Beautiful Skin.

That's it! Remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel cpickl3 and go check out Influenster to find out how you could receive a VoxBox. Also, note that I will be doing a separate review on the products mentioned here once I officially try them out.

First Love Culture Haul Video

Enjoy my first video on my  new YouTube channel: cpickl3

Be sure to subscribe :)

10 QUESTIONS TAG

TAG! YOU'RE IT!!!!

1. How did you come up with your YouTube username / blogger name?

Answer: Ok, so I'm making it clear that my YouTube name is artistgurl and my blogger name is cpickl3. I came up with "artistgurl" back then before I made videos because I was an artist. I say was because I used to be very artistic and I would always be drawing. But, now I've kind of grown out of that habit and switched to makeup, which is part of my artistic being, but not entirely. It's one of the things that I find interesting as well as fashion. As for "cpickl3" the "c" stands for "Cornichon," which means pickle in French and also happens to be my French name from high school, and "pickl3" is Pickle, my nickname. I got this nickname from friends because it explains my attitude: sweet and sour, the good and bad, the nice and mean. Everyone has two sides to themselves.

2. What would you do with $1 million dollars?

Honestly, I would use it to pay my credit card bills! After that, I would buy myself a car so I can actually get around and also a house that has plenty of rooms for my huge family. As much as my family members get on my nerves...I want us to be together. Of course, I want the house to be divided into sections almost like an apartment building so that I can get away from my mom's rants. Hehe! Then, when this is done...I can finally go on a shopping spree...LOL!

3. When are you happiest?

I can't really say. Hmmm...when I'm eating great food, when I'm with my family/my boyfriend, etc. There's a lot of things...too many!

4. What was your most embarrassing moment?

Here's one: I was at work and I just finished going to the bathroom. BTW, I didn't go poop. I'm the type of person to lay toilet paper of the seat on the toilet to avoid germs. Yeah, I'm a germaphobe. So, after doing my business I left the bathroom and walked into the backroom of my workplace and started to work. After several minutes I noticed that I kept stepping on something and that something was the toilet paper from covering the seat. Great!!!! NOT! Hopefully, no one saw that because they probably thought I took a crap and dragged toilet paper with me. :(

5. What is your favorite thing about yourself?

My chinky eyes. They're so small and chinky that it makes them beautiful :)

6. Who do you want your picture taken with?

I don't know. I want more pictures with my boyfriend since he keeps avoiding pictures! (What? INSIDIOUS!!!! JK) Hm...I think I would love to take a picture with Chris Evans, the Thor actor ( I forgot his name!!!! ), and Edward Cullen...nah jk about EC. The other guys I would take a pic with because THEY'RE HOT!!!! As for girls...IDK all girls are nice to take pics with :)

7. What's your dream job?

IDK. I don't have a dream job. I just know that I want a job that I'll be happy with and will want to do that for the rest of my life without any regrets.

8. Name one thing you cannot live without.

Internet. It makes school easier and less work and depression and suicide. haha I'm kidding about the suicide part. That sums it up though: internet.

9. What is your dream car?

I'm not a car person, but right now I'm thinking a Mazda Speed3

10. What's a lesson you've learned in life?

The Golden Rule is shit! "Treat others as you would want to be treated."
I've done this everyday in the past and I got stepped on, taken advantage of, and mistreated. This is only good for kids at a very, VERY young age. People just don't care anymore how they treat you. It's the ugly truth, yo!

Haul-ah #3: School Supplies + Thrifting

In the video, I show you some of the school supplies that I bought from Office Max and some awesome clothes I bought from Goodwill.

At the time that I went to Office Max, there was a sale of some sort where you spend $25 and get $5 and if you make at least a $5 purchase, then you get 20 free #2 pencils. I had to take up on this deal!

On top of that, Office Max gave me a coupon for Payless, which was printed onto my receipt, for $10 off a $25 purchase at Payless. I needed new kicks so I had to go!!!! I didn't show my shoes or other dept. store purchases in the video because that portion was cut-off or deleted. I don't know why.

Below are a few shots I took of my thrift store finds:

Hollister Pink & White Button-Up Shirt $7

Hollister Red Plaid Button-Up Shirt $7

MOSSIMO (Target) Gray & White Striped Shirt $5

Maurices Teal Blazer (from Maurices not Goodwill) $32
+ Pink Hollister Tank (Goodwill) $5

trying to show you how the blazer kind of points out at the shoulders

Target Lace Dress $25 (from Target not Goodwill)

Haha...my niece Alexia is trying to be cool while filming me *PEACE*

KISSing time! LOL she trying to pose like a teen

Mini Haul-ah! Sephora, Wet Seal & Forever21

Will be updating this with swatches and info later on!

Stay tuned...but watch the video :)

June 2012 Favorites

First off...do y'all even like favorites videos? Be honest.
I don't want to do them unless you like them...
or unless I'm using different products :)
BTW, I was sick while filming so that's why I sound stuffy.
Enjoy the video!!!!

Products mentioned:

Lancôme Color Design Pale Lip Cream
Physician's Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner + Serum
Benefit They're Real Mascara
Anastasia Brow Wiz in Brunette
MAC Prep+Prime Translucent Finishing (pressed) Powder
MyGlam Makeup Brush holder
got2b Smooth Operator
(smoothing cream for hair that's like Bedhead Afterparty)
John Freida Frizz Ease Hair Serum
Revlon Colorstay 24HR Foundation in 250 Fresh Beige
Nivea Extended Moisture (lotion)
Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer
Olay ProX (acne) Skincare Trio
Simple Facial Cleansing Wipes
Nivea A Kiss of Moisture Lip Care

Pictures of the products:

What are your favorites for the month?
Or, what are you currently loving?

Blog/YouTube UPDATE!

As you all know, very well, I've been slacking!

I'm trying to post daily...even weekly (haha),

but I find it harder and harder to remember!

But, never FEAR! I'm going to dedicate myself

into blogging and YouTubing...very soon!

Here are my plans:

1) Upload/Do a collective haul video/blog post

2) Upload/Do a thrift store haul video/blog post

3) More makeup tutorials

4) 5 minute makeup tutorial

5) $20 makeup challenge

6) other that I don't know of yet

I know that I did have a post like this in the past

and had plans for blogging and uploading videos,

but now I'm SERIOUS!

Hope to see you guys soon!

Find me on other social media sites:

Instagram: @artistgurl

Twitter: @CornPickl3

YouTube: artistgurl

I've been having too much fun with my girls lately :P



POP of color makeup tutorial

I recently bought a nicely pigmented and long-lasting eyeliner from Milani and I am just in love with it! Here, I am using Milani LIQUIF'EYE Metallic Eye Liner in 04 Aqua. I highly recommend this color (not the black) because it is just amazing! It lasts very long and is quite difficult to take off. It's very comparable to Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On pencils...but better. This eye liner is what inspired me to (finally) film a tutorial. This look is DRAMATIC, so...beware! I was even a little shy to wear this out in public. People kept staring at me!

Below is the video for my makeup tutorial:

(don't hate...appreciate! this is only my 2nd tutorial)

Y'know...I just noticed that the title for this look was derived by Hollyannaeree's Aqua Pop tutorial! Oops! Oh well! The eye liner was called AQUA! : P

MORE PICHAS!

These are all the eyeshadows I used for the tutorial.
All eyeshadows are from both Naked palettes.

Swatch of the eyeliners I used:
Physician's Formula 2-in-1 Eyeliner & Lash  Boosting Serum,
NYX White Eyeliner, Milani LIQUIF'EYE Metallic Eye Liner in 04 Aqua

MyGlam lashes (packaging) from April's bag

Bottom half of how the MyGlam lashes (packaging) looks like

This is how the actual lashes look

Pucker up for the camera! <3 muahs

It looks like a fishy!!!!