Adorable :)

Meet Aaliyah, she's is my best friend's beautiful baby girl :) Here she is dancing to Lady Gaga, and boy does this little girl got the moves or what? I absolutely love her! ♥ ♥ ♥

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Saturday's FOTD

Hello Darlings! Havent dont one of these in awhile. Family parties have been ceaseless once again so there has been little time to do anything between all the cooking, cleaning and traveling. Here is a FOTD I did for my cousin's birthday/Pacqiuao&Mosley fight on Saturday. Can I just say that I L-O-V-E Pacqiuao?! He makes me incredibly proud of my Filipino heritage. Yes he is the eight division world champ but what makes me most proud is his relentless displays of humbleness, compassion and charity. I love how he uses his fame and profit from boxing to help the struggling of his hometown, and he's not just sending money over, he actually visits communities in need and hands out food and supplies in person. He also has a non profit in his name and participates in various relief efforts like charity runs and such. Mosley has done his share of charity work as well. He worked with PETA along with a couple other celebs to do a anti-dog fighting PSA - which if you are against it too (which you should be!) Please make your pledge to NOT support the dog fighting here.

Anyhoo, I can go on forever on how I love people who do charity work but then this wouldnt be a makeup blog anymore :) On to the FOTD! Here's what I used:

♥ Face
~ Avon Prolongwear Foundation in Buff
~ Mac Studio Fix Concealer in NW25
~ ELF Studio Sunscreen Powder
~ ELF blush & bronzing duo (bronzer only for contour)
♥ Cheeks
~ Milani Blush in Luminous
~ ELF blush in glow (for highlight)
♥ Brows
~ Jordana eyeliner in charcoal
♥ Eyes
~ Milani Infinite Liquid Liner in Black
~ MAC eyeshadow in Sweet Eyes
~ MAC eyeshadow in Amorously
~ Dark Brown eyeshadow from my 88 Warm Palette
~ MAC zoomlash mascara
~ BFactory falsies
♥ Lips
~ NYX Lipstick in Tea Rose
~ NYX Lipgloss in Pinky Natural

Oh and before I forget,  BIG HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL MAMAS OUT THERE!!! Being a mother, a GOOD mother is such an amazing feat and you all deserve MORE than just one day just for you!!! I hope one day I will be blessed to call myself a mom as well :)

Ok, so here are my FOTD pics...

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eyes w/o flash

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend yourselves!!! 

♥ Leah

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NYX Lip Liner in Tangerine

Happy Sunday everyone! The weather where I live has been horribly rainy and stormy this past week, which sucks because Ive had a million family parties and random outings to go to lately. Hope you all out there are having fair weather today.

I decided t to a QUICK post on NYX's lip liner in Tangerine. I dont know about you ladies, but I went crazy for coral-pink lip colors this past season and this lip liner goes well with mostly all of them. I use this most when I wear MAC's Cut-A-Caper lipstick from the Tartan Tale collection

Sorry such a quick post! I have a million things to do today, and its already 4pm! (Im such a procrastinator lol)...til next time loves!

♥ Leah

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Wet N Wild MegaGlo Illuminating Powder in Starlight Bronze

Hello again! Just wanted to do a quick post about a new highlighter Ive been using lately. Its called Starlight Bronze and its by Wet N Wild. I love highlighters, they give a perfect glow to your face and picture very well when applied. Wish I could say the same for when they are swatched. Its so hard to  capture the true color of highlight powders since they blend so well with the skin!

Anyhoo, I love this one because it is very natural looking. I was a little skeptical that this was a highlighter when seeing the various shades of earth tones and reading the "bronze" in its title, but when applied all the colors together make for a beautiful golden glow-y shade. What I also like about this is that there is little fallout and it blends like buttah! Honestly, I dont see any cons except the bulkiness of the product, but thats something I dont really mind most of the time. I highly recommend this compared to the other highlighters I have tried

See my other review on ELF and MAC highlighters by clicking here.

On to the photos...

hope you all enjoyed! 

What are some of your favorite highlighters?

♥ Leah

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NYX Jazz Night Palette

Hey Y'all!

Last night I had a nice dinner with my family and did a makeup swap with my beautiful cousin Rachel I'm very happy with the products I ended up with because some I was planning to buy already. Case and point? The NYX Jazz Night Palette. This is the perfect piece to add to my NYX palette collection which includes the NYX Smoky Eye Palette and the Champagne and Caviar Palette. (click names for review)

Im my opinion, this palette is appropriately named and comes with rich cool tones and creamy darks. Every shadow is a shimmer so if youre a matte lover this palette is not for you. the colors of this palette remind me of this restaurant called "The Jazz Kitchen" at Downtown Disney which makes me love it even more :)

On to the pics...

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 the middle dark blue color has little pieces of purple glitter in it

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Cant wait to use this! Have you guys tried any of the NYX palettes? 

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Last Week's FOTD

Hey lovelies,

Hope you had a wonderful Valentines! I spent mine eating at The Old Spaghetti Factory with 3 of my besties! It was delicious! Im already craving to go back but unfortunately the closest one is 40min away :(

Anyways, I havent done a FOTD in so long! There were so many times I got all dolled up this month but I was so rushed each time that I couldnt take any pictures. I hate neglecting this blog! Anyhoo, here the list of cruelty-free cosmetics that I used:

Face:
MAC Studio Finish Concealer
Revlon ColorStay in 350
Amuse Highlighter
ELF Blush & Bronzing duo (bronzer for contour)

Cheeks:
NYX Blush in Pinched

Eyes:
ELF eyeshadow primer
MAC eyeshadow in Spectacle of Yourself (my FAVE!!!)
MAC eyeshadow in Unflappable
Lashes from Beauties Factory

Eyebrow:
ELF eyebrow kit in Taupe

Lips:
NYX lip liner in Natural
MAC Lipstick in Pink Noveau
Clinique lip gloss (forgot the name but if anyone wants to know, Ill post it up)

Excuse my red eyes! I usually wear toric lenses and these contacts are not toric so my eyes look a little strained here :/

 The lashes I use are super cheap lashes that I get from beauties factory (Ive been using them for years now) and theyre great, BUT as you can see in the pics, they have a shine to them because the are not made from real human hair. Im thinking of switching back to Ardell but the price for these is hard to beat (10 pairs for like 6 bucks!)

Thanks for reading!!!

♥

Leah

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Buffalo Wing Dip - a yummy superbowl recipe!

photo taken from TasteOfHome.com

Hey loves! just wanted to share my go-to quick dip recipe that I got from Taste of Home. They have the recipe online that you can find here but I make mines a little differently as I will explain below. I know it sounds weird but this dip is ALWAYS a hit. Best of all, its super cheap and super fast to make

Ingredients:

1 package (8oz) of cream cheese

2 cans of chunk white chicken

1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce

1/2 cup ranch

1 cup Monterey Jack cheese

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

tortilla chips of your choice (I prefer flour)

Directions:

 - Preheat oven to 350 degrees

 - Spread cream cheese in an even layer into an ungreased 11x7 baking dish (or any rectangular dish)

 - Layer the chicken, then buffalo wing sauce, the ranch dressing 

 - top with cheese

 - bake for 20-22 minutes until cheese is hot and bubbly

 - serve with chips!

This is definitely worth trying so I hope you all enjoy!

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MAJOR Update... *pic heavy*

Once again, sorry for neglecting! Ive been so busy not to mention emotionally drained lately, this past month has been filled with so many highs and lows!


Other things that Ive done this past month were get a kitty, and visited family in Seattle, but instead of writing, heres my pic update :)

Meet Marley - My new babygirl :)

 She looks like Neytiri from avatar huh? LOL

My sister and I going to the ballet

My nephew Easton - He is the CUTEST!!!!!!

 I love this little boy

 Believe it or not, we are first cousins. No one ever guesses shes half-filipino and I am part Irish. Isnt she gorgeous though???

 This is my cousin Sam, shes a beauty herself :)

 My cousin Bryce and another one of my beautiful cousins Rachel :) Its funny when we all go out, no one thinks we're all related!

 Self-sxplanatory

 I have a MILLION pictures of this lil one. I miss him so much!

Me and my cousin Bryce who is 6 years younger than I am...everyone on my moms side is tall - except me :(

He loves the camera!

 My first time shooting! all the shots at the bottom were my uncle's test shots so we could hear how loud it was gonna be..the cluster in the bullseye - all me! 

we shot these and an ak. At first I didnt want to cuz it was soooo loud! but I did anyway and it felt goood haha

...and more pics of my nephew!!! I cant get enough of this guy

 "how you doin?"

Well thats all, now Im off to take some pics of my hauls/swatches!

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