Salon Perfect Lashes unfortunately are not sold  online & can be found in Walmart Stores. Visit Salon Perfect here!

While doing my usual stroll down the makeup aisle in Walmart, something shiny caught my eye. Now, I will be the first to admit, anything that sparkles I grab it; from keychains to eyeshadows... it comes home with me. Naturally, when I saw the wet 'n wild Color Icon Glitter Singles, I had to have them. I remember using wet 'n wild back in middle school (maybe freshman year of high school; not 100% sure but, the point is I was young and fairly new to makeup lol) and I loved it. I figured, for $1 it couldn't hurt to try them, so  I decided to drop these shimmering beauties into my cart and welcome them to rapidly growing eye shadow collection. Unfortunately, the Walmart I was at didn’t have the entire collection in stock but I picked up the three my store did have available:
I can't wait to use them in a face of the day post... (maybe this weekend). 


Additional Colors in the Color Icon Collection :

Starting a blog can be a quite overwhelming and it may be hard trying to decide where to start. My suggestion... start by downloading a few Apps! The following apps have been extremely helpful to me and I hope they can be of some use to you as well.

Content:
bitly [ Android | Apple ]
I love bitly to shorten my links. I always put a link to my new post in my Instagram profile, and I can not stand how long the original link looks in my bio. Also, Bitly allows you to track how many people have clicked your link. If you are fairly new to blogging it's a good way to track where your audience is coming from.

Photo Editing
Crop Pic [ Android | Apple ]
Can't fit your entire photo on Instagam? No problem! Crop Pic allows you to post your entire photo and even add the border of your choice.
Face-Tune [ Android | Apple ]
This is my go-to app for editing my photos. You can smooth away blemishes, brighten and darken any photo.

Ezy WaterMark [ Android | Apple ]
I suggest if you download nothing else on this list, you download Ezy WaterMark. It's so important to watermark your photos for two reasons; to increase traffic to your blog and to make sure no one steals your work and claim it as their own. Nothing is more frustrating than spending an hour or more getting the perfect shot only to see someone using your photo as their own! (grrrr). With this app you can chose from different fonts, rotate the text and place it where ever you want. My favorite thing about this app is that you can create a logo of your choosing as well as change the opacity to make it noticeable but not taking the focus off your photo.

Layout [ Android | Apple ]
Another one of my favorites for Instagram. You can place multiple photos together as seen here. I tend to use this alot for my makeup shots :)

Social Media:
I can not stress how important it is to connect with your audience! The following apps are popular right now, so I suggest you download these to stay connected with your readers:

Bloglovin'  
Instagram  
Pinterest     
Twitter           

Are there any apps you recommend to make blogging a little easier? Let me know in the comments down below

Love,

Which one is you favorite? Let me know down below !


Unfortunately, these are currently sold out on the NYX website, and there is currently no word if they will be sold at Ulta or Target any time soon.*

*These are now available at Ulta. Click Here !

To my surprise I was nominated by Georgia Charlotte (visit her beauty, fashion and lifestyle blog here Georgia Charlotte ) for the Versatile Blogger award. So, thank you so much Georgia!

Since I have been nominated, I will provide you all with seven facts about me and links to blogs I'm currently loving right now. I love this idea since it will give you all a chance to get to know me a little more so, here it goes...

Seven facts about me:

1. I've spent majority of my life living overseas (Europe & Asia) and I would go back in a heart beat
2. I am not a coffee fan but I visit Starbucks everyday for a Passion Tea..sweetened of course :)
3. I am a pitbull lover; dogs are truly a man's best friend (& don't bully my breed!)
4. My favorite color surprisingly is mint green, even though everything on my page is pink(I love pink though too)
5. I wish I was in the Cayman Islands right now swimming with dolphins
6. I am deathly afraid of deer; if I see one while driving I freakkkk out!
7. Starting my blog was a huge accomplishment and I still can't believe I did it


Blogs I'm lovin' right now:

Aim in the Game
Hello-October
J'adore Lexie Couture
Jules Beauty
Killer Colours
Linda Hallberg
MouldyFruit
Beauty and the Blog
The Golden Fox
The Sweetest Thing

I hope you all enjoyed this post!


Before you go, please visit Georgia's blog as well! Click Here

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Want a little more information about the Versatile Blogger Award? Click Here

Face

• Primer | Ulta Fabulous Face Foundation Primer
• Color Corrector | Mac Prep & Prime - Peach Lustre
• Foundation | Maybelline Fit Me Matte & Poreless - 355 Coconut
• Mixed with Maybelline Fit Me (the original) - 320 Honey Beige
• Highlight (concealer) | Rimmel Match Perfecting Concealer - Medium
• Highlight (glow) | Hard Candy So Baked Bronzer - Heat Wave
• Contour | Black Opal True Color Creme Stick - Chestnut
• Bronzer | Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder - Deep 4
• Setting Powder | Ben Nye Banana Powder

Eyes: 

• Primer | Nyx Eyeshadow Base - White
• Transition Shade | Anastasia Beverly Hills - Morocco (the love of my life)
• Crease | Anastasia Beverly Hills - Noir
• Lid |  Kat Von D Metallic Crush Collection - Raw Power
• Eyelashes | Kiss - 01
• Brows | NYX Micro Brow Pencil - Espresso

Lips 

• Liner | NYX Slim Lip Pencil - Hot Red 
• Lip Stain | L.A. Girl Glazed Lip Paint - Pin Up 

I can not believe its already AUGUST. This year has flown by and I wish it would slow down just a tad. Anyways, let's get down to the good stuff. The first Monday of each month, I will be providing my top five favorite products ! So here's my very first top five favorites:

Now Solutions 100% Pure & Natural Rose Hip Seed Oil               
This stuff is amaze-balls! I have been using it every day at night all over my skin. Even though I'm not seeing that much improvement of my overall skin tone, I've started focusing putting this product under my eyes; my dark circles & crow's feet have improved drastically! I'm still in shock. I will do a full blown review soon going into more depth.

Bobby Brown Bronzing Powder | Deep 4 
I'm a little late using this, but I was in Sephora one day looking for a new bronzer that was a bit warm but not too orange. Let me tell you, this is perfect! I've used it everyday and I can't put this down.

Anastasia Beverly Hills World Traveler Eyeshadow Palette
Love, love, love this. You can create one look with just one palette. Usually I'm so picky and use about a million (okay a little dramatic) different palettes to create an eye look. This palette has the perfect balance of transition shades and sparkle... oh and of course there's a black!

NYX Micro Brow Pencil | Espresso 
I didn't expect to fall in love with this, but I was in Target (so glad Target sells NYX now!) and I realized that my coveted Mac brow pencil ran out that morning so I jumped out of line to pick up anything I could get my hands on quickly. I saw this, grabbed it, tried it and loved it! I've been using it for work to get that "natural brow" and the Micro Brow Pencil is perfect to make the brows look soft, natural yet full.

Philosophy The Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash
My skin has been nuts lately (the stress has been so real) so I wanted to find a cleanser that was gentle as well as exfoliating. I had a friend recommend this to me and I can't stop thanking her. I kid you not, I use this on my face and my face looks brighter immediately after. It's also gentle enough for daily use! I just can't get enough.


That's it for this month... I can't wait to share next month's top 5 with you all :)


Have you used anything on this list? Let me know what you think in the comments below!