Month: November 2016

hey all!
i cannot believe that november is coming to an end, its so weird because after november means december which means christmas OBVIOUSLY  i mean thats great but it means that its the end of the year, which is crazy i mean 11/12 completed!!!
so lets go on with the favorites

1. too faced mascara
2. moon and lola custom hotel keychain
3. kate spade 2017 desktop calendar
4. kate spade pink idiom bangle 
5. kate spade small stud earrings
6. mulberry round coin purse in black
7. micheal kors green ‘jet set travel’ wallet
8. essie nail polish in ‘bordeux’
9. essie nail polish in ‘revival’
10. hunter ‘original refined’ rain boots 
11. glossier haloscope

i hope y’all enjoy!
xoxo
(aka kate wins!)

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hey all!
and happy thanksgiving.
i personally want to thank all of you, all of my friends, family and all of my other blog readers for coming back to read my blog.
i would honestly love writing, but now that i have people to write to, its really something that i have as a learning curve.
other than that, of course i am thankful for all of the gifts that i have been given. my metaphorical gifts & talents and the literal gifts i have been given from food on my table & in my pantry to see that i will not go hungry and my physical posessions i have in my life.
what are you thankful for this season?
xoxo 
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hey all!
so its wednesday, yet i have a blog post. but i have a great reason for waiting to post.
basically i just came home from my junior class retreat.

and i go to an all girls school, so for us, retreats mean bonding like none other especially with all girls. many might believe that an all girl school is a hotbed for cat fights and just all around girl drama all together, but this is entirely not true.
our bonding is freaking awesome.
we have the best activities like building tall towers of marshmallows and dry long pasta

and FYI my team won (the best team on the planet) because our tower was the highest and we basically all had different disabilities (for example some were blind) i had my left arm taped to my body so i was unable to use my left arm, but my right arm was right on key. we won because i realized that we could communicate all of our ideas together to create an awesome end product.
we also colored mandalas and tried ‘zen sitting’ both were pretty awesome and super calming in my life.
another one of my favorite bonding moments was during the evening when our whole class had a karaoke session.
this was super awesome because all of my favorite hamfam (y’all know who you are 🙂 ellie, christine, kat, carmen & trin) got to sing to ‘alexander hamilton’ the first song in the musical.
ALSO
my entire class sang ‘the climb’ all together from the hannah montana and its hontesly such a song that is a throwback but also a current song about the journeys that we face together as a class.

the retreat center was in malibu and was super pretty because it was up in the mountains so we could see all into the water and it was just simply so perfect to watch and just look over the view and do nothing, like it was so peaceful.
my absolute favorite part of the retreat was the affirmation notes

so basically we all made ‘mail boxes’ which we were allowed to decorare any way that we want to so i just decided to decorate with my name.
so we were given post it note sized papers and we could write notes to other people in our class.
i was personally so touched by all of the nice notes that i recieved. i feel so much more loved, like you never truly realize how much other people enjoy just having you in their lives, like i enjoy all of these people, its nice to know that they enjoy me too!
i had a great time at my retreat, and i am honestly letting you guys know if you get a chance to go on retreat go, because its a great experience with whomever you go with, but it also allows for alot of great self growth.
i am also so excited to be able to go to another retreat in the new few weeks, because i get to do this all over again!
anyway
i love & appreciate y’all so much!
xoxo
(aka kate wins!)
 

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hey all!
i don’t know about you guys but i love mascara. its probably my favorite type of makeup because its super easy to apply (and i hate to make sweeping generalizations but) it pretty much makes people look good.
as you may be able to see from the photo i use four different types of mascara: one blue one, a detailed one, a lash gel and a regular mascara.
so why don’t we start!

1.  clinique ‘chubby lash’ fattening mascara : i am so sad because they no longer offer this in blue, but about 6 months ago i bought it in blue. since i have blue eyes, its exactly perfect and makes my eyes look even more blue. it just looks perfect during the summer and typically with more colorful outfits or black shirt, but no brown or grey.
2. bare minerals lash domination volumizing mascara petite precision brush: i absolutely love the brush on this one because its brush is super great for detailing. since it has a smaller brush, it also helps to get out clumps, apply to bottom lashes and to get those little lashes that are closer to your nose and harder to apply. bare mineral’s mascara formula is super awesome because it is really easy to build with from the base.
3. the body shop brow and lash gel: this one is awesome because its colorless. i have a tube of this to basically finish off my mascara regimen/ it also works to brush & comb out eyebrows to tame them and totally works well after filling them in for that finishing touch. it is not necessary to use, but its truly an awesome product that totally helps with clumps or other mascara issues.
4. too faced better than sex mascara: this has a totally raunchy name but its a totally great mascara. seriously the wand to apply the mascara is totally amazing because its really well textured, while the product is also really nice as well because it lasts a really long time as well as lasts really well with water. they also offer a waterproof one which i have not tried yet, but the original works seems to be fine for me. so 5/5 i will recommend to anyone who is looking to try it.

i hope you enjoyed my mascara reviews today!
xoxo
(aka kate wins!)

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