How Burt's Bees changed my life!

Zombies!

Ok, so the title of this post may be a little over-dramatic. A *little*. I have the absolute worst habit of biting the skin around my nails when I get nervous, bored, stressed, happy...just in general. I've done this for most of my life and it's a hard habit to break. I've used creams, lotions, oils, and nothing seemed to ever 1. help me break the habit and 2. make my cuticles/skin look normal again.

In passing the other day my friend Megan mentioned she uses Burt's Bee's Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream on her cuticles. And let me tell you, her nails always looks awesome. So, a little voice in my head nagged me until I could snag myself a tin.




It's like Lemon Meringue Pie in a tin! It smells wonderful and goes on so creamy and feels so moisturizing. The thing I love the most is that it does not leave your nails/cuticles feeling greasy, which is the problem I've had with several similar creams.


My nails a few weeks before I started using Burt's Bees. ( You can see the skin around is dry and rough from my biting.)


This was last night, not even a week into using the cream (applying once a day at least.) Look at the difference it's made so far! (Excuse the stained nails. I rarely go without nail polish.)


I can't wait to see how my nails look in another month! I've found a holy grail in my stash! And it was less than $6.00!

Have you tried Burt's Bees cuticle cream?

Seeing Red, NOTD!

Zombies!

HI! I did my nails last night. Here, stare at them.



I wasn't able to get great pictures today because it was overcast all day, but what a fun manicure this turned out to be! I've been staring at my nails all day!



The Goods:
Milani base coat
Orly "Monroe's Red" base color
Love & Beauty's red, black, and silver glitter as bling
China Glaze "Fairy Dust" all over nail
Sech Vite top coat

I hope you're all having a nice week!

Red Passion Hair!

Hey Zombies!

Happy ass Sunday! I hope you've all had a pleasant and restful weekend. I'm on the tail end of being sick and did something crazy.. (yes, even crazy for me.)

Yesterday, this happened.


This is was my very first time using a Manic Panic hair dye. Read on to see my thoughts on it.

At first, after rinsing the dye from my lightened hair for (dye was in for 90 minutes), I had to stare at myself in the mirror for several moments hoping not to let out a blood curdling scream of sheer panic. I let me hair dry enough to take this picture.


Ok, I can work with this. It's a little Raggedy Ann-esque, but it's pretty. And it's red! And my hair feels nice. AND IT'S SO RED! Ok, it's not ALL red, there is some blonde left underneath.

With makeup on! It's growing on me for sure!


WOAH! In the sunlight! I dare say, despite the neon color, my hair hasn't looked this shiny in a very long time.


I was SUPER impressed with the Manic Panic dye. Not only did it NOT make a mess during application, it didn't rinse out neon red like I was worried it would. In fact, it rinsed out clear! This is a huge relief to a super klutz like me. I'm not sure why I've never tried Manic Panic before, but it will be my go-to hair dye from here on out.

Yep, that was my weekend; messing around with my hair while getting over being sick. Did you do anything wild and crazy?

Superstar Sunset, LOTD!

ZOMBIES!

Ohhhh it's almost Friday! this has been the longest week.ever. I've come down with a cold (thanks to the kids at my oldest son's school; yet he isn't sick *snicker*) and have been inching through this week at a snail's pace. I'm starting to feel better and luckily the weekend is approaching.

Because of all the doom and gloom, I decided to do a bright and sunny look today featuring Fyrinnae's Superstar eyeshadow I recently received. I.love.it!






The Goods:
TFSI as primer
Tick:Tock Cosmetics "Milky Way" eyeshadow base
Fryinnae "Superstar" eyeshadow main lid and into lower lash line
My Pretty Zombie "Moist" blended into crease and above lid color
My Pretty Zombie "Deviled Egg" blended above crease
Fryinnae "Picture It: Sicily" used to deepen crease
Fyrinnae "Moon Child" as highlight
Random glitter liner and mascara

Face:
L'Oreal BB Cream in "Light" on face
Evil Shades "Atomic" blush mixed with Milani "Luminious"

Lips:
Fyrinnae "Visual Kei" lip lustre

I hope you all have a wonderful day! And if you haven't already, go check out the new eyeshadow shades from Fyrinnae and give My Pretty Zombie some love!

Fyrinnae Swatch SPAM!

Zombiees!

I placed a small order with Fyrinnae last week and it's already in my hands. I, of course had to show you all my new goodies. I ordered mini sized eyeshadow in Superstar, Orangutan, Moon Child, and When I Grow Up. I also ordered mini lip lustre's in Sweetest Poison, Lollipop-Pop, and Visual Kei. My free sample was Nemesis.









These little guys are 1.5 ml


Pretty lippies!






All the goodies!


I am so glad I finally picked up Visual Kei. It is a must have full size now. When I Grow Up and Orangutan are just stunning, and look how vibrant Superstar is. I picked up Moon Child for a highlight color and I'm glad I did. I'm also very impressed by the amount of product that comes in the mini-sized eyeshadow these days! Yay for more Fyrinnae!

!Lucky 107 Cosmetics Review and SWATCHES!

Good evening Zombies!

I have a fun review this evening for you. I was given the opportunity to review a newer indie cosmetics company called "Lucky 107 Cosmetics" and I am excited to share with you!

The motto of Rebecca Masters, the owner of Lucky 107 Cosmetics is simple: "Homemade goodies made with love! Everyone should be able to afford high end quality products without the price tag." 

Front of Business Card.


Back of business card. 

I'm a sucker for pretty business cards. I actually collect them! I LOVE Lucky 107's card. Once of the cutest I've received in a while.

!Aqua Hearts, LOTD!

Happy ass Saturday Zombies!

A relaxing Saturday calls for bright eye-makeup, yes? Well, I think so. :D

I pulled out some of my Aromaleigh V.1 and Hi-Fi Cosmetics eyeshadow today which have been neglected lately. There is no denying they are so pretty....

The Goods:

TFSI as primer
Tick:Tock Cosmetics infinity base in "Milky Way" as base
Hi-Fi Cosmetics "Age of Aquarius" main lid and inner corner/tear duct area
Aromaleigh "Aqua Nightmare" blended into crease
Aromaleigh "Heart and Soul" blended above crease and into lower lash line
MAC "Shroom" as highlight
Milani LIQUIF'EYE in "Aqua" as upper liner
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in "Zero" waterline
Too Faced Cosmetics Size Queen mascara

Face:
L'Oreal MagicLumi Concealer under eyes and nose 
L'Oreal BB Cream in "Light"
Ulta Cheek Color in "Afterglow" as blush

Lips:
Darling Girl Cosmetics "Coraline" lip gloss

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Back to the Basics!

Zombies!

I've just spent a good hour trying to figure out how to remove DISQUS from my blog. It was a huge pain in my ass, but I think I've got it figured out. I was having a lot of issues with it and receiving messages and emails from my readers telling me they could not comment with DISQUS. In a blaze of glory, I took it off the blog! That means that the regular blogger comment box is back! And because of all the freaking effort it took to remove DISQUS, I don't think it'll be back on MZ.

This does mean I've lost a lot of my comments. :/ But I guess it's a good time to start a new..unless I can figure out how to import them over from DISQUS. *shakes head.*

I hope this will be better for everyone to comment on my blog!

Golden Emerald Grandma, LOTD!

Zombies!

I hope you're all having an awesome week so far. School started this week here in NM, so I've been minus one kid during the days. It's been nice, but I miss him too. ;) I decided to do a pretty green look today just for the hell of it..and it goes a little something like this...






Played with colors here a bit for fun...

The Goods:

TFSI as primer
Loreal Infallible eyeshadow in "Golden Emerald" main lid and blended into lower lash line
Petrizzio Glimmers eyeshadow palette in "Dark Blue"  blended into crease
MAC "Shroom" for highlight
Random liner
Too Faced Size Queen mascara

Cheeks:
Milani "Luminous" blush

Lips:
OCC lip tar in "Grandma"

I really adore how my eyes came out. Golden Emerald is so sparkly and fun and I couldn't stop staring at it in the mirror today! I'm obsessed with these Infallible eyeshadow now. ;)