Fearless Stripes OOTD

Yesterday me and my sister went out to do some shopping and I wore this skirt that I have been dying to find. The skirt is nothing fancy at all its just a stripped maxi, but I could never find one that was good quality and fit my price range. F21 has them but they are made of a thin jersey material, and other stores wanted like 40 dollars for the skirt, but of course had better material. So one day when me and my sister walked into J. Crew while they were having a sale I laid my eyes upon the beauty and snatched it up! The price ....? *Drum roll please* 20 bucks, yes J. Crew for 20 dollars not something one sees everyday as they are a fairly pricey store. Here is the outfit I wore styling my maxi skirt:

Maxi skirt~J.Crew

Denim Shirt~H&M

Tank Top~H&M

Scarf~Charolette rousse

Shoes~Sisters closet

Bracelet~BCBG 

EM by Michelle Phan Cosmetics Review

Here on the internet the name Michelle Phan is a person everyone has heard of either through her famous youtube channel, makeup line, jewelry line, Ipsy company, and other items. She is a huge success and I have been a huge fan of her ever since she started making videos on her patio in Florida. So, when she announced the launch of her own makeup line I was super excited and could not wait to try it out! I got two palettes in the Christmas sale and have been using them ever since to test out how I feel about them. I bought the holiday life: new year's countdown edition, and the winter life: ice bunny edition palette. 

From left to right the colors are:

avalanche~eyeshadow

snow day!~ eyeshadow

ice bunny~ eyeshadow

bundle up~ eyeshadow

winter chill~ eyeshadow

black pumps~ eyeshadow

dressed up~lip

parisian nude~lip

from left to right the colors are:

sequin dress~eyeshadow

good cheers!~eyeshadow

couples gold~eyeshadow

cranberry cocktail~eyeshadow

happy new year!~eyeshadow

clock strikes midnight~eyeshadow

stroke of plum~lip

sparkling punch~lip

from left to right the blushes are:

new years countdown palette: countdown

ice bunny palette: snuggle up peach

The blushes are my favorite product from both palettes, they are so beautiful, pigmented, and just really nice colors and have good staying power. I would always find myself reaching back for the ice bunny palette for its blush which is probably the prettiest peach blush I own, no joke. 

Overal Opinion?

Packaging: A lot of people did not like the packaging, however I love it. Its heavy, not a cheap plastic and really chic and cute. My only problem with the packaging are the lip products in the palette, I barely use them not only due to pigmentation but also because eyeshadow fallout mixes in with them, and thats a real problem especially in the ice bunny palette because the black shadow would mix into the nude color (not cute).

Quality: All the eyeshadows were beautiful they are a mixture of glitter, shimmer, mattes, and the only one I didn't like was sequin dress its very patchy and has chunky glitters in it which I'm not a huge fan of. They all blend easily and are good quality, some of them you have to pack on like good cheers from the new years palette, but I find its fit for brown bone and not anything else. The lip colors in the ice bunny palette also were both just very sheer and don't show much pigmentation on the lips but they are still pretty nonetheless. In the new years palette the lip products were both quite pigmented and wear well.

Price: Her brand is a luxury brand so its not super cheap, however I bought mine during the christmas sale which was buy one get one free and I found a 15% percent off coupon with free shipping! So I paid roughly around 12.50 for each palette which is cheaper than some drugstore ones. I say her pricing is fine originally both palettes are $25 each, just keep a look out for sales she's always having them.

Overall I do like her mini life palettes, they do seem like they are travel friendly and they contain eye, lip and cheek products so its convenient. Tell me what you guys think of any of her products! 

Rainy Day Outfit

Living in Florida people have this vision of a tropical paradise, however truth is it rains quite often especially where I live *sigh tropical weather. However I love rain, not thunderstorm rain but just soft gentle kind of rain, since it did look a bit glum outside I decided to throw on my bright hot pink skirt get out my rain boots or wellies if your in the UK and run some errands here are a few shots of my outfit!

Skirt~Hollister

Jeggings~Boa

Shirt~H&M

Cotton Blazer~Costa Blanca

Boots~Tretorn

Snap of the makeup I used

Hello

Hello world and the lovely readers who will stumble upon this post, my name is Saria and welcome to my fashion blog! I have been wanting to make a blog for the longest time however I finally got the push this summer, and I plan on not just centering it around fashion but also makeup, food, lifestyle, travel, and a bunch of other randomness I might get into. I am excited for this new little project and can't wait to post, enjoy!

-Saria

             

        -Cliche photo of me pondering life and what is beyond