25 Questions/ Get to know me! (RT)

Hey Loves!

Its been a while, so i figured i'd better catch up on some much needed postings. This one is going to be a post in order for you guys to get to know me a bit better. Please read and enjoy! <3 Thank you for stopping by and take care, xo Karina.

1. What time did you go to bed last night and were you alone? 

I went to bed around 11:20PM and I was alone.
2. If you could be given ANY gift what would it be?

I want to say a Nissan GTR in black but then again I would need GTR maintenance money...so I will go with option two which is a Nissan Altima 2.5S two door in silver.
3. What was the last film that really moved/disturbed/thrilled you and why? 

The documentary Happy, I watched it on Netflix and I was really moved to make sure that I am constantly reminding myself to live a happy and healthy lifestyle. Work and school are important in my life but they shouldn't run my life. I realized that I have to make  some "me" time fit into my schedule in order to stay happy :)

4. What is your favourite TV show of all time i.e. you've seen them all, can watch it over and over again and quote lines from it?  

I don't think I have a TV I can quote lines from but I have to say Gilmore Girls is one of my favs that I can watch over and over.
5. What's your favourite way to wake up and what's the first thing you do? 

Uhhh....?? I like to wake up to the sunlight? I don't like waking up to crazy music or the sound of vacuums if thats what this question is getting at. The first thing I do is check my phone haha
6. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name? 

I like my name Karina. But when I was younger I actually wanted to be called Elizabeth like Lizzie from Lizze McGuire.
7. If you had to do a bushtucker challenge (you have to eat insects/grubs etc) what would be the worst thing you had to eat? 

Eww. and probably just the fact that it had to be insects is enough to make it the worst thing to eat. 8. What's the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? 

 The Lizzie McGurie Movie soundtrack. haha good times! Sadly I threw it out.

9. What would be your dream vehicle (bikes, cars, boats, bat-car and millennium falcon is allowed!)? 

Nissan GTR!! or a Maserati. I'm all about the fast car life haha You won't catch me in a mom car!

10. What's your favourite fantasy people sandwhich? 

what?...on to the next question
11. What characteristics do you dislike in yourself? 

The fact that I can get pissed off easily. Like obviously I try not to, but sometimes there's little things that bother me and I can get quite dramatic over it.
12. Your favourite item of clothing and why? 

My favorite item of clothing owuld have to be my only pair of Michael Kors jeans. While everyone is rocking his bags I am rocking his jeans :) They fit like a glove! and its the perfect navy blue color.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be and who would it be with? 

I would go to Greece with my mom. She loves to travel and she's been wanting to go to Greece for quite a while now!
14. If you could have any animal/creature, what would be your ultimate pet be? 

Nothing exotic, only because it would require me to hire an expert to take care of it. I really want a West Highland Terrier. :)
15. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? 

I always wanted to be a pediatrician. I don't know if I will be a pediatrician because that would require med school and I don't have any courses dealing with chemistry or biology..

16. Whats the next planned event you're looking forward to in your life? 

Believe it or not, I am looking forward to the day I graduate from graduate school and to my wedding. Most people know about the first one but not many know about the second one. I don't like people knowing that I am secretly a hopeless romantic haha. 17. What were you doing before you started this? 

Texting my friend and deleting pictures on my camera in order to make room for new ones.18. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't? 

I drank some soda...probably shouldn't have. I'm supposed to be training..haha

19. If you were an ice cream/haagen daz/ben an jerrys flavour what would you be? 

Pistachio for sure! I love that flavor! you are what you eat right?
20. Who was the last person you spoke to that you didn't want to talk to?

I can't think of anyone
21. What was your favourite toy as a child  . . .and now? 

Barbies! and now boys..hahaha ;)
22. When was the last time you cried laughing and why? 

Adriana....and her cray late night text messages...Mo'nique. bahahahahah!!!
23. What is stashed under your bed/mattress? 

Boxes of stuff that I don't have space for in my room. They are filled with books or dvds and miscellaneous things.
24. What did you dream about last night? 

Someone calling my house telling me they were alerted of someone entering, and I told them no alarm had gone off, that it was a mistake everything was fine. Then I saw the top panel drop down and I walked out of my room and locked the door and told the person on the phone to call the police that they were right, someone was in my house! Then i woke up.
25. What are you really afraid of? 

Scary movies! They really creep me out..no, they FREAK me out. naw naw I aint about that life.

FOTD: Natural vs. Colorful Beauty

Hello beauties!
I am so late on posting these pictures but better late than never right? ...*crickets*...okay okay so I still have a lot of work to do in terms of becoming more frequent with my posts BUT it is summer so I am using this time to take a much needed break from school/work/stress. These past few months I've had so much fun hanging out with friends and being home that I can't believe why I didn't take a break sooner. Anyways enough about my personal life, lets get down to the good stuff!

Natural Beauty

 For this look I really just kept it natural. I used MAC's Satin Taupe on the lids, MAC's Modesty on the lip, and BareMinerals All over face glow in True. I think I also used my Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero OR I used Rimmel's ScandalEyes gel eyeliner...(I'm sorry I didnt write what I used down, this pic was taken weeks ago)  *p.s. excuse my crazy hair in these pictures, clearly I need to work on that too haha :)

Colorful Beauty

 I went to a beach outing/ pool party this past week, and I wanted to wear something fun since I don't really go out. I ended up using my MAC "Surf USA" eyeshadow. I primed my eyelid with TooFaced Shadow insurance and then used Virgin from the Urban Decay "Naked" palette all over my eyelid. I concentrated the "Surf USA" teal color in the outer corner of my eye and blended towards my crease. I completed the look by lining my upper lash line with my Rimmel Scandal eyes gel liner. I also filled in my brows with a dark brown eyeshadow sample from BareMinerals (shade is Cocoa). 

 I've really been loving filling in my brows! Oh and I totally forgot to put lipstick on that day too :/ 

How's your summer been going? I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather and making the most of it! Let me know if you have any ideas for a post in the comments! Thanks so much for taking the time to read my post! <3 Take Care!! -Karina

Greetings & Update!

Hello Lovelies!!
I hope this post finds you well! I've been slacking on my posts on here simply for one reason and that is ....school is over for the summer and I've been relaxing after that horrendous semester. I know I know, I should've been better about posting, but truth is every time I wanted to post something I got really lazy and/or it would rain which would make me think "well if i put makeup on i'm not going anywhere so i'm technically wasting makeup.." don't know if I'm the only one that thinks this...BUT without further blabbing on, I sincerely apologize for my lack of posting on here.
For today's post, I decided to recreate a look by one of my favorite beauty youtubers "Bubz'. I will include the link at the bottom of this post. I didn't get a chance to photograph the items I used to create this look but I will write them out for you!
I basically started off by cleansing my skin with my Rhonda Allison pumpkin cleanser, then I toned my face with my Origins toner in United States.
I then used the Origins GinZing Energy-boosting moisturizer all over my face for a dewy-ish finish. (My skin is already oily and doesn't need to look completely dewy or I'll look like a grease ball.) 
For eyeshadow I used my Wet N Wild trio in Walking on Eggshells (I used the eyelid color -slight nudey pink, and the browbone color -beige shimmer-for under the lower lashline).
 I tight-lined my upper eyelid with Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Demolition, and for mascara I used L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black.
 For my cheeks I used BareMinerals blush in Chuckle and for lipgloss I think I'm going to reach for a pinky-coral shade since I don't have a pink gloss at the moment. (gloss is not pictured here)
Hope you guys like the look and let me know if you try it out!
Take care :)

Bubz -Korean Natural Makeup Tutorial

My Weekend Makeup

Hi Lovlies!
I just wanted to post something quick about what makeup i am wearing today. I was going to go out without make-up since I am currently under attack by the zit patrol, BUT I figured its such a beautiful day why not?

I used my Naked palette by Urban Decay. The overall lid color is smog, my crease color is Naked, and for my highlight I used Virgin. And for eyeliner I used Urban Decay 24/7 in Underground. For mascara I used L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black.

 I tired to do a contour with BareMinerals all over radiance in True but its very very light. Not sure why, maybe I was too light handed ??
And finally on my lips I used Clinique's Tenderheart. (excuse my wacky hair. I was trying to figure out what to do with it. LOL)
Thanks for stopping by dears!
XO Karina

Make Up Collection

Hi lovelies!
I hope you all had an amazing week! I've been busy with school, but that's how it is during the last few weeks. Anyhoo...I wanted to make a post of all the make-up I have. I thought to myself as I was taking the pictures, I really have a lot of makeup, I wonder if anyone would like to see me do tutorials with them...so here I am showing you guys what I have built up over the past few months and recent years. I am not posting these pictures as a way of bragging. I am posting them in order to share my collection- obviously if you are reading my blog it is because you have a passion for make-up/art. I think its fascinating to see other people's collection because what they have usually says something about them. Like if they have fun crazy colors, it usually says they aren't afraid of taking risks. I also like to see the colors in peoples collections. For me, make-up is just another medium. I used to be really into art, drawing and sketching etc, and make-up just offers me another way of creating something new and fun.
Just keep in mind that I will always believe in inner beauty more than outer beauty. I may be really into make-up but I'm not superficial. And that being said, I will leave you all with a quote- "The prettiest girls, are the happiest girls." This really applies to everyone! and not sure who said it but I really love this quote! 

XO Karina 

Birthday/Self Appreciation Haul!

Hi beauties!
I almost forgot to post the treats I received for my birthday and just some stuff I bought that I really needed. I went to Ulta and bought the oil free eye makeup remover. And I must say that its really good! Its by Boots and it stings a bit if it gets into your eyes, but it really does the job at removing mascara and eye shadow primer. (I have oily lids so I have to use eye shadow primer.)

The Body Shop was having a spin the wheel sale, so of course that sucked me in. I went in there and spun and I got 40% off my entire purchase! Although I only picked up two things they were well worth it. The sweet lemon scrub is really nice for a treat in the bath! Lately I've been on a kick about treating myself to something nice every once in a while for all the effort and stress that I go through daily. My next pick up was the seaweed daily moisturizer. It's supposed to help with oil production since it is a mattifying cream, and I've only used it twice so I will let you know how I feel about it once I've used it a bit more. So far it hasn't broken me out and seems to do the trick for my oily t-zone.

For my birthday I got a gift card from MAC. I have a bunch of MAC stuff that I love but rarely wear.I know I know, I have to start using them...so I decided to pick up a bronzer. It's called Blunt and technically it is a matte blush. I haven't used it yet because I am recovering from a break out all over my face, but once my skin clears up I will show you how it looks. I don't have a matte bronzer so I figured I could use one in my collection. I also picked up Satin Taupe eyeshadow. Everyone raves about this shadow on YouTube, so I figured why not try it out? I've used it once and it didn't seem like anything special. Then again it could just have been that i didn't use enough, or that I didn't put enough primer on for it to stick to my lids.
I hope you all are enjoying my posts as there will be more to come!
Smile, pretties, it's your best beauty look.
XO Karina

Hair Creations!

Hi beauties!
I sincerely hope you are all doing well! Its been cold the past few days and I haven't been reaching for any makeup so I don't have any goodies to show you. BUT last week I helped out a friend who was a hosting an event and I worked on the models' hair!
Now don't get me wrong for I am no hair expert but I have to say I was really excited about the results!
For the most part it was a vintage pin up inspired look and I tried to envision Dita Von Tees when I was curling away. Here are a few pictures of how things came out! Shoutout to Biancas fashion corner for taking the pictures! http://biancas-fashioncorner.tumblr.com/

Let me know what you think and if you would like to see a demo/tutorial on how to get one of the looks! xo Karina :)