Mini Mint Pink: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

30 Day Snap: Day 30

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30 Day Snap: Day 29

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Friday, June 28, 2013

30 Day Snap: Day 28

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Real Pad Thai

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30 Day Snap: Day 27

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30 Day Snap: Day 26

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30 Day Snap: Day 25

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This was in one of the bathrooms in Bangkok. I thought it was funny.

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30 Day Snap: Day 24

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This display was at the mall today in Bangkok. It was set up to celebrate the opening of a new Magnum ice cream shop.

**I was having some trouble with the internet and haven't been able to post. I"ll be catching up my 30 day snaps!

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Julep June 2013

My June Julep Maven box arrived.

First Look!

I actually though that I skipped this month, but I was wrong and I received the box in the mail. I have been skipping the past few months, trying to save money for my trip. My style profile is "It Girl" and with that profile, you receive three nail polishes in the monthly box. Three other style profiles come with two nail polishes and an extra beauty item and the newly revamped "Modern Beauty" box contains three beauty products. I actually just switched my style profile to "Boho Glam" in case I forget to skip another month so I can get the one beauty item alongside my two polishes. This months's beauty item was a new product for Julep, DD Cream. I'm kind of glad that I didn't get the DD Cream in this box, because as I stated above, I forgot to skip this month and I wouldn't have been able to pick my DD Cream color when the box shipped. Which could have meant it a wasted product if it was not my shade. This month's theme is 'Sail into Summer' and is described as being perfect for summers on Nantucket.

This month's extra was salt water taffy from Dolle's. I received the lime, chocolate and strawberry flavors. I tried the lime one and it was good - tasted just like salt water taffy should. I usually like the harder taffy's and these were soft ones - but they were still good.

The three color's I received were:

Bess

Nan

Char

The thing that I hate the most about Julep polishes is that the formula is so inconsistent. I painted my nails with Bess (Light blue) and Char (Navy) and both of them applied so differently. Char was so THICK. You only need one coat to reach opacity on Char, but it's hard to apply because it is so thick. Bess was much thinner, but needed two coats. Both of the polishes, as with all Julep polishes that I have tried, last a really long time. I would equate the longevity to my Essie polishes. The color lasts more than a week, most times longer.

You can sign up for Julep here (<--referral link). Use code 'Freebox' to get your first box for FREE!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

30 Day Snap: Day 23

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One of my hostesses in Thailand!

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30 Day Snap: Day 22

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The bathrooms in Narita, Japan's airport.

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30 Day Snap: Day 21

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The Grand Canyon from the airplane.

**I have missed a couple days of this snap challenge because of being in transit and losing a day going to Thailand. I'm catching up....

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

30 Day Snap: Day 20

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Packin'

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

30 Day Snap: Day 19

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Lots of makeup that I purchased today at request to bring to THailand from my friend I'm visiting.

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IPSY June 2013

I received my June IPSY bag in the mail and I am so happy with this month's bag!

Price: $10.00/month

Ships out: Every month

June's theme is "On the Wild Side"

First Look!

This month's bag is leopard with a lime green zipper. This bag is a little different from the bags that I have received in the past because the zipper is on the front of the bag instead of the top. I really love this bag! I don't usually go for animal print (all I can think of when I see animal prints is the Jersey Shore. I'm trying to expand my wardrobe and incorporate more animal prints into my life, but finding animal prints can be hard to not look cheap.

FULL SIZE NYX 'Rouge Cream Blush' in "Bronze Goddess"

Value: $6.00

Chella 'Highlighter Pencil' in "Ivory Lace" I used this to line my waterline. The stick was so creamy and easy to apply.

Full Sized Value: $18.00

FULL SIZE Starlooks Lip Pencil in "Bare"Starlooks has their own monthly beauty box that ships out with various Starlooks products. I tried this lip pencil and I really liked it. I applied it in the morning before work and I saw still seeing evidence of the lip pencil on my lips at the end of the work day.

Value: $12.00

FULL SIZE Cailyn 'Linefix' Gel Eyeliner in "Iron" with Built in Brush I have heard some really good reviews of this eyeliner. It claims to be waterproof and last all day. I used this eyeliner and believe the hype. I have a hard time finding eyeliner that stays on my lids all day without smudging. This product and MAC's Fluid line gel liner seem to work the best for me. The smudging is minimal throughout the day and most of the product seems to stay put. The built in brush is crap though. I tried to use it to line my eyes and ended up quitting halfway through my first eye. The brush is basically just a short lip brush.

Value: $21.00

Close up of "Iron". It's a deep grey color. This is a color that I currently do not have in my cosmetics stash, so I was happy to get this color.

Swatches of the colors I received.

TOP: NYX "Bronze Goddess"

TOP MIDDLE: Starlooks "Bare"

BOTTOM MIDDLE: Chella "Ivory Lace"

BOTTOM: Cailyn "Iron"

JCat 'Sparking Cream Palette' in "Volta"This was interesting. I currently do not own anything like this and I really don't think that I would ever use this outside of Halloween. I might eventually find a use for this, but it's nice to be able to try this type of product out.

Value: $4.49

Swatches (Top to Bottom):

Gold

Emerald Green

Yellow/Green

Multicolored and Black

Silver

One thing I noticed about this bag, was that most of the products all had Cruelty Free Symbols on them. The only product that did not have a Cruelty Free symbol or say that it was Cruelty Free on the website was the Chella highlighter. I think that it was really cool of IPSY to not only have an animal theme this month, but also have animal safe products within the theme. Great job IPSY!

I love this bag! I think it might be my favorite IPSY bag that I have received so far.