Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Fall Faves

Random Thought: I'm a movie junkie. I've seen Saw VI, This Is It, New Moon, Precious, and The Blind Side all in the month of November. What's next? Brothers this month.
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It's time for monthly favorites! I prefer doing these every couple of months. There are a few products I always use that aren't included simply for that fact. These monthly favorite posts are so hard to remember...but here are my August-November favorites:

Makeup
Daily Makeup
- Mascara: L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion
- Foundation: Revlon Colorstay
- Milani Sunset Duos in Sunset Strip
- MAC Hug Me Lipstick
- MAC MSF in Cheeky Bronze
Didn't have many makeup favorites this fall. I haven't worn eyeshadow or lipgloss much. Pretty much what's listed is what I wear everyday along with black liner.

Music (Favorites from each album in parentheses)
Fave Albums
- Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (Revelry, Sex on Fire, Cold Desert)
- Paramore - Brand New Eyes (The Only Exception, All I Wanted, Misguided Ghosts)
- Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (Bad Romance, Speechless)
- Rihanna - Rated R (Hard, Russian Roulette, Stupid in Love)

Style
Fall Fashion
- Vnecks
- Scarves
- Leather
- Cardigans
- Boots
- Minidresses with tights
- Dark skinny jeans

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving and BFF Update

Hello Ladies! Long time no talk, I know. It's the end of the semester so you know how that is..

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Pretty sure I packed on 10 pounds from good eating haha. Did anyone go Black Friday shopping? We went, but not until 8 in the morning. It was still packed everywhere though. My sister bought a GPS, my mom got a digital camera, and I bought a cute bag lol. I'll haul it this week. I also bought Rihanna and Lady Gaga's albums. If you follow me on Twitter, you know I love them both. BUT if you're a fan of both artists and only can get one album, I'd buy Rated R. It's better than The Fame Monster. My favorite song of the moment is Hard...love everything about it.
Remember on my last post how I mentioned my bff has been irking me lately? Well I FINALLY managed to see her after god knows how many months...and it just wasn't the same. It was like pulling teeth just to get her to hang out. I could only stay home Thursday through Saturday because I had a group project to do today...and she knew that. Before I came home, she facebooked me saying how she can't wait to hang out with me and two of my other close friends and blah blah blah. So I thought, "Okay, great we may actually hang out this time, right?" ...WRONG. Well, somewhat wrong. My two close friends made the effort to hang out with me all weekend, which was really nice considering we don't keep in contact as much as we'd like to. But did my best friend? NOPE. I text her Saturday morning before I went to see The Blind Side (good movie) telling her that we needed to hangout that day since it's my last day in town. FIVE hours go by and still NO TEXT BACK!!!
FYI, my bff is the type of person to immediately text back regardless of what she's doing. So naturally I was pissed off. She was ignoring me! So I went to the mall with my two other friends and we were talking about going to Outback to go eat after we leave the mall. Don't ask me why, but I decided to give my bff another chance and I text her saying, "Me, Marissa, and Ashley are goin to Outback in a couple hours if you wanna go." Did she text me back?! NOPE. An hour passed by. So just for my entertainment and curiosity, Marissa text my bff inviting her to eat with us....we wanted to see if she was purposefully ignoring only my texts. So guess what happens? Literally like two seconds after Marissa sends the text, my bff all of a sudden texts me back! I know she knew I told Marissa to text her, but I don't care. She finally text me saying she'll go out to eat with us and just to let her know when.
So after I text her saying we'll be going in like 3 hours, she texts me back saying, "Is it just us or is it okay if Mark comes?" My reaction: #*!$@!!!!! Mark, just so you guys know, is that boyfriend I was telling you about in my last post. ...you know, the one she's madly in love with after knowing for about 2 months? The reason she's been blowing me off? Yea, he was supposed to be stationed somewhere else last month but plans changed and he's still here. HELL NO her boyfriend can't come out to eat with us. UGH! Why would she even ask that KNOWING every time we go out to eat it's always just us girls. It's been like that since senior year. THE NERVE!!! She's lucky Marissa and Ashley let me ask her to eat with us anyway since they aren't exactly happy with her either.
Anyway, I told her no he couldn't come. So when we finally go to Outback, she's late. THIRTY minutes late. And she just waltzes in there like she was on time. And we had a really nice waiter who was brand new who we all got along with, and when she comes to sit at our table she freakin had an ATTITUDE with him?! I could tell it brought him down so that annoyed me. SHE WAS A WAITER NOT TOO LONG AGO! Be nice, sheesh. Anyway, the whole time we were eating and talking, she was freakin texting her boyfriend! Didn't pay us any attention, didn't contribute to any conversation, and the only time she did was when she'd say some sarcastic comment.
Pissed me off. She's normally the life of the party. It's like she was just physically there and that's it. Whatever. AND THEN she didn't even tell us she had no way of getting home! Her boyfriend dropped her off! We were all going to our cars and she's like, "oh my bf dropped me off so I don't have my car." WTF?! Now it's my obligation to take you home?! Ugh. I didn't even drop her off at her apt, guess where she had me drop her off?
YEP. Her boyfriend's place....so I was forced to finally meet him. I'm pretty sure I was rude unintentionally to him but really she shouldn't be acting like this anyways! We're supposed to be best friends of 10 years and this is how she treats me all because of some boy?!
What do you think of my situation? Aside from that bs, I had a great time back home. I hung out with Marissa and Ashley after I dropped my bff home and we played on the Wii. I found out I am AMAZING at canoeing on the wii lol. Sorry for this "life" post, but I had to fill you in on my weekend. How was yours? I have a bunch of tags and the black friday haul coming up for you guys. Sorry for my long rant!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Getting to Know Me

I don't know about you guys, but I like to feel like I know the people I'm subscribed to or following. If I have a general idea about what type of person they are, I'm more likely to classify them as one of my "favorites." This post is just to tell you a little more about myself so you can get to know me better.

After doing that Seven Interesting Facts Tag, I figured just listing things about myself was probably the easiest way for you all to get to know me a little better. So here's my about me list: Oh and just to warn you, some of these are sad, some are lighthearted, and some are just life experiences I've had.

First the 10 basics:
1. My name is Chelsey... haha...like you didn't know that already.
2. I'm 20 yrs old and my zodiac sign is Cancer.
3. I'm 5'2"
4. I have Native American in me, but I have no clue what type so I just say I'm full black.
5. I'm in my 3rd yr in college, taking 18 hrs and majoring in Business Management.
6. I'm singleeeee.
7. I was born and raised in the South. (Southern food is amazing.)
8. I have one older sister. She's 22 and an accountant. ..which just happens to be my worst subject.
9. I have one dog. A small yorkshire terrier I've had since I was in Kindergarten.
10. I was born in Louisiana.

Now the randoms:
1. I'm straight. (duh.) But I have a major girl crush on Kristen Stewart (hence the banner). I think she's gorgeous and I love her attitude. I always have one girl crush at a time. It's gone from Scarlett Johansson, to Olivia Wilde, to Kristen.
2. I wasn't allowed to wear black nail polish when I was younger. My mom told me it made me look gothic. Now, it's my favorite color to wear. Coincidence? lol
3. I listen to a little bit of everything. My favorite bands are Paramore and Kings of Leon, my favorite artists are Drake, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga. I only like select songs from Taylor Swift, but I think she's a total sweetheart.
4. I'm not the clubbing type. at all. I only go if my friends want to. It's just not my thing. I'd much rather watch a movie or hang out at someone's house.
[one of my good friends from high school and I from earlier this yr]
5. I love going on the elliptical machine. I don't really have a goal or anything, I just love how it gives me energy and the way my muscles feel the day after. It just turned into a habit and is a great excuse to listen to music for an hour.
6. I'm the type of person who likes a song because of the words instead of because of the beat. I'm always quoting songs or movies.
7. I fell down concrete steps that led down into the street when I was little, but somehow stopped myself before I rolled onto the road. I had a tiny scar from it in the middle of my forehead for many many years. You know that thing where you're wearing high heels and you sort of balance on the heel alone by rocking back and forth? That's what I was doing. After my mom told me not to. lol. Listen to your parents!
8. I was in TAG and AP classes in high school. Graduated top 3% of my class. Even took a College Prep class. Funny how they don't tell you none of that matters or even prepares you once you leave.
9. My outfits always turn out cuter when I throw stuff together at the last minute versus planning what I'm wearing the night before. It's reallyyyyyyyyy irritating.
10. Never have I ever gotten my eyebrows waxed. Only pluck. I don't trust people with my eyebrows lol.
11. When I read New Moon, I cried my eyes out. Like, CRIED my eyes out. Books never affect me like that. It's crazy emotional.
12. As I was typing the previous fact, the New Moon movie trailer came on tv...haha.
13. I get annoyed very easily. I wish I could fix that, but I can't. It's always the little things that bother me though, like someone texting me asking me if I'm busy immediately after I don't pick up their phone call. Or when I pick up someone's phone call and I say "Hello?" and then they say "Hello?" ...YOU called ME. Don't leave me in charge with carrying the conversation.
14. I grew up wide-eyed and innocent to the world. I was extremely naive. I truly believed if you loved one person they would love you back just the same, and if you stayed loyal to one person they would stay just as loyal. I believed everyone lived by the Golden Rule. I wish this were true, but obviously it isn't. I didn't learn this fact until high school.
15. I feel much more comfortable telling complete strangers things about my life than my friends....because if strangers make judgments, I don't care. If friends do, it makes me not want to tell them anything anymore.
16. After the end of a very long relationship, like the typical girl, I dyed my never been dyed hair, got my first and only tattoo, and pierced my belly button. [not all at the same time] I just needed a change. It was incredibly liberating and I don't regret any of it.
[my ex & I back in '07, my hair with red highlights, my tattoo, my piercing]
17. I eat oatmeal nearly every day for breakfast because I'm too lazy to fix anything like pancakes and bacon. Funny thing is I used to want to be a chef when I was younger. haha. That would have been a failed career.
18. I loveee the scene girl hair. I'd never get it myself, but if I considered myself "scene" it would be a must.
19. I hate Uggs. And Vans. And Flip Flops. And Crocs. I've only recently started liking Converse, though I don't own a pair. I'd like a basic black pair.
20. I'd much rather buy clothes over makeup. Clothes, then shoes, then handbags, then jewlery, THEN makeup.
21. I started wearing big hoop earrings because my older sister would. I started wearing them in 7th grade and continued all through this year in college because they made me look older and I'm very insecure about looking really young. (also the reason why I wear makeup) I've only just recently despised the look of basic large hoop earrings. ...Maybe that means I'm officially old enough to WANT to look young. haha.
22. I seriously couldn't be happier not to be a teen anymore. Those were the best and worst years of my life. Let's start this decade off right! haha
23. I'm always labeled as the quiet goody-good girl. I don't know how I give off that impression. I am quiet in class, but hello!? I'm learning lol. I was nowhere near "good" my last year in high school, which happens to be my favorite school year. Now I just feel like I'm passed that. Time to grow up and get focused.
24. I'm pretty sure number 23 made me sound like I was a whore. haha. I wasn't. AT ALL. I didn't even dress like one. I promise. I just did typical teen stuff...Never smoked anything though. Book-wise I was really smart. I was "that girl" that everyone cheated off of or asked for homework help from.
[pictures from high school. That chick taking her top off...yea, that's my best friend haha]
25. I've never worked in a restaurant/fast food place before. Working retail sucks. Sometimes I wonder which one is worse? At least in a restaurant you don't have to ask people to sign up for a credit card that even you wouldn't sign up for.
26. My best friend since 4th grade is putting her boyfriend of 2 months who she's "madly in love with and wants to marry" before me and everyone else she considers friends and family. And it's seriously irritating me to the point where I'm ready to cut the friendship completely off despite how much we've been through. She has visited my college town nearly 8 times without making the effort to visit me or sometimes even tell me she's in town. But now all of a sudden she's making this huge effort just because she wants me to meet her boyfriend before he gets stationed elsewhere next week. Ugh. I could go on a whole 'nother rant with this one.
[my best friend Romelyn and I back in '07]
27. I'm always quoting things. Books, movies, music..
28. When I was a freshman in college, I lived in the dorms that had community bathrooms. One night at like 3 am I went to use the bathroom and witnessed bulimia. A girl was sitting on the floor in front of the toilet throwing up. It was extremely sad. She was really heavyset and I wanted to do something...tell her she's beautiful and it's okay (I was a psychology major), tell her to stop she's killing herself in the long run...but I didn't know what to do. I felt like that was a situation where I couldn't get involved. It's one of those things I will never ever forget. I'd see her in the halls every now and then when I was walking back to my dorm and she always looked so unhappy. :-( I honestly wish I knew what her name was. I just want to know how she's doing, if she's better.
29. Senior year in high school I would eat fast food for lunch with my friends every single day. I'm surprised my arteries aren't clogged. It grosses me out to think I ate fast food every school day. It was always Golden Chick, Taco Bell, Wendy's, Rosa's Cafe, and Sonic. 5 days a week, every week.
30. I'm really self conscious about my calf muscles. I think they're huge! Like, runningback huge lol. Calf muscles must be the easiest to bulk up or something. But trust me, they are the hardest to fatten up.
31. I had contacts in every single color. I couldn't tell you why. It was simply just a phase. Thank goodness that's over with
[blue, gray, green, and hazel contacts]
Preguntas? If you want to know something about me I didn't list, feel free to ask in the comments and I'll reply. :) Or if you just have an opinion about anything I mentioned, feel free to speak your two cents!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sofeahh's Giveaway!

Hey everyone! So the beautiful Sofia is having a giveaway for reaching nearly 200 followers! Let's see if we can get her past 200 by spreading the word! She seriously has the best bargain hauls and always has amazing blush and lip colors. Click here to enter her giveaway!
All you have to do is a leave a comment stating that you want to win, and if you have a blog you can do a blog post. Simple as that!

Monday, November 2, 2009

My Celeb Halloween Favorites

Hey everyone! Did you guys have fun over the Halloween weekend? I did even though I didn't dress up haha. Those "sexy" vamp/cop/nurse/everything outfits aren't really my thing. Btw, I went and saw This Is It last Thursday, it was really good! I recommend every MJ fan go see it.

Anyways, all weekend celebs have been shown in their Halloween costumes. Here are 3 favorites that I've seen so far (in no particular order):

1. Ashley Greene - A Bird
- Her makeup looked flawless! Although you don't immediately think "bird," her costume is really cute!

2. Kim Kardashian - Princess Jasmine
- This was beautiful! Alladin was my first crush haha. I wonder what Reggie was? Her skintone is perfect for Jasmine

3. Paris Hilton - Tooth Fairy
- I just thought the dress was really pretty!

What celebrity costume did you guys like? Did you do anything fun for Halloween?

Friday, October 30, 2009

Updated Curly Hair Routine

I actually got a question about how I styled my curls, which motivated me to do these updated hair routines. So, in addition to my general hair routine, here is what I do when I want to wear my natural curls.

1. Spritz olive oil through wet hair. Olive oil weighs my hair down when it's straight, so I only use it when my hair is curly. It provides a good amount of moisture and shine without actually feeling oily.

2. Apply serum. I spread 2 pumps of Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Serum throughout my hair directly after applying the olive oil. I just finger comb to spread the product. This product helps provide shine and for some reason seems to loosen my curls just a tad.

3. Leave in conditioner. I use Mixed Chicks leave-in conditioner. I section my hair off and scrunch this product through each section of wet hair. It's pretty pricey and hard to find, so if anyone knows of a great replacement leave in I'll take recommendations. So far though, this is the absolute only leave-in that defines my curls as well as mousse but leaves a touchable hold.

4. Let air dry. After applying mixed chicks, I DO NOT touch my hair. That's very important. I don't blowdry, comb, or touch my hair after scrunching in mixed chicks. I just let it air dry and the curls turn out like this:
(Ignore my face, this was after a 12hr school day and movie night, taken at 2am. This pic shows you the curl definition my hair routine gives.)

And that's my simple routine! The day after curls still look good, (actually better in my opinion) and every day that I wear my hair curly I just add the Garnier serum to add definition and moisture without having to repeat the whole mixed chicks process.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Tag: "Kreativ" Blogger Award

I was nominated by Rai for this award:

Thanks Rai!


To accept the award do the following:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 Kreative Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.


Here are my Seven "Interesting" (Not Really) Facts About Me:

1. I think I'm really weird. haha. Idk why. Maybe because my taste in music is all over the place, while my family listens strictly to hip-hop/r&b.

2. I don't eat hamburgers. I've had one in my entire life. I can't even watch people eat hamburgers. It makes me sick...like, gag sick.

3. I've only had one boyfriend my entire life. People think I'm weird for that, but it makes sense to me. I was 15 when we first started dating and we were together for a little over 4 years.

4. It makes me nervous when I'm sitting next to someone who can't stop shaking their leg. WHAT ARE THEY SO ANXIOUS FOR?!?!

5. I love fruit. Love it. Especially red grapes, pink lady and granny smith apples. I'd pick fruit over junk food (not candy) any day. It's just a really refreshing snack and seems to give me energy.

6. It really irritates me that they put onions on EVERYTHING! Any time I order some sort of food, I swear there are onions on it! Gross. I've started telling waiters I'm allergic to onions so they don't put any on my food. I used to just say "no onions, please" but there were always a few on my food anyway.

7. I love math. (especially algebra) It's my favorite subject and I'm extremely good at it. If college wasn't so expensive, I'd double major in my current major and Mathematics just for the fun of it. It boggles my mind when people say they suck at math. ...And I'm being dead serious...it honestly confuses me.

8. **Bonus** I'm pretty sure my 7 facts are gonna make you agree with my number 1 haha.


I NOMINATE:

Jenn

Sofia

Crystal

Brandi

Trina & Joyful

Courtney

Erica



 

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