25 Looks Good on YOU!

Over the past weekend, I was blessed to be able to celebrate 25 years of life. During the entire week leading up to my birthday, I wasn't really feeling it. The plans kept changing and I couldn't think of anything that I wanted to do. It was to the point where I had just completely given up. My favorite co-workers bought me a cupcake cake, it was sooooooo delicious!

The day of my birthday (October 3rd), I went to the movies with my mom, sisters and niece after work. We saw the sequel to the movie about the dolphin that lost its tail, I forget the name (with Morgan Freeman).

Then my best friend texted me asking if I wanted to go to dinner Saturday night. Even though it sounded cliche, I agreed. Now I just had to find a restaurant. It was either between Mexican or Italian. I wanted to go with a place where I could enjoy the company of my family and friends. I decided to go to a restaurant in the Midtown Atlanta area, called Tin Lizzy's. I had never been but I always heard good things about the place. The meeting time for dinner was 8:00 pm but it quickly turned into close to 9:00 pm (I have to work on being on time.) We arrived and waited for about 15 minutes before we were seated.

I didn't get any pictures of my food but it was amazing. I ordered a mango margarita but I didn't take more than 3 sips (I'm not much of a drinker due to my freshman year of college, I drank enough then for the rest of my life) before my best friend finished it.

All in all, I really enjoyed my 25th birthday! I'm really blessed to have people in my life who love me. This birthday will be one to remember for the rest of my life.

Here's a re-cap of my birthday weekend:

A cupcake cake from my FAVORITE co-workers:

On the night of my dinner:

What I wore:

Top & booties: Ross
Pants: Charlotte Russe (here)
Necklace: glamology (my upcoming collection...stay tuned!)

With my sisters, Shan & Tosha:

With my BESTFRIEND, Sabina:

With my "Work Sister," Joslyn of Diva Chronicles:

I hope you guys enjoyed my birthday post. I really loved being able to celebrate my birthday with people that love and support me. Thanks or reading!

Nails of the Week: OPI and Sally Hansen

Hi guys!!! I know it’s been FOREVER since my last post, I apologize. But, remember when I said I’ll have a week off from school in between each quarter? You guessed it! That’s this week. It actually started yesterday but I needed some time to allow my brain cells to rest. Any who, I thought I should get started with a Nails of the Week! Let’s get started:

Ok, if you know me, you know I cannot function in life if my nails aren’t polished. I just feel like my life is incomplete without polished nails. It sounds crazy but it’s so true! And, my toe nail polish has to be the same as my finger nail polish. I don’t like to have my toes and nails mix matched. Weird, huh? Don’t judge lol.

Yesterday I polished my nails with Sally Hansen’s “Mint Sorbet” but I didn’t want to do a post about it. Don’t get me wrong, I LOOOOOOVE that particular color, I just didn’t deem in post worthy. So today, I removed the mint polish and picked two colors that I’m not ordinarily able to wear during school. They are “Blew Me Away!” from Sally Hansen and “Simmer & Shimmer” from OPI. I’ve had these two colors for a while. They were just sitting in the polish basket. I decided to pick these colors for this week because felt they are a lot different from nail polishes that I would normally polish my nails.

I’ve used the “Simmer & Shimmer” plenty of times and I don’t know what drove me to using it today. In the past, it took forever and a day for me to take the polish off. It just stays on…forever. The glittery polish is so appealing to my nail sense and I just love the way the color comes out. Despite the fact that it’s a hassle to take the polish off, I would definitely use this color again in the future. The “Simmer & Shimmer” is a mixture of blue, silver, and pink hues. They all come together as one in this polish. If you would like to purchase this color for your own guilty pleasures, you can do so here for $9.25. Or, you can purchase it from Beauty store, like Ulta or Sephora.

OPI picture courtesy of www.aluxabeauty.com

Usually I love each and every OPI color but lately I’ve grown to love nail polishes by Sally Hansen. That’s the main reason I choose “Blew Me Away!” by Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme wear. It’s a really pretty medium blue color. This nail polish can be purchased here for $2.59. I personally purchased this color, and most of my other Sally Hansen polishes, from Dollar General. I forgot the price though. I also purchased some from the Kroger Grocery store. Don’t judge lol.

Sally Hansen picture courtesy of http://stylishstealthyandhealthy.com/tag/hair/

So, if you liked these polishes then feel free to pick them up. Hope you guys have a wonderful and productive day. Happy Thursday!!

Nails of the Week: Vintage Couture

So, I ended my long day with a spontaneous trip to the nail salon, courtesy of my mommy! I went in there with no intentions to get anything done to my nails, but my mommy insisted. I couldn't say no, lol. And I must say it was well worth it. I forgot to mention that I just ADORE nail polish!! My nails HAVE to stay polished because it always makes me feel like a lady. While at the nail salon, I came across this pretty pale pink color. I instantly fell in love! It’s called Vintage Couture by Color Club ®. It’s like a pastel pink color. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get a picture of the actual bottle but I found some online. Check it out! Tell me what you think.

The color on my nails:

You can purchase this nail polish here for only $5.99! Of course you have to add in shipping and handling, but in the end I think it’s a great deal/steal. Plus, they offer a variety of other great products, not just nail polish. Check it out! Below is a picture of what the actual polish bottle looks like:

(Picture from Aluxa Beauty)

Picture courtesy of Nihrida. If you're interested, check out her blog here!

I can’t stop staring at my nails. I told myself I have to find this color so I can polish my nails myself all the time. I admit I was a little hurt when I found out that we are not allowed to wear outrageous nail polish colors for the duration of my Nursing program. How devastating, right?! I’ll be specific: we can wear nail polish, but only neutral colors. Neutral just screams B-O-R-I-N-G to me! With that in mind, I told myself I will not wear any neutral colored nail polish for as long as I can get away with it. Honestly, I’ll see what my Instructor says about it tomorrow in class; if she even notices it. I’ll tell you about it later.

Hope you liked my post.

Happy Tuesday!!