December 2012 Ipsy ( Originally MyGlam )

Hey Ladies and Gents,


I am back I have been crazy busy with work and my angel and I both being sick. Her with the flu and me with a stomach virus. But I finally got my Ipsy Bag and lets just say... I love the contents though I hate the makeup bag! So in this bag we received 5 products. Mirabella face & eye primer, Urban Decay eye pencil, Mai Couture highlighter paper, NYX loose pearl shadow and last but not least the Be a bombshell lipgloss in Hot mess. This bag's items total $93!!! I got it for 10 bucks.. Scoreeeeee lol

Soooo Let's begin =]


Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in the color Zero:

This eye pencil was soft enough to glide right on but the staying power of 24/7 are not true in what I experienced. I wore it on both of my eyes: One with primer and the other without and the one without smudged and gave me a bit of raccoon eyes, while the other eye faded a bit and that's paired with Urban Decay's Primer Potion. It was dark but it wasn't a true black.

Retail Value: $19






Mai Couture Highlighting Paper:

I am in love with this highlighting paper. You get 25 sheets and in the back of it it shows you where are the best spots to highlight on both face and body. I found this idea to be innovative cause I honestly hate loose powder highlighters cause unless you have a light hand you look like someones disco ball. This is build-able and great on the skin.

Retail Value: $28





Mirabella's Face and Eye Primer:

This light weight primer is for both eyes and face. I loved how it didn't feel like i had something on my face while putting something on my face if that makes sense lol ... I enjoyed the light weight feel of this primer and the staying power as well it lasted all day.

Retail Value: $29







NYX Loose Pearl Shadow:

This loose shadow had minimal fall out. I love how NYX has up their products. I was expecting a chalky mess but I found this to be easy and build-able as well. Affordable makeup with great color pay-off. Who said you had to buy high priced items to look chic?

Retail Value: $3






Be A Bombshell Lipgloss in Hot Mess:

I freaking LOVE this color. I love bold lips and this red was giving me life. I didn't like how sticky it was but other then that I love everything about it.


Retail Value: $14

Confidence

I have been thinking about this word a lot lately. I have no idea exactly why i just know that I believe in this word and I portray in my day to day life this word. Thing is I was never as confident as I have been now. But before we get to me lets see the definition of the word.

con·fi·dence

   [kon-fi-duhns]  Show IPA

noun

1.

full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliabilityof a person or thing: We have every confidence in their abilityto succeed.

2.

belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance: His lack of confidencedefeated him.

3.

certitude; assurance: He described the situation with suchconfidence that the audience believed him completely.

4.

a confidential communication: to exchange confidences.

5.

(especially in European politics) the wish to retain anincumbent government in office, as shown by a vote in aparticular issue: a vote of confidence.

There are many meanings for this word but the one many like to think of first would have to be 1 & 2. "So if we all know what it is and we all know the meaning why don't we have it?" A majority of time we don't have confidence because things have made us second guess ourselves in the past. Or we may have even believed in ourselves at a point but were put down by someone we thought so highly of that we no longer have that vote of confidence. To top it off we live in a society of many contradictions and standards and falsely-hood of how we should be. We encourage people to embrace themselves to our standards then rush to stifle it and that stops their growth into being confident. How can you be confident if you have been stifled in a sense of what it entails? 

But back to my confidence, how I found it again, where I think it went ( lol ) and what it is I did to be more of it. Now I have always been a person who is strong willed and people confused that with confidence, I was just hard-headed. I was always trying to prove people wrong instead of proving to myself that I am more then just what anyone else thinks of me. Regardless if I get one view on this blog or 40 I don't quite care cause I put my best foot forward and did something I would never do and that is speak. I speak a lot and have a lot to say but I would never speak on my feelings or speak on things that impact me. I would get consumed with other people's lives that i wouldn't have a true life of my own and then it hit me like a ton of bricks after talking to countless friends, strangers, associates of what they should do that I need to do it myself. Being a mother helped me with that. I stopped being worried about the Jones' and started being worried about Vastia. I needed to think of me and who I am as an individual. I am proud to say that I am a proud mom, a proud student, a proud employee, a proud friend, a proud daughter, a proud person because of the confidence I found within myself. I underestimated the powers of myself something I tell everyone not to do and I started to just become confident in things I do and just jump into things I like without fear of what others think or how people will perceive things or even how my friends will view things. Love yourself, trust yourself, think things through. 

I am confident because of I LOVE WHO I AM!

Thank you for reading and just enjoy this journey that I am going to take you on cause it shall be interesting lol..