Favorites and a room update

Hello and Happy Hump Day y'all!

So as always, I'm bringing you my absolute favorite beauty products I've been reaching for the most over this past month. Seriously good stuff.  I know, I know... I say that every single month, but hey, that's the point, right?

But first, we need to address some changes that are taking place...  In my filming room!  If you've watched some of my recent videos, you've probably heard me mention this change a few times. Basically, I'm getting the room more functional (and pretty). Since overhauling the closet in our master bedroom (still in progress-- I'll share more of that space when it's done!), I was left with this empty space. Basically I moved all my clothes out of this spare room where I film into the actual closet.
Well, my new filming room/office area has come along like crazy over the past weekend! It still lacks a bit from being completely finished, but, wow. SO much more functional! I've had the most fun getting all my makeup organized (oh yeah, my vanity area is totally different now, too) and getting my new table/desk all set up.
Totally should've been like that all along. Funny how that happens...

I will for sure continue to update as it all comes together even more and I'll definitely do a little tour when it's complete!

So to check out all the details on the goods, check out the video below!


I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!!

May Faves and Flops

Happy Monday Everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Today I wanted to share with you all my top, most-loved, most-reached-for, amazing and fabulous products that I was obsessed with during the month of May.
Oh, and a flop.

Check out the video below for all the details and let me know what YOUR favorites were this month!

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Sephora VIB SALE INFO & March Favorites

Hello Loves! I hope you all are having a wonderful week so far!!  THE SEPHORA VIB SALE IS HEEEERE!! Over the weekend, I posted a video all about my current product recommendations from Sephora in this huge haul video (here if you missed it). During that time, Sephora was allowing "Rouge" members to shop a bit earlier. Well, for those of you who were cursing the VIB Rouge members (I kid) during that time, now is your chance to save a bit at our favorite makeup store!

Sephora sales are pretty few and far-between, so it's always nice to be able to take advantage of these sales and stock up on things we love.  I always take advantage of these sales as a way to try pricier items that I may never purchase otherwise.  To me, saving a little bit always justifies the purchase. ;)

So shop the Sephora sale HERE today, and enter the code "VIBTICKET" at checkout to save 15% on your entire order!  (April 3-11, 2014)

Here are allll my recs for the sale...

Chocolate Bar Palette 

Anastasia Brow Pomade (I use blonde) 

Anastasia #7 brow brush 

Marc Jacobs bronzing brush

Bite Lipstick in Retsina

Sephora airbrush 56 brush 

Too Faced Perfect Lips liner in Perfect Nude 

Kat Von D Tattoo liquid liner in Trooper 

Z Pallete, Sephora edition, large 

NARS Pro Prime eye shadow base (MY FAV BASE) 

Buxom Celeste lip gloss 

Illamasqua nail polish in Jo-Mina 

Bumble and Bumble Thickening Dryspun Finish 

St. Tropez set (my favorite self-tanner) 

Hourglass Ambient Lighting blushes 

Anastasia Brow Wiz 

Anastasia Brow Gel Clear 

If you want to see more on these products, check out the two videos below! Some of them are featured in my March Favorites!

So have any of you had the chance to shop the sale yet?? What did you get?? What's on your wishlist???

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Beauty Favorites 2013 & a Thank You ♥

Can you all believe another year is upon us?? 2013 has been such a blur! ...a wonderful blur! :)

So as always, I'm replacing my monthly favorites for December with a more comprehensive favorites video for the ENTIRE year.  I can't believe how many awesome new things we discovered this year together in this little beauty world of ours.

Check them all out in my new video below! Hope you all love it!

products mentioned...

I mentioned this in the video as well, but in case you don't make it all the way until the end (totally understandable... it's a loooong one!), I wanted to again say thank you to you all for hanging out here with me another year! I appreciate all of your support and I SO value all of our conversations, interactions, and all the kind words over this past year. I always say this, but YouTube, this blog, twitter, Instagram, etc, are all such fun and happy places. Nowhere else could you find literally thousands of people coming together to support one another, build each other up, and offer so much kindness. You all make this such a wonderful place! I cannot tell you how thankful and happy I am that I am able to do this and share my life with you all!
Love you guys!

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A Peek at our Thanksgiving & some November Beauty Favorites

First of all, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We sure did. It was great to relax at home with family and good food and really just enjoy time together. It's always nice to have a day to really reflect upon all of our blessings and great things we all truly have to be thankful for. My list of "thankfuls" is usually the same...  It's never really about specific material things, but more about things that really matter. Like health, family, having a warm home and full stomachs. Things that can often be taken for granted, but that we should really take the time to be thankful for every day. Stuff that matters. To me, it's just the definition of a "warm n' fuzzy" holiday and I love it.

Can you believe Thanksgiving has already come and gone?? I'm so happy that we're now officially into the holiday season! Did any of you guys venture out for Black Friday? I've said it before, but I'm a Black Friday hermit. I usually shop from home in pj's with a plate (or three) of Thanksgiving leftovers. This year was pretty crazy because I didn't shop at all!
Definitely check out my Holiday Gift Guide here if you missed it! Especially since most of the sales are still going on through Monday at least.

We also got a bit of a head start with our Christmas decor around here too. I always like to have the tree(s) up by Thanksgiving just because we may not always do Christmas dinner at our house and I think it's fun to have a bit of holiday cheer goin' on around here in case there is family that may not have dinner here then. But let's just be honest, the main reason is because Brad and I are big kids when it comes to Christmas and we're usually itching to put the trees up come early November anyway. So it was definitely fun to have that going on too.  We also kept to our usual tradition of putting up our Christmas lights outside on Friday. So we're in full Christmas season mode around here and I love it.

Before we get into my November Favorites for this month, I thought I'd share with you a very small peek into our Thanksgiving day, since this was the first we've hosted at our new home!
I wasn't really planning on doing a blog post, so the photos were all quickly snapped with my iPhone. Keepin' it casual. Much like we like to do Thanksgiving around here.

Here's a shot of the table...

I kept it simple with some disposable placemats. These are SO easy. I use these for every holiday. They come in pads of 50 which seem to last forever. I couldn't find the exact wreath design ones I have but these are pretty darn close. I like to have the cranberry sauce on the table, with some sweet and spicy mustard for the ham and turkey, butter, and some little turkey salt and pepper shakers that were my Grandma's.
Those are my typical chargers/plates/napkin table set I usually have going on, so I kept those out to be pretty. But when dinner time came, we ate on some more simple plates we had that made things super easy.
Yup, that's a tree in the background... I'll show it in my Holiday Home Tour coming up this week!

We had the most delish meal. Turkey, ham, dressing (with my Grandma's special gravy I love), potato salad, green beans, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, and I made the sweet potato casserole and broccoli casserole. Oh and there was of course, pies and cookies my mom made for dessert.
I live for Thanksgiving food.

Before we ate, I snapped this pic really quick of all the food set up. I think next year, I'll put all of the food on the big island near where the ham and turkey is just to make things easier. We had a lot more room to spread out this year!

And then there's this...

Had to squeeze a Christmas tree in there too of course.
This is our crazy 12-ft mall lobby Christmas tree. It pretty much owns the living room...haha. It's huge and definitely freaked us out at first. But we are kind of in love with it. It's an led tree that has pretty warm white lights that can change to multi-colored at the push of a button. It's pretty awesome.

All of the details will be up next week, along with some much better photos.  I'll be sharing my holiday home tour with you guys showing you all the fun stuff I've put out for the season (and the other trees we have too-- I told you, we're Christmas freaks), since you all loved it so much last year. So I'm really excited for that. Look for a video on my YouTube channel and a post mid-week. ;)

K, so November Favorites... I think I have some especially great picks this month.  Here they are!

My favorites of November...

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

My Top 5 Drugstore Mascaras

Let's start the week with a little post about mascaras...  One of my FAVORITE beauty products ever.
Scratch that.
My absolute favorite beauty product ever.

Mascara is so amazing because it only takes a few seconds to apply and packs a huge punch. It also doesn't require any fancy techniques or skill to apply.  Best part? You can pick up some awesome and inexpensive ones at the drugstore. ...and I've probably tried them all.

So I figured I'd put together a little Top 5 list of my favs.

 To see my thoughts and descriptions of each one and LOTS more info (plus 2 extras I couldn't resist throwing into the mix), check out my Top 5 Drugstore Mascaras video below!


My 5 Favorites:
Covergirl Lashblast Volume
Neutrogena Healthy Volume
L'Oreal Voluminous Full Definition
L'Oreal Telescopic Shocking Extensions
L'Oreal Power Volume 24 hr Black Smoke
(don't miss the video above for 2 extras)

Stay tuned for my Top 5 High End Mascaras video coming up soon! Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss it!

My Top 20 Nail Polish Favorites

I have a huge nail polish collection. So the idea of choosing 20 favorites was a difficult thought. Surprisingly, when I actually started choosing my stand-out shades, it wasn't as hard as I had imagined.
It's actually pretty funny how it turned out. I hadn't really planned on choosing specific favorites from certain color families, but naturally, my selections included a wide range of shades.
From the most conservative, classic shades to super crazy glitter and bold colors, all of my all-time favorites are represented in one place!  Kind of exciting.
I just really love nail polish...
So be sure to check out my video for all the nail polish eye candy and a list of all my top picks below.



Essie Damsel in a Dress
Essie Fiji
Dior Beige Safari
Essie Licorice
Orly Dayglow
Essie Mink Muffs
Butter London Yummy Mummy
China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway
Butter London Lady Muck 
Butter London Marrow
Butter London Primrose Hill Picnic
Zoya Vanessa
Orly Cotton Candy
Orly Lemonade 
Essie Going Incognito

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Decals

Glitters:
Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop
Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe
Sally Hansen Gem Crush Big Money
Sally Hansen Gem Crush Glitz Gal
Sephora by OPI Only Gold for Me

Seche Vite Topcoat

My September Favorites! (Beauty)

How crazy is it that it's OCTOBER!? Wow, has this year flown by.  September has been such an exciting month for me. So many awesome things are coming up that I cannot wait to share with you all.  I know, I'm such a tease.

But for now I will share with you my favorite beauty products for the month of September. Products from my collection that have been getting the most action. Some new, some old. Also, check out my video for more info on an an exciting upcoming product launch by me and more details on each of the products.


Products mentioned in the video:
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipstick in Boy
YSL Rouge Pure Shine lipstick in #24
MAC Mineralize Skinfinishes in Perfect Topping & Semi-Precious Pearl
Sigma F55 brush
Michael Kors perfume "scent trick" (see video)
Revlon Smoky Shadow Stick in Torch
Deborah Lippmann glitter nail polishes

What were your favorites this month??

July Favorites!

It's that time again!

Time for me to show you (aka gush) about the products that have stood out to me this month. I've got some new finds, rediscovered loves, and a great tip that has totally helped my skin (and my health) during this past month.  

Check out my video below for the goods and don't forget to tell me what YOUR favorite products were in July!

xoxo,

Tiffany

Current Drugstore Favorites (and an embarrassing chilhdhood confession)

For as long as I can remember, I've always been a bit of a product junkie.  When I was little, I remember combing the cosmetic sections of drugstores with my mom.  Oh how I LOVED my soda flavored Lip Smackers and cotton candy flavored sticky body sprays...
When I would go spend weekends with my grandparents, I would always talk my Grandma into getting me a new shampoo or conditioner to try when I would go with her to the grocery store.  What's funny is that I remember "pretend" reviewing these products in the bathroom mirror. YEARS and years before YouTube existed.  I pretended I had my own tv show.  I was informing the invisible masses. Maybe I was a crazy kid. Maybe I liked talking to myself...  Now, I like to think I was just practicing for my future on YT.
Anyway, not much has changed.  Of course, now I splurge on more expensive brands of beauty products.  However, I make it a point to stay away from the sticky cotton candy body sprays. And I try to refrain from talking to myself in the mirror as much.
Regardless, I'm still a drugstore product junkie. Some of my most used and most loved products are from there.
Some? Make that a LOT. After making this Current Drugstore Favorites video, I realize that I actually have a ridiculous amount of favorites at the drugstore. Check out a full list of my favorites below and don't forget to check out the video for little mini-reviews on each and for more information.






Olay Pore Minimizing Cleanser and Scrub
Neutrogena Makeup Removing Wipes (Night Calming) or Target's Up & Up Makeup Remover Wipes
Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Protector Finishing Powder SPF20
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser foundation
Neutrogena Healthy Skin liquid foundation
Revlon Brow Fantasy
Maybelline Great Lash Mascara CLEAR
Loreal Carbon Black Lineur Intense
Revlon Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen
Covergirl Lashblast Volume mascara
Maybelline Full n' Soft
Skin MD Naturals moisturizer (for body and face)
Jergens Natural Glow Revitalizing gradual tan moisturizer
John Frieda Sheer Blonde Go Blonder shampoo
John Frieda Sheer Blonde Color Renew Tone Correcting (Purple) shampoo & conditioner
Pantene Beautiful Lengths Conditioner (Breakage Defense or Shine Enhance)
TreSemme Tres Two aeresol hairspray

My BLUSH Favs for Spring/Summer

Blush can really pull your whole look together and make you look more "alive". The other night, my family was over at my house and I was showing my Mom and Grandma the Paris Palette.  While explaining the colors to my Grandma and giving her some ideas for how she could use the colors and make them work for her, I immediately whipped out the F40 brush in her palette and applied a bit of the Peche shade to her cheeks and showed her how to use the highlight shade, Lumiere, with it and her face lit up.  It was amazing what a difference the blush made.

So while I've always L*O*V*E*D blush and been a bit obsessed with it (I have a shamefully large collection to prove it), that experience with my Grandma sparked the idea to do a "Favorite Blush" video. Funny enough, when I went to check out the shades I would include in the video, they were kind of all sitting on my vanity already.  What they all had in common? All were shades perfectly suited for Spring and Summer.

Here are my favs mentioned in the video.  Don't forget to check out my video for more info on the products as well as some demos on how to apply them.

NARS Orgasm

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush: Exposed, Dollface, Blissful

MAC Powder Blush: Peony Petal, Love Cloud, Modern Mandarin

Smashbox Blush in Radiance

Paris Palette by Sigma Beauty: Peche, Lumiere

Benefit Boxed Powders: Hervana, Dandelion

What are YOUR favorite blush shades for Spring & Summer??

xoxo,

 Tiffany

Best of 2011!!

Can you believe it? It's 2012 already! Crazy how quickly another year has come and gone.
Which means it's time to share with you all my stand out products of 2011.

This year I discovered some amazing new things. Products I'm totally and completely obsessed with. Life-changing stuff, people.
To discover my favs from this year, check out the video below.

Happy New Year!!
xoxo,
Tiffany

Monthly Favorites: November Edition

I'm kind of giddy about my favorites for November.

When I think of summarizing them, the only thing that comes to mind is that in November, I found an eye liner that possibly surpasses the awesome-ness of all my eye liners mentioned in my Favorite Eye Liners post/video.

If you know me at all, then you get the gravity of that statement.

And that there is really nothing left to say that will surpass that.

October Favorites! Beauty Products

So this month's edition of "favorites" is kind of all about quality, not quantity. Totally didn't realize how few I had until I was almost done filming the video.
But no worries. They're especially good. I'm probably jumping the gun here, but a couple products might even make my annual "Best Products" video for 2011 which I post at the end of December in place of that month's favorites. Can you believe how fast this year has gone by? Insane.

Hope you all had a wonderful month of October!
xoxo,
Tiffany

Some July Favorites!

It's that time again! My favorite beauty products I discovered (and rediscovered) during the month of July. Hope you like :)
In other news, Brad and I are thinking about starting a home blog. Thoughts?