i miss u guys.

Hey guys! Hope you're all doing well. I know I've been so MIA lately, blame college! I've been doing well though, I just really miss my youtube account and all my FABULOUS subscribers and followers. In a perfect world I would update my blog daily since I haven't been able to make videos, but in all reality I forget this blog exists. Bad, I know. So hopefully I can try and be better about both my videos and my blog because it isn't fair to you all! So... I recorded some videos today and they will be uploaded later, I'm pretty excited for your feed back.

Also, I have TON of things on my mind, like literally a TON. Things are seeming a little complicated and for the first time ever in my life, I'm not scared to face my complications head on. Hopefully I'll figure it all out and it will all go well. And if it blows up in my face...lesson well learned. haha.

stay beautiful and keep dreaming big.
love,
Laurient<3

my day 8/8 [technically].

Okay so this post is going to pop up saying 8/9/09 cause it is, but really I'm still in 8/8 mode so technically I didn't miss a day. I'm following my blog daily pact that I made lol.

I had work today from 5 to 1o:30 and I didn't get home until 11. I got some cute new stuff you'll have to check the channel for the haul video. Work was long and tiring, people can be so rude and obnoxious sometimes, I wish I was allowed to tell people off at work but that probably wouldn't go over too well.

Yesterday after I wrote that post I ran some errands for my mom and then I surprised Dan with a picnic at the park. We had a lot of fun, we played like paddle ball I guess. I was meant for the beach but we played on grass and I drove/fell and got a grass stain on my pants lol, my only pair of Seven Jeans actually, but for some reason I couldn't care less.

Anyway I don't really have too much to talk about. Check out the channel for the 4 new videos I'm uploading right now!

xoxo
laurient

new stuff.

So my last post on here was over a month ago. I'm so lazy with this thing. I used to do weekly in and outs and those were fun I don't know why I stopped doing those. Also whenever I would post a tutorial on my channel I'd take pictures and post the list of products here for you all to view, that stopped as well. So now what I'm going to do is try to blog at least once a day! i know you don't think that I can do it. I don't entirely believe in myself either. What I'm going to do to remind me is stick a post-it to the inside of my laptop so I'll see it every time I open it. The post can be anything really: pictures of a tutorial, weekly in and outs, random talk, etc. Let me know if you guys want me to discuss anything else on this blog and we can do that too.

Thanks for reading and following!
xoxo
Laurient

H.I.P duo in Sculpted.

Eyes:

-HIP duo e/s in sculpted.

-simmery pink, black, and silver from double layer simmer palette (starsmakeuphaven.com)

-MAC fairylite pigment

-L'oreal carbon black linuer intense

-urban decay glitter liner in headbanger

-ulta water proof automatic black liner

-rimmel sexy curves mascara

Lips:

-MAC dazzle glass in rags to riches

look using HIP duo in sassy!

eyes:

-hip duo in sassy

-any dark brown shadow

-Hip cream liner in brown

-rimmel extra super lash mascara

-ulta smokey eyes liner in espresso

cheeks:

-mac blush in prism

lips:

-mac lipstick in fleshpot

-nyx goddess of the night clear lipgloss

diet update.

Hey ladies! I'm happy to inform you that I've been doing really well with my dieting! Thursday night [day 3] was a little rough because I had to put Lacey [my baby kitten] to sleep that night, due to her heart illness. I got really sad and depressed and I ended up at Mc Donald's because its my comfort food and I think I ate everything. But day 4 went a lot better, and I've been doing well since. On the weekends I splurged a bit, one night with a pizza from pizza hut, but the next morning I ran it off. And on Saturday morning I did a killer workout as well. I try to take the dogs for a long walk each day so that I get to move around they get some fresh air too! I've lost 1 lbs so far and I'm pretty proud of that. Once school is over working out will e much easier since I can wake up at 9am and go to the gym or run outside rather than waking up at 6:30am and going to school for 6 hours and then being far too tired to workout when I get home.

Sorry I fell behind on the daily updates but as you can understand there was a bit of tragedy in my life. I am going to try and be better with my updates lol. I was always awful with keeping with diary entries and this is about the same I guess.

Right now my brother is grilling us turkey burgers that we will eat on Sandwich thins whole wheat rolls [they are 100 calories per roll, pretty cool huh?!]

Till tomorrow
xoxox
laurient

H.I.P duo shadow platinum look.

Shadows used:

-H.I.P duo shadow in platinum

-Revlon matte shadow in vintage lace

lipgloss:

-L'oreal clour juice in bubblegum

Diet Day 2.

So far day two has been sucessful, I'm off to a good start. Today I've eaten:

Breakfast:
-lite and fit yogurt.
-weightwatchers blueberry muffin.
[drank water].

Snack:
-100 calorie strawberry cupcakes.

Lunch:
-a small banana.
-salami and cheese on weightwatchers whole wheat bread.
-100 calorie coffee cake.
[drank K2O protein water]

Dinner:
-shrimp with pasta lightly covered with oil.
[drank water]

I don't know what I'm going to eat for a snack. I'm starving now because I didn't eat much dinner which is bad. I should have eaten more to make sure that I don't over eat on snacks.

Again... seriously!

So it's happening AGAIN! The thing I dread the most in the world...dun dun dunnnn. THE DIET! So yeah I know a while back i blogged about my journey to weight loss. To be honest I was excited and eager the begin and I did really well for a while and then burger king happened lol. It's so hard to diet when you hang around people who are not on diets [aka my boyfriend lol].

After my weekend getaway with Dan i realized things HAD to CHANGE! My bathing suit hardly fit me [my butt, that I'm usually pretty proud of was almost all hanging out, not good. Also I bought a cute pair of shorts that look awful on me because of my once again butt and thigh size. Most of my clothes don't fit me properly, which leaves me depressed because i feel terribly self conscious in almost everything i wear unless its baggy around my tummy.

So I refuse to be unhappy with myself. I will not sit and cry about my weight gain and my clothes not fitting. What I WILL do is get back on track and stay there.

Going back to:
-Writing down everything I eat and drink.
-Cutting out soda all together and limiting sugary drinks.
-Eating healthier snacks and foods.
- Junk food intake will consist of weightwatchers snacks and 100 calorie snacks.
-Only eating fast food once maybe twice a month and picking healthier things off menus.
-Exercising DAILY. Even if its just taking the dogs for a nice long walk rather than hitting the gym.
-When it comes to the gym...go AT LEAST 3 times a week!
-Doing more active and fun things with Dan so we aren't always watching tv and eating tons of garbage. [maybe i can suck him into this diet too, lol it'd make it easier on me.]

I VOW to do ALL of these things.

So as far as food intake today:

Breakfast:
-lite and fit yogurt.
-weightwatchers blueberry muffin.
[drank water]

Snack:
-Special K K2O protein water in pink lemonade.

Lunch:
-A small plum.
-Thinly sliced salami and cheese on weightwatchers whole wheat bread.
-Weightwatchers oatmeal cookie.
[drank water]

Dinner:
-Leancusine personal pepperoni pizza [ONLY 350 calories and tastes amazing!].
[drank 1 cup of arizona iced tea=90 calories]

I haven't eaten my final snack of the night yet but I've planned to have one of my weightwatchers ice creams in cookies and cream [the little personal cups not the cones].

As for exercising I'm walking Toby around the development and then I'm taking a long walk solo!

Hope this inspired you all to get up and be more active or be more healthy. Its so easy to get stuck in a rut and be couch potatoes or junk food lovers, but when it comes down to it healthy active life is always more fun then watching Friends with a bag of chips!

mock entry for my 1000 subscriber contest!

Grape Purple Look!

Sorry the writing on the shadows is really crappy. lol. and on here it came out tiny!

bloggity blog blog.

So, I'm writing this for no particular reason, okay, so there is one reason really. I can't bring myself to sit and read my book for english. This is bad, very bad, because I have a take home quiz I have to do. Honestly, I don't know why the teacher is still giving out hardcore assignments to an english 4 class of seniors! Seriously we gave up on high school like two months ago. So, I've been informed by many teachers and overly excited students that I have about 4 more weeks of school left [you have no idea how happy this makes me]. But with summer on its way I still have so much to do!!! Que list-

-Tone up tummy, bikini's are hard work.
-Get a job, this should have been #1 on the list, however, I'm a bum.
-Buy some summer clothes. My mother couldn't be more wrong when she says "you have way to much clothes, you don't need any more." Right now all my clothes are clean and my closet is virtually empty.
-Spring clean my room. I probably "spring clean" 7 times a year.
-Plan some cute day trips with my boyfriend. I start college in the fall and he'll be back home in high school still. So I want us to have a really amazing summer together!
-Get my belly button pierced, this of course happens once the first thing on my list is taken care of, lol.

I'm most likely forgetting a whole slew of things and that's okay. It was a random, unorganized list, for those of you who know me you know I love to make list [it's my thing]. Anyway I'm going to end this and try to do the take home quiz without reading =) love you all, byeeee!

spring green with neutrals tutorial using starsmakeuphaven double layer palette

I used:

-the stars makeuphaven double layer palette for the white (in the inner corner), the light green (almost completely covering the lid), and the black (on the outter V).

-MACs GO e/s

-Revlon matte vintage lace e/s

-ulta automatic eyeliner

-rimmel sexy curves mascara.

ENJOY!

1,000 subscribers!

so i did it i finally reached 1,000 subs. you have no idea how happy i am! ive been thinking of contest prizes for a while now and i ordered most of them today. the prize packages will included of few of my favs and a few things off my wish list! there will be three winners 1st place video entry, second place video entry, and 1 comment entry winner! so when i have all the prizes ill make the contest video, keep an eye out for that!

p.s. thanks Ty for that shout out your a super sweet girl well all miss you.

starsmakeuphaven double layer palette swatches!

swatches of first 3 columns.

swatches of next 3 columns.

swatches of last two columns.

Blushes!

how gorgeous!

In love!

starsmakeuphaven singles swatches!

pink and gray look.

eyes:

mac paintpot in painterly

nyx jumbo eyeshadow pencil in yogurt

mac pigment in helium

studio gear e/s in golden smoke

96 color palette (grayish/silverish e/s)

revlon matte e/s in vintage lace

cheeks:

maybelline mineral power blush in gentle pink

lips:

nyx godess of the night lipgloss is la~la

enjoy!

green and black tutorial.

products used:

MAC paintpot-painterly

Sephora holiday palette [old] light green shadow

Maybelline eyeshadow in antique jade

NARS eyeshadow in night clubbing

Cover Girl coffee shop quad [the matte white color]

L'oreal lineur intense

Ulta automatic waterproof liner

ENJOY!

XOXO,

Laurient

life with lacey.

this is a quick blog update. i haven't posted on here in a while. since my last post little Lacey has moved in and become a very important part of my family's life. at first she was skeptical of everyone but then she decided she was going to turn into Dora the explorer, i couldn't keep track of her, she was everywhere! under the bed, inside the box spring, behind the desk, and on top of a stack of movies. good god she wears me out. she is very sweet and playful, she even likes Toby the 11 year old dog. they like to chase each other around the living room. as i write all this she is laying by my side sleeping but i'm sure she'll be up in 5 minutes to play so i better get myself prepared for playtime =).byeeee.

week 6 in&outs.

[IN]

[1] my kitten- i know know you are so sick of hearing about it. but i just cant help myself i think she is the cutest thing in the world! she arrives home on friday so YAY!

[2] people style watch- the april issue is so good. i always love their spring fashion ideas. hands down the best magazine for copying celebs looks.

[3] pink- i did an all pink look on saturday to go kitten supplies shopping and it looked so cool. i used my 96 color palette and i got tons of compliments on how pretty and bright it was. i like to do my crazier looks on saturdays, sunday-friday i save for my more reserved looks.

[4] destroyed denim- i cant wait to get my hands on a million pairs. i love jeans with bleach spots, ripes, tears, and holes. i loved them like two years ago when they were popular and ive secretly loved them ever since. now that they are back i no longer have to hide my love for them!

[OUT]

[1] high school drama- personally i am someone who doesnt have drama. i kept my business to myself and i never talk about things or people that i cant back up with facts, evidence, or balls [figuratively of course]. so no one really bothers me or starts stuff, plus im just a really nice person =). but my girlfriends...OMG they are drama magnets, and i get sucked into defending them in their crazy scandals. thank god there is only a few more months of it cause im tired and ready for it to all be over.

[2] my eating habits- theres nothing else to except that im a pig! i cant stop eating awful things!

[3] being broke- ughh i need a job so badly. there is just so much i want to buy, but *sigh* i cant.

[4] the maury show- lol i know its ridiculous but i watch when i dont have school or when i stay home. but seriously they need to come up with some new show topics the "who's your babies daddy" episodes are getting old! lol.

new baby.

this is not beauty related but it is smurfylove2/laurient related! so if your interested keep reading, if not, navigate away from this post.

last weekend my mother and i were at PETCO buying things for avy[my bird]. we were just looking around the store killing time or whatever. we stumbled upon a cat adoption foundation. i saw this kitten that i fell in love with she was adorable. she was tiny and gray with a peach spot around her nose. it took a lot of har work and convincing my mom finally said we couldnt adopt her! so we went back to PETCO that same day. the women wouldnt let us adopt the kitten because we couldnt take its sister too. [we already have a bird, an 11 year old dog, and a puppy that comes every other week, so two kittens wasnt going to happen.] the women was actually really rude, like here people are inquiring about adopting a kitten that needs a good home and you wont give them the time of day.

anyway my cousin volunteers for a shelter in the city and we talked to her and she gave me a website to look on to see the kittens they had. i picked out a few but either within a few hours or a day or two they were gone because the shelter wouldnt let my cousin put one on hold. i was starting to lose hope. until yesterday.

my mom called me from work and told me to check my email. i went on there was a link to petfinder.com. there was a picture of possibly to cutest kitten i had ever seen! my mom asked me if i wanted her and i couldnt deny her little face. the name her foster home gave her is souffle, and she is 6 weeks old. my mom already called in to the foundation to talk about our interest in her and to ask about the adoption procedure. all my mom had to do was fill out an application and our application was approved. her and the other kittens in her litter go the vet this week so she wont be ready for us to bring home until next friday. which is the downside because i really hoping to have my new baby by this weekend, but she is so cute and tiny ill need more time anyway to clean and kitten-proof my house and room. im so excited her her arrival and i as soon as she gets here ill video for guys so you can meet her too!

thats her, isnt she cute!

at last!!!

i have been talking about hopefully geting a laptop soon because i need privacy when i blog, twitter, youtube. my mom's company was going out of bussiness anf they had laptops that they no longer need so my mom snatched one up for me and her tach guy fix it up. yay!!!so its an acer travelmate 2434WLMi. pictured below:

okay so there it is. it has a huge screen i love it. i just need some office software and a web cam. so maybe ill pick that stuff up when i get the supplies for the new kitten.

oops did i let that a secret out lol. im adopting a kitten from a shelter. im so excited, im like a giddy kid.

=)

in&outs week 5.

[IN]

[1] laser tag- i havent played since i was little until last night. it was my friends 18th birthday and we all went to a local gaming arcade to play. turns out im pretty sick at it lol. it was so much i felt i stealth spy!

[2] china glaze nail polish- these were on sale at ulta for 3.99 so i picked up 3 and currently im wearing turned up turquoise.

[3] my short hair- im loving it. its so crazy how a change in your hair can make a change in you. i subscriber comment my video and said my new short hair looked fun and said that short hair is for fun people. i totally agree. i feel so much more femine, flirty, and fun the 3 imprtant female F's!

[4] a more natural look- so now that my hair is lighter thanks to my fantastic caramel highlights i find that i dont need as much makeup. the "hello, i wake up looking thing cute" look cute whereas before with my dark hair that look made me look washed out and tired. its hard though because i love dramatic looks and i have to find newer ones that look good my new hair colour because some just dont look good anymore.

[OUT]

[1] people trying to convince me not to get a tattoo- i want one. ive thought about it since i was in the seventh grade and i have always wanted one. i finally found what i want and where and everyone is like no no dont do it. when will everyone i usually always end up doing what i want in the end.

[2] proactive- sorry dear your currently on me ish- list!

[3] not having a laptop- ughhhh i just want one sa badly! i hate having to sit down stairs in the common area while im trying to do stuff on the computer everyone is always looking over my shoulder.

[4] being broke- my history teacher says is best "being broke is no joke" i believe her!

my new skin care routine.

okay so i finally got around to getting my new face care stuff. i just picked it op on friday at ulta. the line im referring to is Dermalogica's Clean Start! Its new to ulta and i was won over initially by its...packaging...i know im bad. i will never understand why im such a sucker for packaging. so there are 3 steps to the system and there are like 3 products or so in each step. so i picked up the wash off face/back/chest wash. it has a really cool flip top on it and i just think you all should know about that super cool but also very useless feature. wash off is from the getting clean step[1]. then from the taking on issues step [2] i got the hit the spot product which is a spot treatment. its in a pen like packaging where you press a button [which i also lockable] to pump the product out of the tip. one pump is enough for each breakout area so you never waste product. then the last thing i got was prom the protecting skin step [3] and i got brighten up spf15. its a super light tinted moisturizer that protects and evens out your skin tone. so far i love these! but ill keep you posted on how they work on me.

from the left to right: brighten up spf15 moisturizer, hit the spot spot treatment, and wash off face/back/chest wash.

get off the stuff.

okay so eons ago, thats something my mommy says lol, anyway way back when i did my skin care video a lot of people had things to say about proactive, which was what i as using. some good some bad. anyway it was working for me and had been, for like two years so i kept on using it. well now im seeing that it isnt really doing anything for my skin anymore. its almost never clear there is always some kind of blemish or bump and im getting sick of it. so im canceling my proactive and hopefully this weekend i can get into ulta and pick up something new. im thinking that i want to try something a little more highend then drugstore brands. Ulta has this new brand i read about called clean start by dermalogica which is a good brand so i figured id give it a go. but i will be honest i do really like the packaging =) which will proabably be the determining factor! lame lame lame i know my mother says im a merchandiser's dream. anyway ill keep you all updated.

P.S. i have a sore throat and its killing me because i love to talk lol.

time for change!

okay so if you know me you know i get bored with my wardrobe and hairstyle/color really fast. well back in the day, right before my freshman year of high school to be exact, i chopped off all my hair. my hair went from like right bellow my boobs lol, yes i said boobs, to like an inch above my shoulders. after seeing how long it was taking to grow my hair back out i vowed to never cut it again! but my hair is just getting soooo unhealthy and nothing is helping so.....

since the tittle of this post is time for a change, you pretty much know what i am hinting at. i want to cut my hair. so these are a few of the styles im considering. feel free to leave you opinion in a comment, unless it is too keep my hair long thats not going to happen, it seriously needs to be cut.