holiday makeup using drugstore.

heyy guys i loved the way this look came out. i wore it to work the other day and got a ton of compliments. the gold jus popped out at you ;) && its drugstore makeup soooo i was quite impressed. very pigmented shadows & suuuper affordable. the only downfall i noticed was the shadows being a little powdery but as long as you pat them on you shouldnt have a problem. && to intensify the gold color i jus wet my brush using fix+ from mac.

looove it!

i hope all of you have a wonderful holiday with your family && friends!

.......til the next blogpost :)

Wet N Wild Vanity Palette

night out.

havent been clubbin in forever! i feel like i grew out of that stage years ago&& im barely 23. started super early though. gotta love me some fake id ;)

it was my girlfriends birthday and she wanted to club && birthday girl always gets what she wants. haha. we ended up at the palms casino @ moon. pretty awesome club minus the jam packed crowd. been there many times before & ive always been claustrophobic & ive always hated crowds. but anyway the club has amazing views of the strip....kinda old by now though for me. theres also an open ceiling sooo you can see the sky&&stars up above :) music was good. thank god no techno!

wore out my over the knee faux leather boots for the first time. got a lot of attention :P
had my usual drinks for the night soco shots via parking lot pimpin. lol. wow havent said that in FOREVER!

all in all had a good time. heres some pics of the night to share.

reminisce.

isnt it amazing how a single song can bring back numerous long forgotten memories?? 

whether its a memory u wish to forget or something you cherish to remember...music is the only thing for me that will dig deep back into your mind to find them.

its just nice sometimes to lay in bed in a dark room, the candles lit& with chill, soulful music playin.
i fein it & i live for it :)

this song does that for me in sooo many different ways. its bitter sweet in some cases, but i love it regardless.

sweet dreams.

kev brown - albany

procrastinate.

ive been a bit neglectful to both my youtube channel & my blog. all the obstacles life throws at you sometimes takes you by surprise. havent even started my xmas shopping yet. bein the suuuuper procrastinator i am! i dont want to shop too damn late though cuz i hate crowded messy stores! but pay day is tomorrow && i get off early sooo my expedition will start tomorrow i guess :)

all i asked for christmas was a clarisonic sooo i can get my skin into better shape! thats all though. i have everything i want & need. ofcourse i would want all the mac&forever21 in the world, but as of this moment im good :) im alive & im thankful. i just wanna spend the holidays with the people that matter the most.

i was also thinking of doin a 1/1/11 wedding at a small vegas chapel, but not sure if its a good idea or not. sort of a last minute idea that may go down && then have time to save up for the big shabang later in the year. idk though. lol. i jus think being engaged longer than a year is a bit redundant.

anywho ive been a bit all over the place with this blog post, but thats how scatter brained ive been lately in my life. gettin back into the grove of things though.....great things to come && im ready to live it up.

leave yall on a quiet note before i doze off in bed....music is the best relaxtion.
here's a bit of my music taste.

night.

goapele - closer

update&&a quick little "about me"

heyyy guys!! i haven't updated this blog in forever it feels like. i need to get back on it. haha.

i wanted to let everyone know that i did create a twitter account that you can follow me on if you'd like :)
i never got the hang of the whole twitter thing, but if you care to know what i do on a daily basis...feel free to come see! && also if you have any questions for me...whether it be makeup related or something totally off the subject i can answer them directly back to you pretty instantly.

heres the link:
http://www.twitter.com/shalina016

anyways i have been soooo busy with helping my mom move out of my old house and in to her new apartment. finally its all over and done with && shes settling in. thank god! one less stress in my life. ive taken care of my mom for sooo long it feels great to finally push her back into reality and get her independence back. shouldn't it be the other way around? hahaha jk.

why did i just mention all of that to you? i have no fffin clue :P but enough with all the sappy personal drama....thats not the "about me" fact that i wanted to mention to everyone.

its my obsession. i have an obsession with bulldogs! ever since i met my fiance with whom had 2 english bulldogs to start with. Three years later, we end up with a HUGE family of both english and french bulldogs. i have always been an animal lover all my life, but this took me to a whole other level.

We had a total of 6 dogs, but gave 1 to my fiances brother because it ended up being wayyy to difficult to keep up with both cost wise & time wise.

let me name them one by one for you &&& i will show you a couple pictures that i have of them :)
1. Peaches (the eldest English Bulldog)
2. Rocky (peaches baby boy)
3. Noodles (first female French Bulldog)
4. Chops (first male French Bulldog)
5. Daisy (baby girl of Noodles & Chops)
6. Snuggles (female English Bulldog we gave to his brother)

yesss i know its a lot! our initial plan was to start breeding them because i would loooove to stay home and raise baby bulldogs OMG! but realizing how costly it would be after the first litter by having to artificially inseminate and operate a c section at birth then ending up with only one puppy it was a little disheartening. i raised that puppy as soon as she came out the womb and got sooo attached i ended up keeping her. haha.

sorry for all the boring dog info, but i thought id share a personal part of my life. and show you how obsessed ive become with dogs. everyone thinks we are crazy! lol.

Peaches:

Rocky:

Snuggles:

Noodles:

Chops:

Baby Daisy:

THANKS FOR CHECKING IT OUT EVERYONE!!!

I LOOOVE MY BULLDOGS! THEY ARE MY BABIES :)