2012 Favorites!!!

Ahhhhhhh!!!!! How is it already the last day of 2012? This year went by so fast (I know, very cliche)! This has been a great year and I'm looking forward to 2013. I actually first got into beauty and fashion this year. I made a lot of new discoveries through other blogs and YouTube. These are my favorites of the year!

Favorite scrub: Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Scrub- this product does a nice job of exfoliating gently while still removing dirt and oil

Favorite Scents: Paris Amour and Coconut Lime Verbena by Bath and Body Works- I've been loving these body mists; Paris for fall and winter, Coconut Lime for spring and summer

Favorite Moisturizer: Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer- an inexpensive and soothing moisturizer

Favorite nail polish: Sally Hansen Fuchsia Power- post here

Favorite Balm: EOS lip balm in Summer Fruit- moisturing, smells yummy, and cute packaging! What's not to love?

Favorite Lip Product: Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait- post here

Favorite Mascara: Lancome Definicils Mascara- Amazing at lengthening lashes without clumping!

Favorite Eyeshadow Quad: Lancome Color Design Quad (got it as a part of gift with purchase set, not for individual sale, not sure if available)- the colors are gorgeous and nicely pigmented

Favorite Earrings: (got from Disney)

Favorite Accessory: Infinity scarves! (haul here)

Favorite top: From American Eagle (haul here)

Favorite photo:

Favorite TV show: The Big Bang Theory 

Favorite Song: Someone Like You by Adele

Favorite Ice Cream: Haagen Dazs White Raspberry Truffle (omg soooo divine)

Favorite YouTubers: amarixe, beautybaby44, glamourista16, macbarbie07, michellephan, missglamorazzi, nigahiga, and stilababe09

What are your favorites of 2012? Goals for 2013?

My New Favorite Perfume!

Hey guys! Since it's winter break I have some time to create some new posts! Just a couple of days ago, I stopped by Sephora after doing some last minute Christmas shopping to look at some fragrances. At first, I was thinking of purchasing the Taylor Swift wonderstruck rollerball to try it out but I realized it wasn't the scent I was looking for. After sniffing the various rollerballs on display I settled on Daisy Eau So Fresh by Marc Jacobs.The scent is amazing! 

The description on Sephora's website says it is "A whimsical interpretation of the original Daisy fragrance, this scent is more fruity, more bubbly, more fun! Open the bottle and you'll be transported to a field of sunshine that bursts with the flirty scent of flowers and the cheerful sweetness of fruits. Its light, woody base infuses a subtle but sharp glimmer of musk for an unexpected twist of radiance."

Um... I think most fragrance descriptions a tad bit exaggerated. Don't worry, the scent is still quite sophisticated. Even my mother really likes it! 

The notes are "Natural Raspberry, Grapefruit, Pear, Violet, Wild Rose, Apple Blossom, Musks, Cedarwood, Plum".  

I would describe it as light and sweet. The fragrance is very floral and fruity (well isn't that obvious, I am horrible at describing scents!). I would recommend it as a daytime scent since it's not overbearing and spicy. Spicy scents turn me away. I'm drawn the the sweeter scents. 

Another aspect I like is the packaging!

It comes in a cute light pink box with little daisies on the border. 

The bottle is adorned with tiny daisies and even the cap has a daisy! How pretty!

I have heard of the Daisy line of fragrances by Marc Jacobs however I wasn't originally intending on trying them out. Boy, was I glad that I did! This perfume has quickly become one of my favorites! I would totally recommend it. What is your favorite perfume?

Fall Shoe Trends

Lately, I've been noticing a lot of combat boots, riding boots, smoking slippers/flats/loafers, and boat shoes! Boots and flats are always  classics but this season they have some edginess added to them with lots of studs. The "smoking slipper" style is relatively new. Do you guys like that style? They seem to have a loafter, flat, slipper mix to it. 
These are some of my favorite of each category:

Combat boots:

Steve Madden Troopa

Steve Madden Tarnney 

Big Buddha Amber 

Riding boots:

Frye Melissa Button

Ayana Boot (Delia's)

Smoking Slipper:

BP Butler Flat (Obsessed with mustaches!)

Topshop Vectra Flat

Boat Shoes:

Sperry Top-Sider Bahama Sequined Boat Shoe

Sperry Top-Sider 'Authentic Original' Leather Boat Shoe (Rose gold)

What's your favorite shoe trend? I have to say I am OBSESSED with all of them! :)

Update

Hey guys! I just wanted to do an update since I haven't posted in awhile. First of all, I am so behind on my posts and I am terribly sorry. I just haven't had the time to write posts because of school, moving, and other activities. I'm doing my best to manage my time. Being a freshman in high school is a bigger jump than I anticipated. I created this blog as a hobby so I'm going to be cutting back on how many posts I can do. Education is very important to me. I'm not going to lie- it's not easy to balance school and other activities. Here's a fun fact: I play the piano and flute. So I have those to practice too. I know there are bloggers that post everyday but I am not able to do that. 

There have been some blogs that I really admire like A Beautiful Mess, Amarixe, Michelle Phan, and Wonder Forest. I hope someday that I can build up my blog like how they did. 

I want to thank every one of my followers for supporting me. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to read my blog. Out of billions of people, you found me? I'm flattered. :) I'm not quitting blogging but I am just letting you guys know that I won't be posting as often as before. I initially planned a part 2 school supply haul but I think it's too late now.

If any of you guys are interested in guest posting or have a post request please let me know!

Follow me on Instagram for more updated bits-and-pieces of my life! @kassicalife

Have a great week!



P.S. I added some links to bloglovin', hellocotton, pinterest, and instagram! 

Guest Post: Favorite Fall Lipsticks!

*Anita and I did some guest posting for each other! Click here to see my Fall Outfit Ideas post.*

Hi everyone!

Fall is coming quicker as some of us want! (I can't wait though!) And this means my lipsticks get darker and browner.

I love switching my pinks and corals to browny, plummy colors. I personally wear lipstick everyday but you could also wear a lipgloss in a similar shade to the lipsticks I'm about to show you. I also know that Maybelline does a Babylips in a lovely plummy color called Grape Wine which gives a nice sheer but dark color.

I know these shades are all kind of similar but they do look more different in real life. The light kind of made them all look a little browny.

left to right:
Maroon (Catrice), Hot Tahiti (MAC), Mauve it over (Revlon), Berry Smoothie (Revlon), Pink Truffle (Revlon)

First, we have Hot Tahiti by Mac. This is a gorgeous dark red with a slight sheen. You can built this up to full opacity or apply it sheer. It's s glaze so it applies like a dream and feels smoothing and moisturizing. 

It has good staying power, but it obviously doesn't stay as long as a matte color would.

This is my go-to red lipstick in the fall/winter time.

sorry, out of focus :(

Next up, we have Mauve it over by Revlon. It's a matte mauve brown beige color. It looks quite natural on the lips because it's not overly shimmery or anything like that.

If you have darker lips though, i would stay away from this because it's almost a bit to light for me and i'm pretty fair.

This lipstick stays on for ages due to the matte finish. The downside is, that it dries out your lips quite a but, so if you suffer from dry lips i wouldn't recommend this! If you wear a lip balm under it, the problem is solved!

Here we have, Maroon by Catrice. This is a dark browny neutral color. It comes of quite dark on the lips but it's still wearable because of the natural color.

It kind of looks like a mixture of Hot Tahiti and Mauve it over as you can see in the photo below.

This lipstick is very moisturizing and stays on quite a while. I have to touch it up a few times during the day though. 

If you love very pigmented lipsticks i would suggest the Catrice ones. They all have really nice color payoff! 

The two last lipsticks are Revlon's lip butters. I've done a full review of these on my blog.

You can read it over here!

left to right:
Berry Smoothie, Pink Truffle, Maroon, Mauve it over, Hot Tahiti

Thank you for reading everyone!

What are your favorite fall lipsticks?

If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out my blog HERE!

xxx Anita

Liebster Award

Hey everyone! I welcome my new followers! Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog! :)

Life has just been really really busy with school and moving preparations so I'm trying my best to do posts as often as possible.

A couple of weeks ago I was given the Liebster Award by Lauren at Lauren Schroer. Thank you so much Lauren, you are so sweet! I did this tag before. Click here to see that post. Rules are listed there.

Lauren's Questions

1. What is your favourite tv show? The Big Bang Theory

2. Do you prefer to wear pants or dresses? If jeans count as pants, then pants! I like to wear dresses occasionally.

3. What is your favourite food? That is impossible to decide. I like a lot of different kinds of food :)

4. What website(s) do you visit most? Hmmm... Google (that includes gmail and blogger) and YouTube.

5. Who is your favourite singer/band? I like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and The Wanted right now. 

6. If you could re-live any moment in your life, what would it be? That is a hard question... I mean sometimes I wish I could be younger so there are less things to worry about but I don't have a particular event in mind.

7. If you could meet any person, dead or alive, who would it be? I'm going to cheat and list a different person here from my last post. :P I really want to meet Michelle Phan. She is just a great YouTuber with awesome makeup tips and she seems super nice! 

8. What's your favourite season? Spring- I love seeing flowers blooming and it's refreshing after a long cold winter.

9. What is your favourite quote? "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present." 

10. What is the last book you read? Fahrenheit 451

11. What's your favourite thing to do? I love spending time with the people I love- my friends and family of course!

My Questions:

1. Who/What inspired you to create your blog?
2. How did you come up with your blog name?
3. What is your favorite food and/or drink?
4. What's your hidden talent?
5. If you could choose one vacation spot in the entire world, where would you go and why?
6. What's the weirdest or most exotic thing you've ever eaten?
7. What are your favorite blog posts to read?
8. Which is your colour that best describes you or stands for your personality? 
9. Who's your celebrity crush?
10. What is something that you take for granted?
11. What's your current outfit?

Nominations
All About Being Glam
Belle Fete
ChrissyAi
Confessions of a Makeup Addict
Estela Christina
In Pursuit of Beautiful
Indefinite Style
Jasmin Tries to Blog
MissJammyxo
On a Sunday Afternoon
Sweet Fig Tree

Back to School Haul {Part 1}

This is a collective fashion haul for back to school. I will try to do some outfit posts with these clothes in the future. I went to American Eagle, Delia's and Bath & Body Works.The links are all included if you want to get them. :)

The first top I got is the AE Open Stitch Popover in pink. It is super super soft! The front is higher than the back. The material is much thinner than a sweater so I plan on just wearing it as a long sleeve as the weather turns cooler. 

Here's an up close look at the material. What I like about it is that it has some subtle pops of hot pink in it which makes it more exciting and easy to pair a scarf with.

Now that brings up the next item I picked up which is a scarf! The AEO Floral Loop Scarf is labeled as coral but I would say it's more of a hot pink and coral blend in person. It has some cute flowers that match the base color of the popover. Very light and soft with frayed edges.

I got this tank to layer under the popover (it's kind of see through). The front is nothing special but the back is just covered in a beautiful lace pattern. Similar here.

The next top is a polka dotted Peter Pan collar top. It's made out of a chiffon like material. Two trends in one! Haha! 

Under that top I would layer this tank. 

I also got a pair of dark wash jeggings. A bonus- it came in short! I hate having to roll up jeans because my legs are too short. A girl can never have too many jeans right? For some reason I don't like light rinse jeans so I always get dark ones. I didn't find any colored jeans that I liked. :(

These are very comfortable and flattering. American Eagle makes quality jeans.

I bought some American Eagle items from online because I had a special 15% off discount. I've really been into scarves recently. They can really spice up your outfit! I love this pattern and it has little tassels on the edges.

I needed a cute belt so I picked out this nice braided one.

I got the ribbon back t which is in a gorgeous pink. The back it so pretty!

The last top I got is my favorite one. The AE Pleated Floral Blouse is sooooooo beautiful especially in person. Unfortunately the red is sold only online. The blue is in stores though. Very flattering. The back is more sheer than the front so I plan on wearing a red tank under that I already have.

At Delia's I just picked up these rings. I like the vintage look that they have. I don't know why but they're unavailable online so I guess if you like them you'll have to search in store. They come as a 5 piece set.

At Bath and Body Works I picked up some hand sanitizer. They usually have a 5 for $5 sale going on. My favorite scent is the sweet cinnamon pumpkin. I just think of fall when I take a whiff of it. They're a perfect size to pop into a purse, pocket, or school bag! 

That is the end of my haul! Sorry this post is so long. I hope you guys enjoyed it and I will have a school supplies haul coming soon!