Did a little design on my nails!!!! I wanted to share : )
Purple is Wet n Wild Grapevine
White is Wet n Wild French Tip White
Gold is Orly Gold
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Recipe Time: Red Velvet Cupcakes with Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting!
I dunno about you, but my go-to cupcake is the funfetti cupcake box mix with the funfetti frosting. While this is an extremely yummy combination, I get bored with always making the same kind of cupcake over and over again. Thus, I have started my cupcake journey--I have been experimenting with making different kinds of cupcakes! I recently mastered the "Rainbow Cupcake" or "Tie-Dye Cupcake", which were super neato! In this blog post, I decided to show the Red Velvet cupcake featuring HOMEMADE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING!!!
Cupcake:
*NOTE: If you would like to cut the preparation time down, I think it is perfectly acceptable to use a box cupcake mix. I think box mixes are yummy and then you still have the unique taste of the homemade cream cheese frosting!
Ingredients
Directions
Finished product after baking cupcakes!
Now for the YUMMY part!
Cream Cheese Frosting:
Ingredients
- 4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 3/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Beat butter and cream cheese with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add sugar, 1 cup at a time, and then vanilla; mix until smooth.
I placed the frosting in a ziplock baggie and pushed it all to one corner. Cut a SMALL piece off the corner.
Start from the outside of the cupcake and make a swirling motion toward the middle. The swirls should get smaller as you reach the middle.Finished Product!!!!!!
More Finished Pictures!
Of course, I am a nerd so I thought it would be fun to put Trolly Sour Gummy Worms on top! You can put anything on top that you think might be a fun idea! Or I left some plain as well and they are pretty too! :)
I hope you enjoy trying out a new cupcake recipe!!!!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Product Review
Psssssst Dry Shampoo
I have searched high and low for a good dry shampoo and low and behold...I FINALLY FOUND THE BEST!!! Pssssst is awesome.
How It Works: You can spray Pssssst wherever you need it in your hair. You spray on the roots of your hair and let it sit for a little bit (I have found it doesn't matter how long you let it sit...I usually let it sit for about 30 seconds.) Massage it into your hair with your fingers and then brush out the product.
Effect: This product takes away all greasiness from the hair. It does not leave the hair looking wet as some dry shampoos do. It literally makes your hair look as though you just showered and blow dried your hair. It is absolutely amazing. With this product, I now can go three days without washing my hair. I actually could go more because my hair does not even look greasy after three days, but by that time, I am definitely ready to wash my hair! It has an amazing formula. The product does have a scent, but it smells amazing (in my opinion)!
Hair Color: You may be thinking if you have dark hair and have used other dry shampoos that they often leave a white residue in the hair that can be seen. Psssst does initially look white on the hair, but once you massage it into the hair and then brush it out, there is no white residue left on the hair. I have brown hair and I have never had a problem with any whiteness in my hair.
Price and Availability: The unfortunate thing about this product is I have only been able to find it at CVS. I do not believe any other store carries it. You can also order it online from different sites! It cost me $7.89 for a medium sized bottle, so I wouldn't say it is super cheap necessarily, but it is a lot cheaper than high end lines. And it works so awesomely that I don't mind paying a couple extra dollars for it!
Conclusions: I feel like this will be my go-to hair product for a long time in the future! I love it so much. I really have not experienced any downfalls to the product and I greatly recommend it to everyone!
I have searched high and low for a good dry shampoo and low and behold...I FINALLY FOUND THE BEST!!! Pssssst is awesome.
How It Works: You can spray Pssssst wherever you need it in your hair. You spray on the roots of your hair and let it sit for a little bit (I have found it doesn't matter how long you let it sit...I usually let it sit for about 30 seconds.) Massage it into your hair with your fingers and then brush out the product.
Effect: This product takes away all greasiness from the hair. It does not leave the hair looking wet as some dry shampoos do. It literally makes your hair look as though you just showered and blow dried your hair. It is absolutely amazing. With this product, I now can go three days without washing my hair. I actually could go more because my hair does not even look greasy after three days, but by that time, I am definitely ready to wash my hair! It has an amazing formula. The product does have a scent, but it smells amazing (in my opinion)!
Hair Color: You may be thinking if you have dark hair and have used other dry shampoos that they often leave a white residue in the hair that can be seen. Psssst does initially look white on the hair, but once you massage it into the hair and then brush it out, there is no white residue left on the hair. I have brown hair and I have never had a problem with any whiteness in my hair.
Price and Availability: The unfortunate thing about this product is I have only been able to find it at CVS. I do not believe any other store carries it. You can also order it online from different sites! It cost me $7.89 for a medium sized bottle, so I wouldn't say it is super cheap necessarily, but it is a lot cheaper than high end lines. And it works so awesomely that I don't mind paying a couple extra dollars for it!
Conclusions: I feel like this will be my go-to hair product for a long time in the future! I love it so much. I really have not experienced any downfalls to the product and I greatly recommend it to everyone!
My Top Websites for Clothes, Make-up, and rAnDoMs!
Hey everyone! I thought I would do a post on the websites I love to browse and purchase goodies off of. Some of them are just fun to browse and some I actually regularly go to purchase clothing, jewelry, and make-up! Check them out and also comment if you have any good, fun websites that I should check out!
Top Clothing/Fashion Websites
For CHEAP, AFFORDABLE clothing:
10DollarMall--I have done a blog on this website before, but I still find myself going to this site to check out any new stuff they have gotten. Now, you do have to search for good items on this site; meaning, everything on there is not good! But they can find some good items all under ten dollars (which in my opinion, you really can't beat!)
http://www.10dollarmall.com/
makemechic--I LOVE THIS SITE! They have the cutest clothes! The clothing is not necessarily what I would call inexpensive, but it is also affordable in that it is not too highly priced. I look at the site for the SHOES!!! I ordered three pair from the site and I love them! I have only purchased a couple things from here because I just recently found the site, but check it out because it is sooooo cute!
http://www.makemechic.com/
Forever 21--This is my go-to site. I think it is great because many people find Forever 21 stores a little overwhelming due to the abundance of clothing, but the website is super easy to navigate. If you are one who finds the store overwhelming, the online store will be a great alternative for you. The reason it is my go-to site is because the affordability of the clothing and especially the JEWELRY! This is a great store to buy jewelry because it is soooo affordable and unique.
http://www.forever21.com
Etsy--This is such a fun site to browse. Etsy.com is a site where individual sellers can sell their products. There is great handmade and unique jewelry, and also you can find good creative ideas for weddings or other special occasions. The site pretty much has something for everyone's interests! I also like it so much because the items are so unique and different than what you would see in popular stores. It is also neat to see how creative people in the world are and what ideas they come up with!
http://www.etsy.com/
E.L.F.--This is such a fun make-up site. I am a HUGE fan of ELF products now. I have sooo many of their products, but I find myself wanting more! It is fun to browse their site because their make-up is so inexpensive so you can try out so many products for very little expense. It is also great because their products are great quality and many things I love just as much, if not more than higher end make-up products. They also usually always have promo codes for free shipping of some other kind of deal. Most products range from $1-$5. There are products more than $5 but those are the big palettes and things like that. It is fun because you can go on there and spend $25 and get $25 great products in the mail a week later! AWESOME!!!
http://www.eyeslipsface.com
Amazon--I realize this is not really a fashion site and kind of obvious, but I constantly find myself going to this site to get things. I mean they have everything. I love to read so I order most books off Amazon, and they also have cosmetics for less expensive. Pretty much I buy books and some cosmetics on this site, but they have other products too!
http://www.amazon.com/
Beyond the Rack--This site offers deals on designer products. I just made my first purchase from this site a couple days ago! Even if you do not buy anything...it is fun to look around on to see designer labels. I would suggest checking it out because a lot of the time the products are too expensive for me to buy, but there are also really good, affordable deals on the site as well. For example, the boots just ordered are originally $100 and on sale for $50, so that is really affordable for a pair of boots! I also ordered four NP squared nail polishes, which are originally $22.50 and I got them for $5.99 each! These are awesome nail polishes! The only downside to this site is it says it can take 2-3 weeks for your purchase to even be shipped out, so you have a long time in suspense and anticipation!
http://www.beyondtherack.com/
I hope you check out some of these websites and let me know what you think!!!
Top Clothing/Fashion Websites
For CHEAP, AFFORDABLE clothing:
10DollarMall--I have done a blog on this website before, but I still find myself going to this site to check out any new stuff they have gotten. Now, you do have to search for good items on this site; meaning, everything on there is not good! But they can find some good items all under ten dollars (which in my opinion, you really can't beat!)
http://www.10dollarmall.com/
makemechic--I LOVE THIS SITE! They have the cutest clothes! The clothing is not necessarily what I would call inexpensive, but it is also affordable in that it is not too highly priced. I look at the site for the SHOES!!! I ordered three pair from the site and I love them! I have only purchased a couple things from here because I just recently found the site, but check it out because it is sooooo cute!
http://www.makemechic.com/
Forever 21--This is my go-to site. I think it is great because many people find Forever 21 stores a little overwhelming due to the abundance of clothing, but the website is super easy to navigate. If you are one who finds the store overwhelming, the online store will be a great alternative for you. The reason it is my go-to site is because the affordability of the clothing and especially the JEWELRY! This is a great store to buy jewelry because it is soooo affordable and unique.
http://www.forever21.com
Etsy--This is such a fun site to browse. Etsy.com is a site where individual sellers can sell their products. There is great handmade and unique jewelry, and also you can find good creative ideas for weddings or other special occasions. The site pretty much has something for everyone's interests! I also like it so much because the items are so unique and different than what you would see in popular stores. It is also neat to see how creative people in the world are and what ideas they come up with!
http://www.etsy.com/
E.L.F.--This is such a fun make-up site. I am a HUGE fan of ELF products now. I have sooo many of their products, but I find myself wanting more! It is fun to browse their site because their make-up is so inexpensive so you can try out so many products for very little expense. It is also great because their products are great quality and many things I love just as much, if not more than higher end make-up products. They also usually always have promo codes for free shipping of some other kind of deal. Most products range from $1-$5. There are products more than $5 but those are the big palettes and things like that. It is fun because you can go on there and spend $25 and get $25 great products in the mail a week later! AWESOME!!!
http://www.eyeslipsface.com
Amazon--I realize this is not really a fashion site and kind of obvious, but I constantly find myself going to this site to get things. I mean they have everything. I love to read so I order most books off Amazon, and they also have cosmetics for less expensive. Pretty much I buy books and some cosmetics on this site, but they have other products too!
http://www.amazon.com/
Beyond the Rack--This site offers deals on designer products. I just made my first purchase from this site a couple days ago! Even if you do not buy anything...it is fun to look around on to see designer labels. I would suggest checking it out because a lot of the time the products are too expensive for me to buy, but there are also really good, affordable deals on the site as well. For example, the boots just ordered are originally $100 and on sale for $50, so that is really affordable for a pair of boots! I also ordered four NP squared nail polishes, which are originally $22.50 and I got them for $5.99 each! These are awesome nail polishes! The only downside to this site is it says it can take 2-3 weeks for your purchase to even be shipped out, so you have a long time in suspense and anticipation!
http://www.beyondtherack.com/
I hope you check out some of these websites and let me know what you think!!!
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