You Inspire Me

I feel like I have been in tune with my creative side this week... This weekend I went shopping, and found tons of cute things for my room. Would you guys like a room decor post? The things I bought are really inexpensive and they add a lot of character to my room.

Not only that but I have been listening to a ton of music lately, and trying to discover new bands. I am all about little known bands and such. By the way, Pandora= LOVE. I listen to Pandora Radio on my iPod ALL the time.

I have been reading a ton of books lately also. I like to put on some music and just sit back and read. So relaxing! I read the Blue Blood Series by Melissa De La Cruz. The books are really adventure packed and an easy read. They have vampires, love, and more all in one series. :) I also read Shanghai Girls by Lisa See, which was really good. It helped me to understand the Chinese culture a lot. I really love learning about different cultures, it is fascinating to me.

Last, but not least, dancing has inspired me. No I don't know how to dance, but I do watch So You Think You Can Dance. I wish I could take a dance class so badly. But I am afraid, I am not under 10 years old, and that makes it difficult to take a class. :( BOOO! I would love to take a laid back dance class with people my age. I don't want to become a professional dancer or anything, I just want to learn the basics.

Look at that girls body! How can it be possible to do that? I envy that so much.

This picture is from a previous season, but you get the point. Dancers have such lean perfect bodies. Sigh... They make me want to get into super shape like them. Watching them dance gives me goosebumps! It is so amazing the combination of dance and music. These people inspire me so much.

What inspires you all? Sorry I have been MIA for a little while. I guess I was just busy being inspired! Haha Well I am off to watch Chelsea Lately now.

Love you all!

XOXO,

Cathy

The Versatile Blogger

I can't tell Gina how much I appreciate this award! This is my first award, so I'm a little excited! Hopefully the first of many, right?

Ok so onto the Rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award onto a few bloggers who you have recently discovered.
4. Let these bloggers know that you have awarded them the Versatile Blogging Award.

Hmmm... seven things about me. These are all going to be right off the top of my head. :)

1. I have become obsessed with dresses. I just like the idea of throwing on one thing. It has been really hot this week, so I have been wanting to throw on something simple such as this dress: 

2. I don't travel. I would love to travel, but I have never left the country of the United States. :( BOOO I will have to change that soon.

3. I have a HUGE nailpolish collection. I mean it is unnecessary for one person to have that much nail polish. I would love to get a nail polish rack, but I am unsure where I should get one. (Considering price of shipping, customer service, etc.) Do you girls know any place?

4. I love to read. Ever since I learned to read in Kindergarten, I have been a big reader. I am almost always reading a book, and at some times multiple books.

5. I have a theory that little kids and animals like me. I don't know if this is just physcological thing or if it is actually true... Now time to put a picture of a little boy and a puppy. :)

6. I still sleep with a quilt that my aunt made me when I was a baby. It is really ragged looking, but I can't let it go. When I was younger, I refused to sleep somewhere without my special blankie. I would also drag it around wherever I went inside my house.

7. I love fashion magazines. I love the ads because they are art to me. They are great inspiration to my everday life. 

 

Now it is time to tag 7 people. :)

chikisnails She has some great nail swatches if you are into nail polish like me. :)

Chrysanthemum She has a combination of nail and makeup posts. Love her

Chic Geek If you aren't following her, you need to be. She is soooo nice!

Ariel She is super pretty! I mean all of the girls I mentioned are gorgeous!

Thank you for reading this!

XOXO,

Cathy

Fake Nails Review

While I was away, you all know I was with my cousin. Well when we went to Wal-Mart together we happend to walk by the fake nail area. It was a spur of the moment decision, and we decided that we would put on fake nails. I don't know what overcame me because I am not a big fan of fake nails. I think it was a slight delusional moment... Anyways I made a little review down below for you guys, so scroll down for more. :)

So I got Kiss Everlasting French Nails. It even says it is better than Salon Nails. In the picture the nails look really nice, don't they? From afar they are very comparable to salon nails. Although I have never gotten fake nails at a salon, I know people who do.

Appearance: I mean how it looks is the most important point right? Up close you can see the glue because the glue is pink colored. You see exactly how the glue dried, and you all probably know that glue doesn't dry perfect... The pink color is nice, but there is no way to make it smooth and even. I don't even know if I am explaining this so you can understand haha. My sister noticed my nails and asked if I got them done. I told her I did it myself, so she looked up close and she noticed that it wasn't perfect. To some people, just looking good from afar is all they care about. I, however, prefer it to look nice both ways. The length was medium, and was way too long for me, so I had to file them a bit.

Application: The application was sooo easy. I just picked the size and filed them a bit in case they didn't fit. All you had to do was put some glue on the fake and natural nail, and then hold down for 5 seconds. The glue dries really fastly, which is good and bad. If you want to adjust, you have to do it really quickly. Other than that it was a breeze. What takes the longest is picking sizes and filing.

Wear: The claim of no chipping is a true claim from what I can tell. On the first day I had a nail fall off, so I just re-glued. Everyday that I wore these nails, they fell off. To me that is really annoying. I had them on for a little over 4 days, and I couldn't take it anymore. That day 3 nails fell off, I just gave up. I took them all off. So they didn't "chip", but they fell off. I really didn't have them on long enough to test chipping.

Price: I got them at Wal-Mart for less than $5, so that wasn't too bad.

Final Opinion: I have never done fake nails because I have such nice natural nails. Everytime you wear fake nails you damage your natural nails. When I took them all off, my nails felt very rough. My guess as to why they were this way is because a layer of my nail was taken off. I let my nails just go as they are for a whole day, but I had to do something with them because they were bothering me. I buffed my nails to help with the texture, put some nail hardening base coat, and slopped on some nail polish. (China Glaze For Audrey). I don't think I want to mess with fake nails... Maybe for my wedding or a dance, but not anytime soon. Only special occasions, and I think I would just have them professionally done. I'm not really sure. :)

I hoped everyone enjoyed this little review of fake nails. 

XOXO,

Cathy

Road Trip!

So in my previous post I talked about the little road trip with my sister. We ate at Chipotle, and it was delicious. I have never actually ate there before and it was soo good. For those of you who haven't heard of Chipotle, it is a Mexican Grill. The main two food dishes are tacos and burritos. I had the burrito and it was huge! I couldn't finish, so I took the rest home. Unfortunately we didn't go home right away, so it sat in the heat for a couple of hours. Needless to say, I threw it away when I got home.

This is a headless shot of what I wore that day. I just took off my makeup when I decided to take a picture of my outfit. The top I got at American Eagle. It is a racerback tank and I paired it with a black cami underneath. It was so hot yesterday that I tried to go for a minimalistic outfit. I paired the shirt with jean shorts by G by Guess. (It is this store that I have at my mall. It's like a sub store of Guess.) I think it is supposed to be a little lower end in prices, but I am not really sure. Anyways they have a great clearance section there and that's where I found these. Flip flops are my shoe of choice during the summer.

I fell in love with the little peace ring that they had on the display by the counter. It is sterling silver, so it is a durable ring. I just really like that it is a little accesory to go on my finger. I am going to start buying more rings to wear now. :) They had the best smelling candles, so I decided to get one. I really love candles, and I thought the lid for this is soo cute. The scent is called Dolche Vita and I burned it while I cleaned my room. It smelled delicious!

Thats it for now! I hope you all are doing great. :)

Do you like the ring?

XOXO,
Cathy

Sorry!

Hey, Everyone! I got back this weekend, and am doing fine. I know I have been MIA! I don't know what is up with me but I have been feeling sooo tired and sluggish. I haven't been able to fall asleep at night, and it has thrown me off. That is the reason I haven't even given you guys an update. I just unpacked my suitcase and cleaned up my room today. This whole week I have been just really off, but I will resume posting like I was doing before! I have decided to to just push myself and do all the things that I want to do even though I have no energy and feel lazy. :) I have tons of great ideas for future posts so don't worry!

What did I do this week you ask? Monday I was feeling fine, and was really productive. I was busy the whole day and didn't have a chance to blog. All of a sudden Tuesday I was just sooo tired and didn't do anything. I took the day to watch some tv. (I have been watching the second season of Heroes. :) I can't help it I am addicted.) Yesterday I went with my sister on a little road trip. She had to stop by some places and do some errands, but after that we went out to lunch and visited cool little shops. I picked up a couple of things that I will talk about more in a later post. Today I got myself up and got my room cleaned and now I am blogging. By the way I am sooooo hungry right now.

Some future blog posts?

• My first experience with fake nails. (There was a reason that I haven't done them before.) 
• Outfit of the day/ what I bought at this little shop
• Makeup/ nail polish that I bought before my vacation

Those are just some of the immediate ones that I will be writing. Since I have nothing to do right now, I will be a blogging machine and write posts that I will publish in the future!

Everyone is soooo great and I appreciate all the comments I receive. :)

Important Update and Eclipse

WARNING: TWILIGHT/ ECLIPSE TALK. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. :) Haha

Update (Please read, I promise nothing about Twilight :D)

I just wanted to let you guys know that I am leaving this weekend to go on a vacation. I should be back next weekend though. I am thinking of just taking a little blogging break for that week and resume posting when I get back. I will try to write up a post or two, so I can just publish them during the vacation... I haven't really decided so I will keep you guys updated on whether or not I will be doing that. Honestly my little vacation isn't going to be that exciting because I am just staying with a relative of mine. I will probably take some pictures to share with you guys, but I don't really have any plans for that week.

Twilight Talk

On another note I went to see Eclipse today with my sister. We went to the earliest showing hoping to beat any crowds, and we were correct. The theater wasn't that full and everyone stayed quiet during the whole movie. I was dreading having to watch it with people screaming about Edward/ Jacob the whole time. I really enoyed the movie and I have to say it is the best of the Twilight movies that are out so far. I am super excited about Breaking Dawn and am really hoping they split it into two parts like the rumors say. All the actors have been reported saying that they are on board with it being two parts and hope that Summit officially does make it 2 parts. You girls/guys should definitely go see it if you have seen the other two movies.

Am I Team Jacob or Edward you ask? Well that's a tough question... When I read the series I absolutely hated Jacob, and was total team Edward. After reading the series again and watching the movie, I have really sympathized with Jacob. I have learned to really love him. It also doesn't help that Taylor Lautner is cuter than Rob Pattinson. (In my humble opinion) So I have to say for the books: Team Edward, for the movie: Team Jacob. By the way in Eclipse, Jacob is shirtless multiple times.

Was the movie exactly the same as the books? No. They kept the plot mainly intact, and took creative license on it. If you want the EXACT SAME details and plot as the book, than you should probably go read the book. Just saying. The creative licenses that they took were alright with me and helped keep the movie going and not make it last 20 hours.

So that is my opinion on all things Twilight as of right now. Have you read Twilight? Do you love Twilight? Are you planning on seeing Eclipse? Leave me a comment letting me know.

I really love and appreciate everyone who reads this blog whether or not you comment and follow me. If you are reading this leave me a quick comment just to let me know you are there. Please? I'll give you a cookie. ;)

XOXO,

Cathy

P.S. The poll is still going on, so please vote. I want to get feedback to know how to best improve. I can't improve though if I don't know how much you like this blog. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTD

So this post is basically going to be a ramble. I am just going to warn you now. :) The color I am wearing on both my hands and toes is Turning Heads Red by Essie. I talk about this color in a previous post. I am assuming that this color is being discontinued because the polish was so discounted. Now I have no idea what is going on with my camera, but all the pictures it takes are blurry to semi- blurry. So sorry this picture looks so off. I promise the color is not at all an orange red, although that's how my crazy camera photographed it. I tried my new Essie Crystal Nail File, and so far I really like it. I heard it is supposed to be less damaging, and I have heard it from a reader that it has helped her nails not peel as much. I suggest this to everyone, but I would like to have a little warning that it feels different than a regular file. If you are have sensitive nails, you may not like it. (I have no idea if I am saying so it makes sense... I have re-written that sentence multiple times. Oh well)

So I have been hooked on the show Heroes. I have been flying through the first season. I watch an episode basically whenever I have the chance. Today I mainly stayed away from that and got some more productive things done today. I am always working to make my blog better so I decided to get a new picture up top and now you can listen to music while you are on my blog. I picked 25 songs that I personally like for you to listen to you. Do you like this new feature or is it annoying? I plan to change up the songs and get new ones every once in awhile. Speaking of tv and such Pretty Little Liars comes on tonight. I have been really into that show because of all the mystery... I have so many questions about what is going on. Some of the characters seem a little predictable, but I can't help but watch it. I just finished re-reading Eclipse because the movie is coming out on June 30. :DDDDDD I am super excited about that. I am not going to the midnight showing though :(. Ok I better stop rambling! I only meant for this to be a quick update post... :} Thanks so much for reading!

XOXO,

Cathy

P.S. I have a poll going on. Please answer... It's anonymous. :) Thanks!