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Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Palette

Urban Decay

Gwen Stefani Eyeshadow Palette

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OMG EVERYONE is talking about this palette!! I thought this palette was beautiful, but I am not much of a palette person so I decided not to get it. THEN, I saw it in person!! This palette is gorgeous in person. I have never worked with Urban Decay eyeshadows, I don’t know if it is all Urban Decay eyeshadows or just this palette but the pigment payoff is incredible! Very happy I added this to my collection.

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Changes coming…

Hello Everyone!
I am officially on my winter break! Yay!

I have a lot of exciting posts to come!

Also, my blog is almost a year old. I learned a lot my first year of blogging and there are about to be a lot of changes coming to my blog. Mainly I have set up a very strict schedule for me to stick to for my blog. I also will be FINALLY be starting a YouTube in the new year, I have said it for years and years (made videos ready to post and not posted them because they weren’t perfect) and I think I am finally ready to start it. Very scared and excited for that. I’m always so scared to post thing on my blog/ig/youtube (if it’s not perfect) but my goal for the new year is to let that go and post EVERYTHING, even if it isn’t perfect.

If you would like to keep up with my life in the new year, follow:

Instagram: @kellyerika

Twitter: @kellyerika

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21st Birthday

I’M 21

I had a lovely weekend for my 21st birthday.

Thursday my parents ordered food in and we watched a movie and they gave me my gift. I got beautiful earrings and surprised with tickets for Jingle Ball.

Friday I went to NYC for the day. I went with my parents and my friend Kelly to go see the tree and go shopping. Then Kelly and I went to Z100 Jingle Ball, it was amazing so many good people performed. Then we went to the Sugar Factory after for a drink.

OUTFIT: Coat, ASOS. Shirt, Forever 21. Jeans, Torrid. Sneakers, Reebok. Pure, Burberry. Sunglasses, Celine.

Saturday was my birthday, I slept all morning and afternoon because I got home the night before at 5am. Then I got ready to go to dinner with my parents and my friend Carolyn, we had a lovely dinner. Then Carolyn took me out for drinks after.

OUTFIT: Dress, Topshop. Jacket, Torrid. Shoes, Steve Madden. Lip, Jeffree Star, Anna Nicole.

Sunday I went to a Christmas party with my friends Carolyn and Jackie. Then Jackie came back to my house and we baked a cake and watched a movie, it was a lovely night.

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Leopard Shoe Trend

There seems to be a leopard shoe trend going around. Here are two that caught my eye. One is a sneaker/loafer style and one is a bootie. They are at a low price so you can be on trend with everyone else and not have dropped that much money on them, and if the trend leaves quick you didn’t invest that much money in $200 boots that are really popular at the moment.

ASOS DARLA Pointed Sneakers

Leopard-Print Chelsea Ankle Boots

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November Favorites

November started off really really good, very calm and relaxed!! AND now it is ending really really hectic… Thanksgiving weekend, end of semester, Christmas shopping. December is here!

Apparel

Forever 21 -Plus Size Ribbed Mock Neck Sweater

ASOS – DARLA Pointed Sneakers

Makeup

Ofra Cosmetics – Miami Fever

LOVE this shade, it’s so unique. I saw many beauty bloggers talking about this shade and had to have it. Here is a picture of me wearing it.

Jeffree Star – Androgyny

This shade is part of the holiday collection. I LOVE IT! Perfect for this time of the year. It was darker than I thought but I think that might be because i’m so pale. Here is a picture of me wearing it.

Two of my favorite artists put out CDs this month. I have been listening to them non stop.

One Direction – Made In The A.M.

No secret that 1D is my fav.. I find it really hard to pic my favorite songs on this album. Some of my favorites are, If I Could Fly, Love You Goodbye, What A Feeling, Perfect & Never Enough. AND off the Deluxe edition have all of my favorites, I wish they were on the full length, LOVE Wolves, Temporary Fix & Walking In the Wind so much. So basically I love almost all the songs, there are a few I don’t love too much, but overall an amazing album.

Little Mix – Get Weird

This album is my JAM. I love Little Mix and I love their other albums so much but this is the best album that they have put out so far. I love Grown, OMG, Lighting, Clued Up & The End are my favorites. If you don’t listen to Little Mix and enjoy JAMS then I suggest you give this album a listen.

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MAC Radiance Primer

MAC

Prep+Prime

Natural Radiance

This is a gorgeous primer with a slight yellow tint to help with redness, it helps with redness a bit but does not remove all redness. But, it does have a very nice luminous look on the skin. I have been using this almost everyday.

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Sephora VIB Rouge 20% off Haul

Sephora’s VIB Rouge 20% off Sale Haul

I love when Sephora has sales because they never do, so I took full advantage of stocking up on purchases. Some were a repurchase and some are new products to me. So, here is what I got!!

YSL – Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick Limited Edition VIB Rouge

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Urban Decay – Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer

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Laura Mercier – Translucent Loose Setting Powder

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Laura Mercier – Foundation Primer in Radiance

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BECCA -Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Opal

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BECCA -Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone (Travel Size)

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Anastasia Beverly Hills – Brow Powder Duo in Ebony

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Anastasia Beverly Hills – Brush #12

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Let’s talk about tumblr…

Any fellow Tumblr lovers on here?

It’s a late night and i’m on Tumblr wondering if anyone on here is as has an account. I am extremely obsessed with Tumblr. I have had an account since I was 14 and haven’t gone a day without it. I now have 10 accounts. Here are some of them if you are interested in giving any of them a follow. They all have different themes.

These are my 5 most popular Tumblr accounts.

kellyerika

My first and main account.

keepideas

All my personal pictures that I have taken myself.

leatherandflannels

My most popular Tumblr, all pictures are leather and flannels.

cause-they-are-just-girls

Cool girls only ; )

1-d-addict

One Direction account.

Let me know if you have an account and follow me, i’ll follow back!

xxkelly

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October Favorites

October has been so much fun. I went to New York City many times this month, for day trips and concerts. Many times to the city means many adventures. These are some of my favorite things I picked up this month. Besides that, nothing else exciting happened this month, I have been busy with back to school.

Apparal

Doc Martens – Magdalena

These shoes are perfect. Comfortable. Just enough of a heel to give a bit of height. They look sleek but still a bit grungy. So many good things to say about these.

Topman x Nick Grimshaw

Love this shirt is is so soft. I love Nick Grimshaw, I wanted to get many things from his collection with Topman but this was my my favorite piece from the collection.

Halsey Tour Shirt

Makeup

BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed – Moonstone

The perfect shade for my skin tone, I don’t know why I did not own this before now.

Kat Von D – Ink Liner

Same thing with this liner, I don’t know why I did not own this before now. This liner is so black and glides on so easily. I don’t think I will ever use anything else ever again for a wing liner.

Music

5 Seconds Of Summer – Sounds Good Feels Good

Yes, I am a fan of 5SOS.. they went on tour with One Direction for two years so seeing them all the time made me start to like them. I liked their last album and I like this album too, don’t know what one I like better yet. I love a song off this album that is a target edition bonus track “The Story Of Another Us”. Besides that my top five off this album are “Jet Black Heart”. “Waste The Night”, “Castaway”, “Vapor”, & “Permanent Vacation”.

Events

My best friend and I are very much obsessed with Halsey. We went to her show at Webster Hall. Not only is she beyond talented, she is such a genuine person and you can really tell that she cares about her fans. She put all of herself into her music and performing and you can tell that by watching one of her concerts. Anddd, she liked my picture I posted on Instagram from that night, so she made my year;). I can not wait to see her at Madison Square Garden next year.

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BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Champagne Glow Palette

BECCA
Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Champagne Glow Palette

Featuring Champagne Pop x Jaclyn Hill

Pearl

Champagne Pop

Blushed Copper

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It’s no secret that that BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed is my favorite makeup product ever. Hilighters are my favorite makeup product, and the formula of the BECCA Pressed Powder is my favorite formula of any makeup product that I have used so far. So put those two things together and we have my favorite product on the market right now. So to hear that they were coming out with a holiday pallet with a new shade and two limited edition shades made me beyond excited. All of the shades are gorgeous and unique. The new shade Pearl may be my new favorite shade, I am very pale so I was happy to see a stark white shade. It will be perfect for the holiday season, just looking at the shade and swatching it instantly reminds me of an Ice Princesses. I want to buy a full powder of this but then only have it in the Poured version right now. Champaign Pop, the limited edition shade that Jaclyn Hill created is the perfect shade for all skin tones. I wrote a post about it when it came out here. Blushed Copper, the other limited edition shade is gorgeous. Being a very pale girl I can not wear this as a hilighter, it will look beautiful on darker skin tones, but I will definitely wear this shade as an eyeshadow. I am very happy with this pallet and I think it would be a perfect gift for any makeup lover for the holiday season. Get them quick before they run out, it is a limited edition pallet.

(there are not stars on the mirror, that is my ceiling)

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