In the Pursuit of Fabulous- February Glam Box Unboxing/Review

Hello lovelies!
   I know THREE posts in one day? I am on a ROLL! But I wanted to share with you this unboxing/ review of Glam Boxes February box that they were so kind enough to send to me to do a review. Glam Boxes is a beauty box that is mailed to your doorstep monthly filled with all kinds of beauty items (makeup, nail polish, bath items, even sweets!) and a lot of the items are handmade by small independent companies. So it is a great way to try lots of indie (and non indie) products. There will always me a MINIMUM of 5 items in your box. This month's box had a ton of goodies in there for me to enjoy. The a one time box does cost $15 dollars plus shipping however if you opt for the monthly option the monthly boxes are only $10 plus shipping which is a steal since if you decided to buy samples from the various companies it would cost WAY more than that. They also have an amazing return policy if you don't like any of your items which can be seen here.
But enough chattering on with the reveal....

In case you missed out on getting your February items and you want to pick them up for yourself, don't fret! Here are links to all of the products that I received in my box that you can get your hands on.. Just click on the hyperlinks to reach the specific item.

B A Star's Natural Eye Shadow Palette  can be found here

Simple Aroma's Scented Candles ( in Loving Spell) can be found here

Jamberry Nails Nail Wrap Samples can be found here

Just Knotted Hair Ties and Accessories can be found here

Jillybeans Creative Expressions Sweet Pea Sugar Scrubs can be found here

Smelly Goods & Pretties (Hypo Manic Nail Polish) can be found here

Heartfelt Inspirations (Zesty Lemon Lotion Bars) can be found here

Bear's Beauty Body Butter can be found here

Krista's Candles in Honeysuckle can be found here

Sandi Pops Chocolate Heart Lollipop can be found here

A Bite of Heaven Valentine Cookies can be found here

Restoried Valentine Organic Sugar Scrub can be found  here

Gwynnie Bee receive 30 days free on any new clothing subscription with a Glam Box Link  ($35 per month after trial) can be found here

   I am super impressed with the number of items and the quality of items that were offered in this month's Glam Box as well as their professionalism. As a lot of you may know that there was a freak ice storm that hit the South (especially Georgia) and they quickly updated everyone to let us know that our packages would be shipped out a little later than normal due to the storm and state of emergency. I was super impressed with that. So if you are dying to try the new Glam Boxes for all their nice goodies you can sign up HERE and be sure to like them on Facebook. Be sure to tell them I sent you!
Until next time lovelies!

A swatch here and a swatch there... Notoriously Morbid Part One

 Hello lovelies!

    Welcome back to the start of a new and possibly never ending series of swatches. While I do love seeing swatches of actual product when shopping. Nothing really compares to seeing a product on a person. Each installment of  A Swatch here and a swatch there will feature just one company in various parts so you can use the search feature to locate all the swatches I have done for a particular brand. I decided to start of will one of my new favorite companies, Notoriously Morbid. I love the colors that she has done for each of her unique collections. So to start things off here are four for your to enjoy..

Crack in the Pavement

 A gorgeous dusky grey with a pink undertone/shift. This was a sample for an upcoming collection that will be released in June. Once it is release I will link the shadow to this swatch.

Ebenezer, I Release You

Ebenezer is a gorgeous pink with violet duochrome from the A Dark Christmas Dream collection which can be found here.

Snow Queen's Return

Snow Queen's Return is my favorite highlight from Notoriously Morbid from the Scary Tales Collection. It is a lovely white shimmer shadow with lots of blue, purple and silver sparkles and can be found here.

Forgotten Dreams

Forgotten Dreams is from the Little Melancholies Collection is and a lovely soft lilac with a baby pink shift and can be found here.

**All of the swatches were done over Too Face Shadow Insurance and NYX jumbo pencil. I always use these two products when I apply my shadows.**

Like I mentioned before I am utterly in love with Notoriously Morbid and I will be doing a review of her products in the next week or so. Until next time lovelies....

Cosplay 101 : Basic Care for your Circle Lenses

Hello Lovelies!
   I am back again kicking off a new series entitled Cosplay 101! I am slowly venturing into the realm of cosplay even though I have always loved to do makeup inspired looks I decided to take  it a step further and actually incorporate my makeup with a full cosplay look. So this series will be simple tips and trick that I learn along the way to help others that are just starting out because, let's be honest, starting to cosplay can be seriously intimidating and confusing. Since I currently can't sew even with Martha Stewart and the entire Heroes of Cosplay cast helping me, I figured I would start with that I do feel comfortable with, circle lenses and makeup. So,  I did a video instructional on how to open up your circle lenses when you first get them and some basic care.

Please always remember some basic guidelines when handling and wearing circle lenses.

1. ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS!
-While this may be a no brainer to most of us, it is often really easy to be tempted to pop those gorgeous lenses in your eyes but you have to remember that you carry millions of germs on your hands from everything that you touch and come in contact with. You don't want to put any of those in your eye so please wash your hands when handling (taking out or putting in ) circle lenses.

2. If your circle lens is bothering you take it out!
   -There are several reasons why your lenses may be bothering ranging from simple dust in your eyes to more serious issues like a tear. If you eye is flowing like a waterfall or it hurts please take your lenses out. You only have one pair of eyes.

3.Never share your circle lenses with other people.
  -While you may love your best friend you really don't want to risk an eye infection from sharing the same lenses since your bestie may not wash his or her hands-

4. DON'T swim, wear them in a suana/steam room, or sleep in your lenses.
-They weren't made for things like this so don't risk your eyes in attempt to look cute in the steam room, swimming pool or passing out in bed. -

5.Your lenses are only good for 1 year!
-While I know that is painful to toss out those amazing lenses that look so fabulous on you or look great for this cosplay, circle lenses are only good for one year. So mark your case on the date you opened them and then throw them out. You can always keep a list of the lenses that you love that are going to expire and hunt the circle lens sites for sales and pick up a new pair before your precious lenses are thrown in the trash.

6.It is always a good idea to keep an empty case with contact solution in your purse or pockets.
- Always care an empty case with solution with you just in case you do get something in your eye and your need to take your lenses out.

I hope that you found this little guide helpful about how to open and care for your circle lenses. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me! Until next time lovelies!

Born Pretty Store Reviews and Makeup Tutorial!

Hello Lovelies!
   I am finally back and I am trying to go ahead and start back with writing in this blog on a regular basis as well as uploading videos to my Youtube Channel on a regular basis as well. I figured that I would go ahead and kick this off with not one, not two but three small mini reviews for items that I received from the Born Pretty Store. I picked out three different items to review for you this month from the Born Pretty Store and let's go ahead and get started!

First off I chose this nice 16 Color Shimmer Eyeshadow Palette in order to see just how vibrant the colors were. Needless to say I was impressed (as you can see from the swatches with no primer in the review video.

I also did a Spring Look tutorial with this palette with hopes that Spring would soon be here since the weather has been so horrible lately.

I used these lovely pink brushes in order to do the look. I was impressed with the quality of the brushes since not only did they hold up (and not shed) to repeated use but also washes as well. They were both soft yet firm and made from synthetic fibers (yay vegan brushes!).

Finally to round out my order I had to pick this awesome Punk Spike Leather Multi-Use Head Band since  I have been dying to get one for myself . This was also amazing since it held up to a lot of wear and tear with me using it and my daughter deciding that she was going to use it while it was still on my head.

Overall I have to say that my experience with the Born Pretty Store and their products has been simply amazing and I just had to share it with all of you. They were also kind enough to give me a discount code to share with my subscribers so go and order some really lovely products from the Born Pretty Store and use the discount code KLH10 in order to get 10% off your order!

So stay tuned for more reviews and tutorials and until next time lovelies...

My camera has returned and I am now on Instagram!

Hello lovelies!
   Just a quick note to let you all know that my camera has finally returned from being repaired! Yay! Which means that I will be able to get back to doing more blogs and vlogs for you! I also have some more exciting news I am also now on Instagram so you can follow me on IG (I'm dreadfullydivine) so you can get sneak peeks into my daily life as well as sneak peeks into future looks and tutorials. So stay tuned I have lots of things coming up!

Until next time lovelies!

I'm ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello lovelies!
   Just a quick note to let you know that I am still alive and kicking in spite of what the universe may have tried to do to me the past couple of months. I am horribly sorry for the inactivity lately and I have missed blogging and vlogging and I am anxious to get back to it.  Apparently when things happen, EVERYTHING happen all at once. For those of you who follow my FB know that my Dreadful dog decided to eat something plastic and it got lodged in his intestine which resulted in emergency surgery in order to remove the blockage. A very expensive surgery since there really is NO insurance for Dreadful dogs.

This is what was lodged in the Dreadful dog's intestines. O.o

Then, the Dreadful household became ground zero for the plague which made me wonder if my little Dreadfuls were attempting to pay the pediatrician's mortgage, utilities and the staff's paychecks with all the various viruses that ran around the house. But since it seems that the worst is over I am finally able to get back to blogging and vlogging. Just a sneak peek at what is in store: I have makeup reveiws and tutorials, circle lens reviews, nail polish tutorials, Pink Weekend Haul, Wig reviews and Cosplay wig and makeup 101 guides! I will also be starting an on going series in 2014 which will help you stretch your wallet as well as your beauty supplies at the same time. So please stay tuned and until next time lovelies!

In the Pursuit of Fabulous- Review of KimChi Mermaid Blue lenses from Uniqso and Purple Starlight Makeup Tutorial

Hello again lovelies!
   I am back this time with a quick review of the KimChi Mermaid Blue circle lenses from Uniqso. I could have sworn that I wrote this post to go along with the uploaded video with these gorgeous lenses however it seems to have disappeared. Computer Gremlins are hungry apparently. O.o But this is actually going to be a two for one posting. Not only do I have the review of the lovely lenses seen below but I also have the makeup tutorial as well!

Purple Starlight makeup with Kimchi Mermaid Blue Lenses

The Review:

And here is a makeup tutorial done with these gorgeous lenses:

Now on with the ratings..

Enlargement- 9 out of 10 bats
   As I mentioned in the video review that theses lenses are 16mm which does enlarge your eyes quite a bit. You can tell a definite difference when you put them in. They give you a nice dolly or big eye look without being creepy or alien like that some can do .

Color and Design -9.5 out of 10 bats
   I REALLY love the color and design of these theses.They are a lovely shade of dark blue with slivers of purple and black throughout. As you can tell with the close up picture it really has a unique pattern which reminds me of water ripples so I think that the brand being called mermaid is quite fitting. While these lenses are two toned which isn't a smooth transition from your natural eye color as some three to four toned lenses. But they aren't a jarring transition from my natural eye color to the lens. Now my natural eye color is a dark brown so sadly they aren't as striking across the room as they would be up close but for someone with lighter eyes they would be amazing!

Comfort-9 out of 10 bats
    These lenses are quite comfortable throughout the entire day which usually runs around 8-10 hours for me. I can pop them in and not have to worry about them drying my eyes out like some lenses can which I attribute to their high water content. I would suggest that if you have dry eyes be sure to carry around drops if you plan on wearing them longer than 6 hours.

Overall- 9.3 out of 10 bats
   These lenses are simply amazing. These lenses have fantastic enlargement and will give you a nice dolly eye effect. The color and design is gorgeous. While they claim to be two toned the contrast between the dark blue with slivers of purple and black remind me of rippling water. They are lovely against my dark eyes and will be even more striking against those of you with lighter eyes. The comfort is phenomenal, I can wear theses lenses for 8 hours without them drying out my eyes unlike some other lenses.These lenses are gorgeous enough for every day wear and cosplay so you really can't go wrong.



So that is it for now! Be sure to use code "ddivine10" to get 10% off your order from Uniqso.
Until next time lovelies,