Latest Gel Mani!

Ive discovered a love of gel polish. I purchased the Gel Shine Kit at Sephora back in November and its been love ever since. It is AMAZING! I dont use the gelshine polish by OPI, I prefer a brand named Gelish. It cures perfectly fine in the Gelshine light. Last two weeks sometimes longer no chips. The only reason I end up taking it off after that long is because my nails grow fast so you can see the new growth and thats what looks a mess. Ive only been doing solid polish with it till now. This is my first attempt at nail art with gel polish. It took forever but I love it! Simple but cute.  Sorry for the reflection I had just oiled my cuticles.

I filmed a "Get Ready With Me" Vid!

Im on a roll now that Im learning how to use Imovie!

New video of my current haircare routine!

Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas with Rice!

So my good friend gave me the best recipe ever to my favorite food! I forgot to take a picture with the food plated...I was too hungry! We all just dug right in. You get the jist of it though. I was starving when I was preparing it so I thought we needed WAY more food than we actually did. This meal is very very filling. I have a pretty big appetite but I can only eat about 2 enchiladas and a small portion of the rice.

Ingredients for the Enchiladas
2 large boneless chicken breast
Corn Tortillas
1 can of corn
1 can of black beans
1 large bag of a mexican mix of shredded cheese
1 large block of Velveta style Cheese with Queso, I used one our local grocery store has called Queso Blanco
vegetable oil

The Enchilada Sauce:
2 packets of powder enchilada mix
3 cups water
a couple tablespoons of sugar
2 8 oz cans of tomato sauce
(basically everything thats on the back of the packet just follow those instructions but add sugar)

I boiled the chicken breast for about 30 min, then put in my blender and shredded small amounts at a time.
Drained the cans of corn and beans. Mixed them together in a bowl.
Prepared the enchilada sauce in a medium size sauce pan. In a larger frying pan I put a good amount of oil and let it get hot, then dipped the corn tortilla in it just for a couple seconds to soften it up then dip it in the enchilada sauce then put it in the baking dish. I had my shredded cheese, corn and beans, and chicken ready to go, start adding that small, very small amounts to the tortilla wrap it up and lay it vertically in a baking dish. Continue till youve made all you want :) We made WAY too many. 30 for just 4 people. We'll have leftovers for days! Once you finish wrapping them all up pour the remaining sauce over the top of your enchiladas. Take you block of cheese with the queso in it, and break it up over the enchiladas. Have your oven preheated to 350 and cook uncovered for about 30 min. Your mainly letting the cheese melt. So make sure your chicken is cooked during the boiling process.

One thing I left out is the fact that you need to season your chicken. Once youve cooked and shredded it add salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

The Rice..
Ingredients:
Jasmine Rice
8oz tomato sauce
1 Chicken Bouillon Cube
2 Cups water
Garlic Powder


I put all of the above ingredients in my rice cooker mixed it up and let it cook. Once it was done I tasted it and added more garlic powder if it needed it. So you will know what taste good to you. Thats it!! Its delicious and so so filling

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I keep meaning to do more post but no time no time :( Plus I lost my camera charger. Major boo. I do post makeup photos on instagram though.

Sorry its been awhile!

We moved though. That plus retain during the holidays make for looong tiring days. Good ol sephora :) More post soon to come though :)

Recent Faves (minus lipsticks thatll be its own post :) )

Here are my most reached for products some are only as of recently (the month of november) Some are all time.  I literally love all of these products. The fresh lip treatments are amazing, they are so moisturizing for your lips. A bit pricey but totally worth it. The only thing I dont like about it is the shade passion. Its horrible for me. I use it at night time before bed only.


Nars Sheer Matte Foundation in syracuse
Nars tinted moisturizer in annapurna
Smashbox Shades of Fame palette (very good pigment, very smooth. I usually only use urban decay shadows but this has really impressed me)
Rimmel eyebrow pencils in dark brown and hazel
Urban Decay primer potions in sin and original
Fresh lip treatments, right now sephora online has a set with a mini lip scrub good value check it out!
Makeup Forever HD concealer in 345
Benefit Erase Paste in med under eye only for brightening and I always use it with...
London Soho NY beauty blender dupe its amazing and only 7.00 at cvs/walgreens ( just get it wet then squeeze all the water out and start blending. It is sooo good for blending concealers etc
Nars blot powders in mountain and beach I use beach under my eye area only
Stila waterproof liquid liner. Best liner hands down. It doesnt budge and I have super oily skin and lids. It stays allllll day long. Its soo good and I wont use any other after finding it.
Stila all over shimmer
Nars casino bronzer
Nars blush in dolce vita


The lipsticks I have been using a ton are gonna be a separate  post. I just need to take some pictures with them on were also moving this week so Itll be a bit busy! Ill try to get it up soon!