My Life Lately {In Pictures} Week 3

Geno in his Valentine's day sweater.  He is such a girly boy.

A surprise note left for me on the magnet board in our living room.

My Valentine's day presents.  Shopping trip tomorrow.  I don't hold onto gift cards for very long.  Express is having a huge sale.  I can't miss out.  Thanks hubby.

My husband's V-day card that I made from our dogs.  I know, we are weird.  But he loved it.  Our dogs are our kids.

Sometimes, this is where Bubby sits while I blog.

My new furry lime green throw blanket in the living room.  Sid is enjoying it.

Always on the TV lately.  The Olympics.

I am trying to get into a rhythm blogging.  So far, I continue to miss deadlines that I set up for myself.  Bloggers out there, how do you stay on track with your posts? 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for reading!

Roses for Valentine's Day

I wanted to post my Valentine's day look yesterday (like all the other fashion bloggers out there).  Sadly it didn't happen because I was extremely tired after work and I just wasn't motivated to do it.  So here it is today.  Better late than never.

My husband and I celebrated Valentine's day Thursday because we were both off from work.  We went to see my cousin perform in her high school choir.  They were really good.  It was more like Glee (the TV show) then high school choir.  My cousin Lexie is quite the singer.  We were very impressed. 

Normally, I wouldn't be attracted to a rose print dress.  But, when I saw a similar dress from Forever 21 (see it in my wish list here) I was hooked.  Unfortunately, when I went to buy it, they didn't have that dress.  I found this one instead.  It is more summery.  So I can wear it year round.  The other one had long sleeves and wouldn't be practical in the summer.

::Outfit Details::

Rose Print Dress ~ Forever 21

Black Faux Leather Studded Moto Jacket ~ Forever 21

Black Tights ~ ? (old)

Black Chain Booties ~ Deb Shop

Black Floppy Hat ~ H&M

Long Bright Red Wig ~ eBay (Wiggiw)

Lipstick ~ Cover Girl Outlast Lipcolor in Burgandy

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thank you for reading!

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Makeup Monday ~ Blue and Green Eye Shadow

I was playing around with my new makeup the other day and came up with a green and blue eye shadow look I've never wore before.  Bear in mind, I am not a professional.  I just like makeup and have fun trying different looks.  Here is what I came up with.

Products Used:

• L'Oreal Magic De-crease Eyelid Primer
• Sugar Pill Eye Shadow in Midori
• Sugar Pill Eye Shadow in Afterparty
• Prestige Eye Shadow in White
• Maybelline Master Duo Eye Liner in Black Lacquer (upper)
• Maybelline EyeStudio Eye Liner in Blackest Black (lower)
• Wet 'N' Wild Eye Liner in White  
• Rimmel London Scandaleyes Mascara in Extreme Black 
• Cover Girl Outlast Lipcolor in Burgandy 

The final look outside with my blue wig.

I will try to do more Makeup Monday posts.  I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks for reading!

My Life Lately {In Pictures} Week 2

My husband and I at a super bowl party.  You can't tell, but he has a "Thank you Mood" shirt on.  He is so cute. 

New accessories I bought this week.  I wore my new sun glasses for an upcoming outfit post.  I can't wait to wear my floppy hat.  I always wanted one.

Oh look, more snow.  Yay (sarcasm)!

I added more clothes storage to our bedroom this week.  That sparked a spur-of-the-moment bedroom remodel which I already was planning for the spring.  I spent a day painting the room black (walls and ceiling) and painted the trim and dresser white.

I bought materials for a fashion DIY that you will see soon.

I also bought materials for a couple DIY home projects.

I moved my hat collection into our office to free up space for more clothes in the bedroom.  The other hats are on the other side of the room displayed the same way.  (The foam heads were a Christmas gift from my husband).

I, obviously, have been busy with my bedroom remodel and haven't had time to post any outfits I wore recently.  I will post some next week hopefully.

Have you been watching the Olympics?  We are totally sucked into it.  Figure skating is my favorite, but I really enjoy watching it all.  We are looking forward to men's hockey to see our Pittsburgh Penguins play for their countries.  Go USA, Canada (Sidney Crosby) and Russia (Evgeni "Geno" Malkin).

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for reading!

OOTD ~ Super Bowl Outfit

If you live in the United States, you have to watch the Super Bowl even if you are only watching for the halftime show or the commercials.  I actually enjoy watching the game.  Football is my favorite sport even though I don't have a favorite team anymore.  I will watch pretty much every game that is on TV no matter who is playing.  My in-laws had a party for the big game and this is what I wore.     

Outfit Details:

Short Black Bob Wig ~ eBay (Seller: Davis-ge)

Red Moto Jacket ~ Charlotte Russe

NFL Graphic Tee ~ Alloy

Bleached Destructed Skinny Jeans (Machine Jeans) ~ Alloy

Airwalk Sneakers (diy glitter Stripes, see this post) ~ Payless

Lipstick ~ Cover Girl Outlast Lipcolor in Ever Red-dy 507

Did you watch the game?  What was your favorite part?  I thought it was the worst super bowl ever.  I liked Bruno Mars' performance and only a couple of commercials.  All and all, kind of disappointing.

Thanks for reading!

My Life Lately {In Pictures}

I'm not on Instagram, but I do like the idea of documenting my life through iPhone and iPad pictures.  Every Sunday, I will post some of what has been going on in my life for that week via my pictures.

You'll see a lot of pictures of our dogs on my life lately posts.  We love our dogs.  They are like our kids.  This is typical for me; 2 of my dogs on my lap.  Pokey and Bubby.

With Valentine's Day around the corner, love is in the air and in my living room.  This is my marquee sign that I made a few months ago.

A couple weeks ago, we had a snow storm and this is what it looked like outside of my window.

My two favorite boys.  My husband and my little Geno man cuddling in bed.  That is another dog under the blanket with her butt sticking out.  It makes Geno look really long.  

Like most of the country, we had bitter cold weather again.  Spring where are you?

Geno again.  He rarely ever sleeps in this bed that is on our couch.  Doesn't he look super comfortable in there?

My new lace pantyhose that I got in the mail from eBay.

I'm off to watch the Super Bowl.  My prediction is that the Denver Broncos will win 27-21.  Peyton Manning deserves another Super Bowl ring.  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for reading!

My New Obsession and an eBay Wig Review

I have been dying my hair since I was 14 and have had every color imaginable.  I get bored with my hair really quickly.  That is not a good thing for my hair.  Over the years, my hair has become really damaged due to the constant bleaching and dying.  So I decided to go back to my trademark black hair.  It isn't my natural color, which is dark brown, but it is close.  Black hair suits me better because I have black eyebrows.

After a few months with black hair again, the thoughts of changing it starts to brew.  I miss my red hair, but it was so hard to maintain the color.  I want to be a blonde like my idols Gwen Stefani and Marilyn Monroe.  Then, one day my brilliant husband says to me "why don't you buy a wig".  This isn't the first time I thought about buying a wig.  For years I've wanted to try them, but always assumed they were to expensive.  

In November, I decided I am going to look for a wig.  I started researching it and discovered that there are synthetic wigs that look really realistic and are quite affordable.  I was nervous about buying one without knowing anything about wigs.  I spent days watching reviews on YouTube and reading reviews on blogs.  Finally, I decided to take the plunge and bought my first wig from Arda Wigs.  I got it and wore it and became instantly hooked on them.  Since buying that first wig, I have bought a total of 11 wigs.  Yes, you read that right.  I am completely obsessed with wigs.  

I can't believe I was missing out all this time.  My poor hair had to suffer for so long.  Now, I can wake up and be a blonde or a brunette.  I can even have my favorite bright red hair again without the maintenance.  I can have short hair whenever I want without having to wait several months for it to grow back.

Today, I am going to review 2 of the wigs that I bought on eBay from the eBay seller Wig Fashion.  

Buying wigs on eBay is a daunting task.  There are literally thousands of wigs listed there.  Most of them are crap Halloween wigs. Weeding through those crap wigs is time consuming and you have to know what to look for.  I took a gamble on  Wig Fashion because this was the first time buying wigs on eBay.  Luckily, I loved the wigs.

Both of the wigs that I purchased are no longer available.  I didn't have the foresight to take pictures of the listings because I had no idea I would want to do a review on my blog.  

Here is what I bought:

65 CM Long Wavy Mixed Dark Blue Fashion Stylish Hair Wig  $18.00

43 cm Heat Resistant Medium Straight Red Fashion Wig With Bangs $24.20

(Both photos were taken with natural light.  The red wig was taken indoors in a room with windows in front of me and to the left and right with lots of natural light coming through.  No flash was used for either photo).

Onto the review.

Both wigs are high quality.  They don't lose hairs and hardly tangle at all.  A quick brush and they look exactly like the day I bought them.  The fibers are soft and look like real hair because of the color variations.  In certain light, the wigs do look a tiny bit shiny, but in natural light I don't think it looks unrealistically shiny.  

I wore both wigs out and about.  The blue wig, I wore grocery shopping and someone actually yelled out to me that they loved my F***ing hair.  A strange way to compliment someone, but okay.  I also wore the blue wig to dinner with my husband's family and no one even noticed that it was a wig.  They thought it was my real hair.  I wore the red wig to my niece's Christmas concert and a random girl said she liked my hair (later found out that the girl worked with my mom - small world).

Most of the wigs on eBay come from China, so they do take about 3 weeks to get to the US.  That is fine considering the shipping is free.  I'll gladly wait 3 weeks for my package if I don't have to pay $10 or $15 to ship it.

I have no complaints about either of these wigs.  They are perfect and I am happy to have them in my new wig collection.

I will be doing more wig reviews in the future and you will start seeing outfit posts with all the different wigs I wear.  Thanks for reading and I hope you will subscribe to my blog.