Quick Summer Beach OOTD!

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Quick Summer Beach OOTD!


Bathing Suit: American Eagle


 Top: Poof W


Shorts: PacSun


 Sandals: Guess

I had a super chill day with my Dad at the beach! My Dad is recently retired and is enjoying his terminal leave with his children! This week is my turn to host my Dad and so far we have been having a blast!

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-Alexandra

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Get Ready With Me: ItsJudyTime Palette

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Get Ready With Me: ItsJudyTime Palette!


Face
Eye Shadows: ItsJudyTime Palette
Mascara: Cover Girl's Clump Crusher
Prep: Mac's Oil Control Lotion
Foundation: Mac's BB Cream in Medium Dark
Eye Liner: Tarte's Gel Eye Liner in Brown
Blush: Pixi's Lumi Lux Radiance Powder No. 1 Peach Petal
Bronzer: Milani Bronzer XL #02 Fake Tan
Lips: Mac's Lip Glass in Show Me!

Brushes
Elf's Small Shader brush
Tarte's Gel Eyeliner brush
Mac's Pencil brush #219
Sephora's Crease brush #10

Watch Me Get Ready!

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-Alex

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Mac Cosmetics Haul! Plus Clinique

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Top: With Fix +
Bottom: Without Fix +
 15$
Close up of Antiqued

25$
 Loose Pigment in Blue Brown
10$
 Close up of pigment

 Oil Control Lotion
10$
Travel Size of Fix+
10$

I have been saving up for a couple of weeks now, so I am so excited to share this haul with you guys and girls! I have been using these products for a few days now and I have to say that I am just so pleased and happy that I finally got the things I really wanted. I bought these items in the smallest sized they come in just in case they didn't work for me, so lets get into what I think about each product.

I will start off with the eye shadow I picked out in Antiqued. It is a Veluxe Pearl, so from what I understand that means that it is a type of shimmer finish. I think it is just beautiful, the reason I picked this color is that I have very dark brown eyes nearly black in fact. I think the shimmer and red undertones of this color pull out the brown of my eyes more. Tell me what you think.


Moving on to the Pencil Brush, I think the prices of Mac Cosmetics are pretty steep, having said that. I think it is worth the money to get one brush you need that will last you years than many brushes over time. So I finally bit the bullet and bought a pencil brush. I actually didn't already own a pencil brush from any company so this purchase was a splurge for me and I am glad I did it. I think the quality is worth the price as I have already gotten a lot of great use out of this brush in particular.

At the check out there is this wall of 10$ items and I thought this would be a great way to test out some of their products without breaking my pre-set budget for the month. The first and most exciting of these items for me was the Fix+, this is a makeup medium, which means that you can use this product for many different purposes. The purpose I originally bought it for was to intensify the color of the eye shadows that I want to use. I have used it once so far and I think it does an amazing job at adding color pay off to your eye shadow. So far I am really enjoying this product. Next is the Oil Control Lotion, I have used this for two days now. The first day I used it under my makeup and I could tell that my face, after hours of having my full foundation makeup on, was oil free. I have combination to oily skin so I am so excited about this product mostly because I put it on my eye lids, where I am must oily, and my eye shadow didn't crease!!
The last product was a complete gamble product, a loose eye shadow pigment in the color Blue Brown. When the make up artist in my Mac Store showed me a swatch I just died! It is gorgeous! Let me take a picture and put it up really quick!


I love this color on me!



Isn't it just amazing! I love it!!


Presenting Kitten...


22.95$
6.7 FL OZ

12.30$
1.7 FL OZ

I have been using Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel for several weeks now. I really enjoy how fast this absorbs into my skin and leaves it soft all day.
I just bought the Cleansing Milk so I review will be coming of that once I have used it!

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-Alex

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The Coffees I Have Been Enjoying Lately

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The Coffees I Have Been Enjoying Lately

There are a few coffees that I would love to be drinking right now... But in the effort of being more conscious and drink what I have now, then buy new flavors later. The first coffee I would like to discuss is Casa Europa's Pumpkin Latte in a 12 oz pre-ground bag. I bought this from TJ Maxx for 4.99. Now I have had pumpkin flavored coffee before and there is a distinct taste that comes with it and this coffee didn't have it. I brewed it in my Keurig with my attachment that allows me to make my custom k-cup of any ground coffee I choose. This coffee was quite thin and watery. I brewed it once on the latte or cappuccino setting so the big cup button and with just a splash of creamer all color and nearly all flavor was stricken from the cup. I have about a third of the bag left and I am planning on finishing it hopefully I can figure out a way to make this coffee more flavorful. Despite its lack of a full body flavor, it does have a wonderful smell and it can be tolerated with a small amount of creamer.
Now the next couple of coffees are from the same brand, Cafe Escapes, and they are, from what I know, a Keurig Brand of coffee. The two flavors I have been enjoying are Cafe Mocha and Cafe Caramel. When I drink the Cafe Mocha I am brought back to a time when I was a nanny to a funny 8 year old girl and we used to play Coffee Shop and she and I would have coffee and hot chocolate. Her parents knew that all I needed for those long days at their house was a fully stocked coffee bar! Now I haven't been her nanny for some years now so when I drink this coffee I think of her and the fun we would have.  
Cafe Caramel is a lighter and slightly sweeter flavor that I am a big fan of, however if you are someone that enjoys a robust bitter coffee I would stay away from the Cafe Escapes brand as a whole. For me though, I quite enjoy all levels of strength in coffees. 

Now I present to you Dog Beast...


 Cafe Escapes in Cafe Caramel


Cafe Escapes in Cafe Mocha


Casa Europa in Pumpkin Latte

 He's going going...
And he is gone!


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-Alex



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My Hair Disaster!

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My Hair Disaster!


My hair story begins around Valentine's Day this year. I knew I had a big trip planned to go and visit my sister-in-law, so I wanted to get my hair done before I went there to show her. This is the look that I was going for...



And this is where I started...



After speaking with a hair stylist/dresser and showing her many pictures of what I wanted and her claiming to understand exactly what I wanted... 

...I end up with this...


I wanted something low maintenance, a couple shades lighter over all, and then a lot of little highlights and low lights throughout the top and sides. The biggest thing was that I wanted it to blend up to the color of my natural hair so I wouldn't have a super harsh line. 

I don't know what the hell she was thinking in her head!! She bleached my hair completely white!!!!!
I was just like that is going to dye a lot darker right? To which she replied, "oh you don't like the white?" I said NO I didn't ask for white or anything but 2 to 3 shades lighter than my dark brown and she told me she would fix it.

Well long story short I got my money back and the photo above is what it looked like after she tried a total of 3 times to fix it! 
In the end I think she lacked the actually skills needed to accomplish the color that I asked for in the first place and I paid the price!

After the initial shock of it all and with my money in my hands I went to different salon and explained the entire story to the employees there. They were horrified of course. They were kind enough to see me right that moment and he dyed my hair an all over dark brown that was still lighter than my natural hair and he fixed it in one shot. 

This is what my hair looked like just a week or so after getting it fixed...


At the point of this picture I had been deep conditioning my hair every single night. I had a promotion ceremony to go to for my brother-in-law, so this was the first time that I had done my hair since the disaster happened. I think it looks nice, but trust me if you had felt my hair it was like a broom!

I began trimming my own hair and going for a deep condition treatment at the salon that fixed my hair about once a month for a couple of months. I used my deep conditioner every day and I still do! After a little less than 4 months I have nearly gotten rid of all of the dead and fried hair. I will continue to deep condition every time I shower and trim my hair centimeter by centimeter until all of it is gone! 

My plan for the future is to have a professional cut done for my Christmas present at a fancy salon!

I hope you girls and guys out there have better luck changing your hair than I did. I am fully traumatized by this and will most likely never color my hair again.

Don't forget to check out my newest video where I talk about My Hair Disaster!



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...bye...




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Best Way to See My Blog and New Video Posts!!

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Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee!!!


I have adjusted the set up of my blog and I hope that you will find it easier to subscribe and follow!

After reading my most recent blog post you will see a
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What this does for you is makes it effortless to follow both my blog and my YouTube Channel.

Instead of searching for my blog or my channel you can simply receive ONE email containing everything I posted that day. 

You will not receive "spam"

You won't ever get more than one email a day as all posts, even if I post 3 or 4 times in a day, will be compiled into ONE email.

I hope you enjoy this new easy set up!!!


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MY BRAND NEW VLOG CHANNEL!!!!

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I have had some technical difficulties in attempting to restore my normal vlog channel, so as a result, I was forced to make a new one. I will be steadily re-uploading the old videos on to this new channel and have linked it on my main channel. Thanks so much for your patience while I get my barrings back.

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I would like to take this time to introduce you to my Beautiful Family

Kitten


Kitten is the first pet I have ever had. My husband and I adopted him from the ASPCA and I don't know how I ever lived without an animal to love. Now a little bit about him and his personality: Kitten is naughty, he messes up the blinds, he slams into things on purpose, and he hates birds. He acts more like a clumsy dog than any kind of a cat. Now with all of that he is so sweet and loving all day, he can sit and watch us play games or sit while we do things on the computer and he is extremely gentle. He has never scratched us while he gets bathed or ever. We love him very much he is perfect for us.

Dog Beast/Doogadogle


Dog Beast is a beautiful white Siberian Husky/Yellow Lab mix. We adopted him about 2 weeks after we got Kitten and he is a model pet. He never barks unless there are men lingering around our house, which is a good thing. He has a sensitive stomach which keeps him rather small. He has a gentle and needy personality that just melts the hearts of everyone that has met him. He was abused and was rescued from that situation about a year into his life and that is when I got him from the ASPCA. He is just the heart of our family and is utterly irreplaceable.

Since my husband is shy I will have to just tell you about him. His name is Aaron and he is a very smart and very funny man. He is charming and ambitious with a huge soft spot for animals and well ME!! Haha! He is in the US Navy and works very hard and enjoys his job very much. Plus he is a really good kisser...hehehe


And last but not least...duh...there's ME!
Alexandra 


Ya'll know mee!!! Right! Well just in case you don't here is the a brief run down. I was born in Puerto Rico and grew up all over the world as an Army Brat! Somewhere in between growing up Army I married Navy! haha and it has been quite the adventure thus far. We are stationed overseas with our animals and I work as a nanny! I love hair, makeup, beauty and fashion like a lot of girls do, but I also enjoy a good video game!!!
I also drink a lot of coffee haha as you can see from my Blog title! haha!

I hope you are having a great day!

Peace OUT!!!



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WHERE THE $#?! HAVE I BEEN!!!!

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I'm BACK!!!



I have missed blogging and I can't wait to get back into it! I will link a video down below on where I have been and what you can expect from me in the future!! Please leave any requests for future posts in the comments!!

So for the past 3 or 4 months I have been traveling back and forth between my house and my Sister-in-Law's house. When I go to visit family I usually go for a couple of months because that is how we roll! I had an amazing time while there with her and her children and my Father-in-Law. I have lots to show you guys from my trips, so you can expect a lot of hauls and and fashion related videos coming from me soon! So please subscribe to YouTube Channel my if you want to see more of me!


Thank You So MUCH!!!!

BYE!!!





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