The Lip Products

I always see "What's in my bag?" or "What's in my purse?" videos on YouTube and thought I'd do a little spin off as I cleaned through my makeup. The photos below represent my lip product collection after I threw away a number of old, unused products.

Side note: Most of my makeup purchases began back when MAC products like 3D glosses, which will be pictured, came out. And I stopped purchasing by collection soon after the Moonbathe collection came out, which is still one my my favorite packaging styles to date. That being said, a lot of my MAC products were limited edition. That isn't as prevalent in my lip products, but if I continue this series there will be largely non purchasable products.

That was an incredibly long side note....!

On to the makeup, I tried to organize by type but then realized I left out a NARS lip gloss/stain, so it got stuck in the last photo.

Recipe Revision

When I am looking for a dinner idea, I often stumble upon fabulous recipes, with fabulous ingredients that I hardly ever have use for and therefore never have on hand. With that in mind, almost every recipe I see, requires a little change up to fit my pantry and limit my grocery list.(Warning, this is going to be a long post!)I've also recently fallen in love (Read: become obsessed with...) a blogger by the pseudonym of The Hungry Mouse. Her name is Jessie Cross and she writes all about food, with helpful step by step photos, her love of meat, and her sidekicks aka dogs. She is extremely knowledgeable about all things edible, leading her to be published in many magazines as well as in her very own cookbook, Slushed! 
My favorite feature on her blog is a protein drop down menu, pick your choice and all recipes are categorized accordingly. Extremely helpful when you only have a pork loin on hand.
Without further ado, here are my recent remakes of her recipes!

Addict, Literally

I headed out for a makeup shopping adventure today- looking for a gift for a friend. (If you're curious, I purchases Chanel Glossimer in #156 Pampille for her.)

For myself, my shopping adventure lasted long after I left the mall. All summer I've had a list of cosmetics I intended to purchase. Needless to say, the list is empty now- although that includes a few things I saw in person and decided against. My purchases included:

(Image via Nordstrom.com)

The Home. T

No, that period is not a grammar mistake.
It's actually in reference to a company called The Home. T
They make and sell t-shirts with images of your home state with the word "home." written inside.

I came across the t-shirt on another blogger and loved it, so of course I turned to Google to find out where she got it. And this is what I found:

Tennessee Home. T ($25, http://www.thehomet.com/)

How cute, right?

The Cut-Throat World of Internships

     The "I'm graduating in a year" panic has officially begun. It makes me feel like a crazy person. I think about my future about every third breath I take- it's exhausting! I am in the public relations field and I know from all of my professors that the most valuable thing I can do during my college career is INTERN INTERN INTERN. I hear this from everyone, but no one seems to have sound advice about how to nab one. In case you're going through the same torture as I am, here are some tips I've found work for me!

Hello, risotto.

Im an Italian food addict, and I could live on rice and chicken, so as Im sure you can imagine, risotto is dream food for me.
I just recently began making it myself, and thought id share its simple deliciousness with you.

You can put just about anything in risotto, but this is the recipe for the risotto I made last night.
Grilled Chicken and Pea Risotto
You will need:
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 cups Arborio rice
1 3/4 cup white wine (not cooking wine!)
4 cups chicken (or vegetable) stock
1/4 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
1 tablespoon butter
1- 1 1/2 cups peas (cooked)
2 cooked chicken breasts or 1-2 cups shredded chicken

Invisalign Update

Those, well. Are my teeth, obviously.

I thought I was due for an Invisalign update post. Not that I have a comparison picture up for you here, but I thought a photo might be helpful. I am on tray 17 out of 30, for top and bottom of my original trays- I have no idea if I will have refinements yet, fingers crossed for no. And I have a total of 8 attachments, 6 top/2 bottom. I also have a power ridge on my left central incisor.

If you can't tell, I'm wearing my Invisalign in the photo. The terrible quality is attributed to the front camera  with low lighting on an iPhone, sorry about that. In  my opinion, they're much more obvious in photos, especially close up than they are in real life. Lighting causes increased shadows and shine.