Blog hops times Deux

Hello:
It's Monday again and time for the Monday Blues Blog hop!

 

I really enjoy this blog hop because I have found so many great new blogs to read - enjoy!

 

I am also joining the Blog Love Therapy blog hop today:

 



I am also always trying to find beauty bloggers above the age of 30 so that our skin care and beauty regimes are more alike.  And I truly READ all the blogs I follow!

Happy blog hunting!

Jasmine

Sunday Social

Hello:

Today I linked up for the first time with the Sunday Social hosted by:

The questions are about my second favorite topic - Books!
1. Favorite childhood book

I loved this book, the foreign-ness of this book and enthralled me and the illustrations are so cool

2 . Favorite Book lately

This book was just so different from most of what I've read in the past few years and just had a really out there premise, but it was so interesting.

3. Book you wish you could live in
This is a really hard one - but A Discovery of Witches is like our world only amplified and sometimes I wish I had magical powers :)

4. If you could be any character from a book who would it be and why?
Jane Eyre... why -> Mr. Rochester . nuf said.

5. Favorite Book turned Movie?
Mercy by Stephen King.  Kathy Bates performance was amazing.  I usually am let down by books into movies but this was really well done.

6. Favorite Magazines
Martha Stewart Living
Allure
Glamour
Marie Claire
Harper's Bazzar
Lucky
Elle Home
Architectural Digest

Any good books I should know about?

Inner Beauty Friday - Book Club!

Hello:

It's Friday again (which actually means nothing to me as I rarely have weekends off) but I am excited as always for Book Club!



So this week I read The Birth House by Ami McKay:

The Synopsis via Goodreads.com-
 The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of the Rare family. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing and a kitchen filled with herbs and folk remedies. During the turbulent first years of World War I, Dora becomes the midwife's apprentice. Together, they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labors, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives.

My thoughts - It was a very interesting book and I hadn't really thought about what "modern" science meant to people that might not wanted to have their baby in a hospital, before obstetrics were really fully understood.  I liked the friendships described in the book, but thought the Boston bit was a bit odd.

I'd give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

Any good recommendations for me?  I'm currently reading Shadow of Night.

Jasmine

My first Beauty subscription - Ipsy (formerly Glam Bag)

Hello:

After reading about many different beauty subscription services from various bloggers, I decided to go with Glam Bag (now Ipsy for whatever reason).  It's $10 a month and you always get a new little makeup bag.  This month's "theme" was Bombshell:

I love the cute little chevron bag and inside...

Costal Scents - A sample of four neutral eye shadows, great for my work bag so I can be lovely on the run!  Price ??

The Balm - What's your Type? Mascara, I love sample mascara's cuz I don't feel guilty about switching it up so often.  Sample size about $4.50

Mirenesse - Lip Bomb Glossy Laquer Stain (I am not sure the color but it's a neutral) It's a bit sticky at first but then dries down to a gloss that stays!  $39 according to the Mirenesse site (WHAT!?!)

Pequi Oil Treatment - by Couture Colour.  I haven't tried it yet, but I love my Morrocan Oil so I'll probably like this too.  $12 for the same size on Sephora.

be a ...Bombshell Eyeliner - In Onyx, This has an awesome felt tip pen applicator is a nice dark black, it also dries down and stays PUT. Love!  Full size $14.

Total $69.50 plus the bag - for $10!  I am totally satisfied, I think I chose well!

What's your favorite subscription service?

Jasmine

Fall Scarf and Polish Swap

Hello:

Today I want to show the lovely package I got from J in the:

The swap entailed sending your partner a scarf and polish(es) for $20.  My partner was J from Wyosparkles.  I was so excited to have her as a partner as I have read her blog for several months.  She writes with her friend K and I think that must be wonderful!  I need a blog partner.  Anyhoo...Here is the lovely package I received:

 

 

First and foremost is the lovely scarlet scarf!  It is such a gorgeous color and the ruffles are divine!  And I got 3 awesome polishes- my first ever Butter London polish in Pillar Box Red, the lovely Recessionista by Essie (which is the exact color of fall lipstick I want, and when I find it it will be a match made in heaven).  And finally Wetn'Wild in Can't resist your Magnetism which is a Magnetic polish (so fun!).  So thank you again J for such a great swap!

 

 

Jasmine



Day 7 0f the 10 Day You Challenge

Hello!

Today is seven wants.. oh man only 7??

1) In life I just want peace and happiness.
2) A Custom built house with a huge library and Dressing room
3) A BMW 700 series sedan in black

4) Hair like Blake Lively:

5) A trip around Europe for a year
6) To take classes at Cinema Makeup School in LA
7) ALL the MAKEUP

Jasmine

10 Day You Challenge.. day 8 fears

Hello:

Here is my continuation of the :

I am on Eight so here are some of my fears:
1) That I will never meet the right guy and get married
2) That I will get in car accident that is my fault and hurt someone
3) That I will get blamed for a crime I didn't commit (This one has been with me since I was young...it's just weird)
4) Also along the weird note Cockroaches...specifically that one could crawl into my ear or something....ick al yuck
5) When I am up somewhere high someone will push me over the edge.  I am not scared of heights when I am alone...but if there is another person I want them to stay AWAY from me!
6) I am a Coulrophobic. (fear of clowns!)
7) I don't if I just really don't like the dentist or I fear going, all I know is I hate going and always worry something is going to be wrong and I'll have to go more often!
8) That I'm doing permanent damage by lazy and not eating healthy these last few years.

In essence I think it boils down to me being a passive control freak :)

Jasmine

Orion Shines...EOTD

Hello:

Today I wanted to show you my basic, everyday eye look and one of my favorite little eyeshadow trios.  It's the Orion Glam'Eyes Eyeshadows from Rimmel:

It's all dirty -cuz I USE it!
You can buy it Here

 

At $4.99 it's a pretty good deal, it's not super pigmented but I find for work that's a good thing because I never put too much on when I am in a rush.

Believe it or not before I bought this little trio about 2 years ago - I had like one other brown shadow.  I always thought browns would look horrible on me... but as you can see above the brown tones work wonderfully with my fair but warm undertoned skin. 

To get the "look" I use Lancome's Le Crayon Kohl Eyepencil along the lashline and then smudge the heck out of it - that way I don't have to worry about a straight or even eyeline.  Then I take the medium color all over the lid, a little of the dark brown in the crease and finally the cream color as a higlight.  Super quick!

Obviously I didn't do my brows and I forget they look like a hot mess sometimes :)

So browns + green eyes = Good!

Jasmine