Update && BFTE Cosmetics last Day to Purchase!!!

Hello my lovelies! I AM BACK! Finally, I know! My last courses in college kept me away a little longer but as of Wednesday, I am officially a college graduate! I now have my degree in business and all the hard work and having to put off my passions has paid off! This last semester was crazy stressful with trying to visit family and do college. I just didn't have enough time to really put into giving you all the best posts I could make so I waited till I graduated to return.

I will be working on new posts and possibly re-amping my blog over the next few days so thank you all for sticking with me through this last year and the lack of posting! I really do appreciate those who have viewed this blog! It really is a passion of mine but I wanted to pursue a higher education as well.

Who knows what the future holds for me but I think that's the exciting part about life! I'm finding what I'd like to do in the future and love having my creative outlet here with all of you but also love having this business degree to see what doors it can open for me! I have a real eye for business so this is exciting to me to see what happens next!

Anyways, enough about me! Back to the huge point to this post!

As you all may know, I'm a huge fan of BFTE cosmetics. Huge as in own probably 300+ colors now. I was blown away by the quality of this company and the company's owner. Crystal was a huge inspiration to me to start sharing my looks to lead to the confidence of throwing myself out there in the blogging world. I was so amazed by the amount of talent posted on the fan page on facebook that I started gaining confidence in my own abilities, not to mention have found my own style through this adventure!

Crystal has decided to close the doors for an undetermined amount of time to take a break and find what she would like to do next. As we all go through phases in our lives to find what we want to accomplish in our lives, I respect her loyalty to herself as well as fans in this time she is taking to figure out what is next.

Just as I am doing with finding what is a best fit in my life, she is as well! I wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors and do hope that BFTE cosmetics reopens again! The BFTE cosmetics fanpage on facebook has been my go to for inspiration, encouragement, and friendship.

If you are wanting to purchase today, please visit:

www.bftecosmetics.com

or to get inspired like I was by Crystal and the talent on the fanpage:
Please search BFTE Cosmetics on facebook!

They are doing giveaways today as well! Check them out!!

So to end this post, thank you to this wonderful company for opening my eyes to this world of beauty and teaching me to be true to myself and what I want to accomplish in my life, no matter what the size of the goal is!




Keep dreaming lovelies! Aim for the stars! Study, learn from others, ask questions, be creative, and most importantly, ALWAYS be true to who you are.

Stay beautiful lovelies,
LB

&*(216 BFTE Cosmetics Swatches -- Part 1!)*&

Hello lovelys! I seriously am so sorry for not getting this post up sooner. I didn't realize how long it would take just to make the swatches and editing the pictures! I am also using a new camera so I had to learn how to use this one best for my blog. Anyways.. enough talking!! The blog is here!

All the pictures were done with flash because I took these pictures in the middle of the night. lol Life of a college student! =)

I did three swatches of each. The first is dry, second is done wet, and the third is with Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion.

I hope you enjoy this blog! I tried to keep the colors some what in the right color category other than the last few which I found at last minute and literally just took pictures of! I'm still missing a few shadows but will post more swatches when I can.

If there is any color you would more swatches of, please let me know! You can purchase any of these colors from www.bftecosmetics.com. I appreciate your continued viewing of my blog! It's amazing to be able to share my hobby with all of you!

Top Row L-R:
1.) Casablanca Nights
2.) Walking on Water
3.) Jazzy
4.) Pegasus

Bottom Row L-R:
5.) Marina
6.) Saturday Morning
7.) 7 Seas
8.) Aqua Mist

Top Row L-R:

9.) My Pretty

10.) Lavish

11.) Elegant

12.) Tickle Me

Bottom Row L-R:

13.) 1939

14.) Lucky Me

15.) Bitter

16.) Limeade

Top Row L-R:
17.) Jaded
18.) Titan
19.) Nebula
20.) Envy

Bottom Row L-R:
21.) Spoiled
22.) Bombshell
23.) Charm
24.) Mania

Top Row L-R:
25.) Fairytale
26.) Ying Yang
27.) Dive
28.) Winter Blues

Bottom Row L-R:
29.) Pizzaz
30.) Clear Skies
31.) Caribbean
32.) Spellbound

Top Row LR:
33.) Poison Brew
34.) Twisted
35.) G. Kelly
36.) Bewitched

Bottom Row L-R:
37.) Peacock
38.) Hocus Pocus
39.) Ocean Mist
40.) Area 51

Top Row L-R:
41.) Atomic Teal
42.) Spruce
43.) Bermuda
44.) Go Green

Bottom Row L-R:
45.) Glitz
46.) Blacklisted
47.) Tradewind
48.) Message in a Bottle

Top Row L-R:
49.) Laguna
50.) Rain Forrest
51.) Celeste
52.) Blue de Jeans

Bottom Row L-R:
53.) Deep Thoughts
54.) Breeze
55.) Fanfare
56.) Mermaid

First Row L-R:

57.) Miracle

58.) Shifty

59.) No Place Like Home

60.) Blue Monday

Second Row L-R:

61.) Trinity

62.) Journey

63.) Dangerous

64.) Subcooling

Third Row L-R:
65.) Paradise
66.) Cheap Thrills

Top Row L-R:
67.) Guilty
68.) Angel
69.) Stealth
70.) Black

Bottom Row L-R:
71.) Diamonds (This is almost just pure glitter.. Use a different primer to hold glitter)
72.) Treason
73.) Cyclone
74.) Beautiful

Top Row L-R:
75.) Butt Naked
76.) Stonewashed
77.) Gentle
78.) Night Trains

Bottom Row L-R:
79.) Chantilly Lace
80.) Brimstone
81.) Lola
82.) Dirty Deals

Top Row L-R:
83.) Coal
84.) Misty
85.) Have a Heart
86.) Steel

Bottom Row L-R:
87.) Ash
88.) Bondage
89.) Romeo
90.) Cocoa

Top Row L-R:
91.) Satin Sheets
92.) Tangerine
93.) Sugar Coated (Part of the Bed of Roses Collection)
94.) Celtic Charms

Bottom Row L-R:
95.) Meow
96.) Copper Cauldron
97.) Dragon Slayer
98.) Linen

Top Row L-R:
99.) Bubbly
100.) Wizard's Wand
101.) Mayhem
102.) Spank Me

Bottom Row L-R:
103.) Harvest
104.) Money
105.) Chance
106.) Whimsey



Stay tuned for Part 2 of the BFTE cosmetics swatches!!

I have continued to be impressed with this company which is why I have so many colors! haha I hope you have enjoyed the swatches so far!

Until Next Time...

Stay Smiling.

XoXoXo,
LB

&*(My Organization for my Nail Polishes)*&

Hello loves!

As promised, here is another post to keep you all busy! haha So the theme for my haul posts and such seem to be deals on things! I went to Michael's, the craft store, and found the most amazing storage boxes for the super girly like me! lol I have been trying to figure out where to put my nail polishes since I have quite a few and I didn't like having to carry a seriously heavy box around... SO I got these boxes!

Now, I will start this blog with I am NOT trying to show off the amount of nail polish stuff I have. I have bought ALL OF IT with my OWN money and do not get free stuff from companies. The products I show you are things that I get for myself to share with the rest of you! I wanted to just show how I organized the boxes as well.

Now with that covered, let me show you these amazing boxes that I got for 40% off!

Here is the first box! They have a magnet closing lid so they are not super secure if you drop them or anything! They are also paper boxes so imagine a cardboard box, and that's how protective these boxes are! But I have them for keeping the colors and such organized and they stay on my desk unless I'm doing my nails of course! =)

What's inside! =) This box holds my Sally Hansen's Salon Effects designs, my glitter nail polishes, I keep my nail tools in here, lotion, my nail polish pens, and I have the bride series of small polishes by Ulta in here as well. This is more my tool box than anything. =)

Next box! Super cute, right? haha

In this box, I keep my blues and green polishes! I'm super girly so I have more pinks and purples than anything else so I didn't need a large box for these colors.. Now I know I will have to get different boxes as I get more but this works for now! =)

This is the smallest box that I got and it stacks on top of the pink one, as well as the next box goes with this set. =)

This box, I keep all my decals in. I love how all the sets I've bought fit perfectly in this box. Gotta love staying organized as well!

This is the largest of this set so obviously I stack this first then the smaller ones on top.

In this box, I keep my grays/silvers/blacks/whites. I would usually use these colors as base colors so I put them in this box which is like my top coats, nail treatments, and all my striping polishes. I have all the colors of my striping polishes in here so I can keep up with them. I will be going through and putting a dot of each of the colors on the top so I can easily find the colors I want! =)

This is my second largest box that I bought. I have one very large box but I'm going to use it for holding my acrylic paints/art supplies/etc. I do all kinds of art so I keep all my supplies in that large box. This one is.. you guessed it, more nail polish! lol

So this one has my purples, pinks, peaches, neutrals, yellows, oranges, and reds. =) Now this is full of all my different brands that I have and if I get more, I'll have to organize my extras in another box BUT for right now, this works perfectly for me and when I switch to new larger boxes as I have too, then I'll use the others for something else! haha They are super cute and a great cute way to organize your stuff!

I just thought I would share these because I love the boxes and love how everything fits! =)

Remember, to stay smiling and keep looking for my next blog posts!

XoXoXo,
LB
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