L.A. Colors Intense Collection Part I

This is the scariest color I have ever worn! I know some of you are going to love this one but I was actually embarrassed to go out in public with this on my nails. All of my friends and family agree that this is NOT a color for me. I was pretty sure I wouldn't like it but my nails needed to be painted in a hurry so I could join my sister for dinner and this color needed to be swatched. AAAAGGGHHHHH! It was the first thing everyone noticed. Even one of Will's friends came over and immediately commented on it before even saying hello. I didn't get to take it off before I saw him the next day and this very sweet guy said, "April, you're still wearing it." with a vague look of horror.
This came in a set I picked up from Gordman's for $4. Four different colors with no names. I'll show you the rest soon. I'm not sure what to call this color, maybe SUPER BRIGHT neon coral with some shimmer.




Have any of you ladies ever tried a color that was just so not you it was scary?
Thanks for reading!
April

Halloween!!!!!

I love Halloween! I want to know what you ladies are going to do this year.

Are you dressing up yourself? Your pets? Your children? I want pictures of any costumes that you thought turned out great.
Carving pumpkins?
Decorating your house for trick or treaters?

If you want to dress up, but are stuck for ideas, Beauty Newbie has tons of MAC Halloween facecharts. I did a simplified version of the very last one a couple of years ago and I really loved the effect. Plus it only took about 10 minutes and was easy to maintain throughout the day.


I also had the third annual pumpkin carving party at my house over the weekend. The results were awesome. I wasn't feeling inspired, but Ashley told me she would dump the rotten pumpkin guts on me if I didn't carve one. (One of Ashley's pumpkins was really gross and smelly for some reason.) So I just did the fastest thing I could think of. I still think he is cute though.

My awesome boyfriend Will is a pumpkin carving master! These are all his.

He used power tools to help create last years Parasite Pumpkin!


And this year he went all out and made a pumpkin that shoots blood out of it's head! (it has a fountain pump)

Thanks for reading ladies and please send me photos of your pumpkins and costumes! They make me happy!
April

Woohoo, I won! & A Giveaway Roundup

I won a giveaway for this mini purse from the lovely Joanna of Simple Blueprint. She partnered with Kristin of Spirited Style to make this giveaway possible. Both ladies are super sweet and it was a pleasure to talk to them! Thanks again ladies! And an extra thanks to Joanna for posting a link to my concrete!




Now onto the Giveaway Roundup!

• Last chance to win all of the wonderful goodies from Nihrida's Blog, one of my favorites!
• Last chance to win a lovely pair of fingerless gloves from AnnyMay.
• Last chance to win your choice of aprons from Boojiboo and Etsyfix.
• Enter to win a South of France Bath and Body Gift Basket from Sweeps4Bloggers. Ends 10/26.
• Enter to win a set of Wool Dryer Balls from Krazy8Cat and Happy Green Babies. Ends 11/2.