The Summer 2014 Anime Guide

For Summer 2014 dozens of animes were released and I've looked through them and narrowed down my list to 5. Here is a complete list of all the official animes if you are interested. 

These are the ones I will be watching this summer:

Barakamon

Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life 

Premier Date: July 6, 2014  

What It’s About: The story of a young calligrapher who moves to a remote chain of islands and his interactions with the people he meets there.

Ao Haru Ride

Genre: Romantic Comedy 

Premier Date: July 8, 2014 

What It’s About: After spending her middle school life ostracized for being too cute, a girl reinvents herself to be as unattractive as possible so that her friends won’t be jealous of her.

Sword Art Online II

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi 

Premier Date: July 5, 2014

What It’s About: A survivor of the game Sword Art Online joins an online FPS to catch a murderer who is somehow shooting people in the game and causing them to die in real life.

Free! Eternal Summer

Genre: Sports 

Premier Date: July 3, 2014 

What It’s About: Free! Enternal Summer is the sequel to last summer’s Free!, this anime continues the adventures of a team of male high school swimmers.

Glasslip

Genre: Slice of Life 

Premier Date: July 3, 2014 

What It’s About: Glasslip centers on the life of a 17-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a glass artisan.

What animes are you watching this summer? Leave me a comment - I'd love to know.

I'll be doing reviews on these once they end in the next few weeks. I usually wait until all of the animes have started up a few weeks (so that I can go on a watching spree)!

song of the day:

"The Wild Life" - Vacationer

iPhone Apps I've Been Loving

I've now officially have my iphone for over a year now... and I thought I might give some suggestions to apps that I use on a daily basis. Hopefully this is helpful to you!
If you have any apps that you are LOVING, feel free to leave me a comment telling me your favorite apps! :)

1.) WhatsApp - WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia and yes, those phones can all message each other! Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends.

In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.

• I pretty much love it because you can send audio messages!

2.) Convertbot - A conversion robot for your iPhone and iPod touch. Convert between over 500 units across over 20 categories including currency, time, length, and many more. It’s even smart enough to convert between mixed units like Foot + Inches, Pounds + Ounces, Minutes + Seconds, and more.

• This app is great for school work or if I'm cooking and need to convert things.

3.) Instagram - It’s a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your photos with friends and family. Snap a picture, choose a filter to transform its look and feel, then post to Instagram. Share to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr too – it's as easy as pie. It's photo sharing, reinvented.

• Everyone's heard of this app... and I can't recommend it enough! It's so much fun to use! :)

4.) Pandora - Pandora is free, personalized radio that plays music you'll love. Discover new music and enjoy old favorites.

• You can use this app on your computer or phone! This is the app that I use to find new artists or songs. I definitely recommend having this app on your phone for any music lover! 

5.) Shazam - Unlimited, lightning-fast tagging. Music - identify songs in as little as 1 second. 

• This is probably my favorite "utility" app on my Phone... whenever I'm driving in the car and I hear a song I really like on the radio but don't know the name, I use this app to find out! It's brilliant. I can't recommend having this app enough! &It's free!

So... I hope you enjoyed my little list! I don't have many apps on my phone... lots of photography editting apps, but mainly just social media and utility type things. 

I hope everyone's having a great day!

xx

Margaret

Maybelline Barely Branded & Inked in Pink Color Tattoos Metal Eyeshadows Review, Photos, Swatches

I was lucky enough to stop by the CVS on my way home this afternoon and pick up these AMAZING new color tattoos!! I AM IN LOVE.
CVS is having somewhat of a sale on Maybelline products (Spend more than $15 and you get $5 in ExtraBucks - I was planning on purchasing the cream eyeshadows anyway!)

I was playing around with all of my cream eyeshadows last night and I found out that you can switch the tops of the color tattoos with the MAC paintpots and they fit on eachother's packages! So interesting! haha

Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal Eyeshadows in Barely Branded and Inked in Pink ($6.99 for 0.14 oz.) 
Overall:

          PRODUCT

10/10

PIGMENTATION

8/10

TEXTURE

10/10

LONGEVITY

7/10

APPLICATION

8/10

Barely Branded is a champagne/cream/tan color with hints of shimmer- a beautiful nude for any skin tone!
Inked in Pink is a light pastel pink with the same amount of shimmer, but more cool toned.

 I already have two of the Maybelline color tattoos- Bad to the Bronze and Tough as Taupe. I have to say- I barely use them! Especially Tough as Taupe. I just don't think they are very flattering on extremely fair skin. When I saw these - I knew I had to pick them up! Perfect colors for everyday makeup!

 These are swatches of the cream eyeshadows: (left to right) Inked in Pink, Barely Branded

 Today I used Inked in Pink as a base and applied MAC's eyeshadow in Starviolet! It turned out beautifully ~

Overall, I would recommend these to ANYONE! They are just as good as MAC's paintpots! (I have Painterly and Indianwood) The staying power may not be as long, but the pigmentation is the same. For any high school or college student, or anyone that has to apply makeup on the run (which is probably most people) I think these are sample products! 

Looking forward to getting lots of use out of them!

xx, 

Margaret

P.S. I hope you had an amazing Christmas and New Years! ♥

Leave me any suggestions you have on upcoming blog posts in the comments. I love hearing back from you!

Review: Beauty Blender

So I was sick of using brushes and fingers.. I've heard SO many good things about the beauty blender, and I just had to try it out for myself!

Overall, I do like it and I think it gives a really airbrushed/clean feeling to my skin! I purchased the beauty-blender off of Amazon for $20- (So 2 for $20) and I just don't think they're really worth the money. You can get the same effect from any soft sponges you could buy at CVS/Rite-Aid, etc.

Have you tried out the beauty-blender? What do you guys think??

P.S. The nail-polish I'm wearing is Essie- Buy Me a Cameo

xx,

Margaret

UNII Palette Review!

So I decided to buy a Unii palette when my MAC palette broke a few months ago... (by "broke" I mean that the clasp to open the palette cracked, and when I took it in my carry-on on my flight from DC to LA, lots of my eyeshadows cracked and it became a huge HUGE mess!) No cool.. :(
This is what my beautiful MAC palette looked like before:

If you're curious about the eyeshadows I put in my MAC Palette- I labeled them all out:

I didn't want to buy another MAC palette because
1. it's expensive for what it is (just a plastic case) and
2. it doesn't have a mirror (being a college student sharing a room- you really need a mirror!)
I had thought about getting the Z palette, just because you can buy them so large, but I really really wanted a mirror! So after seeing Essie's review of the Unii palette, I was convinced!
I took out all of my MAC eyeshadows and I put them in the Unii palette- only 2 eyeshadows couldn't fit, but it turned out alright because two were completely cracked!)

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS PALETTE!! It's not heavy, my shadows don't move around because of the magnetic backing, and it actually locks up! I can't say enough good things about this palette. I think it's the perfect size for traveling and home use! :)

I'm actually thinking of getting a second one too! They come in so many pretty colors.

What do you use to keep your eyeshadows in??

xoxo,

Margaret