been M.I.A too long

hey ladies... it's been so long.  sorry to have gone m.i.a for quite some time now.  it's been a crazy couple months.  first things first... i'm PREGNANT again so hence the m.i.a.  just starting to finally get over all the lovely sickness that comes with being prego.  then we also had a family trip to florida at the end of feb.  that was fun and relaxing.  another part to not being able to post much is that our computer at home has a damn virus on it again... i blame my younger brother.  lol  waiting on getting my sister & bro-in-law's computer but who knows when that'll be...  so hopefully within these next couple weeksor so, we'll get the computer so i can start posting makeup looks again.

til then, take care ladies!
xoxo

saturday "fashion" night

hey ladies!  been a while since i posted but here i am again. 

we went to a birthday party this past saturday night and the theme was just to be fashionistic.  i couldn't decide what to wear and i actually had another outfit planned out (a rocker chic) but at the end, i wore this instead...due to the rain that we got all night friday night into all day saturday.  i didn't think it was safe enough to wear high high heels... i didn't want to bust my ass on the hidden ice.  ^_^

gray knit hat: dots (i didn't wear my hat when we were at the party)

blue floral tunic: target

gold necklaces: heart one is kelly's, the others, rue21

tights: forever21

leg warmers: i forget

brown boots: charlotte russe

my almost finished makeup for the night.

now, completely finished.

face: elf tinted moisturizer/coverup in tone 2

beauty control concealer in light

mary kay mineral foundation in beige 2

elf contour set

jane blush (forgot the name)

eyes & lips:  browns out of my 120 pallet

mac's gold mode

nyx black liner

wet&wild's gel liner

mary kate & ashley purple glitter (used on top of gel liner and under my lash line)

cg lashblast

2 random falsies

wet & wild l/s (forget the name)

rimmel lip plumper

this is my favorite pic of me & the Mr. from that night.  i dunno why but it just is.  LOL

me & the gf, bee.

i've noticed that in these pics from this night, i look more pinky than she does... not sure why when we both were similar shades.  could be cuz she's wearing liquid foundation and i'm wearing mineral foundation.  i dunno... it's just weird.

i will post up more pics when i have time later tonight.  i have some fashion contest pics from the birthday that i want to share with you all.

2nd post of the night!

wow!  really weird to have me post up 2 entries in one night.  lol

but um, i just wanted to share some recent pics with you ladies.

this was my fotd from last friday.  i forgot to take an ootd pic.

the Mr. wanted to show off his earring cuz from one of his pics from NYE, his earring was sparkling like crazy. 

he thought it would it again.  lol

then we went to a baby shower on saturday at the hmong school that my sister and bro-in-law teaches at.

it was like a trip down memory lane.  LMAO

my outfit of the day:

necklace: new york & co

black lace cardigan & black lace tank: burlington

white tank underneath black lace tank & jeans: f21

gray boots: ami

took gavin with me so here's our pic together

my boys from the other night

gavin & autumn

they're such cuties!

kel & i at the school

peace out y'all!  don't mind kelly's middle finger... even though she ruined my pic.  LOL

that's it for the pics... i didn't want to overload y'all with pics. ^_^

Mini Haul & Nomination

hey ladies!  i've been wanting to try the new eyeshadow quads by maybelline.  i finally got 2 while they were still buy one get one 1/2 off at walgreens.  and i also got this rimmel sexy curves mascara.  i tried it but i don't like how they make my lashes too straight.  i think i'll stick to my hg mascara, lashblast.

Miss Irish nominated me for the "Gorgeous Blogger Award".  Thanks to Irish

for being so sweet!

The rules are...

1. Thank the person who nominated me for this award
2. Copy the award and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated me for this award
4. Tell 7 interesting things about myself
5. Nominate 7 Bloggers
6. Post links to the 7 blogs I nominate.

And now the 7 most interesting things about me are:

1.  as much as i am anal about certain things and keeping my stuff clean... I HATE KEEPING MY HOUSE TOTALLY CLEAN!  LOL  does that sound weird?  i hate cleaning cuz with 2 little boys, it gets messy right away.  my house is a mess.  lol

2.  i have not traveled as much as a person my age should have.  i have only been to cali, florida, wis (my home state) and here (mn)... i feel like i'm so old and leaving my kids with anyone for too long seems like a burden to the people who will be watching them.  guess i'll never have a long vacation ever until my kids are old enough to take care of themselves.  lol  but then again, we're planning a weekend vaca to vegas this march.  :P

3.  i have NOT gone to a concert ever!  that's so sad to say. 

4.  i speak very bad hmong (my other language).  lol  i think i'm good but man, when the old folks talk to me, i'm just like "huh?"  even when my girlfriends, who speak better hmong than i do, talk to me... i go "huh?" to them too

5.  i act like i'm a badass in real life but it's only an act... i'm a soft hearted girl who just doesn't want to get screwed over by anyone... so i have my guard up a lot of the times.

6.  i'm the type of person who wants to do something all the time.  i can't sit still unless i'm tired or it's way cold out.  maybe that's why my son, mitchell, is like that too.  lol

7.  everyone that i know thinks i'm high maintenanced but i don't think i am.  LOL  the Mr. says "yeah, you are... wait, no you're not cuz the clothes you buy are cheap.  you're only high maintenanced with your makeup and going places." LOL  he's so mean, yet so true.

hope you enjoyed these random little facts about me.  the ladies i will be tagging are:

Pop Champagne
Angie
Tina
Stacieee
Meya
Katrina
Kim  

recent phone camera pics

hey ladies!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  hope everyone is enjoying the new year and getting a fresh start.

it's been a while since i posted.  been meaning to get up my new year's eve pics and some pics of my boys but i've been lazy and don't feel like resizing them.  lol

but here's some recent pics off my phone.  **not the best quality but it'll do

this is actually from this a couple mins ago.  *ssshhh*  i'm taking pics for you guys while i'm working. lol

i loved how my hair turned out today so i wanted to share it with you ladies.  it's my version of the faux bob.

hopefully i'll be more productive and post up some of those pics.... esp tomorrow since i have the day off. :)

ENJOY your day today ladies! xoxo

xmas pics

HAPPY BELATED HOLIDAYS!  I hope all you ladies had a great Christmas!  I know I did... even though we bounced to 3 different houses that day... and in crappy snowy weather too.  I'm just glad we made it to all 3 houses safely and we had a good time.

To start the pics... here's a pic of me and the Mr. at my older brother's house (this was the 2nd house we went to that day)

I liked this pic but the Mr.'s got his "cheesey" smile on. lol  So we retook another one... but Kelly decided she wanted to put her hand in the pic... so the pic under this one is the 3rd take on us.  hehe It's blurry but I liked it still. :P

This was right after Gavin opened his gift from his Auntie and Uncle.  He got a sippy cup with his name on there and a long sleeve shirt.  He looks kinda fobby since his pant legs are all wacky looking.  LMAO  But at least he matches my sister, Shoua's striped socks.  ahahaha

The two babies... Autumn and Gavin.  When we ate, she was feeding him too.  It was sooo cute!

My mom and Mitchell

Crazy Gavin playing on Auntie and Uncle's kitchen floor.  He spilled his juice all over himself since his new sippy cup isn't spill proof.

The lovely younger sisters... Kelly and Shoua.  I did Shoua's makeup again that day and she's wearing my clothes so she looks REALLY pretty.  LOL

The Neals... sucks that they left to go home today but we had a good time while it lasted  We will see them again in June when they come up for their baby shower we'll be throwing them.  YES!  You heard right!  Shoua's prego!!  We're all happy for her and keeping tabs on her so nothing bad happens.  *crosses fingers*

This was during our church's New Year they had on Saturday.    I took pics of my makeup but haven't uploaded them yet so that'll be on another post.

My outfit:

gray tank:Marshalls

gray cardigan: Wetseal

pearl chain necklace/belt: Dots

light green lace tutu skirt and black lace tights: F21

black leg warmers: dunno

brown boots: Charlotte Russe

Hope that all you ladies have a good New Year's!  Have fun and be safe!!

Hmong New Year **heavy img*

ok... here's my post about the Hmong New Year at the Metrodome.  you know, Hmong New Year's aren't like how they used to be when I was a teenager.  now they're just boring and kinda dumb... hardly no one attends them any more... only the young kids who still want to go hit on other young kids... the old folks who wanna go show themselves off... then the sports players... there's nothing for the people in between all those ages... they're simply not entertaining anymore.  :(

but anyways... i was gonna wear some thai/lao clothes that my mom made but the top looked dumb on me and i didn't have a regular top that went well with the skirt.  so after all that debate and trying on all these clothes, i decided to just wear regular clothes.

peacock headband, lace bodysuit, cardigan, skirt and floral tights: forever21

silver chain with faux pearls (really a belt but worn as a necklace) & floral ring: dots

blk leg warmers: don't remember

gray boots: charlotte russe

my mom said that my necklace made me look like a "black" girl cuz it was just so bling like.  LOL  i didn't know my mom knew those kinds of things.  it was just funny to hear her say that ahahaha

my fotd:

mary kay foundation and mary kay mineral foundation to set the liquid

neutral colors from one of my pallets

nyx black liner on bottom lash line

blue from 120 pallet on top of black liner

gc lashblast mascara

hard candy bronzer

rimmel blush

my mama and us girls

us sisters with my bro, leng

individual pics with our mama

yeah... it's weird seeing a black man wear hmong clothes lol  he had everyone starring at him... it was CRAZY!!

i know this was a long post but hope you all enjoyed our pics from the Hmong New Year.  we should have taken more pics of other people in their different Hmong costumes but man, how weird would that have been?  lol