Busy Bee & Parentals!

So my fellow friends here we meet again at another blog entry and honestly i feel like its a very boring one. So an early warning for you & I will insert apology... NOW " Im sorry!" 

This week has been an extremely busy week & as I am typing this for y'all I am literally only an hour and a half away from seeing my parents. Excited is an understatement right now. Next month would have been a year since I seen my parents so this visit is long long overdue!!! I have missed them sooo much!!!! 

This the last picture of me with my parents & my brother as well at the airport before I left on my journey to AHHHHHHHH-LASKA! 

So besides getting ready for their visit this week it has also been my daughters last week of Gymnastics & they had a show today that they put on for all the parents. She had been practicing this week specially because she wanted to get the moves down packed. She is so cute and boy was it exciting just to see her face after she performed. It wasn't even about me being proud of her because let be honest I was over the moon proud of her but she was proud of herself. Seeing her being proud of herself made me even more proud of her. I want to really instill this self gratification in her. I believe that the happiest people are those who know their self worth and do things for themselves because they know they can. Its not that she should be selfish I just want her to know that she can achieve anything on her own because she knows she can. 

Here is my awesome daughter right before she performed & my husband! :)

Also as I am typing this cool doubly dooo my friend Johnny & I are talking about starting a collaboration blog together. It will definitely have a lot more content and honestly I am starting to find my solace in writing again (or typing in this case) but basically putting my thoughts down on some kind of media. I am far from being the best writer but for me its just soothing. So that pretty exciting!!! we will have lots fun stuff and once details are final I will link it here so that y'all can go & check it out! 

Lastly another super cool thing that happened this week was that I was a part of a collab photo shoot with my friend Meghan & Sophia. So here is the super rad thing about these 2 ladies. Meghan makes jewelry for her shop on Etsy called Swallows Heart and if your not already a fan of her stuff well then you will be. I am obsessed with her jewelry. Its so unique and I am all about unique & stylish pieces. Then there is Sophia who is a photographer & she is absolutely talented. So here is the thing I am not a model and i don't like to smile. Its not because I'm not happy its because I just have always felt like I have a fake smile. Sophia totally had me actually laughing and it looked natural she took hold of the shoot and no matter how I look in the picture I gotta give her all the modeling credit because she totally told what to do right down to my fingers and she is truly talented! i can't wait to see these pictures. I was the makeup artist for the shoot so its showcasing a few things all in the one. Sophia's editorial side, Meghan's gorgeous jewelry, and my makeup and I couldn't be happier. Cant wait to post all the photos when they are finally done! Cross your fingers for something soon!!!!! here is just a little taste of my Thursday night! :)

I am linking both Meghan's Jewelry shop & Facebook page here & also Sophia's photography page! 

Swallows Heart Etsy Page

Swallows Heart Facebook Page

Sophia Jordan Photography

Check those out for some awesome work!!! 

Anyways guys I have to get back to enjoying my family. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend & also coming up week! Stay Awesome!!!

XoXo,

Sherley

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Kylie Jenner Makeup Tutorial

So as I scrolled through my favorite app Instagram a few weeks ago I saw this picture of Kylie Jenner. You may love them or you may hate them. But however you may feel about them this makeup is absolutely to die for! I of course being the crazy person  I am took a screen shot of it (i sound like a stalker... lol i promise I'm not!) and I knew I wanted to re-create it. So here is the picture I basically stalked & gawked over for a few weeks now.

I think this look is just so pretty and I specially love all of the awesome earthy tones used in it. Lets have a moment of silence for that AMAZING lip color. Yes I'm obsessed! its so rich yet neutral & best part is that its matte. If you know me then you know i love my matte colors. So anyways I totally jumped on it & re-created it!

DISCLAIMER: This isn't going to be an exact replica of her look this is my interpretation of the look. Plus I am much much paler then she is :)

Here is my version...

I am totally loving this look and I think its so refreshing considering that its Spring time almost summer and all people want are bright colors. Im not a bright color person. I love my neutrals! so I filmed a tutorial which I will link as well! Also a list of all products used will be here too! :) 

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Products Used in Tutorial:

Arbonne Makeup Primer

YSL Touche Eclat foundation (BD 50)

Nars Sheer Glow foundation (Ceylan)

Real Techniques essential foundation brush

Real Techniques Buffing Brush

*Brows*

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Pomade (Ebony)

Anastasia Beverly Hills No 12 Brush

Anastasia Beverly Hills Clear Brow Gel

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

MAC Paint Pot (Soft Ochre)

Fluffy Brush from Sonia Kashuk (no number just really fluffy)

Naked 3 (Nooner)

Naked Basics (Faint)

Real Techniques Base shadow brush

Naked 3 (Darkside)

MAC Brush #224

MAC Eye Shadow (Saddle)

MAC Brush #217

Naked 3 (Darkside)

Real Techniques Shader brush

Naked 3 (Strange)

Flat shader brush

Wet N Wild Eye Shadow (creme brûlée)

Covergirl & Olay Under Eye Corrector

Nars Creamy Concealer (Vanilla)

MAC Prep & Prime highlighter (Lightboost)

Eco Tools Skin Perfecting brush

Real Techniques Setting Brush

Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Palette (banana)

Real Techniques Contour brush

Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Palette (Java)

Rimell Scandaleyes eye liner (Taupe) 

ELF pencil brush 

Naked 3 (Darkside)

Loreal Infallible Super Slim Eyeliner pen

It Cosmetics Tightline Mascara

Covergirl Bombshell Mascara

Velour Lashes in "Whispie Me Away"

Real Techniques Blush Brush

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed

MAC Lip Liner (spice)

MAC Lipstick (Kinda Sexy)

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And those are ALL the products I used in my tutorial! I hope you guys enjoy that video & let me know what you guys think! 

If you click my logo up top it will give you a direct link to my Youtube Channel! 

Remember you don't need all the products that I used. I show you & mention the products in hopes that you can find something similar to your liking! :) Thanks so much for taking a few minutes to read this & thank you! 

I am filming 2 videos a day because I do have my parentals WHOOP WHOOP coming into town & also my son is having surgery soon so i really want to spend as much time with them as possible without worrying about filming & editing. So this video & my next 3 or 4 videos will be filmed some time in advance. 

Hope you guys enjoy & thanks for your time! 

Xoxo,

Sherley

"What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?” - John Green An Abundance of Katherines

Hello Blog-osphere!

So where do I begin?! I went back & forth trying to figure out what my first blog & just overall what my blog should even be about. 

• First there was: "should it be about makeup?!" No as much as I do love my beauty products & enjoy doing my beauty vlogging on my Youtube channel (you can click on my Logo up top & subscribe by the way. shameless plug?! heck yes!) :)

• Then there was:"should it be about my second love fashion?!" as much as I am follower & love of all things fashion no I don't think so. I really want something that will make my blog different. There are plenty of fashion blogs out there!

• There was also:"should it be on my books?!" no I'm not an author however I have an immense love for my books. See we have an understanding. They tell me their stories & I simply take those stories in and cherish them. I am a part of that Harry Potter generation & I have a very special place in my heart for those books & honestly every other book i have read since then. They are truly my escape! But still I didn't want it to be on just my books because again there are plenty of book blogs out there. Don't believe me?! google it! I actually read a good bit of them myself! :) 

Then it hit me. My blog will be about all of those things & more. Since my blog will be about me & all things I LOVE then it will be different because indeed we are all different. I'm not sure if this will be a popular blog or if anyone will even read this. But I do hope that for whatever audience I am attracting here that y'all enjoy this! 

So since you are here reading this I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Sherley & I am 27 years old. I am a wife to Paul & mother to 2 kids... My daughter Angelina is 5 years old & my son William is 3 years old. My husband is military which makes me an Army Wife which I'm proud of but sometimes don't wish to be defaulted into just that category. I am more then just that. I am originally from this little island that you may have heard of called Puerto Rico. My mother is Puerto Rican & my father is Dominican. Mix those 2 ingredients together and I guess you can say you get ME! My father joined the military when I was young so we moved from that tiny island to the US. We were stationed in Ft. Benning GA and although I have moved around a good bit my husband & I last resided in Alabama. I am hispanic but southern raised. I do have a southern twang which I personally don't notice. I am now in the Northern most state. I am a stay at home mom & as much as I miss working I can say that I have also enjoyed staying home with my kids. 

I recently started my own Youtube Beauty channel. I have really enjoyed doing my "how to" videos. I used to free-lance back home but when a lot of my clients found out I was leaving they all asked if I could start a channel. I pondered for a long time because I didn't think I would be good at it. I am still not great but I can feel the progress in my videos. But I want my channel to be about a lot of things besides beauty. Like books & fashion & just life! I want women to feel like putting on makeup is not about hiding but accentuating the features you love most about themselves!
I am actually about to film another quick little tutorial & another video on Top Spring Drugstore Blushes & High end blushes  

Anyways enough about that...

This is probably getting extremely LONG so I will end this with just a few books that I am reading this month. I am reading An Abundance of Katherines by the genius author John Green & after I'm finished with that I will be re-reading The Mortal Instruments: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare. 

*just doing a little thing called "johning" while reading An Abundance of Katherines

Yes you heard that right re-reading... the last & final book to that series is coming out on the 27th of this month so why not read the book prior to the finale to refresh my memory specially since its been close to a year since i last read it. 

If I don't get to post before May 11th then HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all you mommy's out there! hope you know how amazing & great you are & thank you for all you do! 

Welp  y'all that's all I have for today! hope you have an amazing rest of the week.

Xoxo,
Sherley
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