Personalized Cart Bracelet Custom Handwriting Jewelry in Rosegold

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I'll be skipping Manicure Monday this week. I decided to give my nails a rest. With that said, I'm still focusing on my hands. I am fortunate to review a bracelet from Personalized Cart.  If you have never heard of this website, here's some information about the company.

"It's so common for us to come into the problem of finding a proper gift for others. There're so many occasions need to prepare, every holiday and memorable day needs a gift. What gift should we choose? How to make it special? It's the top questions. We've thought a lot, and made quantities of tries, and final got the conclusion that personalization is the best idea for a unique gift.

We name our website as personalizedcart, and in hope that you can find one ideal gift in our shop. We chose high-quality materials, and make each items with our heart and enthusiasm. In the way of personalization, we learnt many different ideas and designs, and practiced a lot, final got our own way for custom orders."

I got this from the website. They said it better than I ever could!

Zaful One Piece Faux Pearl Rhinestone Pin Earring in Silver

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I am fortunate to work with Zaful.

Zaful Alloy Circle Ball Earrings in Silver

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I am fortunate to work with Zaful.

ToSave Women's Rhinestone Lovely Star Moon Stud Earrings

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I am fortunate to receive some products from ToSave. They're an online store that sells everything you can think of.

JORD Frankie in Purpleheart & Plum and $100 E-gift Card Giveaway

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me and the giveaway is sponsored. I am affiliated with the company but not getting paid to advertise the product/giveaway/link. This post is written with my honest opinion.

I am fortunate to work with JORD Watches. I love working with companies that appreciate and love to continue the collaboration. Not only that, the customer service is amazing! They sent me the wrong watch and the next day, they shipped out the watch I asked for. How awesome is that! I highly recommend checking out the women's shop that's where I found mine.

JORD Delmar in Dark Sandalwood & Blue Carbon and $75 E-gift Card Giveaway

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I am fortunate to work with JORD Watches. It's the perfect timing knowing now that Father's Day is around the corner. I have thorough reviews of JORD Cora in Maple & Silver and JORD Sully in Green Sandalwood. For this post, I have a great watch for the men in your life. You can also check out the men's watches.

JORD Sully in Green Sandalwood and E-gift Card Link

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me and the giveaway is sponsored. I am affiliated with the company but not getting paid to advertise the product/giveaway/link. This post is written with my honest opinion.

I am fortunate to work with JORD Watch. I have a thorough review of JORD Cora in Maple & Silver. I highly recommend this watch. Not only is it gorgeous, it's well-made and I get a lot of compliments! Before I review JORD Sully in Green Sandalwood, this is the perfect time now that Valentine's Day is approaching. "Beyond flowers and candy, Valentine's gifts that leave a lasting impression!" Why not get a watch that the love ones remember every time they wear the watch and best of all, it lasts a lifetime.

JORD Cora in Maple & Silver and Giveaway

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is given to me and the giveaway is sponsored. I am not affiliated with the company and not getting paid to advertise the product/giveaway/link. This post is written with my honest opinion.

I am fortunate to work with JORD Watch. If you know nothing about JORD Watch...

"JOURNEY:
JORD is run by artists, designers, marketers, and minders. We spend our days creating, considering, arguing, and hopefully agreeing. Then we'll scrap it all for the joy of starting new. We have fun. This is our journey.

EXPERIENCE:
We are focused on crating timepieces that are modeled after a modern lifestyle. We value sustainability, efficiency, and experiential living. We make our watches for people who don't just have somewhere to be, they have somewhere to go.

START THE CONVERSATION:
The value of a watch is not in being able to tell how much time has passed, but in being aware of the need to make that time count. Moments are bigger than minutes and your watch should tell more than time. Start the conversation."

I got this from the website and they said it better than I ever could!

Rose Wholesale Sunflower Shape Stud Earrings

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I feel so fortunate to be able to work with Rose Wholesale! They are an online store that sells everything from jewelries to clothes. Not only that, the price is amazing!

Majestical Jewelry What An Earring Giveaway

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I am fortunate to work with Majestical Jewelry.

"Majestical Jewelry is a boutique online jewelry store selling premium jewelry at 20%-90% off of retail pricing! All of the jewelry you will find on the site is 100% authentic and of the highest quality.

You can quickly tell that we offer extremely high quality jewelry at deep discounts. We manufacture, design, and purchase the worlds's finest jewels, gemstones, pearls, and precious metals in bulk, then pass the savings on to you. With free same day shipping, free gift packaging, free returns and exchanges, and a money back guarantee, you can tell how confident we are that you will love our jewelry!"

I got that information from their website. They said it better than I ever could!

L'Oreal Colour Riche Caresse Stick in Rose Taffeta

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post are bought with my money except jewelry. I am not affiliated with the companies nor getting paid to advertise the products. This post is written with my honest opinion.

I saw these at Target, and it intrigued me! I believe they're the newest lipsticks from L'oreal. Unfortunately, I have not seen these other than Target. I'm sure it will take some time before they carry them.

INGLOT AMC Lip Paint in #66

Disclaimer: The product mentioned in this post is bought with my money. I am not affiliated with the company nor getting paid to advertise the product. This post is written with my honest opinion.

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When I attended The Makeup Show, I bought a few things. My biggest haul has to be from Inglot.

Maybelline EyeStudio Color Explosion in Caffeine Rush

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When I saw Maybelline EyeStudio Color Explosion Palettes, I knew I had to get one. The packaging is so cute! It reminds me of eyeshadow palettes from Japan. To be safe, as well as, I knew I would get the best out of these palette; I got the brown one. :X

Rock & Republic Blushes in Kinky and Call Me, and Eyeshadows in Ambition, Brink, and Lawsuit

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This past weekend Rock  & Republic had their sample sale, Friday to Sunday. I didn't mention it on here but if you follow my Twitter, you would have known about this event. I decided at last minute to go on Friday. Let me tell you how insane the event was! The line to purchase took more than 2 hours!!! I stood in line for 2.5 hours. Here's what I got...

Los Angeles Korean Festival and My Haul

I didn't have a chance to visit all four days of Los Angeles Korean Festival. I did visit Saturday and I had a blast!!! :)

I knew they had been doing this for years, but I didn't know it was their 37th year! Wow oh wow!... hehe~ I took a picture of the main stage.

The first thing we visited was the main event, bi-bim-bahp (mixed rice), that occurred at 11:30 a.m. They mixed bi-bim-bahp in that big bowl. It took more than 5 people to mix the rice!... hehe~

After they mixed the rice, they gave a bowl for the audience to taste it. I was expecting a small size but they actually gave a decent amount. It was so delicious! I had seconds... lol~ :X

After eating bi-bim-bahp, I went shopping at the vendors. Not all the vendors are for shopping, some had games and gave away free stuff.

There's another section of vendors where they sell food and have free activities. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture but I did take one of the activity. You get to paint gold on a black background. I didn't take the whole painting because it was huge, people were blocking it, and the sun was in the wrong direction... hehe~ The other side had a building with a Korean flag (in the picture is American flag).

Here's another free activity; you make flowers and/or hanging flowers. This activity was the most packed!!! It was hard to get through and there was a waiting list to make these.

Here's the flower I got to make. I love it so much!... hehe~ I'm so into paper flowers. I have quite a few at home. :)

Since the activity was so packed, I didn't want to move to the other table to make this. I asked them if I can take it home to make and they said okay. I wanted pink and green, but I'm thankful they just gave me anything... hehe~ :) I took this picture after I glued the papers. For that reason, I didn't pull the green leaves down yet... hehe~ ;)

The last activity I visited was the stamping. The gentleman was holding my artwork and the lady was holding my flower... hehe~

Here's my first artwork the kind gentleman was holding... hehe~ This is my favorite out of the two I did! :)

This is my second artwork. It's such a cute character!

After visiting all the vendors, we went to the parade that occurred at 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Here's a Korean marching band.

Here's the female dancers dancing with the rope. It was gorgeous!

Here's the last picture I'm going to share about the parade. There were more than these... hehe~ :P  They were performing a tak kwon do stunt; chopping the wooden block.

Now for my haul and freebies... hehe~

I came home with this huge, free bag from Verizon. I had my haul and all the goodies I got inside.

These are some of the free stuff. On the left is the free catalog mentioning the event and the important people of Los Angeles. I got 5 free fans. I gave all of them away except for the one with the black handle. That was my favorite one!... hehe~ I got some ginger candies which I gave to my dad, and some pen and pencils.

Here's some more freebies clockwise from top left; car CD holder, some wooden chair toy, squeezable golf ball, thermal band-aid that smells bad (lol~), travel tag that lights up, plastic light-up game, key chain that lights up and other (whistle and direction), and army style key chain holder that you put around your neck (the last two are in the middle.). Please excuse my explanation!... lol~ :P

I also got a free poster that I got to choose. Of course I choose the Korean drama I recently fell in love with, Baking Kim Tak Goo... hehe~ :)

Now for what I have bought...

At one vendor, I bought some beauty products... hehe~ :X I bought Princess BB cream ($10 originally $25), Cosline eyeshadow ($2.50), and Cosline sheet mask ($2). It should have come out to $14.50, but they only charged me for $12... woo hoo~ It's like I got the eyeshadows for free!!! :) I will review these products later.

From the same vendor, they gave me these samples for free.

Inside it has a toner and lotion for acne-prone skin. Since I can't use it, I will give them away... hehe~

At another vendor, I bought hair accessories and a bracelet.

Pink felt hair clip. It's so gorgeous and it was the last one they had.

Pink fuzzy hair pin. I gave this one to my niece. It looks adorable on her! :)

Brown fuzzy hair pin.

Gray fuzzy hair pin. I think I've recently been into flower hair accessories... lol~ :X

Blue beaded bracelet. It's very simple and classic looking at least for me... hehe~ They were all $1 each.

The last vendor I got the cutest thing... hehe~

A cute 3D Hello Kitty key chain. It's really heavy!... hehe~ The Hello Kitty is full of white crystals. The picture does not do justice!!! The best part it was 50% off. I got it for $7.25 originally $14.50.

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post are bought with my own money except for the freebies. I got the freebies from the Los Angeles Korean Festival. I am not affiliated with any company nor getting paid to advertise products. This post is written with my honest opinion.

Merlot Grape Seed Moisturizer

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I haven't reviewed a beauty product in such a long time. I think it's about time I go back to reviewing... hehe~ Since I finished my Cellnique Vita Cellular Repair Emlusion (click here to read my review), I needed a light moisturizer for the summer. I bought this end of last year to use for the winter weather and realized it was too light for my dry skin. For that reason, I decided to hold back until summer... hehe~ If you go get this, know that this is the old packaging. They have a different logo on the container... hehe~ ;)

Product Review: Merlot Grape Seed Moisturizer

Where can you purchase this: Walgreen

Price: $14.99

Made in USA

Information on the back: MERLOT is made of natural red grape seed polyphenols. It offers sensational antioxidant properties thereby helping to inhibit the aging process. MERLOT is fragrance free, non-oily, absorbs quickly.

Ingredients: 

My thoughts: I've read reviews on this moisturizer from other blogs and it really interested me. For that reason, I bought one end of last year. How great is it to use a product that has antioxidant and anti-wrinkle. It sounds great for aging skin which is one of my concerns (I don't have to worry about acne). When I first used this end of last year, it wasn't moisturizing for my dry winter skin. Now that I'm using it now, it is really cooling to the skin. You don't need much; a little goes a long way. Then again it might be the summer weather where it's not really dry... hehe~ On the back it says, there isn't any fragrance. I have to say I disagree because I do smell the grape flavor. Even though the information isn't correct, I don't mind since it smells nice. I love grape flavor!... hehe~ I also like that the moisturizer is purple. I know that sounds weird but it makes me feel that it really is made from grape... lol~ :D

Pros:
* It claims to have antioxidant and anti-wrinkle.

* Smells like grape.

* Little goes a long way.

* Moisturizing.

* It's purple.

* Can easily purchase it from Walgreens.

Cons:
* Don't see the effects of the antioxidant and anti-wrinkle.

* People who don't have Walgreens cannot purchase it.

Would I buy this again? Yes, only for the summer.

Rating: 

 4/5 Tobey's Paws

I haven't been buying things lately for several reasons, but I couldn't resist on this one... hehe~

When I saw this on Forever 21 website, I thought it was cute and that was about it. Then I saw a girl wearing this ring on her YouTube video and I knew I needed it... hehe~ I'm so glad I got the last one in my size... wheee~ :)

Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post are bought with my own money. I am not affiliated with any company nor getting paid to advertise any products. This post is written with my honest opinion.