shoes that i have convinced myself that i need to own

Cooperative platform wedge, $59
Topshop loafer, $60
Kimchi Blue platform high heels, $59
Zara t strap heels, $50
Capelli New York espadrille flat, $18
WALTON Bleach Wood Wedges, $100

Polyvore is way too convenient, man.

Valentine's Day, more purchases, and chocolate-covered strawberries

♡♥♡♥ Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! ♡♥♡♥

Despite being single, I actually had a pretty great day, and I hope you all did as well! I'm in such a good mood that I decided to forgo doing my homework and brought out my camera and made chocolate covered strawberries :)

I started off the morning with a card + some money and chocolates from my mom hehe ♥ One of my favorites - the dark chocolate Ferrero Rochers! Dark chocolate is definitely becoming my obsession... I had a white chocolate-covered cake ball today and it was just way too sweet.



I am totally fine with being single, but man there were so many couples at school... My friends and I just complained to each other all day lmao. Fourth period came around and I already knew I wasn't getting any Valentine grams, but two of my guy friends made my day by getting me one! :D Kinda dumb I guess, but I really love surprise holiday grams; they're a nice, cheap way to be really thoughtful. You guys will never read this but I LOVE YOU GUYS HAHA. Here's the carnation it came with :)



After school I ran some errands and picked up this got2b Dry Shampoo and two Sinful Colors nail polishes in Cinderella (has the prettiest pink shimmer) and Nirvana. This is my first dry shampoo, so I may edit this post later with a quick review. I decided I may as well try it - it's only 99¢ at CVS/Rite Aid with a $3 off coupon! The nail polishes are on sale for 99¢ at Walgreens this week :)



I made an impulse decision to pick up some dark chocolate chips since I already had some really delicious strawberries at home (after seeing every 3rd person at school with some). When I got home, I found cards from my dad :)



And then I cut off the tops at the end to make them a little easier to eat :)



Hope you all had a nice day with your loved ones, be it a significant other or friends :)

EcoTools BOGO FREE at Rite Aid!

If you haven't already heard, Rite Aid is currently having a sale on EcoTools - BOGO FREE! You can make this amazing deal even better by signing up here for a $1 off 2 EcoTools products!

I believe it started this Sunday and it goes on until February 2nd, so hurry to your Rite Aid before everyone else does! This deal is way too good to pass up. I just stopped by today and surprisingly there were still a lot in stock, but I wouldn't wait too long.



I picked up the 6 piece eye brush set and the 6 piece brush set all for $9.99 ^_^ Not bad for 12 brushes, huh?

princess nails!

First of all, I just have to say I am in love with my nails right now! I feel like a freaking princess ♕ The finish is so squishy, shiny, and sparkly, and they finally satisfy the prolonged desire I had for a jelly nail polish!

But -- what you see is with five coats. I was ready to put on something sheer and on the natural side (after suffocating my poor nails with a combo of 3 polishes and a total of 6-7 layers), but when I applied the first coat, I was so disappointed -- there was no pink at all! I know jelly polishes are supposed to be sheer since that's what gives the jelliness, but I feel like it could have been a bittt more opaque. I kept on layering on more and more and finally the pink showed through. All in all, I love the end result, but I think next time I'll put on a light nude pink to make it a little more milky like how it looks in the bottle.

As for the glitter top coat (which contains yellow stars, white stars, pink hearts, some blue/purple microglitter, and silver string gitter), you can see how sparse it already looks in the bottle. Good thing I already had decided beforehand that I was only going to put it on two nails... it took forever to pick out the hearts, which I wanted the most! The combination of the glitters is very cute though, and I think it added a nice subtle finishing touch to my nails :)

I bought the pink PA polish for like $4.39 and the glitter for $4.99 which is pretty expensive considering how tiny the bottles are, but they are from Japan and pretty hard to get a hold of in the US. I got them at a Japanese store in a local mall, and it actually has quite a large selection of PA polish plus other things. I was only really interested in these two (thank god lol) since you don't really find these types of nail polish in non-Asian stores.

e.l.f. 100 shadows!

So a few weeks ago, I found the e.l.f. Studio Endless Eyes Pro Eyeshadow Palette online at Target for only $6 (+ free shipping)! It normally retails for $10 (it's still available here), so I immediately ordered it without batting an eye :P Free shipping is always what seals the deal for me! I figured it'd be the perfect palette to go to in case I ever feel like experimenting with. I've heard a lot of things about a couple shadows being broken when they arrived, and as you can see from the picture, it was really... dusty? So I was a bit worried, but luckily all of mine were perfectly intact! It's an amazing palette, even at $10! I definitely recommend it, especially if you can get it for even cheaper!