Nail of the Day: Essie's Avenue Maintain from Spring 2013 Collection

*Le Gasp!!* A blog post! It's been awhile since I've done a legit blog post. Today's is a nail of the day post over a new polish I bought last week that I'm absolutely in love with! It's gorgeous! Maybe I should just post the picture so you can see :)

It's a been described as a Parisian blue on many of the blog posts I've read about it. This color seems to be everywhere this spring/summer season; both in nail polish and fashion. This went on super opaque on the first coat, which I was really surprised and pleased with.

My only beef with this polish is that it started chipping only a few hours after I painted my nails. And I didn't even do anything to cause said chipping! I don't know if its just the polish or Essie polishes in general. I never buy Essie truth be told. But I can ignore the chipping because this color is so beautiful. It's one of my new favorite colors! I will be doing a video on my youtube channel on my top nail picks for spring/summer so make sure you subscribed(youtube.com/bellsbeauty). That's it for today's post thanks for reading!! See you next time!

Random Daily Tidbits

-I've done a lot of shopping this weekend and have picked up lots of new products. So expect some new blog posts coming up. P.S. One is a very popular high end palette that everyone is raving about. Any guesses?
-Today I made drastic hair decision today and went blonde. I had my hair bleached to take out the brown dye and dyed to a somewhat honey blonde. It's so pretty and I'm so happy with it.  It looks much blonder in person though. What do you all think?
-I came home for the weekend to see my folks but I miss my boyfriend a lot and can't wait to see him tomorrow! I feel very pathetic that I can't go a few days without seeing him >-<

Update: Where I've Been

Hi everyone! Long time, right? I know, it feels like ages. It's 1 am as I type this cause I felt the urge to blog and tell everyone where I've been and to say that I haven't abandoned this blog. I've been very busy! I'm in my final semester at my community college and will be graduating with my AA in Education in May(6 weeks away!!) Along with that, I've been working and doing my field experience. 
Also, I've had some very interesting changes in the romance department. I have a boyfriend now. We've been together almost 3 months now and I've never been happier. Of course a boy is no excuse for not posting ;P

My blog may be suffering, but at least I'm keeping up my youtube channel. I'm proud to say I'm at 160 subscribers and I hope to make it 200 soon! I was averaging 2-3 videos a week and it has gone down to a video a week, two if I'm lucky, but I'm really putting a lot of effort into the videos I do put up.  I'm also getting to know a couple of other beauty vloggers and its amazing! Here's my latest video!
What I want to know is what you'd like to see from this blog. Do you want nail of the day posts? Product reviews and swatches? Face of the Days or Outfit of the Days? Mini hauls? Something else? Let me know in the comments below! Or tweet me at

https://twitter.com/JessicaBellBeck

 

I'll post soon!!

 



 



 

 



 
 
 
 





 

 



Sweet in Pink: Valentines 2013 Collab Tutorial

I was very lucky to be a part of a Valentines Collab this year. My videos going up later than all the other girls because I've been super busy but I'm glad I finally got it up. Below is a list of all the products used in the video. Enjoy!

Products used:
Clean and Clear Morning Glow Moisturizer
Revlon Nearly Naked Foundation in Vanilla
Benefit Erase Paste
Maybelline Color Tatoo in Inked in Pink
Coastal Scents Mineral Eyeshadow sample in Rose Sparks
Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette
Wet n Wild Trio in Sweet as Candy
Jordana Fabuliner
Maybelline The Rocket Mascara
Physician's Formula Happy Booster Blush in Natural
MAC's lipstick in Angel

Tools used:
Sonia Kashuk Flat Top Synthetic Brush
Soho Concealer Brush
Sigma E55 Shading Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e55/?Click=224226
Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e40/?Click=224226
Sigma E25 Blending Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e35/?Click=224226
Sigma E70 Medium Angled Brush http://www.sigmabeauty.com/product_p/e70/?Click=224226
Ecotools Blush Brush

If your interested in purchasing some of the Sigma brushes used, use code BASE2013 at checkout! You also get a free gift with a purchase of $30 or more!

Hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial! Let me know what you thought if it and if you want to see more tutorials from me in the future!