LG of the Jury!

Welcome back Ladies & Gents of the jury!

Today we’ll be deciding on who rocked out the MTV Movie Awards best from the selected ladies. Though I do have to admit I did not watch the awards, you don’t have to do much to judge!

The ladies are as follows: Audrina, Hayden, Kristin B, Kristin S, Leighton, Ashley, Megan, Sienna, Miley, Vanessa.

Who do you think is guilty? Who rocked it out?

Stila Back In Action – super pic heavy

So as I have already happily announced – Stila is back and better than ever!

I’m a little late with this post, but you won’t be sorry!

First let me show you the proof – while at the Makeup Show NY, we not only got to see numerous beautiful brands, including the lovely Stila, but we also got to chat with the people that bring you those favorite brands!

Here you will see the staff for Stila giving all Yaya’s readers a thumbs up. This was an exclusive photo!! 🙂

Just to let y’all know they’re dandy. 🙂

This post is about the Stila new Egypt Indian Summer collection, and also serving as a double review – how exciting!!

The collection

Remember when I posted about the Stila limited edition Pearl collection? Well it’s an ongoing theme now.

As part of the prosperous and long lasting (fingers crossed) direction that Stila is heading in, it seems that the seasons come with gems and precious stones to adorn the Stila lover.

Everything in this collection contains actual 24k gold in it. Every item in the roster has little flecks of gold in it. Even the smudge pot! Oh man, the smudge pot is sooooo gorgeous!!

What it is:


Review (5 highest, 1 lowest):

Packaging: 5 out of 5 (the lip gloss has a hand made bindi attached to it)

Quality: 5 out of 5

Price: 4.5 out of 5 ($22.00 for each – it IS a “recession”)

Overall: 5 out of 5


The evidence:


Left – one coat
Right – three coats
glossy just how I like it!

This was after I wiped the gloss off with a Kleenex. The gold specs stay on your lips and look so nice.

and the mascara:

Please note: the mascara is currently sold out on Stila’s website – but keep checking back, it is worth the trouble! I also don’t think this is in the Indian Summer collection, but I was too excited to wait around till another post!


the before – disregard the shadow


Lengthening on the left &

Both sides on both eyes, I got a little heavy with the right side but still no clumps!

My Verdict:

First of all – the bindi is an unbelievably detailed and gorgeous addition to the design aspect. Do y’all know what a bindi is? Here’s the short of it a la Wiki: A bindi (from Sanskrit bindu, meaning “a drop, small particle, dot”) is a forehead decoration worn in South Asia (particularly India)[1] and Southeast Asia.

Though I had the financial willpower to resist every darn item in the roster, I don’t fault anyone who got it all. I think I will be sauntering back to get the smudge pot. The more you move every item around, the more evident the gold flecks become, and blends seamlessly together.

Also – I have not been a Stila mascara user, but as of now, I am. The lengthening side is no joke, and I got really heavy with the application on one side (like 8 or 9 swipes y’all) and it didn’t clump at all.

The mascara removal process requires no fancy gadgets or liquids, your normal remover, or oil will work fine, and your lashes don’t ever feel heavy or anything but their natural selves.

For more Stila junkies:

Check out Marie Claire’s online webseries that comes out in conjunction with each publication. In this one, Maggie Gylenhaal professes her love for Stila at the end when celebrities get 15 seconds of frame to rant and rave. 🙂

I think this collection is a must have!

Have any of you had the pleasure of trying it yet?

Plan to?

Let me know!

Wash and Talk

Let’s talk it out blogging beauties!

The editor’s blog at TotalBeauty.com asked their readers if they wash their hair everyday. Now I’m passing on the question to you.

My hair is too dry to wash every day. Plus – for it not to become a fuzzball, I need to put products into it and that all culminates in a heap of time I spend in bed snoozing until I really need to get up.

How about you guys?

Do you forgo sleep to have a good hair day? Would you wash it every day if you could?

Talk it out!

Photocredit: iStockPhoto

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Shoe Time!

Another contest entry!

I decided that I would do as many contests as I can fit into my schedule so that I have more FOTD’s to show you, and so that I get creative with my looks.

Plus it’s a great way to support other blogger babes and maybe even win something!

This entry is for Miss hot stuff over at Me Myself n Makeup. The premise is to use a shoe as inspiration for your look.

The shoes:
Betsey Johnson Peep-Toe Studded Bow Heels



The photo madness:

Hello? I’d like to sign up for retail therapy please!


The shoes are brand new – so
don’t anyone tell me not
to put shoes in my mouth! 🙂


Closeup

Items Used:

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Dark as bronzer
MAC Mineralize Blush in Dainty (probably my most favorite blush ever)
MAC Select Cover-Up in NW20
Medusa’s Makeup shadow in electro black
Bare Minerals eye color in rock star
Prescriptives lip gloss in Neutron (mixed with gold)
Lancome Oscillating Mascara in Black
and all the black and gold shades on the 120 color palette

Prizes for Contest announced!


Not to bother you with TOO many posts today hehe.

Urban Decay Sustainable Shadow Box (See here in Sephora)
comes with UDPP sample
Bliss Soap Gel sample, Too Faced Mascara large sample
Styli-Style Kajal Bullet (Kohl Liner see here)

see it opened
Here are the prizes:

It is not too many items because I feel like the palette makes up for a large prize all in itself. There will be other goodies and surprises in the prize pack as always and the more entries there are the more prizes there will be!

Brightest Face Contest Inspiration

So I doubt you need much inspiration to put on bright colors. But here’s some anyway!

Photo credits:
Medusa’s Makeup Color Poster,
DoeDeere Blogazine – Becoming Fafi Tutorial,
Deviantart user gutterface,
Deviantart user state612,
Deviantart user angelsfalldown1,
Lady Gaga Beautiful, Dirty, Rich,
Alicia Keys a la the Sensational Color blog,
Solange a la the Pastry Kicks blog,
Rihanna a la the Fashion Junkie blog,
Ru Paul performance flyer found on Photobucket.

All images and links are linked to the owners accordingly.

New Contest!

Hey y’all!

Contest time!

So we all know how I like to talk about bright colors and how warm weather is more and more appropriate for such endeavors riiiight?

Well here’s the contest:


There’s not much to it.
Do it up and do it bright.

[a must]: Bright eyes. Bright lips.

[up to you]: Bright cheeks.

(this is up to you as doing your whole face bright
may be a little clownish and the point of
the contest is to still look cute)

[if you dare]: Bright nails!

Prizes and Inspiration Photos to follow.

Now for the rules:

  1. There must be at least three pictures – 2 – of the look and – 1 – of the items used. Having an inspirational picture is not mandatory.
  2. You must post the look on your blog/page. If you do not have a blog, shoot me an e-mail so that we can work something out.

  3. E-mail me at myownjudge@gmail.com to let me know what the link to your contest entry is. Also- enter a quick note about letting me use your images for when I post all entries. This is b/c I do not want to risk anything w/my computer and will not be opening e-mails with attachments, unless that is what we mutually agree on.

  4. Entries must be posted before/on June 25, 2009. I don’t want to mess around with time zones, so all I know is this: On Fri 6/26/09 I will be posting all entries at 12pm my time (NYC). This gives you over three weeks to prepare, and will leave five (5) days for judging. To switch it up, this contest will be judged by a panel of people I know and there will be one winner chosen by popular blogger vote (that means only people with valid blogs – so that I can be sure of fairness).

  5. There will be 2 winners. For every additional 5 entries after the first ten (10) entries, there will either be an additional runner up or another winner (i.e. 15 people = 3 prizes, 20 people = 4, etc.).

As I have stated previously, I would like to run a contest monthly. If you have suggestions for a new contest, or have feedback for the contest or the rules, you know what to do. My e-mail address is widely available on this here blog. 🙂

So excited to see what y’all think of!

Darn technology!

So I was ready to put up two posts and a Blog Review that I had all ready and lined up but everything with the posts got all jumbled up and I honestly don’t have time to fix it at the moment.

I am going out of the city today and will be back tomorrow night, which is when you can expect all the goodies up!

Be patient with me! 🙂

Plus – I have a new contest coming up on Monday (June 1)!

Are y’all excited?!

Oh and a BIG thank you to all my new followers & subscribers. I appreciate the support, and though I have not had the chance to reach out and personally thank you, I have noticed & am very grateful!!