New hair!

Hey girlies!
So sorry I haven't posted in a while, life has just been super busy lately! I hope to have some more posts up soon and even some Halloween tutorials too!

Lately I've been debating whether I want to color my hair white blonde or go for a huge change and go brown.
I decided that I'll try colouring my hair white blonde and then go dark if I want to, rather than trying to lift my hair back to blonde if I didn't like it.
So this weekend I put a whole day aside to work on my hair.
I bought a highlighting cap, bleach, and developer from Sally's and decided to take on this job of going white blonde!
It took me 3.5 hours from start to finish, but it was all totally worth it!
I love my hair right now and think that I might want to stay white blonde for some time still.

 

Some of the products that I used were:

-Clairol Professional Blue Kaleidocolors Bleach Powder
-Salon Care 30 Volume Clear Developer
-Salon Care Highlighting Cap
-Colortrack Highlighting Brush

 

I thought I would include a before/ after pic of my hair. The before picture was in the summer, so that is why I look so tanned in it!

 

How do you think it turned out??

 

 

Katy Perry Inspired Makeup! ♡

Hey Girls!

Its been a while since I did an inspired makeup look, so today I have a look inspired by Katy Perry. One the September issue of Elle magazine, Katy has a very dark smokey eye. I really liked how she wore it so I tired it out on myself. It was super easy and I only had to use a few colors from my Naked Palette!

What do you think of it?

For this look I also filmed another YouTube video on it that I will link below. I would love if you would watch it! All the products I used for this look is also included in the video.

Also if you girls have a youtube account I would love if you would subscribe to me! :)

( www.youtube.com/user/bellavitamakeupxo )

I hope you liked this look! Tell me what you think of it in the comments!



TAG! MY Dirty Little Secrets!

Hey Girls!

Lately a lot of bloggers have been going the Dirty Little Secrets tag post.  So today I thought, why not I do this tag too. So let’s get to the questions!

1. What TV/Film show do you secretly watch?

In my house its not a secret that I love to watch the game type show Big Brother and I also love watching any TLC show, especially Toddlers and Tiaras. But secretly I watch Hannah Montana. Miley is funny in the show and it is one of the last good Disney shows made!

2. What song do you secretly know all the words to?

What makes you beautiful by One Direction, We are young by Fun, Tik Tok by Ke$ha, and Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson!

3. Who is the one "non-famous" person you'd secretly like to meet?

(Blogger/YouTuber related)

For bloggers, I would love to meet Chloe (www.chloesway.com), Hannah (www.life-sparkles.blogspot.com), Alona (http://www.fashionfreshman.com/) and Jenn (imperfection-isbeauty.com)! For Youtube, I would love to meet Sydney (www.youtube.com/user/BeautyBoxBarbie) , Lauren (www.youtube.com/user/laurenbeautyy), Shannon (www.youtube.com/user/shaaanxo), and lastly Megan (www.youtube.com/user/ciaoobelllaxo). A lot I know! :)

4. What is your worst bad habit?

I would probably say picking/flaking  my mascara off my lashes at the end of the night before I wash off my makeup!  And also being lazy… 2 bad habbits!  

5. What is the most expensive thing you own? Do you regret buying it?

Hmmm, probably clothes! But  I definitely do not regret buying them.

6. What is your biggest pet peeve?

People who are always looking to start a fight with you or start drama, and people who try to sing along with a song but they don’t know all the words! haha.

7. What do you secretly like the smell of?

No one really knows this I think, but I love the smell of citrus things. I really like the smell of Mr. Clean cleaner. I also like the smell of self tanners or spray tans, its weird I know, but I like it. Haha!

8. What are you secretly lusting after?

At this moment I cant think of anything! But I'm sure if you ask me in like a hour I'll have a list of things! haha.

I tag:

Everyone who reads this! :)

Hope you liked it!

☀.:July Favorites:.☀

Hi Loves!
Today is a gloomy day, which is not the best start to August, but what can you do right? I cant believe how fast July went by! I cant believe summer is now half over! Its so sad.
But on another note, I have gathered a bunch of products that I fell in love with in July. What I have decided to do for this month, since I do have alot of favorites, I will just post my YouTube video on my July favorites. If you havent seen me tweeting about it on twitter I recently made a new YouTube channel that I am really loving so far, If any of you girls have a youtube channel I would be soooo happy if you could subscribe to my new channel and help me get video views as well! My new channel is: www.youtube.com/user/bellavitamakeupxo :)

And now to my July Favorites!

I would also love to hear your feedback on my first video on this channel! :) What were some of your favorites for July??

DIY Makeup Brush Holder ❤

Hey Loves!

Lately I have really been into DIY's! I love doing crafty things, so today I have a post for a DIY makeup brush holder. I would always see these when I would go to Sephora and said every time I saw them that I want a brush holder like the ones they have for their brushes. So I went to my local dollar store and picked up some items to make one. The total cost for this was under $5 CDN! 

To make one of these brush holders all you will need is:

- A glass jar/ vase. Anything that you would want to keep your brushes in

 

- Vase filler, or any little clear plastic beads.

After picking up this cute vase, I review all the stickers on it and took the vase filler and poured it into the vase almost filling it up to the top.

And guess what? After that you are done! Just add your brushes into the vase and you now have a new makeup brush holder!

 

I love this because you can easily use and get to your brushes as well as having a chic brush holder.

I hope you girls like this DIY!

What do you use to keep your makeup brushes in?

Mid-Summer Face Makeup Haul!

Hey girls!
For the past couple of days where I live, we have been having a real heat wave! For me this means alot of soaking up the sun and working on my tan! I have been getting pretty drak with all this hot weather, so I thought I needed to go get some new face products so my skin coloring looks all equal. So here are the products that I got:

- L'oreal Sublime Bronze Luminous Bronzer Self-Tanning Lotion

- Wet 'n Wild Coloricon Bronzer

- NYC Smooth Skin Pressed Translucent Face Powder

- NYC Liquid Eyeliner

If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram you may have seen me asking about some good self tanners. Lately I have been looking into self tanners for my face and neck so that it can match the rest of my body without feeling the weight of makeup on. After doing some looking around on YouTube, I decided to pick this self tanner up. I can definately do a review or tutorial on this if you girls want!

While out, I also decided to pick up this huge Wet 'n Wild bronzer. I already like this bronzer because the color seems to match my skin really well. So I hope that it will be good!

I also picked up NYC's Liquid Eyeliner and Translucent Face Powder. These are not new items in my makeup bag, but I thought I might as well just post them in here as well! I love using this face powder because by the end of the day when my face is starting to look oily or shiny, I apply some of this mainly to my T-zone to make my face look more matte. I have been using this for a long time now, and still love it!

Have you tried any of these products before?



Grade 12 Graduation!

Hi Ladies!
So the last few days have been kind of crazy for me with finishing up with final exams, and having my grade 12 grad. But all the stress of getting ready for that is over, and I can now post about it!
For my grad, everything went perfectly! The weather turned out all sunny and hot, after having a few days of rain and stormy weather. Everything worked out perfectly, I had a ton of fun dancing, seeing friends and family, and staying at our after grad party until 5am! I will never forget all the memories made that night. The night of the grad it never hit me that I was actually done high school, but yesterday it did hit me, and it was a kind of emotional day. But I got through it, knowing that I will still see some of my close friends all the time! I also want to give a shout out to my friend Ariel from chiclookxo.com who graduated a day before me!

Now for some pictures from the day:

To see how I did my makeup for my grad, watch my newest YouTube video!:

I hope all who graduated this year had a great grad! Cheers to the class of 2012! We made it!

Naked Palette Quick Look #2

Hey girls!
Today I have another Naked Palette Quick Look for you. This one is a lighter look that is great look for daytime. I only used a combination of 4 basic colors, so this is a super easy look to recreate!

To get this look:
I first took Virgin and Sin, mixing them together and applying that as a wash to my whole lid. After applying that I took Naked and Buck, mixing those together as applying them to my outer corner and blending it into my crease. I blended the colors on my lid, applied my mascara and eyeliner and you're done!

It's super quick and simple to achieve this look!


I hope you enjoyed this quick look!

Suttle Blues ♥

Hey girls!
Today I thought I would post a eyeshadow tutorial that I had planned for a few weeks but never got to posting about it. Its the makeup that I wore in my Youtube video on nude summer lips. Its a really simple look with a pop of blue in the outer V of the eye.
If you havent seen my video already you can watch it below!

The shadows I used to create this look were Joe Fresh in Ice, and I applied this to my inner corners of my eye. I then took Gold Rush also by Joe Fresh (not pictured below) and applied this all over my lid. Then lastly I took my E.L.F. Quad in Ocean Dream and used the 2 darker blues and applied those to the outer V. Then I just took a fluffy brush, blended the colors together, applied some eyeliner and mascara and thats it!

I hope you enjoyed this quick eyeshadow look. And if you want to see how what I'm wearing on my lips just watch the video above! :)

My Naked Palette Quick Look

Hey girls!
One of the beauty gurus that I follow on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/beeisforbeeauty ) does quick makeup look using the Urban Decay Naked Palette. Since I finally got my Naked Palette I decided to do a Naked Palette Quick Look of my own!

Hope you like!

Products used:
- Half Baked (Naked Palette)
- Creep (Naked Palette)
- Annabelle Kohl Liner in Black Noir
- Maybelline XXL Mascara
- NYC Liquid Liner

Do you love the Urban Decay Naked Palette?

Getting Ready For Summer FOTN

Hey Girls!
Every day is a day closer to summer which is getting me really exicted! Where I live the weather has been getting really nice, minus a rainy day here and there. To make it even better, this weekend is also a long weekend here in Canada!

Since summer is getting closer, I have been pulling out my gold and bronze colors again and have been wearing them alot!

What I'm Wearing:

- Covergirl Clean Foundation in #245
- Physicians Formula Bronzer
- Azia Blush
- Joe Fresh Eyeshadow in Gold Rush
- Joe Fresh Eyeshadow in Chocolate
- Maybelline XXL Extensions Mascara
- NYC City Curves Mascara
- Annabelle Kohl Eyeliner
- Bonnebelle Eye Definer White Eyeliner

Hope you all have a great weekend!

I am also planning on filming a youtube video this weekend. If you have any suggestions leave them in the comments below!

European Makeup & Accessory Haul!

Hi Girls!
So I've been home from Europe for almost 2 weeks now, and I realized that I haven't done a haul on the things that I got! Because this was a school trip we didnt have a bunch of time for personal-type shopping, but I was able to find some great things! So this post will be on the makeup and accessories I bought while I was in Paris and also in Italy. So lets get to it!

To start off, I got these super cute, perfect for spring and summer, earrings from H&M in Florence, Italy. These were the first thing that I saw when I walked in the store and I fell in love with them right away! They were only about € 5.00!

                                      

Also in Florence, I bought these cute leather bracelets from a vender on the street. I love how these have a boho style to them. These were super cheap. I got 6 for € 5.00!


While in Venice, we found this really unique makeup store called Kiko. The makeup was all super cheap and super pretty as well! I bought this pinkish-white shadow for only € 5.00! And I love it so much!

At the same store, I also picked up some magnetic nail polish in a dark plum color. The magnet I bought with it creates stripes on your nail when you bring the magnet to the polish. I loved the design when I tried it! I also bought a nail art brush, that I am exicted to start to use it. For these items this was only around € 8.00. 

 

                                           

When I walked in the first souvenir shop in Paris, I fell in love with all the pink! Here I bought a pink Eiffle Tower phone chain, a Pink and Gem sparkly bracelet, and super cute Pink Bow Eiffle Tower Earrings. I also bought this adorable compact mirror. I just love this so much! These came to a total just over € 25.00

                               

In Paris I also found this nail file, but what is great about this one is that it is a glass file! Ive been looking for the perfect one for so long, and I figured what better place to get one then in Paris! This was only around € 4.00

Hope you enjoyed the makeup & accessory part of my European Haul! There is more to come to make sure to watch for that!