#Ridiculousdeal: New tunics

Went down to the Goodwill yesterday since I've found Armani, Seven, Abercrombie etcetera jeans in there I thought it was worth a shot. (Isn't saying that like saying "well, I got on the twitter yesterday" ?) Anyway, I went in search of a shirt for Remmy, my character in the children's production at church. Since the characters are rumored to be like Doug Funnie (and his closetfull of one outfit) I had to make sure that it's something that Remmy is stylish enough for every time. 

Remmy's Tunic 

$5USD

 

 

Remmy is an over the top, girly bedazzling queen. So I needed something sequined or studded, sparkly, and all around OD. I came across this hideously beautiful top that screamed Remmy. And thus, I bought it. A Remmy is born. (Ignore the sheerness of the top, I'll definetly wear an undershirt. Probably a V-neck.)

 

Grey Paintbrushed Tunic 

$6USD

 

While I searched for something to wear to the Remmygeddon, I came across this adorable little tunic. The grey screams 1983 and the pattern wasn't the worst- in fact, I've become really fond of the little paintbrush strokes. The color wasn't too light and the thing I like the most is that it's extremely versatile. I can wear it with a miniskirt or a pair of jeans or a pair of jorts. So I bought it. Adorbs.

#Ridiculous Deal: Julep Maven Box

I just got my Julep Maven box in the mail today. I got it from Wrapp, an iPhone app my sister insisted that I download to send her free gift cards. The special was a free maven box and the only thing required was shipping and handling- only $3 USD. The Maven box is without a doubt, attempting to compete with BirchBox- a monthly subscription that sends out beauty products. I, of course, had to try.  

Of all the descriptions listed (below) ...

...when I did my Beauty Bio I was branded as "classic with a twist" which confused me at first because I usually don't dress that way, but I realized that makeup-wise, I'm a sucker for a cat-eye with red lips. 

The box included this serum which I'll be reviewing shortly. 

It's pretty hydrating. My cuticles look significantly healthier. 

Two nail colors: Myrtle (red) and Zora (pearl)

 

I also received a 50% off as well.

Contents of the entire box.

#Rant: Forever XXI v. H&M

I went in Forever XXI yesterday and was intrigued by the similarities to H&M. My local mall will literally have them head to head when the H&M finally opens- right across the hall from a bigger better Forever XXI that opened within the month. 

Basics Section. 

I know Forever XXI has always had basics but they've actually sectioned them off and are really pushing the prices lower than they've ever been. #ftw

Saw a lot of these on Black Friday in H&M. 

Workout/Activewear Section 

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I believe H&M has had their own section for a while. It's nice to see Forever XXI shedding light in all aspects of life. 

Ridiculous Deal: Cortex Platinum Black Series Special Edition

The MSRP is $200 USD. I paid 30$. Need I say more? I've kissed breakage & dryness goodbye due to black titanium plates. This iron has professional temperature settings as well as a limited warrantee. I'm definetly in love.

Update: My sister also purchased this iron. About a year in, the plates on both irons fragmented and fell off. I can still use it and these irons still do a fabulous job- just expect for the plates to break just when you think that this is a long term investment.

Review: Sephora Nail Patch Art in A04 Chinese Blossom

As you know, I am the queen of clearance fishery. One of the items that I've been waiting to go on further sale has been these nails strips that I purchased from Sephora last week (at $5 USD).  I've honestly been dying to try them because they looked different from the other ones that I tried before. (Sephora Nail Bling) I bit the bullet and bought them, as I thought curiousity would kill me. 

Applying these SUCKED. The instructions weren't even clear so I messed up the first one completely. These are soft, extremely fragile strips of nail polish. Since they're so delicate it was extremely difficult to apply these without breaking them. Also, since the adhesive side wouldn't stick unless the protective layer (which kept the pattern stable) was removed, so it was easy for the strip to fold over, crumble or just mess up in general. 

Sephora Nail Patch Art in A04 Chinese Blossom

The 'finished product'. 

The challenging strips. 

OOTD: Casually sneaking graphics into the office.

I decided to wear my reasonably priced v-neck to the office with the new boyfriend cardigan I scored in my last Ridiculous Deal.  

'Back to the Future' V-neck ($6 USD, Target), jeans ($16 USD, David Bitton @ Marshall's- I've had these pants since high school.), wedges ($26 USD, Steve Madden), cardigan ($6 USD, Target)

Ridiculous Deal: Victoria's Secret has 7 for $26!!

My favorite! 

I'm going tomorrow!

Ridiculous Deal: Sephora clearance fishing.

Today as every week I go into Sephora and burrow through theirs entire clearance center. This week I found a Cinna-esqe gold eyeliner, and though I haven't been impressed by Sephora brand products in the past, I figured that it couldn't hurt to have some awesome gold eyeliner. I'll do an update as soon as I wear it. 

How it looks on me. 

OOTD: Sheer Fishtail

Bought this shirt from Cotton On for $5 and finally found a way to wear it to the office.  

Made use of the Vice 2 (Urban Decay) on eyes.

Ridiculous Deal: Headbands

I've been on a recent headband/hair accessory bender to spice up my bob haircut and the spoils follow:

Call It Spring had one headband that I fell in love with as well.

I nearly never go to Beya because I feel that their jewelry resembles dollar store low budget jewelry.

However yesterday I went in with the hopes of finding some headbands to spice up my bob and I made a colossal killing. 

I'm obsessed with black floral so we already know this was coming home with me. 

Thought this would be a bold animal print without being the clichéd leopard, zebra or tiger print. 

Pink polka dots, this was thrown into my cart for days when I feel like revamping the old pinup image. 

White floral, for those rare days when I'm casual enough to accept white as an acceptable wardrobe color. 

Ok, even though to me this screams Aunt Jemima, I can see this going to RoundUp, with navy blue and on weekends when I don't care with a pair of cowboy boots. 

Rant: Ridiculous Deal:Wedges, the fun alternative to pumps

Wedges are the funky cousin of pumps, hands down. I love the attitude they bring to an outfit.
I scored this pair from Mandee on Black Friday (yes, I'm blogging in retrospect- dont judge me) for all of $11 USD.
They have a snakeskin relief on the actual wedge a a faux brushed leather upper. The slope, however is incredibly deceiving as it makes me feel like I'm running around in flats! But the back is my favorite part. Reminiscent of a corset, there is a lace up featurette along the heel.
Score.

Ridiculous Deal: Finally a dream I can weave myself

I've been looking for affordable clips for a long time. Who knew that I would've find them in the hood? DIY hair extensions are the effing bees knees. Not only do they look natural, Dream Weaver extensions are easy to install and mantain.

Available in so many different colors and lengths, I'm impressed with this product. 

Ridiculous Deal: VS Pink Swim Separates for little & nothing.

These swimsuits were a last minute decision while walking through Pink. It dawned on me- VSSemi includes Pink!
Looking at buckets of swimsuits right for the picking, I dove through the S bottoms first as I knew that would be harder to find. When I looked at the price tag sewing prices like 5.99 & 7.99 on the swim separates, I knew I would try for more than one. The girl working in Pink told me that she only wears black bottoms & just buys different tops for her swim collection. I thought that was interesting. I've thought about wearing two non matching solids, but never pattern & solids. That creativity should've  dawned on me ages ago since I need to be beach ready 85% of the year here in Miami. Scoring two solid black bottoms (one being a low rise string bikini, the other appeared to be the bottoms to a bandeau style swim set), I could now look for tops. Since I've never really had the simple black bikini, I looked for & found a medium top, which finally fits bc I lost weight. I wanted a fun top too & found the cheetah one in the large section. For swim separates for 32$ in VS made me glad I didnt pay more than that just for one pair of bottoms. I win.

Ridiculous Deal: Victoria's Secret Semi Annual spoils Part One.

I swung by the Victoria's SemiAnnual to see if I could find anything worth merit since their store card was burning a hole in my wallet. Needless to say in two trips to VS my card was maxed out. This is the equivalent to having a crackhead going down to the trap. I need professional help. Having said that, here are the spoils of trip one.
I have spa days from time to time so the 3 for 11$ bubble bath was worth it. I'll have enough to last until the next VSSemi in January. Vanilla Lace (2), Strawberries & champagne (1) were surprisingly on sale... Two of my favorites. At $3 each I couldn't leave them there. They looked lonely.
Eau de toilette in Costco size from Victoria's costs an arm & leg or your first born child. I walked away with a giant Love Rocks eau for a grand total of $10.  It usually retails $45. Score.
Holiday sets usually go on sale during this time as well. Though I couldn't get a jumbo sized bottle of Bombshell (my favorite eau from their collection) I did find a stocking stuffer size, perfect for my purse, and the box set also came with a lotion that TSA would have no problem with.
I also purchased four swimsuits separates that I will do a separate post on. But, i'll have you know the retail value is worth more than what I paid for all this.

That about wraps up trip one to my downward spiral of debt.

Ridiculous Deal: Victoria's Secret Semi Annual spoils Part Two.

*pictured: Noir Love Me body splash, Vixen body splash, makeup brushes, VS Beauty lipstick in Wine.
Visit two was pleasant due to the fact that VSSemi is 10$ cheaper for Gemini & Capricorns. I fall under the former. I reevaluated what I really needed at that point... being a colored lipstick & makeup brushes.

I found some brushes that i'll probably end up leaving in my suitcase. The quality is nothing to rave about... My EcoTools brushes do a much better job & are environmentally friendly- and they were cheaper! The quality on these brushes make this a sad case of retail regret.

I've mentioned in prior searches for lipstick & lip color that I literally go to the end of the spectrum to choose a color, and this case was no exception. I saw what looked like a deep dark purple color that comes across as a vibrant fuschia on me. Sold. I bought it. Everyone always compliments it when worn.

The body splashes are both discontinued the the world of VS. Vixen (the pink one) is fruity. Noir: LoveMe (the clear one w the black top) is clean scent.

Ridiculous Deal: Birch box

B turned me on to this. I’ll be receiving it soon a definitely blogging about it.
Birch Box, a sampler paradise. (We all know how crazy I am about sampling.) The basic concept is to received things that you've never tried in the form of a monthly 'grab bag' where you are privy to the products until you open the package.

The only thing that makes me apprehensive about subscribing is the fact that they may not take under consideration that opening the box each month to beige samples may make this a waste of money.
They say that it is 'customized for you' but I'm not sure how much I trust that. I just put myself on a waitlist for the gifts so we'll see how that goes. Maybe I'll use my Secret Santa money to get a 3 month subscription.

Ridiculous Deal: Steve Madden strikes again

Daisy duke. That's the first thing I thought upon beholding this lovely pair. I found these beauties in none other than Ross. I originally went in to buy a pair of shorts but figured 'hey let me look through the shoes, that's always fun' & I came across these.

Steve Madden Platforms

They're on a wood sole with leather straps & reminds me of the way a clog. The leather straps interlace & crisscross in the front, winding around the back of the heel. They're also ridiculously comfortable as they have a platform heel. They're about 5" high. Can't wait to see what outfits surface with these wonderful shoes.

Ridiculous Deal: The swimsuit I've been waiting for for two years.

I saw this swimsuit in Victoria's Secret two years ago. I fell in love with it that day, but I was not going to pay 70$ plus tax to own it. I went to Orlando a couple of weeks ago and my cousin works in the Prime Outlets over there so while waiting for him to get off of work, I browsed and shopped. I ended up getting bits & pieces of my costume for Halloween this year and then went over to the Victoria's Secret, out of curiosity. 

I didn't even want anything from Victoria's. I just paid off the Angels Card that I ran up getting things for my possibly ex boyfriend. But I had an hour to burn before I went to lunch with my cousin, so I wen't in and discovered that they had swimsuits & the thought popped into my head to look for this one! I figured it was a long shot since it has been two years since the 2008 collection, but I was amazed to find it in my in my size as well- Small bottoms and a Large top. I have to make some alterations as my bust measures 28 (curse you small ribcage!) and the swimsuit hooks in the back rather than tying but I was happy with my purchase!

The best part is what happened at the register! I didn't realize that the top was the same price as the bottom :) (usually they jack up the price so the sale isn't as great as you think it is.) I walked away with both pieces for a grand total of $10.69. I won that day.

Ridiculous Deal: A new cardigan for the collection.

I've been in desperate need of a casual cardigan. I needed it neutral enough so that it can go with jeans or slacks & deviate from my normal black cardigan- they are staples but I did need something with a bit of versatility. So while getting my car serviced today, I decided that the hunt was on for a cardigan, navy blue or beige in color. I already own a grey one but was told that I should belt it to give it some shape.

So I set out to Express, my usual go-to spot for things that I need to last for a long time (& a sweater is no exception) and to no avail, I found nothing in the clearance section.

So I went down to Macy's (my failsafe) and looked around. My hunt led me through the entire clearance & I eventually gave up & realized that I would've purchased something clearance in Express for the same price. I purchased this sweater & I must say I believe it was worth the money I paid for it. Not only is it navy blue like I wanted but nice & fitted & casual but dressy enough to wear to work with a decent tank. It also has these cute little fabric rosebuds that give it an elegant look. I'm in love with this cardigan. I think you guys will be seeing a lot of it in the future.