Five Faves Friday Vol 9...REMIX!

Instead of doing my Five Faves Friday like I normally do, I decided to just do my March Favorite's video!

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 8 - Hunger Games Obsessed?

This week seemed to go so slooooooooow! I had been anticipating watching The Hunger Games movie since the second I heard there was even going to be a movie! Every day this week I would check my countdown app to see how many hours left! Last night FINALLY came! I went all out...had my Katniss braid, Girl On Fire makeup, Hunger Games T-Shirt AND my China Glaze Hunger Games polish on! All I needed was a bow & arrow but I used my better judgement & left it at home ;) We got to the theater around 9:30pm to wait in line for the midnight release...SO AMAZING! 

Right before we left the house! EXCITEMENT!

 So now that I got a bit of my HG excitement out...I'll proceed with my Five-Faves of the week! :)

The Hunger Games

Ohhhh how did you EVER guess?! Obviously my first fave is going to the The Hunger Games.  I first discovered this book from my amazing cousin Tracey (Hey girl, hey!) while I was on vacation in Las Vegas! She was telling me about it & I wasn't really sold, it sounded graphic and disturbing. I'm a chick-lit kinda girl.  Well, my curiosity got the best of me! On the plane ride home I bought it on my Kindle.  Best. Choice. Ever. I become so engrossed in this book it was insane! To this day, it remains one of my top reads. I hope if you're reading this and you haven't read The Hunger Games, RUN...do not walk & get a copy to start reading immediately! You'll thank Tracey & I later.

MAC - Call Me Bubbles Quad

 This is from the recent release of the Shop MAC collection.  I saw this and wasn't excited one bit.  These are colors I don't usually ever buy. I probably wear pinks, corals & oranges once in a blue moon.  Why would I spend my money on shadows I'm not going to use? Well I saw some swatches online and was sold! I ordered this and had it overnighted. It came last week and I've used it at least 5 times! I am in love! Probably one of my most favorite quads I've ever come across. Yay for getting out of my "neutral-rut" I even used this for my "Girl On Fire" look last night!

Mineral Hygienics Foundation

I recently did a full in-depth review of these which can be found by clicking here.  (There also may, or may not be a promo code ;) check for yourself)  I have used these every day since last week! My skin has never looked better! I've gotten so many compliments recently, this stuff is like magical skin powder! Everyone I talk to I've been telling them about this. I am HOOKED! I can't wait to use this on some of my clients.  My skin is definitely going to be thanking me come the 100 degree weather! It's going to feel so good not having to wear heavy liquid foundation. Woot Woot!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Lara Bar

I looove me some peanut butter. I looove me some chocolate. I looove me some Lara Bars! Wait, what?!  All three combined? YES! I recently discovered this particular flavor and oh my stars. I love these puppies! They seriously taste like candy bars! I love Lara Bars because of the ingredients they use, in this particular bar, there are only 4: Dates, peanuts, salt & unsweetened chocolate chips! Not bad, eh? I've always got one of these in my pro kit, my purse or in a secret drawer I have in my desk.  

Popcorn Indiana All Natural Kettle Corn

 Kettle corn usually isn't my forte. When it comes to popcorn, I'm more of a "slathered in warm butter" kinda girl! I tried these at my Aunt Sherri's (Hiiiii Aunt Sherri!) during our first annual Valentine's Day Card Making & Cupcake Party.  She whipped up a fun trail mix for all of us and this kettle corn was in it. WOWZA! After I left there, we went grocery shopping & I told my husband the first thing we MUST get is this kettle corn! I found cute little portion controlled baggies! These are now a staple in my snacking routine...that's right, I have a routine...for snacking :)

So that's it! Have you read The Hunger Games? Tried the Lara Bars? Looking to try the Mineral Hygienic Foundation? Your comments make me smile!

Until next time,

Marina - mCubed Makeup

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 7

Whoa! WHAT. A. WEEK! I completely over-exfoliated my face to the point where it was raw! Horrible! I was in so much pain and NOTHING seemed to help! I spent all weekend miserable.  I finally did some researching online and have been able to get my face looking semi-normal again.  The following items are what have really helped my face this week...I don't think I'd be going out in public if it wasn't for them! 

Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream for Dry, Sensitive Skin

Photo credit - amazon.com 

Since I have the worlds oiliest skin, I was really freaking out when my whole entire face was covered in dry flakey patches! It literally felt like sandpaper. UGH! There wasn't a drop of oil on my face...since all the products I own are for oily skin, I did some research for the best drug-store moisturizer for dry skin...good ol' Makeup Alley led me in the right direction.  This thing is HUGE! It will probably last me 19000 years...it's really thick and I had to dig in there to get product out.  This immediately soothed my skin and has helped me get some moisture back into my face. I've been using it for a week and today was the day I finally didn't need it, I have a few little dry flakes but I was finally able to go back to my oily skin items :) 

Drinking Water

Photo Credit - aimfree.org

 Water is my absolute favorite drink, I drink at least 8-10 glasses a day.  For some reason during this whole "face trauma" I stopped drinking it...bad move, buddy! This made my face even more dehydrated.  As soon as I jumped back on the water drinking wagon, my face started to change back.  It's amazing what water can do for your skin.  Yes, I still had some dry spots but my skin didn't feel so tight as if it was going to split open if I smiled.  It really helped bring moisture into my face. 

Merle Norman's Aqua Balance Foundation

Photo Credit - makeupalley.com

I will start by saying this, I DO NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT SOME FORM OF MAKEUP ON MY FACE! With all of these dry patches, it was sooo hard to put makeup on, everything looked horrible.  I decided to go through my foundation drawer and see if I could find my most moisturizing one of the bunch.  I picked up this little guy and mixed it with my next favorite (Strobe Cream) and I was finally able to put my face on!  This really gave me amazing coverage without being too drying or oily.  I forgot how much I love this stuff!

MAC's Strobe Cream

Photo Credit - maccosmetics.com

I use this for EVERY single one of my clients...I think it is one of my top HG's for my kit.  You can watch my video here of why I personally don't use it on myself...well in this case, I needed it.  This helped deflect the focus off of my flaky skin! It made me look moisturized, dewey & radiant! It was the macaroni to Merle Norman - Aqua Balance's cheese! They went perfect together. This helped hide all my imperfections with the foundation. LOVE!

Birthday Cake Flavored Oreo's

Photo Credit - forked.com 

 "Oreo's again?! But they were in your LAST Five-Faves-Friday!" Yes, yes, I know...the horror! Well since I had a horrid face week, these little guys helped cheer me riiight up! They taste like the Rainbow Chip icing tubs with cookies!! YUM! I may or may not of eaten the whole bag this week...

So my beautiful readers, tell me about your week! 

Until next time, 

Marina - mCubed Makeup

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 6

Well, no exciting news to report about this week...didn't really do much except plan our 1 year wedding anniversary trip for next month and we decided on Las Vegas.  We have family there and try to visit Vegas at least 2x a year. It's one of my favorite places to visit because I know it so well AND well, IT'S VEGAS!!!! So during my week of planning these are 5 of my favorite things of the week!

Double Stuff Oreo's

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 I have always been obsessed with Oreo's since I was a wee one.  Efren & I used to always keep these stocked in our pantry but over the past year and a half we have really been trying to watch what we eat.  We haven't purchased a bag of these babies in over a year!!! I made a huuuge mistake by going to get "just a few things" from the grocery store...on an empty stomach I will add...and left with these.  Now, I probably could of just walked right past the cookies and been fine, but no, not this time. They had an Oreo monument right smack in the middle of Wal-Mart! It's Oreo's 100th birthday, I mean, it would just be mean to the Oreo to NOT buy any.  So we spent this week celebrating Oreo's birthday by stuffing our face with these magical sandwich cookies. 

Plainchicken.com - Blog

Photo Credit - plainchicken.com

 So I am a huge Pinterest addict and I love pinning different foods to make from there.  From that fabulous site I discovered Plain Chicken! Since I'm a picky eater and pretty much only eat chicken this perfect for me! I've probably made at least 30 meals from this site! I absolutely love it! It's not just all chicken, there's other recipes too.  This week I made French Dip Roll-Ups, Bubble Up Enchiladas, & Chicken Pot Pie Casserole....mmmmm! Are you hungry yet?

Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Shine in 30 - Shimmering Pink

I've always been a fan of YSL's makeup; the packaging is to die for, it's so classy and elegant & always makes me feel glamourous! When I first got this lipstick, I was so disappointed with it! I was expecting a nice bright pigmented pink with lots of shine.  I probably should of read about the Pur Shine's before...these aren't as pigmented as normal lipsticks but have a gorgeous sheen to them.  This week I have been loving this! It's a very frosty shimmery baby pink that has been perfect for the looks I have been achieving.  I was able to turn my YSL frown upside down :)

Organix Repairing Awapuhi Ginger Dry Styling Oil

I recently did a haul about drug store products on my YT Channel  and in this video I talked about me just starting to get into some drug store items.  I've never really shopped for beauty products at Wal-Mart or Walgreens but everyone has such great things to say about certain products.  During my Walgreens shopping trip I came across the brand Organix, I've never heard of it before but they were all BOGO free! I picked this as well as a Coconut Milk oil thingy (still haven't tried that one).  I have thin hair so I've been loving how this doesn't weigh it down or make it greasy. Oh, and the smell is amazzzzzzzzzzing! 

Coastal Scents Liquid Corrector in White

Photo Credit - kaboodle.com

It's that time of year where I'm starting to tan (fake bake) and need to "up" my shade in foundation.  Well, I'm still too light for my next shade up and the one I'm using it too light for me. Solution: use this liquid corrector in the darker color! Tada! Perfect color! I have one of these in my professional kit as well! I love it! It doesn't alter the foundation formula or anything, just lightens it perfectly. 

Well, friends, there ya have it! My 6th Five-Faves-Friday post! Wow! 

I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!

Until next time, 

Marina - mCubed Makeup

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 5

Goood morning beautiful (and handsome) readers! I have had such an amazing week via Twitter & YouTube & here! I feel so loved by you all and the feeling is definitely mutual ;) 

I truly wish I could give each and every one of you reading this a huuuuuge hug.  I'm also very excited because my amazing friend Lauren over at http://laurenslodown.blogspot.com/ just started her blog.  Her posts are hilarious, I am so happy for her!

This week I have 2 food-related items & 3 beauty items (woot woot)

Spaghetti Squash

Photo Credit - fabulousfoods.com

Now in a few of my previous posts I've mentioned what a picky eater I am, I also forgot to tell you that I despise vegetables.  When I discovered this squash I didn't know it was a vegetable (DOH!) I went to Farmer's (a little grocery store in town) & randomly picked a squash.  I got home & spent hours of online research trying to figure out the best way to cook it.  I settled for the microwave (I can post how I prepare my squash if anyone is interested). We eat ours with red sauce (or gravy, for you gorgeous Italians!) and parmesan cheese...I really forgot how much I missed it until we had it for dinner this week! Mmmmmm! I always feel so healthy after eating this! It tastes just like spaghetti sans carbs! Voila!

Coffee-Mate Pumpkin Spice Creamer

Photo Credit - walmart.com

Puuuuuummpkiiiin spiiiice, oooh how I love yooooou! (that was a song, I just made it up) I'm a Keurig lover & not a fan of flavored coffee. This makes any coffee taste like magic in a cup.  I went to a grocery store here in town and bought the last two (powdered creamers) they had for the season! This stuff is so amazing! I use it every single day in my coffee! When I'm feeling real funky, I'll make it in iced coffee (I'm fancy) I'm trying to come up with a plan when I run out in a few months...I won't be able to go until October without my Pumpkin Spice Creamer!!!!

Bath & Body Works Coconut Lime Verbena Moisturizing Soap

Photo Credit - bathandbodyworks.com

In the summer, I'm an avid couponer. Last summer I picked up like 25 bars of soap (which I was paid to take out of the store...woot woot) so I learned how to make my own hand soap with these bars of body soap! Very domestic of me, right?! Well, I noticed my jug was empty so I was searching around and found this baby under my sink! I used to use these ALL the time! Every time B&BW would have a sale I would leave with a bag full of the soaps. I am obsessed with staying clean & germ free so I wash my hands about...eh....72 times a day. It really dries them out! Well when I used this I forgot how moisturizing this hand soap is! PLUS it smells like summer! Mmmmmm!

Maybelline Baby Lips in Peach Kiss

Photo Credit - target.com

 I sent my fab friend Lauren a goody box and stumbled upon these.  I've seen them on all the forums, blogs, review sites etc., but never tried them.  I picked up 2 in Peach Kiss, one for me & one for her.  I got in the car & tried this...EEEK! I love! It's as if a lipstick, gloss & lip balm had a baby! It's a really pretty peachy nude color. Very flattering! I've used it almost every day this week.  They are super affordable, I plan on picking up every color when my Target restocks. Plus, how cute is the tube?!

Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler

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I will start this off by saying what a skeptic I was about this...I know it's a "cult-favorite" but I just couldn't bring myself to pay $20 for something like this and risk it not even being that great! Well...my amazing friend Debbie in South Korea sent me this (AHHH!) and turned me into a Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler fanatic! This thing makes my lashes curl so beautifully and it actually stays all day! You can just feel what a high quality item this is when you're holding it. I absolutely love love love this! 

So lovelies, have you tried Spaghetti Squash? Used Baby Lips? I'd love to hear from you guys! Reading your comments make me smile!

Until next time,

Marina - mCubed Makeup

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 4

Happy Friiiiiidaaaaay! I spent most of this week being sick again! Yay! I'm starting to juice and get my weight-loss back on track. I have been looking forward to the weekend since Monday, heehee. I hope you all had a great week <3

EXTRA Sugar-Free Key Lime Pie Gum

Photo credit - polyvore.com

 Okay, to start off I am NOT a gum lover.  My jaw gets tired quick and I lose interest in the flavor. If my breath needs a lil' summin summin I will pop in an Altoid...I saw these and assumed they would taste like minty key lime pie gum. WRONG! These have been perfect with helping with my sugar cravings.  I am the biggest sugar-monger in the whole world, it has been the hardest thing to give up.  I just pop one of these babies in my mouth and my sugar cravings are gone! Aaaaamaaaazing. Now I just have to hope they don't discontinue these! Have you tried any flavors? Thoughts, comments?

Indie Lee - The Body Scrub

Photo credit: indielee.com

 I'm pretty much the biggest Indie Lee product fan ever in all of the land. (I'm a fan of her too because well, she's awesome! Oh, you didn't know? Then go check out her FB page and you'll see why! #TeamIndieLee) If you follow me on Twitter then you know I'm always talking about her products, I'm def NOT paid or compensated in any way, I just feel so strongly about all her products because they do exactly what they say and are alllll natural, baby! I don't find that often where I love everything I've tried. I have had this next to my computer this week to sniff every so often and then it goes in my shower with my to make my skin feel like a baby's bottom...it's THAT soft! I just can't get over how deeelicious the scent is! All in favor of an Indie Lee Coconut Citrus candle, air freshener, fabric softening sheets & perfume, raise your hand....*raises hands as well as my fur children's* 

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish - Redhead

Photo credit: temptalia.com

 I am huge MSF lover/collector, I just love the way they look, feel, taste (jk, just wanted to make sure you were paying attention). This one has been my go-to this week. The right side is the perfect blush and the left side is the perfect highlight for my cheekbones, cupid's bow, brow bones, nose...love it. I really like that I have my 2 products in 1. I have searched for other colors like this but none look the same as this one does on me.  I have literally used this every day since Monday! Do you have a favorite MSF?

Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Photo credit: wendys.com

This bad boy right here has been KILLING me this week with my weight-loss!  I think the people at Wendy's already know it's for me when they here through the microphone, "Can I get a Spicy Chicken Sandwich with only lettuce and add american cheese." These are soooo good and soooo addicting! Besides Chinese Food (and chicken strips) this is the other food I could literally eat every single day. I tried these about 4 years ago in LAX and the rest is history. This is also the only thing I will eat at Wendy's! My town doesn't offer much of well, anything so this is one of our few fast-food joints. I hate you Wendy's for making this sandwich so dang good!

NYC - Ultra Moist Lipwear

Photo credit: newyorkcolor.com

Most of my lip products are MAC, NARS & MUFE & I don't usually stray. I was in Wal-Mart and saw these for $.99 with a $.50 off coupon! Woot woot! I thought that for $.49 it was worth a shot to try these. These are so fun! They are very moist so the color is more sheer than your traditional lipstick.  I got every color they had and have been having a blast using them all! I have a client next Saturday who is going to a Roaring 20's Dance so the deep plum color is absolutely perfect for her! I love these because of their price! I won't be sad if one melts, breaks or I decide to let one go home with my client. Yay for NYC lippies this week!

I'd love to read your comments! Have a safe and happy weekend! Love you all!

Until next time,

Marina - mCubed Makeup

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 3

What a great week this has been! My husband has had the WHOLE week off and we had a really fun Valentine's Day together! We stayed in our jammies, ordered pizza and ate our weight in candy while watching romantic movies. Although, we both seem to have caught an icky bug, we've been sick since Wednesday, hubby more than me, so it has put a bit of a damper on the rest of his vacation. Onto my Five-Faves of the week!

Sudoku Puzzles

I've been really into Sudoku Puzzles for quite some time now but the past few months I seem to have a million other things to do, puzzles are last on my list.  Since I've been home lounging around this week, these have been my BFF again! They make me feel like I'm making my brain smarter with each minute that passes of me doing these!

In Time 

Photo credit - moviespad.com

I saw a preview for this while watching What's Your Number and it looked awesome. I'm not usually into Sci-Fi/Thriller/Futuristic movies what-so-ever but I went and rented it.  My husband and I watched it and LOVED it! We couldn't stop talking about it. The next night, my brother-in-law's girlfriend was in town so the 4 of us watched it again (it's GOTTA be good if we watched it 2 nights in a row!) Love love love! I highly recommend this movie.  It really makes you think! 

Urban Decay Shadow Pencil in Sin

Photo credit: temptalia.com

 I received the Urban Decay Pencil Stash as a Christmas gift from my brother-in-law & his GF, I love everything UD so this was right up my alley. This week I have gravitated towards Sin for every look I do! I use it on my brow bone as well as the inner corners of my eyes and it really makes my eyes pop! I absolutely love these pencils but Sin is my #1! I think these are limited edition which makes my heart sad :(

Tina Fey's Bossypants

Photo credit: amazon.com

 Hi, my name is Marina and I am a book reading addict. "Hi Mariiiiina!"

Yes. Seriously. I absolutely love reading books, actually, I like reading anything...from billboards to magazines to the back of my shampoo bottle.  I had heard really great things about this book so I decided to give it a go.  I usually stick with my chick-lit type of books so this was a bit out of my element.  I am half-way through and I am SO glad I picked this up. I have never laughed so hard from a book before.  I probably look like a looney toon sitting in my room cracking up. It's THAT funny! This is one of those books I think everyone should read. You won't regret it. You'll thank me later :)

Organized Makeup Area

Now, I decided against posting the actual picture of my makeup area because I wanted to avoid hate mail.  I know I have way too much makeup (wait, there's not such thing!) but I really don't like hearing it from other people and I'd just rather save the drama for your mama...not literally...

Hubster took me to Wal-Mart the other night and bought me all kinds of neat little trays and organization type of things in the kitchen area.  He gave me his big dresser to use as my makeup storage.  I was able to line all of the drawers with neat little cubby-type things! Everything has a home now...ahhhh...sigh of relief! I just love the feeling of having everything organized, it just makes me feel so much more in control! How often do you organize your makeup area?

Well my friends, that's it for this weeks Five-Faves-Friday...I hope you enjoyed, I'd love to hear your feedback...have you seen the movie I listed, read the book I talked about or tried the UD pencils? 

Have a FABULOUS weekend!

Until next time,

Marina - mCubed Makeup

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Five-Faves-Friday Vol 2

This will be my second "Five-Faves-Friday" and I'm super excited!  I had a very bad week with Twitter...every time I would log on, it would show that I wasn't following people I know I was, so of course, I would go back and re-follow them.  Twitter took this as spamming or "auto-churning" and suspended my account on Monday...JUST GOT MY ACCOUNT BACK! Whoo hoo!
 Onto Five-Faves-Friday:

The Blemish Lotion by Indie Lee

Photo credit - indielee.com

I am "can't-eat-can't-sleep-reach-for-the-stars-World-Series-kinda-of-stuff" in love with this product. (BTW, don't you just love the It Takes Two quote? Classic movie...moving on) I referred to it in my video review as Magic In A Bottle and it seriously is.  The beginning of this post explains part of my week, well, it just turned out to be one of those weeks where EVERYTHING goes wrong. I spent 14 hours each day stressed this week, we all know stress = pimples.  This stuff has been a God send for my face this week! 

Philly Cheese Steaks

So you may be reading and saying to yourself, "Philly Cheese Steaks, what the?!" I will start off by saying I am probably one of the world's pickiest eaters. Seriously.  I usually don't try new foods, I stick to what I like and that's that!  Well there's a restaurant in town called Big D's Downtown Dive, I "liked" their Facebook page and would always see people raving about their cheese steaks, they even have a special Wednesday nights. I was very intrigued and decided to try one. WHOA! nfjgknfjkdgnfdkjgnkjfhgjfkdngdjkgnfk <-----that's how excited I got. I can't believe I have been missing out on these my whole life.  Since then I have been trying them everywhere, one of my favorites is at Subway! I have been obsessed with them all week long! 

Real Housewives of Orange County

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I am a self-proclaimed reality-tv whore.  When it comes to any of the Real Housewives franchises, fugggetaboutit! I know everything about all of them.  OC was the first I started watching when Real Housewives premiered so naturally I seem to get more excited about them.  Tuesday, February 7th was the Season 7 premiere (one plus to my stressful week) and since I'm DVR obsessed, I let it record and watched it the next morning. Man, I just can't get enough of the OC! I loved seeing Tamra & Gretchen play nice and makeup at the beginning. Totally made my day :)

All of the LOOOOVE in the air!

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day even though I'm married, it's just not my favorite. What I do love about this month is all of the pinks and reds & chocolates everywhere you go. Pink + chocolate = Happy Marina.  It even feels like love is in the air.  All the stores have such beautiful things to make your Valentine's Day special and it just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. I love, well, LOVE!

Zoya Nail Lacquer in Perrie

Photo credit - zoya.com

Zoya is a new brand I discovered and I'm very impressed.  This color is such a fun Spring color (yes, I know we're still in February and I'm getting a bit ahead of myself) and it's a really flattering shade on me.  Once my polish starts chipping I switch colors but I have kept applying this color all week.  I usually don't wear colors for more than 2 days or so.  I think this is going to be so cute on my toes when flip-flop weather arrives!

I hope you all had a wonderful week and have a fun and safe weekend!

Until next time,

Marina - mCubedMakeup

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Five-Faves-Friday!

I decided I wanted to start doing a Five-Faves-Friday! I will post about the 5 things I'm absolutely loving this week...fabulous way to start the weekend ;) Some weeks it may be all makeup or beauty related items, some weeks it could be the most random things and some weeks it may be all food (I love me some good food). So here it goes, in no particular order :)

1)  3 Musketeers Coconut Bar

Photo courtesy of http://www.candyandsnacktoday.com

I was checking out at Walgreens the other day and they always have that dang little shelf where you check out with different candies that are on sale for like $.50 (I CURSE YOU, CANDY SHELF!) well, that shelf has magical powers to make you look at it no matter how hard you try to avoid it (seriously) so of course this time when I saw that this was coconut I jumped on it! I'm not a fan of 3 Musketeers in general, but coconut makes everything better and boy oh boy is this amazing! It reminds me a lot of the Coconut M&M's just not crunchy.

2) Cafe Escapes Chai Tea Latte K-Cups

Photo courtesy of http://www.gmcrwholesale.com/

Last winter I spent most of my money (and calories, sugar, fat etc.) at the Hastings Hardback Cafe buying Vanilla Chai Tea Latte's...I discovered they sold the powdered mix and checked out the sugar content and FREAKED! The barista told me they also make it in sugar free (sigh of relief) but it just didn't taste the same.  I was at Wal-Mart and I love looking in the K-Cup aisle and seeing what new flavors and brands they have out and I discovered these puppies! I usually never finished my whole drink from Hastings anyway so this is perfect for me.  It's not as thick as usual cafe made ones but I add a tiny bit of sugar-free vanilla powdered creamer for a bit more richness.  The flavor is absolutely amazing, it's perfect on those cold days/nights.  There's something about chai tea that screams, "CHRISTMAS!" to me.  I've also tried it over ice which is great as well!

3) Magic Beyond Words the JK Rowling Story

Photo courtesy of http://www.newvideo.com/

I am a huuuuuuuuuuuge Harry Potter fanatic so while good ol' hubby and I were strolling through the new releases section of Hastings this screamed my name.  As much as I know and love about Harry Potter I honestly couldn't tell you much about the author JK Rowling.  This movie starts from the very beginning of JK (Joanna) as a little girl and how Harry Potter evolved to present day.  It goes through all the struggles and tragedy she went through.  This movie gave me another level of respect for JK Rowling.  If you are a HP fan, definitely check this out!

4) MAC's Breath of Plum Sheertone Blush

Photo courtesy of http://www.luuux.com/

This was a complete impulse buy awhile ago, it's definitely not a color I usually go for but for some reason this week I have been alllll about Breath of Plum!  Since this is a sheertone blush it goes on, well, more sheer so it's very easy to build up color.  I actually used this on 3 different colored girls and it looked amazing on all of them.  This color is a matte deep plum but it honestly is the perfect color.  I find myself using it now constantly.  I don't know why I strayed from it for so long but I am officially in love.  

5) Chocolate-Covered Katie, the Healthy Dessert Blog

Photo courtesy of http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/

I was messing around on Pinterest and found this board of these sinful looking desserts, I clicked the pictures to be taken to the link and discovered this blog.  I was honestly in shock seeing all of these guilt-free desserts, I mean literally any dessert you can think of was on here but made over to be healthy/healthier! Sweets are my weakness, I could have dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner!  I've made a few things from her blog and each one is just sooo good! So far my favorite one I have made is the Mounds Bar Baked Oatmeal mmmmmmmmm!!!!! You can follow this blog at www.chocolatecoveredkatie.com 

Well, that's all folks! I'd love to hear some of your favorites of the week! 

Until next time,

Marina - mCubedMakeup

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