<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634</id><updated>2012-02-15T23:16:51.447-08:00</updated><category term='edward cullen'/><category term='art deco'/><category term='specktra.net'/><category term='makeup'/><category term='notd'/><category term='good eats'/><category term='mac'/><category term='fotd'/><category term='swap'/><category term='lent'/><category term='twilight'/><category term='shopping'/><category term='nail design'/><category term='sephora'/><category term='tag'/><category term='sale'/><category term='hair'/><category term='robert pattinson'/><category term='rant'/><category term='nails'/><category term='china glaze'/><title type='text'>random days with natjotua</title><subtitle type='html'>beauty. nails. cosmetics. &amp;amp; my life.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-8357762689030867579</id><published>2009-05-16T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T00:08:04.166-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tag'/><title type='text'>TAG + nail of the (last)  week included!</title><content type='html'>I've been such a sucky blogger lately, but at least in doing it now!  =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got tagged by Niya @  &lt;a href="http://peacelovemakeup.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peace.Love.Makeup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Rules:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; Take a picture of yourself RIGHT now. No primping or preparing. Just snap a picture. Load the picture onto your blog. Tag some people to play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sg-0cZZRJ1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/jNHnAT3uEBI/s1600-h/IMG00173.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sg-0cZZRJ1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/jNHnAT3uEBI/s320/IMG00173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336682483403532114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yes, this is truly a picture with no primping or nothin! As you can see, This is a webcam photo - I'm already in my sleeping dress/shirt and my face is oily from not retouching my making for about 12 hours! I'm just sittin on my bed resting from a LOOONG day at work, and this is me - almost to the max!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also included in this picture are my nails, kinda.. I just wanted to kill two birds with one stone so yeah, my nails were &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;LAKER &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;FEVER &lt;/span&gt;this past week but no one really noticed because the purple was too dark to be noticed as purple.. it just looked black. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRODUCTS USED:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;China Glaze's "VII" &amp;amp; "Solar Power."&lt;/span&gt; I used a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dotting tool&lt;/span&gt; to do the opposite color on the nails (purple with yellow dots, and yellow with purple dots) - and my HG &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;top coat by Jordana&lt;/span&gt;! Nothing dramatic or difficult, just whatever nails.. I think I'm gonna re-do them later on today since I FINALLY don't have work on a sunday! =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K, so that's it for now, I dont know who to tag that hasn't been tagged yet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uhm, I tag:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cupcakinlove.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kaycee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.viancasayys.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vianca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://swatchcrazee.blogspot.com/"&gt;MarieTejero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;K, by loves! Hope to blog soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-8357762689030867579?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/8357762689030867579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/05/tag-nail-of-last-week-included.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/8357762689030867579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/8357762689030867579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/05/tag-nail-of-last-week-included.html' title='TAG + nail of the (last)  week included!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sg-0cZZRJ1I/AAAAAAAAAKY/jNHnAT3uEBI/s72-c/IMG00173.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-7190886504480344967</id><published>2009-05-01T01:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T01:25:13.146-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><title type='text'>Damn, it's been a while + Update!</title><content type='html'>As the title says, its truly been a while! A LOT has been going on in my life lately - and if you tune in to my YouTube videos, you would kinda get the gist of what's happenin with me! Long story short, I haven't been updating my YT channel, Blogger, or posting on Twitter because *drumroll please* I have a job now! I actually have 2! lol So yeah, I'm finally putting my hard earned nursing license to use! I took such a long "vacation" just chillin and whatnot, because I just couldn't find a job... or maybe I wasn't trying hard enough? LOL! So I guess yay for me! It's just been really hard to find actual time to update ya'll on my life because my schedule hasn't really been so steady, but I can finally say that starting next week, it will be! I wanna bring in the $$ before I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hopefully &lt;/span&gt;start RN school so that I don't have to ask anyone for money.  Ahhh enough about working, all you need to know and all I want you to know is that I'm finally a working girl with a nice career that I hope to expand that soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really haven't been wearing much makeup.. if I get lucky and have time, i'll usually wear my winged liner, mascara, and blush! I can actually count the number of times I've worn eyeshadow this past April! So sad, huh? I'm too lazy to go back and pull up old pictures, so I'll just update with what happened on Monday, the 27th of April - my 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH MY MANFRIEND! =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvLuFh00I/AAAAAAAAAJg/p5d3YSKvuJ4/s1600-h/3yrs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvLuFh00I/AAAAAAAAAJg/p5d3YSKvuJ4/s320/3yrs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330765724831044418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(on our way to dinner @ &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spago in Beverly Hills by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wolfgang Puck&lt;/span&gt;, who we actually met!&lt;br /&gt;You can't really tell, but my makeup is pretty much&lt;br /&gt; a smokey eye using the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Kat Von D palette, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Beauty Marked or Nocturnelle?, &amp;amp; Shroom&lt;/span&gt;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvimNaiNI/AAAAAAAAAJo/DHdGUJT5Zys/s1600-h/IMGP1334.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvimNaiNI/AAAAAAAAAJo/DHdGUJT5Zys/s320/IMGP1334.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330766117853628626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(After dinner! sorry, I'm too lazy to&lt;br /&gt;post pics of the yummy Food!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvyXGUEvI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ZSDnoVJ1t6Y/s1600-h/spagobill.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvyXGUEvI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ZSDnoVJ1t6Y/s320/spagobill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330766388675220210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(the bill $$$$$$$)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqwFyCi0sI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/eimCxkXI0IA/s1600-h/IMGP1344.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqwFyCi0sI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/eimCxkXI0IA/s320/IMGP1344.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330766722324681410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(the next morning, at the Santa Monica Pier &amp;amp; beach!&lt;br /&gt;lol, we look SOOOO tired in this picture!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy 3 Year Anni to us! I love him so much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-7190886504480344967?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/7190886504480344967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/05/damn-its-been-while-update.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/7190886504480344967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/7190886504480344967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/05/damn-its-been-while-update.html' title='Damn, it&apos;s been a while + Update!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SfqvLuFh00I/AAAAAAAAAJg/p5d3YSKvuJ4/s72-c/3yrs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-2984629408703518328</id><published>2009-04-02T17:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T18:07:58.524-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swap'/><title type='text'>UPDATE+SWAP HAUL</title><content type='html'>So, I've been pretty much M.I.A./neglecting blogger, twitter, and ESPECIALLY YouTube - because babygirl recently got a job! Finally, right?! haha So I've just been really focused on training and work because my schedule is pretty chaotic. Any down time I have is usually being spent with my man, working out with Rica, or being with friends and family - because obviously, those things/people come first in my life! But, I gotta do what I gotta do! Make that $$$ so I can make it rain one day! =D ahah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mmmm.. what else? Last week I received a package in the mail, and of course I got excited! Who doesn't? Anyway - it was a swap package from my girl, &lt;a href="http://peacelovemakeup.blogspot.com/"&gt;NIYA&lt;/a&gt;! I wanted to buy two MAC lippies from her, but we ended up swapping! This was my first time swapping, so I was pretty excited about that, too! I'm too lazy to type everything out and stuff, so I'll just leave you with a picure - in hopes that you all can figure out what came with the swap! All I can say is that she included wayyyy more than I asked for - so I was a happy girl! =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SdVZyAB8yOI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AF6577v-61c/s1600-h/IMGP1165.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SdVZyAB8yOI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AF6577v-61c/s320/IMGP1165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320257250344618210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Fine, I'll label! besides all the candy, there's 3 piggie&lt;br /&gt;samples in Rushmetal, Melon, &amp;amp; Provence.. The lippies&lt;br /&gt;you see - MAC L/S in 'kinda sexy', a smackers lip balm,&lt;br /&gt;and a MAC slimshine in 'flattering' - she also included a&lt;br /&gt;leopard hair flower! and I LOVES leopard!.. a lipgloss from PF?&lt;br /&gt;I think.. and lastly, a note! whoops! also she included some&lt;br /&gt;REVLON falsies that I forgot to include in the pic!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;That's it for now! So hopefully I blog again.. I've got a lot to show ya'll! =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-2984629408703518328?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/2984629408703518328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/04/update.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/2984629408703518328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/2984629408703518328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/04/update.html' title='UPDATE+SWAP HAUL'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SdVZyAB8yOI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/AF6577v-61c/s72-c/IMGP1165.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-3043035124938575432</id><published>2009-03-26T02:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T03:20:00.883-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good eats'/><title type='text'>KETCHUP?! + PIC HEAVY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctLBOmhMgI/AAAAAAAAAHY/tqdlyhwN1A0/s1600-h/KetchupRestaurant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 149px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctLBOmhMgI/AAAAAAAAAHY/tqdlyhwN1A0/s200/KetchupRestaurant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317426269512610306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So on Tuesday evening, my friend Jez &amp;amp; I went to venture out on some good eats (like we always do, when we're together!) Rica had already told me she's been to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Ketchup&lt;/span&gt;, a trendy restaurant in the 'dolce group' in West Hollywood, CA - &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp; I've seen it on "The Hills" a couple seasons ago, so I wanted to try it out! Prior to this time, I've read plenty of yelp.com reviews on Ketchup, as I usually do with restaurants I've never been to - and there were super mixed review about it, so I didn't go there when I had the chance before because of those damn reviews! But lemme tell you right now, I think that Ketchup was BOMBEEEEEZY! Good eats, for sure! I guess it's just preference? Come here if you have some $$$ laying around and you're ready to put down money for great service, location, food, &amp;amp; especially VIEW! But anywho, to sum up this section of my blog -- Me &amp;amp; Jez had a good time, with deep talks, &amp;amp; happy bellies! =D I leave you now, with pic-chassss!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Inside:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctVVHS9KLI/AAAAAAAAAJA/cwiSqSo9yuc/s1600-h/ketchup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 171px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctVVHS9KLI/AAAAAAAAAJA/cwiSqSo9yuc/s200/ketchup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317437606265170098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(In the picture above, the window view you see is on the right..&lt;br /&gt;when we were there, that window was completely open,&lt;br /&gt;so you can see EVERYTHING &amp;amp; EVERYONE&lt;br /&gt;driving and walking on Sunset Blvd.&lt;br /&gt;perfect view of Sunset &amp;amp; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt; sunset!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctV2ePFb4I/AAAAAAAAAJI/iClFO-RpmhA/s1600-h/ketchupred.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 165px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctV2ePFb4I/AAAAAAAAAJI/iClFO-RpmhA/s200/ketchupred.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317438179358633858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(the bottom pic is what it really looked&lt;br /&gt;like when we were there.. red lights! pretty!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctLWhFv4YI/AAAAAAAAAHg/q4WC4ogAdmw/s1600-h/IMGP1132.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctLWhFv4YI/AAAAAAAAAHg/q4WC4ogAdmw/s200/IMGP1132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317426635252687234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;To start off&lt;/span&gt; (free): they're version of a bread basket with thick ass butter, and strong ass mustard(i think it was mustard? or maybe it was horseradish) for dipping/spreading sauces!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                               &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctMZZJziII/AAAAAAAAAH4/iPXEiHcK5YM/s1600-h/IMGP1131.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctMZZJziII/AAAAAAAAAH4/iPXEiHcK5YM/s200/IMGP1131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317427784173455490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Included in the bread basket was 2 servings of a pretzel stick, pretzel (teardrop shaped) bread, and a super mini cornbread!&lt;br /&gt;(sorry if the lighting sucks!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctM-ZAFp-I/AAAAAAAAAIA/Ur2P224G2Ow/s1600-h/IMGP1137.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctM-ZAFp-I/AAAAAAAAAIA/Ur2P224G2Ow/s200/IMGP1137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317428419787859938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Appetizer/Side:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dungeness Crab Mac 'n' Cheese&lt;/span&gt; w/ white truffle! (need I say more?! Best believe we murdered that little dish with our forks! haha)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctNviwKlQI/AAAAAAAAAII/OEnrJTab-Q4/s1600-h/0324091839.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctNviwKlQI/AAAAAAAAAII/OEnrJTab-Q4/s200/0324091839.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317429264219018498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Around some time in the beginning.. there was a waitress with a moving mini bar cart offering samples of their popular martinis! I tried the 'summer love' martini.. and it's fizzy because it's topped off with champagne! &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;yummmm&lt;/span&gt;..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctOWx4jRiI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/eJTortsgu9w/s1600-h/0324091846a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctOWx4jRiI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/eJTortsgu9w/s200/0324091846a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317429938295621154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, this is the what they're famous for! They're variety in different flavored &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"&gt;Ketchup&lt;/span&gt;! We ordered truffle fries, and with that came these 5 famous ketchups! I'm too lazy to check the flavor names, but I'm sure of 3.. the one at the very bottom is 'chipotle' ketchup, the middle is 'wasabi' ketchup, and the 2nd one from the top is 'mango' ketchup! they were all bomb! especially the 2 on the bottom!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;The Main Courses:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctPnQo9SnI/AAAAAAAAAIY/pl8UKIqKN3U/s1600-h/IMGP1143.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctPnQo9SnI/AAAAAAAAAIY/pl8UKIqKN3U/s200/IMGP1143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317431320941251186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Grilled Alaskan Salmon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lemon-chardonnay reduction, with&lt;br /&gt;sauteed kale and roasted fingerling potatoes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctQpl1DeRI/AAAAAAAAAIg/PwHz4IM3idI/s1600-h/IMGP1145.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctQpl1DeRI/AAAAAAAAAIg/PwHz4IM3idI/s200/IMGP1145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317432460500498706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Niman Ranch Pork Chops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bourbon glazed, with cheddar grits&lt;br /&gt;homemade apple sauce with pea shoot salad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;The bill:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctS7_AxjUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/qdIEku2aVq4/s1600-h/IMGP1154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctS7_AxjUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/qdIEku2aVq4/s200/IMGP1154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317434975521443138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(not gonna say much, but be ready to pay&lt;br /&gt;$31 to $50 &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;per person&lt;/span&gt;! thanks, Jez!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Two ladies w/ Happy hearts, and Stuffed Bellies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctTpoh-3kI/AAAAAAAAAI4/kkGe6ECWKS0/s1600-h/IMGP1152.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctTpoh-3kI/AAAAAAAAAI4/kkGe6ECWKS0/s320/IMGP1152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317435759760694850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jez &amp;amp; Meeeeeeee!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;This was the most complicated blog ever.. so leave some LOOOOOOOOOVE! Hope you all enjoyed this, and I hope you got hungry while you read and saw through it!! =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;333&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-3043035124938575432?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/3043035124938575432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/ketchup-pic-heavy.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/3043035124938575432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/3043035124938575432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/ketchup-pic-heavy.html' title='KETCHUP?! + PIC HEAVY!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SctLBOmhMgI/AAAAAAAAAHY/tqdlyhwN1A0/s72-c/KetchupRestaurant.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-4637844750096761977</id><published>2009-03-25T00:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T00:39:25.432-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tag'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;THANK YOU, &lt;a href="http://vietxpinay.blogspot.com/"&gt;Aimee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://peacelovemakeup.blogspot.com/"&gt;Niya &lt;/a&gt;for '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;awarding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;' my blog!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;“This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog content or design is, in the giver’s opinion, brilliant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/ScnYd0E_P3I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ncmF8RzHzLo/s1600-h/yourblogrocks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 345px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/ScnYd0E_P3I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ncmF8RzHzLo/s200/yourblogrocks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317018841794953074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;“When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;gging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to the said person so everyone knows she/he is real. Choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have seven friends. Show the seven random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with Honest Weblog. Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten (10) honest things about yourself. Then pass it on!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;The rules:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.When you receive this award, show that you're happy to the giver.&lt;br /&gt;2.Nominate at least 5 blogs, that you think rocks.&lt;br /&gt;3.Let them know about award in their post.&lt;br /&gt;4.Now blog like you've never blogged before&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;10 HONEST facts about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;yours truly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. I first got into/started wearing makeup when I was in 7th grade! Just straight up eyeliner, mascara, and powder! (i wish i had discovered blush back then, too!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. I've never been attracted to men of my ethnicity/nationality! -- it's no offense to filipinos or asian men or whatever, It's just my personal preference, so don't get all crazy! I love being a Filipina, and sure - some Filipino and Asians are gorgeous.. but just not my type!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. As you can see in the side bar, my manfriend is definitely not filipino! haha if you really wanna know what he is.. just ask! But I will tell you one thing -- we're not the same nationality(obviously) &amp;amp; we follow different religions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. I don't mean to make this all about me &amp;amp; my boo, but I waited until after high school/end of senior year to be in a relationship, simply because I didn't want any bullsh*t - I wanted me a MAN! and that's exactly what I got.. he treats me like a queen; respects and loves me for exactly who I am, and I really could not ask for someone better than him. =) I've truly got my own personal '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Edward Cullen'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. I have a youtube channel, and I make beauty videos on it! (&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/natjotua"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;natjotua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) Check me out, and Subscribe if you like me!! &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp; Follow me on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/natjotua"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Like any other makeup junkie, I have wayyyy too many beauty products a single person should have!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. When I got shopping, I am absolutely NO joke with bargain shopping.. I go straight to the clearance and sale racks before I look at the new stuff - no matter where I, whether it be clothing, makeup, groceries, or junk! If there's a red tag on it, chances are that I'll buy it if i like it and the price is right!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. I'm a young Nurse! Licensed Vocational Nurse, to be exact! I was one of the youngest people in my graduating class (vocational school). I plan to go back to school for my RN in june (my bday month!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. I love reading now. I hated it in high school, but now, I straight up pleasure read! I LOOOOOOOOVE the Twilight Saga! ahhh anything for Edward Cullen! &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp; I like Harry Potter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. hmm, I don't know what to say... I drive a 2008 Nissan Altima in pearl white! =) she's my baby! I love my car!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I AWARD:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(i know some of these girls have already been tagged, but I really do love their blogs!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vietxpinay.blogspot.com"&gt;VietxPinay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itsjudytime.blogspot.com"&gt;ItsJudyTime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ricamonina.blogspot.com"&gt;RicaMonina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viancasayys.blogspot.com"&gt;Vianca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lovevas.blogspot.com"&gt;Eva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://christianadivine.blogspot.com/"&gt;ChristianaDivine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scrangie.com/"&gt;Scrangie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Well, hope you ladies enjoyed this! I really did! =D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-4637844750096761977?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/4637844750096761977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/thank-you-aimee-niya-for-awarding-my.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/4637844750096761977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/4637844750096761977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/thank-you-aimee-niya-for-awarding-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/ScnYd0E_P3I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ncmF8RzHzLo/s72-c/yourblogrocks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-8196715665349558479</id><published>2009-03-24T03:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T04:11:12.586-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nails'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hair'/><title type='text'>Clipless Curling Iron? + current nails</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci1Oq6UK9I/AAAAAAAAAGo/yLItA9Dj_AI/s1600-h/IMGP1113.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 258px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci1Oq6UK9I/AAAAAAAAAGo/yLItA9Dj_AI/s200/IMGP1113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316698623752547282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;ENZO WHO? NAHHHHT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, last weekend I was seriously bored - so I decided that while I waited for my family to get ready to leave on a tiny road trip to Cabazon/Morongo, I'm gonna mess around with my hair! I just took out an old curling iron that I don't use any more (because I usually curl my hair with my flat iron) and curled my hair! Wanna know how I got the kinda curls shown in this picture?? Well.... I've been so jealous watching all these YT gurus using their '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;enzo milano&lt;/span&gt;' brand clipless ceramic curling irons - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ESPECIALLY &lt;/span&gt;the bi-tube curling irons! Since I was so mad.. I figured, well I'm gonna use the curling iron I have and make it work! Now, I've seen youtube heads do the same thing with their regular curling irons, but they usually unscrew the clip off the iron. I truly didn't feel like going through the hassle of doing that, so I just waited for my curling iron to heat up - then I wrapped my hair around the iron in about 1-2 inch setions, clip and all! &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;TRUST&lt;/span&gt;! It works exactly the same &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci6GxRcGyI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ZfOWn1aOUkE/s1600-h/babyhairme.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci6GxRcGyI/AAAAAAAAAGw/ZfOWn1aOUkE/s200/babyhairme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316703985579334434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;way an '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;enzo milano&lt;/span&gt;' or an unscrewed curling iron would.. I just did it the lazy way and found that it worked pretty damn good! (at least I think it did!) &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp; It only took about 20-30 minutes. It's so easy that your boyfriend can help you do it! You just gotta wrap hair around a tube! Haha! I couldn't get every part of the back of my hair, so my boyfriend assisted me after I forced him to learn! Coming from a girl who NEVER used her curling iron, then ending up with these results - and not even using the iron the way it was meant to be used, I think I had a good first experiene! Let me know what you think!  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;P.S.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;sorry that I only had one picture.. I was kinda in a rush! =D &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;P.S.S.&lt;/span&gt; my man friend is totally gonna kill me for posting that picture! heh heh heh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CURRENTLY ON MY NAILS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OPI:&lt;/span&gt; Pistol Packin' Pink (&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;soft pinkish-nude w/ a subtle sheen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci-MDEIEzI/AAAAAAAAAHA/1uhvtd5xr0U/s1600-h/0323092157a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci-MDEIEzI/AAAAAAAAAHA/1uhvtd5xr0U/s200/0323092157a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316708474301190962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;**&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Yes, I know they're solid/plain.. It's just that I wasn't at home when I gave myself a manicure, and for some odd reason I always feel like I NEED to be in my room when I 'design' my nails, because all of my supplies are there! +++ I thin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;k my nails look nice and fresh with my newly filed, square tip nails! &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp; BTW, I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci-vbk7OrI/AAAAAAAAAHI/49GBJFOieFM/s1600-h/0323092158.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci-vbk7OrI/AAAAAAAAAHI/49GBJFOieFM/s200/0323092158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316709082176633522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;t's rare for me to find a nude polish that actually looks nice.. if I do say so, myself! No worries, I'll conjure up a nail design tomorrow, or the next day - but it'll probably be very simple - because I'm feelin' the look of simplicity and class!&lt;/span&gt;**&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-8196715665349558479?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/8196715665349558479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/clipless-curling-iron.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/8196715665349558479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/8196715665349558479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/clipless-curling-iron.html' title='Clipless Curling Iron? + current nails'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sci1Oq6UK9I/AAAAAAAAAGo/yLItA9Dj_AI/s72-c/IMGP1113.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-7987887412608823481</id><published>2009-03-23T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T01:32:10.587-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twilight'/><title type='text'>weekend recap</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Friday&lt;/span&gt;, I went to the Hot Topic TWILIGHT DVD release 'party' -- which wasn't much of a party at all, but me and Rica made do with what it was! haha bahh I'm a little to lazy to type out every detail but here's a quick recap! The DVDs we got were the 2-disc special edition sets with an actual film cell included from the original movie! I'm guessing that all the people who pre-ordered from select Hot Topic stores were the only ones who got the film cell in their DVDs! So I'm happy to have a collectible from the movie! =) I think I'm gonna also buy the one from Borders if it goes on sale, because I'm not about to dish out $40 for another DVD, however - I am FOR SURE ordering the 3-disc set because I want to see what it includes! (yes, I'm nuts. and I'll own 2-3 copies of the movie just because I'm a die-hard fan like that!)                &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Scc-RKqSD3I/AAAAAAAAAFY/kxZGeVvs_Tw/s1600-h/IMGP1090.JPG"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-7987887412608823481?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/7987887412608823481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/weekend-recap.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/7987887412608823481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/7987887412608823481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/weekend-recap.html' title='weekend recap'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-3652429204638855686</id><published>2009-03-20T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T00:53:39.311-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twilight'/><title type='text'>FAST!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/IMGP0996-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 167px;" src="http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/IMGP0996-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hmm.. this week went by so fast that it seriously didn't even cross my mind that I haven't been blogging! But now that I look back.. not much happened - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;beauty wise&lt;/span&gt;! I've still been very minimal with my makeup because all I do is run errands, run around tracks, or run my mouth! haha jk about the last one.. maybe?! lol! (so this picture is basically what i look like, minus the red lips! haha i was too lazy to take a picture right now, but it's the same ol', same ol' brows winged liner, mascara, and blush deal.. and sometimes even w/o liner!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well yeah tomorrow should be the more eventful type of day because the plan is to work out a little earlier in the day with one of my besties, Rica.. she's gonna take me on this new trail that she discovered so we can sight see and jog/walk! Also, if you guys have been keeping up with me, or with twilight.. you know that I'm gonna be at the Twilight DVD midnight release party at hot topic with Rica!!! We are &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;SOOO ESSITED!&lt;/span&gt; (see previous posts about Twilight) haha! So of course I'm gonna get spiffed up, because what if someone from the cast shows up?!? (they're doing random location surprises!) I mean, I highly doubt that any of them will show up at the hot topic that I'm gonna be at - but a girl can dream, right??! Even if no one special comes, I'm still gonna get ready because I feel like being pretty, k!? So what kind of look should i do with my makeup???? I'm thinking purples? or maybe even a twilight smokey blue/black?! &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE!&lt;/span&gt; Whatever it is that I do, it's for sure gonna be a smokey look and when I decide, I'll take some pictures and show you ladies!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got 'awarded' by my girl Aimee (&lt;a href="http://vietxpinay.blogspot.com/"&gt;vietxpinay&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;amp; Neeyuh @ (&lt;a href="http://peacelovemakeup.blogspot.com/"&gt;peace.love.makeup)&lt;/a&gt;.. but this blog is a little long already, and I gotta get to bed, so I'll probably post about it tomorrow! See ya, ladies!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-3652429204638855686?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/3652429204638855686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/fast.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/3652429204638855686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/3652429204638855686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/fast.html' title='FAST!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/th_IMGP0996-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-8661749602288149095</id><published>2009-03-16T02:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T04:54:34.175-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notd'/><title type='text'>The Perfect French Tips!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4dluZ3rGI/AAAAAAAAAEY/O7w09wEVvlw/s1600-h/frenchtip.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 161px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4dluZ3rGI/AAAAAAAAAEY/O7w09wEVvlw/s320/frenchtip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313717144292666466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, right now I just finished recording a video tutorial of me demonstrating how I get the 'perfect french mani' and it is currently uploading on YT.. once it uploads, I'll link the video in, but for now - enjoy some pictures!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ipVvDoEK5c"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to view my video&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4fQLQGdOI/AAAAAAAAAEw/1HcdnEK43qk/s1600-h/IMGP1049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4fQLQGdOI/AAAAAAAAAEw/1HcdnEK43qk/s320/IMGP1049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313718973102453986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW, these pictures are all taken without flash.. the lighting used was just a regular desk lamp =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4eGTvrxaI/AAAAAAAAAEo/njE2_7OcTcA/s1600-h/IMGP1068.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 159px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4eGTvrxaI/AAAAAAAAAEo/njE2_7OcTcA/s320/IMGP1068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313717704072086946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Products Used:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jade&lt;/span&gt;: snow white&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;NYX girls&lt;/span&gt;: candy pink&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jordana&lt;/span&gt;: quick shine top coat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ULTA&lt;/span&gt;: concealer brush (for precise tips)&lt;br /&gt;100% acetone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any questions, you can message me on my YT channel -  http://youtube.com/natjotua. Hope everyone had a great weekend!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-8661749602288149095?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/8661749602288149095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/perfect-french-tips.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/8661749602288149095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/8661749602288149095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/perfect-french-tips.html' title='The Perfect French Tips!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sb4dluZ3rGI/AAAAAAAAAEY/O7w09wEVvlw/s72-c/frenchtip.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-841406091873195051</id><published>2009-03-12T15:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T15:59:28.156-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nail design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china glaze'/><title type='text'>Nail of the WEEK</title><content type='html'>So, I'm a little late on posting this, but I've been super sick this week and just a little lazy to post things! So here's my nail of the week (or nail of the moment, because I'm quickly getting sick of this design!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbmPL73Fr3I/AAAAAAAAAEI/OuKcymDAI6s/s1600-h/pinkpurpleglitterstones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 184px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbmPL73Fr3I/AAAAAAAAAEI/OuKcymDAI6s/s320/pinkpurpleglitterstones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312434670670294898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Products Used:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;China Glaze&lt;/span&gt; - base coat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mirage &lt;/span&gt;- cappuccino (base color)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;China Glaze&lt;/span&gt; - sexy lady (hot pink)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jade &lt;/span&gt;-asteroid caress (purple glitter)&lt;br /&gt;Maroon rhinestones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jordana &lt;/span&gt;- quick shine top coat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbmQHiy8dDI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/RskOUNePks8/s1600-h/pinkpurpleglitterstones2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 185px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbmQHiy8dDI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/RskOUNePks8/s320/pinkpurpleglitterstones2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312435694734177330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Basically what the design is, is a 'check mark' tipped nail.. This week I wanted something easy and low maintenance - touching up is easy for this type of design, as is with any other 'tipped' design. Also, glitter polish lasts forever, and rarely chips! I just added the rhinestones because I have them, but never use them.. I think they kinda killed it though.. whatevs! Both these pictures don't actually show the polishes true color, but you get the idea.. and YES that is a bowl of pho in this picture haha! I was out with the boo, and while he paid.. i took pictures of my nails. =) Camera phone picture quality isn't to shabby!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's it! Follow me on twitter, because that's easier for me to update! (http://twitter.com.natjotua) I probably won't be making any videos too soon because this sickness is taking over my life! I'm super congested and my cough is not the biz...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-841406091873195051?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/841406091873195051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/nail-of-week_12.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/841406091873195051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/841406091873195051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/nail-of-week_12.html' title='Nail of the WEEK'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbmPL73Fr3I/AAAAAAAAAEI/OuKcymDAI6s/s72-c/pinkpurpleglitterstones.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-369799275294988588</id><published>2009-03-10T00:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T02:08:30.729-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twilight'/><title type='text'>Weekend recap &amp; Twilight DVD release stuff!</title><content type='html'>Ok so, makeup-wise, this past weekend was nothing special, just rocked the 'everyday makeup' face the whole weekend -- which for me, consists of MSF medium dark, blush, winged liner, brows, &amp;amp; mascara. I didn't really go anywhere that required the 'full-on face' thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYYYbJUAJI/AAAAAAAAADo/uTzAr-7yVXU/s1600-h/twilightdvdrelease.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 248px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYYYbJUAJI/AAAAAAAAADo/uTzAr-7yVXU/s320/twilightdvdrelease.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311459618412822674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now onto a more exciting note (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;for me at least&lt;/span&gt;), On Sunday, Me and one of my besties Rica, went to Hot Topic to pre-order our Twilight DVDs! SOOOO essited! haha the total came out to around $27.. which for me was pretty decent, especially since the Twilight craze is insane right now.. AND no, that doesn't break the shopping thing I gave up for lent, beacause it wasn't clothes, accessories, or makeup! &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(but even if it were considered shopping, I don't care! anything for Edward Cullen! -hence, my Edward Cullen pillow case that has made an appearance on my YT channel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; lol) So The reason why we preordered, is because select Hop Topic stores are holding a Twilight DVD midnight release party! and why would one pass that up?! It's kinda like a 'free-gift-with-purchase' deal to me, since you're buying the DVD already, the release party is kinda like the 'free gift' part! I understand how it might be embarrassing for most people to be a super fan of the saga, but I have no shame! As soon as I found out that they were having release parties, I promised myself that I would preorder so that I would get &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;invited &lt;/span&gt;to the come back to Hot Topic for the release which, if you can't see on the picture - is being held on &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;November 20-21st from 10pm-1am! &lt;/span&gt;Gosh, as I'm blogging about this, and reading back, I'm seeing how pathetic this might sound to people who have no idea what Twilight is about.. haha WHATEVER! Aside from the actual invitation itself, shown in the picture is the Twilight gift card that is basically a vouch&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYdyd9zV8I/AAAAAAAAADw/y8pIeYvyPGY/s1600-h/NEWMOONLOGO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYdyd9zV8I/AAAAAAAAADw/y8pIeYvyPGY/s320/NEWMOONLOGO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311465563404588994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;er to pick up your dvd. So I guess that's pretty much all I wanted to blog about..  but BTW is anyone else pissed that Dakota Fanning has been confirmed to play 'Jane' in New Moon?! WTF! I have nothing against her as an actress, but I really liked the fact that the cast of Twilight were actors that were low-key. bahh I've talked to much about that with friends already, so I'm now slowly trying to get over it. WAAAAAAAIT! Also, I hear that Drew Barrymore is one of the directors being considered to direct Eclipse! I don't know how I feel about that one yet.. what is the world coming to?! hahaha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New subject! So this week, I saw one of my friends that I knew from way back, and she freakin looks AMAAAAAAAAAZING! like 'ZOMG' amazing.. she's lost a lot of weight, and on top of that, her skin is absolutely gorgeous! I would say her name, but I'm not sure if she would mind - and I'm just to lazy to ask her for permission! (but if you're reading this, you know who you are!) Anyways, so before I saw her, I've been seriously bummed out about my fatness.. and I guess that seeing her just motivated me even more to lose weight and just be healthy overall. We'll see where that road takes me.. So today I walked my dog and met up with Rica since she's been jogging a lot lately. All was well until my dog started getting lazy to the point where I almost had to drag him! he got soooo tired that &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYhpMoyTJI/AAAAAAAAAEA/lvD4Bh4etbQ/s1600-h/shadowoak.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYhpMoyTJI/AAAAAAAAAEA/lvD4Bh4etbQ/s320/shadowoak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311469802180725906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I hand fed him water.. I felt so bad for him! He probably thought we were just gonna go on a light stroll - but little did he know! I love walking/jogging with my dog, but it's so not fun when he likes to stop at every tree or bush to 'mark his territory!' After walking in residential areas, we ended up at our local park! They built new stuff on the extra land they have, and it looks soo serene! The picture shown was when the sun was pretty much down, but it's not bad for a camera phone picture! I took it from up top the stairs/walk way.. if you squint a little you can see that theres a walk way, and a sement lap around the grass! There's also benches and BBQ grills! It could possibly be a romantic date place! =) Ok, maybe the picture is a little dark, but oh well! After we walked, we went to play tennis -- which we both pretty much suck at! It was already getting cold, but after 30 short minutes, I was dripping sweat! So, I'm tired now.. I'm just gonna finish this off already! I hope you all had a great weekend! and I hope you have a great work/school week! Goodnight/Good Morning! (whatever it may be for you!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-369799275294988588?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/369799275294988588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/weekend-recap-twilight-dvd-release.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/369799275294988588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/369799275294988588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/weekend-recap-twilight-dvd-release.html' title='Weekend recap &amp; Twilight DVD release stuff!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/SbYYYbJUAJI/AAAAAAAAADo/uTzAr-7yVXU/s72-c/twilightdvdrelease.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-4727218164815473219</id><published>2009-03-05T23:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T15:58:45.617-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twilight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robert pattinson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='edward cullen'/><title type='text'>OMGOMG*TWILIGHT*OMGOMG!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span&gt;UHMMMM!! So, if you didn't already know, I am a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;die-hard&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;TWILIGHT SAGA &lt;/span&gt;fan and when I came across these two videos, I nearly screamed into my pillow out of excitement! I mean, am I the only one who's panties got a little wet when she saw this?! hahaha i know, I'm a little gross.. but that's what Twilight does to me! Ahhhh I can't wait til the twilight DVD release!! as of right now, theres only 14 days, 23 hours, 31 minutes, and 30 seconds, til it comes out... but who's counting?? haha so, I shall leave you with this video in hopes that it shows up in this blog!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, if you're a fan of Twilight, turn down my music, and indulge in these extended scenes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BmjQDIB38JE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BmjQDIB38JE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-4727218164815473219?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/4727218164815473219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/omgomgtwilightomgomg_05.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/4727218164815473219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/4727218164815473219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/omgomgtwilightomgomg_05.html' title='OMGOMG*TWILIGHT*OMGOMG!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-4533539935818221572</id><published>2009-03-04T00:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T15:59:15.987-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nail design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art deco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china glaze'/><title type='text'>Nail of the WEEK?</title><content type='html'>So, those who watch me on youtube &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(http://youtube.com/natjotua)&lt;/span&gt; know that I love doin' my nails, so this week I just decided to do something fairly simple and easy that I've done in the past -- which is a wannabe plaid design, but I just switched up the colors a bit.. this one might look a little wonky, because I did it in literally like 20 minutes, but ehh as long as I have something on my nails, I'm happy! =D&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sa49_ZpJeUI/AAAAAAAAACQ/3AYxI22PL_Q/s1600-h/buberryplaid.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 205px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sa49_ZpJeUI/AAAAAAAAACQ/3AYxI22PL_Q/s320/buberryplaid.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309249170140920130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW, if you're interested in the actual concept of a plaid nail design, feel free to check out '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Burberry Nails&lt;/span&gt;' &gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on my YT channel.. I made the video a little while ago, so you might have to rummage through my video list!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy, ladies! Feedback always makes me a happy camper!&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sa49tYwxyXI/AAAAAAAAACI/-A-FbIXDmwg/s1600-h/foraudreyplaid2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 204px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sa49tYwxyXI/AAAAAAAAACI/-A-FbIXDmwg/s320/foraudreyplaid2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309248860666841458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Products Used:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;China Glaze&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;strong adhesion base coat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;China Glaze&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;"for audrey"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;no brand white polish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Art Deco&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;glittery black nail art stiper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;urple nail art stiper&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp; of course, my Holy Grail top coat &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jordana &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;quick shine top coat! (only $1 and it works like freakin crystal gel! and it literally dries in 60 seconds.. which is perfect for someone like me because I'm constantly busy and using my hands!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-4533539935818221572?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/4533539935818221572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/nail-of-week.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/4533539935818221572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/4533539935818221572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/nail-of-week.html' title='Nail of the WEEK?'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/Sa49_ZpJeUI/AAAAAAAAACQ/3AYxI22PL_Q/s72-c/buberryplaid.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-2030634285096460149</id><published>2009-03-03T02:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T01:29:43.310-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='specktra.net'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mac'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fotd'/><title type='text'>feelin' blue FOTD! =D</title><content type='html'>So, this is a look i did last weekend randomly! It's been a while since I pulled out my deep truth MAC eyeshadow, because the last time i used it, I looked like a hot ass mess! But this time I just toughed it out and wanted to make it work, and i think it did! Some specktra.net girls liked it! =) enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMGP0948-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/IMGP0948-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMGP0923-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/IMGP0923-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMGP0915-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/IMGP0915-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;PRODUCTS USED:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Face:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;revlon colorstay foundation -&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;golden caramel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;studio finish concealer in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nw30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mac MSF &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;medium dark &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;emote &lt;/span&gt;(contour)&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;i&gt;harmony&lt;/i&gt; (blush)&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;margin &lt;/span&gt;(highlight)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lips&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;stawberry carmex&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eyes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;painterly &lt;/span&gt;p/p&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;delft&lt;/span&gt; p/p&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;shroom &lt;/span&gt;e/s&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wedge &lt;/span&gt;e/s&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;cork &lt;/span&gt;e/s&lt;br /&gt;mac &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;deep truth &lt;/span&gt;e/s&lt;br /&gt;almay liquid liner in black&lt;br /&gt;maybelline great lash macara&lt;br /&gt;Elite wispy falsies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Brows: &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mac brow kit in &lt;i&gt;porcelain/browning&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;studio finish concealer in &lt;i&gt;nw35&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;ALL THE PICTURES ARE WITH MY EYES CLOSED OR ME LOOKING DOWN BECAUSE ANY PICTURE I HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE CAMERA DOESN'T SHOW THE DEEP BLUE I HAVE ON. =)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-2030634285096460149?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/2030634285096460149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/feelin-blue-fotd-d.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/2030634285096460149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/2030634285096460149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/feelin-blue-fotd-d.html' title='feelin&apos; blue FOTD! =D'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/natjotua/vanity/th_IMGP0948-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-7541695254723064387</id><published>2009-03-02T00:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T23:32:33.967-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='makeup'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sephora'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lent'/><title type='text'>FML! lent is killing me, but saving my wallet!</title><content type='html'>So, I know lent barely started last wednesday, but I'm already freakin' dying here! I gave up &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fast&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;food&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;soda&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;shopping&lt;/span&gt; (for clothes, shoes, &amp;amp; accessories), and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;buying makeup&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;40 days&lt;/span&gt;! ahhhhhh! To me, giving up fast food and soda is pretty easy.. and on top of that I'm saving more money by eating at home rather than paying at a drive-thru. Giving up shopping is kinda difficult for me, because it is SOOOOOOOO hard for me to pass up a good sale or clearance item! haha but damn, -- giving up buying makeup/cosmetics is just plain insanity! It's killing me right now! My boo just reminded me that it's only 36 more days til easter, but it still seems so far away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it just so happens that so many places are having good sales online.. i think beautycrunch.com is having a STILA sale, and Sephora.com is having a 15% off entire purchase + free shipping on any orders over $35.. I just got a little sadder as i typed that last sentence =( ah but I gotta resist temptation and I'm gonna be nice and show you the codes so at least someone can get a good deal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;HERE'S THE SEPHORA SHOPPING CODES:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=jMpxdfsLMzQ&amp;amp;offerid=32532.10000861&amp;amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;Get FREE Shipping on orders of $35 or more! Enter code SHIP35 at checkout!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=jMpxdfsLMzQ&amp;amp;bids=32532.10000861&amp;amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0" alt="" width="1" border="0" height="1" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Code: J89LM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;How much: 15%off&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sale Ends: March 7th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Hope you enjoyed my whining..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;33 natalie jo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-7541695254723064387?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/7541695254723064387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/fml-lent-is-killing-me-but-saving-my.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/7541695254723064387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/7541695254723064387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/03/fml-lent-is-killing-me-but-saving-my.html' title='FML! lent is killing me, but saving my wallet!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-2343950094853249631</id><published>2009-02-27T04:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T15:59:47.867-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><title type='text'>blogger blogging!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;just had to say that i freakin suck at blogging and blogger!! hopefully i get the hang of things and actually learn how to post pictures and such! ahhh! soo tired from restocking my closet and cleaning my room.. but all in all its becoming a beautiful thang! loveeeeeeeeees it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-2343950094853249631?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/2343950094853249631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/02/help-haha.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/2343950094853249631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/2343950094853249631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/02/help-haha.html' title='blogger blogging!'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906323348788141634.post-574599314205855606</id><published>2009-01-06T05:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T23:31:40.484-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mac'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='china glaze'/><title type='text'>CG makes me =D</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;It's 5:28 in the AM and this is what I'm up to.. what a loser! haha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;So, I'm more than sure that this is my very first time making a blogspot, even though I've been lurking through blogspot.com and/or beauty bloggers for ages now.. Hopefully this is something that I could keep up with - And hopefully there'll be things that could help out or entertain anyone who to drops by! =)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I just placed a pretty big order for China Glaze nail polishes after discovering &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://8ty8beauty.com/"&gt;www.8ty8beauty.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;! Which in my opinion is a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;STEAL-OF-A-DEAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; website! Any one who knows me, knows that I'm a pretty thrifty shopper, so any sales, anywhere usually interest me! (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;Plus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;, china glaze nail laquers are my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;ABSOLUTE #1 favorite nail polishes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;, and no one can tell me different!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Also, if you didnt know already, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://maccosmetics.com/"&gt;MACCOSMETICS.COM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; is having a 25% off everything (except viva glam) discount code is -- MACFF9.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Well, I guess that's it for my first entry! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;33&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7906323348788141634-574599314205855606?l=natjotua.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/feeds/574599314205855606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/01/pretty-sure.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/574599314205855606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7906323348788141634/posts/default/574599314205855606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://natjotua.blogspot.com/2009/01/pretty-sure.html' title='CG makes me =D'/><author><name>Natalie Jo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483461737493855043</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUI7XXbehXw/TSAWkmcnQ3I/AAAAAAAAALw/bApBIpPags8/S220/me2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
