Blogmas Day 24!

Hey guys! Before I start of I would like to apolagize for not being able to do so many of the blogmas days. Unfourtunetly I had some personal issues as well a hard time getting my computer to work this week. I am however really excited for today's blogmas because it was written by Kayla, a wonderful beauty blogger!

She has some yummy No-Bake holiday treats to share with all of you! Be sure to head over to her blog a check it out, she has some great post so be sure to follow :) CLICK HERE!

Hey Everyone!

So, today I am doing a post on no bake treats! These treats are great for the holidays and are simple to make. Plus you can put them into a cute tin or mug and add a bit of ribbon and it makes the perfect holiday gift! :) So, I am going to explain how to make peppermint bark and chocolate cookie squares.

*Both of these recipes are from http://www.kraftcanada.com*

Peppermint Bark

This is a VERY yummy Christmas treat :) It is basically white chocolate and peppermint, what's a better combination than that?? (Well...maybe peanut butter and jelly is, but you get my point, haha).

What you are going to need:

3 packages of Bakers White Chocolate

1 Cup of crushed candy canes

(to crush the candy canes you can either put them in a blender or hit them with a spoon)

How to make it:

Microwave the chocolate for 4 minutes, or until it is completely melted.

Then poor the chocolate on waxed paper-covered baking sheet and sprinkle the crushed candy cane on top. Then put it in the fridge for around one hour or until hard.

Break it into pieces and eat! :)

Chocolate Cookie Squares

This is my favourite recipe out of the two. My family makes this a lot and on Christmas eve we always eat it <3 It is also pretty easy like the one above.

What you are going to need:

1 package of bakers chocolate (semi-sweet)

1/2 cup of butter

8 cookies, the reicpe recommends Dad's oatmeal cookies or Oreo, but I think any kind of cookie would be good :)

1/4 cup chopped nuts

How to make it:

Cut the chocolate and put it in a microwaveable bowl with the butter. Microwave for 2 minutes or until it is melted. Stir.

Break the cookies and add to the chocolate mix with the nuts. Mix it together.

Put the mix into a foil-lined square pan. Then put it into the fridge for 1 hour or until firm. Cut it into squares.

You want to keep this in the fridge though, that way it won't melt :)

They are so yummy, right? But overall, I think this would be a great treat for a party or hanging with friends (or those late night cravings!).

Hope you enjoyed this post! :)

Happy Holidays! And for those of you who celebrate Christmas have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Blogmas Day 12&13 : Holiday Beauty Gifts under $25

My Favorite beauty gifts for this season, all under $25!

Sephora Mini Lipgloss set: http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?

id=P298324&categoryId=C17603&shouldPaginate=true

Philosophy Candy Cane Trio:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P296848&categoryId=RPYMAL&shouldPaginate=true

Urban Decay Glide on Pencil Duo:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P298603&categoryId=C17603&shouldPaginate=true

Sephora By OPI Nail Kit:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P298746&categoryId=C17603&shouldPaginate=true

Viva La Juicy Roll on:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P226405&categoryId=C17603&shouldPaginate=true

XOXO,

Blogmas Day 11 : All I want for christmas is your VOTE...

Hey there everyone!

So as you all probably know by now my blog was nominated for the 2011 Beauty Blog Awards! It would be such an honor for my blog to take this award, not to mention a complete blessing because the winner of the award will recieve a package of beauty items to experiment with, review, use for giveaways, and just enjoy :) And all this in time for christmas...could a girl really ask for more? Click here to read a more detailed post of how much it would mean to me to win this amazing award!

The voting actually closes tomorrow December 12th! So it would be awsome if you guys could head on over to the Handmade Reviews site and vote for this blog!

Link: http://www.handmadereviews.net/2011/10/beauty-blog-awards-2011-voting-open.html

My blog is third to last on the list, all you have to do is click on it and hit vote! And that's it, really simple right? Yet extremly meaningful for me :)

A great thing about this whole voting process is that if you are interested you can enter your name and email address when you vote and you will be entered to win one of three beauty prizes! So by voting we could both win something <3

So this year ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...YOUR VOTE FOR THE 2011 BEAUTY BLOG AWARDS :)

Thank you guys so much! And also a huge thank you because there are now 330 of you reading what I write....beyond amazing :) Thank you for all your support!

Happy Holidays

As always XOXO,

Blogmas Day 9: Festive Nails!

I decided to go holiday festive with my nails! I painted them red and added some fun little holly decals on them.

* Please ignore the polish on my skin around my nails, I took the pic before I had cleaned up around the borders!

Happy Holidays everyone :)

XOXO,

Blogmas Day 7&8 : Cute Gift Wrapping!

For me half the fun of giving and getting presents is the gift wrapping! I absolutly love to get creative when I'm wrapping my presents and I also love when I get a present that is wrapped beautifully, I was browsing through the web I found found some adorable ideas for gift wrapping and I thought I would share :)







XOXO,

Blogmas Day 6: Christmas Wishlist!

For this Blogmas I wanted to share my Christmas Wishlist, these are all beauty related. I am in no way saying I will be getting all of these products, actually I’m not getting any of these products because they don’t ship internationally :/ But I still thought it would be fun to make a list of all the things I would get if I could!

Benefit legally bronze kit:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P255605&shouldPaginate=true&categoryId=5333

Mascara, highlighter, High Beam and the oh so famous Hoola Bronzer…could you really ask for more? Plus everthing is full sized! This is one of my top gifts, in love with it! Oh and did you see that cute bag it all comes in?

Benefit Project Flawless kit:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P295210&shouldPaginate=true&categoryId=5333

Inside this adorable box comes lipgloss, highlighter, mascara and best of all…Bella Bamba Blush! I have always wanted to try it and inside this great kit it’s really a great deal!

Stila Lipglaze set:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P295203&categoryId=C19970&shouldPaginate=true

12 different shades of stila lip glazes!How amazing is that? I love all the different colors that come in this cute set.

Buxom Mix&Mingle:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P297716&categoryId=C19970&shouldPaginate=true

I have Heard nothing but amazing things about Buxom lip products and this kit has plenty of shades to try out!

Laura Mercier Oil-free flawless face kit:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P240601&categoryId=RPYMAL&shouldPaginate=true

This seems to have everything an oily skin girl could need!

Tarte Lipsurgence Set:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P296606&shouldPaginate=true&categoryId=5648

I have been wanting to try this mix of lipstick, lipgloss and lip stain! It seems like such as cool product, and this is is really an amazing value compared to the normal price of just one of these.

GHD Flat Iron:

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P260921&categoryId=C10450&shouldPaginate=true

My hair is in desperate need of a new flat iron, my Chi is way too old.

So that’s my Christmas Wishlist, What’s your’s? Leave it in the comments!

Blogmas Day 1,2,3,4,5!!

Hey everyone!

I adore the holidays! Christmas time is my favorite time of year! I thought there couldn't be a better way of celebrating it then with all of you!

Soooo....I have decided to to BLOGMAS!

I know I started a bit late so please forgive me, but from now on and until Christmas day I will be posting a holiday realated post everyday!

Ok so for today's post I will actually be giving you guys something! I will be giving 3 opportunities to be on this blog. I am looking for 3 bloggers who would like to do a guest post on Vanilla Pop.

The post will have to be holiday related to go along with the whole Blogmas theme.

If you are interested please send me your post to sweetcarolinaxo@gmail.com

I will pick the top 3 posts and they will be published here! You have until this Friday to get your post sent to me! Can't wait to read them :)

Happy Holidays

XOXO,

Milk of Magnesia: Does it really help with oily skin?

I am a total sucker for any DIY or all natural remedies so I had really high hopes when I decided to try milk of magnesia for my oily skin. I had read that is was a wonderful and cheap way to deal with excess oil. I tried it out for about a month, maybe a bit more, and these are my results:

When you first apply it you immediately feel it’s drying effect. My skin felt quite tight, when applying you must be very careful because a white film will most likely form around the edges so you want to make sure you get rid of that, all you have to do is rub it a bit and it comes off.

While it is quite mattifying when first applied it really didn’t have any long lasting effects for me. I still got oily as if I had applied nothing at all. I was pretty disappointed because I had very high hopes for this! I had heard it was wonderful for so many people! I really don’t know if it’s just me but milk of magnesia was not the cure for my oily T-zone, the search for my solution continues!

XOXO,

❄Holiday Giveaway!❄

Giveaway time once again!

There are two reasons for this giveaway, first of all the holidays are coming up and I want one of you to get a little gift from me ;) Also I reached 100 subscribers on my Youtube channel and I wanted to celebrate!

Prizes:

Cute headband! This is one of the headbands I will be selling in my soon to open Etsy Shop! I will be talking more about this soon! You will also get a cute little heart key charm, I will be giving these as a free gift with purchase on my Etsy shop. You can use it on a necklace, charm bracelet ect. !

Beautiful Heart and Glass bead earrings!
Adorable Bow Red Purse! I am in love with this handbag!
In love <3
Looks amazing!
Super Cute Brush roll from Vanessa Dixon Designs!
She has tons of different designs of brush rolls at great prices!
How to enter:

The entry for this giveaway is actually on Youtube. Check out the video for another look at the prizes and more details about the giveaway!

To enter you must-

* Be subscribed to my Youtube Channel

* Like the video

* Comment telling me a video request

***BONUS!

Everyone who follows my blog will recieve an extra entry! Which means all of my wonderful blog followers already have an extra entry, all you have to do is leave a second comment with your GFC name.

Hope you guys like this giveaway! CLICK HERE TO ENTER!

XOXO,

Beauty Tip of the Week: Under eye Circles!

Hey guys!

Undereye circles are a pesky thing to deal with so I decided to share my favorite tips for dealing with them!

If your under eye dark circles are caused because of enlarged blood vessels, double up on pillows at night to stop blood from building up under your eyes.

If you wake up to dark cirlces apply a cold compress for about five minutes to constrict the blood vessels. This will make them less noticeable.

To avoid dark cirlces you need a healthy dose of Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K iron and folic acid. So make sure you are eating tons of citrus fruits, berries, green leafy veggies,nuts, whole grains, avocado, seafood, beef, cheese, green tea etc. and do away with processed and greasy foods.

Lack of sleep can make your skin appear paler which makes blood vessels more visible through the skin, giving the appearance of bluish or dark circles. So make sure that you are getting in at least 7-8 hours of good sleep!

Water is also super important when it come to keeping dark circles away! Dehydration can cause the blood vessels under the eyes to become swollen thus causing dark circles, so make sure you drink enough water (8 glasses at least).

Natural remedies:

* Cool cucumber slices,

* cotton ball dipped in potato juice,

* crushed mint leaves,

* teaspoon of tomato and lime juice,

* A bit of castor oil left overnight

* cool teabags to relieve stressed eyes

And when there is nothing else to be done conceal them!

For quick camouflage apply light eye cream or gel to the area and let it sink in for a few minutes. Now pat on a creamy concealer that is one tone lighter than your skin tone. Top it of with a layer of loose powder, which helps prevent makeup from caking in creases.

Hope this was Helpful!

Remember to vote for this blog for the 2011 Beauty Blog Awards! (Link in the top right sidebar)

Check out my Youtube channel and support by subscribing! I will be having a giveaway on there soon!

XOXO,

I'm Nominated for the 2011 Beauty Blog Awards and I need your Help! :)

Hey!

http://www.handmadereviews.net/2011/10/beauty-blog-awards-2011-voting-open.html

So today’s post is very special to me. I would like to ask you guys to help and support me! A while back I did a post about the 2011 Beauty Blog Awards and I asked you guys to nominate me. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to nominate this blog; thanks to all of you I got nominated! My blog has been shortlisted! I was so excited when I found out J. Again I would like to thank all of you because without you this would not have happened!

So the blog awards consists of two parts. The first is the nomination which is now over. Now comes the exciting part: VOTING! All the nominated blogs are now up for voting. I would be extremely grateful if you guys could all go on over to this site:

http://www.handmadereviews.net/2011/10/beauty-blog-awards-2011-voting-open.html

And vote for this blog! It’s really simple and I promise it won’t take long. All you have to do is go to the site Handmade Reviews and click on my blog! It is third to last on the list.

The great thing about this is if you vote there could be something in it for you as well! Three voters will be randomly picked to win a BEAUTY PRIZE! How awesome is that?! By voting not only will you be helping me out, you will also be getting the chance to win something for yourself!

So if I win I would receive a large package of beauty-related prizes, including makeup, skincare products, gift sets, etc. The idea of this award is that the winner will have new beauty products to try and to review. This is an amazing opportunity. I don’t know if you guys know this but I actually don’t live in the States. I live in Colombia so the amount of beauty products that I can get here is very limited. I don’t have the option to go out and by products from brands that are probably very normal to you, but to me they are little treasures that I am lucky to get my hands on! So winning this would mean that I would get to try out and review all these products that I have always wanted to try.

So like I have said before voting is really simple, just go on over to Handmade Reviews, which is the site hosting this wonderful award, and click on my blog name.

Let me know in the comments below if you voted so that I can thank you personally!

Thank you guys so much, you are what keeps this blog going!

XOXO,