Birchbox vs. Ipsy

Ahh! The beauty girl version of The Great Debate is finally upon us!

I have been ranting and raving about Ipsy ever since I heard about it, and to be perfectly honest I don't remember how that happened, but anyway I checked out the site and fell in love. I just had to subscribe that instance but some yet to be explained reason I was wait-listed! Ugh! 

So in the meantime, and by the recommendation of the lovely Danielle, I tried out Birchbox. Which I had heard about, of course, but was never really too apt to try. However, Danielle seemed to really like it so I gave it a try. 

I managed to get on board the Birchbox bandwagon right before the October Box came out and while it was totally exciting to find the pretty pink box sitting on my doorstep, that excitement wore off quick.

I will say, however, that out of the Birchbox shipments I have received this has been my favorite.I loved the Ruffian Nail Polish (Danielle did too, she even did a review!) and adored the Dr. Brandt microdermabrasion (it's killer, but at $78 I'll stick to my sample and pray it lasts!) but the rest of the box was a bit of a bummer.Don't get me started on the crappy lip/cheek stain or the crazy, ridiculous half up sock bun thingy. Overall it was bland experience. 

As November rolled around a brighter future laid ahead as I received the email that my Ipsy Glam Bag was on it's merry way! Yay! 

However, that high came crashing down when I received the next installment of my Birchbox subscription.

An even bigger fail than last time, literally the only thing usable was the mascara (which Danielle liked so much she wrote about it twice! Check out her Mascara Monday and What We Love Wednesday posts!) the rest was complete crap...even the chocolate bar was horrible. By this time my hopes for the Ipsy bag were dwindling simply by association. That idea was nixed within a week as I found this lovely little item in my mailbox.

After opening this gem, I came to the realization that Ipsy Glam Bags are the holy grail of beauty subscriptions! I had an "Ahhhh!" moment and everything! Seriously AMAZING!

That's right, those are full size products you are seeing there people! That's more than Birchbox could promise in their wildest dreams. I'm am seriously obsessed with these products.
The eyeliner is a really fun inner eye highlighter, there's a perfect creamy nude lipstick, a full size bottle of rose gold nail polish (that's bigger than a nail polish I bought the other day!), a super shimmery brick colored eyeshadow, the perfect winter bronzer, and my favorite, a lip crayon in the shade Hot Damn!
Let's not forget the fun bonus of a gold and hot pink catch-all makeup bag! Also, as an added bonus, nearly all of the products come with a coupon code for their brands. Absolutely perfect to the point that I cannot wait until December's bag!
Oh, by the way, both Danielle and I cancelled our Birchbox subscriptions in time for the holiday sparkle of Ipsy! Out with the old in with the new!
If you want to check out the debate for yourself click the links below for your very own invites!
Birchbox Invite
Ipsy Glam Bag Invite

xo
aFm

Tip Tuesday!

Another week has started but on the bright side, we are another week closer to the end of the semester! 

"Yay!" - from all the college kids who know what I'm talking about! Haha!

As we near the end of the semester, things get a little crazy. Finals close in and it seems all professors want to do is load you down with stress inducing assignments one right after another. 

Well, all that craziness and stress can lead to some serious skin issues. 

Let's face it, as we get busier we also get lazier and our skin seriously suffers for it...

let's not even get started on the issue of stress break outs (ugh! Those are the worst!). 

Well, for this edition of Tip Tuesday I have some of my quick and easy tips to keeping up with your skincare routine even in your most busiest of moments.

1.) Never sleep with your makeup on!

We have all been guilty of this...at least once, and if you say no you're either forgetting about a time or lying!

I have a serious issue with washing my face, mostly because I treat it like a chore and if I don't do it when I'm in the shower it's most likely not going to get done. To solve this issue I stick cleansing wipes by my bedside. That's right folks, I take my makeup off without ever leaving my bed.
That has got to be the epitome of laziness but it gets the job done, somewhat. 

Now, I'm totally about to go against everything I said earlier and recommend that you do wash your face with a nice foaming cleansing (or whatever you prefer actually) most nights, but we've all got our vices and mine are lazy little face wipes. Haha

2.) Moisturize! Moisturize! Moisturize!

If you checked out our Fresh Start Friday post from last week then you probably think I am preaching to the choir but I promise this step is crucial! Lathering on a quick dab of moisturizer, no matter your skin type, is going to be beneficial to your skin.
Be sure to play around though and find the right match for your skin type, i.e. oily skin types should stay away from oil based moisturizers while dry types might want to stick to rich creams. 

Also, with the winter cold comes drying winds and even drier indoor heat so for quick moisturizing results dab on your moisturizer of choice right after you've washed your face, or wiped it down like me, and treat it like an overnight treatment for your face before you head to bed. 

I hope you've enjoyed that run down of tips this week, I'm working on a huge research paper for my World Mythology class (it's that time of year again!) and had to make this one quick. 

until next time, lovelies

xo

aFm  

PS: to make up for my quickly thrown together post here's a little inspiration from the birthday boy, Mr. Ryan Gosling! xo

Freaky Friday: DIY Halloween!

We are officially less than a week away from Halloween.

I repeat, there is less than one week before Halloween, people!

I am a huge believer in DIY costumes. It just seems like that's Halloween at it's greatest and reminds me of when my mom would put a costume together for me when I was little. It doesn't take a craft fanatic to create a DIY costume, sometimes you can even throw one together from things you already have in your closet!

Here are a few costume ideas I pulled from my "Halloweentown" Pinterest board, so if you want to see any of these costumes or find their original pinners just head to my Pinterest!
(click the follow button while you're at it.)

Pan Am Stewardess

I loved the show Pan Am, however short lived it was, so of course I love this idea of throwing on a blazer, skirt, and little white gloves to go as one of the it girls of the 60s. Super easy and super cute!

Minnie Mouse

Classic and super easy, what could be better than Minnie Mouse! Add some cute little ears to a red skirt and black shirt and you've turned yourself into everyone's favorite mouse's girlfriend. 

Get some girls together this Halloween and go with some of these fantastic group looks.

Flo and the Orbit Girl

We've all seen the commercials and we've all fallen in love with these icons so who wouldn't want to step into their shoes for a night. It's all white for these looks, just add a few touches and don't forget your insurance and chewing gum!

Pocahontas

These girls look so put together and like they are having a blast. Whether you're going with a whole tribe or just putting your own spin on a favorite Disney princess this is a go to look for sure.

The Great Gatsby Flapper Girl

These costumes are about as easy as throwing cat ears on with a LBD (see Karen from Mean Girls!). Grab some pears and a head piece and you've got yourself a Roaring Twenties look that would tear Gatsby's eyes away from Daisy in a flash!

I hope you've enjoyed these super easy DIY looks and maybe found some inspiration for any last minute costumes for those Halloweekend parties!

till next time

xo

aFm

Saturday Shop: Gameday Edition!

What would a Southern girl be without a little football in her Saturday! 

In honor of our university's Homecoming today we've decided to start off this Saturday Shop post with a look into some of the best online shops for all of your gameday gear! Whether you're cheering on your favorite SEC team from your couch or hitting up a tailgate in your school parking lot we've got you covered!

Now as you can probably tell, we're suckers for a good monogramming opportunity (we are Monogrammed Magnolias, after all) and nothing makes a Southern girl happier when she can mix her football with her monograms!

 

The Pastel Peony on Etsy  has the cutest mix of vinyl decals and in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month the shop is donating 10% of costs on all orders to Making Strides for Breast Cancer! Our favorite piece from their selection is definitely the 4 inch Gameday Football Monogram Decal shown above for $7 (be sure to check out their State Circle Monogram Decal while you're checking out the shop).

Combining one of the biggest trends of fall with your school colors is definitely a Southern girl's dream so we couldn't pass up the opportunity to include SewEMG's school spirited Chevron Infinity Scarves in this post. 

 At just $15.50 these scarves are super affordable compared to many other Etsy shops and come in a variety of color combos, I will definitely be adding this to my shopping cart in the near future!

Our next gameday essential comes from the experts, The Gameday Girls themselves! Home of "The Original Collegiate Pearls", the Gameday Girls handmade pearl earrings were such an obvious choice for this particular post that there was no way we were going to pass them up. 

 You can even get them monogrammed!

Their store is totally customizable and features even more gameday goodies such as necklaces, koozies, and headbands.

This post just wouldn't be complete without at look at Southernly Stated and the 

oh so amazing Game Day Tee!

Loving God, Sweet Tea, and our University is pretty much the basis of a Monogrammed Magnolia so of course this long sleeve tee is perfect for our Southern football Saturday!

May whatever team you cheer for kick-butt, as long as they're not up against our's! 

"Go CATS!" - Danielle

"Roll Tide!" - Merisa

till next time

xo

aFm

Fall Beauty Tutorial: The Cat Eye

The Fall semester is jam packed with events from Homecoming to Halloween and everything in between. If you're like me, you're done with the smoky eye/lip gloss routine and ready for an upgrade. Well that upgrade you're looking for just so happens to be a classic look that will take you through this Fall's festivities in a glam and updated way.

The Cat Eye

For this look, we turn to the Queen of Winged Liner, Miss Lauren Conrad!

I grew up with Lauren, or "LC" as she was known as back then, from the time she was in high school on Laguna Beach all the way through to her role on The Hills and her recent engagement (eek!). Not only has she become one of my role models in life but she's also one of the first people I go to when in need of some beauty advice. See her book Lauren Conrad Beauty or her work with The Beauty Department.

I've been doing this look since I first saw Lauren rock it on The Hills so I can say from experience that practice really does make perfect. Don't stress if you don't get it right on the first try, just grab a makeup wipe and try again!

There are probably tons of ways to pull this look off but I'm going to show you my way...two different ways. The first being a dramatic line fit for a night out such as a Homecoming dance (which just so happens to be this Saturday for our university! Go Bears!) and the second is an everyday cat eye you can fit into your normal makeup routine or if you just want to dress up your look a little.

The Dramatic Look

Step One: Prep your eyes! 
I just recently picked up this tip from a friend and it has become one of my go-to tricks. Primer on your eyelid will do wonders for your makeup look! She suggested putting a little face lotion on your eyelids before doing your makeup, I've upgraded to Urban Decay's Eyeshadow Primer Potion since but both have similar results. 
For a look like this, I usually go without shadow but for extra sparkle I suggest taking a highlighter such as Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up! and adding it to your inner corners or using a highlighting shadow in the same area. Remember to stay neutral, otherwise you will overpower the look!
Be careful with the amount of primer you use if you choose to go shadow-less across your lids, if you're not using a waterproof liner things could get smudgy.

Step Two: Line your eyes!
For the more dramatic look you want a defined line and a bold black, so reach for a liquid liner that has a fine tip and easy to hold handle to steady yourself. I use the super affordable Wet 'n Wild MegaLiner Liquid Eyeliner! 

The trick to this is to take your time, rushing will just lead to a sloppy look. Start with your liner at the inner corner of your eye and lightly drag it across your lash line toward your outer corner. That practice I mentioned early makes this step easier with time but if you're having trouble getting a steady line I suggest making 3 dash marks at the inner corner, middle of the lash line, and outer corner then connecting them to keep the line straight and bold.
Staying as close to your natural lash line as possible will lead to the perfect wide-eyed look we're going for, no one likes raccoon eyes!

Step Three: The Wing!
This is part of the line that creates the cat eye effect. For this dramatic look we're going to do a dramatic line. I start by dragging the line out and up from the outer corner then going from the top of the line started on my outer corner and make a small triangle. Fill that in and you've got your look. 
Be sure not to drag your line too far out or too far up. It shouldn't go further than the end of your eyebrow or the top of your lashes.
I'm no LC but here's the dramatic look on me (ahh!).

Everyday Look

For this look, follow steps one and two exactly the same except for a softer look I like to use a waterproof kohl pencil liner. 
Step three consists of just dragging the line slightly beyond your outer corner, just a flick. 
Finish with a coat of mascara and you've got the look, just like Lauren!

I hope you enjoyed it, for more tips on how to achieve the perfect cat eye look check out the links below.

VMA Cateye via The Beauty Department

until next time,
xo
aFm

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xo

aFm

Manicure Monday: Ruffian Nail Lacquer - Delirium

There is no doubt about it that this Ruffian nail polish is anything but runway ready, but why not let the people off the runway experience this wonderful polish too?

That is exactly what Birchbox and Ruffian, a New York-based fashion label, did with this fabulous nail lacquer. 

I was extremely excited to find this polish in my September Birchbox. I am a nail polish fanatic anyway so it was kind of like a mini bonus when I received the polish in MY box! 

Here is a picture of the polish they call Delirium, excuse the glare.

If you're not familiar with Birchbox, it's a subscription based company that sends a different set of 4-5 high-end products to your doorstep for a low price of $10 a month. 

When watching a surprise video on YouTube about the September box, the first thing I had my eye on was the nail polish. I am one of those girls that every time I go to Walmart to pick up something like school supplies or groceries for my dorm room, I come back with beauty "must-haves" and usually one of those "must-haves" is a bottle of nail polish I've just gotta try. 

It's a fun surprise every time I open a new bottle just to see how the quality of the polish is, how the color looks on my nails, and how long it last! 

Well, after trying the Ruffian nail polish from my box, I immediately saw a difference in the way that the polish went on my nails compared to the Essie or OPI products I have tried (don't get me wrong, I love those brands though). The bold purple color was from the fashion label's first lacquer collection. I thought this was kind of cool because I am all about originality! After I opened my box and tried the polish for the first time I was in love! 

This is one of the first nail polishes I've tried that didn't chip in the first 24 hours of applying the polish! I was extremely impressed by that in itself. The color was perfect because I really think purple is going to be a big hit this fall. I definitely recommend their polishes and will be purchasing some more from them very soon!

-dSl-

PS: Head over to Birchbox brands to purchase your own Ruffian nail lacquer or check out any of the brands offered in Birchbox's monthly subscriptions.

 Oh, and this is Danielle's first post to the blog as our new contributor so snaps to her! :)

June 2013 Favorites

So it's July (and I'm even later with this than before) which means two things: we're halfway through summer break and...it's time for June Favorites! This June has been a huge month for favorites because I seem to love everything right now, I think it's all this sunshine getting to me. Well, let's jump right in with the first on the list

Real Techniques Makeup Brushes

I am in love with these brushes! I had heard rave reviews on them from some of my favorite beauty YouTubers and even saw them in a bunch of their beauty tutorials so I just had to try them. I picked up the Starter Kit on Amazon which included a foundation brush, shadow brush, and a multi-task brush for powder, blush, etc.

They are so soft and perfectly designed for each task and best of all they are so easy to clean and dry quickly! I'm definitely going to be picking up some more of these brushes in the very near future! I even loved the little case/stand they came packaged in, very handy. 

Estée Lauder

So, my local Estée Lauder counter recently had a special running where you could get a Lilly Pulitzer tote with a minimum foundation purchase and of course I was in need of a new foundation so I just had to go for. Well, I haven't looked back since because not only am I obsessed with my Lilly tote and my foundation but I'm in love with all the extra little goodies that came with my free gift! 

www.daytonmall.com

The face wash and moisturizer are amazing and I'm in obsessed with the lip conditioner and lip color (which is a rarity with free gift lip colors). So overall you've won me over, Estée Lauder. You've converted this Lilly Lover into a faithful customer because I have literally never found a longer lasting foundation than Double Wear (definitely worth a try, my friends). 

Maybelline Baby Lips

I am a lip product junkie! I love trying out new lipsticks, glosses, treatments, and balms whether it's experimenting with color or seeing how moisturizing a product really is, I'm game. With that said, it comes as now surprise that I was completely on board to try Maybelline's new Baby Lips Electro, tinted neon lip balms, as I'd been a big fan of both the clear and lightly tinted Baby Lips line. While I was shocked to see neon  purple and yellow in the line I decided on the brightest shade, Pink Shock coincidentally.

I must say, I was pleasantly surprised by the bright pink shade, which I think is a perfect way to add a pop of color to a natural summer look. While I don't know how the yellow and purple shades will fare seeing as how vibrant Pink Shock is I'm tempting into trying the more corally color of Strike A Rose for more of a late summer color.

If you're not too into the whole neon thing I definitely recommend going for the faithful tinted Baby Lips shades of Pink Punch and my absolute favorite Peach Kiss for starters, definitely worth a try!

Now for my random favorites:

Magnum Ice Cream

I blame this obsession on The Great Gatsby and the film's choice in trailers...that whole bank robbing clip with hot dude from True Blood had me hooked. Well actually, it was a late post-cinema trip to the grocery store searching for sweets that led me to this new favorite as the Magnum Gold Ice Cream were the only bars sold individually that night. I didn't even get out of the parking lot before I knew this would be one of my new favorites and June was literally filled with ice cream days!

First of all, it's gold coated ice cream! What's not to love? Well, it doesn't end there because once you bite into the awesomeness that is the gold coated bar you're taste buds hit overdrive. Between the decadent chocolate, unbelievable vanilla bean ice cream, and caramel swirls you won't be able to put it down, not that you'd want to...it is ice cream after all. 

Old Music

Early on in the summer I was in a music slump. None of the "Summer Jams" were really hitting home with me so I decided to go through my old music library and resurfaced with some new "old" favorites. I love going back and seeing playlists I made throughout high school because it reminds me of important events that happened during that time and all the songs just bring back those emotions and a huge sense of nostalgia. Now, I'm not talking like way back to the N*SYNC days or anything but it was still fun to hear some great songs from 3-5 years ago and my music taste is all over the place so it was just good to go back and listen to some favorites. 

I reveled in seeing the entire All Time Low "Nothing Personal" album on a playlist and literally listened to "Stella" 5 times before switching songs. Old Britney was all over the place, of course, and there was even some Fall Out Boy and All American Rejects thrown in there. I even managed to find a middle school playlist with R. Kelly "Ignition (Remix)" at the top of the list, and if you say you don't know the words to that you're lying. 

I'm definitely going to try to keep up better with these monthly favorites and get them out closer to the start of the month...so if that goes well July Favorites should be here soon!

Till next time, lovelies!

xo 

aFm

Little Black Bag

So, thanks to the lovely Sarah Belle and her May Favorites video over on youtube.com/sarahbelle93x (you should really check her out if you haven't already, seriously open another tab...it's worth it!) I was introduced to a little site known as littleblackbag.com. After hearing Sarah explain the concept of the site, seeing showing off her fun goodies from them, and the offer of a free gift link (check out the May Favorites video to get the link) I was hooked and had to check out the site for myself. 

Upon signing up you're asked to take a quick & simple style quiz, which was actually pretty fun if I do say so myself. From there you'll be stylistically (did I make up a new word?) matched up with a gallery of products from handbags to cosmetics and everything in between, even shoes and sunglasses! I don't think I got to pick my free gift but to start your little black bag experience you pick one key piece to put in your bag and that item is matched up with 2-3 other items that are picked by the stylists and placed into your bag at a discounted bundled price. However, since I was getting a free gift via Sarah's link they kinda made it seem like I was just getting two bonus gifts in my bundle. Well, anyway, once you get the stylist picked bundle in your bag you're able to see the mystery gifts and choose to either go ahead and ship your items or, and here's the fun part, trade your items with other site members for something that's more to your liking! 

My key gift was a First Aid Beauty Repair Eye Cream that I wanted to try out because I'd seen the brand on Sephora and have been looking for something to ease the rough patches I get around my eyes from my allergies. My bonus gifts turned out to be a really antiquey gold looking eye shadow from Pixi that I was really excited about when I saw it in the gallery and a kinda gross looking brown shade from the same brand. I was totally prepared to keep the first two and trade the brown shadow but it seemed like no one wanted it, I couldn't really blame them the picture made it look quite unattractive for an eyeshadow. However, I got tons of offers to trade my gold shadow and my eye cream. All of which I denied (sorry!) even when it came down to a dangly seahorse ring that was super cute, but come on when am I going to sport a seahorse dangling from my finger?

I ended up just letting the trading period slip by without actually trading anything but I must say the experience was quite fun and I enjoyed seeing what the stylists picked for a few different members and trying to barter away my murky brown shadow. 

Once my items shipped I was asked if I wanted to become a VIP Member of the site for $9.95 a month and I figured I pay that much for my Birchbox subscription that I'm not too happy with at the moment (more to come on that subject) so I thought I'd give it a try. After setting up my subscription I was given a new gallery tailored to me personally based on my answers from the style quiz and they were pretty spot on. 

I wanted to buy everything I saw (I've circled some of my favorites) and the discounted prices and promise of mystery bundled deals didn't help. 

I ended up falling for this navy patent leather tote

and even really adored this polka dotted number for some odd reason

It was like half off retail and had two other items in the bundle at that price so I was very tempted but decided that I should probably get through my first Little black Bag experience before I started another.

Then this came in the mail

How precious, "every girl needs a little black bag." They definitely get an A for packaging, the products were even wrapped up in black tissue paper. However, that's about the highlight of the experience. Yes, that's right folks, the Little Black Bag ending up being a Little Black Bomb from the moment I tore open that tissue paper and discovered this...

Yes, glitter gals, that is a cracked eye cream! Gasp! Now, I understand the rough journey that is the postal route of such a tiny package but this little bottle was double bubble wrapped! I repeat, double bubble wrapped! There's no way this little guy could have received such a battle wound while incased in the wonder that is bubble wrap. No friends, this was a pre-transit attack and with the accompaniment of a few other scars I noticed from the labels of the products and a chipped eyeshadow I came to the conclusion that these "free gifts" might very well be damaged or returned goods and I don't know whether to be appalled or remain appreciative. Eh, they all still worked so we'll go with the latter.

Now on to the eyeshadows, turns out I was wrong about them and shouldn't have judged them from what now appears to be poor quality photography.

I was right about the gold being antiquey as it's even in its name, "Antique Gold" even though the actual color was completely off and I was surprisingly wrong about the "Bronze Beam" that has nothing murky brown about it. However, while that's great and all these are absolutely terrible shadows. They are so dusty and lack luster that I'm glad I didn't pay for them! Infact, I had more shadow dust on my cheekbones after applying these shades that I wished I hadn't already applied highlighter/bronzed because once I brushed it away the remains on my cheeks was a bit of an overload.

Overall, I wasn't happy with the products. The eye cream is really thick and creamy which is what I look for in an eye cream but I really don't feel like it's doing much other than making my eyelids a little shiny and the shadows were definitely not worth it which was rather disappointing.

I do, however, really like the site and think that if you play around with it enough you might be able to score some really great deals. I'm still thinking about snatching up that navy tote.

If you decide you wanna give it a go and see for yourself you can get started by clicking this link

http://littleblackbag.com/v/InviteFriendsGet50

Thanks to SarahBelle93x for recommending the site and for the free gift, we'll see what we can do with them.

xo

aFm

How to Glitterize Anything!

So while doing my morning routine of a cup of tea over a nice Pinterest search I stumbled upon a pin I had seen a while ago and thought I'd make a goal for the day to try it out.

via cosmeticsobsession.wordpress.com

http://pinterest.com/pin/175147872980984104/

I searched through The Great Big Craft Bag of Everything and gathered my supplies of Glossy Mod Podge and my favorite pink glitter! I threw in some painter's tape because I decided to glitterize my hairbrush and didn't want to get too much glitter on the actual part that would go through my hair. 

I forgot to take a "before" picture of the brush, but I made sure to clean it with a damp cloth and dried it before getting started and put the painter's tape over the area I didn't want glitter on. Then I took the sponge brush and brushed a layer of Mod Podge over the back of the brush & generously sprinkled glitter over the area. 

Make sure to shake the excess glitter off, I used a paper plate (a 'Merican flag one at that) so I could save the glitter for later.

Be sure to allow the layer to dry before adding more like the original link says.

Once all the glittery layers are dry brush more Mod Podge over the glitter to seal it all in and let it dry for a few hours. 

It should look something like this. Now all you have to do is be patient or if you're like me and that can't possibly happen you can glitterize other things in the meantime. I tried to glitterize my phone charger but the glitter I used was different than this one and it was an epic fail so I moved onto putting more glitter on the brush! 

That's a whole lotta glitter!

Now it's definitely time to be patient and let everything dry. 

And a few hours later you'll have a finished product! Ta-da!

Thanks to cosmeticsobsession.wordpress.com for the great tutorial! A+

xo

aFm

RueLaLa's $5 Surprise Party Invite

So I just got the greatest email ever! Like a lot you probably do, I get hundreds of emails daily from sites like Birchbox, Pinterest, RueLaLa, etc. and usually I ignore most of them just long enough to hit the delete button. Well, today something caught my eye from RueLaLa...they're hosting a $5 Surprise Party to celebrate 5 years and 5,555 Facebook likes!

They reeled me in with the promise of $5 (pre-loved) Birkins and Rolexes so of course I was all in from there. 

All you have to do is share a link on Facebook (like everything else these days) and I figured that was a small price to pay for the treasure that awaits and figured I couldn't possibly not share it anyways so here we go. 

Just click the link below and be sure to share it on Facebook through the link to get your name on the list an receive an update from RueLaLa themselves!

http://rtm.cc/YwQPA

Oh, invade you haven't been fully introduced to the wonderful world that is RueLaLa and most of this has just been me rambling on, consider this your personal invite to the site! It's fabulous and definitely the source of my main drain on my checking account but its so worth it, I mean a $5 Birkin? To quote my mother's idol Rachel Zoe, "I die."

http://www.ruelala.com/invite/mferrell25

xo

aFm