Lack of Posts, and I swear I am back

Life, lots of twists and turns, and stress.

I realized why I am not writing here, even though I love writing. I want to write about life, and everything really. Not just beauty and videogames. I had 3 blogs going, one of my starting a happiness project/life, one for my weight loss, and this. So I am combining them all here and will have posts as much as possible.

An Update! Life and Other things

Hello everyone, Markie here! I apologize for being very absent, and I need to give a huge hug and thank you to Sharon for being epically awesome and doing posts here and there.

As of the last time I posted I have finished moving, gotten rid of some life baggage, and lost a few family members to old age/disease. It's been a rough time, hence my promise of more posts falling through. Sad face.

I will be returning though! I have been having a bit of a rough time managing posts here as I have also began writing for a website called "Gears Community Online Network" or GCON for short. The people

Ladies of Gaming : Princess Peach

Hey there everyone! It's Sharon from Hello There, Blondie! and I'm here bringing you another episode of  the Ladies of Gaming series! She's a fabulous princess with a flair for drama, I bring you Princess Peach!

Princess Peach, aka Princess Toadstool, is easily one of of the most recognizable female video game characters on the planet.  If you know Mario, you know of his princess. And she is -always- in another castle :P

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Originally, our Princess Peach had red hair in Donkey Kong.But she soon changed it to blonde, and we all know it's from a bottle ;) Here is my evidence!
*see foot note
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After:

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"No one will ever know, la la la!"

Except us, Peach. Except us.

Anyways.

Princess Peach appears in many of the Mario spin off games, as well as in her own game on the Nintendo DS, Super Princess Peach,  which I played, and loved it! She is the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She appeared on Forbes most wealthy list, and is the love interest of Mario. I personally like Luigi better... but I have a thing for tall men. All of her outfits are centered around pink, white, gold and sapphire. There is a ruby on her crown, but just the one. She is perky, sweet, graceful, but in her own game she is just a tad over emotional. I blame Mario. She is one of the most popular to play in the multiplayer games, and I personally love her despite her frequent Damsel in Distressing.

The Look:

Eyeshadows : Brazen's Spectacle , Geek Chic Cosmetics Companion Cute, Geek Chic Cosmetics Brony on top of that with Darling Girl Cosmetics' Princess Peach to blend and highlight. ( a favorite highlight shade of mine )

Eyeliner : Physicians Formula Eye Booster 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner in Ultra Black

Waterline: Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil in Electric with Geek Chic Cosmetics Portal Blue eyeshadow patted on top of it

Lipstick : Quite possibly my favorite lipstick ever, MAC's Pink Popcorn ( reviewed here )

I hope you liked it! I personally love a yellow-pink combo, and the bright blue lasted all day AND night on the waterline! <3

Thanks for reading!

xoxo -Sharon

(*disclaimer - I know that isn't actually Peach in Donkey Kong, but I personally think that Mario is a one woman man. So since she didn't want to be know as the red headed girl, she gave him a fake name, changed her hair color, and came back to woo him again )

Ladies of Gaming: Samus Aran

Hello There! Sharon here from Hello There, Blondie!, and I'm coming at you with another installment in the "Ladies of Gaming" series! This lucky lady is a kickass character that is strong, smart, and still manages to make full body armor look hot :P

The main character of the Metroid series is a very powerful female character named Samus Aran. She is trained to be the perfect warrior, and has an power suit with a cannon on the arm. How cool is that?
The character of Samus is almost always seen in a big bulky armored suit, which is pretty misleading if you never played the games. The suit itself isn't the most flattering or sexy outfit, but that doesn't matter because she's a strong soldier who can handle whatever is thrown at her. I haven't played all of the Metroid games, but the ones I did play I enjoyed!

Samus's armor is mainly compromised of the colors red and orange. But when she isn't in her suit, she wears a skintight blue suit and has her bright blonde hair in a very peppy ponytail. Can't have a girly character running around all frumpy, now can we? I drew inspiration from both of her outfits.

Also, one of my beautiful fur babies is named after her. She's also a gorgeous blonde, who sheds a bit more and drools a lot :P

We're a fan of Samus in this household :)
Sorry this post took a bit to get posted! I was working on another look that I attempted several times and decided to put it on hold and skip ahead to Samus! I hope you don't mind too much :)

Thanks for reading!
xoxo -Sharon

Products used:
Virus Insanity Eyeshadows in: The Sun, Climatic, Rowdy, Anarchy, Alice as eyeliner
Fyrinnae : Le Noche mixed with Sugarpill Royal Sugar for eyeliner
Wet n Wild : Matte white
Tarte: Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara
Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Zero

Achieve-Queen: Episode 3

Hello all! Welcome to achieve-queen! Sorry that it has been awhile, but with all of the wonderful joys of moving, I haven't had much time to post. So here I am finally able to do so. So, time to get down to business. Today's Featured games are Gears of War 3 and Dead Island!

Gears of War 3

Award Winning Tactics: You have to earn 1 Onyx Medal in the game. It can be any one. What I did, was while trying to unlock some of the game mods, I maxed out the medal for fortifications in Horde mode.

Come to Poppa!: You have to win a versus multiplayer match as a FULL team of Recruit Clayton Carmines. Easiest way, grab 5 friends, switch to ahve your COG character be Recruit Clayton and play some King of the Hill (KOTH) until you get it. You have to complete an entire match from start to finish it get this achievement.

New Stuff to expect from me

Okay, I know, I'm falling behind on the posting since the start of the year. I'm Sorry!!!

So what has been going on with me is:
1) I moved home with my parents for personal reasons. I love it here, and love that I still have the freedoms of living out side the house since I am renting 2 rooms from them, but still have the comforts of my family and the ability to help them out
2) I have started writing for Gears Community Online Network (GCON) and have Gears of War related posts coming out through them. If you are interested in the series, I really suggest checking them out.
3) I was moved to a different job at work that is better for me and fantastic and I love it.

So, I do intend to resume my "Achieve-Queen" posts that I was doing before. I enjoyed doing those, and once I get my computer set up for it, I may do videos to accompany them. No promises on that happening any time soon though. I have been gaming, but really have not gotten many achievements on the Xbox lately to really justify making a full post. But soon! Very soon! I just got a digital copy of Alan Wake for free from a friend at work  and will be playing with that in the next few days.

As for makeup/beauty related posts, I will be resuming those about recommendations and such, but full reviews will be few and far between for a little while. Moving home has made money tight, and I need to get that all sorted first. I will also be writing some more "Opinion" related pieces on tips and tricks I have heard about or tried from others, and I want to hear feed-back from you about the topic in the comments.

That is all for now to be honest. It is late, I am tired, and I have a date with my xbox tomorrow. It feels very unloved since I moved home.

New Blog Look and a HUGE thanks

I want to give a HUGE shout out to my friend Anna who made me the new banner for the blog <3

It changed a lot over the process of creating it, and went from what I expected, to something completely awesome and different.

I'd told her I wanted it to blend my love of gaming and beauty altogether. When I saw her put me a teal dress, I asked for pink because Sleeping Beauty was my favorite Disney Princess. So she made a shortened version of the dress and made it awesome. Add in some combat boots and a SWEET lancer from Gears of War, and tada!!

Anna has done many photo edits and logos. You can view her fan page all this Here

She's also done an artfire banner for me, which you can view in my shop here: Rustad Creations

I would like to thank Anna publically for this, because it's amazing and wonderful what she has done for me. She put a lot of time and effort into these for me and I love her for it!

Give her page a like <3 I know she'd appreciate it.

Ladies of Gaming : Lara Croft

Hello there everyone! My name is Sharon and I am a friend of Markies! I write in my own blog Hello There, Blondie! and will be writing here as well! I love playing video games, reading books, and I love makeup! I also love robots, superheros, dinosaurs, animals, romantic comedies, and cooking! Here is mah face!

Did I mention I'm a bit of a goofball?

 I will be doing a series called "Ladies of Gaming" where I will be featuring a female character from a video game and doing a look inspired by them . And Possibly "Gents of Gaming" if I feel so moved :) I am incredibly honored that Markie asked me to help out here, and I hope you enjoy me being here as well!

This Ladies of Gaming features : Lara Croft

Tomb Raider is a game that I truly love. This is a game series that I started when i was younger in its debut in 1996, and I have continued to be excited for and play the games as they are released. Lara Croft is one of the most recognized video game characters, and possibly -the- most recognized female video game character in existence. She is strong, motivated, sexy, charismatic - plus she is just kick ass. If I were going to be a video game heroine, It wouldn't be so bad to be Lara Croft.

Over time, the graphics have changed, story lines have been rewritten, and her cup size fluctuated up and down, but Lara Croft is still the same thrill seeking archaeologist trying to discover what is next. Or the next big shiny artifact. Whichever comes first. She typically sports a light blue or brown top, brown shorts, hiking boots, and her two pistols with accompanying holsters on her hips. Oh and the backpack, can't forget that! She has long brown hair that for the longest time was in a braid down to her bottom, but in recent games she has a loose ponytail.
Typically, this is what comes to mind when I picture Lara. I like this because unlike the newer games, here she is in her original outfit. She's a little more fleshed out than she used to be, much prettier than sharp angles :P This was Lara in the anniversary game.

Image from Wikipedia 

So in my mind, gold artifacts, blue tank tops, dark brown boots and gunmetal would be the colors for Lara Croft.
This is my Lara Croft inspired look.

I had fun with this colorful almost smokey eye, and the liner was really fun! It gave the look an almost Egyptian feel. Appropriate, no?

I used:
 a matte khaki, teal and dark brown shadow from my 88 Palette
 Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in El Dorado
SugarPill's Chromalust in "Goldilux" on top of the liner
A gunmetal color from a Victoria Secret palette under the eye
Black Gel Liner from Physicians Formula
Tarte's - Light's, Camera, Lashes Mascara
Lipgloss - Simply Sweet Skin Lip Honey in "High Maintenance"

Thanks for reading!
xoxo - Sharon

New things in life, writers, and upcoming

Hey everyone, long time no post.

So I have been moving over the past month and had to put a hold on my posting until now. I had to move back home to help with my own life, and help with my family. Now that I am all settled, expect posts to start appearing in your feeds again.

Speaking of posts, we have 2 new writers that will be posting here from time to time.
There is Sharon and Courtney. Both are fantastic ladies, who love make up, and gaming on the side. I am excited to have them here, and have them as friends. Feel free to say hello in the comments!

Also, I am going to make some use out of my youtube channel, and do some vlogs. I will post them here when I do them. I also hope to do some tutorials as well and put them here.

Lots to do! I have to finish unpacking but expect some posts to start appearing again next week! <3

Achieve-Queen Episode 2

Long time no see everyone. I've had quite a lot of time to play around with my xbox, and Epic just released RAAMs shadow so I kinda went on a Gears marathon. So, all of these are from Gears of War 3 and gotten in the past 2/3 weeks.

Level 25- Pretty basic and straight forward. You have to play GOW3 enough in campaign or multiplayer to reach Level 25. Depending on your skill level and time able to play, you can get this quickly, or it may take awhile.

An #occupyINDIE Update

Due to recent events, the launch of #occupyINDIE has been postponed.

I am concentrating all my efforts and spare money on getting my mom her vehicle right now, and uptil she has it I am on a no-buy for anything that is not necessary to my daily hygiene, keeping myself clothed, and keeping my job.

I am also in the process of moving back into my parents for various reasons, so posting and responses to comments may be off until that is complete. On the plus side, it shouldn't take long at all, but it will take some time.

Explaining the Vehicle Donation Fiasco

As some/most of you know, I was trying to raise money for my mother to get a handicap accessible vehicle. Upon posting about it, and having my friend Shelby generously offer to do a raffle for a $300 giftcard to help, both of us were sent emails, comments, and messages harrassing us and calling it a scam. I feel the need to make a post clarifying what was going on, the situation and why I was asking for help. (warning, this may be a long one)

First some background:

A Rockeresque Holiday

Today I bring you all a nice little look at Rockeresque's Holiday Items. I myself will be ordering all of these items on friday once I am paid, but I wanted to give you all an idea of what they are! (If you like what you see, the prices are all links to the item in Rockeresque's shop :D)

Xbox: The New Dashboard

As most of you gamer types know or anyone that watches TV regularly, Microsoft has been advertising the new Dashboard for some time. They show in commercials. Here is the video of the E3 preview:

Welcome to.... #occupy INDIE

Ladies, Gentlemen, friends, and makeup lovers. Today, I would like to introduce to you a little project I have been working on with a friend.

Some of you have heard of the Indie 4 Ever project started some time ago. Well, due to various reasons it slowly died out and didn't work as planned. So, Shelby ((not) Making it up) who is a dear and close friend of mine, and I spoke, and decided we wanted to re-vamp the idea, give it a new name that we loved, and expressed how we wanted to help small businesses rather than Large corporations. And so, #occupy INDIE was born.

FOTD: Random colors edition

Hello everyone! Today I decided to choose 3 random colors, and use them to make a look. My results were Ruby Doo, My Monster, and Misshapes from Rockeresque Beauty Company.

Simply Sweet Skin Haul

So over the weekend I recieved some delicious goodies from Simply Sweet Skin. I have fallen in love with some of their fall scented goodies, and I am SO glad that she is keeping some of the scents around!

First up:Sea Salt Caramel Soap Bar

Photo Used with permission from SSS

 Not only does this smell like a salted caramel, and look fantastic, but it leaves the slightest lingering scent with it as well. The salt is on one side, and then the creamy soap on the other. my first thought upon opening it was this would make a heavenly shaving bar. So I used the salt scrub side to exfoliate my legs, then rinsed and got a lather worked up on my legs to use as a shave cream of sorts. Again, SSS has the best products for shaving with because I got a nice smooth shave, with an older almost dead razor, no cuts, and no razor burn. Highly recommend this one!

Second: Sweet Lips Lip Scrub in Pumpkin Cheesecake

Photo used with permission from SSS

Okay, I will admit it. It smelled SO good, that before I used it for it's intended purpose, I totally taste tested it. It tasted like cheesecake, and sugar. I was happy. So I used it on my lips. It actually helped with my lips not drying out as much through out the next day or two! Fantastic :D I love that it works, and it doesn't taste like soap. Another one I had from another company tasted like soap and it made me sad. So this is my new replacement!

Third: Pumpkin Cheesecake Body Souffle

Used with permission from SSS

I got this because the Whipped Body frosting is amazing for my super dry feet because it sucks everything up and makes them soft, but everywhere else, it made my greasy skin greasier. So it goes when you have oily skin. So, I decided to try this since it was boasted as less oily and lighter. And it is everything it is said to be. It absorbs well, smells fantastic, leaves things feeling silky smooth, and oh, did I mention it smells FANTASTIC!

Fourth:Pumpkin Cheesecake Skin Glimmer Lotion

I am sorry for the lack of photo ( i will show this in the video) But this stuff is amazing it is a more traditional lotion that leaves a faint shimmer behind. It smells amazing and it great for date night to add a little "glow" to your appearance!

Enjoy <3

Achieve-Queen Episode 1

Welcome to our first official Achieve-Queen blog!

For those of you that do not play xbox, achievements are little awards you can get from doing various actions in game. Some are done easily by just progressing in the game, some are done by gaining levels, or doing specific random actions in the game.

My intention with this post is to basically get to brag a little, and explain how each one is gotten in the game. Some may be spoilers, so if you don't like spoilers, don't read this on a regular basis.

First game: Gears of War 3

Lambency is earned by killing either an employee of Epic games, or someone that already has this achievement. I earned this on Team Deathmatch, against a guy that was pretty dang good compared to my current skill level. It was kind of awesome getting it. :3

Official Posting Schedule!

Hello everyone! I have finally set up a semi-permenant posting schedule for the blog. I will be making a page just for it. So here is your weekly schedule.

Monday:  Haul/Review Post
          A general review of an item I've gotten, or a haul post of new goodies

Tuesday: Random post/ Guest post
          A random post about anything, or a post from a guest writer.

Wednesday: Gaming post
          Anything about gaming. Could be a review, or just a post about recent adventures.

Thursday: Random Post/Guest post
          A random post about anything, or a post from a guest writer.

Friday: Tutorial/Look Post
          A post for a tutorial on a look or just post of a look I've done.

Saturday:Random Post/ Guest post
          A random post about anything, or a post from a guest writer.

Sunday: Achieve-Queen
          A Weekly post about Achievements gotten throughout the week, and how you need to get them.

Review: Shiro Cosmetics "Death Note Collection"

"I am Justice! I protect the innocent and those who fear evil. Im the one that will become the god of a new world that every one desires!!
Yagami Raito (Death Note)"

That's right, I started off a post with a quote from an anime. That can only mean one thing, and you are right....

Shiro Cosmetics Death Note collection was released on the 16th of October, and I purchased the same day. It arrived today, October 24th and I am extremely excited to share with you. 

(Used with Permission for the Owner of Shiro)