everything new years!

Happy 2012, everyone!
Our last year to enjoy life before humanity is wiped off the face of the earth, right?! Woo!
;p

I rang in the new year with some great friends at a GREAT show in Nashville with a great band- Moon Taxi.

I usually never do new years resolutions, but I actually have come up with a few this year:

1. DRINK MORE WATER

Besides obvious health reasons, I really need to increase my water intake for my daughter so that my milk supply increases, also. TMI? perhaps, but still an important resolution nonetheless.

2. TAKE BETTER CARE OF MY FACE

Not only do I forget to wash off my makeup before bed on a regular basis, but i'm also way too harsh on my skin. When I DO take off my make-up (referring to eyes here) I wipe outwards under my eye instead of INWARDS. this can result in early aging/wrinkling- which i'm not too keen on. My eyes already have dark circles under them half the time (mostly due to my infant daughter, bless her) & removing make-up the wrong way isn't helping!

3. STOP BITING MY NAILS

Though I technically began this resolution a month or two ago, it's been something i've struggled with doing for years & i'm finally determined to quit. 

4. FACE EVERY OPPORTUNITY/DECISION WITH FACTS AND AN OBJECTIVE (or as objective as can be) PERSPECTIVE.

Follow my mind & what's right for my daughter and myself- not my heart... this may entail some difficult choices in this upcoming year, but I will do what needs to be done & do it with the upmost confidence and certainty!

5. REGAIN MY SCHOLARSHIP/MAINTAIN GPA

I had it when I began college, then messed around for a couple years & lost it. Now, with a child, it's even more pertinent that I get it back. Im very close to doing so. Also, I've maintained either at 4.0 or 3.5 since transferring to my current college & would like to keep it that way:)

Anyway,

enough of the boring, sentimental stuff.

ONWARDS, TO THE THINGS YOU ACTUALLY CARE TO READ ABOUT! 

:)

I'm by no means a fashionista, but I loved my new years outfit so much that I had to put it up here.

i wore this tank...

under this blazer.

I cinched it with a belt very similar to this (mine didn't have the rhinestones),

and paired it with thick, black leggings.

I also wore these:

which surprised even me. First of all, I don't usually like wedges. Second of all, though I don't mind this print on clothing- having it on my shoes in such an out there way isn't something i'm usually game for. But for whatever reason, whilst browsing in the shoe store these called out to me. I was halfway embarrassed to even be seen trying them on. But lo & behold I rocked them new years eve! Although I was wanting to cut my feet off by the end of the night due to standing/dancing in them for 5+ hours, I'm quite glad I went out on a limb & purchased them.

To get back to my beauty roots, I went out & purchased a little something special just to pair with this outfit:

Urban Decay's 'Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner' in 'Midnight Cowboy', coincidentally one of my favorite shadows. I used to associate glitter eyeliner with cheap, make-up looks (perhaps an unjustified comparison, but my thinking nonetheless), but boy did this change my mind. I LOVE this stuff. Though you do have to give it a few seconds to dry lest you get random glitter adhered to your eyelids, I experienced nothing but good things from this eyeliner. I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised since it IS urban decay, but still :) It definitely gave my eyes the pop I was looking for with my otherwise very dark eye shadow. Something I'd definitely recommend.

I also did 'new years' nails, but I didn't get a picture of them :( I used China Glaze's 'Tinsel Town' and 'Blonde Bombshell', & they were ridiculously fun.

What do you guys think about everything? Have you ever tried the eyeliner? And any new years resolutions?? :)

Thanks for readingggggg!