MAKEUP

I love makeup. I love it so much. I love looking at new makeup. I love experimenting with makeup. Oh man, I have had a whirlwind romance with makeup for years now. Well, a sort of one-sided romance. I used to look through my mom's makeup when I was younger and ooooh and ahhhh at her lipsticks and whatever else she had. Now I have a small collection of my own products (my sisters would say I have a huge collection...uh no. Have you seen beauty bloggers' collections?!?). Tuesdays will be about makeup here on The Last Semester so today I've decided to share a few of my current favorite makeup and beauty products. Most of these will be budget friendly pieces. Remeber, I'm broke.

this is the best brush ever created

This Real Techniques stippling brush is a miracle worker. It applies my foundation so nicely. I got this for Chirstmas but it is already my favorite.

I have oily skin

To keep oil at bay I apply this to my T zone with a powder brush. It is super cheap and is in a translucent color so it is a pretty no fuss product. I think this is my third Stay Matte powder. I love it!

Rimmel makes the best kohl eyeliners, THEY REALLY DO

The Rimmel Scandeleyes eyeliners are amazing. I use both for my bottom waterline. The nude color opens up my eyes and brightens them while the taupe color gives some really nice, subtle definition. I hate (repeat HATE) wearing black eyeliner on my bottom waterline. It is way too harsh and is a pain in the butt to get off. The taupe color is perfection. Ahhhh.

Marc Jacobs?! Designer, high-end mascara???? I THOUGHT YOU WERE BROKE

Hold on there cowboy (cowgirl?), I am broke. I didn't lie to you! I got this as a free sample from Sephora after buying a friend a birthday gift. I've tried other samples of high-end mascaras but this is my favorite. It is called the Lash Lifter Gel formula and yeah, it lifts those suckers. It also gives me nice volume too. It doesn't smudge or flake and comes off pretty easily. It won me over! Will I buy the full sized product, no. But, I would happily accept sponsorship from Marc Jacobs Beauty, or any of these brands for that matter ;-).

What beauty products are you loving?

Until next time,

Caroline

a chilly day in DC

On Saturday I went to DC with my sister and our two friends to meet another friend and see an exhibit at the Botanical Gardens of buildings around the Mall made entirely out of plants. We saw the Washington Monument, the White House, the Library of Congress, and others. It was so cool. While we were there we took lots of pictures of us in "band pictures". I suggested our band be "Caroline and the Turds" but no one really went for that. I don't know why. Afterwards we went ice skating at a rink near Nats Park. We went last year while it was completely deserted. This year it was crawling with people. We still enjoyed it though. Here are a few pictures from the day. It was so cold but so much fun.

it's the Capitol Building!

Brett levitating in front of the Capitol Building 

It's the Lincoln Memorial! 

here's one band picture

I practiced my ice dancing and speed skating. I'm ready for Sochi! 

I hope you had a great weekend!

Until next time,

Caroline

Spotify January playlist

At the beginning of every month I make a new playlist on Spotify with songs I've really been liking and am willing to listen to about a million times. This month I think I definitely picked some winners. This list here is just a starting off point, over the month I'll add songs that I hear on the radio or in stores or where ever. I wish I could actually put the playlist on here somehow but because I don't know anything here is a screenshot of the playlist.

I was listening to Tether when I took the screenshot. Oops! I got a lot of the songs from the 100 Best Tracks list that Pitchfork just put out. 

Hope you take a listen! Until tomorrow,

Caroline

I'm broke

I wrote that one of my resolutions would be to be better with my money and I think that is a great segue into today's post about me being broke. It's true, I am broker than my kindergarten self's arm when my little sister fell on it and it snapped in half. I gave it a little bit of thought and here are a few ways I will be better with my money in 2014!

1. Do not buy drinks at bars - that's what sleezy guys are for, right?! I'm just kidding about that. It's time for me to not feel the need to drink so much to have a good time. On New Year's Eve I tried this out and I still had a great time! I wasn't hungover the next day either. Win.

2. DO NOT be tempted by Target - oooooh I said the T word. I love Target. Who doesn't? It is a magical place filled with magical things that would fill my life with magic and wonder. I'll go in and find at least one thing that I don't need that I end up buying. My roommate and I are going to police each other more next semester. I feel like she will be saying something like, "C'mon Caroline! You need to buy food later on! You don't need that ________ (random thing found at Target)" a few times in the near future. I do need to get razors though.

3. Plan out the food I want to eat at home and then what I'll be eating on campus - I do still have a meal plan so some of my meals are taken care of but there are also many meals that are not taken care of. I need to plan out in advance the meals that won't be eaten on campus and make sure I don't go to the grocery store and just go crazy over jalapeño flavored kettle chips. Omg...why did I just write that. *craves commence*  

4. Shop my closet - I don't need new clothes. I just need to figure out how to wear my old clothes in new ways! I do need a coat though...bad.

Well there ya have it! The 4 ways I will attempt to save myself money in the spring semester/2014! Soon I will make posts with more pictures. I promise.

Until tomorrow,

Caroline

a few thank yous...

I have a few thank you notes to write so yesterday I sat down and wrote them while watching the new Sherlock episode. It was a bit tough because I had to stream it off the internet but boy, do I love me some Benedict Cumberbatch. I showed my mom the first episode of Sherlock and she thought it was dumb...I s'ed mh for a long time. It is one of my favorite shows! I'll be honest though, I didn't really pay attention to about half of the episode. I'll rewatch it later. Community also came on tonight! It was really good. I'm so happy these shows are back.

I said last week that Fridays were going to be my likes and dislikes so here goes.

Likes:
1. Returning shows, Sherlock, Community, Teen Wolf, Pretty Little Liars, I watch a lot of television
2. Nivea's Lip Butter in Raspberry Rose Kiss
3. Snow

Dislikes:
1. Saying goodbye
2. Bruises (there have been a lot in the past week. I had one but so did many others...)
3. Snow

It also snowed tonight. I really love snow but it messes up plans.

Until next time,

Caroline

polka dots and sparkles

Thursdays on The Last Semester will be about my outfits I decide to post. Some will be good. Some will be bad. Some will be not mine. Muahaha you'll have to wait and see what pops up.

I got this sparkly nail polish for Christmas from my relatives in New York and I absolutely love it! It was a nice touch to my New Year's outfit and nicely matched this polka dot shirt. We weren't doing too much today so I just put on a sweater and jeans to do things around the house. We did end up going to see the movie "Her" so I put on boots and a pea coat. It was a very easy-going outfit. 

Wow I didn't post a goodbye. Well, until tomorrow,

Caroline

resolutions

Happy New Year! I have a few resolutions that I wanted to share on here. I know that people say that making resolutions are dumb because why wait until the new year to start making yourself a better person? Well, I don't care if you think they're dumb because I have a snazzy list.

1. keep drinking water - over the summer and during the fall semester I got on a real water drinking kick and I hope that in 2014 I can keep it up. I think that will be pretty doable.

2. don't fall asleep with my laptop open on my bed - I might be the only person making this resolution but it has really become a problem and I got to stop doing that. I actually started last night!

3. figure out how I'm feeling - I say "I don't know" so often. Why don't I know?? I have to figure out how to word my feelings and communicate them better. I feel like more people would have this one that the previous one.

4. stay active - cliche but so necessary. I'll be taking a physical education class at school this semester so that will be relatively easy.

5. be better with my money - I have to save for things...real world...my future children's college fund...retirement...that sort of stuff.

I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve and 2014 will be a glorious year!

Until next time,

Caroline