Flower Beauty qv (quick review) lipsticks

Hi! I'm back for a qv on Flower Beauty's lipsticks - just for reference, black color ones are called kiss stick high-shine lip color and the white ones are called kiss stick velvet lip color. I was lucky enough that a Walmart that was about 20+ minutes away had some lipsticks in stock. Very few actually! So, I had to pick up at least the ones I liked by first impression. If you don't have a Walmart nearby, you can check out flowerbeauty.com or Walmart.com.

My first impression of these lipsticks - Nice, sleek packaging. Very cute and unique. I like how they imprinted Flower. I got a hold of one kiss stick high-shine lip color and two kiss stick velvet lip color.

A plus when they show the color on top. In the back, shows the names of the lipsticks.

I was lucky enough that there were a few lipsticks left! Just a few ...

Swatches of the three colors. They are very pigmented and beautiful.

My favorite by far : Coral Floret. ♥

I give these lipsticks 4 out of 5. I've been liking them lately! I'm sure most would too if you haven't tried them. They can compare to the high-end cosmetics but at an affordable price. I'll definitely be back for more. Check it out if you haven't.

With love,

Katie

25 random facts tag

Hello!

A tag I saw on Nicol's blog, and thought it would be fun to do! Click on her name link, she has great blog posts. ♥

25 Facts

1. Korean drama fanatic.
2. Lost my ba (father) when I was 10.

3. Only worn false lashes 1-5 times and somebody did it for me... can somebody teach me? I don't know why I'm not good at it, or is it just me?
4. I love Vietnamese Spring rolls with that bomb peanut sauce. Yumm.

5. I love the comfort of sweatpants.
6. Mixture of Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese. Whats your nationality?

7. I have 3 older brothers, 1 older sister, and 1 younger sister.
8. My Vietnamese name is Tham; pronounced "Tum."

9/ I miss my dad everyday.

10. I wear black a lot.

11. I love and enjoy food. :P Who doesn't.

12. I'm eating well and far from lonely.
13. Bubble tea - my favorite.

14. I live in Minnesota, US.

15. I love jewelry.
16. I go with this phrase - "treat others the way you want to be treated."
17. I love Asian music, so soothing.

18. The drama I'm currently watching is, "My Princess."
19. I love my readers who read my boring blog.

20. I read my horoscope on the daily.
21. Candy Crush addict at the moment.

22. I'm 22 years old.

23. My birthday is 3 days after the Fourth of July.

24. Mocha - second favorite.

25. I love nature.

I hope you learned something by reading this. I tag you all!

with love,

Katie

Google Reader gone by July 1st

source : CNN - click to read more.

If sure many have heard the ridiculous news going around? - that "Google" will be shutting down Google Reader July 1st. I know that I'm not the only one that finds this disappointing as to why in the world would they want to decide on this decision? For Google+ services? I honestly could careless for Google+ services. Do you? What do you think is the main reason? I personally think its so we sign-up for Google+. (no thanks.) Is there anyone out there that actually like what they are choosing to do?

In conclusion, if you haven't imported your feed yet, definitely do so before that date, July 1st hits! Pretty much BLOGLOVIN will be a GFC replacement since the blogs you were following won't no longer be shown 07/01. Its also FREE to import the blogs you were following on Google Reader as well. I just started claiming my blog, so follow me on here ! 

How to claim your blog on http://www.bloglovin.com/

click the link above

sign-up if you haven't, log-in if you have an account

Click "Account" and it will drop down a list - choose the option My Blog

Than Claim Blog
Type in your website
Follow instructions
Once you are done, You've claimed your blog

Now,
IMPORT
Click above or if you go on Bloglovin, it will tell you at the top what to do to import your feed
Wait a while ... for me I wanted for about 2-3 minutes and an error message came up, than I refreshed - and it turned out the feed was transferred. So make sure to refresh after the error message comes up. I'm not sure if everybody gets that error message, but I did.

Other goodies you could do that I suggest would be to add  follow buttons to your blog! Click link to read more details on how to.

Yay, those that don't want to deal with Google+ won't need to worry. Bloglovin got it going on.

Note: Keep in mind that you could still follow me through GFC, but if you haven't imported your feed, what I update or the blogs you follow will not show up like it usually does on Google Reader ...starting 07/01. You'll never know if they decide to get rid of GFC too eh?

Although, I'm still hoping they would change their mind? You'll never know. We shall see.

Don't forget to follow me for future updates and giveaways!

With love,
Katie

What to expect

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Hi!

I've been thinking about this for the past week. What to give for this particular giveaway (it wasn't simple like the other giveaways I've held) and when would be a reasonable time to do so. I've been busy with so many things, its very hectic. Regardless, here I am updating. Even if I'm under a lot of stress due to personal reasons, I still think about my readers. Well I've made a decision. :) I realized more than half of you were beauty bloggers ~ Here are just some photos of what to expect when 1,000th has been reached. Currently, I am at 800+ readers, I know its not much considering that I started in 2011 but to me that's plenty. (thank you!!!) Its simply a THANK YOU for supporting my blog and reading my boring blog posts. :P I didn't want to show everything for it is a surprise. So, expect more than this. The giveaway will start immediately once it has been reached. So, here's another chance for those that didn't win my previous giveaway. There will always be more opportunities! Yes, it will be open internationally. More details when it gets started on a separate post.

Enjoy my little sneak peak!

with love,

Katie Ngo