Catching Up - Blog Awards!

Part Two - You Like Me! and I Like You!!

Some of you lovely ladies have been kind of enough to tag me with blog awards. I appreciate being picked so I better get going on showing these off!

~ The Top Ten Award ~

from Kris at My Lucid Bubble

RULES

1. Thank the person who tagged you and link to their blog.
2. Put the Top 10 Award logo on your blog.
3. List your top 10 cosmetics.
4. Choose 10 bloggers to tag, link to their blogs, and let them know.

My Top 10 Cosmetics would be...

1. Concealer!! 

My undereye circles are so dark regardless of sleep, diet, cucumber slices, etc. I'm still in search of the perfect one that is creamy, long lasting, and just the right shade.

2. Moisturizer

By day, it normally has tint and/or sunscreen. By night, it's light enough to moisturize without creating morning greasiness.

3. Blush

I love blush. Love it! I can't even begin to pick a favorite.

4. Translucent Correcting Powder 

For a matte finish, I go with ELF. For glowing, I go with Physician's Formula.

4. Lipgloss - all kinds, preferably ones that smell & taste like cupcakes.
5.  Bronzer

Benefit Hoola in the winter, Korres Monoi Bronzing Powder in the spring and fall, ELF Contour duo in the summer.

6. Clay Face Mask 

It transforms my look so it counts as a cosmetic. Current favorite is Freeman Avocado & Oatmeal. It's radiance + oil-be-gone in one large inexpensive tube.

7. Vanilla Chap Sticks 

Bath & Body, Avon, whatever makes me think cupcakes!

8. Benefit Pocket Pal with Benetint and gloss

9. Blotting Sheets 

These also count because they suck away oil slicks and help keep the real makeup on the face.

10. Mascara

I like the way I look with it on but don't wear it very regularly. One day, I'll find the perfect dark, lush, clump-free, smudge-free, flake-free, contact friendly formula and wear it every day!

~ The Butterfly Award ~

from Lesley at painting with polish

RULES

1. Link back to the person who awarded this award to you.
2. Answer the following questions.
3. Award to other blogs and let them know.

The Questions...

1. What's your favorite color?
I don't think I have a favorite color, but my friends disagree. They say it's pink. Ok, that probably is my favorite color!

2. What's your favorite song?
My favorite song rotates - I've been doing a lot of driving, so I'm in a sing-along Broadway mood... I know it's kind of random but Blackout from In The Heights. It's like the next generation version of Christmas Bells from Rent.

3. What's your favorite dessert?
Cupcakes

4. What is pissing you off?
My hair - it's too hot to wear down, it's too long but I'm not ready to cut it off yet, it's too humid so it's frizzing. Why can't it just behave and be really really ridiculously good looking?

5. When you’re upset, what do you do?
Alternating rounds of silence and soliloquies

6. Who's your favorite pet?
Suzette - our first family dog.  Here's a more recent picture of her hanging in the shade by the pool. In a summer cut, of course!

7. Black or white?

White. The thought of black in this triple digit weather is frightening.

8. What's your biggest fear?
Not living life to its fullest.

9. What's your best feature?
In this weather, my eyes. In nicer weather, it might be a tie with my hair.

10. What's your everyday attitude?

Try your best. Give it your all. Optimism!

11. What is perfection?
That first cup of coffee in the morning.

12. What's your guilty pleasure?
A warm chocolate chip cookie.

~ The Kreativ Award ~ 

from Princess Poly and LadyLuck

RULES

1. Write 10 facts about yourself.

2. Pass the award to 10 bloggers and tell them about the award.

Ten Facts About Me...

1. I'm a Ninja Turtle - I LOVE pizza. I could eat it at every meal and never get tired of it, which I actually tried the summer before my high school senior year at business camp.
2. I love cookies, cupcakes, and pies. Love eating them, baking them, receiving them as gifts from friends.

3. Going to the Westminster Dog Show was one of the best days of my life. I want to spend more time with dogs - especially when it comes to fighting against animal cruelty.

4. I've loved Broadway musicals since I was a kid - way before I understood where Broadway even was. Thanks PBS - couldn't have done it without you!

5. I lived in Guadalajara, Mexico for six months - it was a study abroad semester that I used to finish up my Latin American Studies minor.

6. My biggest travel wish is to get to Europe one day.

7. I like highway driving - throw on some tunes and just go!

8. One of my favorite shows is Parks & Recreation. I would love love love to work in a local government office like that.

9. I wanted to be 5'5", but I stalled at 5'3-1/2".  Even with all my milk, Flintstones, stretching, I couldn't make it. So close, so far!

10. I'm currently addicted to Tiny Tower. Completely. Totally. Go Bitizens!

Now to pass along these awards to the next 10 bloggers.  Since the polish blogosphere works quickly and we're all wonderfully different, I'd like the 10 people I tag to choose the award out of these three that they feel fits them the best.

The Next Round of Special Bloggers...

1. Ali's Nail News

2. Nikki's Nail Files

3. Lindsay at Yacking about Lacquer

4. OliviaNobody at Olivia's Nails

5. Jenny at Polishology

6. Kris from Let Them Have Polish!

7. Cheryl from Legally Polished

8. The VEROblog

9. WillaDodge from Willa's Shiny Tips

10. GingerKittyD from GingerKittyDesigns