Arm Candy

As I was unpacking today, I noticed that I had a lot of handbags, but not a lot that I would actually take out on a daily basis. They are ones I got years ago that I've sort of outgrown, I guess you could say. Either that, or they've broken or are falling apart. So starting this fall, I'm going to invest in some higher quality, cute handbags.

Be&D Kitty Studded Satchel, which sells for a whopping $1350. I think this might have to be a Christmas present, or two...

Oh, and image via Purse Blog, which is slowly becoming my new best friend to feed my purse hunger.

Chiara, I envy you in every way possible. Her entire wardrobe is worth more than, oh I don't know, my LIFE. I would kill for her Balenciaga bag (or in her case BAGS), especially in this color. Or any Balenciaga bag really. I've picked out 4 that I want so far, but I'm pretty sure that would cost more than my car. But these little babies have been at the top of my list for a while now and I'm determined to get my hands on one!

via Longchamp

Yep, the good ole Longchamp Le Pliage. This has also graced the top of my list for a while now, and this is much more attainable and affordable ($145 for the one above). I'd probably be boring and get it in black and use it as an everyday bag.

via Nordstrom

Ok, the color got me on this one. It's so bright, pretty, and girly! At $350 for this lovely, it's more expensive than the Longchamp but way less scary than the Balenciaga and Be&D. Yet another thing to add to my Christmas/birthday list. Though, a Balenciaga would be nice...

Do you have a favorite purse? Any purse you are lusting after at the moment?

***I'm extending my travel giveaway for another week! It will end on Friday July 15th so don't forget to enter!

Mark. Ibiza Sol Collection Review

Hellooo! We finally got our cable and internet hooked up :) Sorry for the lack of posts, but I'm happy with the giveaway so far and I'm glad everyone likes it! It ends TOMORROW so don't forget to enter if you haven't already!

Mark. Cosmetics had a Facebook contest and I was lucky enough to be one of the winners! They sent over some products from their Ibiza Sol line as a prize, so I'm going to review them! I've been meaning to try Mark. for a while now but never got around to buying any, so this was a great way for me to test run them!

The nail polishes

I was pleasantly surprised with these nail polishes, I honestly wasn't expecting them to be very good. They come in very small bottles (.09 fl oz.) which would make them good for traveling. They come in Tango, which is a hot orangey-red, and Mojito which is a minty blue-ish green.

They are very opaque and have no shimmer. I applied one coat of Tango and got the result above, which was really awesome. I had to apply 2 coats of Mojito though because it was just a tad streakier, but nothing too terrible. They are $7 each, which for that price or a few dollars more you could get an OPI or Essie or something, which comes with more product. I paid $8 for a set of 2 mini Essie nail polishes, both of which were bigger than these. But like I said, good quality and good for travel.

Marbleized Lip Glosses

I have nothing bad to say about these really. The packaging is cute and sleek, and they give a nice sheer wash of color and shine. However, the first time I tried these out I had my Nivea a Kiss of Moisture on my lips already, and putting these on top of that burned my lips like crazy! I decided to give them one more shot this morning, when I was not wearing anything on my lips already, and they felt fine. These are $9 a piece and come in 3 shades, but I only got 2 to swatch.

Marbleized Eye Shadow Sticks

These were just alright. They look really pretty when I swatched them on my hand, but on my lid I had to press down pretty hard and really work to get a good color payoff, which is not what I want in an eyeshadow stick. I read some reviews online before I even got these, and people were complaining about how to sharpen them because they are packaged in plastic. You CAN sharpen them, you just need a pencil sharpener that will fit the pencil. I already tested mine out and it sharpened just fine. For $10 each, these are not worth the price.

(I promise my hand doesn't normally look like a dead person hand, it was just weird lighting I guess)

Hope this helped for any of you who were wondering about this collection! I was just excited to get it because I want to go to Ibiza so badly. Have you tried Mark. cosmetics? What do you think of them?

P.S. Don't forget, giveaway ends tomorrow!

Travel Giveaway!

Yay it's finally here! We will be moving in to our official new home on Sunday, so I figured I would go ahead and get this post up since I may be without internet for a few days. Here it is! :D

I got the bag at Target, it's a pretty good size and everything fits nicely in it.

The products!

Keep in mind that everything I included is under 3fl oz. so that they are "travel friendly" I actually had a hard time finding some higher end travel products (except for like the SUPER high end ones, which would've costed me like $75 a kit haha). Anyway I've taken some of the products out of their box so they could fit, but none of the products have been opened or used.

1. Clean & Clear Morning Burst Scrub (1 fl oz)

2. Sample of Bumble and bumble Bb. texture

3. Neutrogena Moistureshine Lip Soother (.35 oz) and mini Healthy Volume Mascara (.16 oz)

4.Yes to Cucumbers facial towelettes (10 towelettes)

5. Hawaiin Tropic sheer touch lotion sunscreen spf 30 (2 fl oz)

6. Benefit Posie Tint sample (.08 fl oz)

7. Mini Tweezerman tweezers

8. Victoria's Secret So Sexy Style smooth & glossy shine serum (1.7 fl oz)

9. Benefit Bad Gal Lash (.14 oz)

10. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Organics Sheer Lip Tint (.5 oz)

11. Kerastase Resistance Bain Volumactive (Shampoo, 1 fl oz).

12. Benefit the Pore fessional Sample (.25 fl oz)

13. Nivea a Kiss of Milk & Honey (.17 oz)

14. Ultra Swim Chlorine Removal Shampoo (2 fl oz)

15. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Buffer

The rules:

1. Be a (public) follower of Breakfast at Gracey's

2. Leave a comment saying where you are travelling to this summer, or where you would like to travel this summer. (Make sure you leave an email address so I can get in touch with you!).

Extra Entries:

1. Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway (make sure you @reply Graceyloo252, or make sure I see it somehow) +2

2. Put it in the sidebar of your blog and link back to the giveaway +3

3. Do a blog post on this giveaway (make sure you link me to either of these) +3

If you do any extra entries, please make sure you tell me in the comments so I know. This giveaway will end in 1 week, on July 8th. Thanks for reading/entering and good luck! :)

UPDATE: I'm extending it another week so it will officially end on Friday July 15th!

Boyfriend Series: Our Top 5 Spots

Continuing with my boyfriend series, I thought I would share some of our favorite places to hangout, mainly places to eat. We live in Charleston so you may not have the exact places where you live (but if you do you should definitely go check them out!), but you may have something similar.

1. 32 Degrees

We LOVE getting frozen yogurt. 32 Degrees is our favorite at the moment, even though there are several other frozen yogurt places around. I think Yogurt Mountain might be good too but we haven't been there yet. He always makes fun of me for putting waaay too many toppings on my yogurt.

His friend Alex's yogurt is on top, mine is on the bottom left, and his is bottom right. This is a bad example because this is probably the ONE time he went overboard on toppings.

2. IHOP

Yes you are probably thinking this is gross, but we love the IHOP. Well, I love it and he tolerates it for me I guess. I'm not really sure his real opinion on it. I always either get the Cinn-a-stack pancakes, or original pancakes with blueberry syrup and a side of hashbrowns. Yummy! And unhealthy, but still yummy!

3. The beach

This is probably cliche. The beach is always a good option. You can tan, you can swim, you can walk, it's just a fun place to go!

4. Taco Boy

Right near the beach is a restaurant called Taco Boy. I'm not positive but I think their only locations are in Charleston. If you are ever in Charleston, you need to go to Taco Boy! There's a location downtown and on Folly Beach. I always get the nachos that are tooo big for me to finish by myself. Oh and if you get tacos, get 2 because they are kind of small.

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5. The movies

Typical boyfriend/girlfriend place to go. He LOVES movies so we frequent the movie theater a lot. We saw Transformers last night, it was so good! Another cliche location for us :P

I think those are our top 5 most visited places. I probably missed some. Let me know if you've ever eaten at a Taco Boy, or if you have anything similar. Where are your favorite spots?

Blog Awards!

So I've been kind of slack with "accepting" and passing on blog awards, so I figured I would lump them into 1 long post before I do another "boyfriend series" post. So first up...

Thank you so much to Gemma Louise from Fashion is Beauty Beauty is Fashion for awarding me the "Top 10" blog award. If you haven't seen her blog, go check it out! It's awesome!

The rules are:

1. Link back to the person who tagged you

2. Pick 10 bloggers to give this to

3. List your 10 favorite products

I'll pick the other bloggers at the end because I think I'll pass both this award and the other award on to the same people (because it's late and I'm lazy)

1. John Frieda Frizz Ease Secret Weapon Flawless Finishing Cream

2. MAC Prep + Prime Skin

3. Benefit's creaseless cream shadows

4. Garnier Fructis Anti Humidity Hairpsray

5. Yes to Cucumbers Facial Towlettes

6. Maybelline Falsies

7. e.l.f. HD powder

8. Lip balm (Yes to Carrots, C.O. Bigelow, Nivea)

9. Urban Decay 24/7 liners

10. Urban Decay Primer Potion

And also thank you so so much to Lauren from Antiqued Gold and Sara from 21SaraLoves for the Best Blog Award! You both have amazing blogs!

The rules for this one are:

1. Link back to the person who awarded this to you

2. Share 7 random things about yourself

3. Award to other bloggers

4. Answer the questions below

Whoo this will be a long post. Sorry everyone! 7 random facts:

1. My favorite colors are aqua blue and pink

2. I hate feet

3. I'm constantly hungry

4. I love cinnamon and peaches (not together)

5. I love going to concerts

6. Ulta is my weakness on payday

7. My favorite candy is Sour Punch Straws. Chocolate is a whole different story

The questions:

Favorite color: Pink and aqua blue

Favorite song: ahh can't pick! I love Hair by Lady Gaga right now though

Favorite dessert: anything dark chocolate

What is pissing you off: Nothing at the moment. But annoying customers were earlier

When you're upset, you: take it out on my boyfriend. Sorry! and eat

Favorite pet: I love them all!

Black or white: Black!

Biggest fear: Feet.

Best feature: Eyes I suppose

Everyday attitude: Chill

What is perfection: Being generally happy with my life. And frazzle bagels are perfection too :P

Guilty Pleasure: IHOP!

I pass these on to:

Abby from Robots in Trouble

Erika from Cafe Fashionista

Holly from Busyxbees

Berniice from Things happen just livelaughlove & learn

Arianne from Arianne Cruz

Ashley from Ashley Brooke

Savannah from Glamorous Girl 2014

Minnja

Raji from What Raj Wants

M & Em

What I'm Loving: June (early)

I'm going to be moving into our official new house at the end of the week, which also happens to be the end of the month so I figured I should do what I'm loving for June a little early.

1. Ice Breakers Ice Cubes in cool Lemon- I have been SERIOUSLY addicted to this gum this month. I'm like a chain smoker when it comes to this stuff, when a piece looses its flavor, I'll spit it out and put in another piece. I can go through probably 2 packs of this in a day if I wanted to. It tastes like fresh squeezed lemonade, and it even has that cooling effect which is PERFECT for hot days!

2. Benefit's Creaseless Cream shadow in Flatter Me- I picked this up at Ulta so I could get that little gift set with 3 of their mini products that I could include in my giveaway. I've been wearing this pretty much every day. I use to just wear MAC's painterly, which is great for concealing and going for the "no makeup look", but this is for the days when I want a little color on my lids. So easy to apply! Also works great as a base.

3. Winnie the Pooh Quotes- I've always been a Winnie the Pooh lover. A.A. Milne definitely has a way with words! You can read some of the Pooh quotes here. They are just so sweet and so inspiring :)

4. The Lip Scrub by Sara Happ- My lips get very dry and flakey if I don't take care of them properly. I think there are good DIY versions of this that are just as good, but I'm kind of lazy and fail at most DIY things, so I like the convenience of this :) Plus I got the Cinnamon Sugar flavor because I LOVE cinnamon. I exfoliate my lips with this at night and my lips are so soft and flake free in the morning!

5. C.O. Bigelow Lemon and Black Cherry Lip Balm- I got this at the Bath and Body Works sale for like $2! So cheap! This is one of my favorite daily lip balms, for giving my lips a little moisture throughout the day. The best part is it smells SO GOOD! It moisturizers just as well as the Nivea a Kiss of Moisture, but has an added amazing smell and sweet taste.

6. My Ray Bans- Sunglasses are a must have for summer and my favorites are still my Ray Ban Wayfarers! Very classy and simple, and awesome quality. I always keep them in my car because the sun likes to blind me, and I'm often too short for my visor to do anything for me :P

7. Garnier Fructis Anti Humidity Hairspray- I mentioned this in my how to fight summer humidity post. My hair is straight on most days and I spray it with this hairspray to lock in my sleek style and keep the humidity out. I have the flexible control one, so it doesn't weigh my hair down at all or make it stiff, and smells incredible. I don't usually use this for curling my hair though, I need something much stronger.

8. Victoria's Secret So Sexy Straight & Silky Styling Mist- Long name, but works wonders for my hair! I spray this in my hair before I blow dry it (if I blow dry it, I try to avoid that as much as I can). It's my favorite heat protectant and my mom's favorite too! It keeps our hair smooth and straight as well as protects it from our heat products!

9. Breakfastatgraceys.com!- Yep, I finally paid the $10 and got my custom domain switched from breakfastatgraceys.blogspot.com to breakfastatgraceys.com. Yay!

What are your favorite things this month?

Inspired by: Sushi

Sushi? What an odd thing to be inspired by. I think it's fun to find inspiration in out of the ordinary things. Like my iced passion tea lemonade outfits, and Sarah from Shades of Sarah who gets inspiration from buildings such as Grand Central Station. And sushi is one of my favorite foods, so I decided to do some outfits inspired by it!

By the way, aren't these the cutest?! Plush sushi! My boyfriend got me the shrimp one and it is so cute! I named him Martin :)

This was such a fun post to do because I adore sushi. What do you think about sushi? What random things inspire you?