Wow, I can't believe the first month of the new year is officially over! Honestly, time is going by way too quickly and I am not prepared! In just about three months it will be my daughters 1st birthday and I seriously cannot believe it! With the first month of the new year over, I thought I would go back and reflect on my blogging goals for 2018 and to see which goals I had met and what goals I need to work on more for next month.

Does anyone else get super excited walking down the makeup isles? Well, while browsing today at Walmart I came a crossed a new collection by L'Oreal. I was literally so excited and my boyfriend was looking at me like I was nuts while I was snapping pictures. I knew as soon as I got home that I wanted to do a blog post on all the new goodies! I didn't end up buying anything, but I wanted to still share with you the new collection and whats in it.

The first thing thats part of this collection is eyeshadows. These are the Crushed Foiled Metallic Eyeshadows. At my Walmart there was three different shades. I am not sure if there is more, but this was all that was on the display. The shades are: Diamond Dust, Gilded Gold and Crushed Stone. These literally look so beautiful and I may have to go back and pick them up.

A while ago I made a couple of posts about making money from home and I thought I would do a little revamp and update on all the ways I make money at home. I am a stay at home mom, which I love. My daughter is 8 months old and I love being home with her every step of the way. Being able to watch her grow and see all her first's means the world to me.

Before to begin, I do not make a "ton" of money. I am lucky enough to be able to work from home while my boyfriend works outside of the home. If it wasn't for him working, I wouldn't be able to be a stay at home mom. The money I make on the internet is just extra money we have to go towards bills, stuff we need in the house, my shopping trips to Target etc.

I have found quite a few websites that work for me and having my blog has helped bring in some extra income as well. I have a lot of information to go over with you so let's begin! (I will be sharing a lot of links that are affiliated. Which means I may receive money if you sign up for any of these).

The first thing I will talk about is different websites that allow you to receive free gift cards.

• Swagbucks: This is my go-to site to receive freebies. I will either redeem Amazon gift cards or PayPal giftcards (which means they just deposit money into your PayPal account). I use Swagbucks so often that I was able to make $100 for the month of September. I know Swagbucks can be a little bit confusing, but I stick to one thing and one thing only on the website. When you starting earning your SB, I stick to using nCrave under the video tab. With the nCrave's there is two options listed that are movie/website playlist. These playlist will automatically keep playing. Whenever I am sitting watching tv, shopping, doing house work or even cooking dinner, I just let the playlist keep playing. I can typically get about 150 SB's a day just from that. And on top of it, if you reach your daily goals, you will get a pretty big bonus at the end of the month which is a huge plus. If you would like to signup you can do so here. The nCraves isn't the only way you can get SB's. You can also shop through Swagbucks and receive points with each purchase. You can do surveys and also play different games. But after years and years of being on Swagbucks, the nCrave has been the most efficient for me. 

• MyPoints: This is pretty much the same thing as Swagbucks, but just on a different website. So it really just depends on which set up you like better. I like to use both and just go back and fourth. I also use the nCraves on Mypoints since it is set up the same as Swagbucks. You can sign up for MyPoints here. 

Hi loves,  I am so excited to share with you some swatches of the new Urban Decay Kristen Leanne collection. Urban Decay was so kind and sent me some of the items from this collection. I meant to have this post go up a few days ago, but I was out of town for a few days and didn't have time to get everything typed up. But I finally had sometime so I hope you guys enjoy all of the photos and swatches!

Kristen Leanne is a beauty influencer and is cruelty free which is amazing. She is known for wearing bright and glittery looks. This collection is seriously so beautiful and the packaging is to die for!

The first product I want to talk about from this collection is Beauty Beam Highlight palette. It includes three shades, there is a soft rose-gold pearl, white-gold pearl and a warm golden pearl. The shades are stunning and have such amazing pigmentation. They also blend like a dream!

This palette retails for $34.00 and can be found at www.sephora.com.

• Spitfire (bright pink satin with purple shift)
• Stay Gold (metallic yellow-gold)
• Tajin (orange matte)
• LCW (metallic teal blue)
• TRM (metallic deep navy blue)
• Leo + Brixton (holographic green pearl shift + holographic red-green pearl shift)
• Lime Time (metallic neon green)
• 13th Floor (black matte)
• Dye (violet satin)
• Corona (metallic soft bronze with gold shimmer)

With the New Year here, I thought I would share with you some of my goals when it comes to my blog and social media. I think it is super important to have goals. They can be big goals or small goals and I have a few that I do wish to accomplish this upcoming year.

To make things easier on myself, I am giving myself monthly goals. I feel like for myself, it will be a lot harder for me to meet my goals if I plan a year in advance. So I thought I would share my monthly goals with you.

• Plan out my blog posts and social media posts- I recently went to T.J.Maxx and picked up a couple of new planners. And one of my biggest goals this year is to get organized and plan out all of my blog posts and social media posts. Once I get everything figured out, I will do a dedicated blog post on how I fill out my planner to keep everything organized. 
• Post two blog posts a week- This has been a goal I have been meaning to do since the beginning of my blog. Last year was a big year for me because I gave birth to my daughter and I pretty much fell off my blogging game. So with the New Year here, I would like to do 2 posts a week, so a total of 8 posts a month. 
• Post 5 photos on Instagram a week- I have been slacking a lot when it comes to Instagram. There is times where I will go almost a week without posting and I cannot let that keep happening. So my goal is to post 5 photos a week, so 20 photos a month. 
• Reach 6,000 views on my blog in January- My blog currently gets between 5,000-5,2000 views a month. And for this current month (January), I would love to reach 6,000 views. Then in February my goal will move up to 7,000 and so on as the months go on. 
• Make at least $200 a month- This year is the year that I am taking blogging seriously as a job. I am currently a stay at home mom so I would love to bring in at least $200 a month from my blog. I know it is going to take sometime, but I am hoping by March-April, I can at least make up to $200 a month. That would seriously be incredible. 
• Reach 100 followers on Pinterest- I am not someone that is big on my numbers when it comes to followers, but I would love to reach 100 followers on my Pinterest. I currently have 58 followers and would love to reach 100, hopefully by the end of this month. If you want you can follow me on Pinterest here. I post a lot of blogging related things, home decor, food and mommy things. 

I haven't done a overview post in a long time, so I thought I would start doing some of my favorite products rounded up into a few different blog posts! I am a huge sucker for a natural eye look, so to start off I wanted to share with you all my favorite high end neutral eyeshadow palettes. I picked out my top 4 from my collection to share with you.

When it comes to makeup, eyeshadow palettes are one of my favorites to collect. And I think it's because powder products last much longer then a liquid product. Even though powder products do last longer, a couple of these palettes are PRETTY old, but I still love them and still use them. I find that the pigment and quailty is just as good as when I first bought it. But I may end up buying a couple new palettes to replace these old ones, just so I can have a fresh one lol.

So let's start off with one of my favorite eyeshadow palettes I like to take with me on a trip! And that is the Urban Decay Naked2 Basic's Palette . This little palette comes with 6 different shades (1 satin finish and 5 mattes). I had the original basic's palette but this one is a bit more cool toned which I love. I have very pale skin and cool tone shadows seem to work the best. The one thing I love is how small the palette is, so it is perfect for travel.

The Urban Decay Naked2 Basic's Palette retails for $29.00 and can be found at www.sephora.com.