Signature Scents? ♥

I've been thinking about perfumes quite a lot lately.  It may seem like a silly thing to ponder, but after thinking about them for a while, i realized they can play quite an important role in a woman's life - in her confidence, in her love life (hehe :), etc.

When i was younger, i would always spritz on a bit of "Fantasy" by Britney Spears - a sugary sweet scent, my signature at the time.  After a few years, i grew out of that & turned to a more mature scent.  Now, whenever i pass the perfume counter & see that round, pink bottle with green rhinestones on it, i spray a little bit & it always brings back memories of when i was little & wearing it :)

So many girls i know have experienced the same thing - a certain perfume taking her back to the days she used to wear it & bringing back memories from the past.  This is one of the mains reason i find perfume to be so important, to spark those memories - it's not too bad smelling lovely either ;).

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My signature scent for the past year & a half has been the famous Vera Wang "Princess".  Princess is absolutely lovely - it's sweet, but not overbearingly so, and it's very original - i haven't smelled anything quite like it.  I've noticed it's quite popular amongst beauty bloggers!

Now that i'm running scarily low on it, i've been contemplating my next move - do i repurchase Princess, or do i take the plunge & find a new signature scent?

I'm leaning more toward finding a new signature to be honest.  The main reason why is because although i absolutely adore how Princess smells, it doesn't seem to last very long on me, probably because it's an eau de toilette - which is less concentrated & therefore less strong than an eau de parfum.

This is where you come in my lovelies!  I would absolutely adore any suggestions you have on what my new signature scent should be!
I guess i should give you a little insight into what i like..i like a nice sweet scent, but not too floral-y (a la YSL Parisienne), and i would like to try something a bit more sexy :).  I'm really open to trying anything though!

What scents bring back memories for you? :)  What's your signature scent?
Remember to please leave suggestions! :)

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Tag: What's In My Bag? ♥

This tag is a classic, it has been going around for years and it's a favorite of many!  I've done this once before but i think i deleted it yesterday when i was going on a deleting-my-old-cringey-posts spree ;).  Anyway, i thought i would update you all with what's in my bag :).  I was also reminded of this tag by Holly, who did this post recently!

I was also tagged agessss ago by two lovely girlies, Alexandra and Julianne, to do this so yeah, two more reasons to do it!  Haha.

*Time to show off the bag i suppose.*  So yes, this is my bag (many people call it a suitcase) from Urban Outfitters which i got on sale for $38 i believe.  This puppy has been featured in a couple of my posts now so some of you ladies might recognize it.

I also use this as my school bag (which is the main reason i bought it & also the reason it's so big!) but i took out all my school stuff, so i'll show you all what i carry around when i'm going out for the day!

♥ Back row, left to right: Victoria's Secret makeup bag, wallet, Forever 21 sunglasses

♥ Main row, left to right: water bottle, The Catcher in the Rye book for English class, planner, peanut butter crackers (haha ew), Trident gum, bobby pins, BlackBerry (her name is Daisy :), iPod (her name is Gemma :), and hairbrush

The contents of that Victoria's Secret makeup bag:

♥ another little Clinique bag that holds that Bare Escentuals brush & mini foundation

♥ Germ-X hand sanitizer

♥ Tresemme Tres Two travel size hairspray

♥ Vera Wang Princess perfume

♥ Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick in 025 Pink Please (or whichever lipstick i was wearing that day)

♥ Maybelline eyelash curlers

♥ Sephora compact mirror

♥ tissues

The contents of my wallet - note all the hearts, lips, & stars covering things haha - just for safety!  There are creeps in the world...:
♥ Yaz birth control

♥ Sephora Beauty Insider card, American Eagle All Access Pass, Borders Rewards card, Hot Topic frequent buyer card, nail salon discount card

♥ Starbucks, Urban Outfitters, Borders, PacSun, & movie theater gift cards

♥ spa discount card, AT&T phone card

♥ school ID

♥ library card

♥ movie ticket for How To Train Your Dragon (so cute!)

♥ Culver's Scoopie Tokens (haha)

♥ money

♥ pictures of one of my sisters & my cousin

♥ coupons

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I take anyone that fancies doing this :)

Put a link to your "What's In My Bag" in the comments if you've done one!

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Tag: 8 Most Worn Things ♥

This tag has been floating around for a while, especially on YouTube and i absolutely enjoying watching & reading everyone's, so i thought i'd do one!

If you don't know what this tag is, you have to pick one item out of each of these categories that you wear the most:

♥ most worn lipstick / lipgloss

♥ most worn earrings

♥ most worn shirt

♥ most worn nail polish

♥ most worn shoes

♥ most worn hair product

♥ most worn perfume

♥ most worn hangbag / purse

So let's get started! :)

♥ Most worn lipstick / lipgloss:

I'm not too big into lipgloss although i still wear it, i'm just more of a lipstick kinda girl :)  Pink Please (025) was the first drugstore lipstick i bought - pathetic right!?  It's my go-to lipstick, it looks natural - a pinky-coral color and it looks very nice.  I have a full review on it here if you're interested!

♥ Most worn earrings:

My most worn earrings are these faux-pearl pair that i got in a 3-pack from Forever 21 for $3.50 i believe (it came with a smaller pair of pearls & pink rose studs).  I love these, they are just about never out of my ears!  Ever since i had a scare a few months ago about loosing one of my real pearl earrings my dad got in China when i was about 8 yrs old, i've been wearing these fake ones more regularly.  They're slightly larger than regular pearls, which i really like.  I think every girl needs a pair of pearls - they're a classic and definately timeless.

♥ Most worn shirt:
I was originally going to put my white or black tank tops as my most worn top, because they are - but i just thought i'd make this interesting by moving away from the basics.  This top is from the H&M Garden Collection and was about $12/$13 i believe.  It's shorter in the front & drapes down into the back and has little gold buttons.  It's cotton, which i looooove - cotton is my absolute favorite fabric for everyday - and the top isn't a solid white, it has little lighter bits throughout it - i don't know how to explain it!
I wear this top with leggings & usual a cardigan of some sort.

♥ Most worn nail polish:
My most worn nail polish has got to be OPI's Got a Date To-Knight.  It's a light creamy pink and it's just gorgeous.  It's not amazingly pigmented, it usually requires multiple coats and it has the tendency to fade at the tips, but it's still a gorgeous color & i get compliments when i wear it!

♥ Most worn shoes:
I got these puppies about a month ago and i've been wearing them basically everyday since - these were featured in my April favorites post as well, so if you wanna go read that that would be fantastic :).  Anyway, these Keds really go with anything, jeans, leggings, shorts whatevs - it looks super cute!  Love love love.

♥ Most worn hair product
What can i say, i can never be without hairspray.  Especially Tresemme's Tres Two Extra Hold Hairspray - i don't know what i did without tbh!  I bought this after Makeupbymel raved about it in one of her hair videos.  It holds your hair the way you want it to be and it smells really nice as well :)  I'll repurchase this hairspray again & again!

♥ Most worn perfume:
I've been using Vera Wang Princess for a little over a year now and i suppose you could say it's my signature fragrance.  It's sweet and musky and fairly long lasting.  I'm running out (but you can't tell since it's laying down) and although i love this scent soo much i actually am thinking about trying something new - suggestions? :)

♥ Most worn handbag / purse:
This big beauty is what i use for school and if i'm staying at a friend's house for the night.  I also mostly use it whenever i go out, haha so basically i use it for everything.  I got this massive thing from Urban Outfitters & it was on sale for $38 i believe.  I get a lot of comments like "hey Laura, nice suitcase!" when i wear it, but i love this bag and hey, if i were to be stranded on an island i could probably survive off of all the things i keep in there! :)


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