This photoshoot & blog post I have put together is inspired by this cute black tank top that I have that says ‘A SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND’ on it! So basically, pretty much every week on Sunday I do my nails because that’s the best time to do it, so this Sunday I ended up picking this cute Essie orange-ish coral-y nail polish named SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND. I’ve been basically going through all my nail polishes & using the ones I haven’t used in a while, and writing down which ones I’ve used for at least over a year & a half now on my laptop & everything. My goal is to go through every single one of them & use them at least once as I go down the list, and I have quite a bit of nail polish overall! I have like, a full rack of them plus a couple sets & a basket & a jewelry case & full of nail polish, but I used to have like maybe a lot more. I picked this Essie to use, finally, because it’s summertime & it seemed like a good coral-y orange color, & since I have a few orange nail polishes I thought I’d do this one in mid-July for this time (so I can do another orange later too). So after picking that Essie nail polish, I remembered I had this tank top, and wanted to wear them together because I thought that would be super perfect! So on Tuesday I wore the tank top, but I also realized I hadn’t even shot this shirt yet so I put together the outfit then wanted to do a photoshoot of it! With the matching nails & the lipstick & everything I thought it would be perfect, so I just had to do this one. This was also a spontaneous photoshoot, kind of, because I wasn’t really planning on doing this one yet this time, but I still made it work really well & thought it would be perfect for July! I even ended up wearing my Natural Desires choker & hoop earrings from Dolls Kill again for this photoshoot, that I got this month, which ended up looking really good again for this outfit as well. Out of everything I had, this was totally the most amazing thing that went with it, so I just had to wear this set again! I used to pick a significant piece of jewelry or whatever & wear it consistently, but I don’t do that as much anymore. But I do really love this new gold choker & it went perfectly with this outfit, as well, & it’s definitely a set I’d wear all the time too since I really love this one. I thought everything went perfectly together for this photoshoot as well, but let’s definitely get more into this shoot, for sure. Keep reading to see the rest of this one!

I love the orange-y red coral-y tones throughout this look of mine, it definitely looked good with the gold I was wearing also! The all-black worked perfectly with my hair color, lipstick & nails as well, I thought that was really cool. I also thought the ‘A SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND’ theme was pretty perfect with this hair color & look as well, and I even wore pretty yellow gold-ish eyeshadow with the look to go with that theme & the necklaces. With the eyeshadow, I even wore a little bit of a similar-colored type peachy-pink eyeshadow with the yellow, which matched my hair really perfectly that I loved the look of with it altogether. I loved the tones of this shoot & everything. Also, something else cool to kind of go with this photoshoot is my 2022 August photoshoot & blog post I called Starlight, that I did with a white crop top tank top that has a silver star on it. I thought it was cool that about a year ago I did ‘Starlight’ & then about a year later I did this one that I could consider as ‘SUNSHINE’ or something, also done with a tank top but this one being the black one with gold jewelry instead. It seems like it’d be a cool spin-off type to that other blog post! I love how this one turned out though, overall, I’m pretty glad about this one. Definitely keep scrolling for the collages & everything as well!

Outfit Details for my ‘A SUSHINE STATE OF MIND!’ Photoshoot:

• ‘A SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND’ black tank top by the brand Dip that my stepmom & dad got for me from I think like Goodwill in 2020 probably. This is such a cute black tank top & I’m glad I have it!
• Black ripped classic mid-rise jeans from Levi’s which I got from my friend in 2020. Plus, I wore these earlier this year in 2023’s GOLDWING as well as 2020’s “Scary World!”, I used to wear them a lot!
• Leather belt with double G buckle by Gucci that I got for my birthday last year in 2022 from my mom! This is such a perfect Gucci belt & looked good here. I also wore it in 2022’s Gucci Gold shoot, too.
• Black cardigan by Zenana Outfitters which I got from like, my stepmom probably in 2020 or 2021, it is a pretty stretchy cardigan! I like this one, & it went perfectly with my outfit this time, as well.
• Queen Bee black fur slides in size USA 6 that I also got from my stepmom in like 2020-ish! These were awesome fur slides, but I just had to throw them away a few days ago though, because they broke.
• Natural Desires gold heart flame choker & hoop earrings from Dolls Kill which I got earlier this month! This is my new favorite set to wear, & I also wore it in my last post BASIC ELEMENTS? as well too.
• Gold sparkly tiny pave cross stud earrings that I just got this month from AMYO. This is my first time putting them in a shoot! Also, my new gold cross lip ring that I got at Body Jewelry Plus, in the mall.
• Long gold chain necklace that I also wore in 2023’s Yayo & a gold chain & pearl necklace which I wore in 2023’s All That Glitters, both from my stepmom in 2019 plus a gold quartz necklace we made in 2021.
• Gold square chain bracelet which is also from my stepmom in 2019, & three gold rings on my thumb I got Fred Meyer last year. Also a black gold crescent pink moon anklet from 2021 & gold flower belly ring!
• SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND bright coral-y orange nail polish for Essie‘s spring 2016 collection! Also I used a bit of Lights‘ Mitsuki white nail polish stamped flowers on some nails, & also on my toes too.
• Volume Dry Shampoo by Kenra that I used in my hair also, which’s a pretty good dry shampoo! I got the full sized of this one from Ulta in store like just last month or this month, maybe, but I like it.
• Miss Dior Roller-Pearl Eau De Toilette 0.6 oz Perfume by Dior which I got from my dad & stepmom for Christmas of 2021. I love this perfume so much, it’s really good. I’m glad they got this one for me!

Makeup Details for ‘A SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND!’ on July 18th, 2023:

• Pink Lipps Cosmetics Major Matte Face Primer $13 which I got from Ipsy earlier this year! This is a pretty good product, with a Long Wear Matte Finish which is perfect with one of my foundations.
• Tarte Cosmetics Shape Tape Concealer $31 in the shade 20B Light which is actually, like, my fourth bottle of Shape Tape. It’s a really good full-coverage concealer, & I totally always love this product.
• Laura Geller Quench-N-Tint Hydrating Foundation $34 in the shade Light. This is usually a pretty good foundation, I like this one! It has a buildable coverage, as well, that is also pretty cool to me.
• Too Faced Peach Blur Translucent Smoothing Finishing Powder $30 which’s now discontinued, but I always love this powder! It has a slightly pink-ish peach-ish hue to it, & I’ve had this since 2019.
• Iconic London Blaze Chaser Face Palette $57 in the luminous bronzer shade, the bright pink blush, & the darker champagne-y colored highlight. This is a pretty good palette from Ipsy, I love it here!
• Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion $27 which is one of my two eyeshadow primers. This one is like my favorite sometimes, it’s a good one! I’ve been using this one on & off for a long time, also.
• Kylie Cosmetics 24k Birthday Collection Pressed Powder Palette $58 in the eyeshadow shades Make A Wish, Fine Metal, Seize The Moment, Birthday Baby, Winning, Gold Fever, & Moments In Time!
• Doucce Ultra Precision Eyeliner $23 in the shade Black on my waterline, which’s a really good basic eyeliner! I got this one from Ipsy like two years ago I think, but I still have like half of this one left.
• F.A.R.A.H 18HR Liquid Eyeliner $20 in Black Velvet which I got earlier this year from Ipsy. This is a pretty good liquid liner, too! I’ve been using it a lot recently, as well, which has been pretty cool.
• Velour Lashes #Winging False Lashes $29 that I got in 2017. They’re 100% cruelty free mink lashes! These are pretty good lashes of mine too. I used Duo’s Brush-On Lash Adhesive $5 with them also.
• PÜR Cosmetics Big Look Extreme Mascara $22 which I got from Ipsy a couple months ago. This is actually a pretty good mascara, & I was surprised at how much I ended up liking this one as well!
• Haus Labs The Edge Precision Brow Pencil $22 that I recently got from Sephora. This is definitely a good brow pencil, I actually really love this one! I’m glad I finally tried this from Lady Gaga’s line.
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Primer $16 which is one of my two lip primers right now. I’ve been using it for like a couple years I think, it’s a pretty good lip primer! This one is pretty perfect for me also.
• Lord & Berry Ultimate Lip Liner $20 in the shade #3035 Nude a pretty universal nude lip liner, I like it for a lot of things! It’s usually a really good one for most everything, & it wasn’t bad for this one!
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Electric Coral Liquid Lipstick $20 which I got in, like, 2017. I love Anastasia lipsticks, & this one has always been pretty cool to me! I like this shade & everything for sure, too.
• Formula Z Cosmetics Unisexy Setting Spray $26 that I got from Ipsy earlier this year. This is a pretty good setting spray, I do like this one. It’s refreshing, too, & it’s good for certain makeup days also!

I’m glad I was able to do this photoshoot when I did, it seemed like a good third post for July! I might still have one more to do at the end of July though, which might be cool, but this photoshoot was kind of spontaneous like I already mentioned! I was glad I was able to do it though, it was convenient with the nail polish & everything. These days I’ve been doing as much as I can with blogging & everything, like how I did three posts last month too, but hopefully I can get all of what I want done soon too! I’ve been glad that I’ve been getting as much done as I have been lately, though, I’ve been getting a bunch done every single day pretty much waking up early! I’m still pretty much going out every weekend & hanging out with friends still, too, but my friend has been out of town recently so I went to a concert with him last week & I’m probably going to see him next week! Who knows about this weekend, but I’ve been busy with blogging this week for sure! So we’ll see how it goes like, tomorrow or whatever, but I love that I’ve at least been accomplishing all that I have. This has been a pretty good week for me with blogging, I love that I’ve already posted like twice this week. I’m happy about that & everything!

Thanks for reading my ‘A SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND’ blog post for this month! I love this one, I’m glad I was able to do it this month as well. I like that concept, too, I think it’s a cute one & definitely positive. I’ve always loved different phrases & things that were positive, I have a few different shirts like that! I’m glad I have this shirt, for sure. I was also surprised at how much I ended up liking this shirt recently, too, like maybe last year, because I circled around to it & started even liking this one more which I thought was awesome. Same with the nail polish recently, too, I liked the color better using it this time than I had the last time I used it even (probably 2-3 years ago)! So that’s pretty cool, I always love getting to appreciate things like that. Anyway, we’ll see how the rest of the month goes, thanks again for reading this blog post! I think it turned out pretty awesome, I’m glad about this one.

Song of the Shoot: Sunshine by Rye Rye ft. MIA from 2013’s The Bling Ring Soundtrack from that movie of course!