Archive for July, 2009

Surprise Gift Came In The Mail Today!

25th July, 2009

I have been feeling down lately because of a lot of things that I don’t have any control over now and with that comes a bad attitude AND fighting with my Hubby. Well, he doesn’t know anything about makeup or anything like that, but he went on Ebay and got me a MAC Glitter called Reflects Very Pink from the MAC Hello Kitty collection and it’s also a MAC Pro Glitter as well. Yeah! It is authentic MAC so no worries. It is my very first MAC glitter ever and I’ll remember this moment for the rest of my life. *sniff sniff* What a great Hubby I have that puts up with my mess. I’m so happy!

Here are some pics of my precious. It’s a lot of pics for one glitter, but hey, I’m excited about! Here goes!

MAC Reflects Very Pink Glitter

And for those of you who have never seen or paid attention to a MAC glitter before, the nail polish bottle on the side gives an idea of how big the glitter jar is.

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Brush Roll and Vanity…

23rd July, 2009

Hubby and I are currently looking for a makeup vanity for me, with seat, so I can start building my makeup stash. I’m looking for a pre-owned one that looks sort of antiquey with a goth type of look to it too. It has to be black or if not black then maybe cherry wood…maybe. So, once I get one I will post pictures of it. It’s not like I’ll be able to fill it up with makeup right away because I don’t have much, but I’m thinking that will all change as time goes by.

So anyway, here is my edited and final list of what I’m going to pick up from the MAC Colour Craft collection. Oh dear Colour Craft. The only bright colors I’ll wear for makeup is pink. My dark soul cannot take all of the shimmer unless it’s dressed up subtly with darker, matte colors. I think this collection is OK, but after so much time thinking about it I decided on just getting these for collection purposes:

- 131 brush
- Mineralized Eyeshadow in Fashion Patch
- Mineralized Blusher in Daft Pink
- Mineralized Skinfinish Trio in Smooth Merge
- Mineralized Skinfinish in Porcelain Pink (love love love)

That’s all! I’m not into lots and lots of shimmer unless it’s the product is loose so this is all that I’m getting from this collection. I also heard from Michelle1218 (my favorite Youtube Beauty Guru next to Richie Nickel) that she had a hard time picking up color from the Colour Craft Mineralized Eyeshadows with her 239 brush — EEEEEK! In saying all of that, I am very excited about the MAC Black Collection that is coming out this fall – yay no more funky mineralized colors for a while! I don’t like lipsticks, but I really, really want that black lipstick from MAC. I’ve got to have it. On day one I’m at my MAC store purchasing my lipstick in Black Knight. I’m also going to pick up all three Glimmerglasses (woot!) and eyeshadows in Midnight Media and Night Violet.

OK so I was browsing through Specktra today and I came across a thread in the forums where a member MissChievous (love her makeup tutorials to death!) posted some neat brush rolls she discovered online at Etsy.com. Here are the ones I’m interested in getting. I would like to buy three. One for face brushes, one for eye brushes and one for miscellaneous brushes. These patterns and colors will go well with the vanity I want that I dont’ have yet. Ha! It’s so much fun planning these things out.

Brush Roll at Etsy.com ($16.99)

Aren’t they just gorgeous?! Very. I of course want that Mac Pro Brush Belt and I will get it one day so no, I didn’t forget about that one.

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NYX NP 34 Nail Polish Swatch

17th July, 2009

I really like this color a lot…

NYX NP 34 Nail Polish Swatch

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Drugstore Mini Brush Haul

16th July, 2009

I went on a mini brush haul at CVS this past Sunday and picked up a few dual and small brushes made by Essence of Beauty. Here are my drug store brand brushes that I’ve heard so many good things about…review is coming soon for each.

Essence of Beauty Brushes

From bottom to the top…

-Finishing Brush

-Dual Foundation and Concealer Brush

-Dual Contour and Face Brush

-Dual Blending and Eyeshadow Brush

-Dual Comb/Eyebrow and Eyeliner Brush

-Crease Brush

All of these brushes cost me about $23.00 all together so that’s not bad – CVS had them on sale for 20% off each.

I also stopped by Target on the same day to pick up some odds and ends for my house and got sucked into the beauty aisle. I liked how the Eco-Tools Powder Brush felt (it’s so soft and dense) and plus it’s cute so I got one of those. I don’t like the other brushes though because they were either too short (I hate short, SE type brushes) or they didn’t feel right on my skin. I also picked up a Rimmel Eye Magnifier Waterproof Mascara when I was supposed to buy a CoverGirl Lash Blast instead. I bought the Rimmel because it was on sale for about four and a half dollars so I say what the hay and picked it up. I will also do a review on this too – I really like it. I picked up a cheap eyelash curler because I never had one because I don’t really have any lashes to use on them – the curse of having Asian eyes – but whatever. And lastly, I bought a travel sized Almay Eye Makeup Remover pads to try them out and yes, they work really well – again – a review about this haul is coming up along with all of my other hauls. I just have to learn how to edit my videos!