This Week’s Tiny Collective Haul

This past Saturday I picked up two eyeshadows from Victoria Secret.  I went in there just to look at the makeup again (it was second time ever) while my husband and my little one were playing around in the Toys R Us Holiday Store at Garden State Plaza Mall.  I also visited the Bobbi Brown counter at Nieman Marcus and the MA told me that they didn’t have any holiday items in.  I wanted to try out that Chrome Metallic Lip Color from the Bobbi Brown Holiday Collection 2009. 

Anyhooo, the first eyeshadow I picked up is called “24k” which is a straight up gold shimmery type of color and finish which shows in a metallic way on the skin.  I really like this one because it’s so vibrant and pigmented.  I dip only once and I get enough product on my brush to put on my lid.

The second eyeshadow I picked up is called “Decadent” and it is the same type of shadow as “24k” except that it’s a dark purple color, but not very dark.  I think this eyeshadow is OK to use as a base and that’s just what I did with it.  This shadow is not pigmented and I found that I had to keep dipping back and forth into the pot just to get a good base on.  I haven’t tried this yet, but I recommend wetting this eyeshadow with water, a mixing medium or Fix+ from MAC because I think it works better this way as far as picking up enough color and then getting it to show on your skin.  This shadow is not easy to work with.

Here are pics of my Victoria Secret eyeshadows.  I chose these two colors because they looked more interesting than the others.  There was a black shadow as well with flects of silver glitter in it, but it looked a lot like MAC Blacktied so I passed.  Nars also has one like it, but I forget the name.  Price: $10.00 each

Swatches:

And then lastly, today, I went to Sephora to take a look at NARS Lovejoy blush and I think I like it a lot so it is going to go in my shopping cart on the website for sure after I’m done writing up this post.  I want to take advantage of that 20% discount from their Friends and Family Sale online.

I also stopped by the MAC store (of course) and picked up two permanent eyeshadows.  The first one I picked up was Coppering and it is a bronzey red type of color and it has a veluxe pearl finish (which I love).  Patina has been on my list for a long while so I finally picked that up and it’s a brown shimmery color (also a veluxe pearl finish) and it will make such a cool blending color for me.  A blending color with some umph in it.  Patina is more interesting than Mulch or even Saddle to me.  I will be getting Mulch in the future though.  Price: $11.00 each (pan)

I also picked up a quad pro palette for when I have those days where I’m rushing to get out of work.  I can just throw in some pans from my larger palette into my quad and go.  This item will be very very helpful to me.  Price: $3.50

Here are pics of my MAC haul…

Bobbie Brown Holiday 2009 Metallic Lip Colors

I am going to shimmy myself on down to Neiman Marcus at Garden State Plaza Mall tomorrow and have a MA try that Bobbi Brown Metallic Lip Color in Chrome on me. I really like how it looks in the promo pictures, but I know that I will need a base to even wear a color like this so it will show up. I just hope it’s all I hope and dream of because I want it now! It’s such a beautiful lipstick. It totally caught my eye and I don’t like lipsticks at all – I just don’t buy them and the ones I own I got for free or in a kit.   The cost for this lipstick is $22.00.

The first picture is from the Bobbi Brown website and the other pictures are promo pics that I copied from Temptalia.com posted the other day.

The makeup on this model is GORGEOUS and it’s all from the Bobbi Brown Holiday 2009 Collection.

Chrome Metallic is the lip color in the middle of the picture below.

My Tannersville CCO Mini Haul

As usual, nothing worth a damn when it comes to MAC products at this CCO, but I always manage to find something to buy.  I never do much damage here, but what I picked up makes me happy so I can’t say that I’m upset about my purchases.

I’m going to be fair and give credit where it’s due.  This CCO has a great selection of limited edition eyeshadows.  My CCO, which is the bomb, sucks when it comes to eyeshadows so I thought I’d be fair and state this on the record.  I didn’t have time to go through any of the eyeshadows at this CCO, but next time I go I will be doing a major eyeshadow haul so look out.

OK so I picked up a MAC Creamsheen Glass in Partial to Pink which is just a joy to put on and wear.  It’s not sticky, it’s thick and it’s very pigmented.  Love.  Love.  Love.  The only con about it is that it doesn’t last as long as a regular MAC lipglass.  I paid $11.25 for this glass.  I also picked up the MAC Fafi #1 quad which I love and which I’ve wanted since I saw it online – Yay!  My CCO has the #2 quad which is glittery and I’m not fond at all about the colors in it so I passed on it.  The colors in quad #1 are beautiful and look great on my eyes.  Love.  Love.  Love.  I paid $25.25 for the Fafi quad.

And that’s all folks…that’s all I got which is weird because I’m known to spend over $100 on a CCO visit, but it’s totally OK because I saved some money. 

Here are the pics of my mini CCO haul…

Earrings: Never Leave Home Without THEM!!!

OK so this past weekend I picked up a few pairs of earrings and a cute ring from Claire’s.  What had happened was (lol) that on the way to the outlet stores in Tannersville, PA I forgot to put my earrings on and left them home so I was out and about walking around bare.  I don’t like it when I don’t have any earrings on so when I ran into Claire’s I told Hubby we needed to go in.  The Claire’s at the outlet store is not a discount Claire’s.  It is a regular Claire’s which sucks because it has the same deals as the Claire’s in the regular shopping malls.

Moving on…Claire’s has a buy 2 get 1 free type of deal on all earrings everywhere so that’s what I did…I picked out three pairs of earrings, which are all so cute by the way, and accidentally ran into this cute and unique ring that I had to have.  The ring looks like it’s crying Christmas ball ornaments and not the mention, it jingles when you move your hand!  Ha!  I call it my “Silver Jingle Ball Ring”.  I had to get it because it sounds annoying and I love to get on peoples nerves so why not????

OK!  I’m done writing so here are some pics of my costume jewelry haul from Claire’s…

FYI:  On my nails I’m wearing Metro Chic nail polish made by Sephora by O.P.I.  Isn’t my ring cute???!!!