Archive for January, 2010

Rocking My Rhianna Wig Today…

And here she is…

properly made up blackandi rhianna wig

I bought her from BlackHairSpray.com for $17.99.  She is a synthetic half wig with bouncy bouncy curls.  It’s too cute.  :)

A Very Sad, Mini MAC Warm & Cozy Haul

Unfortunately I am very disappointed in the fact that I didn’t want anything more than what I picked up from this collection, Warm & Cozy.  I am devastated that I didn’t want anything from the All Races, Love Lace and Lilyland collections as well.  Eeeeek!

So what this means is that I am not really in a good mood right now.  I had a list of stuff I wanted and I came up with that list from looking at bloggers/youtube guru swatches and reading the descriptions of each product from the MAC website.  I went to my MAC counter and I was only able to purchase two things…YES TWO THINGS…in good faith in the fact that I will use these products for sure.  If I had bought anything else I probably would be trying to make trades or sell by the end of next month from non-use.

OK so this is what I bought and I am very happy with my purchases.  Honestly, I am still thinking about picking up 5N lipstick from All Races and that Raven kohl power pencil from Love Lace.  I may just go back and get those soon.

Spiced Tea Lipstick $14.00 and 3N Lipglass $14.00

spiced tea lipstick 3n lipglass mac warm cozy

spiced tea lipstick 3n lipglass mac warm cozy

spiced tea lipstick mac warm cozy

3n lipglass mac warm cozy

Swatches!  On the top it’s Spiced Tea lipstick and on the bottom it’s 3N lipglass.

spiced tea lipstick 3n lipglass mac warm cozy swatches

spiced tea lipstick 3n lipglass mac warm cozy swatches

Wantages! A few things I want right now…

Right now I WANT

1.  Glam Princess by Vera Wang!  I must have this.  This is a new follow up to Princess (my favorite fragrance) and to me, it smells WAY better than Princess.  It smells so sexy!  I was able to get a sample of it the other day and I’ve been smelling on that card since.  It smells SEXY.  Like…a deep sexy smell (sorry I can’t explain it better) and I want it now!!!!  Macy’s has a full size gift set with just the fragrance and a train case for $72.00.

vera wang glam princess

2.  Yes to Tomatoes facial scrub and face wash.  I really want to try these out “organic” face products and they will be my first once I get my hands on them.  Retail they go for $15.00 for the scrub and $10.00 for the face wash at Target (where I mistakenly bumped into this brand).  I have oily to combination skin so I would have to use the tomato formula.  Click HERE to get info about these products.

yes to tomatoes carrots facial scrubyes to tomatoes carrots face wash

3.  Urban Decay’s Book of Shadows Alice In Wonderland palette.  I have put my MAC eyeshadow wantages on the back burner temporarily to focus my attentions on this new palette that came out last Friday.  I’m getting this palette once it hits stores.  It is definitely a must have for my collection.  I so can’t wait!!!  Price: $52.00

urban decay book of shadows alice in wonderland palette

My Target Clearance Bin Haul

And I did very good this time around too.  I was happy to find everything in the clearance shelf  at Target that my wonderful hubby located this past Saturday.  Here is my haulage…

target clearance beauty haul

Well, I was gawking at this mascara (yep I’m late) called Telescopic by L’Oreal when Hubby came to me with this Eco-Tools brush set and my face lit up like a full moon because I love my Eco-Tools Powder brush and angled liner brush A LOT.  It was the limited edition Alicia Silverstone brush set that I wanted to get when it first came out, but I wasn’t able to find it at my home Target.  The box was a little bit beat up so I opened it up to check out the condition of the brushes and I found that the stippling brush was twisted and kind of damaged.  Hubby came back with another box and so we checked it out and switched the bad stippling brush out for the good one in the other box so it worked out perfectly.

The brush set came with a brush bag and four brushes (blush, stippling, angled shader brush and lash/brow comb brush).  I was happy to have come into this because I was debating on whether or not to purchase a MAC 187 brush which I don’t have, but need.  I have yet to try this brush out, but I hope it works just like the MAC 188 that I do have.  I don’t know the original price of this set, but I got it for $3.47!

eco-tools brush set alicia silverstone limited

There is also a bookmark that came with it that has Alicia’s picture on it that explains what she uses each brush for.  Included is a dollar off coupon on any Eco-Tools product.  I’m not sure what I’ll use it on…maybe another liner brush.

eco-tools brush set alicia silverstone limited

This brush I’m very excited about…the Eco-Tools Finishing brush (stippling) which is dense, firm and very soft.

eco-tools finishing brush stippling alicia silverstone limited

eco-tools finishing brush stippling alicia silverstone limited

I also picked up the limited edition Eco-Tools Earth Friendly Train Case which I love and what I’ll be taking with me on vacations.  I also go this lovely case for $3.74!

eco-tools train case alicia silverstone limited

Another coupon…

eco-tools train case alicia silverstone limited

eco-tools train case alicia silverstone limited

Yes To Carrots…a brand I had never heard off until I spotted it on the clearance shelf.  I was able to get a stick of C Me Smile lip butter (berry flavor), a squeezy tube of C Me Shine lip gloss (flirty pink flavor) and a tube of C Me Blush lip tint (sunset pink flavor).  These products are 95% organic USDA approved (it says it on the products)…ummm ok.  LOL!  I never heard of that before.  Something is either organic or not, but anyway I am happy to try out these products.  The packaging also says, ” All Natural.  Free of  Parabens.  Three delicious and organic ways to nourish your lips.”  I’m not really into flavored lip products, but I’ll give them all a try for $2.48.

yes to carrots lip gloss tint butter

yes to carrots lip gloss tint butter

I also picked up two eyeshadows by Almay Pure Blends in Steel (a silver color) and Ivory (an ivory color) to try out because the price was so good on them. I never thought to look at these shadows before, but I’ll see what I can do witth them.  I swatched them and they come out a bit ashy.  I will let you guys know how it comes out on the eye when I get around to using them.  Price: $1.61 for both.

almay pure blends eyeshadow

almay pure blends eyeshadow

almay pure blends eyeshadow

Swatches!  The top color is Steel and the bottom is Ivory.

almay pure blends eyeshadow steel ivory swatches

Last, but not least, I got a Rimmel Shock32 Magnifying lip gloss in Amp’ed for $1.48.

rimmel shock gloss 3d magnifying