Stuffs I Got From Target
Saturday, August 28th, 2010I love Target. I love Target. I picked up a few things as you can see.
From Last Week’s Sephora Haul
Thursday, August 26th, 2010While waiting for the Cheesecake Factory to open last week, we ended up taking a stroll through the mall it’s located in to kill some time. We ended up killing 1.5 hours of time. We hit the Disney Store (my favorite store ever), the MAC store and then we ended up at…Sephora.
OK so I didn’t need anything from Sephora, but I always come out with at least one thing. Here is what I picked up:
1. Sephora by OPI nail polishes – This is my favorite brand for nail polish and I got them in the colors Domestic Goddess (a dark magenta purple color and I love this color) and Call Your Mother (a somewhat gray, but lilacy color that goes on semi shiney and looks flat). $9.00 each
2. a pack of OLEHENRIKSEN makeup wipes – I paid $15.00 for 30 – the sales rep said it’s a new brand they just brought in and I get my first Sephora skincare point if I buy it (if you buy 4 or 5 – I can’t remember right now – of any full sized skincare product you get the 5 or 6 full size for free) . These wipes smell like orange cremesicles literally. They are nothing special. When I use them they feel scratchy, but then again my face is sensitive because I am under a Dermatologists care at the moment. My dollar makeup wipes (30 pack as well) from Odd Lots works for me better than these in my case. These wipes do not clean any better than my dollar wipes – it’s basically the same. Also, these wipes are not as moist as MAC wipes or Neutrogena wipes. I will be returning these wipes.
3. Sephora nail file – I like this file a lot. I think it is made out of what seems to be glass which is sanded down so it doesn’t poke or cut anything. I had never seen one like it until I bought it, went to Target and saw that Revlon has one too! LOL! Both files cost $6.00. The difference between the two is that with the Revlon one you can use both sides to file whereas with the Sephora one you can only use one side (the other side is not textured). I opted to keep the Sephora file because it has the name “SEPHORA” on it.
Betseyville Cosmetics Travel Bag via TJ Maxx
Monday, August 9th, 2010I was able to get my first Betsey Johnson anything and it is a Betseyville cosmetics travel bag. It’s all sequins if you can’t see it in the picture…the entire bag is sequins and is totally me – flashy. Ha! Loved it when I laid eyes on it so I had to get it. Retail price was about $40. and I got it for $12.99 at TJ Maxx. Plaids are in and if they weren’t I wouldn’t care anyway, but I had to say that they are in. The zipper is gold. The bag is not small, it’s the size of any medium sized cosmetics bag and is roomy inside. This baby will be with me on our next romantic vacation to Vegas next year. I loves it a lot…
Inside…
Sonia Kashuk Bamboo Kabuki Brush Review
Saturday, July 17th, 2010My Sonia Kashuk Bamboo Kabuki brush now lives in the makeup bag I carry around my purse and I use it with my blot powder to blot my face whenever I need to. I sometimes will use it with m MSFs if I want to where it on my cheeks because it picks up just the right amount of product to work with.
This brush is taller than your average kabuki brush so it’s not a “buki” brush. The handle is about four inches ling and the brush is about two inches long. The brush is synthetic, very dense, very well made, attractive, strong, eco-friendly (I think) and is meant to be used with powders/minerals.
The brush sheds minimally and dries fast after a deep cleaning. I only find two cons with this brush and 1. is that it’s a big brush and 2. it doesn’t come with a cover or is not a retractable kabuki. I have to be careful when zipping and unzipping my makeup bag so that I won’t lose any hairs in it. The hairs/bristols are not prickly or hard like my Bare Escentuals kabuki brush and doesn’t shed as much either (not even close).
I bought this brush from Target and paid $12.99 for it, I believe and I think that’s expensive for a drug store brush, but the brush is pretty good for the price. It beats paying $30 for a higher end kabuki. Again, this brush does what it’s supposed to do so I’m happy with it.
Pictures!
Excuse my nails! I was swatching nail polishes at the time I was taking these pictures.
A “Dollar Tree” Makeup Haul
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The Dollar Tree in Somerset, NJ on Easton Avenue is the CLEANEST MOST ORGANIZED Dollar Tree I’ve ever been to. Anyway, I hauled some cheap makeup. I like some of it and I hate some of it. Let me show what I got and I’ll note if I hate it or love.
This was all I picked up! I picked up the ELF Brow and Lash Gel (love it, but not for long wear use – does the job), one ELF Bronzer Brush (I hate it, not an ELF brush fan anyway), an Elf pencil sharper that came with two (can’t have too many of these), an ELF eyeshadow quad in Drama (I love it), an ELF eyeshadow quad in Blue Moon (I hate it) and an L.A. Colors 6 eyeshadow palette in BEP415 Eye Candy (I love it).
Here are the eyeshadow swatches and why I love or hate the product…
I hate the Elf Blue Moon quad because the eyeshadows are messy, loose and have no color. The shadows look like they have color in the pan, but when swatched they come out chalky and messy. I didn’t even mean to buy this quad, but I had a million other items in my basket that cost a dollar so this one slipped through the cracks. Take a look at the swatches…ugh. In the picture above, in the top right of it – do the colors in that quad look like the swatches below??? Not even close, but this is it.
I love the Elf Drama quad a lot. The eyeshadows do not come out chalky and they swatch true to color in their pans and are very pigmented. I can see myself using this quad out on vacations and short trips conjuring up a quick smokey look with no problems. I saw this quad being used by Niniluvsmakeup on Youtube and it worked well with the look she achieved. I’m glad I got this one.
And last, but not least, I picked up a 6 eyeshadow palette of vibrant colors by L.A. Colors because it looked pretty and Blanche Babcock (who I adore) uses L.A. Colors a lot in her drag looks. I love it and I had to have it. There was another palette that consisted of mostly purple colors so I didn’t get it. I like this versatile palette better. I can see taking this palette and the ELF drama quad and making sweet unwearable looks that I love to rock everyday. The colors swatch out nicely, pigmented and are not chalky. None of the shadows are matte, kind of like a satin or frosty finishes. Easy to work with.
Overall, I am happy with the products I picked up. And the best thing about these products is that they only cost me $1.00 each!
For Our Upcoming Trip – Too Cute!
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010It’s a Minnie Mouse multi-use bag I picked up the Disney Store recently where I’m going to store my makeup in while on vacation. We’re going to Disney World so the bag fits the theme. It’s plastic and I paid about $7.99 for it. It’s pretty roomy.
Continuation of my B-Day CCO Haul
Monday, July 12th, 2010This haul came from the CCO over in Tannersville, PA outlets the day after my Jersey Shore CCO haul. I found stuff to buy so here it is…
I was only allowed to buy three pigments so I got MAC Teal, Chartreuse and Gold Mode. I also picked up a MAC lipglass in Style Minx, a MAC Cremesheen Glass in Creme Anglaise (love love love – I need to go back and get a back up), MAC eyeshadow in Talent Pool (MakeupbyTiffanyD on YouTube did a nice summery look with this eyeshadow I want to try out so I got it) and another MAC 219 brush.
Upclose from left the right: MAC pigment in Gold Mode, Teal and Chartreuse and MAC eyeshadow in Talent Pool.
Swatch Time!!!
My Walgreens, Odd Lots & Sally’s Beauty Haul!
Friday, June 18th, 2010This past weekend I was not supposed to haul anything because I am supposed to be saving up for spending money to throw away on our upcoming Disney World trip, but you know…ish happens. Anyway, we ended up at Odd Lots and I picked up a few things…
At Odd Lots, I checked out the beauty aisle and saw packs of 30 makeup remover wipes by “Epielle” (never heard of them before) for $1.00 each so I picked up four packs. I should have picked up more because the wipes are VERY GOOD! I am impressed and happy! They are not as big as MAC wipes and are smaller than the Kirkland brand wipes from Costco, but I like these wipes better than the Kirkland ones. These wipes are soft and the Kirkland ones are a bit scratchy – they remove makeup just as good as the MAC wipes and most importantly they are cheap! I will be going back to buy more of these wipes this coming weekend for sure because it’s a great deal!
I also picked up a heated eye lash curler by “Trim” just because it was cheap and I wanted to try out a heated eye lash curler. I paid $2.50 for it so if it sucks I won’t be mad because it’s, well, cheap – no sweat. I have yet to open the package and try it out. I will do a review on it very soon.
I had to go to the Pharmacy over at Walgreens so I took a stroll through the makeup aisle, like I always do, and found that they had a BOGO on Maybelline and I love Maybelline mascaras so I picked up two. I paid full price for one and got 50% off of second one. I wanted to try out the limited addition Collosal Express Volum Diamond mascara so I was drawn to that product right away (which only got OK review) and since I could get the other one half off I decided on Lash Stiletto Voluptuous which I had read good reviews about. I probably will not be reviewing these products for a while because I have other mascaras to finish… Price: I don’t remember and I lost my receipt – SORRY!
And lastly, I picked up my favorite pencils to use to fill in my brows and they are the cheap Wet n Wild brow / eye liner pencil in dark brown. I go through them fast and I’m constantly sharpening, but I love them anyway. Price: $.99 each
All of my other mascaras I need to finish up or work with…
My first time at Sally’s was as success. I hauled nail polishes there only because those were the only products I was interested in in the entire store. Oh, I did pick up those rice paper blotting sheets (30 sheets for $3.49 – not bad) and I really like them. Not bad. I paid the $5.00 and became a Sally’s member. I forget what the official name for it is. I will be going back to Sally’s since there is one in my area now – so close to my house.
Anyway, I’ll show you in pictures as to what I hauled. I paid $4.99 each for the China Glaze polishes, I can’t remember what I paid for the Orly polish and mini base/top coat that came with it and I paid around $4.00 for the Seche Vite base coat (seals like nobody’s business) and around $6.00 for the Seche Vite fast drying top coat (dries hella fast and I have to work to get it off even with a polish remover with acetone). I must say that I have a lot of top and base coats from OPI, Sally Hansen, cheapy ones, etc. and honestly, the Seche products are winners! I will not be using another brand of base or top coats ever againg. The Seche Vite hype around the web and beyond is right on and I am so glad! My nail polishes lasts long, doesn’t chip or dent and dries hella fast. Lovin’ it!
