Properly Made Up

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.

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.

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

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.

Finally! I have stuff to buy!

My Sephora F&F Sale Shopping List…

Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Mascara
Bare Escentuals Flawless Definition Mascara
NARS Galapogus Eyeshadow
NARS Brousse Eyeshadow Duo
NARS Exhibit A Blush
Sephora by O.P.I. Top Coat

And here is the sale information (copied from a previous post)…ENJOY!!!

Temptalia.com has reported yesterday that Sephora is having their Friends & Family Sale! Get 20% off of most brands of cosmetics, skincare, fragrances and accessories. Yay!

I’m currently going over my list again to prioritize. I have some new things I want to try out so getting a discount on some of them will be nice! Cargo, Benefit and Givenchy are all definitely up high on my list this year.

The sale starts on October 19, 2009 and ends on November 2, 2009! The coupon code to use is FF2009 at checkout.

I was sent an email from NARS yesterday, I believe, and I only had a chance today to view it.  I went to check out their collection for 2009 and yep, I added a few things to my makeup wantages list. I still owe myself that Scortching eyeshadow duo, but here are my wants from this holiday collection…

The lip gloss is a repromote…and that’s it!

…to add to the collection is the MAC 134 ($52.00).  This brush is available at my CCO so I will scurry on down there this Friday to pick it on up!  I’ve been thinking on this brush for a while now, but after my MAC MA used it on me first the first time to set my foundation I fell in love.  One of my friends was telling me to go with the MAC 129 ($34.00) –it is cheaper than the MAC 134 at full retail–, but I’d rather go big for my powder brush and smaller for my blush brush so the MAC 109 ($32.00) will be a good brush for me to use for my blush. There!  That settles it.

For reference, here are the MAC 129 and MAC 109 brushes…

Last Friday I went to the CCO…I make it my business to get there at least every two weeks to purchase items to add to my collection. I love my CCO! I hear it’s a very good one so while it’s still new and nobody really knows about it then I’ll be getting all the goodies all the time. Yay!

OK so here is my haul…

- MAC Fix +
- MAC Brush Cleanser
- MAC Hello Kitty Dazzleglass in Kitty Kouture
-MAC Passionate Eyeshadow
- MAC Petticoat Mineralized Skinfinish (MSF)
- MAC 188 Brush
- NYX Suede (had to have it - not a fan of NYX shadows - but this one rocks! Thanks ColouredBeautiful)

Everything was new to the CCO except for Passionate, Petticoat and the 188 brush. I was happy to purchase my first bottle of Fix +. I have used it a couple times and I must say that it does wake my face it. Makes it feel fresh. I spray it on before my face and eye primer.

OK so I love Dazzleglasses now. Who would have thought? They are not too sticky and they give this wonderful, glittery shine. Love my Kitty Kouture Dazzleglass!

Passionate eyeshadow is just a very pretty pink (it’s more of a hot pink, but when put on the eye it has to be built up in order to get that hot pink to come out which is fine for me). I am wearing it lightly today and it looks great with MAC Tempting and NYX Suede eyeshadows. My NYX Suede eyeshadow a single eyeshadow (it’s a matte medium brown color with very little shimmer in it) and I love it because it is very close to my skin color, it doesn’t go on chalky like the shadows in the trios and it makes for a great blending color when I need to really blend out my lines.  I, of course, picked it up at the Fragrance Outlet because my local Ulta store didn’t have this color in so I paid full price.  Awww.  But I Love.

Petticoat MSF is just beautiful. It comes out on my cheeks as it does when I swatch it onto my hand. It’s shimmery like hell, but it’s so pretty. I love using it.

Love love love…what don’t I love? Love my 188 brush. It is hella small, but it picks up just the right amount of my NARS blush. NARS blushers are highly pigments and my Taj Mahal is very pigmented. I was using my Essence of Beauty Finishing brush to pick it up, but it would pick up too much. My 188 picks up the right amount. I just need to dip twice and I’m done! Love!

I have yet to use the brush cleanser and I should be ashamed of myself because all of my brushes are dirty and have been for a week.  Gross.  Yeah, I know.  Anyway!  Here are pics of my lovely CCO haul!

I really need to start reviewing some stuff since I am a NW45, NC45 and there are not many reviews out there for people with my skin color. I’ll do that soon.

I’m currently in the market for a good blush brush and I’ve looked into the Eco-Tools blush brush (if it’s anything like my powder brush then it will pick up too much product), the Revlon Blush brush (reviews are not so good on this), the MAC 116 (price is a little too much for me right now) brush and the MAC 187 brush (it’s too big and pricey). I remember people saying on the web that the MAC 187 brush is good for applying powders especially blushers and liquid foundations. I don’t wear liquid foundation (yet - I’m hoping my breakouts and scarring won’t last any longer) so I remembered that the MAC 188 (the smaller version of the 187) is available at my CCO. How nice.

What made me decide on the MAC 187 is that I read that it picks up a small amount of powder products which is nice because my NARS Taj Mahal is very pigmented so using a light brush is exactly what I need. I was using (and will continue to use) my Essence of Beauty Finishing brush (which is an odd brush to use blush for but I do not have a blush brush to use) to apply my NYX blush and it picks up a lot of product all at once and it’s the right amount for my cheek. When I go to use the same brush in my NARS blush the brush picks up too much or my NARS blush is very pigmented. I think it’s a pigmentation issue. The quality and pigmentation of my NARS blush is greater in that compared to my NYX blush, of course. I didn’t realize it because my only blush before my NARS was my NYX blush. No experience until now.

Anyway, what I had to do was go over my face with an MSF to cover up the over use of my NARS blush. It was too much product going my Finishing brush. I used my mineral face brush as well and I found myself in the same position. I’m hoping that the MAC 188 will pick up a small amount of product and will apply just right. I use a light hand in my NARS blush because I don’t want to waste it. I’m very careful with that blush as it cost me $25.00 for the one I have. Yikes!

Lastly, I was going to go ahead and splurge on the 131 brush, but I think it’s uncessary. I don’t really want to spend $40.00 on a brush I’m only going to use for blush. The 188 brush it is!

I was really wanting that Black Knight lipstick, but after seeing Christine’s swatches on Temptalia I was like ummm no.  It looks a mess even with a Style Black  glimmerglass on top.   The glimmerglasses are very sheer as well and to wear them alone your lips will literally look like they have dirt on them or look dirty.  No thanks.

Side note…what MAC needs to come out with is an orange color blush, more paint pots and cream colour bases.  Bleh.

I’m skipping out on the Style Black collection makeup wise,  unfortunately, but I’m definitely going to try out the MAC Volcanic Ash Exfoliator and the Mask - I want them!  If I like it I’ll go ahead and I buy backups of both.  Price $19.50 each

I want everything MAC so I don’t add MAC items to my wants list, but I do add non-MAC items to it.  I call my makeup wants list “My Wantages”.  I want and I want , but I can’t always have so I just add things that I really want at the time and hope to be able to purchase it one day.  I also go back over my list from time to time and scratch things off because I’ve learned about something better.

OK so on to the two things I really want right now and have been thinking about for the past month already.  I am late on this, but I am some what new to makeup so forgive me…I am really wanting  a Givenchy Phenomen’eyes mascara badly.  There is something about that wand that I love when I look at it.  I saw Lauren Luke and Samantha from Pixiwoo (on YouTube) using this mascara in their tutorials so that’s how I learned about it.  On pay day I’m going to fly over to Sephora and pick it up right away for sure.  Price: $28.00

The other thing that I really want is the NARS Scorching Sun Eyeshadow Duo.  I have really been loving oranges for the past month so I went looking for more orangey types of makeup and came across this duo.  I did have a look see at Off the Page by MAC, but it is an OK orange color - but not as vibrant as any of the colors in Scorching Sun.  I’m still going to pick that eyeshadow up still, but it’s nothing like Scorching Sun at all.  The left side of the duo is a shimmery light orange color and the right side is shimmery orangey red color, but much more on the orange side  A little too orangey of a duo, but that’s OK with me. I must have it and when I do get it I’ll sport it during the summertime.  Price: $32.00

That’s all (for now) folks!

MAC Cosmetics has put up a new shopping feature on their website where you can pick and choose eyeshadows and a palette.  You can click and drag the eyeshadows of your choice and drop them into the palette.  This is a very cool feature because you can get to see how your actual palette could look like all together on one screen before you order it.

I am not sure when MAC put this on their site because I didn’t notice it yesterday (I practically live on the site).  A girl over at Specktra posted about it so I just hopped on the site to take a look see.  I only own some pre-made quads and no custom palettes yet so I put one together on the site and came up with this (see image below).

I only own three single eyeshadows from MAC and only two can be depotted as I will keep my Haunting in it’s Alexander McQueen packaging.  So, the only colors I’d omit from my custom palette would be Gorgeous Gold (I have this one) and Silver Ring (because I have Silverthorn).

The palette is priced at $177 dollars of course ($11 each for the shadows and $12 for the 15 pan palette).  So my starter custom MAC palette looks good, huh?  When will I be able to actually order it???  Not too sure, but I’ve got it saved in picture form which is easier to look at than my Excel spreadsheet cells.  Thank you MAC for making choosing eyeshadows easier!!!!!

MAC Custom Palette Page