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!

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 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!

I’ve never worried about blushes before until I read up on Specktra, from a few women of color, that said that orange and peach shades look beautiful on dark skin.  I had immediately caught wind of that and so I pictured myself with it on and I fell in love.

I just recently picked up my first blush and it’s called Cinnamon by NYX.  It doesn’t look like a Cinnamon color at all, it looks like a straight matte, orange color and am I am so happy with it.   I was watching Ateya (a beauty guru on Youtube) and she was talking about NARS Taj Mahal blush and how a friend of hers got it for her because it was hard to find in the stores - I believe it has been discontinued, sadly.  Her look for that day was an orange one.  She used some colors from the Natural Flare eyeshadow trio, Off the Page eyeshadow from the Makeup Art collection and I forget what she had on her lips, but it was orange…so she had to throw in an orange blush.  Taj Mahal looks so beautiful on her and now I want it!

If I do get Taj Mahal (it looks like it’s still available on the official Nars Cosmestics website, then it will be my first high quality blush ever.  I think the only blushes I will buy will be orange.  I really don’t like pinks and reds much.  I can deal with peachy shades so I’ll look into those as well.

So, I will be getting my first NARS blusher in Taj Mahal when I get paid next week.  Oh the wait!  It’s pure love!

Yes, I want this too. Sephora.com has this palette half off and I forget for how long, but you get six shades of eyeshadow for 20 bucks which is an awesome deal. I read some of the reviews and I read that the product is smaller than expected meaning that these shadows must be compact in size which is still fine. These are Stila eyeshadows so you can’t really go wrong here.

I got the email from Sephora today about these being sold before they are actually launched…I want them!  Will I get them?  Probably so…I’m still contemplating.   They look great in the promo pic don’t they?  It’s only available at Sephora.com of course.

Here is what Sephora.com says about this product…

Radiance Rocks
What it is:
A set of three bareMinerals Radiance Rocks that provide a sheer wash of color for the eyes, cheeks, and body.

What it does:
Three glistening bareMinerals Radiance Rocks are compressed together solely by water¿ resembling minerals in their most natural state. Simply swirl the Heavenly Kabuki Brush on top of rocks, and buff these gorgeous 100% pure bareMinerals shades on your eyes, cheeks, and body. The result is a glimmering, sheer wash of color with a refreshing, cooling sensation.

What else you need to know:
For added color, pick up each rock individually and apply directly on eyes, cheeks, and even lips.

This set contains:
- bareMinerals Bronze Radiance Rock
- bareMinerals Champagne Radiance Rock
- bareMinerals Warm Rose Radiance Rock
- Heavenly Kabuki Brush

Size: 0.6 oz