Beauty.com 20% “Certain Items” Sale Haul

This sale came out right after Sephora ended their 20% of Friends and Family sale.  I didn’t catch their sale in time so I went to Beauty.com and got the same deal.  I only wanted three things, but one of them Sephora didn’t have at the time and Beauty.com doesn’t have at all and that was Gold Member cream blush from NARS.  The other two items I did purchase were Love Joy blush by NARS ($25.00) and that Stila Smudge Pot mini set that came with a tiny liner brush ($36.00) + the 20% discount.  And yes, I paid $5.99 shipping for snail mail.

Anyway, here are my items.  Please excuse my camera, but it was acting out that day…

Smudge Pot colors, top row, from left to right:  Kitten (reminds me of painterly paint pot, but shimmery and creamy) and Starry Night (a deep blue-purple color)

Smudge Pot colors, bottom row, from left to right:  Violet (a dark violet color) and Black (jet black)

Blush:  NARS Love Joy (a shimmery, medium-dark, pink-tan color with gold flects of glitter)

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…

Sephora Friends & Family Sale!

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.