Make Up Inventory

Yes, I actually sat down and went through it...

* Daily use

Eye shadows
1. 28 Neutral Palette - Costal Scents
2. P88 color palette - Costal Scents
3. True romance palette “Ludwig” - Kat Von D
4. True romance palette “True love” - Kat Von D
5. Naked Basics - Urban Decay *
6. Bora Bora - Be a Bombshell Cosmetics
7. Gold dust - Victoria Secret *

Foundations
1. Fair Correction Crème - Hard Candy
2. Light BB cream - Rimmel London *
3. Stay Matte powder in 001 - Rimmel London *
4. Studio Fix NW25 - MAC (Used for contour) *
5. Natural Finish liquid foundation “Buff” - Yaby (Sample with possible buy)
6. Lock it tattoo foundation - Kat Von D *

Skin and prep
1. Glow all the way luminizer - Hard Candy
2. Velvet Gel - Phyto-C (Sample)
3. Watts Up - Benefit (Sample)
4. The Pore f essional - Benefit (Sample with possible buy)
5. High Voltage Eye Primer - Kat Von D *
6. Primer potion - Urban decay
7. Above and beyond full coverage concealer “Porcelain” - Nyx *
8. Body Balm “Balm me up” - Balanced Guru
9. Clear improvements - Origins (Sample)
10. Mega Bright Eyes - Origins (Sample)
11. Plantscription lifting - Origins (Sample)
12. Make up cleansing tissues - Absolute! (Sample)

Blush
1. “Peach” - Nyx
2. Be Matte Blush “Fresh Melon” - City Color *

Liner/ Mascara
1. Stay in line “Black Magic” - Hard Candy *
2. Liquid Eyeliner “Black” - NYC
3. Super Fat Eye Marker “Carbon Black” - Nyx *
4. They’re Real - Benefit
5. Scandaleyes Retro Glam “Black” - Rimmel London *

Brows
1. High Brow - Benefit *
2. Khol Brow Pencil “Dark Brown” - NYC *

Lips
1.Exaggerate Lip Liner “Innocent” - Rimmel London *
2. 24/7 Glide on lip pencil “Gash” - Urban Decay
3. Everlasting Love liquid lipstick “Outlaw” - Kat Von D
4. Lip Tar “Zhora” - Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics *
5. Lip Tar “Vintage” - Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
6. Lasting Finish by Kate “Rossetto” - Rimmel London *
7. “Sure Shot” - Black Heart Beauty
8. Lip tint “Poeny Petal” - Pop Beauty
9. “Seduce” - Covergirl

Polish
1. Nicole By OPI “On what grounds”
2. Black Heart “Live”
3. Orly “Royal Navy”
4. Sinful Colors “Black”
5. Zoya “Odette”

Tipsy on Ipsy bag #3!

It's that time again, hurray to my present to me... The Ipsy bag!  This is my third bag and I have to say even though it's a tad hit and min the hits are amazing.  Not to mention the Christmas like effects of getting a bag of goodies!  It's actually quiet delicious!

This months bag was bag based on traveling to a sunny spring break beach.  With only 4 samples the expectations were pretty high and with 2 full size and 2 deluxe size samples... I was already way excited!

First out of the bag was the Pacifica Indian coconut nectar body butter.  As soon as I popped the cap I was grazed with a sweet and comforting aroma of coconut.  Most coconut smell come off as fake or sadly generically warm, this is light and sweet, totally want a full size!  The butter itself, is silky and smooth as it drips with hydrating quality.

Next was the Be a Bombshell Bora Bora quad.  Now I do not techniqually wear shimmery eyeshadow, but this quad has more of a bold metallic quality that blends beautifully.  I'm going to work with this for a little with a sponge applicators to take advantage of  the bold colors.  Not the best with brushes...

Then we get to the Nicole OPI nail roughles nail polish in on what grounds.  It's an egg shell blue, think robins egg, which is beautiful.  What isn't is the texture in the polish... Not a fan of sand paper nails... Get a good top coat!

Finally it was the Bare Minnerals Marvolous Moxie in get ready.  I want to love the lippy because color works for my simply natural looks.  However, it fades and disperses to a nun even finish... Boo... Maybe a good under?

Overall another delightful little bag!

Ipsy! Feb Glam is here!

So yesterday, my mailbox was graced by the only thing that I really look forward to receiving every month, that’s right it’s Ipsy day!  Ten dollars, one bag, five beauty samples… What else could make my little heart flutter so brilliantly?

Right off the bat I have to say thank you Ipsy!  The bag didn’t reek of vinyl.  The sad panda moment came in when I opened it and realized that it was way prettier on the inside than the outside.  No Bueno!  Luckily my sister took it off my hands; see the gift that keeps on giving.  I am considering using the one from last month that has the product design as a hair tie and pin holder to try to make it less confusing in the stack of crap.

So now for the contents of the bag:

POP Beauty Plump Pout Mini:  First item out of the bag was this pout plumping mini in peony petal.  I’m totally a fan of all things lip related so of course I was more than eager to bust this sample open.  Unlike other plumpers, this one wasn’t tingly or heavily mentholated.  In fact I call bullshit on the name “plump pout.”  The color was a nice mixture of purple and pink that wasn’t too bright, while still making me wish it had picked a side.  As far as the texture, gloss got issues.  On my hand it was thick, sticky, and tacky.  On my lips it glided very smoothly, but unfortunately it glided off very quickly.  I have to give it 3 out of 5, it was nice and I’ll hold on to the sample as an in the purse back up gloss but it’s definitely not go to.

Zoya Nail Polish:  Next came the product that I instantly thought I wouldn’t like.  The Zoya Nail Polish in Odette was a bottle of darkened, pastel purple which to me screamed Easter not valentine’s day.  As far as a nail lacquer goes, it went on beautifully and the coverage was decent if not better than most of the nail polishes I’ve worked with in the past.  My niece surrendered her paws for this round; on a little girl… it was pretty cute.  As far as dry time I will so that it takes a little while so I recommend the ice water trick unless you are home spa-ing it.

City Color Be Matte Blush:  My third little surprise was the far from little.  It was a full sized blush in Fresh Melon.  At first I was like, really Ipsy? You are seriously sending me an orangey blush?  And yes they are seriously pigmented!  But, I do have to say when applied lightly the warmth it brought my face was amazing in contrast to my contour foundation this morning.  Seriously go out and buy this one, so very worth it as far as blushes goes.

Photo C Velvet Gel:  This product was a bit of a mystery and I had to look it up first, it’s an anti-aging serum.  Fun fact, my mother who knows very little about most of the stuff I get knew exactly what it was and how to use it.  To be honest I tried a bit of it this morning and let me tell ya, I did notice a bit more softness but I get more priming with Porefessional by Benefit.

J.Cat Lashes:  The last trinket was the J.Cat lashes in EL05 which is a mix of alternating long and short lashes.  I haven’t ever tried this design so I’ll save them for Valentine’s Day.  I have however worked with this companies lashes before and I can tell you that all lashes require patience and practice.  Oh and liquid eyeliner doesn’t hurt J.

I have to say, two bags in and I love you Ipsy!

Whoosh goes the Friday...

So to say that I'm on my way to changing my life is an understatement.  It's been an adventure every step of the way and it's only been a week... 

Today, as soon as it hit 4 I started and can not say I've really had time to stop till now.  So what happened?  Well first I decided that it was time to kick my weekend off with a shopping spree of sorts and in my typical mom fashion, the doors of target whoosh open.  Am I the only one that finds this mega meca of crap to be way too convenient for its own damn good?  I seriously always find the stuff I don't need like this pinky blush by nyx.

I never wear blush but for some god forsaken reason I reached for it, put it in my basket and now it's staring at me... Mocking me... Unaware of my love and affection.  Now the next item has my obvious affections and that's this little gem from e.l.f., the bristles are like an adorable kitten... Happiness.

 

After target it was time to grab the kids, my niece decided she wanted to go... And head to the mall!  This woman has coupons baby! 

First stop was Bath and Body Works for a free sample of lotion in their new Sky.  Now the bottle says violet lilly, both are dramatically apparent and yet shockingly enough, the lilly seems to come out stronger than the violet.  It is creamy and seems to have some staying power, at first, this is pretty deceptive as in about 2 hours is will be only a hint of floral mishmash upon a soft canvas of human flesh.  Still can't beat the price right?

Next, we made our way to origins where I had an email for 3 samples of whatever.  Now I'm going to put it out there, I've never been to origins before, I've heard of them but I have to say at least the people are polite!  I'm going to have to do more looking into what the lady gave me but from what she said it was a mask with charcoal, a tightener, and an eye brightener... Stay tuned!

After origins, we made a stop at the Disney store where the kids decided to try the split up and split approach to drive me absolutely out of my mind and out of the store!  Not that they really had anything worth getting.  

Next we continued on to Sephora where I acquired some new obsessive compulsive cosmetics lip color in vintage.  If you need a matte brick red in your life, ladies this is it.  It's thick, creamy and bold. Use sparingly!

I'm such a fan of this company.  Their lip tar gets the job done and last through sip and through kiss!  A must have for a lip lover.

After sephora my shopping bug really bit me right square in the butt.  On we marched up the mall to the Forever 21 who was blasting the word SALE.  My favorite word!  And my luck the sale is on clearance!

First up this spicy little number:

Now it doesn't look like much on the hanger but the backs pretty cute and it was 8 bucks...

Next we scooped up:

I just loved this 9 dollarsilhouette... The top is a sheer material and the back buttoning collar makes it charming.

Then this little number called me:

      

Unsure about it but worth the gamble on the peplum skirt.

Melinda found me this little treat:

Who doesn't need a navy pleather jacket?

On the way out we grabbed some makeup wipes:

Cucumber lemon!  Two of my absolute favorites!  I love them, quality not so much but for 2.50 you can't beat the comforting sniff.

Next we head to the playground which is short lived thanks to some inconsiderate and just pathetic parenting.

As it turned out a 9 year old girl took a gumball from my son who began to cry.  My niece is very defensive of my son and went after her.  When I and the girls mother get to the scene my niece is ready to swing... And good for her by the way!  The 9 year old admits to taking candy from the 3 year old but refuses to give it back and her mother decides that she shouldn't have to.  My son is clearly upset, the theif is being told it's okay to steal and instead of correcting her daughter she offers my son half a cookie... No it's okay, you don't want to teach your daughter right from wrong I'll make it right and teach my son to avoid people like you and your disgusting child.  Who knew integrity costs .25 cents? 

After that we were pretty much done until I saw this and had to have it and I'll leave you with this pick:

 These are the mints you are looking for!