Disappointed with the MAC 'Adoring Carmine' face brushes

I went to the mall yesterday and headed to MAC excited to see the holiday collection and can I just say-ewe? The brushes were a lot smaller than I thought and looked like crap! Not to mention I felt a couple and they weren't even soft :-O!!! I mean ok thank you for saving me my money but I so wanted to buy brushes in a bundle- I'm sucha sucker for good quality brushes. I obviously didn't even swatch the shadow palletes just cause the colors are lame and I know MAC shadows, not all of them have great pigmentation and the shimmer is almost always chunky! Seriously these people need to work their imaginations more! stop focusing on the packaging and come up with something worth buying tons of! But anyway now I'm rethinking the glosses too (they're not out yet) since it would probably be an impulse buy--I'm more of a lipstick girl and not so much a goo-ee-doo-ee lips chick.


oh! and yeah the store wasn't full of people but come on the service sucked! So much so that even though I wanted to buy the Silverstroke fluidliner, I just didn't...I'm gonna go back for it (I know myself I'll obsess with it till I get it!)

Do you suffer like me when this happens? Let me know!

OMG---WTF!?

Soooo I put in an order at TWO different sites on the 12th of Oct. and sat waiting for my packages to arrive right? And I'm always scared the post guys are gonna ring up my apartment and then I'm gonna be at school or something and I won't get my package (stupid MAC incident [this has happened before] got me all worry worry about these orders--grr). Thennn on the 21st I went to check my mail box and OMG!!! They bothhh came innn! I was sooo suprised and happy! (suprised that they both fit in my mailbox! haha) So guess what I ordered? 1. The Mehron Pastel pallete from Sillyfarm.com and 2. Mineral shadows from Simplynaturals.com. I love love loooove both of them! I'm gonna post pics soon I promise! (I've been having a butt load of midterms grr!)

The pallete is great but I'm not crazy about the color selection like 2 purples and 2 blues? why? change it up! (I might order the basic pallete and the tropical tho! I just love it that much!) These are water activated paints that can be used as eyeshadow base and will brighten up whatever color you're using (blue shadow-blue base etc.) I found that they make the shadow last longer too (tried it without a base underneath like UDPP and it stayed on great!). I also found that the edges blend easier than I thought (not so with the dark purple color though). Overall 5 stars!


The Simply Naturals eyeshadows are a-freakin-mazing! I love them! So bright and so great and apply wonderfully! The onlyyy thing I HATE is since the jars are filled to the top (which no one would normally complain about??) is that every time I open the jars shadow will go everywhere unless I'm very very careful and even then I still get a tiny bit on the tips of my fingers, but other than that-fantastic. (Although I should mention both the pallete and these shadows were a lot smaller in size than I thought oh and the SN shadows say they are 5 gram jars which I think I bought each for less than $2 but I think that's in weight not volume--[as in they measure the whole thing not the amount of the shadow to be 5 grams, just so ya know but that's just what I THINK! not sure]


Overall MONEY WELL SPENT XD!!!

Dior Skin Forever Foundation

I Love love love this foundation it's by far the smoothest I've ever used, it blends beautifully, matches my skin tone almost perfectly, builds up nicely and feels very soft, buttt the cost of this product (I think I bought it for like $50) is not a very reasonable one. I have to mention that since I have combo skin my t-zone gets oily and considering I wore this foundation on its own, it looked a bit dewy later and that with the t-zone made me look sweaty! (Yuck!) So I would not say it's amazing for me without powder on top. I would recommend this product to someone who wants a dewy look with buildable coverage. As for myself I'ma blot this baby!

My new way of Blushin'!

Anyone who knows my taste knows I can not do without my Pink Swoon blush (I just LOVE the color!) but getting it to show isn't always easy esp. on powder foundations (so I usually resort to using it with Fix+) but lately I've been wearing liquid foundations ( that's what winter is good for! :D) and am doing a mix of my Clinique gel blush ( 02 warm glow) topped with Pink Swoon-the results? Gorgeous!! Absolutely looove it! And the best part? It stays on ALL day!! No budge no nothing! The color combo is terrific! Here's some pics of what the gel looks like before and after you blend it out (ps. to get a sheer glow blend blend blend super quick before it dries! otherwise pat on cheeks till you get the desired look ;))

A Little Problem I call MAC!

So every time I say I'm branching out, trying different brands blah blah blah, I go back and find out there's new collections and colors from MAC :S! haha! SO naturally I have to check 'em out and have the initial interest, right now I'm obsessing over getting the 'Adoring Carmine' face brushes (which should be coming out in nov), the 'Little Darlings' (dec) and the silverstroke fluidline (which is currently availabllllle ahh!)

You can never have too many brushes (Esp. when they're so cute looking! XD!) the lippies and piggies are a great way to try out a whole lot for less and I've been looking for a silver cream eyeshadow for ages and the fluidline is as good as one! Share your reviews and obsessions!

Combo skin needs moisturizer!

So anyone with my skin type knows how it feels to have part oily part dry face--add makeup without any skin care and you get a real disaster :S! I'm always looking for a good moisturizer and feel I can not live without one, so when I spotted this one I thought sounds great! It literaly says moisturizes the dry areas and gets rid of shine in the oily areas (can that sound more perfect?) But at 12$ I was sceptical but I figured I'd give it a go;

When I first applied it it felt really greasy but suprisingly soon enough absorbed quickly and felt great! Within minutes though I felt my face tighten a bit (in my usually dry areas--cheeks) but that feeling soon went away and with my foundation on top it looked pretty good! Soon enough though the shine was back so overall this moisturizer did Not impress me much, still ok though (unless it irritates or breaks out my skin! In which case I'll be sure to tell you guys so you can avoid that!) I'd give this 2 stars and a "wouldn't go for again" :P

Wet 'n Wild?!?! I'm shocked!

So all of us think the quality of eyeshadows is in how pigmented they are, how they apply and how long they last on the lids right? I decided that foiling cheap eyeshadows is a good way of saving some bucks especially when the eyeshadows I wanted are so easily duped ( still I love browns and neutrals). So when I saw these 'Wet 'n Wild" palletes I wanted to try that idea out. When I got home I was shocked! Like shocked! Because I didn't even Need to foil! They were so pigmented! and applied well too! (ofcourse I did try them out with a base and they looked great!--the darker browns were a hassle to take off though? for some reason). Now I feel encouraged to try out more *cheap* makeup :D!!



This palette was about $7 and the ones below (cream shadows) are about $5 each Note: downside, with oily lids like mine the cream shadows will eventually crease even with UDPP applied first :( boo!







Do you have any cheap or drug store brand makeup you like? Let me know! :)