Mini drugstore haul...and a cry for help?

Okay, I went into CVS under the premise of getting shampoo cause I ran out, and Pert two in one..... o.o yeah that's alla ima say about that. My hair goes flat and not even my Got 2 be stuff can put umph back into it. So meh, I went there and got TRESemme' 24 hour body "Healthy Volume" shampoo and conditioner. It smells like the rest of the tresemme line which is fine. Although I always prefer Herbal Essence when it comes to smell. But I bounce back and forth, when one stops working for my hair. ;p

So yeah, the extra's that I got were Covergirls wetslicks in Amazing mint, after watching a review from PinkieCharm that it tingles nicely, not burns, and it smells like toothpaste. And she was right! I like it. Honestly it's horrible because as we make up addicts always ask ourselves even before we've bought it, "how many _____ do you really need?!" and it all depends on your weakness. Alot of people admit to having one, PinkieCharm fully admits to being a lipgloss whore, Lollipop26 admits to having to many highlighters, and she really does need to do that video about all her highlighters cause I'd love to see how many she actually has. :D Mine? eyeshadows. It's just a good thing I don't live close enough to a free standing MAC store or else I'd be so broke, and lose my apartment. ;p Favorite colours of eyeshadows? purple cause I have brown eyes, it's supposed to be the best colour for said shade of eyes, white shimmer, cause I think it's pretty on me, Pink in gradient, a look which I'm working on. I'm going to get a camera and start doing videos myself. It's one of my resolutions. And... greys. Simply because, grey, white, black and pink is my favorite colour combo for anyone who knows me. :)

Anyways, I also got another creme shadow palette in 710 "Not Just Nudes". It kinda reminds me of the stages of rue. For any of you southerners, or people who enjoy cooking from New Orleans, rue is a mix of fat and flour. It's a thickening agent basically, like Okra, for stews, jumbulaya, or ( i cant really spell it so I'll just sound it out) Eh too feh! :D and yeah the stages are Blonde, Caramel, and Dark. And that's kinda how this palette looks. The first colour is a blonde rue type colour, and it's sheeny, not sparkly. It's pretty, the second (from left to right btw), is a medium rue shade, caramelly type of colour, and it's also sheeny and a bit of shimmer. The next one is kinda the same colour, BUT it's matte. Which is nice, and the last is a milk chocolate dark rue type of colour with sheen as well and shimmer. Not glittery, there's no big chunks of sparkles or anything so I like them. They're basically the poor mans paint pot. xD which is basically what I use them for. lol
And the last I have to say im a little disappointed in at the moment. It's cover girls Line exact. I cant really do a inital review on it, because the damn thing doesn't work! I opened it and went to test it on my hand and........nothing. No lines, no mark, no NOTHING. I'm SOOO taking this thing back tomorrow on my lunch hour to get another one, cause this is crap! I dont want my money back, I want to try this, to see if the pen is any better for me than the liquid liner from presitge. My hand shakes to much to use it properly. I like pencil liners, but I love the fluidity of gel and liquid liners. I like my H.i.P fluid liner, it's just the brush they give you is really rough on the eye area, and even after I washed it, it still kinda hurts. I have essence of beauty brushes, one of which from the mini travel set I bought awhile back is an eyeliner brush, but it's not angeled or anything and even though I've used it once, and it went on okay, I'm going to assume that an angled brush would work better. Any ideas?

And so yeah, that's my mini haul and rambling and what nots. Im going to work on my make up area on the patio summore this weekend. I wanna get those lil mini chest of drawers to seperate all the stuff I have. I need to get containers for all my eyeliners and lip liners and brushes and stuff yeah. Also, a tip I got while watching MAC storage videos on youtube was to use that shelf liner stuff on the inside of the drawers in black so the paintpots and eyeshadow pots dont move around in the drawer. A tip I thought was pretty smart, I'll definately try that. :)

Thanks for reading. Feel free to comment, and give me any advice you'd like. As as make up newbie really, I can use all the help I can get.
ALSO; I need you alls help. I use neutrogena for my face lotion. The one for dual skin, cause I have combination skin, with the usual dry around the nose and on the cheek patches, and Oily T zone area. But lately, I dunno if it's because Florida is finally having a bit of a chill here, (it went down to 39 degrees here, which I know isn't really that BAD, espically for me being born and raised in Boston, MA, but for florida, that's cold people!) but my moisturizer isn't working as well as it used to. I use the recommended one pump for my whole face, and when I rub it in, my face feels kinda tacky almost, it's not smooth and soft like I know lotion is SUPPOSED to leave your skin. So suggestions on a new moisturizer? Cause I noticed today that I have really dry patches around my nose, and on one cheek there was actually flakes and I didn't notice it until I was DONE with my make up, so yeah that was really blah today.
I'm also thinking that maybe I'm not using a good cleanser either. I wanna go back to using my St. Ives apricot scrub cause I used to LOVE that stuff, it worked wonders on my skin, made it soft, and smooth and touchable.
So yeah, any help? Anyone? please? =/

>>Tami


Posts coming soon;
My Origins of Make Up
Finished Make Up Area w/ pictures hopefully
CCS trip part II