Ahoy there my fellow addicts of all things pretty! So in this post I'm going to share with you all what I got tonight, all drugstore stuff, so if you're looking for higher end purchases, please check back in a few months or so. I have a couple things from Mac but only from a CCS. So yeah.
So tonight I went to CVS cause I needed make up removing cloths, and I wanted to try Neutrogena's answer to St. Ives apricot scrub. So I got their Deep Clean gentle Scrub with scrubby beads, and umm yeah. It smells pretty good, and since the toner and moisterizer I use are also neutrogena, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to continue using the same company. I dunno why I think that, I just do.
I also got a package of Biore' or however you put the accent over the E, deep cleansing pore strips. I have very deep pores on my cheeks and my nose, and no matter what product I use to remove black and white heads, if I squeeze the tip of my nose, there's still stuff there. (pardon that gross image, but hey, it's not like pimples and break outs are new to anyone on here, so hush.) So I had tried these back when I was in highschool and they definately worked, but I had no way of paying for them, and it wasn't something my grandmother was going to buy for me all the time, so I had to give them up after the original package was gone. So I'm going to retry those.
I got a large tube of Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque. It's supposed to help dry up acne, rinse away blackheads and shrink enlarged pores, so I'll update you all on how well that turns out if at all.
So thats all the skincare stuff I got. Now onto the make up. I didn't get much, but I like what I did get.
I got a compact of pressed powder in "buff" from Almay. I remember watching a review Pinkiecharm did saying she really doesn't like Almay's make up, but I have one of their eye colour kits with the eyeliner, three eye colours, and I also have a lip kit, with the lipstick and lip liner and I happen to like both so I thought I'd give it a try. Buff is the same colour my purity mineral make up foundation is in, so I thought maybe instead of that, since it's loose powder and it goes EVERYWHERE when I try and use it, I could use this, and see if it matches up, cause goodness knows Almay is a hell of a lot less expensive than the purity minerals.
And then, I got a new lipbalm from Burt's Bees. Now I had one that I bought in the lil glass pot, I think it's lime flavor/scented and I never connected that it was Burts Bees, until I saw the same box that I bought on the rack. Now I've noticed that ALL of my followers are from the UK except for 1 I think you're from Ireland right? Yeah, well I watched a video from Lollipop26 and she said Burts Bees is really expensive in the UK. Is it really? Cause they have new stuff with Pomergrante oil in it, since I'm allergic to coconut, that limits the amount of burts bees stuff I can use. They have cute lil "head to toe" sets I wanna get one, maybe next time. But yeah I'm wearing the lip balm now, and it makes my lips feel very slidey if that makes sense, kinda waxy, and a lil bit tingly, I'm not really in love with the scent, but if it puts moisture into my lips and keeps them from getting chapped, I'm sold!
Then I got some stuff on sale, three things actually.
I got two Revlon products that had 50% off stickers on them. I got a eyeshadow trio in Olive it up. It's not greenish tinted in the slightest to be honest. It's a chocolate brown, a cream colour and then a lighter colour of the brown in the corner. It's a "make a sheen" type, number 865. I dont think it was a very big hit at the store that's next door to my work, so that's why it was half off, they wanna get rid of it.
I also got a lipgloss from the same "collection" I guess you could call it, in Creme De La Chrome by Revlon and the colour is called "Plum Appeal" number 375. And it's this gorgeous metallic cranberry pomergrante colour, I fell in love with it. Normally I don't do Revlon stuff, I stick to Almay, CoverGirl, or Rimmel. Revlon reminds me alot of my grandma, she loved their mauve lipsticks, it was the only colour she ever wore, I think I mentioned that before. She used to go to Chanel, and Estee Lauder and buy a lipstick and get the free gifts and give them and the bag to me cause she didn't wear make up, just lipstick. She had green eyes and I hated her for it. My envy runs deep people.
And then from Rimmel, I got a Cool Matte 16 hr Mousse Foundation in 103 which is True Ivory. They didn't have any beige or buff colours so I got this one cause it was the lightest colour they had, and it was 75% off so if it doesn't work with my skin tone I can feel better about it. xD It's alot more liquidy then the mousse eyeshadow I have from Maybelline. I guess to blend better? I dunno, but I'll try it, cause the other foundation I think was making my skin red and irritated around my nose, cause since I stopped using it, and just used my mineral make up, the redness is gone, and my nose doesn't hurt anymore. So yeah. Maybe I'm allergic or it just broke me out, I dunno. So yeah that's my haul, mini as it is. Nothing too overly exciting for you guys who buy Mac and Nars and alla that good stuff.
Now onto the lingo part. Alot of videos I watch on Youtube, there are catch phrases that they use, and people in the comments on the bottom always ask the same things. SO, I thought I'd post some terms, slang, and what not here to kinda give people a heads up on what the terms mean.
Back to Mac: This is Mac's "recycle" process if you like. There are certain items that Mac sells that you can return to the store if you have one near you, or a Mac Counter at Macys or Nordstroms or whatever, Sephora, all that, and when you hit 6 emptys you get a free item. Now in a video I watched by TiffanyD I believe, she warned that some stores are cracking down on having the pans in there, which means you actually USED the product up already, and didn't just depot the shadow or blush or whatever. So be sure to ask bout the Back to Mac policy at the store you're purchasing your Mac items from to save yourself some embarassment once at the register.
Mac Pro: Mac Pro is another branch if you like of Mac. They specialize in diffrent colours, shades and what not for mostly make up artists but really anyone can go into a Mac Pro store, or call the 1-800 number and place an order for things. That's really the only diffrence. The variance in shades, and certain products that Mac doesn't sell in it's general perminant line because it's not something used by the general public. Like stuff for photoshoots and etc.
Pro Pans: Eyeshadow at Mac comes in alot of forms, pots, pigments, and pro pans. Pro pans are just that. Pro colours in pans the little silver pans the eyeshadows sit in once you've depotted them from the black casing. Alot of eyeshadows which are replacement shadows if you wanna think of it that way, come in those small pans to save you the trouble of continually depotting shadows to fit in the palettes which hold up to 15 shadows at a time, blush palettes hold 6 I believe, just as an FYI.
Palettes: They just all seem to run together dont they? Palettes are usually bought from Mac Pro stores. They hold like I said 15 eyeshadows or 6 blushes and they also have quads so you can pop out 3 or 4 or 2 if you like from your main palette to take whatever colour combo you're doing that day with you. Pretty nifty eh? I believe they're 12 dollars, the palettes for the 15 and the 6 not sure how much the quads are. I'll find out and post.
UDPP: This is an abbreviation for Urban Decay Primer Potion. An eyeshadow Primer that is worn on the eyelids to set your shadows, make them more vibrant and hopefully keep them from creasing on you during the day. It is one of the two most famous eyeshadow primers on the market, the other being Two Faced Shadow Insurace by non other than, Two Faced. The pro's and Con's are greatly argued by Guru's. And while UDPP has a better rep for being the best formula, shadow insurance is popular for it's friendly packaging. UDPP has a tendancy to dry out or get stick partially up in the tube and is a bitch and a half to get once it's gotten that way. You're only options at that point are to either throw it away and get a new bottle, which is a waste of both product and money, OR get a small jar, a sharp knife or scissors and nerves of steel and cut the tube open on both sides and scoop out what remains into said jar.
That's what people mean by Two Faced Shadow Insurance having more user friendly packaging cause it's tube kinda reminds me of toothpaste. o.O
Dupe or Dupe-able: This is a short way of saying Duplicate. There are alot of companys, like E.l.F, and Milani, that make lower cost products to rival what the bigger companies are doing colour and packaging wise to attract the audience. Such as, Milani having a blush that is a fair duplicate for Nars' Orgasm. Or E.l.F saying sorry to L'Oreal in their campaign to duplicate L'Oreal's mineral make up line, in packaging, and colour shades.
Haul: This is a big one that constantly confuses me to this day that people dont understand what this means. So here goes, Haul is a noun. It means collection. Hauling, is a verb, it means the act of or the process in which one goes through to make a Haul. But enough smartassness from me. A Haul is basically a collection of stuff, whether it be make up, or games or marbles, or poptart boxes, the item really isn't important, it just means that it's part of a group of stuff that somebody has purchased. Like me tonight with the buncha stuff I bought from CVS. That is a haul. I went in there, bought stuff, and brought it home with the intent on reviewing what I got, and hopefully that'll help someone when they go to their walgreens, or rite aid or Super Drug for you Uker people, make a choice between brands. It's pro's and con's it's good and bad points, well you get the idea.
CCS / CCO: These abbreviations stand for Cosmetic Company Store, and Cosmetic Company Outlet. These stores that can be freestanding, part of an Outlet mall or attached to another store, (like my CCS is a part of Saks Fifth Ave. at my local mall) that sells make up from past collections at discounted prices. Usually its either not been sold, or time on the product has run out, or the company needs to move it out to make room for it's new stuff. So basically when you go into one, and you see Mac stuff there, it's basically been given a discount sticker because it didn't all sell before the next collection came out. I've seen reminants from Neo Sci Fi at my local CCS, and I know that iamgrape1116 I believe or 1119 can never remember, she saw Heatherette and Fafi stuff at the bloomingdales! Also at my local mall, she doesn't live to far from me. :D So yeah if you loved a collection, and didn't get everything you wanted, and you have a CCO or CCS near you, check there to see if they have any at a discount before you make the move to ebay and get jacked up prices which are ridiculous.
227, 118, 213: These numbers are usually used to refer to Mac brushes which come with numbers to identify what they're used for. Eyeshadow, Face powders, lip colours, eyeliner, etc. There are ALOT of brushes and they are not cheap by any stretch of the imgination, and I suppose you can decieve yourself into thinking that Mac brushes are an investment and if well taken care of, they'll last you probably not forever but a good solid couple years.
Me, I love my make up, I love doing make up, but until I can afford that kinda stuff, my cheapy brushes will just have to do. When I get a better paying job is when I'll start building my kit to be a make up artist. :)
So that's all I can think of that're asked ALL the time. Hope that helps anybody who didn't know. ^^ Enjoy your weekend, and hope to post to you all again soon!
>>Tami
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