Hello all, so my last box has finally come in, and tomorrow I get my mac box and that's IT! No more hauling for a good long while until I get some actual looks down with the make up I have. The only other thing I'd go and do as of right now is start adding to my brush collection, and get shade matched for Mac foundations and concealer. Since I just can't seem to find the right shade on my own.
I hope you're all having a nice week so far.. happy hump day to those of you who work like me and have weekends off. Friday is almost here, I promise, it's almost here! xD
So anyways, I ordered some things from Beautycrunch.com just because I wanna try out diffrent brands outside of Mac like I said before, with the random stuff I got like the Amuse palettes and the tea lip balm. Which I will be doing a review on, probably friday night when I get home from work, just to let you know!
So haul. First off I got an eyeshadow book thingie from Pop beauty. It's called "Lid Gold" and it comes in a small little package. It has 6 eyeshadow colours made for golden eyes.
The first colour is a black with glitter, kinda reminds me of Macs "Black Tide".
The second colour is a dark olivey green, which is really pretty.
The third colour is a medium brown / taupe colour.
The fourth colour is a golden colour. Really nice.
The fifth colour is a really odd minty green, which doesn't look like it'd go with the rest of the colours which, are pretty neutral on the whole, but yeah.
And finally the 6th colour is a white with a pink pearl reflect. Really nice highlight colour. *nods*
Then I got a stila palette in "noire". The box is so pretty! It's a quad btw, kinda like the look books stila makes. The front has this felty type material on it, and it reminds me of those fuzzy posters they sell at like walmart with the markers. Hope someone out there knows what im talking about. My grandma bought me a bunch of them over my childhood. But anyways, yeah you open it up, and there's three eyeshadows and a blush.
It has a pearly pinky peach colour, can't really tell with my lighting at the moment, but it's pretty. Very pigmented.
It has a sorta greyish china blue, which is also really nice.
And it has a black with glitter which is supposed to be the "liner" colour.
All three eyeshadows are really pigmented and I like them alot.
The blusher is a flushy pink colour, sorta a mid tone pink, not to barbie type bright, or to raspberry dark, it's sorta well, mid tone. lol it's pretty. ^^
Also i got three brushes from this set called Bella il Fiore. There's three of them, a face brush, a eyeliner brush, and a lip colour brush, and they're all pink handled with rhinestones in the bottom of the handle, and I thought they were really cute, and cheap so why not.
So that was my box, and then tonight, I just got some neutrogena face cleanser. I watched a few skin care videos, and have decided that the reason my face is so dry is because I'm scrubbing it to much. Instead of having a exfoliator and a cleanser, I was just using the stuff with the rough bits ALL the time as my cleanser and it was irritating my skin, stripping it of it's moisture, and my own moisterizer couldn't keep up. SO, I am going under the advice of the almighty Petrilude, who's a professional, and therefor, knows a hell of a lot more then I do.
Cleanse two times, first time to get off oil and dirt, second time you actually clean your skin. So to help with that process, I'm going to use my face wipes to take my make up off, use my new cleanser, which is from the same line as the exfoliator, and the toner I have, and start a skin care regime, that's totally not how you spell it but whatever.
So here goes, weekly face thing. Mon. Wed. and Fri. Use the exfoliator in the shower in the morning, use toner, and moisturizer. Tuesday, thursday, and saturday, use just cleanser, toner and moisturizer, Sunday, use cleanser, mint julip face mask, Biore nose strips, and moisturizer.
Sound like a plan? I may change the exfoliator usage depending on how big of an improvement my skin has after cutting down on using it so often. *nods*
So that's it for today.. I'll probably type up again friday with the review of the balm, and the gloss i got, aaaaand, the mac prep and prime, cause it comes tomorrow, along with my vanilla pigment so I'll be playing with those for friday.
Anywho, enjoy the rest of your week, and hope you all enjoy!
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6 Things that Make Me Happy
Even though she doesn't follow my blog anymore, I saw this on Hele's bloggy and thought I'd give it a shot. Mine isn't going to be as spiffy as hers as I have no pictures to put up, but yeah.
1.) Sneakers. I love sneakers, I'm not addicted enough really to be called a "Sneaker Head" I don't troll ebay looking for them, or stalk websites for new designs. But I do like the classics, original chuck t's, white on white reeboks or nike's, shell toes, yeah. I'm feeling that. You can tell alot about a persons personality on how they take care of their sneakers. Just an fyi
2.) Sleep. I never seem to get enough of it, so it's one of my favorite things in the world. I love curling up in my bed and sawing a log. It sounds stupid, but yeah.
3.) Nail Polish. I've always wanted really pretty nails but I've always had the bad habit of biting them, so I put acrylics on when I was 19 and pretty much kept 'em on for 6 months at a stretch, then gave my nails 6 months off to recoup before putting them back on. Now that I've taken them off til August, I love buying nail polish and how pretty my hands look after they're freshly painted. Just wish my job wasn't so rough on my hands that they didn't chip alla time. =(
4.) Smell Memories. I love smelling something, whether it's a food, or a perfume, or a outside smell, that reminds me of something from a long time ago. The scent of my grandfathers basement workshop, the smell of the hot asphalt just before it got hit with cold rain (that's a favorite of mine scent wise), the smell of a storm coming in from the ocean, the many food scents that remind me of my childhood. I always know when I've made food right because it'll remind me of my grandma and how I learned to cook by watching her and my grandpa in the kitchen.
5.) Shinys. Now, unlike most shallow women, my shiny's dont have to be expensive. You coulda bought it at walmart and I wouldn't care. As long as it's pretty and or cute, I'll take it and never say a word about the cost, unless it cost alot in which i'll whine at you that you shouldn't have bought it for me, but i'll treasure it all the more because of it. My dad and I have a similiar interest in alot of things and odd jewelry is one of them. Browsing those stores that sell dragon and wizard and faery motif type stuff, where the whole place smells like incense, and you see all the stones in the odd settings, and stuff, thats the kinda jewelry I like.
I don't like diamonds, or really expensive name brand shit. I think it's crap. I'd rather have sterling silver dream catcher earrings, then the biggest rock you could put in my ear. I know I'm a nut.
6.) My iPod. Anytime I feel like crap I reach for it. When I'm happy I reach for it. When I'm crying and upset, I reach for it. My ipod is my universal favorite thing, I really could not live without it now that I've had it. Thanks to my ex boyfriend who bought this one for me cause my other overheated. He never asked for it back either. Or asked for the money for it, although I thought plenty of times to send it to him anyways. But yeah my ipod keeps me sane, and reminds me that anytime I miss my kpop boys all i have to do is reach for my ipod and they're right there waiting to sing to me. :) apple = Love. <3>>Tami
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Haul and updates...
Hello my peoples, sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Life kinda got crazy for a minute, and yeah. But I FINALLY got my Cherry Culture haul. Well really I had to go get it and bring it home. - -; And when I got home friday, I found yet ANOTHER note on my door from UPS about my 2nd Mac order, because I have to sign for it. So I rescheduled the delivery for Thursday, and hopefully I can wait for it to come in, and then go to work after. So I'm going to tell my boss, that I have a repair person or some such coming to my house, and that I have to be present to let them in, and it's one of those between this time, to this time, and if he comes early then I'll come into work, if not, if he comes in at like 2 or 3 or whenever, then I won't be in, but I'll call ahead and let her know. I'm going to tell both my lead at work and my boss tomorrow when I go in, just so I give them ample warning.
The things I do for make up I swear! But, for those of you in the UK, I don't know if you have this problem, but UPS will only attempt to deliver it 3 times, and if they miss you each time, then they send your stuff back to the shipper. Now, I had a box sent to my house but they left onna those lil note things, I forgot about it, and it got shipped back and my money wasn't refunded. So there's no way I'm losing out on 127.00 worth of stuff. So yeah... enough ranting, onto the good stuff!
So Cherry Culture had their stuff on sale, like they frequently do, and I took advantage of some stuff.
I got alot of eyeshadow palettes actually, just because I wanted a variety of colours, much more so then I have at the moment. And they're by Amuse. And I got
Two of the Amuse Bella Eyeshadow Palettes, One in Diva, and one in Romance. The colours are all really glittery and shimmery and that's really what drew me to the palettes in the first place, I haven't used them yet so I'll post a review later if someone requests it or if I just do it out of boredom about the pigmentation and fall outs of glitter and such should there be any. The colours really are pretty though. pinks and golds and taupes in the I believe it's the Diva palette and the Romance palette has brighter more cheerful shades of colours. I like 'em both.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-bella-eye-palette/17152&cat=0&page=2 <~~ That's the link with the colours.
Two of the Amuse Flower Palettes, there's really only two to choose from so I got both, one's in Pixie, the other in Princess. you get 6 eyeshadows and two decent sized blusher pans. Now I would like to say that these palettes appear very shimmery on the top, but once you use the top layer I believe the colours go sorta matte which kinda reminds me of the Dame Edna Beauty Powders from Mac. I've only just swiped a finger across one of the blushes to see and alot of the glitter came off, so yeah. I'll update with this once I start using it. http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-flower-palette/17061&cat=0&page=4
I got an Amuse Girl double Mirror. I like the picture on the front, it's not really "nice" cause it's not metallic like the picture leads you to believe, it's actually plastic, but it's nicer then the plain ConAir one I've BEEN using in my makeup bag for awhile so I thought I'd get one. It's Type B just so you know, second one from the left, and I really wanted the one all the way at the end on the right but it's out of stock, even now. But I like it.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-girl-mirror/16986&cat=0&page=5
And finally from Amuse I got two of their Ice Palettes, although the covers say "Diamond" palette, probably because they have diamond cuts in the shadow itself to give it that textured look that NYX's single shadows have yah know? Now I had thought I asked for the Pixi and the Princess again, but they sent me Pixi and Midnight. o.O doesn't matter though I love the colours in all the palettes. And i've used the pixi one of this type already saturday, and the pigmentation was pretty good for something that cheap.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-ice-palette/16873&cat=0&page=5
Then, I got a eyeshadow quad / duo blusher kit thingie from Starry. There were two colours to choose from, one purple, and one blue, although in the picture given of said make up, neither appear to be the colours. The picture depicts a pink one, and a white one. Go figure, but I got the blue one. And it has four shades of blue eyeshadow on top, very pigmented, although it does smell a bit powdery, kinda like baby powder and one of the shadows is a bit chalky, but all in all for the price, it's pretty good. And the on the second level, cause it has more underneath, there's two blusher colours, one a sort of light peach colour, the other a darker corally colour. They're both pretty nice, although I've never tried peachy coloured blushers before, I tend to stick to pinks, but I'm willing to branch out and try it. The compact in and of itself is pretty small, so it's ideal to toss in your bag and use it with a powder compact for touch ups through the day. Also comes with two sponge tip applicators who's plastic handles, i might add, match the blue pastic of the whole case.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/starry/starry-shadow-blush-palette/16147&cat=0&page=6
Then I got a Mood lipgloss from Starry, which, really just looks like a clear gloss to me, I haven't tried it yet, but I really bought it more so for the packaging then buying into the gimmick. It doesn't smell bad, or really of anything to be honest. There's a slight fruity smell I think, which is always a pleasent alternative to some really strong smelling glosses that you have to smell all day long. This gloss also doesn't have a doe foot applicator, or a brush, it's a straight up stick. It reminds me of the japanese glosses that ChefCaffy sent to PinkieCharm in one of PinkieCharm's haul videos. It's just a flat applicator, and I've never used anything like that, nor did I know that it had one when I bought it, I just liked the butterfly on the bottle. I got one in purple, just an fyi. Now the "mirror" on the back is nothing more then a piece of cheap plastic, and you can hardly see yourself in it, but again for 2.50 you really can't expect granduere yah know?
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/starry/starry-magic-mood-lipgloss/16866&cat=0&page=4
Then I got this lip balm from a company called Crazy Rumors. They make lip balms in the taste of specific drinks. They have a coffee set, they have a Tea set, and the one I got, was the Crazy Rumors Brew Tea Lip Balm in Orange Bergamot (Earl Grey). I've only used it once, but I have to say I like the texture, I like the scent, it didn't wear off for awhile, and my lips felt really soft and smooth when it finally did. I'd rate it up there with a couple of other balms I like, such as Burts Bees and Chapstix. So yeah, Crazy Rumor's is a pretty good alternative to either of those.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/crazy-rumors/crazy-rumors-brew-tea-balm/16697&cat=0&page=1
And Finally, I got myself a crapton, well not really, but a bunch of NYX Girls polishes. ^^ I'm really into nails at the moment, espically since I've had my acrylics off since mid December, and have decided to let my breathe and grow until my Birthday in August, and then I'll get them redone in acrylic. But yeah I got;
Mother of Pearl, which is this pearly irridecent colour, I like it.
Candy Glitter, which is a baby pink with loads of glitter in it.
Silver, which well should be self explainatory.
Aqua Glitter, which is also self explainatory.
And Black, please see above.
I had bought a black Polish from Milani, but I dont like the pigmentation on it. It doesn't cover very well, it's kinda cheap, and yeah you have to apply like 3 coats of Milani just to get it dark enough to not see bits of your nail through the black streaks. So I thought I'd give the NYX one a shot, since the other black NYX I bought in Asphalt is black but with multi coloured glitters in it.
I'm currently wearing Mother of Pearl, over Mac's Vericose Violet, and it's really pretty. Very purplely, blue reflecty, milky, prettiness. <3>>Tami
The things I do for make up I swear! But, for those of you in the UK, I don't know if you have this problem, but UPS will only attempt to deliver it 3 times, and if they miss you each time, then they send your stuff back to the shipper. Now, I had a box sent to my house but they left onna those lil note things, I forgot about it, and it got shipped back and my money wasn't refunded. So there's no way I'm losing out on 127.00 worth of stuff. So yeah... enough ranting, onto the good stuff!
So Cherry Culture had their stuff on sale, like they frequently do, and I took advantage of some stuff.
I got alot of eyeshadow palettes actually, just because I wanted a variety of colours, much more so then I have at the moment. And they're by Amuse. And I got
Two of the Amuse Bella Eyeshadow Palettes, One in Diva, and one in Romance. The colours are all really glittery and shimmery and that's really what drew me to the palettes in the first place, I haven't used them yet so I'll post a review later if someone requests it or if I just do it out of boredom about the pigmentation and fall outs of glitter and such should there be any. The colours really are pretty though. pinks and golds and taupes in the I believe it's the Diva palette and the Romance palette has brighter more cheerful shades of colours. I like 'em both.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-bella-eye-palette/17152&cat=0&page=2 <~~ That's the link with the colours.
Two of the Amuse Flower Palettes, there's really only two to choose from so I got both, one's in Pixie, the other in Princess. you get 6 eyeshadows and two decent sized blusher pans. Now I would like to say that these palettes appear very shimmery on the top, but once you use the top layer I believe the colours go sorta matte which kinda reminds me of the Dame Edna Beauty Powders from Mac. I've only just swiped a finger across one of the blushes to see and alot of the glitter came off, so yeah. I'll update with this once I start using it. http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-flower-palette/17061&cat=0&page=4
I got an Amuse Girl double Mirror. I like the picture on the front, it's not really "nice" cause it's not metallic like the picture leads you to believe, it's actually plastic, but it's nicer then the plain ConAir one I've BEEN using in my makeup bag for awhile so I thought I'd get one. It's Type B just so you know, second one from the left, and I really wanted the one all the way at the end on the right but it's out of stock, even now. But I like it.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-girl-mirror/16986&cat=0&page=5
And finally from Amuse I got two of their Ice Palettes, although the covers say "Diamond" palette, probably because they have diamond cuts in the shadow itself to give it that textured look that NYX's single shadows have yah know? Now I had thought I asked for the Pixi and the Princess again, but they sent me Pixi and Midnight. o.O doesn't matter though I love the colours in all the palettes. And i've used the pixi one of this type already saturday, and the pigmentation was pretty good for something that cheap.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/amuse/amuse-ice-palette/16873&cat=0&page=5
Then, I got a eyeshadow quad / duo blusher kit thingie from Starry. There were two colours to choose from, one purple, and one blue, although in the picture given of said make up, neither appear to be the colours. The picture depicts a pink one, and a white one. Go figure, but I got the blue one. And it has four shades of blue eyeshadow on top, very pigmented, although it does smell a bit powdery, kinda like baby powder and one of the shadows is a bit chalky, but all in all for the price, it's pretty good. And the on the second level, cause it has more underneath, there's two blusher colours, one a sort of light peach colour, the other a darker corally colour. They're both pretty nice, although I've never tried peachy coloured blushers before, I tend to stick to pinks, but I'm willing to branch out and try it. The compact in and of itself is pretty small, so it's ideal to toss in your bag and use it with a powder compact for touch ups through the day. Also comes with two sponge tip applicators who's plastic handles, i might add, match the blue pastic of the whole case.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/starry/starry-shadow-blush-palette/16147&cat=0&page=6
Then I got a Mood lipgloss from Starry, which, really just looks like a clear gloss to me, I haven't tried it yet, but I really bought it more so for the packaging then buying into the gimmick. It doesn't smell bad, or really of anything to be honest. There's a slight fruity smell I think, which is always a pleasent alternative to some really strong smelling glosses that you have to smell all day long. This gloss also doesn't have a doe foot applicator, or a brush, it's a straight up stick. It reminds me of the japanese glosses that ChefCaffy sent to PinkieCharm in one of PinkieCharm's haul videos. It's just a flat applicator, and I've never used anything like that, nor did I know that it had one when I bought it, I just liked the butterfly on the bottle. I got one in purple, just an fyi. Now the "mirror" on the back is nothing more then a piece of cheap plastic, and you can hardly see yourself in it, but again for 2.50 you really can't expect granduere yah know?
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/starry/starry-magic-mood-lipgloss/16866&cat=0&page=4
Then I got this lip balm from a company called Crazy Rumors. They make lip balms in the taste of specific drinks. They have a coffee set, they have a Tea set, and the one I got, was the Crazy Rumors Brew Tea Lip Balm in Orange Bergamot (Earl Grey). I've only used it once, but I have to say I like the texture, I like the scent, it didn't wear off for awhile, and my lips felt really soft and smooth when it finally did. I'd rate it up there with a couple of other balms I like, such as Burts Bees and Chapstix. So yeah, Crazy Rumor's is a pretty good alternative to either of those.
http://www.cherryculture.com/cosmetics/makeup/crazy-rumors/crazy-rumors-brew-tea-balm/16697&cat=0&page=1
And Finally, I got myself a crapton, well not really, but a bunch of NYX Girls polishes. ^^ I'm really into nails at the moment, espically since I've had my acrylics off since mid December, and have decided to let my breathe and grow until my Birthday in August, and then I'll get them redone in acrylic. But yeah I got;
Mother of Pearl, which is this pearly irridecent colour, I like it.
Candy Glitter, which is a baby pink with loads of glitter in it.
Silver, which well should be self explainatory.
Aqua Glitter, which is also self explainatory.
And Black, please see above.
I had bought a black Polish from Milani, but I dont like the pigmentation on it. It doesn't cover very well, it's kinda cheap, and yeah you have to apply like 3 coats of Milani just to get it dark enough to not see bits of your nail through the black streaks. So I thought I'd give the NYX one a shot, since the other black NYX I bought in Asphalt is black but with multi coloured glitters in it.
I'm currently wearing Mother of Pearl, over Mac's Vericose Violet, and it's really pretty. Very purplely, blue reflecty, milky, prettiness. <3>>Tami
Monday, February 16, 2009
Hello Kitty Haul...
Hello All,
So despite what I thought, my Hello Kitty stuff did come today because I guess UPS is running, even though the postal office isn't. At least I dont think it is.
Anyways, it's a small mac box, but it's my first, and I shall be keeping it as a badge of leaping into Mac stuffs. ^^ This may seem like something stupid to alot of people who have been buying mac forever and a decade but to me, who is just learning higher end brands, it's a big deal.
So I'm sure alot of you have already seen pictures, and watched peoples hauls, and even seen tutorials on the colours. So I wont bore you with alla that. And I've already mentioned what I got so again I wont go through the list again. I also got my nail polish in Vericose Violet from Dame Edna. I LOVE it, it's so pretty so thank you to Sarah, aka FoundOnFilm who showed it in one of her videos. It's beautiful and I love it. ^^
However, I do have one question which, when I was opening my stuff kinda struck me as odd. All of the stuff I got as I'm sure all the mac stuff says "Back to Mac" which is their recycling program. Now, the part that strikes me as odd is this. The packaging for Hello Kitty is really all that people bought this collection for, I mean lets be real, the colours were nice, but some of them were re promotes so they weren't anything like "OMG i've never seen anything like that before I MUST have it." So, the thought of people actually taking the bottles or tubes or quads back once they're done struck me as kinda funny. xD But yah that's just me.
I'm still a little concerned that my Cherry Culture stuff isn't here yet. Espically since it was approved and shipped before my Mac Stuff even went in for order. o.O I know that cherry culture is notorious for being late but I've already got confirmation that it's been shipped so I dunno where it is. Makes me sad panda. :(
Anyways, I put in another Mac order, for things that I thought I could use for my make up kit as a pro, and one thing that I just broke down and got.
I ordered;
>Vanilla pigment, because everyone who does a make up starter kit on youtube suggests it,
>Rubenesque paint pot, because the other ones were going to be either to light or to dark.
>316 brush which is the lip brush with the metal cap. Cause I feel I need one.
>Mac Prep and Prime. It seems like a tool that would help foundation glide on more smoothly, I've been using revlon and it works sorta okay, but I wanna see if the prep and prime works better.
> and finally because I could avoid it no longer, I finally buckled and paid the 42.00 and bought the hello kitty plushie doll. - -; I know I'm retarded and such a little kid but, I remember my first sanrio product was a back to school kit with pencils and scissors, and paper, and erasers that were My Melody. And I've had a love affair with hello kitty ever since. That was in 2nd grade by the way cause I remember the bedroom I was in when I opened it after my mommy gave it to me. We moved around alot which is why it's easier to remember what grade it was. So you figure you were what? 7 in 2nd grade? And i'm 27 now? yeah, it's been a long time love affair with hello kitty. I had whole big folders of pictures of her from the net, but my grandparents thought it was dumb so I never got plushies of her. :( meh.
And thanks to Pinkie Charm I finally have the name for Hello Kitty and Mimmy's pet kitten named Charmmy Kitty. She's cute, so hopefully when I go to Sanrio next time, I can look for plushies of her. :)
SO yeah that's about it. Love yah all. ^^
>>Tami
So despite what I thought, my Hello Kitty stuff did come today because I guess UPS is running, even though the postal office isn't. At least I dont think it is.
Anyways, it's a small mac box, but it's my first, and I shall be keeping it as a badge of leaping into Mac stuffs. ^^ This may seem like something stupid to alot of people who have been buying mac forever and a decade but to me, who is just learning higher end brands, it's a big deal.
So I'm sure alot of you have already seen pictures, and watched peoples hauls, and even seen tutorials on the colours. So I wont bore you with alla that. And I've already mentioned what I got so again I wont go through the list again. I also got my nail polish in Vericose Violet from Dame Edna. I LOVE it, it's so pretty so thank you to Sarah, aka FoundOnFilm who showed it in one of her videos. It's beautiful and I love it. ^^
However, I do have one question which, when I was opening my stuff kinda struck me as odd. All of the stuff I got as I'm sure all the mac stuff says "Back to Mac" which is their recycling program. Now, the part that strikes me as odd is this. The packaging for Hello Kitty is really all that people bought this collection for, I mean lets be real, the colours were nice, but some of them were re promotes so they weren't anything like "OMG i've never seen anything like that before I MUST have it." So, the thought of people actually taking the bottles or tubes or quads back once they're done struck me as kinda funny. xD But yah that's just me.
I'm still a little concerned that my Cherry Culture stuff isn't here yet. Espically since it was approved and shipped before my Mac Stuff even went in for order. o.O I know that cherry culture is notorious for being late but I've already got confirmation that it's been shipped so I dunno where it is. Makes me sad panda. :(
Anyways, I put in another Mac order, for things that I thought I could use for my make up kit as a pro, and one thing that I just broke down and got.
I ordered;
>Vanilla pigment, because everyone who does a make up starter kit on youtube suggests it,
>Rubenesque paint pot, because the other ones were going to be either to light or to dark.
>316 brush which is the lip brush with the metal cap. Cause I feel I need one.
>Mac Prep and Prime. It seems like a tool that would help foundation glide on more smoothly, I've been using revlon and it works sorta okay, but I wanna see if the prep and prime works better.
> and finally because I could avoid it no longer, I finally buckled and paid the 42.00 and bought the hello kitty plushie doll. - -; I know I'm retarded and such a little kid but, I remember my first sanrio product was a back to school kit with pencils and scissors, and paper, and erasers that were My Melody. And I've had a love affair with hello kitty ever since. That was in 2nd grade by the way cause I remember the bedroom I was in when I opened it after my mommy gave it to me. We moved around alot which is why it's easier to remember what grade it was. So you figure you were what? 7 in 2nd grade? And i'm 27 now? yeah, it's been a long time love affair with hello kitty. I had whole big folders of pictures of her from the net, but my grandparents thought it was dumb so I never got plushies of her. :( meh.
And thanks to Pinkie Charm I finally have the name for Hello Kitty and Mimmy's pet kitten named Charmmy Kitty. She's cute, so hopefully when I go to Sanrio next time, I can look for plushies of her. :)
SO yeah that's about it. Love yah all. ^^
>>Tami
Sunday, February 15, 2009
New Haul..
Now that I have my taxes, I can afford to continue to add stuff to my make up kit. So I went to Walgreens to get Mountain Dew, my favorite drink of all time, and came back with almost 60 dollars worth of stuff, so this is what I got.
I got a box of Neutrogena cleaning wipes. Cause I'm almost out of my other ones. I need to get another tube of the scrub I used to cleanse my skin so I can do what Petrilude suggests, cleansing twice. Once to get the make up, dirt and oil off your face, and the second time to actually cleanse. Yep, gonna take his advice, he's a professional, and yet another reminder I have SO much to learn.
I got two new blushes, because the containers are huge and they're hue's I dont have yet. I got two CoverGirl "TruBlends Minerals" blushes. One in 425 Pure Romance which is shimmery pink colour, and Shimmering Sands which despite it's name and you thinking it'd be a brown or even tan colour, it's more rosey. They both leave a shimmery gleam after they've been worked into the skin, and I think they're pretty. The containers are farkin huge too, 18 grams for pity sakes, for like 7.50 or something like that which is 5 pound 26 in the UK, I looked it up :D SEE i do stuff for you guys! But yeah the powders are really pretty. They come in a sifter jar, and with a little puff each. I prefer a brush but yeah. I'll do a proper review once I've used them for awhile.
I also got a product that my favorite reviewer PinkieCharm on youtube used for her cuticles. Burts Beez Lemon Butter cuticle cream. I used it before I "attempted" my own french manicure, which came out horrible I might add, my left hand shook so much trying to put the lines on my right hand it was ridiculous.
I got a Nail art pen in white, from Sally Hansen to do aforementioned nail care, and it it works pretty good although it reminds me of working with a white out pen for typing mistakes yah know? On a type writer if any of you have ever seen one, i know it's considered ancient now a days with computers but yeah. It doesn't have to much staying power, and it bleeds pretty bad when you get to the corners of your nail but again, my hand was shaking pretty bad trying to draw a straight line so yeah. - -; I'll have to practice with it summore to master using it.
I got two new brushes from studio 38 or whatever it's called. It's a dual end shader and liner brush, I didn't realize it was dual end until i bought it. I also bought a single eye liner brush for my H.i.p gel eyeliner because the brush it came with is crap, and the Beauty Essentials brush that says "eyeliner" is a rounded brush instead of a angled brush, it's fibers aren't stiff enough and it just plain sucks so hopefully this one will work out better. I'll let you know.
I also bought a complete travel brush kit. It's a plastic case that when you open it has the brushes in the middle that ark and pop up. There's a blush brush, powder brush, eyeliner brush, eyebrow and eyelash brush, lip brush, eye shadow brush, and a mini mirror. I thought I could use that for my "clients" instead of having to worry about transferring my germs to someone else by using my other brushes.
Plus I remember watching Bolyre I think is how you spell his name, he hasn't made videos in forever but yeah, he said that he keeps his personal brushes seperate from his client brushes. And that to me sounds like a really good idea. SO, that's the point of that purchase. Plus it's compact enough to bring with me should I need to go somewhere, like to someone's house and do their make up. *nods*
And I think that was it. I've finally finished cleaning off my bereau and am going to put all the make up I have been piling up on my desk out to my make up area, and put all my nail stuff in the cubby where my WoW stuff used to be. ^^ Just to keep everything in it's own place yah know? So yeah. Thanks everybody for letting me rant and whine and bitch in my last post, I was just really upset trying to figure all this stuff out. But I've talked to some friends who support me and I feel better. Night!
>>Tami
I got a box of Neutrogena cleaning wipes. Cause I'm almost out of my other ones. I need to get another tube of the scrub I used to cleanse my skin so I can do what Petrilude suggests, cleansing twice. Once to get the make up, dirt and oil off your face, and the second time to actually cleanse. Yep, gonna take his advice, he's a professional, and yet another reminder I have SO much to learn.
I got two new blushes, because the containers are huge and they're hue's I dont have yet. I got two CoverGirl "TruBlends Minerals" blushes. One in 425 Pure Romance which is shimmery pink colour, and Shimmering Sands which despite it's name and you thinking it'd be a brown or even tan colour, it's more rosey. They both leave a shimmery gleam after they've been worked into the skin, and I think they're pretty. The containers are farkin huge too, 18 grams for pity sakes, for like 7.50 or something like that which is 5 pound 26 in the UK, I looked it up :D SEE i do stuff for you guys! But yeah the powders are really pretty. They come in a sifter jar, and with a little puff each. I prefer a brush but yeah. I'll do a proper review once I've used them for awhile.
I also got a product that my favorite reviewer PinkieCharm on youtube used for her cuticles. Burts Beez Lemon Butter cuticle cream. I used it before I "attempted" my own french manicure, which came out horrible I might add, my left hand shook so much trying to put the lines on my right hand it was ridiculous.
I got a Nail art pen in white, from Sally Hansen to do aforementioned nail care, and it it works pretty good although it reminds me of working with a white out pen for typing mistakes yah know? On a type writer if any of you have ever seen one, i know it's considered ancient now a days with computers but yeah. It doesn't have to much staying power, and it bleeds pretty bad when you get to the corners of your nail but again, my hand was shaking pretty bad trying to draw a straight line so yeah. - -; I'll have to practice with it summore to master using it.
I got two new brushes from studio 38 or whatever it's called. It's a dual end shader and liner brush, I didn't realize it was dual end until i bought it. I also bought a single eye liner brush for my H.i.p gel eyeliner because the brush it came with is crap, and the Beauty Essentials brush that says "eyeliner" is a rounded brush instead of a angled brush, it's fibers aren't stiff enough and it just plain sucks so hopefully this one will work out better. I'll let you know.
I also bought a complete travel brush kit. It's a plastic case that when you open it has the brushes in the middle that ark and pop up. There's a blush brush, powder brush, eyeliner brush, eyebrow and eyelash brush, lip brush, eye shadow brush, and a mini mirror. I thought I could use that for my "clients" instead of having to worry about transferring my germs to someone else by using my other brushes.
Plus I remember watching Bolyre I think is how you spell his name, he hasn't made videos in forever but yeah, he said that he keeps his personal brushes seperate from his client brushes. And that to me sounds like a really good idea. SO, that's the point of that purchase. Plus it's compact enough to bring with me should I need to go somewhere, like to someone's house and do their make up. *nods*
And I think that was it. I've finally finished cleaning off my bereau and am going to put all the make up I have been piling up on my desk out to my make up area, and put all my nail stuff in the cubby where my WoW stuff used to be. ^^ Just to keep everything in it's own place yah know? So yeah. Thanks everybody for letting me rant and whine and bitch in my last post, I was just really upset trying to figure all this stuff out. But I've talked to some friends who support me and I feel better. Night!
>>Tami
Pedistal broken...
So, I've just had a bit of a pedistal broken for me. One of the make up guru people I follow on youtube who is also planning on going into make up school was on blog tv, most of you probably know who I'm talking about. I had asked questions about whether there was a particular branch of make up she wanted to get into, what was she going to do once she finished school, was she going to just free lance or anything, and I really didn't get responses back. I got "I dont know" and then the attention was reverted to pickles and someone singing Bohemian Rhapsody in the chat. o.O
Now I am well aware that I am not in any way shape or form part of the youtube community. And when I start doing videos, it will probably continue that way, simply because I'm an outsider. There are so many people that do hauls, and tutorials, and reviews, that I don't see anything I do as anything special, but I hope to hit a cord with at least someone.
But enough of my disappointment. I really shouldn't be though, I dont have any reason to think that she'd give up any of her other conversations to talk to just me, but yeah, it was still a bit of a let down. I also think that one of my favorite people on youtube doesn't like me. I posted a comment on one of her videos, not meaning to be a smartass but looking back I can see how it would be taken that I was, and I feel really bad about it now. Then I watched her other channel, and she touched on a subject that I know about first hand and offered a suggestion, and she replied, and I sent her a long page worth of encouragement, and I'm able to post on her video's again, but yeah. I feel bad. I think I talk to much. Whenever I post on her videos I always leave a long comment, only really because I feel like "great haul!!!!1111oenoenoen" is like dumb to put, cause everyone says that. I just have a really big mouth with alot to say I suppose.
But I watch these people and a few of them I'd like to be friends with, not because I want anything from them, just because, I dont have very many friends who are into make up like I am, and some of them are down on my wanting to be a make up artist, they think i'm just being dumb. So if I had other people to talk to about it, like I have people here who actually read this, then maybe I would have enough courage to do more then I'm doing. =/
So my course of action is as follows;
My first free lance make up gig is coming up soon. I explained the situation in the blog post below this so I wont repeat myself, and once I do that, I'll get her pictures to put in my portfolio, and hopefully I can continue working with her, and get enough photo's together to put up on the net and get more work doing such. Unfortunately, since I don't drive legally down here, I'm at a disadvantage. But I'll have to figure something out.
Once I save up enough to go to school for this, I'm going to have to take a night job. Now T.A.G or the answer group down here has day and night shifts, if I could get the night shift there, and go to school during the day, then I'd be able to swing it that way, I'd find some way to make it work.
So as of right now, my main goal is to get practice in fantasy make up to become a make up artist for the Ren faire, and other L.a.r.p'ing things of that sort. Since i'm such a D&D geek it only seems fitting eh?
Thats another thing, where did my sister go today? With my nephew, and her lil family? THE REN FAIRE, you think she'd ask ME if I wanted to go? No of course not. *sigh* It would have been a great opportunity for me to ask questions from the cast of how one becomes a vendor to do stuff like that. But no. Once again, fate has denied me.
I'm sorry this post is so negative but I'm just so frustrated right now trying to figure out my situation and how I'm going to make my dream work out that I'm feeling very blah right now, and my lack of getting answers from someone I look up to just compacted it into a big box of meh. - -;; So I'm going to go brain storm summore and leave this post as is. I dont wanna hear flames about how I should know better, or how I really shouldn't expect someone to be nice to me just because I'm nice to them. Save that lecture for someone who cares. Thanks.
Now I am well aware that I am not in any way shape or form part of the youtube community. And when I start doing videos, it will probably continue that way, simply because I'm an outsider. There are so many people that do hauls, and tutorials, and reviews, that I don't see anything I do as anything special, but I hope to hit a cord with at least someone.
But enough of my disappointment. I really shouldn't be though, I dont have any reason to think that she'd give up any of her other conversations to talk to just me, but yeah, it was still a bit of a let down. I also think that one of my favorite people on youtube doesn't like me. I posted a comment on one of her videos, not meaning to be a smartass but looking back I can see how it would be taken that I was, and I feel really bad about it now. Then I watched her other channel, and she touched on a subject that I know about first hand and offered a suggestion, and she replied, and I sent her a long page worth of encouragement, and I'm able to post on her video's again, but yeah. I feel bad. I think I talk to much. Whenever I post on her videos I always leave a long comment, only really because I feel like "great haul!!!!1111oenoenoen" is like dumb to put, cause everyone says that. I just have a really big mouth with alot to say I suppose.
But I watch these people and a few of them I'd like to be friends with, not because I want anything from them, just because, I dont have very many friends who are into make up like I am, and some of them are down on my wanting to be a make up artist, they think i'm just being dumb. So if I had other people to talk to about it, like I have people here who actually read this, then maybe I would have enough courage to do more then I'm doing. =/
So my course of action is as follows;
My first free lance make up gig is coming up soon. I explained the situation in the blog post below this so I wont repeat myself, and once I do that, I'll get her pictures to put in my portfolio, and hopefully I can continue working with her, and get enough photo's together to put up on the net and get more work doing such. Unfortunately, since I don't drive legally down here, I'm at a disadvantage. But I'll have to figure something out.
Once I save up enough to go to school for this, I'm going to have to take a night job. Now T.A.G or the answer group down here has day and night shifts, if I could get the night shift there, and go to school during the day, then I'd be able to swing it that way, I'd find some way to make it work.
So as of right now, my main goal is to get practice in fantasy make up to become a make up artist for the Ren faire, and other L.a.r.p'ing things of that sort. Since i'm such a D&D geek it only seems fitting eh?
Thats another thing, where did my sister go today? With my nephew, and her lil family? THE REN FAIRE, you think she'd ask ME if I wanted to go? No of course not. *sigh* It would have been a great opportunity for me to ask questions from the cast of how one becomes a vendor to do stuff like that. But no. Once again, fate has denied me.
I'm sorry this post is so negative but I'm just so frustrated right now trying to figure out my situation and how I'm going to make my dream work out that I'm feeling very blah right now, and my lack of getting answers from someone I look up to just compacted it into a big box of meh. - -;; So I'm going to go brain storm summore and leave this post as is. I dont wanna hear flames about how I should know better, or how I really shouldn't expect someone to be nice to me just because I'm nice to them. Save that lecture for someone who cares. Thanks.
Friday, February 13, 2009
OMG!! omg omg omg omg Oh.em.gee!
So my friend Fulani, who's gone back to school for uhh something to do with theater or television production, something of that sort, she has a girl in her class who's a "model" part time. And this model is going for a photo shoot to add to her portfolio to step up her game. So she had said that she wanted someone to do creative make up on her for this shoot.
So what does Fulani do? She drops MY name!! O.O!!! omg omg omg omg OMG!! *Spazz* I'm going to get to do make up for a model for a photo shoot, how awesome is that!? It's excatly what I wanna do! It's so awesome there isn't a right adjective to put in front of awesome to say really how awesome it is. I'm nervous and originally I said no, cause I didn't think I could do it, but Fulani, stubborn as always, talked me through it, and today I told her I'd do it.
She's a black girl, which is a bit of a bummer cause being white, I dont have any face products in her shade, SO I have to tell Fulani to ask the girl to bring her own foundation and powder, (how tacky is that?? hey im a newbie, hush.) and her mascara, cause I heard you're not supposed to share mascara. Germ transfer and alla that. So I've decided that now that my tax refund check got here (WOOT!) I'm gonna go to the CCS tomorrow, after stopping at Tates for some new D&D papers, maybe another dice set, and a few tokidoki items.
I should explain tates. Tates is one of the best Comic Book stores in south florida. Tate's wife, yes his name really is Tate, is a big anime fan, convinced him to start selling and renting Anime stuff, and she is also real artsy and stuff. So she has her own little gallery called Bears and Bees or something like that, upstairs. Just a little loft space where she has tee shirts, and all kindsa weird toys and stuff. Anyways, Im on their emailer list, and I read that they're having this huge sale to make room for the new tokidoki tiger stuff that's coming out this new season, so everything is 60% off. The jewelry, the tee shirts, all of it. Anyone who knows me knows I love tokidoki. So yeah that's a must tomorrow.
The CCS I'm going to see what they have left, if anything that I want, just a little jaunt really cause I haven't been since that first time, and I'm hoping that maybe they have some chill stuff. I remeber seeing the pigment, the reflects teal I think it was? Fulani bought that, but yeah, I should get it, and some brushes to start building up my kit that I only use on "Clients".
...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so happy I've got this chance to do this. *bounces around her room like a nut* <3
>>Tami
So what does Fulani do? She drops MY name!! O.O!!! omg omg omg omg OMG!! *Spazz* I'm going to get to do make up for a model for a photo shoot, how awesome is that!? It's excatly what I wanna do! It's so awesome there isn't a right adjective to put in front of awesome to say really how awesome it is. I'm nervous and originally I said no, cause I didn't think I could do it, but Fulani, stubborn as always, talked me through it, and today I told her I'd do it.
She's a black girl, which is a bit of a bummer cause being white, I dont have any face products in her shade, SO I have to tell Fulani to ask the girl to bring her own foundation and powder, (how tacky is that?? hey im a newbie, hush.) and her mascara, cause I heard you're not supposed to share mascara. Germ transfer and alla that. So I've decided that now that my tax refund check got here (WOOT!) I'm gonna go to the CCS tomorrow, after stopping at Tates for some new D&D papers, maybe another dice set, and a few tokidoki items.
I should explain tates. Tates is one of the best Comic Book stores in south florida. Tate's wife, yes his name really is Tate, is a big anime fan, convinced him to start selling and renting Anime stuff, and she is also real artsy and stuff. So she has her own little gallery called Bears and Bees or something like that, upstairs. Just a little loft space where she has tee shirts, and all kindsa weird toys and stuff. Anyways, Im on their emailer list, and I read that they're having this huge sale to make room for the new tokidoki tiger stuff that's coming out this new season, so everything is 60% off. The jewelry, the tee shirts, all of it. Anyone who knows me knows I love tokidoki. So yeah that's a must tomorrow.
The CCS I'm going to see what they have left, if anything that I want, just a little jaunt really cause I haven't been since that first time, and I'm hoping that maybe they have some chill stuff. I remeber seeing the pigment, the reflects teal I think it was? Fulani bought that, but yeah, I should get it, and some brushes to start building up my kit that I only use on "Clients".
...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so happy I've got this chance to do this. *bounces around her room like a nut* <3
>>Tami
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
L'Oreal H.i.p Khol Liners..
So this is a review. Shocking I know. xD On the L'Oreal H.i.P Khol Liners.
Now I have two, one in Teal and one in Burgandy, and the colours are gorgeous! However. When I bought these, I had this image in my head somehow that they were gel or some liquid variety of liner, and in actuality, they're not. Basically what L'Oreal has done is taken their pigment jars, put it into another container, and put stick wands into it for an applicator and called it a khol liner.
The only diffrence in the texture or consistancy from the pigment jars to the khol liners that I noticed was that the pigment jar was a bit more chunky. Other than that it's the same shadow.
Further more, the applicator is a bit difficult to work with, because it's not a brush of any sort, it's pretty much just a felt tip looking thing that holds onto product, very poorly at times I might add, it has a tendency for fall outs, very bad fall outs, it's not a consistant line, you have to double over in order to get the right amount of pigmentation when lining your eyes, and since it's shadow, and not a liquid form I dont recommend it for the waterline.
If you really wanted to use this for a liner, you could easily take the pigment jars, and a angle brush and maybe some water or other mixing medium and use it that way.
Do I like them? Yeah, they're okay, I like the colours because they're not available in the pigment jar form. Would I ever purchase them again? No. For me, they're to much of a hassle to get to work right, and in the morning, since I like to sleep in, I really dont have the time to fuss with it.
I have thought of buying a small small brush, kind of like the "best eyeliner brush ever?" from Lollipop26's video of the same title, and using THAT to line my eyes with the shadow. Or shaking some of the colour out, and using the same brush I use to line my eyes when using L'Oreal H.i.P's gel eyeliner. (The original brush it comes with to me is horrible, but that's another review)
But we shall see, I'll find some way to make it work and keep you all updated. ^^ Hope this helped. There are good points and bad points to this product, and depending on how much effort you wanta put into making it work for you, should be what you base your decision on as to whether or not you buy it.
Let me know if it worked for you, and what tips and tricks you used to making it work.
>>Tami
Now I have two, one in Teal and one in Burgandy, and the colours are gorgeous! However. When I bought these, I had this image in my head somehow that they were gel or some liquid variety of liner, and in actuality, they're not. Basically what L'Oreal has done is taken their pigment jars, put it into another container, and put stick wands into it for an applicator and called it a khol liner.
The only diffrence in the texture or consistancy from the pigment jars to the khol liners that I noticed was that the pigment jar was a bit more chunky. Other than that it's the same shadow.
Further more, the applicator is a bit difficult to work with, because it's not a brush of any sort, it's pretty much just a felt tip looking thing that holds onto product, very poorly at times I might add, it has a tendency for fall outs, very bad fall outs, it's not a consistant line, you have to double over in order to get the right amount of pigmentation when lining your eyes, and since it's shadow, and not a liquid form I dont recommend it for the waterline.
If you really wanted to use this for a liner, you could easily take the pigment jars, and a angle brush and maybe some water or other mixing medium and use it that way.
Do I like them? Yeah, they're okay, I like the colours because they're not available in the pigment jar form. Would I ever purchase them again? No. For me, they're to much of a hassle to get to work right, and in the morning, since I like to sleep in, I really dont have the time to fuss with it.
I have thought of buying a small small brush, kind of like the "best eyeliner brush ever?" from Lollipop26's video of the same title, and using THAT to line my eyes with the shadow. Or shaking some of the colour out, and using the same brush I use to line my eyes when using L'Oreal H.i.P's gel eyeliner. (The original brush it comes with to me is horrible, but that's another review)
But we shall see, I'll find some way to make it work and keep you all updated. ^^ Hope this helped. There are good points and bad points to this product, and depending on how much effort you wanta put into making it work for you, should be what you base your decision on as to whether or not you buy it.
Let me know if it worked for you, and what tips and tricks you used to making it work.
>>Tami
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Kitty Mild, Kitty Wild!
So I finally got the chance to put in my order this morning for Hello Kitty stuff from Mac. I stayed up till the wee hours to see if I could do it early morning before I went to sleep but, I guess they were updating the page when I tried. So I did it this morning when I woke up.
This is what I ordered:
Lipsticks: Strayin' & Cute ster
LipGlass: Mimmy & Fast Friends
Nail Polish: Something about Pink, On the Prowl, & Vestral White
Accessories: The purse Mirror & Medium sized make up bag.
I also put in an order for Vericose Violet nail polish from the Dame Edna collection. I saw it in a haul video by Sarah, otherwise known on youtube as FoundOnFilm.
It's a great thing that I can go in late today cause I got the chance to order all my stuff, and hopefully I'll have my camera by the time it gets here so I can do a youtube video for it. How awesome would that be??
Anyways, gotta go do my make up routine cause it's almost time to leave. Talk to you guys later! I hope the snow isn't to bad for my UK people. Stay warm out there.
>>Tami
This is what I ordered:
Lipsticks: Strayin' & Cute ster
LipGlass: Mimmy & Fast Friends
Nail Polish: Something about Pink, On the Prowl, & Vestral White
Accessories: The purse Mirror & Medium sized make up bag.
I also put in an order for Vericose Violet nail polish from the Dame Edna collection. I saw it in a haul video by Sarah, otherwise known on youtube as FoundOnFilm.
It's a great thing that I can go in late today cause I got the chance to order all my stuff, and hopefully I'll have my camera by the time it gets here so I can do a youtube video for it. How awesome would that be??
Anyways, gotta go do my make up routine cause it's almost time to leave. Talk to you guys later! I hope the snow isn't to bad for my UK people. Stay warm out there.
>>Tami
Monday, February 9, 2009
And I did it again....
*sigh* I must have a problem.
I put in an order at cherryculture.com like I said before, AND I went to walgreens yesterday to get ketchup, and bbq sauce for dinner, and what did I do? I bought new stuff. >.<
I feel kinda bad, but then again not, cause I love the stuff that I got, and the Hello Kitty stuff comes out tomorrow so I'm close. ^^
So here's what I got.
I had watched a video by lollipop26 about the hip khol liners that look like the indian khol liners, I got two. I wanted the black one, but they didn't have, so I got Burgandy, and Teal. Very pretty colours. Since I don't have to go into work until late tomorrow, I'm going to play around with them. I had thought they would have been liquid, but they're not. They're shadow. Which is interesting to say the very least. We shall see.
I got a Neutrogena tinted moisturizer because I've noticed that using the powder foundation, and also the liquid one, it makes the dry patches on my face more noticible. I use plenty of moisturizer after getting outta the shower, and it still makes the lines under my eyes, and the dry patches on my cheeks stand out more.
I dunno if it's because I'm not getting all the dead skin off when I use my face scrub, or my moisturizer isn't working well enough, I had mentioned a few posts back that I was looking into getting a new one. I may get the clinique one that Fafinettex3 talked about in her make up starter kit. Alot of people seem to really like it. So we shall see.
I also got a Revlon face primer, it kinda reminded me of the matte gel that Richie Nickel talks about as his favorite primer. It's not MAC, but I thought maybe I'd try the drugstore brand first, and see how it goes. I shall update and do a review at the end of the week to see how it works out.
I got another tube of the mascara that I talked about in my last post and couldn't remember the name of. It's Lash Exact. The thin purple tube. I really do like this mascara, more so than the Last Blast just because of the wand. It's not as big and clumsy. It gives me long lashes and seperates them, and I love it. I originally got it in brown cause I didn't pay attention to what colour I picked up. This time I made it a point to get the black one in Very Black. So now I have two. I like it alot and recommend it to anyone use loves lash blast but can't see to work with the big applicator brush. :)
And that's about it. Just an initial reaction of the eye khols, if I had known they weren't liquid I dont think I would have bought them. The applicator isn't a brush or anything like that, and while using it on my hand to figure out how best to apply, it can be chunky which promises fall outs galore. But I shall see how that goes.
I'll update you all again probably tomorrow before I go to work to tell you all about what I got from Hello Kitty, or rather what I ordered online. :) Bye!
>>Tami
I put in an order at cherryculture.com like I said before, AND I went to walgreens yesterday to get ketchup, and bbq sauce for dinner, and what did I do? I bought new stuff. >.<
I feel kinda bad, but then again not, cause I love the stuff that I got, and the Hello Kitty stuff comes out tomorrow so I'm close. ^^
So here's what I got.
I had watched a video by lollipop26 about the hip khol liners that look like the indian khol liners, I got two. I wanted the black one, but they didn't have, so I got Burgandy, and Teal. Very pretty colours. Since I don't have to go into work until late tomorrow, I'm going to play around with them. I had thought they would have been liquid, but they're not. They're shadow. Which is interesting to say the very least. We shall see.
I got a Neutrogena tinted moisturizer because I've noticed that using the powder foundation, and also the liquid one, it makes the dry patches on my face more noticible. I use plenty of moisturizer after getting outta the shower, and it still makes the lines under my eyes, and the dry patches on my cheeks stand out more.
I dunno if it's because I'm not getting all the dead skin off when I use my face scrub, or my moisturizer isn't working well enough, I had mentioned a few posts back that I was looking into getting a new one. I may get the clinique one that Fafinettex3 talked about in her make up starter kit. Alot of people seem to really like it. So we shall see.
I also got a Revlon face primer, it kinda reminded me of the matte gel that Richie Nickel talks about as his favorite primer. It's not MAC, but I thought maybe I'd try the drugstore brand first, and see how it goes. I shall update and do a review at the end of the week to see how it works out.
I got another tube of the mascara that I talked about in my last post and couldn't remember the name of. It's Lash Exact. The thin purple tube. I really do like this mascara, more so than the Last Blast just because of the wand. It's not as big and clumsy. It gives me long lashes and seperates them, and I love it. I originally got it in brown cause I didn't pay attention to what colour I picked up. This time I made it a point to get the black one in Very Black. So now I have two. I like it alot and recommend it to anyone use loves lash blast but can't see to work with the big applicator brush. :)
And that's about it. Just an initial reaction of the eye khols, if I had known they weren't liquid I dont think I would have bought them. The applicator isn't a brush or anything like that, and while using it on my hand to figure out how best to apply, it can be chunky which promises fall outs galore. But I shall see how that goes.
I'll update you all again probably tomorrow before I go to work to tell you all about what I got from Hello Kitty, or rather what I ordered online. :) Bye!
>>Tami
Thursday, February 5, 2009
New order...
So I dunno what came over me. I said I wasn't going to spend anything more until the Hello Kitty collection came out because... well yah it's going to be expensive. But I did my taxes and I know that I can get it with no problems now, so maybe that just allowed my obsessive compulsiveness to come shining through. Oh joy. - -;;
So I ordered some stuff from Cherry Culture. Some of the "other" brands I've never tried, like Amuse, Starry, and this one company that makes lip balms with tea! Anyone who knows me, knows that tea is one of my favorite drinks. Hot, cold, doesn't matter. I love the smell of tea bags, I love the taste of tea hot in the cup with milk and sugar, or by itself with lemon and honey, the tea from chinese resturants, sweet tea from down south, tea with lemon and honey cold from arizona, tea with gingseng, and well you get the idea, I love TEA! So I ordered the earl grey one, and if I like it, I'll get the other flavors.
I also ordered some eyeshadow palettes that were on sale. And not for their pigmentation, mostly for the names and the pretty packaging. I'm still a kid and I know it. ^^ They were 2 and 3 dollars a piece so it's not that big of a deal. If I was spending 10 or more on something like that, then I'd definately make sure it was better quality.
I also ordered some NYX nail polishes. I know everyone says OPI and China Glaze and MAC are the best nail polishes but, these were pretty colours and I couldn't help myself they were 1.50 for christ sakes! How do you turn that down?!?
Anyways, this weekend, I am devulging in one of my other hobbies. ANIME! There's a convention this weekend, MegaCon, which, since I'm Vice Prez of the Anime club I belong to, I'm obligated to go, and since I do the blog for our chapter, I must take pics, and document what we're doing. The Prez of our little organization, which happens to be my friend Fulani, is coming as well. Well it's really that she's going and dragging me along with her. Our friend Scott is planning on going too. We're supposed to stop by the CCS at Sak's afterwards before we go back to Fulani's house to play our weekly game of D&D. Yes, despite my intense love of make up, I am a gamer geek. Sad isn't it?
But that's my update... OH wait before I forget, I bought uhhhh three things make up related today. I bought two of those lil white stackable drawer things. The ones from the drugstore, I guess you UKers would get them at Superdrug or Boots perhaps? yeah, I got two of those, and put all my mostly used make up in them. All the palettes I dont use very often, and lip stuff I hardly use went in my train case under the table, I bought a Mirror that stands alone that I can get right up on, and do my make up cause the whole sitting sideways in the long mirror wasn't working out to well, and I got a tube of the Lash uhh something, the one in the thin pink tube by Cover Girl, it's in the lash blast family, not the luxe but another one. I'll write tomorrow in my haul from the CCS which one it is. I got it in brown because I foolishly forgot to look at the colour and just assumed it was black. Oh well, I dont have much in the way of brown mascara and when I do a neutral look with the liquid eyeliner I have in brown black it should go nicely. :)
OH another thing, I really like this look I did today. I used the mid tone brown creme shadow from my Revlon "not just nudes" palette, all over the lid, then used my NYX violet single shadow on just the lid of my eye, with black eyeliner, and black mascara, I have to say I liked the look ALOT. Maybe that'll be one of the ones I do when I start doing videos.
That's another thing, I've decided with part of the money I get back from my taxes, I'm going to buy a camera, and start doing videos on my own youtube channel. :) I'm going to have to work out my lighting, and my babbling problem, but I think I can be just as good as anyone else with an opinion. You don't necessarily need mac to look presentable. There are some drug store stuffs out there that can make you look decent espically for highschoolers who can't get their hands on mac until they get a job or splurge with birthday and christmas moneys. *nods* So yeah, any thoughs on camera's I'd appreciate the suggestions. I've narrowed it down to either Sony cyber shot, and Cannon power shot, I think that's how it goes, I know those are the two most popular ones that the guru's I watch on youtube use. But any other recommendations along with price tags are welcome. :)
Now I must go, and get my laundry from the dryer and hit the sack. Gnight all! ^^
Thanks to all my followers too by the way. You guys make me feel important, even if I'm not really. xD I hope you'll follow me to youtube when I make the transition.
Bai!
>>Tami
So I ordered some stuff from Cherry Culture. Some of the "other" brands I've never tried, like Amuse, Starry, and this one company that makes lip balms with tea! Anyone who knows me, knows that tea is one of my favorite drinks. Hot, cold, doesn't matter. I love the smell of tea bags, I love the taste of tea hot in the cup with milk and sugar, or by itself with lemon and honey, the tea from chinese resturants, sweet tea from down south, tea with lemon and honey cold from arizona, tea with gingseng, and well you get the idea, I love TEA! So I ordered the earl grey one, and if I like it, I'll get the other flavors.
I also ordered some eyeshadow palettes that were on sale. And not for their pigmentation, mostly for the names and the pretty packaging. I'm still a kid and I know it. ^^ They were 2 and 3 dollars a piece so it's not that big of a deal. If I was spending 10 or more on something like that, then I'd definately make sure it was better quality.
I also ordered some NYX nail polishes. I know everyone says OPI and China Glaze and MAC are the best nail polishes but, these were pretty colours and I couldn't help myself they were 1.50 for christ sakes! How do you turn that down?!?
Anyways, this weekend, I am devulging in one of my other hobbies. ANIME! There's a convention this weekend, MegaCon, which, since I'm Vice Prez of the Anime club I belong to, I'm obligated to go, and since I do the blog for our chapter, I must take pics, and document what we're doing. The Prez of our little organization, which happens to be my friend Fulani, is coming as well. Well it's really that she's going and dragging me along with her. Our friend Scott is planning on going too. We're supposed to stop by the CCS at Sak's afterwards before we go back to Fulani's house to play our weekly game of D&D. Yes, despite my intense love of make up, I am a gamer geek. Sad isn't it?
But that's my update... OH wait before I forget, I bought uhhhh three things make up related today. I bought two of those lil white stackable drawer things. The ones from the drugstore, I guess you UKers would get them at Superdrug or Boots perhaps? yeah, I got two of those, and put all my mostly used make up in them. All the palettes I dont use very often, and lip stuff I hardly use went in my train case under the table, I bought a Mirror that stands alone that I can get right up on, and do my make up cause the whole sitting sideways in the long mirror wasn't working out to well, and I got a tube of the Lash uhh something, the one in the thin pink tube by Cover Girl, it's in the lash blast family, not the luxe but another one. I'll write tomorrow in my haul from the CCS which one it is. I got it in brown because I foolishly forgot to look at the colour and just assumed it was black. Oh well, I dont have much in the way of brown mascara and when I do a neutral look with the liquid eyeliner I have in brown black it should go nicely. :)
OH another thing, I really like this look I did today. I used the mid tone brown creme shadow from my Revlon "not just nudes" palette, all over the lid, then used my NYX violet single shadow on just the lid of my eye, with black eyeliner, and black mascara, I have to say I liked the look ALOT. Maybe that'll be one of the ones I do when I start doing videos.
That's another thing, I've decided with part of the money I get back from my taxes, I'm going to buy a camera, and start doing videos on my own youtube channel. :) I'm going to have to work out my lighting, and my babbling problem, but I think I can be just as good as anyone else with an opinion. You don't necessarily need mac to look presentable. There are some drug store stuffs out there that can make you look decent espically for highschoolers who can't get their hands on mac until they get a job or splurge with birthday and christmas moneys. *nods* So yeah, any thoughs on camera's I'd appreciate the suggestions. I've narrowed it down to either Sony cyber shot, and Cannon power shot, I think that's how it goes, I know those are the two most popular ones that the guru's I watch on youtube use. But any other recommendations along with price tags are welcome. :)
Now I must go, and get my laundry from the dryer and hit the sack. Gnight all! ^^
Thanks to all my followers too by the way. You guys make me feel important, even if I'm not really. xD I hope you'll follow me to youtube when I make the transition.
Bai!
>>Tami
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