January ipsy bag review

Hi Friends,

Well here we go, I am a tough critic. I admit it, if I am allowing you to take $10 from my bank account every month I expect good to great things. I expect undamaged samples. I expect great smelling - undamaged samples no less. If I click that I like to "try new things" in my survey or choose a picture to look like Nicki Minaj as opposed to Meryl Streep, I expect to find something colorful in my bag/box/card/purse/etc. Ya feel me?

Imagine my amazement when I opened my ipsy bag and it was full, so full that one item wouldn't even fit! Full of fun, colorful, new, and exciting products!

1. London SOHO New York Concealer Brush

2. Pacifica  Tuscan Blood Orange, Body Butter

3. bigsexyhair Spray and Play, Volumizing Hairspray

4. Nailtini Nail Lacquer in Bloody Mary

5. Josie Maran Argan Oil

ipsy is a company that KNOWS its customers. They understand my high expectations. I love my monthly bag and I adore the high end, quality products!  I have been wanting a concealer brush and I have been wanting to try Josie Maran's Argan Oil! I hear you can use it on your hair, cuticles and face! It is great to have yet another great bag full of things I will use and could even take on my business trips that I have coming up! Check them out at http://www.ipsy.com/

They do have a wait list but believe you me, it is worth it! I also hear that it moves quickly! You can also try it out for a 3 month period which is great for people who might still be in love with their other beauty subscriptions, or a great birthday gift for your favorite beauty gal!

xoxo

M 

Birchbox

This post will be short and sweet.

Image Credit: alltopstartups.com

Makeup, Hair, Skin 

Deluxe samples

$10
(Shipping and Handling, INCLUDED)

Every month

4-5 samples

High end

Birchbox.com 

Interested?
Comment below with your e-mail!

I have heard so many amazing things about this and I find myself buying TOO much. I am currently on a Project Pan

What is that? - Project Pan: [Praw-ject Pah-n]You know when you have an amazing project that you use all the time? And then you see the dreaded silver pan that holds the project (see below) that my friend is a pan

Image Credit: daisyparade.blogspot.com

Project pan, using what you have until it is GONE. Then buying something new.

I have finished a powder, eye shadow and shampoo (no pans but why not!)

lovelovelove

M

99 Cent Sale!

There are a few reasons I check my favorite blogs daily.
One is to save money honey!

Enter G from http://nouveaucheap.blogspot.com/ 

She spends countless hours researching and distributing prime beauty deals and information. She is amazing! She even organizes each weekly sale by store: Rite Aid, CVS or Walgreens  etc. 

To quote a crazy little blonde stylist, she is Ba-na-nas! 

I started reading her blog last year and have figured out when I need to head to the drugstore to find the exact deal I am looking for, eye shadows, nail care, hair products, shower goodies...

Wet N Wild is known as that teeny bopper makeup line that costs pennies and is worth using about .5 times right? 

Well no more! They have improved every product they have. Their colors are much more pigmented which basically means more vibrant!
My favorites are the Comfort Zone Palette, which I use every day. And on stand by are my wet n wild color icon eye shadow singles in Brulee, and Nutty. After that are my Coastal Scent Palettes.

The great thing about these little babies is the price, the singles are usually $1.99 but from  8/28/11 to 9/24/11   all their $1.99 products are 99 cents! For the list of the products on sale check out this link!

Here is my haul from last night, not soon after my last post I grabbed the boy and we headed to Walgreens.

The pictures are from my phone so they might be a little grainy, I apologize.

Nail Polishes: (L-R) Wild Shine- Tickled Pink, Fast Dry- FuchsiaRama, Everybody Loves Redmond (Top,Bottom and Right) - Megalast - Bite the Bullet, Haze of Love, Under your Spell, Disturbia, and Sugar Coat.  

Mega Last Eye Liners - Black Brown, Charcoal, and Navy.

Idol Eyes Creme Shadow Pencils - Graphite and Pixie 

Eye Shadow Singles: Sugar, Brulee (x2), Penny, Nutty

* My daily eye, Brulee on lid, nutty on crease and a little sugar on the brow bone*
For night time, heavier on the Nutty, I like to add a little Penny to the middle of the lid and blend in your crease. It is beautiful copper color...or color of a penny get it? ;)

lovelovelove

Maya

-- EYE love it

I was recently asked what I like to do for fun.

Here was my list
Dance
Watch Movies

Spend time with Family/Friends

and....

Find an amazing deal! Pathetic?

Oh what do you know ;)

So yesterday I stayed a little late after work and decided to go to one of my favorite college poor-girl finds. This store is in an area I affectionately call.... "The Barrio" it isn't that bad but I like to name everything that meets my eye. So I went and found a great little love.

Brand/Name: Eyeshadow Long Dress, Strapless Straight Ruffled Eyelet Empire A-Line Maxi
Originally Priced: $48.00
I paid:$9.99!!
My Dress is black, but I couldn't for the life of it find the black version so here is a purple one.

There is also a makeup section at this place: It has all sorts of different makeup for ONE dollar. Yes, it is a cash only place which is a little odd but everything is sealed and safe so I got a few trinkets

Kleancolor Eyeshadow: American Eyedol Wet/Dry Baked Shadow, in Bronze. $1.00

I love a good bronze/gold color, it is the perfect summer look! You could also use a little bit on your shoulders to enhance your summer glow

L'OREAL Paris, HIP (High Intensity Pigments) Cream Shadow/Paint - 809 Lofty. $1.00

I love this product, if you are MAC kind of gal/guy this would be like a painterly paint pot. It doesn't crease, it added a great amount of color and this would be a great product to travel with you, if you dont have a lot of time you could apply it to your lids with some mascara for a really easy look under 1 minute!

L'OREAL Paris, HIP Pure Pigment Shadow Stick, 834 Alluring $0.50
L'OREAL Paris, HIP Pure Pigment Shadow Stick, 858 Exquisite $0.50

These little babies are new and I am so excited to use them!
 I love using Pigments!   "The most basic definition of a pigment describes it as a type of material which affects the color of light reflection and absorption."

L'OREALParis, HIP Jelly Balm, 720 Luscious

I found one of these at a Dollar store in the past and fell in love! Great color, very light and not goopy. Perfect for summer!

 

I also made a little trip to Forever 21 in Anaheim. I like to call this place Heaven. There is one amazing quality for plus size women at this store. There is an entire section for YOU. It is beautiful, organized and rarely do you see a size 2 in your section. But when you do they typically look at a size and say something rude like "Ugh who wears this" .... nice huh? But then I laugh and try to hold myself back from pointing at the 5 other areas in the store devoted to them.
;)

So I made a trip, headed to their amazing clearance racks and found these  this beauties y.

Price: 11 dollars, Yellow tag deal

Well shucks I have two floral tops one for work and one everyday but I can't find their pictures. Once I find them I will update this post.

The other reason I love Forever 21 Anaheim is because ...wait for it...

It is two stories.

The top level is all sale/clearance.

Need I say more?

Until next time.

lovelovelove

M