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I've moved!

2011-10-19T10:41:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone, I know I haven't posted on here in ages. I have been working on a new website though, and it's finally up! I will continue blogging over there. I hope you'll come over and join me. I'll be posting the same sort of thing there, product swatches and reviews, tips and tricks and all that good stuff. Here's the link. Hope to see you soon!

China Glaze Holiday 2010 Swatches

2010-11-30T23:17:00.000-05:00

Though there were plenty of shades from the China Glaze Holiday 2010 collection that I wanted, I only picked up 2.

Sugar Plums, Little Drummer Boy

Little Drummer Boy
A gorgeous navy shade. 2 coats.

Sugar Plums
This is a beautiful plum shimmer with subtle sparkles throughout. I'm obsessed with colours like this right now for both the nails and the lips!

Both of these applied wonderfully in 2 coats.

Did you pick up anything from the China Glaze Holiday 2010 collection?

IMATS Toronto 2010 Haul!

2010-11-18T12:23:00.000-05:00

Here it is, my haul from IMATS!

I did the most damage at Make Up For Ever. I am disappointed that they weren't selling their eye shadows individually, I had made a list of all the ones I wanted to get. Instead, they were selling 4 different premade palettes of 10 eye shadows. I ended up getting one of them. A few colours were shadows on my list but unfortunately, the famous #92 wasn't included in the palette I picked. I also got their HD Foundation, an HD Primer (the green one), a Rouge Artist Intense lipstick and 2 Aqua Creams.

My next stop was the Face Atelier booth. I knew I had to pick up some of their Ultra Foundation, I've been hearing rave reviews about it for ages. I also bought the Ultra Sheer in Champagne - this seems like a similar product to MAC Strobe Cream, it'll be great to give some extra glow and highlight. The Ultra Camouflage Duet, Ultra Loose Powder and #4 foundation brush also came home with me.

I've been wanting to try Embryolisse products for ages and was excited to visit their booth and pick up some products. I got the popular Lait-Creme Concentre, Rich Moisturising Cream, Exfoliating Care Cream and Smoothing Eye Contour Care.

Look at all the samples they gave with my purchase!

My one unexpected purchase of the day was from the Stila booth. When I heard they were giving 40% off their products, I couldn't resist picking up the #33 One Step Complexion Brush.

So far, I've used the Embroylisse Lait-Creme Concentre and Face Atelier Ultra Foundation a few times and really like them so far, but will wait until I've been using them a bit longer to give a review.

I went to IMATS with a mental list of all the brands I wanted to purchase things from, and I pretty much stuck to my list. I am kicking myself for not getting some OCC Lip Tars though. I tried to convince myself that I didn't need any, but the more swatches I see of all the gorgeous colours, the more I wish I would have picked some up! There's always next year, or maybe I'll cave and order a couple from the website at some point.

Stay tuned for reviews of some of these products coming up!

IMATS Recap!

2010-11-13T14:49:00.001-05:00

Last weekend was the International Makeup Artist Trade Show in Toronto. I attended on Saturday. It was my first year going, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I did hear that Make Up For Ever was going to be 40% off so I decided it was a good idea to get there early and hopefully avoid crazy crowds.

I got there right at opening and as you can see, it was still quite crowded. I even made up a list of what I wanted to get before going in hopes of being in and out of there quickly. I was disappointed to find out that they were not selling their eye shadows individually, only in pre picked palettes of 10.

I ran into Enrica pretty soon after I arrived and we browsed the booths together until it was time for Kandee Johnson's Q&A session. We were hoping to run into some other Toronto Beauty Bloggers there, but it was hard to find anyone because it was so crowded. We were lucky to get the last couple of seats available.

YouTube Guru Kandee Johnson

Kandee spoke about how she got started and answered audience questions about things ranging from getting into the industry, to air brushing and she gave makeup tips and tricks along the way.

Next, we went to a MAC presentation by Nadine Luke.

Nadine is MAC's Director of Makeup Artistry. She's the artist that did the famous Pamela Anderson Viva Glam ad campaign. She talked about the Fall and Winter trends, and also demonstrated some techniques on a model.

There was an Alice in Wonderland themed student competition and awards show going on, and I was able to get pictures of many of the entries.

The winner!

It's absolutely amazing how great everyone looked!

Body painting

Enrica with one of the fabulous models.

I had so much fun, I'm already looking forward to next year.

Stay tuned for my IMATS haul post!

MAC Dare To Wear Haul

2010-08-03T20:35:00.000-04:00

On Saturday, I met up with Naomi for a lunch date at Fresh. Love it there! It was great to catch up with her.

Of course afterwards, we headed over to the MAC Pro store. We checked out the new Dare To Wear collection, and I did end up buying some a couple of the shadows from the collection. I got Shock-A-Holic and Louder, Please. I also wanted to get the Gimme That lipglass, but they were sold out.

I picked up a few things that weren't a part of the collection as well - Aqualine Liquidlast Liner, and Vegas Volt and Impassioned lipsticks. All of those had been on my wishlist for a while.

A closer look at the lipsticks - Vegas Volt, Impassioned

I had Free To Be from when it was previously released with the Liberty of London collection, so it's in special packaging. Though it was re-released with both of these collections, it was originally released in the Free To Be quad with the Naturally Eccentric collection in 2005. It is now a part of the permanent collection and can be purchased at any time.

I was trying to take pictures of the 3 shadows together, and one of my kitties wanted to take a closer look at them.

Free To Be, Louder, Please, Shock-A-Holic

Free To Be
A matte coral colour. Beautiful in the pan, but a little hard to work with. Not the greatest colour payoff, but it is buildable. A good base helps, especially something like Coral Crepe or Perky paint pot.

Louder, Please
A gorgeous bright fuchsia colour with a matte finish. I don't have anything like this in my collection. It's weird, I'm not usually drawn to such colours but I couldn't resist this one. It applies and blends well, especially for a matte finish. I'm looking forward to experimenting with this one.

Shock-A-Holic
This is a deep purple. It's listed as a matte, but it does have a very fine red shimmer to it. The shimmer isn't really noticable when applied though. Shock-A-Holic was the colour that I had most wanted to get from this collection. I think it'll make a great crease colour with a wide variety of shadows.

Shock-A-Holic, Louder, Please, Free to Be

Did you buy anything from this collection?

Essie Turquoise & Caicos

2010-07-11T20:32:00.000-04:00

Essie Turquoise & Caicos

Essie released their Resort collection back in May, and I immediately knew I had to get this colour. It's gorgeous! It doesn't have the greatest application, the consistency is a bit thin, but I was able to get opaque coverage in 3 coats.

Every single time I've worn this polish, I've received compliments. Even my male dentist commented on it! This is definitely one of my summer faves.

Do you have any recent favorite nail polishes? What's your favorite colour to wear for summer?

Weekend MAC Haul

2010-05-26T06:09:00.002-04:00

On Saturday, I met up with Jill and Naomi for a trip to the MAC Pro store.

From the permanent line, I got Paradisco, Haux, Coral and Parfait Amour pro pans and Fascinating eye kohl.

I was excited to get some things from the new To the Beach collection. They were already sold out of a few things I wanted to get - Marine Life High-Light Powder and Temperature Rising lip pencil. I was also thinking of getting the Scorcher nail polish, but that was gone too and the collection had only been out at the pro store for a couple of days at that point. I guess I better hurry up and get the other things I want once the collection launches tomorrow!

I picked up Hipness blush, Rosemary & Thyme and Float on By eye kohls, and Firecracker, Sweet & Punchy and Sand & Sun eye shadows. Look out for a post with more pics and swatches of my To the Beach haul soon!

Zoya Charla Swatch

2010-05-12T06:34:00.000-04:00

I recently bought my very first Zoya nail polish, in the colour Charla. Charla came out with the newly released Sparkle collection. I believe there were 6 polishes in the collection.

Zoya Charla
In real life, there is a lot more green and gold sparkle, but I couldn't properly capture it in a picture. I am so in love, Charla is such a gorgeous colour! I've read on other blogs that people are saying they need up to 4 coats to be opaque, but that wasn't the case for me, it looked great in 2 coats when I applied it. Another bonus is that this wasn't hard to remove like I thought it might be because of the glitter look to it, but it's very fine glitter.

I am definitely happy with my first Zoya and look forward to adding some new colours to my collection in the future!

Did you pick up any of the polishes from the Sparkle collection? Do you have any favorite Zoya colours?

MAC Studio Moisture Tint SPF15

2010-04-12T09:55:00.001-04:00

After reading some great reviews of MAC Studio Moisture Tint SPF15, I decided to purchase it to see how I liked it. Here's what the MAC website has to say about it:
"A light, tinted moisturizer with SPF 15 and other skin-nourishing ingredients. An easy one-step finish specially suited for the season, this sheer tint provides just enough coverage to even out the skintone while creating a flawless protected, softly moisturized finish."

When I went to MAC to buy this, I figured I would just match myself and picked Medium. When I told the MA what I wanted, she told me I should buy Medium Dark, so I went home with that. I tried it out and it was too dark, and made me look slightly orange. I of course went back and exchanged for the Medium, which was a great match. I'm a NC25 for reference. Side note: what is up with me always getting matched darker than I am when at MAC? It's happened a few times. Does this happen to anyone else?

I'm really happy with this product. It applies very smoothly and gives the light coverage I'm looking for. It's very natural looking and it doesn't feel like I'm wearing anything. I have dry skin and don't think this would give enough moisture on its own, so I do use my regular moisturizer before this, and let it sink in for a while. I then apply primer and follow with Studio Moisture Tint SPF15. The primer helps to minimize the appearance of my pores and my skin is a lot more even after applying everything. I set with powder, and I'm good to go! The SPF15 in it is a nice bonus.

Have you tried MAC Studio Moisture Tint SPF15? Do you have a favorite tinted moisturizer?

My New Favorite Eyeliner Brush

2010-04-11T19:36:00.000-04:00

I got my first fluidline years ago, when MAC had just released fluidlines. Up until recently, I've been using the MAC 209 brush to apply them. I occasionally switch it up and use a small angled brush.

That's all changed... I've found a new love. Let me introduce you to my Quo bent eyeliner brush.

It has a fine tip that gives a firm and precise application of product. I can't believe how easy it is to apply eyeliner with this! I think it would be great for those starting out too, it makes things almost fool proof.

For those of you who haven't heard of Quo, they are a Canadian brand available at Shoppers Drug Mart stores. If you're in the US, Sonia Kashuk makes a similar brush, and I'm sure you could find something similar in other brands as well.

I really love Quo brushes in general and have a bunch of them. They're a great deal, especially if you are able to snag them during one of their 40% off sales they have every so often.

What is your favorite brush to apply fluidlines/gel eye liners?

MAC Art Supplies Greasepaint Sticks Review

2010-04-06T20:53:00.002-04:00

Greasepaint sticks have come out in a couple of previous collections from last year, but I missed out on them because I was behaving and was on a super low buy all of last year. When I heard there were a bunch of new colours being launched with the Art Supplies collection, I was excited to get the chance to pick some up this time around.

Here's what the MAC website says about Greasepaint Sticks:
"A smooth and creamy black eye crayon with an opalescent sparkle finish specially formulated for maximum drama. Easily provides ultra-high-level coverage. Versatile. Use as a soft but intense liner or blend out to create a smoke-like shadow. Long-wearing. Transfer and water-resistant. Limited edition."

I wasn't sure how much I'd like them, so I only picked up 2 to start out with. I got Below Ground and Dirty.

Below Ground, Dirty

Dirty, Below Ground

They all come with a sharpener on the end.

These remind me of shadesticks, but creamier and easier to apply. I find with shadesticks, they can sometimes tug at the lid, but that isn't the case with these. I played around with both colours over the weekend and let me tell you, I am in love! Greasepaint sticks make it so easy to create and amazing smokey eye! I just apply over my lid and blend out into my crease. I find it's easiest to blend really well and create the shape you will want with your eye shadow, and then apply your shadow and you're pretty much done. The way I blended everything out, I didn't even really need to use a crease colour, just a highlight and it looked fab.

I really like Below Ground, it will work for a subtle smokey eye, or even just a neutral every day look depending on what you put over it.

I like these so much that I am very tempted to go back for more. I'm thinking Charred Mauve and Zinc Zone. Brown, Now and Uniformly Blue are really pretty too...

As much as I liked the Pearlglides that came out with Art Supplies, I tried to convince myself that I don't really need them and won't use those colours on a regular basis. Undercurrent is a really gorgeous colour though.

I wasn't too interested in the Lipstain Markers. They don't seem to be getting great reviews and I already have a million lip products! There are a few colours I thought were nice though, especially Stylesetter.

Did you get anything from this collection? What do you think of Greasepaint Sticks?

5 March Favorites

2010-04-05T19:58:00.002-04:00

MAC Hypnotizing eye shadow - This eye shadow came out with the Love Lace collection in December, and I can't believe I almost didn't buy it! I was trying to convince myself it was close enough to Shale that I didn't need it, but that didn't last long when I saw how much people were raving about it. Yes, I can be swayed by hype at times, but I am glad in this case. It's different enough from Shale, which is a long time favorite of mine. I've been all about purple eye shadows lately and this is very wearable either with a daytime look, or along with darker shades for a smokey eye. LOVE!

MAC So Sweet, So Easy Cremeblend blush - This came out with the Lillyland collection in January. I don't wear much makeup to work but this is perfect to give just a natural touch of colour to my cheeks when the rest of my face is relatively bare. I love the formulas of cremeblend blushes too, so smooth and easy to apply and blend. I usually just apply with my fingers.

MAC Rave Pearlglide - Although it first came out with the Love That Look collection last Fall, I only got my hands on this recently along with a few of the other colours from that collection. Rage is a gorgeous dark purple with subtle purple sparkles throughout. It offers great colour payoff and it's long lasting. I'm definitely a fan of pearlglides!

OPI Jade is the New Black - Who would have thought I would end up liking green nail polish as much as I like this? The formula is amazing, it applies like a dream and it's no wonder that this is the colour that was most talked about from the OPI Hong Kong collection.

MAC Shell Pearl Beauty Powder - I'm so glad I dug this out of my makeup drawer to do swatches for my Liberty of London collection post. I got Shell Pearl some years ago when it was first released with the Sundressing collection and it had been sitting neglected for some time. Ever since swatching it for its re-release with the Liberty of London collection, I have been inspired to use it. It gives a nice glow, and it's great to apply over blush or to highlight certain areas of my face.

Do you have any favorites this month?

OPI Purple With a Purpose

2010-04-05T19:51:00.002-04:00

OPI Purple With a Purpose
Even though my first instinct was to use one of my pastel polishes for my Easter mani, I'm glad I picked this. It's a nice change and a bit brighter than all the pastels I've been sporting lately, and it still reminds me a bit of Easter somehow.

I've applied 2 easy coats and had no application problems at all.

Hope you all had a good weekend! I spent mine relaxing and eating Easter chocolate, yum!

Balmshell Party in Toronto

2010-04-03T20:19:00.000-04:00

On Wednesday night, I was lucky enough to be invited to a blogger party held by Balmshell in their Toronto office.

Girls Night Out Wines was one of the sponsors, so there was plenty of wine and there were also cosmos to drink served in cute pink cups.

Yummy cookies and cupcakes were provided by Adjoa from Pretty Sweet Boutique.

Here are the lovely Balmshell girls, so friendly and all around awesome!

We were given swag bags as we were leaving and got to go home with a gloss and cheek/lip stain of our choice. I picked Confessions of a Call Girl gloss and Blackmail Betty stain. Reviews and swatches coming soon!

It was nice getting to see some familliar faces as well as meeting some new people. Thanks so much to Balmshell for putting this on, I had such a great time!

China Glaze Channelesque vs. Sephora by OPI Metro Chic

2010-03-28T14:18:00.000-04:00

This now discontinued China Glaze polish has been getting a bit of attention lately, and I can definitely understand why.

China Glaze Channelesque
It's a beautiful dark grey-mauve colour that applies smoothly and perfectly opaque in 2 coats.

If you don't already have it, this may be a bit hard to find because of the fact it's discontinued. Luckily, Sephora by OPI Metro Chic is a great dupe.

Sephora By OPI Metro Chic, China Glaze Channelesque

(top to bottom)
Channelesque, Metro Chic, Channelesque, Metro Chic

You can see that they're quite similar. Channelesque leans a bit more mauve, and Metro Chic more grey. Love them both!

Do you have either of these?

OPI Miami Beet

2010-03-21T11:42:00.000-04:00

Miami Beet came out with the OPI South Beach collection about a year ago. I only picked this up recently though. I am glad I was able to find it, I had been wanting it for a while.

OPI Miami Beet
It's a gorgeous dark creme colour that is actually a couple of shades darker in person than I was able to capture in pictures. Application was a breeze, very smooth. This is 2 coats here.

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

Moroccan Oil Review

2010-03-19T14:18:00.002-04:00

My hair can be a real pain to deal with. I’ve got dry, damaged, curly hair that’s incredibly frizzy most of the time. I put it up in a bun most days when I go to work, and when I do wear it down, I always straighten it with a flat iron. I’ve never quite mastered how to make it look nice curly, but that’s another story.

I’ve recently been hearing a lot of hype about Moroccan Oil. It claims to strengthen and condition as well as restore shine. I figured I’d give it a go. The price of this stuff is a bit steep. I was able to find a mini 25ml bottle of it and decided to buy that to see if I liked it enough to purchase a full size bottle.

I apply this on my damp hair and then blow dry and straighten. I noticed an immediate difference in the appearance of my hair after the first time I used it. It had more shine, the split ends were less noticeable and there was a bit of extra body to my hair. An added bonus is that it smells great! Sort of like vanilla mixed with something else maybe? I can't quite put my finger on the scent. My boyfriend kept complimenting me on my yummy smelling hair last time I used it.

Moroccanoil also makes an Intense Curl Cream that I may try at some point, as well as some of their other products.

I would definitely buy this again, though I will shop around and see where I can find the cheapest price on it. A little does go a long way, I only used about a pea sized amount. The full sized bottle would probably last me a long time.

Have you tried Moroccan Oil?

China Glaze Joy

2010-03-18T19:52:00.003-04:00

I've been wearing a lot of pastels lately and decided to switch things up and go a little bit darker. This lovely colour had been sitting in my pile of new and untried nail polishes for a little while now, and I'm glad I finally decided to do a mani with it.

China Glaze Joy
This came out with the Romantique collection released in the Spring of last year. It's a beautiful plum with pink iridescence. I couldn't stop staring at my nails today at work, it's just such a pretty colour! It applied wonderfully in 2 coats.

MAC Liberty of London Haul, Swatches and Review

2010-03-16T06:37:00.001-04:00

The Liberty of London collection came out last week, and of course I couldn't resist picking up some things. I wasn't sure about the packaging of this collection at first, but it has grown on me and I really like it now.

I got all of the lipsticks, Bough Grey and Birds & Berries eye shadows and Prim & Proper blush. I already have Shell Pearl from when it was first released with the Sundressing collection in 2006, but it's not pictured here.

Bough Grey, Prim & Proper, Birds & Berries
Here you can see that each of the eye shadows has a different colour flower on it, and the blush has a design with flowers and a bird on it as well.

Here they are opened.

Bough Grey
Bough Grey is unique because it's a grey with a greenish undertone. I was excited to pick this up, but unfortunately the colour payoff isn't that great and it was really hard to build up the colour for a good swatch of it. I'm hoping that it'll be a little easier to use on my eyes when I use a base and everything. It may take a little work, but I do like this colour.

Birds & Berries
This was the stand out eye shadow in the collection to me. So vibrant and pretty and it has great pigmentation. I've heard it looks amazing with Delft paint pot underneath, and I can just picture how hot that'd be and am tempted to pick up Delft as well!

Prim & Proper blush
A nice, natural blush that has a smooth texture and subtle shimmer. It will look great with Shell Pearl over top of it for an extra "glow from within" look.

Shell Pearl Beauty Powder
I got this ages ago with the Sundressing collection, so it isn't in the special Liberty Of London packaging. I'll admit, it has been sitting in my makeup drawers neglected for the last while because I keep getting new products, but I am determined to give it more love. It makes a great highlight colour.

Shell Pearl, Prim & Proper, Birds & Berries, Bough Grey

Petals & Peacocks, Blooming Lovely, Peachstock, Ever Hip

Petals & Peacocks, Blooming Lovely, Peachstock, Ever Hip

Petals & Peacocks - For some reason, I always seem to be drawn to bright pinks like this one despite the fact that I rarely wear such bold lips out. This is an Amplified finish lipstick, so it is smooth and has great pigmentation.

Blooming Lovely - This is also an Amplified finish. I was a bit worried that this might look horrible on me because I've heard talk of it making people look corpse like. With a light hand, I do like it. It's made even more wearable if I put a baby pink gloss over it. I'm going to experiment with lipliners and such as well. I think it's just not the kind of colour I'm used to, but I do like it.

Peachstock - I didn't even really pay much attention to this lipstick until I started seeing pictures of it on other people, and it looked amazing. I think this may be one of my favorite nudes in my whole collection now. It is a Pro product, so it will still be available at pro stores if you miss out on it with this collection. I'm really glad I picked this up.

Ever Hip - When seeing pictures of this online, I really didn't think I was going to get this, it kind of looks orange in the tube. I swatched it at the store and it's quite sheer on first swipe. You do have to build up the colour for it to be intense. That could be a good or bad thing, depending on what you were hoping this lipstick to be. Personally, I like that it's a bit on the sheer side. I don't usually wear colours like this because they don't suit my skintone, but this one works. You can of course put a lipliner under, maybe Mouth Off from the Too Fabulous collection and I'm sure that it would be brighter.

What did you think of this collection? Did you get anything?

China Glaze Light As Air

2010-03-14T22:58:00.000-04:00

China Glaze Light As Air
Here's another great pastel shade from the China Glaze Up & Away collection. It's a beautiful lilac colour that applied pretty opaque in just one coat, however I did add a second coat to even everything out. The formula of this is quite thick, but manageable to work with. Love this!

I hope you all had a good weekend!

MAC Too Fabulous Lip Liner Swatches

2010-03-11T21:23:00.002-05:00

MAC came out with another limited edition collection that came out a week ago called Too Fabulous. It features Mineralized Blushes, Cremesheen glasses and lip liners. There are a couple of Cremesheen glasses that I'd like to pick up, though it's nice to know I can wait a bit on those since they're permanent. The lip liners were what most caught my eye. I picked up 3 of them.

Naked Liner, In Synch, Trimmed in Pink

Naked Liner, In Synch, Trimmed in Pink

I went to a Bay counter the day after this collection launched, and these 3 were already sold out. The MA told me that they only got a few of each colour. I was able to get them at a MAC store nearby. To me, these apply creamier than other lip liners I've purchased from MAC.

Naked Liner - A totally nude colour that erases any colour from your lips, almost as if you had applied concealer to them. It will work great if you're going for a nude lip obviously, but also if you wanted to blank out your lip colour and intensify and bring out the true hue of any lip product you want.

In Synch - A milky pale pink. I seem to have many lipsticks and lipglosses that are of similar colour, so this will come in handy. I'd love to pair this with Fashion Scoop cremesheen glass.

Trimmed in Pink - This will go well with brighter pinks. I think it would go brilliantly with Loud and Lovely cremesheen glass, which I will be picking up at some point.

The mineralized blushes don't really interest me. I'm looking forward to getting a couple of the Cremesheen glasses, but will perhaps wait to trade in some empties for them. It's been overwhelming the number of limited edition collections MAC has been putting out lately, I'm trying to be pickier about what I purchase!

Did you pick up anything from this collection?

More Details On My MAC Warehouse Sale Haul

2010-03-07T20:22:00.003-05:00

A few gals suggested I add more details on what I got from the MAC warehouse sale, so here you go!

Brushes - 272, 189, 165, 231, 180
Studio Moisture Tint SPF15 - This was $10! I just bought it at the store for $38 a couple weeks ago!
Skin Refined Zone Treatment

Stuff I got from $3 bins - mini mascaras, lashes, Clinique and Estee Lauder makeup removers, mascara wands, mini Fix+
Also pictured are some items from a gift set - Blacktrack fluidline, lashes, Blitzed glitter liner, a mini 209, mini Zoomlash.

Cleanse Off Oil
Blushes - Other Worldly, Fleurry, Notable
Mineralize SPF15 Foundation/Loose
Paint pots - Quite Natural, Moss Scape, Perky
Clinique brush on cream liner in Bronze
Fly By Blu Pearlglide
Mink brow set
Wonderwhite glitter liner
Molten Sol liquidlast liner

Spectacle! High-light powder from the Dame Edna collection.
Perfect Topping MSF
Just a Pinch gel blush - so excited to get this!
Glitters - Reflects Blackened Red, Reflects Transparent Teal, Reflects Antique Gold
Deep Blue Green pigment

Lipsticks - Semi-Annual, Lickable, Hipster, Brave New Bronze, Way to Love, Marquise D', Full Fuchsia, "Red" She Said, Kanga-Rouge, Lavender Whip, Hue
Lipglasses - C-Thru, Gold Rebel, Loving Touch See Thru Colour, Not So Shy See Thru Colour, Looks Like Sin cremesheen, Grenadine Slimshine, Identity monogram lipglass

Eye shadows - Bright Future, Pen N' Pink, Poison Pen, Newly Minted, Signed, Sealed, Silverthorn, Femme-Fi, Apres-Ski, Chill, Of Summer, Arctic Grey, Vellum, Et Tu, Bouquet?, Henna, Bold & Brazen, Glamour Check!, Star By Night, Lotusland

Looks like I need to have a depotting party soon!

MAC Warehouse Sale Haul

2010-03-06T12:49:00.003-05:00

As some of you from the GTA may know, a few times a year, Estee Lauder Warehouse sales are held at Markham Fairgrounds. Brands there include Estee Lauder, Bobbi Brown, Clinique and of course, MAC. You need an invite to attend, and these invites are given out to Estee Lauder company employees, I'm not sure exactly who gets them.

I've only been to this sale one time before this in December 2008, so I was very excited to go to this. I went yesterday afternoon, at what seemed like the perfect time, around 2pm. There was no line, I was able to walk right in. Some things were sold out already though, so it can pay to get there super early and line up.

A picture of the goodies I got.

One of my kitties giving me an earful for not being the centre of attention while I was trying to take pics.

There were a lot of good deals. I got Cleanse Off Oil for $12 each. I some goodies in the $3 bins - mini Fix+, lashes, mini mascaras, Clinique and Estee Lauder makeup removers, pack of mascara wands. Got some brushes, a bunch of eye shadows, a couple paint pots and some lipsticks and lipglasses. I'm happy with everything I got. Can't wait to play with all my new goodies!

Anyone else go to this or have been to these sales before?

OPI Hong Kong Collection Swatches

2010-03-05T09:59:00.000-05:00

I recently picked up a few polishes from the new OPI Hong Kong collection.

Meet Me on the Star Ferry, Bling Dynasty, Jade is the New Black

Meet Me on the Star Ferry
I love this colour, it's a purple but has a pinkish sheen to it. It applied well, this is 2 coats here.

Bling Dynasty
Love the name. It certainly is very bling! Such a beautiful, rich gold colour that applied wonderfully in 2 coats. I've been wearing this as my manicure all week and couldn't stop staring at my nails!

Jade is the New Black
This seems to be the most talked about from the collection. I didn't even think I was that into green polishes, but when I saw this, I knew I had to get it. Boy, am I glad that I did. I don't have anything even close to this in my collection and I absolutely love it. It also applied like a dream, so smooth. This is 2 coats.

Did you get anything from this collection? What do you think of these polishes?

LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter

2010-03-04T19:47:00.000-05:00

A while ago, I noticed that the cold winter weather was taking a toll on my hands and cuticles, they were looking pretty dry and in need of moisture. Me constantly switching up my nail polish probably didn't help the problem, nail polish remover can be pretty harsh. I figured maybe it was time to get some kind of cuticle butter or oil to help with the problem.

After reading some reviews, I decided to try LUSH's Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter. That along with the Oatifix face mask made up my first LUSH purchase.

LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter

I've been using this cuticle butter for a while now, and I really do like it. I usually put some on after I finish doing my nails when my polish has dried, and also before bed time. I wasn't too crazy about the smell at first, but it has grown on me. It moisturizes really well from the instant you apply it. No more dry cuticles here!

A bonus is that you can use it on any areas of your body that are dry, such as your elbows and it will help moisturize and soften the skin.

Have you tried Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter? Do you have any favorite LUSH products?