Urban Decay Book of Shadows lll

Hello Dolls.

I have ton's of things to post about, but I'd like to start with the most exciting (to me anyways) my newest edition to my makeup collection - the Urban Decay book of Shadows III! Yay!! I finally got got one of these palettes, it is my first book of shadows I've gotten my hands on. . . all thanks to my lovely sister. She gave it to me as a gift for my birthday - I turned 23 Yesterday! And.... my little girl turned 1 years old this past Saturday! (Pictures soon) Time flies!!!

Onto the palette -

Beautiful detailing - This is a LE item so if you want it, hurry! Cost: $54 USD

The mirror actually has two little lights on each side! You can't tell from the pictures though.

I think I need to adjust my camera settings because this picture(s) do these colors NO justice. They are so POW in your face *haha* in real life. This picture however is making them look a little too dull!

I'm sure you didn't have to guess these colors would be very vibrant and pigmented!

Beautiful gift box =)

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When you look at this palette it's hard not to see the infinite possibilities of looks just waiting for you to create! I think Urban Decay is known for their bold beautiful colors. This palette definitely doesn't leave you wanting more because it includes great colors, two 24/7 glide on pencils (Ransom (beautiful purple) and Zero (Black), Mini UDPP, and a mirror! The only thing you do need that is not included is of course, eyeshadow brushes.

Look forward to me doing looks using this palette in upcoming posts!

Did you get this palette, if so what do you think?


P.S


Look for a Falsies giveaway in my next post! I was contacted by a PR and sent False lashes to give away ages ago, so I really want to get that up for you all!

Montagne Jeunesse Facial Masks

Just wanted to share a great product I love purchase from Ulta when I get the chance to...

Montagne Jeunesse facial masks... these little packets are amazing... the first one I tried was chocolate... it smells AMAZING the texture and smell actually kinda remind me of a whipped cake frosting... yummy right? If you are not a chocolate fan this would not be for you... the smell could be overwhelming to those who are sensitive to certain scents... but to me I loved it... which I didn't have to wash it off.

The face tonic mask as well as the anti stress mask were very nice as well... they both have nice scents... as well as a delightful cooling sensation.

They are reasonably priced at around $2-3 dollars each, not bad for a at home facial, huh?









Definitely try these if you get the chance!!



Having healthy skin isn't an option when your trying to get the best makeup application, so start with the right products. With clean moisturized skin, you can't go wrong!

I Like it Like That *

Hello all! Long time no post once again... I do apologize, I guess it's the summer heat that has gotten me into a little bit of a lazy mood. But I do have some more post's planned in the near future of products I recently purchased, look's, and a giveaway! So hopefully I'll have a couple up within the next few days!

On to what this post is about, as you can tell by the title "I Like it Like That" it's going to be about MAC's new In the Groove collection.



The MAC counter I went to was already sold out of Stereo Rose, the one item I guess was super hyped, so everyone made sure to pre order, therefore I wasn't able to get my hands on it. I am however happy with what I did get, not sure if I'll go back for more from the collection yet or not.

So the two items I picked up yesterday were of course the lipstick "I like it like that" and "Chillin" lipgloss, both are creemsheens.

I loooooveeee the shade of the lipstick. I saw "Jazzed" (one I know a lot of you are likely to pick) but I choose to lean more towards the lilac tone. The formula of course is so creamy and smooth goes on perfect, and the color is BEAUTIFUL! If you can get your hand's on this do it while you still have a chance.

"Chillin" was actually purchased by my sister for me, I wasn't going to buy it right away, but it was super sweet of her to go ahead and get it for me :) The MUA who worked with me said it's perfect for toning down pinks, purples, red's etc.

(me wearing my new lippies)

What did you or do you plan to get from this collection??

Bath & Body Works Haul

Hello Ladies :) So today I thought I would just quickly share a few things I picked up yesterday at Bath & Body Works. They are having their Semi Annual SALE so pretty much everything I got was a steal.



Orange Sapphire Cooling Mist - Sale price - around $3

This spray is new to me. It is described as their signature cooling mist with soothing Aloe Vera - the perfect way to cool, refresh, and condition summer skin. Sounds great right? The scent Orange Sapphire is supposed to be insipred by the beaches of Brazil. To me it smells like a sweet yet tangy orange fruit. MmmmMmmmMMm, I love it! I wish I would have picked up the body scrub in this scent, I may go back to grab it while I still can!

Mentha Lip Tint in "Pink Mint" - Sale Prince - around $1.80

This is just a very nice lip gloss that feels soooo nice when applied to your lips. It has that perfect minty cooling sensation, and leaves your lips feeling conditioned and not sticky like other glosses may.

Aromatherapy Sleep Pillow Mist - Sale price - around $ 3.50

O-m-g. I have seen this in their store multiple times but never thought to pick it up. I am so glad I did now! I LOVE this stuff. Just a few sprays of this before you lay your head to your pillow and boom, it's like heaven while you are falling to sleep. The scent I picked up is "Warm Milk & Honey" it smells soooo nice.

Lastly I picked up two candles. One I think is just the Bath and Body Works brand, in the scent "Nectarine Mint" it smells delicious. I can't wait to burn this but I have a few I need to finish off first. Sale price - $ 11

The one I lit up when I got home is a Slatkin & Co Candle in the scent "Pineapple Orchid" this is somewhat of a sweet & fruity scent. I have it burning in my living room which is a very big room since the kitchen and living room are not separated by a wall. I believe these candles will burn better in a smaller room. I have had one of their candles before that I burned in my bathroom I really loved. This time I'm not picking up the scent as well when it burns. Sale price - around $5

MAC Coral Crepe Paint Pot - Massive Update

Hello!

So I have been away from blogging for what feel's like forever, but I'm back, and hopefully will have more great posts to share with everyone.

UPDATE:

So over the past few weeks I actually have been up to quite a bit! I went to visit my sister who is in the Air Force stationed in Enid OK. It was my first trip flying by myself so I was pretty nervous... I'm not big on traveling by airplanes. I flew into Dallas TX, and then Wichita Falls Kansas, from there my sister picked me up and we drove up to OK. The occasion was my sister was going to find out her next assignment, and she actually got her first choice which was to fly KC-135's and be stationed in Hawaii, so happy for her! Over the course of the weekend we drove back down to Dallas and spent the day at Six Flags Hurricane Horror Water park and I got the chance to see Downtown Dallas as well as it's night life. The next day in Dallas we went to The Galleria (Mall) which is by far the most AMAZING MALL I have been to. They have every store you could imagine... we only covered about 1/3 of the mall in the time we were there and that was about 4 hours! Unfortunately I forgot to pack my camera for the trip :(


On to Beauty

I recently purchased MAC's Coral Crepe Paint Pot.
I absolutely am loving ittttt! It's such a beautiful coral color with hint's of shimmer. it's going to look great with a look incorporated with some neutrals! This is my first paint pot and I can tell it's going to be an amazing base amazing base and added piece to my little collection. I can also tell that it's going to have to be removed with a makeup remover, water won't do the trick. It stained my wrist a little yesterday when I swatched it.







Summer Day's...

Lately me and Kailei have been hittin' up the pool with my friend Ashley and her son Tysin! I've been enjoying soaking up the sun's ray's and then cooling off in the water with my little girl. It's so much fun to play with her in the water and watch her reactions -- she loves it!! She is scooting herself forwards now as well as pulling herself up!! >:o I can hardly believe she will be 1 year's old in four more months!~

I painted my nails the other day.... OPI's You Don't Know Jacques. Excuse the sloppiness. I also found my one of my favorite rings that I thought I was lost and gone, it's a beautiful snake ring by Guess I bought a couple of years ago.






Kailei at the pool!

Kailei and her boyfriend Tysin, hehe :)

She loved the pool Stairs!

Chillin' in her floatie and sun hat!

♫ Can it be I stayed away too long... did I leave your mind while I was gone..? ♫

Hello all :)

I've been MIA from posting for over a week now.... I have a million excuses *cough*laziness*cough* but I won't get into them! I'm back today to share some new lipsticks and lip glosses I have added to my mini collection from NYX Cosmetics. I also wanted to share my first ever eyeshadow palette with you guys. When I first got into you tube videos I saw a couple of guru's working with the 120 color palette from ebay, since I was new to playing with eyeshadow's it really appealed to me with all of the vibrant colors and variety. The price was great even with shipping, so it definitely seemed like a must have for me as a beginner.

Lately I had been thinking about the 88 color palette Coastal Scents has, but I don't think it'd be worth me buying right now because:

1. I'm on a budget and makeup hasn't been making the cut lately :o
2. Recently I have been working with my 120 palette more and more and it's actually pretty good! I wasn't giving it enough credit and neglected it wayyy too long.

Oh. Another thing. My lips have been SUPER chapped lately >:( so wearing lipstick is a big no go for me right now. Therefore, I couldn't show what most of these looked like on because it wouldn't be a pretty sight right now. peeling dry lips, ew. Any suggestions?


So here is the 120 Beauties Factory palette.

The only things I don't like: Some of the colors are chalky, some are harder to get to show up on the lid, but on a positive note... a lot of great colors are there and not hard to work with when using a base or a little fix+ and a good brush.

..as you can see, some colors are chalky, ie the highlights and lighter blues, but others are very nice and pigmented

Here are two looks I did using a few shadows from the 120 palette:

I have nothing negative to say about NYX Round Lipsticks and their Mega Shine Lipglosses, I love them! Especially the smell of the lipglosses and the fact the color you see in the tube is what your gonna get on your lips! They aren't too sheer, they apply very nicely and they feel moisturizing. A+

Colors: Tea Rose, Pumpkin Pie

Lipglosses: Beige, African Queen, Smokey Look
And my favorite pictured below, African Queen!

-Edit- My mom emailed me this and I wanted to share it with you ladies ~

Words for Women to Live By

1. Aspire to be Barbie - the bitch has everything.

2. If the shoe fits - buy them in every color.

3. Take life with a pinch of salt... A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.

4. In need of a support group? - Cocktail hour with the girls!

5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days).

6. When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

7. Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just your personality.

8. I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here.
9. Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

10. Don't get your knickers in a knot; it solves nothing and makes you walk funny.

11. When life gives you lemons in 2010 - turn it into lemonade then mix it with vodka.

12. Remember, wherever there is a good looking, sweet, single or married man
there is some woman tired of his bullshit!

13. Keep your chin up, only the first 40 years of parenthood are the hardest.

14. If it has Tires or Testicles it's gonna give you trouble.

15. By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter
who thinks she's wrong.

'Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know
they are always there' 'Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live
for today'. Now smile and send to any girl wasting time at work, suffering
from a hangover, or just suffering from life, who might need a reason to smile!

Thats all for now!

♥

Kailei's 7 Months!

May 2nd my baby girl turned 7 months old! I can't believe time is going by so fast. It truly is a blessing to have such a wonderful little (although she's not so little now!) bundle of joy! It still feels like yesterday that I was pregnant sometimes, and I still have the signs to show in some places! :( Anyhow, She has been such an angel and made every day so bright since the day the nurse placed her in my arms.

This post is all about Kailei :)

She is so full of play!! We got her the Kai-Lan doll from Wal-Mart since she smile's everytime she see's her on TV!

This was a day that she was fussy, once I gave her the pacifier she started falling asleep while still sitting up, lol! Sleepy baby!

Kailei with Daddy taking a bubble bath!

Look at that hair! Lol, she's enjoying the bubbles :)

A lady I work with gave me this doorway bouncer, she love's it!

Alway's into something!~

Trying hat's on at Wal-Mart

My little beauty! Holding her hair brush ;)

I'm sleepy mama!!

...So happy together :)

Thank you all for the sweet comments you have left about her in the past! I'm a very proud mama :)

finally! Coastal Scents 42 Double Stack Shimmer Palette Review & Swatches!

Hey ladies!
So I'm back for another palette haul/review. This time it's for the Coastal Scents 42 Double stack shimmer palette. I actually bought this from a blog sale that UmaPreve was having. I was so ecstatic that I was first to ask for it. You know how you see blog sales and go to look and your like oooo I want that, but then you see in the comments someone(s) already has requested it! Boo.
She was actually moving and couldn't take a few of her palette's a long, so I got this for a pretty good deal considering the Singaporean to USD conversion, I ended up paying $17 bucks USD (including shipping) Thats a great deal!

Review

This palette comes with 32 beautiful shades of shimmer eye shadows and 10 blushes. This pigmentation of the colors are very nice. If you were to touch your hand to one of the shadows or blushes you would be wow'd at the color payoff you'll see! Love it. Not to mention the texture is nice and silky to the touch. I didn't notice any problem with these being chalky. The one con I found is that applying the shadows to get a good color payoff can be tricky. You definitely want to pull out your UDPP or whatever your base of choice is when working with the shadows. It also depends on the brush you use. If you have the ELF eyeshadow brush ($1) that will work great. They blend easily and keep in mind that this is the shimmer palette... but don't think that your going to get a glittery shadow that's hard to work with or overpowering shimmery look. You may want to pull out some matte shades from your collection when doing a look with these if you don't like your eyelid color, crease, and highlight to be shimmer obviously.

Uma had decorated her palettes, of course I didn't mind this! I love butterflies :)

The palette was sent to me almost brand new! Of course I have been putting my fingers/brushes in it though playing with the colors! :P

I love the blushes... this is a great way to add some new color blushes to your collection and try out a few different ones to see which shades work best for your skin tone. One of the shades can even double as a bronzer.

Overall, I would say these are worth checking out, they even have a 42 double stack matte palette... as well as other palettes. This is my first Coastal Scents palette (I know I'm late) and I'm very pleased with the quality of their cosmetics.

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Lastly, I won a contest (second time winning on blogger, I won one a few weeks ago as well for Skin MD Lotion)! Que Linda recently held a $15 dollar MAC Gift card Giveaway, and (newly) lucky ole me won! Woohoo! Thanks So much Linda, make sure to check out her makeup blog!



I think I'll be using this towards MAC's To the Beach Summer 2010 Collection! What will you be getting from this collection?

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