Pink Saphire or better yet...3DS Pink!

Hi there!

I'm going to do an updated post on more L'oreal Infallible eyeshadows that I've picked up lately, but first I want to show this oh so pretty shade.
This shade, along with Gleaming Bronze (which I will show in a later post), I saw on a separate display, as part of their Summer Collection.
As soon as I saw it, I knew it reminded me of something, but didn't confirm it until I got home.

This shade is a metallic rose with a bit of a frost; it's very unique and I have nothing similar in my makeup stash. I have to admit I usually stay away from pink eyeshadows, but this one for some reason was telling me "oh I'm so pretty take me with you!"...yup that was weird.
Anyway, I bought it and I just couldn't stop admiring how beautiful the shade is, unfortunately I'm afraid it's not going to be used very much since I can't seem to make it work for me so far.

What I am amazed by is that it's almost the exact color as my Nintendo 3DS

Oh well, I'll keep trying to use with different bases, most likely a few paint pots to see if I have success.
Hey if all else fails, I'll just have it as eye candy in my makeup stash.

Thanks for reading!

Betty

It's Always the Last One...

...Or so that's how it seems very often.

Hi Lovelies!
I've found myself saying "It was the last one!" almost every time when I'm looking for a specific article of makeup. 
One of the many times this happened was when looking for the L'oreal Infallible eyeshadows.

I bought Iced Latte on my first trip to ULTA.

Next I found Eternal Sunshine at WalMart

Then at Rite Aid I picked up Amber Rush

Lastly, I found Bronzed Taupe at Target

And all four shades I got were the last ones!...well, at least on display.

These are the only shades that I really wanted, but maybe I'll pick up Perpetual Purple.

From Left to Right: Iced Latte/Eternal Sunshine/Amber Rush/Bronzed Taupe

Clockwise from top: Eternal Sunshine/Iced Latte/Amber Rush/Bronzed Taupe

What do you think of the L'oreal Infallible Eyeshadows?

 :)

Have a great day!

Betty

Hello There!!

Hi Lovelies!

Ahh long time no blog! It's been so long I don't even know where to start, but I guess I should start by showing some goodies I've gotten recently no? I haven't been posting as much as I would want to, but I've been taking tons of pics of stuff I've recently purchased.
I do want to tell you first that I've finally tried Inglot eyeshadows and I am in love!

An Inglot counter opened in San Diego (Fashion Valley Mall) towards the end of last year, I found out thanks to a tweet from Tina. I went along with a friend to go check it out the following weekend and we were both  amazed at all the selection they have. I have gotten some shades at the San Diego counter, but I recently took a trip to Las Vegas and visited their store and got a few more. I will share in another post all the shades I've gotten so far and maybe a bit of the trip as well.
After coming back from Vegas, I went for the first time to ULTA, I haven't gone before since it's a bit far from where I live, but I got a few goodies.

2 Real Techniques brushes that were BOGO 1/2 off, 2 NYX eye pencils (also BOGO 1/2 off) a L'oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Iced Latte and an EOS lip balm, which I've been looking for a while.
But before my trip, I found the Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadows, I picked up Bad to the Bronze and Bold Gold.

Lastly, I got the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencils, the set of 5 was $19.00, not bad!

Alrighty, I will show a bit more detailed of the stuff I got during the week.

Hope you have a wonderful day and start of the week!

Betty

Favorites/Most used for August and September

Hi girlies!

I'm happy to share with you for the first time my favorites/most used products in August and September :)

First my favorite foundation not only for the month of September, but pretty much ever since I got it in January is NARS Sheer Glow Foundation. My shade is Barcelona and I love the coverage, it feels light and makes my skin look and feel good.

Also from  NARS is the Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base, which has become my HG eyeshadow base, it's light, it has no tint and best of all it doesn't crease, which is fabulous for my forever creasing eyelids.

My face powder of choice these past couple of months is MAC's Mineralize SkinFinish Natural (Medium Plus) It's light and it looks very natural

Most used highlighter is MAC MSF Soft and Gentle

Most used blushes! All from MAC

Bottom left: Peaches/Top: Style/Bottom Right: Improvise Mineralize Blush

I wore each on their own and combined them as well, the combinations I used the most were Peaches w/ Improvise (very lightly on top) or Peaches w/Style on top.

Moving on to most used eyeshadows:

From the Urban Decay Vegan Palette I used the most Twice Baked, Smog and Half Baked, I absolutely love these 3 shades.

This next eyeshadow quad is the reason why I started loving bronze shades, it's L'oreal Bronzes quad.

I specially use the shades on the right marked with numbers 1 and 4, specially the top right one (#1) it's a gorgeous bronzed champagne.

Another eyeshadow set that I have used almost every other day is Physician's Formula Baked Eyeshadow Trio "Baked Sands"

I love it so much I got a backup right away after I dropped my first one and one of the domes broke off :( (right) you can also see I've used it so much they're not quite domes no more. 

Last eyeshadow set I've been using a lot August and September is Avon's  8-in-1 palette in Neutral Tones. I've used the 3rd and 4th shade from the left the most.

I've been enjoying using L'oreal Carbon Black Lineur Intense eyeliner, specially to do a winged look.

For lips, I really didn't use lipsticks or lip-glosses, felt kinda lazy really, so I've been using EOS lip-balm thingy, I got the yellow one first which I don't remember the name, but I didn't like the smell so much, the Summer Fruit one, on the other hand I love how it smells and makes my lips feel nice and soft.

Lastly, my favorite hand/body lotion is CVS brand Cocoa Butter Deep Conditioning Moisturizer, at first I got the travel size to try it out, and I like it so much I got the full size one.

I like this one a lot better than the Vaseline version, which the CVS brand is comparable to, they both leave my skin feeling soft, but the smell is a bit different, the CVS one smells more like coconut, and the Vaseline one seems to have an added fragrance, which I can't quite describe it, didn't like it that much. 

Whoa that was a lot of products! 

Hope you all have a wonderful week! I'm currently trying to fight a cold so I'm having some home made soup :)

Betty

Unexpected Makeup Shopping

Hi Lovelies!

Last Thursday my hubby took me for some makeup shopping, which I did not expect at all :p
We went to Kmart and I really didn't expect to get a lot, but I was so surprised of everything that I purchased.

I remember Kmart didn't have great makeup selection, well at least not the one in my area. But lately I've been very happy with what they have. Before Thursday the only place i could find E.L.F cosmetics, besides their website, is Target; so when I noticed the large display i quickly checked it out

 

Here's the stuff I got from E.L.F.:

 

I got 2 brushes, the Eyeshadow C Brush, the Blush Brush and a blush in Peachy Keen.($3.00 each)

Next from Wet n Wild some trios in Silent Treatment, I'm Getting Sunburned, and I Got Good Jeans ($1.99 each)

I also got 2 singles: Penny and Nutty ($1.99 each)

 

Next up are products from Maybelline:

(counter-clockwise from upper left corner) 

 Stylish Smokes: Natural Smokes

Modern Metallics: Chai Latte

Modern Metallics: Sunlit Bronze

Chic Naturals: Tastefully Taupe

I got 3 quads and 1 single on a BOGO 50% off, the Quads were $5.99 each, single $3.49; but with the BOGO sale I got 2 quads at $5.99 another quad for $3.00 and the single for $1.75

Next up, is the Carbon Black Lineur Intense felt tip applicator, which I've heard good things about and looking forward to use it and compare to the brush applicator one I already have. ($7.99)

And lastly, I got 2 eyeliners from the Clearance bins: Revlon Luxurious Color Eyeliner in Antiqued Gold, and Almay Blendable Eye Pencil in Navy. I don't remember the original price, but i got the Revlon eyeliner for $2.37 and Almay at $1.79.

I spent total of around $51.00 with tax, which is not bad at all for all that I got. Hubby was impressed of all the stuff I got too hehe.

So after this mini "shopping spree", I bought the UD Rollergirl palette on Friday, and I'm putting myself on a  Makeup No Buy, my goal is a month...let's see how it goes :)

Happy Monday!

Betty