Barely any difference

Hi!
I finally got the new Maybelline Color Tattoo cream shadows, I found them at a CVS somewhat far from the usual CVS I go to (the one closest to me sucks by the way).
Anyway, I picked up Rich Mahogany, Gold Shimmer and Barely Beige which is the one featured on this post.
When I first opened it, the first thing that I thought was "This looks just like MAC's Bare Study Paint Pot!" and sure enough compared side by side they look very much alike.

Bottom Left: Bare Study / Upper Right: Barely Beige

Bottom: Bare Study / Top: Barely Beige

I noticed that Maybelline's Barely Beige is a bit pinkier, just very slightly, while Bare Study is more beige.

I'm very pleased with Barely beige so far, I might do a review once I use it enough.

Thanks for reading :)

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

Bright Nails & Coffee

Hi!

Here are some random pictures of two weekends ago going to one of our Fanboygaming tournaments at the Microsoft Store in San Diego.

I wore Maybelline's nail polish in Coraliscious, super bright coral!

Fashion Valley Mall, see if you can spot Sephora ;)

I usually make a detour to Sephora and MAC and come back with hands full of swatches. I'm on a makeup no-buy right now, but that doesn't stop me from going and stare at all the pretty makeup, it's not weird right? hehe

I can't help but stop by Starbucks to get a drink

Usually I get a Java Chip Frappuchino, yup drinking coffee at 9 pm always keeps me up all night.

 

Random image driving around downtown.

:)

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

Some dupes

Hi lovelies!
I was going through my eyeshadow collection, I found an eyeshadow that could be a drugstore dupe for  MAC's Tempting and UD's Smog eyeshadow.

From the Maybelline EyeStudio line, the marbleized e/s duo in Mocha Mirage.

Tempting is a chocolatey bronze

Smog is a coppery bronze

I swatched all 3 and they look very similar to one another. Maybelline's e/s is not an exact dupe, but it's pretty close.

I love finding stuff like this :)