N.Y.C. Blushable Creme Sticks

Yesterday at Rite Aid, I spotted an N.Y.C. display with the new blushable creme sticks. Lately, I've been feeling blah about makeup, but surprisingly I actually wanted to try these out.

As usual I was unprepared because I didn't have all of my coupons, except for one measley $0.50 off coupon any N.Y.C. product. There were only three blushes left and I knew if I left them they wouldn't be there tomorrow. Luckily, Rite Aid currently has bogo 50% off, so I figured why not.

Gold Radiance is a semi shimmery gold that can be used as a highlighter from someone my complexion. Bronze Radiance is a super pigmented bronze. When I swatched this color I only needed one swipe as opposed to the gold which took four to get a decent swatch. I feel in love with Bronze Radiance right after swatching it.

N.Y.C. Blushable Creme Sticks retail for $3.99 and you can find them at your local drugstore. Do you own either one of these blush sticks? Leave a comment and let me know what you think of them.

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Hocus Pocus FOTD

As promised, here is my face of the day using Hocus Pocus eyeshadow from the MAC Bloggers' Obsessions collection.

What I used:

Face

Mally Perfect Prep Primer (I used this in my fourth of July fotd as well, but forgot to add it)

E.L.F. Tinted Moisturizer in Almond

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Sunny by Nature (on cheeks)

Eyes

UDPP 

L'Oreal HIP Color Rich Cream Crayon 972 Perfectionist (black)

MAC Hocus Pocus eyeshadow (on lid)

MAC Glamour Check eyeshadow (in crease and blended up)

L'Oreal HIP Cream eyeliner 905 Black (upper lash line)

Lips

EOS Summer Fruit lip balm

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick Just Enough Buff

MAC Mad Cap lipglass

Do you own Hocus Pocus eyeshadow?  What colors have you paired it with?  Leave a comment letting me know. 

Fourth of July FOTD

I know, I know, I'm late as usual, but since it is such a simple face of the day I figured why not.  There is no red, white and blue going on here.  I did however, decide to finally break out my MAC Petals & Peacocks lipstick which matched perfectly with my dress.  

 

 Here's what I used:

Face

E.L.F. Tinted Moisturizer in Almond

Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder Sunkiss (on cheeks and across forehead)

Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder Brighten (as a highlight)

My Paradise cheek powder (blush)

Eyes

Victorious Opulash mascara (Wonder Woman Collection)

Lips 

EOS lip balm in Summer Fruit (my fave)

MAC Petals & Peacocks lipstick (Give Me Liberty of London Collection)

How did you spend your Fourth of July?  Did you wear any patriotic makeup looks?  Leave a comment and let me know??

MAC Bloggers' Obsessions

So I just wanted to show you guys what I got from the new Bloggers' Obsessions collection.  I only picked up two items, Hocus Pocus eyeshadow and All Of My Purple Life lipglass.  I wanted to get Jealousy Wakes eyeshadow, but as I'm sure all of you know it sold out within minutes of launching online.  I read on Twitter that they are suppose to restock the sold out items, so maybe I can get my hands on it after all.

 

All Of My Purple Life & Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus & All Of My Purple Life

Hocus Pocus is unlike any gray eyeshadow that I own, though I forgot to take pictures of the swatches.  It is a satin and has gold sparkles, but the gold does not overpower the shadow.  The blogger that created this shade wanted it to be flattering on all skintones, which I think it should be.  I haven't used it yet but I will definitely post the look that I come up with.

All Of My Purple Life is very nice and very opaque.  It is purple with blue shimmer.  I did a few lip swatches of my MAC lipglasses that are dark purple and I'm happy to say that I own nothing like AOMPL.

So This Season from Trend F/W '09

Wrong Spell from Venomous Villians

All Of My Purple Life

All Of My Purple Life, Wrong Spell and So This Season

I can't wait to use both of this products, as you can see AOMPL is a unique purple color.  I'm glad I was able to get both products.  Did you get anything from the Bloggers' Obsessions Collection?  I would love to hear what you bought. 

MAC Surf Baby Haul

 So I decided to post my Surf Baby haul, I figured better late than never.

Surf The Ocean pigment stack, My Paradise, Gilded White & Sun Blonde

I must say that I am in LOVE with Sun Blonde, it is such a versatile color and like nothing that I own.  It looks good paired with greens, pink toned colors, and browns. 

My paradise, clearly the star of the collection, at least in my opinion.  I must say that I love that the gold overspray doesn't disappear so fast this time around.  The blush leans kind of coral-orange on my skin tone.  I think it is a lot better than last year's Marine Life.

Gilded White is the one product that I am unhappy with.  It doesn't stay on the water line at all and it makes my eyes look sick with placed on the lower lash line.  I haven't tried it on the inner corners of my eyes yet, so perhaps it won't be a complete waste.

Surf the Ocean pigment stack was the item I was most skeptical about. I love the idea of pigments, but I never ever use them.  The bluish-green color reminded me of Deep Blue Green pigment which I hardly ever touch, but the bronze color looked amazing.  So when I saw it back in stock online I purchased it against my better judgment.  I am happy to say that I really like this stack, especially the bronze color.  I had little to no fall out and I love how metallic-y the colors look.  

So that's all for now.  Leave a comment and let me know what you purchased from the MAC Surf Baby Collection.

MAC Sun Blonde EOTD

I did this look this past Saturday for work.  I was feeling out of my comfort zone and decided to use a little bit of color.  I picked up Sun Blonde from MAC's  Surf Baby, perhaps I will do a haul post, even though I'm sure there are plenty of them out there.  

UDPP

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

MAC Sun Blonde on lid

UD Heat eyeshadow in crease and blended up

MAC Bough Grey (Liberty of London Collection) in outer corner

Revlon Teal liner lower lash line

UD Flipside to set Revlon liner

Well, I hope that you enjoyed this eye of the day.  Let me know what you think and thanks for reading.

M.I.A.

Hey all, I'm actually surprised that I still have any subscribers at all.  I'm the type of person who HATES people that have a blog and rarely update it.  Sadly, I have become what I hate, but with good reason.

I guess as most bloggers know, blogging is hard work because we all have a life outside of our blog.  I don't even remember the last time I posted so I can't even say how many months it has been.  My life has changed in so many ways in the past five months.  Between finally finishing school, getting my two little ones to school everyday and working part time I really had no time to blog like I initially did. 

  To top it all off, we found out that we were expecting in January, and the morning sickness kicked my butt big time this time around.   The smell of lipstick or gloss was completely repulsive and for some reason my lips started to chap, so I started to use Carmex.  Needless to say I will NEVER EVER touch that stuff again.  It made me sick about halfway through the tube and the actual sight of it in the store made me want to puke.  I definitely was going to take any pics, even if I could because I looked a hot mess.  I'm elated that that has all passed though.  I'm not sure how often I will/can post, but I will definitely try, because I truly love my blog, it gives my an escape from the real world I guess you could say.  

 I have a few face/eyes of the day that I took pics of, but never got around to posting, so I will start with that and see where it goes.  Life is definitely going to get a lot busier for me in the months to come, but I will try to stay on top of blogging.   Hope everyone is well :)