MAC Dare to Wear

So I we went to the mall today and of course I had to stop at MAC to check out the new Dare to Wear collection. I knew for certain that I was going to get Going Bananas eyeshadow because I had six empty containers and if you are not aware, MAC has a B2M (back to MAC) program, where you can return six empty containers and receive an eyeshadow, lipstick or lipglass in regular packaging. I have read so many things about Going Bananas in the past year, so I fell into the hype. It did not disappoint me though I'm sure I could have done without it.

I looked at the collection on the internet and I was also interested in Louder Please eyeshadow, but when I swatched it in the store I didn't love it so I passed. However, Lime eyeshadow caught my eye and when I swatched it I loved it. In the store, I thought how great this eyeshadow would look paired with MAC's Naked pigment. I can't wait to try this color combination, I know it's going to look fabulous. Below are swatches of both Going Bananas and Lime. Lime is a matte and Going Bananas is a frost.

Wet n Wild Greed Palette

Let me start off by saying that I love both the Lust and Vanity palette, so naturally I thought that I would love this palette too. Boy was I ever wrong. The color

payoff on this palette is horrible, horrible and oh did I mention horrible. The one exception is the beautiful grayish shimmer color that is on the bottom.

I swatched the matte side first and then the shimmery side.

I actually did a look with this and I was not satisfied with it, so I did another which I was not so ecstatic about either, but I took pictures of it anyway. The colors do blend very well and they are all pretty colors, but is all the good things I have to say about this palette. The shimmery side of the palette also has a lot of fall out, which I'm sure you can see below my eyes.

I used the blue shimmery color on my lid and the matte black in the outer v and half way into the crease.
I used UDPP and NYX jumbo pencil in slate (dark blue) as a base.

Sunday's CVS Trip

So on Sunday we headed out to CVS, because the hubs needed deodorant and I had $5.97

in extra bucks expiring. Lucky for me they had a deal going on when you bought $15.00 in Softsoap, speedstick or Irish spring products you received $5.00 back in extra bucks, not a great deal, but he needed the deodorant and I love Softsoap body wash :)

The deodorant was $2.50 and the body wash was $3.00, but I had coupons for everything pictured so I ended up paying $6.61, $1.33 of it was tax and I received $5.00, not great, but not bad either considering that we actually needed the deodorant.

Wet n Wild Coloricon Nail Polish

So, while I was at Rite Aid a few days ago, I came across a Wet n Wild Coloricon display filled with little cute nail polishes. I'm guessing that these polishes are for the Fall as they are all dark with different color glitter inside. I wanted to buy two, but the cheapskate in me prevailed and I only bought one. Good thing too, because this week at Rite Aid Wet n Wild products are on sale BOGO 50% off, plus when you buy two products you receive $1.00 back in +Up Rewards. Hopefully I can get to Rite Aid tonight or tomorrow to pick up more of the nail polishes. They cost $1.99 and the bottle is very, very small. I picked up Prowler because it reminded me of the MAC Young Punk MES (mineralize eyeshadow) that I didn't buy last year from the Style Black collection. I am still distraught over that, but hopefully one of these days I finally find it again. So I took some pictures of the nail polish on my nails, but you are being warned beforehand that I almost NEVER paint my own nails and when I looked at these pictures on my camera they looked fine, but on here you can see the mistakes that I made. The first photo is without flash and the second is with. To me this particular polish looked like it dried to a matte finish, but I really don't know anything about nail polishes, so I can't be certain. Another thing is that it takes a little bit of scrubbing to remove, but I think that happens with most nail polishes that contain glitter. Overall, I am most definitely going to purchase more of these, I was eyeing the orange, it was actually a toss up between that and the purple, but in the end Prowler won, lol.

Rite Aid Trip

So today is suppose to be the hottest day of the year here in new york. I seriously hate the heat, I turn into a uber not so nice person. However, I needed to use a Up Reward that was expiring today, so I headed out to Rite Aid in the nasty humid weather. I picked up two of the Revlon Photo Ready Foundations. This is my first time using foundation, I'm scared of it. I don't want to look as if I have makeup on or pickup the wrong color and just look like a hot mess. So I have stayed away from it thus far. I picked up 011 Cappuccino and 010 Caramel so that I can mix them together because the Cappuccino looks too red, I could be wrong, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. So these were 13.99 and all Revlon products were 40% off so they came out to 8.39 and you receive a $4.00 Up Reward when you purchase $10.00 worth of Revlon products. I thought there was a $2.00 coupon somewhere, but I couldn't find it so I settled for $1.00 coupon in last week's paper. I also purchased some Crest 3D toothpaste on sale for $2.99 and receive a $1.50 Up Reward, I also had $1.00 coupon for the toothpaste. I also had a $7.99 single check rebate for last months rebates. So after my rebate coupons and expiring Up Reward (which was for $1.00) I ended up paying $10.53 and I received $5.50 back in Up Rewards. I love that Rite Aid has started this program, it is very similar to CVS's Extrabucks program which I am completely in love with. After I have used the foundation for a while I will definitely review it, I hope it doesn't disappoint me. Until next time...

My First Face of the Day, Yay!!!!!

So as I stated the other day, it was my anniversary. The hubs and I went out for dinner and of course I had to look fabulous. Hopefully, you can see all of my makeup and forgive me for being so shiny. My skin is very, very oily during the summer season and the Sephora primer is obviously not helping me :(

Face
Sephora Smoothing Primer
Clinique Almost powder compact makeup in deep golden
MAC Studio Finish Concealer NC50
MAC Vintage Grape Blush Ombre

Eyes
UDPP
Loreal HIP Color Rich Cream Crayon in Perfectionist (used as a base)
MAC Gilt by Association Mineralized Eyeshadow (all over the lid and into the crease)
Nars Silent Night e/s (blended into and above the crease)
MAC Feline Eye Kohl
Clinique High Lengths Mascara
Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara

Lips
NYX Lipliner in Expresso
MAC C-thru Lipglass

EOTD using Pure Luxe Cosmetics

I purchased five mineral eyeshadow samples from Pure Luxe Cosmetics about four months ago and I thought that I would use them for my very first eotd (eye of the day). It's a shame that I am just actually using these shadows for the very first time, smh. They blend very well and have great color pigmentation. You can purchase samples from Pure Luxe for only $1.00, yes, you read that right $1.00 and the samples are very generous. Check them out at www.pureluxecosmetics.com I used Notorious on about 1/2 my lid and After Hours on the other half with Solitude lightly in the crease. I lined my upper lash line with L'oreal HIP Creme Eyeliner in Brown and I used Covergirl's Lashblast Fusion on my lashes. I hope you enjoyed this, until next time...