taylormademinerals.com

okay so i am so frustrated right now with their customer service! i specifically paid for priority shipping and on the paypal description it says that it was shipped out FIRST CLASS! (which is slower btw) it makes me so mad! they're stationed in dallas or houston, whichever and i live on the panhandle of florida, so i know it doesn't take me that long to receive my pacakages from texas.

i emailed her the first time asking her to give me a tracking number and it took her a week to respond. i didn't pay $1 for shipping plus i'll be leaving out of town tomorrow also. *sigh*

i've never had such bad customer service before.

i'm still waiting on the products. BOO!

gettin' crafty

I made these like last week. I nail polised the purple and pinks

ones because i couldn't find all black clips at wal-mart. So this is what you

have for now! :) hope you like them :)

Pearl Ex

with all risks, i think i'm going to try these. my idea actually is to press them

so that they won't fly all over the place. i have a 40% off coupon and i'm definitely

gonna give it a shot. a lot of girls say that these are identical, if not better than Mac

pigments. BUT, we'll see.

I will definitely use these with as much caution as possible.

I'll update! :)

Mac's Peachykeen

Mac's description: A very baby peach (Sheertone Shimmer)

This color stood out from all of the other blushes and since my skintone is more
tan than fair, the MUA said that Springsheen would be more of a highlighter to me.
I really like this color when I swatched it because I knew that it would be the perfect
to go look. I LOVE blush because it brings life into my face. I really can't go
without blush because something starts to look wrong if i'm not wearing it. Anyways,
it is a peachy pink with gold shimmer in it that make my face glow! I love it!

i'm wearing it in both pictures but the color is washed out. it's got more

peach in it in real life. it really is a pretty color, for darker skintones too

i believe.

I really hate layering my mascara but it makes them noticable.
I'm actually wearing Victoria's Secret Pink's tinted lip balm in

"happy".

My Shoes

I love the shoes. I've had the top for a few years now, I believe I bought it
from Charlotte Russe, then the necklace from Rue 21 which is mostly found
in outlet centers. I sorta like the place, but not too crazy about it. I've got so
many sunglasses I don't know where I bought the ones I'm wearing in the pic from.

..and yes, I'm finally backcombing my hair. My hair is always, hrm..always! flat,
so I learned a very very easy way to backcomb it and it doesn't take long.
The hubsters has been helping me with telling me not to cut my hair either!
I think i'm finally getting past that nasty hair length that grows after you get a bob
or whatever.

lata

Lately

I have been trying to get back into shape because I went on vacation and did not exercise for probably one whole week, which I know isn't that long but to me it felt like decades. PLUS, it made me lazy!

So today the hubby and I went jogging and I was so out of breath. Seriously! It wasn't funny, but I was never a good runner to begin with. It was nice to know that he was sweating too LOL. *whew* It felt good but i'm tired as hell now!

Anyways I want to try to make it to the Mac counter this weekend so hopefully all goes well. I'm just looking for the blush that will make me glow without layering on tons of different colors.

That's it for now. I'll post up swatches eventually. *tired*

what to do?

What can I say? My camera is my baby! :P J/K.
This thing weighs as much as probably ten or more of you little digital
cameras.

On a lazy sunday...i'm bored. Hope you all have a good rest of the day.

BOGO 1/2 off at Payless! ;)

I saved $15 or so today, yay! Well I really needed some black pumps/heels

and then I wanted something else too since it was a bogo sale. It doesn't really

get cold down in Florida so I'll always be able to enjoy wearing wedges and

bright colors around.

I just ordered a bunch of samples from Taylormademinerals.com.

I'm in the process of creating eyeshadow palettes for 2 of my sister in laws,

I chose colors that I think represent their personality. BUT, that's it for now,

no more spillage on my ideas!

and hopefully i can get through with designing my hair pins.

Fall/Winter Trends

I'm actually going to go for dark/richer colors this year. I've got a lot of bright clothes so I figured I can do a more casual/dressy look instead of fun and bright.

Hello hello ;)

Aquamarine eyes from NYX's trio. I used vaseline as a base/primer because it really
helps make the shadow stick. I should go buy a branded primer but this is good for now.
My husband says I remind him of a Disney Princess in the picture lol. I said, "snow white!"

My homemade version of Panera Bread's "sierra turkey" sandwich.
I pretty much used my famous sandwich ingredients but stuffed them inside
asiago bread we bought from wal-mart's deli/bakery. My hubby says, "mm! good!'

:)

That's pretty much it for now. Probably gonna go to the bookstore just to kill time
and do some reading.

blue purple eotn

face: silk naturals buttery gold

cheeks: nyx Pink, milani luminous

lips: e.l.f. baby lips

eyes: highlighter: mac shore leave
outer lid: nyx darkest shade in Aquamarine trio

inner lid: milani single shadow in enchanted

bottom liner: cover girl's perfect point

top liner: mega liner by wet n' wild

mascara: l'oreal hip dramtically volumizing

this thing is sorta being retarded or i am. either way enjoy!

My Favorites*

face:

foundation: revlon colorstay warm golden
powder: physician's formula talc-free formula creamy natural
blush: milani luminous, everyday minerals weekend getaway

eyeshadows:

mac carbon, shore leave, mulch
milani enchanted
wet n' wild sand castle palette

i like to press my pigments if i do get any. i hate it when it flies everywhere on my face.

liners:

wet n' wild mega liner
i used to use smodge pots or pot liners but then it's just too much time for me. liquid liners show up best on my eyes and pencils aren't as stron as a black as i would like them to be.

mascara:

i really don't have a favorite one, but if i had to write one down it'd be maybelline's last stylist for my thin asian lashes!

lips:

nyx! they're lip products are so wonderful! i love "love angel" in nyx lips and "french kiss" in their shine gloss.
i'm also loving E.L.F.'s luscious liquid lipstick in baby lips!

k-mart haul

Yes, I found ELF at my K-mart today. I really have never seen it there but a quick glare and bam! There it was. $1 each piece, could I not go wrong? I quickly told my husband to grab me a basket and told him that each one costs $1 only! Then he told me to get one of each but I refused because I wasn't sure if I wanted it or not. However, I did grab 2 custom eyes palettes which are great for other eyeshadows like mac or milani. Then I decided to try one of their eyeshadows called "sage" and I definitely did not go wrong. It's so beautiful and it's very very pigmented. The texture is really smooth too, you don't need a lot to get the look. The lipstick wand is cool too!

The Milani blush... i found 2 of the smooth finish luminous blush lying around and so I quickly grabbed those too! I was like wow, what is going on? it's God's gift to me seriously! I also grabbed a mineral one just cause I love the color so much! The second one is not pictured because it's in my to go makeup bag. The lady at the cash register could not ring up the smooth finish blushes because they were already discontinued, so she went to go check it out and couldn't find any pricing, so she was like ,"eh, a dollar". I was like wow, i'm fine with that! So I got both of them for a dollar each. She also gave us an employee discount for being military. (i love it!) So far, things are going good.

This here is where it all happens. I really need a desk or drawer to get ready at, the hubby says that he wants to get a set of furniture that matches everything, and if I could wait that'd be great. So this is what I have for now. The other makeup cabins aren't shown LOL. just kidding, i'm not that horrible...yet. I just love makeup. It's like magic to me!

Small Smokey

I'm new here and i'm navigating away from xanga. I used to use it when I was a teenager but then I think this has more to offer.

Anyways, I did this look using Revlon's Colorstay Quad in "Sultry Smoke". I really do like the quad, it's not hard to deal with and the eyeshadow doesn't fly everywhere on my face giving me racoon eyes. I applied the darkest color wet, that way it'd be more dramatic.

I'll eventually start posting up the rest of my makeup. I'm a drugstore makeup junkie but i'm slowly converting over to high end labels. I once bought this eyeshadow palette from POP beauty and I never touched it. It's still sitting inside my makeup drawer. BORING!

This is it for now, i'll post up some more stuff tomorrow. love ya!