Showing posts with label max factor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label max factor. Show all posts

Saturday, June 2, 2012

June 2012 Shopping the Stash & Shopping List

Hey everyone!

In addition to my monthly favorites & etc (see my other blog post), I will also be doing a post about the items that I want to buy and use up in my collection for the coming month. This new idea is from another blogger that I follow, The Sunday Girl, called shopping the stash. She does hers every Sunday, however for now I am going to do it every month.

June Shopping the Stash:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance (in my project pan)

Max Factor lip gloss in first kiss (part of my gloss out 2012)

Rimmel lasting finish lipstick in airy fairy (in my project pan)

Burt's Bees beeswax lip balm (in my project pan)

N.Y.C. smooth skin bronzing face powder in sunny (in my project pan)

Wet N Wild mega protein mascara in black

Prestige eyeliner in black




This tube of Too Faced Shadow Insurance has been in my collection for around 2 years now. I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture (you should be able to zoom in), but it's getting pretty flat! I like it but I want to use it up so that I can try other similar products. Let me know what eyeshadow primers you love.

Max Factor lip gloss in first kiss is a product that I've had since high school (5+ years). I don't think this product is available anymore. It's a pretty pink color, although it's on the sheer side. This is a product in my project gloss out. If you've seen my blog post about gloss out 2012, I consider my lipgloss collection pretty big. Maybe not as big as some peoples, but there are plenty of products that I have been neglecting over the years.



Rimmel lasting finish lipstick in airy fairy is a product that I was originally introduced to by Anna Saccone or The Style Diet on YouTube. I like this shade, however sometimes it's a little to frosty for me. I've used quite a bit of it in the year or two that I've had it. This is a product that I've included in my project pan since it's not my favorite lipstick.


Burt's Bees beeswax lip balm was a product that I bought at my school bookstore after losing my only chapstick. This is a product that I'm surprised so many people like. I don't think this helps with my chapped lips at all. It actually makes them more chapped than before I put it on. I do enjoy the smell though. I wish this performed as my all time favorite chapstick - Blistexs.



N.Y.C. smooth skin bronzing face powder in sunny is another product that I don't like as much as everyone else does. This is just an ok bronzer. Maybe it's because I've never found the right technique for putting on bronzer without looking unnatural. I've had this for about a year, however it doesn't look like it! Don't drop this product - my lid broke off the first time I dropped it. I still use it though. This is a product that I've placed in my project pan. What's your favorite bronzer that you'd recommend me trying after I've finished this one?

Wet N Wild mega protein mascara in black is not my favorite mascara. I would not recommend this even though it is super cheap. This doesn't apply as black and smoothly as I would like. It also smears and wears off throughout the day. Save your money for something else.


Prestige eyeliner in black is a nice eyeliner in my opinion. The reason I want to use it up though is because I have a brand new black eyeliner that I've never opened and my Urban Decay duo from the Naked palette. I find that this eyeliner goes on smoothly and doesn't irritate my eye. It even goes on the upper lash line which has been rare in my experience with pencil eyeliner.


June Shopping List:

MAC Powder Blush in Peony Petal ($20.00) - MAC describes this as a bright blue pink and is classified as a satin. This blush came out in the beginning of April in the Tres Cheek collection. At the time, I wanted this blush in addition to the other two blushes I bought - lovecloud and full of joy. I didn't buy it because I couldn't afford the $60 price tag at the time. I'm glad it's still avaiable online because it's beautiful. I actually ordered this last night (June 1). Did you buy this when it originally came out?


Sephora Collection Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover ($9.50) - I want to try this out when my current eye makeup remover runs out (Olay). This has a lot of good reviews on Sephora's website. Also, if you are a fan of the Vampire Diaries, I recently found a picture of Elena's bathroom and this was on her counter. So if you want to use the same eye makeup remover as Elena Gilbert, you can buy this. :) Have you ever used this before? I've only recently got into eye makeup removers. I used to use cold cream. How do you remover your eye makeup?
Dillard's Tailored Goldtone Chain Necklace ($28.00) - I've wanted a necklace like this ever since I started watching deanne5253 on YouTube. I've also seen this type of necklace on pinksofoxy on YouTube. I like that this can be worn long or layered since it's 65 inches long. This necklace comes in goldtone, silvertone, rose goldtone, and hamatite-tone. I'm leaning toward the goldtone, however I would have to see them in person to compare them. This is the cheapest version I've found of this necklace. It looks like such a nice necklace for everyday and for when you're dressing up a little bit.
Blue Sky Weekly/Monthly Planner ($16.99-$18.99) - I have been using these planners for the past two years. This planner has tabbed weekly and monthly calendar views. I usually buy these from Office Max. I like the larger versions (8.5x11). On their website, I'm liking the circa, mulberry clear (shown), fiona clear, linnea, and victoria patterns. Some of these planners run from January - December while others are July - June so be careful which one you buy. There are some January - December patterns that I like however I need the July - June planners.



XOXO


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Daily Makeup & Hair Routine of 2011

Daily Routine as of 06/28/2011

Daily Routine as of 06/28/2011 by MissEndlessDreamer on Polyvore.com




Hello again!! As promised, I have another polyvore collage. I want to keep up with this idea as well -- daily routine! This will be my makeup & hair routine that I have been currently following for a few weeks.

  1. Olay active hydrating original beauty fluid ($6.99)
  2. MAC Oil Control Lotion ($29.50)
  3. Loreal Paris True Match Naturale Gentle Mineral Makeup with an SPF 19 in #458 light ivory ($12.99) and Loreal Paris True Match Naturale Soft-Focus Mineral Finish in #401 translucent (not shown -- $12.99)
  4. MAC Sheertone Shimmer Blush in plum foolery ($19.50) with MAC 129 powder/blush brush ($34.00).
  5. Too Faced Shadow Insurance ($18.00)
  6. Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in bunny hop (color discontinued -- $19.00)
  7. NYX single eyes shadow in taupe ($5.50)
  8. Urban Decay eyeshadow in sell out ($17.00)
  9. Revlon Eyelash Curler ($5.99)
  10. Maybelline mascara (left to right)
    1. The Colossal Volum' Express in glam black ($6.99)
    2. The Classic Volum' Express in very black ($6.99)
    3. The Falsies Volum' Express in blackest black ($6.99)
    4. One By One Volum' Express in blackest black ($7.99)
  11. Neutrogena naturals lip balm ($2.99)
  12. Tube lip gloss
    1. Victoria Secret Beauty Rush (color tags worn off -- $7.00)
    2. Max Factor in first kiss (discontinued? -- $2.95)
    3. Bath and Body Works Tutti Dolci in creme brulee (not shown -- discontinued)
  13. Lauren Conrad inspired front braid


Please note
The shadow brush shown in the image above is not the brush that I use. I could not find the actual brush that I use because it is from a cheap makeup kit that was given as a gift many many years ago. The brush that I chose for the image looks very similar to the one I use for both the main color and the highlight. I may actually go get that Sephora brush to replace mine since the ferrule is coming loose.

How in the world can you afford $223.36 worth of makeup?

I were to go out to the mall right now and by everything in that list, no I would not be able to afford that. Of course, this is stuff that I have bought over time. And on sale!! Four mascaras??? I bought them all two at a time (weeks/months apart) at a BOGO 50% sale which ULTA has all the time. $26 too much for a foundation and finishing powder? Same thing -- BOGO 50% sales. Some of the above items listed were also bought from whole sale websites and eBay. If you do decide to go that route, BE CAREFUL! Make sure that you research before buying anything just in case it is not authentic.


Recommendations (love it)
Foundation
NYX eye shadow
Maybelline mascaras (any of them)
VS Beauty Rush glosses

Skips (don't hate, but only ok)
MAC Oil Control Lotion (even for oily-skin girls)
Lip balm (try Blistex --- favorite)


Goodbye for now lovelies!!
Miss Heather :)