M.A.C. Haul - Glamour Daze: Holiday Colour

The holiday collections from MAC are beautiful this year.
A few weeks ago I picked up a few things from the Glamour Daze collection.

- LipGlass in Impossibly Sweet.
(Soft pink with multidimensional pearl, gorgeous for the holidays!)

-Extra Dimension Eye Shadow in A Natural Flirt
(Soft peachy nude with prismatic reflections, great as highlighter)

- Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Mystery (Black with green pearl) and Orpheus (Black with gold pearl, I love this pencil!)

- False Lashes Extreme Black (not from the collection) Great mascara for volume and length

- Mini Fix Plus setting spray (not from the collection)

Sephora in NYC

I recently was in NYC during Sephora's  VIB event. This event is open to Beauty Insiders who have reached VIB status, they will receive 20% their entire purchase. 

Here are the items that I bought...

Sephora Superstars Beauty Essentials Kit

-Kate Somerville ExfoliKate

15ml

-Josie Maran 100% pure Argan Oil

15ml

-Hourglass veil mineral primer 

10ml

-Make Up For Ever

HD micro finish powder

1g

-NARS orgasm blush FULL SIZE

-Sephora Collection Microsmooth Baked Eye Shadow Trio in Sunset FULL SIZE

-Stila Stay all day Wqterproof Liquid Eye liner FULL SIZE

-Buxom Big& Healthy Lip Polish in Dolly FULL SIZE

-Benefit They're Real! mascara FULL SIZE

-Chloe roller ball 6ml

$75 USD (minus 20%)

I was really happy with the kit. It has quite a few full sized items. I love the Argan Oil. I've started using it at night and my skin feels super hydrated!

Also, the Stila eyeliner is amazing! The Benefit lip gloss is one of my all time faves in the shade Dolly. I'm actually going to used some of the them as Xmas gifts, which will save me some money also. 

Fresh Sugar Lip Teatment
In shade Rose
$22 USD (minus 20%)

Ok I am obsessed with these lip blams! I love the Rose one, such a beautiful nude pink colour. I wear it to work all the time. Lasts on my lips for a long time. Feels so comfortable and moisturized.

YSL

Le Teint Touche Éclat SPF 19

Illuminating Foundation

Dimensional radiance 

Weightless Perfection

Beige Rose BR20

30ml

$55 USD (minus 20%)

This might be the best foundation I've ever purchased!  It's so lightweight. The coverage is medium. It really is illuminating and gives a glowy finish. It was such a good price too! It was about $45 with the discount... And it costs $60 in Canada so I'm happy I picked one up. 

BareMinerals

Stroke of Light Eye Brightener

Luminous 1

$20 USD (minus 20%) 

A great price for this product. It's like a cheaper version of the YSL Touche Éclat. It helps to brighten the eye area. I use it over makeup. Great for touch ups too.

Nails Inc

Special effects Sprinkles edition

Sugar house lane

10ml

$9 USD (minus 20%)

I wanted to try something different on my nails. This nail polish has a beige base with black, silver and white glitters in it. It only lasted two days before chipping. Ah well. 

Sample 100points

Sephora Outrageous Volume mascara

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My secret to sexy lashes

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a mascara junkie.

Pretty much once a day I get asked if these are my real lashes, and everyone wants to know my secret!

Well here it is, it's not only one secret, it's actually two. I love using two mascaras to get that sexy thick volume and also that flirty length.

I use a thickening mascara first on my bottom and top lashes. I usually apply two coasts. Then I finish of my look with a lengthening mascara.

Check the description on the package to find out what look your mascara will achieve. Words like "volume", "bold" and "plumping" are used to describe thickening mascaras. Words like "separated" "long" and "definition" are used to describe lengthening mascaras.

There you have it, my secret to sexy lashes! Spread the word and enjoy those fabulous lashes! ;)

My favourite thickening mascara is:
Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express

My favourite lengthening mascara is:
L'Oreal Telescopic Carbon Black

The best summer shave

I've always been a fan of exfoliators, I love how soft and glowy my skin feels afterwards. My go to fav is from St.Ives, I've been in love with their Apricot scrub for years!

Recently though, I was watching an episode of Marilyn Dennis, and the beauty expert was saying that if you want the best shave for your legs, to exfoliate before grabbing your razor. Duh, why havent I been doing this?! I usually scrub after shaving. All wrong. When you scrub before, you remove all the dead skin for your legs, which could get your razor clogged.

Since switching up my routine, my legs a even smoother, and my shave seems to last a bit longer!

Give it a try!

My favorite scrub-
St.Ives Apricot Scrub $3.99

My favorite razor-
Schick Hydro Silk $12

Glymm Box April 2012

Happy April!

I was excited to see my April Glymm box in the mail today! Here's what I got.

A bonus $100 gift certificate from NuMe towards professional styling tools & hair extensions

LUCIA- Wild Ginger & Fresh Fig soap. Enriched with 100% organic Shea Butter. Package of 8 is $17.50

Atelier Cologne- Orange Sanguine Fragrance. This smells so amazing! It's hard to explain, but the company's vision is to create a 'singular moment of memory or experience. 30ml/ $60

Free Your Mane- Sulfate Free Hydrating Shampoo & Conditioner. I enjoy that this sample is sulfate free. It's also packed with Baobab Oil, Argan Oil, Pomegranate Seed Oil and Sweet Almond Oil. Will try it on my next trip! 300ml/ $16

MAI Couture- (FULL SIZE) Social Gloss. The colour I got was G'VINITY. It looks like a pale neutral. It claims to fill in lines, restore moisture and create full kissable lips! I like this because it uses plant extracts to naturally enhance lip volume. 5ml/ $28

HauteLook

I purchased a couple items from HauteLook recently, they have designer fashion, beauty and home goods for deeply discounted prices. They usually have what's called a Sale Event. These products are only available for purchase for a limited time and stock is also limited.

What I got was from the beauty company The Balm. They are a really fun brand, who's packaging has a retro vibe with cheeky titles.

The two products I ordered where a highlighter called Mary-Lou Manizer. It's a champagne coloured powder. It comes with a nice big mirror and the powder is finely milled and goes on super smoothly.

The second product I ordered is an eyeshadow palette. It's called Nude 'tude. It's like The Balm's version of Urban Decay's Naked Palette. I haven't tried the shadows yet, but most of them are shimmery. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it or gift it.

I'm fairly happy with my purchase and will probably order from them again!
Check out the site at:
www.hautelook.com

My Florida Beauty Purchases

I recently went to Florida to visit my In-laws for March break. While I was there, I picked up a few beauty items.

First I went to Sephora located in JC Penney. I bought a limited edition Summer Essentials bag filled with Sephora's most popular beauty products for summer! It comes with a pink cosmetic bag. I love everything in it! The Laroc Luminizer is amazing and I love how it gives me a faux glow without being a self tanner that will stain. The Too Faced Bronzer is also a winner, I love that it's a matte finish and it actually smells like chocolate! I also really like the Nars Orgasm illuminator, I add it to my foundation for glowing skin. I also used the Smashbox lipgloss while sitting by the pool, it has SPF 15. I paid $36.

I then went to Ulta... Which for you Canadian babes, its beauty heaven! Wish we had one in Canada!
I bought a Cargo spring beauty set.. It includes a butterfly cosmetic bag, a bronze/pink blush, a light pinkish coral lipgloss, a mascara and a duo eyeshadow ( lavender and brown). Also all the products are full sized! I only paid $20 for it cuz it was on sale half off!
I also got Katy Perry eyelashes. They looked really cute in the box, but I went to put them on the other night, and they were ridiculously long! I will have to trim them. They are like for a showgirl or something! But I guess that's how Katy likes 'em!
From Stilla a got a gorgeous eyeshadow trio. It's such a great deal at $12 since buying them individually is over $20 each! I love the green and golden shades.
There was also a beautiful coral nail polish from Sephora by OPI. I currently have it on my toes, I'm in love!
I went to Ulta specifically for Samantha Chapman makeup brushes, but they were sold out of all the travel ones. I did however get my hands on a blush brush and I'm so glad I did! It's the softest brush ever! I love how it easily blends blush or bronzer. I think it was about $8,
At the Ulta checkout I grabbed some little nail polish remover pads. They smell like vanilla and are perfect for my travel bag! $2.
Finally at Target I picked up an under eye brightner from Pixi. It's a peach colour corrector. It works really well and I use it under my concealer. I paid $15.