Lately...

Hello...

I thought I'd share some things that have caught my eye lately.

BuzzFeed is my guilty pleasure and there's been some fun articles this past week!

ohhh this commercial....


This Pet Furniture is amazing! http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/modern-pet-furniture

I always think about This when watching TV shows - http://www.buzzfeed.com/donttrusttheb/nyc-apartments-that-tv-characters-could-never-affo

I also sure don't need it, but I want it!  The Revenge collection from NYX:

It's available at Ulta and though I don't like the show much anymore - I love themed collections.

I know I'm late to the game but I just started watching Downton Abbey and made it through Season 3 - It's not like it's a "happy" show but I think it's lovely!

They also have a Jewelry line at Macy's and it's very ornate - I like it, but I don't know if it's super wearable...

Source

What do you think?

And what's been catching your eye lately?

Jasmine

Total Beauty Mystery Collection - Revealed!

Hello!

One of my favorite beauty websites to read is Total Beauty.com.  They always have interesting articles like "Orange is the New Black - The Weirdest Place you'll Find Rad DIY Beauty Tips". They also have "Collections" which are kind of like a one-time subscription service where you get a bunch of beauty stuff at a discount based around a theme.  Well I was reading on of my favorite blogs Making up the Midwest (she's from Chicago, makes amazing videos, reviews a TON of products and always has the 411 on the best deals.) - Go follow her now, I'll wait. 
She mentioned that Total Beauty was doing a Mystery collection box for $26 + free shipping but she had a discount code so you could get it for $22.10 +free shipping.  I had my debit card out faster than you could say "Beauty Hoarder".  It promised 7 full size products and 3 deluxe sizes + 2 Full Size NYX products that were not a Mystery (You knew you were going to get their color balm and a roll on shadow)
So here's what arrived today!

 

It only took 5 days to get here - so what's inside?

 

 

 



ALL SORTS OF GOODIES!

 

 

4 Revlon ColorStay Polishes in (LtoR) Jungle, Seashell, Sunburst & Trade Winds 

 Value - $20.00 (4.99 ea)

 

 

Revlon Lip Butters in Pink Lemonade & Sorbet!  Value - $12.98 ($6.49 ea)

 

 

NYX Roll on Shimmer in Nude & NYX Color Lip Balm in Thank you   

Value - $8.25 ($4.50 & $3.75)

 

Ziaja Goat's Milk Day Cream - which I may use as a hand cream :)  And Chella Resurfacing Mask (Enzyme and Lactic Treatment) My favorite kind of mask - the kind that takes some skin off! 
Value - $6.33  ($2.25 & $4.08)  A bottle of the Chella Mask usually runs $60!

Ferro Cosmetics Blush X3 Mineral Blush in Terra Cotta & Suzie's Glow - the Ferro Website is so cool you might want to check it out if you like Mineral makeup.  The full size are 4 grams and cost $17.00, I'm going to guess these are a gram each?  They get all over when you open it because it doesn't have a sifter and a little goes a long way.

 

 

It's Terra Cotta on the Left and Suzie's Glow on the right - so pretty (I wasn't able to really catch the colors)  Value -$8.50 (4.25 ea)

 

 

 

 

Revlon ColorStay Shadow Palette in Sea Mist - Great colors!  Value $5.99

The Honest Co.  organic lip balm in Sweet Orange Vanilla - $3.32 (Usually these come in a trio for $9.95).

 

Total Value - $65.37  Now I was using Target, Cherry Culture and Amazon prices - so I may be lower than what you could find these for, but that's where I would buy them.

 

It is a lot of Revlon products - but I like the ones I got a lot. I also like that they introduced me to new affordable brands.  I am also pleased that the other half of the products are almost all cruelty free and made with more "natural" ingredients, so I feel did they did a good job of giving you a Total Beauty package.  I only paid $22.15 - am I pleased - oh yeah!

 

What do you think?

 

Jasmine

Ohhh la la Red Lips - NYX Matte Lipstick in Bloody Mary

Hello:

After I realized in my 2012 favorites post that I hadn't shown some of my favorite red lipsticks, I knew I need to fix that quick,  so here's one of my favorites!

 NYX Matte Lipstick in "Bloody Mary"

It's a very pretty true red with a blue undertone.  Although it is a matte lipstick it's not drying, I find it very comfortable to wear.  It really brightens up my whole face.

The above is just one quick swipe on the top and bottom lips - very pigmented!

Before the magic of red lipstick

Love it :)

So I'm going to post a red lipstick a week until I get thru my collection! 
Do you have a favorite red?

Jasmine

Fall Makeup Goodies

Hello:

I went on a beauty shopping spree last weekend and got tons of great stuff that I will be reviewing over the next few weeks!

I got an Inglot Freedom Palette and 10 new shadows!  Yeah!!!  Plus they gave me three mini shadows in their new fall color line.  So excited about this!

OCC Lip Tars in NSFW and Strumpet - nuf said.

Nars Lipstick Pencil in Damned (it may just be the burgundy I was searching for!)

Lorac Pro Palette - nudes in both matte and shimmer, yes please!

Random Urban Decay Palette

Inglot AMC Foundation - because I just keep getting paler and I'm starting to run out of options.

NYX Caribbean Collection Palette - bright primary colors

Stila Palette - this thing has been out for like 2 years and was on sale for $9! 

So much fun stuff to show you soon!

Jasmine

How sweet it is...NYX Sweet Pink Matte Lipstick

Hello:

Today I want to show off my new favorite lipstick NYX's Sweet Pink.  It's a fun, bright color and I'm loving the matte look.  It somehow brightens my whole face.

I got this as part of my big NYX order that I wrote about Here.
NYX Matte lipsticks come in 22 colors and are only $6.  I really haven't ever been disappointed by an NYX product. You can get them at Ulta or Nyxcosmetics.com.  I usually end up purchasing thru the website as the Ulta's near me are always sold out of half the products! 

On to the swatches:

My bare lips freshly exfoliated, so the matte lipstick goes on smoothly.

Smooth lovely pink!

And I can add a little gloss if I want to switch it up.

I think even with winter coming up I can still using this bright pink to liven up my look, I know Oxblood is the new hot color, but I always think it's not hot unless you love it!


Jasmine

NYX Purple Rain lip pencil

Hello:

Today I did some photos of the NYX lip pencil in Purple Rain that I got with a bunch of other fun stuff you can read about in THIS post. 

 

The NYX Slim Lip Liners are super affordable at $3.49 and you can get them Here.  They have so many colors I've lost count.  I also have Fuchsia and Plush Red.  The pencils are not super creamy but rather more like a pencil eyeliner which I like because I can do a thin line or tilt it and get more coverage.

Bare Lips

With a light lining of Purple Rain



With a light coat of clear gloss

 

I really like this cool purple and think I could do some cool ombre effects with this as well.  It also works great with my pale skin tone ~ Well done NYX!

 

Jasmine

 

 

 

 

 



NYX Haul... including the "Lucky" Kit

Hello:

Recently I got an email from Lucky magazine (because I am a subscriber) about a collaboration with NYX.  They had a special for $15 you could get the Lucky Kit with a lip brush, eyeshadow brush, lip palette and smokey eye palette.  How could I say no to that :) 

I also had some other items I had been wanting to order, and it all came in this cute little lace bag.

The Lucky Kit

The Smokey Eyes Palette from the kit - Love the colors!

 

I will be doing an in depth review of these products through out the upcoming week. 
 

Lip pencils in Plush Red, Fuchsia and Purple Rain

Lipgloss in Gold Pink, Sweet Heart, and Matte Lipstick in Sweet Pink

I also buckled and bought the Dark Shadows palette, which I kept telling myself I didn't "need" but it just has so many fun colors in one (perfect travel palette)

 

So excited to play with these products!  I also have an order in thru Hautelook for the NYX "butt" naked palette (it's really called that)!!!

Jasmine