Sunday, February 20, 2011

Coastal Scents Combined Haul

It has been about three years since I started to play/ wear make up and I have hear about coastal scents through YouTube (obviously ==) where pursebuzz, who was one of the first guru i followed, introduced this website where they sell fabulous, good quality make up for a decent price. I already have 88 pallettes (color and warm; bought on ebay--> cheaper =P) but i wanted to try their brushes too. I have a bunch of Crown brushes, but it is hard for non-make up artists to get them. They do have a website, but it doesn't work. Anyways, let's get with the haul shall we? Came in the mail in this brown paper bag with bubble wrap built in it. Hehe I'm not showing you where i live =P. The brushes I ordered were wrapped in pink tissue paper and came with these instructions!
Unwrapped, it comes in a mesh bag and two business cards.
This is the Tapered Duo fiber blush brush priced at $6.95 USD. I wanted to get this brush because I thought it looked like the MAC's limited edition 181 brush, but boy was I wrong! The picture on the site makes this brush look like its so lush with the white bristles. The real deal with this one is basically just like the regular blush brush and they stuck a few white bristles and call it a "duo fibre". Omg, this brush is destined to fail. Mine came with a giant spilt in the middle that won't go away even if i deep clean it. This brush is somewhat decent for things like my ELF studio cream blushes, which are kinda hard to blend if you just use your fingers. But seriously, i will never get this brush. DO NOT GET THIS BRUSH!! Chisel Shader brush- this one was one i was looking for in the Sigma brush sets but I don't wanna shell out $100+ just for a few brushes right? So i was quite happy to see Coastal Scents has one for $3.95 USD, good price good price. I really do like this brush for shading and smoking out eyeliner and bottom lashes.It has black hairs, which are very stubby and dense. The bristles are soft enough that it won't poke your eyeballs one. I like this brush so thumbs up!
Precision Detail brush $3.95- This one is essentially the same thing as a MAC 219 (aka. the pencil brush). Just like its name, you can use it in your crease to make a very detailed and sharp V in the corner of your eye or to smoke out some eyeshadow on the bottom/ lash line. I want to say I like this brush, but I'm on the fence about it. I did own the MAC 219 but later returned it because the bristles are super scratchy. Same goes for this brush, the goat hair bristles are super scratchy and you can see its already fraying. Neutral thumb for this brush.
My second haul came at the same time as my instyle issue magazine! Yey =D

Main reason for the second haul was my brush guards were kind of breaking and i needed to replace them. On the coastal scents websites, this retails for $4.95 a pack. Same thing as the one before, my order came in a mesh bag.
I got one of their newer addition to their brush collection: Pro blending fluff brush $4.95 USD
I absolutely loveeeee this brush. No joke, this brush is an all over eyeshadow brush, a defining brush and a blending brush all in one. Side view: as you can see it is a tapered brush and its skinny if you use it on its side. You can get into your crease and define.Front view: Use the belly of the brush for an all over sweep of color.
Bird's eye view
I have been eyeing this brush for a long time, but it wasn't worth it if your going to just buy one thing from coastal scents and have to pay the shipping for it right? This is the Bionic wide buffer brush for $14.95 USD. Not a bad price for a brush that is AWESOME! My foundation sometimes make my dry patches appear, but with this brush it makes my powder foundation look flawless. (Btw, i only wear powder foundation unless its a special occasion. In that case I think wear a bit of liquid.)
It is super duper dense, synthetic bristles and the handle is a shiny black mental.
It looks like its fraying in the picture, but rest assure that its just because I took it out of the plastic wrap, and i think its just static.Synthetic domed mini kabuki for $5.95
What can i say? I like synthetic brushes most the time for my face because its less likely to scratch my face. This one is no exception, super dense and super soft. This brush is basically like a finger brush that is tapered all around. Measurements are 2 in. length and 3/4 in diameter.

Comparing with my palm. Average girl hand size haha, just if your wondering xD

So overall Coastal scents haul was good. Shipping was quite cheap to my surprise, only about $2.95 I believe which is the cheapest shipping around! Some of the products sometimes are a hit and miss. Just be careful with what you pick guys! Have fun shopping =)

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Lush Christmas 50% products restocked AGAIN!!

Omg I swear Lush is wanted everyone to go bankrupted. As you know, I have been following the sale daily for you guys, and today I just found that they basically restocked ALL THEIR GIFT SETS and a few other items. Geez...i want to cry, but hey all those people with those 15% off coupons, you can use them now =D. Few fab. things they restocked are....These are only a few things out of the dozen they restocked. So if your interested, again heres the link:http://www.lush.ca/shop/christmas/
*Note: this link goes to the Canadian lush site which only ships to Canada and United States*
Shipping is $6 (6-14 business days) CAD or $8 (6-8 buisiness days).

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Simple nude look

I have been watching a lot of Keeping up with the Kardashians and I always notice that the Kardashian sisters have a very nude, clean and simply eye make up but somewhat sultry still without being overpowering. So I came up with something like this... Yes i know that this isn't a sultry look, but the Kardashians inspire me to me much more clean, nude eye look with long lashes and liner. Hope you guys like it =3

ELF mineral lipgloss review and swatch

One of the few ELF reviews I will be doing would be on Elf's mineral lip glosses. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these lip glosses, way way way better then their studio line or the regular line. Its a lot more pigmented and the colors are absolutely gorgeous.OH lala sleek packaging.
They claim to have no paraben, no preservatives and no chemical dye. I hope that's true elf... The top of the caps all come with the logo embossed onto it. All of these lip glosses come with a regular doe foot application and the handle is short so you get a good control with these compared to really long ones like the ELF studio minty lip glosses.They are about 9 cm in height, 0.21 oz/ 6g of product for $3 ($1.50 if you buy them on those 50% off mineral sales).
I have almost all of them except for crystal (clear) and trophy wife (golden). Don't these packaging look exactly like MAC lipglass? They are the same size too!

All of these aren't sticky and are quite pigmented for lip glosses. When I say "pigmented", don't think they are like OCC lip tar opqaue. They are just enough color for a nice sheen. Almost no lipgloss color shows up on my lips because they are so pigmented, but that's what i use a light lipstick first.

Left to right: daring, wild, pageant princess, fierce, au naturale, sorority girl, night owl, trendsetter, bare Close up: Daring (bright apple red colour with gold, blue, purple shimmer; shimmer finish)
Close up: wild (bright warm hot pink color with golden sheen; light frosty/ sheen finish) Close up: Pageant Princess (baby pink color with golden sheen; light frost/ sheen finish)
Close up: Fierce (Slightly darker coral color, more towards the dark peachy side with sliver sheen; light sheen finish)Close up: Au Naturale (Nude brown/peach color with mixture of gold and sliver shimmer; very shimmer/ frosty finish) Close up: Sorority Girl (Mauvey raisin color with very fine golden sheen; matte/ light finishClose up: Trendsetter (Browny dark cranberry color with subtle green and gold shimmer; light frost finish) Close up: Bare (nude brown color with light sliver shimmers; matte/ light sheen finish.) One of my favorite ones out of all of them because I pair it with ELF mineral lip stick in Natural Nymph and it just makes my whole face look like in tan when I'm not. XD
Close up: Night Owl (Dark burnt raisin color with fine golden shimmer)
Swatches of all 9 lipglosses (left to right): Daring, Wild, Pageant Princess, Au Naturale, Sorority Girl, Trendsetter, Bare, Night Owl
Conclusion:
-price: B ($3 each)
-packaging: B- (so of the lids are built crooked)
-product quality: B
-Overall quality: B
-Buy again? I would buy these again and again and again~~

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Upcoming Hautelook events

For those out there that still don't know what Hautelook is, it is an online site where you can get designer stuff (not like LV or Chanel class of stuff but still really nice things) for 50 - 75% off depending on the marked prices. They are all new and it is a 45-hour sale, although it stays on the site for about one or two days as "sales events ending soon". All sales end and start at 8 am pacific time so if you want to get first dibs, you know what time to go on your computer! I believe they are from Ontario because I recently bought an Invitca watch and it stated ON, so I'm guess its from Ontario. Anyways lets get on with it shall we?
BTW...you have to have membership to be able to log into the site to see their sales. Don't worry, its free and its just fun to look around everyday to see what they have. All you have to do is enter your address and name and such and your good to go.

Matiko Shoes- Feb. 2 (Wednesday)
Recently I was looking around Youtube guru's blogs and I came across Dulecandy's "New goodies from Hautelook" and I saw her really cute shoes that she bought. It caught my eye how nicely made they were and how there's a mental brand name on the sole of the shoe. Such a nice touch! Makes it seem so high class. If your curious to see what i'm talking about,
click:
http://www.dulcecandy.com/2011/01/new-goodies-from-hautelook.htmlThe

brand is based on Orange County, USA and it has a really contemporary style that launched in 2002.

NYX cosmetics- February 3 (Thursday)
So we all know and love NYX cosmetics, especially their single eyeshadow which are comparable to MAC eyeshadows and their jumbo eyeshadow pencils which go on your eyes like a dream, but can their low low affordable prices go even lower? In disbelief? I'm not lying to you when they are having their sale this Thursday.

GO smile- Feburary 4th (Friday)
We have all seen this brand in Sephora before, but is that price tag really worth a try? Hautelook usually sells some sets for $23 (compared to something like $80+ from sephora).

These are just a few things that are major brands, but other brands are worth looking because its a nice way to learn about new brands that you never knew about.

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