A little Frivolous Shopping………..

…..won’t hurt nobody. I went out shopping the other day after a longgg time (ok 3 weeks), and usually I always end up buying something makeup or hair related but this time I switched it up and got a purse.

This cute little messenger bag only cost me 20 bucks on sale. I was in need of a new small weekend bag for errands, shopping or lunch with the sis and this was just perfect.

It kind of looks big now that I see it in photos, but it’s rather small, perfect for just my wallet, keys, grocery lists, sunglasses, phone and maybe gloves……

While impulse shopping not too long ago, I remembered that Glamorous Glory Featured Revlon’s Black cherry a while back and after seeing it on a few blogs I finally gave in and got my hands on it. On glamorous glory it looked like a deep wine color which I loved, but on my skin tone it goes on very red with a slight hint of wine.

Either way I’m sooo loving this color and I wear it everyday with MAC’s Love Rush blush and winged liner.



In somewhat Natural Light



I also got a few things by maybelline. First with the concealer from Maybelline’s FIT line in medium, being the concealer freak that I am. I don’t like it too much because it goes on a bit too sheer and liquidy for my liking. The color match is perfect though, so I just keep it for those light makeup days.

So another beauty blogger enabling my impulse shopping is the lovely lady over at Beauty Ambition where she featured this fabulous lipstick called Pink me up. I have yet to swatch it but you can take a look at Beauty Ambition’s swatch and see why I fell in love with this color. It’s very creamy, the color payoff is amazing and worth the 5 bucks.

 I also tried Maybelline’s Falsies mascara and like it even though after about 2 strokes you have to be careful since it tends to clump. I like it and still use it because it does not smudge considering how dam oily my lids and eye area seems to be.

Two very impressive Re-purchases from N.Y.C has been their brow kit and liquid liner. These are my favorites especially the brow kit. I got it in brunette and it’s the perfect match and fills in my brows beautifully leaving them looking very natural. The liquid liner is a must! It does not smudge at all and lasts hours and for under 2 bucks definitely a must have.

And last but not least a look I did with wet N wild’s Palette in Vanity.

Yes a tutorial is in the horizon if I could just ever figure out the right lighting, sequence, eye lids etc.lol  For those who wonder and have asked, I used to get my eyebrows threaded but recently have been waxing since I find I get a much better and defined shape. In between I pluck…..

 

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Nyx Ulysses Lipstick, Nyx Concealer + MAC Raizin Blush and more

Much to my boyfriend’s delight I’ve been doing a lot of shopping lately. Not much really if you ask me, these are just a couple of things I’ve purchased in the last few months.

My latest Nyx purchase has been this round lipstick called Ulysses and concealer in Light.

The lipstick is very beautiful. Ulysses has this red/orange tone to it almost like terracotta but more on the red side. I love this color on my warm skin tone and has been on heavy rotation recently.

Ulysses on Lips

This a very nice lipstick to use if you want to go for a more toned down red lip look…….

When I first purchased this concealer I was still gloriously tan so it was a bit too light for me. But now that my fabulous tan has faded, it seems to be the perfect match for now.

I like the coverage I get and it’s creamy enough to blend. It has not creased on me which is a plus for my oily skin and for the price, 4 bucks not a bad concealer at all.

I used a little too much here, but it’s just to give an idea.

A little bit of this concealer goes a long way. I like the finish not too dry looking at all, like some tend to be on me.

While shopping for ingredients for my dish here, I stopped by walmart’s makeup section. I lost (or thought I lost) my powder brush I have been using as a bronzer brush, from eco tools. Turns out it was in my sister’s room while visiting the other weekend.

In need of a brush that could decently apply my bronzer I panicked and purchased walmarts’s powder brush and along the way picked up the angled blush brush too.

I like this powder brush, it’s not too dense or flimsy and it picks up bronzer quite well. The application is really nice as well. Def a keeper and I actually use this one more often than my thought to have been lost eco tools one.

The angled blush brush is OK. I just use it for my brown blushes every now and then. I find it’s a bit too dense for my liking in a blush brush but it does it’s work.

While out and about with the boyfriend the other evening I decided to stop buy bloomingdales’ and check MAC out. I ended up with a concealer and a blush.

I got this powder blush in Raizin. Don’t be fooled by the name it has no resemblance to raisins in color. In fact it too has this gorgeous red/ Orange terracotta tone to it. When I paired it with Nyx ulysses it was like a match made in heaven. I adore matte blushes because they tend to balance my oily skin and this one looks perfect on my skin tone.

I pair and wear these two out a lot especially for work. I get lots of compliments when I do my makeup with these two.

Raizin I’m always on the mad hunt for the next best concealer and of course had to pick one up. I let the makeup artist pick one out for me and she came up with select moisture cover in NW35. When she tested it on me at the store it looked like a dead on match but when I got to the natural light at home when I tried it the next day, it was wayyy too orange and dark for me. So I’m returning this one for a shade lighter perhaps.

I also got this Tinted Moisturizer from Avon’s Meet Mark Line recently. I got it in honey golden. I’m returning this because the color is almost non existant and left my complexion looking weird. It also had this weird sunscreen scent which turned me off even more. So far the Sonia Kashuk TM is still working for me.

My boyfriend’s aunt got her hands on what seems to be the last 2 wet n wild palettes so many rave about. Luckily she was nice enough to let me have greed and vanity and I have to say that I’m smitten with them.

There are so many looks online so far my favorite looks have been by Beverly over at FULLYBEATABLE. So make sure you check her out for the best swatches ever!

As with many wet n wild palettes you can never go wrong and I decided to do a quick look for a Christmas party I went to last weekend. I used wet n wild’s starry nights in meteor. This quad came out some time last year I think.

I’ve been asked to do tutorials which I will. Soon as I get a better camera.

I don’t do shimmers much but it was a toned down type of shimmer with very nice and decently pigmented colors.

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Deity of the Day: Nyx…..Plus My Mini Nyx Haul

Many are familiar with Nyx, the cosmetics line named Nyx that is. However, not many are familiar with Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night. In actuality she is not the goddess of night, but rather she is the night, the mother of darkness itself. It is said that Nyx was born out of chaos and through her we experience grief, deceit, pain, sleep, death, misery, dreams and retribution among other things.

Emilia Paw

“NYX (Nux), Nox or Night personified. Homer (Il. xiv. 259, &c.) calls her the subduer of gods and men, and relates that Zeus himself stood in awe of her. In the ancient cosmogonies Night is one of the very first created beings, for she is described as the daughter of Chaos, and the sister of Erebus, by whom she became the mother of Aether and Hemera. (Hes. Theog. 123, &c.) According to the Orphics (Argon. 14) she was the daughter of Eros. She is further said, without any husband, to have given birth to Moros, the Keres, Thanatos, Hypnos, Dreams, Momus, Oizys, the Hesperides, Moerae, Nemesis, and similar beings. (Hes. Theog. 211, &c.; Cic. de Nat. Deor. iii. 17.) In later poets, with whom she is merely the personification of the darkness of night, she is sometimes described as a winged goddess (Eurip. Orest. 176), and sometimes as riding in a chariot, covered with a dark garment and accompanied by the stars in her course. (Eurip. Ion, 1150; Theocrit. ii. in fin.; Orph. Hymn. 2. 7; Virg. Aen. v. 721; Tibull. ii. 1. 87; Val. Flacc. iii. 211.) Her residence was in the darkness of Hades. (Hes. Theog. 748; Eurip. Orest. 175; Virg. Aen. vi. 390.) A statue of Night, the work of Rhoecus, existed at Ephesus (Paus. x. 38. § 3). On the chest of Cypselus she was represented carrying in her arms the gods of Sleep and Death, as two boys (v. 18. § 1).”

Grant Kinney

Many fear darkness and without wonder, since in the darkness lies the unknown, the uncertain. However, if you take a moment to notice, our entire planet and solar system is surrounded by darkness. When we close our eyes to dream and think we are left with a vast darkness, a magnificent backdrop for our dreams, fantasies and desires.

Chaos is known as the state before creation. For me as a creature of habit and routines I try to avoid disorder at all cost. But at times I have to let chaos reign in my life because when you have everything figured out nothing can be born out of routines. It’s simply done, figured out, created, already formed.  Out of chaos is where new ideas, perceptions and new ways of thinking are born. If we are in constant routine and stagnant energy, there tends to be no room for innovation, creativity and new beginnings in which chaos always tends to force us into.

Nyx is also associated with Nixies, water spirits who with their profound beauty seduce men into their waters. Nixies are also guardians of the night and soul.

drkathytei.com

“Her Nixies were abyssal angels who kept the souls of the dead in an underwater fairyland….” -The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets

As the mother of darkness, Nyx can teach you many things. Her children such as deceit, strife, pain and the many things humans fear and experience, in essence makes you wiser and more attune to your perceived darkness. Experiencing hardships is what helps bring your deepest darkest fear to light by way of confronting and resolving them.

In honor of Nyx I decided to feature my first Nyx Haul I got this summer. Just because night time can be serious doesn’t mean it’s not the time I like to glam up and have the most fun.

These are very good for the price, I have no complaints very pigmented and worth the few bucks.
From left to right: Nyx Round Lipstick in Thalia
3 lip glosses Beige, Tanned, Natural
and
A jumbo eyeshadow pencil in Rust

This gloss is called Beige, a very pretty pink, goes beautifully with Thalia. I like wearing this with a light smokey eye and with my Avon After Glo Blush.

This is the jumbo eyeshadow pencil. I really like this pencil and regret not picking up a few more since they seem so useful and versatile. This color Rust is the same exact color as MAC’s Cranberry shadow I bought earlier this summer. Truly the same exact color, the perfect dupe for cranberry. Again I could have saved a couple of bucks since the consistency and color of the pencil and MAC’S shadow is nearly unnoticeable to me. (looking for that dupe list!)

So what better way to honor Nyx and the night, than to do your makeup for a relaxing night out, makeup in full force…..

More on Nyx

Nyx Sources

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Revlon Berry Haute Lipstick

 A few weeks back I have been meaning to find a kind of purple/pink lipstick since I been feeling in a plummy mood lately and wanted to experiment with plums and lavender.

So I headed out to my local drugstore and was browsing revlon’s lipsticks and found berry haute to be an interesting color. I tried it in the parking lot with natural light and loved it instantly. Berry haute looks kind of purple but it has some pink in it as well.

In the photo below the lipstick photographed in it’s true color but in the other pictures it comes off as pink.

(natural light)

This is the closest shot I got in showing the true color. I like this lipstick and looks very well on me with a dark tan I know I will have in the coming weeks. On some skin tones I’m sure it may look weird with all the purple undertones but overall I’m liking it so far and i’m looking for a plum blush to pair it with.

I hope to find a nice plum blush to pair it with right now i’m using cover girls plum blush but I need something more with a lighter purple undertone. I don’t know how purple/plum blush may look with my skin tone but I love plum colored blushes so we’ll see what I find that does not leave me looking bruised.

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Wet N Wild Lip shimmer 108

This is Wet n Wild’s Natural wear lip shimmer number 108. I smeared a little around the tube to give you an idea of the color against the white. These lip shimmers are very pigmented and contrary to it’s name most colors don’t have shimmer or like this red, no shimmer at all. 108 is this deep red (depending on the layers)with a creamy texture and very pigmented. With just one swipe across your lips you got all the color you will need. I like to wear it with a red lip liner since it’s that creamy and tends to run on me, as most lipsticks tend do on me.

I really like these to keep one in each bag, car, travel they are very versatile and you don’t have to worry about losing them or anything since they are so cheap.

The color photographs a light red but the color in person is a little deeper, nevertheless the color payoff is pretty good and again for the price and a quick on the go lipstick to brighten you up instantly is something you cant refuse.

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Wet N Wild Lip Shimmers

Wet n Wild has been trying to jump on this organic/natural bandwagon with some of  their products. A few weeks ago I stumbled into their section and saw a few of their natural wear Lip shimmers. They also have bronzers, powders etc with this line.

 Lip Shimmer 106

I was curious and picked up two. They come in numbers so I got 101 which is like this soft coral peachy color. My favorite is 106 it’s this really nice soft pink with warm undertones. I usually pair this lip stick with a gloss and my jane blushing baby doll blush. I like the way it looks with my skin tone and I usually always get comments on the color. However 106 has no shimmer at all as opposed to 101 which has a slight shimmer/frost look.

Lip shimmer 101 like I said is a soft coral color with light shimmers. I like to pair this with maybelline’s apricot flush blush. It helps bring out thepeachy tone.They pair rather nicely and as usual I always pair these with clear gloss.

 Lip Shimmer 101

As far as being natural I suppose it’s just the name of the line I doubt they are “natural” but for 2 bucks you can’t go wrong. I have like 4 106’s because for the summer that is what i’ll be mostly wearing with blush. So I keep one in each bag. They have no scent and color payoff is pretty good.

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