Win a dress from Lulu's!

happyholidays.

Hope everyone had a good holiday! I got the best Christmas present ever---A JOB! I just have to pass a drug test (WISH ME LUCK). I've been drinking cranberry juice and working out nonstop. Don't get me wrong, I don't do drugs. The last time I smoked was about two weeks ago and unfortunately that could stay in my body for 30 days. I read online that it usually stays for 10 days if you're an occasional smoker, which I am.

My Urban Decay 24/7 Super Stash eyeliners came in the mail! I was skeptical of their staying power because they glide on so creamy and effortlessly, but they hold up pretty well. I wore them to the gym and they didn't budge after my sweaty workout.




Zero, Corrupt, Stash, Oil Slick, Rockstar, Ransom, Binge, Graffiti, Eldorado


Zero, Corrupt, Stash, Oil Slick, Rockstar, Ransom


Ransom, Binge, Graffiti, Eldorado

finals week

It's finals week, but instead of studying like I should be doing, I painted my nails. Honestly I had no idea what I was doing.. Haha. I started off with hearts but decided that was too plain so I drew some black lines. Do you guys think this is appropriate for the hospital? I'm volunteering there tomorrow. I guess I'll have a small talk starter with the patients.





All of my packages from Black Friday finally arrived. I went mad online shopping cuz I couldn't deal with humans in the mall. I got five packages total.. There's some things I have to return but for the most part I'm satisfied :)

I just ordered the Urban Decay 24/7 Super Stash since I had a $15 giftcard for being a beauty insider. I need new eyeliner anyway. I was debating between that or fluidline since I'm running out, but I really wanted all the different colors in the kit. I still think I'm gonna get fluidline when I run out though because pencil usually smudges on me by the end of the day, but fluidline stays put.

I can't wait for my last final to be overrrrrrr and done with. Wish me luck :\

Product Review: Essence of Beauty Bent & Straight Eyeliner Brushes

Product: Essence of Beauty Bent & Straight Eyeliner Brushes
Packaging: 3 out of 5
Overall: 1 out of 5
Price: I got these on ebay for $3.25 including shipping
Would You Buy This Again? No

PROS: None at all.

CONS: The brush head is way too flimsy and there aren't enough bristles to keep it dense. It's impossible to draw a straight line.

OVERALL: Don't waste your money on this. I ordered this on ebay because the idea of a bent eyeliner brush interested me. I'm sure there are better bent eyeliner brushes out there (Just don't buy this one!)

Nail polish

China Glaze - Rich & Famous

Reminds me of barbie & it's perfect for the Spring.

I wore this in class and didn't realize how bright it was until I pointed to something on my notebook page for a guy to read haha.

Red Cherry

I'm the biggest sucker for lashes (even though I still have a hard time putting them on). The store that sells NYX products also sells Red Cherry lashes! They only cost about $1.50 a pair, so I decided to pick up a few :) Sorry the second photo isn't as clear. I took it from my iPhone.

I want lashes like THESE

MAC Eyeshadow Swatches

Some MAC eyeshadow swatches of the ones I have left. All the other ones I sold because I don't give them enough loving. I realized I've never swatched a lot of my shadows, so enjoy! These were swatched dry with no base.


Going from top to bottom, left to right: Coppering, cranberry, da bling, romantique, expensive pink, fab & flashy, goldmine, gorgeous gold, juxt, swimming, waternymph, shimmermoss, big t, belle azure, prussian


Coppering, cranberry, da bling, romantique, expensive pink, fab & flashy, goldmine, gorgeous gold


Juxt, swimming, waternymph, shimmermoss, big t, belle azure, prussian


Top to bottom, left to right: Seedy pearl, leap, beautiful iris, little minx, satellite dreams, nocturnelle, trax, blackberry


Seedy pearl, leap, beautiful iris, little minx, satellite dreams, nocturnelle, trax, blackberry

NYX, I love you.

I finally found a store that sells NYX! No more ordering online & paying shipping fees :) They have single eyeshadows, jumbo pencils, lipsticks, lip liners, concealers, trios, and nail polishes. If anyone wants me to find them anything in particular, send me an email.

Circe, Honey, Milan, Perfect, Power

Unfortunately, Circe doesn't work on me like most girls :( It makes me look washed out (I'm an NC 30 for reference).

Hi Bellas

I've been away for a long time, I know! I just got back from Philadelphia and I'm having withdrawal symptoms. The love of my life (who has no idea yet) is there haha. I've been posting more on my personal blog, but I had to take the link off due to a certain psycho somebody that I actually know in person. But for now, I'M BACK so are you ready for me, bitches??

I went a little lash crazy & bought 40 pairs of lashes on ebay from THIS seller, although it doesn't seem like they sell lashes anymore. It cost about $8 including shipping, but some of the lashes arrived a little bent out of shape, but it's okay cuz each box has 10 pairs.

Find me on twitter, babes: lilylovesmac

oh, hai.

I will update this when I get back into makeup. I haven't really been inspired lately, but I miss blogging about beauty related things.

School just started and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed since I'm still working my summer hours at my job minus the time I'm at school. I don't have much time to do homework or study, but my job is ending soon. Hopefully I can find another one because I don't know if I will qualify for unemployment. I mean, I will because I'm kind of being laid off, but since the economy is in the shits, I don't know if they will give it to me since I'm not in dire need of it. Not as bad as others might who actually have big bills to pay at least.

Nails!

My attempt to do my own nails since I don't have time to get my nails done, lol. I just hope they don't chip anytime soon (like tomorrow). I used China Glaze Heaven all over my nails and I painted the designs with the thin brushed polishes.

Sorry I've been MIA. I made a personal blog that I've been posting in more often lately. I had a great 4th of July. Spent it with my family. It was also my cousin's birthday. Hope you all had a good & safe holiday.

milestone. haha.

I finally hit pan on my MAC Era eye shadow. My first time on any eye shadow actually. I use this one almost everyday for a neutral look for work. I kinda panicked a little when I saw a hole forming in the bottom of the pan, but I think it still has a long way to go before I need to pick up a replacement.

Sigma!

Yay!!!! They finally came! I pre-ordered these back in the end of May and now they're mine! Woohoo! I was so surprised when the mailman delivered them cuz I wasn't expecting them so soon. I guess the mail people are working super fast.

A guide on how to use each brush

My beautiful brushes! They are now available here. You don't have to pre-order and wait because they're in stock! It's $64 for the kit without the brush roll and $79 with the brush roll. I got it without the brush roll since I have so many already. It essentially comes down to $5-$6/brush. Good deal, no?

They also included a freebie.

Swatches of the ELF eyeshadow. Not bad for a product that only costs $1.

boing.

So sorry! I've been busy up the yin yang. My aunt, uncle, & cousins are visiting from Philadelphia today so I'm being kicked out of my room.. Lol.

I went to Target yesterday with my bff. I picked up some Palmer's cocoa butter for some stretch marks I have... I hope it works. Why do they have to have a picture of a pregnant lady on the bottle? That just makes me feel bad lol. I also picked up some sunscreen for the face because I've recently learned that my cheeks burn REAL fast.. and I got some more face wipes because they're awesome. Only $3.34 for a pack of 30.

Sorry there are no photos. I have yet to steal the pictures from the trip from our work camera.

I just bought a new iPhone case since the one I bought from the apple store is PEELING already! I've only had it for 5 days!! I'm going to return that one. This is the one I bought. I got it here. BLING!

I've been addicted to this iPhone app called Puri! lately. You can draw all over your pictures and turn them into sticky pics justl ike the picture machines!

I'm back!

Back from my camping trip! It was GREAT! Bonded with the interns, some old and some new. We went hiking, played a lot of games, and got to check out an observatory. I learned how to focus a telescope and we got to see Saturn, Leo the lion, the big dipper, Vega, & some binary stars. It was absolutely beautiful up there. The sky was so clear and I even saw a shooting star! We also went up to a ropes course. I climbed up a tree and walked off a platform on the zipline!!! It was amazing. It felt like I was free falling, lol.

Here's a photo of part of the little house we stayed in.

Here's me getting my car wash after the trip, lol. I took the picture on my new iPhone!!!!!!! (Which I LOVEEEE!) I don't know why I hated the iPhone so much before cuz it's freakin AWESOME. I paid $399 for it though cuz I was only eligible for an "early upgrade" which doesn't mean shit! I was gonna add a line to my individual plan, but then it would turn into a family plan which would cost more... Even if it was only an extra $10/month for another line, it still comes out to $240 over the next 2 years as opposed to paying the extra $200 for the phone right now.

I also finally got an email about my pre-order for Sigma Brushes, so I purchased them. Can't wait for them to arrive!! Yeeee!

More pictures later!

busybusy!

OMG, Tao is such an enabler. I couldn't resist ordering pigments from TKB Trading after seeing swatches on her blog. I don't even use pigments all that much, but the swatches are amazing! I also ordered some ELF studio brushes since I thought "what the heck, I might as well put in this order too since I'm already ordering other things." And I have been working NONSTOP, so I deserve to give myself presents, haha. But seriously, I've been working like crazy. I worked overtime yesterday. At least that equals more $$, but I'm so tired and GRUMPY after work!

I'm going camping tomorrow with the interns! I'm actually really excited now. I wasn't so excited yesterday, but it has finally hit me that it's tomorrow! I haven't even started packing yet... I think I'm going to pack tomorrow morning since we leave in the afternoon.

On another note, I placed an order for 20 5g jars from Rainbow Minerals & More about a month and a half ago, and I haven't received my order. I've emailed them NUMEROUS times too on two different email addresses that they have, but no response... So I filed a paypal claim against them. It just sucks cuz I was waiting on those jars, so I could send Mayaari some samples and now they're super delayed. If anyone's thinking of buying from them, DON'T! There's an ebay store with the same name, but I don't know for sure if it's the same person...

NYX Sunflower

Sorry, been a little MIA. The only day I had off from work last week was Friday and I won't be having any days off this week. I'm going on a work camping trip on Thursday-Saturday to bond with the new interns we just hired, but I will update again before then :)

Eyes
MAC Era all over lid
MAC Cork contour

MAC Ricepaper highlight

MAC Blacktrack Fluidline liner

Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara

Lips

NYX Sunflower l/s

Innocence

A swatch of China Glaze Innocence. It's a very sheer manicure pink. I painted on about 3 coats and it has a cream like consistency. I didn't really like it much when my nails started growing out though because you can see the tips underneath the coats of polish.. But it is a great manicure color.

I really want to get Agent Lavender and White Kwik Silver, but they can only be found online and the shipping rates are kinda outrageous :(

Outlet shopping with the BFF

I went outlet shopping with my best friend the other day in Vacaville. We stopped by the Cosmetics Company outlet.. The MAC things they had were 1N lipstick, vanity child, lipstick, a few creme sheen lipsticks, a few lipsticks from the stylistics collection, a few eye shadows from the moon bathe collection, some eyeshadow duos (the rectangular shaped ones), one mineralize eye shadow that was navy, bronze, and dark brown colored, some holiday lipstick sets and eyeshadow sets from christmas, and I can't remember what else. They didn't have much eye shadows but a lot of lipglosses and lipsticks.

I ended up walking out with no MAC :( Lol. I resisted because nothing really caught my eye.

I did end up buying a Coach bag. Total spontaneous buy. I think it was super cheap, so I couldn't pass up the deal. It was $169 with a 10% discount since they were handing out 10% flyers to people when you enter the store... so my bag was $152+tax. Not bad since it retailed for $388 or something like that.







I told the boyfriend that my best friend bought it for me for my birthday, so he wouldn't get mad that I spent money. (Hehe) I bought him some new running shoes from the Nike outlet, but he wants me to return them cuz he said they cost too much. I didn't think so at the time, lol. He wants me to save up for my birthday trip to Vegas.

I need ideas on what to get my dad for Father's Day! I have no clue! My last resort is to paint him a cup at Color Me Mine... lol