Blogging Day 252: Fun @ Sephora

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MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Complexion Travel Kit ($40 Value) HD Complexion..., $29

SEPHORA COLLECTION Instant Moisturizer 1.69 oz, $20

Ole Henriksen Truth To Go™ Wipes 10 Wipes, $6

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I was in Sephora the other day when one of the Sephora sales reps came up to me and asked if I could help him get his Make Up For Ever certification by allowing him do the basics on me. I of course said yes. I have never been to a make-up counter and had anything done except have them match my foundation color. I was so excited!

First he had me remove all my make-up. He had me use Ole Henriksen 'truth to go wipes'(pictured above), he said it would have a citrus smell to it.  It was a nice refreshing make-up remover and I could clearly see my foundation coming off. It was the only thing, besides blush I could get on that morning. I had 30 minutes to get ready and only the bare essentials were put on.

Next of course was the moisturizer. He ended up using a sponge to get it on my face, which was nice. First, because as cute as the guy was, I didn't want some cute guy rubbing moistrizer all over my face. I'm really self conscious about my face. I have acne scars, normal scars, and acne. Which by the way, I was told when I started having acne(2nd grade) I wouldn't be having this problem as an adult. I feel 28 is adult enough time for me. Why has the problem not gone away! 

Anyway...  For a moistrizer, he had me use Sephora's instant moistrizer(pictured above). I have combination skin evidently; in my t-area I have oily, everywhere else dry. Annoying, that my skin can not just pick-up one and stick it to it. It has to be diffucult....

After the moistrizer, he used Make Up For Ever's neutral primer. I use their green(for the acne redness) and yellow(dark circles under my eyes), but never thought of using an all over the face primer. He said it helps the foundation last longer. That he also used a sponge applicator to put on.

Next the foundation. I must admit at this point, having someone do my make-up is SSSOOO NICE! I find it should reason number 5 to become famous.

#1 Money

#2 FREE STUFF!

#3 I get to hangout with other famous people

#4 Someone does my Hair

It's always fun picking out my foundations, I'm always either the third or the second to last foundation shade of any foundation line. I'm a very pale white.  My Grandmother was Mexican and did I inherit cool tan skin? No, I had to inherit my Dad's polish pale whiteness!!! Do I get curly hair either? No!!! My brother, who keeps his hair short does. How do I know? Because one time he actually did grow his hair out and he had a nice fro going on...  Life is so unfair.

He put the foundation on the back of his hand, which if you didn't know warms the foundation. We human beings are hot and it helps the foundation go on easier when it's warmed. Using a brush he smoothed the foundation all over my face. After he was done he gave me a mirror to take a look , and I must admit Make Up For Ever HD foundation has good all over coverage. If I had been running out of foundation I would have bought some, just to give it try and see how it goes. I am currently using Lancome and I am happy, but maybe I could be happier with Make Up For Ever.

Last step, he used their HD Powder(pictured above), which looks like pure white powder. He said it will not go on white, but translucent and will help set my foundation. I was sceptical at first. I had always been taught to set it with a loose powder, but he put it on and it looked marvelous.

I ended up buying the wipes, because I know will be traveling this summer and using wipes would be much easier then bring my cleanser bottle with me everywhere. Plus, I got the HD Complexion Travel Kit which has the primer, powder and their elixir. I want to try this stuff out, just to see if I really like it in everday use before I buy the regular sizes.


 

Blogging Day 217: Lancome's Free Gift W/Purchase

Lancome is currently having a gift with purchase event @ Nordstorms and per mygiftiwthpurchase.com it is going on until April 3rd. You have to spend $39.50 and you get to choose 6 sample beauty products, a make-up brush and a bag. As I have said before, I am a sucker for gift with purchases.

 

Out of all the choices, I choose the eyeshadow pallet, lipstick, concealer ( I <3 their concealer) , Genifique-a youth activating concentrate, Renergie, and High Resolution- Refill-3x.

I have no idea about the moisturizers, but I asked what they would recommend for me and they said these would be good for me. I have yet to find a good skin care system, so I'm cool with trying anything.

Lancome's concealer is what I use everyday, so that was a simple pick. Best concealer as of yet, any others you would recommend?

The make-up brush, well, a girl can never have too many make-up brushes. I actually am starting to have quite a collection myself.

Now onto the eyeshadow and lipstick.

Here are the swatches.

The lipstick color is 'Wannabe'(all the way to the right). I love the color. It is the perfect shade for my lips.

M.A.C and Lancome lipsticks are my favorite. I do not own any other brands. I own tons and tons of lip glosses.I have never been a lipstick girl, but the few I have, are M.A.C. and Lancomes.

Next are the eyeshadows, going from right to left int he picture: Camisole(shimmer), Kitten Heel(shimmer), Lezard(matte) and the very faint, but there, Honeymoon(sheen).

I love these colors, they are absolutely beautiful and they look amazing with my hazel eyes.

Now, in order to get such goodies, I decided to try their foundation. Specifically, their 'Teint Idole' which I am I converting too.

 Normally I use Covergirl, and I have for years, but not any more. The coverage is amazing and lasts all day long, even after a full day at work. As work day, I mean stressful, analizing bids and rubbing my face all day job.

Now, I don't know if you guys have noticed these little barcode boxes that have been appearing on our products lately.

I have seen them on things ranging from crackers to movie posters in People magazine. This is reason number 5643 that I need a smart phone, I want to know what these little boxes lead too.

 If you have no clue what I'm talking about, I mean the application that smart phones have. I believe is uses the camera function and scans the little box and brings up the video it is linked too. TOO COOL!

I am so technology impressed :)

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<3 Zerila

Blogging Day 211: Fun With SugarPill!

My Bestie recently went shopping @ Sugarpill and she let me play with the make-up she bought! They are amazing colors. If it wasn't for the fact that I am going shopping tomorrow for make-up, I would be ordering some of the glittery awesomeness myself.

I love the packaging designs. Very Gothic Princess.

Now, let's see what she got!

This is the 4-Color Palette / Cold Heart.

  

I put the quarter down to give a size reference for how big these items are. The colors are Poison Plum, Bulletproof, Tako, and Afterparty. I have swatches which I will show you at the bottom.

This is a a very beautiful hot pink color called Dollipop.

I love this color, not my favorite from this pick. But, very Barbie.

Now off to my favorites. The Sparkly Loose Powder!

This is Magpie. A beautiful dark blue/greenish color. For some reason I think greek goddess when I see this color.

This is my second favorite Magentric.

Sparkly pink goodness.

Now, Paperdoll is my favorite color.

Beautiful! I love wearing pink, but with my eyes, purple looks amazing on them. 

Plus, this is a perfectly pastel color for spring.

Last, but not least, Goldilux.

A beautiful splash of gold for your eyes. Very Ke$ha.

Now for the swatches.  First set of swatches are without eye primer.

Dollipop-Bulletproof-Poison Plum-Afterparty-Tako

Goldilux-Paperdoll-Magentric-Magpie

Now using Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which I think I may be converted. I normally use Urban Decay, but I used my friends primer since I forgot mine. I took these pictures at work :)

I think I may have to do an experiment to see which works better.

Does anyone have any preferences?

Now, doesn't the primer make a difference. I would definitely recommend using a prime. It would help keep your eyes shadow from going into your creases.

Goldilux-Magentric-Paperdoll-Magpie

Hmmm... I'm liking the gold more and more.

Dollipop-Bulletproof-Poison Plum-Afterparty-Tako

I love the blue! It is so electric!

Now there is only one problem. It is not with the loose powders, but with the pressed. There is so much color/pigment that it stains your skin when you use a primer.

This is a picture about 5 hours later and multiply washes with warm water and soap.

I did eventually use Lancome's Eye Make-up Remover and all but Dollipop was removed. I tried to take a picture, but it is too feint to for the camera to pick-up, but still there.

Of course, your thinking, maybe the primer is just that good. Yes, that could be true. But, I did not have a problem washing off the loose powder when it was on the primer.

All in all, besides the stain factor, amazing colors and I will be buying the loose powders.

Anyone else use Sugarpill and have the stain problem?  Is it really that big of a deal? My bestie doesn't seem to think so, besides the next day your just going to cover your eyes with my eyeshadow anyway.

<3 Zerila

Blogging Day 172 : Shopping @ Forever 21, Lancome & Sephora!

Friday night, by buddy and I, went shopping. Our main goal was to hit up Macy's Lancome counter because they were having their free gift special at the moment. With a goal in mind we set off to the mall and of course there were a few diversions along the way.

First we stopped at Forever 21 Accessory Store. I have never seen a Forever 21 Accessory store before, but I am definitely a fan now. Shoes were everywhere and I mean everywhere. That had the cutest jewelry and accessories. I found a few things I decided I needed( maybe the better word is wanted, because I certainly didn't need any of it...)



Super Cool Brush $5.80



I am a sucker for anything sparkly and pink. It doesn't show-up very well in the picture but the top has been dipped in light pink. I had to grab it. I use it to put on my loose powder and the brush is SSOOO soft!





These were all about $1.80 each.

These were fun facial packets. Very cheap so I decided to give them a try. I will do a future blog on these packets. They have inspired me to do a little research.







Left - Right
Flowers $3.80
Studs $4.80



More earrings for my nice earring collection. They had tons of earrings and they were super cheap!

Again my weakness for sparkly things.

There are even sparkles on the rim of eyelash curler or what my buddy likes to call, the eyelash torture device.

They had a pink color, and usually that is my go to color,but once I saw the blue-purple rainbow metallic color, I switched. Plus, one can never have too many tweezers, I always end up losing mine. Somewhere in this house I have 10 tweezers playing hide and seek.



Color Name: Navy $2.80

While I was waiting in line I found this pretty nail polish. I'm not normally a blue nail color kinda girl, but I saw a bit of purple swirled into it and yet again I fell into temptation.

Unfortunately, that purple swirl didn't stay, it is still a pretty sparkly blue.

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Macy's is the store that is currently running the free gift with purchase. If you forget which store when you in the mall, like I did, do not worry, they have signs hanging up right at the front of the store.



Top to Bottom
Designer: Metallic $17
Disco Silver $25



I was originally going to try their foundation, but I saw the Disco Silver and decided not to. It's not to glittery, as pictured above, it is a just nice splash of silver. I wear it over my purple eyeshadow and it looks amazing. This is a must have shade!

The Designer color I originally bought for my mom, because I thought this was a color she wanted, but I got the wrong color. I was planning on taking it back but I really like it. I use the color for defining my eyebrows. This is something I recently started doing. Michelle Phan is right, it definitely helps define the face. It takes a lot of practice, but very well worth the pain.

 





Free gift with purchase!





 I am a major sucker for gifts with purchase when it comes to make-up. I have not bought myself mascara in years because of them. I get a new one every three months, which is good considering everyone tells me that my mascara is a major breeding ground for germs.

Anyway, with this gift you get a beautiful make-up bag, eye make-up remover ( I like their eye make-up remover, it smells like roses), mascara, a juicy tube (Moulin Rose), sample of Genifique,  a choice of moisturizers, I choose High Resolution, and a choose of either a eyeliner, mascara base or a eyeliner brush and I choose a eyeliner brush. Eyeliner pencils are nice, but I prefer liquid eyeliner and one can never have too many make-up brushes,

The free gift is available at Macys until February 21.

I keep track of when Lancome has free gifts with purchase with this website:

http://mygiftwithpurchase.com/

I would keep this website in your favorites and I'm adding this to my awesome website list on the side. They are very accurate when events are happening. I never want to miss when they have gift with purchases, so I do check it regularly.

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Now, last but not least, off to Sephora.



tokidoki - Donutella $9.00
tokidoki- Pink Martini $9.00
Hello Kitty  Parfum 100pt Free Gift with Purchase
Sephora- Glitter Black Liquid Eyeliner $10.00



Top - Bottom Swatches

tokidoki - Pink Martini

tokidoki - Donutella

Sephora Glitter Eyeliner

  I had already bought a lot more then intended on this trip and I was only going to buy the liquid eyeliner. I have used a few other liquid eyeliners and I prefer Sephora's brand.

Their tips are a perfect balance of thinness and thickness. I can't stand when liners are too thin, there is no support, it flops around and it is too easy to mess up.

Plus this liner has a nice glitter to it.  As I have said before I'm a sucker for anything sparkly.

Now, I'm not fan of the tokidoki line. I do not dislike it either, it's just not my go to line. I got the tokidoki bag because I like the art of the line. It's very cute and fun!

 I was looking around and my buddy started chatting with one of the store associates and she told us to check out these lip glosses. It isn't the color or the brand that made me buy these. It was the flavor; Donutella is strawberry and Pink Martini is watermelon . It reminded me of the tinkerbell  makeup that I wore when I was a little kid, so I had to grab them. They had two other colors, but it was purple and a clear that kinda reminded me of paste I used it school. You know the paste, that the weird kid in class would eat when he thought no one was looking. Yeah, not the kinda memories I want brought up every time I put on lipgloss.

I would definitely buy these, as you can tell with the swatches, it adds a very little tint to your lips, but the smell and taste will bring you back to the good old days, when deciding what outfit Barbie would wear was your biggest problem of the day.

Last but not least, the Hello Kitty Parfum.

As you know Sephora has come out with a Hello Kitty Line.

Check it out at Sephora, it is all very cute, expensive, but cute!

If you been saving up your points for something, now is the the time to spend your purchasing points, or spend a hundred dollars, because one of their 100 pt items is a cute little sample of their Hello Kitty Parfum.

I went up to the counter and started freaking out because I had just spent 500 pts on the philosophy Christmas gift set they had last month. Now before you think, she spent that much on make-up, when my mom went shopping for her make-up awhile back she put all her purchases on my card and I was lucky enough to get her points! I also bought a lot of birthday and Christmas presents at Sephora. Not to say I don't have a nice make-up addiction, I do, just not that big of one.

Anyway, I was freaking out that I wouldn't have enough points and I was quickly looking around for what I could buy in the next five minutes that would get me up to 100pts. Of course, I could have just bought the normal size bottle, but I wanted the tiny cute one! I wanted THAT bottle!

 To my relief I had points leftover and got my Hello Kitty Bottle.

The parfum smells wonderful! So, all you Hello Kitty Fans go get your butt over to Sephora!

All done! I am now broke until I get paid again which happens to be this Thursday! Perfect timing since that's when the Wonder Woman Mac set is releasing in the stores!

You can currently check it out at:

http://www.maccosmetics.com/

<3 Zerila

FYI- I checked and you can get grab the Forever 21 Accessories @ http://www.forever21.com/

veggie/water: All good!