MAC lipsticks

My current MAC lipsticks. Never really owned any MAC lipsticks before up until I purchased these three. From left to right are baby's on fire, pink nouveau and viva glam I. The first lipstick on the left side of the picture (baby's on fire) has specks of glitters in it. It's very moisturizing on the lips but after awhile, the color rubs off. Pink nouveau is my favorite summertime lipstick. It’s a matte texture and it reminds me of a bubble gum pink. Viva glam I is also a matte texture that stays on the lips for a very long time. It looks like a dark red apple lipstick. What are your lipsticks?

Bad Gal Lash

What's up makeup bloggers?! I've been in hiatus for a while after my recent vacation trip from sunny Hawaii two months ago. Now it's almost the holidays and finally had the free time to blog about my makeup collection that I have accumulated over these past few months. Stay tuned for other makeup reviews.

Here's my newest mascara. This is absolutely one bad gal mascara!!! It coats my lashes so thick and full of volume. Love the luscious black look. One thing I did noticed is that it gives me a racoon eyes at the end of the day. Maybe it needs a primer prior to applying this bad gal. Once in awhile it's nice to give those lashes a little naughty bad gal look especially during these cold flurry seasons ;)

Orly

Orly in La Vida Loca

I was at Ulta last month to claim my free lip gloss after accumulating my reward points and after spending about thirty minutes contemplating whether I should get OPI or Orly, I ended up getting Orly's La Vida Loca in hot pink. I've been looking for a hot pink nail polish and to my surprise, I did not see any hot pink nail polish I like from OPI. Most of the time, I always pick OPI over any other brands. But this time, I really had to get this one by Orly in hot pink. After trying it on my nails, it turns out to be that this is the hottest pink I've been searching for the whole entire summer. If only I found this color a little earlier in the summer, I would've flossed it everyday. Even though I recently just got this nail polish towards the end of summer, I guess it's still not too late to wear this hot pink. After all, it is the perfect pink!

Cargo

This is my first Cargo purchased. I have never used Cargo makeups in the past. About a month or two ago, Sephora had a sale on Cargo cosmetics. I think the sale is still going on since I’ve heard from other makeup lovers that Cargo will no longer be available at Sephora.

The first palette is the Wet and dry eyeliner which is really pretty. The color payoff is really good and lasts through out the whole day. It doesn’t seem to rub off quickly unless you use a makeup remover.

The second picture is a quad eyeshadow with earthy tones. I really like this one since the eyeshadows are pretty big and again the color pay off good as well. The case looks so cute and it comes with a huge mirror ;)

            Cargo Wet/Dry Eyelining Palette

        Cargo Color Palette

Bobbi Brown

Lately, I've been looking at different blushes from different cosmetic brands in Sephora, Ulta and in Nordstroms. The one that really caught my attention is Bobbi Brown's blush. I've been dreaming of having a Bobbi Brown blush since I've never used it before so luckily a few weeks ago, Bobbi Brown cosmetics online was having a free shipping going on. So I bought my first blush in "apricot" and I just received my package earlier this week. The blush is so pretty. It is a matte coral bright apricot that gives a natural coral look on my cheeks. The blush pan can easily pop off it's case if you want to put it in a palette or you can just leave it as is. I also got a few goodies like the mascara in jet black called the extreme party, an eye repair cream and two sample packets of the foundation in natural and a brightening moisturizing cream. To top it off, it was free shipping. Woohoo. Pretty awesome deal huh for a highend cosmetic brand?

Bobbi Brown blush in apricot and a few goodies.

Picture: makeup411.com

MAC

I went to my local CCO earlier this month to see what they have in their MAC collections. I found a couple of powders and a blush I really like. So I bought a mineralize skin finish in porcelain pink, a highliter face kit from the hocus focus collection and a blush creme in pleasureful. They are all so cute! My favorite one is the hocus focus highliter kit which comes in two beauty powders in sunsparked pearl(light beige) and pretty baby (light baby pink). The third powder it has is the sheertone shimmer blush in peachykeen (sheertone rose pink). All colors gives a nice subtle highlight with a tint of sparkles on the face.

So lets starts with the hocus focus highlighter kit. I love the design of this kit. It looks like a mini palette that is so stylish and hip. The colors are so gorgeous. The only thing is I wish this kit came with a mini brush like my other palette special edition.

The second item I bought is the mineralize skin finish in porcelain pink which looks like a light golden peachy pink. This is actually my second MSF and the very first one I bought was the natural MSF in medium plus. I really like these MSF as a setting powder or a highliter on my face. The one in natural works well in setting my foundation.

The last item I got is my very first blush creme. I think that's the main reason why I decided to go to my local CCO in the first place to check out if they carry any blush cremes and they do sell some. But the only thing that I don't like about it is that they only carry one kind. So the one they had that day was in pleasureful which looks very dark in the pan but once it is applied on the cheeks it looks like a peachy medium brownish rose. I was excited to use this blush creme and I must say...I really luv it ^_^ It's very pretty! But I still think CCO needs to have more selections of colors in their blush cremes. Sheeesh!

Smashbox

This is my new Smashbox palette that I picked up at Sephora. I couldn't pass up on it since it is so cute. The first three eyeshadows on top are nudes and a highliter. The bottom three are my favorites. Check out the swatches.

Coastal Scents Brow Palette

  

I'm always looking around for a really good eyebrow palette to fill in my sparse eyebrows. I have to admit, I over plucked 'em during my teen years. Why did I pluck my brows on my own and not have it professinally done? Well, I was really scared of waxing my brows when I was younger. That's why! But now in retrospect, it was a lesson learned. So I'm always in a hunt to look for the best eyebrow palette and so far I really like the Anastasias, although I don't own it yet, I am thinking of buying it in the future. Instead, I bought the Coastal Scents Brow Palette. So here are my thoughts on it.

First of all, I love this brow palette! It has four different tones of browns starting from light brown, auburn, dark brown and black. I really like that it comes in four different colors on one palette. Each color can also be applied on as an eyeshadow. This brow kit comes with a brush applicator to fill in the brows on one end and on the other end, it has a small sponge applicator to apply the color as an eyeshadow. I would definitely recommend this brow kit to anyone.

Harajuku Lovers in Love

I just got my first Harajuku Lovers perfume in Love the other day. I was so excited to receive it. The box is so cute. The doll's face is so adorable. Most importantly, the perfume scent is my new favorite fragrance this summer. I'm so in love with the floral scent. It smells young and fresh that stays on the whole day. I really want to get into collecting each dolls. Sephora is having an awesome deal going on right now on their website. Each doll regularly cost between $30 to $45 bucks and now on sale between $15 bucks for the limited edition and $22 bucks for the original dolls. To top it off, I also received a cute baby blue alarm clock giveaway when you purchase one of the original dolls. How can I pass it up?

Coastal Scents

My first Coastal Scents Palette

Last month, I bought my first Coastal Scents in 88 Piece Makeup Palette. There are eighty-eight matte eyeshadows ranging from different base colors such as white to beige, then it has the regular eyeshadow colors starting with earth tones, moving on to greens, blues, purples, pinks, peaches, browns, coppers and silvers. This palette reminds of my crayola box when I was still a kiddo! But now, I only play and color with make-ups ;-) The eyeshadows are pretty small, but that's ok because the amount of different colors it offers on this palette still beats the price. Another thing about this is that each eyeshadow is packed with colors. They are so pigmented and vibrant. This palette is great for those who are just starting their make-up collections like me. Love it.