Shop Craze at
http://www.shopcraze.com/
is having a sale on TrueFace Cosmetics and thought i would share with everyone even though i won't be purchasing anything from them this time round. I only recently got my NYX stuff from them and i already bought other stuff that are already on their way to us. So i wanted to share with everyone else anyway, in case there is some people out there that actually like TrueFace Cosmetics.
anyway i'll just copy the description of the email i recieved from them.
Take an additional WOOOPING 30% OFF on all TrueFace Cosmetics.
Enjoy huge savings on quality products!
Take additional 30% OFF on already reduced prices and on sale items of TrueFace Cosmetics.
Coupon Code: TF30
Expires: Limited Time.
Happy shopping to those who will be purchasing from them.
Sorry for the lack of update, my father had been sick and i think i'm getting sick too. i've been feeling really drained of energy lately and my throat and nose just doesn't feel right. i'm trying to leap over the hurdle and get well before i seriously get really unwell. There is nothing worse than being sick and having to work all day and night. So lately i've been sleeping a lot earlier than normal to store energy to last the day. hopefully when i'm feeling better i'll feel like doing my make up. All i do lately is moisturiser, foundation, concealer, powder, liner and mascara. Quick and simple and no fuss in the morning since i sleep in a little bit longer. Getting out of bed is so hard!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Coastal Scents Christmas in July Sale
Hey guys!
No update but i thought i would share with you all the email i got from Coastal Scents. They're having a mini Christmas in July sale.
They've add new combo sets at cheaper prices than having to buy them individually so be sure to check them out!
website is
http://www.coastalscents.com/
Some of the specials on at the moment is....
88 Palette Combo set
This Combo includes one each of the 88 palettes. Receive a total of 352 colors in matte, shimmer, metallic and satin pearls.
You will receive one of each palette below with this purchase:
88 Makeup Palette
88 Ultra Shimmer Palette
88 Warm Palette
88 Metal Mania Palette
Reg Price: $88.80
Now Only: $69.95
Hot Pots Combo Set
You will receive one each of the following Hot Pots along with our four pan magnetic compact to store them in:
Hot Pot B03 - A Coral Bronze blush
Hot Pot CM01- A pale yellow, creamy and buildable
Hot Pot CM11 - More holly green but with added teal undertones, creamy and buildable
Hot Pot CM10 - This is a very blue/primary, not as purple as the photo shows, very pigmented
Four pan compact
Reg Price: $22.91
Now Only: $11.45
50% off all loose mineral makeup
We offer three lines of Mineral Foundation: Honey, which has no shimmer and added glow, light coverage and buildable coverage. Honey Glow, which has a slight glow effect, light coverage that is buildable to your desire. Our Silk Cover line, which is one of the favorites offers a natural silky finish, with plenty of coverage for those in need.
As an added suggestion, we recommend that you try our Diva Defense Primer prior to applying your foundation for a more flawless finish that helps to control oil and fill in fine lines. We also offer a huge variety of Eye Shadow's, Blush, Concealer, Bronzer and Veil powders.
Excludes New Shadow Worx
Gel Liner Set
50% off this set
Four rich in color Gel Liners, these apply with ease using an angle liner brush for precise control.
Exotic Gel Liner
Feline Gel Liner
Summer Fun Gel Liner
Wicked Gel Liner
Reg Price: $27.80
Now Only: $13.90
Lil' Buki Brush is only $0.99
There are some other stuff on sale if you take a browse around. Anyway i hope you guys enjoy shopping if :)
Disclaimer: I am not being paid to advertise this for them, i am simply sharing sales announcements i recieve via email. Information from above is taken from the email and the website.
No update but i thought i would share with you all the email i got from Coastal Scents. They're having a mini Christmas in July sale.
They've add new combo sets at cheaper prices than having to buy them individually so be sure to check them out!
website is
http://www.coastalscents.com/
Some of the specials on at the moment is....
88 Palette Combo set
This Combo includes one each of the 88 palettes. Receive a total of 352 colors in matte, shimmer, metallic and satin pearls.
You will receive one of each palette below with this purchase:
88 Makeup Palette
88 Ultra Shimmer Palette
88 Warm Palette
88 Metal Mania Palette
Reg Price: $88.80
Now Only: $69.95
Hot Pots Combo Set
You will receive one each of the following Hot Pots along with our four pan magnetic compact to store them in:
Hot Pot B03 - A Coral Bronze blush
Hot Pot CM01- A pale yellow, creamy and buildable
Hot Pot CM11 - More holly green but with added teal undertones, creamy and buildable
Hot Pot CM10 - This is a very blue/primary, not as purple as the photo shows, very pigmented
Four pan compact
Reg Price: $22.91
Now Only: $11.45
50% off all loose mineral makeup
We offer three lines of Mineral Foundation: Honey, which has no shimmer and added glow, light coverage and buildable coverage. Honey Glow, which has a slight glow effect, light coverage that is buildable to your desire. Our Silk Cover line, which is one of the favorites offers a natural silky finish, with plenty of coverage for those in need.
As an added suggestion, we recommend that you try our Diva Defense Primer prior to applying your foundation for a more flawless finish that helps to control oil and fill in fine lines. We also offer a huge variety of Eye Shadow's, Blush, Concealer, Bronzer and Veil powders.
Excludes New Shadow Worx
Gel Liner Set
50% off this set
Four rich in color Gel Liners, these apply with ease using an angle liner brush for precise control.
Exotic Gel Liner
Feline Gel Liner
Summer Fun Gel Liner
Wicked Gel Liner
Reg Price: $27.80
Now Only: $13.90
Lil' Buki Brush is only $0.99
There are some other stuff on sale if you take a browse around. Anyway i hope you guys enjoy shopping if :)
Disclaimer: I am not being paid to advertise this for them, i am simply sharing sales announcements i recieve via email. Information from above is taken from the email and the website.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Package and Priceline Mini Haul
Got home from work today and found a package sitting on my study desk. My package from Shop Craze had finally arrived after 13 days. Not too bad with the shipping considering that it came all the way from the USA to Australia, which in general normally takes longer. They stock NYX products, not everything but a good range of their stuff and currently also stock True Face cosmetics. I’ve never heard of True Face before (not surprising I live in Australia after all), so if people are looking for a reliable place to buy either products Shop Craze is great.
The website address for this place is:
http://www.shopcraze.com/
I am not sponsored or affiliated with them; I bought NYX product with my own money. I was not paid to recommend them or to refer any readers to their site.
I am only giving my personal opinion about my experience with purchasing NYX products from them. I think some of their NYX products are on sale so check it out if you’re interested. Please no hate here, because I’m only sharing with everyone where I shop online, especially for people like me who can’t access these brands in stores.
Anyway let’s get on with the haul. From Shop Craze I only bought NYX products; I couldn’t help it so I took it as a reward gift just to cheer myself up a bit.
I started loving their eyeshadow range as well and these two colours are so neutral that it’ll be great for my work makeup on a daily basis. I think the camera’s flash kind of wash out the colours and they definitely look a lot better in real life. Silky smooth and definitely cheap at US $3.45 each.
What I really did love is the mosaic powder in Highlighter and blush in raisin. Both are cheap with a smooth silky texture, which I want to try some of the other colours soon. However I’ll have to wait a bit and try stop my spending and save a bit more for a holiday instead. The mosaic powder I paid US $6.40 and blush is US $5.90.
Shop Craze has a range of different postage and I thought they’re quite reasonable, you can choose which postage suits you the best during checkout. They offer PayPal as one of their payment options so that was a bonus for me.
The package doesn’t stop jus there; it was more of a surprise because I also went to Priceline for a little bit to have a browse while I pick up some toothpaste. I bought some false eyelashes by Beauty Style because they sell them for AUS $3.95 and my cousin told me she uses them and they’re not bad. They do feel soft and it’s not that hard pokey plastic some brands use, but I probably wouldn’t use their glue though. I use DUO, which is great eyelash glue and a lot of places stock them. Even MAC counter stocks them so I do recommend that glue for falsies if anyone is interested. I can’t wait to try them and get back to you guys on how well they are.
While browsing Savvy by DB was having a sale + a bonus promotion of 3 for 2. Meaning not only were their products reduced at bit, they were also offering a promotion sale of buying 3 of their products for the price of 2. Obviously the cheapest product is free, but that’s pretty neat considering how cheap this brand can get. So I picked up 2 mineral loose eyeshadow and a lipstick. Eyeshadows are AUS $3.97 (which is the sale price) and lipstick is AUS $4.95 and in the end I paid AUS $8.92 for all three.
Top for the shadows is without base and bottom is with base. I used Estee Lauder eyeshadow base.
The website address for this place is:
http://www.shopcraze.com/
I am not sponsored or affiliated with them; I bought NYX product with my own money. I was not paid to recommend them or to refer any readers to their site.
I am only giving my personal opinion about my experience with purchasing NYX products from them. I think some of their NYX products are on sale so check it out if you’re interested. Please no hate here, because I’m only sharing with everyone where I shop online, especially for people like me who can’t access these brands in stores.
Anyway let’s get on with the haul. From Shop Craze I only bought NYX products; I couldn’t help it so I took it as a reward gift just to cheer myself up a bit.
List of NYX products bought:
Jumbo Lip Pencil – Pink Nude
Mosaic Powder – Highlighter
Powder Blush – Raisin
Round Lipgloss – Mauve
Round Lipgloss – Real Nude
Round Lipgloss – Whipped
Round Lipstick – Ceto
Round Lipstick – Cinnamon Sugar
Single Eyeshadow – Skin
Single Eyeshadow – True Taupe
Slim Lip Pencil – Beige
Here are some photos of the swatches.
Jumbo Lip Pencil – Pink Nude
Mosaic Powder – Highlighter
Powder Blush – Raisin
Round Lipgloss – Mauve
Round Lipgloss – Real Nude
Round Lipgloss – Whipped
Round Lipstick – Ceto
Round Lipstick – Cinnamon Sugar
Single Eyeshadow – Skin
Single Eyeshadow – True Taupe
Slim Lip Pencil – Beige
Here are some photos of the swatches.
Loving the new lip products from NYX and I’m only starting to get into them as well. Ceto is a lovely colour and the jumbo lip pencil is so creamy that it glides on flawlessly. The lipglosses are so nice and the colours are great that I can’t wait to use them tomorrow. The prices for the round lipsticks and glosses are US $1.95, the jumbo pencil is US $2.90 and the slim lip pencil is US $2.45. I can’t remember which ones were on sale but please check out their site for more accurate price listing.
I started loving their eyeshadow range as well and these two colours are so neutral that it’ll be great for my work makeup on a daily basis. I think the camera’s flash kind of wash out the colours and they definitely look a lot better in real life. Silky smooth and definitely cheap at US $3.45 each.
What I really did love is the mosaic powder in Highlighter and blush in raisin. Both are cheap with a smooth silky texture, which I want to try some of the other colours soon. However I’ll have to wait a bit and try stop my spending and save a bit more for a holiday instead. The mosaic powder I paid US $6.40 and blush is US $5.90.
Shop Craze has a range of different postage and I thought they’re quite reasonable, you can choose which postage suits you the best during checkout. They offer PayPal as one of their payment options so that was a bonus for me.The package doesn’t stop jus there; it was more of a surprise because I also went to Priceline for a little bit to have a browse while I pick up some toothpaste. I bought some false eyelashes by Beauty Style because they sell them for AUS $3.95 and my cousin told me she uses them and they’re not bad. They do feel soft and it’s not that hard pokey plastic some brands use, but I probably wouldn’t use their glue though. I use DUO, which is great eyelash glue and a lot of places stock them. Even MAC counter stocks them so I do recommend that glue for falsies if anyone is interested. I can’t wait to try them and get back to you guys on how well they are.
While browsing Savvy by DB was having a sale + a bonus promotion of 3 for 2. Meaning not only were their products reduced at bit, they were also offering a promotion sale of buying 3 of their products for the price of 2. Obviously the cheapest product is free, but that’s pretty neat considering how cheap this brand can get. So I picked up 2 mineral loose eyeshadow and a lipstick. Eyeshadows are AUS $3.97 (which is the sale price) and lipstick is AUS $4.95 and in the end I paid AUS $8.92 for all three.
Top for the shadows is without base and bottom is with base. I used Estee Lauder eyeshadow base.I like their mineral loose eyeshadow quite a bit. Pigmentation with or without a base is great for such a cheap price so will definitely look forward to using them. They’re also easy to apply so it’s not chalky or anything. The lipstick I’m not that fond of unfortunately, it doesn’t smell of chemicals and it’s not yucky. In fact it is quite creamy and glides on, but comes off way too easily; hence it will not last very long at all.
Anyway that’s all for this update, hope the swatches and information helped.
What do you think about some of the products I’ve mentioned?
Leave me a comment on your personal experience with them :)
Anyway that’s all for this update, hope the swatches and information helped.
What do you think about some of the products I’ve mentioned?
Leave me a comment on your personal experience with them :)
Savvy by DB Cosmetics and Model Prefer from Priceline
Today I just want to talk about two cheap brands they offer in Priceline. Savvy by DB and Model Prefer. I only own very little of their products, I only want to talk about 3 duo eyeshadows from Savvy by DB and a palette by Model Prefer. All these are bought on sale and were a while back so I’ve forgotten how much I paid for it, but they were cheap.
Personally I find Savvy by DB has some good stuff for the price they offer it at, and would recommend some of their products for people who are on a budget or only just starting out with makeup. They are inexpensive as most items are under AUS $10 and even better value when they’re on sale. However I don’t think I’ll ever try their foundation, concealer and powder, but anything else I’ll give it a shot at a slow pace of course. So from time to time you’ll see some reviews or looks by using their product range.
Here are my 3 duo eyeshadow compacts. They’re pretty big and the packaging as you can see is very simple. I’m pretty sure original price of these duo eyeshadows are AUS $4.95 or somewhere around there. So in my opinion the price they’re selling it for and the quality of the eyeshadow I think it’s pretty good. It’s not rough, surprising quite smooth and easy to apply. I think pigmentation is not bad either and would look a lot better if a base or primer was used. I quite like them, but they only have number of these combinations and unfortunately some of the colours don’t appeal to me.
Here are some swatches I did of each compact duo.
Model Prefer is a range that offers mostly palettes that are eyeshadows only or a mix. Like a set with eyeshadows, blush and gloss. I bought this small one on sale, but unfortunately it is not a good quality one. I don’t’ like how dry and chalky some of them are. The only ones that are alright and has good pigmentation is the ocean blue, gold and bronze colour. All the other ones are hard, dry and chalky with very poor pigmentation. I probably won’t be buying any of their other products again, it’s just not worth it and I don’t even use this palette because it so hard to get good colour payoff out of it.
Anyway that’s all for now, hope you guys found this short review useful.
Personally I find Savvy by DB has some good stuff for the price they offer it at, and would recommend some of their products for people who are on a budget or only just starting out with makeup. They are inexpensive as most items are under AUS $10 and even better value when they’re on sale. However I don’t think I’ll ever try their foundation, concealer and powder, but anything else I’ll give it a shot at a slow pace of course. So from time to time you’ll see some reviews or looks by using their product range.
Here are my 3 duo eyeshadow compacts. They’re pretty big and the packaging as you can see is very simple. I’m pretty sure original price of these duo eyeshadows are AUS $4.95 or somewhere around there. So in my opinion the price they’re selling it for and the quality of the eyeshadow I think it’s pretty good. It’s not rough, surprising quite smooth and easy to apply. I think pigmentation is not bad either and would look a lot better if a base or primer was used. I quite like them, but they only have number of these combinations and unfortunately some of the colours don’t appeal to me.
Here are some swatches I did of each compact duo.
Model Prefer is a range that offers mostly palettes that are eyeshadows only or a mix. Like a set with eyeshadows, blush and gloss. I bought this small one on sale, but unfortunately it is not a good quality one. I don’t’ like how dry and chalky some of them are. The only ones that are alright and has good pigmentation is the ocean blue, gold and bronze colour. All the other ones are hard, dry and chalky with very poor pigmentation. I probably won’t be buying any of their other products again, it’s just not worth it and I don’t even use this palette because it so hard to get good colour payoff out of it.
Anyway that’s all for now, hope you guys found this short review useful.
Monday, July 12, 2010
A Dull Rainy Sunday with Bright NYX Eyeshadows
Sunday and there wasn’t much for me to do and I didn’t like how gloomy the day looked. So I decided I wanted something bright, something eye catching and something funky. I own very little NYX Eyeshadow, but all of their pearl Mania Pigments. Anyway with the eyeshadows available I used what I had and created a bright look just for the day.
List of Products used:
The Body Shop Skin Primer
L’Oreal True Match Super- Blendable Perfecting Foundation (Golden Beige)
Sana Make Essence Concealer for under eyes
Cover Girl Professional Loose powder (Translucent Medium)
Red Earth Eye Primer – I’m starting to like this a bit more
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 75A Jazzy Pink
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 65B Violetta
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 155A Ultimatum
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 37A Lagoon Sparkle
Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer 261 Noir
Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Liner Pencil 071 Pure White
Maybelline the Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara
Maybelline Define-a-brow in soft black
Chi Chi Blush from Super Stack collection.
Estee Lauder Pure Colour Long Lasting Lipstick/Rouge 117 Rose Tea
Jazzy pink over the lids, Violetta on the crease blending with the pink and up to fade the colour out. Ultimatum was used as a brow bone highlighter and for the tea ducts of the eyes. Lagoon sparkle is placed directly under the black liner on my lower lash. White liner is under the wing of the black liner on the upper lash line, but I mixed the pure white colour into the NYX Lagoon Sparkle to give it a bluish colour.
I’ve never really ever worn something this bright out in public before. I copped an eyeful but I liked the colours and how bright it was on such a gloomy rainy day. I was only out for a few hours for lunch with the family.
I actually wore this look with glasses. I think I'm going to fall in love with NYX Eyeshadows from now on!
List of Products used:
The Body Shop Skin Primer
L’Oreal True Match Super- Blendable Perfecting Foundation (Golden Beige)
Sana Make Essence Concealer for under eyes
Cover Girl Professional Loose powder (Translucent Medium)
Red Earth Eye Primer – I’m starting to like this a bit more
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 75A Jazzy Pink
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 65B Violetta
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 155A Ultimatum
NYX Mono Eyeshadow 37A Lagoon Sparkle
Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer 261 Noir
Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Liner Pencil 071 Pure White
Maybelline the Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara
Maybelline Define-a-brow in soft black
Chi Chi Blush from Super Stack collection.
Estee Lauder Pure Colour Long Lasting Lipstick/Rouge 117 Rose Tea
Jazzy pink over the lids, Violetta on the crease blending with the pink and up to fade the colour out. Ultimatum was used as a brow bone highlighter and for the tea ducts of the eyes. Lagoon sparkle is placed directly under the black liner on my lower lash. White liner is under the wing of the black liner on the upper lash line, but I mixed the pure white colour into the NYX Lagoon Sparkle to give it a bluish colour.
I’ve never really ever worn something this bright out in public before. I copped an eyeful but I liked the colours and how bright it was on such a gloomy rainy day. I was only out for a few hours for lunch with the family.
I actually wore this look with glasses. I think I'm going to fall in love with NYX Eyeshadows from now on!What do you guys think?
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