--CLOSED--150 Follower Giveaway!!

I finally got around to it and I am doing my giveaway to celebrate having a 150 followers! I want to thank everyone who follows me and who takes the time to comment on my posts. I really enjoy makeup, it is an escape for me and I am so happy that I can share my passion with you.

SO, to really thank you all..this is what I am giving away



- 5 OCC lip tar samples
   -Colors are: Momento, Cha-Cha, Katrina, NSFW, Hoochie
- Barbie print brush roll by Teresa Ellis, see my REVIEW 
- Lippie Holder by Teresa Ellis, it will hold 22 lippies!
- LE Sleek Circus Palette..I don't even think they sell this anymore, see the swatches HERE
- Two Red Cherry lashes #138 and 5

RULES

- You MUST be a follower of my blog
- To enter, simply comment on this post and tell me what you would like to see more of on this blog
- For an additional entry, create a post on your blog about my giveaway, with a picture of the giveaway and a link back to this post. Also, make sure you leave your blog url in your comment, so I know you did it.
- For three entries, put this giveaway picture on the sidebar of your blog with a link back to this post and be sure to add your blog url to your comment
- Blogs created just for giveaways will not be included.
- The giveaway is open to everyone
- The contest will end three weeks from today, the winner will be chosen by random.org, and I will create a post to announce the winner
- Once the winner is announced, you will have two days to contact me and give me your address

GOOD LUCK! :)

Two Reviews, I think I found a dupe! PLUS a FOTD

Hello Ladies! Happy Monday!
I have two reviews for you. I was wondering around CVS and I came across  the Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Hot Pink Rose. When I saw it I thought it looked really similar to the MAC Dare to Wear, Gimmie that! lipglass, which I always wanted but never got, so sorry ladies, but I personally do not have a comparison swatch for you . However, I took the swatch from Temptalia's Dare to Wear swatches, so you can get an ideas for your self. I think the MAC's Gimmie that! lipglass and Revlon's Hot Pink Rose lipgloss look very similar and I think it is a great dupe for the lipgloss. What do you think?



Standard doe foot applicator


Revlon's Hot Pink Rose Swatch


Temptalia's swatch of Mac's Gimmie that!


Revlon's Hot Pink Rose cost $9.00 and I am sure it can be found at any local drugstore. I love the texture of the lipgloss. It glides on smooth and is not sticky at all. The lipgloss has very fine particles of glitter in them which you can see but I cannot feel them on my lips at all. As you can see from the swatch and you will see in my FOTD, the lipgloss is very pigmented and can be worn without lipstick underneath. I really like this lipgloss A LOT!


My next review is the MAC Chromagraphic Pencil in NC15/NW20. This pencil is amazing! It is smooth and glides on my waterline line like butter. It is also long lasting. It stayed on my waterline all day and didn't budge one bit!!! I even laughed so hard that I cried yesterday and color was still on my waterline!! This is rare for me, usually I have to reapply the eyeliner to my waterline throughout the day, but not with this one. I swear I even had some left over on my waterline when I woke up this morning. YES! It is that long lasting..lol



I couldn't swatch it for you on my hand because it just blended right in, but here it is on my waterline



and here is the complete FOTD with the Revlon Hot Pink Rose



On my cheeks I am wearing MAC's dollymix blush, NARS albatros as a highlighter, and Benefit Hoola bronzer to contour

NYX to MAC Dupe Series: NYX Iced Mocha VS MAC Satin taupe

I'm back with the NYX to MAC dupe series. I thought it would be  fun to see if the dupes were really that close or just a waste of time and hopefully in the process, I could save you some time and money!

I could not wait to see the results of this one!!

SO...Can you tell the differance??


this one might be easy since so many people are satin taupe lovers




So..yeah..Nyx Iced Mocha is on the left and MAC Satin Taupe is on the right.
Satin Taupe is much more pigmented than Iced Mocha and IMO easier to work with. Iced Mocha is VERY soft, almost to soft for me. HOWEVER, they are pretty close in color, so I think it is a pretty close dupe colorwise, not identical, but close enough for me. It you want satin taupe and can not afford the $14.50 ($11 for pro pan) than this color is really a great dupe!



Side by side..IMO they look more identical in the pan than the swatch



NYX swatch on top, MAC on the bottom

SO..what do you think? Is it a good dupe?


My two favorite sites to buy NYX products are at Cherryculture.com and Nonpareilboutique.com

Smokey Purple Look

Hi Everyone
This is a smokey purple look that I did yesterday. CC and comments are always appreciated.
I used French quarter stick with UD gunmetal on top and for the purple I used sugar pill poison plum with UD Psychedelic Sister.
LMK what u think!

MAC PEACOCKY COLLECTION IS NOW UP!

The MAC Peacocky Collection is up! This collection has 15 gorgeous mega metal eyeshadows. The eyeshadows are bigger (.11 oz) then the regular MAC eyeshadows (.05 oz) and cost more too, at $19.50 vs $14.50 for a regular eyeshadow. However, the pigmentation and color selection is gorgeous. I think these are WELL worth the price just based on the swatches and reviews from Temptalia

The collection also has 12 new lip glosses called Kissables. From what I am hearing there apply more like lipsticks than lip glosses. I am not crazy about these, but I am not a lip gloss/stick kinda gal. These Kissables are $18.50 each

USE CODE PEACOCKY for FREE SHIPPING

I LOVE THIS COLLECTION and totally excited about. I bought five shades from this collection.
The colors I got are:

 Dalliance

 Noir plum

 Paparazz-she

 Prance

Unflappable

CHECK OUT ALL THE SWATCHES HERE:
Temptalia's review and swatches of Peacocky
Karla Surgar's review and swatches of Peacocky

HAPPY SHOPPING LADIES AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING OR PLAN ON GETTING!

I CAN NOT WAIT FOR MY SHADOWS TO GET HERE!

*Pictures taken from karlasuger.com and temptaila.com

THREE FREE NAIL POLISHES AT ZOYA.COM!

YUP! Get 3 free nail polishes at zoya.com and just pay shipping! Use coupon code FB2011 till January 7, 2011

This is an amazing deal, you get $21 worth of nail polish for FREE and Zoya is one of the best brands out there for nail polish. Hop on this deal ASAP!!

Here are the colors I got:

Kelly

Shawn

Edyta

I have been wanting to try these colors out for a while and I am so happy I get to try buy them for FREE! This so made my day :)

Happy shopping ladies and don't let this sale pass you by! Let me know what you got!

Just a ANOTHER day LOTD

This was just a neutral smokey eye I did. My camera was not on macro, so don't have any real close eye pictures. CC and comments are always welcome.

One RANT-Ilamasqua Metal Palette one RAVE-Stila Color Wheel

RANT

I got a GC to Sephoria for Christmas and I wanted to do a really silver metalic look for New Year's Eve, So I pick up the Illamasqua Metal Palette for $42. The colors are gorgeous, but they creased on me with 20 min of wearing it  (and yes I was wearing UDPP)

The palette:



Here is the look I did, this pic was taken about 20 min after doing my makeup




See the creasing already..after that I youtubed how I could fix it and one girl suggested I set it with translucent powder, so I set it with my MUFE HD powder and went to my dinner. The dinner was about three hours and when I came home, my eyeshadow was completely faded and pretty much none existent. I forgot to take a pic off it because I was so aggravated about the fact that a $42 palette would still crease and fade even after setting powder and primer, that I just washed it all off as soon as I got home

RAVE

So it was hard, but I returned the metal palette. I really wanted to love it, but I could not keep a $42 palette that creased on me. I ended up exchanging it for the Stila Color Wheel for $25!! Which was an amazing deal! You get 36 colors and each color is beautiful, vibrant and pigmented. I love the sleekness of the palette and the design. I like how it the colors go from lighter to darker, it is like it automatically sets up a look for you if you don't know what to wear that day.
It also comes with a bonus book of 15 different looks that you can put together with the palette! I love that and cannot wait to try them!

Here's the palette


Some swatches:



AND a pic from the color book that comes with it



AND it is still available at Sephoria for $25, hurry up and buy it already..LOL
Here is the link: Stila Color Wheel at Sephoria

I feel FREE and I challenge you to do the same

Happy New Year Everyone!! 2010 was just not my year and I hope 2011 has some better things in store for me.
Yesterday I went to the gym for the first time in a while and I decided to be FREE and go without make-up. I know this may sound odd to some of you, but I am self conscious about my skin due to the acne scars on my face, that when I go to the gym I usually apply some foundation and a hint of blush.

This was a big step for me, it felt so good to go outside without makeup AND no one stared at me, made comments or funny faces..LOL Sometimes I think that will happen if I go out without a little makeup because I got made fun of quite a bit as teenager for my acne. It may sound silly after all these years, but in the back of my head, that is what I think.

I challenge you to all do the same thing and post a picture on your blog, with the title: I'm FREE!

I think it will be empowering to see us all up with the confidence to post a picture of ourselves in our naked face.

So to start of 2011 on positive note, I dare you to be free and confident!

Post a picture and be free with me! It is such an amazing feeling and I will continue to wear no makeup, every time I go to the gym and maybe even more

What do you think about this challenge? If you decide to do it post a link in the comment section and I will create a section on my blog, with a link to your blog post, so everyone can see our naked faces and it can empower more people to give it a try and be free like us! It will help to remind us that we are all beautiful, with or without makeup




For some inspiration, there is a post on MUG to get you going>>>HERE<<<<<