The one thing I love about the Sunday paper is the ads. I mean, who doesn't? If there is one thing I'm always scouring, it's the beauty products that are marked with those "$$$ off" or "%" tags!
This week's island Longs sale includes CoverGirl's Lash Blast for only $4.99. This is my HG mascara so I made sure I picked up a couple.
After madly chucking the CoverGirl Lash Blasts into the cart in fear of a crazy Lash Blast lovin' mob ready to fight me for the remaining "Very Blacks", I dilly dallied around the aisles and picked up a few other things: Paddle & Point Applicators, a retractable lip brush, and (2) 1 oz. screw-top containers to house some natural skin care products I make (entries on those to come).
I decided to buy a lip brush because 1) I don't have one, and 2) I didn't exactly feel like spending $19+ dollars on one at MAC. So I opted for the QVS Retractable Lip Brush breaking the bank at around $4.
With firm nylon bristles...
and a detachable cover that pushes the brush out,...
this grips-like-a-pencil mechanism is made for lip product application. Although one thing that will suck is having to clean it all the time - joy!
Overall, the bristles on the QVS Retractable Lip Brush are very firm which I can see as being too firm for those used to or looking for something feathery. The thing I like about the firmness is that the lip brush applies product with precision. And as you glide the product over the pouters, the brush bristles fan out making the bristles more flexible (less firm) to evenly distribute the product.
I'm not at all picky on this devise so this will do for me.
I also picked up some Paddle & Point Applicators because when it comes to filling in my eyebrows, I feel like the regular Q-Tips are taking away too much with the ends of the cotton fraying out instead of being tightly wrapped around the shaft.
This dual-ended Q-Tip is shaped for versatility.
Equipped with a pointed end for getting in to the nooks and crannies of things...
to the rounded end made perfect for cleaning up the excess eyebrow powder left behind when doing my eyebrows.
And for less than $2, this is a definite must-have for any makeup bag!
Has anyone else done a little drugstore hauling lately?
Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne
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June 11, 2008
Haul: Some Drugstore Nick-Nacks
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8 makeovers:
I really like that lipbrush. I'm picking it up today.
I really really need those Q-tips. How innovative! And look at you switchin' it up in here again. I love it!
i just started using those q-tips...i think now i'll definitely use them for the eyebrows, great idea! i actually used it to the other day to apply glue to a rhinestone to make a fake nose piercing...he he, the pointed tip worked perfectly!
It does a fairly decent job PBW. Let me know what you think of it when you get it :) Do you own one already?
The Q-Tips are really helpful Divine Blackness. Go check out your neighborhood Longs or drugstore :)
The pointed tip is awesome Sis Ren! It's really pointed and gets into even the smallest of places. Especially like cleaning the bristles on and eyelash comb :) I have the metal tooth one and it works great.
cool haul. those empty container bottles are soo handy!
You got that right, yummy411. I have those, spritzer bottles, empty 1 oz. containers laying around just in case :P Hah.
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