Happy New Years everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful celebration. Here in Hawai'i, celebrating anything is a huge deal so to celebrate New Years, the island goes all out. Fireworks are legal here so the streets are lit and NOISY as hell. Smoke fills the air so bad that the week right before New Years, precautions to wear face masks are announced in the news. It's a very unique atmosphere during this time of year, so if you want to experience a new scene next year, consider coming over :)
Anyhow, we went to Longs yesterday to buy more fireworks and I went to the cosmetics aisle to see if there were any sales in effect. Ardell lashes were on sale for $2.59 (the tag said regular was $3.19, don't know if that's expensive since this is the first time I bought them) so I picked up a pair of 108s.
And still wanting to give NYX lipsticks a chance, I picked up a couple of colors from their Lips line. Just from swatching them I could see that these particular lipsticks were nicely moisturized. They didn't glide on thick or drying at all and enough color came out in one swipe. I wanted to get B52 because it was soooo pretty, but the ones they had were already opened. Casually, I had to say no thanks. But I did get Iced Honey and Twig which are lovely colors as well.
- Iced Honey: Golden beige with shimmer
- Twig: Silky brown-toned mauve
- B52: Wine tinted nude
I am also proud to report that after wearing Twig on my lips for a few hours, my lips didn't flake and dry out!!! This is a relief considering I was impressed with the swatch and had high hopes for its performance. The longevity of the wear could have been due to applying MAC's Lip Conditioner before application (thanks to Kia) but nonetheless I didn't have to start rubbing the product off my lips or picking at the skin. Major plus!!
Anyhow, we went to Longs yesterday to buy more fireworks and I went to the cosmetics aisle to see if there were any sales in effect. Ardell lashes were on sale for $2.59 (the tag said regular was $3.19, don't know if that's expensive since this is the first time I bought them) so I picked up a pair of 108s.
And still wanting to give NYX lipsticks a chance, I picked up a couple of colors from their Lips line. Just from swatching them I could see that these particular lipsticks were nicely moisturized. They didn't glide on thick or drying at all and enough color came out in one swipe. I wanted to get B52 because it was soooo pretty, but the ones they had were already opened. Casually, I had to say no thanks. But I did get Iced Honey and Twig which are lovely colors as well.
- Iced Honey: Golden beige with shimmer
- Twig: Silky brown-toned mauve
- B52: Wine tinted nude
I am also proud to report that after wearing Twig on my lips for a few hours, my lips didn't flake and dry out!!! This is a relief considering I was impressed with the swatch and had high hopes for its performance. The longevity of the wear could have been due to applying MAC's Lip Conditioner before application (thanks to Kia) but nonetheless I didn't have to start rubbing the product off my lips or picking at the skin. Major plus!!
And then I come home from Longs and find a lovely end-of-the year present from Everyday Minerals - YAY!!! I luuurve presents. Well, not really a present but I got the samples I ordered the other day. Thanks to my love Christiana, I'm slowly migrating to a healthier skin approach. I'm still all about the brighter and bolder eyes which are probably disgusting in their ingredients list, but the rest of me could still be better taken cared of :)
I ordered the Free Sample Makeup Kit which you can choose 3 Foundations, 1 Blush/Face Color, and 1 Concealer. All you pay is shipping which came out to like $3 or $4 for me. The samples are good for 3-6 applications which is just enough to find out if these products will work for you.
I ordered the Free Sample Makeup Kit which you can choose 3 Foundations, 1 Blush/Face Color, and 1 Concealer. All you pay is shipping which came out to like $3 or $4 for me. The samples are good for 3-6 applications which is just enough to find out if these products will work for you.
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It looks like Medium Tan is the one for my arm, but we'll have to see how it comes out on my face :) And just for MAC reference, I'm in the NC42-NC43 range.
Hope everyone's having a great start to the new year. Anyone come up with some more resolutions they want to add on their list?
Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne
Hope everyone's having a great start to the new year. Anyone come up with some more resolutions they want to add on their list?
Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne
