Giveaway and a Discount

Hello

I just learned that Kissable Couture is offering their new lip gloss in the shade Glamour for free! You only need to pay the shipping if you are one of the first 100 customers- 1 per household.

Also if you would like to get any of their other glosses for roughly $9.50 use the code September7.

Enjoy!

On the big tube

Tomorrow is the release of the film Contagion, a movie about a disease that rips through the nation. Although she isn't featured in any of the movie trailers I have seen, Sanaa Lathan is in this movie. She apparently has a small role as the wife of Laurence Fishburn's character.

Will you check out Contagion?

New Sephora Makeup Kit

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Once you look past the bad lighting and dust particles, you will notice the latest Sephora makeup kit in the picture above.

Here is another picture of the case with the legs of the case collapsed.

The latest kit will be released in October but Sephora provided Sephora VIB members with exclusive access to tihs kit about two- three weeks ago for a limited time. I hope this review will help you to decide if this kit will be worth your $49 in October.

Since I am starting to think about wearing eyeshadows on occasion, I thought it would be worth it to get this kit which features the following:

96 eye shadows
84 lip glosses
3 blushes
1 bronzer
6 cream eyeliners
1 mascara
2 pencil eyeliners (brown &black)
4 different application brushes and a full length mirror

Take a closer look at the eyeshadows, blushes, and bronzer. The eyeshadow trays slide out to reveal 84 lip glosses as shown in the picture above.

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Take a look as I swatch the blue and a yellow eyeshadow.

When I tried to transfer the color from my finger to my hand, it just didn't look as bright(especially the blue):

Some of the eyeshadows are really pigmented while others well- not so much. I think some of the colors, like the yellow, look really bright in the palette but then once it's on your face it rubs of way too easily and it's too light. Here is a yellow/ green / blue look that I tried on my eye. Notice how you barely see the other colors, and I put on a good amount of yellow to get it to even show up as much as it did on my eye. You barely even see the other colors on my eye so that was a bit frustrating. I didn't have on a base because I wanted to see what the colors would look like alone. You can ignore the light blue liquid liner on my eye, it is also a Sephora product but it didn't come with the kit so I will discuss that in another post.

Yes, I know the application isn't great, but I'm new at this lol #DontJudgeMe

Regarding the lip glosses, about 16 of the 84 are very sheer but the rest are pretty well pigmented. Here is an example- if you look at the purple lip gloss that is in the picture below,

(the one that has some purple drippings outside of the circle) then look at my lips you will see how well it applies.

This lip gloss formula is not sticky so that's an added bonus. On a sticky scale of 1-10 (10 being the stickiest), this lip gloss weighs in at about a 2.

Take a look at the mini brushes that come with the kit

Conclusion

The mascara seems a bit dry, the cream liners seem to apply better on my fingers than my eyes. The pencil liners are basic, they get the job done but not in a smooth way. Overall you get enough lip gloss colors to keep yourself busy for a while. If you are interested more in the eyeshadows I say try another kit. However, if you are just getting your feet wet and you want many different colors without investing in expensive palettes then feel free to pick this one up.

Since I only paid $49 I won't cry about it too much especially because I snagged so many glosses out of this deal, but the eyeshadow are simply weak- they look better in the palette than on my lids.
Were you one of the early birds who picked up this Sephora kit? What is your favorite eyeshadow brand?

Labor Day Sales-UPDATE

For now, the title of this post may be a bit misleading because only one sale is listed below. However, as I am made aware of labor day specials, I will post them below! Please feel free to post sales that you are aware of in the comment section.

I will not do any major shopping until Black Friday but for all of you ready to spend a little cash Happy Shopping!!!!

All sales end on Monday unless otherwise stated.

1) Komaza Care will give you 15% off your entire order if you use the code LABOR.

You have until Friday to take advantage of this office.

2) Aerosoles 15% off everything now through 9/5/11 no code needed for online purchases.

3) Dooney & Bourke an additional 30% off sale merchandise now through 9/5/11 select stores only. (you will have to check your local D&B store).

4) Eddie Bauer 20% now 25% off (excluding items already on sale). IN STORES ONLY

5) J Jill will give you 30% off sale and outlet items. End 9/5/11.

6)Hairrogant.com 20% off all purchases and $5 flat rate shipping! Use the code LABORDAY11

7)OCC Makeup 20% off all cosmetics including items already on sale!!!! Use the username guest and password laborday

8) The Limited- save 40% off (excluding already discounted items)

Bear Fruit Hair Product Review

Hello

Here is my review on two Bear Fruit Hair products, Cherry Bark Creme Leave-in and the Banana Avocado Deep Mask.

If you have not heard about this company, please check them out here. If you have tried their paraben free goodies, what are your thoughts?

Thanks to the makers of BFH for sending me these products for review.

PJD

Part 1

Part 2

Hola

Hello Everyone

I hope you are all well. I was on a mini vacay but I am back!!! This means that I will be posting reviews very very soon.

Thanks for your continued support and patience.

PJD

Tarte Converted Me!

Rarely do I present you lovely ladies with posts about eyeliners but this post is a MUST. For a little over a month I have been fortunate enough to try out the EmphasEyes Amazonian Clay Waterproof eyeliner by Tarte. I received the colors bronze, plum, black and indigo as shown in the picture above. Even though I love talking ingredients and all of the nitty gritty details, this time around it must wait because I have to talk about the application and wearability first.

Something Oh So NEW

I had a wedding shower to attend shortly after I received my Tarte package and I was ready to waltz out of my house bare faced, but I decided to throw on a little mascara. My eyes glanced over at the indigo Amazonian clay pot and it was staring back at me so I thought...why not. I swiped a little across my top lid and I was sold. I felt like my eyes popped instantly, it just played against my skin and brown eyes in the most beautiful way. People complimented my on my dazzling accented eyes and I knew I had a winner on my hands. This eyeliner pot applied so effortlessly, mainly because of its super creamy formulation. I remember purchasing a cream liner from another company and it was rock hard, but such was not the case with this paraben free eyeliner.

Rock on with the Blue (indigo)

I attended a wedding recently and I had to rock the blue again- LOVED IT!

I can not say enough about these gorgeous colors each sold with it's own double sided applicator. As I have learned, the thinner side is great for hitting up that lower lash line, while the wider flat side will allow you to create a bold wide streak across your top lids.

I should also mention that I have washed the brushes several times and the hairs remain in tact. I'm not one of those gals who can refer to eye makeup brushes by number but since I washed these brushes several times and the hairs feel as soft as they did when I first opened the box and I experienced no shedding, by my standards these Tarte brushes rock!

Each paint post is sold for $22 but I have to say I think it's worth the money, especially when I compare it to some of the "cream" liners I have come across in the past.

Here are all of the colors I received swiped across my fist.

On my eyes

In the first pic, I am wearing the purple on one eye and the bronze on the other. Feel free to ignore my sloppy application and just focus on these vibrant colors. Oh and for those of you wondering, yes this is a long lasting product. The wedding that I mentioned above, well I did not apply a base but I dabbed on the indigo eyeliner and an eyeshadow from another company. By the end of the night, after sweating out my curls, the eyeshadow was almost nonexistent but the indigo eyeliner was ready to rock out for a few more hours...WHOOOOOOOA.

This is marketed as a waterproof eyeliner and I would have to agree because neither sweat nor water was making this eyeliner budge. I had to use my makeup remover wipes to get rid of the eyeliner, and then I followed up with a good facial cleanser to remove the remaining hint of color.

In the pic above, I'm smiling with my eyes, can you tell..lol.
Next, I rocked out the black and indigo colors.

No parabens, mineral oil, sls or phthalates have been included in these cream linters, so try that on for size. This just makes me think, since a company can create a waterproof long lasting eyeliner without any of the aforementioned nasty ingredients, why do other companies continue to make products riddled with parabens? Just a question.....

This Tarte line was released to the public this summer so I highly recommend you add these pots to your collection. If I recall a turquoise color was released too, I must find it and OWN IT :-). Maybe it was a limited edition, if so I missed the boat.

Now I find myself with a growing interest in eye color (shadows and eyeliners) thanks to Tarte.

Have you tried this product, if so what are your thoughts?

Thanks for allowing me to test these out Tarte!