My Make Up Collection

*I have high end and drug store products in my make up collection,

and believe it or not some of my favorite products are not the expensive ones, but the cheap ones! :)

I thought I didn't have too much products, especially eye make up products, 

but it turned out that I have quite a lot of make up products.

However, I am glad I don't have as much as some people (eg:Youtube Gurus)

It shows that I have just what I need, 

I am not buying just for the sake of feeling happy.

I am not using all the products I have,

because I am either bored 

or not happy with those products.

I plan to get a BB cream,

because I know how amazing it is (my Dermalogica beautician used it on me onces)

and I want a good tinted moisturizer

and a liner that will stay on my water line,

then I can join the Project 10 Pan

('do not buy any new make up products until you finish 10 products' challange)

all my make up products before organized.

I collected these in four years since I moved to the States.

I have some more at home in Europe.

Foundations and Powders:

Revlon, Maybeline, Neutrogena, Smashbox, Almay, WetnWild, Jergens, Organics, Laura Mercier

my favorite at the moment is Laura Mercier oil free foundation

and

FYI

Organics tinted moisturizer smells weird

Bronzers:

Elf Bronzers, Physician's Formula, Body Shop, Tarte, Rimmel

Blushes:

Elf, Body Shop, Neutrogena, Tarte, Maybeline, Physician's Formula, Heidi Klum by Victoria's Secret, Hard Candy, Rimmel

Concealers:

Garnier, Benefit, Sonia Kashuk, Hard Candy, Elf, Smashbox, Neutrogena

(I love Sonia Kashuk concealer palette and Neutrogena blemish pen)

Eye Make up:

Dior, NYC, Rimmel, Sonia Kashuk, Sephora, Avon, Mac, Urban Decay, L'oreal, Physcian's Formula, LaSplash, Anastacia, Elf, Tarte, Victoria's Secret, Tarte, pix!, Hard Candy, Revlon

(I am loving L'oreal Voluminizer mascara)

 Lipsticks:

Dior, Avon, Estee Lauder, Body Shop, Maybeline, Clinique, Benefit, Lancome, Fantasy Makers by WetnWild

(My all time favorite is Benefit Rocket Pop - you can only find it on their website not at Sephora or Ulta)

Lip liners: Mac, Avon, Elf, Maybelines, Pupa

Lip exfoliator: Body Shop

(love Elf lip pencil!)

Lipstick and Lipgloss together: Maybeline, Avon

Lipglosses:

Estee Lauder, Urban Decay, Tarte, Victoria's Secret, Avon, Sally Hansen, L'oreal, Clinique, Hello Kitty

Lip balms:

Carmes, Blisstex, Wegmans, Lotta Luv, Hello Kitty, EOS, Lip Smackers, Nivea, Body Shop, Biotherm

(I love my EOS and Hello Kitty Apple balm)

 Primers and Make up Setting Products:

Elf, Maybeline, Tarte, L'oreal, Smashbox, Bare Escentuals, Urban Decay, Philosophy

(Currently I have Urban Decay make up setting spray for combination skin,

but

I love oil free all night long make up setting spray more

and

my favorite primer is Smashbox oil free primer,

second best and a cheap alternative can be

L'oreal)

Sets:

Claires, Hello Kitty, Dior

(I love Hello Kitty's packaging,

but

not so impressed with the eyeshadows,

I plan to get the Spring version of it,

and

I love the powder foundation in my Dior kit)

Finished products:

Body Shop, Clarins, Benefit,

Mac (Half and Half - expired not finished)

After my concealers organized

After lipsticks are organized

After all make up products organized

Make up products that I use daily:

Laura Mercier, Smash box, Elf, Physician's Formula, Hard Candy, Urban Decay, EOS, Hello Kitty, Sonia Kashuk, L'oreal, Benefit, Maybeline, Tarte, Garnier, Rimmel, Neutrogena, GeoGirl.

These can also be considered as my favorite make up products at the moment.

*Holy Grail Products List is coming up shortly...

(Posted on May 16, 2011)

Freckles...Like it or Hate it...

I bought Neutrogena sunscreen recently. 
...because I realized my forehead was burnt when I went for a walk in the nearby town park and all my freckles came back with all their powers.

This is not acceptable for me. 

Although people find it cute, 

if you are not born with it, freckles are not healthy! 

You get freckles when sun damages your skin cells. 

Besides, I don't like having brown spots on my face as if I am a British hunter dog. 

So, this summer my new task is to tan while protecting my skin, 

because I know that I can get burned no matter what. 

At least I should be able to keep the brown spots away. 

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Sunblock Dry Touch SPF 30 (oil-free) smells really amazing, 

but I didn't like the texture of the cream; 

it's really thick (but you don't feel it on your face). 

So, I use just a little bit and I don't know if it's enough?

MIA No More!

I know I know. I'm MIA for a while, but I didn't realize it until recently. 

Time really flies by! I know I said it before, probably I say it way too many times, but that's the truth.

Any ways I have new goodies to talk about!

I was planning to return a MAC eyeshadow and get something else instead. 

I am such an unsatisfied customer, I keep buying and returning stuff. 

Tara would be ROTFL right now if she was here. 

She knows what kind of a customer I am. 

She takes all the time in the world when she's buying something and in contrast to her most of the time I just buy and leave the store and... come back the next week to exchange it with something else LOL

So, I was wandering around the MAC counter and found the cutest pinkiest lipstick ever! 

i believe it's from their Quite Cute Collection or at least it was on the display with Quite Cute products. 

I wanted to buy it before I tried it because I tried so many blushes, eyebrow colors, eye shadows as eye brow colors that I felt guilty and felt like I gotta buy the next product I try. Lol Luckily the next product I tried was a lipstick and I fell in love with the color! 

It doesn't last on my lips, but I just loved the color and keep it on my desk so when I am working, so I can actually apply it on for the zillionth time. 

The name of the color is lustering. 

You gotta see and try out that color if you are into almost vivid pinks.

My second favorite of this month is my purple eye shadows. 

Lately I am having my purple phase again and these two purple eye shadows just compliment each other perfectly and I got so many compliments from my friends and my neighbor. 

I use Flash from Urban Decay. 

It says, it is a bright iridescent purple sheen color and 

I blend it with MAC Beautiful Iris and apply some Flash on my lower lashes and perfecto!

I received a card from Sephora saying that they will have a 15% discount for one week or so.I thought this is for everyone, but I think it was just for VIBs (Very Important Beauty Insider). 

I was wanting to be a VIB and now I am one! and I had no idea LOL, 

but I am not sure if I can benefit from it, because I don't know where I will be in a month or so. I might go back to Europe. We'll see.

I guess I told you I am taking better care of my skin lately and I am absorbing all the make up and beauty information like a sponge. 

I didn't realize how much little I knew until I improved my knowledge on the subject. 

Now, my skin looks better than ever, and my make up looks more natural than ever and last all day!

So, with my 15% of card I got Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation in the color Medium Ivory. 

I was eyeing this product for a while, but oh boy it's expensive! $42+tax. and 

I also got a 10% off coupon for my next purchase. 

Gotta love being a VIB! ;)

When I bought it on Sunday I had the same Christmas effect on me again. 

Unfortunately, on Monday I had only time to apply a tinted moisturizing primer and my eye liner. 

So, I tried the foundation today for the first time! 

At first I thought it was too yellow and I was unhappy, 

but I think it balances with your skin tone after few minutes, 

because it was looking better and more like my skin but without my acne scars. 

Then on top of it I used my Neutrogena Skin Clearing Blemish Concealer pen. 

(I think this is my 10th pen. I love this product and I hope I can still buy this product when I go back home.) 

The foundation has full coverage which is what I wanted. 

I used the Blending Sponge from Sonia Kashuk  so I didn't need to apply too much product and because of the full coverage and wet sponge application I didn't need to use too much concealer.

The result: Happy Customer, Lola! :)


(Posted on April 20, 2011)

All about blushes

Recently I lost control in the mall. No, not in the parking lot lol, in the mall itself, and I bought quite a lot of stuff let's say. 

Hey, but I needed those! 

After checking out few videos, and articles, I realized I lack the right make up and skin care products I need, and simply I was being lazy about taking care of my skin. 

So, I couldn't resist the call from the mall and I gave in and went to the mall. 

Unlike many girls, I enjoy going shopping alone. 

This is something I figured out when I started college. 

Of course, it's always fun to go the mall with friends, 

but when you are alone, you have a clear mind, and you can focus on your target easily. 

I always do my market research, or at least I know what to get. 

So, when I go to the mall, I go and get what I need and then I leave without wasting extra time. 

Well, the last time, I couldn't resist the urge to look around and do some window shopping, but hey, I should be allowed to do that every once in two years, right?

So, what did I get....

I was in need of a new blush. 

Although I had a perfectly fine drug store blush (Neutorgena

Healthy Skin Custom Glow™ Blush & Bronzer in color Posie Glow) I wanted to get a high-end blush. 

So, I found this cutest pink glowy blush from Cargo called Amalfi at Sephora. 

If you check out their website the blush looks orange, but it's the pinkiest pink you can ever see in a blush. 

I am not really familiar with Cargo. 

Once, I wanted to get their foundation in a big rectangular tube, but Sephora didn't have my color even in their storage. 

I don't know what's the deal with Cargo and Sephora, but for some reason they don't carry Cargo products as much as they carry other brands. 

Some stores do not even have a Cargo stand/kiosk! 

So, it was my second attempt, and it was a success this time at the second Sephora store I tried. 

Finally, I got my blush! 

First, I tried the color in the store and I wasn't really impressed, considering all the horrible lighting in the store. 

However, when I checked my make-up in the car, and when I got back home, 

I was simply in love with the blush. 

Although it took me more then a week to find time to go back to the store to get it, I finally got my blush.

It's funny, when I buy something, clothes or make up/skin care products, I can't wait for the next day to wear it. 

So, the very next day, I was so happy when it was time to do my make up to go out for errands. 

However, the color looked washed out on me. 

Although I am a fair skinned girl, some colors just do not show up on my face. 

I think it's because my yellowish brown freckles that I almost hate. 

I was quite disappointed, but I decided to deceive myself adding some of my favorite blush (Neutrogena Healthy Skin Glow) on top. 

So, I was looking sun-kissed glowy. 

The results were even more disappointing after four hours, 

there was no evidence of Cargo blush. 

I decided to give it a second chance, before returning it. 

If I am not using it, I am so returning it!

There is no way, I will keep a product that I don't use. 

After all it's not free. 

I paid $26+tax if I recall it correctly.

The second time same thing happened. 

This time I was determined to return it and find a new blush. 

So, I used it for the third time and the same day I returned my first Cargo purchase. 

Their products or the company can claim to be environmentalist that is really nice, 

but if you can't give me what I am looking for, then, sorry, but you are not for me!

I also tried Too Faced Leopard Love Complexion Perfection Kit.  

Although I was really impressed with the bronzer in the set, the blush was still not quite right. 

I gave up on finding the perfect high-end brand blush, because I have to admit, 

I have the perfect drug store blush. 

I even have a personal story about that blush. 

Last summer, I went to stay with my friend at their summer house in a near by island. 

Like I said I am fair skinned and I look really pale without make up, 

I almost look sick right after winter, and I don't have the chance to get sunny days until summer in where I live. 

So, I am confessing something I haven't confessed yet; I wore make up everyday even at the pool. 

I know it's not something healthy, but I just didn't want anyone to see my imperfections. Especially, when my cystic acne decided to come back with blemishes along with it. 

So, the day we arrived when we were having tea with my friend's mother, 

she said "why don't you tan like Angie. Look how healthy she looks. Her cheeks are really rosey." 

Right after she said that I really blushed, because my tan was fake. 

It was all thanks to my make up, but for the first time it was good not to called as the fair skinned sick looking girl. :)

(Posted on March 20, 2011)