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)

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)

Blessing in Disguise

Unbelievable! Another month passed. Time really flies by fast.

I ignored this page for the last few days, but I have a perfectly good explanation. 

No, the dog didn't eat my homework, but it's worse! 

My laptop died :( RIP Mangy. 

Thank God I did the back-up a while ago. 

I just lost few picture files (I think).

By the way, I don't know if this is a blessing in disguise, 

because I was eyeing for a new laptop for a while. 

Actually, I didn't get what I was planning to get, 

but this baby is beautiful! and yes it was on sale! I am such a sales girl :) 

I get everything I want from sales. 

I don't shop because there is a sale, I shop because the product(s) I want is/are on sale. 

Of course this was not the only thing I got lol.

So, I was dying to test Skindinavia finishing spray for a while, 

but I was skeptical about purchasing a product online from a company I never heard of.

Last week I saw this Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray at Sephora. I was pretty bummed, because recently I purchased Tarte Smooth Operator. 

Although I am happy with Smooth Operator (it's a great pore shrinker), 

if I had seen this spray before I would purchased that instead.

Then when I was at Ulta I saw small size of Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray and I noticed something on the package. 

It was saying 'by Skindinavia'. 

Of course I couldn't miss this chance. 

So, instead of paying $28 for the regular size bottle I paid $11 for the small version. 

I think it is still expensive for such a tiny bottle, but hey it is almost perfect! 

I said almost, because when I first tried it I didn't have any oilyness on my T-zone, but my make up was long gone. I am not sure why.

So, the second time I used my Tarte Smooth Operator first, then I set my makeup with Skinidivia and viola! My make up was still there looking dewy at the end of the day.

What I loved about this product is that when you spray, it makes your skin feel light and refreshed. 

I hate feeling the make up on my skin, but this product makes me feel as if I had no make up on. 

You know the feeling when you come home and remove your make up, wash your face, and put on your face cream... 

Skindinavia manages to do that which makes it a holy grain product for me! :)

(Posted on March 29, 2011)