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Smash box cosmetics at your local HEB?!

2011-03-02T17:20:00.001-08:00

So I was walking through the make up isles at heb and saw a sign that said they now had smash box cosmetics available. I was looking all over for it, but I couldn't find it any where. However, on my next visit I found it! They're hidden in the glass cabinets where all the perfumes are. Lol so I guess you have to call someone over to help you out if you wanna buy it, but isn't it awesome that heb is starting to carry some high end make up brands! I hope this means they're going to continue bringing in more goodies!

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Target & Hautelook Haul

2011-02-28T20:09:00.000-08:00

Target Haul! Normally, there's a section at the end of the isles near the pharmacy/cosmetics sections with loads of make up on clearance. However, this target didn't have that. I had to search through the make up section for the red clearance tags to discover these great finds!

Neutrogena mineral sheers concealer kit in medium 15
Retail:$11.99 Clearance $2.98

Loreal Le Kohl Duo double - ended shadow & Liner in Hazelnut
Retail: $7.49 Clearance: $1.87

Physician Formula Healthy wear Pressed Bronzer in Medium 7076
Retail: $12.99 Clearance: $3.24

Expert Wear Maybelline Blush in plushed plum
Retail:$4.49 Clearance $1.12

Sonia Kashuk Enhance eye shadow in Driftwood matte - 50
Retail: $5.99 Clearance: $1.48

Rimmel London Eye Glistener in 200 Straight Laced (bottom) and 100 Girls only! (top)
Retail:$6.89 Clearance:$1.72

On the top there's a creamy concealer

Then, when you unscrew the top there's a translucent powder to set your concealer! AWESOME

Physician's formula bronzer

I love these! They're so pigmented, and this is a great crease color

Swatched: top: bare skin Bottom:UDPP

This maybelline blush sucks it's absolutely pigmentLESS it's just shimmery :(

These two rimmel pencils are cool! They remind me of NYX jumbo eyepencils, but these are more creamy. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing for eyes, but I think the pink could be versatile for lips and cheek if you want!

I've never seen anything like this before. There's a pencil liner at one end, and at the other end, there's a sponge tip applicator. AND inside the cap there actually this golden/copper eyeshadow!

Inside the cap

Swatched: Eyeliner pencil / eyeshadow in cap

Revlon Beyond Natural Skin matching make up in 230 medium
Retail: $10.99 Clearance $2.74

When it first comes out of the bottle, it looks like a white base then round pigmented granules dispersed within the mixture.

In the process of blending it out

Skin matching? I guess it matches, but I found, later, that it provides very little coverage. Might be perfect for someone who has relatively clear skin and just needs to even out their complexion.

Hautelook Haul: Jane Blush & Bronzer

Jane Blushing Cheeks in Blushing Orchid Shimmer

Swatched

Jane Blushing Cheeks in Blushing Wine

Swatched

Jane Oil Free Bronzing Powder in Sahara

Jane Sahara compared to NYC Sunny

Swatched

WILLIAM RAST for TARGET

2011-02-25T21:07:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile now since Justin Timberlake teamed up with Target to release a collection of his fashion line, William Rast, at an affordable price where REAL people can purchase it! I know there are times WR is featured on Hautelook, but the prices were still high for the likes of frugal pockets! Therefore, I was delighted to see William Rast available at my local target! I won't really get into the female line, but Will (after various snicker doodle cookie bribes) willingly offered to model the WR items he purchased! Mind you, we waited like predators in the African Safari for the clearance prices to finally reach 75%! Remember Frugal Pockets!! Alas, our patient waiting was kindly rewarded last week to a very happy Will, might I add.

@ 75% off they were all around $8!

Although I do mostly talk about things we get on clearance, some things we just have to have!

Will playing around in his William Rast Jacket in Austin :)

This baby we didn't get on clearance :( However, if we had waited, it would have been gone. Thereby justifying the lack of $50 in, as mentioned before, frugal pockets.

If you want to learn how to make your bf / gf do something for you, visit my baking blog @ www.baybeepanda.blogspot.com >.<

Purple glittery nails!

2011-02-17T23:49:00.001-08:00

I used essie sole mate with sally hansen rock star pink on top. Sole mate was a really deep, plum purple but the glittery pink made it more playful and cute!

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Hautelook: NYX haul!

2011-02-14T20:41:00.000-08:00

NYX: Nude pinks Lip Set && Blush Set

The NYX blush set came with 3 blushes: Mocha, Angel, and Pinched

Swatched: Mocha, Angel, Pinched

The NYX Lip set came with 4 Nude Lipsticks: Iced Honey, Lala, Summer Love, Echo

Swatched: Iced Honey, Lala, Summer Love, Echo

Also came with a lip liner pencil, and jumbo lip pencil in nude pink, & iris

Swatched: Nude Pink, Iris

Depotting Revlon and Maybelline eye shadows

2011-02-14T20:28:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to depotting some of my individual drugstore eyeshadows into this super cute pink barbie tin I found on clearance @ target!

I first tried a method using rubbing alcohol to dissolve the glue holding the eyeshadow pans to the case.

Peel away the barcode sticker on the back of the eyeshadow

& there's a tiny hole on the upper left side of the case.

I then easily broke the cover off the eyeshadow case

& used a baby booger sucker thingy (cleaned it first of course!) and dropped some rubbing alcohol into the little hole on the back

Let it sit for around 5 minutes to let the alcohol dissolve the glue

Wedge a razor in between the eyeshadow pan and the packaging

Tada! freed eyeshadow pan!

2nd method I tried was using a straightening iron to melt the glue ( strip of wax paper to protect the straightening iron!)

Place the eyeshadow on the hot curling iron for approximately 1-2 mins (not too long or the packaging itself will melt through)

It was a lot easier using the straightening iron method vs rubbing alcohol, so I used it for the rest of the shadows.

Here are all the revlon shadows I depotted

& this is what happens when I forget about them and leave them on too long O.O

Maybelline Shadows depotted

Luckily, I found this barbie & Ken tin box frame to make my DIY eyeshadow palette!

Of course it was on clearance :)

LOL I don't know what to do with the cards that came with it though haha

Bought magnetic tape from Michael's for $1

Tape it to the back of the shadows

& magnet sticks to the tin frame! yay my first depotting adventure! Its actually really addicting.

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro: MIDNIGHT BLUE

2011-02-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

So, V-day is usually all about hues of pinks, reds, and purples, but why not MIDNIGHT BLUE?! I actually just bought this color today. It had such a deep dark blue shade with little sparkles only noticeable in the sunlight. I just fell in love! I added Konad Hearts and Silver - glittery dots to finish off the look.

I started off with Nail Tek Maintenance plus just to condition my nails and make sure they don't die on me.

Then, a clear coating of Seche Clear Base coat.

I was surprise to find the Rimmel Nail polish brush on the rather large side. It made the application a little difficult, since I wasn't accustomed to such a large brush!

And that's with only ONE coat! AMAZING!!

I was going to use both the hearts stamps in the middle, but I changed my mind and ended up only using the inner right one.

Here's a close up of my pointer finger. I used a toothpick to put the silver dots on the tips of my nails. The shade is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Celeb City.

CCO and Target Haul

2011-02-07T21:33:00.000-08:00

Oh how my heart flutters when I see these clearance stickers on make up at my local targets! However, you have to rummage through a bunch of sticky open make up to find these treasures. I don't understand why people have to open up packages and stick their grimy fingers in the product then just leave it there. It annoys me the most when it's something I actually want to buy, but it's ruined because of these people!!! Anyways, I actually found some great items that weren't open and abused, thank goodness.

I found these two Sonia Kashuk single eye shadows for $2.98! (retail:$5.99) The brown color is Chocolate - 48 and the other is whisper - 21.

Then, I found a Milani lip liner in Most Natural for $1.98 and a wet and wild brow pencil for $0.67!

I am fortunate enough to live 15 min away from The Premium Outlet Mall, and of course, I frequent the CCO (Cosmetic Company Outlet) Which basically has MAC, Estee Lauder, Bobbi Brown, etc. for a discounted price! I picked up a MAC paint pot and a Lip liner the other day!

Here's the paint pot in Bare Study, and Life's a Breeze Lip Pencil from the MAC to the beach collection last year.

On the left is a swatch of Bare Study and the right is Life's a Breeze.

HAUL: Claires Makeup

2011-02-02T20:56:00.000-08:00

Like many people, I was quick to stereotype Claire's as a utopia for young teenage girls looking to find cute little accessories to flaunt around. However, what I was unaware of was a hidden treasure trove of eyeshadow palettes among a midst of horrible, childish, and unwearable colored palettes littering the shelves. The key to finding these gems is to avoid the card board magnetized packaged make up palettes marketed towards teeny boppers. Although the appearance may be tempting and adorable... STEER CLEAR AT ALL COSTS! Unless.. you're trying to find a suitable birthday present for teens new to makeup, they might just be perfect!

Moving on to my amazing find today, any one who knows me will tell you that I am the most frugal shopper and will wait however long it takes for products to go on sale unless it's something I really... REALLY want. Usually I even pass on things I really want just because I couldn't possibly justify spending $$$$ on something I probably don't really need lol. So at Claire's, I made my way to the back of the store where there are sale racks filled with various items. This pink rectangular compact with black lacy floral print caught my eye.

How adorable is the packaging!? It is far from the GLEE inspired Rachel Berry pack they had...
AND the best thing about it, is that it was on sale for only $2.75 whaaaa CRAZY!
Once opened, I found these gorgeous quads with mirrors on the inside cover.
This is more for a dramatic night out smokey eye look quad
This one is more of a wearable day time look quad!
SWATCHES: dramatic night out smokey eye look quad
Top w/o primer
Bottom w/ urban decay primer potion

SWATCHES: wearable day time look quad
Top w/o primer
Bottom w/ urban decay primer potion

I must admit, w/o primer these shadows lack in pigment points, however, WITH primer they're amazing! The colors just pop out and are very suitable for many looks.

So how well did these quads fare?!

Packaging: A- (I love the colors, but they're a little difficult to open if you have nails)

Price: A+++ (these were a great find in the clearance section!)

Quality: B+ (Primer needed)

Overall: A -

Baby Pink Valentines Day Nails with Konads + Fimo Nail art

2011-01-31T20:47:00.000-08:00

These nails are just perfect for Valentines day coming up! Before applying the nail polish, I sliced up two adorable heart pieces to accent my ring finger nails!

Here's my stash of fimo nail art rods! they're too cute!

I started off with Nail Trek Maintenance + to keep my nails strong and healthy!
A layer of seche clear to make a smooth base for my pink polish.
I applied two coats of Revlon "Sweet tart" to my nails, which is a coincident since it's my baybe's fav candy of all time lol
My Konads set up
I used Konads plate m73 (floral print to the right)
After applying the konads nail art stamp and my two heart slices to my ring finger nails, I put a thick coat of Seche Vite Top coat to prevent my nails from chipping and keep my heart slices in place!

TA DAA! :) perfect pretty pink nails for valentines day!

Smash Box Eye Wish Pallete 2009 Holiday Collection

2011-01-30T23:54:00.000-08:00

I got a PACKAGE today in the mail! yayy I love getting packages :). I've recently, well maybe for a couple months now, been obsessed with this website www.hautelook.com.
Unfortunately, you have to be a member to see the stuff their selling, but it's not to hard to become one. This is my personal invitation link, if ya'll are interested. So basically, every day they have a different sale on discounted things like clothes, make up, home stuffs, and there's things for women, men and kids! The only thing I've ever had my eyes on is the make up. I've previously ordered things from urban decay, pop beauty, and most recently SMASHBOX! So, I was really excited when I saw that there was going to be a sale on smashbox stuff, but then when it came it was only like 50% ish off, but there was this one palette that really really caught my eye! It's called the "Eye Wish Palette", and I believe it came out in the 2009 holiday colllection.

Isn't the packaging adorable! It's like a hot metallic pink and cushion-y on top.

When you open it up, there's a nice mirror, 12 eyeshadows, 4 cream eye liners, eye primer, and a neat look book!

SWATCHES
top - bare skin
bottom - with urban decay primer potion

With Flash

With out Flash

cream eye liners with flash

Initially, when I first saw this online, I fell in love! Unfortunately, I bought it without doing research since it well selling out fast, and by fast I mean like within the hour :(. After looking up reviews on makeup alley and swatching it out myself, I sorta regret buying it, but it's not so bad with udpp. The shimmery colors show up really well, but the colors that are supposed to be darker are sorta lacking in pigmentation. I haven't actually used it in a look yet, but when I do, I'll get back to ya'll with how I'm feeling! for now this gets a B+!
xoxo- tutu