Photo Op: Sage Green & Beauty Booty

Hola ladies!

I'm trying to get back in the swing of things with more frequent postings. I caught the BOGO-50% sale at Walgreens this weekend and bought Revlon ColorStay foundation in 400-Caramel and Revlon ColorTwist mascara in Blackest Black. My mommie also copped me a few NYX palettes at a sale for 2 bucks a piece!

[from l-r: Shangri-LA palette (doesn't list the colors), green palette (Spring Leaf, Lime Green, Green Tea), neutral palette (Highlight, Brown, Suede) ]

I also found NYX liners for 1 buck a piece at a local beauty supply. Yeah I bought all of the ones I didn't already have lol. I only bought 2 lip liners & the rest are eyeliners. All of the eyeliners are metallic except the blue on the end. I think the metallic liners are comparable to the new HIP liners that are out now.

I ♥ NYX liners!

[from l-r: Deep Red (lip), Silver, Sapphire, Purple, Barbie Pink (lip), Gold, White, Thunder Blue]

I've been trying to stray away from the bright colors at work and have been on a neutral kick lately. Today I wanted to add a little color without being too bright. I opted for a sage green toned down with a chocolate brown. This is what I came up with...

Face

Revlon ColorStay Makeup with SoftFlex SPF 12 for Normal/Dry Skin - Caramel 400

MAC Studio Fix - NC50

La Femme Blush - Sienna

Eyes
UDPP
NYX Green Tea [on lid]
HIP Shady Duo - Chocolate side [blended lightly in crease & above]
*also used to fill in brows
HIP Shady Duo - Tan side [as highlight]
HIP Cream liner - Black [top liner]
HIP Liner pencil - Black [bottom liner]
Revlon ColorTwist Mascara - Blackest Black


Lips
random brown liner from Walgreens
Revlon SuperLustrous Lipgloss - Toast to Shine
[i ♥ Revlon glosses too!]

Beauty Booty: The OCC Airbrush System

It's finally here! :)
I'd been contemplating on whether it would be worth investing in or not for months.
After seeing up close & personal...I believe so :)

This is the Sparmax compressor...

the needle/airbrush...isn't it so pretty & shiny?

the kit came w.12 foundation shades, 6 highlighters, 6 blushes and 6 corrector shades.
i ordered 3 addt'l mini-color sets (2 diff metallic sets and 1 bright color set)

i had it delivered to mah job so i wouldn't miss it's delivery.
couldn't wait to get home to play w.it...
mah bestie came over so i had a test dummy...lol :)

here's a before...
& after
it's gonna take meh a few tries to master this thingy, but i ♥ it already!
♥

Beauty Booty - Sephora Haul

Oookkkayyy...so I ran out of my MAC foundation and decided to experiment

w.a different brand. I chose Smashbox's Full Coverage Cream-Powder in M3-4 (I think?). Although the color is a great match, I hate the texture of it. It reminds me of the Mary Kay foundations; very oily and streaky.

What a waste of 38 bucks :(

The saleswoman tried to talk me into purchasing the Smashbox foundation primer.

I didn't wanna pay another 30+ bucks for a 'maybe' product, so she gave me a sample.

It's actually quite nice for someone with oily skin. It gives a VERY smooth/velvety feeling :)

I also picked up the highly favored UD Primer Potion. I know i'm VERY late jumping on that bandwagon (but I march to my own tune). I actually LOVE it though!

That's one item that was well worth my $$$

...in addition to Cargo's Suede Blush in Gold Coast

Pretty :)

Beauty Booty : TSS Pigments

FINALLY!

I bought a total of 18 sample piggies:

Electric Lust - very pretty bright blue, similar to MAC's Electric Eel

Fall From Grace - a coppery pink

Far too Fabolous - metallic royal blue, similar to MAC's Bang on Blue

High Drama - vibrant grape

Lack of Sanity - sea green

Lucifer's Chariot - deep mauve

Next Stop Oz - pretty forest green

No Scruples - very similar to High Drama, a bit lighter

Passion Parade - chocolate bronze

Plastic Paradise - metallic sky blue

Pristine Nature - pretty, pretty light coral

Resisted Anxiety - chocolate brown, not as bronzey as Passion Parade

Risky Behavior - metallic grape

Splinter - smokey, metallic charcoal

Swim with the Fishes - VERY pretty teal, my fave out the bunch

Typical Mania - very light aqua

Valley Girl - pretty fuschia

Voluntary Mayhem - metallic navy

I ♥ these piggies & will def be ordering full-sizes. They are very pigmented & ladies - the samples were only $.50! What do you have to lose???

Here are the swatches:

I swatched both of these with a fingertip. See the color payoff???

(sorry about the blurriness, but you can still see the color)