...Makeup Junkie Extraordinaire! Blogger, Esthetician and Freelance Writer. I have been in the beauty industry for over 28 years!
Friday, November 30, 2012
Shop ‘Till You Drop: The Sales Prevail at emerginC
Did you miss out on the Black Friday and Cyber Monday beauty deals? No need to worry, the holiday sales from emerginC have just begun! For the entire month of December, emerginC will be gifting free product with a purchase.
This remarkably effective, full line of active, result-oriented products contain a wide variety of pure, potent botanicals and fruit acids, as well as cutting edge medical and cosmeceutical-grade ingredients from all over the world.
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Choose to gift and treat yourself this holiday season!
Holiday Gift Guide For The Makeup Junkie Part 2
After finishing my Holiday Gift Guide for the Makeup Junkie I was thinking that there are so many things I could put on this list. This year is such a good year for the makeup junkie! Below you will find more items that will make makeup junkies incredibly happy…
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LORAC Eye Candy Full Face Collection Holiday Exclusive from Sephora ( http://iamthemakeupjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-lorac-eye-candy-full-face.html) happens to be one of the cutest blockbuster collections from a makeup company that I have ever seen. For $59.00 you get 12 eye shadows, 4 lipsticks and 4 eyeliners.
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MAC Guilty Passions Holiday Mini Kits, three metallic pigment kits each for $32.50. I just got these and of course I had to stop myself from drooling. I’ve got the review ready to go but I just had to put these in here. The pigments in here seem to have much better pigmentation than the ones they had last year, just judging by the swatches.
- LORAC Sweet Temptations Lip Gloss Collection, $25. This is available at www.sephora.com, www.loraccosmetics.com and SEPHORA stores. This set consists of six silky colors of lipgloss that should be owned by everyone. They are infused with anti-oxidants. The colors are: Candy Apple (warm red) , Frosted Gumdrop (bright pink), Sugar Plum (berry), Cotton Candy (medium pink), Butterscotch (pale peach), Crème Brulée (light pink). I don’t own this one, hence I don’t have any photos, but I am ready to purchase it!
- Nars Foreplay Palette, $49.00, www.sephora.com, is a breakdown of all the colors that go into Orgasm blush. Use one or all at once. I love the top left and bottom left together. Yes, they are very bright. This is the perfect gift for the Nars fan on your list.
- Kiss Mini Larger Than Life Lip Gloss Coffret, $45.00. The price on this has gone down from $55.00 to $45.00. It features five Larger Than Life mini lip glosses from Nars, capturing the infamous lips of Andy Warhol’s muses and his silver studio. The Larger Than Life colors are: Silver Factory (aluminum glitter), Chelsea Girls (flesh-toned beige), Drella (ultra sheer hot pink), Blue Movie (pink sherbet), Myths (rosy pink).
I hope you like my list. There are so many things out there to get. The entire Nars Andy Warhol collection is really quite nice and any makeup junkie would love it! Also, if you can get your hands on the new Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette ($27.00), I am sure that would be appreciated! It just came out but the matte formula they have is just about the best on the market.
Thank you for reading!!!
MAC Guilty Passions Holiday Mini Kits
MAC Guilty Passions Holiday Mini Kits, three metallic pigment kits each for $32.50. I just got these and of course I had to stop myself from drooling. The pigments in here seem, just by judging from the website, to have much better pigmentation than the ones they had last year. The three Crushed Metallic Pigment hatbox sets are:
Tenderly Warm: Ever Elegant (shimmery warm bronze), Rose Light (metallic warm pink), Silk Stocking (metallic gold) and Darling Coquette (metallic champagne).
Sweetly Smoky: Dusty Desire (deep shimmery eggplant), Femininity (shimmery violet flashing blue tones), Maribu,(metallic cool pink), Prettified (metallic pink light bronze)
Brilliantly Cool: Spruced (metallic cool forest green), I’ve Got A Crush On You (metallic brown flashing green), Moss Garden (metallic cool mint green), She’s Got Class (metallic white).
I did two looks today. Both are with just the metallic pigments from the sets. If you intend on finding a good look, I believe you need to add outside shadows. With both looks I did, I felt that they were lacking gook a good lighter shimmer to set off the metallic color. You will see this from both of these looks. Don’t get me wrong, I love the crushed metallic pigments. I think the pigmentation is great for almost all of them. Plus, as you can see from the swatches, they generally lay down well on the skin. These will definitely need a primer underneath to help them stay on longer. The colors are also very true and bright.
I used some of them dry and some of them wet. There is no difference in how they go on. For each color scheme I used all for colors and tried to blend them into a seamless look. I think because they are so shimmery and metallic it didn’t work. As mentioned above, you need a matte or satin shadow to really make the look softer. Most of them are fairly chunky in the pots, which is normal for these crushed metallic pigments. One thing that I don’t like is that some of the colors seem to blend into one another and disappear. If you look at the second look I did, you can see that it looks that way. I used four pigments there, how many does it look like I used? Even with the Sweetly Smoky look. How many does it look like I used in that one?
Sweetly Smoky Look
Tenderly Warm Look
I adore the metallic eye shadows, more this year than I have in years past. Why? Because MAC took the time to make them more pigmented. Seriously, that is a bonus! Also, they really are metallic and I love the colors. I can see myself using them. They are a little expensive though and not subject to any discounts or promotion codes. But I am torn because they need outside eye shadows to really get a nice look from them and they tend to blend into each other when used together. That is why I am giving the 1/2 star. Normally the warm eye shadows would look great with my eye color and skin tone, but today I look sick for some reason. Hmmm…
MAC Guilty Passions Holiday Mini Kits:
Pigmentation: *****
Smoothness: ****
Fallout: ***
Wear: ***
Worth The Money:*** 1/2
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Free Bumper Gift Worth Over £112 & Essie Launch At Bliss
(This is for my United Kingdom readers)
Bliss are pleased to announce their big bumper weekend giveaway, where you can receive a bumper gift worth over £112, when you spend £100 or more. Just enter code BUMPER at the checkout to receive your free gift. This offer will end on the 3rd December 2012, so hurry and make sure you do not miss out on this fantastic giveaway.
In addition to this fantastic offer, Bliss also bring you a selection of their newly launched Essie nail care products, which is the chosen brand for the bliss spa London.
Contents:-
New Voucher Code
Essie Nail Care
New Voucher Code
Code - BUMPER
Promotion - Free Bumper Gift (Worth over £112) when you spend £100 or more
Expires - 03-12-2012
Voucher Codes |
Spend £100 and save £15 Code - NOVAF12 30-11-2012 |
Save 15% on all full price Bliss products Code - AFNOV12 30-11-2012 |
Get a free ‘party prep kit’ when you spend £50 or more this month Code - PARTY 30-11-2012 |
Get a free gift of party perfect products when you spend £50 or more this month. Code - PARTY 30-11-2012 |
Free Bumper Gift worth over £112 when you spend £100 or more Code - BUMPER 03-12-2012 |
The New Urban Decay Naked Basics Is Here!
You’ve been asking for it, and now it’s here. The new all-matte Naked Basics palette from Urban Decay! Available now for just $27 on www.urbandecay.com. Coming soon to all other Urban Decay retail locations. This is the palette that belongs in every woman’s makeup bag! Richer than other mattes, the color goes on with a smooth, luxe finish (never chalky or powdery).
The sleek, soft-touch case has a slight sheen and feels like suede.Naked Basics includes four totally new and exclusive shades, one shade previously only available in another palette and one all-time staff favorite. The Six colors are: Venus (soft, off-white demi-matte), Foxy (very light yellow/beige matte), Walk of Shame (very light pinky nude matte), Naked2 (rosy taupe matte), Faint (warm, dusty brown matte) and Crave (deepest, darkest brown/black matte).
I’ve already ordered mine, what are you waiting for?!?!?!?
(The above is a modified press release)
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Holiday Gift Guide for the Makeup Junkie!
- Too Faced Love Sweet Love (http://iamthemakeupjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-too-faced-love-sweet-love.html) $45.00, www.toofaced.com
- Urban Decay’s Naked Palette $50, www.urbandecay.com and anywhere they are sold. 12 shadows and a double ended 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Whiskey and Zero. Mine gets a lot of use!
- Urban Decay’s Naked 2 Palette $50, www.urbandecay and anywhere they are sold. Again, 12 shadows but no pencil. A double ended brush replaced it. The shadows here have a slightly more cool tone.
- Finally, Urban Decay has come out with a great pencil set (http://iamthemakeupjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-urban-decay-ocho-loco-glide-on.html) The Ocho Loco set has 8 full size 24/7 Glide-On Pencils, four of which are new. A rainbow of shades, these pencils are smooth and glide on easily (hence the name). Once on they don’t come off, which is why I love them so much. $59.00 www.urbandecay.com or anywhere they are sold.
- philosophy, one of my favorite brands of skincare, has a great kit put together to get your skin in shape. The radiant rewards kit (http://www.philosophy.com/skin-care-systems/radiant-rewards-skin-care-kit,en_US,pd.html), $71.96, .philosophy.com contains the following: purity made simple one step facial cleanser 8 oz.; hope in a jar high density eye and lip firming cream 0.5 oz.; when hope is not enough facial firming serum 1.0 oz.; microdelivery peel in-home vitamin c/peptide recurfacing crystals 2 oz. and activating gel 2 oz.
- Jurlique has a set with the Clarisonic Mia.(http://www.jurlique.com/skin-care/category/tools-and-accessories/clms/clarisonic-mia-set-exclusive-in-lavender) It is the smaller version of the award winning Clarisonic. It even comes full size products and samples! For $119.00 you get : the Mia in lavender, rosewater balancing mist 15ml, moisture replenishing cream 15 ml; , skin brightening essence 5 ml, and bonus samples. I have found that the Clarisonic really helps to clear up the skin. Used 2x a day you will see a difference. Use with an exfoliating cleanser and you will see a significant improvement on your skin.
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