February 2011 Faves!

Hello again!

Here for you today is my first favorite post since november of last year! Ahah! :) Things have change a little bit I think!

EYES

Urban Decay Naked Palette
I actually received it this month from a swap I did with a Youtuber that you might know as Saaammage. Let me tell you something... If for some awkward reason other that it's always sold out you haven't bought it... What are you waiting for?? It is seriously one of the best palette you can own, to start with or even if you already have a crapload of shadows. Since I got it I used it a whole lot AND I discovered for the first time a color that work on my brows ( fifth shadow : Buck ). It would be awesome to take on vacation, since it comes with a baby Primer Potion and that awesome double sided Urban Decay 24/7 liner pencil.

Inglot Eyeshadows
Other than my Naked Palette, I've been using those a whooooole lot. They are fantastic to tell the truth! I especially love 450 ( red in the top palette ), 60 ( yellow in the top palette ), 351 ( highlight color in the lower palette ), 11 ( second on the top row in the lower palette ) and 64 ( black in the lower palette ). They are creamy, blendable and worth the price for me! Plus : I love the palette system :)

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk and MAC Fascinating Eye Kohl
Recently I discovered a love for white eyeliner on my water line. For some reason, I think it really look good and polish, even though some people find it harsh. I really like it with neutral eyes! I think it just look great :) MAC eye kohl stays up good on the water line if you set it with a white shadow but I discovered that the NYX pencil holds really well even without setting! I guess that will make the eye kohl a non-rebuy, but for now, I really enjoy it :) And the NYX pencil is a staple to me in my collection, how ever I use it !

L'Oréal Voluminous Milion Lashes
I don't have much to say other than I looove how this mascara makes my lashes look! It volumises, lenghtens and keep my lashes curled! And I really like the rubber brush it has!

LA Splash Splash Proof Sealer Eyeshadow Sealer/Base
I really don't and woundn't use this as a base since it's really liquidy and dry sticky, but this thing is marvelous with glitters! It makes them stick and stays on your eyelid as long as you want your glitter there! Plus , I got it for less than 6 $ if I recall correctly. If you see this in a store and you like glitter, you should really give it a go :)

Joe Clear Mascara and Brow Gel
It's cheap and does the job, aka keeping my brows from looking bushy! What can I say more than that!?

MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
Since I finished my Buxom Lashliner in Leatherette, I started using this badboy. I think I actually like it more than I loved that Buxom liner! They are almost the same, but the MAC one seems to stay longer on my eyes :) And the fact that you can back to MAC it is a plus for me since I go through gel liner kind of quickly!

MAC Painterly Painpot
The first paintpot I got was Soft Ochre and I quite enjoyed it. When I finished it, I though it would be the time to try another one and I decided to Painterly. I think it works better than Soft Ochre or me since I'm a pink undertoned girl and, if you didn't know, Soft Ochre it yellow based. I think that me and Painterly will have a beautiful story in the future! Us and Primer potion by Urban Decay will see all of my eyelooks :)

LIPS

Lipsyl Lypmoisturizer Original Formula
I've been using it so much these last months that I have barely a little stub left! I really like how silky the balm feels, and how it's a little minty too! I also think that it smells divine :) Yes, the label on it goes away a little, but the overall packaging is cute with the little bee lever on the side and on the cap ! I really love this product, and I need a new one!

L'Oréal Infallible Lipcolor in 399 Beyoncé's Red
One pet peeve of mine would be lipstick smearing all over my face. I hate wearing bold lipstick and always look in a mirror to be sure it's still on my lips and not on my chin! This though, makes me rock the red without worries! That product stays on your lips as long as you don't put something oily on it (like.. Don't eat fried chicken with that on..!) If you do put an oily thing near for whatever reason, it'll flake and be a pain in the butt to remove (that's why I always carry a makeup wipe in a ziploc when I wear this). The red product doesn't have a smell, but dries super sticky, which is why you have the white tube of product! It smells like sweet caramelly candy to me, and it makes the red stain super silky and smooth :)

MAC Wonder Woman Lipglass in Emancipation
I know that a lot of people think that the packaging is idious and ugly, and so did I! But having it in my hands made my mind change. I think it's cute and different :) Anyway, the packaging isn't the point here, it's the gloss! I really like this color! It's a beige with pink, gold, silver and maybe green tiny glitter that looks super nice on the lips! Although it can be kind of sticky, I found myself reaching for it a few times, which is weird to me since I usually don't wear/like lipgloss!

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Lilac Pastelle
You may remember that product from last spring since everyone went nuts for this color and 3 others limited edition glosses that Revlon came out with. Well, no worries, they came out this spring too! I actually had some other Revlon lipglosses before, and I quit adore their texture and the color range they have. They are not sticky, super smooth and ou can surely found a color for you, and with a little luck, they'll be on BOGO or something! The only thing that used to bug me was the scents... it's kind of chemical medecine to me.. I got used to it acytually, but I still wish that the scent would be different.. Anyway! I really love this color those past month because of the way it makes my lips look.. A little rosier and a little lighter! It's a really pretty color :)

FACE

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium
I have to admit that medium is a tad to dark for me all year round (the MAC MA matched me... Never trust some counters MA's.. ) and now that I can camouflage in the snow it's even worst, but I still like this powder to camouflage redness and some tiny imperfections! I use a big fluffy brush and put it on sheerly and I make it work! Next time though, I'll pick up light medium on even light or myself!

NYC Sunny Matte Bronzer
To blend the MAC MSF, I've been using this a little around my face and as a contour powder. It's cheap and works super great! I would really recommend this product to everyone, from beginers to pro.

Equate Exfoliating Cleansing Towelettes
These are the makeup wipes I've been using for the entire month of february. I had Equate towelettes before, but when I picked those up I didn't properly read the label.. Can you see? They say "exfoliating"? Well yes! They aren't harsh at all, but they do have little dots all over one side of the wipe and I have to say that I like it very much! It doesn't burn my eyes and remove majority of my makeup! ( I follow with a normal cleanser too usually.. But if there's a night where I just want to sleep, I can go away with one and cleanse in the morning!)

NAILS

Katy Perry for OPI Collection
I have an entire post on my thoughts and swatches of this collection here, but still, it has to end in my faves. As I said in my post, I got the bigger size of Teenage Dream because it's seriously awesome! Ugh, I can't get enough of it! And I also got the Black Shatter nail polish.. It's really cool! I wasn't aware that it existed before ( I was born in the 90's... I wasn't wearing makeup yet! ) I really like the effect it has on the nails. If I could find China Glaze where I live I would be all over their Crackle polishes!

L.A. Colors Color Craze nail polishes in Jewel Tone and Star Light
I've just been really enjoying glittery nails recently.. Like, a whole lot! When I saw those polishes at Stitches ( a clothing store in Canada ) for 2 for 5$ I had to pick them up. Yes, they are sheer and not so high quality, but I still really love them! Jewel Tone is a Blue and Purple glitter and Star light is a silver holographic glitter.

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
I know, I know, Seche Vite is a really bad and dangerous product that will kill everyone who uses it..( Really? -.-'') But I really enjoy it. Since I do my nails usually before bed, I want them to dry super fast to go to sleep, but I used to wait and waking up to sheet marks in them. Seche Vite saved my nails from that and that why I love it that much. It is expensive and I can't get it in a store where I live, but it's really worth it. And anyway, we'll all have to die of something one day, right? xD

MISC.

Travalo Refillable Atomizer
I got it really not to long ago, but I'm already in love! I'm the kind of person that usually forget to put fragrance on in the morning, and this is now always in my bag, just in case. It doesn't leak, it's Aricraft Approved and it's cute. I got mine at Shoppers Drugmart, where they also have a Red one, a Silver one and a Black one. If you are interested in this product it's really worth a look :)

Beyoncé's Heat Eau de Parfum
It's my second bottle of perfume ever in life! I got it when I got my travalo actually, and I love it.. When I first spray it, it's a little flowery but then it evolves to something really yummy and quite interesting on my skin. I am really not good to describe things like that, but take my words for it. It's awesome!

Lush Jungle Conditionner

I got a sample of this in a Lush store because I heard a lot of people talking about how great it is. Well, this is all I got left of my sample and I'll go buy a chunk! I adore how it makes my hair feel. It's way better than any conditionner I've ever used in my life! And I like the natural earthy scent it has too!  If you ever go to Lush, definatly ask of a sample to try it. It's so worth it :)

That's all for this post people! I hope you liked it :) I recently got problems with my camera and all the settings but I'm slowy figuring things out..!

Thanks a lot for reading, 

Marie~~

November 2010 Favorites!

Hello!

You might all be like ''I thought there was a month between september and november!?" Well, not favorite wise :) I had really no favorites to share in october, so I didn't bother to show you the same stuff again. But in november, things have changed :) I still love everything from the september faves, but for the sake of keeping things interesting, let's show some new stuff :

Yes, these are all the goodies I'll talk about in this post :) ( plus, in this picture, you can see a part of my makeup storage, ain't that nice? )

First, we'll talk about eyes:

If we start from the back, we have :
L'Oréal Telescopic Clean Definition Mascara in 925 Blackest Black : This month being the last one of the semester, I didn't have that much time to put on make up. I went for the natural eye , which was often gel liner (still Buxom Lash Liner in Leatherette by the way!) and some lenghtening mascara, which happened to be this one. I truely love the way it makes my lashes look! You can see a picture in this post.

Naked Cosmetics Shock Effect eye shadow stack : So this came in handy for those days when I had the time to play with colors! I love the pigmentation on those shadows, they are simply amazing! I really recommend to put a base before applying them to make them stay longer, make them look brighter and tone down the fall outs. I personnally usually apply them wet (you dip your brush in it and then spray water on the brush) because it makes them THAT more gorgeous. I got these at IMATS by the way, and I'll surely do a review on them in the future :)

Eye Kandy Liquid Sugar and sprinkles : Here you can see only one color of  "sprinkles" (they are cosmetic grade awesome glitters with a fancy name) which is Shock Tart, but I've been enjoying all of them! Even the one that I haven't used yet, they are so pretty just to look at! So far, I've only worn the three brightest colors I own (Shock Tart is the blue, Sour Berry is a green and Sour Grape is a purple) but I plan on using these crazy this holiday season! They just do liner so well! I bought a kit (a Kandy Baq) and it came with 6 glitters, the liquid sugar and a fine tip line brush. I use the liner brush with the Liquid Sugar and seriously, awesomeness glitteryness on my eyes. I plan on doing a post on those also, and going crazy at IMATS next time I go!

Urban Dacay Eye Shadow Primer Potion Professional Size : I don't have much to say here. It's my favorite eye primer! It never let me down ( or make my shadow crease). I was out of it in october and I and to relay on bases, which are not the same. I'm just glad that I bought it in the pro size since a) there's no weird packaging and b) there's more product in it.

MARK Metalliner in Bronze Edge : If it wasn't black liner or glitter, it was this baby. Metalliners are like liquid colored foil in liner form! They look so good on, and they last all day! ( when I say "they" it's also because I have the two other colors they offer ( silver and blue ) and that I love them too, but the bronze one was higher in my heart this past month). They came with an easy-to-use brush tip, which is a plus.


MAC Sea & Sky mineralize eye shadow duo : I LOVE the darker side of this! It's smooth, pigmented and just so deep as a color. I love to use it as a crease color or a liner on my lower lash line with a neutral look. I would totally buy this if MAC was selling a whole pan of this one :)

NYX Single Shadow in ES01 Black : Can you believe that before I got this at IMATS i did not have a matte black eye shadow? That statement talk on her own.

Wet n Wild Color Icon Eye Shadow Palette in 249 Vanity : If I were to show a picture of the dents in each and every single one of the shadows in there, you would see that I use the crap out of this bad boy. This has been my neutral eye to go lately! I don't feel guilty to take it around with me, since if I lose it or one of them break I can simply go to Wal Mart and buy another one for like 5 bucks or less. Wet n Wild Color Icon shadows are just so pigmented that I recommend them 100%!

Now, for face :

N.Y.C. Matte Bronzer in 720C Sunny : I just found myself using bronzer more often this month, and this one is a really good one! It's all matte, pigmented enough, and doesn't look orange. Plus, it's super super cheap!


MAC 181 SE Kabuki Brush : It shouldn't be in this picture, but oh well! Even tho it's poky on my face, it's the best brush I have to but face powder on, which like bronzer, I've been doing a lot lately.

Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Fair (Light 0-1): It's just an overall really good powder! It's smooth and silky, and also lighter than my MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Medium, which is now a little to dark for me... Oh well, joy of winter!

Now onto lips:

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude : I've found myself using it a lot more lately! It's a nude color, as the name says, but it's not a dead color, which is a huge plus. It's creamy, last a good amount of time on the lips and as no smell what so ever ( I'm really sensitive on lipstick scents.. For exemple, I can't stand Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick because of the way they stink. )


EOS Lipbalm in Honeysuckle Honeydew : Do I need to justify myself? Even if I'm not in total love with the scent, I love the way it feels, the way it looks and the way people look at you can you take it out to apply it. I also love who it remind me of, which is Alicia from FunnyFace Beauty! She's the sweetie that sent it to me :)

Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stain + Balm in Flame : So there was a red lipstick in my first favorite post, and now there's a red lip stain! I am truely in love with all my heart with flamboyant red lips since september, but I was always afraid to wear it since it's an easy one to smudge all over, or it can wear off wierd, goes on chlotes, etc. But one time, at the drugstore I saw this and I said to myself "Lip stain? In red? WHY NOT!! " and I bought it. I adore how easy it is to apply and to not worry of where it'll go. The down side of this is that it's very drying ( but it comes with a balm ) and it seems to ran out fast. No biggy, I already found a new lip stain lover <3

NYX Lipliner pencils in 835 Pinky and 817 Red Hot : I really wanted lipliner for the longeat time, but in my city they were really expensive for what I knew I could pay. I waited for IMATS and got those two ( should have got more! ) and they're just so easy to use! Line your lips, fill it in, top it with gloss and good to go for a long time without reapplying! Long term love relationship is starting here!

Onto random makeup stuff:

NYX Fabulous Lashes & Glue in EL108 Breeze: These are the first pair of eyelashes that I could wear and look decent, they were so easy to apply! I like the way they make my lashes look, longer and a little fuller, and the fact that I can wear them with my glasses on too! They come with glue, but I wouldn't bother using it.. I prefer using mine! I wore them 4 or 5 times already, and they're still going strong by the way!

Crown Brushes Italian Badger 119 Deluxe Crease Brush: For some reason I've been using this one over my Sigma E35 ( MAC 217 dupe ) to apply color to my crease. It just does it well for me! And for the price (around 5$) I should have got one more. It's a very soft and usefull brush! ( plus it doesn't shed)

Crown C123 Mini Chisel Brush : I wanted one like this for a while to work on the lower lash line and in the inner corner. It has done what I wanted it to! And like the other crown brush, it doesn't shed!

Eye Kandy Liner brush : This should have been with the Eye Kandy stuff in the Eye picture, but oh well, you can see it here!


Duo Adhesive : Before, I used the Ardell Waterproof Lash Grip Eyelash Adhesive to glue stuff to my face but to be serious, it smells SO bad! Like, worst than liquid latex! And it didn't dry as fast as the duo one. I also cost me more money for the Ardell one, which I regret now. I paid more than 5$ for the Ardell, which come with 7g of product, and I paid staight up 5 bucks for 14g of duo. I'm super happy with it! Next up, Revlon lash glue, or Duo Dark!

Now, a new fave goodie:

Britney Spear Midnight Fantasy Eau de Parfum : Almost since I started watching youtube videos (about... 3 years ago!) I wanted this. Everyone was saying that it's a sweet scent with a slight touch of blueberry and I was all over that ( I ADORE blueberry, blueberry flavored stuff, blueberry scented stuff, etc ). I was looking for it everytime I went to a place that sell perfume but it was either not there or 60$, and for a money watching 17 years old teenager looking for a job, I wasn't wellling to pay that.. But one day, at Shoppers Drug Mart, it was there, in all it's beauty, standing on a shelf with a majestic price tag. 20$. Oh lord. I was so exited and happy and full of joy! I got it and wear it EVERY day now. And I'm serious here. EVERYday. :)

Now for the random love of the month:

Shay Carl and the Shaytards! I will never get enough of that family, they are just so cute and funny! I just enjoy their daily vlog so so much, and I'm thankfull for Shay taking his time to do them :) I hope that those will never stop! Find that happy familly here : CLICK ME :D

YES! That is all lovely readers :) Those were my favorite things so far these last weeks! I really hope you enjoyed it!

By the way * IMPORTANT STUFF HERE* I'll be having 12 giveaways soon. My next post should be about that, but if you want to be able to join, you can already have the first step done by following my blog! I promise it'll be awesome! :)

Thanks for reading and commenting as always
Mariie~~

September 2010 Favorites !

Hello :)

So here is my first edition of my monthly favorites! * Yayyy! *

I have been enjoying a couple of thing this month, so here we go!

First, I've been using my MAC Royal Asset : 6 Smokey Eyes a whole lot, at least one color from it every day. I like Maid Of Honnor ( last color on the first row ) as a high light, since it's matte, and Rondelle (last color on the second row ) as a inner corner high light a lot ! :) I've been also enjoying puting Rondelle all over the lid, with Knight and Courtly Grey in the crease ( Knight being the first color on the last row, Courtly Grey being the one next to it ) and Maid Of Honnor as a brow High Light. This combo (last look on this post) as been my favorite over the last month. 

I've been also loving MAC's Swiss Chocolate, Amber Lights, Blanc Type and Crystal Avanlanche a bunch ( the pro pan color, in the same order, left to right ). Together, they have been my second favorite look to wear. Also, as you can see from the big pan part in my Crystal Avanlanche, this color is my ALL TIME FAVORITE to put in my inner corner as a high light. ( Sephora's Aspen Summit from the free beauty insider gift being a really good dupe for it ). 

Next, in order from left to right again, I've been liking my MAC Soft Ochre paint pot as a base for almost every single look I do. The container isn't the real one since I transfered it because it was hard to reach to product on the side at a certain point. It makes my eyeshadow stays all day, which is a must. I also like Urban Decay Primer Potion, but I just ran out of it. 

The next product is the Buxom Lash Liner in the color Leatherette. As you can see, I use it wierdly, ahah! It's half gone, and you can clearly see it! It's a really creamy gel/cream liner. I use it EVERYDAY to make my '' signature '' winged liner ( seriously, my friends see it when I don't do it! ). It's very black and stays on well, PLUS, it claims that there are some kind of mineral thingy inside that are supposed to be really good for your lashes... It might be a fake claim, but I kind of believe it.

Next is my MAC Gold Spice Brushed Metal-X Cream Shadow. This is what I use when I do the look with Amber Light as the main color. It just makes it pop! I also love the texture on this. I don't know why but when you put your(clean) finger in it, it doesn't feel creamy, but they you apply it and a tiny bit goes a loooooong way. Seriously I'm never going to ran out of this! 

Then there's a new discovery. My MARK Make it Big Lash Plumping Mascara. I loooooove this. I got it free with a special that was in the MARK Megalogue where if you bought 3 things featured on a page you got it. Well this thing is good. It plumps and lenghtens my lashes without any clumps, what can I ask other than that?

Then, I've been loving my Rimmel Airy Fairy as an everyday lipstick, and I've been orgasming over red lips too. I LOVE red lips. I feel '' sexy '' and confident rocking it to school ( the main place where I go ). The one that I used the most is a MARK Lipclick in Cha Cha, which is creamy, pigmented and not drying. I recommend. 

Then, there's my NYX Angel blush, which is simply the only blush I've been using all month. I like the color, but the main reason is that I'm trying to finish it actually since I had it for a long time.

Next is the MAC Tinted Lip Conditionner in Popster. It's getting old now, it's still good tho, but I try to use it up. Mainly I've been slaping it on my lips before going to bed as a night lip treatment, and when I wake up in the morning, my lips are soft and ready for the day :)

The last lip product that I love is the Lypsyl Lip balm with the bees wax in it. I have the original formula and GOD, this is good stuff. I put this all day long, over lip stains or before reapplying lipstick, and it keeps my lips soft and fresh, since it is a little minty :)

Next are my favorite brushes. I could only have those and be fine for an everyday routine. 

First is the Sigma E35 ( aka SS217 ). This is good for applying and blending color in my crease and can also be use to put color on the lid, ( even if usually I take my Sigma E55( aka SS239 to do it ) to do it, this could do the job )

Then there's Annabelle A-21 brush, that I only use for my brow high light.

The next one is the Sigma E30 ( aka SS219 ) that I use strickly for my inner corner high light.

Then I have my MAC 266 angle liner brush, that is my lovely liner best friend. I use this baby everyday with my cream liner.

Last but not least, there's my Sigma F40 ( aka SS168 ) to do my blush, the shape is just really good for the way I put my blush on :)

The Nail Polish of the month would be OPI's Russian Navy in the suede finish. I don't know why, but this color have a soothing effect on me, if I'm stressed out or mad, I can just look at it and be calm again.. It's really really pretty!

I also love my Shu Uemura eye lash curler. This is a must have for me since my lashes are really pin straight out of my eyelid. The last one I had always pinched my skin, and this one never did. I recommend this to everyone.

The last ''beauty related'' item I've been loving is my Liquid Latex from Ben Nye. Playing with is and experimenting is just AWESOME! I can't wait to be better at it and rock a creapy look at halloween!

Then for the non-beauty related item, I've been LOVING...

HOUSE! GOD! This show is amazing! One of my friend (and I know he's reading this so Hi Nataniel!) have all the seasons on DVD and I borrow them from him. I'm now watching the end of season two and I'm so hooked. I love House, Cuddy, Wilson and Cameron, I'm not caring to much about Chase and have Love/hate relationship with foreman. Ahh, I just love to this show!

So yes! This is it! My first monthly favorite is done, and I can't wait for the next one because it'll mean that IMATS is comming! 

Thanks for reading !

Mariie~~