TKB Pigments!

My TKB pigments came in last night after work! At first when I got home I was kind of upset because I didn’t see a box; but I shrugged it off thinking it would come in tomorrow or the day after. Later that night I logged onto the 'net and saw that USPS had confirmed that my packaged had been delivered! What?! To where?!

To my BF's - that’s where! Silly me… I must have checked off the shipping address being the same as the billing (which it’s not, he’s nice enough to buy me things I enjoy every once in awhile, but I don’t live with him) so, being the great BF that he is, he offered to go swing by his house to get my package, b/c he knew I couldn’t wait to play with them.

So here they are:

Top row from L: Apple Blossom, Artisan Coral, Blush Beige, Bolera Mica, Sparkle Rose & Smokey XXX.
Bottom Row from F: Pearl Yellow, Gold Lame, Aztec Gold, Bronze Fine, Bronzed Gold, Oriental Beige & Blackstar Gold Mica.

I tried to stick to mostly Pinks/Golds & Browns so that I could my maximize my usage, lol... Also I go to school during the day and work in the evenings so I need E/s that can carry through the day and outfit changes. I like to experiment with color, but I usually save that for the weekends or school only days (I go to Art school, we're allowed to be colorful and crazy - it’s actually kind of expected!)

I LOVE these pigments, I usually order MAC pigges from the The Body Needs. The quantity you get with TBN is 1/4th of a teaspoon... not exactly a lot to work with.Although I do love the MAC piggies, at about 2 bucks a pop I couldn’t really afford a bunch of these (I usually ordered about 6 at a time) Then, I stumbled upon a post raving about these TKD pigges so I decided to give them a try and oh boy, I LOVE them. They are SO generous!! Look at how much comes in the little ziplock bags!

You can see they are all filled to the top (3 gram jars) and there is still a BUNCH left in the bags. Wowzers, so generous - I will be ordering from them again ASAP. The sample bags contain quite a bit of pigmented goodness. The quality of the pigments are amazing, they have great staying power and are finely milled.

Now on to some swatches:

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L to R : Pearl Yellow, Gold Lame, Aztec Gold, Bronze Fine, Bronzed Gold, Oriental Beige & Blackstar Gold Mica.

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L to R : Apple Blossom, Artisan Coral, Blush Beige, Bolera Mica, Sparkle Rose & Smokey XXX.

I love them all! Can't wait to get more! Although a note of caution: Sparkle Rose is almost like a dust! When swatching it kept falling off, I tried it later wet and stayed on perfectly. If it wasn’t for the consistency I’d say this one would be a perfect dupe of MAC's Rose.

Edit: These pigments are sold in ziplock bags - not gram jars.  I have 3 gram sample jars that I buy for the purpose of storing pigments.  I find that its a lot less messy to store/play with pigments if they are in jars.

Mac Goodies!

YAY! MAC STUFF!

Lol, I always get so excited when the UPS man comes to my house with a package :] ( Side note: My UPS guy is such a sweetheart... he always gives my doggy a little organic dog treat! )

I decided to start a MAC e/s palette! However I LOVE LOVE LOVE pigments; which is why i just made a impulse purchase of a few pigments from TKD Trading. I found out about them thanks to Lily who points to Tao as being an enabler for providing such gorgeous swatches, lol. on Tao's blog she talks about loving these piggies more than MAC, so I’m sure they have amazing quality products, I cant wait to get my order in! :]

This whole MAC haul was sparked by the F&F sale (of course) I had always shyed away from MAC e/s since I had my 120 palette, but i decided it was time to make my own! Not to mention that when I swatched Expensive Pink in the store I fell in love.
Then I saw a pic with Kim K. wearing a gorgeous gold e/s and she said it was MAC's Goldmine, so I just HAD to get that one to try it out too. Not necessarily just 'cause Kim was wearing it, but b/c I LOVE gold! :]

So heres what I picked up:

A MAC pro e/s palette ( 15 pan )

A MAC e/s palette ( 4 pan, i needed this to push my total over for free Shipping!)

MAC e/s in (top pic order):

Expensive Pink

Goldmine

Cork

Sushi Flower

Vanilla

Amber Lights

Aannnddd some swatches (sorry, my camera isn't the best):

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Don't mind my fugly scar, I had a 2 second battle with my hair curler and guess who lost... needless to say I've been using Michelle Pham's method of no heat curling to get my locks wavy without having to suffer another early morning 2nd degree burn, hah. Plus no heat is a good thing for my ends!

Pt.2

Part deux (lol) of my weekend haul, even though it's about to be next weekend! I also just took advantage of the NYX anniversary sale, so those goodies are on the way too, eek! Oh, and next Thursday is the style warrior collection - CANT WAIT! There are so many items I want from this collection. Anywho enjoy the haulage :]

Goodies!:

From L to R: A Cute little pencil case :] Vaseline with Shea Cocoa butter, MMM. I love this stuff, but more so for the winter versus the spring. But no worries! I bought my all time favorite Lotion/Body Spray combo- Fresh & Clean from Victoria's Secret :D the notes of apple and lime give it a perfect scent for the spring; kind of reminds me of Dolce & Gabanna’s Light blue :] I also bought this Knee/Elbow Lightener from Freestyle Beauty (similar to Sallys) Darker skinned girls will totally agree that these are problem areas, no matter how much we baby them, lol. Dove Intense Therapy Shampoo & Conditioner - this is the only shampoo that leaves a long lasting scent in my hair :) not to mention it leaves my hair feeling buttery smooth! LOVES IT. Febreze – L.E. scent, told ya'll, I’m a sucker for good packaging!...Which is also why I bought the ambulance band-aids! lol Sassy NP, such a spring color, it looks great on my toesies. L'oreal Deep conditioner (Great stuff!). NYX blushes in Spice and Pinky and a Lippie in Babydoll. Soap and Glory great shakes hand lotion, this stuff smells GREAT and is quickly absorbed :] And lastly, my Stili-Style line & seal pencils, two for lips in Rose and Nude and a Eyeliner in a gorgeous shade of this purple that just POPS. Can't wait to try this on out for a look :]

Weekend Goodies! Pt.1

After a project filled week at school and work back to back.. plus litte to no sleep all week I barely had a minute to just relax... I coped with this by bottling up all my stress until I just couldnt take it anymore and slept it off for hours on friday - couln't help it! So the hubbs treated me to a little weekend pick me up :]

So we went to P.Mills mall 'cause he really wanted to get some more spring shirts and some shorts... I didnt find anything i liked until i got to the CCO :] Picked up the Coral Lips set from the Antiquitease collection that came out ages ago for just $22! :]

Two Full Sized Lippies and a mini Lipglass..

L2R: Artisto-Chic, & Splendid!

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Artisto-Chic is very very similar to my natural lip shade, with a touch of pinky in it and I’m absolutely in love. Anyone know any colors similar/ dupes to this shade? I LOVE IT! I NEED more! lol. I might just go pick up another set of these if I can't find any permanent shade similar to this. It's actually my first Mac lipstick purchase so it was great to be able to try the lippies. (I have a few lipglass') I really loved the texture of these and they last quite awhile.

I pared my Artisto-Chic lipstick with a new Stili-Style lipliner I got from Freestyle Beauty (Similar to Sallys) in rose. I think it looks great! I also picked up a nude lip liner - which I think may be too pale for my pigmented lips :-/, as well as a ultra purple eyeliner. Can't wait to cook up a look for it! Such a spring/summer color. I'll have that post up soon :]

Also, I’ve really gotten into a health kick (again) I've lost about 20 pounds since I started exercising about a year ago, but I haven’t been to the gym since December and my eating habits have gotten worse, so I decided to get back into my old regimen... So I picked up some cute new running shorts :] Got to look cute, even at the gym :]

I also found the deal I’ve been waiting for! I've been on the lookout for a nice lighted mirror for quite awhile, and all the ones I've liked have been about $50+ at BB&Beyond... so I held out and hogged the bathroom mirror. Well I’m happy to announce I found a mirror! A Revlon Mirror to be exact for only $20!!! Boo-ya!! I knew I could find a better deal ;] Thanks to the hubs for spotting this one out of the messy pile :D

Also pictured are two Clinique products, Dramatically Different Gel moisturizer and three bars of soap for Oily/Oily-Combo skin types. The soaps leave me skin squeaky clean w/o tightness :] This gel is my HG for the summer. I don’t know why there are so many mixed reviews for this on MUA - I have an oil slick for a T-zone and this drastically changed how many Oil blotting sheets I use through out the course of a day... I LOVE IT! When the gel dries it leaves my face so smooth, almost like the feeling a primer gives you.

Goodies!

Yay! So I went online and found a nearby target that had the Soap & Glory Glow Lotion I was lemming for :] Ahh, I was so excited!! It smells sooo good and the sheen that it leaves behind is just perfect! The lotion isn’t overly blingly or sparkly, no big cheepy looking sparkles, just a subtle sheen made up of tiny peachy pink flecks. I’ve tried other shimmer lotions but with this cute packaging (Hey, I am perusing my Graphic arts degree to go into product packaging!) tiny peachy-pink flecks and a delightful fragrance makes this me new Spring/Summer Staple.

I also got some other goodies… a super cute eco friendly - recycled make-up bag by Contents, some adorable hello kitty band-aids (not pictured), Mac concealer, & back up of UDPP which I’m kind of upset I got now, since their Friends and Family discount is going on but no biggie. Oh, and I want the black train case, so cute!!

LOVE this stuff.

How cute :] Remember to recycle!

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And you know I couldn't resist picking up something for my pup either. I love my abby :] Check out this cute video of her enjoying her yummy treat!

                              

Lol! She had some issues with the ice cream on the aluminum, so we put it in a bowl for her, but she still pushed that around! My brother then wedged the bowl under one of my desk drawers - haha! She's so cute ^_^

Make-up!

Opps! So maybe I didn’t post as soon as I said I would, but I’ve been busy with my other blog Colere District. Buut, lots of things have been going on. I got some cool things from the Container store so that I could organize my new found make up obsession a little better!

Cute huh? I can't wait until my NYX haul comes in! :] Pictures are sure to come! 

Also the hubs surprised me with a bunch of glosses. He got me 5 beauty rush tubes, two C.O. Bigelow lippies and a Liplicious tube in Fruit punch, YUMMY! I can barely wear this, all I want to do is eat it!

Left to Right: Beauty rush tubes; Hot Cocoanut, Vanillaminty, Lotta Colada & Juiced Berry. C.O. Bigelow-My favorite lip balm and a Liplicious tube in Fruit Punch!

From Bottom left they are Beauty rush tubes: Hot Cocoanut (sheer brown tint with gold flecks), Vanillaminty (Clear with silver [and blue?] flecks), Lotta Colada ( peachy gold gloss with medium coverage and beautiful gold shimmer, I LOVE this gloss!), Juiced Berry ( sheer red gloss with red and silver flecks) and Last but certainly not least, B&BW's Liplicious in Fruit Punch ( deep reddish pink, that transfers exactly like in the tube to your lips, and like all liplicious they are uber drool worthy!).

MMM! Make up :]