Cover Girl Haul

I've been having a not-so-great week and decided to make it better with what else? A mini drugstore haul! ᵔᴥᵔ I realized that aside from the new collections they periodically come out with, I have kind of left Cover Girl by the wayside for the likes of brands like Revlon, Maybelline, and Almay. So today, I picked up a few products from their core collection to try out:

The products are:
1. Lipslicks Tinted Lipbalm in Demure (I got all nostalgic when I saw these- I remember them from when I was a kid!!)
2. Invisible Concealer in Honey
3. Eyeshadow Trio in Golden Sunset (EmilyNoel83 on YouTube ALWAYS recommends this! I love her videos so I finally broke down and got it...)
4. Eyeshadow quad in Coffee Shop
5. CG Smoothers Foundation in Classic Tan

Have you tried any of these products? What are your favorite Cover Girl products?

IMATS NYC- Day 2

On Sunday, my experience at IMATS was definitely less hectic. I really enjoyed going through the booths, checking out the competitions, and enjoying the demos because I had already gone nuts with the hauling on Saturday! ت  My day in pictures:

Isn't this amazing? Its so intricate and perfect!




Eve Pearl doing a demo



Student Competition



Student competition- I was blown away by this one

Me getting a glitter tattoo done

The finished product- I loved this so much and I wish it was a real tattoo!



Mini NYX and Eye Kandy Haul

I picked up:

(1) 6 Eye Kandy Glitters

(2) NYX eyeshadow in Peach Bronze

(3) NYX Lip Plumper in Jessica

(4) NYX Mega Shine Gloss in Africa

(5) NYX HD Studio Powder Foundation in Tan

(6) NYX Illuminating Bronzer in Narcissistic (lol love the name)

(7) NYX Stay matte but not flat liquid foundation in Tan

(8) NYX Mega Shine Gloss in Tanned

(9) NYX brush in b15 Smokie

IMATS NYC- Day 1

Happy Monday all! Today's post will be about my first day (Saturday) at IMATS. I've decided to break it up into two posts (one for each day that I was there) because I have tons of pictures to share with you!
So, without any further ado, here's day 1 of IMATS NYC in pictures. Enjoy!

The entrance at Pier 94

Crazy amazing demo by Makeup Forever's Academy

The lineup for Stila's fashion show- why hello Mr. Model!!

After the Stila fashion show. Ok so I'm obviously stalking that model. Let me live.

The Black Swan makeup from their museum section

Me with my bags! And I don't know what's up with the Angelina Jolie leg so don't even ask me.

My makeup- with the requisite angry face n_n

Close-up on the makeup

As it was super early in the morning, I was hesitant about wearing a crazy smokey eye or something bright and colorful so I decided to go with:

(1) Olay Regenerist Foundation (love this- review soon to come!)

(2) MAC Studio Finish concealer (NC35)

(3) MAC Vanilla on the lid

(4) MAC Wedge in the crease

(5) NYX holographic glitter liner for some pizazz

(6) MAC Hue lipstick

Bags full of goodies!

The haul

On Day 1, I picked up:

-a Makeup artist t-shirt
-SoClean makeup sanitizer
-South Beach self tanner and gold glitter drops
-Julie G nail polish in Chic Cipro
-Mehron tattoo concealing ring
-OCC lip tar in Trick
-Eve Pearl Salmon concealer in Medium-Tan
-Eve Pearl petri dish
-Makeup Designory book
-Makeup Designory lipstick in Sandy Beach
-Makeup Designory Cream mascara
-OCC airbrush foundation

I'm really happy with my purchases- most of these things I've been dieing to try forever but never wanted to order online.

I was also super excited to see some of my favorite YouTube gurus- all of them I've watched for years:

Tanya Burr pixi2woo, Fleur fleurdeforce, Nikkie nikkietutorials, Julie JulieG713

Stay tuned for part 2! I'd also be happy to review any of the goodies I picked up, so let me know if you're interested!

Mini Elf Haul

Hey all!
I wanted to kick off the week with a mini Elf Haul from my visit to Target over the weekend. Here are the goodies:

First up is the eyeshadow quad in Drama- perfect for smokey eyes.

Drama is imo a well rounded quad- it has a matte white, a shimmery charcoal, a shimmery black, and a shimmery silver. I couldn't wait to see what the pigmentation was like, so I opened it up and swatched right away:

The eye shadows were SUPER pigmented and the texture was amazing- soft and creamy. For $1, you can't beat this deal with a stick! (lol...)

Next is the 2-in-1 Conditioning Gloss in Golden. The Conditioning Glosses are part of their studio line, so these were a bit more expensive at $3. Still, for the quality of these products, you are still getting a great bargain!

It seems like a color that would be really pretty over any lipstick, or just on its own.

Last is the 2-in-1 Conditioning Gloss in Supermodel

Supermodel is a punchy coral color which will be great as the weather gets warmer, I feel like this one will be a summer staple!

The applicators for the glosses were different than what I am used to. They were spongy doefoot applicators with a hole in the model for the gloss to come through when you squeeze the tube.

I don't know how I feel about this yet but I would have been happy with the regular plastic doefoot applicator that usually comes with these types of glosses.

All of these products can be purchased at select Targets (I don't think all Targets carry Elf) or on their website: http://www.eyeslipsface.com/

Have you ever tried elf? Any hits? Misses?

Black Lingerie

I was on one of my many trips to Rite Aid (its embarrassing sometimes!) on the hunt for a quick pick-me up after a long day. While in the Revlon section I noticed a nail polish I don't remember having seen before- Black Lingerie. From the bottle it looked like a sheer yet deep, almost black plum. While I do own similar colors (i.e. OPI Lincoln Park After Dark/Midnight) the sheer finish of this one intrigued me so I picked it up.
I was excited to do a manicure because a few days before I painted my nails a color that looked absolutely AWFUL on me- OPI Did It On Em from the Nicki Minaj collection. What a gorgeous chartreuse in the bottle- on my nails... not so much. Here is Did It On Em:

My camera freaked out and couldn't properly capture the color of Did It On Em. In real life, it is much less bright and much more yellow-based; the color reminds me of Shrek. This picture is purely to show you how awful it looked on my hands lol.
Anyway, I chopped down my nails into my beloved nubbins and applied the first coat of Black Lingerie. I was surprised to find that instead of a vampy plum, it was a true black! As you can see in the bottle from the picture below, the formula is extremely watery and sheer-ish. I had to be careful with application because the formula was so watery, it was too easy to get tons of cuticle flooding. Other than that, it took three coats to reach full opacity.

After three days, I am pleased to say I only have minimal tip wear. Even though it didn't translate to the color I thought I was purchasing (dark plum) on the nail, I still really like this color and don't have a black in my collection with a finish like this. Besides, for $4.79 (and the Rite Aid 20% discount!!) you can't really go wrong.

What are your favorite dark polish colors? Have you ever bought a polish in a store and found that it looked completely different on your nails?

Oh my... GOSH

Over the weekend, I was in the car, when at a traffic light, I happened to glance over through the window of Duane Reade. Dare I believe my eyes? A GOSH display? But wait, I thought GOSH was exclusive to the UK? All these thoughts took about half a nanosecond to process and before anyone new what was happening, I yelled that I'd be back, dashed through oncoming traffic and ran into Duane Reade as fast as my little legs could take me. Yes. This is how I know I need an intervention lol.
The GOSH display was a large end cap right in the from of the store and carried polishes, mascaras, liners, primers, powders, bronzers, lip products, and a small section of their current collection. My heart was set on the legends that I have yearned for from YouTube like the holographic polish (#549) and Darling lipstick but I knew it was too good to be true, as both were already gone from the display.

However, I am still super excited that this brand is now in the US, so here are some things I did pick up:

(Clockwise from the dark polish)
(a) 007 Rebel Yell, a dark dusty teal
(b) 595 Miss Sweety, a creme finish peachy-nude polish that will give the mannequin hand effect
(c) 608 Dusty Rose, a darker version of Miss Sweetie that leans more tan
(d) Lip Gloss in 0059 (no name)
(e) eyeliner in White- great for brightening up the water line and inner corner highlights.

I will keep you updated on my experiences with these products. Have you ever used anything from GOSH? Are you interested in checking this brand out?