New products & color from NYX

NYX has made 2 new types of eye palettes, a 10 piece one and a 5 piece one with a lot of different color combinations ($9.00). They also have over 60 new single eyeshadow colors, 5 new trio palettes, and some new Mega Shine lip gloss shades.

Champagne & Caviar: great combo of neutral browns with both shimmer and satin colors

Pure Skin: peachy-nude matte color with fine glitter, it doesn't seem like the kind that will fall all over your face but I haven't tried it to be sure yet

Sparkle Cedar: sandy taupe very sparkly

Golden Amber: looks very bronze but applies a warm dark brown, has very fine gold shimmer/glitter, might be too warm for my neutral skin

Sensual: gorgeous dark dark purple with redish very fine glitter, my favorite color of the bunch, it reminds me of MAC's Beauty Marked with less glitter

Fyrinnae Swatches

It took me 5 hours and some cramping fingers but I finally got these done! Behold swatches of the 24 Fyrinnae colors I own.

Edit: I forgot to mention these are swatched dry over a primer

















































polar bear, trickery, rapunzel, melty, gorgeous devil, chlorophyll


newcastle, equalty, dark magik, kabuki, sennyo, kitten in heels


shallow sleep, digital faerie, dragon tears, velocraptor, leif, elven dagger


dragon wings, dragonskin, sea turtle, njordr, japan, embrace

My MAC FF haul

I got my MAC haul from the friends and family discount. I'm pretty happy with everything, although Freshwater seemed more impressive at the counter and its really close to NYX's Maui and a couple other colors I have.

Chrome Yellow e/s
Freshwater pro pan
Prep+Prime w/ SPF 50
l/s from top to bottom: Bombshell, Creme de la Femme, Blow Dry, Show Orchid

Blow Dry is less orange irl, and Show Orchid is much brighter


& my entire MAC lipstick stash all together

The perfect underwear for sheer skirts

No one likes having their underwear show through their sheer or white skirts, and not everyone likes wearing thongs, so I've been on the search for something to wear underneath my summer skirts. I think I found a winner from Hanes.

The Hanes Women's TAGLESS® Chiffon Nylon Bikinis comes in a two pack with different colors (the nude color comes with a black). The nude is invisible, even under my white skirts. Its very stretchy and doesn't move around at all when you walk. The material is really soft and thin, but it doesn't feel fragile. They are suppose to be hand washed, which is really easy to do. They are really comfortable too. When you take them out of the package they look like they'd only fit a five year old, but they stretch and fit just fine.

Buy them online from Hanes or at Target for $8.

They feel like they're barely there. Fit like a second skin. And look super-smooth under clothes. That's why you'll count on these Hanes Women's Panties for ultimate all-day ease. And they won't ride up...it's our Comfort Fit Promise.

•Whisper-sheer fabric stretches four ways for freedom at every turn.
•Tag-free design helps assure itch-free comfort.
•Flirty bikini styling makes the most of your curves.
•No Ride Up leg bands means wedgie-free days ahead...and no panty lines.
•Nylon/spandex

this skirt is from Walmart, $10

Weekly Drugstore Sales: Walgreens, Rite Aid, Longs Drugs/CVS, Target, Ulta

June 21th - June 27th 2009

Walgreens:
-Revlon foundation, powder, concealer, blush or lip BOGO
-Cover Girl BOGO 1/2 off
-Maybelline BOGO 1/2 off

Rite Aid:
-Revlon lip, nail, & face BOGO
-Cover Girl lip & eye BOGO 1/2 off
-L'Oreal face products BOGO
-Sally Hansen nail polish 40% off

CVS/Longs:
-Revlon eye or lip BOGO
-NYC BOGO 1/2 off
-buy any Rimmel mascara & get Rimmel eye mu remover FREE
-buy L'Oreal Bare Naturale Mineral Foundation, get BN powder, blush, or concealer FREE
-buy Almay Pure Blends foundation or powder, get $10 Extra Bucks
-Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip eyeshadow, pay $10.00 & get $5 Extra Bucks

Target:
-Neutrogena select face & lip 10% off

Ulta:
2 for $20 on select Ulta Minerals
3 for $10 on select Ulta cosmetics
Buy 2, get 1 FREE on Essie's Spring Collection (NEW to Ulta.com!)
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on select L'Oreal! Mix and Match!
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Cover Girl Cosmetics
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on ULTA Haircare
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on John Frieda Haircare
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on RoC Skincare
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Neutrogena Cosmetics
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Neutrogena Bath
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Neutrogena Haircare
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Neutrogena Skincare
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Max Factor
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Japonesque Brushes and Beauty Tools
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Maybelline Cosmetics
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Prestige Cosmetics
Buy 1, get 1 50% off on Palladio
FREE nail laquer with any $12 Revlon Cosmetics purchase
15% off Curel or Jergens
15% off Alba Skincare
25% off Garnier Nutritioniste Skincare
$1.00 off Aveeno
$1.00 off Clean and Clear

Target brand Up & Up Baby Wipes as Facial Wipes

If you are looking for some affodable but amazing make up remover or facial cleaning wipes check out the Target brand (now called Up & Up) unscented baby wipes.

-hypoallergenic real-cloth wipes
-alcohol free
-natural aloe and Vitamin E
-cushiony texture for superior cleaning

I saw this idea from someone else on a make up board and forgot about it until we ran out of baby wipes for my nephew. I promply thought of these and ran off to get them. I think everyone uses make up wipes at some point, but a lot of brands do run kind of expensive for these tiny packs of only 20 or 30 wipes, or super expensive for packs of 100.

The Target brand baby wipes comes in packs of 88 for $1.97. I believe there is a jumbo pack of around 500 for about $4 and small pack of 40 for $1.27. Each cloth is really long, one side is textured the other is smooth. The unscented kind have no smell at all. I've used them on my eyes with zero irritation. I've used them to take off lip products and there is no taste left over. What I love most is that there is no residue left over on my face. Any other wipe I've used leaves my skin feeling damp and tacky like I didn't rinse off my cleanser all the way. These Target wipes leaves my face feeling very clean like I just got out of the shower. I also use these to clean my make up brushes and wipe down any powder from my vanity area.

MAC 25% off online only sale

Discount: 25% & free shipping on $60+

Code: SUMO

Date: June 15th-18th

I got:

MAC P+P w/ SPF 50 <- this will be my back up

Blow Dry l/s
Creme de la Femm l/s
Bombshell l/s
Show Orchid l/s

Chrome Yellow e/s
Freshwater e/s pro pan

all for $88