Another prize from Sleek MakeUP!
Yesterday Mr. Postman came back with two more packages for me, one from Sleek MakeUP and another from one of my trusted eBay sellers containing "Perennial High Style" lipglass from M·A·C Give Me Liberty of London. The package from Sleek MakeUP contained the two kajals in "Odyssey" and "Nocturnal" that I won in one of their FaceBook contests in late April, and I was extremely happy to receive them! I'll say.. the purple one looks amazing! Now, since the palettes arrived the day before and the kajals yesterday, I'm interpreting it to be a sign for me to do a Sleek EOTD soon. I've also decided to redo my sunset EOTD, but I'll try something different first, as I'm planning to try out the purple "Odyssey".
So I tried swatching them (here) to show you how nice they look, but because of the flash they only show up shiny or greasy on the picture - and to me they are neither. I'll try to add better swatches some other time, but at least you can see the colors. The black is black, and the purple one is kinda metallic and gorgeous. Both are very creamy, easy to apply and I can't wait to try them out on my eyes. I don't have sensitive eyes, so unfortunately I can't tell you if they are suitable for those of you who have. I think I'd recommend setting them with an eye shadow, but I'll be back with a review when I've tested them a few times.
These kajals cost €7.99 a piece - which would be about 64,- NOK with today's exchange rate - and can easily be ordered here. Please remember that shipping will apply, as well as taxes according to the value and quantity of your order.
Photo © Shamini Thevarajah '10
essie® The Resort Collection
It's been quite some time since I obsessed with nail polish last, but now I've found the perfect polish for summer: essie® The Resort Collection. It was love at first sight, and I knew I had to have them. I don't have much experience with essie®, apart from the one bottle of "Starry Starry Night" that I own, but I'm hoping this will be a nice experience. I'm not a several-layers-girl, and those of you who know me know that every time I find a polish that needs more than two, or preferably one coat, all I want to do is to throw it out the window.
Because of this huge ordeal with Trans Design not shipping internationally anymore, I had to resolve to eBay once again. I had been planning to place another order with Trans Design for quite a while, but I kept postponing it without really knowing why - and suddenly it was too late. Thanks to Pinchy Peach I found a seller who offered all the seven items I was out to get, and that made this transaction very smooth indeed. The three other items in my shipment are ChG Something Sweet from the Up & Away collection, OPI A Grape Fit! and then essie® Matte About You Top Coat. I'm not overly enthusiastic about matte nail polish, but with a matte top coat I'm at least able to choose for myself if I want my manicure to be glossy or matte.
I was trying to sell some of my nail polishes, but I kinda failed. When push came to shove I couldn't part with them after all, and I ended up keeping them all - I'm such a color junkie! I think I will be giving it another shot by hosting a little "blog sale" soon, where you can get your hands on some China Glaze, Sally Hansen and maybe a few other brands of nail polish. Some of the bottles have never been opened, others have been swatched lightly once.
Photo © essie®
Maybelline® Dream Mousse Concealer
I've heard so many things about the Maybelline® Dream Mousse products, although mainly about the blushes, that I've been wanting to try them for a while now. For instance, Marlena from MakeupGeek loves them and just recently featured two of them in her "Top 6 Blushes!" article. As far as I know these products aren't available in Norway, or at least I haven't seen them anywhere. If you know something I don't, then please leave a comment below!
Jo from jomakemeblush used her Maybelline® Dream Mousse Concealer in Beige (best suited for medium skin tone) prior to applying her lipstick in one of her latest YouTube videos, and I just love how M·A·C Vegas Volt (full power coral) looks on her - it went straight onto my wishlist. I decided to go on a little eBay mission to find this concealer - I actually don't own a single concealer yet - but unfortunately I quickly discovered that the names and colors are completely different in the US and UK. Why on Earth would they make this so complicated? Since Jo is from the US, she uses her concealer in Beige as already said. There's no such color in the UK color scale, but after doing a little research I think the UK equivalent is Rose Beige. In the US you can choose between the following five shades: Fair, Ivory, Cream (light), Beige (medium), Latte (dark) - and in the UK you can choose between four shades: Nude Beige, Natural, Sand and Rose Beige.
After a quick search on eBay I found several sellers offering this concealer in several shades, and I decided to buy one from the US, in Beige. I ended up paying $10.94 ($4.99 plus $5.95 for shipping), which would be about 67,- NOK. I also noticed that the US and UK prices were just about the same. If I were getting one from a UK seller I'd pay 65,- NOK included shipping, so it all comes down to which shade you ultimately end up choosing.
Photo © Maybelline®
Corals, Corals, Corals
One of the latest collections from M·A·C was Give Me Liberty of London (launced in the US on March 11th, in Norway on April 15th), a collection I initially didn't think much of. None of the colors were unique to me, and I hated the packaging. Yes, I know most of the fans out there love the packaging, but I'm sorry to say I'm not one of them. I guess the collection kinda grew on me, because in some mysterious way I ended up with getting several of the items, as I talked about here.
Corals are supposed to be one of the "it"-colors this summer, and after seeing a lot of swatches of the gorgeous lipstick "Ever Hip" (creamy light coral) it climbed the list of must-haves for me. I then saw a YouTube video by whatstyleistonickel where he was talking about the matching lip glass, "Perennial High Style" (creamy bright pink coral), and I knew I had to get my paws on those two. Since the lipstick is long gone both in the US and here in Norway - that's what happens when you're slow, like me - I had only one option left, eBay. Thankfully I have a few friends on there who's not out to flay me, so I managed to get my hands on both plus the beauty powder in "Shell Pearl" (pale peach with gold pearl). Usually I'm not that interested in the beauty powders, but the compacts are easily used for other powders, like your favorite MSF (mineralized skinfinish), and we do like reusable packaging! They're all quite unique, not to mention handy with the mirror inside the lid.
A few days ago M·A·C launched another collection in the US called Prêt-à-Papier, another collection featuring several coral products. I'm drooling over the two lipsticks in "Dressmaker, Dressmaker" and "Made to Order", a matching lipglass in "Fold & Tuck", the brand new Paint Pot in "Coral Crepe" and the powder blush in "Instant Chic". Three of these items were used in the promo image of this collection, and I'm intrigued. When did I get so into corals? Apart from these items I'm not very interested in anything else from the collection. M·A·C launched a new product called Chromagraphic Pencil with it, which is to be used for "outlining, defining and drawing". It comes in two colors, NC15/NW20 and NW25/NC30, but I'm not sure what I would use it for. None of the eyeshadows called to me either, apart from maybe "Cut to Fit" (frosted red bronze) and "Memorabilia" (matte dirty purple), the latter being a re-promote from an earlier collection.
I'm still saving money for Paris, but I needed to get a few LE items while they were still available. If you're not a makeup fanatic I'm sure you're shaking your head while reading this, but the rest of you know exactly what I'm talking about, right? Let me just say that my wishlist contained a lot more items than these three, but I keep visualizing the enormous Sephora on Champs-Elysées to keep myself from going bananas online before July!
Do you find any of these collections intriguing?
M·A·C Give Me Liberty of London
Beauty Powder in Shell Pearl, Lipstick in Ever Hip and Lip Glass in Perennial High Style
Sleek MakeUP i-Divine: Jewels
I wasn't actually planning on getting this LE palette, since I didn't think it was all that special when I first discovered it. When I later saw some swatches I was sold, and knew that I had to have it if I could ever find it. By accident I found it available from one of my eBay sellers, so I decided to jump at it and today it arrived in my mail box. I'm so glad every time I find a seller that understands what packing means, because the palette was securely wrapped in several layers of bubble wrap, in addition to being secured inside of the box with a couple of pieces of cardboard, to avoid any banging around during transportation. Purrfect, and much appreciated indeed - my palette arrived in one piece, all safe and sound.
This palette consists of a metallic shades, except the matte black that comes in all the palettes. I don't know about you, but I kinda like that there's always a matte black available even though that one space might have been used for an extra color. As said before I love the price of these palettes - a mere £5 for ten colors, and seeing that I'll take metallic shades over glittery crap any day, I'm more than happy with it - as well as the other Sleek i-Divine palettes that I own. The palette itself comes with a large mirror that covers the entire inside of the lid, which is another plus, but I wish it would have come with a brush instead of the useless sponge applicator.
Sleek MakeUP i-Divine Palette in Jewels
Unfortunately I ordered this palette on eBay before I entered the competition on Facebook where I won the complete set of palettes from Sleek MakeUP, so when the prize arrives I'll have duplicates of almost every palette. Therefore I've decided to offer some of them up for sale here, so hang tight if you're interested in getting your paws on some of these treasures. The palettes offered are naturally brand new, in their original packaging.
Photo © Shamini Thevarajah '10
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