So guess who’s been out hauling again? Yep, that’s right. That would indeed be me. Or I haven’t really been out, I’ve just used my precious Internet access to the rest of the (fabulous) world (of shopping). Lunacy? Maybe, but oh.. so fun! My collective haul has been sitting at MyUS, just waiting for my Converse Dr. Seuss All Stars to arrive so everything could be shipped combined, and today the glorious red and yellow box arrived!

Going Bananas, Lime, Sassy Grass, Zingy, Atlantic Blue, Crazy Cool, Shock-a-holic, Louder Please

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I’ve had an terrific day so far despite the fact that nothing special has happened. So far I’ve gotten 99 birthday messages on my FaceBook wall, I’ve received several texts and phone calls, and some have congratulated me through IRC and MSN. Awesome! I’m a little overwhelmed over all the attention, and I would never have thought that so many people have remembered me today. Thank you so much – you’re nothing less than frigging awesome!

I also got another birthday present today from Øyvind’s mom and dad: a gorgeous pair of hematite ear studs. I absolutely love them, and I know I will be wearing them a lot. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your gift.

I also decided to take a trip to Bohus today to look at new mattresses. I once had a bed from Jensen® which I loved very much, and when we were in Uddevalla this summer I had the pleasure of sleeping on a Jensen® mattress again. I instantly decided I needed to have a mattress like that in my life again, a good mattress is an investment, so today we ordered two brand new Jensen® Ambassador mattresses! Unfortunately we have to wait for about two weeks, but I’m hoping they’ll arrive a little sooner. I’m so happy!

Even though it’s my birthday I’m not wearing any makeup today (either) since I’m having a bothersome headache, and we’ve decided to postpone our movie and restaurant plans for the evening. I am on the other hand wearing MUFE Smoky Lash Extra Black Mascara, and I’m absolutely loving it! Naturally it’s a little too early to proclaim my love for a mascara after having worn it for a single day, but the first impression is flawless and I’m looking forward to several days with this mascara.

Now I’m spending the rest of my birthday watching TV series, eating homemade pizza and possibly consuming a little alcohol. I’m craving sour apple martinis!

Photo © Shamini Thevarajah ’10

I promised to update with a haul post from Paris, showing what makeup products I ended up buying while we were there, so here goes! I visited Sephora a couple of times, both M·A·C and M·A·C Pro, and even though I didn’t get to go by the MUFE Boutique I still managed to accumulate quite a nice selection of items. I’m sorry for slightly poor editing, but we had to work quickly to get the most out of the daylight which wasn’t really much considering the downright depressing weather we have.

Disclaimer:
Everything shown or mentioned below was bought with my own money, unless otherwise stated. I saved up for this trip beforehand, because I knew I was going to shop for makeup amongst other things. Also, eight of the ten lipsticks I added to my collection was financed by Back2MAC, which means I didn’t pay for any of them.

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I have no idea why, but I’m having serious problems expressing myself nowadays. I feel like all my posts regarding any received mail all start the same way, and it’s bothering me. Even my heading feels useless. Oh well, today Mr. Postman came knocking with a package from Amira. She’s always a sweetheart, and this time she’d sent me some goodies from NARS, M·A·C, MUFE and Lancôme.

• NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in “Punjab”
• NARS Blush and Bronzing Duo in “Sin/Casino”
• NARS Monoï Body Glow II
• Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in 2 (steel), 11 (gold), 12 (golden copper) and 14 (satin brown)
• M·A·C High-Light Powder in “Marine Life”
• M·A·C Eye Shadow in “Sweet & Punchy” (bright yellow green)
• M·A·C Eye Shadow in “Firecracker” (frosted mid-tone red orange)
• Lancôme Sparkling Cherub Illuminating Palette

The NARS Monoï Body Glow II was a free gift with purchase, so I’m actually quite excited that Amira told me about this limited time offer – if you are to order it from their website it costs $58, or about 376,- NOK with today’s exchange rate! The Aqua Cream from MUFE is a fairly new product, a waterproof cream shadow in many different and bright colors. The four I received were originally Amira‘s, but when she turned out to be allergic to them she decided to sell them off – and they ended up in my hands instead. I promise to give them a good home!

I’ve been talking about the NARS Sheer Glow Foundation for quite some time now, and Ingrid helped me look for the most suitable color for my skin tone. She suggested “Punjab” even though I thought it was a little strange since that the color TiffanyD uses, but I decided to trust Ingrid and go for it. I haven’t tried it on my skin yet, but when I hold the bottle up to my face it looks pretty much as an exact match. What does this tell me? I’m winter pale, and horrible.

“Marine Life”, the high-light powder from M·A·C To the Beach, is an altogether different story. It was sold out from M·A·C two days before this collection was even officially launched, and it all happened within three hours from the first sighting. Crazy! Thankfully it launched in France before it hit the US, and Amira was sweet enough to order one for me there instead, together with the two interesting eye shadows in that collection. I’m forever grateful, it’s such a treasure! From all the swatches I’ve seen of this high-light powder, it’s much more a blush than anything else. The gold overspray will go away after a couple of sweeps, but since I don’t have the heart to ruin mine I’ll keep it untouched.

I’m a tiny bit sad that I didn’t get “Hipness” blush and “Temperature Rising” lip pencil, but what the hell. It’s not the end of the world, although it would have been a couple of months ago. I’m feeling proud here!

Apart from that I got an e-mail telling me that my mirror had been shipped – finally! – and that I should expect it to arrive on Tuesday. Due to this frigging strike that’s been going on, it was majorly delayed. Oh, and I’ve also gone ahead and ordered myself a few bottles of Bath & Body Works Body Splash in Country Apple, Fresh Pineapple and Sunset Mango. I don’t know if any of these are something I’ll end up liking, so if not.. I might just organize a little contest or giveaway for my readers. I’ll tell you more about each of them when I’ve received them.

Photo © M·A·C Cosmetics

The last three days have been tiresome as I’ve been waking up with an aching neck which later evolved into a headache. I hate days like these, but they’re all too familiar to me. Silly as it may sound it really helps having Theo around, I find it really difficult to resist smiling when he shoves his nose into my ear and demands to be cuddled with. As a result of the pain I haven’t been up to much lately, apart from sitting online on Facebook playing these idiotic little games like Happy Pets and Farmville, and organizing a little. I haven’t gotten around to starting on my palettes yet, but soon.

My computer desk was starting getting clogged up with all kinds of makeup which I’m planning try out and possibly write a review about, so I decided to hijack the small desktop “dresser” Øyvind was going to use for important papers, letters and bills. It’s from IKEA and has three drawers big enough to fit an A4 sheet of paper. A perfect little “dresser” to keep the makeup I use most frequently close at hand, and organized at the same time. At least my computer desk is a lot more tidy now, and I know exactly where my things are when I need them. I spent some time looking for my M·A·C Mineralized Skinfinish in Medium until I remembered that I actually never bought it myself, and that mine was Medium Dark – which I already had in my hand.

I’ve also finally gotten around to getting my hands on a primer, a face or foundation primer, and this time I went for a product from GOSH. It’s called Velvet Touch Foundation Primer, and it looks very promising. Now I just need my body to shape up a bit, and my eagerness and enthusiasm to return, so I can start playing with my “toys” again. I had a go with my Make Up For Ever HD Foundation the other day, but I didn’t like it at all. I’m possibly the only human being on Earth disliking this foundation. Mine is in the color 120 “Soft Sands”, and it’s a good match for my winter skin tone – during summer I’d have to go darker. Now, I didn’t use any primer when I tried this foundation, so I’m going to give it one more chance with a primer underneath to see if there’s any difference at all. There’s a good chance that I’ll have to ship it off to England for Ingrid instead, there’s no use in throwing it away – or leaving it unused in a drawer somewhere.

I’ll get back to you with my final verdict!