HauteLook - Lorac Haul!!

I recently ordered some Lorac when it was on sale at HauteLook

HauteLook is an awesome shopping site that features sale events on name brand items.

The savings can be pretty significant.

Check it out! They have new sales daily. Things tend to go quickly!!

My order from HauteLook took approx. 11 days to arrive.

They estimated my order to arrive between 17-22 days though.

Hautelook does take some time to ship but overall it is worth it.

Everything was packaged great.

I snagged a Box Office Hit full face palette,two eyeliners and one lip gloss



Box Office Hit retailed for around $35
 ( it appears to have been a limited edition)
but I paid $14.99 on Hautelook.



I am not a huge fan of the fake crocodile case it is in. To me it is just ugly and tacky.



Inside is a different story!! Gorgeous!!

This palette comes with 8 lip colors, 12 eye shadows, 1 blush, 1 bronzer  and 2 eyeliners.



I am LOVING the bottom left color in the corner! It is this amazing!So pretty!!!



I have used this palette quite a few times already.
I have only done VERY neutral looks using the pink, the burgundy and the black.
All of these colors have a ton of sparkle in them!!
 So far I really like the bright pink blush.
I can only use it really light though because my skin tone.

Overall I really like this palette. I
t is a bit tame for my taste but it works for quick neutral looks.



Now here is where I get excited!!!!

I grabbed two of these pencils because they were CHEAP ( I paid $2.99 each)!!
These pencils are on sale at Lorac now for only $3

I normally use .99 eyeliner so I was curious to see if a name brand
 that normally retails for more would work better.

At this point I think my cheap stuff works just as well BUT the Lorac brown is the
PERFECT shade to match my hair. It looked very light but applied it is a great match.



The black is # 02 and the brown is # 01.

The brown has a reddish tint to it.



This gloss was my 4th color choice because every other color I

wanted was sold out or in someones cart.

I thought it looked like a nice deep red but it isn't.

 It is more of a sheer berry color.

This gloss says it is a lip plumping product but I did not notice any difference.



Ok, this applicator makes me sick.
Seriously it does.
It just feels gross when it is full of gloss. Plus it tickles when you apply.



The color is called "Naughty".I paid $2.99 for this

I do not really care for this at all. I think this will go in my sisters bag!



Full face to show you the lip color.



Here is a full face look done with the Lorac palette.

I used the pink blush, the bottom left lip color, the pink eyeshadow, the burgundy eyeshadow
 and the brown eyeliner on my brows.



I used Loreal Double Extend Beauty Tubes in Blackest Black on the lashes





I really really like this lip color.

 I am not a huge lip product fan but I am branching out.

I have a tendency to wipe my lips or mess with them.

I think I need to invest in some good lip liners

So my overall opinion is I like Lorac.

They seem to have good quality products.

Would I buy them at full price?

Probably not.

Why?

Because I am cheap and there are so many other expensive brands I want to try.

I do think I will stock up on the eyeliner since it is such a match for my brows!!!

Lorac has a sale section that has some really good deals!

Check it out!

Have you tried any Lorac products? Opinions??

Beauty From The Earth Haul!!!

My awesome husband INSISTED I take advantage of the sale BFTE had a couple weeks ago!
I ordered on March 17th and I had my order in my hand less than 7 days later.
That my friends, is amazing because BFTE had a HUGE sale which resulted in
 hundreds of orders and they still managed to get orders out
 FAST and EFFICIENTLY!!

I apologize for the photo quality. I uploaded these to my laptop which now has a virus.
The only way I could get the pictures to blog was to save
 them to Facebook and then save them to my desktop.
The result is semi blurry pictures.

I spent $70 and got all of this!

45 sample size jars , the full size color of the week

and some Mix & Fix for "foiling" the pigments.

My order came packaged awesome, everything was sealed and wrapped in tissue paper.

I have to say that I am super impressed with this company and
the commitment they have to shipping orders quickly and being efficient.
This was my 3rd BFTE order and every time I have gotten great customer service,
quick shipping and awesome pigments.
 I can say that I fully trust BFTE as an indie makeup company.

My awesome husband sat with me and looked through hundreds of colors.
He apparently is partial to greens too <3

I love all these colors but my fave so far is Envy





The stand outs in this bunch for me are Patriot which is a gorgeous navy blue and Sugarplum





I am loving Butt Naked and Melon so far!

Normal price on samples is $2.00 ( I paid $1.40 on sale)

Sample jars contain approx. .5 grams of pigment.

It is plenty for quite a few uses.

The sample size is great because you can build a nice stash without

having to spend too much and you can test a color before committing to a full 5 gram jar.

Full size jars contain approx. 1-3 grams and are $6.50 each.

Shipping is $4.00 flat rate and free for orders over $50

Another great feature is the color of the week which is a full size jar at sample price ( $2.00)

So overall I am overjoyed with this purchase!

I was able to get a ton of new colors to replace all the glittersniffer pigments I got rid of!

I haven't had a ton of time to play with these but I did finally do a look today!



I used Lemon, Melon and Red River.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours.......

I recently took pictures of my makeup area and my whole stash.

A bunch of girls in my makeup group on Facebook were sharing stash pictures

so I thought I would share mine here.

Here is where I get painted up!

I blogged all about where I got the whole setup and how much it all cost.

You can read that post here

My stash has grown quite a bit since January. Here are some updated pics.

I like to keep pretty organized and clean.

I used to keep everything in a Caboodle and everything was always covered in eyeshadow dust.

Ewwwwwwwwwww

I have grown up LOL.

Here is one of my organizers.
This one slides into the open space underneath the vanity top.

I keep most of the unloved stuff in here and it is also home to all my giveaway stuff!

All my useless brushes, face powder, loose glitters and an array of crappy liquid eyeliners.

I cleaned this out before I took the picture and my sister

will be getting a huge makeup bag filled with things I didn't care for.

The whole bottom right compartment and the one next to it are give away stuff!

This is the organizer inside the drawer. This is where all the stuff I use lives.

Top left is mascaras and primers, top right is lip stuff,

the 2 little compartments in the middle are liners and primers,

bottom right is all eye pencils and the bottom left is foundation and blushes.

In the way back of this drawer I keep my pencil sharpeners, empty pots and my receipts.

My brushes. Most of these I never use.

They are all e.l.f, Studio Tools or Coastal Scents brushes.

My Coastal Scents 88 palette, my e.l.f Beauty Encyclopedias and my Lorac set.

The tower of color!!!

I keep all of my loose pigments and smaller palettes in here.

The glass flower bowl on top houses anything new I get until I can swatch it and put it away.

Top Drawer.

All of my red, pinks, blacks and strange colors I do not know where to put.

2nd Drawer

All my yellows, oranges and whites

3rd Drawer

All my purples and magenta

4th Drawer

My greens.........ahhhh my greens. I <3 them

5th Drawer

My blues.

Is it sad that seeing this in pictures makes me think I need more =0x

6th Drawer

Home to my Sugarpill and my Mix and Fix from BFTE

So that is it.

Was it bigger or smaller than you imagined?

Now I would LOVE to see your stashes!!

If you have a blog, post it!!!

I am so nosey and I love peeping at other peoples stashes.

There is one person in particular that I would LOVE LOVE LOVE

to see their stash and how they store everything.

Any guess on who it is???

PHYRRA!!!

That girl has to have a TON of stuff and I for one would love to lust over the pictures of it all!!

Kaleidoscope Soaps Winner

The winner of a bar of Kaleidoscope Soap is............

Michelle said...

posted link on FB

March 26, 2011 6:32 PM

Thank you everyone for entering!!!

Punk Rock Padding Winner!

First let me apologize for not posting this sooner.

My laptop has a bad virus and I havent been able to fix it or do anything online.

It sucks!!

So I am using this old dinosaur desktop.

Grrrrrrrrr

Anyhow.......the winner of a custom brush holder is.....

♥betsy said...

i commented on the felt food pic on your FB...very creative!!

March 21, 2011 11:08 AM 

Betsy, you are the winner!!

Please email me at glittermomto6@aol

 or if we are friends on facebook please message me there!!

Thank you to everyone who entered!!

Sally + Jesse

Remember when I got these ?

Sally Hansen in Pacific Blue

Jesse's Girl in Confetti

 

Well I finally had a chance to try them out!

Here they are combined. I am LOVING Pacific Blue!!!

It is really a great color!!!

Confetti is really nice and the big pieces of glitter lay pretty smoothly. 

Kaleidoscope Soaps

My good friend Tracey recently started selling soap again!!

She has been making soap for years and has ran many successful online shops !

Her new shop is called

                          
                         She offers handmade, cold process soap that is artistically designed.

She has been making and selling soap for about 8 years. 

All soap is made with food grade, high quality oils that your skin will thank you for. 

Her recipes have been formulated to create creamy lather and luscious

bubbles that will leave your skin soft and smelling great!

 

I have tried this soap many times over the years and it is awesome!

They smell wonderful and are GORGEOUS to look at.

Plus they are huge weighing 4-4.5 ounces!!

You have to check out her etsy and read the soap descriptions.

Tracey is a RIOT!!!

Soap cost $5.50 plus shipping and will last you for quite some time!

There is a sale going on right now on her hyena cart shop for free shipping on all orders over $20

I had to order my husband some "Man Soap" because it looked 

so neat and he has always been a huge fan of Tracey's soap!

Tracey was  nice enough to send me an extra bar to give away!!

More on that in a minute =0)

Glenn used his "Man Soap" and said it smells wonderful, lathers well and left him feeling clean. 

He HATES greasy ,oily soap and he said that this soap has a perfect balance!

 

 

Each soap comes with an ingredient label! 

So would you like to win this full size bar of soap???

 This giveaway will be a bit different because the prize was given to me to give to you!

To enter:

   

1. You must be a follower of this blog AND you must LIKE  Kaleidoscope Soaps on Facebook. Once you have done both you can comment FOLLOW AND LIKED below.


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2. Post a link to this giveaway anywhere. Once you have posted please comment where you posted the link below. Use separate comments for each place posted.

 3.  Add Kaleidoscope Soaps to your favorite shops on Etsy. Comment FAVORITES below

4. Check out Kaleidoscope Soaps on Etsy and tell me which soap is your favorite. Comment your favorite below.

A random winner will be chosen on Sunday night (3/27/2011)