Bimbos unite!

[JennsJewelz]

I've only got 3 pigments - Melon, TFC and Moonlight Night from Tartan Tale. I think they're beautiful, but I'll NEVER get through them all (except for maybe Melon ) so I just took half of the pigments, but them into a little jar (with a better lid!) and I might try pressing them so that I can get some more use out of them - the rest of the other two I'm just going to sell to someone who didn't get the chance to pick them up, or who knows like me that they'll never go through an entire jar!

I've only got 2x 15-pan eyeshadow palettes, and one of them isn't even full! Well, now I've made a Peacocky palette too, which is amazing

I have a TONNE of nudes, neutrals pinks and browns. I'm slowly expanding my collection, I'm still finishing my Master's, so I don't have a lot of extra spending money right now! Hopefully my income will start increasing in April/May so I can save up some money for Surf Baby

I have a cute story for you from the weekend! Yesterday, Jerome and I went to visit my best friend, her husband and my little 4-year-old godson. My godson came running down the stairs to say hi when we came in because he was so excited to see us, and Jerome lifted up his hands and said "high-five!" Instead of high-fiving Jerome, though, he leap from the landing and into his arms/around his neck! Good thing Jerome doesn't miss a trick with the young ones - it's the kindergarten teacher in him! It was hilaaarious and so cute - he hadn't seen us for a while so we weren't sure if he was going to be a bit shy. Not at all, it seems!

 

[LMD84]

I've only got 3 pigments - Melon, TFC and Moonlight Night from Tartan Tale. I think they're beautiful, but I'll NEVER get through them all (except for maybe Melon ) so I just took half of the pigments, but them into a little jar (with a better lid!) and I might try pressing them so that I can get some more use out of them - the rest of the other two I'm just going to sell to someone who didn't get the chance to pick them up, or who knows like me that they'll never go through an entire jar!

I've only got 2x 15-pan eyeshadow palettes, and one of them isn't even full! Well, now I've made a Peacocky palette too, which is amazing

I have a TONNE of nudes, neutrals pinks and browns. I'm slowly expanding my collection, I'm still finishing my Master's, so I don't have a lot of extra spending money right now! Hopefully my income will start increasing in April/May so I can save up some money for Surf Baby

I have a cute story for you from the weekend! Yesterday, Jerome and I went to visit my best friend, her husband and my little 4-year-old godson. My godson came running down the stairs to say hi when we came in because he was so excited to see us, and Jerome lifted up his hands and said "high-five!" Instead of high-fiving Jerome, though, he leap from the landing and into his arms/around his neck! Good thing Jerome doesn't miss a trick with the young ones - it's the kindergarten teacher in him! It was hilaaarious and so cute - he hadn't seen us for a while so we weren't sure if he was going to be a bit shy. Not at all, it seems!

yes your peacocky palette is freaking amazing and makes me drool!

and your godson sounds so cute! and yes not shy at all! hee hee! and it is great that you have a guy who is good with children

i am enjoying my sunday. we went for a walk earlier and then this afternoon i have been sorting out files on my computers and also backing up my data onto not only another hard drive but on the ps3 too! see i have lived and learned from my mistakes!

 

[ElvenEyes]

Oh dear. I have always heard so many wonderful things about Lush and didn't know where a store was, so just looked it up and found out it is at that mall where I buy my MAC and Sephora goodies, only on the 2nd floor! I haven't been up there lately. I haven't been up there in about 7 years! Back then a bunch of stores went out and the place was about 1/4th empty so we just stopped going altogether. Now it is full of excellent shops. I am in trouble now!!

The idea of mixing pigments to get them wet and working freaks me out. Where do I buy that mixture? I have tons of pigments in my cart now, along with a few other things. Something has to go! I am over my limit and still have other stuff I want! My mind is reeling of colours, glitter and lovely scents!

I have 3 15 palettes now, but mostly use out of the first two and the others will probably be used more come summer when bright colours are in! I also like making up little quads for myself to bring on our daytrips for any touch ups. As I use more colours I am getting familiar with what looks best on me and what will be changed out when I finally am out of a colour, so I doubt (I say now...this could change!) that I will do another palette. Then again... hehehehe...

I'm spending the day cleaning out drawers and my closet to give away clothes I don't use anymore. I have so much that has gathered over the years. This will give me more space. For some foolish reason I gave my husband the walk in closet when we moved here and he has had it all the time. I am stuck with a tiny thing. Hmm.. What is wrong with this picture??

 

[LMD84]

Oh dear. I have always heard so many wonderful things about Lush and didn't know where a store was, so just looked it up and found out it is at that mall where I buy my MAC and Sephora goodies, only on the 2nd floor! I haven't been up there lately. I haven't been up there in about 7 years! Back then a bunch of stores went out and the place was about 1/4th empty so we just stopped going altogether. Now it is full of excellent shops. I am in trouble now!!

The idea of mixing pigments to get them wet and working freaks me out. Where do I buy that mixture? I have tons of pigments in my cart now, along with a few other things. Something has to go! I am over my limit and still have other stuff I want! My mind is reeling of colours, glitter and lovely scents!

I have 3 15 palettes now, but mostly use out of the first two and the others will probably be used more come summer when bright colours are in! I also like making up little quads for myself to bring on our daytrips for any touch ups. As I use more colours I am getting familiar with what looks best on me and what will be changed out when I finally am out of a colour, so I doubt (I say now...this could change!) that I will do another palette. Then again... hehehehe...

I'm spending the day cleaning out drawers and my closet to give away clothes I don't use anymore. I have so much that has gathered over the years. This will give me more space. For some foolish reason I gave my husband the walk in closet when we moved here and he has had it all the time. I am stuck with a tiny thing. Hmm.. What is wrong with this picture??

you can order the mixing medium via the pro line just make sure you ask for the water based one. and what i usually do is put some powder in the pigments lid, then add one drop of mixing medium and then mush it with my 239 brush until it makes a paste and then i apply to my lids. you do not need a paint pot or anything as a base either. i just use udpp when using pigments. then when the pigment is dry on your lids i usually take a clean 239 brush and pat some of the pigment on dry over the top. also dont forget to use a tissue or something to wipe and dry the lid before you put it back on i hope that helps.

i have just been watching the last couple of episodes of sex and the city! it makes me so happy when she ends up with Big in the end! i actually cry at it! i'm such a loser! nick is playing a ps3 game in the bedroom - i made the mistake of buying him a new one and now he seems to play it non stop! lol!

 

[ElvenEyes]

I must be doing something wrong because every time I go to the MAC Pro page and hit shop I end up back at the regular MAC place and cannot find that mixing medium anywhere. Can I used Fix +? Does anyone use it mostly as a powder with UDPP underneath? Also, can I mix it with that clear gel to make fun lippies? Must ferret out more tutorials on YouTube!

I would also love to know all of your opinions on the Bobbi Brown line. I had wanted to try her things since hearing raves in the early 90's. I have just spent an hour looking at her website and stuffing things in and out of my Sephora basket, reading the reviews here on the forum and I just can't get excited. I look at people wearing her makeup and think...that is what I have been looking like for the past 15 years. Boring. No colour, no shimmer, washed out. That is the look I got from my Clinique products. Now I am shying away. I really love the pop I am getting from MAC, NARS and UD. I want colour. Not the "natural" look of the basic housewife! Been there, done that, bored of it! Thoughts?

 

[shadowaddict]

^^^I'm just not wowed by most of the BB line. I agree, it's kinda bla. A lot of people really like the shimmer bricks I really don't care for them on me, but they are pretty. I do like the gel liners. But I like MAC & NARS blush way better and MAC e/s way over BB. That's just my opinion.

 

[shadowaddict]

Lou, I will try that with the pigments. Funny thing is I bought mixing medium last year and haven't even taken it out of the bag, yep that scared. I'm pretty sure it is water based. Thank you for the step by step because really I just wasn't sure how to use the mixing medium. One day when I'm wasting time here I'll play with them.

 

[LMD84]

Lou, I will try that with the pigments. Funny thing is I bought mixing medium last year and haven't even taken it out of the bag, yep that scared. I'm pretty sure it is water based. Thank you for the step by step because really I just wasn't sure how to use the mixing medium. One day when I'm wasting time here I'll play with them.

no worries! let me know how it goes if you do try it out

i am at work today and it's only me and my assistant manager in. so hopefully there will be customers to keep us busy. otherwise it gets a bit boring if it is just the two of us!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Hope it wasn't boring for you. Great that you enjoy SATC. I haven't thought about depotting mac blushes until you mention you don't depot them. Do we use the same method to depot the blushes? I actually might not depot them too because I love the blushes with special packaging very much. I love how the colour peeks from the transparent cover with the special print, such as GMLOL and HK. A quick check and I only have 4 mac blush! I have more MSF and Beauty powders though. I must take out my Reflects Gold and start using it again.

Oh yes, Susanne I remember your colourful mac palette and I was drooling over it when you showed us the pic at that time.

Jenns - your godson is so cute and so bold!

Debi - Many times I want to buy something from BB to try but I always walk away. I do splurge on luxury makeup, especially Chanel, which is my favourite. I feel that I can live without the BB items most of the times. The only thing I have from BB is Nectar Shimmerbrick, which I find it just average. I wasn't wow by it. My friend lent me a e/s palette, Shimmering Nudes for a week and I love the palette. It gives the prettiest nude look and yet I don't look washed out. Other than that, I don't have much experience with BB. I was close to buying the holiday 2010 modern classic lip and eye palette but I didn't - again. lol. Yes I feel Clinique washes me out too, I think years ago I only tried Clinique once and I wasn't impressed.

 

[JennsJewelz]

The only thing I like from Clinique are they Butter Shine lipsticks, which are really creamy and fairly sheer - the lip products in general feel really nice going on, although the glosses are quite thick and tacky. I've stayed away from everything else! Has anyone here tried Black Honey? I keep hearing really good things about it, but I haven't yet had the guts to take the plunge! And I've never touched any BB products, mostly because they're harder to come by here, but there's a lot of MAC that I'm lemming for in the near future, too lol

 

[rockin]

The only Clinique I've ever tried is their High Impact Curling Mascara. I got it a couple of years ago as I had a discount voucher. It really curled my lashes - I was very pleasantly surprised

 

[LMD84]

^^ Hope it wasn't boring for you. Great that you enjoy SATC. I haven't thought about depotting mac blushes until you mention you don't depot them. Do we use the same method to depot the blushes? I actually might not depot them too because I love the blushes with special packaging very much. I love how the colour peeks from the transparent cover with the special print, such as GMLOL and HK. A quick check and I only have 4 mac blush! I have more MSF and Beauty powders though. I must take out my Reflects Gold and start using it again.

Oh yes, Susanne I remember your colourful mac palette and I was drooling over it when you showed us the pic at that time.

Jenns - your godson is so cute and so bold!

Debi - Many times I want to buy something from BB to try but I always walk away. I do splurge on luxury makeup, especially Chanel, which is my favourite. I feel that I can live without the BB items most of the times. The only thing I have from BB is Nectar Shimmerbrick, which I find it just average. I wasn't wow by it. My friend lent me a e/s palette, Shimmering Nudes for a week and I love the palette. It gives the prettiest nude look and yet I don't look washed out. Other than that, I don't have much experience with BB. I was close to buying the holiday 2010 modern classic lip and eye palette but I didn't - again. lol. Yes I feel Clinique washes me out too, I think years ago I only tried Clinique once and I wasn't impressed.

oh i have depotted normal packaging blushers before i have one palette full i do it the same way as my shadows using my ghd's however you have to leave the blush on the heat for a little while longer because it is bigger

Yes i actually finished season 6 last night on my day off tommorow i might end up watching the first movie. or i might start watching all my buffy box sets again! i love buffy!!

 

[ElvenEyes]

Good to know that I am not the only one feeling rather blah over BB's line. It just isn't grabbing me. I will keep my pennies for other stuff. I will have to find a phone number to order the water based mixed medium. It is kind of dumb that they sell pigments on the regular site, but not the mixing medium. They would probably sell a lot more if they did.

I love looking at fashion magazines and reading what makeup lines were used for certain shots. It helps give me an idea of what I like or don't like. But it does seem like some lines, as nice as they might be, don't have anywhere near the variety that MAC has. And NARS lipgloss goes on soooo smooth I am in love with it. Not at all sticky, but just lovely colour, shine and creamy! I have always been prone to dry lips, especially with these New England winters, so I prefer moisturizing lip products.

Yesterday I finally tossed the last of my old makeup out. It was a bunch of Clinique e/s's and it was long since time. I will never go back!!

Lou~I love Buffy! My husband and I were glued to the TV whenever it was on. The series was fantastic and they have some amazing episodes that I am glad have won awards in the past. I really miss that show and need to get the DVD's! Now the theme music is stuck in my head!

I need another makeup drawer. Hehehe....

 

[JennsJewelz]

Another Buffy lover here - I just finished re-watching all the seasons a few weeks ago! It's how I got through being sick lol

Now I need to watch Angel... so many TV shows to catch up on, and no time to watch them!

 

[Miss QQ]

I didn't like Buffy when it was showing on TV weekly. Guess I don't like vampires shows because all the vampires tv dramas and movies do not interest me at all. I watched a little of Twilight when it was on tv and I was very bored so I switched channel.

Debi - yay on tossing your old e/s! And clearing your closet too! We always need space for new ones. I dream of a walk-in wardrobe all the time.

Right now, the top 5 makeup brands I'm interested are Nars, MUFE, Chanel, MAC and Urban Decay. But I have no access to Nars.

Tomorrow I will go to the mac store to B2M my lipsticks! Hopefully I will get what I want!

 

[JennsJewelz]

^^ It's so true - if you don't like one of the vampire type movies, you won't like any of them, and if you like one of them, you'll probably like them all!

My dream walk-in wardrobe is Carrie's from the Sex and the City movie... omg... too gorgeous!!! Annnnd it will never happen. Jerome won't let it happen. lol

Have fun B2Ming!!! I'm waiting for mine to help out with Jeanius and Quite Cute, because otherwise they're going to be expensive hauls! I've got a huge list of all the perm items I'm interested in as well, though... they may win

 

[ElvenEyes]

I guess I should not complain. I have taken over the den, the bedroom, the spare bedroom, and the house is my style. Then again, he always had input on the important things. I love colour, he love linen white walls throughout the house. But when we do the bedroom I plan to change the colour a bit! And we both have to completely agree on the colours on our house, which is coming up this summer. Hmm!

If I find one more scent that I love, I am in trouble. My various perfume holders are so full, but those rollerball perfumes from Sephora are dangerous! I keep finding more and more scents that are must haves! I can't even sleep well unless I put on a little something. It helps me drift off to Sephora/MAC heaven.... !

I grew up watching Dark Shadows. I am not sure what my mother was thinking, as I was about 4 or 6 years old, but she knew I loved anything Victorian right from the start and they let me watch it after school. Buffy was just waiting for me! We watched Angel for the first year, part of the 2nd and then stopped. I had trouble getting interested. Without Buffy it just didn't seem right. I mean, I got terribly upset when they blew up the library (well, the whole school). Between that and when Giles left, it just was not the same. Twilight is just okay to me. I feel like Buffy was so much better...more action packed and interesting. I read Dracula every year, I have various Dracula DVD's, I love gothic goodies, Vampire and Gothic themed Tarot decks and Oracles. But that is about my range with vampires! The legends from eastern Europe always intrigued me, though!

 

[LMD84]

I guess I should not complain. I have taken over the den, the bedroom, the spare bedroom, and the house is my style. Then again, he always had input on the important things. I love colour, he love linen white walls throughout the house. But when we do the bedroom I plan to change the colour a bit! And we both have to completely agree on the colours on our house, which is coming up this summer. Hmm!

If I find one more scent that I love, I am in trouble. My various perfume holders are so full, but those rollerball perfumes from Sephora are dangerous! I keep finding more and more scents that are must haves! I can't even sleep well unless I put on a little something. It helps me drift off to Sephora/MAC heaven.... !

I grew up watching Dark Shadows. I am not sure what my mother was thinking, as I was about 4 or 6 years old, but she knew I loved anything Victorian right from the start and they let me watch it after school. Buffy was just waiting for me! We watched Angel for the first year, part of the 2nd and then stopped. I had trouble getting interested. Without Buffy it just didn't seem right. I mean, I got terribly upset when they blew up the library (well, the whole school). Between that and when Giles left, it just was not the same. Twilight is just okay to me. I feel like Buffy was so much better...more action packed and interesting. I read Dracula every year, I have various Dracula DVD's, I love gothic goodies, Vampire and Gothic themed Tarot decks and Oracles. But that is about my range with vampires! The legends from eastern Europe always intrigued me, though!

oh wow! you have some awesome vampire themed stuff! i have always been interested in vampire stuff too from a young age i loved reading dracula and the ann rice novels when i was younger. plus i grew up watching the old hammer horror dracula movies (yup great parenting for me too! hee hee!) Christopher Lee is awesome in them! Nick bought me a huge hammer horror box set a few years back with like 30 movies in it! so awesome!!!

it is my day off tomorrow and in the evening i shall be going out for a friends birthday. we are having a meal and then onto a bar for drinks and kareoke! i have been trying to decide on what make up to wear but i keep changing my mind. however i am now set on wearing violetta lipstick! just not sure what to do with the eyes. for my cheeks i will most likely use spaced out blush - my favourite blush ever! and then lightscapade msf to highlight of course! any suggestions for the eyes will be taken on baord! and i love things bright! sod people who say you cant have bright lips and eyes! i do it all the time and i rock it!

 

[ElvenEyes]

Lou~Sounds like you need to use pigment on your eyes! Something purple, blueish purple, pink and maybe even a dash of gold or copper go with your Violetta lips! I wonder if anything in the Peacocky line would suit as well? But shine and glitter it up, definitely, for kareoke!

A few fun ideas....

 

[LMD84]

^^ stunning pictures! i love the gold on the lips! although not so practical when eating out! hee hee! i am now thinking about using cornflower pigment in someway. that is a purpley blue colour with a pinky violet duo chrome! very pretty indeed! i shall post pictures tommorow before i go out - i plan on applying my make up before it gets dark so i can actually take pics!