Bimbos unite!

[LittleMaryJane]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nzsallyb

did some good shopping tho only for the airline to loose my bag, including new shoes i had brought that cost ALOT of money (since i couldnt buy mac, i brought shoes!), so really hope they find my bag. i had also brought chanel black pearl nail polish and all my makeup is in there too!!! will be bloody annoying if they dont find it (not to mention medication!)



Aww that sucks! I hope you find your bag!

How is everyone's weekend going? Mine has been nice and relaxing. Yesterday I went to the MAC counter for the first time in a looongg time and bought some lipsticks to give away on my blog--I didn't consider it breaking my no-buy since it wasn't for me

Now I need another cup of coffee... It's already one in the afternoon but I feel zonked out.

 

[LMD84]

Aww that sucks! I hope you find your bag!
How is everyone's weekend going? Mine has been nice and relaxing. Yesterday I went to the MAC counter for the first time in a looongg time and bought some lipsticks to give away on my blog--I didn't consider it breaking my no-buy since it wasn't for me

Now I need another cup of coffee... It's already one in the afternoon but I feel zonked out.

oh well done on your no buy! that is great that you went to mac and didn't buy anything for yourself! and i am pleased you have had a relaxing weekend. my day has been pretty relaxing. i am happier now that nick is home! and shortly an ex collegue is coming over to help out with my mac. he now works for apple so it's like having a genius come straight to my house! hee hee!

 

[shadowaddict]

Nzsallyb --so horrible about them losing your bag, even worse that you had your new goodies in there and fab new shoes. Oh I would be so

 

[LittleMaryJane]

How are you liking your new mac?

 

[ElvenEyes]

Nice Lou! I love your new TV! I think we are the only people on the planet who still have our old tvs. They just look and sound too nice to stop using, so we are waiting until they die, which at this rate might not be until 2050! Hehehehe....

The LV is gorgeous and I love the little wallet with it! That is a nice brown check pattern that isn't going to show dirt for a very long time!

Slapped on some MUFE HD 115 w/Nars Sex Appeal blush and MAC Hue lippy. A nice nude look with no eye stuff as my eyes are freaking out over tree pollen, burning and watering like I am crying. Lovely! We have a huge rainstorm coming and the snow is finally starting to melt some. I can't believe how much more we have to go for it to even look pre-spring. It still looks like mid January!

I'm going to be funky and put up another box of tarot. What the heck. Everyone except 1 had been mailed out. That will be mailed probably tomorrow or the next day. By the time the next batches get mailed, the others will have their boxes. So, time to pull out more decks. Yay...begone! Once I start having some free time I am going to try and do swatches on some of my goodies for pale people! Wish me luck...Mr. Camera is a bit moody!

 

[shadowaddict]

I'm having issues trying to go down to another line.

Anyway, Lou What a nice TV and I love that bag, super gorgegous.

Debi, I hope you are able to get Pink Cult but I'm with Lou on the Sephora haul. I do like PC but I would probably have more fun with all the goodies to choose from at Sephora. I only have one BB blush. Probably because several years ago I went to buy one and was looking and the ma insisted I need "Tawny" and said that BB herself said it was a must have for everyone. I fell for that and bought it. It was horrible on me, way too dark. I was too timid then to take it back. BB products are great quality. I love NARS blushes as we've talked about and hear great things about MUFE blushes but my Sephora only has a few and ordering from the website trying to figure out a color can be tricky.

LiitleMaryJane--me too. just can't get going today. i fixed me a yummy pot of coffee and poured a nice big tumbler full and was wiping the counter and tipped it over making a major mess.Luckily it had cooled down a bit before I knocked it over. I have a thing for the large Starbucks tumblers. Right now my fav is the "Product Red" but if I'm not taking it with me somewhere I usually don't bother putting the lid on and this is what happens

Ya'll probably already know this but if not Product Red is a brand that many companies have, the money goes to a global fund to fight against AIDS. I try to get these when avaliable in something I'm buying. When my hubby was going to buy me an ipod I told him I wanted the Product Red one. I figure every little bit helps.

 

[LittleMaryJane]

LiitleMaryJane--me too. just can't get going today. i fixed me a yummy pot of coffee and poured a nice big tumbler full and was wiping the counter and tipped it over making a major mess.Luckily it had cooled down a bit before I knocked it over. I have a thing for the large Starbucks tumblers. Right now my fav is the "Product Red" but if I'm not taking it with me somewhere I usually don't bother putting the lid on and this is what happens

Ya'll probably already know this but if not Product Red is a brand that many companies have, the money goes to a global fund to fight against AIDS. I try to get these when avaliable in something I'm buying. When my hubby was going to buy me an ipod I told him I wanted the Product Red one. I figure every little bit helps.

Ugh! Hate a coffee mess. I use a lot of sugar in my coffee so any spill automatically = sticky mess for me.

I don't think I really knew what Product Red was about... Or I thought it was just a one-company kind of thing. That's cool that it encompasses different ones, great idea actually.

 

[shadowaddict]

Debi you are not alone with the tv's. We usually use an item till they die completely. That is usually quite a while cause my husband is convinced he can fix most anything. To be honest he pretty much can. The engineer in him has probably saved us a fortune, even if we do have older stuff.

This is kinda embarrasing to admit but our dryer is a mid 1970's model. I don't mind because it's in a place where no one sees it but us. I don't see the need in replaceing it while it still works great. My hubby has replaced a few inexpensive parts over the years but other than that all is good. Funny thing is we got it from his dad that was in one of his rent houses He has about 20 rental properties so his garage is usually filled with spare everything. My husband helped work on all kinds of stuff with them through high school and college which has been a life saver for us when something quits on us. When my husband needs a part he checks there first. His dad has tons of stuff much of which still is in the package never opened . We've become quite used to not paying for labor so when we do have to take something somewhere to have it fixed or call someone in we cringe because the labor is so much more than the parts themselves. Oh Wow, we sound cheap as hell

 

[shadowaddict]

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Originally Posted by LittleMaryJane
Ugh! Hate a coffee mess. I use a lot of sugar in my coffee so any spill automatically = sticky mess for me.

I don't think I really knew what Product Red was about... Or I thought it was just a one-company kind of thing. That's cool that it encompasses different ones, great idea actually.



Oh I bet that is a mess. Thank goodness I drink mine black. I never tried coffee with anything in it because I was afraid I would like it and that would add calories I will have a yummy frozen one here and there and those have major calories. I have to have super control when I go to Starbucks to buy my coffee for home. Besides the yummy drinks they have all those cookies and pastries that call to me and tempt me


Here is a link that gives some of the brands that does Product Red:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Red

 

[ElvenEyes]

shadowaddict~Totally keep your old appliances for as long as you can. We still have our washer/dryer/fridge and oven from 19 years ago and they work perfectly. Our dishwasher died and we are on our third one now, which is also dying. They are all made so cheaply now. Same with my car. Ready? I still have my first car. A 1989 VW Golf. It hasn't even turned over. It isn't even close to it. No air bags, no AC, had to replace the radio and put in a DVD player. But when I looked at new VW's years ago, they were so cheap. My car still shines, looks and even smells brand new, seats firm, no stains (no kids, no food every in my car), and rugs perfect. I plan to drive this until it completely dies since they will only give me about 150-200 trade in. Ha! It is worth thousands to me! Love my little bop-around car! Original tires, too, and not balding at all. They don't make them like they used to!

 

[LMD84]

Debi you are not alone with the tv's. We usually use an item till they die completely. That is usually quite a while cause my husband is convinced he can fix most anything. To be honest he pretty much can. The engineer in him has probably saved us a fortune, even if we do have older stuff.

This is kinda embarrasing to admit but our dryer is a mid 1970's model. I don't mind because it's in a place where no one sees it but us. I don't see the need in replaceing it while it still works great. My hubby has replaced a few inexpensive parts over the years but other than that all is good. Funny thing is we got it from his dad that was in one of his rent houses He has about 20 rental properties so his garage is usually filled with spare everything. My husband helped work on all kinds of stuff with them through high school and college which has been a life saver for us when something quits on us. When my husband needs a part he checks there first. His dad has tons of stuff much of which still is in the package never opened . We've become quite used to not paying for labor so when we do have to take something somewhere to have it fixed or call someone in we cringe because the labor is so much more than the parts themselves. Oh Wow, we sound cheap as hell

you dont sound cheap at all! when you can easily repair it yourselves why the heck not! and all the saved money can go on make up goodies instead!!


i am off to bed now. i know it's only 9pm but sadly it's that time of the month and i'm feeling really crappy. my back is in so much pain and i want to rip my insides out!!! hopefully i will feel better for work in the morning! goodnight guys and take care! and just in case i don't say this enough - i love chatting to you all! it really makes my day!

 

[ElvenEyes]

I hope you feel better soon, Lou. I am ready to rip mine out, too, though I think it is coming to an end. It has been 2 1/2 days, so time for it to settle down for a little break. I hate perimenopause. They didn't warn us about this. Not that I had much control over it anyhow! But still....you think menopause is all about skipping and hot flashes. Not even close. Those are the easy things. They don't bother to tell you that emotionally and physically you will feel like you have permanent PMS with an occasional break! Or that if you have endometriosis you will be in pain most of the time untiil your ovaries decide to shut off!

Super happy news! The lady who creates the fairy crowns I have been wearing in some of my pics is revamping her website and is going to put my photos up! I am thrilled! I still have an autumn one to do, so will pull out the pigments for that and all things golden, brown, copper and bronze and glittery....so fun stuff ahead!!

I promise to do swatches and just let me know when you get sick of my photos! I am no beauty and know it, but I am having such fun. And a very special thank you to everyone here who has been so kind to me. It isn't everywhere people would enjoy chatting with a 48 housewife who reads (and sells) tarot cards, wears fairy crowns (only special occasions...I promise I am not nuts!) and puts up with a newfound love for makeup until she is stalking her postman for possible black boxes!

 

[shadowaddict]

I definitely agree with you there on the cars. We buy used and keep them forever. We have a 1996 Jeep Cherekee that is preety basic although it does have,a must for me. My hubby bought it several years ago at a TVA auction for $1800. We now have over 210,000 miles on it. We have have more than got our money out of it. We don't drive it so much anymore. It's mor of our third vehicle and my husband uses it to haul stuff.

My daughter's car is a 1992 Honda Prelude that is still hanging on but she would not part with if someone told her she could have any kind of car she wanted. We bought it from my sister for her about 5 years ago. My sister and her hubby bought it new when my daughter was 3 and she was with them that summer for the 4th of July and stood on the hood to watch fireworks and probably jumping around. So on the hood is two little dents from her feet which she proudly shows off

We lucked out on our dishwasher. The one we had I think was the original one put in the house which was built in 1977. We bought the house in Aug of '94 so the diswasher lasted quite a while. It fianally went a few months ago. My hubby went over to his parents one Sat and called me and said there was a yard sale that he stopped at because they had a nice white dishwasher sitting out there and asked if he should buy it. They were asking $75. The guy said he had it there for a friend and didn't know anything about it. My hubby called me later and said the friend came over and explained that he and another guy buy out the contents of storage places that people abandon and it was in there. He sold it to my husband for $40. The guy even had the paperwork for it and it turned out to be a 2007 model. There's not a scratch on it and works like a dream, so quiet. I'm not much on yard sales but that was definitely a find.

 

[shadowaddict]

Lou, I hope you feel better. Get lots of rest and take it easy.

Debi, you'l have to give us a link when your stuff gets on there. My daughter is all about fairys and all that stuff. You guys would probably have a great time together as your interests seem very much like hers.

I have had friends that had to deal with endometriosis . I think my sister had it some time way way back before her hysterectomy. She had to have surgery and when they got in there her uterus was not just tilted there was something else weird with it. It was good that they had already decided they didn't want children so she's wasn't all upset. The dr said she would have never been able to carry full term anyway. I can't remember what all it was, that was in the late '70s. But that is one evil illness and so very painful. Hopefully things will progress quickly and you'll be done with it all,

 

[Nzsallyb]

phew got my bag back! thank god, all i could think of my new shoes i got! these are the ones i got: http://www.mipiaci.co.nz/product-display-87.aspx?CategoryId=49&ProductId=2717&Colour=Coral i love them so much because they are so different!

Black pearl is gorg! chanel nail polishes are my guilty pleasure! it is so unusual, but pretty, very smooth on!

hope you ladies are all well, its freezing here today, starting to be the end of the summer! and i move back to the south island next week!

 

[ElvenEyes]

phew got my bag back! thank god, all i could think of my new shoes i got! these are the ones i got: http://www.mipiaci.co.nz/product-display-87.aspx?CategoryId=49&ProductId=2717&Colour=Coral i love them so much because they are so different!

Black pearl is gorg! chanel nail polishes are my guilty pleasure! it is so unusual, but pretty, very smooth on!

hope you ladies are all well, its freezing here today, starting to be the end of the summer! and i move back to the south island next week!

They are so fun! I am so happy you were able to get your bag back. What a relief! Now you can relax and enjoy them!

Just put another few decks up for sale. Crossing my fingers. They are collectors decks (just 2) and I am asking 200.00 for them. Wish me luck!!

 

[shadowaddict]

Quote:

phew got my bag back! thank god, all i could think of my new shoes i got! these are the ones i got: http://www.mipiaci.co.nz/product-display-87.aspx?CategoryId=49&ProductId=2717&Colour=Coral i love them so much because they are so different!

Black pearl is gorg! chanel nail polishes are my guilty pleasure! it is so unusual, but pretty, very smooth on!

hope you ladies are all well, its freezing here today, starting to be the end of the summer! and i move back to the south island next week!

I love those shoes. I am totally shoe crazy, the funkier the better. If I could pull it off and well afford it I would be all over those weird shoes you see in magazines with all kinds of things for the heels and odd shaped heels. I have probably a dozen (probably more) brand new pairs that I haven't worn, isn't that sad. My mother used to tell me that I was just like her mother who loved shoes. When my grandmother passed about 20 years ago and they were sorting through her things they found she had over 90 pairs of shoes I love heels but being a stay at home ? whatever I am I don't wear them too often. I do love cluncky clogs. I hate wearing socks. I like to just slip on shoes and go. At home I wear fit-flops or Skechers tone-ups flip flops. I don't think they really tone but I find them super comfy and give my feet support.

 

[BeckyBenett]

i love your headband! soo pretty... the blushes look very nice too.. i have to go and check them out when i have the time.. kp hauling dear!

 

[shadowaddict]

Debi--that's great. I hope you sell those quick. Oh what fun you're going to have with that money

OK I'm going totally off into left field with this. But I thought I would share this if you guys were not already familar with it or her. I used to read the reviews of products in Paula Begoun"s books "Don't Go To The Cosmetic Counter Without Me" and learned a lot. For the last few years she has had a website that you can pull up any brand or prosuct and read the review and break down of ingredients and such. She also puts the product's claims and then her review of what it actually does. She has some great articles also about different skin care concerns and more. I think it is interesting how some people rave about Perricone MD products that are so expensive and she says that most of them really don't perform as they claim or are any better than some drugstore lines or at least regular department store brands. It is Beautypedia.com, I'll post a link.

There is normally a subscription fee but right now she has it free. When or if it goes back to a fee and you are interested always do a search for a coupon code. There is always a 50% off one, usually on retailmenot.com. I think it is reg $25 a year and with coupon $12.50. I have found it is so worth it as I am always checking products. I have subscribed since she started it. She keeps it up to date pretty well as she is testing so many brands and products. If you click on search all reviews at the top you can pick the brand and then category. Anyway, I hope you guys find it useful or at least interesting.

http://www.beautypedia.com/

I have found this very helpful as I never would have considered Olay skin care products because I thought they would not be good for my oily skin. But she rates "Olay Regenerist Regenerating Serum" very highly and good for oily skin as well. She also says there is almost no difference between this and the one they have for eyes and you get more than 3 times the product. I have used this now for a few years and love it. It gives me moisture without the oilies and way cheaper than a lot of products. This is what I keep by my computer and in the bathrooms so I can put it on when I think of it. I will smetimes use it on the tops of my hands too.

 

[shadowaddict]

Sally, so sorry I got so excited seeing those shoes I forgot to tell you that I am so glad you got your bag back.

I'm so ADD. I get distracted so easily My hubby tells me I'm just like those BING commercials where someone says something and then picks up on a word and goes to that subject and then another and goes from there to another and so on. He gets this crazed look when my daughter and I are having a conversation becuase we both do this. We will start off with one topic and end up somewhere totally not related and never miss a beat. She had a lit teacher in high school that called it crab walking because the students would keep inching away from topic and keep going sideways.


Becky--I am right there with you on not using lippies in palettes. They get so messy. I bought the MAC one years ago that was blue with MAC in rhinestones on the top and it just got icky. I still of course have that palette as I think it's the prettiest MAC has done. I bought my daughter the purple one that was e/s and someone stole it. I didn't know back then just how rare MAC did something like that and only bought those two items from the collection. I can't remember what all came out with it. If I'm not mistaken it was a holiday collection and this was before they stated doing the couture collections so they were reg. palette prices. I am so angry with myself now for not getting more.

I love the UD liners. They wear so well and do not smude at all on me. "Stash" is my go to liner as I love greens and this is described as dark green/gold. "Covet" is gorgeous also, oh hell they all are I was playing the other night and used Flipside on my lid to see if it would work as a base like their new shadow pencils and it held up for the night. I haven't given it a good test for all day but I will. I have one shadow pencil and love it. I bought Narc which is a pretty green and use as a base and it makes my green shadows just pop. Tip: if you order it from Sephora it is brighter than their swatch, not sure about the other colors.

I have lots of UD shadow and find they are great. Funny thing is I've had UD e/s for some time but just recently found out on here from HerGreyness that you can use them wet. Everyone else probably already knew that so I feel kind of silly. If you wear blue e/s, which I can't but anyway I was showing my daughter how gorgeous "Godess" is and I swatched it wet and oh my that is one amazing blue.

The BB e/s palettes are quite tempting. I was just looking at them online, so pretty. I haven't purchased a BB shadow since she switched to the square ones. I only have 2 or 3 of the old round ones and haven't used them in forever. I don't even remember how well they wore or how pigmented.