Icecaramellatte
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Hello Kitty! I remember reading all that stuff and being somewhat excited for the collection. But I didn't actually like any of the colors. I decided to get just the mirror and the brush holder but for some reason when the collection finally launched, I lost interest. I don't own one single thing from Hello Kitty. Actually, I don't get very excited about any of these "novelty" type collections. I don't know why. Usually I love cutesy stuff. I don't know what it is.
Well since everyone is fessing up to Makeup-Addicts-Gone-Wild, I will too. I picked up more BUs today.
My total HC haul:
- Charged Water Moisture Gel
- Volcanic Ash Exfoliator
- Earthly mes
- Universal Appeal mes
- Invincible Light mes
- Sky mes
- Neo Nebula mes
- Aurora mes
- Water mes x2
- Magnetic Attraction mes x2
- Solar Ray MB
- Supernova MB
- Stratus MB
- Ring of Saturn MB x2
- Star Wonder MSF x2
- Light Year MSF x2
- Center of the Universe MSF x2
- Earthshine MSF x4
- Fire Sign l/s x2
- Venus l/s x2
- Cusp of Dawn l/s
- Celestial Kiss CSG
- Meteoric CSG x2
- Astral CSG
I think that's everything. I don't know if I should count the eye cream since I got that about a month ago. Today, I went to Bloomies and asked for Center of the Universe, Star Wonder and Ring of Saturn. They were out of Center of the Universe and instead of giving me Star Wonder, the SA gave me Stratus. I corrected her but of course I was thinking it was a sign that I should get another Stratus. But I resisted that temptation. I don't know why but I told her to give me another Earthshine with lots of burgundy. This one had more burgundy than the other ones I had but it wasn't predominantly burgundy like I wanted but the veins were much bigger than the other one I had. At this point I wasn't feeling like I was in crazy town. But I was disturbed that they were out of Center of the Universe. I really haven't used that one yet but I'm a big fan of colors this shade. Thus spurring me to go hunt one down.
I decided to go to Henri Bendel's as I remembered they had a Mac counter there. Well, it's gone! This makes a lot of sense now that a Mac store is opening up across the street. But in it's place was jewelry and they were having a 50% off sale. I picked up a bracelet I had been eyeing for over a year.
BTW - They had Becca there. I haven't been in this store in ages. Every single store that sold Becca stopped selling it and I had to buy online or by mail order. In fact, a few months ago I ended up having to go to Duane Reade of all places to get a replacement foundation. But now they have it at Bendels, Duane Reade and I hear its coming back to Sephora.
It was also interesting because they had some people there making hand made shoes in Bendels. Interesting to see but I had to go off to Saks. There I found everything. While the SA was in the drawers (and trying to convince me that all the Star Wonders were the same), I saw an Earthshine with a huge burgundy blob in the middle. So I had the SA throw it in the bag. Somehow I was thinking I had 3 not 4. Still too much. I think I may have to gift one.
I've gone really nuts but I surprisingly feel no guilt. I have been planning this haul for some time and skipped a few collections. Plus I budgeted - yet I went over budget. LOL! But the Mineralized Collections are my favorites so I'm quite pleased. The other thing making me feel fine is that I'm not all that excited about any of the upcoming collections. Mind you that doesn't mean I'm skipping them but I should show some restraint. I do want quite a few things from other lines though. I'm only a bit nervous that I'm planning to go to the Nordies sale this week.
As for today's look: I cheated on Mac a bit and went with Armani ETK #28 lightly on the lids, Lancome bronze liquid liner, Mac Pink Tea blush, Light Year MSF and Fire Sign l/s. I wanted a light cheek and eye to make the lips the star. The cheeks came out a bit brighter than I had imagined. Strange I thought Pink Tea and Light Year were fairly light but I liked it. I didn't put Fire Sign on last as I normally do lips last and I thought maybe it was too much but by the time I finished everything balanced out and I really liked the look.
