holiday week hauling

So, I decided to hit up a few stores yesterday. I had a few quick last minute gifts I needed to pick up and, of course, pick up some things for me.

I first went to Ulta. I had three separate coupons to use: my reward coupon (the quarterly one), a $5 off $10 purchase, and 20% off your entire purchase. I knew I couldn't do them all on one ticket so I had it set in my mind to have three separate purchases. Now I used to work in retail and I remember doing multiple tickets on the same customer. Well, not at Ulta. I was able to use the 20% off and the reward coupon, but that was my limit. One ticket per customer with Ulta. And the cashier wasn't very tactful about telling me either. She kept making comments about the things I was purchasing and about her coworkers and customers in the store. It took everything in me to not turn into "Ghetto Cinderella" and get stupid with her. Believe me I can turn into "Ghetto Cinderella" real quick. I'm sure you know what I mean...that customer. Anyway, I took my purchases and got out of there.

And after she is all rude to me, she wants to comment on my purse and tell me how nice it is. :/ I don't roll like that. So I said nothing and walked out.




The eye makeup remover was free and its probably crap anyway. I picked up the Ulta Professional eye primer to see how that works out.



Now I already have Lincoln Park At Dark, but I had to pick up Lincoln Park At Midnight because it had a little bit of shimmer going on. Holiday Glow is a beautiful plum-ish color with gold sparkles in it, which makes the overall color look a little taupe/brown-ish, but I like it. An Affair in Red Square is part of a gift for my aunt. She loves all things red so I got her the polish to go along with her gift.



I'm all about volumizing mascaras so I'm going to give Rimmel The MAX mascara a shot.




There is a new store in town called "Charming Charlie" and it is ridiculous. Its great. It is full of accessories and other greatness.
I picked up these flip-flops there.



And also this skull and crossbones necklace. I have earrings similar to this. Ever since I've became an x-ray tech I have a thing for skulls.



I finally got my hands on Talladega Nights! We constantly quote this movie at work and I just had to have it. My favorite scene is when they are saying grace. With all the "little baby Jesus" openings.

My favorite is when Cal describes his Jesus: "I like to think of Jesus with giant eagles wings and he's singing lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with an angel band. And I'm in the front row and I'm hammered drunk."



I also had a book haul.


I'm off to the other mall today to exchange an item and stop at the evil Wal Mart to pick up some things for family time on Christmas Eve.

FOTD: gold & green (holiday-esque)

I guess this can be considered a "holiday look" even though I didn't mean for it to be. I wore this Monday night to go eat out with some friends.

FACE

-Urban Decay Pore Perfection Primer

-CARGO Oil Free Foundation - F20

-MUFE Lift Concealer No. 1 (under eyes)

-Benefit Powderflage (under eyes)

-MAC MSF Natural - Light Medium

-CARGO Beach Blush - Sunset Beach

EYES

-UDPP

-MAC Solar White

-Urban Decay Overgrown (from Book of Shadows Vol.II)

-NARS Night Porter

-MAC Blanc Type

-MAC Feline Kohl Power on upper lash line

-Urban Decay Graffiti 24/7 liner on outer half of lower lash line

-Sitla Kajal Eye Liner in Pearl on inner half of lower lash line with MAC Solar White on top

-Shiseido Mascara Base

-L'Oreal Carbon Black Voluminous Mascara

LIPS
-Prescriptives Colorscope Lipcolor Rose Glow

-MAC Bonus Beat Lipglass

I will say that Rose Glow and Bonus Beat is one of my favorite lip combinations. Its too bad Prescriptives will be no more and Bonus Beat was a limited edition. I want to get backups of both, but I really don't need backups.

FOTD: black and grey smokey eyes

I have always tried to find a smokey eye for me, but could never perfect it. It always came out to shimmery or to dark for my skin tone or the grey/silver ended up looking blue-ish.

I wore this Saturday night. Since our hospital (along with many others) didn't do a big Christmas party, we decided to get together for dinner. It was just about 15 people that I work with, so it was very nice.

In addition to doing a smokey eye, I also used some Big Sexy Hair Root Pump. And I will say that my roots were pumped. I have very baby fine, thin hair so its always just straight and with no body at all. I am a big Big Sexy Hair fan, I love all their products and they all work wonderfully.

FACE

-Lush Dark Angels

-Murad Skin Perfecting Lotion

-Urban Decay Pore Perfecting Primer

-MUFE Lift Concealer No. 1 (under eyes)

-MAC Studio Fix Fluid - NC15 w/109 brush

-Benefit Powderflage (under eyes)

-MAC MSF Natural - Light Medium

-MAC Sculpt & Shape Duo - Bone Beige/Emphasize

-CARGO Beach Blush - Sunset Beach

-MAC MSF - Perfect Topping

BROWS

-Anastasia Brow Powder Duo - Golden Blonde

-MAC Fix + Spray

EYES

-UDPP

-MAC Vex - inner lid

-MAC Scene - middle lid and lower lash line

-MAC Copperplate - lightly in crease

-MAC Carbon - outer lid and into crease

-MAC Femme Fi & Mylar - highlight

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline - upper lash line

-MAC Feline Kohl Power - lower water line

-YSL Faux Cils Mascara

LIPS

-MAC Prive' Creamsheen Lipstick

-MAC Preciousness Lipglass

I'm on vacation from work this week, so I have lots of time on my hands. In addition to doing nothing on my time off, I plan on working on my Rosetta Stone. I bought it in Spanish for Latin America. There are quite a few times a day when Spanish would be useful for work.

Is everyone ready for Christmas? I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be. My parents have been doing "open house" for 30 years, so I'm helping my mother prepare for that since I'm off. I haven't been to enjoy it in about 3 years since I started working the evening shift.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

my little Love Lace haul

I really wasn't planning on getting anything from this small MAC collection. I wasn't planning on going into a MAC store anytime soon. But I went to dinner and shopping with my friend last night and she stopped in MAC. So, yeah, I have no willpower.



I picked up a backup of Feline Kohl Power since it was re-released with this collection. I also got Sense of Style Kohl Power and Hypnotizing eyeshadow.

I wanted to get the Lipglass in Icescape, but it was similar to so many other glosses I have already.

Swatches of Sense of Style, Feline, and Hypnotizing.

And, of course, when I was putting Feline up with all my other backups, I already had one. So now I have two backups. Oh well.

Tonight I'm going to dinner with my coworkers. Its our departments Christmas party, since our hospital is not doing one this year. I am really upset about that. I had a blast at the party last year. We will be going to Copeland's for drinks and dinner and then who knows where some of us will end up after. We want to go somewhere to watch the Saint's game, but most of the bars will be packed tonight. Hopefully we will be 14-0! WHO DAT!

FOTD: pinks & purples again

I have been quite obessed with a certain look from A Brilliant Brunette. You can see my original FOTD here. Well I took another stab at it. I tried to brighten up the colors a bit. I'm still loving it and rocking it out very often.






MAC Naked Lunch and Sushi Flower on lid, MAC Noctunelle above in crease, and MAC Sketch on outer v, MAC Vanilla eyeshadow to highlight.

Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Ming (#76) on lips.

FOTD: green-ish, grey-ish

I did this look last week and have been meaning to post it...but I never got around to it.







I don't quite remember anything else that I used, besides the eyes.

-UDPP
-MAC "Rose Blanc" eyeshadow (inner lid)
-MAC "Rated R" eyeshadow (outer lid)
-MAC "Smoke & Diamonds" eyeshadow (crease)
-MAC "Vanilla" eyeshadow (highlight)
-Bobbi Brown "Graphite Shimmer Ink" Gel Eyeliner
-L'Oreal Carbon Black Voluminous Mascara

I want to say NARS Deep Throat Blush was used on my cheeks, but I could be totally wrong. And as far as lips go, I'm totally clueless. I think it was one of the glosses that came in one of the MAC holiday lip gloss sets this year. I think its "Cruise Control."

"I had a bad week" haul

I had a pretty crappy work week last week. It was all over the map. Thursday was the worst. So after I got off of work Thursday night I drove right over to MAC and picked up some items from the Baroque Boudoir. Yes, I know its pricey...but oh, so worth it. Like as in I think I NEED backups.


I picked up Prive lipstick, Preciousness lipglass, The Lap of Luxury lipglass, and an eye makeup remover. I decided to try out an eye makeup remover from MAC. I really need a good one. So I can quit the consistent rubbing on my eyes. Considering I dropped big bucks on LASIK eye surgery and I shouldn't really be rubbing sooo much. And to help prevent wrinkles.




Prive is like...a better version of Angel. Now don't get me wrong, I love Angel. It's one of my "can't live withouts" but I like Prive better. But Angel is permanent. So in other words, I must get a backup of Prive.



These lipglasses are really nice, but they are not must haves for me. Preciousness is nice on its own and over Prive. I haven't had a chance to use The Lap of Luxury, but I'm sure it is really nice.




And speaking of LASIK eye surgery, I'm thinking of making a blog post about my LASIK experience. Because, believe me when I say, it was an EXPERIENCE. Would anyone be interested in that?

I hope everyone is doing well. Its Sunday night, the end of a weekend and the start of a new week. I hope this week isn't as bad as last week. At least the New Orleans Saints won!!! 12-0! Who Dat Baby!!!