What's Been Going On Lately

Hey there! So I finally called Imoshion again. They offered for me to just keep my current bag and that they would send me one of the new ones which are triple stiched now and are made by a different manufacturer. However, I had finally had it with their customer service through the months and told them to just give me a refund. They are giving me a refund of $85 of the $90.95 which I paid because the rest was shipping cost. Though I had become frustrated with them, I never talked to them like I was angry, nor did I let them know I was frustrated. I think that this is important when dealing with a situation like this because the phone operators don't deserve for a person to take their anger out on them, they deserve to be treated professionally and with respect. Anyways, they told me to go ahead and keep my current bag and that they would refund me through a credit card, since they no longer work with pay pal (how I paid).

-I still support Kandee Johnson and all that she does. I still love her and all of her videos and blogs. I love her design and all that she did with this bag. I know that she has nothing to do with the fact that this bag was poorly made, she only came up with the idea and design of the bag and all that was on it.  It was the company's job to choose a good manufacturer and to carry out her design, therefore Imoshion is the one that I no longer support. I believe in Kandee Johnson, I believe that she is a truly fantastic person who wishes people nothing but wonderful things. I believe that Kandee Johnson had no idea that this bag would do something like coming unsewn. I have nothing but love and support for Kandee. I still continue to support her in her ongoing journey through life and career, and I wish her all good things. I am continuing to read her blogs and watch her videos as if this issue with the bag had nothing to do with her. I do not see this as a poor reflection on Kandee. I still get excited to read her blogs and watch her videos. I do not believe that anyone who may have had a bad experience with the Kandee J bag from Imoshion or who has read this post should dislike Kandee Johnson or anything of the sort because none of it was/is her fault.-

 

So here's the damage on my bag. Both sides of the back strap were coming undone. The first picture is the left side of the back strap, which is the worst of the two. And the second picture is the right side of the back strap, which is just beginning to rip.

On another note, I plan on showing you guys two products I bought on my first trip to Ulta and my current favorite summer nail polishes some time soon and also something ahh-mazing! Again, sorry I've been so behind on my posts.

Enjoying the summer, Annie

Quick Little Update

Hey there! I know I am sooo behind on posting. I have just been super busy this summer! So if you guys have been reading my blog, you probably know that I purchased the Kandee J. bag from Imoshion. I loved this thing! About a month of using it, the straps started to rip away from the bag. I have emailed them back and forth dozens of times about returning it and exchanging it, but I have not recieved a final reply from them, so I've been trying to work that out. This is, as you can imagine, quite frustrating. Especially as they were so proud to announce adding new staff members to answer their emails recently. So I've been thinking about just flat out returning the Kandee J. bag since I've kind of lost interest in the bag and get a somewhat smaller bag that is much more versatile. What do you guys think about that?

 I'm probably going to call Imoshion today or some time this week about my bag. It's getting to be quite rediculous since it's been over a month since I have recieved a reply. Hopefully they will be understanding of my position. I have also been crazy busy with other things this summer. It's unbelievable how fast a week goes when you have things to do!

 I hope you understand what all is going on and why I haven't been posting. Mostly, I haven't been posting because of all the stress in the air and that makes me really not feel like posting. Ha. Sorry!

Annie <3

Classic/adorable shoes

Cheers to posting on time this week!! :)
Anyways, I feel like these shoes are really cute! Both pairs can be found at Payless Shoesource.
 The first pair is from Brash and is called Women's Gemini Flat.

 




The rhinestones are a super cute touch and I haven't seen any shoes like these before. I really love them. The outter fabric feels silky and smooth, so I don't recommend wearing them in the rain or in any sort of condition in which they would get really dirty, as they will probably be next to impossible to get clean. They add the perfect amount of personality to an everyday outfit without being overwhelming. These were $26.99.

The next pair is a wedge pump by Dexter, but for whatever reason it is not on the payless website. I don't recall how much these babies cost though.

 
Every girl needs a pair of nude heels of some sort. It doesn't matter if it is nude pumps, stilettos, wedges, kitten heels, cone heels, square heels, spool heels, sling backs, just have a pair of nude heels. Up until now, I have never found the pair of nude heels. I don't believe that this is the pair, but it is definitely a close second! I love them so much! These are more of a tan color than a nude, but they are super close. Nude heels are incredibly versatile, so you can pair it with pretty much anything and pull it off. Nude heels are definitely timeless. J'adore!

Good luck on your shoe journey!, Annie

Mall Cosmetics Haul!

Finally making this post! Sorry it has taken me a while! Let's begin. :)

Up first is a new scent from Bath & Body Works called Malibu Heat. I decided to get the lotion for once. :)

I like this scent. Their lotions are decent, nothing too special. It really does remind me of the beach! There are hints of pineapple and orange in it too.
One of my favorite perfumes ever for when I'm feeling flirty is the Gorgeous perfume from Victoria's Secret.

So I guess this is their holiday gift size bottle. It came in an ornament-like package and is quite small. However, it is just as strong as the full size bottle. I hate the full size bottle. The squeezy thing is just cheap. Yes, I will admit that it's cute, but it comes so easily disconnected. Awful! I didn't want their fragrance mist in this scent because it isn't as strong and wears off a lot faster that the eau de parfum. So naturally I was looking for an eau de parfum or cologne in this sent. I found it and will love it till it's gone! <3

Also from Victoria's Secret I purchased their Deep-Softening Body Butter in Secret Craving.

 
Of course the first picture is of the nice, brand new tub of lotion...and then we have the second picture, I used it twice and then dropped it. My bad. But at least you can see the texture. It has a nice bounce to it in the container and feels great being smoothed on your legs after a shave. Nice and moisturizing, not sticky at all, and this scent...omg...very enticing! Apparently what you smell is black currant and vanilla absolute. :)

I also got the shower gel in Secret Craving.

Same amazing scent as above. This gel creates a nice lather. The scent lasts for a long while after your shower is over, which I love, since I shower before bed. By morning the scent is gone, unless you add the body butter afterwards too. :)

Then I purchased the eau de toilette in Secret Craving, since it was 3 for $25. :)

Same great scent, only more. One thing I do dislike is that it wears off in around an hour, but it is still subtly there and becomes one of those scents that you have to get close to a person to smell. :)

From some salon that I don't recall that was in the mall I purchased two hair products. The first it Bed Head's Totally Baked, which is a volumizing and prepping hair meringue.

 

This baby does exactly what it says! Almost immediately I can see the volume at my roots. I like to let my hair air dry and even with wet hair, the volume is added, and is still there in the morning. I use this as the very first thing on my hair after my shower, the smell gags me a bit, but smells wonderful when you apply Glaze Haze after it.

From the same salon I also purchased Bed Head's Glaze Haze, a smoothing hair serum.

 

I also apply this to my wet hair, right after my shower. If you're not careful with this product, you will easily become a greaseball. One pump is fine, but make sure to begin at the tips of your hair, NOT your roots. (roots are at the top of your head, connecting the hair to your scalp. Tips are the ends of your hair, where the hairs end. I know people tend to get confused with the terms of roots and tips) This product makes my hair smell so wonderful! :)

Sephora is where I did the bulk of my shopping. I have been eyeing Lavanila's deodorant for a while, I just never knew exactly what scent I wanted. This last time, I found it.

It is their Vanilla Summer scent. I love it. Very summery and even the cashier asked what scent I had on. I wish I had gotten their perfume in this scent. Not much of this deodorant is necessary to be ensured 'coverage' through the day.

Another product by Lavanila is their Pure Vanilla scent in an eau de parfum rollerball.

My mother actually gave me this since it isn't exactly her kind of scent, and she knows how much I love my sweet smells (as long as they aren't artificial-smelling and don't make you gag). I enjoy this scent quite a bit. Plus, it lasts all day, like the entire day, which is rare for sweet scents, but I'm not complaining!!

Before Sephora had even gotten Eyeko's Skinny Brush mascara, I had been looking forward to them recieving the Curvy Brush mascara. And with things had gone so well with the Skinny Brush mascara, I had my heart set on purchasing the Curvy Brush mascara.

 

This mascara is designed with curl and hold in mind, rather than length. This made me slightly depressed. The reason for this is because I don't really care too much about 'curl & hold', that's what eyelash curlers are for and you set that curl with a mascara. This would be better for those who don't want to use an eyelash curler, but seeing as I do it isn't of much help. However, when I use this as a base coat after curling my lashes, then apply the Skinny Brush mascara, my lashes look fabulous! I don't think I'll be repurchasing based upon the fact that it doesn't lengthen or really thicken my lashes. I would recommend this for those who don't want to use an eyelash curler or have a problem with your lashes staying curled. This mascara also comes with a little 'shield' to keep the mascara off of your eyelids.

Then a simply cute purchase was a pack of Hello Kitty Nail Art Stickers and the design of these is Modern Icons.

I think these are really cute, but I have yet to test these puppies out. I will try and do a post of them when I do. I feel like most of us, as little girls love and admire Hello Kitty; then as we hit double digits, we think she is a childish icon and want to adorn ourselfs with "grown-up" things so ignore how cute she is; then later in life around say 17, we begin to adore her again and remember the times which we associate with her: innocent times, carefree times. I have found myself loving her again, more and more.

A wonderful product from Smashbox that I got is their Photo Finish Foundation Primer.

As you can see, this primer is clear. It glides on easily, and allows any make-up you apply over it to do the same. I simply apply this with my hands (make sure they're freshly cleaned). This product makes any dry patches on my face disappear seem moisturized. I love it. I used a sample pack of this for a super long night out. I had applied my make-up early afternoon and of course, applied this before anything else, but after moisturizer. Eight hours out (sweating and dancing included) and with my make-up on for a total of 15 hours, my make-up remained perfect, it was like I had just applied it all through the night and I didn't touch it up once! No creasing, no sliding, nothing, only perfection! Je l'aime!! <333

Also from Smashbox, is their Limitless Eye Liner in Smoke.

 
The color is a charcoal grey, but more of a black if applied with a heavy hand. I loveeee this liner! With pencil liners I feel that I can never get a thin line close to my lashes, it takes me more time and the line is always thicker with other liners. With this one I can get a fairly thin line and there will be zero gaps at my lash line, and I mean zero! In the cap, there is a pretty decent sharpener. There are three parts to the cap, the cover to the sharpener, then something that goes into the end of the sharpener (I'm not sure what the purpose of this part is, the cap functions and closes just fine without it, so it's no big deal if lost), and then the sharpener itself. All in all, a really good pencil. :)

With my purchases at Sephora, I recieved two free samples. The first is DDF's Ultra-Lite Oil-Free Moisturizing Dew. 

This is a really good moisturizer, I was definitely shocked! I might actually go back for this in a full size bottle. This was absolutely light-weight and oil-free! My face did feel the moisture and has made a noticable improvement just from this sample pack.

The second sample is from Ole Henricksen. This moisturizer is Truth Crème Advanced Hydration.

I don't think I have ever actually hated a product, but this one I do, I truly do. When I applied it to my face, I felt smothered with oil. On top of that there is this fake orange scent to it, it's like a medical and artificial scent, like they tried to make it smell good, but they failed miserably. It did not absorb quickly like it claims, and the only reason it 'glides' onto your skin is because there is so much grease in it. It can't be the possibility that the ingredients separated and I just got the oil, since I squished the packet around before opening it, because I know that some products separate. I had to wash this off of my face mostly because of the overwhelming scent. I do not recommend this product to anyone, unless you like that sort of fake disgusting orange scent and a greaseball face. Sorry if you do like this product and have maybe had a different experience with it, but it is just not for me!

Something I ordered off of amazon.com is the Treat Soft Candy Vanilla Buttercream scented Old Fashioned Jumbo Flavored Lip Balm. That sure is a mouthful! Ha! You can get it off of their website, but they send to you through amazon anyways. I just typed in the name and the seller was Treat Beauty, so I knew it was authentic. It doesn't really matter whether you're buying it on their website or from amazon, it's still them, unless it is listed by another seller.

 
I was sooo excited when I recieved this in the mail! This little number really is jumbo! I didn't expect it to be so large, but I am glad that it is. It takes a lot less time to apply that a regular size lip balm does. All about saving time over here. Ha! It smells so good I could eat it! The best thing about it is that it's 100% natural and there are only 5 ingredients!! The ingredients are: Coconut Oil, Beeswax, kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Shea Butter, Natural Vanilla Flavoring. Now there s no possible way for this to be bad for your lips (unless you're allergic to any ingredients). It smells deliciously sweet, there is no taste to it, and feels great on my lips. It isn't oily at all! I have also been putting it on my recently dry hands and it really helps, and quickly at that!

I'm going to do another post about two fantastic pairs of shoes I recently purchased next weekend. I realize it's not make-up, but they are so classic and fantastic that I have to share! So be on the lookout for that post. I will most definitely be posting that one on time! I hope you enoyed this post!

Please subscribe to my blog and comment to let me know what you think of it and what else you would like to see. Thank you! :)

Enjoying all of my new products, Annie

My Shellac Experience!

 I would like to start with apologizing for my month hiatus! ...One of these days I will continually post on time! I've been meaning to do a nail polish post on some of my favorite spring/summer nail colors, but I got shellac April 20th. :)
 I had an event to go to on Saturday and got my nails done on Friday. I love the people I go to for my nails, they're so nice and truly do have the longevity of a manicure in mind, they're not just about making money. I was hoping for a french manicure and did not want acrylics because I don't want to mess up my nails strength, seeing as they're quite strong on their own, but I wanted the look of acrylics. They recommended that I get a shellac french manicure, which I didn't know they could do, I thought that it was a 'solids only' kind of thing. Anyways, I got the shellac and I am so happy with the result.
   What is it?: Shellac is is similar to nail polish, but lasts for at least 14 days with zero chipping, scratching, or smudging. Some shellac claims to make nails stronger later, but I didn't notice it right after, but two weeks of being free from it, they do seem to have a new found strength. My nails were also quite strong with the shellac still on them, very similar to acrylics.

I'm not sure why I took a picutre with my toes? I had them done too though, just regular polish. Anyways, above is what my shellac looked like the first day! It didn't take long for them to apply and treat the shellac with a UV light. Very quick process, even with the shaping of my nails.

 So here is what my shellac looked like 2 weeks in. I did pick at my shellac this day before the picture; however, my thumb is what they had looked like before I was picking it off. Ha, sorry!

This stuff is amazing! If I was made of money, I would no longer use regular nail polish! My nails were pretty healthy after the removal of the shellac, I did cut them after I removed the shellac though because they were somewhat weak and didn't want my nails to split. I did do the removal myself with pure acetone, my nail salon knows what kind of person I am and that I will use it only for the purpose of removing shellac. I can tell you that most salons will want you to return for removal because you can't remove it with just nail polish remover and I don't recommend picking it off.
 If you have the money and around 30 minutes of spare time, I highly recommend getting it done!

Shellac lovin', Annie

Update!

Hello there, I would like to let you know that I am adding a new blog called Recipes With An Attitude. This new blog is going to have some recipes that I wanted to add to Pinterest and will be updated a lot less often than this blog. Please don't think that I am going to abandon this blog, make-up is more my life, it's just that it would be weird to add recipes to a cosmetics blog, ha ha, can you imagine? But please feel free to check that one out. I am going to add a new post on this page about my Shellac experience. I will also be adding two posts to my other blog. All posts will be up tonight. :) Thank you guys. I hope that you enjoy both blogs. :)
 

I am not abandoning this blog, Annie <3

*No Longer* The most wonderful creation!!

Hey there! So I finally got my Kandee J bag from Imoshion in the mail today!! :) I love it, I have yet to take it out of the house, but I will soon! There is so much room in this baby! I can fit my whole life in this baby and more. It's like the Mary Poppins bag! So I'll show you my bag and all of the ins and outs of it.

Here she is!! The first picture shows you the entire purse, the attached straps and the larger detachable strap are great! I love the pattern and the studs give it a slightly edgy look, the tassle softens the look a bit, but still leaves some edge. :)

The first picture is the back of the purse, showing the big back pocket (this thing has a ton of pockets!) and the little pegs that are on the bottom to protect the purse from getting scratched! The second picture is the inside of the purse, what I love about the inside is that there's this middle divider, which is also a big pocket, and there's so much space! There's two little unzippered pockets for your phone, pack of gum, or whatever, plus another pocket in the back which has a zipper. The Imoshion logo is on the top zipper and on the inside on the little spot of leopard print. And the last picture is zoomed in on the turquoise tassel. <3

 
With the purse, you also get a make-up bag! It is long enough to fit those extra long eyeliners and a lot of your make-up. Plus, you guessed it, there's another zipper pocket in this!

I like that both the purse and cosmetic pouch have ridges across the pattern to look like it's real leopard, but it's nottt! The entire material is made of faux leather, so it's vegan freindly. Plus the hot pink lining adds a super cute touch. :) There is a discount code on Kandee Johnson's blog for her fans, this post was just talking about her bag and basically a tour of the wonderful purse! Here is her video and in the information bar she placed the link to her blog post.

*EDITED* So, I have had issues with my purse coming apart on the straps that are sewn onto the bag. Which is definitely an issue because you never know if it will pop apart. Imoshion has said that they are no longer using the original manufacturer and that the straps are now triple stiched, when I have called them. I was talking back and forth to them about the issue with my bag via email for the last few days of May through June 6th, then they no longer emailed me back for whatever reason. I got frustrated and called them June 23rd. Whenever they would go to put me on hold, as soon as they would say the words "please hold" they would immediately push the hold button, there was no waiting for a reply, which I did have (something like "why am I being transferred" etc.). I wound up calling them back multiple times on the 23rd because when they would put me on "hold", they would actually hang up on me, which made me even more frustrated. I would call back and get the same person and let them know they had just hung up on me and they no sooner say "please hold" again before I could say "do not put me on hold again". After I had been put on hold many times, they finally told me they would call me back later that night. I didn't recieve a call back that night, I have waited another 2 weeks and 4 days for a phone call back from them, and still nothing! So I finally called them again today. I have found out that they no longer use pay pal (probably because many people have complained to pay pal about crappy service, etc.) I had asked for a full refund and they said "didn't you pay $72.75, because of a 15% discount code?" of which they had told me they would apply (at the time I placed my order, there was no place for a discount code therefore I emailed them and asked if they could apply the code of which I had), but they had never actually applied the code, since my pay pal reciept shows no discount ever being applied, because of this, I had paid full price for my bag. They are now going to refund $85 out of my paid $90.95 because the rest of it was the cost of shipping. They had offered to send me a brand new bag instead of a refund (this was the only thing that I appreciate from them), but I said that I would rather have a refund. They told me to go ahead and keep my bag since I no longer wish to exchange my old and damaged one for a brand new one, and that I just want my money back. It has been nothing but frustration from waiting for replies from Imoshion and not hearing back. Maybe if I lived in California it wouldn't be such a pain, but I doubt it would be any different. It is fully unfortunate that their customer service is not good. So I no longer support Imoshion's business and I will never buy a bag from them again solely because of this whole ordeal.

 
Here's the damage on my bag. Both sides of the back strap were coming undone. The first picture is the left side of the back strap, which is the worst of the two. And the second picture is the right side of the back strap, which is just beginning to rip.

-I still support Kandee Johnson and all that she does. I still love her and all of her videos and blogs. I love her design and all that she did with this bag. I know that she has nothing to do with the fact that this bag was poorly made, she only came up with the idea and design of the bag and all that was on it.  It was the company's job to choose a good manufacturer and to carry out her design, therefore Imoshion is the one that I no longer support. I believe in Kandee Johnson, I believe that she is a truly fantastic person who wishes people nothing but wonderful things. I believe that Kandee Johnson had no idea that this bag would do something like coming unsewn. I have nothing but love and support for Kandee. I still continue to support her in her ongoing journey through life and her career, and I wish her all good things. I am continuing to read her blogs and watch her videos as if this issue with the bag had nothing to do with her. I do not see this as a poor reflection on Kandee. I still get excited to read her blogs and watch her videos. I do not believe that anyone who may have had a bad experience with the Kandee J bag from Imoshion or who has read this post should dislike Kandee Johnson or anything of the sort because none of it was/is her fault.-

 Struttin' my new leopard bag *until it completely rips*, Annie <3

Surprising Find on Labels

Hello there! I found a couple of different products at, can you believe it, Walgreens. I really liked these products until I looked even further into the ingredients, so here's my review on them.

 First off is Organix brand shampoo in Moroccan Argan Oil. This scent was $7.99.What I like about this brand is that it tries to be pretty natural, there are no parabens plus it's safe for color-treated hair. It says that this shampoo is sulfate free, but yet it has Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate as an ingredient. So I don't consider it fully sulfate free. I've researched what it is and supposedly, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate is a larger partical than other sulfates so they "can't" be absorbed into your skin. While yes, this exact ingredient isn't as bad as a Sulfate, it can still cause irritation and is still not fully natural. I'm not sure if I want to finish this bottle after reading the ingredients.

I like the smell, it just smells good. Ha ha, I don't know how to describe it to you. This shampoo gets the job done. It does leave my strands squeaky, hard to comb, and also pretty tangled if I don't use a conditioner after, I just use any that I have around.

 The second item I purchased was the Organix brand Cherry Blossom Ginseng shampoo. For whatever reason, this scent costs $1 less than the Moroccan Argan Oil shampoo, so it was $6.99.The same deal goes with this shampoo, you will want to use a conditioner afterwards, unless you enjoy a tangled mess. Ha! I purchased both of these shampoos mainly because I wasn't sure how I would like them, the reason that I got two is because there was a buy one get one free, not 50% off, but free. So I was really happy when the cashier told me this, I ran back and grabbed this one. :)

This one smells so good. One of my favorite smelling shampoos out of any I've ever tried, right after Herbal Essences Color Me Happy. This shampoo is supposed to rejuvenate your scalp and hair follicle, add volume at your roots, nourish your hair, plus add hydration and shine, which I must say it does. I was very impressed with this one. I was going to keep purchasing this shampoo, but I went and recently looked at the ingredients list. I was a little disappointed by what I found, the bottle says "sulfate free" and so does their entire website, but one of the ingredients was Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, just like in the moroccan argan oil shampoo. Because of this, I will not be purchasing their shampoos any more. I don't know if I'll be finishing this bottle either.
 And all this just goes to show you that you can't really trust a label, always look at ingredients. The reason I am being more and more cautious about ingredients is because my I'm becoming more aware of what these ingredients can do and that the ingredients in the simplest things are not as safe as you may think. I'm not liking what I'm finding on my shampo and body wash labels, so I will soon be throwing most of them away. If you're looking at the ingredient lists on things, you'll notice way more than half of them have either Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate or even Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate. Of the three I listed, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is the strongest and most irritating.
 I've found Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, and Sodium Sulfite in my Philosophy body washes (the only two I currently have are Sugar Chick and Aloha Girl, Aloha Girl excluded Sodium Sulfite). Then I found that in my only Bath & Body Works shower gel (Coconut, from their Signature Vanillas) there is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, TEA-Lauryl Sulfate (which is a drying cleanser), and Sodium Laureth Sulfate. I wanted to go on their website to see if all of their body washes contain these, but they do not provide ingredient lists online, and I don't think it's because they don't want anyone copying recipes. Go figure. Looks like I won't be buying body washes from either company now.
 I find it extremely disappointing that companies know that they can make more natural and less harmful products, but yet they still choose to use these harmful fillers. They should be called beauty products for a reason, because they assist in making skin beautiful, and not damaging the skin, but most companies are just interested in making an easy profit. That just makes me want to look harder for better products now.

Walgreens can surprise you, Annie

Sephora Mania!

So I went a little crazy in sephora the other day. I had a make-up artist do my make-up for me, I told her I that I wanted something I could wear in both spring and summer, something that wasn't too bold, but not too neutral. She nailed it! I will explain what she did at the end of my post. :)
Here's everything to be covered. :)

First up is the Nars Illuminator in Orgasm. This is one of their names that will make you blush while asking an employee if they have it in the store. Ha ha. A little bit awkward, but it's a very pretty color. The Illuminator costs around $30. In the swatched photo, the top is just a dab of it, the below it's blended out on and around my knuckle. I really like this color, and it's great at adding a subtle highlight, once you blend it in on your face, there is almost no sparkle. Some people say that there is enough pigment in it to use it as a blush too, but I don't find this to be true.

Now for their Duo Eyeshadow in Sugarland, this goes for $34. In my swatch, the gold is on the top, and the purple below, the purple has a lot of gold sparkle in it, making them very compatible with each other. Very pretty colors, however, the sparkle tends to all go underneath the eye instead of on the eyelid. Even using an eyelid primer, the colors were bleak. The only time that the sparkles seemed to stick to my eyelid and the colors really show up, was when I used their Soft Touch Eyeshadow Pencil in Goddess. However, I decided not to buy it since it costs $24. Bad decision. I suppose that I'll just have to save up and return to get the eyeshadow pencil.

The Nars Eye Liner Pencil in Kaliste is super pretty!! I loveeee the teal color!! This pencil costs $22. I'm sure you could find one that's pretty close in color at a much lower price though. The swatched pencil is darker towards my wrist, and lighter/more blended towards my knuckles. I really don't have much to say about this pencil, I just like it.

The last Nars product I purchased from Sephora is their Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Lover for $24. This product is genius!! So pretty and wonderful. This is my life saver! Mostly because it stays where I put it all day, pretty much until you eat, even then the pigment still clings to your lips. It's a lot like a lip stain, but more like a gloss when applied, as the day goes on, it becomes more matte. Such a great invention. I love it because I hate reapplying lipgloss or lipstick throughout the day, it is just frustrating. With this product, I don't have to worry. :)

The last product I purchased from Sephora is from Tocca. It's a 1.7oz. perfume called Colette. I really like this scent, it's light and sweet, not super heavy like some of their other ones. All of their perfumes this size are $68. The one thing that I don't care for is that it doesn't last a long time, after about 6 hours I can no longer smell it on my skin. I like to spray it on my neck so that it kinda gets in my hair and on my shirt, so that I can smell it all day long. :) In my opinion, this perfume is worth the money. I had to show you guys the box too, it's so pretty! On the inside flap, it says "Love yourself", aww, so cute. :)

What the make-up artist did:

The woman began by asking me what my typical cosmetic routine consisted of, how often I wear make-up, and what exactly I used (foundation, powder, translucent powder, anything like that). I expressed to her that I generally don't wear eyeshadow unless I'm dressing up, going out, or just feel like looking 'nice', but always wear concealer, BB Cream, and MAC Fix Powder.

 ~Anywhoo, she took the Nars Illuminator in Orgasm and highlighted my face on the forehead, nose, and cheeks.

~Secondly, she took the Nars Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Goddess and applied it all over my eyelids up to the brow, again I soo wish I had purchased this because of how intense it makes my eyeshadow and makes the shadows stick.

~After that was applied, she used the purple from the Duo Eyeshadow (the name of the duo is Sugarland and incase you're not familiar with Nars, they name the duo, not the individual shadows in the duo) and applied the color across my lid up to my crease.

~She next applied the gold color from the same duo into my crease, I was slightly surprised that it looked quite pretty.

~Afterwards, she grabbed the Nars Eyeliner Pencil in Kaliste and lined my upper lid with a thin line.

~Last but not least, she applied the most amazing lip creation pretty much ever called the Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Lover.

So there you go, I hope this helps give you a new way to use these products.

A day full of happy splurging and wonderful make-up, Annie