Flat Iron - Croc Titanium

I dropped my flat iron and surprise surprise it broke. I needed to get a new one so as with all my purchases I dived into serious research.

After endless hours spent reading about flat irons I found THE ONE - Croc Titanium.

The reasons I chose this iron:
- adjustable heat settings (goes up to 450 F but I doubt anyone really needs to use it at such a high heat)
- titanium plates which cause less damage than ceramic and actually make your hair look shinier
- auto-turn off feature: the iron turns off after 30 minutes of idleness

It really does work well and I would recommend it. I got mine from http://www.folica.com/

It arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Coastal Scents order that I placed on Monday arrived today at noon!!!!!!!! How's that for fast shipping?!? Anyways, I didn't get a chance to use everything but I will post a review for most of the items when I have a chance to use them for a longer period of time. But the one thing I can say is that I am loving the Bionic Flat Top Buffer Brush. It will be perfect for a flawless foundation application.

In other news, I was shopping at Winners yesterday and noticed they have ABT (Advanced Beauty Tools) brushes for a MUCH lower price than at their online store. I decided to forgo the brushes since I just got 15 new brushes from Coastal Scents, but I keep thinking about them so I might have to go back and pick up a set just to try. I'm really curious to see how well they actually work. And the brush obsession continues....

Yellow/Black Eye Makeup

I decided to play around with some bright colour combinations again and this time decided to use yellow and black. I promise I will stay away from yellow for the next little while.:) I guess I go for yellow whenever I play around with colours because it's a difficult colour to pull of on a regular basis but it's quite fun and makes such a huge impact.

Check it out..

Products Used:
- Too Faced Shadow Insurance
- Ben Nye Creme Color in Yellow
- Inglot matte yellow eyeshadow
- NYX matte black eyeshadow (for the crease colour and eyeliner)
- MAC Smolder eyeliner for the waterline
- Ardell Lashes

Coastal Scents Sale - 33% off

There is a sale at Coastal Scents running until November 29th, 2010 midnight EST. They are offering 33% off the entire store!! Yep that's right - 33% off EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! I love a sale like this and usually have a hard time controlling myself. Today I've decided  I will buy some brushes and a few makeup palettes just for fun - but will limit my spend to $100-ish.


Creative Me Combo Set


I am getting:
15 brushes
The Creative Me combo set
1 lip pencil
2 dual eyeliner pencils
New Smokey Eyeshadow palette (which I plan on giving away as a gift)

I'll let you know how this works out - I am especially excited about the brushes :)

The website is http://www.coastalscents.com/

Clinique Bonus at the Bay

I usually don't buy new makeup just to get the bonus because in my experience, the products they give you are usually not the same quality as the original items. But this time around I really needed a new powder and so I managed to get the bonus as well.

You have to spend $26.50 CAD before taxes and this is what you get:

- High Impact Mascara in Black

- High Impact Lip Colour in Extreme Pink

- Colour Surge Eyeshadow Quad

- All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage

- Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion

- 7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-Off Formula

I tried all the products and I quite like them. The mascara is very good actually and I would consider getting the full size. I also like the shadows - they are not extremely pigmented but perfect for daytime. I love the texture of the lipstick but so much the colour. All in all it's a good set to try Clinique's products.



Bridal Makeup

A couple of months ago I had the honour of doing Mirjana's makeup for her wedding. I had a lot of fun doing her makeup especially considering she's a bit of a makeup junkie like me so it was awesome discussing all the cool and new products.

By the way, this girl has the most amazing skin and beautiful features so doing her makeup was truly a pleasure.



Photography: Charity Swords



Yellow/Purple Eyeshadow

Today I decided to play with fun colours again and this is the result:

Products Used:
Ben Nye Creme Colors as an eyeshadow base
Inglot and 88-Pallete yellow eyeshadow
Variety of purple shadows from the Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette
NYX black eyeshadow as liner
Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara

P.S. I really really love that mascara. It really lengthens and keeps the lashes curled. Check out this picture: