I order a lot of mid to high end products from a makeup artist I know in the UK. My latest SMALL order from there arrived today. Brand new, boxed products for 1/3 of their retail price! I'm looking at these lists & realizing that this is what I've acquired in approximately 48 hours.....holy mother of $! Smallest ever order from the UK: * Estée Lauder Pure Color blush in Tropical Pink * 2 MAC lipglasses, I believe - too lazy to go check the names or quantities right now * a Bobbi Brown gloss, I believe - laziness once again
Also got my latest package from the US today - nice surprise to come home to - full of mainly MAC lip products. 9 different ones, if I remember correctly, plus a MAC blush in Melba. And I just *had* to go by MAC this morning....the official launch day of the Archie's Girls collection. I hoarded a bit. Definitely got more than I need for myself! Will likely sell my extras later in the year. * 3 Pearlmatte powders in Flatter Me - the last 3 * 2 of the Cream Soda satin peach blushes - the last 2 And slid quietly by the Lancôme counter.... * 1 Blush Subtil palette (blush/highlighter/contouring palette) in Peche Savvy (returning this tomorrow) * 1 deluxe sample size lash primer - FREE * 1 deluxe sample size face primer - FREE (usual silicone crap that all brands carry) And yesterday, stopped by a local beauty supply store that sells a lot of Kryolan products, among others. My justification for this is that I met the shop owner at IMATS last year & promptly lost his card....*******
I could only remember the street name he said his shop was on. Just happened to pass a 'beauty supply' place yesterday on the way to taking our hairy little son to the dog park & thought 'I wonder if that's the place?' It was! So, of course, couldn't walk out empty handed...... * 1 tube of Kryolan eye primer - I'm in love with the formula of this product, as well as the stinking low price of the stuff! * 5 matte Kryolan eyeshadow pans; LOVE these to death & wish they would've been available locally many years ago - on order (my shades weren't in stock) * 1 matte Kryolan blush in R19 - beautiful creamy peach shade * 1 pair of Red Cherry eyelashes in style #46 * 1 Kryolan cream blush - gorgeous creamy peach shade that I can't remember the name of (on order) * 1 Kryolan cream liner in Lapis Lazuli - gorgeous deepest navy blue; little bit pricey for this brand but it has got to be the creamiest, most opaque gel-type liner I've ever used - it also comes in a 5 gram pot, unlike MAC's Fluidlines which are 3 grams * 1 double ended stainless steel mixing spatula - needed for mixing custom shades of my wax based foundations (lost my other one) * 1 bottle Kryolan Cel Sealer - much better than Ben Nye's LiquiSet * 2 fan brushes, small & medium - I needed a couple more & have been hunting for them locally for months; quite cheap & very good * 1 Kiss Me liquid liner - really nice formula that stays put through everything, including a shower *** NOTE TO SELF: need a few more large Z Palettes! My cheapest, tiny eBay order, yet to arrive. * 2 ELF liquid HD blushes in those pumps Another eBay order that already arrived: * Too Faced Natural At Night eyeshadow palette (cheaper than retail) Still foaming at the mouth, & will continue to do so, until I get my hands on some Zoya nail polishes, Daniel Sandler liquid blushes & Inglot shadows. Ridiculous that we've got a whack of Inglot stores in Quebec yet the company makes it obscenely difficult for anybody in this country to order their products. Really pisses me off, as does their utter refusal to answer email inquiries. I would've bought them out of product by now. I already have a list of over 60 shades I want to purchase sitting & gathering dust. WTH is wrong with this company? And of course my multiple Estée Lauder Double Wear products that I loaded up on in January, as well as my Dior Extase mascara. Aaaannnddd I know I've forgotten several of the things I've bought. That goes without saying when you're constantly adding to your collection. Ridiculous amount of money spent from January to February! And no, I'm not about to add it all up. I'm well aware that I've effectively raped my wallet so far in 2013. It's also very much unlikely to stop me from purchasing anything cosmetic related. That being said, I'm not in debt (nothing I buy is actually on credit accruing interest - surest way to bankrupting yourself with a hobby like this), my husband & I don't drink or go out much other than our yearly holidays, we're paying for my husband to complete his diploma course, and we still help support family members & human rights issues that are important to us. Regardless, I know this is quite an expensive hobby to maintain. But I do love it