Save Money with False Lashes!

Do you wear false lashes? Do you spend a lot of money wearing flase lashes?? Wish you could save money and still have the look of long beautiful lashes to compliment your great makeup job? Well, check out this video by EnKoreMakeup. Here he shows you how to save your money by cleaning and reshaping those used lashes to use them more than once! Check it out!!

Paint Pots...

OMG! So can we say new love!!?? Seriously, if you liked MAC's eye paints that comes in the tubes, then you'll LOVE the new paint pots! I bought five of them so far but I'm bound to go back for a couple more colors. The paint pots have a creamier feel to them than the tubes, and go on so smoothly! You can use your fingers or brushes to apply them to your eyes. The color payback is awesome by themselves, and the color intensity that they add to eyeshadows and pigments is amazing!! They're longlasting, don't smudge or budge, and best of all , they don't crease!

Here are the ones I got with a swatch in sunlight. Enjoy!


Top row (l-r): Rubenesque, Delft and Greenstroke.
Bottom row (l-r): Artifact and Indianwood







Swatches...top two are Rubenesque and Deflt. The middle one is Greenstroke and the bottom two are Artifact and Indianwood.

In 3D!!!

Can we say a great start to the day or what?! So I wake up this morning, brush my teeth, let the dog out, and put some pants on, when my door bell rings! And who is it other than my wonderful UPS man coming to bring me gifts from MAC! I don't think he realizes how excited I get to see him, lol. I figured I would share this wonderous occasion with all of you.

Here's a pic of the In 3D glasses.


From left to right: Wondershine, Backlit, Touchpoint, Optical, Racy, Algorithm, Lightswitch, Apex, Switched Up, Energy, In 3D, and Boundless.

I haven't had a chance to try all of them out yet, but from the couple that I tested on my lips, they have a silky feeling to them. If you have any of the Lustreglasses or the lipglasses, I would say that the 3D glasses are actually inbetween the two. Lipglasses tend to feel thick for me and lustreglass feels soft and slippery. Combine the two together and you have the feeling of the 3D glasses. I went ahead and swatched the colors on the back of my hand and on the back of my wrist. Keep in mind that my foundation color is NC 35. I also tried to take pictures of the back of my hand at different angles so you all could see the sparkles and glitter.

In direct sunlight...






Not in direct sunlight (indoor light, near window)



Here's the swatches from the back of my wrist (which is lighter than the back of my hand, but I'm not sure by how much).

In direct sunlight...


Not in direct sunlight (indoor lighting, near window)...

My Favorite MAC Brushes

I’ve been asked a couple of time which brushes are my favorites and what the certain brushes. I decided I’d post a blog about it—

I would have to say that my 5 must have brushes are eye brushes, in no particular order:
#252 - Large Shader Brush - I use this brush when I want to pack a lot of color onto my lid. It's one the 1st brushes I ever bought from MAC and I still love it as much as the day I bought it.
#242 - Shader Brush - This brush is a smaller version of the 252 but I like very much. I use it when I want to get a lot of color but over a smaller area of the lid.
#275 - Medium Angled Shading Brush - This is another good brush for applying eyeshadow, but I like to use it more for blending then for applying.
#219 – Pencil Brush – I like to use this brush for applying eyeshadow to my crease, corner or along my upper lashline when I want a smoky or smudged look. This brush is GREAT for smudging eyeliner!
#266 – Small Angle Brush – This is a great brush to have in your collection if you use eyeshadows to line your eyes. Because of thinness and angle, it applies eyeshadow right to where you want it.


I have brushes for my face but they're noname brushes that I’ve had for a while now. Basically they’re your average blush brushes, one is bigger than the other so I use the bigger one for bronzing or all over face application and the smaller one for blush. I've been wanting to get a kabuki brush for a while now but I'm debating on it...

I also have a lip brush which is a special edition brush #316SE. I really like it, but rarely use lip brushes for myself so I couldn’t give you an honest opinion about lip brushes. When I do use the #316 brush, though, I love it and think about how I should use it more often. LoL.

But as far as any other brushes are concerned, the five eye brushes that I listed are my absolute faves and should be considered a must-have for any collector.

Now, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret…
www.crownbrush.com sells make-up brushes and from what I’ve read on specktra.net (which is a great forum for the MAC and makeup obsessed), their badger series of brushes is wonderful and is the same quality as MAC brushes but for a lot less money! You can email Crownbrushes and ask them to send you a catalog to order from. I have yet to order the Badger series but when I do I’ll be sure to post a blog on what I think of the collection. Either way, when I totaled up the entire badger collection of brushes, it came out to be about $125 USD with S&H, which would get you only 3-4 brushes from MAC. Just thought I’d let you all know that if you’re looking for a bargain but with good quality.