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Abercrombie 20% OFF!!!

Ok so this is exciting news that A&F actually has a discount that works online and in stores.

Online PROMO CODE: 1531

Print this and present it in stores EXCEPT the A&F on 5 ave. :(

http://ebm.cheetahmail.com/c/tag/aBL-b1QAR$Hc0B8KHz8Ap2dlEzp/

EXPIRES MAY 31st

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Review: Aveeno positively radiant daily moisturizer

This week Rite Aid is having 25% off face skincare products from select brands such as Aveeno, Clean&Clear, Neutrogena and such. Ecstatic, I bought the Aveeno positively radiant daily moisturizer with SPF 15 in the 4 fl.oz. The packaging was a lil beat up but it was either this or the one with double the SPF but half the size. I'm all about quantity so it didn't matter that the other one had SPF 30. Which is awful of me to do so but I'm only a college student so I need to get the most bang outta my buck.

Claims:
Clinically proven to even out tone & texture
Its breakthrough formula with exclusive Total Soy Complex.

RESULTS:
My skin started to get irritated and one of my eyelids got a bit swollen and red, there were just random red itchy spots around the jawline and above my lips. I was like OMG! ahhh i quickly grabbed some makeup remover wipes to wipe my face but then I was just like screw it, and washed my whole face. Immediately I ran back to my Philosophy Hope In a Jar.

PROBLEM?
I recently found out that I get an allergic reaction when I drink soy milk...my throat closes in a bit, making it a lil harder to swallow and in severe cases my bottom lip swells up. It didn't occur to me that the "total Soy complex" was going to cause an allergic reaction on my skin. Damn I really wanted this to work, I've always been a fan of Aveeno and thought this was the solution to my uneven skin tones but sadly I'm allergic :(

I don't like to lose hope in products so easily so I have it a second chance and I tried it again later in the afternoon because I thought maybe my skin was just being weird in the morning but soon enough, itchiness and redness appeared yet again. So ladies and gents, if you're allergic to soy, I DO NOT recommend you purchasing this product. Until next time...ta ta!

NYX Bundle of Joy sale

Starts: April 22 @ 12PM PST

Ends: May 3 @ 12PM PST

Bundles as low as $9.60.

Ranges from eye shadows to lip sticks, to nail polish and falsies!

http://nyxcosmetics.com/index.php?m=sale

Heres a preview of it. Happy shopping! Until next time...ta ta!

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Part of their new collection:
Pret-A-Papier

Html troubles

I haven't played around with htmls for so long that I'm sorta confused and a bit lost. I'm googling all these sites to find cool things to make my site a bit more spiffylicious, organized and I guess easier to read or more appealing. Tips anyone?
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Sephora 15% off in store and online

This only works if you're a beauty insider:

If you're not a fan of Sephora on FB now, then you're missin out! Go be a Fan now!

To get 15% off online purchases you can use either codes: FACEBOOK15 or MADNESS or BI15

Heres the coupon that you can print and bring it in store.
http://15offtab.s3.amazonaws.com/15Off_FBPRINT2.pdf


Offer ends April 19th! So hurry ladies and gents! until next time...ta ta!

Band-Aid Friction Block Stick

The warm weather has approached and I decided to buy some new flats. Every year I have this problem with breaking into new flats. I'm telling you, it hurts sooo much, like knives were piercing through my feet and just slicin n dicin away. I remember hearing good things about this Band-Aid Friction Block Stick and it supposed to form a barrier/shield, to prevent anymore rubbing or friction from your shoes.

So after I left DSW I limped over to Duane Reade to see this miracle worker...the problem is that it was friggin $8.29+tax and that was not what I expected, after much contemplating and even askin my gf I decided to just deal with the pain and get to work to change into my Vans.

I still want to get it though...maybe after my next paycheck.

 

Nothing on you VS Nothing on Me

You know that song by B.O.B, Nothing on you, I lovedddddd that song when I first heard it. I had it on playback for probably hrs lol. When I like a song, I kinda go overboard until I get sick of it...then I never want to hear it again...sometimes.

ANYWAYS, last night JP told me to watch this vid that was based off of the original song but its called Nothing on Me. I was half looking forward to it, only because its from a song that I like. Half not wanting to watch it because he usually shows me some strange videos that he finds interest in for some odd reason. He's an oddball sometimes MOST of the time but thats what I <3 bout him :D

Now I can't stop listening to this song, I literally have been playin this over n over for a good 2 hrs now, does that make me obsessive? Idk but this song makes me happy and think about good times wit JP so why stop happy thoughts right? Until next time...ta ta!

 
Nothing On Me (Official Music Video) - Pmac featuring JVoQalZ from Ken Lauguico on Vimeo.

MAC 187 Brush and Fix+

I have been dying to get the stippling brush and the Fix+ cuz I felt that with those two, my life is pretty much set lol. I recently bought the Revlon ColorStay foundation and I wanted to try it for a really long time. The moment I got home, I tried it with the foundation brush that came with the Bare Minerals kit and I'm pretty sure I put too much cuz it was lookin cakey like no other. After that I went to Jacks 99 cents store hoping I could find an ELF foundation brush for a buck but only the blush brush was left :( There wasn't a day where I didn't think about the stippling brush lol. Anyhoooo I finally got them today and I was sooooooo psyched! :D

FIX+

So I'm a bit confused bout its purpose, some say you spray it before you apply makeup so it sticks better n lasts longer and you also spray it in the end to make it less cakey. THEN others say its like the Evian spray and its just to make everything settle in the end. So does that mean that I don't need to use my primer anymore and I can just use that? Idk I guess I'll just have to try it out myself and see which works well for me. Some gals said it was greasy but I didn't get that impression, it was very refreshing and I did feel that it set my makeup pretty well. Two thumbs up for the FIX+ :D

MAC 187 

This brush is $42+tax and it is indeed very pricey but I would guess that this is supposed to last me a lifetime of some sort. Plus its made in Japan so you know its good stuff. It was so exciting removing the wrapper from the brush and I swear this brush is soo super duper soft.

Application

1- I sprayed the Fix+ about 3 times so it covered all regions of my face and neck.

I learned from Enkore to put the foundation on a dish and then dip your brush in it and stipple away. I tried putting the foundation on my hand and dipping the brush onto it but then I forgot about it cuz I was in a rush to leave and realized I never took the foundation off my hand and while I was trying to scrub it off at work....soap just doesn't get it off soo I just spent the day with a blob of foundation stain on my left hand lol. But its all good, no one noticed. 

2- Getting back to stippling, the application went very smoothly and evenly. Everything blended in very well from just stippling, I didn't stipple and blend because that would defeat the purpose of stippling and attempting to achieve an airbrushed look. However, my arm was gettin pretty tired from a constant "jerking" motion, hopefully I won't end up with carpal tunnel or something. :/

As far as the hard to reach places go, I didn't have a problem with the eye area or the nose crease area.

3- I waited for about 30 seconds or so and I set it with the Mineral Veil. I wanted to apply the bare minerals foundation on top of the Revlon foundation to get an even better coverage but again, I don't want to deal with cakey-ness and start over. So the Veil was just what I needed. 

4- Finally I sprayed the FIX+ again in the hopes of making everything blend out and look al naturale. 

Until next time...ta ta! 

 Oh yea and the Dazzleglass, Baby sparks, was a present from a fellow co-worker as a late bday present :D

MAC cosmetics free shipping

I just received an email from M.A.C
Free standard shipping on all purchases from now until 3/21/10

No offer code necessary!

I believe its only for the U.S

offer not applicable to the purchase of gift cards. 

So get shopping ladies and gents!

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St. Ives Apricot scrub review

Have you guys tried the St. Ives Apricot scrub yet??? If you haven't maybe its time for you to run to the drug store n grab one! I've heard many good reviews about it but I've never been a huge fan of St. Ives, I'm not sure why...just haven't used much of their products before.

So the other day I decided to buy the Apricot scrub and they had a few different ones that served different purposes, I was thinking of getting the lift n firm or anti-aging? I forgot what it was called but I decided to get Fresh Skin instead to hopefully even out skin tones and such.

The consistency was pretty thick so I had to squeeze the bottle kinda hard to get the product out n then I might have squeezed a bit too much. It doesn't say how much I'm supposed to use so I just guessed it would be like a dime side or so...though I'm pretty sure more than a dime came out. It definitely smelled like apricots at first but afterward, it didn't smell so sweet anymore, I think there's oatmeal in it? but the smell isn't that awful, it just surprised me a bit. Anyways, after I wet my face, I massaged it on my face with my fingers and it didn't feel harsh at all, it just felt like it was getting the job done. After bout a minute, as I was rinsing it off with warm water, I continued to massage it in circular motions.

In the end, after all the scrub was washed off. My face felt soooo super smooth! I couldn't believe it! :D Afterward I splashed on some toner and moisturizer. I wouldn't recommend doing this everyday because I feel that it would defeat the purpose, if there's not much dirt and oil then you're not using the scrub to its full potential. Until next time... ta ta!

Contests on youtube

Lately I've been watching more and more makeup tutorials/haul/review videos on youtube and I've stumbled upon many many contests to do all kinds of makeup looks. I'm kinda excited to get on that :D

I'm not really sure which theme I'll pick but hopefully I'll figure it out before the contest is over!

Until next time...ta ta!

No sense of direction

So I'm always getting lost when I'm wandering around the city alone. Especially when I'm required to walk to my destination that can be blocks or avenues away...

Which is why having a GPS on my blackberry would be sooo handy right? absolutely incorrect!

I don't know how I manage to get lost when I'm given directions, of course it would help if they were walking directions rather than driving directions. In any case, I get the picture.

So after getting off the 6 and saying goodbye to JP i go to Bloomingdales to get my mama the aqua fusion lancome moisturizer, along came 7 out of 14 samples of my choice AND a 10 day sample of foundation! sweeeeet. I remembered there being a Sephora around the neighborhood and I decided to use my handy dandy GPS and it pretty much told me that i was .1 miles away...

I don't remember which ave. i was on but I remember seeing 3rd ave, Lexington n 2nd and 59 st. to 66th? the point is I was wandering around aimlessly for a good 30 mins...

Ready to give up, I walked back to the train station n wanted to jus take the train to the sephoras that i know. Unable to put my pride down...if thats how the saying goes. I walked back outta the station n tried finding sephora on lexington again. I couldnt have been happier to see the container store, I stepped inside because i was so cold from the windy hitting me....nothing interesting on the 1st floor, the 2nd floor was just too far away. Minutes later, I stepped back onto the battlefield and crossed the street....then i looked up and there it was, a halo hovering over Sephora. It was one of the happiest and proudest moments :`(

ALAS...LAND HO!

So I walk into Sephora and I had to get something after my long journey and having a $50 giftcard on hand didn't hurt either. Thanks Yoshi! I really want the MAC stippling brush but thought maybe I can find something cheaper at Sephora, for $35 i think I'd rather get the MAC. Upstairs I wandered around for quite a longggg time, browsing every skincare thing they had and you know what? not one person greeted me. I'm not sure if I felt offended or relieved that I didn't have to bother with them. In the end I bought a moisturizer from the Sephora collection. I'll probably review it next week.

I was extremely confused when the cashier said it was $10 but I checked sephora.com and retail was $20 but lucky for me its on sale :D

FACE spf 15

Btw I just wanted to mention: http://m.sephora.com

it is extremely handy when you're in sephora and you're contemplating bout a purchase. All you have to do is type the 12# upc code or type the name of the product and it'll give u the reviews! absolutely awesome!

until next time.... ta ta!

OPI Jade is the new black

Eeeek so I stopped by Ricky's today n got the OPI Jade is the new black, part of their Hong Kong collection. I'm very anxious to put it on but I want my current lime-ish color to chip off more so I'll have more of a reason to put on a new color.

Anyways one of my friends noticed my so called "skill" with applying my own nail polish and now she wants me to do her and her cousins nails during break sometime this week lol. Mayb I can make a side job outta this if this turns out good. I'm always down for making cash....legally of course.

Ever since poconos, I've been highly obsessed with "Bed Rock" I swear I can listen to this allllll day! reminds me of the fun times at the poconos :( i wanna go back already. Until next time...ta ta!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha80ZaecGkQ

Marc Jacobs Rain Boots

As cute, colorful and inexpensive they are, don't expect them to last you a life time.

I don't remember the last time I ever owned a pair of rain boots so I'm not exactly sure how long they're supposed to last you but these boots probably lasted 9 months. Its not like I wore them everyday, I wore it in the rain and in the snow. Its probably not a good idea to stay in the snow for too long in them because if you have thin socks, your feet will start to get numb...

But a couple of weeks ago, I had a really hard time trying to take off my left boot, only to realize that my sock was wet so I guess there was really good suction. =/

Whats worse is that I don't even know where the problem is! JP said that maybe we can align the inside with Shoe GOO and maybe we can revive my boot.

Until next time...ta ta!

Mini shopping spree

After a looooong class of micro-economics it was time to grab some grub at the Jamba. I sure wished today was yesterday so my oatmeal would've been just a buck but ah well hungry called so I had me a banana oatmeal and a sixteen orange dream machine.
Later I decided to stop by urban since I haven't been there in awhile and hoped that they would have random sales and I bought me some tights, the hosiery kind, they were only 4.99! :D
oh yea i def. got 2 pairs.

SEPHORA
Then I dragged JP with me to Sephora to pick either orgasm or deep throat, NARS blush that is! Idk if i picked up too much of the deep throat or what but it seemed much more pigmented, much pinker than orgasm. I don't really want to make it that obvious that I'm wearing blush if I am wearing it, I like a more subtle natural look so orgasm ftw!


NARS



I wanted to try a new acne cream and originally i was going to get the Boscia Willow bark breakout treatment but something made me turn around and find the First Aid Beauty Blemish eraser, turns out it was less than Boscia and the reviews seemed ok so I thought I'd give it a shot. The Benzo is only 3.5% tho so idk how great its going to work


So I'll be updating on whether the First Aid is a do or a dud.
Until next time....
ta ta!

Something new for the new year...sorta

Greatest Invention...Eyeliner

I bought my first gel liner and eyeliner brush oggi at good ol' Sephora!! but first a little history....

So I've been wearing eyeliner for many many years, more than I can remember. I started off with the wooden kind, you know the ones you have to constantly sharpen and when you don't, you get poked in the eye with wood...ouch! Another thing that annoyed me was that it would always smudge and next thing you know I have raccoon eyes, which was def. not the look I was going for. But I've dealt with that for a good amount of years and one high school year idk why but my mother decided to buy a revlon eyeliner, the crayon kind and I looooved it but at that point i was still living off my allowance so it wasn't in my budget and when that was finished I resumed back to my wet seal eye liner.

In recent years...I've been using the Almay eyeliner crayon contour, its staying power is magnificent and I swore by it for a long time but I feel like it lacks in pigmentation, perhaps its because I'm using black brown rather than black. Nonetheless I would interchange between Almay, Revlon, Loreal, Maybelline and so on.

When it comes to liquid eyeliners, I feel almost helpless because it always seems to smudge before I get to finish so I've just left that alone until I feel ambitious lol.
Ever since the summer I got into the habit of watching all these makeup gurus on YouTube and noticed many of them using gel liners and I was afraid that I have would face the same problems I had with liquid eyeliners so I've put that off for awhile until today!

The other day I was watching MakeupByTiffanyD on youtube and she was talking about Buxom Lashliner and how it was pretty natural and not only does it line you eyes but it makes your lashes stronger and grow too! It wouldn't hurt to try it out so I put that down on my to buy list. Then I did some research on sephora.com to see which eyeliner brush is good since theres soo many, I jotted down a few, hoping to pass by a Sephora in the near future. I forgot why JP and I were in Times Square today but I saw a Sephora and had to drop in. Sure enough I grabbed the last bottle of Leatherette and I completely ignored my list of brushes and just grabbed the slanted liner brush right under it.

Buxom Lashliner
Slanted Liner Brush



The results...

I must say that I was really excited to try it and overall it was really simple because the brush was pretty much just like a regular liner pencil but better because it was slanted at a angle for more precision.

So is the staying power fantabulous? Absolutely, its better than anything else I ever tried. I don't even have to set it with a black eye shadow and it stays just fine.
Will my lashes grow?!? I sure hope so....
Until next time.... ta ta!

Yu-Be Review and some thoughts

So I've been using the Yu-Be moisturizer for some time now and I've grown to really liking it. That saying, "A little bit goes a long way" really applies to this. I feel that it has a bigger impact when you apply it on your face and lips as opposed to when you apply it to your hands or body. Its been keeping my face hydrated through these brutal winter days. You can say goodbye to dry, flaky skin! However, if you have oily skin, I wouldn't recommend using this everyday. I have combination skin so I use it mainly on the parts that needs it more. Everyone should go out and grab one!
Until next time.... ta ta!

Birthday Buffet

Happy Birthday babe! I hope you had a great 21st, I know your stomach did lol. Love ya lotssss<3