I dunno man. It's been nice not having to photograph everything I buy with an iPhone camera. Secondly, it seems not blogging about purchases has cut spending down. Not that I really overspent like some people. A paraphrased quote from a Facebook Ipsy/BB group. "I charged like $300 on the card. lol. I'll have to hide that from my husband". That's another story entirely.
Notable items that I have acquired since last posting are the Urban Decay Naked Smoky. Adore it. I wore it for two weeks straight, and only now am not wearing it because I got a touch lazy and some of my brushes were actually forgotten at my parents house. Oops.
Kat Von D products such as the Ink Liner in Trooper. I adore this, but sometimes it does not have the blackest opaque appearance. Still, very precise line. Next were her Everlasting Liquid Lipsticks in Witches and L.U.V. These are fantastic, but I daresay, the ColourPop ones are kinder to me? Witches has a tendency to be sticky on me and requires a bit of layering. Still have to play with it.
ColourPop. Finally tried stuff from them. I bought three Ultra Mattes, a LippieStix an eyeshadow, and a highlighter. Of these selections I do enjoy all of them. The highlighter is gorgeous, but it crumbled a little when I was dealing with it. Still works. The eyeshadow is also great and mostly budge proof (haven't had it crease yet when wearing under powder or alone, but I don't want to speak too soon). Both of these have a texture similar to stone clay. It's almost cold or wet feeling to the touch. Love it for that reason.
The LippieStix has a scent which I appreciated, it's nondrying, and stays on quite well. The color takes a bit of building like Matte lipsticks have a tendency to. Finally the Ultra Mattes. All three are frigging amazing. Except I am paler than I was last year, and even light Solow looks dark on me. Bumble is full on vampy. Trap is perfect. Absolutely perfect in every way. As far as performance, they work on the whole nicer than those Ulta ones I mentioned way back.
I tried a Too Faced Melted Liquid Lipstick. Love it. One of my most comfortable to wear, though not totally transfer proof. Lasts a good, good deal.
From NYX, I purchased two of the Liquid Suedes. For me, these worked better than the SMLCs. They are comfortable to wear and they last through my lunch beautifully. I bought Stone Fox and Soft Spoken. I kind of like Stone Fox better than my KVD black (though the Stone Fox is a cool, dark grey).
Lets see what else. IT Cosmetics CC+ cream was acquired, and it's amazing. BUUT.
As a low end foundation, I am using Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse. I feel like Bare Minerals fondations have really fallen to the wayside with me. The Ready foundation is cakey now, and the BareSkin is far to dark (got pale).
Not much point to this post, except that hello. I exist. I may or may not return to this, but I would rather just post a bunch of looks with stuff I already have instead of buying to review. So many blogs/vlogs seem to esteem acquiring so much products that you could never in a lifetime dream of using. I love researching a product before purchase, but I don't want to spend every dime on cosmetics either.
