and, i got them all from kmart.

last week, i was out looking for curtains  – quite unsuccessfully – to buy for my bedroom makeover when i got tired of searching. there was a kmart next door to the linen store i was at so i walked over the kmart to see what old girl martha may have had curtain wise that i would find appealing. nothing. she had nothing.

but kmart, like target and walmart, has an awesome makeup selection.

so, i picked up some goodies!

• 2 wet and wild blushes: mellow wine #833E and berry shimmer #834E
• 1 wet and wild lip gloss in 570A (a bronzy dark peach)
• 1 tropez blush: sweet cheeks #35302
• 3 tropez lipsticks (from bottom up in the swatch photo): 22527 (a dark brown), 22508 (a goldish peach), 22537a alight shimmery pink; the second removed cousin of mac’s creme de la femme

the kicker of this purchase was the lipsticks. they were all $1.00 and go on creamy like high end brands. they also have very strong color pigments!

i picked up the brown for fun so that i can try a look with a bold brown lip and neutral face – very vintage.

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i do love my staple products. and though i’m what you could call “picky” about my hair products and what i use to treat my kinky, coils, i’m a lot more flexible when it comes to makeup. for me, makeup is a time to play and have fun and invoke your inner picasso!

while you can often find me circling the beauty isles at cvs, walgreens or one of my favorite places to buy makeup, walmart, picking up new items, there will always remain those staple items that i consider holy grail – that is, if they start to fail me! but these drugstore products so far have yet to let me down and after years of wear, i KEEP going back and continue to keep these items stocked in my bag.

these are my current and constant holy grails drugstore products…

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this collection is def worth (5/5) loubies!
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though i’m not a die hard mac fan – more of a seasonal one (seasonal = when i’m in the mood for makeup, not makeup determines my moods), i love their fun collections.

i don’t wear anything from the line for the face (too drag queenish and too heavy, imo) but i always do eye shadows and lipsticks. i think lillyland is going to appeal to all mac fans, from the hard core to the noobies. because of the colors – the soft, deep, pastels, these colors are easy to wear with any outfit or look, or to incorporate into any makeup collection.

granted, pastels can be a bit hard to pull off if you are too dark or too light, so those who fall in the middle of the skin color spectrum do have an advantage; however, these colors will work great on any skin because of the strong pigment. there are no ashy pinks here!

and the blushes are cream. cream means lasting power annnddd that you can also wear them on your lips – unless the package states otherwise. but i’m willing to bet that they won’t.

santa will be doing a night layover at mac counters everywhere to give surprises to all the girls and boys who wait patiently until December 26.

lipgelees:

So Sweet, So Easy (pearlescent light pink)
Optimistic Orange (coral)
Joie-De-Vivre (peach/coral)
Florida Bright (fuschia)

blushes::

Resort Life (pearlescent pink)
Lush & Bright (bright coral)
Preppy (pearlescent pink & coral)
Shift to Pink (pearlescent violet)

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what’s missing in this picture folks?
beautiful skin = check!
great hair color = check!
awesome nude lips = check!
smooth nail polish = fail!

this bella looks so great but the chipped polish will never do!

keep your nails looking great by always applying a base coat, two layers of color and a top coat.
the base coat helps to keep your nails from yellowing as well as in conjunction with the top coat, helps to keey your color from chipping.

here’s to happy painting!

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dark burgandy, purple and black nail polish are in now.

black was all the rage last year and it’s back again. or not really back, but more like, in full force, because it really never went anywhere. perhaps because it’s fall and the dark colors evoke a feeling of warmth…hmmm, not sure, but what i do know is that this color looks ab-fab on most anyone and if you have not tried this trend yet, you really need to.

fingernails painted a dark color look so good with dresses and jeans and have an air of haute couture. but you must have nice, neat nails. chipped dark polish screams, i was up last night partying too much with my friends. really chipped black nail polish screams…lilo…and really, when has lindsay been cool lately? 

my fav black nail polish only costs me $1 and it’s by wet & wild.

i like russian navy by opi for a dark purple/blue-black, and am looking for a staple holiday burgandy.

if you know of any pretty dark red colors i can sport, please be sure to let me know.

black

burgundy

purple

how do you feel about dark nails? are they just too “goth” for you?

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most women have a signature scent. i think that’s very vouge to have your own go-to fragrance.

i don’t know if i have a “scent” just yet, but i do know that when i get out of the shower, i like to smell clean. not flowery or herbally, just soapy clean. i like a fresh smell. fresher and softer than just-washed laundry, and not too soft like baby powder, but feminine as well.

i think most everyone can agree that smelling soft and clean is something that all women can get down with.

i’ve found a few products that give me that “OMG, what is that smell! It’s so nice” response from people. And no, I”m not making that up.

i’ve been asked by men and women – all ages and races, quite often, “what are you wearing?”

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