Drugstore Haul + Lighter Hair!

Pay day was yesterday, so I wanted to get a few things since I had some extra hours this week. I have been wanting to dye my hair back blonde - but decided I should start out slow so I dyed it a sandy dark blonde/light brown color. I can tell a difference - but it's not a dramatic one :/ I like it though.

 I'll post a finished picture sometime later. It's too dark now and you can't really tell in the dark.

Since I was going back lighter, I thought I should splurge on a few hair products to keep my hair feeling nice & soft so I got the Bed Head Dumb Blonde conditioner/hair mask. It was $17! So I hope it works well. I also love love LOVE the Nexxus shampoo that I already have - so I got this Nexxus Leave-In Conditioning Spray for $9. I can't wait to use it!

I also got ANOTHER Color Tattoo Eyeshadow. They only had the white color called Too Cool left! Everywhere I have went has been sold out of all of these. I also got another Revlon Lip Butter ! I got the Raspberry Pie shade which appears to be a dark plumy pink color - but when applied it's a sheer darker hot fuchsia color that is wearable. 

^ I got all of those products from Wal-Mart.

Next, I went to Sally Beauty and I got this uhhh-mazinggggg nail polish that was on sale! It's a China Glaze nail polish called Blonde Bombshell - which was from their Eye Candy Collection. I got it on sale for $1.99! I used this color on my nails today and I am in love! It's soooo pretty. It's got different sizes of glitter and I didn't even have to use another nail polish underneath!

I also got a little Sally Girl nail polish for $.99 in the color In Love. It's kind of a dupe of the Essie Luxeffect Nail Polish in A Cut Above (I think that's the name of it).

Lastly, I went to Rite Aid where they had a TON of Wet N Wild products on sale! I got 2 of the discontinued Color Icon palettes in Greed and Pride. I love these so much and just discovered them last week! :( I wish they weren't discontinued. I got the Lust one earlier this past week and I love it oh so much. If your local drugstore still has these you should definitely check them out! If they don't have them - I know you will probably still be able to check them out on EBay.

I also got 2 Wet N Wild nail polishes that were on sale for only $.49! I got the colors Private Viewing (A beige with pink undertones) & Bite The Bullet (A dark lavender).

And I also got a Jesse's Girl pigment in the color Secret Weapon which is super pretty! It's a really unique color - it's a sheer white but has metallic mint green/teal shades in it when it hits certain lights. It's a duo-chrome eyeshadow. It's hard to explain the color - but it's really pretty. I got it to wear over the Too Cool Color Tattoo.

And since Valentine's Day was 2 days, of course everything was on sale. So I got a tub of V-day candy corn for like $1.25, a small box of chocolates for $.50, and some Disney Princess ring pops for $.50 :) Om Nom Nom :D

I also got some herbal fruit tea to test out. I've never tried them and wanted to - so I got the sampler pack of the fruity teas.

Sorry I didn't take individual pictures of each of the products. I was being lazy. But some of them I may do individual reviews on or may be in my monthly favorites :)

How to Depot Your Lipsticks - Making a Lipstick Palette

I am starting on the lip section of my professional makeup kit and figured I'd share how I do so with you all :) 

Here's all the items you'll need:

 Lipsticks

Empty Palette

Tin Pans

Labels

Knife

Spatula (optional)

 Firstly, you're going to need to take the sticker labels and make a label of each lipstick and place them on the bottom of the pans. I personally put the brand, name, and the finish of the lipstick.

Next, open the lipstick and twist it up about half way. Then take the knife and just chop of the first hunk of lipstick into one of the tin pans.

You'll need to chop the piece of lipstick in your tin pan up in multiple different chunks. Then flatten out the chunks with your spatula or knife.

Then you have your cute little artsy lip palette! :)

I have a rather small one because I can't carry too many big palettes in my kit - I already have 4 big ones - so I am just going to have 2 small lip palettes to fit. They have many different types of magnetic palettes. The most popular is the Z Palette - which I have 2 of - but I recently found these palettes for cheaper. You can get the palette as well as the tin pans on EBay. My pans are 26mm - the size of a Mac eyeshadow.

* Be sure to get tin pans because they are already magnetized! If you get aluminum you will have to get magnet stickers to place on the bottom of each pan.

Extra tips on getting a perfect looking palette: 

• You can make these perfect looking by baking them in the oven on low heat for a couple of minutes. However, doing this may slightly change the actual color of the product.
• You could also leave them sitting out in front of a window in the sun to melt them nicely.

I personally didn't do either of those because I like the artsy look of my messy palette :) Hope this helps anyone who is starting a kit or just wanting to save some space in their makeup bag!

HUGE Mac Haul!

Happy Valentine's Day to meee! :D My boyfriend gave me $200 for Valentine's Day - so I figured I'd get a few Mac products.

I spent I think $178 - and just gave the rest of the money I had left back to him because I felt bad from the start that he had given me that much $$! 

I made a list of items I wanted and handed it to the Mac sales lady but they didn't have some of the items I wanted :(

 I picked up Creme D'Nude, Snob, and Ravishing lipsticks.

I orginally wanted Creme Cup over Snob - but they were out of stock :(

I also wanted Russian Red but they didn't have that either.

 Stripdown & Spice Lip Liners & Florabundance lipglass.

I loooove this lipglass!

And 4 eyeshadows - Knight Divine, Twinks, Beauty Marked, and Cranberry. The second picture is an up close of Beauty Marked because it's soooo glittery. This is one of the eyeshadows I have been wanting to begin with!

I originally wanted Dazzlelight instead of Knight Divine, but they were out of stock of that one :(

I also got the 217 blending brush - and I love it as well! 

And that's all! Doesn't really seem like a HUGE haul - but it was - considering I spent almost $200!

Orange you glad it's almost Spring?!

Okay, totally gay headline - but that's all I could think of :)

I have been wanting to purchase an orange blush and orange lipstick for awhile now. I think they'll look really nice for spring. At the time of picking out these products, I was at Wal-Mart - so I got only drugstore items. I picked out the Hardy Candy Fox in a Box in Skinny Dipping and Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti.

( Don't mind my ugly chapped lips - I just woke up! )

First I'll start off with the Lip Butter.

I've heard a whole ton about these! So I figured I would try them. Normally I go for my usual baby pinks or nudes - but I am not afraid to wear those colors and I knew that these lip butters would be kind of sheer. So I went for a more bold color - orange :) I'm kinda scared to wear a bright bold orange or purple lip - so I decided I'd try the orange first. And let me tell you, if you are kind of scared such as I then you will LOVE this product! It's a more wearable version of a bright orange. It's sheer - yet pigmented. So if you're wanting to come out of your shell but not yet to go all the way bright and bold - the darker shades of the lip butters are for you! :) I also plan on getting the Raspberry Pie one which is a darker bright purple.

Second, Fox in a Box.

I wanted a nice orange blush. This is the only blush I could find that was truly orange at Wal-Mart at the time. I haven't tried this on my face yet, but I swatched it and I love the color payoff of it. It's very nice and  I can't wait to wear it! And I just wanted to point this out - I've seen a few reviews on this product - and they say the darker side is a bronzer but it's not really? I guess it could be considered a very light bronzer for very pale skin? Haha, but it's more of a beige-peach color.

Swatches:

I don't really like doing swatches of blush because it's kind of hard to. They are not going to be as pigmented as lip or eyeshadow swatches because blush is just for a 'flush' of color.

Have you tried any good TRUE orange products that you like?

Jewelry Jewelry Jewelry!

I've been in 'uploading' mode the past 12 hours! I've been searching through all my vintage jewelry boxes and all my old jewelry supplies to list new things in the shop. Here's a few that I've already listed..

 ^ Vintage

 ^ Handmade by me

 ^ Vintage

 ^ Handmade by me

 ^ Handmade by me. I made these today and I absolutely love these! They're western style earrings. I almost kept them for myself -- but I have wayy too much jewelry already!

 ^ Vintage

^ Handmade by me

I just realized most of these were made by me. I <3 making jewelry :D It makes me happy.

 I just thought I'd share a few pictures of things I've uploaded on my shop because I really have nothing else to talk about? I haven't really done anything exciting, tried any new products, or anything. :P Lazy lazy Lauren! Oh wells.

If you like any of the items shown above - please visit my shop:

www.thirtyonewest.etsy.com

REVIEW: Maybelline Color Tattoo!

So, as you read - my boyfriend got me these bad boys a few days ago! I've tried out all of the colors and wanted to give my little opinion of these.

I really really wanted 'Tough as Taupe' more than any other color -- and it is my least favorite out of all of the colors I purchased. It's a matte one - and it works good and looks nice -- but it's very drying. I'm not sure if it was just the one that I got - but it was drying. When I tried to apply layers on to this one -- the second layer kind of 'chipped' off. It was kind of crusty :P But I mean I kept working with it and eventually got it to look nice. This is a nice color - but it's not truly a taupe color. It has grey undertones to it. It's still pretty - just not the exact color that is pictured. 

Then I tried the 'Pomegranate Punk' and 'Tenacious Teal'. I LOVE these! These are creamier than the Tough as Taupe. They are a metallic-like finish and look gorgeous! I really do enjoy these. I have been wearing the 'Tenacious Teal' all day today for 12 hours so far, and I've been running around, bathed, sweated, etc -- and NO creasing! Amazing! :D 

I wore Tenacious Teal with my own Thirtyonewest Anchor's End on the outer corner of my eyes ;)

I have heard a bunch of people comparing these to Mac Paint Pots - and the Tough as Taupe one doesn't remind me of one at all. I do like it, it's just very dry. However, the Pomegranate Punk and Tenacious Teal kind of remind me of Mac Paint Pots. The Paint Pots are a bit more creamier than these - but those are also $17-18 compared to $6. Also, the Color Tattoos dry faster than Mac Paint Pots - which could be a good or bad thing depending on how you are going to use them.

I picked up mine from Wal-Mart for $5.88 each. I would recommend these! I plan on purchasing all the other ones as well - they're are 10 total.

Huge Elf Haul & Other Randomness

I really liked my cat eye makeup I did the other day, so I decided to take pictures in my pink wig. Yes, I took about 743248423473 'i love me' pictures :P haha.

:D I really like my pink wig :P I want to get more colors! Woooo - i'm a nerd, and a loser. This is what happens when you don't have friends and have a boyfriend that works 6 days a week lol.

Speaking of, my wonderful boyfriend took me to Applebees last night and wanted to get me a few goodies from Wal-Mart (which is right next to Applebees). So I heard about the new Maybelline Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadows - and I wanted to get one to try it out. I just planned on picking out one for my boyfriend to get me - but he told me to get 4! I only got 3 though because I don't want him to spend a lot on me :P While waiting at the check-out they also had The Dark Crystal for $5! I about shit my pants, and my boyfriend grabbed it and got it for me. I love The Dark Crystal! They also had the Labyrinth for $5 but I already own that movie ;)

:) Awesome goodies from my lovely boyfrienddd! I got the colors Tough as Taupe, Pomegranate Punk, and Tenacious Teal (I think that's what the teal one is called?). I have only tried out the 'Tough as Taupe' one -- I wore it today - and I like it. Kind of a dry cream shadow though.

Anyway, I have been waiting on my package literally ALL day from Elf - I kept checking the tracking number every 10 minutes just about. It didn't ship till 9:30 tonight! :P Such a Saturday wasted on me anxiously awaiting on a dumb package. But I ordered like a shit load of stuff! $65 worth -- and everything was half off! 

Woohoo! Tons of goodies. Now I'm broke for the week! lol I got all of the eyebrow kits & studio pressed powders for my kit because I love them both oh so much. I also got all the other blushes that I didn't already have. I wanted to try the cream blushes as well -- so I got one of those to test out. I got a ton of other crap as well - I'll do individual reviews on items I personally like once I test them out a bit.

That's all for my weekend! Tomorrow I have to work 7 hours - so yayyy! Can't wait! Not.

Goodnight Sugar Plums! :)