SO STINKING EXCITED ABOUT THIS

Ohhhhhh NARS. If you have never tried NARS products then you are missing.the.hell.out. I love me some NARS makeup. I'm currently coveting the duo eyeshadow in Kuala Lampur from the Spring 2010 and single eyeshadow in Grenadines:

And the cruising lipstick, also from Spring 2010. The Spring 2010 collection is really fun, check it out on the NARS Site. But I digress..However. All of these are taking a backseat to THIS.

Orgasm Illuminator. I'm, as I said, SO STINKING EXCITED. I have the Orgasm blush and nail polish. It's peachy pink, but somehow looks good on pretty much everyone. Even the salesperson at Sephora said it was their bestseller. The Illuminator is not blush, but is supposed to give you that "glow". (The name makes sense, no?) It just came out at Sephora (and, btw, is only available there. $29), so I will be purchasing ASAP.

Oh, and consider this my off-topic message: While I have the luxury to sit here and go on and on about makeup there are people out there who need help. Say, in Haiti. So if you feel so compelled..donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting "Haiti" to 90999.

To give credit where it's due, I first heard about this at Beauty Blogging Junkie

Allure's recommendation for cleaning out the ole' makeup bag

Since it's the new year, and a lot of people (well, ME at least) obsessively clean out stuff more often than just "spring cleaning"...also consider cruising through the makeup drawer and purging the old stuff.

Allure has a good blog post HERE with some suggestions. The one I forget the most is lipstick. I've talked about the grossness of that before...anywho. I plan to go through my lipstick again when I get home. I went through my nail polish, brushes, and eyeliner already. Another thing I need to tackle is the bag of sample size stuff, Clinique bonuses, and misc freebies. Some of those freebies are OLD and need to be trashed since I'm obviously not going to use them!

Mascara is already on my radar...I toss and replace every three months. To help me remember, I put a small piece of tape on the bottom of a new tube with the date (i.e. 1/10) so I know when it's kaput. If it's starts to get kinda clumpy or dried out, I think you may have waited too long. And trust me...if you ever DO get something in your mascara...like I did where my eye itched for two weeks and I got a sty (I know, TMI, but it's true)...then you will also be on the 3 month bandwagon.

Supersizes at Sephora

Happy New Year everyone (did I say that already??) Anyway, Sephora has some good deals going on right now. They have their jumbo-sized items out. Clinique, Philosophy, Smashbox, and Living Proof are a few of the big sellers. I may snap up a few items myself, especially the Clinique Moisturizing gel that I have been using for like, 10 years. You get 60% more for the same price as regular size.

So check all the available items out HERE.

p.s. I know I've been super slack on the posts, and the ones I have posted have just been sales...but I will be posting some product reviews soon. Stay tuned!

End of year clearance

Merry Christmas a few days late and Happy New Year a few days early!

Just a quick post...Sephora has a lot of value items for the "Good Buy 2009" They have under $10 (best deal is the Stila Good to Glow BY FAR...I have the lighter color and it's really nice), under $25, and $25-50. Click HERE to access the page.

Hope you all are having beautiful holidays. I got quite a few Sephora/makeup items for Christmas...do people know me or what?

Davines MOMO giveaway

Beauty Blogging Junkie is having a giveaway of MOMO shampoo and conditioner! I have tried the relaxing serum from the same company, and it was GREAT. I haven't been able to find it again!!

Here's the link with instructions: Beauty Blogging Junkie giveaway

Stila sales

Stila is having a big sale starting today. Their eye shadow duos have been marked down to $10 from $20--can't beat that!

Also, free shipping with no minimum purchase til Wed. Use the code STILAELF.

Happy shopping...

Frederic Fekkai

Frederic Fekkai, I may be giving you another chance. After that disastrous sample of Technician Shampoo (hello slimy hair)...I gave a sample of your Glossing Shampoo a try this morning...and I think I like it. My hair feels very soft and dried quickly without a lot of frizz and/or effort with the dryer. It's disgusting weather today, so I can't determine the "glossy" aspect at the moment...but so far I'm happy.

Will post more on this later, gals. A question for you though--what is your fav shampoo? I'm moving back to Baton Rouge swamp water this weekend, so I will have to throw out ALL my shampoo, body wash, and some face products due to the water change. I'm not kidding. It's straight swamp-stuff-never-rinses-out water down there...so any suggestions or favorites to share?