Happy Haloweeeen!

Hello my loves! long time no Post!  I have been so busy and had VERY little time on my hinds lately (mostly to working alot more hours at work)  Anyways I'll get straight to the point...... for Haloween this year I was.......DRUMROLL.........

Race Car Driver Mrs Danica Patrick

I will post more pics soon of all the costumes my boyfriend and friends wore!

Including more of mine!! :)

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Luscious Lashes and FOTD

Hey Cocktail Smarties! Sorry it has been a while I have been working like 50hr work weeks lately which is okay because I LOVE the money! :)  Anyways I wanted to share what I have been doing lately for my eye lashes!!

How I got my luscious lashes:

For the past year I have been using the wonderful amazing product called REVITALASH!!!! Yes this is my big secret behind my long lashes.  I have been using Revitalash for almost a year now. It comes in a little tube that looks like liquid eyeliner. You apply it on your upper lash line every night before you go to bed.  I started to see results my self after about 8-9 weeks. after about 6 months though I got kinda lazy and only started applying it like once a week if that. If you go to the Revitalash site it costs like $100 and more I think but I got it on Amazon for only $60.  To this day I am STILL using the same tube... that goes to show you how long they last!  I now very rarely wear fake lashes... only on special occasions.

After growing my lashes nice and long I was on the quest for the *best* Mascara to enhance them even more. What I have noticed about having longer lashes is that CLUMPY mascara is 10 times more noticeable.  Here is what I have found to work best for me, and what I do on a daily basis.

FIRST I curl my eyelashes (which I always used to do last, but realize not that its better for your lashes to do first). 

Next I apply my mascara and since I have not yet found the BEST mascara to do everything I want it to do... I use TWO!

SECOND I apply Maybelline Stiletto Lash to the tips of my lashes... this mascara is an AMAZING separating and lengthening mascara!!  I only apply this to the tips because I will apply the second mascara on all of my lashes... and having the second coat only on the tips give your lashes the appearance of being longer.  I also use the Stiletto Lash to lengthen the corners of my lashes as well as my lashes on the lower lash line.

THIRD I apply Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara to all my lashes, root to tip.  This mascara is AMAZING at thickening your lashes and giving them that glamorous black look.  The only bad thing about this brush is that it is SO thick it isn't to great to get those inner lashes or bottom ones without getting it on your skin and making a mess or messing up your shadow.

That's why I think that these Mascaras are such a great combo... I know that using two may seem a little tedious but to me it is well worth it!

 Lastly here is a photo of the day from last weekend... I was supposed to go to downtown West Palm but ended up not going! I used the MAC Cinderfella with some color... I'm still so stuck on purple!
PS... I wasn't wearing that pink shirt to go out lol that was just a T-shirt I had on while getting ready! :)

PS. Excuse the pale dry lips! lol I hadn't put chap stick or a lippie on yet ;)

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NYX Jumbo Pencils

Collection & Swatches

Hello my lovely Cocktail Smarties!!  I thought I would share some swatches of the NYX Jumbo Pencil Collection and Swatches.  These things are GREAT and have so many uses.  I use one of these babies in almost every look I do... in one way or another!

You can use them for:

• A base before applying a dry e/s
• Eyeliner on water line or upper lash line
• By themself sumuged out

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Here is the whole collection

Here are what they all look like:

From Left to Right:

Milk, Black Bean, Dark Brown, Pots and Pans, Baby Blue, Strawberry Milk, Rust, Yellow, Orange, Cherry, Hot Pink, Bronze

From Left to Right:

French Fries, Gold, Yogurt, Oyster, Cottage Cheese, Horse Raddish, Iced Mocha, Slate, Pacific, Purple, Lavender, Lemon

I also Have the entire collection of NYX Liners... I was feeling kinda lazy to swatch all of these but If there is a color you see that you want swatched just let me know and I'll be glad to show ya!

***Best Deal on NYX Liners***

Most of you lovelies know about www.CherryCulture.com.

I purchased my jumbo liners on Ebay from seller Bubbles_n_Mocci for about $50 which is a way better deal than Cherry Culture because on Cherry Culture they are $3.00 each and from ebay I paid only $2.10 each.

I know that you have to be carefull with Ebay sellers if you guys have any sellers that you trust and love let me know!! :)

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Black is the New Black

MAC: Stlye Black

Okay so I have NOO will power what so ever... NONE!  I told my self I was going to stay away from the Style Black collection but after passing through Macy's... which you have no choice but to walk by the Mac counter when "passing through"  I didn't splurge too bad though I picked up a few things but only one from the Style Black Collection. I thought I'd show you guys a quick look I did the other night (the day I got it).  I also picked up Fresco Rose Paint Pot and Electra e/s.

Anyways I picked up Cinderfella Mineral Eyeshadow (MES) It is soooooo freaking pretty!!! I promose NO swatch that you will see on ANY blog will do this color justice! You can use it wet or dry. For this look I used NYX Black Bean as a base with Cinderfella MES blended with MAC Electra e/s and NYX Milk in the tear ducks.

The shadow looks a little sheer in this photo but I promise you this MES is SUPER pigmented!

Here is another shot

(PS.. No falsies...  *Thanks Revitalash*)

Did you guys splurge on this collection??? What did you get?

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Cheap Finds

Okay so lately I have been obsessed with checking out the dollar stores because I always come out with new goodies!!  Has anyone noticed all the namebrand drugstore cosmetics in the Dollar Tree's Lately??  Here are just a few of the goodies I have picked up in the past few days!

CoverGirl Shadow Squease:

Cloud, Carnation, Puff, Latte

(Swatches is reverse order than above)

Mabelline Forever Metallics
From Top to Bottom:

Coco Lights, Sleek Scarlet,Ginger Sheen, Shell Shimmer

From Top to Bottom:

Coco Lights, Ginger Sheen, Sleek Scarlet, Shell Shimmer

From Left to Right:

Sally Hansen Plumping Lip Treatment in Clearly Crystal and Clearly Amorous

Donna Michelle Tangerine Scented Lip Gloss with Beeswax and Vit C & E

CoverGirl SmoothWear LipTints in Mocha Mist

LA Colors Moisturizing Glossy Lips in Cherry Pie and Clear

Last but not least, I was in Big Lots the other day and came across these Revlon Shadow Brushes!  They surprisingly work really well!  They have long handles and after washing before first use they only shed a few hairs and didn't shed at all while using.

There are to different kinds: An all over shadow brush and a contour shadow brush (I got two of each).  The best part they were only $2.00 a piece! Woohoo!  They also carried a lot of ELF Cosmetics which I was surprised by.

Smart Shopper!! Go me!

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MAC Pigment Samples

So on my wandering through the internet I came across this site called The Body Needs.  They sell of TONS of MAC pigment samples for $1.79    I have never bought Mac Pigment samples before so I'm not sure if this is the cheapest around but if buying full size pigments from mac is not in your budget (like me) then this is a great option!  All of their pigments are 100% Authentic MAC!  My order came pretty quick to.  I was so excited when I got my package.

 
You get 1/4 a teaspoon in each jar which can last along time because as you know a little goes a long way with pigments!

They ALWAYS have pigments on sale for 1¢- I got "White and Orange" for just a penny!!!

Every thing was packaged neatly!

 Here are all the wonderful colors I got!!

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Sorry my swatches pic is a little blurry (laziness)

All swatches are done with NOO base, as is!

 

Here is a Link to The Body Needs:  CLICK HERE

Enjoy Bellas! Muah!

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HURRY HURRY HURRY!

OMG you guys! I just got an E-mail from ELF Cosmetics..... no more talking, look for yourself!

   

No idea how long this sale is lasting but stock up now!!

My order was $90 and with the discount and shipping applied was.....

$30

So Hurry over and BUY!  Yay for Christmas in September at ELF Cosmetics!  
 I hope you guys find this code usefull!

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