Cargo lip gloss = no bueno!

Dear Cargo lip gloss,

I wanted to love you - really I did. I love all glosses and there are very few I don't love, however you are now in that category.

Sincerely,

Averagejosie



Don't expect any swatches of this gloss. After wearing it for one day, it is now on it's way back to Sephora. I overlooked the gloppy formula...or the fact that the color payoff was small and it seemed to disapear from my lips after about 30 minutes (it is a gloss after all). However, I couldn't overlook the fact that the moisture/formula seemed to evaporate from your lips after about 30 minutes as well, leaving nothing but small chunks of glitter behind. Very irrating pieces of glitter that you could feel and reapplying the gloss just made things worse.

Oh well....

A quick haul from Sephora

Hola! I hope everyone has been well. Every September is the "busy season" in my job so I've been putting in long hours at work. Well today, I was actually able to sneak out at 6pm so I decided to stop by Sephora on my way home. I did walk out with 3 items but in all fairness, I did go in with the intention to just buy one (which they didn't have - so really, it's Sephora's fault.... hehe).

Well I've been wanting to try some metallic shadows so I decided to purchase Sephora's Moonshadow baked pallete. These 10 metallic shades come in neutral/nude tones so these would be perfect to wear to work. For $28 (which comes to about $2.80 a pan) this is also a great bang for your buck.

Of course, I'm a total lip gloss junkie so when I saw this color (Belgium) by Cargo, I had to try it! More to come on my experience with this gloss as it will be my first time trying a Cargo product, which cost $14.

And finally....as I'm waiting in line to check out, I start smelling all of the rollerball perfumes and my fingers pick up Lady Million by Paco Rabanne. I take one whiff and fall completely in love. Home it comes for $20!

So there is a quick summary of my haul. What make-up goodies have you bought recently?

Head over heals for NYX

Well, it is official.....I *heart* NYX Cosmetics! I dabbled my skeptical toe into the pool of NYX a few posts ago when I purchased a Mega Shine Lip Glosses (of course). After having such a great experience with it, I decided to try their shadows, purchasing their 10 Color Eye shadow Palette in Jazz Night. OMG! These are soooo pigmented (which is a plus since I have a darker skin tone). I wore these on Friday and they lasted all day - with no creases or smudges! Now in the spirit of disclosure, I do wear an eye shadow primer with ALL shadows no matter the price point, but I do have to say that these wore just as well as my Chanel and Dior shadows. Needless to say I went back to Ulta and bought more today :) (see photo below for the haul).

Not only does NYX offers lots of quality shadows in a variety of colors, but their price point is VERY affordable. Single shadows are about $5 and palettes start at $8. In fact, right now at Ulta, lots of NYX products are on sale (glosses and eyeliners are buy 2 for $8!).

Seriously....an addiction has started and given the fact that NYX is so cheap, I don't see it ending anytime soon! lol Talk to you later!

My Friday/Saturday NYX haul



The 10 Color palette in Jazz Night


Triple Eye Shadow 'In The Woods'


Mega Shine Lip Gloss in 'Ice Princess'

DEAL ALERT! Ulta Nail Polish

Just wanted to let everyone know that Ulta brand nail polish is on sale for $2 (regularly $5) so grab them while you can! Here are the two I purchased:

Femme Fatale (left) and Alter Ego (right)

Urban Decay Lip Junkies

Hello. Hope everyone is recovering from the long holiday weekend. Well as I've mentioned before, I have this insatiable appetite for lip gloss - if someone sells it, I'm trying it. So while browsing the aisle at Ulta, I ran across Urban Decay's lip junkie gloss and decided to give it a whirl. I grabbed one in 'Jilted' and went to work.

The lip junkies deliver sheer color as it cools your lips (it says that it also plumps, but I never notice - my lips are already full). It has a plastic applicator (no brush here) that easily glides across your lips. In my opinion, it wears longer than your average lip gloss which is always a plus in my book. These sell for $19, which I think is money well spent!

Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Jilted





Jilted swatched