August Haul/Favs

Holla my beautiful Divas.....so this month has been a great month of products purchased. A lot of this stuff I purchased to try and others because I had heard great things and had to have them in my collection. A few things in this months hauls I found in store and was so glad I didn't have to order. Most of this I purchased in SC and boy when I got home to New York I hit the ground running and found what I thought I would have to order. So let's dive right in and take a look at this months haul/ faves. Yes honey's I had some faves in the haul.

So this is everything in a nutshell. I have items from MAC, BhCosmetics, Ulta, Walgreens, Target and beauty supply stores.

I got these from BhCosmetics during one of their many sales. Ladies I love ordering from BhCosmetics. They always have great sales.  The after hours palette was on sale for $9.95 and the glamorous blush palette was a great deal at $7.95. I love the colors is the after hours palette, especially the diamond shades. You have got everything from mattes and shimmers in this palette. You can create day or night looks. The blush palette has 10 amazing shades of blush. I am still playing with the blush palette because I never really use to wear blush but I am still experimenting and trying new products. I am not paid to say any of this just giving you the opinion of a makeup junkie. I am telling you if you are looking for great products and great deals check out BhCosmetics.

 Now these finds right here! Honey....let me tell you. I had been interested in trying  L.A Girl pro concealer but I could never find them in stores or local beauty supply stores. The lip paints I would find in stores like kmart until one day I went into one of the local beauty supply's while I was living in Beaufort, SC. I found the different shades but not the one I needed. I was going to order from ikatehouse.com and the price was reasonable but I didn't want to do it for 1 or 2 and pay shipping. So I waited till I came to New York. I figured if I didn't find the shade I wanted (fawn) I would just order a few, well I came home to NY and went to one of my most frequented beauty supply stores I go to when I am here. Well Divas they had the shade and on top of that it was $1 less than ikatehouse or the beauty supply stores in Beaufort. So I picked up two of the fawn. 

               Now I have talked about the lip paints before and I love them. Nicely pigmented and glossy. You have got the best of both worlds with these. The price isn't bad and the colors like I said amazing. I found them at kmart and beauty supply stores, but if you can't find them check out ikatehouse.com. The pice for for the concealer may be $2.99 some places and on the site. Sometimes you can get on sale for $1.99 online or for that price in beauty supply stores. I use it for highlighting.

Here are the swatches of the lip paints I got. The top shade is blushing and the bottom one is hot mess.

               

             Here was another great beauty supply purchase. Now I had seen other youtubers use this eyeshadow primer so I figured A. you can never have to much primer and B. it's a great price. This primer potion is by Ruby Kisses. You can find in beauty supply stores. I found this it one in Beaufort but while I have been home in NY I have seen it here. It works well to me like the high end ones. My shadow didn't crease and it was great. 

             The lip pencil is in a purple shade. I use it with some of my purple shades from MAC. The price was great $1.99 I would recommend this brand if you are looking for inexpensive makeup to either get you started on your new journey into makeup or if you are on a budget.

 I picked up these from walgreens before I left. I had one already and I liked it so I wanted to try other shades. These I have not tried on yet but I am sure I will soon. While I am here I plan on picking up some more colors. I like the brand and the packaging of this product. They were $3.99 a piece. I will come back with a update about the shades I have and let you know what I really think of them.

                

Now everyone knows I am a serious MAC junkie. It is honestly I think the first company I ever got lipstick from once I started wearing it. Now don't get me wrong I've used beauty supply ones when I was into wearing black or blue lol blue is my fav color, but when I got serious about it MAC was my first serious brand. 

             I had a $10 off coupon from Belk so I had been looking at these shades on MAC.com and Belk had them.....yay! So I ordered Show Orchid(on the left) which is a apart of the MAC pro lipstick collection. I love this bright vivid shade. Then along with that color I got Up the Amp (on the right). I have used it more than once since I got it. Love it! Such a cute purple........here I am wearing it this past weekend 

 I wore it with nightmoth lip liner from MAC. I love this shade point, blank and the period lol. Each shade is $16.00. I have not found dupes yet for the lower end products but when I do you know I will let you know.

 These last products are a combo of target and Ulta. The ELF lip exfoliator I got from target for $3.04. You can get it at ELF.com for $3. This is definitely a major fav and I will continue to get this product. It gets a major thumbs up. My lips felt smoother after use. I applied my lip conditioner after use and my lips felt great. It is easy to apply. It looks like a lipstick and you can just glide it on. I would suggest this to anyone especially if you wear lipstick or if you feel like you need to get rid of dry chapped lips so you can moisturize.

                      Now last months haul had the NYX hd setting powder which was white. I love that too especially during this hot weather. It is light and is sheer when it goes on so works for any complexion. I had been looking for the "set it and for get it" powder and I found it of course at target. It is $9.99 but I like it a lot. It is light like the hd power and sets my makeup very well. 

                       My last purchase was the beauty blender that I got from ulta for $5.99. Now don't get me wrong I like the one I got in my last haul or so and have used it but I wanted to get ones like the pros use so I got this one. 

Now this piece right here I found right before the movers came to pack us up. This is another clearly cube acrylic drawer unit. It is 6 drawers that are deeper than my other ones. This is all one unit....yes you read right all one. It was $39.99 at tjmaxx. I was so excited to find this. It is packed up and in storage right now but had to show you guys this. I did see a video on YouTube showing the individual drawers with the dividers. If I find them I will post. From what I saw they are by the same company and each single drawer is $19.99. I plan on looking while I am here to see if I find them. 

Well that's all for this month Divas. I got a lot of great stuff this month which many of them are my faves. I hope this has inspired you guys to look at and try some of these. Stay fab!

P.S stay tuned for my review of the Simpsons collection from MAC<3<3<3

********************************************Disclaimer*********************************************************************

All of the products in my haul I am not paid to talk about. I am just a girl who loves her makeup. I purchased all of these with my own money. I was not paid to say any of this. These are my own opinions based on my experience with the products.

Savvy Storage Solution

So this is how it started for me. I was looking for ways to store my growing collection of makeup. So I started with this unit from Walmart. This drawer unit has 5 draws and only cost $8.88 or $8.98. It was a great starter but it really wasn't what I had wanted. I looked on YouTube and Pinterest for ideas of what I wanted. I searched for different units on eBay and Amazon and they were so costly. So one day I went to tjmaxx and saw a great acrylic unit that had 3 drawers but it wasn't enough. It was $24.99. I thought it was great but I held out on getting it. So I came home and did more research online. I looked at Amazon, eBay and even BhCosmetics. And they were a little costly....I am a stay at home mom on a budget so it had to be cost effective. So I kept looking at Pinterest for more ideas and came up with this for my brushes.

 I got these apothecary jars from tjmaxx's clearance section for $5.50 each. The beads in the jar I got from Michael's for $5.99. I had the ribbon so I add it for a nice touch to go with my vanity decor. This is a great way to keep your brushes dust free especially when they are clean. So you say what happened with the storage you were looking for?.....so I went to tjmaxx on a whole different day(at home mom so it's my outlet when I get to get out. Plus not to many stores here) and I saw that same $24.99 unit. So I grabbed it and kept walking around. Good thing I didn't settle because I stumbled on these;

 Clearly chic storage units. So I put down the one I had in my hand. Why you say? Well it looked exactly like this and the price of that one was equal to the price of these two. These two were $12.99 each. Eureka I had found what I had wanted and so much cheaper. 

Not only are they great because you can see what you have but they are stackable. I love these. I wish I had bought more.

 I was able to store a lot of stuff in them as you can see. Since then I have seen these at Marshall's. They also have them with lipstick storage on top either as a whole unit or you can but the piece for the lipstick storage separately( with lipstick storage $16.99, lipstick storage separately $7.99). I plan to add more because this is not even all of my makeup. They are cute and inexpensive.

So you can either go with the plastic drawers which are really in expensive and come in a variety of sizes and colors. You can find those just about anywhere.....funny nought I had found some in tjmaxx. You can buy the really expensive units or get these great units from Marshall's or tjmaxx. If you don't find them there do your research. There are very similar ones that I have also seen on the container store.com. There are great ways to store your favorite items whether it is makeup or even jewelry. I hope this inspires you if not check out some great ideas on Pinterest. Stay fab Divas!

Going, going,.......

So I told you I wasn't really done with this months haul. I still have about another week so we will see. What I did just get from MAC (I am a MAC makeup lover) was from the Lourde collection, Pure Heroine. It is a limited edition shade. You are probably saying Diva this isn't new. I know but it was something I said I could wait and buy because they will have it. It wasn't sold out so I had time. Besides I have the original heroine. 

Here they are together. The original on the right. I love, love, love this color. The difference in the two would have to be not only the feel but the look.

Here are the swatches. Can you see the difference? On the bottom is the pure heroine and on top is the original heroine which is more of a matte lipstick compared to the pure which has more of a shine. It goes on so nice and is so vibrant. If you don't have this in your collection I suggest you get it while they have it because once it is gone, it is gone. You will still be able to get the original heroine but why not have choices. Like shoes you can never have to many choices so why not with your lipstick. Anyway Divas I am not promising that is it but this is all for now. My haul video is coming soon to YouTube so say tuned( YouTube.com/user/DivasHouse). I am still trying out what I bought this month. In the meant time stay fab!

July Haul

So I know July isn't over but I think I am done makeup shopping for this month.......lol sike! There is a possibility that there will be more before the month is over but I can't promise anything. 

So this is everything that I purchased. This is a combination of Ulta, Kmart, cvs, walgreens and BhCosmetics. So this is what's in the pic from left to right. I have the Lorac alter ego lipstick in the shade free sprit, Milani lipstick orange-Gina, La Girl lipgloss bombshell and coy, NYX hd studio setting power, NYX violet mascara, NYX brow in dark brown, BhCosmetics pop art brushes, Carol's Daughter chocolat blow drying cream and in the middle Milani eyeshadow Bella violet and BhCosmetics forever nude palette. I have to say a lot of this stuff were great finds and a great sale caught.

These were on sale at BhCosmetics during Fourth of July. It was called stars, stripes and glam set. Got both of these for $19.95. This palette is a great combination of eye shadow, highlight, blush and lipstick. The brush set is a 10 piece set. Love how these brushes feel. Can't wait to use them.

Here are the swatches from the La Girl lip paint. From left to right is bombshell and then coy. I am loving the coy it is a great purple gloss. I am in love with purple when it comes to my makeup.

Here is a pretty eyeshadow I got from Milani. Purchased this at walgreens. It's so pretty. And very pigmented.

 Also got this is Milani; orange-Gina. It has a nice shimmer to this to. Stepping out and trying new colors.

Last of the swatches is this pretty color from Lorac. Such a pretty purple. Nice and creamy. Goes up there with some of my faves from MAC. 

The Carol's Daughter blow drying cream I liked. Hair smelled great and it was definitely less frizzy. Definitely had the fly-a-ways laying down.

I have to say this haul had a great mixture of stuff. I am all about trying new products that will help me have that beat look. Anyway ladies that is my haul lol so far for this month. If there is more I will come back with it. In the mean time stay fab.

From old to fab

Hey Divas. So I have a lot of spare time to think up projects. This latest project was done to go with my Desk to Vanity project that I featured on one of my pages (Facebook.com/IAmaMakeupJunkieDiva) and on YouTube. So I had a old hand mirror that I wanted to glam up a bit to go with my vanity. The only problem was.....it was royal blue and not Tiffany Blue. So I decided to spray paint it.

The color I used is called ocean blue by krylon. I purchased it at walmart. I sprayed it and then used a clear coat on the back so that it had a nice shine. This wasn't enough though so I ordered some decoden pieces to go on my new mirror.

I ordered those pieces from a store on etsy.com and the glue I already had. PI purchased it probably from Michael's. I also got flat back pearls to go with the project.

Here is my end product. The letters I dug up from my craft draw. I painted them white to go with the theme and added aqua colored rhinestones to two of the letters. I thought the white pearls were a little plain so I added black rhinestones. Now I have a glam mirror that was very inexpensive and looks great on my vanity. Hope this gave you either a cute idea or inspires you to add a little glam to your makeup space. Stay Fab.