look at what i got! QVC NewBeauty testtube (spring-summer 2012)

in case you missed it, or if i never said it before, this is the only beauty subscription service that i have. i don't sub to any of the monthly ones because they just don't appeal to me. i like deluxe samples and not the teeny weeny ones that those other monthly ones give. you can not go wrong with the QVC NewBeauty test tube as you will like at least half the items and it'll be way more than the $30 you pay quarterly.

one of my friends on YT (MissLoveBE) has told me that she uses the Wen cleansing conditioner after she shampoos as her second cleanse. i think i'll try that as i'm still working through my current shampoo and i have another shampoo bottle to go through. i think i'll start that after my current conditioner is done. when i watch Chaz Dean on QVC, he says that you need this many pumps for your first cleanse and then this many pumps for your second cleanse... you would go through a small bottle in like 2-3 uses! that's not very efficient to me since i have such long hair... so i think i'll just use 1/2 the recommended pumps so i can make these bottles last a bit longer. also, i plan on getting my hair cut this week for sure! it's getting so long and unruly. i think the novelty of getting it thinned this much has finally worn off.

one more note... i met up with Yun/beautybijouxfashion and Sandra/makeuploverusa again today! we had a blast chatting and eating and drinking! LOL we met up at Starbucks in Uptown and then had lunch on the patio at a Thai/Vietnamese place. we went to a gelato place afterwards, then window shopped at a few stores, and finished off the afternoon with Starbucks (i had an iced chai latte this time). Sandra even gave us roasted seaweed! it's totally been my favorite snack for the past couple of months. i honestly can't wait to see these two lovely ladies again. i hope we can continue to make this a monthly meetup. xoxo Kathleen

look at what i got! Sephora VIB 15% haul (bareMinerals, tarte, Laura Mercier)

i was finally able to upload this video (i still have a couple older videos) after teasing you all with the products in previous videos...

i don't have much to say today except that i'm finally watching Downton Abbey... it seems like it's a 1912 soap opera... kind of like Days of Our Lives. it's okay so far... there are only 7 episodes in season 1. hope you had a nice Cinco de Mayo... we had Mexican food for lunch. we should've gone to our regular Tex-Mex place and not this new one. we weren't very impressed with the service or the food. oh, well! xoxo Kathleen

look at what i got! new BUXOM choreography color eyeshadow 5-shade palettes

i wanted to rip into the Sephora package i got yesterday but i waited patiently and opened it on camera today!

i was really excited to get this package because Bare Escentuals' other makeup line, BUXOM, released their pressed eyeshadows as well! the list of ingredients in these shadows are not as natural as the READY pressed eyeshadows that BE released in their bareMinerals line, but it really didn't matter to me. i just wanted them and i'm glad i did!

they are really pretty shadows and pretty pigmented, too. they felt smooth under my fingertips and swatched pretty good, too. i was so excited to try them on, i used the Swing palette in my Thursday's FOTD show & tell video... which came up next! xoxo Kathleen

QVC/NewBeauty testtube Winter-Spring 2012

so here's the 3rd installment of the auto-delivery order from QVC for the NewBeauty testtube. i'm usually pretty happy with the deluxe samples i get in the testtubes. this one was no exception as i got full sizes of the tarte emphasEYES aqua gel eyeliner (in teal) and the famous volumizing mascara from Mally Beauty (my favorite!). those 2 products together cost way more than the $29.95 quarterly fee (as you get a new testtube every quarter). if i end up trying any of the products, you'll see them in an upcoming video.

i hope you have a good Friday! i'll be back again tomorrow! xoxo Kathleen