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! tarte's The Miracle of Maracuja Skin Smart Collection from QVC

another pre-recorded video, but it, too, was over a month old. i can finally use this kit! LOL

just kidding... i could've used this kit already, but i completely forgot about it! oh the woes of having too much makeup. geez Louise! i really need to pare down my collection. i found a bunch of gel eyeliners that i got from Coastal Scents that have completely dried up. i didn't even use them! i think it was because the cap was plastic and even while i thought the caps were tightly screwed on, air still managed to leak inside. it doesn't matter to me anyway... i have lots of eyeliner pencils and potted eyeliners that i like to use more. the ones from CS are probably not salvageable anyway so i'll just toss them when i remember to do it.

question, though... i can't remember if i mentioned this in the video, but what can you do with the maracuja oil other than use it as a moisturizer on your face? can you use it in your hair? i really liked using the Josie Maran argan oil in my hair. i guess i can just Google it. it does smell good! xoxo Kathleen

bareMinerals FOTD show & tell Bare Luxury A-D #2 kit Inspiration is Everywhere

i got this kit 2 days ago and i finally got to tear right into it! i was MOST excited about the Marvelous Moxie lip glosses... i call them the tamer plumping version of the BUXOM lip glosses. i can't believe i'm still going to get 4 more glosses with this series of kits!

right when i opened the kit, i almost thought this was the Return to Radiance kit that comes with the READY blush and the foundation primer... but i was still pleasantly pleased because it came with the glosses... and the round the clock waterproof eyeliners with the new cap! hearing that "pop" when you take off the cap is music to my ears! i've mentioned this before either in a blog post or in a video that 3 of my 6 round the clock waterproof eyeliners dried out and that they were going to fix the cap issue and i was really happy that they did! i hate wasting products! i wonder if i sharpen the dried out liners enough to get to product that wasn't dried out... like the product towards the middle of the container? i'm curious enough to try!

i just checked my auto-delivery shipments from QVC and the next one is in May and it's the Mally Defend Your Beauty collection. then i get another tarte kit -and- the 3rd bareMinerals Bare Luxury kit in July and the next bareMinerals Return to Radiance in August. that means i don't get another READY blush until August! oh, man! LOL so i have plenty of kits coming my way over the next few months... and so why do i still shop for makeup? your guess is as good as mine! LOL i hope you enjoyed this look! i recorded about 29 minutes of footage and had to whittle it down to 17. xoxo Kathleen

what's in my stash? bareMinerals stick eyeliners

you guys aren't tired of these bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals videos yet, are you? LOL i'm enjoying making them because it gives me a chance to look at what started my makeup obsession in October 2008.

i forgot to mention in the video that the Big & Bright eyeliners, the retractable ones, are designed to make the whites of your eyes "big & bright." i immediately noticed that effect when i tried Intense Black for the first time. it was pretty neat, actually! however, i don't like rimming my entire eye in black. i'd rather do it in a brown/black mix so it's not so intense. even though i did that yesterday, it's not what i do on a regular basis. maybe if i stopped about 1/3rd in (from the outer corner) so it doesn't close off my entire eye... but my instinct is to rim the whole thing so that's why i don't reach for the black eyeliners (even though i own an embarrassingly huge amount of them).

anyway, i need to come up with a topic to talk about tomorrow! gotta brainstorm! xoxo Kathleen

Mally Beauty Defend Your Beauty #2

i didn't have enough daylight left when i filmed this video (as it got gloomy in the afternoon) and so i had to turn on a few lights. i think i still looked pretty decent in this lighting.

anyway, here's another "look at what i got!" video, where i show you what i got in the mail... this is the second installment of the Mally Beauty Defend Your Beauty collection. i believe there is one or two more left to go.

i have been enjoying Mally's products for a while now, ever since i saw Emily/EmilyNoel83 and Heidi/Jalapena2007 speak about them on their channels. since Mally is a Filipina and so am i, i thought i would try them out. i have only bought the sets and have been happy with what i have received. i am really enjoying the liners and the shadow sticks and her volumizing mascara is one of my favorites. there will be a video showcasing all the Mally products i have purchased. i hope you like this video. thanks for watching. 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