FOTD and CS brushes

I got my brushes in the mail today from Coastal Scents, I have to say that I'm very suprised of the quality of the brushes for the price. They both have a nice weighty feel and are quite soft and full. I purchased the badger flat top and the crease brush. It was a great buy for the price!

Here is my first face of the day, all you girls are so pretty I have to admit that I feel a bit intimidated. But here they are anyways:

Face:

• Monistat anti-chafing as primer
  
• EDM medium in original glo
• EDM medium concealer
• EDM blush Nick Nack

Lips

• Wet and Wild Mega Slicks in Rose Gold
• Bonne Belle lip liner in toast

Eyes

• Joelle's (me) Nude Peach (wash)
  
• Joelle's Sunset (crease)
• Joelle's Smooth Grape (wide liner)
• Lure Beauty's Hazelnut (thin line)
• Lure Beauty's Hazelnut as a brow filler.

Pittsburgh Street Soapworks

My Pittsburgh Street Soapworks ghost cart is no more. After days of agonzing over the miriad of scents I finally setled on 12 to try and 1 full sized to buy. Here is my order:
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15 oz. Net Wt. Solid Perfume~$6.50 in Head Over Heels

Lot of 6 misters (your choice of scents) WITH product order...3.50

1. Almond Coconut
2. cupcake
3. Amour de Cacao
4. Creamy Coconut
5. Egyptian Musk
6. Gingerbread

Lot of 6 misters (your choice of scents) WITH product order...3.50

1. Un Bois Vanille
2. Princess
3. True Bliss
4. Citrus Spice
5. Pink Sugar
6. Vanille Abricot

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I can't wait to get all of those smells!

On another note I finally made some more eyeshadows. My sister was no so subtly hinting that she wanted some more next time she came to visit. Aparantly she's been getting a few compliments on the colours she's worn. Here is a pic of what I made today:

I Couldn't Resist

I've gone and ordered 2 new brushes that I absolutely, positively, definately not not need I am now the proud owner (at least when the mail arrives I will be) of 2 new brushes from coastal scents, a badger flat top and a new crease brush for a grand total of under $10. Who could resist that kind of a price?

I have now completely given up on OCM. I'm convinced that it was the oil breaking me out. I have now switched over the using St. Ives Renew Cleanser with Alpha Hydrox and my skin is almost totally cleared up (YAY). Too bad OCM wasn't for me though I really liked the idea.

I'm still eyeing the Azulene Veggie Cream from GOW (Sample Program is up and running now. Ohhh Nooo $$$) and thanks to Ruby2 I have now discovered Pittsburgh Street Soapworks and have an imaginary ghost cart with 12 samples of their misting perfume (they have a dupe of Philosophy's "Falling In Love" (another Ohhhh Nooo $$$$$). I am definately going on a no-buy. after this

Lumiere Travel Brush Set

I got my Lumiere travel brish set today. It seems smaller to me than what I imagined, but perfect for my Walt Disney World Trips (I am also a huge WDW addict, check out the DIS boards if you like visiting the "mouse" too). I imagine that I will get the most use out of the powder brush, blush brush and crease brush.

Speaking of brushes, has anyone tried TKB's new brushes? I would like to try the Goat Hair buffer. The price is really good at $2.75 (this is just the intro price, I think they will go up). Also their Kabuki is $3.50 (also intro price), this might be a good option for someone starting out, or as a gift (if you are trying to get someone else addicted LOL). I am really interested in the quality of these brushes.

I Love Mail!

Yay, I finally got my EDM order in the mail today.
It seem like I have been waiting for EVAH! I took 2 weeks and 1 day, from the shipping date, to arrive. Usually, for me, it takes about a week. The only thing missing was the blush, I guess it was backordered. Oh well, now I have something else to look forward to in the mail.
I haven't tried the tinted silk dust yet, or the concealer. I'm crossing my fingers that they aren't too dark. They do look pretty close in darkness to the foundation though, so here's hoping.

I have to say that my collection of leave-in hair products rivals my collection of MMU. I am constantly on the look out for the perfect gels, lotions and leave-ins. Specifically I'm looking for a defrizzing cream that has some hold to it. I thought that I'd try out a bottle of Sunsilk defrizz lotion. I can't say that I'm too crazy about it. It's sticky and makes my hair look a bit greasy, not a great look. Any recs?

I'm still sticking with OCM, but now my skin is breaking out a bit (almost a rash on my cheeks), not sure if it's the OCM, Meow FF, or just hormones? I'm hoping it's hormones because I really like Meow FF and OCM.

Now the only thing I'm waiting for in the mail now is my back-ordered blush from EDM and my Lumiere brush set. I'm trying for a bit of a no-buy but now that my skin is going a bit crazy GOW is looking pretty good (hmmmm, here's my imaginary cart; GoW Vegetarian Azulene Base Cream, GoW Takrai Lemongrass Cleanser, GoW Cobalt Foaming Cleanser, Carrot Seed Oil, Carrot Seed Hydrosol).

Oh My Goodness!!

Did anyone elso go into a complete panic last night when Lumiere's website went down? Just as I was hitting the "Pay" button the site crashed, my DBF was looking over my shoulder saying "Maybe it's a sign that you shouldn't spend any more money on makeup." What I said:"Maybe it's a sign that I need to reavaluate my purchases to make sure I didn't miss anything." ;)
I didn't buy much, I already have way more foundation that I'll ever need in my entire life. I did end up buying the 9pc brush set I hope it's good, I was caught between buying that and just a blush brush, as I really don't need any of the other brushes. But it does come with a cute case (that's reason enough for me!).

I got my Meow order today, Munchkin in frisky Sphynx FF and a few samples. I haven't had the chance to try it yet. I'll probably try it tommorrow.

I also finally tried my MAD eyeshadow samples, and I must say that their eyeshadows have the best colour payoff that I've seen so far! Definately a winner in my books, if I didn't have so many darn TKB micas I'd be placing another order. I wonder how they get the colours to be so intense, mine end up look a bit dull (mmm, i mean neutral).

I'm still using the Oil Cleansing Method. This is definately my HG nightime cleanser! It seems to stop my zits from appearing I'll see one starting to form and before it even appears it's gone. I've also been using pure unrefined Shea butter as my nightime moisturizer it works great, although it's a bit greasy, it smells incredible.

EDM

Last week I recieved my newest sample kit from EDM and finally narrowed down my HG mineral foundation colour for summer YAY!! And just in time to use the Yahoo group coupon code (I'm not sure if we can give it out, I think you have to be a Yahoo Group member.) You can alway sign up at the Yahoo group to search for the code at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/emusergroup/ it ends tommorrow and is for 10%, My summer colour is cool medium, I really find thier colour names and swatches to be innacurate as I'm usually a med/light, so I find that with EDM I really have to take advantage of thier free sample kit.

For the last little while I have been trying out a few different things. I have recently started the OCM and after an initial "purging" my skin is starting to look more "glowy" and is settling down nicely. After trying a mix of 50% mix castor oil and olive oil, I've settled on using closer to 10% castor oil to 90% olive. I was getting dry skin form the first mix. I think that I might try adding some almond oil to the mix after I find some at the grocery store.

I've also started using Monistat Anti-Chaffing gel (Soothing Care, unscented) as a primer and so far I like it. I've only worn it a few times so I can't coment on whether it has broken me out (Lumiere's did, do I'm really crossing my fingers), but I have found that it allows for smoother coverage and keeps the colour of the foundation truer (I find that sometimes when mineral foundation melds with my skin it can turn a bit darker/orangy).

What I'm waiting for in the mail:

EDM starter kit, with siesta blush, cool med foundation, medium concealer (I hope it's lighter than it looks in the swatches), tinted balancing powder & foundation brush.

Lure beauty:
Sample sized Mango face and body cream, Body butter in coconut, Eyebrow Fillers in Espresso and Hazelnut, Mineral veil.

Meow:
Frisky Sphynx FF in a munchkin jar.

What I want after my "no buy":

GOW (in the far future):
Lemongrass cleaner, Veggie base cream, Camellia oil.

TKB (in addition to supplies, when I need them)
Pearl powder sample, lip balm base sample, lipgloss tube x 1, apricot kernel oil sample.