new obsession

LUSH.
nuff said.

my stupid hair

So I got peek-a-boo caramel highlights in my hair like a month ago and now it's turned yellow and brassy and just gross.  Gonna go overhaul on my hair tonight and dye all dark brown and go in with some highlights so hopefully it'll turn out better because i can't go another day living my awful hair color. and btw, my hair already has split ends since my last cut which was only a few weeks ago!  they hacked off like 4 inches! *cry*

dupes!

i was lusting after the infamous dior amber diamond and ended up finding a dupe! mac's mineralized skin finish in PEARL!  it definitely depends on how much of the inner color you use but pearl is pretty darn close and looks fantastic on the skin.  Sadly, the msf is limited edition but it's replacing my HG highlighter (theBalm's Mary Lou-manizer) for now.  OBSESSED.  ALSO, at sally beauty supply, Beautique's lipliner in "Natural"is really darn close/almost exactly the same as mac's "stripdown" lip liner.

amazinngggg

quiet work day

Hello all.
Thankfully (for my wallet) I'm pretty much all shopped-out but I snagged some fun stuff this month.
I've been really into using my fingers to apply makeup lately so I've been on a cream-rampage with cream blush, cream foundation, and cream eyeshadow. It just looks so much more natural and effortless, not to mention the heat from your fingers make creamy products just melt into your skinsicles.

As usual, I miss my cat, Uzi.  I'm really bummed out I wasn't able to take him with me for the summer but I'll see him soon enough!

I'll probably write some more buhh-sheet in a few hours so laterrrr.
-s

summer time

My boyfriend is tired of hearing me talk about makeup so I'm just gonna get it all out here.

I recently got a Kat Von D lip gloss in Underage Red and damn, is it a hussy color!
It's such a pretty crimson gloss and it's pretty pigmented.  It's not opaque but it's buildable.
I love it so much I got a backup!  On sale at Sephora for $9!
SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO pretty!!!

I might do a haul/review post if I can really muster the effort but we'll see.

-shanna

nails + look of the day

I got ringworm from my boyfriend who found a cat in the alley.
zoonoses is real!

glitter nails and super dark purple eyes

UPDATE on Korres tinted moisturizer

I really liked the Korres Watermelon Tinted Moisturizer... when I first got it.  Now, I don't know what it is but it's awful! (I did a review post on this product.) 

Pros-

spf 30 (good skin protection but I hear spf might give you cancer?)

good coverage for a tinted moisturizer

natural ingredients, paraben-free

long lasting

Cons-

IT GUMS UP ON MY FACE

I'm not doing anything different application-wise but it tends to gum up or ball up if you spread it on top of any parts of your face that already have it on.  I usually have to save it by spritzing MAC Fix + on it and working it really carefully but of course, this means more time for makeup application in the morning.

This shit sucks.