Free Macy's 25 pc Gift Set with $75 Beauty Purchase

If you head over to Macys website, they are offering a 25 piece gift set with any $75 Beauty purchase. I bought some MAC products and was delighted to get my free gift set.



The samples are mostly perfume (and a few of those are cologne for men) but it does include some lovely samples by Lancome, Estee Lauder, Selena Gomez's new perfume, as well as Dermablend's new primer. I really love this free set!

Free U by Kotex clutch plus tampon/liner/pads (your choice)

 

Click on the image or here, design a board (you can do it in seconds really), and you will receive a

free clutch plus tampon/liner/pads (your choice) from U by Kotex curtesy of Walmart!
I requested mines, will update when I get it. Get yours, while supplies last.

xoxo,

 Emmy

Essie: Sew Psyched Nail Polish Review (Fall 2010 Collection)

Product: Essie Fall 2010 Collection, Sew Psyched
Color: a cashmere-soft sage pewter (muted sage green with silvered-gray micro-shimmer).

Finish: Semi-sheer so you need 2 coats for a opaque finish. 

Coverage: About 5 days

essie is DBP, Toluene and Formaldehyde free and it is on average about $8, though it is often on sale.

MAC Prep + Prime Lash Mascara

Website Description:
Pump up your mascara with an undercoat. Goes on white, dries to a semi-clear base. Smoothes and conditions. Intensifies the build and lengthening quality of all formulas. Helps mascara last longer.
10 g / 0.35 US oz

Expiration Period: 6 months after 1st use. 
Tip! After your first use, write down the date 6 months into the future unto the package. When that day comes, throw it out. 

Goes on clear, dries extremely quickly, however multiple coats will create a "white droppings" effect. The "white droppings" take a while to disappear. 

Sinful Colors Nail Polish in Savage

Product: Sinful Colors Nail Polish in Savage
Color: teal-blue shade
Finish: Matte
Coverage: About 5 days








Sinful Colors is cheaper than Opi, ands are Toluene, formaldehyde & DBP free. This bottle is my first purchase of the brand.

Lady Gaga's Fame Fragrance Perfume Bottle Photo!

Fashion magazines around the world have been receiving samples from Lady Gaga’s upcoming perfume ‘FAME’ to be reviewed and critiqued for it’s upcoming release in August. The fragrance is a black liquid, that apparently changes color when applied to skin.

"It was taken out of my own blood sample so it’s a sense of having me on your skin, I wanted to extract sort of the feeling and sense of blood and semen from molecular structures, so that’s where [the rumours] came from. That is in the perfume but it doesn’t smell like that, Actually the perfume smells like an expensive hooker." says Gaga. (source)

will you be purchasing a bottle? The fragrance will be available at retailers worldwide in September 2012.

My Free Target Beauty bag came in!

Remember my "Free Target Summer Beauty Bag available NOW!" post?


The samples advertised were these:

I received this:


Basically miniature/sample versions of the full sized products that were shown in the advertisement.

There might still be more at Target's facebook page. These are going quickly as they are while supplies last!

MAC Stuck On You Pro Longwear Lipcolour Review

Brand: MAC Pro Longwear Lipcolour
Color: Stuck On You (Berry-Red with Gold Pearl [Frost])
Website Description:
A longwearing lip colour that applies in two quick steps. Stroke on the special formulated colour base. Flip the stick, and apply the clear gloss. Soft and comfortable on…Kiss, drink, eat. Smudge, run, transfer and feather-proof. Pro Longwear Lipcolour is best removed with Cleanse Off Oil.

Stuck on You is berry-red with some golden sheen.

Rating

This is my first time review any lip color from the Pro Longwear Lipcolour line and boy, am I impressed. It is the longest lasting lipcolour that I have experience. I was able to get about 14 hours from this product. Its funny because I really layered on because I thought it was like a lipgloss, however it is very quick drying, non-sticky, non-gooey (unless you apply the shine), and the color last for hours. I was able to eat, drink tea, and not worry if I need to reapply. After half an hour, your lips feel like they are wearing a lipstick. The clear lipshine you will have to reapply about every 2 hours, but the lipcolour needs no application for hours.

Pro: Extremely Long Lasting
Con: Can be very drying (may cause your lips to crack if you have dry lips).

PRICE: Moderate
EASE OF APPLICATION: EASY-MODERATE (Avoid applying to skin, as it will stain)
Coverage: 8 hours plus! (Can get a full day with 2 coat application)

product & packaging

MAC Opulash Optimum Black Mascara Review

Product: MAC Opulash Mascara
Shade/Color: Optimum Black
Website Description:
Superlative style & state-of-the-art science merge. A new formula in a more saturated intense black with extra-volumization, expansion & curl delivered

Review

This is a nice mascara and I was hoping for dramatic lashes since opulash is a bit of a dramatic name. This mascara enhances what you have by lengthening and slightly darkening your natural lashes. It does not curl. It does not separate. However, the brush is incredibly large. Bigger brushes mean that your mascara is less likely to clump. Opulash's brush has a tapered edge, so make it easier to reach the lashes on the inner corner of the lid as well as coat the bottom lashes.  Please note that I did not coat mines since I like to use my bottom lashes as a reference point. I experience no clumping with this mascara (My favorite mascara is Tarte lights camera lashes! and that one can clump unfortunately). The only occurrence I can see that you can get clumping if you wait too long between coats, and that can happen since this formula is drier. Your finish look is not glossy or wet or dramatic, but more on the natural side.

Recommended for

For girls with short length lashes, there will be a dramatic difference. If you're lashes are long line mines, there are better mascaras out there for you.

Product:

free Frederick's of Hollywood Boy Shorts

Click on the image and print it out to receive your free Frederick's of Hollywood Boy Shorts, valid in the US only while supplies last!

Tarte lights, camera, lashes! Mascara Review

Product: Tarte Cosmetics: lights, camera, lashes! Mascara
Shade: Black

Website Description:
This is what we call a push-up bra for your lashes™ a 4-in-1 (lengthening, curling, volumizing and conditioning) dermatologist tested mascara that gives dramatic, thick, sexy lashes and is clinically proven to increase lash volume by 424%.

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MAC Pink Nouveau Lipglass Review/Swatch

Product: MAC Lipglass
Color: Pink Nouveau

The product:


The brush: