Blog Sale!

Oh, HEY!!  Yup, I'm still here!  I've got a blog sale for ya'll!!  These colors haven't been getting any use from me so I'm offering them up to all of you!  There are 304 full size jars of About Face/The She Space, and a bunch of other samples.  Samples have all put put into 2x2 ziploc bags for better storage except for the Aromaleigh, and Archetype Cosmetics samples, which are in their original baggies..  Most colors have only been swatched or used 1-2 times.  A few About Face colors have been used multiple times but still have plenty of product in them... some were even combined with their samples.

About the About Face/The She Space colors, I bought them, rejarred them since I couldn't stand the three gram jars with no sifters at the time.  I also applied magnets to the lids and put them on magnetic dry erase boards to I could display them ALWAYS!  I assume the magnets can be cut off with a blade.

I will calculate shipping when invoicing.  Email me at vwarriner@gmail.com with you color choices and I will paypal invoice you!  Also, I will cross off colors and they are paid for.

About Face/The She Space FULL SIZES:

I believe I bought them all for around $2.50 a piece plus new jars w/ sifters and magnets.  I'm selling them for $2.00 each.

A Bit Too Much A Frozen Heart A Nation of Nymphs A Tale of Two Twins Acidic Reign After the Kiss All Eyes on You All for Fabulous All That it Seems Anti Establishment Anybody Seen Erin? Aphrodite Screams Art of a Melody Art of Noise Arctic Air Asylum Baited Breath Barefoot Bliss Be the Fairytale Be Who You Are Bed of Nails Best in Show Beyond Convention Beyond Skin Deep Beyond the Odds Blame the Rain Blast of Night Blink of an Eye Boogie on Man Born a Savage Born in Bliss Bottles of Bubbles Brave Military Wife Broken Rules Candy Cane Cavities Can't Hide From Karma Caught off Guard Chaos in Creativity Chastity Chillin With the DJ Circus Chic Clean Living Colossal Karma Crash Course Crawl Than Fly Crazy for Crabs Crisp White Shirt Crowning of the Cats Crushed Metal Crystal Sizzle Crystal Wind Curse of the Cocktail Cursed with Charisma Cynical Fairy Dark Secret Dark Side of Glam Dazzle Dance Defied Certainty Defining Silence Deliver on Destiny Demon Chatter Desperate Measures Diamond Drizzle Dim Witted Distant Rumor Divas on Fifth Do the Lobster Crawl Dove's a Plenty Dragon Breath Drama on the Dance Floor Drop Kicked Drops of Moonstone Eerie Echo Eggnog Hangover Electric Lust Elves in the Chimney Elves Rule Enemy Mine Eventual Madness Exiled From Eden Exploring Everything Extra Caution Fairy Dust Frenzy False Pretenses Far Too Fabulous Far Too Free Fashioned in Finland Feast for Eyes Feeling so Fine Felt the Burn Fire in the Heart Firecracker First Class Con Fisher Queenie Follow the Sun Foreclosed on the Castle Funky Chicken Garland Gone Wrong Ghostly Story Gin Fizz and a Phone # Girl Genius Glossy Moon Goddess Called Pam Goosed by Grinch Gothic Glamour Happy Haze Happy Hour Hazards Hard Headed Hark the Raven Haunted Moon High Drama High Glam His Name is Gil Hollywood Dropout Hot Head Human Condition Iced Castles Icicle Wars Ignore the Talking Mirror Illusion Innate Optimist Inspired Meltdown Intended Bliss Into the Smoke Ironic Chatter Jump Jive and Jenny Karma Comes Back Keys to the Castle Killer Bees Killer Kiwis Kiss of Belief Kiss of Creativity Kiss of Luxury Kiss of Reality Kiss of This Kiss of Whimsy Kiss the Frogs Kitty Kat Lack of Sanity Lawyers and Lip Service Lazy Day with Kay Lemon Lime Brain Freeze Leprechaun Scandal Lions and Witches Lit Up Lisa Little Bit of Fabulous Little Explosions Little Girl Lost Little Sue Sunshine Living With Flowers Looked and Leaped Love's Rhythm Lucky Charm Magic Castle Magic in the Mirror Make Believe Make it Happen March of the Maniacs Marshmallow Mist Martinis and Men Don't Mix Merely a Bit Modest Mesh and Lace Midnight in the Palace Mincing of Words Minimal Damage Mistletoe Morning Misty Maiden Modest Envy Mohawks and Mayhem Monsters Mean Nothing Moonlight and Miracles Moral Enemy Much Less Daunting Name Dropper Naughty Little Elves Necessary Laughter Next Stop Oz No Scruples Notorious She Oh Precious Patience Oh You Jealous Girl One Broken Stiletto One Dark Night One Persuasive Piper One Special Star One Stop Shop One True Mind One Turkey Trotting Outlaw the White Tights Over Coiffed Over Rated Perfection Parallel Worlds Park Avenue Princess Pay Attention Pearl World Pearls and Stilettos Pigment Power Pinch of Magic Pinch of Spice Pixie in Paradise Poetry in Persuasion Psycho Babble Queenie of the Cats Rainbow Kisses Rapunzel's Bad Hair Day Razzle Me Dazzle Me Reap and Sew Rescue Yourself Resting on Laurels Ribbons of Rainbows Root of Evil Rotten Apples Rude Awakening Rudolph on a Rampage Savor the Psychosis Scatterbrain Seven Little Men Shadow of Doubt Shake Your Groove Thing Shards of Glass She Does Sparkle She Talks Trash She's a Tough Cookie She's Brilliant She's Ms. Independent She's Simply Sasha She's so Thrifty She's You Shutter Silence the Shrieking Silently Illuminated Singing Breaks Silence Singing With Sailors Sips of Sin Skinny Minny Slaves to Simplicity Slumber Party Smoothe Sailing Snooty Socialite Snow Capped Snow White's Dark Side Social Misfit Soldier of Love Sorta Spicy Sour Grapes Sparkle Bubble Spiral Kickin' Kara Stand and Deliver Stay in Faith Stolen Soul Stories of Glory Storybook Love Street Savvy Stretch of Possibility Sunflowers and Sugar Surfing the Nile Swim with the Fishes Symphony of Chaos Taboo Transfer Take a YOU Day Take the Cake Tall Drink of Water Tame That Shrew Tear Jerk The Bubbles Made me do It The Golden Rule The Good Life The Maestro The Maiden Marcey The Mirror Loves Me The Simple Strut The Smoking Gun The Tacky Chick The Terror of Tinsel Three Evil Chicks Tiny Little Luxuries Tip the Scales Tipping the Scales Too Cool For School Touched by Truth Trick Out Turtledove Trolling For Hotties Trolls on Trial Trust and See Twinkle Baby Twisted Psychic Twisting in Bliss Two Left Feet Unicorns in Love Vampires Tap Dancing Victory Dance Vintage Advantage VIP Lounge Lizards Vodka and a Vixen Wake up Call Wasted Space Watching for Turtles When Bliss Meets Wisdom Whimsical Destiny Whirled and Twirled Widdles and Waddles World Class Heroes Ying and Yang You Cheat I Win My Beauty Addiction SAMPLES: Not sure what I paid for these... probably 1-1.50 each.  I'm selling them for 50 cents each.  Some of these have double the product in them.  I believe all the planetary type ones.  Swatches can be found here.

Umber Electric Blue Electric Yellow Gold Olive Electric Pink Rust Aged Gold Jezzibel Burnished Coppermine Electric Purple Electric Coral Sparkle Celestial Starluster Halo Goldenrod Aurora Saturn Odyssey Hawaii Milk Chocolate Pink Crystal Smolder Sphinx Orion Electric Green Envy Electric Orange Taylor Made Minerals SAMPLES: I bought these each for $1.  I'm selling them for 50 cents each. Grace Latte Envy Knockout Pop Antique Chalk Darling Midnight Sovereign Sucker Grave Fay Millenium Rook Diamonds Holly Centaur Fyrinnae SAMPLES:  SOLD Not sure what I paid for them... probably 1.50-2.00 each.  I'm selling them for 75 cents each. Meerkat French Vanilla Shake Dressed to Kill Black Plum Biker Chic Bastet Aromaleigh v.1 SAMPLES: I believe I bought these when Aromaleigh was "closing."  Not sure what I paid for them.  I'm selling them for 50 cents each. Dolphin Rose Skybright Drama Queen Violet Drama Queen Topaz Drama Queen Teal Drama Queen Silver Drama Quen Red Drama Queen Green Drama Queen Copper Drama Queen Cocoa Drama Queen Blue Archetype Cosmetics SAMPLES: SOLD I believe she is no longer in business.  I bought samples from her a couple times, so I kind of have a lot!  I bought them for 25 cents each... super cheap.  I'm selling them for 15 cents each.  Swatches can be found here. Abalone Abyssinian Alexandria Angel Dust Angel of Indulgence Antique Platinum Apocalypse Meow Artemesia Beetlewing Behind the Velvet Mask Bengal Bettie's Bangs BraaAAINS! Brat Prince Broken Angel Burlesque Revival Candy Cane Kisses China White Cicatrix Conjunction Dark Ouija Datura Dead Roses Deadly Nightshade Deep Sunless Sea Desert Rain Deus ex Machina x2 Devil's Frost Devil's Road Dirty Blonde Dungeon Epiphany Exquisite Corpse Faerie Light False Spring Feathered Serpent Fool in the Rain Frozen Charlotte Ghost Dance Glass Coffin Gloomy Sunday Goddess of Destruction Goth Trash Gravy Harlot Star Katerina Kitsune Yokai Kitten Toes La Bella Donna Lacuna Lisa's Busted Camero Little Grey Kitten Machine Darkness Madame Terpsichore Mandrake Root Mausie Mehitabel Memento Mori Midnight Aeval Morningstar Northern Lights Nymph Obsidian Butterfly Oceans of the Night Oil Slick Once Upon a Time Ornaments of Gold Papaver Somniferum Pixie Poop Plastic Pink Poison Pen Pressed Pansy Queen of the Nile Raven's Feather Red Death Salammbo Seelie Court Sexy Librarian Silk & Cyanide Silk Stockings Skeleton Key Soap Bubble Spike Heel Spook Spring Lunacy St Alia-of-the-Knife Starfall Submissive Sunset Spice Switch The Black Dahlia The Gargoyle Trees The Oak King The Uneasy Dancers This Night to End Transylvanian Concubine Turkey Unseelie Court Unwrap Me Verre de Soie Yowie the Night Beast

Happy Shopping!!

-Ness

Urban Decay Hautelook Haul and Look

I finally caved and ordered from Hautelook (invite link) when Urban Decay was on. 

UD was one of the first major makeup purchases I made.  I remember my friend Diane (who was going to beauty school at the time) came out to visit me and she had an UD pallet and some Bare Minerals.  I was in love.  Before, I was using regular drug store stuff and wasn't really thrilled with what it was doing for/to me.  Diane also was a miracle worker and made me look gorgeous! My next paycheck was spent at Ulta on BE and UD.  I love the vibrancy of UD colors and the pigmentation is amazing.  I learned to mix colors I wouldn't normally mix together... you don't always have to play it safe with using colors all in the same family.

Its been a few years and I've branched out and bought many other brands since.  I do love me some UD, but I've since gone more indie.  I decided it was time to purchase form UD again.  The prices were so freaking amazing, how could I not?!

Here is what I got:

Tinted Moisturizer in Bodyguard ($3)
Liquid Liner in Ecstasy ($2)
24/7 Liners in Dime and Baked ($2/each)

I spent $9+shipping.  One UD eyeliner retails at $18.  My guess is that they are changing packaging and/or discontinuing these items, but still... its a steal!

I love the 24/7 pencils and the liquid liner.  I did not like the tinted moisturizer.  The moisturizer made me break out terribly and it was too dark.  I thought medium/light would work for me since I'm not completely pale.  I'll be seeing if my niece would like to try it since she is a bit darker than me and her skin might agree with the formula.

Here is a very quick look I did using most of the products.

Please excuse those eyebrows.  :(

obviously Bodyguard it too dark on me.

What I used:
UD Bodyguard Tinted Moisturizer all over face
CS Neutral pallet all over eye (1 color)
UD Ecstasy eyeliner on upper lid
UD Dime eyeliner on lower waterline
CG Lash Blast mascara

What has been your favorite Hautelook purchase?  How about your favorite Urban Decay product?

Clarisonic... I love you!

For months I've been saying how I would love to get a Clarisonic... but seeing as they start at over $100... I couldn't get myself to buy one.  Apparently, Ling does listen to me when I talk about these things because while we were out running errands the other day, he drove me over to Ulta and told me to go in there and get it.  So what'd I do?... I went in and got myself a Mia 2!!

Unfortunately, it came with Philosophy's Purity, which drys me out like crazy.

Before I could open it up, I made myself finally create a lightbox (which I've been wanting to do for some time, really).  So, all the pics were taking in my new contraption.

I need to play around with the lighting and settings on my camera, but I thought it looked better than my old back drop.

Anyway, back to the Clarisonic...

It's AMAZING!  Totally worth every penny already.  My face is so soft and smooth and even the redness on my cheeks has calmed down.  I've used it 5 times (AM and PM) since getting it and I'm amazed that I'm seeing results already.  Yesterday, I didn't have to put a liquid foundation on before putting on my airbrush makeup... it really has reduced the redness.  I've also noticed that I haven't gotten any wonky acnes either.  I usually have at least one.

Overall... BEST beauty purchase I've ever made!!

Chinovi and alien hair!

Hey guys!  First and foremost... HAPPY NEW YEARS!  I hope everyone had a great time celebrating this last month with all the holidays!

This is going to just be a quick post. 

I know I had mentioned previously, that I am creating my own makeup company.  I decided to let Chinovi has it's own blog so this could remain my personal one.  If you are interested in follow my other blog for updates regarding my company, specials and opening, please follow me on Chinovi's blog.

Now, on to fun things!!

I do have a few looks to post... I just haven't had time to edit down all the photos.  But here is a funny one for you.  My friend Jeremy loves watching Ancient Aliens(as do we), and we all love Giorgio Tsoukalos' insane hair (it gets bigger every season and his face gets oranger).

Dreamy, right?

Anyway... I told Jeremy a few weeks ago that I would totally do his hair on NYE to mimic Giorgio's... and here is what we came up with...

I don't know why Ling took photos from this most unflattering angle.

I had fun and he had great hair... it was easy peasy... and VERY flammable. 

Does anyone else her watch Ancient Aliens?  I'm not sure I really believe most of the stuff they say on there... but it is always entertaining!

There is a plan.

I've been a lazy blogger again.  I went to visit my boyfriends parents for the Thanksgiving weekend and didn't really take any pics of my looks.  I was afraid they'd walk in on my taking a bunch of self portraits... awkward!  I don' t know what my excuse was last week.  I was just lazy.  But now, my camera is at work, so I'll get it tomorrow and get back to taking photos.  End of excuses.

Now, I've been thinking a lot about the plan I have for my blog.  I really want to be more active and do some different things.  It will obviously contain my looks and some product reviews/swatches, but I really want to start getting Chinovi Cosmetics out there.  I'm hoping to launch the first quarter of 2012.  Sure, I could open something now... but I want to do this right!  So you'll all have to hang tight for a little bit longer.  I'm planning on getting pictures up of ALL the products I have made so I can allow people to "shop" for samples to test and blog about when I get closer to launch time.  I do understand how important the blogging community is for indie companies!

What else do I have planned for my blog?  Well, in May, I'm going to Hawaii for my friends wedding, and we are taking the opportunity to make it a vacation as well.. so guess what?... I'm going to be losing some weight.  I would like to post once a week about my progress.  I feel that you are more accountable when you have to report to other people.  I also plan to post information regarding Chinovi Cosmetics as well as continued makeup post (EOTD, reviews, etc).

Is there anything you guys would like to see?  Would you be interested in post about hair care and products as well?

Ness

Painters Tape: My New Best Friend!

After my crazy "Galaxy" eyes last night, I was feeling inspired.  I've also noticed that a big trend right now, is having a pop of color on the inner part of the eye... and I so wanted to give it a try!  So, this morning, I got out my blue painters tape, taped off the side (gives you a nice crisp edge) and went to work.

Crazy Face!

And a close up!

Really, it was much calmer than I originally thought it would be.  I tend to get carried away sometimes.. haha!  Sorry about the hairs going in to my eyes... I didn't have my hair pinned back.

Here's what I used:
Revlon Colorstay Foundation in Buff Chamois
Dinair and Stream Airbrush foundation
CC Blush in Naughty Girl
CC Bronzer
BE Mineral Veil

Smashbox Photo Finish Lip Primer
NYX JEP in Milk
Ulta Eyeshadow in Bone
Geek Chic Eyeshadow in The Spider
Geek Chic Eyeshadow in Solid Snake
Coastal Scents Hot Pot in ME07 (From Winterberry Pallet)
NYX Black Eyeliner
Inglots Gel Eyeliner in 77-Black
NYX Eyeshadow in Black
Cover Girl Lashblast Mascara in Very Black

ELF Lipstick in Gypsy
BE Buxom Lipgloss in Hope

On the news this morning they talked about a study that was done.  Around 1/3 of all bosses/employers do NOT like it when a woman comes to work with bright eye makeup or red lips.  What do you think about that?  I'm glad I work at a salon where I am encouraged to do those things!

I'll be out of town for Thanksgiving so I probably will not be posting while I'm away!  I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Ness

Weekly Challenge: Galaxy!

In my Facebook group, Never Too Much Sparkle, we have weekly challenges.  I LOVE them!  This week our theme is Galaxy!!  I only had a few days to decide what I was going to do and execute it since I leave on Wednesday to meet Ling's parents for the first time (can we say NERVOUS!?), and I'll be gone all weekend.  I'd rather them not know the crazy side of me... yet! 

So I spent the last couple days thinking about what I could do.  There are always confetti stars... but that is so cliche, right?  And then there is your typical dark eye with glitter or something... and I didn't want to do those.  As I was watching TV tonight, I looked up at the painting above our TV.  Last year, for Christmas, Zach did a painting for Ling.  (Zach is my baby brother.  He's 21 and has down syndrome.  He is a great artist and very musically gifted as well.)  Lings zodiac is the Taurus, so that is what Zach's painting is based on.

I LOVE this painting.  I actually love all of his art... its in almost every room of our house (two in my room actually)!

So yea, that is my inspiration.  Now on to the look!

Okay, I'm a little lazy right now.  I have absolutly no other makeup on my face besides eye makeup and I only did one eye.

What I used:
Smashbox Photo Finish Eye Primer
NYX JEP's in Milk and Purple
Three different UD pallets.  The colors I used were: Fishnet, Honey, Peace, Uzi, and Ransom
NYX Glitter liner in Disco Queen
Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara in Very Black

I think the glitter in the brows was overkill.. but hey... too late now!

What do you think?  I had a lot of fun trying to bring the painting to my eyelid!

Thanks for reading!
Ness