Gotta get them all...?

Hey I'm blogging today cause I have a bad case of the "gotta catch 'em all" (pokemon merchandising catch phrase) after seeing that MAC has brought out their tartan collection. Me, I cant just buy one!

BUT the thing is these things in AUSTRALIA are ranging from $35-$85 each at a normal price

http://www.maccosmetics.com.au/whats_new/4036/index.tmpl

I just cant do it, Plus I would like to point out that I just completed a PURGE of my makeup for spring/summer. ERRR, it was so painful to do it.

http://www.cosmeticscop.com/when-should-i-throw-out-a-product.aspx

This also brought up my collecting habit into mind in the regards of if I buy more than can be used before the expiry I will have to continue the pain of throwing out good expensive products that have not been shown any attention. :(

Therefore I have now realized that you can only buy a product after the time specified below,if you still have the old one left and you desire not to have to throw out the previous ones you bought:

1. Mascara, liquid or gel eyeliners: 4 to 6 months (always toss out dry mascara—never add water to extend its life)
2. Moisturizers, Serums, & Foundations: 6 months to 1 year
3. Powder-based products: 2-3 years
4. Lipsticks, Lip Gloss, & Lip Pencils: 2-3 years

Confession time: I have over 10 lipglosses bought in the one year.... (: o)

I have powders that are older than stated above that I refused to throw out cause they are BEAUTIFUL (I will never tell just how old)

So I'll see how I do... Plus this will help me do the 10 to 1 goal. (for every 10 used I go and buy 1)

Maternity wear!

Hey, heres one for you.....Maternity wear why is it that its so.....bad? I guess that its not that bad if you can really find what your looking for at your local department store like would you like red blue, white or black. Dont forget the grey maternity top. Not to mention that I can not find anything in my size for the life of ME!

Where can I get a bra my size normally let alone on this subject. Aparently they don't believe that people like me get pregnant!

Well anyway when I find my pregnancy likes I'll let you know for now heres food for thought....

Masquerade ball...?

I've been invited to a masquerade ball but Not sure if I should go? I've been to one before and made two really nice masks but the night was a let down so I really didn't think that it was good overall the masquerade thing. Plus if your the new person stepping out and going to a "masquerade ball" could really be people in their jeans and masks that they bought at a cheap store all the way up to full gowns and expensive masks with hair makeup & the works....eek! The social pressure of a unknown event is too much.

But As I was thinking about it, it dawned on me that it would be a great way to see everyone alittle out of their comfort zones as well. :D That puts me at an advantage that I liked

So here are a few thoughts on masks....

WHITE LACE beauty mask

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MASQUERADE-Venetian-Mask-Naomi-Mask-Plain-WHITE-/140470888717?pt=AU_Costumes&hash=item20b4b7a90d#ht_884wt_802

Black in the same version (also available in pink)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MASQUERADE-Venetian-Mask-Naomi-Mask-Plain-/130447875038?pt=AU_Costumes&hash=item1e5f4c9bde#ht_884wt_802

Then I decided that it should be complementary so i'm making my own from this print out.

http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/masquerademask.html

WISH ME LUCK I'm gonna need it.

Follow Up & catch up!

www.sensationallook.com.au/ for Brisbane people! Located at stones corner the nail artist is just that a dedicated artist! Really rare if you are used to the mass produced questionable cheap chain nail stores. BUT her star attraction is her

GELS
Full set (Including tips), Full set (French tips),
Overlay on natural nails, with French

Prices are as it should be for a real nail job about $70 or so for the first time.

She promises to help you get your nails to out grow out the tips so you just have gel overlays in no time! YAY! THis is the most natural look possible. She also does overlay nail colour! permenant nail colour just think of it!

Well the follow up is about the blog I did before about harmful shoes. I went around looking at the options and here is some of the results I came up with. Orthapedic thong options for that support without the look of corrective shoes: http://estore.walkpainfree.com.au/sandals-thongs/womens

And if you have a USA mail forwarding option* http://www.orthaheelusa.com/women/footwear/sandals.html

*USA mail forwarding options are companies that I discovered recently that will allow you to buy anything YES ANYTHING in the usa on the internet and send it to the company under your name and they will give you shipping options and you will pay your choice shipping option from the US. Some are are Boarderlinkz, myUSAbox, USA2me etc.

I am currentley weighing up what my membership options are and which to go with so I cant give a recommendation till I've gone with someone before. But might be buying a computer and regular monthly packages from them so it looks like the cheaper option at the moment. :)

Bring on spring!

I love the fact that spring is coming! But I'm the most apprehensive I've ever been to tackle the new season. I'm in a total transition in alot of areas of my life and I'm feeling uneasy already. But too add on to that I have to get myself into shorts skirts and scarier still swimmers! I'm needing some inspiration....Join with me in a walk through some style history.......

Love Elisa Deshku's Ol School Bring it on cute Rocker makeup. Super Gloss cherry lips and well shaded eyeshadow in a pretty shades of neutrals and pink on lids. Later they toned down the lips only to add a signature reflective blue highlight on the brow bone swept down onto the cheek in a c (not so sublte). Now considered very taboo but was all the rage when Red Earth was booming as a major competitor of Body Shop.

Shout with me Awesome, oh wow! Like, totally freak me out! I mean, right on! The Toros sure are number one!

Elisa as missy [cheering] I transferred from Los Angeles, your school has no gymnastics team, this is a last resort!
[back to normal tone] OK, so I never cheered before. So what? What about doing something that actually requires neurons.

I'm so tired of the current trend of Uber Natural that has scared women to be so mild with makeup. Its brown brown brown taupe and if your lucky pink. But only as a feature. I think some of me wants to do something fun and adventurous. Because thats what you do when your young. You wear colour! Well I'm now daring you to get up and try a colour on all that nude makeup! Turquoise eyeliner will go great with your bronzed face. Or slightly more coloured lips. Fun sparkles on the eye in a metal colour silver is Super chic on brunettes and Dark haired girls while gold is the same on fair skined or pink skined girls of any coloured hair. It the new neutral Ray Morris says in her make up book! I'm convinced when you see her proof pics.

Heres a fun look that I saw on Jlo a while back which was and continues to be a winner:

Gold eyes with silver highlighs and a lip gloss one to two shades darker than her natural lip colour in a Brick red tone. Just screams fun. So whatever colour you like add it to your make up to liven up you end of winter! Let your makeup say "Bring on spring early!"

Shoes

I got these shoes for $19.95 from Spendless Shoes but is it worth it to have bunions one day??? Whats the deal with Ladies and their fascination with beauty over everything? I DONT wear killer heals cause its just cruel. But even these seem high compared to the flats i've grown accustomed to.

And whats with the supply and demand thing! If people didn't buy these podiatrists nightmares then they might have them working on making the Comfy as some label "frumpy" shoes cute. Instead of how much less sole can we put in these flats to save material costs? (yes "Ballet" shoes I'm talking about you!)

But then I thought about it what is cute? Pointed toe? well we don't have points at the ends of our feet why do we insist on starting/continuing a new/our version of foot binding tradition? Don't you know that you get old and you really need you feet to function for 70 odd

years!

You see heels seriously strain your muscles all over your body putting force on back muscles beyond what they are capable of enduring. Let alone the bunion thing which I will try to explain to the naive out there. (No you don't just wear heels, hurt your feet and then get over it) constant pressure on the big toe to push in toward the other toes trains the ball of the foot to push further and further out ward to take all the strain that its ment to be on the big toe plus some. Don't believe me that your heels might not be an all the time thing? Look at my photo.

Its hard to believe that such a painful reality it self inflicted. I think after all this t

hought and the only conclusion is so called frumpy shoes will have you dancing longer in life so who cares what you wear as long as you don't end up really paying for it in the long run.

Loving Kaboodle!

I'm Loving my new "add to Kaboodle" button on my toolbar. I've been using kaboodle for a while now but only at american Items so now I'm adding my own things for AU conversion! LOL

I'm so excited because I've made a mistake lately that cost me some freedom. I purchased this tall boy from Ikea Hemnes range and the next day purchased a bedroom 4 Pce Suite range for less that the one tall boy in Teak stain. Well, Not matching I took the Ikea tall boy back but alas I had lost my receipt but that now makes it MANDITORY that I spend at a home decorating store. So its kind of loose freedom (as in the furniture store, Lol) but gain the ability to spend to the hills with out the partner breaking a sweat everytime I pick up another item in the laborinth called IKEA.

WEll that brings me to Kaboodle and their add to kaboodle button..... I'm Making digital style boards that a decorator would with out the mess of physically doing one (would not happen).

I go to the shop that i would like some thought about which item to buy for the room and I add all the contending items then I can make a Style board in a suedo room to resemble where it might go.

Its so clarifying for the whole look of the colours to sit next to each other in my suedo room that I picked added a picture of. I did some dark woodern floors that I added to my kaboodle. Then i just layered on top rug(that i'm thinking about with a few to switch between), Couch that i have, Tv that i want, A model that has my hair and skin colour wearing a nice outfit I would like to get(sort of ment to me), Curtains from Ikea that i find beautiful (Merete in Beige).

So basically if your store has pictures on the website you can add it to a list to remember compare and even asks if you would like to be linked to the store to buy the item. ALL while siting on your computer chair. What a great time we live in!