Busy Bee!

So once again it has been absolutely forever since I wrote, and once again, I'm very sorry! The past few weeks have been crazy! I got a new job, which started off all the crazyness. I did a first interview on Monday the 21st of September, 2 hours after I got home, I was called to come in for a second interview the next dat. And so I went for the second interview and just after I got home from that they offered me the job! And I started on Thursday the 24th! It was insane! And since then I've been so busy and so tired that I sadly neglected my little blog!
So since I have been so busy, I haven't really had too much time to shop, but of course I bought myself just a little congratulations treat for getting this job! How could I not?! So I took myself to MAC and I picked up the beloved repromote of Feline Kohl Power! And I love it, its so creamy and the most gorgeous black ever. When my last Feline ran out, I was so sad, and getting a new one just about made my day! And if you weren't lucky enough to pick it up with the DSquared2 collection, fear not! It is being released again in December, the 26th to be exact, with the Love Lace Collection! And if you're like me and love the texture of the Kohl Power formulation, you'll be glad to know that two more shades, Raven and Sense of Style, are coming out at the same time. And I'm sure you all know and love www.temptalia.com, but if you don't know about it, please go check it out, you will love it! So much info, great reviews and tips...its a girly paradise in blog form! I've been drooling over all the new holiday collections from so many brands! And MAC Holiday 2009 is on top of my wishlist right now!
When I was at MAC scooping up my coveted Feline, I also decided to go ahead and pick up the 219 brush, which I have been wanting forever and ever. I haven't had the chance to use it just yet, but I'm excited to try it out!
So what collections are you looking forward to? Do the MAC upcoming MAC collections tickle your fancy? Do you own a 219 brush? Love it? Hate it? Let me know!

Oops...

Oh my GOODNESS! It has been absolutely forever since I've written here, and honestly, I've really missed it! I do love making these posts, even if its only for my own benefit. Anyway, a little bit has happened in the last couple of weeks, including just a little bit of shopping, of course! I can't really remember exactly the order in which I bought things, but that's OK, right? Right!
So its been beautiful and summery these past couple of weeks, and that it at the very least part of the reason I've been so MIA. I'm desperately grasping on to every last scrap of summer that I can! Where I live, winters can be insanely unforgiving, and I am definitely not looking forward to it. I always try to keep summer in my head though, even all through winter and one way I do that is by wearing skirts! Skirts and dresses, rather than jeans, are my version of everyday wear. I am not at all the type of girl to save skirts for "dressing up". I think every day is a day to dress up for! And I took advantage of summer again and picked up a couple more skirts! First off I got a cute plain black box-pleated skirt from H&M. Its really quite nice, a bit of a heavier cotton so I can avoid that embarrassing wind-catching-skirt phenomenon. I love the skirt because it is super versatile and I can dress it down a bit with an embellished tee, or make it a bit more formal with relative ease. The second skirt I got was from Club Monaco, and its a really nice flowy white cotton skirt that I got on sale for an amazing $19 down from $140! I love getting great pieces at great prices! I picked up a few other odds and ends in the clothing department as well, pretty much just a bit of lingerie and some plain tank tops for layering though, nothing too exciting. Now on to beauty stuff!
I sadly missed out on the Blonde Brunette Redhead collection from MAC, and I was pretty disappointed that I hadn't gotten my hands on a few of the things from that release. One of those things I wanted but didn't get was Henna eyeshadow, and I was recently lucky enough to come across it! It is a gorgeous dark gold color and I am loving it! I don't have Sumptuous Olive, which I have heard this can be compared to so I'm not completely sure how similar they are, but I can definitely say that Henna is just beautiful I'm really looking forward to playing around with it some more!
As for the Makeup Art Cosmetics collection, I only picked up one thing. I had wanted a few other things, including the purple quad, but when I swatched those colors I really wasn't feeling their pigmentation. But that is ok, because the item I did purchase I am in love with! I got the Artistic License technakohl liner, the bright blue one. It is so pretty! I have been using it to line my lower lash line when I have a pretty, neutral look on the rest of my eye. It really makes the eyes pop, and its a fun little unexpected way to play with color! One more thing I wanted and wasn't lucky enough to get was actually one of the promo images! The Marilyn Minter one to be exact, the closeup of the messy, glittery purple eye. I think that is just such an amazing photo and I would love to have it to hang on my wall!
Other than a new Studio Fix powder, that's all I've gotten from MAC in the last little bit. Of course I can't ever resist popping in there when I'm near a location, so we'll see how long that lasts. I have picked up a few other things from a few other places though. I've recently started loving the Sephora by OPI nail polishes. I've had Metro Chic for a while now, and really love it, so when I heard they were coming out with a matte version, I was so excited. I really love the matte nail trend and I'm really looking forward to picking up some more matte colors. I did pick up the matte Metro Chic, along with the color Under My Trench Coat, which is a traditional color, not a matte. I really do love the matte version of Metro Chic, I think it looks really amazing, and it seems to dry really fast which of course is fantastic. I've still got to try Under My Trench Coat, but I have a feeling that I'm going to like it a lot! On my nail polish want list is definitely a couple of OPI's other matte-version polishes as well, especially the matte Lincoln Park After Dark, which I bet is gorgeous. I wish I could find the Essie Matte About You mattefying top coat, but I still haven't found it anywhere. I'm wondering if maybe it just isn't available in Canada yet? Sad!
As with nearly every other post here, I've also been in to Lush recently. I think I have a problem, I'm a bit of an addict. This time I picked up a Melting Marshmallow Moments bath melt (love!) and a lovely, wobbly blob of Sweetie Pie shower jelly. I love the shower jellies, they're so fun! And they smell really nice. Sweetie Pie smells sort of fruity and cherry-ish, and its really lovely. The jellies don't seem to dry out my skin either, which is really great since one or two Lush soaps have dried my skin out a bit in the past. The last thing I picked up at Lush was actually a wrapped gift for a friend. The Bunty gift is just so cute and it has such great-smelling bath bombs and bubble bars. So girly and I really do think its a great gift choice.
Those, I think, are all of the exciting things I've picked up over the last little while. I've been really taking advantage of summer, but I've missed writing here, so I'm definitely going to do my best to do so on a more regular basis! How about you? Have you been enjoying the summer? Have you tried out any great products? Let me know when you've been doing, and what products you've been loving! Oh, and I've been trying to figure out what foundation to try out for fall and winter. I want something a bit more moisturizing, and any tips or recommendations are greatly appreciated! Thanks so much! And stay gorgeous!

Surprise vacation!

Hi! Its been forever since I posted, and I missed it! First I got sick (boo strep throat!) and then my boyfriend and I went away for a few days. We went to the mountains and Lake Louise and some other crazy gorgeous places, and it was a total sneaky surprise that he planned! I loved it and I definitely miss being there. I don't think I've ever seen anything so gorgeous...the water was this amazing blue, and the hotel was fabulous and it was a well needed rest!
And now I'm back home and back to work and only a few days away from the Make Up Art Cosmetics collection from MAC! I'm definitely picking up the Photo Realism quad, a jar of Cocomotion, a couple of lipsticks and a liner or two! And maybe more, we shall have to wait and see. And when I do pick up my goodies, I will of course let you know what they are :-) What are your cravings, if any, from the new collection? Definitely let me know!
I've been feeling like doing some more clothes shopping lately as well. I'm really really picky about my clothes, I never wear pants or jeans, unless it is 100% absolutely unavoidable, even if its blizzarding out. Actually I don't even own a pair of jeans right now. I really prefer skirts and dresses and cutesy things like that and so I think I may need to hit up Anthropologie or something pretty soon! Hopefully I can turn my MAC shopping day in a week or so into a clothing day too? I hope so!
So let me know what you guys are craving or loving right now, and stay gorgeous everybody

<3<3 Kristen

Mini MAC Haul!

So today I was at the mall to help pick out a dress for a friend who is going to a wedding this weekend, and of course I couldn't resist a little MAC side trip. I hadn't really had much interest in the Naked Honey collection when it first came out, but for some reason when I walked into the store I really wanted to take a look! I thought the powders were really pretty, with their honeycomb pattern and everything, but the really didn't work with my skin, and I'm not really a big powder person anyway. But I also swatched the three shadows, and I REALLY liked them! I wasn't expecting to either, but lo and behold, they were really quite pretty. So of course I couldn't just get one or two because the others would feel all left out, and in the end I went home with Buckwheat, Pollinator and Creme de Miel. I haven't played around with them too much yet, but I'm probably going to try to create a look or two tomorrow and I'm really excited about it!
I didn't really need to pick up those shadows, but I felt like I deserved a bit of a treat today. My best friend is moving all the way across the country tomorrow, so I've been a bit down, and there is nothing like a little shopping and new makeup to help cheer me up! But now my intention is to try and save up a bit for some of the new collections coming out in the next few months. We'll see how that goes.... Stay gorgeous everyone!

What a lovely day!

Today turned out to be way better than I thought it would! I knew it would be fun since I was planning on meeting up with my sister, but it got even better! First of all, I got a call letting me know that I got a new job I was hoping for, which made me SO happy! And after that, it turned out that my sister needed to meet up a little later, dinner instead of lunch, and that she wanted to stop by MAC first! So I ended up back at my favorite place, and of course I had to buy myself a little reward for the new job! I ended up picking up Hand-Finish blush from the Colour Craft collection, and I really love it. Its a really pretty, pale pink with gorgeous gold running thorugh it, and it works really nicely on my pale, pale skin. I think girls with darker complexions would probably want to go with one of the more pigmented options, but for me, it works really nicely!

Now I'm just super super excited about starting work on Wednesday! Well, and a bit nervous. New jobs have a very "first day of school" type of feeling for me, excited and apprehensive at the same time. More excited really. Plus it means picking out cute work outfits! Gotta make a great impression!

And now I'm off to play with all the makeup I've picked up over the past week! Stay gorgeous everyone!

Update!

OK, so I thought I would really really quickly update. I just ordered the Smooth Merge MSF from MAC! I'm so excited for it to get here. I know I have four or so MAC stores that I go to all the time, so I could very easily have just gone to the mall and picked it up, but I am a HUGE sucker for getting things in the mail, plus there was free shipping. So I'm so happy, and maybe now I can try and go to bed without agonizing over my choice!
<3<3Stay gorgeous everyone!

I love lazy Sundays...

Sunday is a great day for relaxing, not going anywhere, and being all cozy at home. And today was especially good for that since it was a bit gloomy out anyway. So I stayed in with my boyfriend, slept suuuper late and looked at the MAC website way too much. And now I'm torn. When I went to MAC the other day, I looked at the Colour Craft collection and just had to walk away! The MSFs and blushes were all way too pretty and I got a little overwhelmed. And today I have been staring at the website and trying hard to make a decision. I'm thinking I would really like either Triple Fusion or Smooth Merge to use as a blush, since I'm super super pale. Hmmm, decisions decisions! Also I've never really used any of the MSFs before and I'm really interested in trying them out. I'm going to have to plant a money tree I think!
In other news, I also tried out a new LUSH soap this morning. Not a new soap for Lush, but new for me, anyway. I tried out Sexy Peel soap, since I bought a nice big chunk of it just the other day. I sliced off a piece that seemed big enough for three or four showers and just kept the rest wrapped up to keep it nice and fresh. Wow, this soap is citrusy! I loved the smell of it in the store which is obviously why I bought it, and the lemony-limey scent was a great big whoosh of wake-up goodness. This is definitely a good morning soap, since its so bright-smelling, and I think its one of the cheaper LUSH soaps as well, I think it was about $5.25/100g (Canadian dollars). I'm really glad I got such a big piece since this is a new favorite around my house! I didn't find it to be as drying as Porridge soap, which I love the smell of, but I can't really use since it dries my skin out too much. Maybe LUSH should make more things that have the Porridge scent (hint hint!).
Mmm, I think that is all my news for today. Hopefully I get to meet up with my sister for lunch tomorrow which should be fun, but other than that I think I'm off to the MAC website to ponder some more! Goodnight and stay gorgeous everyone!

Hello world!

Wow, ok. So this is my first blog ever, and I really have no idea what I'm doing yet. That is just fine though, because I know its going to be tons of fun! I love reading other people's blogs, especially ones about beauty, fashion, makeup and all that girly stuff. So I figured, why not try it out myself? My plan is to just talk about my shopping excursions, things I'm loving, and things at the top of my want list. I think all the gorgeous goodies out there, like pretty lipglosses or shoes, are some of the best things about being a girl!

So lets jump right into it then! Today was fun for sure, in a very makeup related way. I've just recently gotten really into MAC makeup. I've always liked using their products, but in the last maybe 4 months, I've become one of those girls who crave and covet and wait impatiently for collections to come out. Probably around the same time was when I stumbled across the amazing beauty community on Youtube! I love so many of those girls, and they are all so gorgeous!
So anyway, today my boyfriend and I went to MAC and I was treated to a mini shopping spree! I picked out five eyeshadows (Satin Taupe, All That Glitters, Mulch, Espresso and Amber Lights in case you were curious), a Paint Pot in Rubenesque (gorgeous!!) and the 226 brush, which I have been excited to pick up since I heard it was being repromoted with Colour Craft!
I absolutely love the girls at the MAC store I go to the most often and I think it is such a great thing to have really helpful people in cosmetics stores. And they're totally honest, which is awesome too. I'd much rather have someone tell me that a foundation makes me look too orangey than to have them let me just pick it myself and wander out looking like an Ooompa Loompa!

Anyway, that is all for now, just a little bit of post-shopping day happiness! But I'm excited for when I update next! Stay gorgeous everyone!