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queenbee1127
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^ Sign up for an account on www.artofbeauty.com and also follow them @ Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments on Facebook and you will be in the know pretty darn quick. They usually announce their promotions on Facebook, then send you an e-mail about the code they've placed in your account.
Edit: Current manicure. 2 coats of OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue and one coat of China Glaze Cosmic to add some glitz. I love that Cosmic makes the whole thing look like a jelly polish.
Edit: Current manicure. 2 coats of OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue and one coat of China Glaze Cosmic to add some glitz. I love that Cosmic makes the whole thing look like a jelly polish.
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CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
Bluelighter
^How stunning! Love that combo. 
I uploaded my latest video today - this one's a Get Ready With Me video, where I do my make-up, accessories and get dressed up for Melbourne Cup last week. Let me know if you guys like the end look! I had lots of fun doing this type of video, and I think I'll make some more if everyone likes it.
I uploaded my latest video today - this one's a Get Ready With Me video, where I do my make-up, accessories and get dressed up for Melbourne Cup last week. Let me know if you guys like the end look! I had lots of fun doing this type of video, and I think I'll make some more if everyone likes it.
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
Bluelighter
Aussie ladies - latest special on Benefit cosmetics from one of my favourite online retailers, Adore Beauty.
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
Bluelighter
I just heard about some new Sigma products that are coming out shortly (just in time for Christmas), so I thought I'd let you guys know about them;
The Cities Collection
Launch Date: November 21, 2011
The Cities is Sigma Beauty’s special edition travel kit collection!
The kits feature seven travel-sized brushes from our best selling Essential and Premium Kits (E05 Eyeliner, E35 Tapered Blending, E45 Small Tapered Blending, E60 Large Shader, F05 Small Contour, F15 Duo Fibre, and F30 Large Powder).
The brushes are held in a travel-size container that turns into two brush holders to keep your brushes organized, even on the go.
Each kit was designed to represent the beauty and excitement of the city it is named after. There are four kits in this exciting collection: London (brown), Tokyo (pink), Paris (red) and New York (black).
Make Me Up Collection – Travel Edition
Launch Date: November 28, 2011
The Sigma Beauty Make Me Up Travel Kits were designed for fun, yet practical makeup application on the go.
Similar to the design of the full sized Make Me Up Collection, these travel sized kits contain seven colorful brushes held in a functional and stylish container (E30 Pencil, E40 Tapered Blending, E55 Eye Shading, E65 Small Angle, F30 Large Powder, F40 Large angled Contour, and F60 Foundation).
The kits will be available in Black, Aqua, Coral and Purple.
The Bunny Collection
Launch Date: December 5, 2011
(This one's my favourite!!!)
The Bunny Collection is Sigma Beauty’s vegan friendly line of brushes. The collection will feature a full-size and travel-size kit.
The full size kit will contain the twelve brushes sold in our Essential Kit, all made with the Sigmax HD fibers.
The travel-size kit contains seven best selling brushes from the Essential kit. Both kits will be held in a Sigma Beauty container that turns into two brush holders.
The Extravaganza Face Kit
Launch Date: December 12, 2011
The Sigma Beauty Extravaganza Face Kit is a lavish assortment of one of a kind, hand-crafted brushes with 18 karat gold-plated ferrules. The face kit features four gorgeous, 18K gold-plated brushes and a deluxe carrying case, perfect for traveling and storage.
The Extravaganza Complete Kit
Launch Date: December 19, 2011
The Sigma Beauty Extravaganza Complete Kit features 29 of our best-selling essential, premium and individual brushes. The brushes in this collection are hand-crafted with 18 karat gold-plated ferrules, specially designed to deliver a luxurious makeup application.
Remember if you click on the link below, you will get a free brush with your order over US$30! :D
The Cities Collection
Launch Date: November 21, 2011
The Cities is Sigma Beauty’s special edition travel kit collection!
The kits feature seven travel-sized brushes from our best selling Essential and Premium Kits (E05 Eyeliner, E35 Tapered Blending, E45 Small Tapered Blending, E60 Large Shader, F05 Small Contour, F15 Duo Fibre, and F30 Large Powder).
The brushes are held in a travel-size container that turns into two brush holders to keep your brushes organized, even on the go.
Each kit was designed to represent the beauty and excitement of the city it is named after. There are four kits in this exciting collection: London (brown), Tokyo (pink), Paris (red) and New York (black).
Make Me Up Collection – Travel Edition
Launch Date: November 28, 2011
The Sigma Beauty Make Me Up Travel Kits were designed for fun, yet practical makeup application on the go.
Similar to the design of the full sized Make Me Up Collection, these travel sized kits contain seven colorful brushes held in a functional and stylish container (E30 Pencil, E40 Tapered Blending, E55 Eye Shading, E65 Small Angle, F30 Large Powder, F40 Large angled Contour, and F60 Foundation).
The kits will be available in Black, Aqua, Coral and Purple.
The Bunny Collection
Launch Date: December 5, 2011
(This one's my favourite!!!)
The Bunny Collection is Sigma Beauty’s vegan friendly line of brushes. The collection will feature a full-size and travel-size kit.
The full size kit will contain the twelve brushes sold in our Essential Kit, all made with the Sigmax HD fibers.
The travel-size kit contains seven best selling brushes from the Essential kit. Both kits will be held in a Sigma Beauty container that turns into two brush holders.
The Extravaganza Face Kit
Launch Date: December 12, 2011
The Sigma Beauty Extravaganza Face Kit is a lavish assortment of one of a kind, hand-crafted brushes with 18 karat gold-plated ferrules. The face kit features four gorgeous, 18K gold-plated brushes and a deluxe carrying case, perfect for traveling and storage.
The Extravaganza Complete Kit
Launch Date: December 19, 2011
The Sigma Beauty Extravaganza Complete Kit features 29 of our best-selling essential, premium and individual brushes. The brushes in this collection are hand-crafted with 18 karat gold-plated ferrules, specially designed to deliver a luxurious makeup application.
Remember if you click on the link below, you will get a free brush with your order over US$30! :D
DarthMom
Bluelighter
for anyone who uses dry shampoo, i found a brand i love finally...tigi rockaholic dry shampoo.....i have very long thick hair that i spend a lot of money on product and a lot of time carefully straightening, so therefore reallllly enjoy being able to go a few days without having to do all over again. i have never been able to go as long as i do now as i do with this brand. while after a few days, it is limp so ponies are in demand, it doesn't look dirty at all. i have seriously really been impressed. just wanted to share. it's about 20 bucks but better than the other dry shampoo sprays i have spend that much on.
Samadhi
Bluelight Crew
That Benefit deal is fantastic. I've been wanting to buy a benetint for my lips, and this might be the right excuse. Thanks for the heads-up!
Perpetual Indulgence
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I need new make up brushes.
ocean
Bluelight Crew
I finally broke down and bought eyeshadow form MAC.
I've been trying to not buy online b/c I spend too much money......
Have yet to try it on but oooh it looks lovely
I bought Blackberry :
and Haux:
I wear so many shades of brown, nude colors, mushroom colors etc. I used to wear purple's but haven't found any recently that looked right......hope these work out
I've been trying to not buy online b/c I spend too much money......
Have yet to try it on but oooh it looks lovely
I bought Blackberry :
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and Haux:
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I wear so many shades of brown, nude colors, mushroom colors etc. I used to wear purple's but haven't found any recently that looked right......hope these work out
queenbee1127
Bluelighter
^If you use MAC products often, you should take advantage of their recycle program. You turn in 6 empty packages of any of their products and you get to pick out a free eyeshadow or lipstick. It takes me quite a while to get 6 packages since I really only use their Studio Fix powder but if you're into MAC, it's a pretty neat little program.
Speaking of cool programs, have any of you heard of Julep and their Maven program? (www.julep.com) It's sort of like Birchbox where they send you a box of goodies every month for a re-occuring fee, but this one is specifically nail polish based. I've been doing it for 2 months and have received 3 polishes, a plumping lip gloss and a really great makeup bag (they have other items besides polish, obviously). It's $20 a month, so twice the price of Birchbox but all the items are full-sized which is awesome. So far they have sent me:
Emilie
Sienna
Diane
And in no surprising news, I have been on a serious nail polish binge. Seriously serious. NSFW just incase you don't want the barrage of nail porn.
Speaking of cool programs, have any of you heard of Julep and their Maven program? (www.julep.com) It's sort of like Birchbox where they send you a box of goodies every month for a re-occuring fee, but this one is specifically nail polish based. I've been doing it for 2 months and have received 3 polishes, a plumping lip gloss and a really great makeup bag (they have other items besides polish, obviously). It's $20 a month, so twice the price of Birchbox but all the items are full-sized which is awesome. So far they have sent me:
Emilie
Sienna
Diane
And in no surprising news, I have been on a serious nail polish binge. Seriously serious. NSFW just incase you don't want the barrage of nail porn.
NSFW:
ocean
Bluelight Crew
^I 
Haunting!!!!
I will have to look into the MAC recycle thing....I wonder if the bottled foundation applies.....
I have three empty bottles. I mix my own- I use half MAC half Illamsqua.
Blending the two makes the perfect pale shade. Unfortunately MAC's palest foundation is still too dark for my skin tone![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
Haunting!!!!I will have to look into the MAC recycle thing....I wonder if the bottled foundation applies.....
I have three empty bottles. I mix my own- I use half MAC half Illamsqua.
Blending the two makes the perfect pale shade. Unfortunately MAC's palest foundation is still too dark for my skin tone
queenbee1127
Bluelighter
^ EVERYTHING applies! Even their makeup remover towelettes! I would definitely suggest saving them up if it's a product you're buying anyway.
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
Bluelighter
Emilie is stunning, QB.
Samadhi - go for it! Make sure you order before the offer expires though, the date is in the fine-print.
PI - I definitely recommend Sigma brushes. They ship quickly, are reasonably priced and for me, perform just like MAC bushes (that are way more expensive).
Ocean - I adore MAC shadows. They are just so pigmented, and they blend amazingly. I did a look recently with the new Icelandic Cool quad palette (it was sent for me to review). It's in my latest Get Ready With Me video.
My top three eyeshadow brands are; MAC, Inglot and Urban Decay. All three are pigmented, amazing colour selection and are value for money.
But that said, I did feel like I had to work hard to get the shadows to do what I wanted before I invested in my Sigma brushes. It just feels so much easier to make your make-up work when you have good tools of the trade.
Samadhi - go for it! Make sure you order before the offer expires though, the date is in the fine-print.
PI - I definitely recommend Sigma brushes. They ship quickly, are reasonably priced and for me, perform just like MAC bushes (that are way more expensive).
Ocean - I adore MAC shadows. They are just so pigmented, and they blend amazingly. I did a look recently with the new Icelandic Cool quad palette (it was sent for me to review). It's in my latest Get Ready With Me video.
My top three eyeshadow brands are; MAC, Inglot and Urban Decay. All three are pigmented, amazing colour selection and are value for money.
But that said, I did feel like I had to work hard to get the shadows to do what I wanted before I invested in my Sigma brushes. It just feels so much easier to make your make-up work when you have good tools of the trade.
mariacallas
Bluelight Crew
Aussie ladies - latest special on Benefit cosmetics from one of my favourite online retailers, Adore Beauty.
Looooove Benefit!
euphoria
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Right, cuz everyone who comes into this thread doesnt want to see nail porn
I loooove Haunting and Urban Night.
queenbee1127
Bluelighter
Awesome video! I noticed that some products were sent to you for review - how did you get involved in that? Did they seek you out and ask to review items or did you contact them? I've noticed that on a lot of polish blogs I read, the disclaimers say the products were sent for review. How awesome to get free beauty products!!
Current manicure: Zoya LC (Yes, like The Hills). I love this color, bright but not obnoxious, and the coverage is flawless.
More color accurate swatch:
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
Bluelighter
They contact me, almost 100% of the time. Occasionally if I love a brand I will send their PR Manager a note about my channel and politely ask to be added to their marketing list for updates, but they are the ones who offer free product to trial.
It works for anyone with a reasonable body of work (blog or channel) and reasonable individual click-rates.
ocean
Bluelight Crew
I don't know if I should be bringing this up here but it is a GIRLIE situation :D
I have become completely snobbish about my bras.
I TRIED very hard to purchase a bra from a department store- and couldn't bring myself to swipe the card.
Once I bought a bra at Victoria Secret (I used to not be able to fit in 'em) I got into a trap.
There is nothing more supportive, flattering, and they're all super cute!!
I went in yesterday and bought one after trying multiple other stores.
As long as I can afford it, I don't think I will ever go back to cheap bras.
The support is WORTH the 60$+!!
I have become completely snobbish about my bras.
I TRIED very hard to purchase a bra from a department store- and couldn't bring myself to swipe the card.
Once I bought a bra at Victoria Secret (I used to not be able to fit in 'em
) I got into a trap.There is nothing more supportive, flattering, and they're all super cute!!
I went in yesterday and bought one after trying multiple other stores.
As long as I can afford it, I don't think I will ever go back to cheap bras.
The support is WORTH the 60$+!!
Samadhi
Bluelight Crew
I"m with you, ocean - i simply can't find a bra that fits me as well as a bras i buy from a speciality store. The other ones i've purchased from places like Target just don't last - the straps stretch and they become misshapen.
Perpetual Indulgence
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I don't buy cheap bras either. At least not in 10 years.
I buy black, white, nude, blush from VS. I stopped with all the fancy colours, designs, and whatnots.
I buy black, white, nude, blush from VS. I stopped with all the fancy colours, designs, and whatnots.