You know... As much as I love my fashion/beauty magazines... They give some pretty bad advice.

I was reading the new issue of Allure today, and in the section about brights, they tell you to, get this, "Dust powder over your eyelids before applying shadow." Uh... yeah. And that's gonna help you HOW? By making your expensive high-end shadow (like a $48 Dior palette!) so sheer it just looks like drugstore shit?

I mean... that's the LAST thing I'd tell anyone to do. The reasoning they had for that was that a creamy base would cause your shadow to be blotchy... Yeah, blotchy if you're a dumbass and can't apply it or blend... Yeeeesh. Who writes for these magazines?!

Or like when they say to apply moisturizer before your self tanner... So that your expensive bottle of self tanner is practically useless? So none of it absorbs into your skin and you have to reapply 20 times to get any color? So you're streaky like some kind of skanky zebra? Yeah, if you know how to apply self tanner, you won't have a problem. But apparently the writers of Allure don't know how to do anything...


Well, I guess if you've seen pictures of the people who write for these magazines I guess you'll understand. They all look like lazy, greasy moms who don't shower or wear makeup... Yep. That definitely makes you the authority on beauty, eh? Isn't that right, Stinky?

Seems like this beauty blog has just turned into "Scrangie's Haul Blog". Which is okay, cause it's news to me! The only news items I've heard of lately are just previews of upcoming MAC collections. (Culturebloom!!!! WOOOHOO!!!)

Well, here's my mother-of-all-hauls.



M·A·C Tour De Pink
Prep + Prime, Lip
Iridescent Powder/Pressed, Belightful
Powder Blush, Mocha
Eye Shadow, Black Tied
Eye Shadow, Da Bling (already have this one.. Oh well.)
Eye Shadow, Dazzlelight
Eye Kohl, Smolder
Lip Pencil, Dervish
Lipstick, Plum Dandy
Lipstick, Politely Pink
Lipstick, Fetish
Pro Lusterlong, Lustrebloom
Tinted Lipglass, Pinkarat (Pinkarat is a lustreglass.. uh... Hello MAC?)
Lustreglass, Garden
Chromeglass Show Coral
Chromeglass Pinkocrasy
Chromeglass Uberpeach
Chromeglass Already Fab!
Chromeglass Prize Shine

It's not so bad! It's only a dollar a day... For the rest of the year.... >.>;;

And, I got some MLS... Panty Raid 6 pack, New Year's 6 pack and Bondage Babe call me balm. Heh.

Now I have to be extra good. Cause I have to pay my car insurance in march, my cell phone in february and my damn license plate sticker... today.

And Culturebloom!!!! CULTUREBLOOM!!! New Lustreglass and an LE BRIGHT GREEN!!! Can you tell I'm excited?

Current Sephora clearance haul:

Aquolina/Body Milk/16.9 oz Caramel Cream
Mor/Sorbet/.52 oz Lip Delight
Sephora/Camo Travel Bag Collection - Pink & White/Brush Set (x2, one for me, one for K)
Eyeko/Super Size Shine/2
Eyeko/Shea Shine/1
Jaqua/Cafe Collection - Sinfully Rich Body Butter/Chocolat
CITY Cosmetics/CITY Lips/SantiaGlow
Sephora/Stain & Gloss/Fig
Dessert Beauty/Taste Deliciously Kissable Fragrance/1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray (Backup!)
Dessert Beauty/Deliciously Kissable Hair & Body Mist/7 oz Dreamy
Dessert Beauty/Taste Deliciously Kissable Plumping Lip Fragrance Gloss/Delicious (Another backup!)
Dessert Beauty/Deliciously Kissable Plumping Lip Fragrance Gloss/Creamy (I only have the mini of this one!)
CITY Cosmetics/CITY Lips/Lush Vegas

I think I'm gonna get the rest of the Dessert line while it's all on clearance, cause I'm a sucker for stuff that smells like food. And I'm on the fence about the large camo tote bag, cause they just released the black and pink one and it's much cuter.

I'm definitely gonna jump on the MOR stuff if it ever comes back in stock. MOR Gelato is so amazing. And Nougat. And you can't beat ten bucks.

I really wanted another Jaqua buttercream body butter and the Chai Latte foot cream, but they're sold out.

YAY FOR CLEARANCE!

The countdown to Catherine Deneuve and Chromeglass: 3 days.
Culturebloom: Got a month at least.

I also heard a rumor that there's gonna be three new pigments coming out sometime soon.

Seems like MAC is releasing a new collection every two weeks now... I don't know how I'm gonna be able to afford this much longer.

Ok, I keep caving and buying more, even though I said I was waiting until Chromeglass:

Body Suit lipstick
Push-Up Plum lipstick
Daisy Daze
Coquettish Clarice
Miss Bunny
Cleo's Coral Kiss
Luv-4-Ever Pro Longwear Lustre
Luxuration nailpolish
Rich Ground fluidline
Dipdown fluidline
219 Brush
Boudoir Hues quad

So... the only things I didn't buy from Lingerie were... La-Di-Bra!, Bare Fetish, Pink Maribu and Sunday Best.

Ouch.

I also got some Bed Head body stuff, which I've never seen before. Oatmeal Cookie set. OPI Italian Love Affair, A Little Less Conversation, Essie Sugar Daddy, Essie set with a new crystal file, a hot red polish, a lotion and a cute bag, and Urban Decay Primer Potion, even though I hate Urban Decay. And a bunch of clearance Bonne Bell stuff, cause I don't care if it's for 8 year olds, you can never get too old for pink frosting flavored stuff in sparkly packages... Hehehe.

I think from the Catherine Deneuve Icon collection I'll get the Thunder Eyes (or was it Laze?) quad, one of the beauty powders in the cute compact, and the light pink lipglass. And from Chromeglass, I'll get whatever is cute.

I will be buying all of Culturebloom, except for the ugly brown lustreglass and lipstick, and the red lipstick. And probably the cremesticks, cause... I hate lipliner.

It's a good thing I'm making more money this month.

I also hit the Bath and Body Works 75% off sale. Got Apple Torta and Amaretti body souffles and the three Tutti Dolci glosses I didn't have (Mango Sorbetto, Raspberry Granita and Pineapple Chiffon.) And... I could swear I got something else, but I can't for the life of me recall exactly what it is.


But, it's not like I have an actual hobby.

List of MAC I've bought in the last two weeks:

Tartlette Lipglass
Blue Memory lipglass
Dreamstate lipglass
Slicked Pink lipgelee
Love Nectar lustreglass
Iridescently Shadebender
Of Corset! Lipglass
Negligee lipglass
Fine China lipglass
Lingerie lipstick
Viva Glam V lipstick
Euroflash Lipstick
Who's That Lady Lipgelee
Haute Chocolate lipglass tasti
Lipglass tasti charms set
Courting Rose lipglass
Heartthrob lipglass
Luxuriate lipglass
Primped Up lipstick


Flirty Number eyeshadow
Taupeless eyeshadow
Slip Pink eyeshadow
Boudoir Hues quad
Goldenaire pigment
Lovely Lily pigment
Frost Pigment
Blue storm pigment
Adorn shimmersouffle

Naked You mineralize skinfinish
Petticoat Mineralize skinfinish

Silverstroke fluidline
Royal Hue shadestick
Pearl CCB
Fix+

MV1
MV2
MV3
MV5

MAC Nordstrom exclusive pallete from 04 (prom kit?)


This has been a good two weeks for makeup buying.

Total retail: Holy fuck and thirty nine cents.

SCORE!

I got some great stuff at the CCO today.

All in all, I only spent $130 (under budget!) and I got:

Mini Lipglass Tasti Set (from holiday a few years ago, I've wanted this forever!)
Blue Storm Pigment
Frost Pigment
Adorn Shimmersouffle (I want more of these!)
Royal Hue Shadestick
Haute Chocolate Lipglass Tasti (but it's too old and it went bad.... ewww. Just for collecting.)
Blue Memory Lipglass
Tartlette Lipglass
Love Nectar Lustreglass
MV5 (Greenify)

And a bottle of Fix+ that she forgot to put in my bag. =(

On my way up to the counter, I saw a Blue jewel-encrusted palette... And I FLIPPED OUT! Because... JEWEL PALETTE = PARROT!!!! But, sadly, it wasn't. It had Black Tied, Idol Eyes, Pink Freeze and a couple of other colors. None were limited edition so I passed. Actually, it was packaged with another palette plus a brush set.

They had the Tailormade palettes, but they were different! I wonder if they were real? I may go back and get them.

I'm definitely going back for the other two Shimmersouffles, a couple limited edition lipglasses and the Creations set (MV1, MV2, MV3).

I'm very pleased with what I got.

And I went to Sephora but they didn't have anything I was looking for. Boo.

I'm going to the Cosmetics Company Outlet tomorrow! Yay!! I hope they have something really good. I'm in the mood for pigments. I went to the DF&CCO twice last week. Once for me, once to get a couple presents for K. In all , I got 4 mini Juicy Tubes (Simmer, Miracle, Creamsicle, Sun Bronze), 12 eyeshadows (warm and cool duos and quads) 4 mini Flextencils, 4 sets of eye/face wrinkle treatment (it came with... lol, never too early to start though) 8 Juicy Vernis, Fraichelle gelee, exfoliant and moisturizer, Star Gloss, 2 lipsticks, a huge tote, and Armani Night. I think I'm gonna go to sephora tomorrow and pick up a few things. They have a Mini professional brush set I was gonna get for K. Cause her makeup sucks and she needs help. Sephora brushes are pretty good too, especially the new line. What she really needs is some concealer and some Bare Minerals. But I'm not spending THAT much on her. $10 on Lancome and $15 on Sephora is enough for someone who doesn't know how to use it properly. lol I'm such a bitch. But I hate orange foundation, and mascara smudged onto the lid. Ick. I also got my first CCB in Pearl. Johnnie said it makes the color of Lustre lipsticks pop. And wow, it does. I got Primped Up and Viva Glam V. Also, Courting Rose, Heartthrob and Luxuriate. Courting Rose = perfect. Too bad it's Limited Edition. GRRRRRRRRRRR. I need to buy a backup.