Stila Love At First Blush Palette

You know those products that are soo pretty you don't want to touch?

Well, Stila's Love At First Blush Palette is one of them!

I stared at it for two days before I finally broke down and used it.

The heart embossed palette has a pale shimmery cotton candy pink, a matte bubblegum pink, and a bright shimmery Barbie pink.

Individually the cool-toned shades scared me a little because I didn't know how they'd fare on my warmer NC44 skin. However, swirled together they became a very flattering subtle pink. The blush also has just the right amount of pearly shimmer to impart a faint sparkle, but not too much to make it frosty.

Face:

Mac Mineralize spf 15 foundation in NC44

Cheeks:

Stila Love At First Blush Palette

Stila All Over Shimmer Duo in Kitten

Eyes:

Stila Smudgepot in Kitten

Mac Mineralize eyeshadow in Daylight

Stila Smudge stick Waterproof eyeliner in Purple Tang

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes in Black

Lips:

Mac Pro  Longwear lip pencil in Absolutely It

Mac Cremesheen glass in Narcissus

I got mine at StilaCosmetics.com for $14.00.

What do you think of this palette? Does it make you blush too?

China Glaze Electropop Polishes

These are my picks from China Glazes new Electropop collection.

I skipped the bright blue, green, and yellow polishes for more "easy on the eye" shades. I'm sick to death of minty greens, grays, greiges, and fugly ugly colors...and in turn I'm more drawn to pretty feminine shades.

Left to right: Dance Baby, Wicked Style, Gothic Lolita, Fuchsia Fanatic, Make Some Noise.

Did you pick up any polishes from this collection?

Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blushes in Hot Tamale and Plum Wine

If you haven't heard about Maybelline's Dream Bouncy blushes I don't know where you've been. I hadn't been able to get my paws on them until recently because no drugstores in my area had them in yet.

I scooped up Hot Tamale and Plum Wine because they seemed like they would show up on darker skin.

 Plum Wine is on the left and Hot Tamale is on the right. 

The texture of the blushes reminds me of this squishy spongey molding clay my kids used in preschool that never dries. The blushes while bright and vibrant in the pan, apply sheer (you've gotta dab them on with your fingers) and are buildable. I have on Plum Wine in the photo below but unfortunately my camera washes out the color (or I took the picture too close--ha,ha!).

I haven't worn them long enough to truly gage their staying power, but if they had more shades that would compliment WOC, I'd definitely buy them. I bought mine at CVS for eight-ish dollars.

What do you think of them? Scoop up any?

Face:

Mac Mineralize foundation spf 15 in NC44

Eyes: 

Stila Smudgepot in Kitten 

L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black mascara in Carbon Black

Stila Smudge Stick eyeliner in Peacock

Cheeks:

Maybelline Dream Bouncy blush in Plum Wine

Lips:

Revlon Lip Butter in Sweet Tart

...Soooo while I was busy having a mini photo shoot in the bathroom, BabyMishMash decided to make a glitter picture frame at the dining room table...I'm gonna have real fun cleaning it up...glitter (and glue) is EVERYWHERE!! (muted scream)

Nail Of The Day: Chanel June

3 thin coats topped with a coat of Seche Vite fast drying topcoat

Despite it being a sultry thirty degrees outside and fur-lined boots my footwear of choice these days, I've got Chanel's June on my fingertips. June is a juicy cantaloupe colored cream from Chanel's Spring 2012 collection. 

It looks pretty on the nails now, but I think it's going to look stunning when spring and summer roll around. It's a splurge at $26.00, but I can easily justify buying it with my new less-is-more philosophy when it comes to makeup. 

While on my mini-sabbatical from blogging I came to the decision I'd rather spend a little more money on products that I'll really love rather than have globs of so-so products that I'm not happy with and won't use. 

...Anywho, June is gorgeous and limited edition. I had to do three coats due to my shotty application but it's easily a two coater. If you like it I'd get it now while it's still available.

Wet 'n' Wild's New 2012 MegaLast Lipsticks

So I carved out some time to swatch the Wet 'n' Wild MegaLast lipsticks I mentioned in my previous post.

Left to right above and below are: 

Dollhouse Pink, Don't Blink Pink, Cherry Picking, Purty Persimmon

Each shade is two swipes.

I love the MegaLast formula because they glide on effortlessly, apply opaque (they have a semi-matte finish), and wear without fading or feathering. I have several MegaLast shades from their permanent line and they are some of my favorite lippies.

Dollhouse Pink is a loud baby pink. Despite looking pretty in the tube, it's not my kind of pink and the only shade I regret picking up. I could tweak it with a deeper toned lipliner or lipstick to make it more wearable, but I soo over products that I have to "fix" to make work.

Don't Blink Pink is an almost neon hot pink. I love it! This is my kind of pink!! It stands out without being obnixious.

Cherry Picking is vibrant deep berry. As soon as I put it on I was amazed with how white it made my teeth look. I will be wearing this shade ALOT.

I don't own any lipsticks like Purty Persimmon. All of the "orange" lipsticks I have actually veer towards coral, but Purty Persimmon is a true orange.

I don't know how long these shades will be available, so if you see them--swoop them up. I found mine at Walgreens for $1.99 each.

Hair Haul: Shea Moisture

So my first back-to-blogging post is surprisingly a hair product haul.

I don't do much to my hair and have a very simple routine. It's basically--cleanse, condition, and moisturize. Once in a while I'll use styling products (hair puddings or custards), but not often because of the few that I've tried, I've yet to be amazed.

I stumbled across the organic Shea Moisture line at Walgreens while I was actually looking for a different natural hair care line that I'd seen an ad for in Essence magazine (and didn't find).

Out of the several hair products there I picked their Curling Souffle, Curl Enhancing Smoothie, Deep Treatment Masque, and Hold & Shine Moisture Mist.

I had never heard of the brand before but was intrigued by everything that their hair care products don't contain.

No parabens

No paraffin

No gluten

No propylene glycol

No mineral oil

No synthetic fragrance

No animal testing

No PABA

No synthetic color

No DEA

No animal testing 

No sulfates

I'm looking forward to trying the souffle and smoothie the most because I'm hoping they will help bring back my curls which have decided to go into hiding the last couple of months.

I checked out their website and saw they also have bath, baby, and shaving lines and are also sold at Walmart and Target. Anyone tried this brand yet?

I picked up a couple more items including four new MegaLast lipstick shades that are in Wet n Wild's 2012 collection. The formula of these lipsticks are awesome and I can't wait to to try out these bright springy shades. I hope to have swatches up soon.

Under Construction...

After alot of thought and consideration I have decided 

to reenter the blogasphere.

I was going to do a fresh start with a whole brand new blog, 

but I like the name of this blog soo much I decided to just continue with it.

I hope to have Mocha Mish Mash back up and running 

in the next couple of weeks.

Until then...thanks for your continued support.

Tamara