Ipsy - Glam Bag March 2014 Destination Beauty

Every Month's bag arrives in the mail in a pink shiny envelope.

This is how the contents came inside the bag.

The "Glam Bag" is a cosmetic bag full of goodies. Every month's makeup bag is different. They usually have a bag that matches that month's theme.


This month's bag was designed by Klari Reis (www.klariart.com).

This month's theme is "Destination Beauty".

Every bag has a card showing that month's featured brands. This month they had a product from brands like Nicole By Opi, Be a Bombshell Cosmetics, NYX, Bare Minerals, Pacifica, Pixi, and a few others..

Every month's bag has 4-5 products. We have been having 5 but this month it was only 4.

Product: Pacifica Body Butter in Indian Coconut Nectar
Description: Smell incredible with our nourishing and anti-oxidant rich ingredients. The Pacifica Body Butter helps fight signs of aging while adding deep moisture and protection. Made with nature's best moisturizers - shea butter, almond oil and safflower oil - Pacifica's paraben-free Body Butter is a skin must-have. Now available in tubes in our best-selling fragrances, making them easy to take with you anywhere.
Size: Mini Size 2.5 oz (Full Size 8 oz)
Where to Buy: Pacifica Perfume or Ulta
Value: $7.00 (Full Size $15.00)
Ipsy Subscriber Discount: Save 20% at www.pacificaperfume.com with code IPSYGIRL



Product: Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Get Ready.
Description: Creamy, super-saturated, ultra-pigmented color glides on like butter for full coverage in a rich satin finish. Lips look fuller and more voluptuous. An infusion of minerals revitalizes lips for a healthy-looking pout, while a moisture-loaded hydrating complex helps to nourish and condition with Abyssinian Oil and Omega Fatty Acids for supple, baby-soft smoothness. All the while, an encapsulated vitamin A, C and E complex helps to deliver antioxidant defense.
Size: 1.5g(Full Size 3.4g)
Where to Buy: Bare Minerals
Value: $7.94 (Full Size $18.00)
Ipsy Subscriber Discount: Free 10 in 1 Volumizing Mascara sample plus free shipping at bareminerals.com with unique code included in bag.

swatch with flash (indoor lighting)


Product: Be a Bombshell Bora Bora Eye Shadow Quad
Description: The Bora Bora Eyeshadow Quad contains a highly pigmented long lasting formula for all day wear. To use as an eyeliner, wet the tip of your brush and dip end into the shadow and apply on lash line. For base colors, blend shadow from lash line to brow bone with a wide shadow brush using gentle upward strokes. For accent colors, blend shade in the outer crease of your eye gently working inward. Gently blend base and accent colors together using light, feathery strokes. For highlighting, gently brush under brow bone.
Size: Full Size
Where to Buy: BeABombshell
Value: $16.00
Ipsy Subscriber Discount: 40% off any purchase plus Free Fuschia Lip Crayon at beabombshellcosmetics.com.

Dry Swatches


Product: Nicole By Opi Roughies Nail Polish in On What Grounds
Description: Nicole by OPI launches Roughles ("ruffles") - 4 new textured nail lacquers featuring speckled, pastel shades of purple, pink, turquoise and yellow. When the lacquer dries, Roughles lacquers reveal a unique pebbled finish. For the perfect matte effect, skip the top coat!
Size: Full Size (0.5 oz)
Where to Buy: Ulta, CVS, Walmart, Kmart (i've yet to see these in stores)
Value: $7.99

These only need 1 to 2 coats and dry quickly when used alone. I used OTD top coat on my middle nail and 15 minutes later it still wasn't completely dry.. This polish is long lasting.

Price of bag: Monthly subscription of $10 (shipping is included).
Value of Bag:  $38.93
Where to subscribe: Ipsy
Thoughts on Bag: I adore my nail polish. I adore it so much i've been looking for the other 3 shades but can't seem to find the collection anwhere. :( My lipstick is in a shade i get periodically in my ipsy bags, so it will probably just be put in my purse when i need some color added to my lips when im out somewhere. I love the colors of the eye shadow palette, but yet to see how they will work with my fair skintone. They look like the perfect shade for like an arabian eye look. Makes me think of Aladdin. I tried the body butter and it wasn't very moisturizing. I also didn't care for the scent. This bag was a toss up for me. The definite stand out product was the nail polish. :)

These were the other products featured in this month's bag. 

Past Months Bags:
*February 2014 *January 2014 *December 2013 *November 2013 *October 2013 *September 2013 *August 2013 *July 2013 *June 2013 *May 2013 *April 2013 *March 2013 *February 2013 *January 2013 *December 2012 *November 2012 *October 2012 *September 2012 *August 2012 *July 2012 *June 2012 *May 2012 *April 2012

 

Purple Smoke

I did a quick smokey purple look on Monday before I went out shopping. My work every few months gives us a double discount. Us Ross workers go crazy during this time. Ive actually was only looking for work clothes, but I did get me a cute Hello Kitty Bag!! This wasnt applied perfectly since I was in a hurry. Did my whole face and eye makeup in like 20 minutes. Then I quickly snapped some pics and only had a few that came out.

I used some BFTE colors again. Ive been neglecting my body needs lately and using my BFTE colors. They have such a wide selection of colors from matte to shimmer to satin to duo chromes and every color you could probably think of. Every week they have a color of the week. For $6.00 ($10 after shipping)you get a full size of COTW and then you get to choose 3 samples of your choice (each sample is regularly $2.00). Ive been liking the COTWs lately so I keep purchasing.



Items Used:
*BFTE Tinker
*BFTE Aphrodite
*BFTE Midnight Kisses
*BFTE Meteor Shower
*BFTE Very Vanilla
*UD Tornado (Glinda Palette)
*UD Aura - Light Lavender (Glinda Palette)
*UD 24/7 Liner Rock Star
*NYX Jumbo Pencil Milk
*Elf Liquid Liner
*Bare Minerals Flawless Definition Mascara




*Applied Primer. (Mon Ennui Prime Time)
*Applied NYX Milk to lid and blended out with fingers.
*Applied Tinker to inner 1/3 of lid.
*To lighten it a bit, I applied UD Aura over.
*Applied Aphrodite to mid lid.
*Blend
*Apply Midnight Kisses to outer 1/3 of lid.
*Blend
*Blend Meteor shower into midnight kisses and up into crease.
*Applied Very Vanilla as a Highlight.
*Applied Rockstar liner to lower lashline.
*Applied UD Tornado over liner.
*Applied Elf Black Liquid Liner.
*2 coats of Mascara

Sea Smoke EOTD

Sorry for the lack of posts. Ive been busy with work and just tired lately. Either I haven't liked the looks I did or the pics didnt turn out. Also got the head cold that was going around, so felt pretty much blah the last week. In my face pic im going to post you might be able to tell. :p 

I've been really liking the seafoam color lately. We have been getting items at work lately and a fellow coworker of mine, we keep admirincg the color. I decided to do a look using the color from BFTE and TBN. The crease  needs a little work but im going to post anyway. :)



Items Used:
*TBN Irish Dreams
*BFTE Green Apple
*BFTE Walking on Water
*BFTE Meteor Shower
*BFTE Very Vanilla
*UD South (Glinda Palette)
*UD 24/7 Liner Junkie
*Eye Kandy Cosmetics Spearmint
*Bare Minerals Flawless Definition Mascara







*Applied Primer (Mon Ennui Prime Time)
*Applied NYX Milk to lid.
*Applied TBN Irish Dreams to inner half of lid.
*Applied BFTE Green Apple to middle of lid.
*Blend
*Applied Walking on Water to outer lid.
*Blend
*Applied UD South to crease.
*Blend
*Blended Meteor Shower to South to darken.
*Applied BFTE Mermaid as a inner corner highlight.
*Highlighted with BFTE Very Vanilla
*Applied UD 24/7 Liner Junkie to lower lashline.
*Using Eye Kandy Liquid Sugar Applied Eye Kandy Cosmetics Spearmint over the junkie liner. 
*Applied UD 24/7 Liner Perversion to waterline.
*2 coats of Bare Minerals Flawless Defintion Mascara

Spring Greens

I kept seeing the matte looks of the Daily Glamour. I saw a. green and yellow I liked. I realized I had 2 of them but my yellow I couldnt get to apply right, so ended up using a non matte yellow. :( I also watched her video about eyebrows.. So I was trying to use the tutorial.. I guess it came out ok...



Items Used:
*NYX White Shadow Base
*BFTE Button Up
*BFTE Okul
*BFTE Menace
*BFTE Poison Ivy
*BFTE Very Vanilla
*Urban Decay 24/7 Liner Junkie
*Eye Kandy Kosmetics Spearmint
*Elf Liquid Liner Black
*Bare Minerals Flawless Defintion Volumizing Mascara



When I was going through the pics I saw my lid had some how gotten black speckles on it. :/







*Applied primer. (Elf Primer)
*Applied white base from lid to brow, blending out with fingers. (NYX White Shadow Base)
*Applied a black cut crease with Black Liner Pencil. (UD Zero)
*Applied yellow matte shade to inner half of lid. (BFTE Buttoned Up)
*Applied matte spring green to outer half of lid. (BFTE Menace)
*Applied yellow shade over matte yellow and blended with the green. (BFTE Okul)
*Applied sparkly forest green to crease. (BFTE Poison Ivy)
*Applied green liner to lower lashline. (UD Junkie)
*Applied glitter adhesive over liner. (Eye Kandy Liquid Sugar)
*Applied green glitter to lower lashline. (Eye Kandy Spearmint)
*Applied a matte highlight shadow to browbone. (BFTE Very Vanilla)
*Applied Black Liner to waterline. (UD Perversion)
*2 Coats of Mascara (Bare Minerals Flawless Definition Volumizing Mascara)

Cheshire Cat/VDay Look

I decided to use some of my new colors that I got from BFTE Cosmetics. I originally did this look on Tuesday. But I didnt like how it turned out. I then saw that Easymakeup makeupblog on FB had some Cut Crease Picture Tutorials. I used it yesterday and decided to recreate my tuesday look using the same tutorial.



The colors reminded me of Valentine's Day. Vday is one of my favorite Holidays. Probably because of the colors, hearts, love, etc... I love romantic stuff. I just find it to be so cute. :) I love chick flicks and of course my hubby hates them. I love Pretty Woman, The Notebook, Grease, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Clueless, Dear John, Bridgit Jones's Diary, Sweet Home Alabama, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Breakfast at Tiffanys, When Harry Met Sally, Devil Wears Prada, etc...



Next month Ill start having a chick flick marathon. Have a favorite girl movie you love to watch?? I have some I havent watched in a few years like Legally Blonde, 27 Dresses, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and many more.



2 people at work today said my look reminded them of my favorite character from Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat.



This is the tutorial I used to create this look. I didnt follow it completely but I did the basics. :)



Items Used:

BFTE Cosmetics Midnight Kisses
BFTE Cosmetics Passion
BFTE Cosmetics Meteor Shower
BFTE Cosmetics Big Ego
Mon Ennui Cosmetics Cupcake Addict
The Body Needs Siren
Elf Liquid Liner
NYX Jumbo Pencil Milk









*First Applied Primer (Elf Primer)
*Applied a cut crease with Purple Liner. (UD 24/7 Liner Ransom)
*Filled in lid with white base. (NYX Jumbo Pencil Milk)
*Applied Matte Pink Shadow to Lid. (Mon Ennui Cupcake Addict)
*Applied Bright Midtone Pink over Matte Pink (BFTE Passion)
*Applied more Purple Liner .
*Blended some Purple Shadow over Liner. (BFTE Midnight Kisses)
*Blended Pinkish Red Shadow to the edges of Purple Shadow. (The Body Needs Siren)
*Applied Dark Purple to lower lashline. (BFTE Big Ego)
*Applied Sparkly Dark Grayish Black over Dark Purple. (BFTE Meteor Shower)
*Applied White Shadow to Highlight (Elf 100 Pc Palette)
*Applied Liner. (Elf Liquid Liner)
*Coat of Mascara (Bare Minerals Flawless Definition Volumizing Mascara)


Other Notes:


My hubby got me the Samsung DV300 Dual View Camera for Vday/Anniversary. I'm still trying to figure out the right settings to have it on to take pictures for my blog. Sorry if my pictures above are dark. Everytime I use the flash im whited out in the picture. I like that this camera includes a Beauty Shot setting which will be good for full face pics once I get the settings right.