Memoral Day Special From Cherry Culture.

Y'all know I love Cherry Culture...
Y'all know I love it more when there's a sale!

Starting today, May 25 through Friday May 28, enjoy 20% off your order with code MD20.

Since I just placed an order and waiting on it to come in...I think I'll skip out this one...

Recession-Friendly Haul from Cherry Culture.

I admit, I am no stranger to being in a money crunch during this stressful economic time (Have you noticed the lack of "high end" product posts? There's a reason for that....), but....sometimes I've gotta splurge a bit (AKA drugstore stuff). I took advantage of the free shipping offer from Cherry Culture last week and made a little haul:

2 NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils in Iced Mocha, NYX Cream Blush in Natural, Styli-Style Line & Seal 24 Pencil in Deep Purple, Sinful Colors Eyeliner in Toffee, and a freebie, an Amuse brand Chocolate lip gloss (GOOD- those cherry roll on gloss things were starting to take over my stash!)

Quick takes: The pencils I use on a daily basis as ONE of my eyeshadow bases (more on that later), and none of the stores that carry NYX around me never seem to have this particular shade in the store, so I have to resort to getting it online. The Styli-Style pencil is top-notch, just like the others, but the color is sooooo not deep purple, think bright purple, kind of like the newest Urban Decay liners.I purchases the Sinful liner in hopes that "toffee" would be kind of taupe-ish. Kinda...not. But I still might use it. The NYX cream blush is lovely! A tad warmer and leaning on the peachy side than I thought it would be, but it still looks like it would work well on my skin. Feels nice on my hand- not greasy. The freebie gloss is actually quite nice! It's a pretty, sparkly, medium pink shade that smells...like...chocolate! Chocolate and something else...but chocolate nontheless.

Oh, bonus! I had a huge potluck in my office for St. Patrick's Day, I was in charge of the cake:

Not too shabby, methinks. I didn't get a shot of the actual cake, but I colored the batter green, of course. Don't belive for a second that I free-handed those shamrocks, instead I used cookie cutters as a stencil and traced it over with frosting, then filled it in with some sprinkles. And, of course, everything is made from scratch.

ETA: I just noticed the freebie gloss is almost a dead ringer for MAC's Hey, Sailor gloss. MAC is more pinky, while Amuse looks more purple. But the shimmer and sparkle is exact.

Well, so much for a quick post, eh? I'll post swatches this weekend. And, I apologize for lack of posts...again. But I am gearing up for another hiatus, which I will explain when the time comes and I'm sure of all the details. Which, I know you'll understand :)

Haulin' - Cherry Culture Wets My Whistle.

Haul day! Haul day! Haul day!

I placed a (somewhat) small order on Cherry Culture last Friday (or was it Saturday?) and received it today. Huzzuh! Let's go through the goodies, shall we?

Obligatory opening the box shot.

Crazy Rumors "Perk" Lip Balms.
This was the main reason for placing my order. I did a stupid thing last week and twisted up the balm I had just to see how much as left...yeah, bad idea. It didn't come back down. Well, there wasn't that much left anyways so I decided to just order the whole lot of 'em. I can't believe how amazing they smell!!! I've only sniffed Mocha and French Vanilla so far, and let me tell ya, it's like drinking the real stuff. PS-how cute is that packaging!?!?

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils in Black Bean and Iced Mocha.
Even though I love NYX, there are plenty of products I have yet to try. This is one of them. I know they get lots of raves as they can be used for eyeshadow bases. So I decided to give these a whirl. I swatched them on my hand and even after washing my hands, I still have remaints of Black Bean. Iced Mocha is absolutely gorgeous. I think I'm convinced that anything that NYX produces with the name "Mocha" is going to be gorgeous.

Polishes! L.A. Girls in Bedazzle, NYX in Pink Avenue,
Purple Avenue and Las Vegas.
I don't know how I did it, but I developed a small obsession for nail polish. I swear I only had about 5 to my name and now I'm clocking in at over 50?! How did that happen?! Anyways, I couldn't resist adding some polish to this order, and I haven't tried either brand. The only one I've tried so far is Las Vegas (the green one) and it's gorrrrrrgeous. I thought it was going to be close to Sinful Color's San Francisco, but I think I prefer Las Vegas much better. It's a little thicker and I like the sparkles better :-*

Now I'm off to go and spend some time with my other "little" obsession- Guitar Hero! For some reason, a few weeks ago when I was starting up GH3, it read there was an error on my memory card and wiped out ALL my saved games. So, now I have to start from scratch. That means coming up with a new band name. I forgot what I put the last time and I can't think of anything creative now. Any of you fellow beauty gals have a soft spot for Guitar Hero like me? Oh, come on. I can't be the only one ;)