Happy Shopping my friends!
The Muse recommends their Slush Bath Soap! It’s to die for!
On a side note I have quite a few comments to get through but it’s been a rather busy work day and I haven’t had a sec to get to them! Will do so shortly!
I admit that I own a mini fridge that I store my skincare items in. A majority of my skincare items are Lush which means they are quite fresh and have an expiration date of a year or six months. I find refrigerating them keeps them fresher and long lasting (either that or I’m anal about what I put on my face). You can read about my skincare regime by clicking here.
About two years ago I purchased a mini fridge from Think Geek for a small chunk of change (I only keep skincare and cosmetics in it NOT food and drinks) however for $225 you can get a mini cooler that’s made exclusively for your skincare!
Check this out:
I’m geeky enough to think this is awesome!
Check out what it promises to do:
QVC has an exclusive Halo Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder bundled with a Brush for $59.94 the only problem is I don’t know what the hell that means but damn it sure sounds important!
I’m sorta scratching my head wondering what Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder does! I’m also somehow oohhh’ing and ahhhhh’ing about the importance of owning Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder!
It’s Hydrating and a Powder that must mean we all need it right?
In all seriousness the name sort of triggered me into reading up on it and you’re going to love this……it’s paraben free! That’s one more reason to want it!
It’s basically a hydrating blend of vitamins and antioxidants to provide a brighter look to your skin.
I guess you can call it Smashbox’s dupe of Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals.
I don’t normally like mineral foundations but the general idea of a foundation/finishing powder that’s paraben free makes me curious enough to try it!
Plus it’s not too bad a deal since it’s bundled with a high quality Smashbox brush!
Smashbox Halo Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder is exclusive to QVC at the moment and can be purchased using Item Number A75395.
Talk about late right? But I guess what they say is true better late then never!
I’m sorry for my rather delayed McQueen impression but other items took president and I never got around to reviewing McQueen!
But have no fear! I’m here now!
So…..McQueen………….sadly I have to say it’s nothing to get too excited about!
Aside from New Vegas a majority of the collection didn’t excite me! The glosses and lipsticks were a big no for me as most of the colors are nude and I just can’t pull off the mod look of nude lipstick! Sorry MAC!
The paint pots are virtually the same colors as the shadows so I skipped those as well sadly! I’m not a big fan of the paint pots anywhere so passing these by wasn’t too big a chore!
The eyeliners were gorgeous but I have just a bit too many liners at the moment so again I passed on those!
So what did I get?
I got the eyeshadows but I’m not particularly wow’ed by them! The colors are brilliant and quite gorgeous but they are very matte and I’m not a huge fan of matte! I did purchase these because I had in mind that the shadows would make a good base for a pigment color so that’s one use for them! Can you skip these? Yes I believe you can. A majority of the collection is still in stores (New Vegas is sold out at most counters and freestanding stores) so you can definately wander over and decide if these are for you but personally aside from the great packaging (which sells these) the shadows aren’t something you absolutely need unless you’re a big lover of mattes or a big collector of MAC.
New Vegas is most definately the gem in this collection as I had previously discussed! Now you’re going to get a few people and MA’s telling you that New Vegas is similar to all sorts of MSF. Shimpagne, Global Glow, Etc… But that’s just no the case at all. New Vegas is an utterly and completely unique color for me. It’s a very light gold and quite beautiful. How it’ll look on my skin remains to be determined as I haven’t yet tried it but it’s quite a gorgeous shimmering gold affair that I’m loving. Out of all the golds that have been released this is probably the truest light golden color of them all. Most are bronze or tannish with hints of gold but this is a true gold color that I’m just loving so if you can still locate one do drop it in your cart for a purchase!
Overall, as I said, the collection isn’t all that fantastic! I personally did without a majority of it (a first for me as I’m MAC mad).
Did you get any of the collection?
Love it?
Hate it?
Tell me!
I’m not affiliated with or endorsing PBS but it’s a project that’s very near and dear to my heart and a little pimpin’ never hurt anyone hehe!
I can remember as far back as when I was about 7 or 8 year’s old and seeing little old ladies carrying around PBS tote bags rushing for the bus! Funny as back then it was more along the lines of ewww who’d carry around a PBS tote!
Now I guess I’m that little old lady because I carry mine around like it’s Prada!
In all seriousness two projects that are very important to me are Animal Rescue and PBS so if by some slim chance your interested in supporting PBS you might want to wander over to their Shop PBS site and order yourself a Philosophy Tree House Hand Care Kit.
The kit includes an Philosophy Apple Hand Wash and an Apple Hand Lotion. It’s $25 for the kit and you might be wondering what’s so special about this collection. The special part is your $25, 100% of it, goes to support PBS!
So why not give a gift that gives? I purchased 4 of these as stocking stuffers and it pleases me that my total cost is being donated to PBS!
Cheers to Philosophy for being so amazingly generous and supportive of PBS!