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Red for the First Time! July 27, 2008

Filed under: Big Lots, FOTD, LOTD, NYX — nuts4makeup @ 6:47 pm
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I was always hesitant to try out red because it’s such a bold color and I didn’t want to buy a tube of red lipstick only to find out that I didn’t like it. But since getting the NYX Jumbo Lip Pencil in Plush Red for about 39 cents at Big Lots, I figured it couldn’t hurt to try! I actually cheated because I was too lazy to remove the Milani Sherbet lip gloss that I had underneath so those two mixed together makes it a kinda coral-red. The NYX pencil on its own is deeper and more like a blue-red.

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Please excuse the pimples and wrong shade of foundation haha.

 

More Milani Swatches! July 24, 2008

Filed under: Big Lots, Milani, Swatches — nuts4makeup @ 10:53 pm
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When I got the shadows and lip glosses they didn’t look all cute like they do in the pictures. They were covered in broken shadow mess and it was ugly like this >

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So I cleaned them up to make them presentable for my blog!

Here’s a size comparison of the Milani eyeshadow to an Ulta eyeshadow, which is the same size as the Milani blush. I know Milani sells items in much bigger sizes now, so this must be an old packaging.

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I thought Storm would be a dupe for the Ulta Galaxy, but Storm is actually more pigmented and darker while Galaxy is more sheer. They both have the micro glitters in them though.

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Here’s some more swatches! Rich Chocolate is a matte brown. It’s good to have a mixture of mattes and shimmer and different eyeshadow finishes to add depth to the look. For example if only shimmers were used it would look very flat and not really have dimension.

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My poor Storm and Silver Bullet were broken! And subsequently I got Storm pieces on my carpet and it’s not coming out! Not cool man.

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Almondine is very close to my skintone, so it’s hard to make out the swatch, but it’s there! I promise! haha

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Moonlight and Snow Frost look the same in the pans but it turns out that Moonlight has a blue irridessence to it and Snow Frost has a golden irridessence.

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Big Lots Haul pt. 2 July 24, 2008

Filed under: Big Lots, Milani, Swatches — nuts4makeup @ 12:46 am
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Here’s some swatches! I didn’t edit all of them yet.

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Size comparison. The eyeshadow pan is pretty much the same size as a quarter. It looks bigger in the picture for some reason though.

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Big Lots Haul Preview July 19, 2008

Filed under: Big Lots, Deal Hunting, Haul, Milani, NYX — nuts4makeup @ 4:53 pm
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Some teaser pics…I still have a lot more to put up!

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