March Haul

Just for fun I wanted to recap what I bought in March. I don't think I'm gonna do this every month, just now and then. The pictures aren't the best quality I took them with my blackberry... The batteries of my camera died on me.

Things I bought in March

Moisturizers

As I posted before I received a sample of Hope in a Jar by Philosophy when I purchased Purity Made Simple. I was hoping this would become my go to winter moisturizer because I do love Purity Made Simple. But I was wrong! When I applied the cream it stayed like on top of my skin and made my skin really oily, I was hoping my skin would just "drink" it up. But that wasn't the case. After many hours my skin still looked oily so I don't like it at all. In a way I'm sad because I had high expections for this product.
In my search for the perfect winter moisturizer I got a sample of Estee Lauder Hydrationist. Will let you know how that works out. In the mean time I will continue to use Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief. I love Moisture Surge but it is not moisturizing enough for me in the winter that is why I am searching for a better winter moisturizer.
I also got a sample of Estee Lauder DayWear Sheer Tint Release because I have been wanting to test a tinted moisturizer. I tought why not start with this one. I wanted to test the Laura Mercier one but it's too expensive for a tinted moisturizer. But maybe some day I will splurge and buy it... Who knows?

Enjoy the new week!
Alexa

Shopping Adventures

After work I went to the MAC counter to check out the new MAC Wonder Woman Collection launched yesterday. When I got there both items I wanted appeared to be sold out because they were not in the display anymore. I regretted not calling them to ask to save the items for me. I then went over to the Bobbi Brown counter to check out the new Rich Lip Color SPF 12. I couldn't decide before which shade to buy so that is why I brought my bf with me...lol... Before I went to the store I wasn't planning to buy one because I wanted to buy some MAC limited editions items but since it was sold out I ended up buying the shade Plum Rose. After my purchase I decided to go back to the MAC counter one last time before we left the building. To my surprise the Marquise d' lipstick was there now, I guessed someone else grabbed it the first time we were there and I didn't notice. They only had two left and I managed to buy one! As you can imagine I was so happy! Then I decided to go over to another MAC counter to check if they had the MSF and to my surprise they still had both! I ended up buying the Pink Power MSF, again they only had two left(I know! What are the odds?!). So after that we went to buy Philosophy's Purity Made Simple. I also received a sample of Hope in a Jar, so we'll see how that works out for me. All in all I can say I had a great day!

Enjoy your weekend!
Alexa

Make-up books

Back when I decided I wanted to do my own make-up for the weddings I had to attend I also decided to buy some books about make-up. The reason for this is that I enjoy looking at the pictures and wondered what new tips some authors had. I already owned Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin, I bought this book many years ago. After doing some research on Amazon and Google I decided last June to buy Make-up Masterclass by Jemma Kid and Makeup the ultimate guide by Rea Morris.

Make-up Masterclass has a lot of nice tips and tricks. It also has a good chapter about skin basics for example ways to find out what type of skin you have etc. Also some step by step instructions and different types of looks. It's a great basic book for beginners with make-up. It is a very informative and a good book overall. It does have a lot of text so be prepared to read!

The only reason I bought Makeup the ultimate guide to begin with, was that I read it had a great chapter about contouring. But when I read through it, I discovered that it has an eye colour chart as well which I really like. It has a lot of step by step instructions with pictures. The chapter about contouring is indeed great!

Last December I bought Makeup your mind by Françios Nars after hearing about this book from a youtube guru. This book doesn't have alot of text but consists of before and after pictures with products stated on a clear sheet of paper that you can put on the model in between the before and after pictures. It is a great book to get inspiration from. The odd thing was I found a model who had the same eyes as me! Creepy! But thanks to that I now want to buy some Nars eyeshadows and one lipstick! LoL So I guess that it's a great marketing book!

Anyway hope you enjoyed reading!

Alexa