My Coastal Scents Collection (+ Sale)!

Coastal Scents is having a 15% off sale off everything on their website! Orders must be placed before April 26, 2009 midnight EST.

Here are the products I bought from Coastal Scents so far:

• 88 Piece Makeup Palette ($21.95 regular price; $18.66 after discount)




• Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette ($24.95 regular price; $21.21 after discount)



• 10 Piece Professional Blush Palette ($16.95 regular price; $14.41 after discount)
• 28 Piece Eye Shadow Neutral Palette (great for everyday makeup and weddings) ($21.95 regular price; $18.66 after discount)




• Contour & Blush Palette ($19.95 regular price; $16.96 after discount)




• Pink Kabuki Brush ($4.99 regular price; $4.24 after discount)





• Italian Badger Angle Brush (currently out of stock -- but this one had a really weird odor to it when I got it. I had to wash it several times and air it out before I started using it.)

I use the Ultra 88 Shimmer Palette the most (I've posted a few looks using this palette), so I definitely recommend it, especially if you do not have very many colors in your makeup kit and you want to start experimenting with different colors without have to spend a lot of money.

These are some of the new products that I want to order:

• 42 Color Double Stack Matte Shadow & Blush (not so much for the blush, but the eye shadows look awesome -- looks like it has some potential MUFE dupes) ($28.95 regular price; $24.61 after discount)




• 42 Color Double Stack Shimmer Shadow & Blush (unfortunately the blushes are the same as the ones in the matte kit, but the eye shadows are great -- some MAC dupes for sure! I will probably stack the shimmer and matte eye shadows together in one palette and put all the blushes in the other.) ($28.95 regular price; $24.61 after discount)

• 66 Color Lip Palette (the blue lip colors look a little out there, but I'm curious to see how it looks!) ($19.95 regular price; $16.96 after discount)
  

• Jumbo Italian Badger Fan Brush (to use with my MAC Mineralize Blush Duos that are extremely pigmented) ($11.95 regular price; $10.16 after discount)
  

The Hot Pots look really nice too, but I don't want to get addicted. I think I'll stick with these for now.

Do you have any Coastal Scents products? What's on your wish list?

Gold and Black Makeup Look

I wanted to play with my Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette again. I ordered it from Coastal Scents last November, but I haven't really been using it much until now. I don't know why I didn't use it sooner -- the colors are really pigmented, especially for the price!

Here's how my Gold and Black makeup look turned out:



When I use a lot of color on my eyes, I try to keep my lips as neutral as possible. I usually like to either make my eyeshadow pop out or my lipstick stand out, not really both at the same time.


EYES
MAC Paint Pot in "Soft Ochre" (can you tell by now that this is my favorite paint pot? haha)
Coastal Scents Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette (4th row, 2nd column gold on inner to center lid, up to browbone; 8th row, 11th column black on center lid to outer corner)
MAC e/s in "Femme Fi" (as highlight on outer and inner browbone only)
MAC Fluidline in "Blacktrack"
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in "Lucky" (apply lightly on lower lash line)


Here's the Coastal Scents palette again so that you can look up which colors I used:

CHEEKS
MAC blush in "Enough Said"
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in "Soft and Gentle"

LIPS
Lancome l/s in "Luxe" (this was a free gift last month)
Benefit 24k Lipstick (on top of Luxe; released at Sephora in a Holiday 2008 gift set)

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Blue Makeup Look

Here's my Eye of the Day (EOTD)!

What I used:

MAC Paint Pot in "Soft Ochre"

Coastal Scents Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette (1st row, 6th column as highlight; 2nd row, 6th column on crease; 7th row, 6th column on lower lid)

MAC Fluidline in "Blacktrack"

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in "Electric" (lower lash line)

If you'd like to buy the same e/s palette I used for this look, visit http://www.coastalscents.com/. I bought it for $24.95. :)

Party Purple Makeup Look

I went to a friend's birthday party on Friday, and I decided to wear my new lavender XOXO jacket I bought at Macy's last weekend. I came up with this purple makeup look to match my outfit (as usual) :) Here's what I used:

EYES
MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre (on entire lid)
MAC E/S in Digit (as highlight)
Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette -- 8th column, 4th row purple e/s (on crease)
Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette -- 6th column, 8th row dark purple e/s (on lower lid)

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack (eyeliner)

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter E/L in Metalhead (place right above blacktrack line)

CHEEKS

MAC Blush in Stark Naked

LIPS

MAC L/S in Violetta

MAC Cremesheen L/S in Lavender Whip (on top of Violetta)

Coastal Scents Coupon Code!

I just got an e-mail from Kathy at Coastal Scents with a coupon code for $5 off all orders of $50 or $10 off all orders of $100 or more. Enter code 2009 at checkout.

The coupon code discount starts now and ends at 11:59PM Sunday, February 1, 2009 EASTERN TIME (8:59PM PST)!

I want the new 66 Color Lip Palette ($19.95), but they are sold out. Darn!

Happy Friday!

Christmas Pink and Lime Makeup Tutorial

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!



Here's what I used for this tutorial:

EYES
Two Faced Shadow Insurance
Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette
MAC Fix+
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero

FACE
Coastal Scents Contour & Blush Palette

LIPS
MAC Cream Colour Base in Crushed Bougainvillea
MAC Romancin' Lipstick

Coastal Scents Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale!

Get 25% of the entire store on Black Friday (today! 11/28/2008) and Cyber Monday (12/1/2008)! I just placed my order! Unfortunately, the True Black Gel Liner is out of stock, but everything else I wanted was there:

10 Piece Professional Blush Palette
28 Piece Eye Shadow Neutral Palette
Contour & Blush Palette
Pink Kabuki Brush
Italian Badger Angle Blush
Black on Black Taklon Angle Liner
Silk White Gel Liner (only decided to get this one since True Black wasn't available)

Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving! :B

Coastal Scents Coupon Code!

For the next 3 days, you can use the following coupon code to get $10 off on your purchase of $75 and above: SAVEMONEY

The code expires on November 2, 2008 at 11:59pm EST.

They are also going to have new products next week, and there will also be a delivery of Out Of Stock Palettes.

Enjoy!

:B

Pink, Orange, and Yellow Makeup Look

I decided to wear my flowery dress to school a few days ago, and I wanted to match my makeup with it! Here's how it turned out:





These are the colors I used:

EYES
MAC Cream Colour Base in Luna (all over lid)
MAC Bright Sunshine e/s (inner corner)
MAC Post Haste e/s (outer corner)
Coastal Scents orange color from 88 Shimmer Palette (center of lid)
MAC Carbon e/s (upper lash line)

CHEEKS
MAC Paint Pot in Rubenesque (primer)
MAC Blush in Nuance
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Medium/Natural

LIPS
Lancome Lipstick in Mars

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