Push The Edge

I’ve been a fan of Xenia’s personal style since I graduated high school back in 2002… I remember friending her on Livejournal back in the day and admiring the talent she had when it came to clothes, music and design. I have yet to try any Lime Crime Makeup yet but I think this is the perfect time!

I just received an email about a special going on and thought I’d share it with you guys just in case you were looking for some funky colors to add to your makeup collection. Personally I’m loving a few of the lipsticks- My Beautiful Rocket and Cosmopop specifically.

All orders of $50+ receive a free gift ($48 value) with code DOUBLERAINBOW

That’s a great deal to get especially for a first time purchase! I have yet to try out any of the Lime Crime line.. but this right here excites me more than anything should haha!!
Click on the picture and you’ll be there in a jiffy! Note when the offer ends… that’s just right around the corner! Gotta go place my order!

I have been using Glamour Doll Eyes eyeshadows for almost a year now. I can’t believe that’s how long it’s been since I’ve been participating in the makeup community! Back to GDE! It’s been a fun experience getting to know the company and Vee as well as all the sponsored girls and other GDE fanatics. As a frequent customer it’s no wonder why people come back for more. The ever growing collection is always exciting and unique. Vee is always coming up with new colors, products and fun ways to stay connected to her very much appreciated “Glamour Dolls”.

I was presented with the opportunity to officially review Glamour Doll Eyes eyeshadows and thought since I’ve been away for such a long while I’d share with a lucky reader. If you’ve seen my latest review video you may have been directed to this blog post! If not then make sure you watch the video first —–> (link to the video)

Ok, on to the good stuff!

One lucky person (just one this time since I’ll be supplying the prize with my own cash!) will win a $20 gift certificate for your own Glamour Doll Eyes products! (there are new shadows just released so be sure to check those out!)

This is for my subscribers so obviously if you aren’t one then don’t enter or feel free to subscribe to both my youtube channel and this blog. (a must!)

International and all ages!

What do you need to do? Just visit glamourdolleyes.com and let me know what you will be getting with your win (leave in a comment below)!

You MUST include your youtube name in your comment! This is to assure that only subscribers are entering since this is for them. It’s only fair

I’ll pick a winner using random.org on July 31st!! Winner will need to provide me with their email so that Vee can send you the gift certificate.

We will exchange emails once winner is chosen via youtube messages.

Good luck!! <3

(*winner was comment number 6! I twitpic’d the random.org shot so check out my twitter if you’d like- congrats bizzarojo also known as groupieglam <3)

I just discovered UnnecessaryDrama.net via Celeste, owner of Exposed Organics!

The blog run by Kell is fun, sassy and creative as illustrated by this post: Eye Makeup Remover Pads That Aren’t Soaked in Acid!

Currently Kell is holding a giveaway that Celeste generously provided. $50 worth of Exposed Organics! We all know that is a lot of product when it comes to Exposed Organics!

I hope you enjoy reading her blog! I know I am having a blast finding new beauty bloggers… so glad I saw Celeste’s tweet

The giveaway ends March 18th, make sure you check out both Exposed Organics and Unnecessary Drama (click on the names above!)

I’m holding a giveaway on my twitter account! The prize? Lush of course! I’ve been lucky enough to find some really great deals this holiday season and wanted to share the love. I’ll be holding 4 separate giveaways; One on my Twitter, Youtube, BlogTv and finally here on this website!

The first giveaway is for the following:

(this also contains a 15% off coupon for your next purchase!!)

Here it is all packaged up and ready to go! I included a Strawberry Santa jelly and samples!

The Rules:

• Leave your youtube username as a comment on my twitpic:  [[CLICK HERE TO ENTER]]
• You may only enter ONCE
• Must be a subscriber to my YOUTUBE channel (check the BlogRoll for the link- scroll up —->)
• Must be following me on Twitter (also in the BlogRoll)
• Winner will be announced HERE on my website at 7:30pm Central time on Wednesday, February 10th  so be sure to check back! Winner will be chosen at random with Random.org

The winner is…  (announced on twitter!)

Please DM me on Twitter and let me know where to ship! Congrats!

Watch my tweets for the next LUSH giveaway announcement! Youtube, PushTheEdge and BlogTv giveaway to come!

I went to the MAC party at the Michigan Ave. Nordstrom here in Chicago. To sum it up it was pretty amazing. So many makeup artists and MAC fans attended. MAC had several makeup artists ready to demo the new products and were lined up and ready to help! Everything in the Spring Colour Forecast Collection was simply gorgeous. I have never been this excited over a collection before and when I saw it in person I was thrilled. There was a lot that I skipped out on or just didn’t need- however that being said it was pretty hard to pass anything up! I couldn’t resist the buy 2 get 1 free eyeshadows either! (new collection excluded) Here are a couple pictures we took at the event and then the goodies I bought.

My favorite collection was the Spring Colour 4 Forecast:

My goodies:

(lip liner in Stripdown and top row of 6 eyeshadows are not from the collection)

Pictures at the event:

(can you spot me?! hehe)

I have a few things I have learned over the years with this obsession of makeup and skin care. I guess I should share them with you, huh?

One of the most important tips I can give you is to change your pillowcase EVERY night. This may seem like an extreme task and might even seem a little germaphobic but believe me your skin will be clearer and your hair will be silky soft. 

Before I purchased these I changed out my pillowcases pretty frequently. It wasn’t for my hair to be honest but mostly for my skin. I break out really easily and felt that if I slept on a clean pillow that would prevent even more bacteria being introduced. I purchased these pillowcases in the color ivory which is a cream off-white color that goes pretty well with the decor in my bedroom. I love that these come in a case of 6 (why not 7?!). I can switch them out every night and stick them in a lingerie bag and wash them on the 6th night and have a new set of fresh and clean cases for the week. The zipper is a plus. My pillowcase isn’t falling off and it doesn’t poke or anything! I do hear it jingle from time to time when I move my pillow around but nothing that would annoy me.

I have used these cases for a little over a month now and I can honestly say that I love them. I only straighten my hair every once in a while but for those of you who style your hair and like to keep it in place overnight these are perfect for you! My hair was even silkier the next morning! I didn’t have to pull a “Friday” and sleep with my hand holding my head up (and yes I have tried that before haha)

I bought these from overstock.com for $24.49 http://tinyurl.com/yfw5ar4

As I stated before on twitter and other blogs I most likely won’t be purchasing pigments after the drastic change in size. Being that the cost is going to be the same I honestly feel that it’s just not worth my $20. I wouldn’t be opposed to the change if the price had shrunk with the quantity. That being said I have stocked up on a couple colors and will be hitting up my CCO very soon in hopes to find some good deals on pigments but in the mean time I did what many other MAC enthusiasts are doing. I wrote to them. Here is what they had to say:

Thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your interest in M.A.C.

We thank you for your loyalty to M.A.C. In response to your concerns, many factors contribute to the cost of our products, such as quality of ingredients, state-of-the-art product formulations, quality assurance programs and so forth. Like all manufacturers, we are also challenged with constantly rising costs, particularly in shipping and distribution. In view of this, it is sometimes necessary to either increase the suggested retail price or decrease the net weight. We hope you can understand that cost increases are sometimes required if we are to maintain the high quality product standards which our customers expect from us. We do believe, however, that our products offer excellent value for the price.

We trust the above addresses your concern. We hope that we have the opportunity to serve you in the near future.

Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns.

Sincerely,

Karen Godsell
Response Representative
Global Consumer Communications

–I hope this answers any of your questions and hopefully you did your part in expressing your concerns for the company.  The phasing out of the current packaging begins in 2010. The pigment jars will be changing from 7.5 grams to 4.5 gram but will remain $19.50. MAC will introduce this new packaging on January 7, 2010 with the All Ages, All Races, and All Sexes collection.

So the idea came to me when my friend Six (jessixa6 on twitter)  asked if I wanted to create a site for my makeup wonderland. I thought to myself that everyone has a blog now these days… why not I! So thank you Six! <3

I figure that on youtube (ambersaurus) I can’t get into much detail being that I am limited to 10min videos… and on twitter it seems like these last few days I have been spamming the crap out of my friend’s pages… so alas my own site.

This will be a place where I share my discoveries of new products, reviews, extended tutorials, swatches, pictures and perhaps some giveaways and most of all just a place where I can talk about my obsession.

Makeup.