Craftstore Random Buys and My LaurEss Loot

nobody@vox.com(periwinkle_sky) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:00:02 -0700

I've had a few buys from my neighborhood Michael's (craft store) that I truly love. I use bead storage systems to store some of my mineral makeup, and I like browsing the bead section of Michael's to get my grubby hands on some nifty containers that I can use for my minerals. On another note, I also buy most of my home decoratiing stuff here, and most of my little boy's art supplies. We love Michael's! Here are some of what I got.

Here are some stackable jars (30g jars) that hold some of Dayna's Glows and her Rested undereye concealer that I transfered from baggies. These are labeled #1-4, when her Glows didn't have individual names yet. I really love these. I place it next to my tray of mineral foundations so I'd remember to apply them in the mornings.

It's a tin jewelry bead box that is very travel friendly as it comes in its own tin case. It's perfect for placing mineral pigments for travel.

Here's another bead storage system but with bigger containers for storing larger batches of foundation. It can also double as a MAC pigment jar.

As always, I wandered off to the painting supplies section and I was so happy when I found a few Loew Cornell Maxine's Mop brushes still on the shelf. These suckers have been out-of-stock for so long now, and I've gone to at least three Michael's stores, and every one of the branches had no stock of these - probably thanks to the wonderful Koren of EnKoreMakeup, who has been telling us the virtues of buying these amazing brushes. I have shown these Loew Cornell brushes alongside with the MAC 239, and see how similar they are? They are both made of goat's hair that is perfect for application of lid color. The big difference is the price. The 239 is $24.50 each while the Maxine's Mop is only 5 or 6 bucks each. How neat is that? No wonder these are flying off the shelves!

(Click for NYX and LaurEss haulage)

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Why I Should Stop Buying Lipstick

nobody@vox.com(periwinkle_sky) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:14:57 -0700

I have a 10-drawer hardwood dresser where I keep my makeup stash as well as some of my favorite personal items like back-up body creams, false lashes, perfumes and what-not. I keep my lipsticks and glosses in transparent drinking glasses in one of the drawers (making it look as similar as possible to the glass beakers MAC uses to store its tester lip stuff). As I trudge along my morning makeup routine, however, I notice that the transparent glasses are getting harder and harder to use each day. I have to go through several glasses just to find the lipstick/lipgloss that I want. This weekend, however, I was shopping at Target with the whole family when I came across this at the dollar bin:

It's a tin pail that is as big as the pails used by toddlers for their sandbox activities. Underneath it, you can see my craft boxes holding my full-size mineral eyeshadows (that is an altogether different story, though. More of those in another entry). I figured since this has a bigger circumference/diameter, I can hold more lipsticks/glosses and eliminate the hassle of scrounging for lipsticks in different containers.

Hmm, this would work, I think. This holds part of my MAC lipglass collection. C-thru is sticking out of the pail because it just wouldn't fit anymore - but I wanted C-thru in this group, dammit! Yes, all are still fresh, wearable and still have the sweet vanilla scent; I chuck out rancid lipglass regularly.

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