An Addiction to Remember...

Hello there! I am down to my last two weeks of vacation,which means less time for my son and blogging. Ugh. Anyway, being at home most of the time allows me to surf the net more, and visit one of my fave sites, eyeslipsface.com, and upon doing so, I stumbled upon these babies:

Basic Eye Edition
(Image courtesy of Blogspot)

Sparkle Eye Edition
(Image courtesy of Blogspot)

Pretty babies, right? Numerous reviews are available on Google and Youtube, and according to some MU gurus, these shadows could pass as dupes for Urban Decay Ammo Shadow Box shadows, and the Alice in Wonderland palette shadows. I came across a blog entry that enumerated the dupes in these palettes. To read more and to see the swatches, click HERE

What do you think? Could they possibly be alternatives for UD's most sought after palettes?


Lotsa Love,
Seppie

Aromaleigh, or AL for short, has been making women beautiful through its makeup line for the past 12 years. It has been a long and winding journey for the company, and I'm sure the people behind Aromaleigh have enjoyed this and have reaped the fruits of their hard labor.

Unfortunately, every journey needs to come to an end, and the time has come for AL to bid farewell to its loyal customers. Rumors have circulated thru the Net, which forced Kristen, the owner, to finally close AL's doors. We may never know the real reason behind AL closing down, but Im certain that this MMU (mineral makeup) line will be missed by many.

Nuff said. On to the "good" stuff. AL's offering a 35% discount on remaining stocks (code: ADIEU35). This prompted me to purchase full sizes of their famous ultra resolution finishing powder (or URFP, for short),which is one of the best products AL has to offer.
URFP is AL's version of high definition powder, but better because they made 4 different shades of it to match different skin tones. I got 2 of their best selling shades: Translucent and Peaches and Cream.

I got my package in about 2 weeks, which is kinda fast for First Class International mail option.

The package came in a bubble wrap envelope

The cute pink Japanese paper with AL's sticker on it.

URFPs.. woohoo!

Translucent and Peaches and Cream

Aside from URFPs, AL offers great loose eyeshadows as well. But hurry, once stocks are gone, they're gone for good. To go to AL's website,click HERE. Payment method is via Paypal only.

Goodbye Aromaleigh. You will be dearly missed by many. =(

Finally, I was able to get my grubby hands on some NYX round lipsticks. I immediately grabbed the chance to purchase when sis Sol of digitaltraincase announced via her blog that she has some NYX items for sale. I've heard so many good things about these babies, and being the "inggitera" that I am (LOL), I decided to give them a try as well.

I got three lippies: Indian Pink, B52, and Thalia.

The names are listed on the top of the cover.

Bottom of the tube shows what color is inside (this pic does not do justice)

Indian Pink

B52

Thalia

• Very creamy texture. I actually dropped Indian Pink and created a small mess on our floor,and when I scooped it up with my finger, I was welcomed with,well, a very creamy mess.But of course, upon application, I also felt the creamy texture that comes with every swipe.
  
• Pigmentation is very,very good. I am very delighted with the fact that with every swipe that I make,it makes the colors even more vibrant and lively.
• It glides smoothly across my lips,even without lip balm underneath.
• For Php 160, you cant go wrong with it.
• Wide selection of colors available thru their website.

• These babies are rare gems; Generally,they are not available locally. You cant find these in our malls. I was only lucky when I saw that announcement from Sol's blog.
  
• Lasting power is just so-so. But again, with the price that you pay for it, I guess that's okay.