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Huge Mail Haul

Okay, so! I don’t normally do haul posts because usually I find them a bit… excessive? I don’t know. But in this case, I wanted to show you what I’ve got so you can help me decide what to review/talk about first! Make sense? Yes. Hope so. It did to me. Comment!

Some of this was sent to me, some of this I bought. But you know I’ll keep it real whatever my opinion is. :)

I used to hate reviewing fragrances, but somehow I developed a love for them. I guess it’s the poet in me that loves comparing how things smell to feelings, experiences, and tastes. Weird, maybe. But anyway! I will be doing a spring/summer fragrance “top picks” or round up, and thought Coach Poppy Flower would be a great one to try with that in mind.

Also with my spring/summer fragrance lineup in mind I am going to be trying out Marc Jacobs Oh Lola! I got the little sniffer sample in an Ulta catalog and omg I love it so much, so I have a feeling this purty lady is going to make an appearance in that round-up as well. (p.s. I already have 2 MJ perfumes I love, so I’m not all that surprised!)

Hair goodies! This is from TRESemmé’s new Split Remedy line. I have the leave-in cream, the serum, and the spray. I love the aqua accents on the packaging don’t you?! I’m not a regular Tres user so if that’s the norm I’m gonna feel like a dork, but I thought it looked pretty. :)

Butter London goodness! I love me some Butter London! So I’m thrilled that I got the matching polish & lip gloss pairs in Snog and Yummy Mummy. I have an extra Yummy Mummy polish…hmm, is it time for another giveaway?

YES! The MAC Tres Cheek blushes! Well, half of them. From left to right these are Modern Mandarin, Full of Joy, and Immortal Flower. I am soooooo excited about these! Full of Joy looks like Lavender Whip in blush form. Wee!!!

MAC lip liners! I’ve been really into these lately. They make good lipsticks because they last for so long, and then they are fun to use to change or play up your lipsticks/glosses too. It looks like 2 of those are the same but I promise they’re different. These are What Comes Naturally (nude), Lasting Sensation (coral), and Entertain Me (orange). These all came out with the Tour de Fabulous collection I believe.

2 new MAC Lipsticks! Did you know I’m a total MAC lipstick fiend? I don’t like calling myself a “lipstick whore” or whatever…but goodness I love me some lipsticks. Which ones are these? You’ll have to wait and see. Oooh, I know!

And finally my one lone MAC Extra Dimension eye shadow. I wanted to try one before I went nuts and got a bunch. This is Warm Thunder. :)

So there you have it! My HUGE mail haul!! This was an epic mail day as all of this stuff arrived on one day. WOW! So…what do you want to see a review of first?! Comment comment comment!

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Makeup Set-Up & Storage

I’m not going to preface this post with a “this is not bragging” disclaimer. Because the true junkies know that this is like our version of porn, not bragging. We love looking at stashes!! In fact, I invite any of you who also have stash pics to link me to them so I can go see! :)

All pictures can be clicked to view full size.

Here’s my basic vanity set-up. This is right after I cleaned up. It hardly ever looks this neat, lol. Unfortunately it’s right next to the litterbox, which is why I have a can of Oust spray on there haha. Stinky kitties. ;) The vanity is a refurbished desk I got from a Craigslist ad. I’m still kind of moving into it, so not all the drawers have stuff in them yet. The middle drawer is face/cheek stuff. Top left drawer is palettes. Top right (and the one below it) are lipstuff. There’s a big double-size drawer on the left that has all my hair crap like dryers/flat irons etc.
Those drawer thingies came from Target. They usually only have white, but around back-to-school time (like now??) they have different colors. I’ve seen purple, and the next time I see a purple one I’m going to bring it home. They’re not expensive, which is great. The rack holding my MAC palettes is a DVD rack I got from The Container Store. It fits MAC palettes perfectly. So cool. Underneath the MAC palettes you can see moisturizer, sunscreen, and some primers. Up top are some larger palettes (Urban Decay, Mehron, 88 palettes). The clear palettes are from Face Atelier– I love those palettes. They don’t fit in the DVD rack though because they’re ever so slightly smaller than MAC palettes. The white thingy holding the palettes came from The Container Store. I’ll show you what’s in some of the drawers (I skipped a couple that are kinda boring).
This drawer just has some odds and ends that I’m either testing out for an upcoming review, just got and want to play with, or things I reach for frequently.
Cream & gel blushes! There’s Stila Convertible Colors, NYC blush creme sticks, a MAC Cremeblend, some Mehron cheek cremes, and more.
Ahh the precious. My special packaging MAC lipsticks. As much as I love a lot of other brands, I’m definitely a MAC girl. I do collect these, but if I have a color I don’t use I do swap or sell it– I’m not cuckoo. :) MAC lipsticks are probably the thing I have the most of out of all my stash. Just giving you fair warning. I’m obsessed.
Various low-end palettes. I’ll be honest, these don’t get a ton of use right now. I go through phases with my makeup. I’ll be ALL ABOUT mark. or Maybelline for a while and then go into a MAC phase, then UD, or whatever. I actually use these a lot when I do makeup on other people because they like when I tell them if they love something they can go buy it for like $5. 
Mineral pretties! All of my Purely Cosmetics stuff. Well, actually I have a few back-ups of things like foundation, etc. The Diamond Perfect Finish and Oil Absorb powder are items I reach for every single time I do makeup. Period.
Random eye stuff. The stuff in this drawer gets used a lot. You can see Daddy UDPP (XL) and Baby UDPP (mini)! Also have stuff like my mascaras, NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils, my 3 most-used Mad Minerals creme shadows, brow powder, lash curler, etc. The little black zippered pouch holds some of my favorite pencil liners. What’s in there? MAC Undercurrent, Urban Decay Rockstar, MAC Feline, Urban Decay Underground, and a couple Prestige Total Intensity liners, to name a few.
In addition to being a fiend for MAC lipsticks, I also have a huge collection of MSFs. The tray they’re in is a cutlery drawer organizer from The Container Store. The basket on the right is blushes. There’s some random foundations in the back too. Front is foundation, tinted moisturizer, concealers, bronzer, contour powder. I have been toying with the idea of thinning out my MSF collection. If I do, I’ll be selling them on the blog. 
Okay, I told you I’m a MAC lipstick freak. The holders they are in are from Cabela’s. They’re shotgun shell boxes with the tops cut off. They were $3 each and are the best solution I’ve found for lipsticks. I still have the tops to the boxes since I just cut the plastic hinge. I can put the tops back on and tape them for moving. Oh and *yay* Stila lipglaze sticks! I think I have every one of them. Such an underrated product.
And lip drawer #2! I’m also thinking of letting go of some of those tendertones/jellybalms. They’re nice but they don’t see the light of day too often. I love how they smell and feel though.
And finally, the palette drawer. UD, Clinique, The Balm, NARS, TooFaced, Laura Mercier, Bobbi Brown, and LORAC. There’s also my faithful Smashbox Bright Eyes Quad (LOVE that!!!). 
That concludes what I have to share. There’s a bunch of stuff not pictured (like all of my lip glosses?), but I don’t want to show stuff that isn’t tidy/organized. ;) If you have any questions I’ll try to answer them best I can! And if you want to see a review or overview of anything you see here, that’d be fun too! Let me know!
I hope this gives you some organizational ideas, or at least some drool-worthy stuff to look at haha. Like I said above, if you have stash pics, link me! Or if you don’t have a blog, feel free to email me your stash pics. Maybe yours will be featured here on the blog! *wink*
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Pictures of Pretty Things

Here’s my lovely vanity. I got the vanity itself off Craigslist for $80! It’s a hand-made custom piece. I don’t think you can see it in the photo but my vanity stool is a black leather ottoman. I am not sure where the ottoman came from because it was a housewarming present from my parents when I first moved out a few years ago. My lighted mirror came from Bed Bath & Beyond. The thing to the right of my mirror is a really spiffy rotating organizer (more pics below). Then of course on the left are some trusty sterilite drawers, and a little plastic bin from the container store. Wave hi to my bottle of Fix+!

Here is a closer view of the rotating organizer. It came from Target for approximately $20. It is with all the scrapbooking supplies. This thing really is the coolest organizer tool I’ve ever had. The mascaras are held onto the side with elastic straps! There is a drawer on each side, photo frames, and the side you can’t see is magnetic and has 4 magnets. I currently have a couple of receipts stuck to it in case I need to take a recent purchase back.

Here’s a top view of my rotating organizer (you can see the magnetized side with magnets!). The brush holder is filled with uncooked rice to hold my brushes and pencils upright. I need a little more rice in the pencil eyeliner section; my pencils are falling over. :P

Meet my blush drawer! Low-end in the pink basket, and high-end in the blue basket. Highlighters around the edges, including my new MAC Petticoat MSF.

Face stuff! Admittedly I do not use everything in this drawer. My usual routine is some mineral makeup (the cute jar with the cat’s eyes). I always use that urban decay primer potion though. I can’t live without it!

Eyeshadows & Lipstuff! The bottom drawer in the pink sterilite is empty.
I love the way my lipgloss drawer smells– minty, vanilla, and sugary! It’s not normally this messy though.

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