FOTD: Wet N' Wild ColorIcon Trio in I'm Feeling Retro....

 Now....I'm not a makeup artist....just a girl who loves makeup...so dont take my application too seriously. I just wanted to show my fam how I'm working out these new Wet N' Wild ColorIcon Trios. I know that everyone has been raving about the pigmentation and colors but notice something today while playing with I'm Feeling Retro ( shown at the top)....

The consistency of these shadows are very much like those of the shadow palettes you buy at the local  BSS for $2.99. Its that powdery, and sometimes hard to blend texture. My NK HD shadows are like that. Vibrant colors but hell to blend out and they most of the times, if it not always a shimmer/satin.

Just wanted let you guys know my opinion on these....The colors are slightly original but the formula is has been done. Probably the best thing about them is that they may be dupes of other higher end brands and they are cheap.

 I'm wearing all three colors in I'm Feeling Retro....I'm not feeling that white shimmer color. The blending the  texture is horrific. And who would put that on their browbone as a hightlight??

 I have something like the iridescent pink color in my NK HD eye shadows ( #3024, check the link)...but I think it a MAC dupe of Romping ( which is MAC Too Dolly palette that I sold at the Blog Sale) or MAC Pink Pearl Pigment.

Come to think of it...the whole palette is very Too Dolly...excluding a black shade and MAC Yogurt.

The green shade.....possible dupe of MAC Parrot. I swatched it and compared it to my NK HD shadow in #3006, which is a Parrot dupe...very, very close.

I actually used a matte black shade to deepen the outer corner and crease.

Its an okay palette...but not original....more FOTDs coming soon!!

Getting Free RevlonColorburst Lipstick at CVS!!!!

 Another CVS Semi-Annual Beauty Sale deal!!! Can you believe I'm still shopping this sale? Well, there is another CVS in my town and the clearance literally looks untouched. The other CVS  in town barely has anything left. smh,

A couple of the  Revlon Colorburst Lipstick were marked down 75% to $2.49 a piece and my red slot box printed a $5 off two Revlon products which I used, so the lippies were FREE!!! I also got a L'Oreal Hip e/s shadow duo in Roaring that I didn't own....

 I got Mauve and Coral. I don't have any of these lipsticks. When they first came out, I didnt feel like they were package friendly, meaning I really couldn't tell if a color was right for me just by looking at the color at the top of the package.

 The Mauve is looks really lavender even without the flash. Coral reminds me of a more punchy MAC Viva Glam Cyndi .

Ok, I'm slightly oily in this picture after a long day but this is Mauve. My really into this colored liner/bold lipstick look lately. **shrugs**

Review: Bath & Body Works Carried Away.....

The best business decision Bath & Body Works ever made was to sell those $1 trial bottles of new scents they are releasing. Now they have matching sprays for $2. I picked up  Carried Away, a scent they are introducing for the spring.

Carried Away's notes are "lush raspberries, white jasmine and whipped vanilla". When I applied it, It immediately reminded my of B&BW Sweet Pea. I used to date a guy who only bought me Sweet Pea lotion and sprays because that was " all he liked on me"...yeah, you know we are not together any-t more. Can't box a fragrance heaux in...LOL.  Any-t-way....

I also read a review where someone likened  Carried Away to B&BW Sun Ripened Raspberries. My Life!!!!  I need some Sun Ripened Raspberries! I think I saw some at the B&BW Outlet ( they also sell it online). I swear, if I see it again, I'm buying some. Memories of dorm rooms and a 1987 Dodge Lancer #90smemories....le sigh.

Eh...I'll skip this one....going to get some Sun Ripened Raspberries instead!! My B&BW had wall-to-wall $1 Carried Away, so go try it and see how you like it.

***Don't buy the $2 spray.....the one I got was horrible. Its smelled like straight up rubbing alcohol. Who want's to take back a $2 spray, work on Bath & Body Works***

Weekend Beauty: New Wet N' Wild Color Icon Trios, CVS Beauty Club and How I Made $7 on Physician's Formula Mascara!!

 After seaching around for the new Wet N'Wild Trios on Saturday and coming up zero, I fell into my local CVS and found them!! I couldn't believe it!. I swear I spend the majority of my beauty obesessed life "hunting" products down.:(

I only got five of the six. I'm missing "Spoiled Brat" but I'm okay not having it.

Next up: The Wet N' Wild 8-pans....

 I Got Good Jeans

 Silent Treatment

 I'm Feeling Retro

 I'm Getting Sunburned

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 I Dream of Greenie

The names of the palettes remind me of OPI polish names. Corny but cute:).

 I also had a $10 off any Physicians Formula Foundation, Powder or Blush. It printed out the red slot box a week ago. I didnt read the "Foundation, Powder, or Blush" part til' I got to the register.:( But, the cashier took it off any way....hope she doesn't get in trouble.:/

 Here's the grand total....see that $1...it was some random coupon still attach to the $10 off coupon that the cashier scanned too. I didn't open my mouth. *looks around*

 AND I got $7 in EBs for  buying $10 in Physician's Formula...I didn't even know about that!

Check this out: the whole purchase is about $27 in makeup, right....Why did my receipt only show $3.49 toward my Beauty Club Rewards? Well, cousins, I called Customer Service at CVS and they explained that it takes 48 hours for my BCR to update. Also, when you do get to $50, it takes 48 hours for the $5 EBs to print.

I'm a CVS heaux....I lurv that place so much.:)

Jamie's Weight Loss Diaries.... #2...Weekend Eating...

This weight loss thing here is absolutely, positively all about lifestyle change. For me, PERSONALLY, food is ruled my every emotion and never ever realized it. I was oblivious to how I ate emotionally all the time til I entered my first full week of the "change" and Friday, Saturday and Sunday rolled around.

The Weekend, as working people would call it.


The weekend is when my eating and emotions get completely out of control.  Again, oblivious to what was going on til I saw pictures of myself. Any given weekend in the last three, four years...three things happen:

1) The kids' go to their dad's house. Instead of enjoying the time "off", I dont take "off" .I'm a complete ball of loneliness or anxiety.

2) The kids' are here. lol! And something going on, someone's sick, someone's on restriction, I'm broke, I'm tired....

3) And within the last year either 1) or 2) includes my stressful parental unit, that we were forced to live with AGAIN.

I would cook wings, nachos, mac & cheese and if I had money, I would eat out every meal til' Sunday showed its face. I was feeding my loneliness, sadness and stress...


Welp, the first weekend after change...I slipped a fell, right into Zaxby's twice and Publix for raspberry layer slices to eat while watching funny movies to keep my spirits up. Sunday rolled around and I looked at my food journal and got mad at myself for eating like that....and a lightbulb came on just why I did.


I still have those same weekends....my life hasn't changed but this past weekend was the first weekend I didnt mess up my food choices. I had one splurge, Pad Thai at Moonsoon but everything else was right on schedule. My food journal held me accountable. By writing down everything I ate and having to write it down, I didnt want write or read,  "2 cake slices from Publix:( "

Plus, a trip to the Goodwill also helped. Yep.  The Goodwill.  You can find nice stuff for plus size girls in there for sure, but the really cute stuff, the vintage dresses that I love, the Gap Cargos I wanted, were all in smaller sizes. When I mean smaller, like 10, 12, 14,...lol! I long to shop in the smaller sections, the Medium and Large.

Weekend Eating or some called it binging on the weekends? Anyone else have a problem? Tell me in the comments:)