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I just bought my MAC Overrich pigment in Blonde's Gold yesterday, and I am waiting for my trusty pigment seller to send me the other six (not including Mauvement because I have it) in 1/2 teaspoon samples. Okay, just about every MAC afficionado has read/heard about the hullaballoo concerning the Overrich pigment sizes/weight. The rumor is that these new Overrich pigments are different from the rest in the sense that they are richer and heavier than the others, so the jars are not as full when you receive them, since these are sold by weight and not by volume. I got confused though by the claims (which were confirmed by MAC when they changed the weight on the website) that the pigments were 4.3g instead of 7.5g. Is one of these figures based on weight and the other by volume? Anyways, here is a pic of the brand-new pigment I got. I read from forums that certain ladies were pretty satisfied with their purchase because the jars they got were 3/4 full. I'd tell them though to give their jars a couple of whacks on their countertop and they would see, after the pigments have settled, that these are just a little over half-full:

A little off-putting, but well, Blonde Pigment is SO gorgeous that I just have to get a full-size. These are more than enough to last me for years, anyway (although since I would use this as a lid color, I think I would go through this quicker than my other pigments). It reminds me of Warming Trend eyeshadow from the Naughty Nauticals collection. I love Warming Trend as an all-over lid color, and Blonde's Gold is another beauty that I couldn't resist. I'm wearing it right now and it's just so pretty, it has taupe-gold undertones that give an understated shimmer to the skin.

I think this would also look beautiful as a highlighter on cheekbones. Gorgeousness!

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* Flirt whipped eyeshadow mousse in Lucky Chance as base
* Agate dry on inner 1/2 of lid
* Divine Intervention dry on outer 1/2 of lid
* Ebony dry on outer 1/2 of crease and in vee
* MUFE flash color in white lower lash line as base
* Purple Princess dry over the white base
* Fiona under brow
* Black Out to line and tight line
* one coat mascara

Every once in awhile I kinda get into this buying frenzy. It usually lasts about a week or two. In all fairness I bought nothing for a very long time until my birthday two weeks ago. So...in the mail...

-A VERY LARGE Garden of Wisdom order (including my conditioner ing.)

-A VERY LARGE Silk Naturals Order (my biggest ever. It is my HG though and so hard to resist MOAC 4...)

-A small Dayna's Minerals Order (3 shadows and a sponge- gilded beige, boring?, and fiery- ahem ldlredhen)

-A Little Black Box (ahem inan)

-A small Because I'm the Princess order (a princess pack, sugar scrub, and small satin silk lotion- i got to choose 6 fragrances) (ahem inan)

-A small Lure Beauty order (i loved their old mascara have to try the new plus i added some mu jars, wax tarts, and a sample of their new soapy sugar scrub- oh and it was all 10% off)

-A small Pink Quartz order (i've been lemming their vegan balms for awhile.I customized 5- black licorice, black walnut, jamaican rum, teaberry, and grapefruit)

-A Dreamworld order (from my birthday. just isn't here)

-A My Minerals Bath and Body order (from my birthday. Should arrive in the next few days)

-Some latek elf ears...ok I couldn't help it! they were only $10 and they're so realistic!!!

These are the ears I'm getting (pic taken from the Aradani site)

-Some vintage xmas light cords ($.99-i bought some sylvania flourescent xmas light bulbs- a tradition in my family on the tree- but i needed a cord. I get a set of these when i get married from a family friend who collected vintage lights my whole life, but i finally am going to have a tree this year and i wanted a strand now. there's only 7 lights per strand so it won't hurt to have more than one strand)

-And- FOR THE DOG- (tehe moosie) more of her fav. toy (they're made for heavy chewers and last about 6 months. I like for her to have 3 at a time and two bit the dust the other night. I needed to order her heartgard too) 

I SUPPOSE I have to go on a no-buy now... lol

Beauty Cast has been awarded The Dove Seal of Approval for all 3 DVDs submitted! The Halloween Collection Vol. 1, The Bridal Collection Vol.1 and Vol. 2. For information on the DVDs visit our website at Beauty Cast

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I originally posted this combination in the Quick Combos thread (on the Aromaleigh forum). My camera battery is dead and I can't find the charger - I'm sure hubby knows where it is. Smarty-pants Girl1der mentioned to use my webcam...Thanks, cause I wouldn't have thought of it, Robyn You're so smart!
Unfortunately, they are super lousy pics, but hey...it gives you the general idea of the look. These were taken after being at the park all afternoon - however, I did put an extra coat of URFP on before taking them

* Bare Necessity as base
* Ice on inner 1/3 of lid
* Sand on rest of lid
* Midnight on outer 1/3 of lid and entire lower lash line
* Snow under brow
* no liner
* one coat mascara
* Ardell demi lashes

I know many of us are experiencing the same VOX problems eg, we can't position or remove images in our editor box and our posts are disappearing etc... I didn't experience these frustrations before I switched to Firefox 3.

I wrote to VOX and this is their response:

Hi Lili,

We're sorry you're having trouble using Vox. Currently, we don't support Firefox 3 but we're always working towards making Vox a smoother experience for more members. Thank you for your patience while we work on this.

In the meantime, you might want to stick with using one of our other supported browsers, like Internet Explorer. We're sorry for any confusion or inconvenience.

Thanks,
Lauren
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Yeah!!! We won The FMPTA Award ( The Florida Motion Picture and Television Award) for The Bridal Collection DVDs! We are so excited that our work has been recognized! To buy the award winning DVD visit my website at www.youarethesupermodel.com

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I have done 3 eye vids make sure you check out multiple posts to see them.  I did the posts already because I find that vox is a tiny bit faster at night when all my neighbors are sleeping and not on the internet. LOL I am tired so this post is going to be brief hopefully.
ALL LOOKS- Dayna Dark with Beach- Damp red sponge MMBB hydrating mist
Dayna Beach as bronzer to match - see damp foundation application video (Aug 25 post) if you don't know what I am talking about. :-)

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Last week I painted two rooms in the house- faux finished DD's bathroom because I felt the green I did a while back was too "institutional" I originally just did white but then went to store and bought this darker tealy blue which was exactly what I was looking for- spa-like quality now. Also painted kids' TV room but that's just a plain old beige and mostly because they've marred up the walls in that room and it's rather embarrassing. LOL Here's the bathroom--

DH asked me to call some landscapers about putting in irrigation and reseeding (yet again) *rolls eyes* the yard. He thought about renting the machinery to do this himself but with the new job he's finding that his weekends are precious and he doesn't want to spend them doing this kind of stuff. This weekend he did have to change out a bad GFCI outlet in the basement and I felt bad that he had to use up some of his weekend doing that. Once again we are having drought conditions and no matter how much time I spent moving sprinklers, it wouldn't really work out. This way we can water at the optimal times too- late evening and night. Fall is the best time to plant grass around here so I want to get on that so we'll be ready. Maybe next spring we'll actually have grass instead of a smattering of weeds and lots of dirt. We probably have the worst lawn in the entire neighborhood. :-(  So I am getting return calls and some will be stopping by to give estimates this week. I'll have to be here so I can protect them from the scary (crazy) JRT- *rolls eyes* If it isn't the yard it's the dogs embarrassing me. While I was uploading the vids the beagle must have been having some kind of dream because he was howling in his sleep. LOL

We're having a picnic Sunday just for the heck of it, so I will have lots to prepare for that too. I think that's about it going on here. Gonna post these pics and go to bed. *Yawn*