Glee’s mashup up Adele‘s Songs

“Never mind I’ll find someone like you”

But would you?
I mean if they left you, why would you want someone like them?

I would want a better, far more suped up version of them.

Meaning NOTHING like them!

But I was finally able to cross off something from my Wishlist when Sparkledbeauty let me know that Beautythesis had tweeted about their free shipping sale at MuM! (This was back in early October…)

It took a lot of humming and hawing, trying to figure out which colours I should buy (and how many xD), but in the end I bought the following colours in the refill pan. I opted for the refill as they were just a tad cheaper ($2.50USD), and would allow me to buy a few more for just under $20! Oh the calculations I will do for the best prices!

They have all found a home in my new MUFE Magnetic Palette that I picked up from IMATS Toronto 2011.

The picture was taken indoors, with my annoyingly bad yellow lighting. Apologies.

All I did for the swatches, was to pat my finger on the blush pan once (in the case of Mauve Sparkled, twice…) and then swiped on my arm. It is soft, so you may want to be careful when you use a brush. Tap off, or just be gentle, otherwise you will get a crapload of product, and end up a scary clown! (Been there, done that…)

In order from Left to Right…(of the arm swatches directly above)

One of the biggest annoyances, aside from the wait time for my order to arrive, was the hand written names on the back of the pans. It just really rubbed me the wrong way…I mean I’m sure that they used gloves when they were handling my blushes, but still.

Anyway, the sale that MuM had was just free shipping on all orders. Even to Canada. That isn’t a biggie anymore as it was only $3? Somewhere around there.

Though I placed my order October 8, it took a little over two weeks for it to be prepared, and ready to be shipped. Then I received mine November 7. Wasn’t all that happy with the amount of time it took to ship it, but they have now added a disclaimer on the page…

Due to the customization and there being over 100 different colors please allow an additional 5 business days on your individual Pan orders. These are hand-packaged just for you and take additional time and tender, loving care to ensure these delicate pieces get to you in perfect condition.

To their point it was true! The blushes were indeed individually hand wrapped, taped, placed in a smaller envelope, then wrapped in bubble wrap, THEN placed in a box. I didn’t have to worry about them during the shipping process (though I did worry about it a lot…)

Anyway, not really sure how I felt about the long wait time. I know its not something I needed immediately, but it did take much longer than I would have expected. Was it only because shipping was free? If I had paid for shipping would it have gotten to me sooner? I don’t know, but may do another order in the future, and note the results.

The following pictures are with Model in a Bottle sprays over it.

Then I ran my arm under warm (not scalding hot) water…

And then this was what I was left with…

Not bad in terms of the protective properties of Model in a Bottle. Will do a proper review of it later~

I was able to snag this product in a CP from SparkledBeauty. Bought from Cherry Culture on one of their sales, I was pretty excited to try it out. I had originally wanted to buy the red _____, but thought I should go with something a little more toned down. So after checking out all the swatches, I went with Antwerp.

I love the “not lipstick, nor is it a gloss” statement on the product, as it is true, it isn’t at all like a lipstick, nor a gloss. If anything, it is like a weird lipbalm.

Unfortunately it contains the Cones…

(This shows up darker on my iphone…so I should mention it is definitely on the bright side when I wear it.)

It has a weird fruity/vanilla-y smell to it, which I am not personally fond of. I think it really could have done without any scent to it…regardless, I am liking the product.

I thought like a gloss, it would just require a quick application, and I would be good to go. However on my lips, I need to smooth it out with my finger before I head out to play.

Unfortunately, though I like the idea, and the somewhat ease of use, there are a few things that make this a bit meh in my books.

The product is a bit drying, so you may want to balm up your lips before application.

The product also seems to crease, which can be seen when I smile a big smile. You can see my lip lines all over the place. I would assume that this can be avoided with a balm, or even a lip primer.

However, I have found myself using this quite a bit lately. I like that the colour is different from what I usually go for. It makes my lips really pop (which isn’t always a good thing with my lips,) but I find with this product, I really don’t mind it as much.

And despite the creasing, I just remember to press my lips together once in awhile to try and smooth it out.

If I could get these at the $4.50 sale price that they go for on CC once in awhile, I wouldn’t mind buying another two. Really for the price its quite fun to play with. I know that really isn’t what you want to hear about a product, but that’s the only way I can explain it at the moment. It is simply fun.

I actually want to get a few of the Xtreme Lip Creams as well. Colours are so lovely :D