I Caved #2 Sigma Brushes

disclaimer: i was not paid to do this review. these products were bought by me with my own money, and so i have the right to say whatever the hell i want in the review. :)

sigma makeup is another fairly new brand. they began by just selling brushes and brush sets but has now expanded into selling a small makeup line with accessories. their brushes are regarded as MAC comparable but way cheaper. they are even labeled with the same numbers MAC uses on their brushes.

if you would like a MAC comparison click here.

since money is tight, i bought the pink travel set which cost about $50. which has 7 brushes in it. the powder brush, duo fibre brush, large angles contour brush, concealer brush, pencil brush, tapered blending brush, and the eye shading brush.  they also send a complimentary travel sized flat foundation brush in pink, which is sold in the black set. which means you're paying about $7 per brush not counting the brush roll or the freebee brush. good deal? i think so! thats much better than paying for a MAC powder brush which costs $52 alone!

the brush roll has a flap to stop the brushes from contaminating each other and from bacteria to enter through the top. there is a zipped pouch which can hold a number of small makeup products if needed. and it closes with a magnet inside the fabric. and that is a complaint of mine that the magnet inside the fabric is not secured down and can move from the center which makes closing this brush roll a bit difficult.

honestly, all of the brushes are good. they are soft and have limited shedding. i will definitely be taking this set with me when i go to europe next summer. it has all the brushes i need. for those just getting into makeup and need some quality brushes. these are definitely an alternative to MAC. they sell several complete brush sets in black and pink with a very nifty brush roll for those who want it all.

if you already have a few MAC brushes, and money is tight, i would suggest getting the travel kit if you reeeeeally want to try these out or just wait until you rack up the dough to get the complete set. i know im saving up. :)

I'm Back!

so i know ive been gone for a few days and you're probably wondering why. well, my boyfriend broke up with me. yep. im still trying to heal but i though that a few days away from the internet would do me some good. it was a pretty bad breakup and wednesday was pretty much a cry-fest. i just needed to get everything out.

im not going to give out any details of why we broke up because thats just a little too personal to put on a blog. but i will say that although he broke my heart we are still trying to be friends, even though there is a huge elephant in the room. some of you know what i mean.

but now im back and ready to get back into my blogging. any requests?

Laser Tag

yep. that's what i did today. it was my friend's birthday and he wanted to go laser tagging, so we did. i thought it would be fun, but i had never done it before so i was completely inexperienced. i was the only girl. my boyfriend, who was there, kinda scared me when he started saying that it was like guerrilla warfare in the dark. great.

we got in and i didnt even know how to put on my vest. u turn the vest on and it gives you a gamer name like chewbacca, creeper, or the king. great. in the first game, i was on the blue team with my friends minus my bf. he went to be on the team of the 4 little boys we were playing against on the red team to make it even. in the second game, our teams were all mixed up because no one wanted to do a free-for-all.

we went in and i was totally lost. i followed my friend until i could scope out the arena to see what i was dealing with. it was dark but not pitch black and it was in black light so the white on my converses glowed. great. my bf and his friend wrote on themselves in highlighter beforehand so it would glow in the black light. i found out once we were in the game what they had written on themselves. oh teenage boys..........u can probably guess what was written and drawn on their arms..........yea.

in the arena there were lofts on both sides and a ground playing field covered in short walls and barrel things to hide behind. for fear of getting shot, i pretty much stuck in the loft both times we played. i tried to go out on the ground, but it was too easy for someone to snipe me from the lofts above. when i was on the ground i barely had time to shoot anyone because i kept getting shot at, and the guns take time to reload and then someone would shoot me again.

also, each team had a base, and if u shot the base u got points. i was too busy hiding to even find where the bases were. i still have no idea where they are. :/

i got a few shots at people which wasnt bad, and i didnt get negative points which is what happened to one of my girl friends when she played. wow. i'm a girly girl. so i kind of expected to suck at this. ehh. it was fun anyway.

we played 2 games. there were 10 people playing in all. in the first game i came in 9th. yay! in the second, i came in 10th. :(

one thing i hated though was how hot it was. everyone came out sweating buckets. ew.

afterward we played some of the arcade games that were there. i liked the car racing game and ski ball. :) we won some tickets, and so everyone was able to get a jolly rancher as a prize. woohoo.

so my verdict is........that i had a great time! and i wouldnt mind going back again because even if u suck, its still fun! although, maybe another girl on the team would be cool. im just hoping i'll get better with practice. :)

Love Never Dies :D

so i know i've been posting a bunch today so i promise this is the last one for today!

Love Never Dies. the sequel to one of the longest running, most beautiful broadway shows in history. The Phantom of The Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It opened this past year at the Adelphi theater in London, England. i also heard that it will be touring in australia before it come to the US. WTF?!?! take note that this is only a rumor but i want to see this sooooooo bad with my best friend laura mentioned in the post before this one.

it stars Ramin Karimloo as the phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine Daae. some of you might recognizer her as originating the role of Ariel in the disney production of the little mermaid. if you want to find out more info on the show click here.

some of the songs can be heard on youtube, so i have provided my 2 favs down below. please listen to these and let the passion of the songs move you like they moved me, especially with til i hear you sing. one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard and sung by an absolutely amazing tenor with such power!

btw, its a music video so thats why hes not wearing the mask. and the volume is a little low. sry :/

Til I Hear You Sing

Love Never Dies

Josh Groban!

I LOVE JOSH GROBAN! he is such an amazing artist and hes down right sexy too!  the one thing about josh that makes him different from most of the other artists out there is that he sounds just as good live as he does on the CD. unlike some singers who if u hear them live your ears bleed (cough cough taylor swift cough cough). in my little fantasy world, im going to have a double wedding with me and Josh Groban and my best friend Laura and Michael Buble. laura, i you're reading this, BOOKATOUR!!

fav songs in no particular order:
1. you are loved (dont give up)
2. February song
3. l'ultima notte
4. lullaby (w/ ladysmith black mambazo)
5. oceano
6. per te
7. remember when it rained
8. you raise me up <3
9. imagine
10. alla luce del sole
11. the prayer
12. little drummer boy
13. angels we have heard on high
14. thankful
15. the first noel

and now for some sexy josh groban spam!!

haha <3

I Caved #1 OCC Lip Tars

you know how all over the internet and youtube there are always new makeup products everyone RAVES about? new brands that are comparable to MAC but cheaper? brands that you can only order from online or at a makeup show like IMATS? well, there are alot of them and this series will be about how i cave to buying the new shiny objects and give my own short review.

disclaimer: i was not paid to do this review. these products were bought by me with my own money and so i have the right to say whatever the hell i want in the review.

first product in this series is the lip tars by obsessive compulsive cosmetics. these started circulating through youtube i believe starting with queenofblending but im not sure. then OCC showed up at all the makeup shows and soon everyone had tried their products. OCC has other products like airbrush makeup, mineral eyeshadows, and nail polishes but its the lip tars that have the claim to fame. everyone loves these and cant stop talking about how great they are for mixing lip colors. well, those people were kind of right.

i finally caved and ordered some online. i ordered 7 at 12.50 USD a pop. conquest, NSFW, tarred, feathered, clear, plum, and pageant. do the math. 5 came in the mail at first in the packaging with the white cap. turns out NSFW and tarred were out of stock. when i finally got them in the mail they came in the larger packaging with the clear cap. i felt a little cheated seeing as how 2 of the lip tars had more product than the others but its watevsies.

these lip tars are made not only as stand alone lip colors, but as lip color correctors. that's why they sell colors like blue, yellow, green, black, and white. these are made to mix and match to make your own colors. have a lipstick thats too dark? mix in a little of feathered and its instantly lighter.

my camera is retarded and my lighting sucks. i really did try to make my own swatches for u guys. so instead i will direct u to pursebuzz who has 2 pages off OCC swatches of the lip tars and other OCC products.

here are pics from all over the internet of the ones that i have:

Conquest/complex is a very light beige color. it perfectly neutralizes my lips, but be aware i have uber fair skin. im talking porcelain.

Tarred is a very opaque black. thats it. 

Feathered is a white. yep.

NSFW is a bright 50s hot rod red. its a bit on the blue toned side so this shade of red would look best on those with cooler skin tones. need this red to be more orange toned? add a bid of safety orange! ..........see how i did that.

Plum......kinda ickey right? the swatch on O-C-Cs website was O-F-F! haha. i would only use this color for mixing or for some weird costume makeup. this color is kinda ugly on the lips all by itself. worst purchase out of all of them. 

Pageant is a medium hot pink color. OCC makes 2 other hot pick colors that are both lighter than Pageant. Anime, which is a neon and Demure which is a few shades lighter than pageant. i like this lip tar because its good if i want to bump up a neutral look with a hot pink lip, i can just slap some of this on and go. 

last but not least is clear. this lip tar can be mixed with mineralized pigments to make your own custom lip tars. it can be mixed with anything in fact. endless possibilities really. 

OVERALL NOTES:

a little goes a long way! one tiny dot can cover all of your lips with some left over! also, they last a pretty long time. its a good idea however to put a gloss over the top because these can be a bit drying. and the more intense colors like the pink, red, and black stain so beware. please please please use a lip brush in applying these. any brush will do! just dont apply it straight from the tube. you will get WAY too much product on your lips and it will be a waste. 

i hope this review helped some of you guys. :)

got questions? ask in the comments and i will reply asap.

My Tony's Review

this is my personal review. u may agree, u may disagree. i dont really care either way.

SO the tony opening was really good! Sean Hayes is funny and can play the piano really well. he made alot of jokes about his being gay. it was really funny wen he did a full on make-out session with kristen chenoweth on stage.....with lots and lots of tongue. performances by million dollar quartet, la cage aux folles, kristen chenoweth, and green day were my favs.

The performance by fela! in the opening was kinda awkward because there was a woman who you could see was lip syncing but she was lip syncing to different words that were being sung. she was mouthing words. all i heard was oohs and ahhs. it was kinda weird.

La cage performance was fabulous! in the end drag queens came through the isles from the back of the theater dressed in red and black brasiers and lots of feathers. Kelsey Grammer who play Georges is fantastic!

I dont know any of these plays or people getting awards so im not gonna bore you with those details except Scarlett Johansson won for best featured actress in a play. and her dress was AMAZING! you can find out all the winners and nominees for yourself at the tonys website.

Angela Lansbury is as much a legend as ever. shes won 5 tonys and is still kicking at 85!!! 

Memphis looks sooooo good! the main girl has some amazing pipes! and the choreography and dancers were brilliant! the boys did like 5 perfect barrel turns in a row! it was beautiful.

Catherine zeta-jones singing send in the clowns........meh. i liked her better in chicago. she started crying at the end though which was pretty intense. 

Denzel washington just made a really funny face wen his character's wife said that her husband(denzel) was into another woman. he made a yikes face. lol. and poor rosemary harris couldn't read the teleprompter. :(

Fela!......i didnt really like it. it was very lively and colorful but all i saw was a nigerian dance party. and that was kinda it. 

Come fly with me had some really amazing dancers. choreographed by twyla tharp of course.

Promises, Promises!! i want to see it soooo bad!!!

im getting kinda tired and this show is really dragging on so this is where the details are going to start getting fuzzy. 

laura bell bundy is still waiting for her spot on glee. matthew morrison is sexy as ever in his best vest.  and lea michele was not as good live as she is on the recording of dont rain on my parade. but the final note was good. i was really excited for the glee performance! i wanted them to do something together and i didnt get that so now i am disappointed. :(

american idiot......i like. yay rock musicals!!

catherine zeta-jones won for best actress in a musical from a little night music. she was all open mouthed and surprised but she stood up really quickly. it was funny. she had trouble coming up the stairs in her overflowing mermaid gown. she got played off the stage because her speech was getting too long. lol

winner of best actor in a musical was douglas hodge from la cage aux folles. yay! he's such a talented drag queen!

bernadette peters announced the winner for best musical. and the winner is..............

MEMPHIS!!!!!

im not surprised, i just havent seen the show so i dont think i really have an opinion of if it really was the best musical. congratulations to the cast and crew of memphis!!!