HUGE NYX Sale!

Check out this page at NYX Cosmetics - they are having a HUH-YUGE sale, and if you like their cosmetics you don't wanna miss this one!

They have packaged up some "kits" you can buy for 75-90% off - no joke.  Here's what you can get:

Item 1 - 11 lip glosses and 8 trio eyeshadows for a whopping $27.00

Item 2 - 20 Double Sided Eye Pencils and 10 Liquid Liners for $22.00

Item 3 - 30 Pairs of False Lashes for $24.00

Item 4 - 15 Diamond Sparkle Lip Glosses and 15 Single Eye Shadows for $41.25

And their liquid foundation is on sale for (gasp!!) $1.40 a bottle!  However, some of the foundation shades are selling out, so if you're interested in this one, head on over quickly.

Sale's on 'til the end of April - check it out and let me know if you're getting anything.  I might get item 2... and item 3 sounds fun but I don't use falsies often enough to get 30 pair, even if they are less than $1 each ;)

Beauty.com is having a Friends & Family Event!

Probably in order to compete with Sephora's Friends and Family Event, in which you can get a 20% discount on everything in your cart, Beauty.com is ALSO having this type of event this week!  From 12:01 am on Wednesday, November 5 to 11:59 pm Friday, November 7 you can get 20% your Beauty.com order!  The trick is to enter the site through a link in an email that was sent out to list subscribers - but if you're not a subscriber, that is no problem.  Since you're all my "friends and family," I'm providing my link to all of you to use:

Click here to shop Beauty.com's 20% off Event!

Beauty.com carries many of the same high end brands that Sephora does, and a few other interesting ones that aren't found at Sephora.  Plus, your Beauty.com cart is linked to your Drugstore.com cart, so even though the discount doesn't apply to the drugstore stuff (I don't think) you can still stock up on all that extra stuff you might be needing at the same time.

Unfortunately, for some odd reason, NARS and Kooba products are not included in the sale at Beauty.com - HOWEVER, if you would like a NARS product, use code FF2008 when you check out at Sephora later this week and you can get your 20% discount there!  Tricky, tricky.

Happy shopping - start your holiday shopping early, but don't forget yourself!

Aromaleigh Introduces "Bete Noire" Collection

In French, "bete noire"means "black beast" (or "dark beast"). Used in English, the phrase can refer to ideas, people, or things that cause fear or are particularly disliked.

For Aromaleigh's new Bete Noire eyeshadow collection, the "dark" part of that translation might be appropriate, as these shadows are deeply pigmented and many have smoky bases. However, the similarity stops there. In fact, these shadows will attract you quickly, you will fall in love with them, and you will purchase them without fear of anything (unless of course you are afraid of loving them too much and blowing your entire budget on full sizes of the entire collection!).

Aromaleigh's site includes the photograph up there to the right and describes these gorgeous new shadows as:

"Bête Noire is a collection of 13 multi-dimensional, dramatic, and truly unique, enigmatic shades that evoke every woman's hidden femme fatale... "

These shades are ultra-smooth, rich and highly pigmented. Photographs don't even start to capture the intensity and inter-play of the pigments, lowlights and highlights within these shades. These are incredibly complex, unique colors!

I am often impressed with new shadows, but it is rare that they stop me in my tracks and cause me to gasp audibly, but that is exactly what happened when I received my sample set of this collection today. I was immediately caught up in the spell they cast. The colors look amazingly rich in the baggies, but when I swatched them, I was speechless. These are a study in the unexpected.... rich colors that, when applied, reveal deep mysterious bases with a million contrasting sparks of color. Pinks and blues with browns, bronze in charcoal gray... unusual pairings that are strange yet absolutely perfect. While AL's last collection, the Eye Plushes, whisper, the Bete Noires sing complex melodies out loud.... but they never scream or sing off key.

The depth of these colors definitely makes them "big girl" colors - you will get attention when you wear them, and that makes them right up my alley. Even my makeup skeptic husband had to stare and coo over these colors!

To check out some swatches of these colors, check out this entry in Miss K's Aromaleigh blog. To look at the colors some more, read descriptions, and buy these beauties, go here. You can get a set of super generous samples of all of the colors for just $15.21 (and shipping is free if you only order sample sizes). AL's sample sizes last a long, long time, so this is an amazing deal! Of course, you can buy single samples, full size jars, and, if you want to dive right in, a complete set of full sizes. However you do it, just go for it - you will love them for the holidays.

MEOW Cosmetics Introduces Their Fall Colors

(from meowcosmetics.com)

I don't know about everyone else, but I love the colors of fall. Yes, the foliage is incredible, but the makeup hues coming out this time of year are simply stunning. I've always loved deep olive greens, smoky browns, rich chocolate browns, burgundies, inky blues and purples - and I love the smoky looks you can make with them!

So I was obviously excited when my Meow Cosmetics newsletter arrived on Monday and it announced the launch of their Fall Palette -shown above. Looks pretty gorgeous to me!

The majority of the colors (the first seventeen above) are "IdealEyes" eye colors - in Meow-speak, that means they are pearlized, with some sparkle and a good amount of sheen (although the amount of each of those depends on the color). Looks like we've got gorgeous browns and burgundies, with a few interesting twists on both of these... as well as an on-trend deep navy called "Sabertooth" (second row, last eye shadow) and a super rich, inky blackish purple called "Heavy Petting" (third row down, third eye shadow from the left). Told you the color names could get interesting!

There is also one new CatEyes shadow called "Jynx. " The CatEyes line is Meow's matte line, and Jynx is a perfect dark charcoal color for creating those fall smoky eyes... it's up there in the picture too, the last swatch there on the bottom. Meow's mattes tend to be quite creamy and they apply smooth as butter, but it can take a bit of work to get the lighter colored ones to show up. However, I don't think that's going to be a problem at all with Jynx; looks like it's dripping with pigment and ready to play.

In addition, four new "Feliners" (loose mineral eye liners) have been created - including a bright white one that promises to be completely opaque. It's no small feat to get white minerals to be opaque, so some creative mixing probably went on here... but you can bet no nasty chemicals were added to this beautiful white kitty. Also making their debut are "Spaz," an olive/chocolate brown liner, "Kamikaze," which is a deep scarlet wine, and "Thunder," a pure black satin -- Meow's site describes Thunder as "Black. Black. Black. No undertones, nothing but....BLACK. Goes on creamy and smooth...for the Goth Diva in us all...."

Finally, Meow has introduced some new face colors as a part of the fall collection too. In order to balance out the deep, smoky sensuality of the eyes, the face colors are muted, soft, and girly pink. There are two Crystalline Cat all-over glow powders (Moonstone is pure pink and the other, Quartz, is a peachy pink), one Lush Blush (also in a pink hue), and - my must try of the face colors - one new Firefly blush in Illuminate (described as a caramel hue with cherry undertones, gold sparkle and gold sheen). The other Firefly blushes have been gorgeous - they are like a blush and highligher all in one - and I can't wait to try this one.

So, as you might guess.... I ordered samples of just about everything you see up there to review ;) As soon as I get them, I'll give you all the lowdown on these gorgeous deep colors.

However if you can't wait to get your paws on these, go ahead and slink over to Meow's Fall Palette page - all samples are $1, and full-size, packed-full 10 gram jars of eye shadows are $10.25. Blushes, face colors are priced as marked. However, you can save 10% on your entire order (even if your order consists of only samplees!!) if you use the coupon code CATSCANDYCORN - this code is only good until Sept. 18, though.

Above all, HAVE FUN!!!!!

One of Aromaleigh's "BIGGEST" Sales!!!

Ok, ladies, a quick late night blog, because I just had to tell someone about the sales going on over at Aromaleigh! Caution - these are HOT!

Aromaleigh, one of my favorite companies for eye shadow, is having some incredible sales on their eyeshadow color collections! Way back when AL started, the traditional "5 gram" loose eyeshadow jar was not available, so Kristen Bell began selling her gorgeous shadows in the larger 10 gram ones. As time went on, the 5 gram jars became available, and the newer shadow collections were packaged that way - thus leading to some products being in the 5's and others being sold in the 10's. However, now the company is transitioning completely to the 5 gram jars to be consistent. Perhaps that sounds a little sad, like you will be getting less when you buy - but true to form, Kristen is making it worth your while!!

She is now putting the 10 gram jars on sale, one collection every few days, for 50% OFF - that means you will get the gigantic 10 gram jars for about $4 each. This is unheard of - it is rare to find a 5 GRAM jar of shadow for $4, much less the big one!

Definitely head over there and have a look-see, as the colors are going quickly (because nobody can resist getting this crazy deal on their favorite colors). When you shop, make sure you check the dropdown menu for each collection - if the color you are interested in is NOT listed there, that means the 10 grammers are sold out in that shade. (It does not, however, mean the shade is gone for good - it will be returning almost immediately, just in the smaller packaging.)

Currently, this sale is going on for the Pure Eyes Frost collection, the Pure Eyes Matte collection, and the Carolina Summer Matte Collection. To show you how awesome these are, I am borrowing a few images from the Aromaleigh website (they are all Kristen's photography) to show you what the colors look like.....

The Pure Eyes Frost Collection

The Pure Eyes Matte Collection

The "Carolina Summer" Mattes

Remember, you will be getting a 10 gram jar size for just $4.13 - that's about the size of a Bare Escentuals shadow jar, but the color is much more intense. Happy shopping!!!!

**Oh, and remember to check out the coupons and deals page while you are at Aromaleigh; you can still use the coupon codes that are posted (a FREE eyeshadow, anyone??) with the sale prices!