Palette Love

Salaams and Saluations,

Today we're talking about palette LOVE. I <3 palettes.They are tote able, packed pops of make up. FAR less expensive then buying them ALL individually.

They can be WONDERFUL.

Urban Decay Sustainable Palette

Urban Decay Book Of Shadows II

TARTE

TARTE True Blood Palette

STILLA The It Girl pallete

Urban Decay Naked palette *fave*

MAC Winter duo

Do you own palettes? Which do u have?

B Beautiful

Umm Amirah

MAC haul: Glittering Winter Collection

Salaams and Salutations Ladies,

UmmAminahHonest and I went to a MAC event in October!! The MAC in Georgetown was buzzing over this new collection. The new collection is M.A.C glittering winter collection.

We 'Oooh'd' and 'Aaaahh'd' with the rest of the ladies that showed up. I picked up a few things. The night was reserved for collection hauls ONLY!! *sad face*

Limited edition brush set with bag

l/s: whirls and twirls

l/g: pleasure principle

e/s duo:Taupless/ Celestial Black

e/l:

Ofcourse afterwards we HAD to find some cupcakes. We took a stroll over to Georgetown Cupcakes. See the picks below.

Me taking a self pic...with cupcakes (yumm)

There are a LOT of cupcake shops in DC, as well as cupcake food trucks. Georgetown is good....but there are better.


B Beautiful!!
Umm Amirah

Sephora Friends and Family

Salaams and Salutations Ladies,
Sephora Friends and Family is on till November the 4th. Sad thing..its a ONE time coupon!



So I picked up some goodies that I have been 'lemming long time'.

TART True Blood Palette

Yu Be Moisturizer

NARS Lovejoy

samples:


I received this face wash for free. Its FULL sized!! Thanks Sephora!

Friends and Family ends today. See Sephora for more info.

B Beautiful!!
Umm Amirah

Make up rant...

Salaams and Saluations Beauties,

The other day...I look at my 'stash' and realized I have NO new make up *lesigh*.
No particular reason...besides the fact that moving is financially consuming.

So what am I leming?? hmmm

#1 Urban Decay Mattifying Powder
XXTheIslandBeautyXX from YouTube talked about the portability of it..and its JUST like MAC's prep and prime powder. I mean who wouldn't want a totalb

#2 Urban Decay I <3 NYC palette.
I KNOW ..do I really NEED another..the answer will ALWAYS be YES!!!

#3 NYX blush in Cinnamon and Angel
I've been lemming these for EVERRRRR!! Time to make them mine.

#4 NARS Sweet Revenge lip gloss

#5 Some more MAC brushes..



Enjoy this latest tutorial by XXTheIslandBeautyXX

B Beautiful!!
Umm Amirah

QVC and Bobbi Brown scoping

Salaams and Salutations Beauties,

Beauties..it HOT. Make up is scarce on this face (smile). So I pulled out a Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge for a little color on the cheeks. LOVE IT! Then I went over to QVC to see if the new Denim Palette was there on flex pay (frugalista). Not yet, but isn't it pretty?

Bobbi Brown Denim Palette
All those pinks are GREAT for the summer, even on brown girls. On weekends I love to kick back and wear a great pair of jeans and a long shirt...to go to the farmer's market and or the movies.


Sasquatch Swatch of Pot Rouges

Lets talk about Pot Rouges. They have been discontinued by Bobbi Brown on her website and Nordstrom, BUT they are on QVC. OMG they are sooo multi functional. Place them on your cheeks and on your lips. Gotta LOVE a multi-functional product. Sasquatch Swatch has done a great job swatching these. Aren't they pretty. Bobbi Brown's colors will look good on a range of beauties, and you control the intensity of the color. Great for that pop of color for EID and or nights out with the girls or ones spousal unit.

These colors are portable and travel well. Weather your the sister that is a 'lipstick hijabi' or the one that 'doesn't do make up'...a little blush goes a LONG way. If you pick up one, or have some let us know what you have and how you like it!



B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah

NYC Make up Show

Beauties....OMG.

I just have to go STRAIGHT into this. Our little BU group started out early for the NYC Make up show. We got 1 day tickets because SOME poor people gotta work!!

Any whoo. The Make up show was great. Who did we see: BECCA, Make Up For Ever, MAC, Ignot,Stilla, Eve Pearl, Crown Brushes, and lots of newbies I didn't know. It seems like the BIG thing there was air brushed make up. I'm not a make artist so..it was way over my head.

So the NYC Make up show comprises of vendors, make up artists, bloggers, press and make up enthusiasts. I guess I'm the later. It was soo nice to see most of the Make up bloggers I frequent. I only took a picture with ONE...too shy and insignificant to say a word.

Amina from Coup de Coeur. Masha~allah such a sweet person..and a real beauty.


After two hours of 'make up,make up, make up' the group was tired and hungry.

Please enjoy the pics.


Make Up For Ever (MUFE) BIG booth. Great discounts.


Smashbox

MAC Art



Eve Pearl was sooo down to earth. She did great demos.








Umm Aminah Honest



Next are the days hauls:




Crown Brushes


Finally got my foundation!!! 40% off!!


Great products. I have have two..the lip tints. Oh they double as a type of pot rouge.


great brush cleaner. smells great.

Hope you enjoyed...we surely did.
B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah

E.L.F Studio 50% off

Salaams and Salutations Beauties,

E.L.F. is doing it again...pulling us in to BUY stuff. Well the studio line is actually decent. I love the brushes. So...I guess this is my opportunity to get some studio supplies. You can never have too many packs of make up remover at $1.50 a pop!! I'm also going to pick up the eyebrow gel, a kabuki brush and a angled liner brush.

What are YOU lemming from the E.L.F Studio sale?




Or in general...what are you lemming? Body products, Make up, Hair ...I'd love to see what you want to pick up...sooner, or later.

B Beautiful,

Umm Amirah

Update: New York State of Mind Jan 2010

Salaams and Salutations beauties!!!!

Here is the finalized itinerary. If you live in the area we'd LOVE to see you at one or another place.
(January 15th thru the 18th)

Friday:
7pm: Dinner at Folukie (zabiha)

1168 Bedford Ave (Putnam/Maddison) Brooklyn, NY 11216
Live jazz/ 'Get to Know You' games and goodies

Saturday:
Train to NYC Museums
'Mischelle's Choice'-- our resident artist taking us to her FAVS

Sightseeing in Manhatten

7pm- Tea Social
Beautiful Ummah NY State of Mind
Designer’s delight a Tea and social with NYC designers:
Urban Hijab
Al- Mujalbaba
Najmah
Al Musa Wear/ House of Jems
(waiting confirmation)

Sunday:

10am - (you make your own appointments)
D'Mai Urban Spa157 Fifth Ave (Lincoln/St Johns)
Park Slope, NY


3pm Lunch- Sylvia's
328 Lenox Ave
New York, NY
(they do have fish and vegitarian options for those who are stricktly zabiha)

6:30pm
Broadway show
'Wicked’


Monday—

10am- Trip to Al Mujalbab
**open just for this event**

1pm- depart

10 Favorites of 2009

Salaams and Salutations Beauties!!!

2009 is soon coming to an end, so I want to do MY 10 Favs of this year. Being a 'newbie' to the beauty blogging game AND a 'frugalista' I'd say my list is not filled with HIGH end make up. I not ALL on one brand, I like what I like...or what works best for ME. So without further ado:

1. MAC Mineralized Blush in Love Joy
2. Nars BLUSH (Crazed/Dolche Vita)
3. Urban Decay palettes ( I have 'sustainable and book of shadows II')
4. E.L.F studio brushes (great value)
5. Sonya Kashuk brushes ( love the blush brush)
6. Pure Lux Cosmetics shadows ( they are GREAT and a $1 per sample)
7. NYX Mega Shine lip glosses (love them so much)
8. NYX Jumbo eye Shadow pencils ( great bases)
9. Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge
10. Make Up For Ever HD foundation

That is all

B Beautiful
Umm Amirah

NYX fever

Salaams and Salutations all,

Soooo I found a deal on some NYX products so I decided to try them out. I bought 3 Mega Shine lipglosses from Ebay. Joy's Cosmetics is a great seller of NYX. Check out her. Anywhoo, as you already know I've purchased some Round NYX lipglosses from Cherry Culture in May and I REALLY liked them. I had been checking out NYX reveiws on YouTube and decided to try them out.

I purchased 6 from Joy's Cosmetics: Plum (love it), POP, Vanilla (great nude), Africa, Copper Penny and Lollipop. I use them with a MAC liner, either Chesnut or Cork.
NYX Mega Shine l/g: PLUM
NYX Mega Shine l/g : POP
NYX Mega Shine l/g: Vanilla **great nude**
NYX Mega Shine l/g: Africa
NYX Mega Shine l/g: Coppy Penny
NYX Mega Shine l/g: Lillipop

Now Temptalia did a post on the NYX Mega shine lipgloss in:
She gave the product a B, check the post out here. She complained of the smell but said they go on well and are highly pigmented. A YouTuber claimed that they are doups for MAC lusterglass lipglosses. I really like the fact that they are NOT sticky!!

I'll say that NYX MEGA Shine lip gloss have a RANGE of colors for ALL types of beauties. No they don't last 'all day', but I expect to have to reapply so its not a big deal. For the PRICE ($3.00 a piece on Ebay) they are deal!!


For you frugal fashionista's out there I've collected some discount NYX sellers for you. Please note that all were recommended by YouTube Make up Gurus after their purchasing experience. Check them out. I'd love to hear how you feel about NYX glosses: Round or Mega Shine.

Ms Cuppy Cakes

Nonpareil boutique

Shop Craze

Enjoy!!
Umm Amirah

NYX hauling..sooo pretty.

Salaams and Salutations Beauties....
I'm catching up on posts. In May Cherry Culture had an NYX sale for their birthday. Since my birthday was in May I decided to partake. I mean 40% off...come on now. U know it was calling my name- lol. Anywhoo I really discovered how NICE NYX is. I mean I have a couple of pearl eye shadows..that I don't use (booo on that) but there was MORE to discover.

So in my May haul I purchased two cream blushes, in Glow and Golden. These two are GREAT for summer. For beauties of all shades actually. Glow is a hint of pink and Golden gives you a subtle glow, great for nude days.

Glow and Golden

Then I purchased these Round Lip Glosses. I've come to adore lip gloss. NYX has really good coverage and it's NOT sticky!!! I now need to pair these lovelies with a nice liner. I'm thinking along the lines of MAC. Maybe I'll try the next time I go to Nordstrom. Aren't they adorable?? As you can see, Honey is my fav. It look great and its sheer.

Round glosses: Real Nude, Honey (I heart this one), Pinky Nude and Natural

I also purchased some chrome eye shadows. Look how pretty they are.

Chrome eyeshadow: Panic, Black, Queen, Cosmopolitan (l to r back row), Bayou, Green, and Beauty Queen
In August Cherry Culture had another sale on NYX..sooo because I was really digging the Cream blushes and the Round Lip glosses I decided to pick up some more.

Sooo in this haul I picked up two more cream blushes in Rose Petal and Diva. I truly believe that brown girls CAN wear pinks. I use my Sonia Kashuk foundation brush to apply these..lol.

Cream blushes in Diva and Rose Petal

Since I used up MOST of my Honey I purchased a new one with this latest haul. Since I have a couple of hijabs with pink in them I got the Ballerina Pink and the 24 Karat is sooo sparkly, can't wait to try that one.


Round lip glosses in 24 Karat, Honey and Ballerina Pink


I did purchase some NYX Round lip liners and eye liners...I'm not too enthusiastic about those. So they will be no pics of those..lol.

B Beautiful,

Umm Amirah