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

New Phone dance

Salaams and salutations,
SOOOO I have acquired a NEW PHONE!!!


**everyone dance and shimmy HERE***

I have been waiting for my upgrade and once it was confirmed I snatched this beauty UP!!

We have Sprint so I went with the HTC Evo. iPhone equivalent...yes. Do I have a problem with that..NO.

I NOW be bringing you 'H.O.T.D'(hijab of the day) and 'F.O.T.D' (face of the day) with pics from it.

B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah

Steals and Deals: the 4th

Salaams and Salutations Beauties!!

The Holiday weekend is approaching..so that means...'Steals and Deals' this weekend!!

Check out an old fav of mine Pure Luxe Cosmetics:

June 25th through July 9th
25% off $25.00-$99.99 worth of product
30% off $100.00 - $199.99 worth of product
35% off $200.00 and up

For those frugalistas....stock up on $1 samples of PL's GREAT mineral shadows!!
Try the lipies as well...she's got a NEW one that I've got my eye on..Mistress (ooohhh aaaahhh oooo). Don't forget to put the discount in your cart.

Shop Craze is offering an additional 20% OFF on already reduced prices and on sale items of TrueFace & NYX Cosmetics.

Coupon Code: HAPPY4
Expires: July 10, 2010

Enjoy your days off...or on.

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

NYX is going Bananas

Salaams and Salutations Beauties!!

NYX is going banana's till the 25th of this month. That means SALE. Check it out.
Let us know what you scored. In December they had liquid foundation on sale for a $1 a bottle. A DOLLA!!! Can't beat that with a stick.

B Beautiful
Umm Amirah

In the Mix...

Salaams and Salutations Beautifuls!!!

Since I'm back at work and things are busy I just wanted to let you know what's on tap this month for BU.

1. Ebay product hauls and product reviews
2. Beautiful Ummah New Years Brunch post and pics
3. Beautiful Ummah NY State of Mind post and pics (in various posts due to it being a weekend trip)
4. Blush reviews.
5. More from Beauty on the Outside

So stay tuned and submit to our updates.

B Beautiful,

Umm Amirah

Finalized 'New Yor State of Mind' itinerary

Salaams and Saluations,

Its DONE!! There will be NO more changes to this event.
Thanks to all those who are joining us for All or some of the events. Insha~allah ALL will have fun.
This event is MLK weekend: January 15th through the 17th, 2010.

**Edit: This Event is a BLOG Event. Open to the public. If you would like to meet up with Umm Amirah and Umm Aminah Honest in NYC email Umm Amirah at : ummamirah(at)beautifulummah(dot)com . Come hang with the 'Fun Bunch'!!**

4pm: MoMA Target FREE Friday
11 West 53rd Street
NY, NY

7pm: Dinner at Folukie (zabiha)
1168 Bedford Ave (Putnam/Maddison) Brooklyn, NY 11216
Live jazz/ 'Get to Know You' games and goodies

Saturday:

10am:Forbes Magazine Galleries
62 Fifth Ave (at 12th Street)

Grand Central Station
87 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017

1pm:Madam Tussauds
234 West 42nd Street
NY, NY
(we have 20% off for 6 ppl- 1st come , 1st serve)

Time Square!!
Mac Pro Shop
7 West 22nd Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010

Sephora
200 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

LUSH
529 Broadway, New York, NY
1293 Broadway, New York, NY
2165 Broadway, New York, NY

7pm- Beautiful Ummah NY State of Mind
Designer’s delight a Tea and Social with
Meeting with:
Urban Hijab
Al- Mujalbaba
Al-Musa wear
Najm Designs

Sunday:

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

Carol's Daughter
139 Flatbush Ave. (Corner of Atlantic Ave. & Flatbush Ave.)
Brooklyn, NY 11217

1 South Elliott Place (Corner of Dekalb Ave.)
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Karen's Body Beautiful
436 Myrtle Ave (btwn Clinton & Waverly Aves)
Brooklyn, NY 11205

4:30pm Sylvia's
328 Lenox Ave
New York, NY
(they do have fish and vegitarian options for those who are stricktly zabiha)


On your own!!

B Beautiful,
C U in NYC!!
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

Getting the Job done: Make up Tools

Salaams and Saluations Beauties!!!

So are you digging the NYC trip? I am!!! I'm getting the goody bags together as we speak!!

Anywhoo. Soooo Umm Amirah is on a 'make up fast' till the end of the year (le sigh), so I'm going to do this post about TOOLS. Tools are essential to created the perfect LOOK. Whether it's natural, nuetral or OUT THERE, if you don't have the right tools its NOT going to look right.

On YouTube, The Island Beauty has a great view of her tools. Now mind you, she lives in Japan and has access to tools not availalb state side. She uses MAC tools as well.



For ME, right now, I have Sonia Kashuk brushes from Target (great great great brushes) and some E.L.F studio brushes (great great brushes as well), that you can get from Target as well. E.L.F is a good place to start. Studio brushes are about $3.00 a piece. You can buy a start up set for like $10 on the website. I'm not sure if they have ALL the E.L.F stuff in Target stores as of yet.


The Sonia brushes I have are:

the powder brush
the foundation brush
the small eye shadow brush
the big eye shaddow brush



Here are a list of my ELF brushes:
eyeshaddow 'C' brush ( I want another)
fan brush
complextion brush
blush brush (which I use for bronzer)
small smudge brush

Coast Scents also has some economically friendly brushes. From the reviews on the site and YouTube they have some that are comparable to MAC brushes. Check them out here. They have badger hair brushes and synthetic brushes.

I'm not use if MAC is the bar..but they have some good brushes as well. If you want the FULL MONTEY of MAC brushes, check out Karlasugar here. She does a GREAT job of showing you all the brushes.

I have a MAC brush wish list:
129
217
239
187

I plan to pick these up in January when I go to NYC (due to my make up /make up related fast-lol)

Also there are sponges that I use for cream blushs, my Sephora eye lash curler (works great $5) and various lip brushes (CARGO) for my compact lippies.

What tools do you own?

B Beautiful

Umm Amirah

Sephora steals

Salaams and salutations,

Weeeeeeeelllllllll ladies, I pray you all are doing well. Life is good. If you tweet ( Hijabi Apprentice, Pervis the Muslim and I do) and you follow beauty bloggers on Twitter, you've been informed about Sephora's impending Friends and Family Sale. Check it out from Temptalia here. Starting October 19th to November 2nd Sephora will be holding its Friend and Family sale (20% off). Not sure if its JUST the US, or US and Canada.

Now some might not think that 20% is much but, when you are on a budget ( like some of us) or have been WANTING for something for a while--20% off is GRRRRRRREAAAAAAAAT!!

Will you partake in this promotion? If so....what's on YOUR sephora list?

Here is mine:
Shu Uemora brush kit (thanks HA)
Yu-be Moisturizer
NARS Cactus flower (cream blush)
UD Box of shadows I
Benefits mascara BADgirl

B Beautiful,
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

End of Summer hauling...discounts

Salaams and Salutations Beauties!!
I pray you all have been well. I've got some goodies for you. I checked my email and what did I see? Anita grant has FREE Shipping till the end of August!!! WHAT?? I've been lemming Anita Grant for YEARS. Wouldn't order cuz the shipping from the UK is NO joke. BUT....this is worth taking a gander at. Free shipping..man you can go half with a friend!!

Check out EmpressRi from YouTube. She is a TRUE product junkie!!! (I thought, everyone thought, I was bad. I ain't got NOTHING on her..lol) She gives a great review of Anita Grant (with my British accent) here:


It looks like I'm a stick to samples to keep this under $100. Definately want that Carmellia Kissi oil, a Rhassoul heart, a couple of Lip Puckers and the Organic Sapote & Coconut Palmade. What about you?




Oh...and don't forget that Urban Decay is having a 30% off Friends and Family sale till the 20h of the month. Use code FNFF1 at checkout to get the discount.I love me some Urban Decay. I've been lemming their palettes for a WHILE now. I mean palettes are SOOO economical and are great for travel. This way I don't have to wait till the end of year sales to get them...hurraayy.

Check out Pursebuzz's swatches of Urban Decay products. She does a GREAT job!!

Happy shopping....

B Beautiful

Umm Amirah