IMATS Haul

I looked effed up in this (idk what's up with my hair! lol) but I uploaded my vlog on IMATS to YouTube. It's basically a condensed version of my IMATS post I had to cut out my ramblings about our little mishap haha. The annoying thing about making vids is EDITING them. I feel like either I talk too much or I have to cut out a lot of stuff! =[ That's why blogging > videos. You can skip through whatever you don't want to read and I can post as long as I like! lol



Anyway Here's my haul on all the shit I got from IMATS! I think it's a lot but then I think it's not? I swear I would have got a SHITLOAD if I got through the MUFE line! Oh I uploaded a YouTube video too on it!




the haul!

Now for pictures!

MAC Haul & Blinc Mascara

Me & Dez tried to walk around first to see what was worth buying but it was so crowded halfway around we just started buying lol! I don't even remember what we bought first! But the MAC booth was one of the last ones I went to. It was only 20% off but I wanted to get some stuff because I don't have a pro card or anything but we went towards the end so they sold out of A LOT of things! I originally wanted Contrast eyeshadow and another purple one I forgot which one and Electra but I only got Electra! I wanted the 224 brush too but it was all gone too! =[ I ended up just getting a pack of wipes (because I always need wipes!), the new Opulash mascara and Electra eyeshadow! I would've picked out more things but I didn't wanna hold up the line and I already bought a bunch of other stuff! lol The Blinc mascara was only $12! It normally retails for $24 so I got it at half price. I've heard of their brand before but I never really looked into it, it sounds really cool how it "tubes" your lashes instead of sticks to it. I loove mascara it was like the only thing besides foundation that I use to wear in high school! But I'm really OCD about it and I have to throw it away after 3-4 months depending on how often I use it because I always think about the bacteria getting in it! That's why idk I always buy a shit load of mascara and they sit in the box until I finish one up haha! The most I have open at a time is 2 and right now I only have MAC Studio Fix Lash and Maybelline Lash Blast!



I bought this little set of brush cleaner stuff for only $20 at the Parian Spirit booth! It comes with a 16 oz bottle, a mini spray bottle, two wipes, and the little jar you clean it in with the sifter inside. You basically put brush cleaner until it touches the sifter thing or covers it alittle then you swirl your brushes around in it and the make up just slides right off! They don't really have their product out I think it's just for professional make up artists and whatnot because you can only buy them at certain beauty schools! But OMG I've used this stuff twice already and I LOVE IT! It smells so good! Well it just smells really clean to me, it's orange scented and it cleans my brushes really good and quick! I just have to swirl it around a few times, wipe it on a clean cloth or paper towel and it's all clean! I'm amazed at how quickly it cleans my MAC 239 & MAC 217 because they have white bristles! I'll probably do a video on it sometime. But it sucks that you can't buy it anywhere but I've googled it and I think they sell it on amazon? The big 16 oz bottle is $16 and I think there's A LOT of product in it. Or you can check parianspirit.com to see if there's a beauty school near you that carries the brush cleaner.


Xsura Moisturizer

This girl approached us about this moisturizer she sold it pretty well. It's a water based moisturizer so if you have super oily skin this is good for you. If you have dry skin though, I don't think it'll be enough! I haven't tried it yet but on my hand it feels really light weight - I can barely feel it at all. I have combo skin so sometimes when I use regular moisturizer it feels a little oily but I might need to put a little extra on some parts that are drier. She said the bigger bottle was $100! I was like WTF she was like we're selling it for only $50 at IMATS I was like um.... me & Dez tried to walk away! LOL But then she was like the little bottle is only $5! I was like OK! But the price difference doesn't make sense to me unless the packaging is really big but there's nothing in it haha! Owell it was only $5.


It's blue! [You can see my skin is KIND of dry]


rubbed into my skin. no more dry! but not that moisturized either.


Senna Cosmetics Samples

The only FREE samples we got were from Senna Cosmetics. I heard Urban Decay was giving out free samples but by the time we got there they didn't have any. =[ lol We went too late! I swear if I go again I'm going right when it opens and heading straight to MUFE! haha The eyeshadow is pretty big and the color is pretty pigmented! The red in the eyeshadow looks almost the same as the red lip liner!


L to R: MAC Electra Eyeshadow, Senna Eyeshadow white/blue/red, Lip Liner (on top) Rouge & Bronze


Miss Adoro Eyelashes

There was a booth selling $1 eyelashes! They kind of remind me of Red Cherry lashes which are only $1 whenever I go home to Hawaii at Don Quijote haha! The packaging is really similar too. I don't really wear fake eyelashes because they take FOREVER for me to put on, but I got 5 to try out.


Last but not least, Crown Brushes! [my brush roll]


Brush roll open


brushesss!

I freaking love brushes. Idk why I can't get enough. I use my MAC brushes the most but they really are a lot better quality then the other ones I have. But don't get it twisted I use my Sonia Kashuk on the regular! haha The brush roll was only $8! I bought my old one at Ulta for $10 I think? and it freakin fell apart after a couple of months and I only use it when I travel! There were holes at the bottom of the brush pocket so they would just slide out! WTF! haha But I like this one because it's pleather or leatherette or whatever I think it'll hold up a lot better and it's black! At first I didn't like the tie, I wanted a snap close or something but it makes it more flexible in case I pack that shit with a lot of brushes! The little bow is cute too when I tie it haha!


close up
L to R: pointed crease, angled liner, blending brush, fluffy round brush, foundation brush?, blush/powder brush

I liked this pointed crease brush because it's not as pointed as my 219 or my Coastal Scents brush and sometimes I wanna define my outer-v but I don't want a solid line. The angled liner because it was only $2! And I haven't found a liner brush that I like besides my 266 so I thought I'd give it a try. Most of the liner brushes I find are too thick - I prefer asuper thin line I can make thicker. The blendy brush reminds me of a 224 and like I said earlier I wanted one! I prefer rounded blending brushes as opposed to he 217 (but I still love mine!) so I wanted to try it. The fluffy round brush reminds me of a MAC 227? I think? I don't have that MAC brush either so yeah. The foundation brush (i think?) reminds me of the Sephora Air Brush! I wanted to buy it but it's $34! I always hold back on buying expensive brushes! I know they're worth it but idk why it's a problem for me. I have no problem throwin down $30 for an MSF. haha! The lash brush is a powder/blush brush. I like it because it's more pointed than a regular blush brush!

Sooo that was pretty much my haul! I didn't think I would talk this much, but like I said, this is why blogger is better than YouTube! I don't have a time limit! lol

IMATS LA 2010!

This post is going to be REALLLY long and I'm going to ramble a lot about my IMATS experience sooo you can skip to the bottom for pictures if you want! If you have me on facebook you've already seen my IMATS pictures but my haul pictures are at the bottom. :]



First off, I just want to say that IMATS was CRAAZY. It was hella crowded I was kind of annoyed at first! At the last minute I was debating whether or not I should go but I'm really glad that I did. I got one of my best friends, Dez, to drive out with me to Cali and we were planning to stay Saturday and Sunday but we decided to go for Saturday only. It was crazyyy. We ended up going out the night before so we didn't get home until 2 AM then we woke up 5-6 AM to get ready! We finally hit the road around 7 AM and got to Alhambra at 12 PM just in time for Boiling Crab to open!!

I've been wanting to eat there FOREVER especially since the seafood in Arizona sucks major ass! We got 1 lb of shrimp and 1 lb of crab and we were both stuffed. I swear I felt heavier after that!




before


killed that shit!!


Right after we hit up IMATS! I felt so ugly LOL we drove in from Phoenix and I did my make up in the car and we didn't dress up or anything!! I wasn't planning on staying that long but I didn't realize how big it was! I guess I should have known lol. We got there pretty late, around 2 PM and it was soooo crowded. I was seriously annoyed it was just crazy ish. Generally I think I'm pretty nice but when it comes to a crowd like that I can't stand when people don't wanna let you in, so of course I'm gonna be a biatch back and push my way through! I don't like doing it but c'mon ifyou're not even looking at the shit move over!! lol But overall I thought it was fun! I saw so many YouTube guru's there but I was way to ashamed to ask for pictures! Idk it's just weird to me! I saw kandeejohnson and people were crowding around her like crazy! I saw EnkoreMakeup & PurseBuzz at the Crown Brush booth, julieg713 - she is GORGEOUS in person!, QueenOfBlendingMUA - I think her make up looks like A LOT on camera but her make up in person is amazing! I saw MakeUpByRenRen too. Idk there were so many gurus there but I swear I felt like a stalker because I was like omg there's blah blah blah to my best friend (she doesn't follow youtube that much lol) and she was like oh. hahah I thought the coolest part would definitely have to be the stage make up! Actually I don't know what it's called but I think it's crazy how make up can transform people into a completely different character. Here's some of the things we saw:


Idk what she's supposed to be but I think this MUA won 2nd place for something?




I Think this picture is SO FUNNY! Because Dez looked at the MUA because she wanted to ask her to take OUR picture with her model but she was like "Oh do you want me to be in the picture? OK" so she just jumped in LMAO!!!


He reminded me of Darby Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean! He was all into his character I <3 it.


I think this is the Mehron booth?


I couldn't get a good pic of her


Or her. LOL


Avatar girl! She told me her make up took the whole day! OMG! But it's so cool!


IDK we were just snapping pictures lol


Pursebuzz!!

This guy was CRAZY! I think he was supposed to be Lucifer because he had the devil horns and broken wings in the back. We saw them doing his make up and the final product! He was on stilts and he chased people around and scared them. LOL He had to have been an actor but he was really into his character it was so coool :]


Lucifer in the making




His crazy broken wings


finished product! I was too chicken to take pictures with him LOL


Me & Dez leaving IMATS

I had a ton of fun I'm glad I wore slippers instead of HEELS! IDK how some of you girls can wear that because there was so much walking around to do! We stayed til the end around 5 they were announcing that they were kicking people out haha so we left and went to pick up my cousin in Costa Mesa then headed to...


Roscoe's!!

I freaking love this place. Fried chicken is my ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTE FAVOOOORITE food!! haha I'm such a fatty. I seriously could eat fried chicken ALL day EVERY day! No joke. Ask anyone who knows me. The hub gets mad sometimes cause all I cook is chicken haha.



But OMG I swear. Whoever thought of chicken and waffles together is THE SHIT. lol

I was planning to include my haul in this post but it's like 1 AM and I am exhausted from this week! I made a video of my haul but I was editing it and it's 20 minutes long! I think because I was talking about my trip and then my haul but I'm gonna re-record it probably do a VLOG and a haul vid. I was doing the vid and I was like damn this is why blogger > youtube LOL there's no 10 minute limit on what I have to say on blogger and you can always skip over parts you don't want to read!! I mean I Do like YT but blogging definitely has a place in my heart. haha!! But my next post [probably tomorrow] will be my haul!