september favorites & regrets

hi guys! only a couple items this month too. enjoy. ~Lin-chan ^.~

favorites:

sable (swatched dry), light, grunge, spiced apple

grunge, spiced apple

1. colourpop lippie stix in grunge -- this is an absolutely gorgeous 90s semi-goth brown shade. and i lurve it!
2. bite beauty limited lab release lipstick for september (spiced apple) -- love at first swipe. i think this is the most perfectly balanced red for my skintone, and the formula is amazing and what you'd expect from bite.
3. it cosmetics bye bye under eye corrector in light -- i bought this on a whim a long ways back and couldn't ever get into using it---probably because it's in a pot. but more recently i've decided to take it out and try it since i've begun developing dark circles....work stress i guess? anyway, this stuff is great. rub your finger in it a few seconds and pat it on the under eye area. wait a bit more for it to warm up on the skin and blend it in. super awesome!
4. ulta eyeshadow in sable -- i never. ever. liked matte eyeshadows. i always had to have super shiny, metallic, sparkly goodness. then i came across makeup geek's barcelona beach. now i'm on a huge 'matte in the crease' kick--for some looks, and this one's a great one for my skintone, and the formula's pretty nice. these go on sale pretty often, so make sure you don't pay full price!

random favorites: 

1. rocket pure shoe deodorizer spray (on amazon) -- yep, we went there. it wasn't until a couple months ago that i realized how much my feet sweat in my shoes. and we're talking no matter what i'm doing or where i am, walking or stationary, inside or outside. typically, i'm a socks and tennis shoes or flip flops kind of person. but i'm working now, so i'm wearing heels regularly. i abhor stockings, so it's bare feet in my shoes. by the end of the day...they were getting kinda funky. so since i've started using this, spraying it all around the inside of my shoes each evening, and it's helped a lot. i'm a little more than half way through this bottle now, so i'd say this bottle lasts for about 1.5-2 months' daily use.
1. update: the past week or so, i've been wearing no-show stocking-sock thingies. lol at the fact that NO SHOW socks.. are very visible in the shoes they were designed to be worn with.
2. barajou no kiss manga -- i really liked this manga. it was kind of cheesy at first, then it gets serious, then you get annoyed that the last two chapters or so go way too fast. but it was awesome while it lasted.

meh/undecided: la girl matte pigment lip gloss in dreamy -- i could never figure this one out. it's so weird. i've applied it many times with different results. i have no idea what i'm doing wrong each time. one time, it dried down perfect and felt powdery and amazing. several other times, it didn't dry down at all. so i: 1) tried powdering it dry---fail. 2) applied more---fail. 3) wet it or touched up after it was dry---super fail and made it worse. so i have no clue how this is supposed to work, and i'm tired of trying. it's a really amazing color, but it was not consistent.

la girl dreamy--it sticks to your teeth at first (as shown).