BLOG SALE

Ah, blog sales. Where one blogger's trash becomes another's treasure. Well, that's not the case today with this blog sale because all the products here are ones I absolutely adore! Recently I've had a look at my credit card bill and it's not the most glorious looking of numbers. One of my resolutions for 2014 was to get my credit card bill down to $0 and then stop using it entirely. Spending money I don't have is far too easy, as it turns out. So in attempt to make this number go down (as my bi-weekly paycheck isn't cutting it at the moment) I've had a look through my make up stash and found some products I think some of you lovelies would love to get your hands on!

Blog Sale Rules 

• First come, first served (I'll keep this updated as often as I can!)
• Please leave your e-mail address (along with the items you'd like) in the comments so that I can contact you with an invoice and give you the PayPal address to send the money to.
• You must pay within 24 hours, or the products will go to someone else. Also, please mark your payment as a gift so PayPal doesn't take a fee from it :)
• Shipping is $3 for each item and then $1 extra for each additional item in the US. If you buy a couple of products, I'll adjust accordingly. I'll ship to the UK, Europe, and Australia for $6.
• If you're curious about swatches, everything here is 'google-able'. So please look up swatches if you're unsure of color because there will be no refunds (geez, that sounds harsh, haha!)
• If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me :: themodmermaidx@gmail.com. I'll answer any questions you may have!
• Other than that, happy browsing/shopping! :)

Urban Decay 15th Anniversay Eyeshadow Palette (RRP $55) incl. Large Black Z-Palette (RRP $20) - the eyeshadows have only been used a few times, none are even close to hitting pan --- $25

MAC Marilyn Monroe Showgirl Eyeshadow - swatched 2/3 times; larger than a standard MAC eyeshadow (RRP $21) --- $8

MAC Let's Skate Paint Pot (in LE white top packaging) - used a few times, still a whole lot left (RRP $18.50) --- $8

MAC Hang Up Lipstick - used a few times and sanitized (RRP $15) --- $8

MAC Overtime Pro Longwear Lipcreme - used twice (RRP $18) --- $8

LUSH Cosmetics Yuzu & Cocoa Forum Special Gorilla Perfume - sprayed at most 5 times, still very full (RRP $45) --- $10

LUSH Cosmetics Twilight Forum Special Gorilla Perfume - sprayed at most 5 times, still more than half full (RRP $50) --- $10

Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop Nail Polish - used once (RRP $18) --- $10

Butter London Knackered Nail Polish - used a few times (RRP $15) --- $6

Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order Nail Colour - used a few times (RRP unkown) --- $4

Sephora by OPI Chestnuts About You Nail Colour - used a few times (RRP unkown) --- $4

Whimsical Ideas by Pam In the Whole Wide World - used twice (RRP $10) --- $4

Whimsical Ideas by Pam Eloise - used twice (RRP $10) --- $4

TopShop Smokey Eyes Eyeshadow Palette - used a few times (RRP $24) --- $8

LUSH Cosmetics Santa's Lip Scrub - tried once (RRP $9.95) --- $3

Tarte Exposed Travel Size Blush - used a couple of times, quite lightly; smaller than standard Tarte blush but still plenty of product (RRP unknown) --- $2

NYX Creme Blush in Glow - used a few times with a stippling brush (RRP $6) --- $2

Latest Obsession | Catbird NYC

I'm not much of an accessories kind of gal. I wear one necklace, always, that I haven't taken off since I was twelve and let's just say it's not much of a layering piece. On my wrists I have my watch, Pandora  charm bracelet, and two Alex and Ani bracelets that stack so nicely together. If I added any more it would just be too much. Now rings, oooh mama, rings on the other hand I want to stack on my fingers to the high heavens. I love the look of small dainty rings stacked on every other finger with midi-rings galore surrounding them. I always feel this strange sensation of empowerment when I have a bunch of glimmering gold and silver bands on my fingers,. It's a strange feeling that's for sure, but this love for the dainty and stackable has led me to Catbird NYC rings. If there ever was a one-stop-ring-shop, this would be it. Catbird NYC is a online shop where they sell a whole assortment of jewelry from different designers and their own in-house jewelry. 

Their stackable rings and alphabet rings is what I really fell in love with.  The alphabet rings could be worn alone or even better, stacked to form initials or various words. This is so cheesy but I've always wanted to get three of them; one with my initial, one with a heart, and then one with the initial of the guy I love. Hey, it's better (and looks wicked cuter) than if I got a tattoo of his name, haha! I'm totally in love with the sentiment and cheese of it all. These rings are made in gold or silver, silver obviously being a bit cheaper, so I'm really going to save up to get them! 

After seeing their alphabet rings I explored the site some more and landed on their Stack 'em Up page where they had an assortment of rings and midi-rings that could be stacked all on your pretty little fingers. The page even has a diagram included of how to stack 'em all the different variations! The ones in the picture at the top were some of my favorites! I seriously want them all but that would cost a few pretty pennies! The stackable rings are made in gold, silver, and a lot of you will love this rose gold. 

It's safe to say that at the moment I am thoroughly obsessed with Catbird. I can't wait for the day I save up enough to at least get the alphabet rings because that's what really drew me into the brand. If you're a fan of dainty jewelry or a fan of just stacking rings on rings on rings than I def. recommend checking out the site! They also have a shop in Williamsburg that I am absolutely terrified to venture out to because I am in no position to be maxing out my credit cards, haha. *sigh* Maybe some day ;)

Catbird NYC

P.S. - I was in no way, shape, or form asked to write about this company. I'm just thoroughly obsessed.

Anna | For the First Time In Forever

Hello everyone and happy Disney Princess Friday! Today is the, can you believe it, ninth installment of this series! If you've never seen these types of posts from me before, basically it's a series where I take inspiration from a single Disney princess and create a make up look inspired by her. I've already done eight other princesses: Snow White, Rapunzel, Kida, Belle, Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, and Elsa. You can see each look by just clicking on each respective princess. Last time, I took on the Queen of Arendelle from the movie Frozen, Elsa, so it only made sense for me to grab inspiration from her sister, Anna, next. Truth be told, after seeing Frozen, Anna pretty much knocked Belle out of the running for my second favorite princess (I'll forever hold Ariel in first) She was funny, quirky, and spoke her mind (even if she didn't mean to). I saw a lot of myself in her so I was really excited to create a look for her. Now unlike her sister, Anna's make up was always very natural so I took more inspiration from her vastly colored snow robes and dress; all the purples and dark blues and greens. I also took it one step further by putting my hair up in braids and adding a few freckles. This is actually one of my favorite looks that I've come up with so far and I'm contemplating wearing it on the first day of my classes, haha! Here's what I used:

On the eyes:

• NARS Smudgeproof Base Primer
• Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Freak
• ULTA Automatic Eye Liner in Raisin
• NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
• Coastal Scents 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette - Navy, Dark Purple, and Blurple (Blue/Purple) Shades
• MAC Eyeshadow in Aquadisiac, Sumptuous Olive, Vanilla and Shroom
• NYX Eyeshadow in Lanikai and Lagoon Sparkle
• Urban Decay Fishnet Deluxe Eyeshadow
• Physicians Formula Blue Eyes Eye Liner
• Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Intense Black
• Benefit's They're Real Mascara

On the face

• NARS Sheer Glow Foundation/Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer
• Benefit Hervana Blush
• Benefit gimmeBrows Brow Gel
• MAC Flamingo Lipstick
• MAC Lingering Eyebrow Pencil (for freckles)

What do you all think? Have you seen Frozen yet (if not, what are you waiting for?!) Do you see yourself more as an Elsa or Anna? 

Mini Target Haul

The color scheme of this haul was not planned to be festively peppermint-y, in fact, it wasn't planned at all. It just so happened that the items I picked up matched the white and red of the target bag, which in turn, made you think of candy canes. If you've noticed, I haven't gone shopping for make up products in a very long time. I've been trying to be good with my money but I think I went into withdrawal and needed to buy at least something beauty related. So off I went to my most favorite place in the world (after Disney World ... and Chipotle ... and, well you get the idea) Target! 

I will normally run fast past the beauty aisle but this I lingered in the hopes that I'd find the one thing I knew I'd want to get if it was in stock and that was the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. You had to see the NYX stand for yourself because it was absolutely raided. It's always completely raided of every single product so I was so surprised to see it! Milk is a Jumbo Pencil that is most frequently talked about and it's shimmering counter part in Cottage Cheese was just not cutting it! Beyond happy to finally have a solid white base for all my future brightly colored make up looks. After snatching up the Jumbo Pencil my eyes wandered south towards the lip products. I saw the Soft Matte Lip Creams and for some reason my first thought was "GET ONE" So being the obedient little beauty addict that I am I grabbed the brightest color there in Addis Ababa- strange name, great color.

After perusing the NYX section, I felt like I had cured over my withdrawal and was ready to go to the cashiers to make these babies mine, but my friend was no where to be seen, which left me lingering in the beauty section for just 60 seconds longer and that's all I needed to get my mitts on the Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 109 and convince myself that I needed it. I'd been eyeing that lipstick for the longest time and just wanted to check out the Kate Moss range in general. Something in me finally cracked and I caved to its powers. The last thing in this mini haul, which has turned into a shopping saga, was actually the first thing I picked up on the way to the beauty department and that was the candy cane flavored trio pack of Chapstick. I'd seen it sitting by the cashiers before and don't know why I didn't pick it up then because it's the first thing I cracked open and they are amazing! I love anything peppermint, so these were waaaaaay up my alley. I even shared the candy cane joy with one of my co workers because let's be serious, I would've lost one of these any way. Chapstick has a funny way of going missing, haha!

So there's my mini haul from my little trip to Target. Moral of this haul: Don't leave Jessica unattended in the beauty department because her wallet will get hurt and feel it in the morning!

What are some of your most recent beauty purchases?

The Ultimate NARSissist

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NARS will always and forever be my most favorite brand of make up. I don't own many of their products because they are on the pricier side, but whoa mama, when I have the  money to I love to splurge on NARS. Now they've gone and created a completely drool and fookin' (sorry, sorry, twas' the only appropriate word) lust worthy palette. MOVE OVER NAKED, because NARS just came out with the sexiest nude/neautral palette ever. I wasn't going to post about it on here but I can't not talk about it and I figured some of you might not yet know about the gorgeousness that is the NARS NARSissist Eyeshadow Palette. It comes with 15, count 'em FIFTEEN of NARS' signature eyeshadows for a whopping $79. I know, I know. I'll give you a second to let your heart start back up. But, but, but I still have such a yearning for this palette. I don't have ANY NARS eyeshadows and it's not because I can never justify the price but more so because their pans are huge with so much product I wouldn't know how to go about using it up, but THIS. With this palette I can have a much bigger array of shadows all in one convenient palette. It contains all the shades you know you've always slightly lusted for like Galapagos, Mekong, and Lhasa! Sure the pans are smaller, but I've yet to hit pan on any eyeshadow palette I own. Even though the price tag is astronimical (yes, no matter how you justify it, you're a nut for shelling out 79 buckaroos for this sexy piece of make up) I really think I'm going to get my hands on it any way I can! As of right now I know it's being sold on the NARS website right now and it's going to be in department stores as of February 1st! I hope it comes to Sephora because I have a $39 store credit that will make it just that less expensive! 

So now I'd just like to know what your opinions are on this new release? Are you excited? Tempted to buy it? Or are you going to put your make up blinders on and try to resist the urge? Let me know! Maybe some of you can disuade me from spending almost a C-note on this, haha!