Current Blogsale

Hello!

Well, after some time went by a found I had a little more to get rid of. And I didn't realize my old blog sale was started back in winter of 2012, So here we go!

My Seller Guide Lines (terms and conditions) 

1. Email me Kntroyon at Gmail dot com if you would like to make a purchase with the subject Blogsale. I have sold many unused items on Amazon. You can find that link here, feel free to check me out.
I am also ladykolie on MUA.

2. I will provide detailed pictures (to the best of my camera's ability) of the items for sale as well as a description of the use that the item has received to the best of my abilities. Pictures are to show usage of product only. Please Google swatches for the item. I cannot give a truly accurate color description with my camera.

3. Payments are accepted from Paypal only. Be 100% sure of your order before you place it. I will not hold items, it is first come first serve with payment. Items are "Yours" once payment is cleared.

4. I will be shipping USPS. Shipping is $4 flat rate in the US, $6 flat rate to Canada, and $13 for International. Payment must clear before shipping. Items may be insured at an additional cost to you. (Please note that shipping itself may be a little cheaper but that this price includes all the supplies for packaging, Bubble wrap, Tape, extra padding if needed and is certainly needed for eyeshadows) I do not reuse old packaging because I do not keep old packaging. 

5. Once a payment has been verified, I ship out within 24 to 48 hours of purchase. This does NOT include weekends. If you purchase on a Friday, your item will be shipped the Monday directly following.

 6. I keep my cosmetics clean. I mist my stash with alcohol once a month. None of the items will be cleaned further from what is in the photograph. I know some people are very peculiar about how they want their items cleaned, and I do not want any loss of product or accidents between now and the purchase.

7. I come from a smoke free home. I do have a cat, but she isn't allowed in the room that I keep and use my cosmetics.

::PLEASE NOTE :: I take care and every precaution in packaging items. I am not responsible for lost packages, That would be an issue with the postal service, so please keep this in mind when you make a purchase. If you would like your items sent with insurance so that you can get your money back (if the items are lost or damaged by the postal service) please let me know, it will be an additional fee to you. I am not a company, I am a person. All Sales are Final, No Returns, NO Refunds, please.

(This sale will be active until updated to specify that it has been closed permanently, I will also update postings immediately after each sale.)

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

My Prices they are (within reason) Negotiable. I would really like everything to sell. So I am open. 

(I need to clear out space in my Tiny Apt.) 

I like to put $ my asking price next to ( $ the original price)

Brand New in Box

Kevyn Aucoin - The celestial Bronzing Veil in Tropical Nights - $30 ($45) 

 Make Up For Ever Eyelashes - $9 ($16)

 Nars Eyliner Stylo in Koala - $17 ($27)

Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Foundation in Light - $35 ($45)

Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 10% moisturizer - $35 ($45)

Lipstick Queen in Saint Pink - $14 ($20)

Lipstick Queen in Saint Bright Rose - $14 ($20)pending

Lipstick Queen in Saint Hot Rose - $14 ($20)

Make Up For Ever Sealant - $12 ($21)

Again* Peter Thomas Roth Glycolic Acid 10% moisturizer - $20 ($45) this one is used. It was used Once a day for 7 days only. 

Eyes

 

Benefit Lemonaid -

 $11 ($20) Used five times

LIPSTICKS

 Lipstick Queen Sinner Sunny Rouge
Lipstick Queen Sinner Pink $10 ($20) Used 3 times pending
Lipstick Queen Sinner Sunny Coral

 Lipstick Queen Saint Sunny Rouge - $10 ($20) Used 2 times pending
Lipstick Queen Saint Pink $10 ($20) - Used 3 times pending
Lipstick Queen Butterfly ball in Momento - $10 ($20) Used once

Revlon Lip Butter in Wild Watermelon - $4 ($7.49) Used once

Shiseido Perfect Rouge in OR 341 Fleur $13 ($25) Used four times, with box

Shiseido Perfect Rough in PK 343 Secret - $13 ($25) Used four times, with box pending

 Sephora Nano Lip Liner in Brillant Berry - $1 ($5) used four time

 Sephora Nano Lip Liner in Royal Rose - $1 ($5) used four time

 Sephora Nano Lip Liner in Radiant Rosy - $2 ($5) BN

BLUSH

Kevyn Aucoin Glow Blush in Dolline depot/refill - $18 ($37) Used 85% left small loss in the left corner
The color isn't as orange as it looks here. This is a peachy blush. Please look up swatches because it's beautiful.

Thank you for Looking :D

Suqqu Creamy Glow Lipsticks - a review-

Now, I must say that I longed for these for quite a while.

After months of weighing all the possible pros and cons. Once I decided to make the financial plunge in investing in these lipsticks I spent months researching any and all kinds of swatches I could find online for what colors I think might work my complexion.

I decided on Tsuyazaura (aka #3) and ichijiku (aka #17). I only went with two because, lets face it I am not made of money, these are the most expensive lipsticks I have ever purchased and I wanted something I could wear for red days and something I could wear everyday.

Now I assume that you are here because you have hear of Suqqu. I only became aware this company existed through the lovely forum community of makeup enthusiasts at Makeupalley. Suqqu, encase you have no knowledge of them, is a Japanese Cosmetic company, that for the average person is quite expensive. Also, they are only available in the UK and Japan. They are not available in the US. If you want to purchase Suqqu there are about two or three online companies that sell it at an ::cough:: insane mark up, or ::cough cough:: insane shipping. Thankfully, I was able to get mine the cheapest way possible, getting someone in the UK to make a custom purchase for me. Which still, these lipsticks high priced. I very well thanked the lady who was kind enough to help me make this purchase.

Now for the Eye candy. Photos and swatches from the first day I received them.

 An Ingredients list for anyone who might be interested in this information

 Close up of the packaging... because I am like that

 Another packaging close up. They are rounded edge square smooth black tubes. My goodness they are sexy.

 On Top is #3 Bottom is #17

As you can see in this picture #3 is a warm pink and #17 is a bricky red

Figure swatches are supposed to be accurate in terms of how it will apply on your lips (I don't know how true that is, but I light figure swatches none the less. 

Arm swatches with #3 on the left and #17 on the right. They are absolutely beautiful.

Now that your eye have had a fest I will give you my opinion of these highly sought after lipsticks.

I am in love with the color. Seriously. I think they are both exactly the colors I have wanted and I made the right selection when I made my purchase. But in terms of lasting time on my lips, I honestly didn't have very much luck. Why, when so many other review talk about decent lasting power? Well, because I am picky. My lips are babies, and with out tons of moisture they dry right up. When I put on these beauties I found my lip got uncomfortable rather quickly. My lips are BIG BABIES. Seriously... So I tried adding moisture before i put them on to no avail. My lips were still dry feeling. The more moisture the more the product wouldn't last on my lips as well. Now I am the kind of person that prefers that her makeup never makes her uncomfortable ever, because if it does, I honestly won't reach for it. And if I don't reach for it? Well that makes it a waste of space. As much as I honestly love these colors, and worked very hard to save the money and talk someone into helping me get them, they just make my lips uncomfortable. Now I know a lot of woman who love their Suqqu lipsticks, but the formula just does not love me back.

For example, I cannot wear Mac anything, OCC liptars, Illamasqua, Shiseido Perfect Rouge, Givenchy, Guerlain, Lancome, Any Nars... I mean Dior addict lipsticks made my lips dry. So keep that in mind when taking my word for anything.

Sad day for me. Oh well, maybe I can find them a happy home with lips they will love back. :D

Thanks for stopping by and reading!

Sometimes "note to self"

Sometimes, I have to remind myself, that though there are "good" and "bad" people, that I cannot lump everyone into these two simple categories. Sometimes, decent people aren't as good as the could be because they are not making "good" decisions. But I have to remind myself, that they are human, they are not void of feelings (and therefor "bad") because of a very long series of bad decisions or selfish actions. Just because a person is selfish doesn't mean that they cannot be hurt, or that they do not feel. Sometimes, being "selfish" is a necessity. And someone isn't "bad" necessarily because they do not feel. Sometimes, going on Auto-pilot and turning emotionally off for a while is necessary for self preservation. Not everyone reaches the same conclusions, and not everyone is on the exact same path, or at the exact same point. Some people are, in fact, still finding themselves. Sometimes, it is okay to not make the right decisions as long as you eventually learn from them.

But, while trying not to judge or become angry towards someone, how long should it take for a single person to grow? Other times, I have to remind myself that if a person continues to choose a certain path, they are no longer growing, this is who they have chosen to be. It is difficult at times, to know for sure, which version I am looking at :The person as they truly are, OR a person momentarily caught in a loop until they have learned the lesson.

Forced Artistic Expression? Maybe?

I love making things. 

Once upon a time, I decided to go to school to study Fine Arts. 

My best friend has always told me he considers Music and Art to be the same, if you are making it for someone else, and not yourself, you are probably doing it wrong. 

Well fast forward, and low and behold, I find myself no longer interested in the Idea of selling myself. Because it isn't my art I am selling, it's myself. It's what connections you already have, who you rub elbows with, how fast you can pump it out.

In my graceless lack of words. Whatever. 

I cannot handle it. 

Now, and for a few years, I have a "real" job, a steady paycheck. From 8:30am to 5:30pm I am a slave behind a desk, performing tasks that making wood splints being forcibly shoved under my nail bed sound more pleasant. 

But enough of that. Though I haven't been able to really focus long enough in my "free time" to draw the way I would like, I still take the time to through paint on canvas for the Pure need of color in my life. 

Art is my Escape, Sadly, there is only so much room in my Tiny Apartment. Seriously, There isn't much room here at all. I want to make more, but what I have needs homes, badly. Granted I have a string of unfinished work, but they require quite a lot of time and very serious planning to finish. Sometimes I need the release of a "quicker" splash of color. 

So in an effort to actually give them homes, I have finally made listing for about 15 pieces on Etsy tonight. This is something I have put off for, well, years. I have reached a point in my life where I am finally, finally, finally, making some headway on finishing this grand list of projects I have given myself to do over the years. I wrote a list, and I am working on checking off something on the box every day. It's really helping me feel much less overwhelmed. 

So here is a quick sneak peek to a post I have planned in the Near Future.

Eye Candy Colors :D 

I plan on sharing a great deal of photographs of art work that is finished and another posting of what I need to finish (mostly to remind myself/force myself to work on them). 

LIPSTICK MADNESS!

Today I went through all of my lipsticks. 

So this is going to be a very picture heavy post today. Beware.

I didn't realize how many I had "collected". Though it isn't the largest stash of lipsticks, it is far, far more than I need. However I cannot decide which ones I don't need. So many shades are similar but still lightly different making my ability to make a decision even more difficult.

Anyway I thought I would share all of the photos and swatches so here you go: 

First my bare lips 

I went for a more natural look today as not to clash with each lipstick

::Quick Note:: My arm swatch photos are not the most accurate. They were taken with indoor light and therefor are a little off in the photo. My lip swatches were taken with soft outdoor light as the source so are more accurate but are influenced by my existing lip color. 

First up is my Lipstick Queens

From Left to Right :: Lipstick Queen in Smitten, Trance, and Moment

This first swatch isn't very good, but I formed a system in a few minutes you will see and hopefully find it helpful

 Lipstick Queen in Smitten

  Lipstick Queen in Trance

   Lipstick Queen in Moment

From Left to Right :: Lipstick Queen in Sinner Pink, Sinner Coral, Sinner Sunny Rouge, Sinner Rouge

 
Lipstick Queen in Sinner Pink

 Lipstick Queen in Sinner Coral

 Lipstick Queen in Sinner Sunny Rouge

 
 Lipstick Queen in Sinner Rouge

From Left to Right :: Lipstick Queen in Upper East, Medieval, Saint Sunny Rouge, Saint Rose

 Lipstick Queen in Upper East

 
 Lipstick Queen in Medieval

 Lipstick Queen in Saint Sunny Rouge

 Lipstick Queen in Saint Rose

From Left to Right Lipsticks in :: Shiseido OR341, Shiseido PK343, Laura Mercer Coral, Laura Mercer Rose

Shiseido Perfect Rouge in OR341

 Shiseido Perfect Rouge in PK343

Laura Mercer Creme Lipstick in Coral

 Laura Mercer Creme Lipstick in Rose

From Left to Right Lipsticks in :: NYX Bonfire, NYX San Paulo, OCC Liptar Momento, OCC Liptar Grandma

 

NYX Xtreme Lipcreme in Bonfire

 

NYX Soft Matte lipstick in San Paulo

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics LipTar in Momento 

 

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics LipTar in Grandma

From Left to Right Revlon Lip Butters in :: Red Velvet, Candy Apple, Wild Watermelon, Juicy Papaya, Pink Lemonade

 

Revlon Lip Butter in Red Velvet

 

Revlon Lip Butter in Candy Apple

Revlon Lip Butter in Wild Watermelon

Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya

 

Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Lemonade

From Left to Right Lipsticks in :: NYX Angel, NYX Merlot, Givenchy Rose Dressing, Mac Please me

 

 NYX Matte in Angel

NYX Matte in Merlot

Givenchy Le Rouge in Rose Dressing

Mac Matte in Please Me

From Left to Right (not counting the very first one) :: NYX Alabama, NYX Snow White, Mac Viva la glam I, (Comparison swatches next to NARS Shanghai Express and Fire Down Below)

 

NYX Matte in Alabama

 

NYX Round in Snow White

 

Mac Matte in Viva La Glam I


Thank you for powering through ALL OF THESE PICTURES. I hope you guys enjoyed.