Dear Santa...

hiya dollfaces! as i was perusing SEPHORA ONINE, and making out my christmas wishlist i found some awesome sets that would brighten my christmas morning! these would also make excellent gifts for yourself or the other makeup lovers in your life.

i love gift sets because you get to try different lines and products for a smaller price... figure out what you like and then plunk down the cash for the full size. and if you ask me... many products you don't even need a full size for so the deluxe sample sizes are amazing. here's a roundup of some sets i love and am crossing my fingers that santa may bring me...

(all information can be found at sephora.com sorry if the fonts are wonky!)

Glitz & Glam Shimmer and Shine Makeup Deluxe Sampler $39

This set contains:
- 0.085 oz Lorac Perfectly Lit in Spotlight
- 0.17 oz Josie Maran Bronzing Argan Oil
- 0.05 oz Tarte Lock n Roll 12-Hour Eye shadow in Bronze
- 0.17 oz Tarte Natural Cheek Stain in Glam
- 0.10 oz Tarina Tarantino Sparklicity Pure
- 0.10 oz Tarina Tarantino Gem Gloss in Disco Nap
- 0.03 oz bare mineral Mineral Veil in Illuminating
- 0.024 oz Sephora Collection Electro Eyeliner in Copper
- 0.11 oz Lorac 3D Gloss in 3D
- 0.29 oz Nars Orgasm Illuminator
- 0.3 oz Tarte Smooth Operator Illuminating Serum

** dollface verdict - awesome bang for your (or santa's) buck with so many different brands to choose from you're sure to find the perfect highlight to suit you.

Too Faced Pixie Perfect $42

This set contains:

- Eye Shadow Quad Palette in Velvet Revolver, Enchanted Forest, Totally Toasted, Peach Fuzz
- Blush and Bronzer Duo in Papa Don't Peach & Sun Bunny
- 0.12 oz Glamour Gloss in Plush
- 0.169 oz Lash Injection Mascara in Black
- 0.11 oz Shadow Insurance
- Quilted Cosmetic Case

** dollface verdict - too faced is a fabulous company! their eyeshadows are wonderful and their shadow insurance is fantastic! not to mention i LOVE their lash injection mascara... it stands to reason that their other products rock as well... and for $42 how could you go wrong?

Beauty In A Box: NARS Junkie $69

This set contains:

- Essential Eye Palette - 5 x 0.05 oz Eyeshadow in Night Star (sheer peach with gold pearls), Galapagos (rich bronze with gold flecks), Nepal (rose with shimmer), Ondine (plum with gold shimmer), Thunderball (midnight gray) plus 0.03 oz Cream Shadow in Unconditional Love (peach beige shimmer)
- 0.28 oz Lip Gloss in Ophelia (strawberry nectar)
- 0.14 oz mini Multiple in Orgasm (peachy pink shimmer)
- 0.08 oz mini Bronzer in Laguna (brown with golden shimmer)

** dollface verdict - need i say more? look at all the fabulousness you could get from nars for $69?! a six color shadow palette and all the rest?! omg. as a side note this was sold out on sephora.com, but the stores may still have it... i'm guessing it was the FF folks that snatched this one up!

Orgasm Lust Lip and Cheek Set $30

This set contains: - 0.16 oz mini Highlighting/Bronzing Blush Duo in Orgasm/ Laguna (peachy-pink shimmer/ sheer light brown shimmer) - 0.14 oz mini Lip Gloss in Super Orgasm (peachy pink with gold glitter)

** dollface verdict - perfect for those who want a nars fix and have been wanting to try orgasm and laguna, but didn't want to pay the hefty price tag. great deal!

Buxom City Slickers Set $39

This set contains:
- 4 x 0.07 Mini Big & Healthy Lip Polishes in Amber (washed peach), Brandi (candied plum), Denise (cool pink), and Michelle (raspberry rose)
- 4 x 0.05 oz Mini Big & Healthy Lip Sticks in Bombay (poppy rose), Marrakech (beige nude), Fresno (blackberry wine), and Vienna (pink lilac)

** dollface verdict - buxom lipglosses are amazing! they shine beyond belief, stay put and smell/taste like cotton candy. and like a bonus you get the lipliners too! worth it!


LashStash Mascara Deluxe Sampler $40

This set contains:
- 0.31 oz Too Faced LashLight Mascara in Black (full size)
- 0.11 oz Josie Maran GOGO Instant Natural Volume Argan Mascara in Pitch Black
- 0.1 oz Tarte MultiplEYE Clinically-Proven Lash Enhancing Mascara in Black
- 0.1 oz Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara in Black
- 0.141 oz Blinc Kiss Me Mascara in Black
- 0.207 Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Mascara in Black
- 0.20 oz Buxom Lash Mascara in Blackest Black
- 0.14 oz Benefit BADgal Lash Mascara in Black
- 0.09 oz Sephora Collection Advanced Lash Booster in Black
- 0.16 oz Hourglass Film Noir Full Spectrum Mascara in Onyx
- Tarte Picture Perfect Eyelash Curler

** dollface verdict - just do it! for the mascara lover in your life this is the equivalent to a bank vault full of cash. i may have to get this one myself if santa decides against it!

what are you ladies asking santa for?? do tell.

notd: best red EVER.

i love wearing red polish! and i always tend to forget how much i love wearing red polish until i pop it on my nails. well now i've gone and done it... i have found the most perfect red ever! it is not too orange and not too blue. it applies smoothly and dries quickly. most importantly it is the most wonderful christmas red!!

without further adieu here it is... from the china glaze holiday collection PHAT SANTA... here are 2 coats of color and 1 coat of seche vite.

without flash

with flash

see what i mean? GORGEOUS!!

CONTEST rules :)

rules:
* you must be a follower
* contest ends at midnight on December 11, 2010
*you can enter as many times as you like on youtube and here
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* your blogpost MUST be titled My Entry for Anniedollface's Show Me Your Creativity Contest
* please link back to this contest in your blogpost
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* 3 winners will be chosen and the contest is international!

good luck dollfaces!!

CONTEST! Show Me Your Creativity!! **open**

dusty lilac/greige polish fit for a doll!

hiya dollfaces! so i'm a bad blogger what can i say?! i've been working about 60 hours a week and it's been kickin' my butt! hope you are all well and fabulous! i wanted to pop in and show you my favorite polish of the moment.

this month is shop-my-stash november (my own doing)... i've decided that any excess money needs to go for christmas gifts and such.. so no makeup buying this month!! luckily, i picked this gem up before november began...

it is sally hansen x-treme wear in concrete. it is a dusty/lilac/greige and i LOVE it! applies evenly, dries quickly and was almost opaque in one coat! the best part is it stayed on with no chips for about 8 days! lovely.

if you love the color as much as i do you must try to find it soon... i believe it is limited edition.

mani of the day: fall

hiya dollfaces! i know i've been MIA... i do apologize! i work two jobs and that means i only have 1 afternoon off during the week and 1 full day off during the weekend... so it's super hectic. it's also easier for me to film vids for my youtube channel so i have been devoting my extra time to that... however, i will be trying to do more posts on here because i miss you guys! i don't like doubling up on blog and youtube posts on the same thing, but maybe i will try incorporating that. p.s. i hope you will check out and subscribe to my youtube channel. i am having a little giveaway over there right now... just subscribe and say you're a blog follower and i will enter you! :)

anyhoo on to the mani of the day. it's screams fall and sort of whispers christmas, but that's ok! it's a beautiful burgundy rust color from sinful colors called:

which is absolutely gorgeous on the nails

then i decided to spice it up a bit and add a little sticker from this pack to my left ring fingernail

and voila! a mani fit for the fall!

sinful colors are really an awesome deal! they can be found at rite aid, walgreens and cvs (?) and only cost $1.99! LOVE IT!!

doll fave 5: september

androgony is wearing raindrops!

the lovely alex sent me another picture of raindrops on the character androgony from the art of darkness shoot... here's a closeup...

and from the campaign...

LOVE IT!!

this just in...

the lovely alex from illamasqua has just sent me this exclusive sneak peek of raindrops...

This is one of the backstage pics from the Art of Darkness collection [no one has seen this yet - perhaps you might like it for your blog?] and this is two coats of the colour used for one of the key characters in the shoot..

They will be available to add to a wish-list from w/c 20th September and available to buy from 1st week of October!

Will you be getting yours dollfaces??

IT'S HERE!!!

as you know i was a winner in the illamasqua design your own nail varnish competition and guess what...

i got a little package today from...

with a lovely note...

in it were the three winning shades from the create your own nail varnish competition 2010...

i got these two beauties...

and what i've been waiting months to get my hands (and fingernails) on!! here it is...

here is my baby! raindrops!!! a wonderful creamy gray...

what i love:

the color is just exactly as i wanted
the shade is versatile. you can wear it on the sheer side (which is how they wear it in the new art of darkness campaign) or you can build it up to be more opaque. i'm sure you can even do a sheer wash over another color for a cool effect.
the application is smooth and easy... even the box-like applicator was easy to use!
each coat dries within 3 minutes!
it's MINE!! hehe

what i don't love:
the "irregular" glitter in it threw me off a bit because it looked like air bubbles at first... however, the more and more i look at the more it looks exactly like tiny raindrops have landed on my nails!
it took 5 coats to get the opaque shade i wanted because the formula is so sheer (this is overlooked because it dried so quickly).

all in all i love my polish! this beauty will be available at illamasqua counters, illamasqua.com, sephora.com and select sephora stores in october 2010 as part of the art of darkness collection!! i hope you try it dollfaces! i am over the moon right now!