On Hautelook today though Friday 7/11, a selection of Tarina Tarantino (no, she's not related to Quentin Tarantino at all, if that's what you're wondering) will be on sale. Normally the prices should be reduced to only half or so there, so if you're thinking about getting to know the brand, here's the chance. Bailey from Making Up The Midwest does a wonderful job here in describing the products she got from the event in case you're wondering how they look and perform in reality.

Yes you heard that right! If you live in the US (or have a friend to order for you), you can get the set of Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette & Full Size Shadow Insurance for only $29.00 (retail price $49 for the palette and $20 for the primer) on HSN.

Currently it is sold at $49, but they have the offer of $20 off your very first order of $40 or more with code 148145, so you basically can get $40 off the normal retail price which is simply too great to believe.

Be quick as you know, this deal is too great it will be sold out in a second!

Umm, anybody has the idea that this tag is quite a year old? I can't honestly believe it. Anyway, I am answering the tag anyhow since most of the products in my kits are budget buys, so here it comes to ye!

1. What is your favorite drugstore makeup brand overall?

I am divided between Maybelline and Sleek. I adore the Maybelline The Falsies mascara, Eyestudio quads and Colorsensational Gloss + Lipsticks. For Sleek they have some very fabulous i-Divine palettes, blushers and lipsticks that I use all the time.

2. What are your favorite face, cheek and lip products?

• Face: Revlon Colorstay foundation (unfortunately the undertone is not yellow enough for me so I have to mix it) and Rimmel Stay Matte powder. I have also just discovered that using the Coty Airspun powder in Luminous Translucent gives a beautiful subtle highlight.  
• Cheek: Sleek blushers, they have some seriously pigment colors.
• Lip: well, the Maybelline Colorsensational lipsticks and glosses

3. Least favorite product?

Covergirl Eye Enhancers quad in Tropical Fusion. The colors are exciting but I can't see myself reaching for it at all. 

4. What is the best makeup bargain?

• Makeup Academy MUA eyeshadow palettes in Heaven And Earth and Undressed. They are wonderfully pigmented and smooth for only £4 a pop and they always have some kind of offer going on.
• Wet n Wild Color Icon 8-pan palettes. They surprised me with the major lovely performance.

5. What is your favorite underdog product? (Something you love that often gets overlooked?)

 Covergirl Professional Loose Powder in Honey as a bronzer. I use it on and off, maybe I should rearrange my kit to put it in the spotlight :)

6. A drugstore product that is overpriced?

Mascara! The price is now close to $10 which is utterly ridiculous. 

7. Show your best drugstore dupe(s)

ELF Gotta Glow blush vs NARS Albatross. Everyone talks about it I know.

8. Drugstore product that isn't worth the hype?

Bourjois Délice de Poudre bronzing powder: utterly utterly orange! I will have a review on this particular product coming later this week. Urgh!

So that's ultimately the I ♥ Drugstore Makeup TAG. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did as writing the post. Take care!

I've just realized my last post was from December 23rd! It's hard to imagine the difference from when I freshly started my blog - I couldn't even wait to write a new post everyday. However, due to various personal and external reasons, I had to stop blogging to concentrate on solving those problems.

So here I am again with my newest post - "The TMI Tag" in the menu ready to be served if you want to know a little more about me.

I have also switched from my old layout with the black-and-purple background and purple lettering to this clean and vintage-oriented one with new typing font. I do find this much prettier, easier to read and navigate. 

I do hope you all will like this and continue to read my upcoming posts. I have quite a lot of good stuff waiting to be reviewed and they will come to Metal And Makeup in the upcoming days!

Take care and until next time!

Still sad you couldn't make the most of their Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers? Here's a little lovely Christmas sales from BH Cosmetics. I don't have a date yet of when the sale ends, so grab your desired items quickly!

I am eyeing their 10pcs Eco Brush Set ($12.95 instead of $11.95, I bet it's some typing mistake in the brochure), Take Me To Brazil Palette and Floral Blush Duo in Rose (still regularly priced at $4.95 apiece). What's your wishlist?

(Anyone notices that Cambria looks so much like Leesha from Xsparkage???)

Hautelook has become my favorite place to shop as it offers various beauty and fashion choices from prestige brands with a reasonable price tag. Be hurry though, last time most LORAC products got sold out within a few hours!

Stila Countless Color Pigments event ends Friday at 8AM Pacific for $5.00 each (normal price $22.00) come in five options. You can check Xsparkage's (Leesha) review here prior to purchasing.

LAURA MERCIER HOLIDAY SETS begins tomorrow Wednesday 12/04 - 8AM Pacific, ends Saturday 12/07

Illamasqua has come up with another sale for registered customers on their website!

Even though the product selection is not as wide as their Summer and Christmas sale, I still managed to pick up a few. The range consists of foundations (Rich Liquid, Light Liquid, Cream and Powder), lipglosses, lipsticks, concealers, eyebrow cakes, medium pencils and nail varnishes - all limited shades.

These are the ones that I wanted to get for so long but wasn't venturous enough to place an order on - the Rich Liquid Foundation in 133 (light to medium skin tone with neutral undertone) and Light Liquid Foundation (light to medium skin tone with golden undertone), so why should I wait? They are on a HUGE sale and can be mixed with the other foundations I'm using to be a perfect match.

Violate (shimmery dark green) and Facade (grey pink) are the two lipglosses that I was attempting to get my hands on during the summer sale but they both were out of stock, so I was jumping around (not literally) as seeing they're on sale this time. I grabbed them both as a matter of instinct plus two lipsticks in Sangers (blood red) and Pristine (black).

I also was so excited to see the nail varnish duo in Spartan and Throb being on sale as they are the perfect choice for Christmas. The duo is being sold for £7.50 (regularly RRP: £24.00). However, Illamasqua is still unable to ship nail varnishes and fragrance internationally, I had to let them go.

I am hoping to really hold these beauties in my hand in a couple of weeks. Of course I will "report" back later plus possible reviews. I shamefully have not written a single review on my previous Illamasqua Summer Sale (here) so I can predict that the upcoming few months will be quite a busy time for me. And I'm not even angry :)
You can register completely for free on Illamasqua.

What would you pick up this time?