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There’s something about me that loves to be all crafty. I like to cook, to make jewelry, to scrapbook, to do all sorts of DIY artsy-craftsy things. Maybe it’s a girl thing?

Well…if you’re like me and you enjoy making stuff, why not try making your own mineral makeup?

I know, it sounds a bit scary–making your own cosmetics. But, thanks to Bramble Berry Soap Making Supplies , you can mix your very own custom blends of mineral eye cosmetics. How fun is that?

In addition to tons of great soap supplies and kits to make your own fancy-schmancy soaps at home, Bramble Berry also has several kits that help you create your own cosmetics. These kits have everything you need to create personalized cosmetics that are good for your skin, fun to make, and cheap to buy. By mixing a few simple ingredients, you can create your own foundations, blushes, bronzers, and lipsticks with the pigments that work best for your skin tone. You can also be 100% sure that your makeup won’t cause premature aging, breakouts, or even damage to the environment.

Bramble Berry’s newest addition, the Mineral Make Up Eye Shadow Kit , makes over 25 eye shadows for less than $50. Create the palettes you’ve always wanted for any occasion or look, at a fraction of the cost of leading mineral makeup brands. With a little help from Bramble Berry, you are now the one in control of what goes into your cosmetic bag.

Follow individual eye shadow recipes from the instruction manual or customize your own in just 5 easy steps:

Step1: Add 3 scoops of desired mineral base into an empty jar.
Step2: Add desired pigment or pigments.
Step 3: Mix well. Step 4: Carefully pour into a shadow pot.
Step 5: Apply.

Bramble Berry Eye Shadow Kits include: 5 containers of mineral bases, 9 pigment powders, 10 empty eye shadow pots, 5 measuring scoops, 2 cosmetic brushes , and 1 detailed instruction manual all for $44.99.

This beautifully packaged kit has everything you need to create custom blended mineral eye shadows. Not a crafty girl? This is the perfect gift for one of your more DIY-minded, beauty-loving friends. Check it out!

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With the travelling I’ve been doing in the past two weeks, I’ve been so out of touch with the real world (ie. the Internet) that I didn’t even know it was Haute Couture week until I logged into style.com! I’ve only looked through three collections but they have already surprised me as they were certainly different from what I’ve come to expect from those desginers.

Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld usually sends out pretty, mostly black & white and commercial dresses so I was surprised when many of the dresses had such structured and artistic silhouettes! I have mixed reactions with the dresses though, and some of the dresses looked like a continuation of the silver Chanel dress that Anna Wintour wore to the Superheroes party.

The show started with dresses that were very sophisticated, very Chanel.

And ended with very romantic and elegant evening dresses.

In between, there were the more structured dresses. I especially liked these two. The dress on the left reminds me of a flower (with a model in the middle.) And even though I have no idea what the frame around her model’s head (on the right) does, it just looks really cool -sort of makes the model look like a haute couture robot.

Although I wouldn’t call these dresses ugly, I’m just not too fond of them. The one on the right especially does not look flattering. To be fair, all these dresses must look so much more impressive in real life.

Givenchy

Before looking at the collection, I was expecting lots of rock chic, black and white again, but this collection was definitely more colourful than the previous ones. The clothes also seemed less structured.

These looks remind me of high fashion soldiers marching to somewhere cold.

And these make me think of glamorous Parisian parties. I like this neutral palette of colours so much more than that khaki green.

Christian Lacroix

Lacroix’s collection is always one of the most fun to look at because it always takes you into a colourful, overly luxurious world of chiffon and laces -and this collection did just that.

Just wow! I love the high fashion gothic look, and this was all done with mini skirts or dresses, making the looks very youthful and put together.

The girly looks -although noticeably not as sweet-looking than his previous collections. This ones feels much darker. Notice all the ornaments and laces and details each look has!

How did everyone like these three collections?

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