Need a last minute Christmas Gift?? - Bonanzle.com!!

Are you still looking for last minute gifts?? lol ... I know I am. Well if your looking for a female who loves makeup .... you could take a look in my Bonanzle booth!!

I have Mineral Makeup Gift Certificates .... so you don't have to pick and choose the colors for the one requesting mineral makeup as their gift!!

I am happy to announce that I am offering Forget Me Not Gift Certificates in my Bonanzle Booth.

You can either choose the denomination of the g.c. or you can opt to purchase a $5, $10, $25, $50 or any combination you like.

The gift certificates will either be e-mailed to the person buying them or the recipient, the choice is yours. I am also offering to print your g.c. on card stock and mail it to and address of your choosing for no extra cost.

I have yet to decide whether or not I will eventually add an expiry date on the G.C. I'll just have to see how things go.

~ Happy Holidays~

Tools for Mineral Foundation

Are you using the right tools?? Do you know which brushes to use with minerals?? Maybe that's why that new mineral foundation might not be working out for you.

I can't stress enough how important it is to use the right brush with your new mineral makeup.

Without the right brush, your mineral foundations is going to be looking a little "cakey" and may not cover well. It may just settle into your pores and fine lines and as a result accentuate them.

Which is exactly the opposite of what it's supposed to do. So if you have used your regular powder brush, you already know what I am talking about ..

Tools for Mineral Foundation:

For Mineral foundations a Kabuki Brush is an absolute must!! It can be a flat top or a dome, that doesn't matter, nor if it's natural bristles or synthetic. What good is your mineral foundation if you don't have the right tools to apply it?? You need the right tools to get the job done!!

Kabuki brushes offer you a medium - full foundation coverage, as it's dense brush, and the bristles are tightly packed & firm. Therefor, it picks up minerals really well and is able to evenly distribute these minerals on your face in light weight layers.

If your looking for a brush that offers a light -medium coverage, you'll want to look into a flat top buffer brush. This one will give you a lighter coverage as it's a little less dense than a kabuki. Still the same idea, and you use the same technique, just slightly less dense bristles.

I personally prefer a synthetic kabuki as I find natural hair brushes can sometimes be a little scratchy& tend to shed. This is only my personal opinion.

I hope someone finds this helpful, let me know if there are any questions or something is unclear :D

Primers and Finishing Powders

Good News, but small problem .....

I have been working really hard this past month to get all my foundations formulating completed, and I have!! (Good News)

However, I don't have the warm and cool listed since my camera has been acting up and decided not to work any more, so no pics!! (Bad News) I'd rather not list the warm and cool foundations till I can also get pic's up.

On the brighter side though, I did manage to get my Primer & Finishing Powder listed along with the Illuminater. I am very excited about both of those, especially the Illuminater. I like the subtle glow it gives me, without looking like a grease monkey or a glitterati.

The whole idea behind the primer & finishing powder combo was the convenience. I can simply dust it on before I apply makeup, and it offers a great canvas for my mineral foundation to adhere to. After I do my makeup routine I dust my primer/finishing powder all over my face again for totally polished and shine free look. I also use it as a primer for my mineral eye shadows as well. I just sweep it over my lids as I prime my face for my mineral foundation. It works great, as I sometimes have a little oily lids. :S Ya I just admitted that ...lol .. but this keeps my shadows on and help them not crease.

The Illuminater .... I use off and on, not daily, just when I feel like it. I do LOOOVE it though. It's so subtle, but you can see the glow on your cheek bones and forehead, it just gives me this radience!! It reminds me of fall when you go outside in the morning and you see the dew glistening on the leaves.... well I feel like that's the effect this Illuminater gives me.

I'm going to work on formulating a light pink, neutral and maybe a little bit of a yellow toned Illuminater and also Finishing Powders. I am always working on more creation and the wheels just can't stop!!!! However this will all have to wait till after the holdiays, as I am going mad with all that I have to do!!

In the works right now:

Multi - Taskers
Blush
Dry Skin Primer
Oily Skin Primer
and of course more eye shadows!!

GRRR!! Darn Camera!!

Warning - a little bit of a rant going on in this post!! :D

Well as my new home - Bonanzle is growing like fire .. I was planning on adding a few of my latest creations in my booth at some point this past weekend to keep up. If you've been to my booth .. you know I didn't update it as of yet!!

Surprise ... Surprise! Something had to go wrong .. I mean, naturally. For some reason my $400 camera decided to have a hissy. Not a little on either, full out hissy fit!! I don't understand ..

The problem is with the lens .. it comes out, when I turn on the camera, but makes kind of like a grinding noise. My DH says it needs oiling .. well anyways, it won't retract back once I shut off the camera. On the screen I get an error message to restart my camera, as an error occurred and it could not shut down. So now I'm going to have a hissy .. because I can't photograph my new creations

Now this would be a simple problem if it happened to anyone but me - as I have an extended warranty. The catch is that I got it for Christmas last year but was bought in Canada as I was still living there!! SOOOOO now I have to return it to the store in Canada. Why does everything turn out to be just a little more complex with me ?? lol Now I don't know how long I will be without a camera!! Yipes :O

Anyway .. I'll make another post - and update on my new creations

Till then .. GO BONANZLE!!

Amazing eBay Alternative!!

I know that I am not the best at keeping this blog updated, but as my early new years resolution, I am going to make a better effort of keeping it up!!

Also, this post is going to be a little different, I want to actually talk about a new venue-Bonanzle, that I happened to stumble on a little while back, that I have just fallen in love with.

With that said ... onto BONANZLE!!!

All I have to say is I friggen LOOOOVEE this place. Simply put, it's amazing.

The design of the site itself is fun, visually appealing, and professional looking. I find that alot of the ebay alternative sites just don't cut it. Their designs are plain and ugly, not at all professional looking. I would not shop there, so why would I expect any potential buyers to stick around or even look around.

Bonanzle is also extremely user friendly. It's so simple to set up your "booth" which is what a store is called on Bonanzle. You just click and drag your photos for your listings, and that's it .. all there is to it!!
As a matter of facet, the whole listing is done on one page, rather than clicking back and forth between pages to add your description, price, shipping and so on. It's a quick and painless process, so you spend more time chatting with your new friends in the forum.

When I joined Bonanzle 2 months ago, it had a little over 6500 members .. or so. I can't possible remember the exact number ... hahaha .. I know I love this place but really .... :D

So my point is, as I write this, people are signing up to Bonanzle and there are now over 13,400 member today and still growing. How many ebay alternative sites have you been to that are growing that rapidly. I can answer that for you ... NONE!!! This is the best chance we have against "you know who"!! Bonanzle is the answer. It's growing and spreading like wild fire, and there is no stopping it.

To top is all off, the fees are pennies in comparison to ebay!! This is the fee structure, and just to point out its absolutely FREE to open your booth, and to list. The fees are final value fees only ... that's it!!

Final Offer Value	Fee
Less than $10	$0.50
Less than $50	$1
Less than $100	$3
Less than $1000	$5
$1000 or more	$10

So there you have it ... now go and look at all the fee's you pay at the bay and weep, then get your butt over to Boanazle.

The best part to me though is the people and the owners!! The owners are just amazing. They are always working on upgrading something, yet never too busy to help you out if you need it. That is though, unless one of the members on the forum doesn't beat them to it!! The people are astounding!! Everyone is like one big happy family. They are helpful, friendly, kind, and always ready with suggestions and tips for anyone who wants it. I can't say enough good things about Bonanzlers. They just know how to have fun, and welcome everyone into their family with open arms.

ok .. I think I have said what I wanted to in this "short novel" I just wrote ... lol ...

Join BONANAZLE!! Be FREE and have fun again!!