Cosmetics Company Store Deal: Adoring Carmine 3 Rose Lips

I cannot walk out of the Cosmetics Company Store without a purchase. I find so many great deals on past season color stories or discontinued colors. I found one of my fave MAC Paint Pots in Cash Flow from the Fafi color story during one of my visits up to Marysville, so the drive up is well worth it! I told you guys I am addicted to lip products!

My gf picked up the MAC Adoring Carmine 3 Rose Lips set during Holiday '08 and I loved the Romancin' Lustre Lipstick. You know I had to snap this set up when I found it at CCO. The regular price for this set was $34.50 and I picked it up for $24.25!

The set comes with Delicate Crush Lipglass, To Swoon For Glaze Lipstick and Romancin' Lustre Lipstick all tucked into a cute red pouch. Frankly, the pouch is pretty useless to me, but it is cute to add to my growing MAC collection. You can never go wrong with pink lippies & these are definitely great additions. I think I'm overdue for a trip up to the Tulalip Outlets soon & I'll be sure to report back on what I pick up!

Make Up Diet - FAIL!

I just can't. I happened to be up north and decided I deserved a trip to The Cosmetics Company Store in Marysville, WA. Haha...deserved eh? Right! Well, I am supposed to be on a make up diet and an excessive shopping diet, but I am sick and was in a foul mood, so I needed to cheer myself up right? Hahaha! I spent about 15 minutes in the store and spent $120. Then I left, without even bothering going into any of the other stores I love up there. JUICY! Haha! So there you go. Make Up Diet Failure to add to the list next to excessive shopper. I'll show you my loot in a bit - the camera is charging.

CCO MAC Hauls + Comparison of Tendertone vs Jelly Balm

I am definitely in love with the Cosmetics Company Store up in Marysville! I head up there when I can! But only if I already have errands to run up north. The selection has been pretty slim because of all the tourists that come through to the outlets. I have been pretty lucky to pick up a few things, including another Provence pigment which is my fave base and also limited edition. I even snagged a couple of Tendertone Lip Balms that were limited edition as well!

I snagged this for $11.75! :p This is a deal since the retail price of $14.50 a pop!

Tendertone Lip Balm in Tender Baby. A pretty & sheer baby pink.

On another visit to CCO, I picked up MAC Pro Longwear Lipsticks in Luchious & Rose and another Tendertone Lipbalm in Purring.

Lucious on top, Rose below that and Purring on the side.

Purring Tendertone Lip Balm. Just a slight peachy tint. Similar to the HIP Jelly Balm in Savory that I got for Cat.

Lucious Pro Longwear - I love this color on! Its a good pinky beige with a hint of shimmer.

Sorry for the streaky application! I just took Lucious off before applying Rose and it took a bit of work to get it off. Haha! I love this color as well! It is a bright, clean pink that makes me think retro when I have it on. Very much a girly color

Comparison of MAC Tendertone Lip Balm vs. L'oreal HIP Jelly Balm
Jelly Balm in Plush on the left and Tendertone in Tenderbaby on the right. The Tendertone is a bit bigger. than the Jelly Balm, but both are pretty generous in size for the amount you need to apply. The colors are pretty similar but one thing I found was that the Tendertone was more pigmented than the Jelly Balm. I like to use these by themselves and with lipsticks, but mostly for just a bit of color on my bare lips. I like that the Jelly Balm smells like Cotton Candy, but I love the more watermelon scent that Tendertone has to offer. While I did get the Tendertone discounted for $11.75 at CCO, I paid $8 for the Jelly Balm so only a few dollars difference. Even though I do have a thing about putting my finger in lip products, I’ve put aside my lil peeve and gave in. I’m glad I did!Overall I do like both products but the winner in my book would be the Tendertone!