Hey gals!  First off I wanted to apologize for being SOOOO MIA this week!  It has been an insanely crazy week but in a very good way.  Work has been amazing, life has been amazing, everything has been amazing.  It’s just all happening at once!  As some of you may know, I am leaving tomorrow on a trip to PARIS!!!  The wonderful man in my life decided to spoil me with a romantic getaway that unfortunately I have waited until the last minute to prepare for.  So now I’m scrambling to get it all done this week. You know how that goes…  So anyway, I wanted to apologize for my lack of posts and want to apologize for my lack of posts that will not be coming in the next week.  But if any of you want to keep up with what’s going on with Big City Beauty, follow me on Twitter!  I’m ALWAYS on there…

Okay so on to today’s post.  I wasn’t even going to post about anything in particular today, just wish you all a wonderful week while I was away.  But I just received in the mail my new NYX Cosmetics Makeup Artist Kit – S101 and I just couldn’t wait to show it to you guys.  NYX is one of my favorite makeup lines of all time.  Their colors and pigments, whether its for eyes, lips, or face, are so amazingly vibrant and fun that you can have the time of your life experimenting and playing around with them.  It’s the perfect line to release your inner makeup artist like I have.  And I can’t wait to bring this kit with me to Paris so I can play around some more.

NYX Cosmetics Makeup Artist Kit – S101 includes:

• 35 eyeshadows
• 3 bronzers
• 5 blushers
• 5 lip colors
• applicators
• built-in mirror

Just take a gander at the pics below and you will know why I was drooling from the moment I opened up the packaging.  Oh, and please pardon the shadows that appear in the last two shots.  I didn’t have a whole lot of time to be a master photographer but I think you can pretty much get an idea what the pigments look like from these shots.

Anyway, I hope you guys check out some of the other stuff from NYX.  My all time faves from them are their Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils.  They are the most amazing bases you will ever find!  And trust that I will be posting a whole lot of pics from “Pah-ree” using my new kit!  Love you guys and will miss you much!!!

Until next week…  xoxo

Hey Dolls! Valentine’s Day is almost here and I’m really loving all the beauty lines coming out with their festive colors in reds and pinks. I’m especially loving Essie’s sexy line of nail colors from their Express True Love collection. Excuse me while I blush, but I’m really digging After Sex! And how pretty in pink is True Love!?! Anyway, I’m definitely thinking of picking me up a bottle of After Sex and rockin’ it out in Paris next week! What do you guys think of this year’s Express True Love collection?

Until next time dolls… xoxo

For 4 hours only this Friday, January 29th

StilaCosmetics.com will be offering 15% OFF all eye shadows

(excluding eye shadow trios)

from 10am-12pm PT.

Discount will automatically be taken off at checkout.

And if you are interested in Stila’s NEW Eye Shadow Trios,

they’re on sale now for only $20!!!

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

La Mer is having a beauty event special at Saks.com that you don’t want to miss!

Get La Mer’s Daily Beauty Ritual as a gift with any $300 La Mer purchase.

Experience the best of La Mer with this limited time special that includes:

Creme de la Mer, The Eye Concentrate, The Refining Facial, and The Tonic

all together in one mini-set you can take with you anywhere!

Enter promo code LAMER37 at checkout.

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

Hey beauties!  How many of you wish you could go on a vacation to some tropical island right now?  I’m sure most of my east coasters know that feeling all too well this winter season.  Well if you’re like me, and love to daydream by staring at the ocean view you have set on your screensaver, you will love this new, limited edition travel set from Michael Kors.

Now I usually don’t talk a whole lot about fragrances because it’s not something you can visualize or swatch onto the computer screen.  And mentioning the different scents incorporated into a fragrance can only give you a small idea of what it actually smells like.  I mean, how many of you can recreate what vanilla, mint, and lavendar smell like TOGETHER just by reading the words?  Probably not many of you.  And if you can, that’s freaking awesome and you need to enroll in Xavier’s School for Higher Learning and become an X-Men.  So until they come up with a scratch-n-sniff program for computers, fragrances probably won’t be found often here on Big City Beauty.

However, I can tell you that if you’re the type of person who loves tropical scents, the smell of exotic flowers, and the essence of the ocean you will definitely enjoy any one of these four scents included in Michael Kors Island Travel Set.  These travel-friendly rollerballs make brining the islands to you a cinch.  With fragrances aptly named Fiji, Capri, Hawaii, and Bermuda you will be basking away on the island of your choice anywhere you please.  So next time you feel a little stressed out at work, or can’t figure out what that awful smell is on the subway, whip out your mini island-in-a-bottle and sail away…

Until next time beauties…  xoxo

From now until January 30th, you can get 20% OFF your entire purchase at Ulta.com using coupon code 20680.

Don’t miss out on savings from all your top beauty brands!

In addition, Ulta.com is offering Buy 1, Get 1 50% OFF on brands like L’Oreal, Maybelline, and Almay.

Check out these sales here.

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

Hello my loves!  It’s almost three weeks until Valentine’s Day, my boyfriend’s favorite holiday.  And yes, you read that right…  Not mine but my boyfriend’s favorite holiday.  I know, I’m probably one of the luckiest girls on earth!  So all the more reason to get dolled up and beautiful on this special day for my man.

Well who else but M.A.C. would come out with the perfect collection to get your kissers ready for a night of holiday passion?  M.A.C.’s Have a Love Affair collection is a mixture of some of M.A.C.’s hottest lip pencils, lipsticks, and Dazzleglass Cremes that are sure to bring out the flirt in you.  Some of my faves from the collection are: Lady Danger, Lickable, and Creme Allure.  I mean, even the names sound tempting.  So check it out and have a little fun this holiday.  Whether you’re taken or single, every girl can enjoy this collection.

Until next time my loves…  xoxo

Treat yourself to some natural beauty with The Body Shop.

From now until Valentine’s Day, thebodyshop.com is offering ONE free item of equal or lesser value

to each customer that purchases any full price product.

Enter promo code BODYSOUL at checkout.

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

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Saks.com is offering a 7-Piece Lancome beauty gift with any $50 purchase.

Included in this bag of goodies (valued at $164) is:

• COLOR DESIGN Sensational Effects Lipcolor in Pale Lip
• COLOR DESIGN Sensational Effects Eye Shadow 7-shade compact in Floralesque, Mochaccino, Guest List, Daylight, Nutmeg, Provence and Designer
• DÉFINICILS High Definition Mascara in Black
• Plus you get to choose the anti-aging skincare trio that’s right for you!

Choose from one of the following skincare trios and be sure to enter the appropriate promo code at checkout:

A. FIGHT WRINKLES: Includes HIGH RÉSOLUTION Day Cream, Eye Cream and Serum. Use Code LANCOMEA

B. LIFT & FIRM: Includes RÉNERGIE Day Cream, Eye Cream and Serum. Use Code LANCOMEB

C. REPLENISH: Includes ABSOLUE PREMIUM Bx Day Cream, Eye Cream and Serum. Use Code LANCOMEC

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

Hello my lovelies!!!  As you all know, I have always been a true fan of Dior mascaras (Dior DiorShow Blackout happens to be my all time favorite).  Yet I still never hesitate to try out others as I’m always on the hunt for something bigger and better.  And even though I usually get burned and end up running back to my faves, I was so pleasantly surprised by my recent purchase at Sephora.

Dior’s latest release, DiorShow Extase Mascara, is built to make your eyelashes look stronger and fuller from the inside out.  With pigments that create a 3D volume effect, powders that expand in size by up to 50% after application, and patented ceramid to reconstruct damaged lashes you have the epitome of a “does it all” mascara!  And with a brush designed after the tiered couture dresses of the House of Dior, you literally have a brush that hugs and coats each lash.

Now I just wanted to get this post up now because I was so excited about it this morning so I will be adding before and after pictures later when I get home.  But let me just tell you that this mascara has not only made my lashes appear thicker with just one single stroke, it has also made them much longer and given them incredible curl!  A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!  I seriously can’t wait to show you!

** UPDATE WITH PICS **

BEFORE

AFTER

Crazy right!?!  And this is with just one coat and no lash curler!  It’s like having false lashes in a tube!

Have any of you tried Dior’s latest?

Until next time my lovelies… xoxo