LUSH HAUL

Hi beautiful people!

Today I'm sharing a lush haul along with a few Mac goodies that I picked up. 

A few of these items were Christmas gifts and others were purchases with gift cards that I received for Xmas. You all know that I swear by Lush products and a lot of these are repurchase for me!

First up is the Catastrophe Cosmetic fresh face mask that I've repurchased tons of times. I got this one free from bringing back 5 clean empty containers to the store. Next is the Celestial Moisturizer, which I've talked about a million times. It's by far the best Moisturizer that I've ever used.

Next is the Sleepy Hand and Body Lotion. This is a new product to me and it's by far the best hand lotion from Lush that I've used. I've loved the other lotions I've tried from Lush as well but this one is definitely the winner. It's s sweet lavender scent and I'm obsessed.

The Honey Trap lip balm is another product that I've purchased quite a bit of times from Lush. No lip balm that I've tried compares to this.

And the Bubbly Shower Gel is another new product for me. This is a mini size that came with a gift set I received for Christmas. It's an amazing shower gel, smells amazing, and also doesn't dry out my already dry skin (thanks winter!). I'll definitely be purchasing a full size of this in the future.

Next up are some bath bombs. From left to right are Yoga Bomb, Twilight, and Golden Wonder. I've tried all 3 of these before and love them all.

And on the bottom of those photo is the Fresh Pharmacy Face Bar. I tried a sample of this and fell in love. I couldn't wait to purchased a huge piece of it and this is now my daily face cleanser. *Does anyone want to see a updated skin care routine?*

Lastly are two goodies from Mac. I ran out of my Pro Longwear concealer so that is a repurchase from me. I also wanted a new blush and picked out Mac Pro Longwear blush in Make You Mine. If anyone is interest in a review for this blush with swatches let me know!

Have you tried any of these products before? If so, let me know your thoughts on them in the comments!

Makeup Haul | Christmas + Ulta Beauty Box

Hello! I hope everyone had a nice Christmas!

Today I'm sharing a makeup haul. Most of these things I received as gifts for Christmas, and there's also an Ulta beauty box that I received from their Joy It Forward program during the holiday time. A huge thank you to Ulta and Lupe from A Hint of Beauty  for sending it to me!

 

I got a ton of things from Estée Lauder for Christmas, one of them is the huge gift set they offer during the holiday time, and another is a shadow palette that I also believe was part of a holiday collection.

Holiday Gift Set

These sets always come inside a nice big makeup case, and I really liked the one from this year. It has a ton of room so its great for travel and I love the neutral colors of it. Last year's case was a bright red shiny material and it wasn't my favorite. I definitely like this one a lot more. 

Inside was some skin care items including the advanced night repair serum, advanced night micro cleansing foam, revitalizing supreme+ face cream, and a perfume. I haven't had the best of luck with Estée Lauder skin care, but I'm excited to try out the cleansing foam. 

Next is the makeup. There's usually a big palette included in the set and this year it has some pretty neutral shades with some cheek products too. The set also has two lip glosses, two lip sticks, and a mascara.

*If anyone wants to see a review for this whole set, let me know and I'll put together a post of some swatches and go in to detail of my thoughts on each item!*

Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Scuplting Eyeshadow Palette

This is another Estée Lauder set I received as a gift that I think is part of the holiday collection as well. This is another neutral palette with 10 shades that comes with a little makeup pouch. I'll be doing a review on this one soon!

Ulta Beauty Box

I was super happy and thankful to be part of the Joy It Forward program and couldn't be happier with the box I received. I have been wanting the Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basics palette for so long. I'll definitely be doing a review for this one soon too. The box also had the Nyx illuminator, an OPI nail polish, an It Cosmetics Eyeshadow brush, a Buxom gloss, and a golden glitter eyeliner.

Randoms

Next is two random things I've picked up recently. I needed a new concealer so I picked up the Maybelline Fit Me, which is one I haven't tried before. I also picked up the Elf eyebrow pencil and have been testing it out.

Im planning on doing reviews for the majority of these items mentioned, but if there's anything particular you'd like to see a review on, let me know! I'll also be doing a Lush Haul in the near future as well!

I shared a current lifestyle favorites post last week, check it out HERE if you missed it!

California Beauty Haul | Morphe + Asian Skin Care

I know I just uploaded a haul on Tuesday, but today I have another one. This one is a bit more exciting though, because it's all of the beauty products I picked up while I was in California! This is mostly stuff from the Morphe Store (I still can't believe I got to go there!), and some sheet masks that I picked up at an Asian skin care store in Little Tokyo. 

Click HERE to watch my video! 

Beauty Haul | Recent Purchases

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend. 

I usually film my haul videos, but I'm doing this one is a post today because it's just a few things I've picked up over the past two weeks or so. Some of them are repurchases or I've already shared them on Instagram, so I figured I didn't need to film this. Aka, I might just be lazy. 

Too Faced Sweet Tea Bronzer. After seeing Tanya and Kim's review for this, I knew I had to have it. This is part of their sweetheart collection so it comes in a cute little heart packaging. This just came to my house today so I can't wait to try it. 

Kat Von D Lock it Tattoo Foundation. I ran out of mine and my skin is having break out issues again, I wanted my favorite full coverage foundation. 

I used my Sephora points to get a sample of the Dr Brandt PoresDermabrasion scrub. I already have a sample of this, but I'm really liking Dr Brandt scrubs so I figured I'd get another since it was offered for 100 pts.

Sephora had some promotions online, and some skin care items were included, so I chose the Origins By All Greens foaming deep cleansing mask. I haven't tried much from Origins but this sounded interesting to me. It's a decent size too for a sample. I'll be trying this soon!

Anastasia Glow Kit. I shared this in my post on Friday and a lot of you wanted a review for it. I'll have the review up next week! This is amazing though!

Elf Blush and Contour duo. I had one of these years ago and didn't care much for it. I picked up a new one in different shade than I had, mainly because I was curious to see if the formula is different now that they've improved their quality! 

UD Naked Skin Foundation. Another one of my favorite foundations that I've been meaning to repurchase. 

Maybelline Lipstick in Nude Thrill. I saw a display of these, and I wasn't sure if they were a new collection! I haven't seen these blue packaging on maybelline lipsticks before. I chose a nude shade, because well, that's mostly all I wear. 

Me! Bath Pomegranate Bath Bombs. I found these at target. I was curious as to how they compared to Lush bath bombs since you get 6 of them for $10. 

Shea Moisture peace rose oil complex face moisturizer for sensitive skin. Since I've liked a lot of the Shea Moisture products I've tried and I'm into natural/organic skin care I've been wanting to try some of their skin care products. I needed a new moisturizer, and since my skin is sensitive and I love things with rose in them, I chose this one. 

I'll definitely be doing reviews for a lot of these products, but if there's anything you guys specifically want a review on then let me know! 

Beauty Haul | Sephora + Drugstore

Hi :)

I have a haul to share today! I went to Sephora and Target so I'm showing a mix of drugstore and high end things. It's mostly makeup, but there's a few skin care items in there also!

Enjoy the video! 

Drugstore Haul

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend, and Easter if you celebrated it!

I'm going to share a few things that I picked up from the drugstore recently. It's mostly skin/body care so nothing too exciting, but I thought I'd share anyways because I did get two things that I haven't tried before (new things to review!!). 

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser- this is just a repurchase of the cleanser I use everyday. 

Shea Moisture raw Shea butter body wash- another repurchase of my favorite body wash. I tried another scent and didn't love it as much as this one!

Shea Moisture strength, grow, and restore Leave in Conditioner- this is a new product for me. Since I love the Shea moisture body wash, I've been wanting to try their hair products. These are organic, cruelty free, and free of a ton of things (sulfate, parabens, etc.). I ran out of my usual leave in conditioner so I thought I'd try this one out. My hair needs all the help it can get since its very damaged so I will definitely be doing a review on this later! 

Covergirl Super Sizer Mascara- a repurchase of my holy grail mascara. 

Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous Foundation- I'm seriously running out of all my foundations! I haven't purchased any new ones in forever. I put myself on a no buy for a little while but I decided to repurchase this one when I ran out last week because I love it and it's the cheapest of all the foundations I use lol!

Burt's Bees natural acne solution clarifying toner- I did a review for this a few weeks ago. It's my favorite toner at the moment, and I already ran out of the first one I purchased! 

Batiste Dry Shampoo for dark and deep brown hair- I've been using the floral and flirty blush scent of this and I love it, but I wanted to try out the one for brunette hair because I hate the white cast the other ones leave if you aren't careful!! Will be reviewing this as well!

Edit: I actually ended up going to Target soon after published this post, so I'm editing it to include these two items I picked up! I found a $10 gift card in my purse so I was excited!

Wet n Wild Ombre blush in The Princess Daiquaries- I picked up a different shade of these ombre blushes a while ago but I was unsure about the color, so I've been wanting to pick up another shade so I can see if I like them! 

Elf Illumanting Eye Cream- I've been dying to try out a lot of the things in Elf's skin care line. Target had this eye cream and a moisturizer, and then were out of two different things (not sure which ones). They don't have all of their skin care line but I was wanting to try this eye cream out, and since I currently don't have an eye cream I was excited to see this there!

I'll be doing reviews on both of these items too! 

I'm still on a no buy (sort of!). Most of these were essential things that I ran out of and needed. I could have held off on the foundation, but hey it's only $7! 

Have you picked up anything new from the drugstore lately? Let me know in the comments!

Drugstore & Lush Haul

Hello beautiful people!! I feel like I haven't blogged in forever. I tried to keep up on everyone's blog posts while I was out of town. I think I did a good job but if I missed any of your posts please let me know so I can check them out!

Even when I'm on vacation, I still somehow find a way to go shopping and buy makeup. True makeup addict right here. 

While I was away I found some drugstore makeup items that I wanted to try out, and I also went to a lush store and got a few things. 

1. Lush Bath Bombs in Dragons Egg and Twlight. They didn't have any new ones to try out so I picked up Dragons Egg because it's my favorite, and I've tried Twilight before but I don't remember it. I also got a Tea Tree Toner Tab which is a facial steamer. 

2. Lush Fresh Face Mask in Catastrophe Cosmetic. I have never tried their fresh face masks before so I was pretty excited about this. The toner tab I got was to use with this to open my pores before I apply it. I will be doing a review for both of these in upcoming 'skin care Sunday' posts!

3. Wet n Wild MegaGlo illuminating powder in Catwalk Pink. I've never seen these before and I was curious because it was only $3.99. It's more of a blush but the name sounds like it would be a highlight. I also got the Loreal True Match Lumi Powder Glow Illuminator in Rose. Everyone seems to be talking about these but I've been obsessed with highlighters lately so I wanted to try one. 

4.  I got two of the Loreal La Lacque lip crayons. For some reason I can't find the names of these on the tube. I got a pinky mauve shade and a raspberry shade which is super bold for me. I will be doing a review on these soon and hopefully can find the names of them! The last thing I picked up a Rimmel Lasting Finish Lip Liner in the shade Kisses. This one is a dark mauve shade that's on the more purple side. 

This completes my haul post! I hope you all enjoyed reading!

Have you tried any of these items before? I'd so, leave your thoughts on them in the comments! 

Birthday Haul + Video

Hello! I hope you all had a great fourth of july weekend!

I wanted to say thanks to all of you who wished me a happy birthday last week and a special thank you to my good friend Pilar who sent me a birthday card in the mail! It really made my day when I received the card in the mail, it was so kind and thoughtful of her to send me one and remember that it was my birthday!

So today I have a birthday haul to share and I also filmed a video for this too! These are all the goodies I got or bought for my birthday and I was super excited because I have not been shopping like this in forever!

I didn't show these in the video because I had filmed it beforehand, but my awesome best friend Hannah got me these candles from an etsy shop that's inspired my books. The first one is butterbeer and the second one is called hobbiton. I am freaking obsessed. They smell so amazing and these candles are the way to a book lovers heart. 

My husbands mom got me a gift card for bath and body works and I was super excited because I have been wanting summer candles since spring time and I haven't been able to get any. It was their semi annual sale so I got some hand soaps too. The soaps are boring so if you want to see what ones then are, then they are named off in my video. For candles I got (left to right) Costal Sun, Mango Dragon Fruit, Honolulu Sun, and Guava Colada. 

Hubby got me a Polaroid camera. I was way excited about this, I've been wanting one for forever. 

Here's the goodies I picked up from Sephora and Mac. I got the Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+ foundation, Stila stay all day bronzer, Mac Pro Longwear Concealer, the sephora birthday gift which is two Nars lip crayons, Mac lip liner in Morning Coffee and Tarte Park ave Princess Lip Stick. I also got two Nyx Micro Brow Pencils but I forgot to include them. 

From the drugstore I picked up a new Loreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner and Loreal Miss Manga Mascara. I also got the new Maybelline Better Skin foundation and concealer which I will have a review for very soon!

That's all for my haul, and I hope you enjoy the video! If I seem a little off in there it's because I was way tired. Iliterally woke up, did my makeup and started filming lol!

Collective Haul Video #2

Hello! I filmed another haul video to share! This is another collective haul of some makeup items, clothing and accessories, some stuff from Lush etc that I've picked up recently. A lot of the makeup items that I show in the videos will have written blog post reviews on them this week and next! I hope you all enjoy the video! <3

Makeup Haul #18- Ulta + Drugstore

I have a haul from this weekend to share today. I picked up a few things from ulta and some random drugstores. 

These 3 things are just repurchases for me. I picked up another Benefit Porefessional and the Anastasia Brow Wiz from Ulta. I picked up the Covergirl Foundation from Walgreens. This is my 3rd tube of this! 

I finally got my hands on the new Maybelline the Smokes Palette, which I also found at Walgreens. From Walmart i picked up a Maybelline Color Elixer and a blush, bronzer, and highlight trio from Hard Candy. 

Lastly I got the Balm's Bahama Mama bronzer. I have been wanting this for so long! I found this at Kohls, which really made me happy because I have never seen the Balm in stores before!!

This is all for my haul post! Have you picked up anything good recently? 

Makeup Haul #17- Sephora + Drugstore

Hello! I have another haul post today. I did some shopping at Sephora and got tons of free goodies with random offers they had and used a lot of my points up too. I also stopped by the drugstore and picked up a few things as well, and picked up something from Mac. 

From Sephora-

I picked up the Too Faced Cat Eyes palette, and the Benefit they're real push up liner. Both of these I've had my eye on for a while. A review for both of these will be up soon!!

Sorry for the funky lighting, but this is the Mac Pro Longwear concealer. I picked this up at a counter inside macys. Next is the Hourglass Immacualte foundation. I tried a sample of this and fell in love so I had to get the full size. 

Freebies and point perks-

When I went into Sephora they had left over sample bags from the previous weekend if you spend $35 or more. 

It came with a perfume sample from philosophy, a first aid beauty face cleanser, a buxom mascara, a sephora moisturizer, a bareminerals wrinkle repair, and a benefit hello flawless primer. This actually came with a makeup forever hd powder and another face cream but I gave them away to my mom. 

I used my point perks to get the makeup forever hd powder (which is why I gave the free one away LOL) and a bareminerals mini blush. The other two are a bareminerals powder and the prime time primer, which came free with a $25 or more online purchase. 

I used 500 of my points to get this Tarte set.  It came with a tube of their self tanner, a sample size of the Gifted mascara, a packet of eye cream, a tan face towel, and park ave princess bronzer. 

From the drugstore-

 I picked up the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip in the color Warm Nude. I've also had my eye on these Milani powder blushes that look like roses. So pretty!! And last I got the new Maybelline Pumped up Colossal Volume Express mascara! 

Have you tried any of these Products before? If so, leave you thoughts on them in the comments! 

Makeup Haul #15- Self Tanners, Drugstore Makeup, and too much Lipstick

Hello! Yes I realize that I just did a haul post not too long ago, but I'm guilty of being bad again. I'm seriously going to try not to buy any more makeup for the rest of this month! 

Let's start off with things from the Drugstore 

From Ulta I picked up the Nyx Invincible fullest coverage foundation. I have never tired any Nyx foundations before so I thought I would give this one a go (Review coming soon!) The second item is the new The Nudes Palette by Maybelline. I was so so so excited about this! I first heard about it a while ago and I've been searching for it! I found this one at Target! Also, a review on this soon! 

The next items are ones from Walgreens. I picked up two products from Jordana, which is a brand that I've heard about but never tried before. The first one is an eyeshadow stick and the second is a super gorgeous turquoise liner. The next item is a single eyeshadow from wet n wild. Unfortunately I ripped off the label so I don't know what color this is in. 

I picked up quite a few lip products. The first is a Nyx Butter Lipstick in the color Pops Explosif, and next to it is a Nyx Butter Gloss in the color Madeleine. These two pair really well together! The next is a Jordana lip crayon in the color Nude Chic. This is pretty sheer but it does give a nice light berry color, and it smells amazing! The last one is one of the new Crystal Baby Lips. These don't have a name on them, but this is also a sheer wash of color that has shimmer in it. 

High End And Self Tanners

 First I picked up the Lorac Self TANalizer gradual tan and body bronzer. After using a delux size of this, I knew I wanted to splurge and pick up the full size. 

Sorry this picture is crappy but this is the Victoria Secrets Self Tan tinted lotion. This is one that I've heard really get things about and it was on sale for $10! 

Next is two lipsticks. One from Tarte, and one from Bite Beauty. I've always wants to try the bite Besuty lipsticks and this one is a two sided lipstick that was at Sephora for $12. It was in the section where all the delux sizes are by the checkout. Pretty good deal! And obviously these Tarte Lipsticks have super cute packaging! 

The first swatch is of the Tarte lipstick in the color Plummy Rose. The next two are from the Bite Beauty lipstick. The first swatch is in thr color Lychee and the second and darker one is Musk. 

So I realized that basically all of these lipsticks I got are like the same color/shade. LOL fail. But it's ok because that's that color I like to wear the most! 

This concludes my haul post! I hope you all enjoyed and thanks for reading! 

Makeup Haul #14- Drugstore, Sephora, and Elf Ariel Collection!

Hey all! I did some major damage over the weekend at Sephora and some Drugstores. I figured since my birthday is this week, why not LOL? So today I am going to share things I got from Sephora, Mac, Walgreens, etc. including the new Ariel Disney Collection from Elf!

Let's get into what I got! 

Sephora + Mac 

The first two items are just repurchases for me of things I'm running out of. Urban Decay All Nighter and Anastasia Brow Whiz. 

Next is the Nars Contour and Highlight Duo in the color Paloma. I'm running out of my Laguna Bronzer and wanted to give this one a try. I also got the Benefit Gimme Brow Gel. 

I also got the little birthday gift from Makeup Forever mascara and lipstick. 

The Mac lipstick I got is Viva Glam 2. 

Drugstore Purchases 

First I'm going to share the new Elf Ariel makeup collection! This is exclusively from Walgreens, and it's also limited edition. I snatched most of it up right after I heard about it lol! I'm going to be doing a seperate post on the collection with a full review, makeup looks, etc. so I won't get into it too much in this post. 

I picked up another Ready Set Gorgeous Foundation by Covergirl and the concealer to go with it. I got a Covergirl lipgloss in the color 600 melted toffee Carmel fondu. (Long and Werid name?? Lol.)

From Rite Aid I picked up the Real Techniqes Expert Face Brush, the L'Oreal Lineur intense eyeliner and the Jesse's Girl eyeshadows palette in Brown Eyed Girl. I have head great things about these eyeshadows and it was only $3.99! 

This is all for my makeup haul! I will be doing reviews and makeup looks with most of these products so be on the lookout! 

 I hope you all enjoyed and thanks for reading!