Ulta Haul

About 30 minutes ago, I decided to go pay Ulta a visit. Mainly because I really wanted to try Stila's new travel palettes.

I originally wanted the Rockin in Rio palette, but when I swatched the blue color it came out chalky and had barely any color payoff so that one was an immediate pass. Then, I saw it...the Stylish in Seoul palette. And before anyone says anything, yes, I am biased haha. My love for Korea definitely helped the impulsive buy. Also, to be perfectly honest, I really liked the colors in this particular palette. The shadows are right up my alley. It has a silver taupe, a muted brown, a matte purplish brown color, and pinky champagne colors. Along with a multipurpose lip and cheek color that does seem to look wearable. I do intend to do a full review of this palette with swatches in the near or not-so-near future.

I also picked up some NYX eyeliners: Liquid Crystal Liner in Crystal Silk and Studio Liquid Liner in Extreme Blue. You can also expect reviews for these items as well.

Sephora V.I.B. 15% Discount Haul

Greetings and salutations my beauty bloggers!

I have a haul for you all! :D
Before anyone says anything, yes, I am still working on my 20 pans. My only exception to this project was to buy things that were essential for my everyday wear. My foundation is running out quickly and Sephora emailed me yesterday about the 15% discount they were having all week for the V.I.B. members. So, of course, I jumped at the opportunity. Also, my 21st birthday is quickly approaching so I decided to pick up my birthday gift as well.

Note: I literally came home from my little shopping day about 3 hours ago and I just wanted to get a post up! Please excuse any grammatical errors, I'm just too excited.

Another note: half of the things I'm about to show you I didn't even pay for haha.

Here are the things I actually purchased:

My old eyelash curler was a total dud so I went to go get me a new one of those. I also purchased the bareMinerals 8-piece-starter kit. It comes fully equipped with a full-sized foundation (original or matte, I chose the matte) sample size primer, full flawless face brush, flawless application brush, maximum coverage concealer brush, warmth all-over face color, original mineral veil, and a getting started DVD all for the price of $63 ($61 if you choose the original foundation). 

Now all the freebies:

I decided to redeem my 500-pt. perk and get the absolutely fabu-'bliss' set. Then, for my birthday I got the fresh sugar kisses mini lip duo, which smell absolutely AMAZING btw. Everything else was in a little goodie bag that I got for being a V.I.B. member. It came with a Sephora full action extreme effect mascara, Givenchy mister light, Bumble bumble thickening shampoo and conditioner, sample-sized boscia B.B. cream, Especially Escada solid perfume, and lastly a mini MUFE smokey lash mascara.

Sooo many new little goodies to try! I'm soo excited. I was excited enough about my the fresh mini lip duo and my 500-pt perk, but when the cashier whipped out the goodie bag....that was just icing on the cake :)

I went on a shopping spree with my little sister last week and got sooo many clothes. Possible blogpost? We'll see. I'm also in the works of posting my hair update since I finally got it dyed. Until then, have a great week!

Haul: Limited Edition Items

Not too long ago, I decided to start a Project 20 Pan. My only exceptions to purchase new items were if they're limited edition or if I ran out of an everyday product (i.e. foundation, mascara, & eyeliner).

MAC: Around mid-February I had a Back-2-MAC and I used it for their Fleshpot lipstick, which is sold only at the Pro stores. I also purchased a few of their limited edition lipsticks. I bought Innocence Beware!, which is actually a re-promote. I regretted not purchasing it when it was released in the Venomous Villains collection so I had to jump at it when it came out again. I also purchased the Viva Glam Nicki a few days before it came out because the MAC Sales Associate that was helping me was wearing it that day and I knew I had to have it.

Left to right: Innocence Beware!, Fleshpot & the Nicki

ULTA: I got an email about this new Tarte Limited Edition makeup bag with 5 little goodies in it for $40. I needed a new makeup bag and I wanted to try some of Tarte's products. The makeup bag is absolutely gorgeous and it's great because my Naked palettes fit in it soooo it's PERFECT for travel. I'm so excited about it! It comes with a full-sized eyeliner and mascara. The blush, bronzer, and illuminating serum are all sample sized/minis.

Expect some reviews kiddies :)

First Day of School & Retail Therapy

Hello you wonderful people!
Today, was unfortunately my first day school. I had class at 10:15AM. Being the night owl that I am you can imagine how difficult it was for me to fall asleep. I got into bed at 11PM and went to sleep at 3AM. I woke up feeling like DEATH! Did I mention that it was raining like mad today? Oh, did I also mention that I ended up getting a cut from my garage door because I wanted to check if I had an umbrella in my car? Moving on...

After school my cousin and I went to go get some lunch and then decided to go do some retail therapy at the mall. Originally I just wanted to get a new cute pencil case for school, but ended up getting a multitude of things on the way.

10$ - Cotton On (Sale) also please excuse my closet for looking like the apocalypse

MAC Fix+ ($21), hat (Cotton On, $2), pencil case (Artbox, $9.25)

Charity Bracelet for Uganda (Cotton On, $1)

Same yellow bracelet, but please notice my beautiful band-aid

Now I'm tired and my feet smell BUT before I go here's a quick eye look I did today.

Super simple winged eyeliner with mascara mainly because I was just too tired to try hahaha.

I'm on the verge of falling asleep on my laptop right now soooo I bid all of you a good day and wish you all a Happy Asian New Year haha :)

ANNDD here's a picture of my dog nappin' on meh....

January hits & misses coming soon! 

Massive January Haul

This month I went crazy with the spending. I promise next month I'll show more restraint (maybe)! I made my wallet cry like a little b*tch and I'm not even ashamed. Below is just a small preview of what I bought. 

The priciest thing I bought this month was the NARS Danmari palette, which I got 10% off and I don't regret it AT ALL. I love it!

Top row (from left to right):

• Japanese facial mask [Mitsuwa Marketplace]
• NARS duo in Charade [Sephora]
• NARS Danmari palette [Sephora]
• Skinfood tomato whitening toner [Skinfood]

Second row:

• L'oreal infallible shadows in Bronzed Taupe and Sultry Smoke [Ulta]
• Maybelline 24-hour tattoo shadows in Audacious Asphalt and just behind the lipsticks is Bold Gold..I'm such an idiot for covering that [Ulta]
• Skinfood byulsatang eye color [Skinfood]

Third row:

• L'oreal HIP duos in Sassy and Electrified [Ulta]
• Revlon super lustrous lipstick in Primrose (not even gonna lie, I bought this mainly because of The Hunger Games and because one of my favorite beauty gurus, hollyannaeree, loves it) [Target]
• Revlon lip butter in Creamsicle [Target]
• L'oreal colour riche balm in Pink Satin [Ulta]

As far as swatches and reviews go, I'll have those in my January Hits and Misses so please look forward to that. I'm also in the works of getting a new camera so bare with my crappy cellphone pictures for a bit :)