Recent Beauty Haul - Black Friday & CVS Winter beauty clearance

Just the makeup I've bought in the past week...I don't usually buy this much makeup in one week but Black Friday and CVS winter beauty clearance happen to fall right around the same time so here I am (:

My picture from Instagram of my shopping bag!

 

 

 

 

 

 

a little of everything, I had two of the Rimmel mascaras and two of the Airspun powders but I already gave those to my mama, gotta keep her stocked up too! (The Milani lipstick was NOT clearance but on sale for $2.99 this week, everything else is clearance!)

Nothing in my CVS is stickered with clearance stickers yet and they told me maybe not even until January but I just took products I seen on other blogs and scanned them, some came up clearance others did not but hopefully soon! This is 5 different trips in the past three days with a total combined savings of $155.26!!

 

I'm not going to list everything but the things that stood out to me as a GREAT buy were..

*Coty AirSpun loose powder for $1.82 (bought 2!)

*Physicians Formula shimmer strips (bronzer, blush, eyeshadow) $3.45 (saved over $10 on this item)

*Revlon Just Bitten balm stains in Darling & Precious for $2.25 apiece (almost $7 in savings apiece) 

*Rimmel Max Volume mascara for $1.95 (bought two)

*Revlon Colorstay Mineral Lipglaze for $2.45

*L'Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes starter kit (Mascara, eyeliner & pencil sharpener for $7.89!

*Sally Hansen Colorfast lip balm pencils for $1.22 each! (bought 3)

*Nicole by OPI polish from the Selena Gomez and Modern Family collections regular $7.99 each I bought for $1.99 each

*NYC liquid shine lip glosses in Midtown Mulberry & Big Apple Spice for .49 cent each!

*Lipsmaker Party Pack chapsticks (8piece) for $2.49 regular $9.99!

**I'll more than likely will go back for more as new items become available & to grab some repeats for stocking stuffers!

 

Selena Gomez & Modern Family nail polish collections by Nicole by OPI for $1.99 at CVS, no clearance stickers still!

 

 

 Black Friday!

I didn't do any major beauty shopping on Black Friday I was on the prowl for boots, ended up with 3 pair... but I did pick up a few things here and there.

 

Bath & Body had Buy 3 Get 3 Free so I grabbed some things for gifts but also grabbed myself these two sprays & a matching Pink Chiffon body wash. It's such a girly scent, I'm in love plus its pink! I also purchased a few 3 wick candles because they were on sell, smell amazing and they last forever!

While waiting for other stores to open we stopped in Big Lots just to see what they had going on and I ended up with a WNW eye lash curler for .70 cent, WNW Natural wear pressed powder (never heard of this before) and 6 Rimmel vinyl jelly lip liners , they came in 2 packs that were $2.00 apiece so basically $1.00 per lip liner. I was impressed.

 

 Target - 3 pack of EOS lipbalms for $7.99 (pomegranate raspberry, sweet mint & vanilla bean (limited edition) and Sonia Kashuk concealer stick

 

Not Pictured ( Too Faced Better than Sex mascara &

 Too Faced perfect eyes eyeliner) both were deluxe sizes & at Sephora for $10 for the set, I've been wanting to try BTS mascara so I figured $10 for the mascara and eyeliner was a decent deal!

 

My best friend Heather & I waiting in line for Kohls to open!

 

NYX Lipstick & Lipgloss Swatches

Swatches of my current NYX lip collection. I've split them up into 4 different categories since I have products from 4 of their different lip lines...enjoy my loves!

 

First up NYX Glam Aqua Luxe lipstick - The aqua part is right it feels moisturizing like lip balm but its lipstick, and these are defiantly glam, they are stock full of glitter, very fine glitter so its not chunky feeling on your lips, these are quite fabulous!

Both pictures L to R: Pink Jewel, Aurora, Glory, Holistic, Splendid, & Elusive

 

NYX Lip Smacking Fun Colors lipsticks - The packaging is different but these are from the same line

No glitter just regular lipsticks that wear fabulously .

Both pictures L to R: Jupiter & Violet Ray (my current favorite for fall!)

 

NYX Glam Aqua Luxe lipgloss

glittery & fabulous just like the lipstick version

Both pictures L to R: Disco Playground, High Society &  Paint the Town

 

NYX Butter gloss

So if you haven't been using these soft buttery sweet smelling glosses you need to get them asap! My most favorite NYX lip product of them all.

Both pictures from L to R: Merengue, Crème Brulee & Apple Strudel

 

 

 

Ipsy December 2013 Spoilers

I know some of you haven't even received your November bag and here I am talking about December. A few months ago this spoiler leaked but I felt like it was kind of irrelevant to post it and take the spot light off of the Ipsy bag that was current at the moment.  But now since my November bag has came lets move on to December.

Starrily Nail polish in Bzzz Bzzz

I know Ipsy sends out a lot of Nailtini so this will be a fun new polish to try for some of us. I'm not very fond of yellow but this may look nice over the top of another color since it seems to be confetti pieces (?)

 

Ok I know I had a head start on Ipsy's December bag but these are the spoilers that Ipsy has sent out so far!

 

Pop beauty eye shadows...I'm excited to try Pop eye products!

 

I think these are the "One Stick" by be a Bombshell, so far I have been impressed with this brand so this a familiar face I'm glad to see back in the bag!

 

I am a big NYX fan so I would LOVE to get the NYX lip stick in my bag, I probably already have every color but oh well I love them. I've also been taking a liking to lip pencils and crayons so I wouldn't be disappointed with that either..!

 

 

Ipsy My Glam November 2013

It has arrived, it did seem kinda strange since my bag came while I was at work today and then this evening around 6pm they sent me an email saying it was on its way...ok? When I first seen my Glam Room I was slightly disappointed...yes I understand this is a subscription box and they send you what they want but let me explain. Obviously when the spoilers come out I'm like oh I want this or oh I don't want that but I received the Starlooks eye pencil in the silverish purple color, yay that's fun but then my EM makeup product was a grey eye liner ... I mean I feel like I received the same product twice which is not cool. But what I'm saying is I wish Ipsy would have looked more into it what everyone was receiving and tried to make the EM product something different than what was already in the bag. With that being said lets look at my bag!

November 2013 Ipsy

 

polish, lashes, bronzer, eyeliners, and a lip crayon and that bag!!! I love that bag!

 

I've never tried the Kiss brand lashes but I'm always game for new lashes!

I've also been running low on my holy grail bronzer but I've made myself not buy anymore because I knew I was getting a bronzer from Pixi in my bag.

 

Pixi bronzer!

 

 

Nailtini polish in Caviar Cocktail!

(the swatch on my nail is one coat & this stuff dries fast!)

 

Starlooks amethyst gem pencil eyeliner

 

And this is the EM waterliner intense color eye liner

 

Be a Bombshell lip crayon in Shameless

 

Swatches - L to R: Starlooks eye liner in Amethyst, EM intense color eye liner & Shamless Bombshell lip crayon (great colors, great pigmentations)

 

EM waterliner intense liner color- $20

Be a Bombshell lip crayon - $14

Nailtini polish - $13

Pixi Bronzer- 3.2 grams - $5

Starlooks Gem eye pencil- $14

Kiss everEZlash double pack- $5

 

I paid $10 for this bag but all of my total products combined were over $70! Um wowwwww. I am so impressed even if I did get two eyeliners. All of my products were FULL SIZE except the Pixi bronzer but its still a really nice deluxe size.

 

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Sephora Haul!

Benefit - How to Look the Best at Everything - $30

Sephora Exclusive

A few weeks ago I received a small sample of the Benefit Hello Flawless foundation and wanted to try it out for more than a day but I didn't want to quite splurge on a full bottle so exclusive to Sephora they have this set with Porefessional, Hello Flawless, two shades of  boi-ing concealer and Hello Flawless powder, for only $30 this a really great way to try out Benefit products and see how they all work together.

 

Sephora Black Magic palette. I didn't have time to swatch the entire thing but I've bought another Sephora palette (Desert Palette) and I use it all the time. Sephora has great eye shadows!

Charlotte Ronson eye shadow quad

I've never owned anything from CR so I thought this would be a good start.

Swatches from the Charlotte Ronson quad.

 

I had the option to use some of my points I've earned and I've been looking to try Kat Von D products so I'll let you know how this goes.

 

For spending $25 or more you get to pick one of four sample bags, I'm not really impressed with anything in this bag, so I'm not even sure why I picked it. I am excited to try the Smashbox mascara but the rest of it I've tried and don't like or something I wouldn't be interested in. To the stocking stuffer pile they go!

 

& then my 3 samples I picked.

 

(I also bought false eyelashes from Sephora & I'm not sure why I didn't get a picture of them)

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3

So this is the new Urban Decay Naked 3 eye shadow palette. I ran across this online and fingers crossed its true! I love these shadow colors. I will defiantly be adding this to the top of my Christmas list ! According to a post I seen online this should be available for purchase starting Saturday November 16th...as soon as I here more I will happily post it !

 

This is the photo from my Instagram! I am so in love with these colors!

October Empties & Favorites

I didn't have a lot of October empties so I decided to combine my empties/favorites all into one for October!

My empties for October:

Revlon Beyond Natural false lashes : 91169 - omg I am so obsessed with how these make my whole face look ! Seriously I wore these for a Halloween but they would look amazing for an extra glammed up day look or a night out!

 

Equate beauty Night Time soothing makeup remover towelettes - I use these over & over I am obsessed with them. I've already repurchased. These things are huge so you only need one and I can take off an entire days worth of makeup or even a full face of Halloween makeup. Also removes eye makeup like a charm.

 

Maybelline FITme liquid foundation-  I really like this foundation, it gives me flawless skin, I don't always get to wear it when my skin is being extra oily because then I am a grease pit but if I am having a normal or dry day I'm good. Yes I would repurchase this! (I've recently bought the Maybelline FITme foundation stick so we will see how this compares!)

 

Benefit Hello Flawless foundation - This was a sample from Sephora I do believe and I was kinda on the fence about trying it because I seen a few reviews and people said it sucked but I LOVED it. I ended up getting two & a half uses out of it and I will be purchasing a full size bottle, it makes my face look good, really flawless and its oil free so that is helpful.

 

October Favorites!

 

Naughty & Nice body spray in Sweet Seduction (Walmart) - This is a dead ringer for Pure Seduction from Victoria Secret seriously it smells just like it and its under $5, I may go back and get the body wash!

 

Coola - matte tint Natural BB cream with spf 30 - Coola sent me this to try out and I am in love. It goes on translucent and I use it as a primer under my makeup and it last for hours. If you guys haven't tried any Coola products you should! I also use their tinted moisturizer and its amazing as well.

 

Sephora instant radiance foundation - I bought this on a whim because it was on sale and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I like it and the coverage it gives!

 

Equate beauty - Nail polish remover pads - I bought these on the road to an event when I realized I didn't touch up my toes so I had to just remove the polish and go with it , I ran in the store grabbed these (I didn't even know they existed! Where have I been?) but one pad per packet and it removes all your polish. I love these! Quick & easy and travel friendly.

 

NYX Butter Gloss in Merengue - I bought a 3 pack of Butter Gloss and this pink is my favorite! It smells amazing, like candy. I wear it alone or over lipstick. I can't wait to try out all of them!

 

Rimmel scandaleyes flex mascara- I'm not particularly fond of this mascara on bare lashes by itself but I do like to layer it over other mascaras and it does amazing things when I'm wearing my false lashes! LOVE LOVE LOVE for merging false lashes and my real lashes together. I used it with my Revlon lashes and people were like hey I love your lashes and I was all like I know right(: haha but really they looked great.

 

e.l.f. matte lip color in Rich Red - The pencil type shape is so easy to work with and goes on super smooth. I'm not a fan of matte red lips so I put a gloss over it and it works out perfect. No bleeding and being messy. I have 4 color total and the pinky color is nice too.

 

Maybelline 24 hour Color Tattoo cream eye shadow in Barely Branded - I love this shadow for a million reasons ! It's a great color to use as a highlight, or sometimes when I'm in a hurry I just swipe it across my lids and  it looks nice alone but I almost always use it as an eye shadow primer. It rocks! It give better staying power than my elf or urban decay eye shadow primer and it really makes the colors pop!

 

 

 

 

Ipsy November 2013 Spoiler!

Yayy it's time for Ipsy spoilers again. Almost as good as getting the actual Ipsy bag!

 

Found this little gem in my email. And we are getting an extra product in our November bag and I assume its an EM by Michelle Phan product....well well well this should be interesting!

 

 

We will be getting a full size product from the EM Spring 2014 line

 

Be a Bombshell lip crayon!

 

Looks like blush that may be from Pixi, that's the only packaging I could think of when I seen this picture.

 

Nailtini polish in caviar cocktail & cognac

 

Looks like all kinds of things in this picture my guesses are..

Cailyn mineral eye shadow

Glam Glow mud mask

BH Cosmetics Galaxy Chic mini palette

Kiss brand false eye lashes

HSI Argan oil

TreSemme Hair Spray

 

 

 

I've gotten two eyeliners from Ipsy since I started getting them in July and its mehh I have a ton of them so I'd rather not get another one but it does seem that these won't be basic black but nice silver, gold or a jewel tone so that wouldn't be so bad if I did get one. Maybe a fun color for a holiday party!

 

 

I think this month's bag is a metallic gold clutch. yes yes yes ! Gold is my new favorite so this is going to be my new go to bag!

 

 

Ipsy is only $10 a month and defiantly worth it in my opinion if you haven't signed up you should give it a try ! If you use my code it also helps me earn points to a free product !

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Stila Haul - Fall Beauty Bash-

My Stila haul came this week! When they had their fall beauty bash a few weeks ago I did a little purchasing because I've never owned anything Stila and they had some GOOD prices!

It came all wrapped in pink tissue paper. Love at first sight!

 

Natural finish oil free foundation, countless color pigments, & two shades of brighten and correct concealer.

 

Countless Color Pigments in : Center Stage, regular $22 I only paid $4 (:

I still haven't swatched this because I am to in love with it to ruin it. & I only bought it because its pretty lol but I will swatch it eventually!

 

& they sent me 20 eye shadow samples hmm this could be fun to play with.