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ULTA Haul: Featuring Urban Decay and Other Stuff

Posted on April 1, 2014 | 4 comments

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ULTA is currently having their 21 days of Beauty Steals. I went to ULTA the day the Urban Decay Travel-Size Trio was being offered for $12. I wasn’t thinking about this set until I went to pay for the false eyelashes. I was given a sample of the Naked Urban Decay Lipgloss because I purchased the Travel-Size Trio. The sales associate told me if I spend a total of $20 I get a free gift. The gift being offered was the It’s a Ten Miracle Leave-In. That’s why I bought the Eucerin lotion.

ImageI couldn’t pass up these lashes marked down to $3.99 each.

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ImageTravel-Size Trio

Image24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar

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ImageNaked Urban Decay Lipgloss in Naked

ImageEucerin and It’s a Ten Miracle Leave-In conditioner

 

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Crown Brush Order from HauteLook

Posted on March 20, 2014 | Leave a comment

Yes I’m at it again. I have yet to place an order from the Crown Brush Website. I don’t feel the need to since HauteLook has exclusive sets of their brushes. I took advantage of this deal on the 3-Piece Gel Eyeliner Brush Set.

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I already have several gel eyeliners so purchasing this set made sense. 🙂

 

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March Birchbox

Posted on March 18, 2014 | Leave a comment

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The contents of my March Birchbox are:

  • Inika Eyeliner – Green Lagoon
  • Jurlique Rose Hand Cream
  • Jurlique Rose Moisture Plus Moisturizing Cream Mask
  • Grand Central Beauty S.M.A.R.T. Skin Perfecting Serum + Primer
  • Ghirardelli Intense Dark – Cherry Tango
  • Air Repair Rescue Balm

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ImageInika Eyeliner in Green Lagoon

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March ipsy Bag

Posted on March 18, 2014 | 5 comments

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The contents of my March ipsy Bag are:

  • Chella Indigo Blue Eyeliner
  • Be a Bombshell Bora Bora Eyeshadow Quad
  • Klorane Smoothing and Relaxing Patches – with soothing cornflower
  • bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick – Get Ready

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ImageChella Indigo Blue Eyeliner

ImageBora Bora Eyeshadow Quad (L-R) Starlet, Bora Bora, Rock Bottom, Risky Business

ImagebareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Get Ready

 

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ULTA Haul: Featuring NYX Cosmetics

Posted on March 2, 2014 | 3 comments

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I recently visited my favorite ULTA store located at the Waterfront in Homestead, PA (outside of Pittsburgh). I had an ULTA reward I wanted to use. I didn’t see anything I liked under the level three rewards. The General Manager of the store (his name is Mark) said I could pick three rewards under the level one. Mark knows I’m a regular customer at that ULTA. I went to pick out three of the NYX Butter Lip Balm only to find the display was sold out. Mark let me get three of the NYX Butter Glosses instead (can you say three for free).

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Image(L-R) Devil’s Food Cake, Red Velvet, Raspberry Tart

Image(L-R) Devil’s Food Cake, Red Velvet, Raspberry Tart

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ImageWearing Red Velvet

ImageWearing Raspberry Tart

I also decided to try the NYX Dark Circle Concealer. I read some great reviews about this concealer. I wanted to see what the hype was about.

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This concealer blends so nicely and really does cover up the dark circles. Great product for only $5.99

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Mini Maybelline Haul from Rite Aid

Posted on February 28, 2014 | 4 comments

What can I say, Maybelline does it again! I never thought I would be a fan of their lipsticks. When Maybelline released the Color Sensational® the Buffs I knew I would purchase at least two lipsticks.

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Image(L-R) Touchable Taupe, Untainted Spice

These lipsticks are very pigmented and creamy.

Image(Top-Bottom) Touchable Taupe, Untainted Spice

I also purchased the Face Studio Master™ Glaze in Plums Up. I really love this cheek color. The color is very pigmented so a little goes a long way but the color is buildable. Goes on smoothly and blends so nicely.

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ImageWearing Touchable Taupe lipstick and Master Glaze in Plums Up

ImageWearing Untainted Spice lipstick and Master Glaze in Plums Up

 

 

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HauteLook Haul: Featuring Nature’s Shea Butter

Posted on February 26, 2014 | 2 comments

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I’ve been obsessed with shea butter recently. My skin has been doing really well this Winter since I’ve added this to my beauty routine. I was intrigued when I saw Nature’s Shea Butter on HauteLook. I decided to give this brand a try. I purchased the Shea Butter Mini Sampler 12-Piece Set.

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Image(L-R) West African Ivory, East African, West African Beige, Coco-Shea Butter

Image(L-R) Lavender Vanilla, Patchouli, Tangerine Lime, Lavender

Image(L-R) Chamomile Neroli, Frankincense and Myrrh, Spearmint Eucalyptus, Vanilla Ylang Ylang

Image(L-R) West African Beige, West African Ivory, East African

I do see a difference in a color of the three shea butters above.

I also purchased a bottle of the Nature’s Shea Butter Argan Oil. I really wanted to try an argan oil that was pure.

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February ipsy Bag

Posted on February 19, 2014 | 11 comments

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The contents of my February ipsy Bag are:

  • Pacifica Hawaiian Ruby Guava Body Butter
  • Zoya Nail Polish – Odette
  • J. Cat Beauty Eyelashes + Eyelash Glue – EL213
  • Pop Beauty Plump Pout Mini – Fuchsia Freesia
  • Tini Beauty Eyetini Cordial Cream Shadow + Base in One – Spiced Rum

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Image(Top-Bottom) Pop Beauty Plump Pout Mini in Fuchsia Freesia, Tini Beauty Eyetini Cordial Cream Shadow + Base in One in Spiced Rum

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February Birchbox

Posted on February 17, 2014 | Leave a comment

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Really liked the design of February’s box.

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The contents of my February Birchbox are:

  • Whish Three Whishes Body Butter
  • Reviver Dry Deodorant Swipes for Clothes
  • Coastal Scents Revealed Eye Shadow Palette Sampler
  • Beauty Protector Protect & Oil
  • Paula’s Choice RESIST Ultra-Light Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum

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HauteLook Haul: First Crown Brush Purchase of 2014

Posted on February 8, 2014 | Leave a comment

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It didn’t take long for me to give into the temptation of placing a Crown Brush order from HauteLook. There was a six piece eye set being offered exclusively. 🙂  I’m already a fan of the eye brushes from Crown Brush so this purchase made sense to me.

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Image(top-bottom) Bent Liner Brush, Angled Liner and Spoolie Brush, Pointed Blender Brush

Image(top-bottom) Precision Pencil Brush, Blending Fluff Brush, Jumbo Shadow Brush

So much for practicing restraint. 😉

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