april hauls

hi guys! hauled mostly skincare stuff this month it seems! maybe because i've been buying stuff for mother's day and i want stuff for me too? ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

sephora: its skin cookie & body ice cream in mint, original, and strawberry, code freebie: kevyn aucoin candlelight highlighter, points freebie ole henriksen counter balance oil control hydrator
walmart: sally hansen hard as nails hardener, masqueology collagen hydrogel gold mask

makeup geek: eyeshadows in luna and legend -- legend was on the sale page and listed as damaged for $6 instead of $10, but this looks fine to me aside from not being perfectly smooth..so i'm not sure if that's why, but yay for not paying the full amount!

luna, legend, candlelight, sin, prismatic amethyst, lovesick

ulta: the body shop tea tree oil set, bath fizzes, and shower tablets
lush: sex bomb and immaculate eggception bath bombs

1. sephora: sephora favorites give me some lip & liner set (was on sale for $30!, giving some of this away and haven't fully decided what i'm keeping yet), peter thomas roth acne-clear invisible dots, points and code freebies: urban decay afterglow highlighter in sin and SK-II facial treatment essence
2. sephora spring sale: sephora collection contour blush palette, estee lauder double wear light in intensity 2.0, becca shimmering skin perfector in prismatic amethyst, points freebie: kvd liquid lipstick in lovesick
3. ulta spring sale: it bye bye under eye corrector in light

sephora collection contour blush palette - top row, bottom row

kvd lovesick

october hauls

hi guys! you might notice a bit of a theme in some of the items i got this month. we're went on a cruise! so i got a bunch of minis of oldies but goodies! ~Lin-chan ^.~
ulta: tree hut sugar scrubs, soap and glory clean on me & happy pamper mini set, zoya remove+ mini, body shop tea tree oil (new larger bottle), tony moly i'm real refreshing sheet mask & intense care snail hydro-gel mask, freebie bag for spending a ton of the monies -- i'm surprised there's two full sized prestige products in here: tarte tarteist double take eyeliner & buxom full on lip polish in dolly.

- sephora: i needed to return something that i accidentally bought, so i got an anastasia beverly hills shadow in warm taupe.
- sephora jcp: last month, they had a mascara set with several minis and a voucher for a full-size from that set. i'm planning on giving the minis away as gifts, but i couldn't pass that deal up! got myself a benefit roller lash.
- ulta: travel size clinique dramatically different moisturizing gel
- target: covergirl lashblast volume waterproof mascara in very black -- this used to be my favorite mascara when i first started college, and this is like my first new tube since then! also, loreal pure-clay mask.
- walmart: they're stepping up their sheet mask game in the drugstore! got a couple of yes to ones and a soo ae one. also got equate makeup remover wipes (travel) and a bag of the epsom salt from last month's beauty box.
- bbb: simple makeup remover wipes mini -- because i can't decide which one i'm taking with me on this vacation....
- 5 below: totally random, but i had to inclue them.. pocky & chocorooms. never had chocorooms before, but they were a bad decision. gone in just a couple hours!

warm taupe, dolly, tarteiest liner

sooo... we got a gopro! we went on a cruise and thought this would be perfect for our underwater adventures! (vacation post to come, need to spend some time sorting out photos and footage)
on the ship, they have a ton of shops, and one of the deals they were advertising was a clinique ddm lotion/gel double pack for $40 (ret. $26 ea), and i was like soooold! that's a better deal than saturday's ulta & the upcoming sephora 20% off sales! also, i'm not sure if it's on every cruise line (probably though), but they sell gold chains by the inch. so you can buy custom length bracelets and necklaces and a variety of different chains, gold, silver, and i got this rose gold with rhinestones. it's super pretty, and i kept eyeing it the whole week!
one of the excursions we went on had a gift shop, and we got this super cute obsidian turtle! i'm not sure the name of the dark sparkly stone on the edge of the shell (blue goldestone? i've always loved red goldstone!), but the top is abalone shell. i kind of wish he were bigger, but the larger ones he was selling were like 2-3 times more expensive than what he wanted for this small one.

walmart: soo ae tea tree sheet masks, wet n wild eyeshadow brush & waterproof liner, essential tools makeup brush cleaner

bbw: got another no purchase necessary free travel size coupon in the mail, so i picked up another mini of endless weekend, which is really nice!

h-mart (houston): green tea pejoy, green apple & kiwi melon sodas -- these are the best. they're in a plastic bottle..thing..with a metal can lid. very interesting. anyway, if you see these, be sure to try the apple, because it's the best!

may hauls & favorites

hi guys!! it's been another one of those busy months, so i'm tacking my favorites onto here instead of making a separate post since there's only a few things...
~Lin-chan ^.~

beautylish: parian spirit, inglot shadows: 399, 402, 452
amazon: lamora beauty flat top kabuki, treat organic lip scrub in a tube in marshmallow cream
belated birthday gift: kenra platinum silkening gloss

399, 402, 452

sephora: anastasia eyeshadows in rose & topaz, urban decay lipstick in 1993; points & code freebies: sephora eyeshadow in curacao punch & mufe aqua xl pencil in matte black (M-10)

1993, topaz, rose, curacao punch, M-10

1993

ulta: 4x body shop tea tree oil, formula 10.0.6 deep down detox mask & down to the pore strips (all bogo half off), urban decay revolution lipstick in sheer rapture, (not pictured) freebie bag for spending $60
skindinavia: oil control setting spray & minis of (original) finishing spray & makeup primer spray

sheer rapture, arm swatch: 1 swipe, 3 swipes

target: they have naturebox snacks now!! w00t!

favorites:

1. theBalm down boy blush -- i think in the past month or two, i mentioned that i was trying to go through my stash (or maybe just the blushes...) because i have been buying stuff, swatching it, and not using it. swatches aren't a true teller of whether you like something or not, you've got to try putting it on your face! so anyway, i can't remember when i bought this and i'm too lazy to look in the blog..but i've been really enjoying using this with a fluffy sigma F40.
2. naturebox snacks -- so excited that i got these at target. they're all super yum and i can't wait to get more!

february hauls

hi guys! so the end of february has arrived.............BUT my birthay's coming up! w000000t! also, i've included a few last minute things i picked up before my chicago trip last month that didn't make it into my pre-scheduled end of month posts. ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

pre-chicago trip:
ulta: tony moly sheet masks in avocado & aloe, body shop body butter in tangerine, prestige cosmetics total intensity eyeshadows in pewter & on the prowl, maybelline fit me concealer in 10
walmart: loreal brow stylist plumper in medium/dark

total intensity pewter, on the prowl; ulta elegance, and bermuda sand

post-chicago trip:

sephora: benefit dallas blush, kat von d tattoo liner in trooper, nails inc nailkale base coat; points: estee lauder advanced night repair eye--love this stuff!

1. ulta: got a $5 off $15 ulta products coupon, and their shadows were buy 2 get 2, so i got 2 more shadows in sable, elegance, and bermuda sand, ulta brush & sponge cleanser mini
2. target: biore baking soda scrub and pore cleanser, olay makeup remover towelettes
3. amazon: etude house my beauty tool -- this was actually on my birthday list, but teh paul got it for me for valentine's day...along with a replacement trashcan lid...how romantic? LOL.

sephora: tarte rainforest of the sea eyeshadow palette --- buy all of the recent tarte palettes!

sand, mermaid, seashell, wave, abyss, reef, starfish, cove

april hauls

 

it's the end of april. and i spent all my monehz. what else is new.. haha. anyway, here's all of the things that i picked up last month. sorry this post is a little late, i sent some of these to the in-laws' house and just got them. ~Lin-chan ^.~

jordana: modern matte lipstick in matte pretty -- i'm not totally sure how i acquired this..it appeared in the mail, and i think it was part of the giveaways through facebook not too long ago..? anyway, i'm not huge on this color, but the formula is just as amazing as everyone says they are. buy them!

1. sigma: at the end of march, sigma released their app and had a 20% off sale...so i went ahead and got the remaining sigmax/precision brushes that i didn't have (P88, P/F84), and i wanted another E35. also, sigma updated their site and you can choose your free gift, so i picked the E47 shader-crease brush.
2. orlando target: extreme value! it's a 10 plus keratin -- i wasn't kidding you guys. i had my aunt pick this up before coming to visit because this 10oz twin pack was $48. no joke. (for those who don't know, it's regularly about $40 for one 10oz. bottle)
3. ulta: tree hut sugar scrubs in coconut lime & mango, himalayan salt scrub in cherry blossom
4. marshalls: coola mineral sunscreen (unscented), body shop shower gel in blueberry
5. tj maxx: letter organizer---for my palettes!

colourpop: shadows in meow, so quiche, 3, truth, bill; blush in birthday suit, lippie stix in cookie, lip liner in lumiere, freebie with $40 purchase: highlighter in wisp

so quiche, bill, 3, meow, truth

birthday suit, wisp

cookie, lumiere pencil & lippie stix

cookie

lumiere pencil

lumiere lippie stix over pencil

1. sephora: bite beauty limited lab release lipstick for april (dragon fruit), 100 points: lancome bi-facil double-action eye makeup remover sample, code: mufe mattifying primer
2. ulta 20% off: anastasia brow wiz pencil in dark brown
3. target: nyc brow & liner pencil sets in dark brown and jet black, burt's bees herbal blemish stick, maybelline fit me matte + poreless foundation in 125

nyc brow & liner pencils: black, brown

bite april lipstick

january through april lipsticks

sephora 15% off sale: buy all of the things.

1. sephora collection triple action cleansing water & cotton rounds (these hold up the best for micellar water, without pilling up)
2. mufe artist shadow in D552, nude artist palette
• kind of upset that the mufe artist shadows were not discounted more. it was one discount or the other: either 15% off, or the buy 2 save $9 or buy 3 save $20--annnnnd the 15% off discount comes out to cost more, which is stupid. pretty freaking lame. luckily, my grandfather has a jc penny discount because jcp bought eckerd's waaaay back in the day when he used to work there. so with both discounts they paid $14.50! (about 36% off) holy crap! i need to start scoping out jcp sephora with them whenever i go back home.
3. marc jacobs highliner gel eye crayon in obey-ge
• so i went to the rouge beauty before brunch party on day one of the sale and i swatched the marc jacobs liner. i slept on it for several days and quite literally was dreaming about it, so i decided to buy it because it's a pretty unique liner color that i haven't really seen before.
4. soap and glory shower gel and body butter mini sets (original & sugar crush), clean on me shower gel
5. breakups to makeup bag -- am i a terrible person for wanting this? because it's super hilarious.
6. shiseido facial cotton -- these are a lot more economical compared to the koh gen do ones, so i wanted to try them out.
7. freebies
1. bag-o samples for going to the beauty before brunch party -- formula x nail polish in anomoly
2. code: belif true cream aqua bomb sample, 100 points: dior diorshow maximizer lash plumping serum

obey-ge, D552 -- i think the lighting is washing these out. the liner is pinker and the shadow is more silver-gray


I528, I514, ME512, S556, D562, ME644, S102, I544, D652

1. beautylish: bioderma sebium set, parian spirit (so i could get the free shipping...)
2. walmart/walgreens/cvs: jordana matte bare lipstick, biore charcoal facial bar, no rub gel polish remover, loreal miss manga rock mascara in blackest black

matte bare

1. sally beauty supply: femme couture eternal color intense silky shadow in pyrite -- emilynoel mentioned how these were similar in formula to the loreal infallible shadows. she was also raving about this particular one, and the color is pretteh.
2. juliette has a gun perfume sampler pack -- this was only €13, and i wanted to try not a perfume--instead of committing to a $138 bottle from sephora's website...

makeup geek eyeshadows

rapunzel, hipster (already a casualty! sadface!!), homecoming, twilight, moondust

foiled expansion (first row: whimsical, starry eyed, fortune teller, untamed, high wire
2nd row:charmed, fantasy, pegasus, masquerade, daydreamer)