december & january hauls

hiya. part two of my december and january hauls: the other stuff. ~Lindsay

a beautiful mind a beautiful life -- so, i took a photo with not my book, lol. this is actually T or A's book, i actually preordered the kindle version and downloaded it the day it came out. then maybe a week or two later, i actually started reading the first section. unfortunately, i haven't had the patience to get back to reading it because of the fact that it's an ebook (using kindle for iphone), but reading just that first section prompted me to buy three physical copies for these two and my cousin. i really really need to get back to this book because i'm probably missing out on something good, but so many other things on the brain right now...

this is the item from november..? that i mentioned that i was giving to a friend as well. i actually took mine apart and gave a few of the pieces away as gifts, but i really wanted to try the dr. brandt magnetic mask, and i thought this was a pretty good price for all these items. and no, ugh, this is another skincare thing that i haven't tried using yet. #skincarebacklog ....

made an ulta order to try out these new loreal galaxy shadows. they are really pretty. i'm not as huge into full moon (gold one), but the other two...nice! then this tako mask is sooo funny. tako is japanese for octopus..as shown on the packaging, but the actual nose strip is shaped like the white thing on the tako's face. it has a bulby thing above your unibrow and then the nose part has two little wings on each side. it was pretty interesting to use and i liked it! and i also got two morphe brushes to try (M501, M530). i want to say that jaclyn hill mentioned these two as some of her favorites (a looong time ago and i noted them down), so i got them. then i got another impress nail set that i wore around christmas, which were one shine day style. i also wore a different set for new years, the kiss gel fantasy in faux real which for whatever reason i never photographed.. and i don't remember what sets these three liquid lipsticks from colourpop were from, but i bought a bunch as christmas gifts, broke them apart and saved these three for myself.

full moon, moon kissed, crescent moon; alyssa, echo park, take a pixie

alyssa

echo park

take a pixie

got a whole lotta random in this photo here! i decided that i haven't been washing my sponges often enough, so i wanted to get another set of real techniques erasers. these were like $2 on amazon from actual amazon (not fulfilled by!). yes, i think i'll take that and get it in two days! next, i actually ordered this with something for my sister in-law's christmas present..from china... i got a dissar purifying peel off mask because, i want to try the 'facebook' black mask. why not? at target, or maybe walmart?, i got the maybelline master prime blur and smooth primer to try. from sephora, i wanted to get the new kat von d studded kiss lipstick in bow n arrow because i really like the liquid lip version. and i think i was trying to use a gift card or use a coupon code or something, so i also got another urban decay vice liquid lipstick in amulet (love it! why's it on clearance?), and i wanted to try the ordinary.'s salicylic acid gel, and a mini belif true cream aqua bomb. and this is not really a haul item, but the lady that cuts my hair passed this hand cream along to my mom for me for christmas. i really need to go visit her again soon! lastly, because i wanted to even though i suck at hand lettering...i bought two more brush pens to play with. (tombow dual ended brush pen N15, zebra brush pen P-WF1)

amulet, bow n arrow (lipstick, liquid lipstick)

bow n arrow (studded kiss formula)

amulet

another sephora thinnng! i saw this sephora favorites selfie kit and had to get it. the tartiest liner is $24 by itself and it's full size. whatt. the marc jacobs mascara is great! i'm kinda whatever with the milk blur stick, and i'm passing the becca opal along because how many of these things have i ever gotten now... i think we're in the teens now for just opal alone. and i was interested in trying out this powder and liquid lip. as for freebies with purchase(s?), i got two tacha things and a blender cleanser solid mini. the water cream and the deep cleanse. i've tried the water cream maybe twice now, and i was very oily in the morning after, but not overly so. idk. and i haven't tried the cleanser yet. something else i haven't tried yet, but found on clearance at ulta, is this super cute tony moly set, which has a panda's dream cooling eye stick and a pocket bunny perfume bar.

tarte tartiest liner (pencil, liquid), becca opal, anastasia ashton

ashton

september hauls - planner and makeup

hi guys! we've got a pretty big haul this time relative to recent months! anyway, enjoy! ~Lindsay

sephora fall preview -- so, i got an email to do rouge-y things. so T and i went and checked out the event because, ugh why not?! we got to check out the new fenty stuff at least! anyway, we both left empty handed, but i ended up going online afterward and buying these two sephora favorites sets anyway because they're such a good deal! so i got the glow for it (highlighters) set and hair rescue, which has a ton of hair masks, and i redeemed points for a makeup forever liquid lipstick in rosewood. i think part of what sparked this was the fenty foundation sample with a code. they also had sample cards, which i also got for T to try. so far i'm liking the foundation, and i will have to give a better report when i finish this sample!

nudestix illumi-naughty, milk makeup highlighter in lit, tarte highlighter in exposed, benefit cosmetics high beam, bobbi brown shimmer brick
in bronze (top and bottom halves, mixed), cover fx custom enhancer drops in moonlight, becca shimmering skin perfector pressed in moonstone

makeup forever artist liquid matte lipstick in 105 rosewood

fenty beauty foundation in 150, mufe 105 rosewood

colourpop -- i ended up placing two orders with colourpop, mostly because the concealer was out of stock when i wanted to place the first order. the first order was a must because they were having a buy two get one on lippies (can't remember if it was only for liquids..?) and i needed a new tube of beeper, i also ended up getting a few shadows and two brushes - the tapered blending brush and small fluff brush. the second order, as mentioned above, was for the concealer in light 20 and one of the new fall shadows, glass bull. i have not used all of these very much just yet, but i've tried the concealer once and haven't fully made a decision on it yet.

1. ulta -- so ulta 21 days of beauty/beauty deals. got a mac velvet teddy lipstick, mally volumizing mascara, and smashbox travel size photo finish primer. i also got another bronx colors eyeshadow in amethyst. thennn, T and i went to the meet and greet when the it cosmetics founder, jamie kern lima, came to town and ulta's carrying memebox items now! so i had to get this cute cat headband!
2. sephora -- i can't recall why i had to place this order, but anyway i got a bottle of the new perfect formula ruby pink gel coat because my (original) pink gel coat was getting goopy and i wanted to give this a try. i like it, but i like the original more i think. i also got a glamglow bubble sheet mask and a rosebud perfume co menthol and eucalyptus lip balm -- i've heard good things about their rosebud salve, but roses... so far so good with this lip balm, it's a little different than what i'm used to, but i need to keep trying it and see.
3. amazon -- so funny story about this order.. i only wanted lemonheads candy. i have no idea why, and as a kid, i never really liked them. but one of my coworkers had some leftover halloween candy on her desk and that's the only thing i've been picking out of there lately....... anyway, of course amazon has their add-on item program, and of course those fall under that category..... so i bought some more aussie 3 minute miracle since i'm going to need more deep conditioners soon anyway!
4. walmart? target? i don't remember where i bought it, but i got a yes to tomatoes 2 step nose kit to try. it's interesting that it's a 2 step system as opposed to the asian ones which are 3 steps.

glass bull, come and get it, ego, liar liar (swatched dry), concealer in light 20, 951, flitter, beeper

amethyst, velvet teddy

951

flitter

beeper -- recycling photos from nearly 2 years ago!

mac velvet teddy

pandora charms -- so i've been trying to buy my mom a particular pandora charm for like over a year now. the only problem with it was that it was not released in the US (from what i understand) and it is retired. so i finally was able to buy it at a reasonable price but i had to buy a couple more to be able to use the coupon code for this etsy shop.... anyway, i got myself a retired bead as well as a new bead. i also can't remember if i ever mentioned it, but i got 4 of these spacer/stopper charms from amazon. not sure if they're still available, because i was having trouble finding the newer listing when i tried to order the second pair.

planner stuffs -- here's the link to my etsy list of purchased planner stuff
A Happy Blue Tree -- gotta get my holiday kawaii!

Creating&Co -- i had been eyeing this monthly kit for a bit and ended up getting it! and omg her owls are so freakin cute!

the next three shops, while i knew they were all part of the fall PBC sale, i still ordered from them anyway.
Stickeriffic -- pretty sure she's been having regularly occurring 50% off sales... anyway, i didn't actually need any of these, but i wanted to empty my cart! >w<
(for those who don't know, you can save items for later in your etsy cart)

TheCoffeeMonsterzCO -- look at how beautiful this weekly kit is! ugh! and i had to get this year's halloween costume emotis!

OnceMoreWithLove -- there is only one reason for this order. well several, but.... SAILOR MOON munchkins. disney princesses, hocus pocus, addams family, avengers, and more! all of these sheets were absolutely necessary in my life.

june hauls - beauty and planner

hi guys! so this post turned out a bit different than i normally do.. i prewrote bits and bobs here and there and kept adding to it, and this one became more of me talking naturally than me listing the things, which was what i was sort of doing. so let me know if this format is better. i usually prefer reading posts that get to the point of things, but this was a nice change. ~Lin-chan ^.~

so our anniversary was last month and teh paul got me some goodies. namely the sky organics bath bomb set (which you can get on amazon), story of seasons: trio of towns (woookit teh kyoot capybara!), and a dishwasher basket for chopsticks!
i also got this month's target boxes, because yall know how fast i've been going through these razor handles recently! i have no idea how i keep breaking them, but it feels like i'm breaking handles faster than i'm replacing the cartridges! ~.~ and teh paul was interested in the men's one this time.

got some colourpop birthday 'sale' goodies. got the gemini by night palette, pinky promise, and the limited: birthday cake super shock shadow.

i also placed a sephora order because free nars orgasm lipstick? heck yes. the thing that's interesting though is that this tarte paaarty blush looks different and is in a lighter color packaging than the sephora birthday freebie. swatching them on my arm though, they're pretty close but not exactly the same. i'll have to start using this to see what it's like. and i added a marc jacobs velvet noir mascara for 100 points.

golden gate bridge, the hidden hills, manhattan coffee run, moscow sunrise, pinky promise (all swatched without primer),
birthday cake, orgasm lipstick, paaarty blush (new, old)

nars orgasm lipstick

picked up a few things at the walmarts. got another concealer and brow gel, as per usual. i saw that they had these soo ae lip masks, so i wanted to give them a try. and they're carrying those nail polish bottle holder things, which i've been kinda wanting, for like $2-3! annnd kiss salon color nails are ok, but i prefer the gel fantasy or impress kind, but out of the designs available, i liked these.

mac was having a 25% off coupon, and i've been wanting these since i saw a particular instagram post of theirs... anyway, so i got an extra dimension eye shadow in smoky mauve and an eyeshadow pan in blackberry, and i picked their false lashes extreme black mascara as a sample.

top: smoky mauve, bottom: blackberry -- swatched without primer

went and renewed my sally's card and if you don't know, they usually give you an up to $8 gift of your choice (ion extreme moisture creme) with your $5/year membership. then a few days later, i got a $5 off my next purchase coupon.. and they were having 20% off macadamia natural oil..so i had to get another one of their hair masks!
i also placed an order with sigma because their loose glitters and shimmers were on sale and zeal is absolutely gorgeous. i'm kind of disappointed with astral and stellar compared to swatches i saw online. i swatched them dry for the photo, but i also put them over primer and didn't see much of a difference (zeal was even better!). but i'll try them a bit more and see what happens. by the way, my swatch of zeal below isn't true to color. zeal's like a blue-brown duochrome, and my swatch came out kinda orangy looking. ain't nobody got time to re-swatch!
T and i went to sephora on a quest. or rather, i was on a mission and she agreed to come along. i really wanted to try the new becca highlighters, and i picked up opal flashes jade because it's friggen gorgeous.
sephora is doing some app only specials (like one-day-only pre-sale thingies) and this it superhero mascara and brow power bundle (full sizes) was a must at $24. two-fer! now i have 3 spare brow powers! muhahaha! i also got the urban decay optical illusion primer with a code.
lastly from sephora, they supposedly sent out a $10 or 15 off $50 coupon to VIBs for two days only. LOL i didn't get one, and i somehow managed to find a code floating about the internets. (if you aren't already, you should follow trendmood1 on instagram!) anyway, i got something for the sis in law, and the viseart petit pro palette, which T and i were pretty impressed with when we saw it in the store.
and finally, ulta had their 20% off almost everything coupon again. so i got a couple usual clinique skincare things which i didn't bother photographing, and i had to get another hoola lite. yall, i don't understand how i hit so much pan so fast on the first one. i got it in march! three months?!

zeal, stellar, astral, opal flashes jade, viseart petit pro palette (all swatched without primer)
(man, this photo doesn't capture the prettiness that is zeal and opal flashes jade...)

planner stuffs -- here's the link to my etsy list of purchased planner stuff
got my one of my two PBC sale orders in the mail from thecoffeemonsterzco. for the second, it's been over a month since she mailed it, but i haven't seen my oncemorewithlove order yet.

stickeriffic participated in monthly planner madness, so i got some of her goodies too! got a couple cactus sheets and washi, clear stickers, unicorn boxes, and llamas!

wonton in a million collabed with once more with love to make this super adorable bundle!

createdbydanielle1 had these gorgeous weekday stickers and i couldn't pass on her sudoku stickers! love!!!
planner studio made a bundle that i couldn't pass up, and i ordered a few other sheets as well