june favorites!

hi guys! i'm actually making a standalone favorites post this month! but there's still only a few new things that i've been super loving this month. ~Lin-chan ^.~
favorites:

1. lorac pro 3 -- i'm not sure if you can see it or not..but there's a serious dent happening in the rose bronze shade. and i've only used this palette maybe 5 times..... yeah. anyway, the shades i've been primarily using from this palette are: canvas (browbone), cool taupe, clay, pink nude (crease/transition), almond pearl (inner corner), and rose bronze (lid).
2. colourpop gel liner in swerve -- this is a great black liner for the waterline! it stays put pretty much the whole day! whenever i do decide to order from them again, i am interested in trying other colors!
3. wet n wild color icon blush in rose champagne -- this is a very nice subtle blush, and you could probably get away with buying this blush instead of benefit dallas...maybe. haha. $3 vs. $29...yeah.

random favorites:

1. 91% isopropyl alcohol (in a small spray bottle) -- so i learned something very important this month. actually sanitizing your makeup is a real thing. i used my naked 3 palette on two occasions and noticed my eyes were irritated a few hours later. so i decided to put some alcohol in the palette, and used it again and no irritation!! also, i did the same thing with my hoola bronzer, because i noticed i kept breaking out around my cheeks. within a few days, my acne was gone and hasn't come back. so, lesson learned: yes, you should sanitize your products.
2. kasugai hokkaido matcha milk candy -- this is soo good! pictured is literally my last one. i need to go back to world market and get more!

meh's:

1. jack black the stick lip balm -- this is kind of a disappointment. this tube is the same price as the squeeze tube and is not worth it. yes, the scent is the same and it kind of feels the same...but that's it. every time i used this, my lips would crack. i don't understand. it's the same product. yeah probably not. but anyway, just stick with their squeeze tubes.

june hauls

hi guys! can you believe the year is already halfway gone!? anyway here's some of the stuffs i got this month. made a few trips to sephora because they decided to make like 4 of the sephora play! bonus points coupon things expire this month..... ~Lin-chan ^.~

tarte: swamp queen palette
ulta: lorac pro 3 palette, covergirl clean matte bb cream in light

target: wet n wild color icon blush in rose champagne
walmart: wet n wild 1 step wonder gel polish in stay classy, royal and langnickel moda powder brush, makeup mat (only $3!), kiss salon color nails in bonita
sephora: jack black the stick lip balm in fresh mint

bonus review! this polish lasted me less than 12 hours before chipping. at least it was only $2!

bonus review! these lasted me about 5-6 days before popping off, using the included glue. the glue included is the same in their gel fantasy nail sets.

sephora: formula x in victory lap (see notd post), sephora collection green tea sheet mask & rose lip mask, freebie clinique almost lipstick in pink honey

target: nyx tinted brow mascara in espresso

sally's: renewed my membership with a half off coupon, got a membership renewal freebie product - ion thickening shampoo, and i bought volumedic volumizing shampoo. i got both of these because they no longer sell folicure, and i thought these'll be worth a try to start growin my hair back!
walmart: royal & langnickel moda complexion brush, maybelline color tattoo eye chrome in beige luster

maybelline beige luster, clinique pink honey

ulta: last week, they had a 4-hour deal thing where if you spent $40, you got 5 extra items. so i went ahead and placed my order, since the items appealed to me, and i got: nyx high voltage lipstick in flutter kiss and wine & dine, clinique clarifying lotion 3, secret ph balanced deodorant, tree hut sugar scrubs, and the freebies in the 5 piece set: maybelline vivid matte liquid lip in berry boost, master precise skinny in defining black, and lash sensational luscious mascara in blackest black, garnier micellar water and miracle anti-fatigue sleeping cream.

master precise skinny pencil, flutter kiss, wine & dine, berry boost

flutter kiss

wine & dine

berry boost

target: pantene bb shampoo

sam's club: garnier whole blends shampoo, conditioner, and mask set in honey treasures

amazon: zero time dilemma -- zero escape is one of my favorite game series! can't wait to playyy!!

end of october haul & notd (edited)

 

haul time! i actually have something at the bottom of this post that hasn't come in yet, but i wanted to get this post up because of the nordstrom coupon info below. happy halloween and stay safe! later!

i've finally got my hands on lynnderella's connect the dots! got it from her ebay store: lynnderella-lynnderella. please note that this polish practically takes an art to apply. it is glitter in a suspension base and cannot be merely swiped on. if you do swipe it, you'll wipe some of the glitter you've applied off; you almost have to glob it down in place. if you want a more even mix of the two colors on your nail, you need to fish some of the other color out; making it a slow and sort of tedious process. originally, i thought that this polish contained only solid black and white circles (actually, they're hexagons--see the giant one on my middle finger) and bars, but it actually has fine, shimmering silver/gray glitter as well. in the bottle, the base has a gray tint to it, so i'm not sure if that's how all of them are or not, but it altered the appearance of my base color (opi's zombody to love, 3 coats). also, i tried to get a shot of them glowing (like last time) but i fail at it apparently. so i apologize. it's not happenin'.

i also hear/saw that ninja polish's sticks and stones is a pretty good dupe.

[photo is from last week -- if you're wondering]

bbw: i got my leaves wallflowers! leaves oil for my oil burner, and a bottle of forever red perfume. so i mentioned that they're having 2-$15 or 3-$20 wallflower refill packs, so i got three---if you haven't ordered them before, the plastic packaging tends to crack in transit (see top left one), but the bulbs have always been fine. also, as a promotional thing, they're have their new forever red perfume on sale for $5 (reg.$10), as well as $5 for bottles of forever red oil--which i didn't realize they had til just now...... but anyway; i really like this. it doesn't go above my givenchy play by any means, but it's a nice warm, earthy and vanilla-y mix. and i feel that it was released at an appropriate time of year, considering the scent. will i rebuy it? most probably, i'll probably be more inclined to get it on sale than at regular price though.
update: i think this bottle of forever red is just a small promo size (.25oz). it's $44.50 for 2.5oz bottle; along with a few other bath and body items.

hautelook*, in conjunction with nordstrom (their owner), made a daily deal mascara bag ($24+s/h) with the following 12 mini mascaras: giorgio armani eyes to kill, bareMinerals flawless definition, bobbi brown lash glamour extreme lengthening, clinique high impact mascara, estée lauder sumptuous extreme lash multiplying volume, lancôme definicils hd mascara, napoleon perdis long black, smashbox full exposure, stila stay all day volumizing waterproof, trish mcevoy high volume, ysl volume effet faux cils, and a surprise bonus mascara -- dior diorshow. i'm super excited about this because a full size of eyes to kill is $30 alone, and there's a large variety to try. so, i literally got this package yesterday and saturday is the mascara sale/coupon--which sucks for other people who want to take advantage of this coupon. so yeah. not happening, but i think i've got plenty to use for now!

beauty.com: i had some drugstore.com rewards dollars to use this month, plus a $10 off $40 beauty.com coupon, so almost $16 off plus ebates*! so i got too faced's la creme lipstick in honey bear ($21), lorac 3D liquid lustre in gold ($16), and jack black lip balm in mint & shea butter ($7.50). i really like honey bear a lot. i was expecting it to be close to one of the revlon lip butters (sugar plum, pink truffle) or clinique's buttershine delovely..but it's not! lol. but i still really like it, it's a pinky-tanish-nude...something like that. the lip balm is actually better than expected. xsparkage swears by it; it's in a lip gloss style tube and it comes out almost ointment-like, but it feels soft and smooth, like a balm. it's interesting and nice. and lastly, i didn't know until somewhat recently that lorac made a gold version of the 3D liquid lustre. so yeah, had to. these are relatively inexpensive if you think about it. i know i've posted before somewhere about the "diamond"/original one, but a little goes a very long way. they come in dropper-style glass bottles, and you need to shake them before each use as the glitter settles. then, dab the dropper on to your finger--do not squeeze the dropper's contents out! and apply it to wherever you wish. not going to lie, but i think i like the gold one a bit more than the diamond one.

 

no flash, flash
comparison: gold & diamond; over ud buck (naked1) and blackout (naked2)

 
too faced honey bear: no flash, flash

lush: traded in 5 black pots for a free face mask and got a the enchanter bath bomb! when we got home, i opened the jar to smell the face mask and paul pretended to take a spoon to it. it smells so good!

the london brush company: got another one of their brush shampoos, it's the "2012 limited edition holiday" one that is "orange, ginger & nutmeg" scented. maybe i'll like the scented one more than the fragrance free? the fragrance free, i think the smell issues i had before with it: i haven't noticed it lately, so i'm wondering if it was because it was new or if i'm doing something differently.....i dunno. i'm not entirely sure i'll buy another after this though, as they've increased their prices: 1oz is $22, 2oz is $36 +s/h (from $13 & $20). the only reason why i got this one was because it sounded interesting and was $18.

~L-c ^.~

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