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)

comparison review: urban decay perversion vs. jordana black point

today, i bring you a comparison of urban decay 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in perversion and jordana 12-hr made to last liquid [pencil] liner in black point. last month, i hauled this and did a photo-comparison of these two liners. there's a definite price difference between these liners ($2.50 & $19) and i wanted to see if they were good substitutes.

i normally only use dark liners on my lower lash line and not my waterline, as i did here. i have not tried these liners to line my upper lid.  i took the following photos 5 minutes, 7 hours, and 14 hours after application..but, realistically, who doesn't touch up throughout the day?

this was a normal day, me rubbing at my eyes as i normally do. i did not touch up or wipe off the raccoon-y for the photos. sorry for the inconsistent lighting between each shot.

my right (the left): perversion, my left (the right): black point

what i found:

• application: both pencils have about the same texture and creaminess, i didn't think that either one applied any smoother or creamier than the other.
• color: i think that they are the exact same color, very dark black and nicely pigmented -- upon application; but they fade at different rates so black point might be patchy while perversion is still semi-solid.
• longevity: after a few hours, both started to raccoon and fade a bit beneath my eyes. realistically, i would have touched up (if i could) at that point anyway.

the verdict:
i feel like, if you don't mind touching up a bit throughout the day, get the jordana one. i mean, $2.50 is so cheap. i generally carry around q-tips with me anyway, so bringing the liner along wouldn't be a big deal to me. with perversion, you'll still need to touch up, but not quite as often as you would need to with black point.

other products i used on this day can be found in this fotd post. ~Lin-chan ^.~

fotd!

hi guys! so today i'm testing out the wear on two different pencil liners..so if you notice two listed down there...that's why. haha. but the catch this time is that one is $2.50 and the other is $19 (last time they were both $19 each). so yeah. that's crazy. the liner comparison post will probably go up tomorrow, after more testing. also my birthday gifts and march hauls post will be posted in another week or so, after everything i ordered comes in. i also got a haircut earlier this week, had her give me thicker bangs but they're still a bit shorter than i'd like them...oh well. anyway, here's what i used today. ~Lin-chan ^.~

update: i'm still working on the comparison post, school & life have taken over my time.
update: this post still seems to keep getting hits, so i'm going to leave the link for my liner comparison review here.

maybelline baby skin
buxom show some skin foundation in dim the light
pixi finishing powder
revlon colorstay concealer in light
maybelline master glaze blush sticks in just pinched pink & warm nude
benefit rockateur blush
thebalm mary lou-manizer
rimmel liner in nude -- waterline
urban decay perversion liner
jordana 12-hr liner in black point
ulta eyeshadow in taupe
urban decay de-slick spray
lorac liquid liner
ck one mascara (free birthday mascara from ulta! w00t!) -- used both extended and scrunched (has an adjustable wand)
bite lipstick in pepper -- applied lightly

february hauls

 

here's what i had going on this month; mostly drug store items. i also won two awesome giveaways (one of which, i totally forgot i entered into....). but anyway, hope you guys had a great month and that i don't spend too much next because my birthday's coming up! ~Lin-chan ^.~

(polish swatches to be added later.)

giveaway wins: opi push and shove from rocknpolish.blogspot.com (see related notd post here); oster myblend blender from eleventhgorgeous

 
barely pink, nude rebellion, make a mauve; beige-ing beauty, caramel cool, nude compliment, sleek & spice

bed bath & beyond: maybelline master glaze blush sticks in barely pink & nude rebellion, color tattoos: (in order of swatches) beige-ing beauty, caramel cool, nude compliment, sleek & spice. i wasn't as interested in pure nude or stroke of midnight, mostly because idk when i'd use a black shadow like that one and pure nude looks just like barely beige and barely branded, so why would i need a third...

 
swatches: starfruit, yow, rebel

sephora freebies with purchase: stila lipglaze in starfruit, bm moxie gloss in rebel, buxom gloss in yow; origins gen-zing eye cream--i've been wanting to try this forever and haven't wanted to pay for it! lol, it was 100 points.

 

--walmart: pantene dry shampoo, simple ultra light gel moisturizer (maybe this was at cvs? i don't remember) & 24-hr day/night cream, covergirl shineshadow in color me money, maybelline master glaze blush stick in make a mauve
--theBalm.com had another 50% off sale, so of course i got cindy lou-manizer, finally!

 
jordana black point vs. urban decay perversion; the jordana swatch took more effort to remove than perversion...hmmmm! we'll have to put them to a side-by-side test!

luminoso, cindy-lou manizer, copper fling, color me money, black point

walgreens/winn dixie/whole foods: dr. bronner's magic soap in almond, walgreens-eos lip balm dupe in watermelon--legit smells like watermelon jolly ranchers, covergirl shineshadow in copper fling, milani luminoso baked blush, jordana 12hr eyeliner in black point, loreal magic topcoat in the shift me

lower left-most swatch: black and blue

cvs: neutrogena deep clean facial cleanser & daily scrub, sally hansen insta-dry top coat & polish in black and blue