Monday, September 3, 2018

sephora rouge sale haul!

hi guys! it's been a busy weekend for various reasons, but i hope to catch up on a few posts the next two days. throwing this up here real quick since today's the last day of the sephora sale! here are a few things i got myself in store! i'm still waiting on my online order, since they only let us use the code one time this time around. (probably because they were losing money on shipping people multiple packages--especially those with sephora flash!) ~Lindsay

peace out acne dots
sunday riley power couple kit (good genes & luna oil)
drunk elephant night bright duo (tlc framboos & virgin marula luxury facial oil)
urban decay 24/7 liner in underground
kat von d studded kiss lipstick in bow n arrow
kat von d tattoo liner duo (original & dagger)
[not pictured] online order items: sol de janeiro bum bum bath bombas, clinique ddm gel, sephora collection lip balm & scrub in honey

Sunday, August 26, 2018

5 months of sephora play! (april, may, june, july, august 2018)

hi guys! here's what came in the last several months of my sephora play! subscription...it's a lot. >.< ~Lindsay ^.~
April

mufe #6, ptr primer, ud gloss in spl
  1. makeup forever ultra hd perfector in shade 6 -- i really appreciated that this had sunscreen in it, but the coverage was really sheer. this shade seemed kind of light on me, which is pretty weird.
    repurchase? no
  2. it cosmetics bye bye pores pressed poreless finish airbrush pressed powder -- i can't remember how many of these i've had now... i wasn't huge on it because of the flashback it has, but i have otherwise no recollection of other opinions about it.
    repurchase? no
  3. fresh lotus youth preserve rescue mask -- i haven't actually gotten around to use this yet.
    repurchase? probably not?
  4. urban decay hi-fi shine ultra cushion lipgloss in spl -- this is pretty similar to their other glosses. not super sticky, slightly balmy, i really enjoyed wearing it. the color was a very sparkly, basically clear gloss.
    repurchase? haven't been wearing glosses lately
  5. peter thomas roth skin to die for no-filter mattifying primer & complexion primer -- i'm still trying to finish this primer. i've been using redness and salicylic acid primers lately, but i do enjoy it the days i use it.
    repurchase? maybe
  6. miu miu l'eau rosee -- say no to florals!
    repurchase? no
  7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase
May
  1. becca shimmering skin perfector pressed highlighter in champagne pop -- i really appreciate that this shade is in sample size now! while i do like my full sized one, i've been using other highlighters more than this color.. this was passed along.
    repurchase? no, other shades
  2. benefit cosmetics porefessional face primer -- i've always liked this one!
    repurchase? maybe
  3. bumble and bumble thickening volume hairspray -- not something i typically use. this got passed along.
    repurchase? no
  4. kat von d tattoo liner in trooper -- does this need explanation?
    repurchase? YESSS
  5. sephora collection mud mask purifying & mattifying -- i don't remember if i tried this yet, or if i even still have it....
    repurchase? probably not
  6. viktor & rolf flowerbomb -- as many of these that i've had, i don't remember if i've ever smelled this before. reading this description of the notes, it sounds up my alley, even though it has "flower" in the name..
    repurchase? no
  7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase
June
queen b
  1. milk makeup kush mascara in boom black -- despite how much people were raving about this recently, i don't really get it. the mascara's good, but not like ridiculous. it did flake a little on me.
    repurchase? nah
  2. too faced melted matte liquid lipstick in queen b -- i have been wanting to try this shade for ages!
    repurchase? undecided
  3. alterna haircare caviar volume mist -- apparently sephora thinks i need volume products?
    repurchase? no
  4. clinique eye makeup remover -- while i liked this, it didn't burn my eyes, and it's cost effective, i probably will not be repurchasing this. i just really like the lancome one.
    repurchase? nah
  5. belif true cream aqua bomb -- when this first came out, i really liked this a lot, and even bought a full size. but i have no idea what's going on with my skin but it doesn't agree with regular use of this product anymore....
    repurchase? undecided
  6. prada candy -- meh.
    repurchase? no
  7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase
July

salt lyfe
  1. tarte amaoznian clay blush in paaarty -- you guys, how many of these have i bought since the birthday freebie...? like 4?
    repurchase? YES
  2. drunk elephant protini polypeptide cream -- i haven't tried this one yet. drunk elephant is pretty expensive in general, but i've heard really good things!
    repurchase? undecided
  3. briogeo blossom & bloom ginsing + biotin volumizing spray -- again with the volumizing products?!
    repurchase? no
  4. tarte color splash lipstick in salt lyfe -- this also has been sitting on my desk untouched... hmmm....
    repurchase? undecided
  5. tarte deep dive cleansing gel -- i've had a few samples of these and i have yet to actually get around to trying one...
    repurchase? undecided
  6. boscia matcha magic super-antioxidant mask -- yayyyyy not a perfume! i have not tried this sample yet. but i love (consuming) matcha!
    repurchase? undecided
  7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase
August
  1. anastasia beverly hills brow gel -- it's been a while since i've used one of these, huh. i'm probably going to pass this along for now.
    repurchase? probably will never have to
  2. makeup forever artist rouge lipstick in C211 -- this is like my 4th one of these? idk. this is getting passed along. if i remember, i do like this shade.
    repurchase? nah
  3. living proof t.b.d. multi-tasking styler -- what is this even..? we'll have to try it out.
    repurchase? undecided
  4. benefit cosmetics hoola broner -- i love this bronzer these days for an eye crease color. ever since hoola lite came out, i've been using only that for my face and this for my eyes. this lil guy's getting passed along.
    repurchase? yes
  5. origins original sking retexturizing mask with rose clay -- i'm not going to bother with this product because of the rose..
    repurchase? no
  6. ouai volume shampoo and conditioner samples -- volume volume volume! what..?
    repurchase? no
  7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase

Saturday, March 3, 2018

february hauls

hi guys! let's see... stuff i got in february.... it actually wasn't all that much, considering i blew my budget on stickers, i made an early february haul post, and my birthday was just the other day, so i kind of needed to not buy all the things! lol. i will try to get up a few more of my end of month, february sephora play, and nail muse review posts sometime later today or tomorrow, since i've got time to work on them later. ~Lindsay

note: i just realized i don't have arm swatches of anything in this post.... 😱 i don't have time to photograph them right now, but i'll edit this post and add them later today before working on the other posts! i wanted to get this post out the door because there aren't many lip swatches of people wearing the new kat von d studded kiss lipstick in divine!

sephora - turquoise beauty blender because everything blue(-green)! also picked up another tarte maracuja eye cream because i somehow forgot i already had a backup..... and got a sample of the marc jacobs shameless foundation in Y210. i also got my bite birthday gift, along with kat von d's studded kiss lipstick in divine. i've tried fresh's oval soaps a long long time ago and really liked them (aside from their massive size), so i wanted to try this one because i couldn't remember if i had this scent before - sugar lemon. i also grabbed a sample of benefit's new bad gal bang mascara.
skindinavia - 25% off! w00t. got another oil control setting spray, and two freebies of their primer spray and (regular) setting spray.
walmart/amazon - finally jumping on the green color corrector/concealer bandwagon because my face was not happy this month. got the maybelline master camo and la girl pro conceal.
glace, chai, divine, Y210, maybelline, la girl
kat von d studded kiss lipstick in divine
bite matte cream lip crayon in glace
bite amuse bouche lipstick in chai
...andddd two weeks of graze boxes. yum!

Friday, February 2, 2018

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

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

sephora rouge sale haul

hi! sooo. rouge sale happened over two weekends this year, and here's what i gots! ~Lin-chan ^.~
there's one more thing not pictured that i will share sometime next month, because i also bought one for someone else for christmas.
alsoooo. please excuse the new setup while i try to play with the lighting and all. at the apartment, i had a bookshelf on the right side of my desk that the lamp was on, but the bookshelf ended up on the left side of my desk with new arrangement in the house. i do still have the shoe shelf on the left side (slightly pictured) which i moved the lamp onto. but i still managed to arrange everything too close to it. 💁

bow n arrow, rebel, mauvember 2017
  1. nest festive candle trio -- this has the holiday candle, birchwood pine, and sugar cookie. i think last year..? i bought a mini of the holiday candle and loved it. so guess who splurged this year, because woodsy and sweet, and candle i liked last time... yeah.
  2. kat von d liquid lipstick in bow n arrow -- i'm working my way through my mini and wanted to get a full size before i ran out and discount.
  3. urban decay vice lipstick in rebel -- ok, seriously this packaging was what caught my attention... anyway, it was new. there were no swatches by anyone. people in the 10 or so reviews said it was great, work appropriate, very wearable. i had to try it!
  4. peace out acne dots -- so guess who got repurchased before the other.. 😉 yes these are more expensive than the peter thomas roth dots, but i feel like these work better. i also like these more because they're thicker and easier to apply and remove. the ptr ones are super thin and a lot of times, i end up folding over an edge just trying to peel it off the sheet...super annoying.
  5. fenty beauty foundation in 140 -- so i caved and went ahead because 20% off. i also got my sephora color IQ thing done, so whoever is wondering, i'm 5Y06. i've been using it consistently for a couple weeks now (4-5 pumps), and it definitely matches me better than the 150 sample i had, which was a little pink but still pretty close on me. coverage-wise, applying with a brush is better. finish-wise, i like applying it with a sponge. either i'm applying it poorly or it's just too much and a little bunchy when i use a brush, but i think the sponge spreads it more evenly even though the coverage is thinner that way.
  6. marvis toothpaste in classic strong mint -- tati (and james) rave about this toothpaste. i got a smaller tube of a 'normal' flavor to try and see what's so special about it. i've used it twice so far, and it's not life changing, it's whatever. maybe the other flavors last longer?
  7. bite beauty amuse bouche liquified lip in mauvember 2017 -- i wasn't sure about also getting the multistick, because i'd probably end up using it as a lipstick too and not much else. so i didn't, and i also wanted to try out this formula since i've never gotten one of these before.
  8. clinique great skin great deal set for types 3-4 -- i actually buy this set a lot. i mean, it's the same price as buying the ddm gel by itself, so why not get a travel size of the toner i use, and a meh face wash, for basically free?
  9. freebies
    1. lancome monsieur big mascara
    2. sephora collection pro flawless airbrush #56 (rouge renewal brush) -- anyone else slightly disappointed with this year's gift.. like you can reuse it and sephora collection brushes are pretty good and all, but i'm kinda underwhelmed by a mini brush for $1k. just sayin.

bow n arrow (recycling last year's photos..)

mauvember 2017

rebel
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