collective haul: mostly drugstore items

你们好！i needed another greeting...give me a break, this is the 7th post i'm making today! w00t! here's a bunch of stuff that i got over the past several months that are in the drugstore price range. ~Lindsay ^.~

if i recall correctly, there was a huge sale on damaged products on the makeup geek website, so i went ahead and ordered a bunch! some of these are repeats so i didn't swatch them all below. also, i have a sephora shadow swatched below, which will be mentioned in a later haul post.

sephora colorful shadow in danger in paradise, friend zone, bake sale, blacklight

i think i actually got this the ordinary. product from sephora...but it's a drugstore price, so whatever. i've actually already passed this along and it didn't feel like it was helping with what i intended it for. and as soon as these burgundy bars were on amazon, i grabbed one! so pretty!

the burgundy bar palette

here are several things i've picked up at the walmarts recently. (plus nails inc. nailkale which is from sephora.) these tea tree & honey masks have been helping so much! i like them a lot! also, the elf blemish control primer has salicylic acid and has also been great! and i'm not sure when i'll use these press-ons that i got... i bought them before i got my acrylics.

target stuff - let's see... out of this stuff, i don't recommend the pixi eye makeup remover pads. they didn't work for me at all. i probably used like 4 or 6 to get a normal day's eye makeup off. i think i passed this baking soda cleanser along because of the scent, and same reasoning for the sonia kashuk brush shampoo. these ecotools sponges aren't too bad, not my favorite though. and i haven't used this bath bomb yet.

from elf, i haven't been able to find these brush wipes in my local targets. that's why i placed this order, along with a few other things to try and i'm fairly certain some of these items were freebies. the eye and sheet masks were kind of whatever. and the mask brush is kind of weird, but it definitely beats using my fingers for some of the masks i use.

early march hauls

hi guys! because i can and because a few things in here are supah new, i'm just going to put this post out there! ~Lindsay

sky organics march bubble box -- this one out of the 4 has been one of my favorites to open! just smelling the unopened package, i was like yessss. i love herbal and aromatherapy type scents and this one was perfect. so far i've used the bubble scoop and was indifferent about the gummy bear scent, but it did make some nice bubbles! i can't wait to use the other three!

ulta haul! so, ulta only lets you redeem your birthday gift in stores, and this year's present was a lip mask and lip oil. i'll probably pass the lip oil along because idk about those things... and for being a platinum member, i also got a $10 off coupon. so after scoping out the website, i saw that they had these i dew care mini meow trios from memebox, which i'd been eyeing disco kitten ever since T told me about it. i do have a huge complaint about this set though: the value of this set is terrible. it's $19 for about 1 oz total, whereas if you buy one of these three in full size, it's $23 for nearly 3 oz. let that sink in. i almost think that my birthday coupon was kind of wasted in this regard, but at the very least, i got it at "a discount" sort of...? and i also got some more tako masks because it was fun and i liked it last time.

makeup geek: eyeshadows in lucky penny, insomnia, and barcelona beach. i didn't swatch barcelona beach because this is like my 3rd pan now, and i've got swatches a few places on here and her website has good photos anyway. also, as mentioned before, don't forget to check her sale page. damaged products are at an awesome discount and they don't look bad to me. lucky penny was "damaged" but to me, it looks like it was pressed into the pan slightly funny. but i'll take the discount!

insomnia (pressed), lucky penny

amazon haul!
so as very few people may have seen (because i archived it...) i had a poor packaging experience with an amazon order recently. for those that don't know, amazon has a prime samples page where you can try items for some cost, and receive and item and credit toward that or similar items. i ordered two macadamia natural oil items, the nourishing moisture oil treatment and the nourishing moisture mask. the oil treatment broke in transit and spilled everywhere and it was awful. they ended up refunding me, and i still had the $8 in credit ($4 each), so i went ahead and ordered this lil guy which is regularly $12 for 2 oz! highway robbery right there... granted products from this brand are generally more expensive, but still. anyway, after trying this mask out, it is not the same as their original deep repair mask. i'm disappointed because the original smelled amazing and worked wonders, and this is a whatever deep conditioner to me.
and for the big thing, lol, is a sky organics bath bomb set. i'm not sure if it's still active, but there's a $5 coupon that you can "clip" on amazon's product detail pages of at least their bath sets (not sure about their individual items), so this set became $20. i'm excited because the mad in love bath bomb (1st column, 2nd row) was in the february bubble box and i really liked it! (sidenote: on their actual website, you can build 6 bomb sets with whichever ones you want, w00t!)

two nine sticker co goodies! i haven't had a monthly kit from her in a while and i love the new format!

as much as i've been posting about sky organics bath products recently, i am in no way affiliated or sponsored by them. i legit have been buying all of these items recently, now that i have an actual tub to use them in!

what i got for christmas!

hi guys! so here are some of the things i got for christmas! some i asked for, some were given, but since we've got the new house, we got a ton of house stuff! i decided against photographing those items because they're random household things, like kitchen stuff, organization stuff, new home owner-y things. there were some decor items too which i will probably photograph at a later time, when the walls are less barren. ~Lindsay
so let's start this on a totally fun and awesome note. my uncle found this at a candy store in a local outlet mall, and knew this was perfect. and i was pretty impressed and surprised by the find. it's a it'sugar crave japan snack box, and it's pretty great. it came with a card with some descriptions of each item, each item has a translated nutrition facts label, and it came with a discount card, $5 off 'your next subscription' at cravejapan.com, code: DINOFUEL (exp. 3/25/18). i am kind of sad that 5 or so items are chocolate, but paul can enjoy those. either way, i thought it was pretty cool to try a bunch of snacks i've never seen in stores before. so far, i've consumed the melon ramune, kanro pure gummies, and uha shigekikkusu soda candies. melon ramune is one of my favorite flavors of ramune, and the pure gummies were really good. the soda candies were kind of weird, like they reminded me of pine brothers throat drops in texture and i was pretty indifferent about the taste.

next, let's go to the random side of things. i asked for a few (4) pairs of smartwool socks. and i ended up with not four, but NINE pairs of wool socks. i think i won't need new ones for a while...

ok, i lied, but only a little. decor. my mother in-law went to target and got two bird armies (sets for each of us) because $2.50 each. uhh yes. also, sidenote, they all have names on their tags. so cute!

so, the things you may be here for. the actual makeup/skincare things.
first and foremost, because they're in the photo... my brother in-law bought me a slidebelt a few years ago because i thought they'd be cool, and i wanted to get a different color this year, so he got me this one! second, T got my ReLife because it's amazing and the manga is amazing, and (mini rant and sidenote) how are they going to do the finale in only 4 episodes?! ugh. anyway i can't wait til they're released. and lastly, sky organics (kids) bath bombs, because the adult set was nice and i want to be a kid again, lol. no not really, but i think i'd be more inclined to like these scents because they're more kid-friendly. not only that, i'm interested in the pokemanz toys that are inside. 😆

a few makeup-y things that i asked for were the em cosmetics illustrator collection, which is their new eyeliner set (pencil, felt and brush tip liquid liners). i also got a few makeup geek eyeshadows. i didn't swatch havoc below because i'm pretty sure i've got swatches of it a few times in random posts on here, and the swatch photos on the site are pretty good too. from sigma, i'm running low on sigmagic which is actually pretty good, despite feeling kind of underwhelmed by it initially. and i also got the 3DHD brush because it's massive and intriguing? lastly, we've got some mineral fusion nail polishes, a top coat and the shade brick.

em pencil, brush liner, felt liner; mug sand dollar, pillow talk

cyber two weeks and other recent hauls

hi guys! so online shopping is a bigger thing this year, and a lot of places were doing sales for like "black friday week" and "cyber [monday] week" thus...two weeks of sales. also, a few items snuck into a few late/last minute photos i was taking....so we're just going to rename this post to 'and other recent' hauls..... 😉 ~Lindsay

cyber deals
popsugar must have sale -- i can't remember the exact deal, but it worked out to be 3 boxes for about $60 (august through november 2017), which is awesome considering they're $40 a month. i ordered two for me (october and november), and another as a gift.
beautylish black friday bioderma sale -- they've done this for the last year or more, where you get a free travel size with each 500mL bottle you buy, and it's $30 to get free shipping, so i just got the 3(6) pack for $45ish? something like that. i won't need micellar water for a loooong time!

october, november

tarte tarteist pro glow to go palette

sephora sent out coupons to everyone. this year's rouge coupon was $25 off $50, so i ordered another fenty foundation in 140 and a nude beautyblender. i also redeemed points for the new beautyblender pro cleanser bar because it's $45 for a 5oz bar! that's crazy! but maybe it'll be awesome? who knows..
while i was at it...i bought more sponges! all of the blenders! i got a set of lamora sponges from amazon for like $13. i was also at target and got the blue sponge for $5, not sure of the brand because there were only two stickers on the container: the barcode and the price, and i tossed it. for those interested, i found these sponges on an endcap in the makeup section with other minis, and i approve! i also got two nugg masks, one for the face and their lip mask. the lip mask is only ok, it's basically blistex ointment in a pot for more money..? idk. then, at walmart, i saw these soo ae masks and needed to try them!

PlannerStudio on etsy was having a black friday deal 30 sheets of mi'me's for $30 in skin/hair colors of choice. uh heck yes. not only that, she allowed for 5 keywords to cater the random pulls. there are a couple duplicates, but for the most part, she was spot on with some sheets that i wanted, which was super exciting! her shop is definitely worth the wait! (note: these sheets are about the size of a baseball card)

other recent haul things
sephora -- saw tracy and stephanie talking about this sephora favorites set at jcp and had to get it! as mentioned earlier, buy all the beautyblenders! i love all nighter and tattoo liner, smashbox primer's pretty good, and three other things to try? heck yes! then, makeup forever appears to have repackaged (reformulated too??) their artist eyeshadows, so i got 3 (M532, ME912, ME840) and a large pan to try! (you get some kind of discount when you buy them with cases..) and i don't recall how i redeemed them, but i also obtained a mini tom ford lipstick in indian rose and too faced milk chocolate soleil bronzer.
makeup geek was doing a 12 days of christmas sale, and i had been eyeing their nude palette for a while now, but couldn't bring myself to buy it because i already had half of the shades in it. when i saw that they were offering the always quad with the 4 new shadows, i jumped on it because these were what i wanted from that palette!

stila patina, tarte stunner

M532, ME912, ME840, so pale, buffed, creased, dark roast -- swatched over primer

tom ford indian rose, too faced milk chocolate

ulta -- these guys have been ridiculously awesome this year. all of the crazy awesome brands that they're now carrying, in a week or two they're going to announce their new tier of membership (which will likely be akin to rouge status), and of course the points become dollars off your purchase. yes. anyway, they sent out yet another 20% off everything including prestige... and i'm about halfway down my tarte maracuja eye cream, so i decided to get another, and get a backup it cosmetics bye bye under eye corrector in light. i also got two tony moly sheet masks, and they were offering mystery bags, which i'll probably give most of away because i'm not going to use it. but awesome nonetheless!

OWML 2nd anniversary box -- sooo many goodies!!!

OMWL & TCMC december/end of year stickers

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