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

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

july hauls - planner and makeup

hi guys! i'm a few days late on this one. haven't been feeling like doing much of anything after coming home from work lately, so i'm trying to catch up now. i haven't decided if i'm doing a dedicated july favorites post yet or not, but it'll likely be a couple more days before i get around to it if i do. ~Lin-chan ^.~

i can't remember the reasoning for placing this order, but i bought quite a few repeat skincare items (not pictured) along with two of the new loreal cleansers to try. and for spending all the monies, there were three choices of sample bags. of the three this one had more things in it that i would be inclined to use, though one of the others had something i really wanted to try but everything else was meh. anyway, i'm keeping most of the items included here and passing others along to friends.

so. amazon prime day. i ended up placing maybe 4 separate orders throughout prime day and these bath bombs were one of them. having them in person, they're quite small, probably smaller than lush's butterball (which is among their smallest). but i wanted to try them nonetheless.
i went to lush! it's been a looong time since i've bought myself something from there, hasn't it?! i was actually getting a few items for my mil and sil's upcoming birthdays, and got myself a the experimenter which i haven't tried, twilight, and intergalactic. while there, i mentioned wanting to pick up a wiccy magic muscles and the girl showed me the 93,000 miles shower jelly, which has the same scent. now, i have mixed feelings about the execution and usage of shower jellies, but i decided to pick one up anyway.

i can't remember if i mentioned it or not, but i got a ton fewer birthday coupon emails this year. but i don't remember if that's partially because i intentionally unsubscribed from a lot of websites over the past year or not. anyway, urban decay was among those that i did not receive. so late june or so, they sent me a 'omg we forgot your birthday' email. a few months late, but better late than never! and the gift was quite nice. they sent out a full size of their sin highligher. i still have a sample from a previous box or something that i've been neglecting... anyway, i'll hold onto this for now but i'm not sure if i'll keep it or not. and for that order, i bought an eyeshadow in tonic because all of the unicorns.
sigma also sent me an offer i couldn't refuse: free copper F80 with purchase. heck to the yes. so i ordered their new F83 brush (which is denser and thicker in diameter than their past kabukis), and to get the free gift at $30, i added this eyeliner in nutmeg, which is a pretty color. the free gift isn't pictured because i plan to give it away.

nutmeg, sin, tonic

placed another order with skindinavia because i'm running out. they frequently have discounts and free minis with purchase, so i got 20% off on the 8oz oil control setting spray, plus minis in their regular setting spray and primer spray.
sephora did something a little different this year. they sent out a $20 off $100 coupon to rouge members for the vib program anniversary or something.. anyway, i actually ordered one more thing, but it was cancelled for being out of stock. thankfully they still charged me accordingly with the $20 off. i didn't really need anything at the time they sent this coupon out, but i got a new pair of kat von d tattoo liners, and i wanted to try these peace out acne dots to compare them to the peter thomas roth ones. just for starters, there's a huge price difference, but i'll eventually talk about my thoughts on them. and for 100 points, i got this makeup forever aqua xl color paint in M56. i forgot to swatch it, but there's swatches on the sephora page for it. i still haven't fully decided my thoughts on it yet.

planner stuffs -- here's the link to my etsy list of purchased planner stuff
placed a couple more orders with thecoffeemonsterzco and oncemorewithlove. my spring PBC sale order from omwl never came, so marg worked with me to try reordering most of the missing sheets.

annd got some goodies from mynewestaddiction! so pretteh!