collective miscellaneous subscriptions

i've been sitting here trying to figure out a cohesive way to group over a year's worth of haul-related photos, and i think the best for this one is to just have a few different brands' subscriptions lumped into one post, since there's only a couple boxes from each brand. so here ya go! ~Lindsay

Beautylish Lucky Bag 2019 -- this one's technically not a subscription, but i had to put it somewhere... and these are sometimes hard to get because they sell out fast!

1. i was so excited that i got another wayne goss brush! i'm pretty sure it's the air brush, comparing it to my other one (it's not labeled).
2. the natasha denona camel palette has become a staple in my routine since i'd gotten it. it's the perfect neutral set!
3. i really like the good molecules super peptide serum. i have no idea why, but i'm on my third bottle now, and that's saying something!

Target beauty boxes -- these too i suppose aren't subscriptions exactly..but it did kind of start out like a surprise box! these days, they disclose the contents of the boxes on the product listing, and based on the items in the festival favorites box, i decided to go ahead and order. the same can be said about these two boxes that i'd found in the store.

1. i've been wanting to try out the thayers witch hazel products, and this gave me the perfect excuse! i literally opened it just the other day, so i haven't actually tried it yet.
2. i think i mentioned it in my empties post, but i like these native deodorants. i think i prefer the cucumber over the coconut though.

Walmart beauty boxes

1. have i talked about these pantene foam shampoo things before? i don't like them at all. they're difficult to open if your hands are wet and it doesn't feel like you did anything to your hair when you go to wash.
2. i don't think i really talked about the pantene repair shot in my empties post, but i liked this. i think you're better off buying a tub of a hair mask rather than these, but it was nice to try.

1. i'm on the fence about these hello toothpastes. they work, but the clean feeling in my mouth doesn't last for very long..
2. i was so excited to see that bioderma is being sold at walmart now! woot! otherwise, stock up during the beautylish black friday bundle sale!

PopSugar Must Have boxes

1. i think i gave away most of the contents of this box as gifts, because they are great gifts.
2. i tried using the bliss wipes and didn't find them very effective at removing makeup. sad.
3. i also kept the tarte mask, but haven't gotten around to using it yet.

Fall 2019

1. i loved being able to choose the color of purse that came with this box! it is a bit odd that it's leather but doesn't have that distinct leather smell. it's super cute!
2. so when i took this photo, i didn't realize that the vahdam tea package actually contained 5 different varieties of their tumeric loose leaf tea. i've tried most, if not all of these at least once, and only really liked one or two. paul actually really likes this brand of tea for some other blend, so it was cool seeing something familiar in the box!
3. i also love that i got to pick the ring color and shade of the charlotte tilbury lipstick! the ring is super cute, and the lipstick will get passed along because i actually already had an open sample of pillow talk when i'd submitted my choice.

collective haul: target beauty boxes

heya! i'm going to try chugging through a few posts today, while i've got some time! so here's another ketchup collective haul post! ~Lindsay ^.~

i finally bought another target beauty box. i don't remember if i've mentioned it or not, but i actually appreciate that they've been revealing the contents of the boxes when ordering. so now i can decide if i actually want it or not. i'm not going to lie, for this one, i only ordered it for the simple wipes, but having extra razors and the bliss face wash was nice! the other three items, i am likely to give away.

i loved the idea of these boxes! they were in stores and themed! i don't remember if i've used any of these masks below yet or not, and i'm pretty sure i've passed along at least one of them...

not going to lie, i got this box for the olay whip and bath items just to try! the other three are getting passed along.

i almost didn't buy this one. but then i went back and grabbed it. i gave away most of the contents of this box. i tried the vitamins, but i mean it's only one dose, so i didn't really see much of a benefit of including these in here aside from finding out how they tasted. and i have repurchased these nexxus keraphix products!

june hauls - beauty and planner

hi guys! so this post turned out a bit different than i normally do.. i prewrote bits and bobs here and there and kept adding to it, and this one became more of me talking naturally than me listing the things, which was what i was sort of doing. so let me know if this format is better. i usually prefer reading posts that get to the point of things, but this was a nice change. ~Lin-chan ^.~

so our anniversary was last month and teh paul got me some goodies. namely the sky organics bath bomb set (which you can get on amazon), story of seasons: trio of towns (woookit teh kyoot capybara!), and a dishwasher basket for chopsticks!
i also got this month's target boxes, because yall know how fast i've been going through these razor handles recently! i have no idea how i keep breaking them, but it feels like i'm breaking handles faster than i'm replacing the cartridges! ~.~ and teh paul was interested in the men's one this time.

got some colourpop birthday 'sale' goodies. got the gemini by night palette, pinky promise, and the limited: birthday cake super shock shadow.

i also placed a sephora order because free nars orgasm lipstick? heck yes. the thing that's interesting though is that this tarte paaarty blush looks different and is in a lighter color packaging than the sephora birthday freebie. swatching them on my arm though, they're pretty close but not exactly the same. i'll have to start using this to see what it's like. and i added a marc jacobs velvet noir mascara for 100 points.

golden gate bridge, the hidden hills, manhattan coffee run, moscow sunrise, pinky promise (all swatched without primer),
birthday cake, orgasm lipstick, paaarty blush (new, old)

nars orgasm lipstick

picked up a few things at the walmarts. got another concealer and brow gel, as per usual. i saw that they had these soo ae lip masks, so i wanted to give them a try. and they're carrying those nail polish bottle holder things, which i've been kinda wanting, for like $2-3! annnd kiss salon color nails are ok, but i prefer the gel fantasy or impress kind, but out of the designs available, i liked these.

mac was having a 25% off coupon, and i've been wanting these since i saw a particular instagram post of theirs... anyway, so i got an extra dimension eye shadow in smoky mauve and an eyeshadow pan in blackberry, and i picked their false lashes extreme black mascara as a sample.

top: smoky mauve, bottom: blackberry -- swatched without primer

went and renewed my sally's card and if you don't know, they usually give you an up to $8 gift of your choice (ion extreme moisture creme) with your $5/year membership. then a few days later, i got a $5 off my next purchase coupon.. and they were having 20% off macadamia natural oil..so i had to get another one of their hair masks!
i also placed an order with sigma because their loose glitters and shimmers were on sale and zeal is absolutely gorgeous. i'm kind of disappointed with astral and stellar compared to swatches i saw online. i swatched them dry for the photo, but i also put them over primer and didn't see much of a difference (zeal was even better!). but i'll try them a bit more and see what happens. by the way, my swatch of zeal below isn't true to color. zeal's like a blue-brown duochrome, and my swatch came out kinda orangy looking. ain't nobody got time to re-swatch!
T and i went to sephora on a quest. or rather, i was on a mission and she agreed to come along. i really wanted to try the new becca highlighters, and i picked up opal flashes jade because it's friggen gorgeous.
sephora is doing some app only specials (like one-day-only pre-sale thingies) and this it superhero mascara and brow power bundle (full sizes) was a must at $24. two-fer! now i have 3 spare brow powers! muhahaha! i also got the urban decay optical illusion primer with a code.
lastly from sephora, they supposedly sent out a $10 or 15 off $50 coupon to VIBs for two days only. LOL i didn't get one, and i somehow managed to find a code floating about the internets. (if you aren't already, you should follow trendmood1 on instagram!) anyway, i got something for the sis in law, and the viseart petit pro palette, which T and i were pretty impressed with when we saw it in the store.
and finally, ulta had their 20% off almost everything coupon again. so i got a couple usual clinique skincare things which i didn't bother photographing, and i had to get another hoola lite. yall, i don't understand how i hit so much pan so fast on the first one. i got it in march! three months?!

zeal, stellar, astral, opal flashes jade, viseart petit pro palette (all swatched without primer)
(man, this photo doesn't capture the prettiness that is zeal and opal flashes jade...)

planner stuffs -- here's the link to my etsy list of purchased planner stuff
got my one of my two PBC sale orders in the mail from thecoffeemonsterzco. for the second, it's been over a month since she mailed it, but i haven't seen my oncemorewithlove order yet.

stickeriffic participated in monthly planner madness, so i got some of her goodies too! got a couple cactus sheets and washi, clear stickers, unicorn boxes, and llamas!

wonton in a million collabed with once more with love to make this super adorable bundle!

createdbydanielle1 had these gorgeous weekday stickers and i couldn't pass on her sudoku stickers! love!!!
planner studio made a bundle that i couldn't pass up, and i ordered a few other sheets as well

december hauls & planner stickers

hi guys! this is a lil late, but here's the bit i pre-wrote... hope you all had a great holiday week!

it's been a busy december! as i mentioned several weeks ago, go live part one for my work project happened, and there's a lot of stuff going on with supporting that, then my usual tasks have been super awesome and clearly defined. LOL. not. but that's how life works, clients know what they don't want, but not always what they want. and they think about all scenarios for new features they want, HAHAHA. no, they actually haven't. but you know what, it's finally the holidays, and i took vacation time. yay! actually, so the point of this intro, seeing as though i went way off topic..., i didn't buy that much this month, partly because it was christmas, and going places is annoying. ~Lin-chan ^.~

popsugar must have (~$140 value)
odeme catchall & ring dish, baublebar snowfall pendant, mane message bobby pins, winky lux lip pill in bunny, sisters' gourmet baker's dozen chocolate chip cookie mix, dessange color protecting top coat serum

covergirl fuchsia forever, winky luxe bunny, elf natural glow face palette

winky luxe lipstick in bunny

target december beauty box (~$18 value)
covergirl outlast lip color in fuchsia forever, goody ouchless hair band & headband, tresemme expert beauty-full volume shampoo & conditioner, modella purse bag, almay eye makeup remover pads, nivea soft moisturizing cream, derma e firming dmae moisturizer, la roche-posay anthelios 50 mineral sunscreen

covergirl fuchsia forever

sephora $25 off $50: tarte tarteist pro to go eyeshadow palette, nest holiday candle mini, sephora collection citrus brush cleaner

drive, stylin, hype, crisp, boss, dominate

bubzbeauty pencils of promise 2016 shirt -- i was really excited when this shirt came in, but i didn't hand wash it and, it in the wash, and a lot of the black ink faded. i'm contemplating getting fabric markers to try to make the patchier areas less noticeable...we'll see how that goes..

i mentioned this in my november planner post, but i received a commendation at work, which included points to an internal store thingy. this store had soooo much stuff to choose from, to the point where i wondered if i would be judged if i wanted to order particular things. it was pretty boundless the types of items one could have redeemed for. i ended up spending most, but not all of my points on a pandora night sky charm (center), and i'll save the rest of my points for later in case i earn more (unfortunately you can't pay money for the balance on items that cost more points than what you have).

target dollar spot stickers and washi tape, kiss gel fantasy nails in faux real, elf daily brush cleaner & wipes (not pictured), and natural glow face palette, more washi tape, burt's bees vanilla bean lip balm and cuticle cream

planner stickers haul (here's the link to my etsy list of purchased planner stuff)
TheCoffeeMonsterzCO: face earth stickers are like the best idea ever, and i love the guy in the meeting sticker that is face-desking.

-- coupon code: THANKYOU15 for 15% off $25

OnceMoreWithLove: lets just summarize...i got a lot of the things between the anniversary, black friday/weekend sales. and i managed to get one of the oops bags!