collective haul: multiple ulta purchases

hi! 🙋 my name is lindsay, and i have an ulta problem... i don't aim to be a diamond member, 🙅 but at my current pace, i might make it this year. 😱~Lindsay ^.~

all. the. sheet masks!! how pretty is the packaging on these oozoo ones?! also, the tea tree ones from earth therapeutics, i'm pretty sure i bought them at kohls. i haven't made a decision on how i feel about the rosegold loreal liner yet...it's hard to pair it with stuff.... and the beautyblender pro minis were from sephora.

i have no idea how i obtained this bag o stuff, but it was a freebie with some order i'd placed. a lot of it went to homes elsewhere already.

this new beached palette is sooo freakin pretty!

beached palette

and this aphrodisiac palette too! ugh! i got a few new things to try, along with several oldies but goodies! in early college, i religiously used clinique skincare, and this is probably my first tube of the 7-day scrub in like 8+ years. also, i got a mac foundation pump for the estee lauder double wear foundation that i'd gotten from sephora recently. also, how cute is this panda shower cap?

aphrodisiac palette

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!

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

december 2017 ipsy bag

hi all! we're only a couple days late here, but here's my december IPSY BAG*! (theme: snow globe) ~Lin-chan ^.~

1. ofra long lasting liquid lipstick in ipsy unzipped -- this is a pretty nice shade. fades away whenever you eat, but it does last a good 3-4 hours or so.
• repurchase: probably not
• coupon code, printed on the tube....? IPSY30 for 30% off at ofracosmetics.com (exp. unknown)
2. lottie london nail polish in riot! -- this is so pretty! excuse the foot swatch, but my fingernails are bleh right now between moving, cleaning, and unpacking. so toes were easier to do!
• repurchase: maybe
3. tony moly the chok chok green tea watery cream -- it does smell tea-like. i'm not sure if i'd say green tea though. it absorbs super fast. i'm not sure how this'll go on the face, but i'll try it out!
• repurchase: probably not
4. smashbox always on gel liner in fishnet (black) -- i haven't tried this on the eyes yet, but my arm swatches.... omg. they didn't budge. i applied it, waited about a minute then began rubbing at it and it didn't come off. actually the swatch below, the liner was on my arm for several hours before i got around to swatch the lipstick. i added a little bit more liner for the photo to darken it back up some, but it did not move all day. i can't wait to use this on my eyes!
• repurchase: very likely
5. pur-lisse green tea + ginger & coconut + rice sheet masks -- oh yay, more sheet masks to add to my ever growing collection of sheet masks that i'm not using...... i'll get around to these eventually..
• repurchase: probably not
6. silver ipsy bag -- this is very cute and festive, i like the glitter accent across the top.

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april 2017 ipsy bag!

hi all! i'm late againnnnn. it's been pretty busy lately and i haven't had much time to dedicate here. but i'm tryin! anyway, without further ado, here's my april IPSY BAG* (theme: sideshow) ~Lin-chan ^.~

here's my impressions:

1. theorie marula oil transforming serum -- another hair product to try~! has a very pleasant and light scent.
• likelihood to repurchase: maybe
2. elizabeth mott show me your glow shimmer shadow & highlighter -- super pretty~!
• likelihood to repurchase: maybe
3. tony moly liptone lip care stick in rose blossom -- i looove lip balms. i loooooove tony moly. I HATE ROSE OIL as a scent. the lip balm itself has an oily yet balmy texture and doesn't absorb super fast.
• likelihood to repurchase: maybe other shades
4. ps cosmeceutical infused nail lacquer in southern sand-- i was kind of excited that i got another nail polish, but not excited that it'll look like death on me.
• likelihood to repurchase: maybe
5. ofra cosmetics blush in rendezvous -- not a fan of this shade and didn't finger swatch too well..
• likelihood to repurchase: no
6. red ticket ipsy bag -- kinda tacky, not gonna lie. i don't like how the zipper edge makes the bag not lie flat, but i mean, it's supposed to be used and have stuff in it, but anyway....

rose blossom, rendezvous, show me your glow

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