erin condren hourly life planner - my october

hi guys! i don't really have much to say about october anymore because it's kind of a blur now... sorry for the delay in posting, but it's been real busy with getting the house settled, cleaned, and moved into. we still have to finish cleaning at the apartment but we've got more than a whole month left to do so.
anyway, here's some photos that i apparently took in a rush and didn't frame super great, and i don't really feel like retaking them since you can see most of the pages anyway. ~Lindsay ^.~

monthly calendar spread: hocus pocus spread from dook plook designs! super cute!

week 1: 

week 2: first house walk through with the inspector!
rant: so i think you guys saw on my instagram..maybe? that walmart sent my email (among apparently only a few others?) into an endless email loop regarding me logging in and ensuring my mailing address for their beauty box was correct. i literally received 200 emails in less than 2 hours, at a rate of 3 emails per minute. my phone was going insane, and it took me about half an hour to find the email settings menu that got buried (in a recent update at the time) to disable the notifications and fetching. but not only am i irritated about the fifty thousand emails (they sent a mass apology email 2 days later. TWO WHOLE DAYS. terrible!), but they did not charge me for the 'ships starting end of september' box until earlier this week. we are freakin in mid november right now, what the hell was the holdup? not only that the a few pictures i've seen online seem like this one'll be lame in comparison to previous boxes--i won't fully complain about comment on the contents until i actually see what i receive--, but don't make promises for something and break them without any indication as to what happened or that there was a delay. i would have been happier about this scheduling if i had known in advance that there would be a delay, over being left hanging for two months. two strikes. ❌❌__

week 3: house closing week!!! did our second walk through with the builder superintendent and took a day off to do closing. one of our friends came over and helped us take our pictures for the change of address / holiday card that we sent out. i got our empty house tour filmed, which i still need to link onto here... and my parents, grandparents, and inlaws came in to see the house and we ended up taping off a tooon of issues around the house that needed fixing.

week 4: ugh i love this kit from my newest addiction! it was actually like an anti-valentines day kit, but i thought it'd be cool for halloween-ish.
that aside, the superintendent guy was cool and had the worker people come through the house and fix all the things we saw. after that i changed the locks in the house, sealed about 2/3 of the grout in the house, cleaned a bit at the house, and started moving stuff over. i say i because teh paul conveniently had to work out of town for most of october and part of november. (for those who don't know - there are a lot of scheduled maintenance outages at plants this time of year and in spring in anticipation for summer/winter electricity usage) thankfully he was home every weekend and was able to help me doing stuff around the house and moving stuff over. i'll probably talk more about the move in next month's post, next week-ish? if i get around to it next weekend? something like that.

notes page: i stuck a few additional deco stickers of the sanderson sisters, a cat, cat pumpkin, and cauldron that came with the monthly kit onto the bottom of the page. otherwise i didn't really use this page. the quote is: be open to whatever comes next

november 2017: sephora play!

hi guys! this month's sephora play arrived today! (theme: survivor of the chillest) ~Lin-chan ^.~

1. marc jacobs velvet noir major volume mascara -- got a sample of this mascara in the past and it's slowly on it's way out! so excited to get another!
   repurchase? it's kind of expensive to be honest, so i'm not sure.
2. igk mistress hydrating hair balm -- i'm interested in trying this out. it has a very typical non-chemical, powdery floral hair product type of scent. i guess this is a leave in treatment?
   repurchase? probably not
3. origins clear improvements mask -- i've tried this in the past and liked it, but i feel like i've got too many other skincare things to work on, so i'm going to pass this along.
   repurchase? yes
4. perricone md hydrating cloud cream -- while i do like unscented facial lotions, i'm not huge on ones that sink in super fast and you no longer know it's there. this one gives the skin a pretty soft feel once it's absorbed. i'll give this a try, but it's likely to be passed along.
   repurchase? nah
5. sephora collection ultra shine lip gel in 04 perfect nude -- this is getting passed along. slowly getting christmas presents together, and this is a great addition! and i haven't been into glosses lately.
   repurchase? probably not
6. burberry blush perfume sample -- this one smells nice, contrary to most other burberry fragrances i've smelled, but i think i'm going to pass this along too since i don't think i'll use it.
   repurchase? nah
7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase

november 2017 ipsy bag!

hi all! guess who's super behind on posts because moving?! well anyway, i'm going to try real hard for yall to catch up on all the posts next week while i'm on PTO. i've got photos of almost everything, so it's just a matter of making the posts and editing the photos at this point. without further ado, here's my november IPSY BAG* (theme: all you) which arrived today! ~Lin-chan ^.~

1. benefit cosmetics they're real mascara -- i think i tried this once? i got several samples of this over time since it's come out, and passed most along. it's ok, not a huge fan of the formula or wand.
• repurchase: no
2. ouai hair oil -- this has a super familiar scent... looking it up on sephora, i think it's the gardenia. oh gardenias will follow me everywhere apparently! anyway, i'll give this a go, but if the scent in my hair is too much for me, then it's gotta go.
• repurchase: probably not.
3. touch in sol advanced real moisture liquid foundation in 23 natural beige -- at first, i wasn't sure about this one because it seemed to peachy neutral for me, but once i blended it into my arm it seemed to balance out. i'm wondering if this shade is a good match for me or not, but i'll have to try it out sometime!
• repurchase: probably not
4. tarte amazonian clay blush in fiesty -- i'm not sure about this color. i think it might be too much for my skin, but we'll have to see. i'm not great at describing colors, but i think this would be like a matte terracotta nude. it's peachier than i'd normally go for.
• repurchase: probably not
5. naked cosmetics pigment in mother nature -- oh my gosh you guys. i have been loving this kind of shade lately! these duochrome brown blues! like makeup geek's havoc and sigma zeal! >w<
• repurchase: not this shade
6. yellow golden ipsy bag -- not a huge fan of the colors or material. passing this one along.

fiesty, 23, mother nature

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october 2017: sephora play!

hi guys! this month's sephora play arrived today! (theme: complexion companions) ~Lin-chan ^.~

1. makeup forever ultra hd invisible cover foundation in Y245 -- previously i received samples in Y225, which i think was too light for me and i didn't really use it aside from the first try. based on swatches, i think this may fit me better and i'll have to update later with color match and thoughts. if i remember though, i did like this foundation and didn't have any issues with it aside from the color.
   repurchase? undecided
2. makeup forever ultra hd skin booster -- mufe serum? hmm, this sounds interesting. so is it like a primer? i'll have to try this out!
   repurchase? undecided
3. urban decay optical illusion complexion primer -- i don't remember what it was about this primer that i didn't like, but i didn't like it and gave it away. this one will be going too.
   repurchase? no
4. dr. brandt poreDermabrasion -- i think gotten one of these in the past? i don't remember all of their scrubs are packaged the same >.< either way, i do like their scrubs and will be using this.
   repurchase? probably not for the cost
5. tarte rainforest of the sea marine boosting mist -- i got one of these in a 500 point perk or something way back when and never used it. i guess i should give one away and use the other at some point....
   repurchase? probably not
6. tory burch bel azur perfume sample -- not a huge fan of this, but i haven't come across a tory burch fragrance that i've liked.
   repurchase? no
7. 'coupon' for an extra 50 points on the next in-store purchase

october 2017 ipsy bag!

hi all! my october IPSY BAG* (theme: spellbound) arrived yesterday and i pulled it out of the mailbox this morning, so it's impressions time! ~Lin-chan ^.~

1. urban decay 24/7 eyeliner in perversion -- how many of these will i end up owning?! i somehow don't have a spare of this pencil... weird! but i'm planning to keep this because perversion in my naked2 pencil seems to be dried out (but pistol isn't? love that shade!).
• repurchase: never going to need to!
2. it cosmetics bye bye pores pressed powder -- this is a translucent powder that i received a full size of in a lucky bag. it was great at pore perfecting/minimizing/smoothing or whatever, but i am going to pass this along because it gave me a serious white cast. i am the type to set my whole face, as opposed to just concealer since i'm oily/combo.
• repurchase: no
3. hey honey trick and treat: active propolis cream concealer -- is it normal to be annoyed that a product only comes in one shade? spread thickly, to actually conceal anything, this is the complete wrong shade for me. thinned and blended out, it matches great, but there's no coverage. so that's pretty lame. it has a slight scent to it, which is kind of weird, and this is apparently for normal to dry skin, and i have combo/oily, so i'm not really sure why i received this.
• repurchase: undecided
4. marc anthony hydrating coconut oil & shea butter oil treatment -- i feel like i've gotten one of these before somewhere..? i'm not sure, but ipsy does send me marc anthony regularly. anyway, this smells really good and i'm interested in trying this.
• repurchase: probably not, got too many other similar products
5. demelect cosmeceuticals nail laquer in verdure -- i think i'm going to pass this along because i don't plan on wearing this color. this is a glossy forest green shade.
• repurchase: not this shade
6. red lacey ipsy bag -- i can't decide if the lace is glued on or if it's printed/painted on...? either way, i really like how subtle and cute it is! also, the zipper pull is a bat shape! so cute!

ud perversion, hey honey concealer

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