Shop and Tell: ULTA, Bath and Body Works, Target

Did some shopping this past week and thought I would share some of the things with you!

Target/ULTA:

Pictured above:

• Freeman Cucumber Peel-Off Mask
• Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Under-eye Circle Concealer in Medium (this was a repurchase!)
• Revlon Kissable Just Bitten Lip Stain in Lovesick
• Sample Macadamia Deep Repair Hair Masque (wanted to try it before dropping $30 on the full size! haha)
• 3 Covergirl Outlast All Day Lip Color in Nude, Ever Red-dy, Always Rosy

Swatches from above mentioned lip colors: 

1.  Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stain in Lovesick
2. Covergirl Outlast Lip Color in Always Rosy
3. Covergirl Outlast Lip Color in Ever Red-dy
4. Covergirl Outlast Lip Color in Nude 

 *Product review on these coming soon, I am still trying them out ;)

Bath and Body Works:

Pictured Above:

• Slatkin & Co. Candle in Pineapple Orchid
• Slatkin & Co. Candle in Pomegranate Lemonade
• Decorative Candle Display Jar

I wanted some new summery scents since I burn candles year round :) These colors were also so pretty! In addition to the above mentioned things, I also purchased two wallflower refills in Gingham Apple and Market Peach! :)

My candle just made me want to make a pomegranate lemonade...::sigh::,

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Overdue IMATS/Drugstore/Sephora Shop and Tell!

In April, I had the pleasure of attending IMATS NYC (International Makeup Artist Trade Show), I am so lucky to be able to just hop on the train or in my car and go because it is so close! I must say, if any of you attended the one we held here in the city last year then you will probably agree with me when I say that this year was SO much more organized and better overall! There was so much more space which meant we got to have more vendors! We even got to walk around without bumping into others ;) haha I can definitely say that I had such an amazing time there! I even met Kandee Johnson, one of my very favorite women.  Inglot and NYX had the longest lines from what I could tell, but it was all worth it :) Check out what I picked up below as well as from Sephora and Target :)

Kandee and I :)

INGLOT & NYX Concealers in a jar purchased from IMATS, Sonia Kashuk Concealer quad purchased from Target.

INGLOT Freedom System 10 Shadow Palette purchased from IMATS, LOVE these shadows, so beautiful and pigmented!

NYX Lip Products and JulieG Nailpolish purchased from IMATS

Tarte Mini Sized Eye Primer and Face Primers purchased from Sephora, Model in a Bottle Setting Spray Purchased from IMATS.

Mini Tarte Bronzer in Park Ave Princess and Blush in Amused purchased from Sephora.

Also stopped by the Give Good Face booth and picked up one of these awesome T's! I like to wear this when I am doing makeup on someone haha too funny!

Along with this, the only other thing that I didn't photograph because I am in the process of cleaning them would be my Royal Langnickel makeup brushes, picked up 4 single face and eye brushes.

I will probably review some of these purchases further with a little more time, want to make sure I test them out well!

It's Not A Magic Wand,

xox

Just an average Saturday in my life!

Today was the day that I was due to get my car serviced. I hate coming to things like this alone because I feel like you're fresh meat for all of the service men to stare at and if anyone knows me they would know that I feel super awkward in these types of situations haha I decided that since I am attempting a party later on with a good friend of mine, Lauren, I would pick her up to come along with me for this "lovely" experience! We are here now and just waiting....I hate the waiting game. They never know exactly how long it is going to take but hey at least I'm in good company right?! Haha we are sitting here plotting the next few places where we are going to get out "kicks". If you want to know more about what I mean then you MUST check out the "ShopKick" app. You pretty much get rewarded to shop. I'm obsessed with it at the moment :) ok that's all for now, I'll be updating a lot more hopefully now that I have access to blog pretty easily from my phone :)

Car services and getting my "kicks",

Xox

Hautelook Mini Shop and Tell: Urban Decay

A few weeks ago I placed my very first order on the Hautelook site.  I have always browsed through this site, but never ordered. I am so happy that my first order was Urban Decay products as I absolutely love them!

What is Hautelook? 

Hautelook is basically a website that features "events" daily. These events are different brands or categories of things for purchase.  These companies partner with Hautelook to offer us, the buyer, a special discounted price (my UD purchases were up to 70% off!)

What's the catch?

There is no catch, just that you must become a member (which is helpful because they notify you via email when new events are happening and you can get first "dibs" on your favorite shoes, makeup, clothing, furniture etc.) and everything is first come first serve. Once a product sells out, there is no re-stocking it, so if you see something coming up in the list of events that you may want, be sure to log on at 9am PT (I think this is the time) or somewhere close to that time to assure that what you want will still be available. 

What I love about the site: 

I love the amazing discounts.  Who can resist spending only $35 on products that in store would have cost you almost $90?!  I also love that there are so many events daily, there are about 6 new events added everyday or more and you are still able to search through previous day events that haven't expired yet.

What I don't like so much about this site: 

There really isn't anything I don't like about this site. You aren't obligated to buy anything, there is no fee to become a member etc, you just get to reap the benefits of a great deal at your leisure.  If I had to choose one thing that aggravated me about this site it would have to be shipping. Not the overall process of the shipping, but rather the time you have to wait lol Sure I could pay more for expedited shipping, but I'm trying to get a good deal here people  haha My last shipment from UD took just about 2 weeks to get here, oh well, I'll wait for a great product at a great price :) 

Mini UD Eyeshadow Primers in: Original, Eden, Greed and Sin

Original, Eden, Sin, Greed

Juju, Sin, Delinquent, Rehab, Clash

Delinquent, Clash, Sin, Juju, Rehab

Ink For Eyes in color Zero

At a later date, I may do a more in depth review of these, for now however, here are the swatches :)

** These items are no longer available on the Hautelook website, but are now discounted pretty well on the actual Urban Decay website! :)

Also, here is my personal invite link to join Hautelook: http://www.hautelook.com/short/3BBo2

Remember, it is FREE and you get to look at all the events without ever purchasing anything if you want. You do however get access to some GREAT deals ;)

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