Weekend Shopping Haul!

Hi guys! So instead of a tutorial today I thought I'd show you guys what I bought this weekend!

First I went to Ulta because they were having some sales that I wanted to check out. A lot of the Ulta brand cosmetics were on sale so I got a few of those. I needed some new black eye liner and they had a deal that if you bought two eye products you got an eye liner free! I decided to give the Ulta Whipped Eye Shadow a try too. I swatched this on my hand, it's an interesting formula. It takes a minute to dry, and when it does it has kind of a different smudge proof texture. And of course I couldn't pass up on $2 Ulta nail polish. I tried to pick colors that I don't have anything similar to. I think these two will be really pretty for fall!

I picked up the Maybelline Dream Lumi concealer because I've seen several YouTube-ers raving about it, I needed an new under eye concealer. I've seen a lot about the Rimmel "Fall Catwalk" blush, and it's really pretty on. I also picked up a Rimmel eye shadow quad in "English Rose". I don't own any Rimmel products, I was impressed with the quality. The colors are very pigmented and beautiful. I grabbed the Batiste Dry Shampoo, I'd been wanting to try it for a while.

Then I went to the mall. I didn't buy much, I was trying to control myself haha. I just went to Forever21 and Bath and Body Works. I usually only buy jewelry and accessories at Forever21. I didn't find and jewelry I couldn't live without but I did find two nail polishes! One is a multi sized purple glitter and the other is a burgundy duo chrome. I also got an aqua leopard print cotton scarf, that I forgot to take a pic of. 

I went to Bath and Body Works to specifically pick up the Sweet on Paris lotion. I bought the shower gel and body spray a few weeks ago and decided I really wanted the lotion too. I don't usually like scented lotions, because they're too strong for me. But Sweet on Paris is a really light scent that I love! I had a coupon for buy one get one free so I got a back up of the Carried Away shower gel.

Did you do any shopping this weekend? What did you buy? 

Happy New Year and Nail Polish Galore

Happy New Year! So it's been a while since I've posted anything. But it's a new year so I've decided to make my resolution to blog more! I really enjoy this blog and want to get into it more. My main problem with keeping up with frequent posts is that I don't have regular internet access. I've decide though that I'm going to try to write a couple of posts at once and then schedule them to post throughout the week.

Anyways, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and a super awesome New Years! I decided I wanted to do a Christmas haul for you guys, I'm also going to include some things I've purchased recently as well! I've been on a bit of a nail polish kick so that's where I'll start!

The top row I purchased for myself (except the OPI Natural Nails Base Coat, my sister gave it to me) I got the neon green and neon yellow at this little accessories store that we have here. I don't have very many neons, besides pink, so I thought I'd give these a try. Plus they were cheap lol! I picked up a new bottle of Seche Vite and OPI Nail Envy. I've never used Nail Envy so I hope I like it!

The middle row I purchased myself, from the nail supply store. I went to the store looking for OPI Rainbow Connection, because I couldn't find it at Ulta. I was so excited to find it, it's so fun! I love going to the nail supply store because everything is cheaper than if you buy it at Ulta or Sally's Beauty Supply. I have really been into glitter polishes lately, as you can see. So everything sparkly caught my eye! The silver on the end is also from the accessory store, it's my favorite silver, it applies so well and is a perfect chrome silver.

The two bottom rows were given to me by my sister and my mom. My sister knew I really wanted to get some of the OPI Muppet's collection. I already used Excuse Moi! it is so pretty and totally different from anything else I have. The three bottles on the end are mood polishes, they change color in heat or cold! The four on the bottom are glow in the dark. My mom bought the glow in the dark and the mood polishes for me, she didn't know which colors of regular polish I already have so she got these, which I love because I don't have anything like either! The three little bottles on the bottom are glitters as well, the first two are different, it just didn't show up on camera.

If you notice the numbers written on some of them, that's because I number and swatch all my polishes. I got nail wheels from EBay. I swatched them all so I could tell what they look like on, because I have too many to remember lol.

I'll list the color names in case you want to look for any of them!
Top Row:
Ruby Kisses- Lime Green with Envy and Neon Yellow
OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat
OPI Nail Envy

Middle Row:
OPI- Rainbow Connection
Orly- Rage
Orly- Oui
China Glaze- Material Girl, Fairy Dust, CG In the City
LA Colors Color Craze- Live

Bottom Row:
OPI- Warm & Fozzie, Excuse Moi!
Love & Beauty: purple glitter, rose gold glitter, silver holo glitter (these don't have color names)
Color Club- Very Merry Berry
BlueCross Beauty Products Inc- mood polishes (no color names)
Sally Girl- So Disco, So 70's, Gold Glitter
Expressions- glow in the dark (no color names)

I also got some makeup! Mostly lip products. My sister got me the Ulta Lip Gloss set, which I love because I like the little tubes because they fit well in clutches. She also gave me the Baby Lips, EOS, and one of the Lip Butters. My mom put the little Avon gloss in my stocking! I bought one of the lip butters and the Ruby Kisses eye shadow primer. I found the eye shadow primer at the accessory store, I immediately thought it looked just like Urban Decay Shadow Potion (which I use) I thought I'd give it a try since  it was only $4! I've used it twice and so far its not too bad, it takes a little longer to dry than Urban Decay but I like it, I'll have to use it more to get a better review of it.

Color names:
Revlon Color Burst Lip Butters- Strawberry Shortcake and Lollipop
Maybelline Baby Lips- Quenched
Avon Glazewear Shine- Darling Pink
EOS balm- Strawberry Sorbet


Hope you enjoyed this haul! What did you get for Christmas?



Disclaimer: all items were given to me as gifts or purchased by me, all opinions are my own. This post is in no way meant to brag, it is just to show what my family chose to give me and what I bought for myself.