Bargain Hauls (01/30/09)

I stopped by Big Lots and Target during the week after classes, and got a few good deals.

Target was still having some clearance deals, and I got the Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer. I absolutely love these and I bought a couple because I know in drugstores they're about 6 dollars and I got it for $1.24 each. At Big Lots they had the Softlips balm for a dollar! WOW! I bought a couple of those too. I also got some Revlon ColorStay, shadows which as you know I love. I'm so pleased with that line. I'm awaiting a BOGOFree sale so I can stock up on my foundation.


Pictured Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in 'Watermelon' and Softlips balm 'Cherry' and 'Strawberry' flavor


Pictured Revlon ColorStay Quad in 'Priceless Metal' and single shadow in 'Champagne' (both $3 each -- the single I think is quite overpriced, but I'm over it)

So, I happened to go by Walgreens because I was hunting for a good backup blush for my car, when I forget my makeup. Apparently they were having this big clearance sale. The bummer of it all was that the first Walgreens I went was all out of ALL clearance stuff, all that was left were signs. So I went a couple of miles west to another Walgreens, and lo and behold they had stuff left! Whoo-hoo!

I've always been wanting to try Milani's Sunset Duo blushes/bronzers, but they were always too expensive for my tastes. Anyway, I got both blushes/bronzers for sooo cheap! I was stoked!


Pictured: Milani's Sunset Duo Blush/Bronzer in 'Sunset Strip' and 'Sunset Beach' ($1.39 each!!)


Pictured: Prestige Skin Loving Minerals SunBaked Mineral Bronzing Powder in 'Rich Bronze' (for $3.19 it's originally like $14)


Pictured: Prestige Eyeliner in 'White' ($1.09), Prestige Soft Blend Khol Eyeliner in 'Leaf' and 'Shiraz' ($1.29 each)

This one was a real treat they were having a special of some sort for the St. Ives body scrub which is regularly 8.49 i think. It was on sale for $7.99, and then Walgreens had a coupon for $2 off plus a free gift body wash! What a deal! So for $6 I got both! :D

Collective Hauls (01/24/09)

So as per my last blog, I was gonna go to rite aid to take advantage of their BOGOFree of Loreal/Revlon...but, I forgot their sales end Thursdays not Saturdays, so BOOO i didn't get to. However, I found some good deals with their Almay products, which was BOGOFree, plus I had a $1 off coupon from a past Sunday paper. I absolutely love these products, for $7 with tax and everything for both was amazing. I love the pink and the beige (which i use for highlight). I've been looking for a soft pink that still shows on my lids. The lipgloss is amazing, it has a funny taste at first but I think it's the avocado flavor or whatever. It is also a little bit minty as well, the color and stay power is just great.


Pictured: Almay: Intense i-color in 'trio for hazels' swatch


Pictured: Almay: Intense i-color in 'trio for hazels' & Almay ideal lipgloss in 'pink shimmer'

I also did a walmart haul for my nails. They been splitting a lot lately I think from my ELF polishes, which I'm not gonna use anymore (gah!). I love the Gold Star because it comes in a nice size, much smaller than regular nail polishes, which is good because most my polishes just dry out. I use it to add glitter to my cream polishes.


Pictured: Sally Hansen 'Hard as Nails' in Natural Tint, Rimmel's 60 seconds in 'Frisky Clover' and 'Climax', and Petites in 'Gold Star'

I went to a local mall and they had NYX lipsticks for $1.50. How exciting that was. I've always wanted to try their lip sticks with all the reviews I've seen on YT. My favorite are the first two, they're a great shade of pink, and the staying power for that price is amazing. I tried out the 'Electra' on just for fun, and when I tried to remove it, it was relentless, it would not come off. Haha! So that's awesome!


Pictured: NYX Lipsticks in 'Jupiter', 'Georgia', 'Electra' and 'B52'. shad

Another haul was my drugstore haul at Walgreens and CVS. CVS was having once again their BOGOFree of Revlon plus some clearance merchandise. I had a coupon for Loreal HIP's Jelly Balm for $5 off from walgreens, so I grabbed one in Plush.


Pictured: Loreal Hip Jelly Balm in 'Plush', Revlon ColorStay in 'White Whisper', and Revlon ColorStay Quads in 'Neutral Khakis' and 'Azure Mist'.


Pictured: 'White Whisper' swatch


Pictured: 'Neutral Khakis' swatch


Pictured: 'Azure Mist' swatch

And my latest haul from yesterday. I'm so excited about this one because I got AMAZING deals at Target. They had a lot products on clearance including a small 0.17oz sized Juicy Couture perfume (LOVE LOVE LOVE!). Also, I included my little haul from Vegas' CCO.


Pictured: Revlon Luxurious Color Eyeliner in 'Antique Gold' (originally $8.59, got it for $2.14), MAC Paint Pot in 'Fresco Rose' ($12), Neutrogena Mineral Sheers in 'Clay' and 'Stone' (originally $6.89, got it for $1.82 each) and Sally Hansen No Chip 10 Day Color in 'Pink Persuasion' (originally $3.74, got it for $0.93)


Pictured: Swatch of 'Antique Gold'


Pictured: Swatch of Neutrogena Shadows in 'Clay' and 'Stone'

Collective Hauls (Sept - Nov '08) Part 3

Here is my current brush collection (with the exception of my back up brushes, of course, which are essentially just doubles and triples of ones I already have.)

These brushes I got at Big Lots for $5 each. The brushes in the travel kit are okay, not great but they'll get the job done with patience. I do, however, love the packaging, quality, and the size of the mirror. It's great for on-the-go make up work. The kabuki brush is amazing. Very densely packed and soft. It also comes with a matching case as the travel set. It's really good deal for just $5. The kabuki brushes at CVS, I believe are $10 and they're not as soft and quite frankly shed a good deal.


These are CVS essense of beauty brushes and Target brushes. From left to right are my crease bushes, which come in a duo small and big, $5. The second group is actually a travel kit, which comes with a eyeliner brush, smudge brush, concealer brush, powder brush and blush brush, $10. The third set i one of my favorites, it's the smokey-eye wide (or something like that), $6. Great for highlighting. The other end is a crease brush I believe, I don't really use it because it's deformed from the case I store it in. This also comes with a free angled eyeliner brush. The last set consists of my Target buy brushes, which are the ones I use pretty much every day. Packs on lots of color and very soft. They're about $2.50 each at Target.


This is how I store my brushes. I got some ideas off of YouTube for the one on the right. Bought some ribbon and a case then filled it up with clear vase fills (which are not cheap they're like $8 i think. The one of the left is just the case for my Banana Republic 'W' perfume. I like how it looks because of it's curved shape.

And, lastly for tonight

...are my face products (with exception of the HIP shadows). I normally use Covergirl foundation in Soft Honey (555) (which is about $4) which now I see is way too dark for my face. I'm currently trying Revlon's ColorStay products, which I hear such great things about. The staying power is amazing and blends really well on the skin. The liquid foundation I bought is for oily/combination skin in Warm Golden, and the face powder in Light/Medium. I got a great deal at CVS, they had a Buy One Get One Free (BOGOFree) deal, plus $1 off from the Sunday Paper, so for $12 I got both. To the left is my one and only MAC product for now, Blush in PeachyKeen. I don't use it as much just cause I don't wanna waste it, but it's great. Very pigmented and excellent staying power. I got it like $13 or $14 at COSTCO. Then, the other two Maybelline products which I got at Rite Aid for BOGOFree as well, are their mineral products, $10 for both. Love them as well. The blush is in Soft Mauve, it's lighter than my usual blush, but it looks really natural and lasts all day without any face primer or base. The foundation is in light 3. I think it's a little bit too light for my skin, but maybe since it's winter now, I won't be as dark as I've been this summer. Lastly, are my Loreal HIP shadows, once again another deal at Walgreens this time for BOGOFree plus a $1 off coupon which the cashier gave me, in Platinum and Riotous, paid $6 so they came out to be $3 each. What a deal!

So that's it for now. I'll try to get some of my looks that I've done, and the products that I've missed.

Till next time...