New At The Drugstore: Maybelline

So this post is going to be about new items that have recently come out at the Drugstore.  New Year means new products.  I recently spotted new Maybelline products at my local Rite-Aid. 

I have heard a lot about the Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser and have been eager to try it out, but the display was empty.  On my next trip I spotted one lonely tube on the shelf next to the new lipstick display.  The Buffs collection consists of all nude lipsticks.  I believe the display has either 9 or 10 lipsticks.

I only picked up one color, number 940 in Touchable Taupe, this color was pretty unique to the few nude shades that I have in my collection.

Touchable Taupe, Baby Skin

Rite Aid had all Maybelline products for BOGO 50% off, the lipstick was $8.99 and the Baby Skin was $6.99.  I also had a $1.00 off coupon on any Maybelline foundation or face product.  I haven't used the Baby Skin as of yet, but once I do, I will post a review.

I also compared Touchable Taupe to other nude lipsticks in my collection.  Swatches are below.

Bad Girl RiRi, Touchable Taupe, Milani Teddy Bare & MAC Nude (all in natural light)

 

 

Same Order as above but with artificial light.

Have you purchased any new drugstore products?  Leave a comment below letting me know what new items you purchased.

Bath & Body Works Candle Haul

Hey guys, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (if you celebrate) and a Happy New Year!!!  I just wanted to do a quick post on a few candles I picked up after Christmas.  As you may or may not know, Bath & Body Works is currently having their Semi Annual Sale.  

I purchased these candles on Saturday December 28, for $10.00 each.  I have been looking for Leaves since the Winter candles were put out and I could not find it in stores.  When I seen it online, I just had to get one to last me until next Fall :)  It just so happens that the next day, December 29, the candles were on sale for $9.00, for that day only.  

I purchased Leaves, as previously stated, Twisted Peppermint, and I went on a whim (without ever smelling it before) and got Winter Vanilla Latte.   I must say that it smells wonderful, like vanilla scented coffee beans, lol.  I think I may have found another favorite. 

Do you like any of Bath & Body Works candles, leave a comment and let me know your favorite scent.

What I Got: Urban Decay Friends & Family 2013

I've wanted the Vice 2 palette since it came out, but the price ($59.00) wasn't quite appealing to me.  I have the original Vice palette, but I didn't pay full price for it.  When I received the email from Urban Decay for their Friends & Family sale, I knew exactly what I was getting.

I purchased the palette. an eyeliner in the shade Lucky and I received a mini Zero eyeliner, which I know everyone has about a million of, because Urban Decay has featured it in so many of their palettes. 

The sale was suppose to end on Saturday, but I received an email from Urban Decay, that today (10/13/2013) is the last day.  So if anyone wants this or anything else, you still have a chance to get them.

I will do a post with swatches later, but I did swatch a few of them, and they are softest eye shadows that I own.  I can't wait to use this palette. Have you purchased anything from the Urban Decay Friends and Family 2013?  

Random Items Haul

  I did quite a lot of shopping this past week. I purchased two items from Sephora.com, three items from Bed Bath & Beyond and an extra dimension eyeshadow from The Company Store. 

  I purchased the Amazonian Clay blush and bronzer set from the Tarte holiday collection. I missed out on the blushes last year and I didn't want to make the same mistake again this year. I also purchased the Sephora + Pantone Universe Emerald liquid eyeliner, which was on clearance. 

 I have a Company Store in the building that I work in (a good and bad thing), and they finally got some new things in. I picked up the extra dimension eyeshadow in Smoky Mauve. 

 Last night I ran into Bed Bath & Beyond after reading quite a few blogs stating that the new matte color tattoos were there. Well the store did have the display, but all the color tattoos were gone 😪.  There are only two of each color in the displays. Hopefully they will start to show up in the drugstores soon. I picked up a  limited edition Color Sensational lipstick in Pink Grandeur. Maybelline The Elixir Color Sensational in Raspberry Rhapsody and Loreal Voluminous Butterfly mascara in Blackest Black. 

Pictures down below, I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday. 

Crave, Dazzled, Darling, Dollface & Park Avenue Princess  ($42.00)

MAC Extra Dimension Eyeshadow Smoky Mauve

Pink Grandeur & Raspberry Rhapsody ($5.79 & $6.79 at Bed Bath & Beyond)

MAC Retro Matte Collection Haul

   It just so happens that the day this collection launched at the counters and stores, we were having a team building event at work, so I got a chance to run to the counter and purchase two of the lipsticks.  I was unsure if they were limited edition or permanent at the time, so I wanted to get the two that I wanted just in case they did sell out.

  There were eight lipsticks and eight pro longwear liners.  I only purchased (well not really purchased, because I Back to Mac for them) two of the lipsticks, Fixed on Drama and All Fired Up.  I didn't purchase any of the liners, but I have More to Love.  I have been in love with the Retro Matte formula since I purchased Riri Woo a few months ago, actually I am currently having a love affair with Matte lipsticks in general.  

 These lipsticks last a long while on the lips (for me about five hours before I have to reapply), I do apply a gloss when I feel my lips getting dry. 

Here's what I got:

All Fired Up & Fixed on Drama

 I was kind of disappointed with Fixed on Drama, I thought it would be more of a purple color.  I am going to try it with a purple liner and see how it comes out.

Fixed on Drama & All Fired Up

Swatches in natural light

I Compared the lipsticks to others that I thought were similar in my collection.  As you can see I don't really own anything similar to Fixed on Drama.

Fixed on Drama, Wet N Wild 916D, WNW Fergie Ferguson Crest Cabernet, Revlon VaVa Violet & Milani Sangria

 All Fired up and Urban Decay's Catfight look very similar, the only difference is the finish in my opinion.

All Fired Up, WNW Cherry Picking 965, Viva Glam Cyndi & Urban Decay Catfight

That 's all for now, leave a comment and let me know which lipsticks you picked up from this collection.

Small Sephora Haul

   I'm back!!!!!!!!!  I'm trying to get back into blogging, I enjoyed it, but life got in the way.  I am still interested in makeup and still buy products on a regular basis (though I'm trying to slow down).  


  I went to Sephora yesterday after work to pick up the much talked about highlight powder by Laura Mercier, Spellbound.  It's pretty pricey ($42.00), but I figured why not.  I obviously haven't used it as of yet, but I will review it once I have.  It swatched very well and I can't wait to try it. I also used some points to pick up one of the Urban Decay Revolution Lipsticks in Catfight, a bright mid-tone pink, which I can't wait to try. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend, swatches are below.

Spellbound in Natural Light

Catfight, Spellbound and Spellbound blended out, in natural light.

Artificial light

MAC Bloggers' Obsessions

So I just wanted to show you guys what I got from the new Bloggers' Obsessions collection.  I only picked up two items, Hocus Pocus eyeshadow and All Of My Purple Life lipglass.  I wanted to get Jealousy Wakes eyeshadow, but as I'm sure all of you know it sold out within minutes of launching online.  I read on Twitter that they are suppose to restock the sold out items, so maybe I can get my hands on it after all.

 

All Of My Purple Life & Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus & All Of My Purple Life

Hocus Pocus is unlike any gray eyeshadow that I own, though I forgot to take pictures of the swatches.  It is a satin and has gold sparkles, but the gold does not overpower the shadow.  The blogger that created this shade wanted it to be flattering on all skintones, which I think it should be.  I haven't used it yet but I will definitely post the look that I come up with.

All Of My Purple Life is very nice and very opaque.  It is purple with blue shimmer.  I did a few lip swatches of my MAC lipglasses that are dark purple and I'm happy to say that I own nothing like AOMPL.

So This Season from Trend F/W '09

Wrong Spell from Venomous Villians

All Of My Purple Life

All Of My Purple Life, Wrong Spell and So This Season

I can't wait to use both of this products, as you can see AOMPL is a unique purple color.  I'm glad I was able to get both products.  Did you get anything from the Bloggers' Obsessions Collection?  I would love to hear what you bought. 

MAC Surf Baby Haul

 So I decided to post my Surf Baby haul, I figured better late than never.

Surf The Ocean pigment stack, My Paradise, Gilded White & Sun Blonde

I must say that I am in LOVE with Sun Blonde, it is such a versatile color and like nothing that I own.  It looks good paired with greens, pink toned colors, and browns. 

My paradise, clearly the star of the collection, at least in my opinion.  I must say that I love that the gold overspray doesn't disappear so fast this time around.  The blush leans kind of coral-orange on my skin tone.  I think it is a lot better than last year's Marine Life.

Gilded White is the one product that I am unhappy with.  It doesn't stay on the water line at all and it makes my eyes look sick with placed on the lower lash line.  I haven't tried it on the inner corners of my eyes yet, so perhaps it won't be a complete waste.

Surf the Ocean pigment stack was the item I was most skeptical about. I love the idea of pigments, but I never ever use them.  The bluish-green color reminded me of Deep Blue Green pigment which I hardly ever touch, but the bronze color looked amazing.  So when I saw it back in stock online I purchased it against my better judgment.  I am happy to say that I really like this stack, especially the bronze color.  I had little to no fall out and I love how metallic-y the colors look.  

So that's all for now.  Leave a comment and let me know what you purchased from the MAC Surf Baby Collection.

CVS Clearance

So I stopped at CVS a few more times and picked up some of the beauty items that are on clearance.

 

I got L'Oreal HIP duos in Sassy, Flashy and Cheeky.  Milani Jewel FX Gems, this was not on sale, I picked up the last one on the display.  Physician's Formula Organic Wear Highlighter, Face Powder and Bronzer, Sally Hansen Diamond 12 hour lip treatment with liner in Engaging and Gem and last but not least Physician's Formula shimmer strips for hazel eyes.

I used the HIP duo in Sassy and I love, love love it.  I'm wondering why I never picked it up, but I'm happy that I have it now.  I have also been using the Physician's Formula organic wear powder as a setting powder with my foundation.  It has been working well for me so far.   

Have you purchased anything from the CVS beauty sale, leave a comment and let me know. 

Lush Haul

All my Lush goodies :)

So I shop at Lush here and there, I've never thought they ran any specials because I rarely hear anything about them.  When I heard about their after Christmas bogo free I initially thought it was an online thing only so I bought three things and I received three for free.

While shopping for my daughter's b-day party this pass Tuesday, I passed by a Lush store and saw a sign in the window for bogo free.  So after I finished my party shopping I headed over to the shop.  I was very disappointed because like I stated above, I thought this sale was online only.  I paid $6.00 for shipping, which I could have used to purchase more bath goodies.

I only walked out of the store with two of The Boog bath bombs.  I will do a review on this this week, because I LOVE it.  After looking at various Youtube videos, I decided that I needed to return to the store to pick up a few more things, because again I didn't really understand the sale.  I didn't even know that the soaps were a part of the sale.  

Needless to say, the above picture is what I ended up with, smh, I have a new addiction.  For me Fall and Winter are the times to take baths.  I rarely take showers in the winter for whatever reason.  So I'm happy that I was able to pick up some bath items at pretty good prices.

Here's what I purchased:

4 The Boog bath bombs

2 Cinder bath bombs

2 Li'l Lush Pud bath bombs

2 Satsumo Santa bath bombs

3 Bearded Lady bubble bars

3 Gingerbread House bubble bars

1 Gold Star bubble bar(I don't remember ordering this but it came in my package)

A chunk of Angel's Delight Soap

A chunk of Snowcake Soap (I love this one)

A chunk of Snow Globe Soap

2 Have a Sweet Christmas boxed gifts(comes with Candy Cane bubble bar and Godmother Soap)

I'm pretty happy with everything that I purchased, even though something in my wants to go back for more, smh.  I can't wait for this year's end of Christmas sale, lol.  The sale is going on until January 16.

Did you purchase anything from Lush's after Christmas sale?  Leave a comment and let my know.

CVS Beauty Clearance

Nude Lustre, Mauve

Nude Lustre, Mauve

I'm sure you all are well aware that CVS is having their semi annual beauty sale. I first heard about the current sale from Gianna over at nouveaucheap.blogspot.com. Definitely check out her blog because she keeps an updated list of all the products that are on sale.

I only picked up two things because nothing was marked in the CVS that I stopped at and I got tired of running back and forth to the price check machine. Revlon nude lustre lip gloss and Revlon colorburst lipstick in mauve.

The lipstick was $2.49 and the gloss was $2.25. Nude lustre is my current favorite neutral gloss, so I picked up a back up. Have you purchased anything from CVS's beauty sale?

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My $0.01 Rite Aid Trip

Milk & Honey, Citrus, Milk & Honey

Yesterday I went to Rite Aid again to pick up some of the Nivea lip balms that they currently have on sale 3 for $5.00.  When you purchase three you get $1.00 back in +up rewards.  The yes to carrots lip balm is also included in this promotion and I have been wanting to try them.  

So I picked up two Nivea lip balms and one yes to carrots lip balm and like my title says I only paid $0.01 and I received $1.00 in +up rewards.  Here's how:  I had a Nivea bogo coupon, instead of taking the sale price of $1.67 off, the cashier took the original price of $2.99 off.  I also had $2.00 in +up rewards from a previous transaction, which I used.

So there you have it, my one cent shopping trip.  Have you purchased any of the Nivea lip balms this week at Rite Aid?  Leave a comment and let me know what you purchased.

Coastal Scents Fall Festival Palette

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Coastal Scents letting me know that their newest palettes were back in stock.  The email also stated that the palettes would be 33% off, because I believe they sold out either on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, I'm not completely sure. 

Anyhow, I have been eyeing the Fall Festival palette since I first saw it on the site.  So I figured with it being 33% off, I might as well get it.  This is my second palette from Coastal Scents, I also own Creative Me #1, which I'm not completely crazy about.   

The palette does not come assembled, the pots come in a plastic case, so you can pretty much set the palette up the way that you want.  I love the colors, the are fall type colors, but also neutral.  The eyeshadows are very soft, but not crumbly soft.  I can't speak on how the wear, blend, etc. because I haven't used them yet.  

Swatches without flash in the same order as above.

Swatches, bottom row without flash.

Swatches with flash.

Swatches with flash.

 

I must say, that even though I have not used the palette yet, I'm sure I will not be disappointed.  They colors swatched with one swipe and they have good color pigmentation.  

Do you own the Coastal Scents Fall Festival palette?  If so leave a comment and let me know what you think about it. 

L'oreal Go 360 Clean at Rite Aid

I'm not sure if you aware of this but L'oreal skin care is bogo 50% off this week at rite aid. You also get $5.00 back in +up rewards when you buy two.

I bought two of the go 360 clean cleansers and they rang up $3.59 each when the original price is $7.19. So they are ringing up as 50% off each which would be bogo free. There is a $1.00 coupon on coupons.com which you can print twice so that brings your total down to $5.19 and you still get the +up reward. So you are getting two facial cleansers for $0.19, my kind of deal.

I'm not sure if this goes for all of the go 360 clean or just this particular one.

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More Sephora Shopping

What can I say, I'm a sucker.  Sephora sent out gift cards to the Beauty Insiders, I got one for $15.00 off a $40.00 purchase.  I wanted to try Urban Decay Deslick Oil Control Makeup Setting Spray, so I purchased that. 

I also picked up one of the Nars Lip gloss duo in Orgasm/Hustler, along with the lip gloss/lip stain duo in Turkish Delight/Sayonara.  Both duos were $10.00 and I didn't want to miss out on another Nars $10.00 deal like I did with the eyeshadow duos.  I also picked up one of the dollar Sephora eye liners in Forest Green. 

Forest Green eye liner, Orgasm, Hustler, Turkish Delight, Sayonara

What did you purchase with your gift card? 

Sephora, Again

So Sephora is really killing my pockets with all of these sales that they are having.  First it was the Friends and Family, VIB sale and this past week they sent out a giftcard to the Beauty Insiders, sigh.

This particular post will focus on the VIB sale from about two weeks ago.  I didn't purchase any makeup I'm proud to say.  I have been eyeing DKNY Be Delicious perfume for about three months now, so I figured this would be a good time to purchase it.  

They had a gift set that included two mini DKNY Be Delicious and two DKNY Be Delicious Fresh.  I also picked up Philosophy melting marshmallow body wash/bubble bath/shampoo and a small Sephora brush cleaner.

This is my first time trying a Philosophy product and I LOVE it.  Melting Marshmallow smells delightful and the bubbles last for a decent amount of time.  It doesn't leave a film on the skin, which is also a plus.  The only thing that will prevent me from purchasing this product again is the price.  $16.00 is alot for a bubble bath, especially when I can get products that I like free or close enough to it from the drugstores.  So I considered this a treat to myself and hopefully I can try out other products at a discounted price.

I have been using the Sephora brush cleaner to spot clean my brushes, so I figured I would purchase another bottle.  I haven't been deep cleaning my brushes as often, so this has been a lifesaver for me.  I mix it with water to make it last a little longer. 

Did any of you purchase anything from the VIB sale?  If so, leave a comment and let me know what you purchased. 

CVS Shopping

Last week I picked up a few things that were on sale at CVS. Milani products were bogo 50% off and they had the new baked eyeshadows so I picked one up.

I picked up the baked eyeshadows in famous duo and a glitter nail polish in gold glitz. Famous reminds me of the mineralize eyeshadow from the MAC Rodarte collection which was never released. It swatches as a silver with reddish pink glitter. It was the most unique one for me. The eyeshadow retails for $7.49, but I'm not completely sure about that because I misplaced my receipt.

I also picked up another EOS lipbalm in Summer Fruit as CVS had them for $2.99 and you received $2.99 back in extrabucks. I love these things so if I can get them for free I'm more than happy.

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CVS L'Oreal Clearance

So as I'm sure you all know by now, CVS has some L'Oreal HIP items clearanced for 75% off.  I picked up two pigments and one shine struck liquid lipcolor.

Fiery, Euphoric, Restless



The pigments were $3.49 each and the gloss was $3.57.  After coupons and extrabucks I ended up paying $6.49, not bad considering that the original retail of the pigments are $13.99 and the gloss $14.29. 

I actually like these particular glosses, even though the smell is kind of overwhelming.  They last about three hours on the lips and the color pigmentation is excellent. Restless kind of reminds me of MAC Vanilla pigment, but I haven't swatched them yet so I am not completely sure.  

Did you pick up any of the clearanced L'Oreal products? Leave a comment and let me know what you bought.