Saturday, April 07, 2012

Ulta goodies!

Hey there! So Ulta has sent out this quarter's rewards (20% off of your purchase) which includes 'prestige brands' so of course, I had to pay them a visit.  To be honest, I actually do not have anything on my make-up wishlist right now, so it was really hard to come up with something to purchase. :(  So I chose the following:  

Basically U's version of the beauty blender sponge.  So I'm REALLY happy with my current method of applying foundation (I actually use a flat top brush by E.L.F. studio or by Sonia Kashuk) but I did want something to absord any excess foundation instead of a Kleenex.  I've heard great reviews about the beauty blender sponge but at $20 a pop, I knew that was not going to happen so along comes Ulta's version for $4.99 - YAY!

Iman cream to powder foundation in Clay #2 My holy grail foundation is Make Up Forever's HD foundation (OMG) so I'm not looking to replace it.  I do however, want something a little cheaper to wear on the weekend when my plans are just to trot around town running errands.  I don't feel like wearing a $45 foundation while I stroll the aisles of Target looking for toilet bowl cleaner.  I've tried looking around my local drug stores but they don't seem to think that people in this town need anything darker than 'beige'.  My local Ulta just recently got Iman's items and I have to be honest - I was impressed, especially at the price point (this foundation was only $16 - just $5 more than a Maybelline foundation I was considering).  Fingers crossed that this works!  

Physician's Formula Lash Booster + Eyeliner in Ultra Black So the original Physician's Formula Lash Booster liner is my HG (holy grail) of all liners so when I saw that it now also comes in a bold felt tip version (which is on sale at Ulta for $6.99) I had to swoop it up.  Watch out world, my cat eye look is about to get even bolder.  

NYX pencils For the price, I like NYX's products.  Worn on their own, they are a hot smudgy mess, but used as an eye shadow base, NYX's jumbo pencils are the bomb.com!  I also bought the light brown liner pencil since it was on clearance for $1.29 and when does a brown liner NOT come in handy?

Talk to you guys later!


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

First day of spring and I'm back!

Hi everyone! My apologies for taking forever and a day to update my blog. To be honest, after the Christmas holiday, I had decided to stop updating my blog and move things over to YouTube. I originally wanted to start a channel where I could do videos of make-up tutorials, plus size OOTD (outfit of the day), hauls, etc. but I've decided for right now to stay with the blog. I'm not sure if I'm ready to expose myself to the world just yet. Anywhoo, stay tuned for an update later this evening.