April & May Haul

First off, my beauty haul!

My Beauty Diary Face Masks Variety Pack (99 Ranch Market), $14.99

Sonia Kashuk Contour Brush (Target)

Sephora order:

Miss Dior Cherie Deluxe Sample, Free

Benefit Feelin' Cheeky! Minis, $15.00

L-R: Posietint, High Beam, & Benetint

Just showing the size of everything in comparison to the Nano. The minis are smaller than expected, but $15 to try three items isn't bad. High Beam is great for the top of my cheekbones because it gives the perfect highlight.

Beauty Box, $48

This set comes with a full sized.. 

-Girl Meets Pearl (Luminizer): $30

-Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner (in  R.S.V.P.): $19

-Dallas (Luminizer): $28

-Some Kind-A Gorgeous (cream foundation in Medium), $28

and a mini badGal mascara

Next up... Accessories haul!

Ray Ban New Wayfarers (Polarized), $100

I got this during Macy's Friends and Family which gave me 25% off. I also had a couple gift cards, bringing the price down to about $100.

Rings from H&M and Forever 21

I REALLY want the turquoise version, not the coral, but I haven't been able to find it yet.

Hat, $6.80

-Annie

Hair Change: Virgin Black to Palty's Sakura Creamy

Before

Started with 2 day old hair and no makeup :(

After

Process: I used 1 1/2 boxes for Palty's Sakura Creamy. I left it in for about an hour with a shower cap on. When I applied the hair dye, I started at the roots first then worked my way down and I did it in layers. I used a hair dye brush that you can buy from Sally's. I thought the comb attachment was ineffective because my hair's so long and it didn't detangle my hair well enough.

Outcome: My bangs are A LOT lighter than the rest of my hair. I think I should just do it in layers starting from the bottom. It still looks OK and has washed out to a golden color instead of being reddish. Since I did this back in May, my roots are now showing.

-Annie

NOTD: Rimmel Sunset Orange

 
Hi, long time no post... again! :(

NOTD from.. who knows when? Hehe... Anyways, here's a swatch of.. Rimmel's Sunset Orange.

I LOVE their wide brushes (gets the job done fast!), and I only need one layer! It's super affordable at around $5. The color looks more red in the bottle, but comes out more orange. But... not an ugly shade of orange, if you get what I mean. I love using this on my toes because it's a super nice color for spring and summer.

-Annie

First Maxi Dress!

Whoops, been neglecting  my blog because I've been working so much. Not really a good thing, but I had Eggettes last night as a treat for working so hard.

I'm behind on my makeup haul, which I will do... hopefully within the next month.

Anyways, this dress was $15 from Forever 21. I love Grecian style and I never thought I could rock a maxi dress. Sorry for the horrible cell phone quality pic. I got this last night along with a bunch of accessories which I will take pics of. I really want this turquoise ring, but only found the pink version :( I will have to keep going back until I find it.

 Front

Back

I love the back! Can't wear a bra with it, but it's okay because it has padded cups. The dress definitely makes me look skinnier too. I also need to hem the bottom about 2-3 inches. I haven't decided which method I'll use to hem it, I'll have to ask my mom about that first.

-Annie

Super Large Cumulative March Haul! Beauty & Fashion Related...

Broken down by store:

First off... Target, my new love! Btw I have another Target shoe order on the way, it won't ship until sometime in April.

Target:

Dolce Vita for Target

Buckle Ankle boots: $34.99 --> $12.24 

Lace-Up (Combat) Boots: $34.99 --> $17.48

Xhilaration Tops
L-R
$24.99 --> $17.48 & $21.99 --> $10.98

Xhilaration Pants
$14.99 --> $10.48

Dr. Scholl's Three pack insoles & Ball of foot gel pad

Sonia Kashuk Small Hair Brush

Next up are my beauty hauls from this month:

Walgreens:

Revlon Photoready: $

I got these when they were 40% off about two weeks ago.

It also came with $3 Register Rewards which I used on the Rimmel stuff below.

Medium beige (006) matches my skin better than Natural Beige (005) which was too dark for me

L-R: Rimmel Polish in Sunset Orange ($1.82*),
Crush & Airy Fairy (went to 5 Walgreens before I found 2...) ($2.75* each),

EOS Hand Lotion in Cucumber $3.18 (smells so yummy! I haven't seen them at Target),

Rimmel Lipliner in Eastend Snob ($2.97*)

Rimmel is 40% off at Walgreens this week! *Employee/family discount pricing*

CVS:

 Milani was B1G1 1/2 off last week.

I also combined it with a 25% off coupon, which was YMMV.

Top: Baked Bronzers in Golden which is too dark!

They didn't have the lighter shades so I will exchange them for Glow & Soleil when they are in stock.
Bottom: Luminous & Mai Tai
PAID: $9.41 The rest was covered by a gift card

Shu Uemura:

Finally got the curler

Shu items are exclusively online now.

My credit card charged an extra 3% ("Foreign Transaction Fee") + $19 = $19.57

because they shipped/billed from Canada.

Lastly, my very first Lush purchase!

Angels on Bare Skin: $8

I got a small one because I wanted to try it out before buying a bigger slice. 

So far I'm using it in the morning & loving the smell.

It's a nice gentle exfoliating cleanser.

Bottom Left: Blackberry Bath Bomb $6.25

Bottom Right: Avobath Bath Bomb $6.25

I got the sales associate to cut them in half. 

I haven't used them yet, but I'm storing them in my closet.

-Annie

NOTD: ORLY - Spark

From last week: ORLY - Spark
This is my only ORLY polish. I bought it from a beauty supplier in LA's Chinatown.

I took this with flash on.

I felt that the color didn't look accurate and retook it a few days later:

This was taken in natural light.

I was too lazy to use a base or top coat so it chipped pretty quickly.

Now that it's Spring, I've been feeling bright nails. I do have to give them a break every once in a while... But I want to paint them because my thumb was in an unfortunate accident back in December. It left me a purple nail :(

I'm now working two jobs which totals up to 40 hours a week. I really want to get into swatching more during the day but I only have one free day a week... which I use to spend with my boyfriend.

Seems like there's so much I want to do but I don't have the TIME to do it all.

-Annie

NOTD: China Glaze - For Audrey & OPI Black Shatter

NOTD (not today, but March 12th lol)

I painted this at my cousin's house. She got the last OPI Shatter from a beauty supply store in downtown. I always thought it gave off a cool effect, but haven't really given a thought to buying it. After trying it out though, I really do want one! Doubles the number of nail polishes you own! Follow the formula for an example:

# you own x 2 (thanks to shatter) = SO MANY MORE POSSIBILITIES!

I asked my boyfriend for his opinion on it. Thought he would like it since it looks more punk than the typically seen mature/classy/vampy/neons. He didn't like it!! Asked another guy and he didn't like it either! Asked three girls? Loved it!

Conclusion? Guys might not like b/c it's so busy/flashy/weird/different/jealous they can't wear it/a million other reasons. Girls, on the other hand, are fighting for the last bottle hence it being sold out at so many places...

What do you think?

-Annie