New Beauty Haul!

 Hello, everybody! How was your weekend? Can you believe it's already the end of July?!

I really need to cut back on my beauty purchases. I have so much stuff that I need to use up before I buy any more products. I think it's time to go through all of my products and create a "use it up" bin. Anyway, here's all the new products I've received/bought recently. T.T To be fair, most of these were free. So there's my excuse this time.

Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Body Wash

This was free from Influenster. I like that it's lightly scented since I use a lot of other scented products. This lathers up nicely and my skin feels clean after I use it. 

Sun Bum Sunscreen SPF 30 Lip Balm in Kiwi

 

I'm really trying to take better care of my lips. I never thought to use SPF on them until just a couple years ago. This is fine. 

Lip Smacker Lip Balm in Pink Lemonade

 

This was given to me. It's so nostalgic! Lip Smacker was my favorite brand of lip balm when I was in school. 

 

Summer Friday Self-Care Celebration Birthday Gift

 

My birthday was in June, and this was one of the options for Sephora's free birthday gift. 

 

Laura Mercier Lunar New Year Translucent Loose Setting Powder

 

Do I need this? No. Did I buy it anyway because it's a red lunar new year edition and it was on sale? Absolutely yes. 

 

Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint

 

This was also free from Influenster for review. I really like this skin tint! It's a perfect shade match and it looks so nice on my skin. 

 

Lip Smacker x Hello Kitty 10 Piece Lip Balm Party Pack

 

I picked this up from Ulta. I know, I know. I don't need anymore lip balms, but I can't resist when it comes to Hello Kitty products. 

 

Lip Smacker x Hello Kitty Peach Gummy

 

This was also from Ulta. It's very bulky, but it's cute. 

 

Olaplex No. 3 & No. 7 Duo Kit Birthday Gift

 

This was the birthday gift from Ulta this year. 

 

It's A 10 Miracle Leave In Product

 

I love this leave in treatment. It smells nice too. 

 

Philosophy Hope in a Jar

 

This was another free product to review from Influenster. 

 

Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Body Lotion

 

I really like this, as you know. I repurchase it constantly. 

 

Kitsch x Hello Kitty King Size Satin Pillowcases

 

I had $50 worth of reward points to use at Ulta, so I ordered these two pillowcases (both on sale - one was half off for $13 and the other was only $6.50) and the serum under these. 

 

Peach & Lily Super Oasis Concentrated Serum

 

I've never tried anything from this brand before, but I've heard great things about it. I'm excited to see how it works for me. 

 

 

Armani Beauty Skin Tint in L1

 

This was another free gift for review from Influenster. I like this skin tint, but the shade is a tiny bit too dark for me. That's on me though. It can be difficult choosing a shade online. I thought I picked the one closest to my skin tone. 

 

 

That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful week!

 

 

Random Beauty Declutter - 2023

 Hello, everyone! How was your weekend?

I've been slowly going through all of my makeup/skincare/haircare/etc. collection and decided to try to declutter a bit more products that I'm either not going to use or have too much of. These are the products I'm getting rid of for now!

Redkin Blondage Shampoo

I used to have blonde hair, but I decided to go back to dark brown. Obviously, I no longer need this anymore.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Bronzer in Sun Kissed

I hate the color of this bronzer. It pulls VERY yellow on my skin tone, and just looks weird on me.

Michiru Hair Regrowth Treatment

Not worth it. The instructions say to apply this twice a day, but it makes my hair look and feel greasy and disgusting. No amount of time or dry shampoo made my hair look cleaner after applying this. I'd rather have slightly thinning hair than hair that looks nasty.

Laura Mercier Radiance Foundation Primer

This is very glowy. Too glowy. My skin looks like an oily mess when I use this primer.

Cle De Peau Correcting Cream Veil

This one hurts to let go of. It's my first Cle De Peau product, but it doesn't work with my skin type. It clings to my dry patches and sinks into my pores and makes them more pronounced.

YSL Touche Eclat Blur Perfector

I do like this, but I never reach for it anymore. My skin used to be pretty oily, but it's more normal now. Even if I do see some oil on my face, I'd rather use a blotting sheet instead of this because it disrupts my makeup.

Philosophy Amazing Grace

This came from a set of 3. I like this perfume, but I have so many perfumes now and I'm trying to only keep the ones I love and will use often. I'm keeping the other 2 versions of this, but I think my mom will get more use out of this one than I will.

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Redness Serum

I didn't even get around to taking a picture of this product because I'm not sure if I'm supposed to talk about this yet, but I'm going to. I received this free from BzzAgent for review. I was instructed to use this twice a day for two weeks. I used this 3 times and stopped because it broke me out in a ton of white heads all over my face! I don't have sensitive skin, and I've used a lot of It Cosmetics products before with no issues. I would much rather have some redness that I can cover up with makeup than a face full of white heads.

 That's everything I'm decluttering for now! Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a great week!

My Makeup Collection 2018: Eye Liner + Shadow Sticks

Hello, everyone!  How was your weekend?

I have my eyeliners and shadow sticks to show you this week as well as swatches of all of them.  However, I have a few back up liners and liners that I haven't opened or tried yet that I obviously won't include swatches of.

Unopened/Backups
Wet N Wild Coloricon Brow & Eye Liner in Charcoal x 2, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Perversion, Wet N Wild Coloricon Shimmer Eye Pencil in Black x 2, Hikari Eyeliner in Raven, Xtreme Color Eyeliner Pencil in Black, Girlactik Beauty Precise Eyeliner Marker in Black Noir, Kat Von D Beauty Tattoo Liner in Trooper, Kat Von D Beauty Lightning Liner in Jett, Kat Von D Beauty LE Five Fearless Years Tattoo Liner in Trooper, and Sephora x Minnie Mouse Collection Minnie's Black & White Felt Eyeliner Duo

Eyeliners
Marc Jacobs Beauty Gel Highliners in (Earth)quake, (Brown)ie, and Ro(cocoa), BH Cosmetics Waterproof Eye Liner in Dusty Gold, NYX Cosmetics Slide On, Glide On, Stay On, & Definitely A Turn On Waterproof Extreme Shine Eye Liner in Brown Perfection, Ofra Cosmetics Eyeliner in Slate, Rimmel London Scandaleyes in Nude, Julep Gel Eye Glider in Taupe, Lancome Drama Liqui-Pencil in Noir Intense, Rimmel London Soft Kohl Liner in Pure White, Avon Glimmersticks in Starry Night, Avon Glimmersticks Diamonds in Flashy Copper, Avon Glimmersticks Diamonds in Golden Diamond, Avon Glimmersticks in Saturn Grey, Avon Glimmersticks Diamonds in Sparkling Silver, Beauty For Real I-Line 24-7 Eyeliner in 24 Karat, Wet N Wild Coloricon Shimmer Eye Pencil in Black, Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner in Intense Black, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil minis in Voodoo and Stag, Sephora Collection Waterproof Eyeliner mini in Black Lace, Marc Jacobs Beauty Gel Highliner mini in Blacquer, Sephora Collection Eyeliner mini in Black, Lime Crime Uniliners in Reason, Rhyme, Citreuse, 6th Element, Blue Milk, and Orchidaceous, Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in Midnight Cowboy, Almay Intense i-Color in Brown Topaz, and NYX Cosmetics Collection Noir Powder Black Liner

Shadow Sticks
Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick mini in Golden Pink, TreStique Shadow Crayon mini in Aspen Pine, Dirty Little Secret Eyeshadow Crayon in Illusion, NYX Cosmetics Jumbo Eye Pencils in Milk, Cottage Cheese, Rust, and Yogurt, NARS Velvet Shadow Stick in Hollywoodland, Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Plum, Beauty For Real Shadow Stix in All Day Latte, and The Estee Edit The Edgiest Kohl Shadowstick in Black Viper

Eye Brighteners
Thrive Causemetics Brilliant Eye Brightener in Stella and Benefit Cosmetics High Brow

That's all of them!  What is your favorite black pencil eyeliner?  I have such a hard time finding one that's super black and doesn't run or fade in my waterline.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great week!

My Makeup Collection 2018: Highlighter

Hello, everyone!  How was your weekend?

I've busted out all of my highlighters for this week's MMC.  I decided that I would include swatches of each product in the posts from now on (within reason).  Anyway, here they are!

Wet N Wild
White Raven, The Sweetest Bling, Lilac to Reality, Merrygold Round, and Holly Gold-head

Becca Cosmetics
Prosecco Pop, Moonstone, Opal, and Champagne Pop

MILK Makeup
Liquid Strobe in Beam (repackaged because the rollerball sucked)

Benefit Cosmetics
Watts Up

Cover FX
Bubbly

Buxom
Divine Goddess Luminizer

Marc Jacobs Beauty
Dew You?

Clinique
01 Hefty Highlight

Essence
Pure Nude

Duos
e.l.f. Baked Highlighter & Bronzer and Pixi Beauty Beauty Blush Duo in Rose Gold

The Balm Cosmetics
Mary-Lou Manizer

Too Faced
Candlelight Glow in Rosy Glow

Laura Mercier
Matte Radiance Baked Powder in Highlight 01

Doll 10
H2Glo Highlighter in Champagne

Vintage by Jessica Liebeskind
Rose Quartz/Chocolate Diamond

MAC
Glow Rida and Play It Proper

That's all of my highlighters!  Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a great week!