Hello to all of my beautiful nerds and welcome back from traveling the vast nerd universe! I am back with a new haul!

21 Days of Beauty Fall 2019!

Yes, it’s another haul and its Ulta 21 Days for fall! Every year Ulta has one of these in the spring and another in the fall where some prestige products get chosen alongside luxury to be placed from 40 to 50% off. They have stuff from Tarte to Urban Decay and even Dermalogica. This sale I did it differently from the last. I watched Hot Mess Mama MD do her videos on the three weeks and then Jen Luv’s Reviews do hers and chose a few items and saved them to my favorites on the app instead. It helped me keep in check because during the spring one I bought a lot and felt like with this one there were only a few things I wanted. What did I get? Let’s see!

Lorac Pro 2: First item is the Lorac Pro 2 pallet! I find it weird that last sale they had the Pro 3 on sale and now it was the Pro 2. I did hear good things about this brand and their shadows and picked up the Pro 3 to try out and their shadows were good from what I tried and when I liked it I decided to see about the others and well lucky me for this one being on sale for half off the entire sale. There are some products where Ulta just put them for a hot buy the entirety and this was one of them. Forgot to mention that Emily Noelle was the one who talked about this one. With the look I created so far it can be a bit of a fall out with the navy shade. I did’’ know until someone saw the blue smudges in my picture I took. I know I have to clean up my under eyes. I will play with this more.
Beauty Bakerie Cotton Candy Champagne Blush Pallet: Next is another item I tried based on recommendation from Emily Noelle and that is the Beauty Bakerie Cotton Candy Shampagne Blush Pallet. I have tried two things from this brand and they were the blending egg sponges and the highlighter that looks like a salt and pepper shaker despite it looking like a frosting tub you get from Pillsbury but this is a full on pallet. When Emily was talking about what she would recommend and she said this I had to try it for myself. The packaging is very cute with the cotton balls to give off the cotton candy look and the blushes are cute too. I know the darkest is a plum shade but I did try one of the lighter shades which was pretty pigmented. If I were to say when it comes to trying this brand out I would say go for the pallets because they’re easier to use than the other items, I have a hard time getting that highlighter out so best to try the pallets.
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush: Even though I got the Too Faced Tootie Fruitie blush in Berries & Bubbly, thank you 90s Love Child, but that doesn’t count even though they had their eye shadow pallets were on sale later. This popped my cat ears because I enjoy Tarte though and saved it to my favorites when I heard them being an item. Even though the Tarte in Bloom Pallet and the Lights Camera Lashes mascara were part of it but the blushes were the ones that got to me more than the highlighters even. I remembered loving the Amazonian Clay formula since it was also in the Swamp Queen pallet and many other shadow pallets they have released and remembered loving the blush from that and the blush in the set I got from the Christmas time sales years ago. I got the blushes in Seduced and Dazzled. These are rose colored blushes that fit my skin tone and Seduced is more of a rosy nude while Dazzled is a shimmery, soft rose. I almost thought about getting one other one but felt that was a bit much and had to think of the other items I wanted. I did try one of these and not bad even though I couldn’t see if it did stay on my skin. I will have to play with them further.
CoverFX Perfect Setting Powder: This was a last minute add-on all thanks to Jen from Jen Luv’s Reviews and that is the setting powder from CoverFX. Urban Decay and Becca also had their setting powders in this sale but this one got me because I remembered enjoying the face pallet from BoxyCharm. I did use it today, Monday by the way, I heard so many good things about this powder and since I have been using the Becca Hydro Mist at the moment after the sale I did have to see how that goes if I wanted another and trying COverFX’s setting powder on its own. Like with the Becca it does have a net which makes it more convenient. Can’t wait to use this one!
Dose of Colors Liquid Lipsticks: Next is the Dose of Colors Lipsticks. I got into these through BoxyCharm too. When I heard that these will be in the sale I had to get more of them! Apparently at the same time Sephora was also doing their own version of this sale and did the same idea with the Dose of Colors lipsticks but I got them from Ulta because their points system beats theirs. I stuck to three even though they were $9 each which is a good price and wishing they just keep it at that price. Oh well! I went with a color that Jen Luv’s Reviews loves and that is Chocolate Wasted. I didn’t know this was an actual color because I thought back to an Adam Sandler movie, Grown Ups where the youngest girl yells out, “I want to be chocolate wasted!” This is a dark brown color which yes it can be too dark but years ago I did love wearing chocolate brown lipsticks and it has been forever. Thank you Jen! Another shade I picked up was Play It Cool which is a dusty rose taupe. Trust me guys, it was hard knowing what to choose because the colors sounded so nice but this one intrigued me since I do like rosy shades and this mixes with taupe. And the last color I got was Camp Fire which is a burnt sienna. Didn’t I mention I had a hard time choosing? I remembered how I had a burnt sienna lipstick from Ofra, I think its Americano as the name, but people loved it on me in What’s up in Makeup and remembered that so picked up this one since it is a bit of a burnt red-brown. I can’t wait to use these since I do love the formula.
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil: Final item I got in the sale is the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencils. I wasn’t interested in the other Urban Decay products even though my favorite Perversion mascara was on sale but as a travel size when I already have a new full size tube. I have tried one of these pencils out but as sample sizes and glad to get a full size version. I went with three colors and they are Desperation, a deep, taupe gray matte, Oozie, dark gunmetal shimmer, and Smog, a copper shimmer. Smog got me at first since I was looking for a copper or bronze liner due to having a lot of bronze shades while the other two were different in the gray tones. I did notice the blue and green shades but didn’t excite me this time since I bought NYX Slime Eye Pencils in those colors. I almost got Corrupt because Nicole Quinn loves that one but I can always get that one later. I am so glad to try these for real.

Bonus Items That Weren’t On Sale: Let’s see what else I bought that was not a part of the sale!

Formula 1.06 Rescue Me Blemish Gel: First is a re-stock on my favorite blemish gel from Formula 10.06 and glad I did because I just ran out. I was glad to get another tube.
Burt’s Bees Lip Oil: I used to have an Ulta lip oil but don’t know what had happened to it so decided to try something new. I have enjoyed Burt’s Bees off and on and decided to try this out and man my lips become so moisturized and they feel good!
Revlon Cushion Lip Tint: Finally is the Revlon Cushion Lip Tint and to tell you the truth is that this thing is the most comfortable lip product I have worn so far! I got the shade Wine Trip because they talked about this color in Allure Magazine and had to check it out for myself. I did get another color but while at Walgreens and glad to get this. It’s been forever since I picked up a Revlon product.

Well guys that is it for this post! All I have to say this part of the sale was my most controlled sale ever. I felt like I got items I would rather want than items I would buy based on impulse alone, trust me I have been there and done that, and it feels better. I will have to see about the Dose lipsticks and the COverFX powder in how they go. What is next? Hoping a book review since this is the start of October and haven’t gotten word on Ipsy and BoxyCharm shipments yet since it’s early. So, until next time!

Hello to all of my beautiful nerds and welcome back from traveling the vast universe! I am back with another haul!

Haul: Skin Care and Hair Stuff and Two Lipsticks from Ulta!

Yep, I did order from Ulta again and this time it’s skin care, some hair items, and two lipsticks! Let’s dive in shall we?

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipsticks in Fire & Ice and Pink in the Afternoon: First, I wanted to get the makeup items out of the way. I haven’t picked up anything Revlon for a long time. I usually get their base and top coats for my nails but ever since I got to using more of the Sinful top and base coats I haven’t gone back to them. I also used to get their nail polishes, and did get a mascara from them a while back. Another item were the Super Lustrous Lipsticks and I still have them despite how old they are and they are Fuchsia Fusion and Iced Mocha. I loved how creamy those lipsticks were and even used one with one of my cosplays. I felt I haven’t gotten some in a long time and I decided to meet the free shipping bit with two of these and they were doing buy one get one half off on these and I got Fire & Ice and a popular one for many Pink In the Afternoon. Now I am hearing “Nine in the Afternoon” by Panic at the Disco. There were so many to choose from and figured these two would suit me the most and I have missed these. Revlon has not been too popular lately even though they get big stars to represent them. Not sure what’s going on.
Sheet Masks from Tony Moley, Mimi Box, and Yes to: Next is something I was glad to pick up and that I have gotten new skin care items. I am known for getting more sensitive skin stuff but stick to moisturizer but all thanks to trying out the Tacha Sheet Masks that came in my Boxy Charm last month I wanted to get more. I had given these a bad review all thanks to one being slimy that was in Boxy and gave a set of three away that came in my June box that same year since I didn’t like that slimy one and felt bad I didn’t give them another chance. I did give them another chance and found them awesome because of how moist my skin has gotten. It also makes sense since I have moved to a coastal town where winter is harsh on my skin, trust me the coldest that it has gotten here was 51 degrees and I stayed inside at work and home. Knowing summer won’t be better with how hot it does get on the beach side of town. Anyways, I got masks from Tony Moley after hearing getting good reviews on What’s Up In Makeup even from Vivi, Yes TO since I have really good things about them and Mimi Box which is a Korean Beauty brand and I have heard good things about K Beauty especially with skin care. I can’t wait to try these out, I am trying the Yes to Tomatoes Acne fighting one because I have gotten a zit on my chin and a few whiteheads that need to go away. Not only that, thank you Ipsy for putting a set of twelve masks for me to buy too since now I am loving sheet masks. If you’re wondering what I got in the other two brands, here they are:

Tony Moley:

I’m Real Aloe Mask
I’m Real Tea Tree
I’m Real Green Tea

Other Yes To: Coconut Hydrating Mask

Memvox (Sorry for bad spelling): I Dew Care Keep Calm Hydrate on Sheet Mask which I am excited about since I never tried Korean Beauty. I bet you’re wondering, Tacha is more of a Japanese brand from what I heard.

I hope these work out and will update on the Tomatoes Acne one when favorites come up.

ConAir Style Starters Teal Hair Dryer: I know it’s weird to hear that I got one of these since I sometimes am a little weirded out about hair dryers since my mom used to use one on my bangs every morning before school. She was so obsessed with straightening my hair early on even tried using a John Frida product that didn’t work out because she was supposed to blow dry my hair to make it work and didn’t want to listen to me when I read the packaging when I was ten. Anyways, Reason for this purchase is that I am having issues straightening my hair to full on straight. I always have major crimping after straightening on the sides, top part, sometimes at the bottom, and on one side part as well. So, asked what’s up in Make Up for answers and found out I was supposed to wash my hair then blow dry it and then straighten it with a flat iron. I did remember Walmart did this when I got it done there. I don’t get it done there because it’s pricey to do it all the time and better to just buy the items for yourself and do it at home. Plus, you can get salon quality hair hair products in drugstores now. I almost went with the orange Infinity one but saw this teal one on sale and the rating was the same rating as the Infinity one. Plus, ConAir is a pretty good company, even my mom still has a curling wand from them. I will have to try this method out and see how it goes because it’s not easy straightening your hair on your own as a blind person. I am waiting for news on straightening irons on Ipsy Offers since they used to offer them but only do curling wands at the moment. Sorry, I find it weird that I have curly hair and don’t need a curling wand in my opinion.
Revlon Perfect Round Brush: Another Revlon item and that is their perfect round brush. Remember when I got that Hot Tools one? Well, it was like this but not with the vents. I didn’t want to spend money on another Hot Tools one when I returned it. When I saw this one I noticed the ratings were pretty good and had to see how good it is and it was around $9. This thing is bigger from the classic round brushes you tend to see and still see in my mom’s drawer. I will use this with my hair dryer since this is meant to be used to help get the heat styling benefits and help smooth hair out. I can see why since my hair is a frizzy mess after washing my hair. Let’s see how it goes!
Marc Anthony Bye Bye Frizz Blow Dry Cream: Final item is from Marc Anthony Hair Care and that is the Bye Frizz Blow Dry Cream! I think I got something similar to this in Ipsy since that is how I tried this brand in the first place. I love their products and I am still seeing about what is going on with that heat protectant I have tried since it keeps my hair so smooth after a straight, well smooth OT the touch. I decided since I am getting a hair dryer I need something to help protect my hair while doing so and found this. I hope it works out since so far so good with the Bye Bye Frizz line it has been helping my hair out. I wished this brand was around twenty years ago because it was tiring trying to get my hair straight in so many ways. Even with so many pins and a can that was empty and used as a curler, I was that tired. Hey, now I have better products and tools.

Well, that is it for this haul. I do have other products to come from Ulta and may talk about them! So, definitely will be back with my Convention Spotlight on Omni this year, hoping to get the last two Holiday Matsuri videos, also Ipsy and Boxy Charm and Favorites. Stay tuned!

Hello to all of my beautiful nerds traveling the vast universe! I am back and this time with a collective beauty haul!

Disclaimer: I bought these products with my own money and got a few for Christmas, so please respect what I purchased or got for Christmas!

So, I have not done a beauty haul for a long time on here since I either do it on my Channel or not do one at all since I tend to forget or just too busy. It feels like towards New Year’s I am not too busy even though I am working now. I did buy most of these products with my paycheck I am admitting here and other items were with my Ulta card for two items I think. Let’s get into it!

Ipsy: It’s been a while since I’ve ordered from Ipsy and two items have not arrived yet but will still talk about them and will do the same with one or two sites. Let’s get to it.

Luxie Rose Gold Detailed Face Brush Set: First is a Luxie brush set and it’s their Rose Gold Face Detailed Brush Set. You know my favorite metallic color besides silver is rose gold and when I saw this set being offered on Ipsy I had to get it and plus for the longest time I wanted to get myself a Luxie brush set after trying out their brushes through my Glam Bags. This set is originally $42.00 and it was $19.00 on Ipsy which is a good deal when these are expensive brushes to begin with, not like those really expensive Artiste brushes we always heard about but the name is Luxie after all. This includes five brushes and they are the Flat Blender Brush 110 which I am using for my color correcting concealer which is said perfect for that. Round Makeup Blender Brush 120 which I can apply creamy eye bases which is no bad idea and might do that when I start using the NYX White Base again. Angled Makeup Brush 130 which can be used for cream contour or concealer. When I saw this brush when I got it I felt like I can use it for carving out my outer parts of my cheeks with my bronzer since I tend to do that with my out of work looks. Tapered Blender Brush 140which can be used for concealer around the mouth and under eyes. I remembered getting the Wonder Woman designed one and going to use this for setting powder because I had a hard time using it for my under eye concealer and would be better for powder. Flat Angled Blender 150 which is best used for cream contouring especially around the cheeks and nose. I think I would use this for concealing as well or just powder contour. I did find the one I am using for the color correcting very soft and glad I got this set and liking what I am using so far!
Nomad Around the World Pallet Light Infusion: Next is the Nomad Cosmetics Light Infusion pallet from their All around the World Collection. Whenever I heard people getting shadows from these guys I wanted to try them for a while and when I saw this highlighting pallet on sale I decided why not try out the highlighters since I got one of the deluxe size ones in Moonlight. This pallet was $27.00 originally but got it for $21.60. Not bad even though it could have gone lower in my opinion except I could see why they put it at the price they did and that is the pan sizes are huge in this thing! You get four highlights and they are Positano Sunrise which is a blushing highlight shimmering soft peach with topaz pearl finish, Punta Del Est Sunlight which is an intense illuminator a bright yellow with a gold pearl finish, Hanalei Sunset is flushed highlight in a glowing rose rose pink with a opal pearl finish, and Co Pha Ngan Moonlight is a holographic illuminator in duo chrome glow with a sapphire pearl finish. How pretty sounding are they. I did try the second one on my face and they are pretty easy to blend by the way. I did use Moonlight, the deluxe one I have, and that was also pretty easy to blend too. I am starting to like Iby Beauty Essentialist Brush Set: Next is something I haven’t received yet in the mail but it is another brush set and it’s from Iby. When I first got back to Ipsy I got one of their eye brushes in my July bag and when I saw this brush set for $18.00 it was a pretty good steal. This set comes with six brushes and a case and the brushes include a powder brush, an angled blush brush which also can be used for contouring, liner brush, eye shadow brush, and eye fluff brush for blending shadows, crease shadow brush, and a little bag to go with. I can’t wait to see these brushes and use them with my makeup since I did love the shadow brush I got before and if I like these brushes then will get more through Ipsy.
Ittse Six Shadow and Pallet Set: Last item is something from the brand Ittse. I tried these guys out when I got a shadow from them in either August or September and it’s not bad of a brand. This is a magnetic pallet with six neutral shadows in Film Noir, a matte wine, changing to Flats which was the first shade I got, matte nude, Sweater Weather, a grey olive green, Velveteen, a light marigold, Suede Booties: shimmery brown, and Irish coffee, a matte taupe. I can’t wait to use this since I did but Changing to Flats and it’s in my Z-Pallet at the moment and see how their other shadows feel.

Colour Pop: Remembered during my Holiday Matsuri that I went onto Color Pop’s website to shop round? Well, I did get a few things since they had a 40% off sale on pallets and 33% off their Lux Lipsticks. I got two pallets and one lipstick.

Lux Lipstick in Scorpio Moon: The lipstick I picked up was one of the Kathleen Lights zodiac Collection lipsticks. With her Zodiac collection she released two Lux ones and I loved the Lux ones more than the other lip products they have come up with, not more than the glosses but the other lip items. These are super creamy for what you get and the packaging is amazing too. Scorpio Moon is a rosy mauve shade and I did looks wearing this lipstick and people said it looked amazing on me and I never thought I would rock a color like this but apparently people thought I am able to. I wanted this shade for a while and was kind of scared due to how dark it sounded according to Kathleen but bought it to see how it went and it is going very well for me. I almost thought about getting Juno Mars which is a peachy nude but I got this instead and the two pallets.
I have been eyeing this thing for a few months ever since it came out and when I heard about the sale I picked it up. People said that they found some hits and misses in this pallet but so far so good it has worked out for me. I did a fiery gold look when I went out to the mall last Saturday to return something I have ordered at JCPenney and get my mom some gifts. I used The Cancer all over my lid, The Aries to define the eyes, The Leo in my crease, and The Gemini for my brow. Then I decided to pair the pallet with the Dream Street Pallet with the blue shades from that with The Pisces all over my lid then Mermaid Boy from DS to define, Water Bearer in my crease and then The Aquarius in my brows. Then lined them with my blue pencil. I took a picture of both looks for What’s Up In Makeup and got the most really good comments for the Fiery Gold look due to how I can play with the bolder shades without being afraid of them. The Blue Look did get positive and slight negative ones. If you’re in this group, all the admins do watch for negative comments and well recently I was a victim of being makeup shamed by having one of my pictures taken and put on on a makeup shaming group that was private from anyone else. That member did get kicked out which is a major risk and they do say don’t use someone’s pic to shame them. It didn’t stop me from posting since but after seeing some comments on my second look with the Zodiac pairing with Dream Street is that some people asking if it was something real and someone else was asking what I was using as my eye base and my brushes. I tend to buy brushes from Amazon and now Ipsy again which I was using my SL Ms. Glam ones I got as an extra last month and the one brush from this month. Of course I have been using Soft Ocher from MAC’s Paint Pot line which those are really good eye bases for the price that get charged for. I did love the blue look I came up with and even someone commented that they wish to use blue shadows despite how bold they can be. Don’t be afraid. I have to use the other shades in this pallet since I want to use The Scorpio which was the shade that sold me on this pallet.
Chasing Rainbows Pallet: Final item I got is the Chasing Rainbows pallet which is the newest pallet in the fifteen pan pallets Colour Pop has released. I almost bought this from Ulta but didn’t get it due to no colou descriptions for the shades because as a blind person it’s hard for me to justify buying some pallets that have these descriptions. Yes I do get pallets without it but when I saw this one on Ulta I felt like they only put shade names not the colors to each one since I heard Beauty News talking about this pallet. I was glad Colour Pop put the colors with the shade names and they were interesting with what was in this pallet. You mostly have red brown shades, two bluish shades, and mostly different shades of purple and one taupe, plus one coral, one peach, and one ivory. I know it doesn’t sound like a rainbow pallet but it is mostly a shadow version of a rainbow. I did use the purples with one look and the red browns for another and they are pretty pigmented for what I paid for with the sale. I would say they could have added another row of colors to this to make it more shadowy or even add a few dark greens and a navy blue at least and one grey. All in all, it did turn out pretty well and glad to pick up this pallet during the sale due to how different it is from all the neutral pallets I have gotten this year. Way to go Colour Pop!

Ulta: These purchases were done at different points of December! I will start with the pallet I got for Christmas!

Urban Decay Naked Cherry: This was the pallet I got for Christmas from my dad. Before I moved I made my Christmas list and put this one on there since it was a newer naked pallet. As you know that I have been collecting the naked series and when I heard about this one it was pretty unique from knowing that this is more of a berry type pallet with a peach in it. I have to give props for Urban Decay for going into berry tones since they have been becoming bigger over time and it is an extension of the Aphrodisiac pallet they have done earlier this year which I need to get at some point in time but this one felt like the other pallets in the range. I did have a great look using some of the mattes in this pallet and I do like how they played with burgundy in it and not only that adding a cranberry to it. I heard about Naked Reloaded which is the first naked pallet but being re-done with newer shades and some people are not liking it but I am going to see about the shades because it may be interesting to see what they have done with the re-vamp. Also, Naked Honey and Naked AF is the next two to come which I am waiting to see what happens next with those in what will be placed.
NYX Duo Chromatic Lip Gloss in Gypsy Dreams: I wanted to get one of these glosses for some time and couldn’t use my card since it did some weird thing by reducing the limit as I tried making the purchase. I am glad I did wait for purchasing this item since it’s been a long time since I got a NYX lip gloss. I loved the Butter Gloss formula and the Intense Butter Gloss formula and the newer lip glosses weren’t interesting to me until they came out with the lip gloss versions of the Duo Chromatic Highlighters that I still have and love. I got Gypsy Dreams since it was the most interesting of the colors since it’s a lavender with a blue, gold, and silver glitter mix. I liked it for how it shifted. I may get more since some of the other shades caught my ear. I may pick them up from the NYX website or Ulta again.
Cover Girl Chocoholic True Scented Nude Pallet: Besides the Duo Chromatic lip gloss, I also got this, this was the same night as the Colour Pop order because Ulta was doing a free gift with purchase idea. I heard good things about this pallet and it is supposed to be like the Chocolate Bar pallet from Too Faced with with the chocolate scent. I definitely smelled it as I pulled it out of the box when it was accidentally sent to my parents without double checking the address. It smells just like milk chocolate but you only get half of the shadow amount as in eight shadows rather than sixteen. I can deal with this and plus this is the very first eye shadow I ever tried from Cover Girl. I am not kidding about that because I heard the shadows are a bit hit or miss and I almost wanted to try that one duo eye shadow stick but the colors didn’t grab my interest as much. Oh well, I did hear this eye shadow is pretty good and will see how it goes!
Makeup Revolution Mint Chocolate Pallet: I know I am going chocolate crazy, doesn’t help with the Hershey’s candy canes I have been eating that Saturday either. I heard good things about this eye shadow pallet and decided to pick it up and it’s been a while since the Emily Edit pallet I got and I still love Makeup Revolution and not giving much love to their shadow pallets. This pallet is the same format as the Chocolate Bar pallet from Too Faced but this is mint and chocolate inspired and it supposed to have a mint scent from what I read for the shades but don’t smell it since it was described to be medicinal which I can smell. I don’t get why Too Faced didn’t create their own mint chocolate pallet like Makeup Revolution has but glad I got this and will be doing a look with it for New Year’s.
Bonus Gift: Ulta Three Sided Eye and Face Pallet: Like I said it was Gift-With-Purchase and that is the Ulta Three Sided Eye and Face Pallet. It’s been a while since I got anything from the Ulta makeup brand and glad I did with this gift. The sets didn’t appeal to me as much as they did last year and no shade descriptions, really Ulta? Hey, at least I got this for free and you needed to spend $35 in makeup to get this and that’s what the total became to be for these items. This item comes with twenty-one eye shadows, two bronzers, two blushes, and two highlighters and a mirror in one cute clutch. It looks like a planner when it comes to you and very compact. Maybe I should travel with this little thing if I know the shade names that is.
Makeup Revolution Baking Oil: I have tried a new face primer and this was a recommendation from Abby Aspen O’Keefe on YouTube. When she mentioned how this helped her dry skin I had to try it out myself. It does help keep my makeup on and it does keep my face moisturized alongside the Burt’s Bees moisturizer I’ve bene using lately. Interesting thing is that it does help make my skin look amazing with my makeup. I will definitely purchase again.
NYX High Definition Photo Concealer Wand in Light: I know I usually go for the Concealer Pots but Ulta did not have them anymore which makes me mad. So, I got the concealer wand since it’s easy to know what Light is in NYX. I will probably get my concealer on the NYX website but for now I will try this out and see how it goes since the other concealers I looked at were complicated in description. Why Ulta/ Why did you stop carrying the Concealer Jars from NYX?
Essence Lash Princess False Extreme Mascara: I had to get another Lash Princess Mascara because mine was drying out. The last time I used my tube was during Holiday Matsuri and glad that it’s done and now got this one. I don’t think I have tried the False Extreme yet since I have used the Angle Falsies from either Cover Girl or Maybelline, not sure which one, but notice how my lashes look amazing and I heard the false lash formula in the Lash Princess is better than the Volume version. I will see how it goes.
NYX Keeping It Tight Liner in Nude: I needed a new nude eyeliner since the Maybelline one I have been using made my eyes water slightly and it was hard to sharpen all the time. I got this one since it is not only an automatic liner but it was one of the only ones I can find. I heard Rimmel makes a good one but Ulta doesn’t carry RImmel anymore so I may try that one later and Wet N Wild has one too and haven’t found it yet. This will be a good one to try out.
Wet N Wild Setting Spray: Running low! Next!
MAC Paint Pot in Laying Low: As you guys know I am using the MAC Paint Pots as my shadow base and saw this among their colors. It is a creamy beige and was surprised that no one has talked about this one with Soft Ocher and Painterly. I also remembered with the eye bases that NYX made is that they do have a creamy beige color to choose from. I am going to see how this goes with my eye shadow.
Urban Decay Elements Pallet: I found this on sale on the Urban Decay website and then went to Ulta and found it half off too on there and picked it up. I wanted to get this pallet at first when it was $52 and saw Nicole Quinn do a review on it and was intrigued by it. I didn’t put it on my Christmas List since I already had Naked Cherry on there and decided to see about a sale and guess what? I love the shade names and descriptions of each one and glad to add another colorful pallet because we hardly see them until holiday times. I know BH Cosmetics and other brands do have some but I don’t buy them but I may consider them. I can’t wait to play with the Elements pallet, plus rocks and minerals are my favorite things to study in Geology.
Hot Tools Straightening Brush: Now onto a hair tool! Reason for this purchase. Since I got the Marc Anthony Leave in Heat Protectant Cream I fell in love with straightening my hair again. I love the smell of it and it did help my hair in being much moisturized and the issue I have is that my hair wants to curl up even when I turn up the heat but don’t want to turn it up at the highest due to my hair being damaged in some areas. I got this brush to help get my hair straight. I figure to use the brush first and then the flat iron to get the straight to happen. I almost got one from a company called WIggo and it was about $18 but when I saw hot Tools being five dollars less but had a better rating than the WIggo one and decided to go with this one and use a 20% off. I hope this works out because it annoys me to see some wave in my hair after straightening it.
Marc Anthony Anti-Frizz shampoo and conditioner: Final items from Ulta for this month, sorry for the long list but I got coupons to use and discounts happened. I am starting to run low on my shampoo and conditioner and I have no dandruff at the moment and when I saw the Jumbo Hair Event on Ulta, I almost thought about getting the Matrix Anti-Frizz shampoo but decided to see about Marc Anthony since I love their items. I love the price points they charge for this brand because you’re not breaking the bank and they are salon quality and it helps my hair calm down. Too bad they don’t have the Heat Protectant Cream. I decided to pick up the Anti-Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner since they have pretty good ratings and my hair does frizz up time to time and some damage on the right side of my head still exists. Hope it does work out for me!

E. L. F.: Thank goodness I am at the final place for beauty! I have a fun story about E. L. F. and that is when they did their Free Shipping sale and bought my items I found out recently that my order was not put through. Somehow the PayPal end did not communicate with E. L. F. and had to call both sides about it. So, had to reorder everything except I changed one item!

Metallic Flare highlight in Rose Gold: I was getting a different highlight but saw this as a new product and had to get and that is the Metallic Flare. I enjoyed their Shimmer Whips and tried enjoying the Baked Highlight I got in a bundle and their Shimmer pallet I do love. This will be an interesting try since when I saw NEW I had to try it.
Primer Infused Bronzer in Always Sun kissed and Primer Infused Blush in Always Rosy: I heard good things about these Primer Infused face products and how pigmented they are. E. L. F. is known for having very pigmented products and sometimes their formula is meh or hit or miss. I decided to try a bronzer and blush from this line to see how well it works. I figured always Sun kissed would be a light shade to go with my skin while Always Rosy from the blushes can be a good one to try for my first time.
Luminous Blush in Rose: Another blush and this is supposed to be new too. I decided to try the rose shade over the pink since rose colors do look good on me.
Modern Metals face pallet. I know another face item and this is from their Modern Metals collection. I was not feeling for any shadows from them this time so this was something that caught my eye. It has three blushes and three highlights so good to try something new.
Daily Hydration Moisturizer: I did say I wanted to try new moisturizers and this was one of them. I never tried E. L. F.’s skin care which I heard hits and misses with some items but hoping this will work out with my skin especially with how cold it gets here since I am thinking that is why Celestial doesn’t work as much.
Brow and Lash Gel: Needed a new one for my work makeup kit!

Well, guys, that is it for this entire haul! I know it was long even with the Ulta part but hey I wanted to share with what I got. Beauty is what I love and it’s been forever that I have done a beauty haul on here. Hoping I get to add another haul post so stay tuned! Until next time! Stay tuned for the next post which is my favorites for November and December!