The Great Sephora VIB Sale (Part 3)

Alright! I finally received my final products from the sale! It took a lot longer than expected because my package got lost somewhere during the transfer...buuut it's here now at least thankfully! I ordered this only because the Sephora I go to didn't have some of the items in store and I wasn't up to driving all the way out to the other one so I just sat at home being lazy. (And yes...I bought A LOT while there was the sale...I was trying to fill the emptiness in my heart heehee)

Anyways! For the first item in the section, I purchased the highly talked about single eye shadow from Stila in Kitten.

I've looked at this eye shadow a ton of times and always opted out of buying it but this time I just went for it and I am very pleased I did! It is a great everyday color for me to wear to work. It's a shimmery nude pink but it doesn't look that pink to me so I'm good with it and I love it. I haven't been disappointed yet with these purchases! I wanted to also get the shade Puppy, but I decided to try one first because I wasn't too sure of the products yet, but I would recommend this eye shadow to many people~

The next item I got is a lipstick...again! However, this one is from Kat Von D and it is a very dramatic shade for what I typically wear...so it was an impulse to purchase this one...

I purchased the shade Homegirl which is a deep plum color and looks a lot darker when on the lips...my swatch does it no justice. Now I typically wear nudes and light pinks when it comes to lipstick but I've been wanted to try out a dark shade and I went with this one. I do like how it looked on I just have to play around with it some more until I'm comfortable with it to wear outside! But it went on very smoothly and the pigmentation is great. It didn't dry my lips out and I really do love the color of it. It also reminded me of the lipstick I used to wear for dance competitions but after layering it, those memories gladly went away because I didn't like the lipstick I used to wear...oops. But I've enjoyed Kat Von D  products so far and I'm hoping to get to enjoy one of the newest palettes recently released!

The third item I bought was another Formula X nail polish but this one is a top coat and I waited to make my order just for this because I waited for it to be back in stock and it sold out fast!

 This is the Cherry Blossom top coat and I find it to be so cute and perfect for Spring! I didn't get to good of a picture but it just a top coat with different sized pink flowers. I just had to add this to my collection and I'm glad I did. A lot of people complemented on it and I would recommend this to anyone! It's perfect for me especially since I'm too lazy to do nail art! This males up for my laziness and I'm so glad it does.

The very last and final item (finally) for my pretty enormous haul is yet another palette, but I was on the fence about it and I was scared I wouldn't like it even after I ordered it. I must say though, I am glad I went ahead and ordered it!...

Ta-da!!

Yup, that's right! The NARSissist palette by Nars! I had heard so many mixed reviews on this palette and I was unsure and then scared I wouldn't like it even though I desperately wanted to like it...and I ended up just adoring this palette. I know it has one of the full eye shadows I bought during the sale but I said whatever that's just one shade. I think all the shades are very beautiful and they have very good pigmentation. It has a good variety of mattes, shimmers, and velvets. It is pretty large and not too easy to carry around for travel but it was worth it. I can use any of the shades for an everyday look and it's perfect for a natural or smokey eye look. Even looks for special events like a wedding or prom! I would recommend this palette to many people and if you are on the fence about it like I was, go for it! You can always return it and get a refund then purchase something else you would prefer much better!

Overall out of the many, many items I didn't need but bought anyways...I was very pleased with everything! Some things I loved more than other. I didn't get a few things I wanted but that is okay. I do now I am making another purchase here soon because I really want the new Kat Von D Monarch eyeshadow palette! It just looks beautiful! Anyways, I spend too much money but I don't care! I worked for it so I can do what I want as long as I still put some in savings each paycheck. You want make up? Then buy it, don't let others tell you no. 

Thank you for reading! And big thanks to the lovely ladies at Sephora who helped me during the sale and making me want to buy much more <3

The Great Sephora VIB Sale (Part 2)

And here we go! As said, I was going to pick up some more items during the sale time when I got paid and oh boy...did I need everything? No of course not. Did I want everything? Yes. I managed to get a few items that I was hoping for and didn't get a few. But let's begin!

The first item is similar to what I got last time...another Nars single eye shadows! This time I purchased the shade Night Star and I love it just as much as the other one I previously purchased!

It is a sheer peachy color with lots of gold glitter in it and I love love love it! It goes on very smoothly and since it is sheer the pigmentation isn't really there but it still looks beautiful. This was not the shade I originally went in for but the Sephora I go to did not carry the shade I wanted so I'll most likely order it or pick it up from another Sephora when I'm by one. Otherwise I am very happy with this one and look foward to trying out more shades for the Nars single eye shadow line.

The next item is another Nars item and like the eye shadow it is not the original shade I went in for but again, the Sephora I go to doesn't carry that shade either. (Curse going to a small JCP...but I still love them because the gals are so sweet!) The item would be a lipstick to add to my small growing collection!

I picked up the shade Dolce Vita and it is just beautiful. It's a real nice sheer dusty rose color and it goes on so smoothly. I had heard so many great things about this shade so I figured I would give it a try and like my other Nars lipsticks, I love it as well! I think this would look good for any skin color or make up look because it's just a basic shade that can complement many people. Plus you can put very lightly on or you can layer that bad baby up! Another great purchase for me.

The next item is from a brand I am not too Familiar with which is Smashbox. I've wanted to try out a new foundation primer because the one I've been using hasn't been working out so well for me but I didn't want to pay for a full size primer and then not like it...so I picked up the Try It Kit!

This lovely kit is perfect for travel and you get to test out a range of different products! It comes with five travel sized items. It includes the Photo Finish Foundation Primer, Photo Finish Lid Primer, Limitless Eyeliner in Onyx, Exposure Mascara in Jet Black, and Lip Enhancing Glass in Illume. I Tested out all five of this in the morning when I was getting ready for work and I enjoyed the majority of the items and believe the kit is worth the try.

• I really enjoyed the foundation primer. It went on very smoothly and my skin felt soft...plus it looked very well once I put on my foundation! So I look forward to purchasing a full size of that soon when I finish this sample. 
• Now for the lid primer...I didn't really enjoy how thick it felt when I was putting it on, HOWEVER, it works very well and kept my eye shadow in place all day without creasing. I will not be buying a full size of it though and I will stick to using Urban Decay's eye primer.
• The eyeliner worked very well for me and I feel that I can never have too much eyeliner! It goes on smoothly and worked well on my waterline as well. Will it be my go to eyeliner? Probably not. I prefer purchasing my eye liner from Victoria's Secret because I just love the brown eye liner they carry. But again, can never have too much eye liner and this one is great for travel.
• The mascara was probably my least favorite only because it really didn't do much of anything different compared to the current mascara I am using. Although great for travel, this probably wont get used very often unless I run out and need a quick backup before I can go buy a new mascara. It didn't clump up which was nice but wasn't anything too spectacular.
• The lip gloss is actually a very pretty color and though I do not fancy wearing much lip gloss due to the texture, this one is actually very wearable. It goes on smoothly and looks very nice & subtle. Not much else to say on that...

Overall I liked the kit and I would recommend it to anyone who isn't so sure about the brand. I wish more brands actually did this!

The last few items I am going to include as one big set because they all go together. I love painting my nails. I don't do anything fancy but I just love painting them. I've been eyeing the new spring line of Formula X nail polishes and finally decided it was time to get a few.

I also picked up the effect nail polish they had around Christmas as the little ornament since it was on sale and I got my 15% off on it! It is a really pretty top coat if you want to add a little something but not too and the gold flakes look very nice on the spring shade in Dynamic, which is the light taupe shade next to it, which looks beautifully on. Next is Over The Top which is a light green yellow and oh boy...is it bright! Perfect for spring! I also grabbed Inspiring, which is a very pretty turquoise and I absolutely love it! Then finally we have A Little Sexy which is the periwinkle shade at the end and I adore this color on. I would of purchased the pink shade but I do not wear pink nail polish so I opted out of that one.

Was very glad to pick up everything I got during the sale and I took advantage of the sale...and so I am waiting for a couple more items to be shipped to me! And a lot of people would be thing, "oh my...how much has she spent during the sale?" In my opinion I actually didn't spend too much compared to others but I did spend a lot more than planned...oops! I don't regret it though and I am very happy with my purchases. I just hope I don't get let down with one item I'm waiting for because I was on the fence about it so we'll see if I enjoy or will be taking it back!

(I sadly forgot to pick up lip liner like I planned but I'm okay about that)

I will have one more part for the great sale and hopefully the packages will get here in a few days!
Thank you beautifuls and enjoy your day!

BH Cosmetics & True or False Lashes

So recently in the past few months I have been ordering and trying some new cosmetic products. Two of those brands have been BH Cosmetics which sells all kinds of products and also True or False Lashes which sells false eyelashes.

The first products I bought from BH Cosmetics were their recently new Creme Luxe Lipstick.

I bought three of them and I went with lighter colors because I cannot rock the dark lip look at all..((.and I had to face that fact every time I had a dance competition and had to wear a deep red lipstick.)) 

The first one is called Forever nude and it goes on pretty smoothly but doesn't stay on my lips too well. The color is great and my lips are indeed nude with it on!

The second one is Naked Peach and it goes on and stays on well. Its an opaque peach color and it actually looks very nice, it isn't too too orange.

The third one and my favorite one is Tea Time. One, I love the name. Two, the color looks great. It isn't too pink its a nice light pink and it just goes on so nicely. It stays on nicely and just looks so good with a coat of lip gloss on as well.

The next product I bought from BH Cosmetics is a 10 piece brush set!

These brushes are so soft and just look so colorful and pretty...ugh I love them so far. I have yet to use all of them yet, but the ones I have used work so great. I really don't have much to say other than that...but I do love them so much already. ((and the case is striped! Hello! I love stripes!))

The next item I bought from them were some false eyelashes.

I chose these two because I loved the way Sassy looked in photos and I picked Foxy mainly because Foxes are one of my favorite animals and so I just go them...and I do that a lot. I have worn Sassy a few times and I got a lot of compliments from them and I just loved them. I have yet to wear Foxy, but those are planned to be use soon.

Now from True or False lashes I bought three sets of eyelashes.

Now the Gypsy lashes and the Caked lashes came in a "care package" set for zip when I bought the Twiggy lashes. I just got them in today and they look great! I fell in love with the packaging for the Caked lashes because it's like a box with a built in mirror. With True or False Lashes, all the lashes are typically $1.50, and the Caked lashes are $6.50 and I totally understand why now. 

But I am glad I got them in the "care package"...because I would not spend $6.50 on lashes when the others were much better priced! But I do love how they look...I'm very excited to try them out! ((And I'm keeping the packaging from the Caked lashes for ever...I'll try to make it be useful for something else)).

Over all I'm very happy with what I've bought...some more pricey then I care to spend, but over all please because every cent was worth it!!