Spring 2014 Haul.

I'm currently hiding my head in shame because I bought some new stuff...a lot of new stuff. My only real excuse is that everyone else was off on their fabulous trips to warm locations and I was stuck back in my hometown in 30 degree weather. So yeah, I was bound to take a few trips to Ulta. And here's what I got.

Whoops.

This is the Too Faced The Chocolate Bar Eye Palette, because all I needed was another neutral palette. Don't pass judgement until you see this beauty. Too Faced have a truly great formulation second only to Urban Decay in my book. They're creamy, blendable, with a great natural sheen/shimmer. This has a great blend of shimmers and mattes that I can't wait to use all summer. And winter. And everything in between. Oh did I mention, IT SMELLS LIKE CHOCOLATE.

This is the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Matte Brown. Much like the other Color Tattoos I own it's creamy, easy to blend, and cheap to boot. I love the matte formulation because it's not common to see matte cream shadows even in higher end lines. This is perfect as a base for a darker eye or on its
own for a simple and understated look. As you can see in the first picture I did pick up three of these Color Tattoos from the Spring 2014 collection as well but I'm not going to talk about them individually because I did an in-depth review here!

This is the MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Indianwood. I've had my eye on this for a couple months and I decided to bite the bullet and pick it up on my most recent binge, I mean shopping trip, at Mac. It's very similar to my Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in My Two Cents, but I contend they look different on the lid. This has more of a sheen and is just as blendable as the Benefit shadow, making it an excellent base. I'm especially excited to use this over the summer under my Naked 3 Palette and the previously described Too Faced The Chocolate Bar Eye Palette.



Next up I purchased the MAC More to Love Pro Longwear Lip Pencil. This comes with less product than the regular MAC lip pencils however it is also creamier, easier to blend, and just as easy to use. I was looking for a color to wear under shades like MAC's Girl About Town and I definitely found it.

My last splurge item was Tarte's Amazonian Clay Blush in True Love. I already have a handful of these blushes and have raved about them on my blog before. Overall this is a lovely bright pink shade that is perfect to wear with pink or red lips.

As you can see there was some serious damage done to my savings account and my conscience. From now on I'll be going on a no-buy until I feel like I've used up some products and my bank accounts have recovered. That means no more haul posts but maybe I will shop my stash and show you what I find that I forgot I owned. Until next time!

They See Me Haulin', They Hatin, Patrolin'...

And tryin' catch me hauling dirty?

Yeah the pun stopped working after the first line. I just couldn't help myself.

Recently I worked a bunch of extra hours so I was obviously compelled to blow it on makeup. A few were necessities but more were just for kicks. So, here we go!

As you can see, over the course of a few trips to Macy's and a few online orders  being delivered to my doorstep by my angels dressed in brown, aka UPS delivery people, my makeup collection has grown a bit. Here are the beautiful bits that I picked up;

This is MAC's Ruby Woo Lipstick. Because I definitely needed another red lipstick. I don't have enough at ALL. Either way it's matte and cool toned and gorgeous. I'm in love.

After purchasing Ruby Woo I obviously had to go back and get a liner to match and the lovely artist helped me pick out Cherry Lip Pencil. The artists at my closest MAC counter are starting to recognize me and I'm not sure how happy/sad that makes me. I haven't even used this puppy but I'll keep ya posted.

Recently I've been annoyed with how my lipsticks were wearing off since the weather is so hot. Naturally this lead to my purchase of the MAC Prep and Prime Lip Primer. I also haven't tried it since I just got it but I'll surely do a review soon.

Ahh Nars Lip Pencils. You're gorgeous. This is NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Luxembourg. It's a great bright watermelon color. It's gorgeous, I'm in love, and I'll probably end up purchasing multiple colors. It wears well, applies like a dream, but is expensive for the amount of product that you get. Oh well, ya win some ya lose some. I would be that this will be shown in a face of the day soon.

This is my favorite concealer, the Tarte Maracuja Creaseless Concealer. I'm obviously the shade Fair. It's full coverage and my Holy Grail concealer. I ran out, tried some others, and had to go back to this baby. There just isn't anything better.

I have a mild obsession with Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes and this is the newest addition to my collection. The color is Blissful. It's a great orangey (surprise) peach color that is a great everyday kind of color. Just like all it's brothers and sisters it is extremely long wearing and highly pigmented. It's love.

When I picked up the other MAC items I also repurchased a favorite, the MAC Mineralized Skinfinish Natural in Light. My drugstore powder ran out so I decided to retake the plunge and pick this up. It's a great natural looking powder that I'll probably always repurchase.

This last little baby is something I got for using a code in my Sephora order. It's the first CC Cream I'll try and hopefully it will work out. I've been wanting to give one a try since every BB cream I've tried has been too dark and just made my skin oily. Either way, it was free so I'm good with it.



So that's what I've bought in the last couple weeks! Hopefully I won't be able to do another one of these soon since I should be saving my money...

Oh well. Let me know if you like these kinds of posts! Happy June :)