Here are some things that I purchased within the past few months. Surprisingly, no MAC. The new items MAC has released in their collections haven’t impressed me much. Many new products are looking like items I already have.

SEPHORA.COM:

Cargo Blush in Catalina – Pigmented, easy to blend clean pink.
Too Faced Candlelight Powder – Similar to NARS’ Albatross but I like it better because it has small glitter and I love glitter!
Urban Decay Primer Potion Set – The eyelash primer was a dud for me, UDPP is okay but I prefer Too Faced Shadow Insurance, the lip primer I can’t even use because it will make my lips ooze puss (ew!), and the two face primers are “eh” to me. I don’t hate ‘em but I don’t love ‘em either. I’ll probably return this eventually.
Urban Decay Lipstick Naked – Super awesome packaging! Clear cap with purple filigree, purple metal tube, and a dagger on the bottom. It’s sort of pointy though lol. Since I’ll probably only have one Urban Decay lipstick ($20 for one, ouch!) I wanted to pick the most versatile shade, and I concluded that to be Naked, a nude pink.

So after the Sephora.com haul, I told myself that I wouldn’t be buying anymore blushes and lipglosses for a while. My favorite blushes are from Cargo and thankfully they have limited selection. I’m also over frosty/shimmer blushes with the exception of Cargo’s Blu Ray since it has a matte base with tiny glitter. I have all the matte blushes that I like from Cargo. As for lipglosses, I’m not into the extreme glass like lip look anymore. Has anyone noticed I’ve been skipping lipgloss lately? The only glosses I’m into now are NARS glosses since they have a modest shine, and MAC dazzleglasses. I’m still and always will be a sucker for glitter! I have the shades I like from NARS and I have so many dazzleglasses already. That’s not to say I won’t be wearing any frosty blushes and lipglasses that I currently have, I just won’t be buying any new products.

SEPHORA STORE:

Stila Smudgepot in Purple Pumps - Such a gorgeous bright purple shade with GLITTER! Yay! I really hate that it’s not pigmented though. I’ve only tried applying this to one eye and I’ve made a huge dent already. I had to layer on the liner a couple times to get the intensity in the pot. It’s a lot different than the other smudgepots. Smudgepots are usually more thick and intense. I’m actually leaving this smudgepot out to dry for a little while so that it will hopefully get more thick. If it doesn’t work out, I think I’m going to take it back It’s amazing as a cream eyeshadow, but I want an eyeliner, not a shadow.
Stila Smudgepot in Little Black Dress – THE MOST AMAZING EYELINER EVERR!!1! It’s like a gel liner shade of Beauty Marked or Young Punk from MAC! (Loved Young Punk but I found it wasn’t pigmented enough) Black base with fuchsia glitter! mmmm. I’m really really hoping that they will make this permanent because it’s the prettiest eyeliner I own. It’s hotter than the Urban Decay liquid liners I have too and those are pretty sexy… If there’s demand, Stila WILL make this perm as they have with previous LE items so go get this!!
Shiseido Lasting Lift Mascara – It’s the return of Shiseido Lasting Lift! I’ve tried some mascaras afterwards but my love is still the Lasting Lift. I get the best results for what I’m looking for and all with only one coat. I don’t want to spend five minutes layering on mascara. After about 3 months though, it doesn’t perform all that well.

I’ve never been this impressed by Stila products before since I find them to be in general, boring. The whole fresh faced, modest makeup, frolicking through the meadow image just isn’t my thing. I must say that the Barbie loves Stila collection really impressed me. Judging by the out of stock items at Ulta and the low stock at the nearby Sephora, others must be impressed as well! I hope they release more fun shades in the future.

SKINCARE:

After making my skincare routine video, I reevaluated my routine and got some products to maybe add to it.

Biotherm SOS Flash Recharge Mask – (Forgot to mention this in my video) This is the I guess “female” version? They have a Homme version of the flash recharge mask as well so be aware of that. This is a moisturizing mask for fatigued skin. I wanted a mask and it was between this and Yes to Cucumbers, a “drugstore” mask. I decided on this since the cost per once was only about a dollar more. I’ve only used this once so I don’t have a strong opinion of it yet but it hasn’t done any damage so far so that’s good. I do like the smell, it’s like mandarine oranges or something. I got this off the website, with free shipping thanks to retailmenot.com. Biotherm is only available on the website for the US. Bummer it’s not at counters anymore.

Merlot Night Cream – My skin has gotten super dry and flakey as of late even though I’ve drastically reduced my usage of Retin-A (okay, more like too lazy to use Retin-A). The random moisturizers just weren’t cutting it so I figured I’d get a night time moisturizer. They are generally more moisturizing than day creams. I chose Merlot since it’s inexpensive and I use their daytime moisturizer. Been using it for about 2 weeks and I’m liking it so far. It’s also very fast absorbing despite being a lotion.

HARD CANDY @ WAL-MART:

Hard Candy is now at Wal-Mart! Don’t worry, the prices are Wal-Mart prices too! Nothing over $10 with the majority of items priced at $6. It’s the most interesting drugstore line out there. Why can’t other DS brands be this fun? The packaging and image is far different from what Hard Candy used to be. Hard Candy used to have cutesy pastel coloured packaging. Now, It has black and white filigree and swallows. You can view the display here. The brand looks better AND it’s cheaper too! Yay! There are tons of fun looking products to look at. Body glitter, eye glitter, eyeliners, lipglosses, mascaras, eyeshadows, baked eyeshadows, baked brozners, baked blushes, lipsticks, liquid eyeliners, etc! I didn’t find the eyeshadow sets very interesting because the shades were very muted. The baked duo shadows were more bold but still nothing that I really wanted right now. The lipstick packaging look cute and each shade has it’s own design on the tube. I wanted this red lipstick with cherries and swallows on the design but the packaging was so cheap! Reminded me of the little plastic lipsticks I had as toys. Not very durable and I felt like it would fall apart in no time. I didn’t think it was worth the $6. I did buy the liquid eyeliner in Flip Side, a deep blue colour. It has very tiny shimmer and on the skin, it looks nonexistent. I’m afraid the eyeliner might be too long lasting because the swatch on my hand would not come off after numerous hand washings with soap, a shower, and cleansing oil! It finally came all off when I scrubbed my hand with a bilayered eye makeup remover. I’ll see what happens when I try using it on my eyelids

I also have just a few items that I’ve bought but kept hidden. Showing you know would be a dead giveaway of what my next look will be!