Yay!!! E.L.F. Haul!!!

Hey there peoples! These last couple of weeks have been all kinds of makeup happiness! Last week with the Ulta haul and then today I got my E.L.F. order in! E.L.F. stands for Eyes Lips Face, if you have never heard of them you should check them out http://www.eyeslipsface.com/ the prices are amazing and the product they sell is good quality! Before I get into all the pics and descriptions I spent a grand total of $35.00 on all of it. I was able to get in on their promo last week where you got $8.00 off your order and free shipping if you spent over $30.00, which I did! So, here's what I got!

I am going to start with the two Studio On The Go 3 palette storage cases. The cases themselves cost $5.00 a piece. They are great, and seem like they will travel along with me well.

  

The cases as you can see hold 3 individual color palettes the last slot being a single palette case for travel! If you don't want to go the 3 palette case route the single palette cases cost $3.00 a piece. The color palettes themselves cost $3.00 a piece as well. There are 10 different color palettes to choose from I am really debating on getting 3 of the last 4 I don't have.

Now for the palettes themselves!! I am calling this case my Neutrals case. The colors are 10x more amazing in person, like the copper that is 4 down on the far left is just as bright as a brand new penny. Each palette has 10 eye shadows, 2 lip colors, and a blush or bronzer depending on the palette. Sadly I cannot find the color names for each of the colors included. From left to right the first palette is called Tuscany Retreat it has a bronzer with it that is light with a golden shimmer, the middle one is Day on the Beach it has a light pink blush that is very pretty, and the last one is Pretty Picnic it also has a blush that is a brown pinky color. I used this palette case this evening for my look for a meeting I had to go to.

The second case of palettes is my Colors case! So much fun! Again from left to right the first palette is called Party Perfect the light really caught the very top left silver color and made it almost impossible to see it has a pink blush with it. The middle palette is Spotted and Sporty the eye shadows are marbled, how cool is that, the pink blush with it has silver shimmer! The last palette is called Beach Retreat the blues and greens really drew me to this palette, the blush is a very pretty peach color. I can't wait to play with all the color combo choices!

Next up I am going to talk about the brushes I got! I have been putting off buying new makeup brushes for ages, and have really really needed them. With this sale going on and as much as I have saved over the last little while on cosmetics, I figured I would go ahead and get them. Please remember I am not a pro makeup artist I am a at home consumer so I don't feel the need to spend a TON of money on brushes.

First up is the Essential Professional Complete Set of 12 Brushes. These cost $12.00. It includes the following brushes.

Foundation Brush

Concealer Brush

Blushing, Bronzing, and Blending Brush

Total Face Brush

 Eyeliner Brush

Eye Shadow Brush

 Defining Eye Brush

Blending Eye Brush

Smudge Eye Sponge

Brow Comb and Brush

For the Cost they are really quite nice a few fibers out here and there but nothing major. They are all either as stiff or soft as they need to be!

The last 5 items I bought are also brushes, they are the ones that were not included in the set that I wanted. They cost $1.00 a piece. 

Fan Brush

Lip Defining Brush

Eye Crease Brush

Smudge Brush

Eye Lash and Brow Wand. 

All together this haul, at least to me, was totally worth the $35.00 I spent! Way to go E.L.F. as usual you don't disappoint.

*I paid for these products myself, all reviews are honest and my own.*

Conair and Ulta Hauls!!!!

Hey again, I am bound and determined to get all my posts done before I receive my next few packages in the mail. Being caught up with things is nice. Earlier this week and today I was able to get some serious hauls from Conair and Ulta Beauty, so awesome I have to share!!!

We will start with my Conair haul from KMart. With the school year less than 2 weeks away diva child and I needed to go hair shopping. She has long hair and likes having her hair done up and pretty for school. While wondering around our local Kmart store I stumbled upon a display with grab bags of Conair brand hair do dads for 2.99 a peice I of course grabbed 3 of them and might go back for another for my personal use!!! Here is what I got for $8.79.

3 Packs of Up Do Pins 12 pieces in each. Priced at $1.99 for a pack. Diva and I will share these.

3 super pretty jeweled Chignon Pins. Priced at $6.00 a piece. These are to big for Diva's head so score for me!

3 packs of Spin Pins 4 to a pack. Priced at $2.18 a piece. These are all diva, she is so excited to try them when school starts!

 3 snap closure barrette all so pretty and different. They are all priced differently so from left to right $5.59, $2.29, and $7.99. Diva and I will share the first 2 and she has the last one all for herself.

2  lace and ribbon rhinestone head wraps. These are priced at $4.49 a piece. I tried these on Diva and her head is to little for them, so they are all mine, lol!

And finally an 8 head band value pack. Priced at $4.49. These went to Diva's head band collection, she loves head bands and she has so many fly aways that I put them in her hair even if it is pulled up.

The break down: The value of all 3 grab bags is $55.36 this comes out to roughly $18.45 per bag, I paid $2.99 per bag or $8.79 for all 3, so the value after what I paid out is $46.57. Not bad at all!!!!

Next up is Ulta Beauty, if you have ever been to one of their stores you know it's a beauty product MECCA!!! If you haven't gone to one go to their website and find your nearest one and go. When I say Mecca I mean it, they have everything from Cover Girl all the way up to High High end brands. Well, through a little birdie I found out that in the Fall 2012 Allure Beauty guide there are Ulta ads on almost every page, and if you look at them closely many are actually coupons for free sample or trial sized products at Ulta stores and there is a $5.00 off a $10.00 purchase coupon in there.The birdie also told me that if you spend $17.50 on select Ulta brand items you receive a 13 piece cosmetics bag set, more about that soon.

First off these are the items I got free from the Allure Ads.

Murad Radiance peel. The sample value is $9.60.

Strivectin Power Serum. The sample value is $1.74. This is one of the items I didn't get for myself but instead got for my Momma, I thought she might like to try them.

Exuviance Targeted Filler T-5. The sample value is $6.42. This one went to my Momma as well.

And the last of the freebies is Kendra Platinum Blow Dry Spray. This is the travel size and the value on it is $13.00.

So, the value of my freebies before I spent any money is $30.76, not bad for free!

Next we are going to move along to what I bought to reach my $17.50 mark of Ulta Brand products.

Ulta Eyeshadow single in Complicated. This color is sooo pretty, and is actually a little more bright in real life, but the picture really brings out the gold shimmer that you can't see. The cost is $7.00.

I am a bit of a Eye Shadow junkie so item 2 is this Eyeshadow single in Key West. Again love it!!! The picture does not do the color justice it is a very greeny blue rather than bluey green like the picture. The cost is $7.00.

Last of the bought items is Ulta Fabulous Face Concealer stick in Light. As of yesterday morning I only had enough concealer for one more day, and that is no good at all for me, because I have terrible bags under my eyes because I do not sleep enough. I really like the stick, I haven't used one in a long long time though because of my hook up with Johnson and Johnson. The cost of this is also $7.00.

So, the total cost of my purchased items was $21.00. But, remember I had my coupon for $5.00 off a $15.00 or more purchase, so it dropped down to $16.00. Since my purchase price before my coupon was over $17.50 I was able to get the 13 piece bag, and OMG it was so worth it!!!

Here is the bag I picked, there were 3 different options I chose the Mystic-Cool collection, before I dug into it. The bag itself is great! I used it this evening as a clutch to carry my things to the Jacksonville Jaguar scrimmage game and it fit everything I needed perfectly! The color is a dark burgundy snake skin print. It zips up and then snaps over, which is nice and secure in crowds! I was able to price the bag at $8.00.

The first thing out was a tube of Instant Nourish Moisturizer. I can never have enough moisturizer. The sample value of this is $4.41.

Next in the bag were 2 eye shadow quads. These are super nice. The one on the left has the colors:

Top 2: Iceland and Must Have

Bottom 2: Eggplant and Eclipse.

The one on the right has the colors:

Top 2: Silk and Gold Dust.

Bottom 2: Platinum and Granite.

The price on these are $12.00 a piece or $24.00 for both.

 Next up is the Ulta Cheek Color in Adore. Its very pretty and has a nice light shimmer to it. This was one of the main reasons I chose this bag, the other 2 bag's blush was way to dark. Don't you love the snake skin print on the pressed powder. The value for this is $7.00.

Now we get to the Super Shiny Lip Gloss in Stellar. This is AH-MAH-ZING!!!!!!! I put it on as soon as I took the plastic wrapper off and OMG there is no sticky, no grainy, no goopy, lasts for ages, and has a shimmer to boot! The value of this is $6.00.

And if you have a lip gloss you have to have a lip stick to put it over. This color is called Good Year For Wine. It is a deep red wine color, and it very pretty, I thought at first it would over power my face, but it didn't at all especially with the Stellar gloss over top! This value of this is $8.00.

Yay for new Mascara!!!!!!! This is the Ulta Legendary Lengths Mascara in Black. As with all mascara the verdict is still out until I try it for a while! The value is $10.00.

Next out of the bag is this dual ended eyeliner in black and deep brown. Ulta does not sell their liners like this they sell them in singles. Since I got half of 2 singles I value this at $7.00 which is the price of 1 pencil.

The picture does not even kinda do this polish justice, the deep deep deep red is so pretty. The color is called Femme Fatale. Sadly I get my nails done at a salon, so I may either give this to my Momma or possibly put it in my giveaway collection. This is a mini and not the full size so the value is $3.07.

Last, but not least in the bag were 3 makeup brushes, a Contour Brush, a Eye Shadow Brush, and a Sponge Tip Brush. These all went straight into my traveling bag that lives in my purse, and I was able to get rid of a couple brushes that had been retired to the travel bag after their daily use was depleted. I figured the value of these to be $5.00.

Now lets break it all down. The freebies from Allure Magazine were worth 30.76. I purchased $16.00 worth of products after the coupon. And then the 13 item gift bag is worth 82.48. So, just the freebies are worth $113.24. Minus what I spent out I received $97.24 worth of product from Ulta!!!!!

*I bought all products myself, all reviews are honest*

My last Look Bag, July's Bag.

Hey there everyone! This is my very last Look Bag, it is last month's, July, I have been so busy that I haven't been able to get to it though, it has been sitting right on my desk waiting. The reason that it will be my very last one is that in July they put out a memo that they were closing up shop, then today I got a message saying that they are reopening in September. Though I like them alright, not really thrilled with July, and I was able to get 2 bags from them I am not really into the whole wishy washy thing. Two months is not enough time to totally revamp the company, get new products in, and then shipped out. I apologize in advance for the icky pictures my camera wasn't cooperating with me that day.

So here is it July's Look Bag. The theme for the month was Summer Fun!

Here is the Card that came with it telling about the theme.

Here is how the bag looked when I opened it up! I really love the bags, since I have 2 now I use one as a bag for my samples of body creams and the other holds all of my hair ties!

 The first product is from Korres, I am really really liking this company and will probably order a few things from them in the future. This is the Mango Butter Lipstick in #18 Peach. I love this color, the texture is great and it is not a heavy lipstick formula so you can swipe it on without having to be right in front of a mirror. While doing my pricing research on it I came to find out it is a discontinued color. This is not the first time that the Look Bag has sent out a discontinued color from Korres, my eyeshadow I received in May's bag was a discontinued color as well. This is a full sized lipstick! The price I could find on it is $8.99.

Item number 2 is from Ultra Flesh, it is their Gold Standard Mascara. This mascara is AMAZING, it separates lashes perfectly!!! To bad like the lipstick it is discontinued as well, so though I was able to try this product I cannot go buy it unless I order it from Amazon stores that were able to get a bulk supply. It is a pretty good sample size so it should last me quite a while. The sample value is $4.72.

Item 3 is Betsy Johnson Perfume. This tiny little sample was good for one use because as soon as you opened it it began evaporating. When I came home and looked at it there was nothing left in it. It smells nice, but you would have to reapply pretty often to have the continual scent. I had a hard time pricing this one as well, turns out it is a Drug Store scent that is currently on clearance... The sample value on this is $.25.

Item 4 is Bremenn Research Labs Miracle Cream for the face. I really like this, it will be really nice for the winter when my skin gets really dry. It's not greasy at all and dries nicely. The sample value is $9.04.

Finally item number 5 are these little nail polishes... If you are around my age which is 26 you might recognize these. These are Bon Bon's fruit scented polishes in blueberry and lime, these come in a set of 5 scents, so they broke up the sets and sent each person 2... These were the coolest thing in the world when I was in Elementary and Middle school... With that said, I am now an adult and my tastes have changed considerably... Why would a company that wants to show you new and high end items put Bon Bon's in their sample line up is truly beyond me. My 6 year old loves them! The sample value on these are $1.98. 

The Look Bag costs $10.00 per month, the total worth of July's bag was $24.98. Normally I would be fine with this, but when you put multiple discontinued products and nail polish that is far far less than quality I begin to wonder about the legitimacy of a company that advertises to have the newest products to try. So that is my last bag, if you would like to try them for yourselves they are reopening in September.

*I pay for these sample boxes and bags with my own money, any and all opinions are honest and my own.*