Maybelline Clearance Haul from Target

So, I went through the makeup clearance bin at Target yesterday to look through the last of the products that were left and I ended up picking up all Maybelline products.  I got each item for under 2 bucks each so hey, no worries.

I picked up a Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Cream Foundation w/ SPF 18 in Tan / Dark 1 for $1.98.  I have never read any reviews on this foundation and I know nothing about it, but all I know is that I need more coverage and my Bare Escentuals Foundation is just not doing it for me anymore.  I could go and pick up Bisque, but I don’t feel like spending the money on it so I’ll give this foundation a try and HOPE it won’t break me out as I’m having issues with breaking out this season.

Second, I picked up a Maybelline Mineral Power Concealer with Micro-Minerals in Latte / Dark0-3 for $1.83 and I’m hoping it’s in the right shade.  Again, I never read any reviews on this concealer and I know nothing about it.  I’ll give a try and we’ll see what happens!

Third, I picked up a Maybelline Express Finish Nail Polish in Spiced Cider (245), which looks like a peachy taupe color, for $.87.  This color will go good on my toe nails.

Lastly, I picked up two Maybelline Lip Polish in Sweet Blush (200) for $1.24 each.  It looks like a diced, creamy peach (the fruit) when you look inside the packaging.  The gloss is peachy with a nice gold undertone sheen in it with bits of pink swirl in it.  It comes out light and sheeny on my lips, but for me, it will make a good top coat over a lipstick or a tinted lip moisturizer.

Oh and I picked up a bottle of nail polish remover because I spilled my other bottle empty last week.  It was a new bottle too.  Bleh!  Had to include it in my haul because it is a part of beauty.

That’s it!

Zoya Haul Completed!

I received the rest of my Zoya Nail Polish shipment and here is what came… (from left to right):

Richelle, Freja and Kalista

Very very beautiful shades in person.  All have very nice, fine sheen to it.  I am very happy with my purchases.

A Beauty Supply Haul

I love beauty supply stores so when I saw one while walking around with my hubby and daughter at Columbus Farmers Market yesterday I had to go in.  It is a wholesale store call J&M so everything in there was priced cheap.  My total order came to $20. so that was good.

J&M had  lots and lots of CoverGirl, Maybelline, Victoria Secret, Jordana,  L’Oreal, Avon, The Body Shop, Physician’s Formula and Revlon makeup (there were more brands, but I can’t think of any more right now). They also had lots of makeup brushes and other tools.  They had nail polishes of a brand I never heard of and I cannot remember the name.

Earlier in the day I had watched GregoryGorgeous’ new Youtube video re: Skincare and he mentioned St. Ives (but he switched over to Cetaphil) but I grabbed a couple of products anyway because my breakouts are still going on since I switched over from Neutrogena to Clean & Clear.  So yeah, I grabbed St. Ives Elements Olive Scrub (which I tried out already and it left my skin so soft and feeling clean $2.99) and St. Ives Swiss Formula Firming Mask (that I also tried out today and it left my skin amazingly soft – $2.99).

I also grabbed a bottle of Johnson’s Extra Conditioning Baby Shampoo for my brushes ($1.99), a random bottle of top coat for my nails because I needed one ($1.00),  L’Oreal Paris Telescopic Liquid Liner in Carbon Black ($1.99), Secret Deodorant ($2.00) and two Maybelline Unstoppable liners in Espresso and in Onyx.  Hubby picked up some Colgate toothbruhes and something else…I can’t remember.  Here is my beauty supply haul pic.

Stopped at the Bare Escentuals Store

This past Friday, since I had the day off from work and stopped by the Willowbrook Mall to visit the Disney Store to get toys for my toddler.  Before getting there I stopped into the Bare Escentuals store and took a look at an eyeshadow I’ve been looking at for a while called Denim.  It’s  beautiful, vibrant and highly pigmented, royal blue minearl eyeshadow and I love it.  I didn’t buy it because I had already spent enough money on other stuff, but I just had to go swatch it.

I’m almost out of foundation and I was going to pick one up, but the salesperson there told me about a new foundation that BE is coming out with called, Bare Minerals Matte. The description says, “New Bare Minerals Matt SPF 15 Foundation infused with RareMinerals ActiveSoil Complex“.  That sounds all good and everything, but I’ve sampled RareMinerals and didn’t like how it dried out my breakouts and turned them white.  The dry out part is good, but the turning white part isn’t.  So the RareMinerals dries out my breakouts which makes them hard and they hurt even more when I try to squeeze them.  I know I’m not supposed to squeeze my breakouts, but I can’t help!  So there.

This new foundation comes out in about two weeks the salesperson told me.  I’m going to try it out and see what this Matte does for me and to me.  If I don’t like it, I’ll be going back to my regular Bare Minerals Foundation and Bisque.  Here is a picture of the sample pack which comes with a description card and a mini buki brush.  The back of the description card says, “Free Baby Buki Brush brush $15 value with your purchase of Bare Minerals Matte SPF 15 Foundation…“  I hope I like this sample so I can get my baby buki brush! :p

Bare Minerals Matte SPF 15 Foundation Sample