Sunday’s Target Bath/Body, Makeup Storage & Lamp Haul

And when this post goes up it will be a week from last Sunday when I did this haul, but here is all I bought on my visit to Target (again – because I love Target) and let me explain it all below…

First off, I picked up this funky black pearl beaded lamp (I made that up ha!) for my vanity and I picked it up because it is SO me.  It’s dark, it’s unusual, kind of vampy, out there and it’s different…that’s me.  The beads are all different sizes, are all black and they shake when you move it because they all live on these black strings which are stuck onto the frame of the lamp shade. I’m working on getting a desk to match this lamp…I’m looking for a whole new setup actually and a brand new makeup and beauty storage system (complicated).

I love it and when I saw it my mouth dropped.  Hubby didn’t even see me, but saw the lamp first, picked it up and put it in the cart…he said, “this is all you.”  I had to laugh because it’s true.  I don’t know what it looks like lit up because I don’t have a light bulb for it…heh.  Here is the lamp itself and the beads up close…

Next, I picked up this shaving kit by Schick which is great for Summer because I’m a beacher and I was happy to see a few cents off of it since I ran out of shaving cream the other night.

The kit comes with three products and the first one is a Quattro for Women Trimstyle Razor and Bikini Trimmer (yay), a good size bottle of Skintimate Moisturizing Cream Shave for Dry Skin (which I’ve never used before – I have only used Gilette Satin Care for Women) and a lotion called Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Creme Lotion which has SPF50 in it – nice!   I have yet to try out this lotion since this is the first time I’ve seen it.  I hope I like it both the shaving cream and the creme lotion.  I paid $7.64 for the kit.

And then I needed some lip maintenance stuff because my little one destroyed my Yes to Carrots Lip Butter that I got on clearance a while ago at Target.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!  Target no longer carries that brand which sucks so I can’t get another one right now.    So I picked up some beeswax from Burt’s Bees called Beeswax Lip Balm ($5.07 for 2) and since the Blistex Lip Massage was on clearance and cheap ($1.81 – a few cents off) I picked up a bunch of those – one for me and a few for hubby.  The Beeswax doesn’t go on as buttery like the Yes to Carrots, but it will do because it moisturizes well – plus the SublimeAgent from Youtube says that beeswax is better to ingest than petroleum jelly – Hi Michael!).  It also lasts longer on my lips than the Lip Butter so that’s a good thing.

And here is a pick of my demolished Yes to Carrots Lip Butter in Berry…grrrrrrrrrrrr…

Lastly, I picked up these flat storage containers with compartments in them from the Target laundry storage aisle in the red world section, I believe.  I got the big one for $4.99 and the small ones for $2.99 each.  I’ve bought these before and found I needed some extras for my  makeup box (my Snap On Tool chest hubby got me) and they fit perfectly in the drawers.  This storage solution works for me and may not work for everyone else.  They stand about 2 inches tall and are about 12 inches long (correct me if I’m wrong).  Here are some up close pics and how I store some of my makeup in them…

And that’s all folks!!!!

Ulta Haul…Breast Cancer Awareness

I really like Ulta. So far, I’ve been to one Ulta and my best friend has been to another and we both agree that they should seriously update and keep their NYX displays stocked. Bleh! I want that silver jumbo eye pencil and everytime I go to Ulta it has been opened and messed with…all of them. It’s really sloppy. Maybe NYX should package their cosmetics different so that they cannot open and provide testers like they do at the Fragrance Outlet. But anyway…moving on.

Here is my haul. I grabbed up that 69 piece Ulta Get Gorgeous makeup traincase. It comes in this plastic/vinyl covered train case. The design on the traincase is nice. There are three colors to choose from black, grey and pink. If you purchase the pink one then some of the proceeds from your purchase will go to Breast Cancer Awareness. I am not a pink person, unfortunately, so I picked up the black on and purchased a couple of things where proceeds will benefit Breast Cancer Awareness so NO WORRIES!

The traincase comes with  32 eyeshadows (a mix of shimmer and mattes, but more shimmers – pretty and pigmented), 4 lipglosses (2 wands, 2 in pots), 12 lip colors (great colors), 4 lipsticks, 2 shimmer powders, 2 eyeshadow quads (one warm and one smokey – 2x smaller than a MAC quad), 4 blushes (powder), 2 concealers, 1 translucent powder, 1 bronzer, 1 Ulta powder brush (flat), 1 dual lip liner pencil, 1 dual eye liner pencil and the traincase comes with no lock (which is OK because I’m not ever taking it anywhere). There is also a mirror built into the traincase and there are also several disposable application brushes if you want to use your kit on someone else other than yourself. Oh and there is a small ulta lip brush and what looks like a compact blush brush…totally useless from the looks of it.

Overall, I love my traincase. It cost me 20 dollars after using a 5 dollar off coupon. I used the warm palette today and it looks great. I added MAC Deep Truth eyeshadow (my favorite MAC eyeshadow) into the outer V and on my waterline because I’m wearing blue today. It came out nice. The shimmer in the Ulta eyeshadows are not much and they go on nice, easy to work with. Such pretty colors.  The traincase is medium sized so it’s easy to find a place to put it.  Again, happy happy with my purchase.

Last but not least, I bought a pink Yankee candle in “Mandarin Cranberry” (smell so good) for $14.99 and a bottle of O.P.I. nail polish (my first O.P.I. nail polish) in “Pink of Hearts 2009″ $8.50.  At Ulta, if you buy three two O.P.I. nail polishes you get the third one free.  I can’t remember when the deal ends, but I know soon.  Both of these purchases will benefit Breast Cancer Awareness.