March Collective Haul & First Impressions

*All of these products were purchased by me, other than the samples (which you can always receive for free from MAC/Sephora)*

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a lovely weekend! First of all, I've got to apologize for my lack of posts this week. I have seriously been so incredibly busy! I was debating on whether or not to chat about this on my blog, but I just recently started working for Lush! The reason I haven't had time to blog was because I've been helping to open a brand new store! So in between training and store set-up, I just simply haven't had any time! I decided to let you all know, since I will be featuring a lot more Lush products on my blog. I've always loved Lush, but I've never lived close enough to a location to really check out their full line of products. So far I've loved everything I've tried, but don't worry I promise to judge every product fairly and without any biases. I will not be discussing any internal workings of Lush whatsoever, just the products. I have received some samples, as well as picked up some new Lush goodies, so expect another "look see" of the products! :)

The goods!

Now, onto March's haul! I actually managed to haul new goodies without spending hardly any money! Score! I had a gift card at Nordstorm's and a 100-point Sephora perk to cash in, so the only items I truly bought were he Target products. Yay me! (I always love being bargain friendly when I can!).

Milani Even Touch Powder Foundation in 01 Shell and Loreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream in Fair.

From Target:

Milani Even-touch Powder Foundation in 01 Shell

Milani Even Touch Powder Foundation in 01 Shell 

Milani Even Touch Powder Foundation in 01 Shell 

First Impressions:

• What I paid: $7.44
• Why I purchased: I featured this product in my February Wist List, so it's a product I've been wanting to try out! I'm a huge powder foundation fan, so I'd love to try a drugstore one! Also, it's hard to find powders pale enough for me, so I hope this one is!
• Description: Matte powder foundation in the company's lightest shade.
• This is actually the first Milani product I've tried, even though I've heard such good things before. I haven't heard anything about this powder foundation, however, so if you've tried it let me know what you think!

L'Oreal Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream in Fair

L'Oreal Magic Skin Beautifier  BB Cream in Fair

First Impressions:

• What I paid: $7.59 (on sale!)
• Why I purchased: It was on sale, so I thought why not? Plus I've been looking for something light for days when I don't want to wear much makeup, but still want to look put together.
• Description: An American BB cream, that's definitely a tinted moisturizer with light coverage.
• I haven't tried a BB Cream/American tinted moisturizer before, so I figured I'd have a go at it! The formula comes out white, and actually changes color onto your skin as you rub it in. Kinda strange, but I'm digging it. Plus it hasn't made me break out!

From Nordstrom: (I had a gift card, so all of this stuff was free!)

MAC Pantina Eyeshadow

MAC Patina Eyeshadow

First Impressions:

• What I paid: $15, free with gift card
• Why I purchased: I've been wanting this shade for awhile, since it's got a duo chrome quality to it. I don't normally purchase MAC eyeshadows, but since I had a gift card I decided to get it. I don't normally love Frost finishes by MAC (I prefer Veluxe Pearl), but this one seems okay in terms of pigmentation. This is not as amazing as any Inglot shadows I've tried, but it's such a unique color!
• Description: taupe brown with golden pearl
• Great all over lid color or blending color!

MAC Creme Cup Lipstick

MAC Creme Cup Lipstick

MAC Creme Cup Lipstick

First Impressions:

• What I paid: $15, free with gift card
• Why I purchased: This product was on my February Wist List. It's a great wearable everyday color plus the first MAC lipstick I've ever wanted to purchase.
• Description: A light blue pink w/ a cremesheen finish.
• It's my first MAC lipstick ever, along with Plumful!

MAC Plumful Lipstick

MAC Plumful Lipstick

MAC Plumful Lipstick

First Impressions:

• What I paid: $15, free with gift card
• Why I purchased: It was on my February Wist List. I think this is such a pretty everyday plum shade!
• Description: Rose plum w/ a Lustre finish.
• I saw a swatch of this on Temptalia, and I just had to have it!

Sample of MAC Prolongwear Concealer in NC 20

My sample

The full size product from the MAC counter

First Impressions:

• What I paid: free sample, $18 for full size
• Why I sampled: I'm always down to try a new under eye concealer, so the lady at the counter made me a sample. While this matches my face ok, it's still too dark for my under eyes. 
• Description: A popular long-wearing concealer.
• It's not bad, but not something I'd purchase.

Bare Escentuals Ready SPF 15 Touch Up Veil in Translucent

BE Touch Up Veil

First Impressions:

• What I paid: $22, free with gift card
• Why I purchased: This was also featured on my February Wist List. I use the original mineral veil to set my under eye concealer, so I figured that the pressed version would be much more convenient. 
• Description: A translucent powder for setting foundation.
• I'm hoping it'll last me a long time, like my old loose mineral veil.

From Sephora: (I used 100 points so I didn't spend anything either!)

Nars Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Lover (deluxe sample size)-100 point perk!

New Lover

New Lover

First Impressions:

• What I paid: free 100-point perk from Sephora for 0.08oz, full size is $25 for 0.09oz
• Why I purchased: I never see point perks I really want at Sephora, except for this one! It's a good size plus the color is lovely!
• Description: Gold infused strawberry pink
• I'm curious to see how this compares to the Urban Decay Super Saturated Lip Pencils.

Sample of Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Cream in Fair & Tarte BB Cream 12-Hour Primer in Fair

Samples!

First Impressions:

• What I paid: free samples at Sephora, full size BB cream is $36 for 1.7oz, full size BB cream Primer is $34 for 1oz
• Why I sampled: After trying out the L'Oreal BB cream, I was down to try more!
• Description: Both are light coverage "Americanized" BB creams with the BB cream being a true tinted moisturizer and the BB Primer being much more like a primer.
• Hopefully these will be lovely!

I hope you all are having a great day! I'll do my best to post more regularly!

Disclosure: These products were purchased by me for review purposes. I was not paid or compensated in any way. All opinions are my own.