Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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.

5 comments:

  1. Get haul, so jealous of the stuff you can get. It's so expensive in the uk x

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    1. Yeah it's not too bad, though I'd love to travel to the UK! :)

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  2. Creme Cup! So RANDOM! I was thinking about that lipstick today and then just saw this post! I can't wait for your review. It looks like a color I could get a lot of wear out of! I tried the L'Oreal BB Cream and didn't really love it. I hope one of the BB creams you're trying works out well for you! I recently swatched the NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer after being tempted to buy it for months and it was fabulous! Unfortunately, the Sephora store I went to was sold out of my shade match so I ordered it from NARS.com and cannot wait to get it! I like the look of the MAC Patina shadow!

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    1. Creme Cup is a lovely color and the formula is nice as well. It's one of my friend's "holy grail" lip colors. It's similar to Angel, but most people prefer Creme Cup, including myself.

      The L'Oreal BB creme worked on my skin as long as I don't over powder. I'd like to find something better quality overall, so hopefully the Tarte ones will work. I really like the Tarte BB Primer, but I prefer it as a primer rather than a BB creme. I'd get a sample of this one for sure! Just because of the multi-use of it. It's also quite mattifying, so I'd highly recommend for combo to oily skin. You'll have to let me know about the Nars tinted moisturizer!

      Patina is a great color! I love me some duo chromes!

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