So yeah, I’m way behind, lol. How’s everyone’s past couple of weeks
been? They’ve been good for me, just
busy, which is why this week’s wrap up is for the past two weeks. It’s gonna be a bit long so I better get on
with it.
Starting with weight loss, I’ve pretty much just been
maintaining with a slight fluctuation up and down, not even a pound
though. I still can’t get into a routine
lately for working out, I just don’t want to.
I know, I know, I’m going to half to though, if only just to stay
healthy. Anyone have any motivation they
can give me, lol?
Moving on to beauty purchases, I have quite a few.
From Hautelook my
Alterna hair care order finally
arrived. I ordered the “Thickening
Compound” and the “Straighten Balm” both from the Hemp collection. I’ve used
them a couple of times and half to say I really do like them. They’re both made from natural ingredients
with no gluten, parabens, synthetic color, phthalates, mineral oil, petroleum,
DEA, TEA or animal testing so they’re not hard on your hair and they’re good to
use on color treated hair. Like I said,
so far they work well, and the price was very reasonable ($6.99/each for the
larger 6.7 US fluid ounces size) since it was from Hautelook, so I’m very pleased.
From MAC I picked
up a new foundation, Mineralize
Satinfinish in NW35. I just needed
one slightly darker for summer since the NW30 made it look like my head was
floating above my body, lol.
At Ulta the past
2 weeks I’ve only picked up a few items.
I grabbed 2 of the Maybelline
Instant Age Rewind Protector Finishing Powder, one in “Honey” to go with my
new foundation and the other in “Creamy Natural” to go with my lighter
foundation. I’d heard really good
reviews of these comparing them to MAC’s
Mineralize Skinfinish pressed powders
but at half the price. So far I really
like them, the only problem I foresee is that Ulta had them on clearance and I can’t find them anywhere
else. A bit disappointing.
I also picked up an Ulta
Extreme Wear gel eyeliner in “Ink”, a
nice dark blue. I haven’t used this yet
and I’m hoping it performs better than the Ulta
brand eye shadow I got a few months ago.
We shall see.
At Sephora I
grabbed a new perfume, the original Michael
Kors scent. I really love this. I first got this as a sample from a previous Sephora order and fell in love
immediately. The description from the
website lists it as having notes of “Dewy Freesia, Tamarind, Chinese Osmanthus, Incense, Fresh
Tuberose, White Wings Peony, Blue Orris, Arum Lilies, Cashmere Woods, Musk,
Vetiver Haiti.” It just smells
sooo yummy! I want to wear it every day
but don’t want to use it all up, lol.
One
last item I picked up at Sephora was
a sample trio of Tarte primer. It has a .25 fl. Oz. “Clean Slate Poreless” 12 hour perfecting primer, a .25 fl. Oz. “Clean
Slate Flawless” 2 hour brightening primer and a .09 fl. Oz. “Clean Slate 360° Creasless”
12 hour smoothing eye primer. I grabbed
this because I’m almost out of my Too
Faced Primed and Poreless primer and was thinking about trying the Tarte ones. It was right by the register so it sucked me
in. So far I’ve tried the “Clean Slate Poreless” one. It works well and the formula is nice. I also
tried the “Clean Slate 360° Creaseless” and so far, I’m not impressed with that
one. It seems bit watery for an eye
primer. I’m gonna try it again
tomorrow. I’m hoping the issues with it
are because it’s new.
That’s
pretty much it for beauty purchases this week.
I have a few more items coming this week in the mail that I’ll share
next week after I try them out.
Moving
on to the few fashion purchases this week. The first one is at JC Penney I got the denim shorts and green shirt I was wearing in
the most recent “Outfit of the Week”, I
also grabbed a second t-shirt while there in purple, all 3 items are Arizona
Jean Co. brand.
From TJ Maxx I was trying to find a small
makeup bag to keep my lipstick and lipglasses in while we’re at my sister
Mallory’s graduation on Saturday (so they don’t melt in the car). I wasn’t able to find a makeup back but I did
find a small Michael Kors monogram wristlet
that will work perfectly…for only $35!
Last,
from Coach I got a new bag, a Laura tote
in foam (a really pretty sea green color).
This was also shown in the last “Outfit of the Week”. It’s a nice, big tote that holds all my junk
with room to spare.
Finishing
up this week’s wrap up, as usual, is my most recent manicure in “Spectrum” from
the Sally Hansen HD Hi-Definition
collection. This one is a blue-to-green
changing color that’s really pretty and sparkly. I wish I could get it to photograph the way
the color changes but no matter how many
different angles I tried it just looks blue.
Oh well L
So,
that’s it for tonight. Long, I
know. I’ll be sure not to let 2 weeks go
by before doing a wrap up in the future.
It’s just too much for one post.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great week this week. I’ll talk to ya’ll later J.
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