Mini-Haul

Greetings to you all on this lovely Saturday! Hope you're all having a fantastic day. We destroyed the buffet yesterday... it was a magnificent night. I was particularly fond of the desert and sushi bar. Yummy!! I am still reminiscing about the food today. Gotta run the food away today and tomorrow....

So if you remembered, I said yesterday that I was out and about. Well, I picked up a few things from Walmart and Ulta...had the Rewards Coupon thingy to redeem before it expired today. Besides that, I also had the $3.50 off anything over $10 coupon, I picked up a few things I've been wanting to try out.

LIPS
NYX Butter Lipstick in
-Lollies BLS04
-Taffy BLS14
-Cotton Candy BLS18
-Gumdrop BLS22

left to right: Lollies, Taffy, Cotton Candy, Gumdrop

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in
-Buenos Aires SMLC12
-Sydney SMLC12

NYX Butter Gloss in Fortune Cookie BLG13

NYX Butter Lip Balm in Marshmallow BLB05

NAILS/NAIL CARE
Ulta Salon Formula Nail Lacquer in Boogie Nights
Essence Nail Art Express Dry Drops
Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream

SKIN CARE
Dickinson's Original Witch Hazel Pore Perfecting Toner
Biore Pore Unclogging Scrub

Top (left to right): Sydney, Buenos Aires, Fortune Cookie, Marshmallow

I have been dying to get my hands on these NYX Butter Lipstick ever since I've seen them on their site. But living in Arizona, these products takes forever and a day to be released so I'm always late... Luckily I found them at Ulta last week but didn't actually get to pick them up until this week. I really loved the Butter Lip Balm and Butter Gloss, so I reeeeeeeeally have high hopes for this Butter Lipstick. Plus, NYX's lip products has never, ever let me down before.

I own quite a few of the Butter Gloss and Soft Matte Lip Cream, so they're nothing new to me. I really adore these shades, it was kinda love at first sight so I had to pick them up. Of the two Lip Cream, one is a lilac-pinkish shade while the other is a light coral, both are extremely gorgeous. They are definitely opaque enough to be worn alone. And ya know how much I love matte lips, these are my favorite! As for the Butter Gloss, I though this shade was pretty and I can use it to top off nude lipsticks.

I was so elated to see that the Ulta Rewards redemption this quarter included NYX Butter Lip Balm as a level one prize. I was able to get Marshmallow, and I really wanted Macaroon too but sadly that store didn't have it in stock...GRRRRR. I chose an Ulta Nail Lacquer in its place, I do enjoy their formula and I like this shade too.

I used to use Essie cuticle oil, but I ran out of that recently so I decided to try something new. I love Burt's Bees lip balms so why not give their cuticle cream a try. Will let you know how that goes in a later post.

Essence Nail Art Express Dry Drops claim to take only seconds to dry....seconds. Only seconds.... I'm doing Easter nails for Manicure Monday, lots of nail art that needs speedy drying. That will surely determine whether it works or not. I hope it does work, it's only $2,99.

Nothing to rave about with these two skin care products. I've used Dickinson's for years and have talked about it many, many times before. Not a day goes by that I do not use it. Same can be said about this Biore cleanser... though they changed the packaging, I hope they didn't change the formula also.

Hope you all have a peaceful Saturday. See you'll back here tomorrow for another Sunday Mask recipe! Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. :)