SMALL ULTA HAUL

For the month of January I have put myself on a high end ban. Meaning, I'm only allowing myself to buy beauty stuff from the drugstore. Since my birthday just passed, I gave myself a TINY shopping spree on the drugstore side of Ulta today. I found some pretty great things too. The internet has been a buzz over the Revlon lip butters & I had been umming & awwing over if I wanted to purchase them. Truth is, I'm a lip junkie, so I knew it was inevitable that I'd purchase at least one, but I didn't know which color. I'm not really loving their color selection that much. I finally settled on the Pink Truffle color & I'm so happy I did. I haven't been able to wear it too much yet to tell if it's worth the hype, but I'll be keeping you posted on that. During the past few weeks of my Revlon Lip Butter dilema, I stubbled upon the L'Oreal Colour Riche Balm's. I purchased one in Nourishing Nude (not pictured) & immediately fell in love with every single aspect of the product. So I decided to get another color since I really love the color selection this line offers. After talking myself out of purchasing the entire line (including a back up of the Nude color), I settled on Plush Plum. I love plum colors & this one reminds me of my beloved Lancome Juicy Tube in Beach Plum somewhat. Anything that can remind me of beach plum gets an A+ in my book. At the recommendation of Cammiloveskiwi (her blog), I also picked up the Wet n Wild eye palette in Comfort Zone. I mean, 8 eye shadows for $5 is a bargain, then throw in that they're actually pretty good quality & that's an even bigger bargain. This morning I also discovered that I did not own a nude lip liner (that's blasphemy for a lip junkie) so I picked up Rimmel's 1000 Kisses lip pencil in Spice. To end my little splurge, I treated myself to Essie's Topless & Barefoot. I'm a sucker for a good nude polish & anything that Vivianna Does Makeup (her blog) recommends. Swatches below of all products except for the polish.

I've been working on a few things lately. Sorry for the absence, put perhaps my biggest down fall as a blogger is I have no schedule for posting. I post when I feel like it & when I have something to post about. But hey, this is all fun for me. I have a Long Hair Care TAG coming up soon to help answer some questions I get about my hair. I have at least one hair tutorial in the works & I'm getting my hair done tomorrow, so I'll be  doing a post about that. Since this year is going to be all about lots of saving money for me, I'll be making out a list of the products I'm allowed to buy throughout the next few months. I figured that's better than putting a completely unrealistic ban on myself that everyone knows I won't be able to follow. Once I get that list & the rules compiled I'll share it here to hold myself accountable for it. I'll also do full reviews on both the Revlon & L'Oreal lip products (maybe even a product compare?!?!) & I'll do a nail of the day with the Essie Polish. 

L-R: L'Oreal Plush Plum, Revlon Pink Truffle & Rimmel Spice

Swatches of Wet n Wild Comfort Zone Palette