Collective Haul (makeup/fashion) + swatches! MAC/Ulta/Target/Walgreens/JCP/Rue 21

Hello Friends!

I have been a shopaholic this past week! 

I have been running all over the place trying to find new things that have sparked my interest while either reading blogs or watching my favorite ladies on YouTube. 

I have visited MAC, Ulta, Target, Walgreens, JCP, and Rue 21. I wanted to share what I picked up at these places with you all :)

MAC

I have been needing a new concealer and itsbl0ndie on YouTube LOVES the Pro Longwear Concealer. OF COURSE I stopped in and picked it up! I have also heard wonderful things about the Mineralize Skinfinish Natural and wanted to give that a try. You can either use this powder as a setting powder or on its own!

I wear NW20 in concealer and Medium Plus in MSFN.

Also, while I was there a wonderful MAC lady put a gorgeous MSF blush on me and I regret now not buying it and even worse, I can't remember what it was called :(


ULTA
Okay. Ulta is like my favorite place in the world. I could literally spend HOURS in there. Just recently the mall near me has been doing some serious updating and they put a very large Ulta right in the front so I can get in and out without having to go through the rest of the mall! HEAVEN.Here are a few things I have picked up lately :)

Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Moisture Mist
L'oreal Paris Lipstick 108 Gilded Pink
NYX Matte Lipstick MLS07 Alabama
NYX HD Eye Shadow Base
NYX Nude Matte Shadow Skinny Dip
NYX Nude Matte Shadow I Have A Headache
NYX Illuminator Narcissistic

Here are swatches of the swatchable things :)

L'oreal lipstick Gilded Pink
NYX Matte Alabama

NYX Eye Shadow Skinny Dip
NYX Eye Shadow I Have A Headache

NYX Illuminator Nacissistic

TARGET

I only purchased two things from Target :)

L'oreal lipstick Peach Fuzz

NYC Bronzer Sunny
(A very popular bronzer and I'm stoked to have found it!)

WALGREENS

I picked up five things at Walgreens. Mainly went for Milani blush and also to look for the Rimmel ScandelEyes in Nude because I couldn't find it ANYWHERE! I was in luck with the eyeliner but not in luck with the blush I went there for. I wanted the Luminoso Milani blush but of course they were out. But luckily they had another I wanted to try. I also picked up the Almay Get Up And Grow mascara, Maybelline Vivid lipstick in Hooked On Pink, and the new People Style Watch magazine with Lauren Conrad on the cover :)

Below are the lipstick, eyeliner, and blush swatch.

First Swatch: Maybelline Vivid Hooked On Pink
Middle Swatch: Rimmel ScandelEyes Nude
Last Swatch: Milani blush Rose D'Oro

JCPENNEY

I went into JCP to look at their mini Sephora and ended up not picking anything up. But while looking around I did find some flip flops! It was love at first sight and the tag was marked $8 but when I checked out, they were on sale for $5! I WANT MORE! I ended up with just a brown pair that will go with everything and you can't see in the picture but they have a gold connecting piece between the flip flop and the strap. Super cute.

RUE 21

I picked up a few pretty things in Rue 21 :)

Made into a cute little collage!

'Merica Sunglasses
Sparrow Bracelet
Green USB Chord
GORGEOUS Lace Dress
Bow Headband with images of Cats :D
(It was a two pack that also came with a plain black one)

Please follow my Instagram @sksinatra and I hope you enjoyed!

Until next time-

Samantha

May Favorites 2013

Hello Friends!

There are only 4 days left of May so I figured I'd do my May Favorites. I've never done monthly favorites posts before but they are my favorite to read and watch on YouTube. Someday I hope to be on YouTube too!

I want to have my monthly favorites divided up into 4 sections:

BEAUTY // FASHION // FOOD // HUMAN

I want to have a few from beauty and maybe one or two from fashion and food and one for human. The human category is basically who I've been following or just being a little obsessed over the past month :)

I have 9 favorites this month so I'll go ahead and get started!

BEAUTY

The Forever 21 21 piece palette in Brown/ Taupe.

It has been in two of the past blogs this weekend and I've posted it on my Instagram @sksinatra. I just LOVE the color payoff and the mix of shimmer and matte shadows. Almost every day I grab this palette and create a new look with it. I ordered it from the Forever 21 website about the middle of May and it arrived FAST and had quickly become a favorite in my collection.

The Revlon Photo Ready BB Cream with SPF 30 in 020 Light Medium.
During the summer I hate wearing liquid foundation I would usually wear in the winter. In the summer here in California it's hot and pretty miserable so I want to have something on my face that is light but also has an SPF and BB Creams are usually the answer! Last year I was wearing the Garnier BB Cream but realized it was working great the first half of the bottle and I felt like the second half was oily and heavy. Yuck! I love this stuff because it's light but gives a good amount of coverage and keeps me protected from that hot sun!

The Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara. Okay so I have about 4 Maybelline macaras and I go back and fourth between all of them since I ran out of my favorite (Falsies!!) but refuse to repurchase Falsies until I use up at least 2 of these other Maybellines. I know I'll be using this one up here soon because I've been using it EVERY DAY. I love how long and full it makes my lashes look! I have fine, thin hair and that goes to my brows and lashes too so I feel like I have to work extra hard when it comes to all hair products. I will definitely be repurchasing this mascara when I do run out because I seriously don't think I could live without it.

NYX Blush in Pinched.
This is a blush that kind of got put away and forgot about. I had been using The Balm's Hot Mama like crazy and decided one day this month to go through my blushes and see what else I have! I found my lovely Pinched and have been using it every day. I bought this blush from Ulta after watching a YouTube video from MissGalmorazzi but can't remember now what video it was. It looks brand new still and I've been using it every day. It makes me want to go back to Ulta and buy out there blushes! It's such a pretty peachy pink and it leaves a nice sunkissed glowy look on my cheeks. Definitely will be kept out for the summer months!

Rome Honeysuckle Amor 2 in 1 body scrub + wash from Bath and Body Works.
Okay so I had a coupon a few weeks back for the "Buy one signature item get one free." You know, those coupons they give you EVERY TIME you buy something?! Well I was in there looking around and couldn't decide what I wanted. I have enough sprays and lotions and soaps. I walked past their Rome collection and saw THIS. I am a huge sucker for body washes that have scruby beads in them and decided this was it! I use it almost every day but it has been my go-to body wash item that wakes me up in the morning and gets all the dead skin (sorry TMI!) off my legs!

FOOD

My beloved NutriBullet.
I went crazy with this thing last January when I bought it but soon forgot about it and it sat on my kitchen counter until recently. During the spring and summer months here in California it is so hot you seriously don't feel like eating. I've realized a NutriBlast is the best thing not only for my body but to get nutrients in me too!
This is one I made yesterday and posted to Instagram (@sksinatra). It was two handfuls of spinach, one banana, and two handfuls of frozen mixed berrries. Boy was it good. If you like juicing or just like making smoothies but your blender leaves chunks and it grosses you out... YOU NEED THIS. It grinds everything down so fine it has no chunks. It extracts out the the nutrients your body needs and makes it into a delicious fruity (or veggie) drink!

Lipton Diet Green Tea Citrus.
Hello 0 calorie and 0 sugars green tea! I've been needing some green tea in my life and these Lipton bottles make it an easy on the go thing. I buy a 12 pack from my local grocery store and drink about 1-2 of these a day when I'm not drinking water. My sister buys the diet green tea with raspberry kind but I like sticking with good old citrus. Go pick some up if you like green tea but always remember to recycle :)

FASHION

Stripped Fitness Tank Tops from Walmart.
I pretty much live in work out clothes and when I saw these I had to buy them! They're just a flowy kind of top with the racerback style. I have been wearing these like crazy!
I posted this photo on my Instagram about a week ago...

and have been getting compliments like crazy about how good I look in that color!
I really like these because they're also lightweight and breathable during exercise or just lounging in. I wear them to work a lot also, as seen above! :)

HUMAN

Emily Eddington!
I absolutely have been LOVING her this month! She is so sweet and smart and knows what they heck she is talking about! She gives great reviews and tutorials and almost everything she mentions I go out and buy! The Forever 21 palette... I bought because of her!
Please check out her YouTube channel or Twitter or Instagram or Blog (all usernames below)! You will fall in love with her!          
Twitter @emilynoel83
Instagram @emilynoel83
Blog www.beautybroadcast.net
YouTube www.youtube.com/emilynoel83

And that's it for my May Favorites! I hope you enjoyed! Please comment or follow my blog and follow me on Instagram!
Until next time-
Samantha                                          

Current Makeup Collection + Storage!

Hello Friends!

I recently bought a couple organizers and wanted to post my current makeup collection and storage.

I don't have too much but I love reading/ seeing these kinds of things because it gives me ideas so I thought I'd post mine! 

I store all of my makeup related items and get ready every morning in my bathroom. Above is a picture of my makeup and brushes on my bathroom counter. 

I store my Scentsy with current wax melt Cranberry Pear from the new Febreze Home Collection line, two storage containers, the 100 piece eyeshadow palette from ELF and the 21 piece eyeshadow palette in Brown/ Taupe from Forever 21, and two brush holders I created myself using the 3 wick candle jars from Bath and Body Works and scrapbook paper (you can see in a past blog post titled "DIY Weekend") containing face and eye brushes. 

Below are more detailed pictures of everything on my counter and in my organizers.

On my counter!

The Nature's Haven Mid Size Scensty Warmer.
Not sure if they still have this warmer. I recieved it as a gift a couple of years ago.
The wax melt is the Cranberry Pear scent from the Fabreze Home collection.
I bought the melts at Walmart.

The ELF 100 piece palette and the Forever 21 21 piece palette in Brown/ Taupe.
I use both of these palettes regularly and they both are amazing quality with great color payoff. 

ELF palette

Forever 21 palette

Left: Face Brushes
Right: Eye Brushes
Still need little marbles or something to put at the bottom
to make the brushes stand up nice!

And that's about it for the counter!

Everything behind and off to the right are my leave-in conditioners and face lotions and toners. If you'd like a detailed blog post about those things please ask! :)

Now for the organizers!

LIQUID FOUNDATIONS
Top:
 MAC Studio Tinted Moisturizer with SPC 15
From left to right:
Revlon ColorStay
NYX Stay Matte Not Flat
Make Up For Ever HD Foundation
Revlon Photo Ready BB Cream

EYESHADOWS
You can't see everything in here because it's so packed but here it goes!
In the BACK:
Wet and Wild 3 pan palettes in Walking on Eggshells, I'm Getting Sunburned, and Knock On Wood
Under those I have:
Revlon PhotoReady Palette in Impressionist
A Senna 3 pan palette in Cocoa Nudes
3 ELF Baked eyeshadows in Bark, Toasted, and Pixie
FRONT LEFT SIDE:
Hard Candy palette in Naturally Gorgeous
Physicians Formula palette in Nude
MIDDLE:
4 NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils in Black Bean, Iced Mocha, Milk, and Yogurt
3 Maybelline Color Tattoos in Tough as Taupe, Too Cool, and Bad to the Bronze
FRONT RIGHT SIDE:
2 NYX Shadow Singles in Flamingo and Leather and Lace

BLUSHES AND BRONZERS
STARTING FROM BACK LEFT:
Rimmel Match Perfection Blush in Light
2 LA Color Blushes that have no color name
NYX Blush in Pinched
 2 NYC Bronzing Powders in Hamptons Radiance and Fire Island Tan
ELF Contouring Blush and Bonzer in Blushed/ Bronzed
The Balm Bronzer in Bahama Mama
The Balm Blush in Hot Mama

LIP PRODUCTS
VERY BACK:
Lush Sweet Lips Lip Scrub
MIDDLE LEFT TO RIGHT:
Revlon Lip Butters in Strawberry Shortcake and Creme Brulee
Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Punch, Quenched, and Peach Kiss
NYX Lipsticks in Minimalism and Papparazzi
FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT:
Maybelline Color Whispers in A Plum Prospect, Mad For Magenta,
Made-It Mauve, Rose Of Attraction, Coral Ambition, Berry Ready,
and Some Like It Taupe
Revlon Lipstick in Skyline Pink

CONCEALERS AND POWDERS
BACK 3 POWDERS FROM LEFT:
Covergirl Clean Pressed Powder, ELF Tone Correcting Powder,
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay In Place Powder
CONCEALERS FROM LEFT:
Covergirl Cover Stick in Fair
Maybelline Age Rewind Dark Circles Eraser in Light Pale
Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer in Radiant
ELF Eyelid Primer in Sheer
ELF Concealer and Highlighter in Light/ Glow
Covergirl Cover Stick Corrector Concealer in Green

EYE BROWS AND LASHES
FROM TOP LEFT:
ELF Eyebrow Kit in Light
Garnier Skin Renew Dark Spot Corrector
NYX Matte Finishing Spray
Revlon Brow Fantasy in Brunette
Revlon Eyelash Curler
Maybelline Colassal Volum' Cat Eyes
Maybelline The Rocket
Maybelline Mega Plush
Maybelline One by One

I also have a small carrying makeup bag that I keep with me at all times in my purse..

Maybelline Pure Stay Powder Foundation SPF 15 in Buff
EOS in the Raspberry kind
Nivea Lip Butter Vanilla and Macadamia Kiss

Woo! That was a long post and took forever! I hope you all enjoyed and leave comments if you have any questions :)

Until next time-

Samantha

Target Beauty Haul!



Hello All!

As some of you may know, I am a preschool teacher. This past week has been teacher appreciation WEEK (not good for a lady on Weight Watchers...) and I recieved a Target gift card at the end of the week from our wonderful parents. They take such good care of us teachers! I couldn't decide what to spend it on but ultimately decided on some beauty products I've been wanting to try that I've seen my favorite beauty gurus talking about on YouTube and Instagram.

Below is what I picked up!

Hair Products:



Organix Cocunut Milk Shampoo and Conditioner and
Organix Moroccan Argan Oil Intensive Moisture Treatment.
I am so excited to try these out! I've been meaning to pick them up for a while!

Face Products:



St. Ives Blemish Control Apricot Scrub and
Up & Up Maximum Stength Acne Medication.
I've needed some new face wash and I've heard great things about the Apricot Scrub.
I have also needed a spot treatment and even though I would love Lush's Grease Lightning,
Lush isn't so close to home so I decided to try this Target Brand spot treatment out!
It has 10% Benzoyl Peroxide.



Makeup Products:



First, the brush you can't see (sorry about that!) is an ELF Small Stipple Brush,
Revlon Photo Ready BB Cream in Light Medium,
EOS Lip Balm Pomegranate Raspberry,
and Maybelline The Rocket Waterproof Mascara.
Super excited about all of these products because I have been
putting them all off for quite a while!



Please if you want a more detailed post about a certain product either leave a comment or find me on Instagram @sksinatra. I want to do a before and after/review of the Revlon BB Cream soon so keep an eye out for it!

Until next time,

Samantha

Maybelline Color Whisper! 6 Swatches!

There are SO many moisturizing/color lip products out now and I have heard so much positive feed back on the new Maybelline Color Whisper lipsticks that of course I had to buy some and try them out! A lot of people are comparing them to the Revlon Lip Butters and I only have three because honestly, I wasn't really a fan of them. I loved the concept of a moisturizing lipstick but the color payoff on them wasn't impressive. While in my local Target last week I could not find the Color Whisper display ANYWHERE! I literally went up and down every beauty isle three times just in case I had missed them. NOPE, they weren't there. So while in Walmart yesterday I found the whole display! Two displays actually! With all 20 colors. I bought 6 because I thought these colors would look the best on me. They are SUPER moisturizing. It feels like you have a Chapstick on but the pigment of the colors are awesome! The moisture does where off rather quickly (it's not terrible but I do wish it lasted longer) but the color leaves a little stain so you still have that gorgeous color. The swatches and what they look like on the lips is somewhat different. I felt the swatch was a lot more bold than what they look like on. They are all going to look great in the summer. I want more already! Below are the colors I bought with swatches :)

"Some Like It Taupe" and "Rose Of Attraction"

"Made-It Mauve" and "Berry Ready"

"Mad For Magenta" and "A Plum Prospect"

Top Row:
Some Like It Taupe, Rose Of Attraction, Made-It Mauve
Bottom Row:
Berry Ready, Mad For Magenta, A Plum Prospect

Until next time,

-Samantha



Hard Candy palette: Naturally Gorgeous



I used colors 1, 2, and 8 to create this simple/ light look.
Please excuse the undone and unwaxed eyebrows ;)

Hello all! Today I wanted to post about a recent purchase I picked up at Walmart. I can never have enough natural/neutral eyeshadow and I eye this palette every time I go to Walmart. Finally just picked it up!
This is the Hard Candy 10 shadow palette in Naturally Gorgeous. There are three other palettes I also want to eventually pick up (purple, pink, and green). I've used this palette every day since I've picked it up. There are so many looks you can get! I do not own either of Naked palettes but honestly do I really need to when I have this palette? Probably. Looking at this palette compared the the Naked 2 palette, the Hard Candy palette has more dark colors rather than light like I've seen the Naked 2 palette have. Here are some swatches :)


First 5 colors. They are pretty light but buildable.
With natural light and flash.



Last 5 colors. These ones are pretty dark and pigmented.
With natural light and flash. 





What I like to pair this palette with. The ELF Eye Primer and the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze.





Overall I really like this palette and if you're looking for an inexpensive neutral palette, this is it!
Until next time,
-Samantha