Beauty Haul!

I wanted to share some of the items I've acquired over the last maybe 2 and a half weeks? I don't buy make up very often and like I have said a million times before, I'm a creature of habit and when I find something that works or that I like I tend to stick to it. I realize that could make for a some what lacking favourites post ha ha. I have been trying to branch out a bit and try some new (new to me and there are also a few that are actually new) products to change things up a bit. I don't have an unlimited source of income however, so these products are very affordable and some were even more affordable because they were on sale or on clearance. I'm planning on doing a few more hauls in the future so stay tuned for those! Now let's get to the goodies! (This is mostly just showing what I got, and giving a brief description, rather than explaining and going into detail about the products because I have yet to try these items.) I'm thinking of starting up review posts of items, which is new for me, since I don't usually dedicate an entire post to a single item, but I think it might be helpful for some people.

The items I purchased were:

• Sinful Colors Nailpolish in the colour Gorgeous
• Rimmel London Scandaleyes Show Off Mascara in Extreme Black
• Olay Regenerist Intensive Repair Treatment cream
• (4) NYC Expert Last Lip Color Lipsticks in the shades: 402 Red Flame, 404 Air Kiss, 411 Snowcone, and 417 Flirty
• John Frieda Luxurious Volume Root Booster Blow Dry Lotion
• L'oreal Elnett Satin Strong Hold Hairspray
• Essence Love Letters Eyeshadow Palette in Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours

I bought some nail polish 2 weeks back from target both were by Sinful Colors the one you see here and the other one was featured in my last favourites post. (which you can see here) I try not to buy nailpolish so much these days, since I subscribed to Ipsy I get a new nailpolish pretty frequently and also because I have quite a few already. However I really couldn't pass up this one! It definitely lives up to its namesake, it's a gorgeous metallic blue/green and I'm really interested in seeing how it translates on my nails! 

Sinful Colors Professional Nail Polish Enamel 293 Gorgeous

I'm always on the hunt for a better mascara that will make my lashes pop and give them tons of volume and length! What caught my eye about this mascara (besides the fact that it was on sale at Shoppers Drug Mart for $4.99 CAD) was the wand, it's a rubber wand with a ball at the end. I thought it was really interesting and definitely not like any of the mascaras I own so I had to get it to try it out! 

Show Off Mascara, Extreme Black

I have very dry skin and my skin type is prone to lines and wrinkles more so than other skin types, so when I saw this cream on clearance at Target for $8.00 CAD I decided to give it a try on my problem areas and see if it hurts or helps. So far I haven't found anything that beats my vitamin E oil, I guess we'll see?

Olay Regenerist Intensive Repair Treatment 1 Fl Oz

417 Flirty

411 Snowcone

404 Air Kiss

402 Red Flame

I saw that these NYC lipsticks were a new product to the brand and they were about $2.50 CAD each, so I decided to pick 4 and try them out! Just from swatching them I can tell that they are super pigmented and very silky feeling and I think the packaging is so cute! I felt that these colours would be perfect for Spring and Summer and I hope to get a lot of use out of them. I also picked some brighter colours than I would normally go for, because I'm not only trying to branch out product wise, but also with my makeup in general.. (I tend to gravitate towards neutrals and lighter lip colours that don't stand out as much...) These lipsticks claim to last for 6 hours and come in 20 shades.

Expert Last Lip Color

I have very fine hair, that basically always just sits flat on my head. (and also tangles just by looking at it.. SO FRUSTRATING!!) I love John Frieda's products, so when I saw this root lifting blow dry lotion on clearance at Shoppers FOR ONLY $3.00 CAD I figured I should give it a try! If it gives me even just a little lift then I'll consider that a win ha ha! This was made for fine hair and says that it will transform fine hair by lifting the roots for extra volume at the crown... It smells pretty nice, I'll have to test it out in a couple days when my hair is due for a wash.

John Frieda Luxurious Volume Root Booster Blow-Dry Lotion, 6 oz

I've wanted to try this hair spray for a loooooong while.. I can remember hearing everyone and their mom raving about it and yadda yadda, but I'm not very picky about my hairspray and I was perfectly content with my Tresemme hairspray, but since I'm trying new things AND since this hairspray was just $3.00 as well I thought I'd finally bite the bullet so to speak and try it out!

L'Oreal Paris Elnett Satin Hairspray Strong Hold, 11.0 Ounce

Last but certainly not least in this haul is perhaps my favourite item! I LOVE Essence, they are so affordable and are a very good quality brand! I wasn't looking for anything when I found this gem, I was just at Shoppers to drop off a letter to be mailed out and I just happened into the makeup aisle and spotted a new display for Essence that had already been picked clean. *sad face* I was lucky enough to scoop up this palette which was the last one at that location (mwahahaha) and I CAN'T WAIT to use it! I am so in love with this palette! It SCREAMS Spring and I love pastels! I honestly have never thought of wearing orange eyeshadow, but I seriously can't wait to try out all of these gorgeous colours. (I think it could be because they are all subtle pastel colours, so the orange doesn't intimidate me as much as a regular orange colour would) PS how adorable is that packaging?!

Essence Love Letters Palette

That concludes my haul!

Until next time lovelies!

xoxoxo