Another Ulta Haul?

Another Ulta Haul!

I know that my last post was an Ulta haul, but an actual Ulta just opened up near me, and I've never been inside an Ulta before, so of course I had to do some shopping. I also got some makeup wipes at Ross, but I decided not to include pictures of those. If they end up working well (or terribly) then I'll do a review.

The first thing I picked up was the Covergirl Ultra Smooth foundation in 805 Ivory. It's a little bit dark for me, but if I blend it well and only apply a sheer layer it still works. I got it because I thought the applicator was interesting. It's a silicon-feeling oval, and the directions say to apply product onto the applicator first, then the face. I'll probably do a first impressions and review of it because it's so interesting to me. It cost $6.99 USD.

The next thing I got was the Maybelline Dream Wonder Fluid-Touch foundation in 10 Porcelain Ivory. It looks too dark and too yellow for me in the swatch, but it's actually not bad on my face once it's blended out. I've been wanting to try it for a while now, and it was on sale for $4.99 USD, so I decided to finally get it. It feels like it's not there at all while still providing decent coverage, but I have yet to wear it for a full day.

The last face product I got was the NYX HD Concealer in 10 Porcelain. It was $4.99 USD. I've heard a lot of good things about it, so I'm glad I found it in a shade that matches me pretty well. Almost all of the foundations and concealers I swatched in the store were too dark for me, even though I always went for the lightest shade. There wasn't a tester for this one, but it looked light enough, so I got it anyways.

Next up is a NYX Love in Rio eyeshadow trio in Nighttime in Rio. I got it for $2.99 USD (I believe it was on sale) and the colors are lovely. They aren't super pigmented, but they aren't so bad that I can't easily work with them. They had a lot of eyeshadow trios but this is the one that appealed to me the most.

Next, I got an Essence Eyebrow Designer pencil in 04 Blonde. I find it difficult to find the right eyebrow products because my eyebrows are rather greyish, and the majority of eyebrow products are reddish or brownish. Since this was only $1.99 USD, I decided to just go for it and hope it works.

Moving on to lip products, I got an Ulta Matte Lip Cream in the shade Artistic. It's a pretty nudeish pink and I got it for $4.00 USD because it was on sale. I'm not huge on liquid lipsticks, and this claims to dry matte, but it didn't seem to do that when I swatched it in the store, so I decided to get it. I find most liquid lipsticks too drying for my already easily-chapped lips, so hopefully this one won't be.

Next I got a NYX Butter Lipstick in Pops. It's a pretty pinky-brown nude that I thought looked nice on my skin color and tone. Most nudes wash me out, but this one actually looks nice, and I got it for just $3.99 USD.

Lastly, I got this Essence clear Lash and Brow gel mascara for $2.99 USD. I need a brow mascara, and I'm never sure what color to get, so I went for clear instead.

Ulta Haul

A Very Spooky Ulta Haul

Just kidding, it's not spooky. I just happened to get it on Halloween. Nothing is Halloween related - in fact, some of it is technically Christmas or holiday season related! Without further ado, here is the haul.

First I got the Makeup Revolution Iconic 1 (top) and Iconic 2 (bottom) palettes. I already have the Iconic 3, and I absolutely love it, so I wanted to try the Iconic 1 and 2. I have used the Iconic 1 a little bit, and it's just as quality as the Iconic 3. The Iconic 3 is still my favorite, though.

Next I got two NYX Hot Singles eyeshadows in Bad Seed (left) and Dank (right). I got them to use in Christmas tutorials.

Then I got the NYX Wonder Stick in light/medium. I've tried this out a bit and so far I really like it. I almost wish I had gotten a shade darker, since I wanted to use it for more dramatic contouring, but I got this shade because I'm usually the lightest shade a product line has, especially when it comes to foundation, and this was the lightest shade it came in.

After that I got two EOS lip balms in blackberry nectar (left) and coconut milk (right). I'm not the biggest fan of EOS - I like the Nivea lip butters better - but these were cute and I thought they would look nice displayed on my Alex 9 drawers from Ikea when I finally get them.

Next I got the smooth kiss Nivea lip butter. I already have Raspberry Rose Kiss and Caramel Cream Kiss, and I absolutely love them, so I got this one. They are by far some of the most moisturizing lip balm type products I've ever tried, and I haven't had chapped or cracked or dry lips once since I started using them.

After that I got a set of two holiday lip balms in very vanilla and holiday cookie. I know they probably won't be very good, but I thought they were pretty cute and they were only $3.00 USD.

Next I got a cute body spray. I mostly got it because I thought it would be cute to display somewhere. I love owls and the face on the front appears to be an owl, so that's a bonus. I sniffed it and honestly it mostly just smells like rubbing alcohol but it was only $3.00 USD and I mostly got it for the cuteness anyways.

Lastly, I got some Ulta sheer fragrance mists. They were buy two get two free, so I got four.

Here are the other two. I've been really into perfumes and body mists lately, so I decided to use the buy two get two free and get the four I was most interested in.