Shopping Bag - Perfume, Makeup,Clothes and Wine

Hallo!

Here's what's been in my shopping bags as of late:

Very Hollywood  MICHAEL KORS:

YAY! This eau de parfum normally runs a little pricey, with special edition reaching well into the triple digits. I got this on at WINNERS for $40! Bonus, it also comes with a purse size roller tube of the perfume =)

* HARD CANDY Glow All The Way self tanner

 *L'OREAL Studio Secrets Anti-Redness primer

*L'OREAL Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base:

I LOVE L'oreal's new range of primers. I like that they're all oil free, non-comotegenic, and won't clog my pores. They give my skin a nice smooth and silky finish.

MAYBELLINE Limited Edition eyeshadow palette in Apricot Aura:

REVLON Top Speed Polish in Cupid:

I LOVE this color!

MAYBELLINE Dream Smooth Mousse foundation in Creamy Natural:

I LOVE this foudation, too! Nothing will ever replace my MAC Studio Fix, but this is half the price, and a great alternative for work. Blends well and looks good =) Also, it feels SO LIGHT on my face - I hate feeling like I have pounds of makeup on.

Got this ruffly shirt @ Winners for $24! (Don't mind my DIRT Pumas in the background. ew!)

Got this work shirt at Banana Republic Outlet for $20!

Wine Haul:

This bottle of sangiovese with the little cherub boy on the front has been our go-to weekend wine for the past couple of months. It tastes great with pizza, or anything for that matter, and is reasonable @ around $15.

My new favorite sipping drinkie is Italian Limoncello. I saw it as a cartoon in an Italian wedding game I'd been playing, and my curiosity got the best of me.It tastes just like those sugar covered lemon gummy candies you used to have as a kid.! Left side, some port.

I can't wait for the upcoming long weekend. After tomorrow, I won't have to be back at work 'til Wednesday, which rox my sox! I wanted to get away but prices always sky rocket over holiday weekends unless you book in advance.

Are you going anywhere fun or have any plans for Easter?

Shopping Bag - Covergirl Lip Perfection Lipsticks, Sake, and Wine Haul

I adore Covergirl's new Lip Perfection Lipstick collection. Their pinks are to die for! I like the casing too, and they are quite moisturizing for a traditional lipstick.

They promise to give you "more beautiful lips" in just 7 days =)

Of course I got the brightest pinks of the collection. Below, 400 "Temptress", and 385 "Feline". I love the names they gave the lipsticks. Wouldn't that be the funnest job? I want to be a professional lipstick namer. I could just sit around dreaming up new and fantastic names for pretty pink lipsticks all day .. I've been on the hunt for "Sweetheart", the prettiest pink imo, since the collection came out, but it's always sold out b'time I'm in front of them.

^Left:Feline, Right: Temptress^

Feline On Lips:

It has quite a bit of sheen, and goes on almost like a gloss, but with a lot of pigment.

Temptress of Lips:

This is a lot brighter in real life, and as you'll see, it's a lot more opaque than feline. The pigment is incredible. 

Over all I'm really satisfied with these lipsticks. The color lasts a long time on the lips.

Repurchase? Definitely!

I give them 5/5.

Wine Haul:

Me and Ryan recieved a lovely gift card to the "Wine Cellar", a very impressive downtown underground wine boutique, just like a vintage wine cellar. Saturday we spent a good amount of time browsing the aisles, country by country and selecting all new wines we had never tried. We got a shiraz, merlot, pinot noir, chenin blanc, and champagne from various regions of the world including South Africa, Italy, France, Australia, and USA.

I also couldn't resist this little bottle of Sake. I think warm Sake is such a nice treat on a cold winter night:

But now I want a sake set!

Here are my faves:

Sitting inside on a rainy evening by a fireplace, with some delicious sushi and hot sake served with a beautiful set - perfect.

There is also this HK sake set:

Charming, but I'm not sure how I feel about drinking strong alcohol from such a childishly themed sake set. Just a little ... off putting?

I also decided to wrap up my 30 day blog challenge in this post.

Blog Challenge Conclusion: Day 26-30.

26:What kind of person attracts me:

I don't think I necesarily have a specifiic "type". It's just a feeling I get when I am attracted to someone right off  the bat. How they make me feel in their prescence; if they make me feel sexy, confident, special, or unique, but genuinely and without trying to make me feel this way. Its all natural; something I can't quite put my finger on but know is there.

27:A problem I have had:

I've had issues with self confidence that has manifested itself differently in the past.

28:Something that I miss.

Summer! Nice weather, beaches, sunshine. Songs or the smell of perfume from last summer will make me miss it even more. I can't wait to drop the fricking top. (Of my car that is!)  It feels like it has been winter FOREVER right now.

29:Goals for the next 30 days:

Pass all my courses! Keep wedding planning on track. Begin toning up for the wedding.

30: Highs and Lows of this month:

Highs: Laughing lots

Lows: Weather

I hope you had a marvelous weekend =)

 Have you tired these new CG lipsticks?

Shopping Bag (Haul) Hard Candy, Rimmel, and Comfy Things =)

Hallo!

Here are the latestes contents of my shopping bag:

Rimmel Lipstick in 022 Nostaligia:

A peachy pink which is my fave color right now. I love it with my skin tone=) Only downfall is it's slightly drying, as a lot of lipsticks can be.

Hard Candy Skin Perfecting Primer:

I came by this by accident at Wal-Mart - I had no idea Hard Candy made a primer! So I immediately snatched it up. I'm in search of a good primer.

I really want the Smashbox one as I've heard it's the best there is, but @ ~$50 I think I'm going to wait. This primer is pretty decent, actually, I prefer it tenfold to my Revlon one. This one has a milky white, much thicker, almost pastier consistnecy than the clear Revlon one. Much better imo:

Hard Candy Nobody's Perfect Concealer Palette in Light:

I've been looking at this for awhile and decided to finally get it to try the darker shades for contouring. I blame that on watching crazy Youtube transformation videos =P. I can also use the green for any discolorations on my skin. Over all this concealer palette is definitely poorer quality than what I'm used to. There's little to no coverage for the flesh toned concealers; I'd have to completely cake it on my face to get any sort of coverage and that would just be silly. But oh well, at least I tested it out =)

Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in Tiki:
I love HC's packaging, and their baked bronzers and eyeshadows always get me buying them. This one barely shows up on my face though :(. For some reason my skin just won't show any tracces of it... sucks, as I've heard other gals swear by it.

Damask Stripe Collection Queen Sheet Set in black:
Me and Ryan were at Bed Bath and Beyond and I was like "we need new sheets!". I've always wanted luxurious high thread count Egyptian sheets so we had to get these. Even though they are cotton, they are soooo smooth. I'm not a fan of silk/saten sheets for some reason. They always slide all over the place. So these stay in place but are still soooo soft



They don't look bad with my original bedding either, which is a +. I guess black does go with anything though:

Ardenne Sweatpants and comfy T-shirts:
I love comfy clothes so much and when I was in the states last I definitely made a couple trips to PINK by Victoria's Secret to get some comfy clothes. They recently opened one at a mall here, so I went to see what I could find. I couldn't help but balk at the prices though, and I'm not a cheap person by any means! But seriously, $50 bucks for baggy sweatpants! (says the girl who'll buy a $50 lipstick =P). I dunno, I just couldn't justify it. So I decided to do a loop around the mall and see if I still wanted them in a little bit. (Good trick if you can't decide whether to buy something or not .. a lot of times the moment of weakness will pass if you don't really want it). Anywho, across the mall was Ardenne of all places, which used to sell only tacky, Claire's-type jewellery and accessories. Well they've diversified, let me tell you. Now they sell clothes, shoes, etc., and while I'd never wear their clothes or shoes, their comfy clothes for rainy movie days caught my eye: 

I got two super comfy pairs of seat pants and two comfy tees for $20! It was buy 1 get 1 free, and these sweats are the comfiest things I've ever worn ... So if you're ever in need of comfy rainy day clothes, don't turn your nose up at little Ardenne! Yes, it looks like a pre teen store, and they hang their shoes with actual clothes hangers on the wall, but there are some hidden gems in there, I promise. 

That's it for this time's shopping bag; I hope you're having a swell week!