Generation Beauty Haul

I'm back to show you guys my "haul" from day one of Generation Beauty. I got all these from Happy Hour, where the booths give out free things. I did not attend day two due to a headache. So let's get started!

I figured it would be easier to do one picture with all the items from that day and list what I got from each company.

Smashbox Cosmetics - Eye Shadow Trio, Full Exposure Mascara and a nude pink lip gloss.
Nicole by OPI - Selena Gomez nail polish in Kissed at Midnight
Bare Minerals - Marvelous Moxie lipgloss in Show Off
Benefit - small sample of Benetint
Pixi Cosmetics - a lip/blush pencil, golden eye shadow pencil, nude shimmery eye liner and a primer
Pacfica - Day & Night moisturizer
Proactiv - Clay Mask
Anastasia - sample of Lash Genius mascara
Make Up Forever - sample of Smoky Extravagant
Temptu - Underye concealer

I have not had a chance to try ANYTHING yet. If you would like more specific pictures and reviews, please leave a comment below. Thank you!

Generation Beauty Recap

This is a much belated post regarding the Generation Beauty Event that was held by Ipsy and Michelle Phan. I originally was not going to post this, but I already had the pictures edited and figured why not.

The event was two days and the tickets for both days (they were not sold per day) was $$150! That's a hefty price and I met a few people who did pay that amount, but the Ipsy girls such as Michelle, Heart, Kandee, and Sonia were offering discount codes which made the price around $50-75 dollars depending on what code you used. I bought mine for around $65 in February and I had no idea what I signed up for to be honest.

I can only recap Saturday because that's the only day I got to go. I planned to go Sunday, but I ended up getting sick. I got my name badge from the registration booth and immediately started an activity. It was a treasure hunt sponsored by Smashbox and with this event you had to form groups so you can take pictures at specific locations. I came alone so I was not happy about this because I just wanted to walk around the booths and check it out. Three people did find me and ask me to be in their group and I got to hang out with them all day so I wasn't lonely after all YAY!

We were given a schedule and every booth had a different speaker/event going on at all times until 5pm for Happy Hour. There was only about 10-15 booths and if you've been to IMATS this is no where near. It's more personal booths and you don't really buy anything, you watch them do demos. I finished looking at every booth within an hour.

I didn't care for the booths, but my main highlight of the day was getting to meet all the Youtubers I watch such as Kandee Johnson, and itsjudytime Judy. Meeting those two people was the highlight of my day. I always wanted to take a picture with them and finally got to do so.

Happy Hour was freaking crazy and the lines were so long. In the schedule you were given tear outs with the name of each booth there and you give them the tearout so they can give you a product. It's all "free" and most were full sized products. I was bummed out I could not go on Sunday, but I can't complain my husband took me out that day before we headed home to a nice breakfast.

Overall, this event was okay. I think I will end up going again next year only because these events really do bring people together. I know I will probably end up attending later on in the day so I can take advantage of the Happy Hour, but I will be back for the meet and greets with the Gurus. I will be posting a "haul" of the goodies I got in a separate post!

PS - Sorry for no pictures on this post. I actually didn't take any pictures of the venue haha.

Coming Back From The Dead

Hello,

I am writing an official post to say that I'm officially coming back from the dead. A lot has happened emotionally for the past year and I honestly had no time nor energy to write in this blog period. I always wanted to start up and so I had a lot of pictures and ideas,  but my personal life kept me from doing so.

Now that things have some what settled, I feel that I can devote my time to doing what I love, blogging. I love all things related to Beauty and that has not changed. I don't have any followers, but to me blogging is about writing about what you love and people have to "follow" you because of that well that's just the cherry on top! If I do get followers, I will be hosting some fun giveaways because I have a lot of brand new products just laying around waiting to be put in a home.

Enough of my ranting! Please look forward to more hauls and reviews. There will be the occassional couponing posts because I love to coupon (and who doesn't love to save money?!).

Have  a wonderful day!

Pretty & Cute Haul

Hi guys long time no post! I've been super swamped at work so on my free time I've been literally trying to catch up on sleep and spending time with my loved ones. I thought I'd do a mini haul that I bought a few weeks ago.

I've never bought anything from Pretty & Cute, but have heard many good things about it through YouTube and other blogs. I thought I'd give it a try and it's also a US based company so shipping didn't take that long. I only got a few things because they were expensive in my opinion. It is, however, very cheap for Japanese make up,  but to me it was like paying the price of a MAC item for something that is drugstore brands for Japan. Oh well, with the costs of importing these babies I do know why they would raise the price.

As you can tell I didn't really get much, just things I've heard fantastic reviews about. I got the Dollywink Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Fairy Drops mascara in Black, and two Lioele glosses in a baby pink and light orange.

I can't really say much for these products because I have not yet used them! I'm trying to use the mascaras I have open now and will post a review on them once I'm done. I've been buying make up and not opening them for a bit because I want to use the things I have up first. I do admit that sometimes I get anxious and open it before I'm suppose to, but oh well.

Hope you guys enjoy! Have a great weekend!

Fall Clothing Haul

I fell off the blogging train for a while and I'm barely getting back on! I did some shopping the past few weeks for my Fall wardrobe. I ended up buying a little more than what I will be showing below, but I just didn't have time to take the pictures of the items.

Let's start off with Forever 21!

I was in need of a simple large waist belt to go with my high-low dresses I got from Marshall's to help give the dress a bit more shape. The style is so simple. I did however pay a hefty price tag of $8.80 only to find out after I placed my order the next day they put a very similar style for $5.50. I think 8 bucks is plain rip off for a plain belt, but I looked for a few weeks for something similar in stores such as Fashion Q and other little Korean boutiques around the area. All were either too ugly or too expensive haha. I also got a pair of cheap sunglasses for myself because I didn't want to invest a seasonal piece so for $3.99 it was not bad. I stocked up on some plain $2.80 tank tops for wearing layering or lounging at home. As you can tell I got a pair of jeans as well from their $10.80 line. I was skeptical about these pants and in my opinion, they are just OK. The material is not denim that is for sure, but it probably has a small percentage of it. I bought these because they were great for wearing with boots and sweaters. I hate thick jeans in my boots haha. For $10.80 it's not bad, but at this point I'm not sure if I will repurchase them. Although I must add that the inseam is 29in and it's PERFECT for me (I'm about 5/2).

In addition to more simple tops, I got four of the 3/4 sleeve tops that has the rouching on the top for $6.80. I LOVE these tops so much. They are so simple and can be dressed up or down. I wear them to work all the time with some black slacks and call it a day. I was beyond excited to have found this. Out of impulse I bought the mint and black shirt with lace detailing for $10.80. The fit is very loose on me and to be honest it's not worth $10.80 because I know when I wash it I have to be extra careful  or else it will shrink. Lastly from Forever 21, I bought the simple grey dress for $8.80 and love this. It's so perfect for wearing on the weekends and even to work with a cardigan on top and a tiny belt to cinch it. So happy it was super cheap.

I needed new shoes for work and I can't wear those shoes from Love D, Qupid, Charlotte Russe, etc even though they are cute. The fit and quality is really bad for my feet and it's just not practical for me. I made an order with Talbots for the shoes below.

Yes the top two shoes are a bit grandma-ish,  but let's be honest in a professional environment when you are walking around a lot (including up and down stairs) you need to be practical. The shoes are made of genuine leather and all retail for over 150, but I waited for them to go on super sale and managed to get them for 30 each. I love the quality of these shoes so much, but since two of them are patent leather the up keeping is going to be a pain in the arse.

I got also two pairs of black slacks from Express during their Labor Day sale, but I'm sure you all can picture what they look like haha. I did get two more pairs of shoes from a new website, Sole Society, and will be doing a separate post on them soon. I also have a lot more hauls and reviews planned so stay tuned. Thanks!

August 2012 Birchbox

I finally received my August Birchbox the other day in the mail. I don't usually look at the forums to see what others have got because I like being surprised. So let's get into it shall we?

As you can tell, my lighting was pretty horrible, but I wanted to get this up as soon as I could. I didn't realize until I was editing that it was really yellow. I'll take better pictures next time promise! I'' list things off in the order it came on the card that was included in the box with  my opinion.

Beauty Fixation Pre-Tweeze Treatment ($5) - The description says that these pre-filled cotton swabs are used prior to tweezing or waxing to help irriation that usually occurs after those procedures. I have no use for this product, but I guess I'll try to use it when I tweeze my brows? What a waste though it's not like I full on tweeze my brows, I just clean up stray hairs haha.

Caldrea Hand Soap ($10.50) - I got two samples of the soap that is loading with aloe vera and olive oil. Personally, I'll probably use it on a whim as I wash my hands, but the sample was included in a cardboard tube that has a tear off. It looked like a weird sample of lotion to be honest haha.

Eye Rock Designer Liner (2 packs of 4 for $13) - These are eye-liner stickers that has been going around the web lately. The stickers are HUGE and long. I don't know if I will ever wear these out in the public because of the size of these things and the designs. I have small asian eyes so these stickers would most likely cover up most of my lid space.

Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy La Fleur ($70) - Another perfume sample that I will never use. I like getting perfume samples though because it goes into my collection of tiny perfume viles. I wonder how many I can collect in a year haha.

Oscar Blandi Jasmine Shampoo ($22) - It suppose to help tame frizz and flyaways, but I haven't tried it yet. I can, however, tell you that it smells so good just like Jasmine. I love Flying Fox by LUSH and LUST by LUSH as well, so this is so awesome. I can't wait to try it though.

Venus Razor ($7) - This was a bonus item, and I'm really happy I got this because I needed a new razor haha. It also came with two coupons on the back for refills.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with this box. I haven't been disappointed by Birchbox so far and I love that I randomly get full size products here and there. Have you tried Birchbox? If so, what do you think of it?

Target Summer Beauty Bag 2012 Review

I received my Target Beauty Bag a few weeks ago in the mail and was sort of disappointed with all the shampoo/conditioner samples. They did the giveaway for this bag a bit different because the last one they did sold out so quickly through their Target Sample webpage. This time you had to go to through Facebook and LIKE their page and fill out a form. You will recieve a confirmation number which means that you will be most likely getting on. I believe before it was a surprise, but to be honest I don't remember.

In this bag, a coupon booklet is provided with Target coupons that can be used with manufacteror's coupons as well. They had coupons for brands such as Revlon, Covergirl, Aveeno, and Garnier. I used a $3 off Revlon item for my Revlon Colorstay Whipped Foundation, which I will review in a seperate post. All the other coupons honestly went to trash because I could not use any of the items such as Aveeno face wash, Naive lotion, etc. I didn't need any more stuff and I have very sensitive skin so I'm pretty picky on certain items I use on my body.

As for the shampoos, they gave me samples of Tresemme Split End Remedy, Aveeno Living Color and Garnier for color treated hair. I'm very sensitive to shampoo because my hair gets weighed down so easily and most shampoos creates a lot of buildup in my hair, which is obviously gross. I'll be keeping these for when I travel though and will be using them then.

The sunscreen sample is a big waste for me because I have used this exact one before and it broke me out. I use sunscreen on a daily basis, and so should you, and when I first started trying out different brands this was really popular. Sadly, it caused so many bumps and a slight white cast. I'll be doing a review on my HG sunscreen later on the next few posts.

Overall, this bag contained samples of things I didn't really need, but I can't complain since I got free things. I'll just be either saving them for later use or giving them away to people. Did you the Target bag? If so, what did you think about it?