So I got an email from Smashbox about the Holiday collection coming out. I always loooove the Smashbox holiday palette and this year is no exception! When it gets to Ulta, I know what I’ll be using my points for! The palette is $49 (valued at over $250) and I have over 1000 points on my Ulta Beauty Club card, which gets me $9 off, so it’d be only $40. Not bad! Can’t wait for it to get into stores!

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I went to Ulta yesterday mainly because they are having their 21 days of beauty event. I love this event because each day there is a “beauty steal” where they’ll have an item from a high end brand on sale. Yesterday Stila Lip Glazes were $11 instead of $22! I usually don’t wear lip glosses because they’re sticky and annoying, but I couldn’t pass up the deal.
Stila Lip Glaze in Berry

I got the color Berry. When I first saw it I thought it looked kinda dark in the tube, but when I swatched it, it was actually really pretty. And when I got home and tried it on, I fell in love with the color! It’s not too dark and just sort of emphasizes my natural lip color, which I love! It’s still a gloss, so yeah, it’s sticky, but I still love it. It’s a beautiful color and for $11?! Yes please!

Tarte Soft and Smokey 5 Piece Collection

This is another reason why I went into Ulta. I saw this set in the email that went out advertising the 21 days of beauty event. I saw it and I automatically really loved it. I’ve been wanting to try Tarte’s Amazonian Clay blush for a while now, so I thought this was a good buy. Everything in the kit is full size and it was $39. Not bad!
The brush that’s in the kit I already kind of have but in an older version, but it’s still a great brush!
It comes with a Vitamin Lip Gloss in Serenity which is gooorrgeous! I love this color! It’s a beautiful pinky color that looks great on my pale skin. Smells good too!
The blush comes in Wonder, which is a pretty coraly pink with a little tiny bit of gold shimmer. It has so much pay off, the blush could last forever! I love it.
The eye liner…holy crap this eye liner! When I hear a name like Aqua Gel Liner, I think of a gel liner in a pot that you apply with a brush and it’s very rich and creamy with amazing pigmentation and payoff. Well imagine that in a stick eye liner and you’ve got this one! This eye liner may just very knock Urban Decay’s 24/7 liner down to my #2 favorite. For people who have a hard time using a gel liner, use this! It’s outstanding!
The kit also comes with a Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara. I’ve never used this before, but when I worked in a makeup store people loved this product. Now I can see why. It makes your lashes soooo long! It’s a great lengthening mascara.
And finally the palette. I love neutral palettes and this is no exception. The shadows are very pigmented and they are gorgeous colors. I can do many different looks with these 4 colors. And you can build these so they can be as subtle or dramatic as you want.
Overall, this collection is probably one of my favorite purchases this year. And for $39, you can’t beat it!

Cover Girl Aqua Tinted Moisturizer

Now this is what I’m talking about in a tinted moisturizer! If you read my post about the Urban Decay Urban Defense tinted moisturizer, you know I wasn’t very happy with it. So I bought this as well yesterday. Before I was introduced to high end makeup brands, Cover Girl was my go-to brand for makeup. So when I heard good things about this product, I had to try it. And today was a great day to test it out because I had my 7am class this morning so I wanted to do a quick face makeup application so I don’t look so dead. This stuff is so easy and effective. Unlike the UD moisturizer where I had to blend it all in and it was sticky, this stuff is so smooth and easy to apply. Of course, since it is a tinted moisturizer, it gives very light coverage, which is fine. It still balances out my skin tone and when I put a little powder over it (Cargo Blu-Ray) it makes my skin look great! I’m very happy with this and I’ll probably never use any other tinted moisturizer.

I ordered this from urbandecay.com because it’s on sale for $6. I’ve really been wanting to try a tinted moisturizer on days when I need to get ready in a jiff. So this just so happened to be on sale right before school started (I have to be at classes at 7am, so I really needed a quick face routine) so I gave it a shot! And for 6 bucks? Yes please.
I got the package Wednesday afternoon and tried it out for the first time today. I wasn’t too happy with it on my first impression. It’s kind of sticky, so it’s hard to blend. I’m pretty pale, but not quite pale enough for halo so I got the color bodyguard. It looked pretty orangey on my skin, which also disappointed me. Luckily, I have a powder compact (Cargo BluRay) that’s too light for me, so I used that on top of the tinted moisturizer so it kind of balanced it out really well. Not bad coverage with a powder. It doesn’t stay all day though. My face started feeling oily by about 12pm. But it’s just a tinted moisturizer so I didn’t really expect it to stay all day. Another application of powder would take away the oiliness for me.
Overall, it’s not bad, but it’s not great. It’s $30 for the new packaging and I wouldn’t recommend paying that much for this product. It really is only worth the $6 I payed for it. It’s still for sale so if you want to give it a shot for yourself, now is the time.