Ulta Beauty: Show your style

I posted my new hair cut yesterday and I needed something for it so I picked up this set. It's called the Show Your Style kit. I purchased it at Ulta for $9.99. It contains five products to "create your own style with volume, texture, and shine."

PACKAGING

PRODUCTS

INCLUDED

MATRIX Biolage Waterless Clean & Recharge Dry Shampoo: 1.2 OZ

DEVACURL Supercream Coconut Curl Styler: 1.5 fl oz

RUSK Elixer Mist Thermal Shine Mist: 1.1 fl oz

CRACK Original Styling Creme: .75 fl oz

COLOR WOW One Minute Transformation Styling Cream: 1 fl oz

There are also two other sets. The Revitalize Your Hair Kit and the Pump Up the Volume Kit. They're all $9.99 so get them before they're gone since they're such good deals.

I have not used any of the items yet. I'm pretty sure though that I will enjoy them. I did take the photos at night so excuse the horrible lighting.

Haircut!

So, I went and got a haircut today. Not 100% satisfied but I'm one of those people who even if I don't like it I'll let it grow on me. Hopefully, it grows on me. FINGERS CROSSED! If not I'm going to have to get it fixed...or something. It's so short I don't think anyone can fix it any further.

I cut my hair because it was super long. Like down to my waist kind of long. This is the longest its been in like six years. Normally, I just trim it here and there but this time I decided it was time to just chop it. Probably should have picked an actual salon but I didn't. I went to Ulta which now I'm kind of undecided if I should of gone somewhere else.

BEFORE

Yes, I know you can't see the entire length of my hair. But it was almost down to my waist. I made an appointment the day before and when I went in the nice lady asked how I wanted my hair. I should have printed a photo of it for her instead of saving it on my phone.

SCREENSHOT OF WANTED LOOK

If this is your photo sorry I used it. If you want me to take it down I will.

This is the style that I wanted. Lets just say my actual hair didn't turn out like the photo. But I do partly blame myself for not printing an actual photo for her. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt because she only glanced at it. Her one flaw would have to be that if she wasn't 100% sure she should have asked to look at the photo again or have me leave it up for her to go off of. But like I said it was also my fault.

AFTER

Sorry for the makeup-less face. 

It basically looks like a regular BOB. Which is why I'm not super excited about it but hopefully once it grows out it'll look a little more like the way I wanted it to. Might have to get the ends clipped a little to look like the photo but like I said it's not super horrendous. However, when I spend 37 for a haircut I kind of expect it to look exactly how I want it to.

P.S. sorry for taking forever to post again. It's been a couple of crazy weeks with finals. Thank you for being patient with me.

UPDATE: I finally took a good look at my hair and wow...kind of upsetting. There are parts where my hair looks like there are bald spots around the back part of my head. Then there are parts where its longer than others. My husbands telling me it looks fine but if I can see it through a mirror it's probably pretty bad. I'll probably just wait it out and get it cut again once it's long enough to cut off the funky looking long/short/bald looking spots. The long parts I can fix myself but the short or bald looking spots. Going to have to wait for it to grow out.

HAUL: Ulta Black Friday

I know I've been MIA and I apologize for that. It's been hard juggling my sick daughter and a really bad break out/allergic reaction that's not going away. I will try and get back in to my normal blogging routine as quickly as I can. Until then here is my quick and small Ulta black Friday haul.

 

I didn't order anything special. I only picked up two of Ultas black Friday deals. After I received my order I really wish I had picked up more of the Benefit Lip Lotto. Funny thing about this order is that when I received my box I didn't get any samples. My invoice states that I opted for the variety sampler but obviously I didn't get any. I emailed Ulta and they are shipping me samples as I blog.

 

The item that I purchased and wished I would have picked up a few more of is the Benefit Lip Lotto. They were only $18 for three full size benefit lipsticks. Originally $18 per full size lipstick so this deal was awesome.

 

 

The only other thing I purchased was the Tarte Special Delivery Eye & Cheek Collection. This set includes a full size Amazonian clay smart mascara, a mini sample size of the multiplEYE prime lash enhancing primer, and a mini Amazonian clay blush in Magic.

 

 

The blush is a coral-y baby pink shade but I feel like its not as pigmented as the original shades. It is a pretty shade, that I must admit. Overall I'm satisfied with this purchase and I look forward to next years black Friday deals.

 

HAUL: Ulta Friends and Family 2013

I finally had my Ulta friends and family sale order come in today so I thought I would show you before I ended up putting it off or forgetting. Since it already took a whole week to get to me I thought I would haul it before I forgot.

Anyways if you didn't already know Ulta had their friends and family sale which is 20% off your entire purchase. Plus if you ordered over $50 worth of merchandise you got free shipping so it was already a nice deal if your purchase was more than $50. I didn't go crazy at Ulta because Sephora was having their friends and family sale too so I left a little cash for Sephora. I ended up getting only two things from Ulta but I am super excited about them both.

I have never ordered from Ulta's site so I was pretty impressed with their packaging. My order was definitely safe inside this overstuffed box.

My entire order. Pretty small but very excited to start digging into these goodies!

This is the main item I was excited to get. I love Tarte and I'm thinking about getting most of Tarte's Holiday collection this year. The packaging is extravagant and I am sucker for pretty packaging. This baby right here is the Tarte Gorgeous Getaways set. Valued at $433 but retailed at and amazing deal of only $48.

The set comes with 4 quads and 4 blushes.

For some odd reason Spontaneous(blush in top right hand corner) had a white cast. Maybe it's just my flash?

The set as a whole.

Stated above the set has four interchangeable quads + blush that can be put inside the gold bow palette.

Cutest packaging ever!

Full size Tarte glosses in When In Rome, New York Minute, and Czech Me Out.

I think I would have loved this set even more if the lip glosses could fit inside the little bow clutch palette. I am not complaining I am just stating my personal preference but I do really like the set.

 

I am pretty sure you already saw my second item but it is the Lorac Rockin' Red Hot Pro set. This set is valued at $133 but sold as $39.

 

 

 

 I'm pretty sure its only a baby size but included is the Lorac Behind The Scenes Eye Primer. The tube feels very light. Almost as if there's nothing inside and when I squeeze the bottle you can tell it's mostly air.

Also included in the kit is the Lorac Front Of The Line Pro Eyeliner. I am pretty sure this is full size but don't quote me on that.

And lastly is the palette itself. I've heard so much about this palette so I thought I would try it out!

As stated by almost all beauty gurus on youtube there are 8 matte shades on top and 8 shimmer shades on the bottom row.

 

As for the samples I received a random pack of samples. As shown down below.

 



Foil packet of hand cream???

DDF Ultra-Lite Oil-Free Moisturizing Dew???

And last is a sample of Olay PROx Spot Fading Treatment.

And that is everything that I purchased from Ulta's friends and family sale. If you have haul please link it down below because I would like to see what everyone else purchased. Thanks for reading!

 

 

**FUN FACTS**

I will be posting a few more blogs this weekend since I didn't blog the entire week! Thumbs up for me not being lazy or forgetful.