Haul & Review: Loreal Colour Riche leMatte & laLaque

I made a Walgreens run the other to pick up some allergy medicine for my mom and I finally found the new Loreal Colour Riche leMattes and the laLaques. I thought they were only sold at Target but apparently Walgreens has them for $7.99. I also heard that people have been finding them at rite aid too so definitely check these places out too.

I didn't take any photos of the display but they were right in front by the doors. They didn't hide these like they normally do so I was super happy to find them. Sadly, there weren't that many colors left so I only picked up two shades. One shade from each line.

The leMatte is in the shade Matte For Me and the laLaque is in the shade Lacquer-ized.

Here are swatches of the two shades. The leMatte is a deep pink on the verge of being almost red. As for the laLaque it is pretty purple under toned pinky-purple.

Forgive my no make up face but here is the swatch of the laLaque. It is really pretty and like said on the packaging it is super pigmented. I have naturally pigmented lips and with only one go around my lips you probably wouldn't ever know.

The leMatte shade like I said is so deeply pink that its almost red. Personally I don't like matte lipsticks so thus I feel that this basically feels like any other matte lipstick. Kind of drying but not too bad and well pigmented.

As a whole I like the laLaque more the leMattes. I would really love to get my hands on the rest of the shades so until then I think will be obsessing over finding them.

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.







Haul: Hautelook & L'OCCITANE

One of my favorite things to read on blogs or watch on youtube are HAULS! I love seeing what everyone gets so yes I know I post a lot of hauls myself. Anyways I made two Hautelook orders a few weeks back and they finally got here. I also made a quick order on L'OCCITANE a few days ago too so heres my haul.

Hautelook Order 1 - Laura Geller:
My first order that came in was from Laura Geller which I purchased last month on the 24th and it just got to me Wednesday. It took kind of long but I think it is totally worth the wait especially becasue of the prices they're being sold at on Hautelook.

This is the first time I received a box from Hautelook packaged like this so I took photos. Each individual item was in its own little white baggie. When I dumped the contents out it looked like all they did was throw the products in and then stick this piece of tissue paper with the Hautelook logo on it and then tapped it up. Good think nothing was broken or I would have been pretty upset.

Back: Berry Beautiful Set

Front: Balance-N-Brighten & Blush-N-Brighten

First item I'm super happy about is the Balance-N-Brighten Foundation original priced at $30. I've been debating about purchasing this but when I saw it on Hautelook for only $17.50 it was such an amazing steal I could not resist.

Second item was the Blush-N-Brighten in Tropic Hues also originally priced at $30. On Hautelook it was basically half off so I picked myself up this gorgeous blush. I didn't take a photo of the swatch but it does have a slight sheen to it. No glitter but a sheen.

The last item I purchased is actually a set in Berry Beautiful. I am not sure how much this set goes for but it was on Hautelook for only $20. The Blush-N-Brighten is in the shade Sateen Subtle Berry and is full size which retails $30 already so this set at only $20 is a deal. I don't think anyone could just pass this up if they love Laura Geller like I do.

 The Baked Eye Pie Shadow Trio is in the shade Blueberry Muffin. I think its kind of silly the way Laura Geller named her products but it is different and really stands out at the same time.

Hautelook Order 2 - theBalm:
I made my second purchase on the 4th of this month and I received it on Saturday. Two days after I received my Laura Geller order so shipping time is different for every order/brand. I wasn't even going to order from theBalm but noticed they had a limited edition palette. If I was going to purchase the palette I might as well purchase a few other items I've been wanting to try.

This order was packaged even weirder than my Laura Geller order as each item was individually wrapped. In the past they would just put the lot together and wrap it all with the same piece of tissue. I guess too many items were breaking during shipment so they started wrapping them individually to keep the items tighter thus not breaking.

This palette here is the Limited Editon Shady Lady palette that I had to get. It's all neutrals but I don't think anyone could ever have enough neutral shades. It has some similar names from the previous Shady Ladies but they aren't the same colors.

Since I've been obsessed with matte shades of everything I purchased DownBoy and Fratboy, both being blush/shadows. Downboy is a brighter pink while FratBoy is a redder pink shade.

That's all I purchased from Hautelook. If you don't know what hautelook is I will leave a link so you can go check out there amazing sales. HAUTELOOK WEBSITE: www.hautelook.com


Now on to my L'OOCITANE order. It's actually a very small order but I thought I would share since I'm already posting a haul. I hade a code for a free Creme Divine mini and 20% off my order so I picked up two of their hand creams which I hear a lot about. I picked up the 30ml Dry Skin Hand Cream and the 30ml Honey Hand Cream.

And....that pretty much wraps up my haul. Hope you enjoyed this quick haul and I'll see you guys in a later post.

HAUL: Big Lots Random Awesomeness

I went to my local Big Lots today. Which is funny because I rarely go there but I found such amazing deals that I could not pass up.

 

First off, I have to say that I was the most excited about these babies. They were on sale for $2.00 each which I think is a total steal. On walmart.com they are about $4 to $5 but not in stock. I did find on drugstore.com that they are $7.99 and in stock. I'm not sure if all of these shades are available but here they are.

L to R: Temptress, Berry Haute, Wink for Pink, Blackberry, Mauvy Night, Wild Orchid

 

 

L to R: Wild Orchid, Berry Haute, Blackberry

**NOTE: Blackberry isn't as red as pictured. Its actually a brick red but keeps coming off bright.**

 

L to R: Mauvy Night, Wink for Pink, Temptress

 

I also found these China Glaze Crackle Glaze Metals polishes. They were all on sale for $1.80 each so I really couldn't just pass up this deal being that a bottle of China Glaze goes for about $8.

 

 

L to R: Cracked Medallion, Platinum Pieces, Latticed Lilac, Oxidized Aqua

These last two deals I was completely blown away by. First is the Soho Beauty Blush Brush. It retails for almost $15. I got it for only $4 which is a major steal. The last item I purchased is the Physicians Formula 100% Natural Origin Bronzer in Peachy Glow Bronze retailed at about $14. My purchase price was $4.50.

 

 

 

My number one reason why I love Big Lots and go to it even though the customer service can sometimes be a pain in my butt is because you can and will always find amazing deals. Thanks for reading my post.

 

*FUN FACTS*

I haven't blogged yes, I know this. We had a random storm come in while my family and I were out and messed up my computer and my router. We just got our router and it took the technition a week to "fix" our computer. He replaced some computer parts but didn't reboot the computer so he thought it was still broken until my husband came home and rebooted it himself. So yes, now our computer is up and running and I have internet again.