Haul: Ulta & Victoria's Secret

Surprise!  Another haul at you!  I just went by Ulta and Victoria's Secret today; I didn't buy much, but I wanted to share what I got.  I went to Ulta because I got a 20% off coupon in the mail.  These 20% off coupons are awesome because you're allowed to use it on anything (except few brands, such as Lancome and Clinique).

At Ulta:

I got this Batiste dry shampoo in rich & elegant paisley.  I've tried dry shampoos before, but not Batiste.  I only hear good reviews about Batiste dry shampoos, so I'm excited to try it out.  I picked this one because I think it smells pretty good.  I would've gotten the dark brown colored one if it was in stock.  Maybe if I like this one, I'll give the other scents a give too.

Okay, these puffs are necessary for powder application on the go.  They feel soft!  I prefer using puffs to touch up throughout the day because it makes me more matte.  And after blotting, some of the face makeup rubs off, so the puff will help give more coverage.  

 

My sister uses this Mario Badescu Silver Powder and she says it really works, so of course I had to get it myself to try it.  It's supposed to help remove blackheads and excess oils.  The tub is a pretty generous size and it's filled with fine white powder.  I'm excited to try this one!

At Victoria's Secret:

I don't know why, but I decided to walk into Victoria's Secret...  I was just wondering around sniffing all the different scented stuff they have there, and had to get these.  The two bigger bottles are body sprays and the smaller one, I believe, is a perfume.  I could only find two scents I liked, which were hello darling and endless love,but there's a deal where you can get 3 for 25$.  The body sprays and the little perfume are 14$ at regular price.  Hello darling smells so good!!!  If you've never smelled this one before, you should.  It smells sweet and just so good!  Endless love is another that I really like.  It smells like Herbal Essences shampoo and I love the smell of Herbal Essences shampoo (the amazingly scented shampoo that comes in the pink bottle, if you know what I'm talking about).  And the pure seduction perfume, I just bought because I couldn't find a third scent that I liked better.  This one smells good, but I just don't like it as much as the other two.  

Hope you enjoyed!

-sylvia! <3

Haul: Skincare & Makeup

Here goes my most recent collective haul...

Here's an overview of all the things I got!  I got new foundations, lip balm, serum, and moisturizing oil.

I've been into mineral foundations recently, so I bought two different ones.  This is the Bare Minerals Original foundation with spf15.  I got it in the color W10 golden fair and I'm in between MAC NC15 & NC20.  I don't know if I like this or not so far...  It kind of sort of makes me look a bit cakey sometimes...  Hmm hmm...  But I've only worn this couple times, so I'll give it some more time.

This one is The Body Shop's Extra Virgin Minerals foundation in the color 102 natural ivory.  I got the lightest shade, but it's not that light.  If you're lighter than I am, then forget about this one.  But oh my goodness!  The formula is awesome!!!  It looks great on the skin and wears for a pretty long time.  :)  The only bad thing about it is the color.  It's a bit too pink for my Asian skin tone boo hoo, but it's still wearable.  And hey, this is on sale on thebodyshop.com for only 5$!!! 

I'm so happy Lush finally is here at my local mall!!!  I've been waiting for soooo long!  I bought Lush's Colour Supplement Multi-Purpose Base Colour in light yellow.  I got this to use it as concealer because I just ran out.  I've used this once and so far so good.

I also ran out of lip balm, so I decided to get Lush's Lip Service.  Few hours after putting this on, my lips felt so much more smooth.  I think I'm going to enjoy this one!  Oh, this thing smells great too.

I've been using Josie Maran argan oil and was running out, so I started looking on Amazon to find an alternative.  Wow, I feel like I was running out of everything at once.  Anyway, I just wanted to try a different brand of argan oil, so I picked out Elsa&Sama moroccan argan oil.  I chose this one only because it was cheap...  It was only about 8$ for 1oz, which is way cheaper than Josie Maran.  It smells a lot different than Josie Maran, but hopefully, it's as good.  I've been hearing so many good things about vitamin c serums, so I decided to give Poppy Austin a try.  It smells citricy, but it smells a little weird...  I don't know what other vitamin c serums smell like, so I can't compare.  I haven't tried these two yet.  They better not break my skin out!

-sylvia! <3