Haul Post! well...sort of

~purchased by me~


So I didn't actually haul this all in at once (which I think what a haul technically is) but more like I've gathered over the course of a few weeks. Also, I got them all at different places; 4 stores to be exact! So first up is a peachy/coral polish that I picked up at Sally's Beauty Supply. It was on red tag clearance for $3.29. I am (was! more on that below) lemming hard core for China Glazes Sun Of A Peach. I really wished I had picked that up when it first came out. Anyway, Sun Of A Peach is an orange pastel neon. Every polish that I've gotten since trying to replicate it has fallen short. Not neon enough, too pink etc. etc. This also was not what I wanted but it's a cute shade nonetheless. China Glaze When In Doubt, Surf It Out from the Summer 2014 collection Shore Off.

Next I have two Ciaté brand polishes. This is their breast cancer awareness duo that they released back in 2012. I found these at TJMaxx for $3.99 each. Pinkalilly is a bright pink with gold shimmer/flecks (I'm obsessed with this type of shade it seems) and Pinkaboo is a holographic bar/hair glitter in a sheer pink base. This is my first time trying the brand!

Pinkalilly (L) and Pinkaboo (R)

Next up is four lovely lovely polishes I picked up from Claire's. I heard that Color Club makes their polishes though I'm not 100% on that. Also, it appears that they've changed their bottles up since I last been there. Now their bottles look like Model's Own bottles. First up is two duochrome polishes: Claire's When In Chrome and Chrome Is Where The Heart Is.

Note how the bottle boasts a sticker touting the holographic nature of these polishes. These aren't holographic, not in the slightest. They are duochromes/multichromes. Nail polish companies seem to get this mixed up a lot! 

Next up is two gorgeous neon colors I've been looking for for a while now. The yellow is Sunshine and the orange is The Extra Mile. I don't know if The Extra Mile is a dupe for Sun of A Peach but it's good enough for me! Lemming cured! (or satisfied?)

I love both of these and can't wait to wear them. I'm pretty sure that Sunshine is going to need some white undies but the color is exactly the shade of unabashed yellow highlighter that I've been looking for. The Extra Mile is a bit lighter/brighter than it appears here and it's perfect. I got these on sale BOGO 1/2 off and they are $4.50 each.

Finally, I went to CVS the other day planning on picking up some NYC nail polishes because the red coupon machine printed out a coupon for $1 off NYC polishes and I had some extra bucks about to expire. I went with the intention of picking up Hamilton Peach (they didn't have it) and look what I stumbled across instead!

It's the new NYC Fall 2014 Limited Edition Fashion Queen Collection! And not only that but NYC polishes were BOGO 1/2 off that week. I got four of them: the green, blue, red and purple. I didn't get the last two polishes you see on the far right because the black one looks a lot like Sinful Colors Black Magic and I'm not a big fan of brown nail polish. Here's a closer look:

These are my favorite kind of glitter polish. It's glitter in a buildable jelly base. Swatches coming this week!

Mini haul/surprise beauty steals!

~purchased by me~


So I had a mad craving for some chè đậu trắng (a vietnamese rice pudding with black eyed peas) and since I live quite a ways from chinatown (It's actually vietnamese so...viet town?) I had to make it on my own. No problem; it's easy to make! I just had to go to my local vietnamese grocery store about 15 minutes from my house to get the ingredients. So I get dressed and head up there only to find!! randomly they were closed today until next sunday T_T. Fail. Dejected, I head back home and since I took the effort to look presentable I decided to stop by Target. And lo and behold, look what I spotted!

Minted Metal (L) & Titanium Flush (R)

These were in the clearance bin for $4.88 (usually 6.99) each! It wasn't the biggest discount but it was better than what I could get for it before (at regular price and utilizing sales and coupons) so yay! I've been wanting to try these for a long while, though not these two particular shades. I actually wanted to try Liquid Gold and Cobalt Chrome but they didn't have those left. Still, I'm happy I actually managed to get some of the Color Foil line on clearance! The green is Minted Metal and the pink is Titanium Flush. They also had Rose Copper, Sterling Silver and Purple Alloy left but I wasn't really into the pale pink, already had a dupe for the silver shade (O.P.I Push And Shove) and I'm not a fan of purple. But if you are looking to get you some of these colors then get thee to Target asap! So continuing on my way home, I remembered I needed some more of the vanilla-scented trash bags that my dollar tree store carries (glamorous right) so I stopped by and....

Razzle Be Dazzle (L) & Bling Addict (R)

Woot! I found more goodies! They also had the Milani Neon shade Totally 80's but I'm not too big on chartreuse. If it was a true highlighter yellow I would have been on all over that! Isn't it strange how they put each bottle in that little cardboard packaging? Anyway, they also had several Milani polishes from their gold line and fast dry line and I also saw some Wet N Wild Wild Shine polishes. These L'Oreal Nail Lingerie nail stickers looked so cute that I had to pick them up to try but I don't have any experience with these at all so I don't really know how they apply/wear. But for a buck, how could I resist! Here's a close up of the nail stickers so you can better see the design. They are both pretty much the same thing just one is in white and the other black. 

 

If you are interested in any of these, go check out your Target clearance sections and dollar tree stores! YMMV but it's worth a shot! I'm going to start stalking my Walgreen's to see if anymore of the Color Foil shades pop up on clearance!