super blush haul! & brows & skincare

Today I spent hours in Meijer (a midwestern grocery chain) and Walgreens and I really wanted to stock up. Now would be a good time to explain my reviewing process though! I have a little notebook that is always beside me in bed, or in my bag if need be. I immediately take photos as a preview sort of thing, they're pretty important I think. When I try things out, I jot my thoughts down in a list, making sure to be thorough and descriptive, but not rambling. It may take some time for an actual review to come around, but that's just me being sure about a product! Mascaras are kind of the hardest to blog about. Number one, what a chore it would be to put one on, take it off, apply another, and repeat repeat repeat. I hate the idea of sore eyes. :s Number two, I have never seen good before and afters. I wanna be the first! Haha. I actually only started to use a lash curler a little while ago, so should I do b&a's of either or or both?! Blogger problems. >.<

Revlon Powder Blush in 003 Perfectly Peach
Revlon PhotoReady Cream Blush in 100 Pinched
Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso
e.l.f. Contouring Blush & Bronzer
Milani EasyBrow in Dark Brown
Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil in 001 Dark Brown
Maybelline Master Glaze Blush Stick in 20 Pink Fever
Maybelline Master Glaze Blush Stick in 30 Coral Sheen
Maybelline Master Glaze Blush Stick in 40 Warm Nude
Maybelline Master Glaze Blush Stick in 50 Make a Mauve

éclos Anti-Aging Instant Radiance Facial Scrub
Neutrogena All-in-1 Acne Control facial treatment
Olay Regenerist regenerating serum fragrance-free
Neutrogena Rapid Tone Repair moisturizer with sunscreen (Broad Spectrum SPF 30)

3 new Maybelline prods & a Revlon blush

Maybelline Master Glaze Blush Stick in 10 Just-Pinched Pink
Revlon Powder Blush in 02 Tawny Peach
Maybelline Color Show nail color in 91 Punk Rock Pink
Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser

I went to Rite Aid the other day to see if they had anything new and to my surprise they did. I didn't have much but I was lucky everything Maybelline was 40% off plus select items were 75% off. Altogether I spent $7, was it worth it?

L'oreal souffle blushes

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my newest light pink nail lacquer haul

L'oreal 240 How Romantic
Maybelline 150 Born With It
L.A. Girl GNL809 Simply Nude

here are the shades with 
NYC Matte Me Crazy on top

L'oreal mascaras

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L'oreal Voluminous mascaras

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L'oreal leLaque and leMattes

403 No Matte-r What (nudey brown)
411 Never Lacque-ing (mauve; mid-toned pink w/ a little bit of purple; blue-based)
408 She's So Matte (coral pink bright red) *favorite
409 Matte For Me (there are two different shades with this same label for some reason.. I got a dark red-fuschia)*

These are limited edition for fall 2013, but I wish that weren't so. I'm not a big lipstick person, as beautiful as they may be, but the lip liner shape of these makes it easy to fill in all lips, like mine with a prominent cupid's bow. Plus the formula (moreso the mattes as I only had one "laque" to try and it was terribly sticky) is spot-on. If anybody knows how to do a long-lasting lip, it's L'oreal. The colors stay put, don't feather nor rub onto teeth. You can lick your lips and not affect the look.

Notes I made while wearing these out: The leMattes are matte, but with something like Baby Lips or Chapstick underneath, it gives a more satin matte appearance. It feels better this way, and the added slip does not affect the opacity of the colors. Gloss on top doesn't either. These do stain. But to my surprise, the brightest, not the darkest, shade stained the most (408). e.g. After I took off 409, my lips were cherry red like when you eat a red popsicle.

Verdict: I would love if L'oreal came out with a ton of other shades of these. The ones they have now, 1 "nude", 2 "pinks" and multiple reds, seems like they're testing the waters a little bit. Or just trying to one-up Revlon in the matte/shiny lip game, no idea who came out first. I normally don't get things blindly to try them, but I did here out of limited edition-ness. At least try to get shades you might like. I would rather have four 408s than what I have now but hey, whaddya gonna do?

Introduction

Will edit later. >.<