ELF 50% off coupon!

ELF or Eyes Lips Face (eyeslipsface.com) always has really good coupon codes or free with purchase codes so it's always a good idea to either wait for a good one or check the front page of their site before you make an online purchase. Yes, yes, I hear you, most of the stuff is dirt cheap anyway so why wait for a coupon?? Well why not?! If you wait for/find a good one you can get everything for even dirtier cheap! hehe

So I had been waiting because I already have a decent amount of ELF stuff. I heard about a coupon code last year that was 75% off but when I saw a 50% off (only off of 25 of their popular items) I went for it. I have to say I love buying makeup online! It's really fun to wait for it and get all excited and then get a big box of it in the mail :) It's like Christmas! 

Here's what I ordered, just to give you guys some ideas. If you want any reviews when they come in, let me know! I think I'll post photos/swatches at the very least :)

Nail polish (reg price $1 each):

• Burgundy a shimmery cranberry color that I think will look really pretty for a holiday party!
• Mod Mauve a light grey/lavendar that has become one of my favorite color combos!
• Smokey Brown From what I can see it's a light taupey color but ELF is notorious for having different colors in person than online. I will definitely swatch this one for you all!
• Sunset a light shimmery pinky-purple. Another shimmery color maybe for a party or just when I feel like adding some shimmer to my life ;)

Mineral eye shadow (reg price $3 eacy):

• Celebrity a light yellowy-tan lid color with shimmer
• Glamourous pinky/purple with shimmer
• Golden a golden lid color with shimmer
• Sassy a tan lid color with shimmer
• Wild a deep chocolatey brown color with... you guessed it! Shimmer!

Miscellaneous

• High definition powder (reg price $6) I'm currently using bare minerals' mineral veil as a setting powder but I've heard some good things about this stuff and it's much cheaper (especially at half price it's only $3!) I'm excited to try this out!!
• Kabuki face brush (reg price $5) I've heard really good things about this brush too, that it's surprisingly soft. I am in love with my kabuki from the body shop though, we'll see how this stands up!
• Eye primer (reg price $1) I really love this stuff, I haven't tried the mineral line version so I can't really compare but at $1 this stuff is a great deal and it does what I need it to do :) It makes the colors of my eye shadows stand out, last all day (even through my hot yoga classes), and they never crease with it. I bought 3 backups for only $1.50 with the coupon code :)
• Medium (reg price $3) I don't remember what this is!!! Haha I keep trying to find it in the list of things that are 1/2 off but I can't. I guess it'll be a surprise when it gets in! Let me know if you know what it is lol

OK so the coupon code is "FAVES" and it lasts through Monday I think so get shopping!

Last point, I'm not getting anything special for writing this post from ELF or anything, I mean this is a new blog I'm not receiving any offers but if I ever do get some freebies I'll let you all know! I'll probably be so excited/honored that I'll want to blab about it like instantly! But I'll always give my honest opinion :) Otherwise what is the point??

October Favorites!

What have your October favorites been?? I’d love to know! Comment below!

So I see a lot of these monthly favorite postings on youtube and I love watching them. They are basically just a posting once a month that looks back on some of my favorite beauty products for that month specifically.

October was a really fun month; I went to some football games, baseball games, started wearing sweaters and snuggling by the fire. All good things J The weather is cooler now and trends are changing towards browns, grays, deep burgundies and all those other beautiful deep colors.

Also, if any of you want a full review and not just what’s on the top of my head for any of these products just leave a comment and let me know!

Without further adieu...

Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse foundation – not to be confused with the Maybelline Dream Matte foundation. I bought the wrong kind at first and was so bummed! Fortunately I figured it out before I unwrapped it. I didn’t love this foundation as much when I first got it because I think I was using the wrong brush. I like to use my elf stippling brush now and I love it. The coverage is really good and the finish minimizes my pores and fine lines rather than enhancing them! I am thinking I won’t even have another favorite foundation next month, I really like this stuff!

Bath and Body Works’ air freshener and candle in Leaves – It’s so cinnamonny and fresh smelling. It reminds me of pre-fall. Like the leaves are starting to turn but they’re still holding onto that fresh and green smell. I put the air freshener on one side and light the candle on the other and it smells soooo good J

Coastal Scents 88 warm eye shadow palette – is anything better for a fall look?? I love this palette so much. The eye shadows are so pigmented and different. I love just finding a unique color that I love and building a look around it. Like the other day I focused in on this beautiful gold color with some shimmer to it and built a beautiful fall look around it. I just love it.

Queen Helene Mint Julep face mask – I had been hearing a lot of good things about this face mask but my Sally’s Beauty Supply was always out! Another reason why I just had to try it! I finally got my hands on this product and it’s really nice. It smells like spearmint gum hehe and it makes you look like a green monster!! (I had a pic up but I looked too monstrous so I took it down hehe) Anyway it works great, it stung/tingled on me a bit at first but afterwards was cool and when I took it off my pores definitely looked smaller and I noticed I wasn’t breaking out as much. I’m not sure if it was the mask that stopped the breakouts but I did notice that after using it.

ELF SPF 15 Super Glossy Lip Shine in Candlelight – This isn’t exactly a fall color but it has some really pretty gold to it and I totally love it. It’s only $1 and it’s one of my favorite lip glosses. It isn’t sticky, it has SPF 15, the color is a soft pink with gold that is totally wearable (sometimes the light pinks I love make me feel a bit kiddy but I don’t feel that way with this at all). It’s definitely worth checking out! Especially from the price! Pink kiss and Mauve Luxe are nice colors too btw J

OPI’s Parlez-Vous OPI – OK I know since this color is discontinued it might be hard to find (read my 2 fall nail polish colors post) but it’s so worth it! I’ve seen it at a Nordstrom Rack and online. It’s a pretty grey/lavender color that is different while still being pretty. It’s perfect for fall and wintertime. Your nail salon may carry it too if they have OPI because I think it was a fall color 1-2 years ago.

My Snooki sunglasses - I was Snooki this Halloween and I made a version of her sunglasses that I absolutely love! I was so surprised at how cool they came out :) I had been worried it would be funky or that I wouldn't be able to see thru them but it all worked out in the end. So they are one of my October favorites!!

So those are my October favorites!! What are yours??

P.S. Sorry for the over use of "love" and "pretty" in this post...I'll take a look through my thesaurus before the next post, I promise!!

The search for my 2 new favorite fall nail polishes

LEFT: You don't know Jacques and RIGHT: Parlez-Vous OPI

 

Hello readers :)

By the way, I don't have any readers yet, so for now this is kind of me talking to myself/writing in a public diary? I don't know. I am the same way on Twitter I have 3 random followers (yea, only 3!) and I think they just added me in hopes that I would follow them. I very sincerely doubt that anyone is reading my tweets...yet!

So this post is about my search for two specific fall nail polish colors. I laughed, I cried, I hope you all do too.

Colors to be mentioned in this post appear above, "You don't know Jacques" is on the left and "Parlez-Vous OPI" is on the right.

Just over a month ago I had noticed some fashionable women wearing a really pretty greyish purpley type color on their nails so my next trip to a nail salon I searched until I found a color in that family that I liked. I picked up a bottle from OPI and this is embarrassing to say but I was pretty unfamiliar with OPI at the time (this is no longer the case). So I'm getting my pedicure and I LOVE the color, I ask them to do it for my manicure too even though September is a bit early for such a dark color on my nails. I went for it. I took a look at the name of the polish bc I was thinking I had to have it and it was something French OPI. I couldn't remember if it was Parlez-Vous or Voulez-Vous. I thought VV made more sense (Do you want) than PV (Do you speak) but it turned out I was wrong...to make that long story short. My manicure ended up lasting an entire week btw which I was very impressed with, usually after I get a manicure I'm like afraid to look at my nails the next AM and afraid to scrub my hair when I wash it bc I know I'll chip any second.

So I of course started searching for that nail polish. Not a lot of places sell OPI, fortunately Ulta does and there is an Ulta near my office and near my home. For those of you that don't know (I didn't until I started working next to one) Ulta is a pretty nice beauty store. It's like a big mix of drugstore brands and high-end brands all in one store and they have coupons/deals/gifts with purchases galore. So I went to Ulta, and they had a buy 1 get 1 half off deal for OPI but no Parlez-Vous OPI :( They did have this one color though that was really pretty and different (You don't know Jacques). YDKJ is a brown color that is allllmost a tiny bit purpley but I'd say more of a taupey brown. Grey-beige is definitely in this fall so I really wanted it. I held back though bc they didn't have my Parlez-vous. I started calling Ultas all around and none of them had it. Eventually I found out that they had discontinued it. I gave up on that search for a while and started focussing on YDKJ. I went back to the original ULTA which had 2 rows of YDKJ when I had last been there but they were all gone!! ARGH!! I was so irritated I was now 0-2 in terms of my fall nail polish color purchases. I bought a few other colors to tide me over (China Glaze's VIII, OPI's The Color to Watch) but they were not the same. I painted The Color to Watch over my now beginning to chip Parlez-Vous pedicure and that was nice but I was still bummed.

ULTA gets their shipments every Friday so I started calling every Friday for weeks. Each time they looked and said nope so we'll get it next week. I'd call the next and no luck. In the meantime I went on Amazon and bought a full price (including shipping) bottle of Parlez-Vous so at least I would have that.

Then on Saturday, while I was shopping at Nordstrom Rack I saw they had new nail polishes from OPI! I looked and of course, they had Parlez-Vous for $1 cheaper than I had bought it AND they had YDKJ!!! I was like killing myself that I hadn't waited like 2 more days to buy PV. I was close to buying YDKJ but then I though, it's Saturday, I didn't call yesterday, maybe just maybe ULTA has YDKJ for less!!! Just my luck, they finally had it :) AND I had to make a return there so it worked out so well. I now have both of my fall must have nail polishes for the year. YAY!!!

I don't know if I have a moral for this story...maybe not to get too hard on yourself if you search for a good price then end up overpaying. It just happens that way sometimes. What also happens a lot of the time is you don't even know it and you're getting an amazing deal on something. It all evens out but I think it definitely helps to be conscious and shop around a bit.

What are your fall must have nail polishes? Have you ever gone searching and finally purhcased something just to see it a few days later for less/a better version? Leave me comments!!!