Vacation Haul! Beauty Edition

Happy Monday Everyone!
 ...I say this as I'm yawning and wishing I didn't have to be at work for the next 8 hours... but still wishing all of you lovely people a happy Monday!!

I recently got home from a short vacation to New York because my boyfriend Pat had his hockey training camp and I thought I would tag along and do some shopping! There are a bunch of beauty products, mainly drugstore that I have been wanting to try for a while now but we don't have them in Canada. So here's what I picked up from Target & Sephora! Ps... sorry the pictures aren't the best! I could not get the lighting right for the life of me! 

I was in the market for a new top coat but one that was also fast drying because I am the most impatient person you will ever meet and I've heard awesome things about this Sally Hanson Insta Dry one. I also picked up two Essie polishes because they were about $1 cheaper than in Canada. The colors that I picked are Tart Deco and Cascade Cool.

I had to try the Yes to Cucumbers makeup wipes after hearing so much about them, not sure if they will live up to my favorite Simple wipes though! I also picked up some EOS shaving cream, I love their lip balms so I'm sure I'll love this too! I ran out of conditioner while I was there and I've been wanting to try out this Aussie 3 Minute Miracle deep conditioner after being recommended it so many times!

Up until last year I NEVER wore foundation, I didn't even own a single one. But Chanel's Vita Aqua totally switched me over! Lately I've been on a kick trying a bunch of new drugstore foundations. The two I picked up were Neutrogena Healthy Skin and Revlon's Colorstay Whipped Cream Makeup. So far I only tried each one twice but Neutrogena's is by far my favorite! I love this stuff so much and it gives your skin the most beautiful summer glow. I wish they sold it in Canada!

To say I was excited to try these is an understatement! It was so hard for me to pick which shades I wanted, so I went with a nude pink shade and a nice vibrant red shade. These Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stains start off like a balm and even after the balm is worn off it still leaves a beautiful tint to your lips for hours! The shades I got are Honey and Romantic.

Romantic on top and Honey on the bottom

The last few products I picked up at Target were the ever so popular Sonia Kashuk Hidden Agenda concealer palette, Maybelline's dark circle eraser(I ran out of mine and it's a lot cheaper in the states!), E.L.F Contouring palette, and Maybelline Falsies mascara.  

Here is what I got at Sephora... I was all out of my HD foundation and finishing powder so instead of buying them separately I got this starter kit that comes with a full size foundation,HD finishing powder, a good size bottle of HD primer and a really nice kabuki brush! I also picked up a Nars blush in "Orgasm", I've been eying this for a few years now but never got around to picking it up, I'm curious to see if it's worth all the hype. Finally I used my Sephora VIB points and got this great little kit from Make Up Forever.

Here is a look inside the Sephora insider bag...it came with their smokey lash mascara (which is starting to become my new favorite), a nude lip gloss, HD primer, Aqua eyes eyeliner in black(goes on so smoothly and creamy), and some of the HD finishing powder which I love and talk about all of the time!

So That's all I picked up beauty wise in the states and I'm so so excited to give all of the products a try. Have you guys ever tried any of these products? What did you think?

 ♥

Tawny

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