Birthday Haul!!!!!

Hello beauty lovers!!  Before I get into my birthday haul,  I just want to let you know that you can now follow my blog on Bloglovin!  It's an awesome site that lets you follow a variety of blogs and get daily updates on any new posts, I highly recommend checking it out! Follow my blog with Bloglovin  

As you know I have been saving my money for the last month and a half to have a birthday shopping spree.  Of course, things came up that made me spend my money elsewhere so I didn't have tons and tons to spend but still spent entirely too much on some wonderful items that I can't wait to share with you!!

I first placed an online order with Sephora!

  
I ordered three of the Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars.  The coral shade is Grandma, the red shade is Stalker, and the fuchsia shade is Pretty Boy.  Unlike the name suggests, these are not thick but actually very thin but you literally only need the tiniest drop to completely cover the lips.  Seriously, sooo amazing!  They each come with the tiny lip brush and are crazy long wearing! Two thumbs up!

I also ordered a small size of the Soap & Glory Hand Food hand cream.  Smells wonderful and feels wonderful!  Absolutely love this as well!

Now of course with my Sephora purchase I got a ton of samples and my birthday gift (I chose the Fresh lip balms).   Love love love and will keep you updated on the tiny mascara samples that I got.

 Now onto the actual in store shopping spree at ULTA!!!!

 The first thing I threw in my bad was the Tangle Teezer! This funky little brush makes some serious claims but I have heard wonderful things about it so I will let you know if I love it or not!
The little insert says:
"The Tangle Teezer boasts a revolutionary teeth formation that delivers speedy and gentle results.  Helps minimise hair breakage caused by mistreatment when detangling.  Promotes healthy looking hair by noticeably increasing shine, leaving it looking silky smooth after styling." 
We shall see :)

I also picked up this Batiste dry shampoo in the Rich & Elegant Paisley scent.  So far I like the scent and of course I will let you know how I feel about this dry shampoo later.

I also picked up a new eyelash curler because mine broke!  Tragic day for me. Haha

Since I'm already on lashes, I picked up these Katy Perry by Eylure lashes in Sweetie Pie.  When I get false lashes I usually go for very natural looking ones.  I don't like the whole there's-a-huge-caterpillar-sitting-on-my-eye look.  These are right up my alley!

Ok I have a swatch picture to follow this description of these lovely products.  The collage from top left to right and so on are Essence I <3 Extreme Mascara, NYX Butter Gloss in Peach Cobbler, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp, and NYX HD Photogenic Concealor in Porcelain.  The photo on the right is the Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Deep End.

I will say right now, that I am already in love with both glosses and the eye liner.  The colors are amazing and sooo pigmented! Seriously in love!

From left to right, NYX Butter Gloss in Peach Cobbler,
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp,
Urban Decay 24/7 Eye liner in Deep End, and the last swatch is on an eye liner that came with a palette I bought, Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye liner in Halfmoon.

This picture really doesn't do these colors any justice but it's the best one I could get; however, I am sure I will post a nail of the day using these gorgeous polishes!  They are from Essie's new collection!  On the left is Sunday Funday, a pinky-coral shade with shimmer and on the right its Naughty Nautical, a teal with shimmer!  I loooooove them!!!

This lovely palette is the Stila In the Know palette and is my very first Stila purchase.  It comes with 10 eyeshadows, a Smudge Stick Eye liner in Halfmoon (swatched above), and a lookbook with 6 different looks.  The Stila Prime Pot was a free gift with purchase and is in the color Taffy.

The colors from left to right are: (top row) Air, Wind, Desert, Clay, Earth, (bottom row) Driftwood, Fire, Rain, Smoke, Ebony.

These colors are super pigmented and I am really loving the color of Fire, it's a deep rusty orange that I know will make my blue eyes really pop! 

I apologize because the quality of this picture isn't super hot but I promise the quality of the shadows really are! 
From left to right these are random swatches of Earth, Fire, Smoke, and Ebony.


That is all for my birthday haul!  I am absolutely thrilled and excited to start playing with all of my new purchases and will definitely keep you all updated!!

As always thank you sooo much for stopping by!!!

Soooo much love!!

Rachel