Holiday Haul

I hate that word - haul. I really need to think of something else. I thought I'd do a post about some of the things I purchased over the holidays. I need to reminisce, especially now that I'm on a 3 month beauty spending ban! Now that I think about it, I really should have organized my items by store, but instead I grouped them by type. Oh well, here goes nothing...

First up is a bunch of lip glosses. I realized that my lip gloss collection was seriously lacking as I've been more into lipsticks and balms recently. I purchased the Tarte Maracjua Divine Shine Lip Gloss set during the extra 20% off sale at Sephora so 5 full size lip glosses were only $24! The Stila set I bought with an extra 20% off coupon at Ulta. There are 8 glosses (a little less than half the size of the Tarte ones) for $20.

I had been eying this Korres Goddess Glow set for a while so I snatched it up when it went on sale at Sephora. It comes with a base, mineral setting powder and blush in Apricot. The apricot color makes a nice natural blush on me, but would probably be a great bronzer on lighter skin tones. I also like the primer which has a nice lotion-y texture.

I needed more shampoo like I need a hole in the head, but I picked this up because it was on sale at my local Japanese grocery store. I think it was $20 for 500 ml bottles of shampoo and conditioner and a treatment. I can't wait to use this because it smells AMAZING! Now, what's a nuance airy?

Finally, some miscellaneous items. Two Sephora eyeshadow duos and a pink hair extension from Sephora. The last thing I need are more eyeshadows, but I am a sucker for khaki and plummy brown colors. The hair extension is pretty fun and stays in really well. I wanted to buy more colors, but even the sale price ($9, marked down from $18) is kinda pricey. While I was in Vegas, I also got a mini shea body butter and lip butter from the Body Shop. All of their holiday sets were half off so this was something like $6, I think.

That's all! How sad, my last beauty haul for the next three months. I hope I survive!