Mega Savings at ULTA + My Ulta Haul

Hey everyone! I found a huge sale at Ulta.com and wanted to share it with you! I received a $10 off anything in the store or online card in the mail this week and waited patently till payday to order.  I wanted to see how much I could get for under $30 and I spent most of my morning selecting and deselecting items in a crazy random order. I was looking for quantity and quality. Its hard to find both for such a small dollar amount, but we are heading out on vacation in a few weeks and I am being frugal. 

The first thing I want to tell you is that they are having a memorial day offer. 
You can get 2x or 3x points from 5/22-5/30. Platinum members get 3x. This is amazing because you can save up the points to receive dollar amounts off of future purchases.  You have to activate this offer to receive extra points to do that: Go to the top on the page, next to your name click the downward arrow and select "my account". When that page opens click the "my reward tab" above the big welcome text that says "WELCOME YOURNAME" it is toward the top of the page. Then scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and you should see this:

 Just click on the button to the right and activate the offer. Now you will get the extra points when you place your order. Here is a breakdown of the point system:

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Ulta also has a huge sales going on in all departments. Here is a breakdown of their sale items You can also find it HERE on their site:

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 I took advantage of the NYX eye cosmetics buy 1 get 1 50% off. But there are so many options depending on what you are looking for.  

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 I was able to score some pretty amazing items for very little money here is what I am getting: 

1. Tarte Eye Opening 12-piece Amazonian Clay Eyeliners:  

This Is my most anticipated item. It was on sale for $25. Which is a steal because usually 1 Tarte eyeliner is in the $20 range. The manufactuers suggested retail price is $192.00, so I jumped on this deal. I believe QVC had it on sale a few months ago for $50. I can't wait to get these and swatch them for you guys. 

Includes:
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Nude
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Bronze
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Brown
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Chocolate
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Plum
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Antique Gold
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Hunter Green
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Jungle Green
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Navy
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Charcoal
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Black
0.0423-oz eyeliner in Golden Plum
Sharpener
Roll bag

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It comes in this adorable case. 

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2. Nxy Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in the color Milk: 

This was $4.49 but I used the buy1 get1 for 50% off so the total was $2.25 for this. This is a multi use item and I can't wait to give it a try. 

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3. NYX Automatic Eyebrow Pencil : 

This was $ 4.99. I have heard rave review about this item so I decided to go ahead and give it a try also. 

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4. Pixel Single Pan Eyeshadow & Build in Applicator:

I have never heard of this brand before. When I was looking around I noticed each pan was on markdown from $3.99 to $0.49 each. Then I looked at the reviews, it has 4 1/2 stars on ulta, which says a lot about it. I rarely see items over 4 stars. They currently have 15 shades and I bought 7 of them. I couldn't help my self with the price. 

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Here is the review category and ratings from Ulta:

Easy to apply (30)
Good value (28)
Good pigmentation (26)
Long lasting (25)
Versatile (18)

Here are the colors I bought:

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Once I get a hold of all of these items I will swatch and review each one. :) So all in all I got 10 items (if you count the liner, case and sharpener separate I got 24 items) and with my $10 off card, the only thing I actually paid for was the Tarte 12 piece eyeliner set. My total order price was $25.67. I think I did pretty well considering my budget price. 

Triple Winged Liner Tutorial

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having an awesome day. Today I have a Triple Winged liner walk through for you all. This is a great step-by-step guide. I hope this will help makeup beginners learn to master winged liner. It took me a few weeks to get it down, so just remember practice makes perfect.

Kat Von D Dupes!

I love Kat Von D. Her products are so amazing ad unique. I love that she comes up with shades that many other companies have not thought of including in their palettes. Her products while beautiful come with a high cost. Because of this I have searched high and low to find some dupes for a few of her items. I hope you guys enjoy them. :)


1. Kat Von D Ludwig Palette: Here is a dupe from WNW for the Kat Von D Ludwig Palette. I think these colors are beautiful and so versatile. If you would like to give them a try you can find them here: WNW Comfort zone 

2. Kat Von D True Romance Palette: This dupe was a tricky one as this palette is also retired. This was $36 and the 3 products to recreate it are in total $8.98. I promise that the swatches look great for the purples but I can not get it to show up well in my photo. So if you loved this palette and want to keep your colors or want to try these colors for the first time, here is your dupes.  Petal Pusher  / Cream Brulee  /  Pearl Shadow

3. Kat Von D Lolita- Dusty Rose: This has to be the most sought after of all the  Kat Von D lip colors. It is almost never in stock on Sephora's web site or in their stores. The reason for this is that the formula was changed and it is a non-drying matte shade. The Best dupe I can find is Wet N Wilds Spiked With Rum Mega Last Lip Color. You can find them here: Kat Von D Lip Sick  / Liquid Lip Stick  /  WNW Lip Stick

4. Kat Von D Everlasting Lip Stick in Bachelorette: Here is another lip stick dupe for you. This time its for a highly pigmented dark pinky fuchsia color. I am in love with it. The best dupe for this high end color is Rimmel's Show Off lip lacquer in Apocaliptic. You can check them out here: Kat Von D  / Rimmel

5. Kat Von D Tattoo Liner: Last but not least I have found an eye liner dupe. Both of these are long lasting 24 hour wear. You can find them here: KVD  / Cover Girl Bomb Shell