Lime Crime and Gerard Cosmetics

I'm turning 25 in 4 days and I'm having a quarter life crisis. AKA I can't stop buying makeup. In the past week or two I grabbed something from Gerard Cosmetics super sale and I was dying to try one of the new Lime Crime Perlees. Honestly, when I first saw all the colors there wasn't one that jumped out at me right away. I finally settled on "Asphalt" and I am SO glad I did.

It's, no lie, the same exact color that I just painted my walk in closet! It's long-wearing, matte, didn't dry my lips out and is a super unique color. They came out with "Lady" right after I bought this and I think I need that one too.

My new Gerard Cosmetics eyeliner is here also! Except I literally just got it when I walked into my house at 11:30 PM so I haven't had a chance to use it. I hope it lives up to all its hype!

 

and then I scooped these weird, strange, had-to-have-them lips MASKS! My lips are 24/7 EXTREMELY DRY from all the matte lipstick I wear so I really can't wait to try these. I also have a huge girl crush on Hanna Beth and preordered her new book, Covered in Glitter, a few weeks ago and that got here today too. To say I finished it in a half hour is not an exaggeration. It was an amazing read and made me respect her ten thousand times more than I already did. I would say 99.9% of my style has evolved and transformed from following Hanna for the last 8ish years. She is definitely my number one style icon!

Next weeks' my birthday and  all I asked for was lipstick and champagne! Let's see how that goes!

Mini Ulta Haul

I feel like every time I walk into Ulta for one thing, I leave with at least 4. I went in to get my trusty NYX eyeliner and left with 2 other things.

I'm a serious beginner at face makeup, (how? since I had classes on it at school, I'll never know) but I learned about this highlighting product from Benefit that is in a stick (solid) form with a blender tip on the other end. Also, it can be worn without any other makeup like foundation and powder and all that good stuff. I LOVE IT! So easy to use, so pretty, and gives the perfect amount of shiny sparkle to your face. Obsessed, really. Another thing I'm recently obsessed with, this Formula 10.0.6. brand. This moisturizer is PERFECT for someone who has skin like mine. (No blemishes but I get extra oily on my forehead/nose area towards the end of the day). It mattifies your face and makes your skin so soft and pretty much lasts till the end of my day. Then I got this mini Benefit eye primer which is amazing. It made my Colourpop eyeshadow stay on all night (then again, Colourpop products do NOT budge, but that's a good thing for me!) and just felt really nice and smooth vs. creamy/streaky which has happened to me before with some other eye primers.

I also just scooped the Eternal Eyeliner from my favorite liquid to matte lipstick brand, Gerard Cosmetics because they are having a super sale and I've heard amazing things about it! Can't wait to get that in the mail!