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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thursday Thoughts

1. Still flying by the seat of my pants with blogging this week. So if this is random, apologies.

2. My husband had to write a letter and he always has me check it over to make sure there aren't any glaring grammar issues or spelling issues. Well his boss sent him an email asking if he could be a Grammar Nazi on the letter and my husband kind of called me out on it like I didn't check it well enough. I was irritated and then the guy sent it back. It was completely restructured from a letter to a bullet point presentation type format....no grammar changes whatsoever. Husband was embarrassed and I just was like "Whatever, I'm not your secretary and my services are now withdrawn." #doityourdamnself

3. I have guests coming in this weekend for International Tabletop Day so that means I have to go to the dreaded Walmart. Hopefully I can get there super early and be home before noon.

4. When I saw that Ulta was having a sale on their Urban Decay lipsticks I immediately snatched up the coveted F-Bomb that Steph and Jana recommended! FYI the sale is still going on and the lipsticks are 50% off!

5. I still have to finish my Omaha recap post but my computer is running SO SLOW and it is probably due to the absolute overload of pictures.

Super short and simple today because I need to get it in gear if I am going to get to the store and back early!

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Ulta and T.J. Maxx Haul!

Kimmi 7:00:00 AM 2 comments Edit

Good Morning Everyone!

The other day I had mentioned that I had gotten some really great deals lately and asked if you wanted to see a Haul Post! The answer was yes, so here you go! I got some really great stuff ladies!!

First Up we will do the T. J. Maxx Haul because it wasn't nearly as big as my Ulta one!!

e.l.f. Liner in Charcoal Grey

I meant to get black but grabbed the wrong one. I like it though so I am keeping it.

Retails at e.l.f. for $3

T. J. Maxx $2

Julep Nail polish (in order) Bess, Drew, Alice, and Angela

Retail at Julep- $14 (Unless you are a Maven then it is $11.40)

T. J. Maxx- $4.99

(pic for proof!)

Seriously you can't beat those prices! You have to dig through a lot to find them but these were worth it since I don't own ANY Julep polish!!

Now it is time for my Ulta Haul!!!

First up- The Too Faced Romantic Eyes Pallet

I had seen one of my favorite YouTube gurus post about this pallet and have been wanting it ever since! The colors are beautiful and so pigmented!! Also I am a sucker for cute packaging! I am going to love using this one!

Next up is a freebie that came with the Too Faced Pallet! The awesome smelling Chocolate Soleil Bronzer!

Now this is a pretty small sample but I am eager to try it out as I have never been able to take the plunge and get a $20 dollar bronzer, but now that I have the sample I plan to make good use of it! It really does smell like Milk Chocolate!!!

Now for some Nyx Items!

I only recently fell in love with Nyx Products staring off with their butter glosses but it inspired me to try more items from the line! They are considered a "Drug Store" brand but none of my drug stores carry it locally. You can get it at Target as well but my closest Target only just started carrying the butter glosses so it is not a brand I've really come to consider "Drug Store" but the prices are MUCH less than the High end stuff!

First up an eye shadow base!

Now I have been addicted to shadow primer for a long time and Urban Decay has been my holy grail but I had heard great things about this one so I decided it was time to give it a whirl! I got the Skin Tone Shade.

Second we have an eye liner.

Now I had seen a lot of girls using white liner in their water line to really make your eyes pop. I have pretty small eyes so this really appealed to me! Ready to try it out!

Third we have a lip product. Seriously lip products are my weakness.....I just can't say no!

This is the color Shocking Pink and I have to say....I'm in love. I wore this yesterday and it is the perfect bright pink for summer! Love it....may need four or five backups.....

Now because I had coupons, promotion codes, and email offers I was able to snag this stuff for buy one get one 50% off! To add a bonus to it, they threw in a special offer Nyx Gift bag that had MORE products!! FOR FREE!

Here's what I scored!

First a gorgeous blush!

This mosaic blush is beautiful but when swirled together makes a color so summery and gorgeous...ugh I just love it! Wore it yesterday, will most likely be my blush of the summer!

Second a mascara!

I have never tried a Nyx mascara before but I am always game for a new mascara! Will try this baby out...if I can pry my Miss Manga out of my hands first!

Third a pallet!

How awesome is it that a whole pallet got sent to me for Free??? I am loving the colors and will be using this one soon!!

And Finally a lip product!

This is the Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream in the color Istanbul. It is a pinky nude color and I think I will enjoy it. Especially for the "No Makeup" Makeup days when I am just running errands!

Okay so that was my super awesome haul! I cannot wait to try all these products out! If you wanna see any swatches or looks that I do with the pallets let me know! Also if you have done any HAULS lately let me know! I love to see what other people pick out!!

Big Hugs from here! Happy Thursday!

Weekend Recap b/c it was AWESOME!

Kimmi 3:58:00 PM No comments Edit

Afternoon Everyone,

So Hot Mama Monday will resume next week because my weekend was awesome and I feel like writing about it instead!

So Saturday morning my husband had some work to do down in the city and I decided that Kyra and I would tag along because it would take us close to my Auntie and Uncle's house and we could visit while the hubs was working.

They were super happy to have us and my Auntie surprised me by taking me to get a pedicure! Now I haven't had a pedicure since last year at before my baby shower for little Miss Kyra!

Don't my toes look just lovely now?! The color is OPI "You're Such a Buda-Pest" and is just a GORGEOUS color.

After getting our toes done we stopped by the local Ulta. Can you believe my Auntie had never been in an Ulta before?! Her response upon walking in..."Wow that is a lot of makeup....." LOL.

So we did a little retail therapy which was so much fun. I really needed a few new makeup brushes because mine were starting to fall apart after nearly....six or eight years of use. I got the two I needed and then picked up a super awesome deal on Nyx butter glosses. It was a pack of the three glosses I had really been wanting and was a great deal. I had a coupon for 20% off your total purchase, (we don't pay retail!) and we put all our things together to save a bit, then my Auntie, being the AMAZING Auntie she is, bought all my stuff! Thank you so much! You rock! (I know she reads my blog!) Here is what I ended up with....

(Nyx Butter Glosses in: Apple Strudel, Cherry Pie, and Eclair)

(Real Techinques Expert Face Brush and Blush Brush.

Yes I used the face brush already and LOVED IT. )

After our little shopping trip we met up with the boys and had lunch at Texas Roadhouse. Delicious and Kyra really enjoyed the hot rolls!

After that we hit up a baby sale that was pretty blah but then headed back to their house to make cupcakes for my Dad's birthday which was Sunday. We made triple chocolate cupcakes and they turned out SO GOOD. Also I got to practice my piping skills and was pretty proud of myself as they didn't turn out too badly!

So that was Saturday.

Sunday was spent at my parents' place as we did a cookout for Dad's birthday. Hamburgers, Brats, Potato Salad (there was no dieting this weekend kids) Also we had the cupcakes, I made these Cookie Butter Cups I found off Pinterest (more on that one later this week), and Mom made Chocolate Covered Strawberries. So much food, So tasty, So worth the workouts I'm going to have to put in this week to burn it off!

The finishing touch to the weekend was watching the Season Premier of Game of Thrones last night. SO. MUCH. WIN.

All in all, it was one of the best weekends ever!

Oh and I almost forgot, My Auntie surprised me by using her Beauty Brands Free OPI coupon to pick up a bottle of "You're Such a Buda-Pest" for me!!!! #Spoiled