I love when I start to see new things at the drugstore, Ulta, and in Sephora. It makes my beauty loving heart so incredibly happy!

I was browsing Ulta's website the other night and saw all these new items from drugstore (and a few high end brands) being released!

A lot of the items I was interested in are from Maybelline (my favorite drugstore brand).

I'll probably place an order on Ulta's website soon because while it's not super convient, I know they'll have everything I need and could just get everything in one shot.



The one item that I have already purchased and have been LOVING is the Loreal True Match Lumi Cushion Foundation. I ordered it a little less than 2 weeks ago and have fallen head over heels. I'll be doing a post focused solely on that product soon!

UGH, I'm not supposed to spend money but all this drugstore makeup looks amazing!

What new product are you excited to try?


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I've been trying to buy less and spend less money on make-up but it doesn't seem to be working. I've definitely cut back, but I still like to treat myself to something new every so often.

These items have been collected over the course of two months and I've been loving & using all of them religiously.

There's always new things at the drugstore, and obviously those are more affordable but I do love myself a good high end make-up splurge!




Here are some of the beauty items I've been LOVING lately.

//Maybelline Dream Wonder Fluid Touch Foundation: I've been lusting after this drugstore foundation since it came out last year. It's definitely on the pricey side of the drugstore, rounding out anywhere from $10-$13. I finally splurged on it and it's been life changing. It's a very liquid, water like foundation that has medium-full(ish) coverage. I apply it with a Beauty Blender and it gives me the most beautiful demi matte, powder finish. It wears pretty well throughout the day and I've been wearing it almost everyday. It's well worth the price.




//Maybelline Lip Studio Color Blur: I have been obsessed with lip products lately and I cannot get enough. When I saw that Maybelline released a new line of matte lip colors, I went searching for them and couldn't find them for weeks at my local CVS or Duane Reade. I finally went to Rite Aid in my neighborhood and they had ALL the new beauty products. I picked up this one in "I Like to Mauve It" and love it! It's a little on the pinker side of mauve but it's a great "Kylie Jenner" type of color. It's really comfortable on the lips and the perfect everyday color.

//Loreal Colour Riche Le Matte Lipcolour Stick: In the same breath, L'Oreal released their own line of matte lip colors. They also had ones called "Le Lacquer" and I may want to try those too. I got one in the shade "She's So Matte" and it's a little darker than the Maybelline one. Still, it's very comfortable and a little more matte than the Maybelline. Once again, a perfect every day color!



//Too Faced Sole Mates Blushing Bronzer: These are $34 and 'limited edition' and were released around Valentine's Day. There's only two shades, named after two of the best TV couples ever "Carrie & Big" and "Rachel and Ross." I wasn't going to spend $34 on it so I never got it. That was, until I was in my local Nordstrom Rack and they had a whole bin full of both shades, for $8!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I picked up "Carrie & Big" immediately and haven't used another bronzer since. It's really hard to use the bronzer and blush separately, so I just take a kabuki brush and swirl them together for a luminous, bronzy glow. Ugh, I cannot get enough!





//Too Faced Love Flush Blush in Love Hangover: When I saw that Too Faced was releasing new blushes, I knew I needed one. I didn't know when they were being released, until I woke up one morning and saw that they were up for grabs on Home Shopping Network. I immediately ordered it while I was walking to the train station (I have an addiction) and within a week, this adorable little blush was at my door. It's the perfect everyday, warm pink color that looks very natural on the cheeks. They are 16 hour blushes and honestly, they are very long wearing. They're smooth and perfect and I want more!





//Becca Cosmetics + Jaclyn Hill Shimmering Skin Perfector: I watch a lot of Youtube videos, and love a lot of Youtube v-loggers. All of them talk about Becca's highlighters, and all of them love Jaclyn Hill. With good reason too, as she is one of the OG's of Youtube Beauty Blogging and she is funny, beautiful, down to earth, and relatable. I want to be her! Anyways, Becca & Jaclyn collaborated on a new highlighter called "Champagne Pop". It's $38 but I needed it because it's limited edition and I was in need of a new powder highlight. It was worth it because it's the most intense, beautiful highlight. I've been wearing it every day and I can't stop. You can build up the intensity as much as you want and it looks good on pretty much everyone. I'm obsessed and may never wear another highlight again.

What beauty products have you picked up lately? Tell me in the comments!




Shop my picks below!

L'Oreal "Orange You Jealous", Essie "First Timer", Essie "Bikini So Teeny", Essie "Off the Shoulder" , Essie Naughty Nautical

Today I went on a bit of shopping spree with my new paycheck and bought an eclectic group of things.

The first thing you should know about me is that if I have 50 cents in my pocket, I will spend a dollar. I am a very frugal shopper but I buy a lot of things that I don't really need.

It's a problem.

Now I have a summer job while I'm home for the summer so I have a paycheck every week and a list of things I want to buy.

I love nail polish. I have an entire makeup bag filled with all different brands and colors. I paint my nails a different color at least once a week, if not more. I get bored easily.

I was always too cheap to splurge and buy an Essie nail polish (I saved those for the salons) but after much consideration, I gave it a shot and bought "Watermelon" a few months ago. Then I bought "Eternal Optimist" and was addicted.

It's by far the best nail polish I've ever used and I wanted to buy all the colors so today I went out in search of three colors, "Navigate Her", "Playdate", and/or "Overboard".

I didn't find either of those but I did find, "Off the Shoulder".

I also bought one of the new L'oreal polishes, "Butterfly Kisses". I've seen the commercials and was interested to see if there was anything to fuss about.

Off the Shoulder is a bubblegum, electric pink. It's neon but not Pepto Bismol color. It's a great, light summer color and is sure to look amazing with a tan.

Butterfly Kisses is a lavender color; it's not too light or too dark..a perfect pastel for the summer season.

Both are great colors in the bottle but I wanted to take the nail test and see how they measured up.

I put two coats of each on my hand; two fingers of "Butterfly Kisses", the other two of "Off the Shoulder". Side by side, I liked the Essie color better.

It popped more; the L'Oreal color was too light but I'm sure with a few more coats it will darken up.

Essie is known for going on smooth, without a bump on the road and most polishes can't hold up to Essie standards but I have to say the L'Oreal nail polish was smooth as butter. No clumps or caky drying.

All in all, both polishes are wonderful but Essie "Off the Shoulder" is definitely my new favorite shade of summer.