First, I’ll share mine!
Haul: Nothing this week
Weekend plans: Mother’s Day, catching up the blog (so behind!)
Favorite summer scent: I’m on the hunt for mine!
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aww what a cute photo! I love photos of animals licking.
I get to go to Sydney Symphony performing Lord of the Rings sound track this weekend, should be awesome.
Also I have been waiting 8 days for 3 MAC lipsticks I bought online. The chick rang me today and said she was express posting them today.
I really wanted to wear Candy Yum Yum this weekend!
Where did you find Candy Yum Yum online? I really want it, but I was too slow!
Oo, mine!
Latest is Rescue Beauty Lounge polishes in Under the Stars and Black Russian. Also, Benefit’s Creaseless Cream shadow in Tidal Rave! Mmm. Totally doing peacock eyes today.
Weekend plans? Mother’s Day with the in-laws and my mommy…and spending time with my baby boy! Oh, and an Under the Stars pedicure!
Favorite summer scent? Is my favorite scent, ever: Creed’s Virgin Island Water. Lime, coconut, rum. I wear it in winter to remind myself that yes, summer does exist. Somewhere.
Have a lovely weekend, all!
Here’s mine 🙂
Haul: Nothing yet, probably tomorrow
Weekend plans: Starting my Mandarin lessons, catch a movie, and have a burger date with the bf
Favorite summer scent: right now it’s something minty!
I didn’t haul any beauty products, but I did buy a bunch of barrettes and a couple of necklaces. I’m just glad I’m done with finals.
Amen to that!! done with my hard finals anywayy! 🙂
Haul: Pop Primer and Tinted Moisturizer, Wet N Wild Icon palettes in Vanity and Greed (after hearing so much positive feedback for these palettes, I decided to purchase these two and THEY ARE AMAZING! They are well pigmented and you CANNOT beat the price. Good Job, Wet N Wild!)
Weekend plans: Studying– last final of the semester on Monday! Woot!
Favorite summer scent: Don’t know yet, but I’m looking for something fruity and fresh. I’m interested in seeing what everyone else posts.
Haul- Mac ever hip and groundcover from fashionflower & urban decay roller palette.
Weekend plans- visiting family for mothers day.
Summer scent- don’t really have one. I’ve been liking the apricot vanilla and cherry vanilla scents from bath and body works.
I’ve been hauling alot of nailpolishes lately!!!
At the end of febuary i ordered 7 out of the 12 OPI Texas shades on Transdesign and now I placed an order for 6 new Essie polishes: Vermillionaire, Splash of Grenadine, Knockout Pout, Haute as Hello, Pretty Edgy and Van D’Go…
I also wanted Borrowed and Blue, but i was sold out, I did however find a good dupe at the drugstore from the brand Essence.
It’s from theyre new collection and it’s called Speed of Light Blue!!!
Nothing else really…Hoping to finally get my hands on a UD Naked Palette soon!!! (they just started selling the brand in Holland!)
XOXO
Haul: A THIRD Tarte clay blush. Don’t worry, I have cut myself off..
Weekend plans: lunch with the girls, volunteering, work, catching up on reading, studying for finals, preparing for my first big girl job interview. (so I deserved that blush..)
Favorite summer scent: Grabbed a sample of MJ Daisy Eau so Fresh last night, really diggin it though I normally hate floral scents on me
Haul – MAC Alpha Girl and Mlle. Clinique Total Turnaround Radiance peel from ACW.
Weekend plans – Girls night out!
Favourite Summer Scent – I like the original Ed Hardy quite a bit in the summertime, I also like Escada fragrances for summer, but they can be a bit heavy at times. Oh, and Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue!
Have a great weekend everyone!
HAUL: Bunch of Guerlain summer items (finally available here!) – Terra Inca Star Powder; Terre Indigo eyeshadow; Terracotta Gloss in 09 Tango; Khôl Kajal; and Rouge G Le Brillant Lipstick in Barbara (B02)
PLANS: Shopping and dinner with my family on Saturday (mother’s day celebration); housework, baking and dinner with friends on Sunday
SCENT: This year my summer scent is Escada Taj Sunset. My all-time favourite scent is MyQueen by Alexander McQueen.
Haul: Rosehip Seed Oil from Mountain Rose Herbs; 6 NYX eyeshadows from the CherryCulture sale; and 2 tubes of Oilatum from a British supplier – C’mon Royal Mail!
Weekend: Visit with Mom.
Summer Scent: Lily of the Valley – so refreshing when it’s hot. Also, I’ve never outgrown my love of Sand & Sable – it smells just like the beach to me.
I broke down and bought the MUFE flash palette…
wow! I’ve been admiring that from afar. Hope you enjoy!
I love how proper mellan lays with one “arm” crossed over the other. it’s adorable. Haul: nothing for me this week; i’ve been trying not to buy so much make up but i see a mac smokey eye quad in my future. favorite summer scent: so far daisy eau so fresh and daisy, but always looking to try something new. weekend plans: relaxing b/c the semester is over! movies w/ boyfriend and mothers day.
He’s so cute! Lickin’ them chops.
haul: surf baby!
weekend plan: my degree party (after 3 months)
favourite summer scent: I hope someone will give me Acqua di Gioia by Giorgio Armani..it’s awsome!
Haul- 3 big bounce shadows, and also lucky green
Plans-study!!
Summer scent- Escada Taj Sunset, and the new jimmy choo perfume
Hey Christine – You should try the L.E. Escada Fragrance for this Summer! AND from Canada, you should try Lise Watier’s Bora Bora Fragrance. Actually, I totally want you to try ALL of Lise Watier’s products – you would LOVE them!
I gave up all cosmetic purchases for Lent, so I’ve hauled quite a few things since then.
Polish: Color Club Alter Ego summer collection
Sephora: their Colorn Play II fashion palette, MUFE HD powder, UD Setting Spray, Too Faced Eye Love palette (500 BI points)
Ulta: CG and SH polish, LORAC Time To Shine palette
MAC: Fashion Flower
Weekend: celebrate little cousin’s 25th and Mother’s Day
Fave summer scent: I usually get a new one every summer. Think I’ll go with DKNY Pure this summer.
Oh, I’m going to check out Jumping the Broom too! It comes out today!
I placed a large Sephora order earlier this week as a birthday gift to myself. My Mom got me a gift card so I used that towards the purchase, as well as my 10% off code for renewing my VIB status.
Here’s my order:
Urban Decay/All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray/4 oz
Urban Decay/Eyeshadow/Blaze
Hourglass/Prodigy Hydrating Lip Gloss/Hypnotic
Phyto/Phyto 7 Daily Hydrating Botanical Cream/1.7 oz
SEPHORA COLLECTION/Professionnel Platinum Blush Brush #49
Murad/AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser/6.75 oz
Illamasqua/Powder Blusher/Lover
Sample/Tocca Colette Eau de Parfum – 0.05 oz
Sample/Benefit Girl Meets Pearl – 0.004 oz
Sample/Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel Step 1 & 2
SEPHORA COLLECTION/Happy Birthday/Philosophy Vanilla Birthday Cake Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath – 6 oz
There’s a lot more I still want too…Urban Decay goodies, some stuff from Hourglass (why don’t they have the tall lipglosses in my local store or online?) and maybe some Too Faced since I never really tried them out.
Haul: Cargo Safari Kit, Color Club nail polishes: Worth the Risque(2), Revvvlution, Wink Wink Twinkle, Otherworldly and Incognito, OPI nail polishes: Silver Shatter, Black Shatter, Last Friday Night, Sparrow Me the Drama, Mermaid Tears and Stranger Tides.
Wow, didn’t realize I got 12 polishes this week!
Weekend Plans: Checking everyone out of the dorms for summer break!
Favorite Summer Scent: Burberry Brit Sheer!
Haul: Nothing this week so far! but i spoke to my friend who works at MAC and gave her my wishlist to pre-order!
Weekend plans: Mother’s Day Sunday, birthday party saturday night.
Favorite summer scent: CK One Summer. I know, i know! But i love it! I also love B&BW Coco Cabana, and Fresh’s Citron de Vigne
A new cleanser, Eucerin Redness Relief, a new moisturizer, Lacura Sea Minerals Face Cream, and a new face mask. Also, some Tresseme dry shampoo.
My MAC shipment arrived with Lucky Green, Bows and Curtseys, Fresh Daisy, and Boldly Bare liner. My weekend plans are, as usual, working. I work both jobs on Sunday and only have two hours to spend with family in between. My siblings and I are taking our mom out to dinner on Tuesday though!
Haul: My Vitamin Shoppe order!
Weekend Plans: Work, darn it!
Favorite Summer Scent: J Lo Miami Glow. I miss it 🙁
EPIC.SLURP.PIC!
my lab boy is a big licker…BIG.
Haul: Coastal Scents Palettes. They finally had some discounts going on. 🙂 I got the 88 Warm Palette, Blush Palette, and Blush and Contour Palette.
Weekend Plans: Sat -Work on a tradeshow. Sun – be in bed all day with my hunnybunny.
Favorite Summer Scent: Ferragamo’s Incanto Bloom!
Haul: A few Lippmann polishes
Weekend plans: Work! I need to send my mom her gift for Mother’s Day too.
Favorite summer scent: Fresh Sake is pretty amazing
Haul: Macy’s – MAC Ever Hip lipstick, 116 & 194 brushes, Bare Escentuals Well Rested (disappointed in that). CCO – So This Season and Viva Glam Gaga 1 lipglasses, Estee Lauder Pure Color Gloss Sticks in Pop Pink and Wild Plum. Cherry Culture: Massive NYX haul from the 50% off sale, but I’ll post that when I get it. =)
Weekend Plans: Processing photos for my design portfolio, breakfast & lunch for mom on Sunday.
Favorite summer scent: Don’t have a new one, just Flowerbomb forever and ever.
Haul : A VERY NAUGHTY BUT CUTE KITTENN 🙂
Plans : Sort my important documents out now that we have a working printer!
Scent : Coffee Mania Mocha Breezeeeee mmmm
Awww So cute, Mellan’s looking very happy here 🙂
I was bad this week. I hadn’t been to sephora in over a year (my city does not have one) so I went a little cukoo. First, from the mac store I got naked Paris and patisserie l/s. And sephora I bought Nars orgasm/laguna duo, the green and teal glee polishes, stila cherry crush stain, Nara orgasm gloss, urban decay pocket rocket in Doug, sephora brand braid headband, nail buffer, and glitter brush, mufe moulin rouge glossy full couleur, tarina Tarantino gloss in fushia revolution, tokidoki lipbalm stain in pink martini and some rosebud salve for my mom. Plus like mothers day shopping stuff. Now I won’t shop for like a month
I back to mac’d this week and got a stars and rockets and fig 1.I also got nyx blush in mocha, and their eyeshadows in dark brown, aloha, sahara, and frosted ocean! And my very first mac palette! So I had a depotting party! 🙂 so fun!
Ha ha, did anyone else try to see if they could touch their nose with their tongue when they saw Mellan’s picture?
This week I got:
MAC Cool Heat eyeshadow
MAC Jealous, Hot Frost and Sonic Vibe lipglass
MAC Chillin’ Cremesheen Glass
MAC If It’s Pink… Dazzleglass Creme
MAC Wondershine 3D Glass
MAC Odd Couple Mineralize Shadow plus free pigment samples of Apricot Pink (my favourite) and Mauvement
Both Heatherette eyeshadow trios
MAC Ocean Dip nail lacquer (Surf Baby collection)
Orly Primetime, Bonder and Polishield
Orly Coquette Cutie, Berry Blast, Bubbly Bombshell, Catch The Bouquet and Va Va Voom nail polishes
Barry M 129 lip paint, Revlon Colourburst lipgloss in Crystal Lilac, Models Own Smash-up crackle polish in Silver
I have other items from Surf Baby on order, but they haven’t arrived yet. I’m so looking forward to getting them, especially after having seen your reviews.
My favourite scents at the moment are Body Shop Vanilla and Soap & Glory’s new ‘Formula One’ which smells like their ‘original’ range of products as opposed to ‘Formula Two’ which smells like their ‘Mist You Madly’ range
Haul: MAC Ever Hip! Now on a no-buy til my birthday (July 26th)
Weekend plans: Just relaxing!
Favorite summer scent: Miss Dior Chérie L’eau
Haul: it’s a saga…tried to buy Mac Bows and Curtsies but it was sold out at the counter; it is still available online but I figure that it’s a sign and I don’t really need it since I’ve got 2 near dupes; wanted to get Groundcover but it was SO disappointing….so I ended up just buying a tube of Strobe Cream
Weekend Plans: it’s Mothers’ Day so I will let my family spoil me. Oh, and I’ll be ogling my new kitchen counters (gorgeous granite!)
Summer Scent: a toss up between Roots Spirit (very citrusy) and Jessica McClintock (lily of the valley…something I have in common with the new Duchess of Cornwall)
Haul: From the MAC Fashion Flower collection, I got Alpha Girl Beauty Powder, Budding Beauty Lipgelee, Summer Shower lipstick, Fresh Daisy e/s & two Groundcover eye shadows (I love that color!). I ordered everything online and they sent me a set of Quite Cute pins. They’re adorable.
Weekend plans: Mother’s Day.
Favorite summer scent: I really like the summer collection Harajuku Lovers came out with last year. Anything that smells like pineapple and coconut puts me in the mood for summertime.
Haul: My Paradise Cheek Powder, Surf USA eyeshadow, and Bust Out and Hibiscus lipsticks from Surf, Baby! from MAC.
Weekend Plans: Maybe nip into town tomorrow, do some gardening, do some studying, work on a website I’m designing. Celebrate my birthday on Sunday by being spoilt rotten by my hubby (I hope!) and going for a curry with some friends. Mothers Day was a while ago here in the UK 🙂
Fave summer scent: I like L’Eau D’Issey by Issey Miyake (sp?)
Haul:
MAC Ever Hip l/s
MAC Bows & Curtseys e/s
MAC Groundcover e/s
MAC Alpha Girl beauty powder
Urban Decay cream shadow in Mushroom
TheBalm Curvy Cami e/s
Benefit creaseless cream shadow in Bunny Hop
MAC Phlox l/s
OCC Memento lip tar
OCC Devine lip tar
Also ordered 64(!) nail polishes from Transdesign today. INSANE, I know!
Weekend plans: Tidying and cleaning my apartment
Favorite summer scent: Haven’t found a fragrance that I love yet. They are either too sweet or too sharp.
Haul: Surf Baby!
– Sun Blonde, Short Shorts, Surf USA e/s
– Hibiscus and Bust Out! l/s
– Girl on Board l/g
– Gilded White and Blue Noon Eye Pencils
– My Paradise Cheek Powder
– Surf the Ocean Pigments
– Ocean Dip Nail Lacquer
My summer scent in once again Guirlain’s Pamplelune.
Haul: Nothing this week – I’m on a No-buy!!
Weekend plans: hopefully will hang out with a boy tonight 🙂 working tomorrow then Girls Night & Mother’s Day all day Sunday 🙂
Favorite summer scent: Burberry Brit Sheer FOR SURE! I bet you would love this 🙂
Haul: Summer Shower, MSFN, and Face Protect.
Weekend plans: I managed to get fiercely sick when I start school on Monday, so I’m hoping to get better >_<
Summer scent: I don't wear perfume.
Haul: ELF haulage! I got the High Definition Powder, Cream e/s in Dawn (which is my new hg shadow- wear without base, and it doesn’t crease!), Stippling Brush, Powder Brush, Mineral Blush in Joy, clear mascara and brow gel, daily brush cleanser, and mineral e/s set that came with Celebrity, Socialite, and a mineral eye brush!
Weekend plans: Mother’s Day & studying :/
Favorite summer scent: This cherry perfume I picked up in France, I wish I could pronounce the name!!
Big haul this week, for me at least: MUFE eyeshadows in 48, 49, 50, 61, and 103. Eyelashes in 26. MAC eyeshadow Red Brick and Film Noir and Bombshell lipsticks. Then a bunch of nail polishes: SOPI Caught With My Khakis Down, Essie Little Brown Dress, Chinchilly, and Mink Muffs, Butter London Cheeky Chops and Blagger, and OPI Mermaid’s Tears, Silver Shatter, and the POTC mini set.
Weekend Plans: Mother’s day tea party for my mom.
Favorite summer scent: Demeter Blue Hawaiian is always a staple. Mmm
Your dog is so beautiful!!
Haul – Nada this week.
Plans – Spring has finally sprung in Maine…ocean time.
Summer Scent – Missioni
Haul: lots!
Bobbie Brown Rich Lip Color SPF 12 in Soft Coral (more neutral then i was expecting), Sweet Nectar (love this one), and Guava (no close to Sweet Nectar).
Estée Lauder: Bronze Goddess ShadowStick Duo Pink Teal (Gorgeous); Pure Color Lipstick in Pink Lolita and Melon.
First time trying these brands except the cream eyeshadow from Bobbie Brown.
Weekend plans: Mother’s Day as well and more work.
Nom nom!!
I’ve hauled some swaps (Sinful Colors Bali Mist, Hazard and Unicorn; NYX Aquamarine trio, two unlabeled pearl pigments)… and I got a BBW Country Chic shower gel as a free item when I did a purchase for my mom today. So I’ve still not broken my no-buy. Huzzah!
Weekend plans: Work. But at least I don’t have papers and finals to worry about any more!
Summer Scent: This summer is going to be all about the Country Chic!!
MAC Shy Girl
Lioele BB Cream!
Also got 6 nail polishes from Colourmix (a cosmetic store in Hong Kong) – half from The Face Shop and half from Golden Rose
Weekend plans: my weekly English teaching and celebrating mother’s day 🙂
Haul: nothing noteable. Although I did get a dermalogical facial at ulta the other day
plans: work. And it’s derby weekend here in Louisville, I plan on staying far away!
Mellans such a cutie!!
Haul: lip balm with an SPF of 25
Weekend plans: it’s my 23rd birthday today so enjoying the sun and going for dinner with bf and friends 🙂
Favorite summer scent: Chanel chance and Beyonce heat (didnt expect to enjoy it actually but it’s very summery!)
I finally got my hands on Urban Decay’s Naked palette! After months and months of not being able to find it online & in stores I randomly looked at Sephora.com and there it was~ 🙂
Haul: Nothing
Weekend plans: Buying a new iPhone and chilling with a friend
Favorite summer scent: Ralph by Ralph Lauren, love it.