Check out what I purchased this Black Friday and my shopping experience!
The most wonderful time of the shopping year: Black Friday Weekend. My bank account is not happy with me, but I am quite content with what I purchased! I will be going over my experience, what I got, and I will do a follow up blog post with products that worked and didn't really work out for me. I've already tried out some of these products though but I won't spoil any of the details (yet). Enjoy browsing through my haul!
Overall, everything in the photo above was what I purchased, except the NYX Advent Calendar (which Mr. Glammunition got for me on Black Friday). I really do like everything I got but I will still do a My Thoughts over the whole haul. I won't go into depth about my opinion of the products but more of an overview of the product's details.
NYX LIPPIE COUNTDOWN
On Black Friday, this advent calendar, containing 24 mini lippies, was on sale for $30 USD. The price went back up after Black Friday and this pretty little thing is gonna cost you $65 USD. This calendar has every NYX formula inside. There are 4 matte lipsticks, 4 Lip Lingeries, 3 Butter Glosses, 3 Butter Lipsticks, 3 Liquid Suedes, 3 Soft Matte Lip Creams, 2 Intense Butter Glosses, a Simply Red Lip Cream, and finally a Simply Vampy Lip Cream. There's so much variety in here and so many shades that may have been a little sketchy to you but actually look amazing on you. You might find your new favorite lip shade in here honestly.
TARTE PARK AVE. PRINCESS CHISEL PALETTE
After talking about this in my Holiday Gift Guide, I had to get it! I love the Tarteist Pro Contour Palette and I just know I am going to love this. The formula of Tarte bronzers and contour shades are spectacular. There are 2 highlighting/defining shades and 4 contour/bronzing shades to chose from. This is probably a great palette for makeup artists because there's so much variety between the shades and the packaging is pretty sturdy. I can't wait to play around with this palette and get chiseled af.
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS MINI LIQUID LIPSTICK SET
This triumphus trio of these (decently sized) mini liquid lipsticks is only $25 and has 3 very universal shades. The shades (left to right of the photo) are Dazed, Bittersweet, and Hudson. They are shades unique to the full size liquid lips. I've swatched these on my hands and lips and I have to say, they are pigmented, not patchy, and look really good on my pasty white skin. Again, I can't wait to mess around with these lip colors more often!
TOO FACED MELTED LATEX LIQUIFIED HIGH SHINE LIPSTICK
I got the Too Faced Melted Latex Liquid Lipstick in the shade Peekaboo (which is a smidge too light on me). It smells like strawberries and I love it! It's definitely not a gloss though; it's a shiny liquid lip like it says. Once you apply it, you cannot lick it off/take it off as easily as a regular gloss. The formula of the shiny liquid lip may not be appealing to some but I personally don't mind it. This baby was on sale for $10 though so I figured "why not".
TOO FACED GLITTER GLUE
I honestly got this for my Huda Beauty Desert Dusk glitter shadows. I heard this was pretty good and I can't wait to try this out and test it's longevity. Sadly, it was not on sale but I wanted to try this out anyways.
NYX COSMETICS LIQUID LIP LINGERIE LIP TRIO
These colors are very pretty, universal shades. This trio was a nice little deal and I enjoy the Liquid Lingerie formula. From left to right on the photo above, the shades are Teddy, Push-Up, and Lace Gloves. These are great nude shades, and did I mention, they're full sized! These are great little stocking stuffers for the lipstick junkies in your life. I'm super excited to play around with these shades and review them for you guys!
NYX COSMETICS GLITTER GOALS SET
This set is great for people like me. I am new to glitter and have been wanting to experiment with glitter. This little set that costs $15 as well, and comes with 3 different colors of glitter and a mini NYX glitter primer. These little glitters are super pretty but I don't want to spoil too much before the review.
L.A. GIRL PROCONCEAL
For the price and all the raving reviews, I had to get this concealer. For some reason, my local Ulta doesn't have these concealers but when I was shopping at the Ulta in Arizona, these were conveniently placed for me to get. The price of like $4.99 is spectacular, so I had to try it. I might do a separate post for this concealer or include a mini review in a different post; we shall see.
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS SUGAR GLOW KIT
Last but not least, the ABH Sugar Glow Kit. I know there've been plenty of reviews on this highlighting palette but I still want to put out my input on this palette. Sadly, this wasn't on sale unlike the Aurora and Moonchild highlighting palettes but I still had to pick this up. When I originally went by the ABH section in Ulta, this wasn't here and I was lowkey pretty disappointed but wasn't devastated. However, I went by again and I saw the last one sitting up there and I took it. The formula of all the ABH highlighters are on par which was another pulling factor into me getting this. I love the colors in this palette and I can't wait to bring you a whole review on this bad boy.
MY EXPERIENCE WHILE SHOPPING
Honestly, I didn't need anything special from the big department stores, like Kohl's or Dillards, so I went to Ulta first. We got there early because my family insisted the doors opened at 5 o'clock. As a result of that, we were like the 3rd group of people in line. I went to the Ulta in Casa Grande, Arizona. The staff were really nice, they weren't rude, but you could tell they were a little overwhelmed (and I don't blame them). Ulta was busy but it wasn't like people were being aggressive or anything. Everyone just grabbed what they wanted and moved on.
BUT OH MY GOSH, THE NEW SECURITY TAGS. Those things were a little pain in my booty. Not all Ulta's have them, like the one I typically go to in Oklahoma, but that's probably because they don't have a huge issue with theft. The other Ulta that's in the city that I go to, the security tags are everywhere because the location of the Ulta is more prone to theft.
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| *not my photo* These are what the security tags look like if you're unfamiliar |
With these security tags, they beep when the tag is being pulled off. For my case, while I was shopping, the tag was still attached to the Park Ave. Princess palette but it wasn't as attached to the box (but it wasn't going to just fall off in the blink of an eye) so it would just beep forever and ever. One of the workers took mine away from, resulting in me having to go grab a new one, then that one started to beep as well. I eventually figured out what was causing it to beep and I had to firmly press the security tag to prevent from another one getting taken away from me. It was like this for a lot of shoppers and it was just annoying. I understand the purpose but these things beep if the seal of the sticker back of the beeper slightly comes off the box. Not a fan.
OVERALL
I am thrilled with what I got. My experience was pretty good while shopping. The employees were overwhelmed but still put on a nice, friendly attitude on one of the most chaotic shopping days of the entire year. I wish there was a store wide discount, like 20% off, but I am not too mad that there wasn't. There were nice stocking stuffer gifts for anyone and everyone that were reasonably priced. I have no complaints, other than those beeping security tags that will haunt me in my nightmares. Thank you for browsing through my haul
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