Haul: Christmas Clearance

Guess what?  I got cool stuff from the holiday clearance section!  These items came from drugstores CVS and Rite Aid and were 50% and 75% off.  Here is my Christmas clearance haul.

*Pretend the picture is rotated correctly, ugh.  Justin Bieber Girlfriend perfume set.  Even though Justin Bieber is a hot mess right now, egging people's houses and whatnot, I love his perfume! The bottle is too cute and it smells good too.  It was half off at Rite Aid, $10.

I almost left these behind because I already have some of these colors, but then I thought about it and did the math.  5 lipglosses for only $2.50 (half off), that's only 50 cents more than the regular price of one lipgloss.  Worth it!  The colors are my favs too, plus a glitter gloss.

These are tins of fancy chocolates that were 75% off.  I couldn't really care less about the chocolates, I don't like most of the fillings, but what I was after was the pretty tin boxes.  They are huge!  The size of a textbook.  I want them to store makeup in, so I got four.  They were $2.50

These items were also 75% off at Rite Aid.  Cute Christmas patterned tape and a nice big variety hair band set.  I was actually thinking of buying some hair bands, I'm lucky I didn't because this was a way better deal.

My 5 year old neice got a tablet for Christmas.  A real Android tablet!  Kids these days... I saw this and knew she could use it.  It's a pillow for your tablet!  And also a neck pillow, travels well and yata yata whatever the box says.  It will totally match her hot pink and black vanity set that she also got for Christmas (spoiled).  This was 50% off either $10 or $7.

Now these are for me.  Stompeez!  Anybody ever see that commercial?  If you have, you must watch Nickelodeon or some other kid's channel (like I do).  I always wanted some of these!  My niece already has some so now we can stomp around in our fun slippers together.  They were half off at Rite Aid, so $10.

Greatest deals ever = clearance Christmas candy!  All this was 75% off at CVS, under $2 super cheap.  And yes I do need all those bags of pretzel m&ms, they're my favorite! I had 2 more bags originally, ate them already.  Who remembers pez?

Bonus:

I don't know what these are other than large round stuffed animals, but they were so cute I had to take a photo!  They were also on Christmas clearance at Rite Aid (although I didn't buy them).

I also got some wrapping paper from Walgreen's for 75% off!  The most expensive ones were $1 and change, and they had Disney characters on them.  Non Disney though was under $1 a roll.  So definitely stock up on wrapping supplies now while they're on sale, and save them for next year.

Did anybody else get great deals from Christmas clearance?  What did you get?

Looky a New Product: NYC City Proof Twistable Intense Lip Color

While on the hunt for Wet n Wild Balm Stains, looky what I found at Rite Aid...

 

NYC City Proof Twistable Intense Lip Color!  

NYC Cosmetics has new Balm Sticks of their own!  Isn't the display cute?  It was totally unexpected as I didn't know that these were coming out, but YAY! I love me some glossy sticks.  There are also new long lasting lipsticks, and they come in a lot more colors than the Wet n Wild balm stain sticks.  Although, NYC's aren't advertised as stains like Wet n Wild.

They are about $4 and I get 20% off anything at Rite Aid for a year, so I picked up 4 of them.

 

These were the darkest colors (besides red) and the most unique ones (compared to the 6 Wet n Wild balm stain shades).  They are 031 Gramercy Park Plum, 040 South Ferry Berry, 041 Ballroom Blush, 051 Canal St Coral (from left to right).  The other shades are various nude types of pinks and browns, and a red.

Here are swatches...

 

   

Here are all 4 shades swatched together so you can see the difference...

I haven't tried them out too much, but here I am wearing the coral shade... 

 

It looks the same on my lips as the arm swatch, it is the most sheer of the 4 but is still pretty.  The other 3 colors are highly pigmented, bold and bright.  My first impression is that these do move a lot on the lips.  They settle into lip lines, but it doesn't look hideous, you just need to be aware when smooshing your lips together do it in a way that smooths the gloss evenly on your lips (if that makes sense).  They definitely don't stain like the Wet n Wild balm stains, but the darker shades do stain a little.  When I swatched on my hand, all but coral were still slightly visible after 2 hand washes.  They are moisturizing, not drying.

Although I would prefer them to stain so that the color would last longer, I still love them!  I'm already giddy thinking about limited edition shades that will come out, as long as this new product will be a permanent member of the NYC brand (I think it is, I hope it is).

There are better pics of all 12 shades on NYC cosmetics' website here.

3 Free Zoya Nail Polish!!!

You can get 3 free nail polishes from Zoya using code COLOR2014

The code expires 1/13/2014 so get on it!

Shipping is $12 for the 3, but if you spend $25 you get free shipping.

I got:

 

Zoya Nail Polish in Arabella

  

Zoya Nail Polish in Carter

 

 Zoya Nail Polish in Liberty

 

Zoya Nail Polish in Stevie

 

 Zoya Nail Polish in Mosheen

Zoya Nail Polish in Opal (Fleck Effect Top Coat)

I have 3 or 4 of the original pixie dust colors and they are my favorite textured nail polishes!  So I got more, they are $10 each.  The bottom two are cool glitters that can be used as top coats, $9 each.  I spent $30 so I got free shipping. I believe all of Zoya's nail polish is $9 or $10.  

Zoya has tons of colors and are great quality, so I thought I'd share this deal.

Christmas 2013 OOTD

Did everyone have a merry Christmas and happy holidays?  This is a work appropriate yet festive holiday outfit with nails to match that I wore to my work Christmas party.  What do you think?

  

     

  

I wore a black and white lace printed cardigan (from kohls) over a black shirt with a red bow belt, green mini skirt over red fleece lined leggings (both from ebay), black and white striped fuzzy socks (from dollar tree), and white cut out booties (from pacsun).  I have a Christmas scarf tied around my head in a bow as well (from dollar tree).

The combination of red and green at the bottom obviously screams Christmas!  So I wanted to class up the outfit (and avoid having it look like a costume, not that I don't like that too) by wearing neutrals on top.  The red bow belt was the perfect addition that cinches in my waist and goes with the Christmas theme turning me into a present, ha ha ha i mean ho ho ho!

The white booties seemed like something Santa would want to wear if he didn't have to wear the same uniform every year, and the fuzzy socks match the neutral theme as well as were perfect for keeping my feet warm in the cutout areas of the boots.

My nails are a simple (and random) combination of red and/or green polish with red and/or green glitter polish layered on top.  The color on my thumb is an awesome polish that is white-ish with black and white glitter sprinkles of various shapes and sizes mixed in.

I definitely felt that the holidays were near wearing this outfit that day.  Does anyone else wear holiday themed outfits?  I'd love to see your holiday outfit pictures.

Urban Decay Oz Glinda Palette Sale!!!

I ordered my first piece of high end makeup!  It's this Glinda palette by Urban Decay!  I'm so excited because although it is a high end product, it is currently half off (which of course is what persuaded me to buy it).  This product was originally $49 and is now only $24.  Awesome!

I had known about this palette since it came out. Xsparkage did an eyeshadow look with this palette that was so pretty.  I recently watched a few more Youtube videos that included this palette, thanks to this new best palettes tag that is going around, and decided to just buy it (since it is half off).  So I can finally try one of these high end eyeshadow palettes that all the beauty gurus talk so much about.  

Urban Decay has always been a brand that I loved to see in the Ulta catalog.  They always have fun colors and fantastic design and packaging, so it is great that this is the first high end product that I get to try.

Of course, I wanted to get free shipping so I bought a few more clearance palettes in order to make the $50 minimum.  I also got Urban Decay's Feminine and Fun palettes which were originally $36 and now $16 each.

If anyone wants to try high end eyeshadows, Urban Decay has some great options on clearance!  So get on these deals before they sell out. :-)

Deals: After Christmas Sales

Here are some good after Christmas sales that I have found on clothes, bags, shoes, cosmetics and more. Some of these sales last til after New Year's Day!

Please excuse the random outbursts of all caps,  this site refused to let me type in lower case at certain points and I don't know why, but the blog must go on before the sales are missed!

Kohl's department store: has everything, they have great sales plus you can use their coupon and get free shipping when you spend over $50, on top of that, you can use your Kohl's cash (if you have some from a previous purchase).

Code - HAPPY for 20% off $100 + purchase, NEWYEAR for 15% off purchase under $100 

Just Fab:  It is my girl Kimora Lee Simmons' shoe club which now is more than just shoes.  They have a jeans sale 3 for $50.  Jeans are regularly $40 each, so that's a great deal.  There are many styles, shades, finishes, and prints.

     

Black SIGNATURE SKINNY COATED and Coffee colored THE PERFECT JEGGING.

Lulu's:  cute clothes, shoes, and accessories. free shipping both ways
code - eoty40 for 40% off sale items

Make me Chic:  CUTE CLOTHES, SHOES, AND ACCESSORIES.
code - byexmas for 45% off

amiclubwear:  CUTE CLOTHES, SHOES, AND ACCESSORIES.  Mostly clubwear as the name suggests.
code - shop50 for 50% off

Pink basis:  CUTE CLOTHES, SHOES, AND ACCESSORIES.
code - boxing50 for 50% off regular price merchandise

dorothy perkins:  classy and unique CLOTHES, SHOES, AND ACCESSORIES.  a favorite of mine, discount codes are few and far between.  
code - xmas15 for 15% off

Urban og:  Another favorite of mine.  CUTE CLOTHES, SHOES, AND ACCESSORIES.
code - xmassale for an extra 50% off clearance purchase over $40

    

And this cute deal of the day American flag boot is only $20.

Mango:  Nice classy chic clothes etc.  50% off fall/winter collection (which appears to be their whole site).  no coupon required.

      

With bags like this is what made me think, classy.  These are all $39.99 with the 50% off.

shoebuy:  brand name shoes.  free shipping both ways.
code - blowout25 for 25% off

Coastal Scents:  makeup. i love their eyeshadow palettes the best, tons of shades and great color payoff, really cheap prices.  You can even make your own custom palettes!  the site is 40% off!

Happy Shopping!