Thursday, April 14, 2011

Shopping Bag [8]: Drugstore Skincare & Haircare

 Walgreens Purchases

Super Supplements & Bartells items


These 2 heat protectants were buy one for $5.99 & get one free. The crazysleek is a thin lotion that's used on damp hair, & the guardian angel is a spray used for dry hair.


I had just run out of my last drugstore makeup remover so when I saw this for 25% off, I grabbed it right up! It works great & smells really nice too.


 This was a steal & I do like the way it sits on my skin, but I've stopped using it due to the fact that it's started to separate :/ I guess that's why it was on sale haha.


 "Grey Area"                 


Method Sea Minerals liquid hand soap. Picked this up as a backup for the kitchen since this was $2.99 with $2 register rewards.


 Recently watched Kandee Johnson's video on homemade eye makeup remover & I wanted to try it out! But instead of olive oil, I chose grapeseed oil since this can also be used by itself to remove stubborn foundation off of my face as well.


This is the second ingredient for the homemade eye makeup remover, & alone it can be used as a toner too. I'd heard that you can find witch hazel for about a dollar at any drugstore but I didn't find that to be true. The 3 drugstores I checked carried only carry one, maybe two different brands & they cost around $4.00 at the cheapest. 


I was lucky enough to be roaming my local Bartell's just at the right time, because one of the ladies that work there was walking around the store with a basket full of random samples! I grabbed this mini Cetaphil moisturizing lotion & a mini Secret Clinical Strength deodorant which I didn't bother taking a picture of. I figured the deodorant would come in handy for travel, & I'd been wanting to try the Cetaphil lotion for a while now, so it was perfect!



xxx Mayumi

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Mani: [Party of Five Glitters]


Wet 'n' Wild Dry Fast Nail Color in Party of Five Glitters over American Apparel's Passport Blue.

This drugstore polish is said to be a dupe of Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday. The WnW one has chunky glitters of slightly varying size in silver, green, red, & pink, whereas the DL one has chunky glitters of noticeably varying sizes in silver, gold, red, green, and blue. I think that it's a similar polish, but I wouldn't say that it's a 100% dupe. But still, Party of Five Glitters is a very fun glitter polish & I liked it alot more than I expected I would :)

In my opinion, this glitter polish looks best over a black or a really dark blue/green/purple that almost looks black.



xxx Mayumi

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Shopping Bag [7]: Crown Brush on Hautelook.com


The brushes came nicely wrapped in this blue tissue paper.

These brushes are no longer on Hautelook, but I would suggest checking out  the Crown Brush website at crownbrush.com since it seems like most of the brushes that were featured on  the Hautelook sale are currently on sale for similar prices.
My top picks out of these brushes would have to be the first 2: they're great for applying foundation.



      C404 Small Duo Fiber Brush: MAC 188 dupe



Deluxe Oval Foundation Brush: MAC 190 dupe    



   C405 Contour Blush Brush:  MAC 168 dupe



C433 Pro Blending Fluff Brush: MAC 217 dupe    



    Deluxe Pointed Liner Brush: MAC 210 dupe


xxx Mayumi