January Haul- Michael Kors, MAC, Sephora, and Roots

I haven't posted in a long time!!! Almost the end of January! Lots have happened and since my workload changed from nights to days, its REALLY hard for me to blog as often as I use too! However, today I have some spare time before I hit the bed so I wanted to be a little productive! I went major shopping on Saturday (24th) since I needed ALOT of stuff and wanted to get gift shopping out of the way. Lets get started!

MICHAEL KORS: 

I'll talk about MK first since for the other stuff I bought it kind of gives it away XD! So my one and only Queen aka my MOM, has an obsession with MK just like I do! Therefore, I decided to pick up a "little" gift for her to show off both here and when she goes on vacation!

When we entered MK and looked at the options, I decided to choose what would be best and different from the previous bags I've bought my mom. Me and my Mom BOTH have 4 MK bags each (or 8 in total). All of my Mom's are Hamilton Tote version with the lock in front while I have 2 Hamilton's tote, 1 Gold Stud Tote and one Selma. This is why my main focus was to get my mom something DIFFERENT!

I ended up getting my mom the Michael Kors Camden Large Metallic Leather Drawstring Shoulder Bag in GOLD! My mom is IN LOVE with Gold THUS it only made sense. Price: $400

NOW, the good part was the amount of money I saved thanks to the 20% promotion going on (it was the last day!!) which if I bought a regular handbag and a cross-body I would get 20% on the whole purchase! So I got a little something for myself hehehe <3 Original Price: $135

MAC & SEPHORA:

I decided to do a little makeup shopping for a number of reasons. It being the new year, one of my resolutions was to love myself more and present myself better in society than my usual Root sweats, sweater weather look I usually pull off ALL THE TIME! Of course, when I'm going to work, I will wear my sweats proudly, but on my days off and special occasion I want to look a more mature and sophisticated. Therefore, some lipstick and eyeshadow was in order!!!

MAC "Prowl" Lipstick:
   I actually didn't buy this lipstick, my lovely friend Stefany, who is a MAC addict (for many good reasons) gave this to me!! I really wanted a dark red lipstick for more casual events or a nice date night. This shade is perfect, with a hint of sparkle which will look marvelous at a club or lounge. Excited to use it but I'll reserve it for now.

VivaGlam Miley Cyrus Lipstick:
  Moment, I saw this on Facebook advertisement, I WAS SOLD! I'm still new to MAC or makeup in general but this color IS PERFECT on so many levels! I've wanted a pink lipstick but many of them are either WAY to pink or the hue is just strange. However, this nice hot pink is a nice blend! When I applied it, I was really impressed. For a night out, it really gives a soft look and isn't TOO bright as you may think simply by looking at it. However, if you wear it during the day, its transitions to its hot pink beauty! The Lip gloss is a good combination with the lipstick, giving off a nice add of sparkle which looks marvelous in sunlight (or any light to be honest). Let me also mention, you can use them in combination or separate which will give you different looks as well. Independently or Combined, you will look Flawless.  

I went out to a night event with my best friend and this lipstick AND lipgloss did justice. It's been talked by many makeup guru's on instagram already and no one seems disappointed, including myself. It life span is much longer than other lipstick brands and if I hadn't had chicken wings, probably would have lasted me a few hours. The best thing about this purchase, is all funds will go towards individuals living with AIDS/HIV so at least this purchase was towards a good cause.

Really close up with the top half complete, bottom lip work in progress :P

Lipstick completed my look for my dinner with my bestie <3~

Urban Decay "VICE" Eyeshadow Palette:

 I LOVE EYESHADOW!

 It looks amazing on my complexion and really brightens me up regardless of the event. I've normally used drug store eyeshadow for a very long time but today I decided, No I want a nice eyeshadow palette that has a variety of colors esp for more neutral and "classy" looks. So my ORIGINAL plan was to get Urban Decay NAKED palette (between 1,2 and 3). However, when at Sephora in the UD section I stumbled upon this beauty.

NAKED of course is a really good palette and very popular for neutral classy looks but due to my skin color and my personality being more of a "bright" color individual, I wanted to spend my money on something that I can use for pretty much any occasion. So this palette fit that category! 

Variety of Colors to choose from

When you first open the box, the palette actually comes in a really nice cover to protect the mirror type surface, which I haven't seen with other palettes. I was already impressed with such a discovery.  The outside is very nice and shiny.

When I opened the palette, the range of shades and thought of the endless combinations that could be created, it literally made me smile and rejoice.

Also, would love to stress out the price! For UD NAKED (any type) or UD Electric palette both cost about $58-69 before tax. So lets just say $70 dollars worth. They come with less range of colors, and are much smaller portion. However, with UD VICE palette, this lovely piece with 20 different shades is $70 dollars. Was totally worth the purchase. I'm excited to try it but I'm saving it for later on in the year for more sophisticated looks and events.

ROOTS:

Finally, Got me a pair of sweats (I ended up going back and buying yet ANOTHER pair in pure black since the material is different and when you got thighss.....they dont go well together).

Anyways, THATS IT! Thats all I bought in January. I told myself I would save money but when the opportunity appears, you just live life and grab it. Hopefully, next month I wont spend "too" much money hehe.

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Till Next Time...

Yumoyori <3~

Sephora, Bath & Body Works Haul and Lipgloss Review

On Friday, I went to Yorkdale and decided to look around due to their "Continued" Boxing Day (or Week 0.o) deals that were going on.

We went to Sephora because Noah needed to buy a gift for one of his friends. I merely was looking around and WASN'T going to buy anything (doesnt that always happen when you go shopping). Than I noticed this lipgloss and the color just GOT ME and I ended up buying it.

This is bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lip Gloss. The Color is called "Hypnotic". When you see this in the store, your like "O.M.G this is going to look amazing on my lips," especially paired with lipstick.

When applied on the hand it gives off a nice orange like tone but when you alter it under the light, it shifts between green-purple type color which really grabs you. When you open the package you get the same triple tone color which gets you so pumped to apply it and work that lip gloss to wherever your going. So whats my HONEST review...?

When I tried on my basic purple lipstick (I didn't want to use my MAC Heroine lipstick) and applied it on top, I didn't really see much of a difference. Truthfully it looks like a PLAIN CLEAR lipgloss. So I tried applying little more on and you can "slightly" see the difference in the light but the whole color alternating thing....Nah that doesn't work. Compared to what your expecting from when you look at its appearance.

Lip gloss on top of my purple-pink basic lipstick

Now is it a BAD lip gloss overall? 

No, its a DECENT lipgloss. It does make your lips look very nice and glossy. You can use it either by itself or with a nice lipstick or lip pencil. Maybe I need to try this when I go OUTSIDE on a nice sunny day or during summer which is when Im going to witness some better results.

When you wear it ON ITS OWN

When you apply it on you hand! Was so excited T_T

Basically, if your buying this lip gloss for the whole color changing thing...Nah...dont do it! There are much better lip gloss brands out there. I would honestly return it but since I used it, Ill be nice and keep it though my $21 bucks is gone.

After Sephora, I headed over to B&BW since I wanted some lotion to moisturize my legs (CAUSE THEY ARE DRYYYY and of course summer coming and I want them to be dress/short ready). So They were doing some more sales. It was 50% of the lotions and buy 3 for $12 on the body wash.  FYI the original price for the lotions were $13 bucks (even on boxing day) so I'm happy I was able to get it now for 50% than on boxing day with NO sale -_-

Country Chic- nice Tropical smell (reminds me of summer <3)

3 different types but didn't like the Coconut one so purchased these 2/extra lemon body wash

Twilight Woods is my current favorite!! Haven't tried Velvet but excited too

Finally went to Costco for some food shopping and picked this up! Can you believe its $8.99!!! One in shoppers drug mart was $5.99 and I got 4 for 8.99!!! I SMELL Savings <3~~~

Blueberry Acai, Strawberry Sorbet, Summer Fruit & Sweet Mint

Currently tried the Blueberry Acai. I understand why its so popular now! Really does wonders on your lips, especially mine (due to my normal usage of lipstick).

That's all I bought. Spent about $55 bucks for my little haul which was a good deal with all the sales. Won't be shopping for awhile, gotta start saving up for the travels and mommy presents for when she returns :P

Till Next Time....

Yumoyori <3~