My Birthday (with KeraStraight details) + End-of-the-Month Haul: July

   Hello.

                          

   So, yesterday was my birthday. Hooray! With that birthday came festivities, and with those came presents.
 What did I get? Well, aside from Katy Perry concert tickets + meet and greet passes(you’ve read about it here), I got a ukulele(with maracas!), a “World’s Greatest Sister” trophy(hehe), and a gorgeous little ruby ring. My cake was made out of cookie, I saw Crazy, Stupid Love, ate a Mexican dinner, and had a great time.

 
     Also got my all-time favorite Sabriel and cheap shoes at Target (:
 
    The day before my birthday, I went to Ulta. Not to buy any products, but to get a KeraStraight Smoothing Treatment. What is a smoothing treatment? It’s where your hairdresser basically paints your hair with special product. This product is supposed to make your hair smoother, shinier, and straighter for the next 3-5 months, as well as make it easier to straighten(which is part of my daily routine when school kicks in). My mother had a coupon, and offered it to be part of my birthday. Anyway, WARNING! This is not for the tender-headed! This pulls, yanks, and tears your hair when being brushed at the salon. It’s incredibly painful and time-consuming(THREE AND A HALF HOURS! Of  just sitting there! My hair isn’t even damaged or color-treated, too). I’ll document the wins and fails of this treatment for the next 3-5 months.
    So, maybe I should’ve made a post exclusively for my birthday, but it would’ve been awfully small. So here’s my End-of-the-Month haul for July, made of various little groups of things.
 

     Sephora
   
      
    
   
     What you see here: a StarterKit Brush Set by Sephora(sale: $10 originally: $25); Happy Birthday: Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath by Philosophy (free: Beauty Insiders birthday gift), a MiniMergency Kit for Her(no sale: $13); CLEAN Perfume 3-pc set (no sale: $10) 
        I was originally excited about the idea of a TokiDoki sale in the Sephora store. Sadly, it’s online-only, apparently. Figures. However, I did do some major scoring in sale with the Starter Kit Brush Set–I’ve been needing a new eyeshadow brush, and I’ve wanted to try a foundation brush, too (definitely sick of sponges). After more browsing, I found the CLEAN brand of perfume. Oh my gosh, it smells like it sounds. To my surprise, there was a $10 three-piece set. Just what I was looking for!! I can try it without the splurge. Oh, happy happy happy. As we(my mother and myself) were looking through the Beauty-on-the-Go items in checkout, I picked up the MiniMergency kit. It had sixteen little items in it! Whaaaa?! I stared at it blankly for a few moments (trying to decide if I was going to buy it or not), when my mom volunteered to pay for it, stating it was a back-to-school item. It was quite the “Awwww! MOM!” moment. I got my free birthday gift at the cashiers’ desk before we left.

    Ulta

   
    What you see here: Almay Blemish-Heal foundation, Revlon Siren lipstick, Ulta charcoal automatic eyeliner, Ulta camel eyeshadow.
     So I’ve been dying for new foundation, but since I just started using it, I’ll have  to review it later. I got the Ulta-brand eyeshadow in Camel, because I needed a highlighter. I had a coupon, so the Revlon Siren (orange) lipstick was a must. The eyeliner was on sale for $1, so I got it in charcoal. Using it for the first time: It’s the best eyeliner I’ve used to date. No kidding. 

     Other little things I’ve purchased recently:

• Seventeen’s Guide to Style
• Rimmel 084 Amythst Shimmer (purple) Lipstick
                     
• U by Kotex wristlet + tin (on sale at Target); the tin is ideal for my iPod.
                      
• Forever 21 Online -Clothes & Accessories, has yet to arrive
• Target shoes on clearance (in birthday picture with ring & trophy)

  That concludes this glorious post.

   xoxo,
       Zoe
 

 Products mentioned were bought by myself, my family, or gifted from my family.  I am not getting paid by any companies mentioned for this post, nor am I affiliated with them. Any opinions are honest, as always.

Vacation/Recently Haul

     Hey hey.

   I know I’ve been putting this off. Sorry! It’s here now, though.

     So you know about my vacation and how I bought many things. Let’s start with that.

                   

      What do we have here?
         2 feather headbands, regular headbands, two coin purses, hello kitty scarf, Venemous Villains MAC lipglass, Honeydukes Every Flavor jellybeans, American Pro information, Treasure Put-Put business card, H&M bracelet, Black Angus menu, various receipts. That’s Florida for me, except for all the clothes bought.

   Recently, I went shopping here at home, too. Target, of course.  
 
 

     I picked up this new little bag for $10, on sale. The strap broke on my other one. Anyway, I also got the BRILLIANT Better Off Dead, which I just watched. Read the little blurb about it on my upcoming This Week’s Obsessions. The movie underneath would be 2009’s Fast & Furious. The best of the series…well, second best. Fast Five absolutely blew my mind. Beside the DVDs are little paper lanterns(that don’t light up), clearanced for 70%, but my lovely cashier mistakenly marked them as 90% off. That’s .20, meaning it’s the ideal item to feed my recent anchor obsession(they’re in the second picture; for a better view). Beside the purse is my Vitamin Water “Glow” wrapper–I collect them; I’m trying to drink every flavor. Anyway, delicious. And beside that? My first birthday gift and card this year. Hooray!

    While that concludes this Haul, make sure to check back tomorrow for an in-depth look into mind– what I’ve been thinking about, listening to, and watching this week…also known as my Weekly Obsessions.

    xoxo,
       Zoe

Products mentioned were bought by myself.  I am not getting paid by any companies mentioned for this post, nor am I affiliated with them. Any opinions are honest, as always.

Because all the cool kids shop on Sunday.

Hi there.
   ^^^ I’m just playing. 😉  But for real, Sunday is the best shopping day if you get out early enough, like around eleven. Everyone else, if you live in the south, at least, is at church. First, I hit up Target, and ZOMG, I got some deals, maaaan. Seriously, if you haven’t been in a while, hit it up. 🙂

   

  What do we have here? Oh, right, some kickass cheap stuff.

 

  So I was all caught up in my purse and scarf deals to actually look at how discounted these were. Just 30%, but I adore owls, and I’ll wear the LO VE ones tomorrow. What purse and scarf deals? Oh, these…

   

  (Domos are from Dollar Tree, .50 ea:) Well, here we have a quarter of my new bag, and then my second new bag(it’s quite small. ^-^) I love this new crossbody, it was clearanced for (drumroll) $3! It was $15. The other bag (it’s like a mini Indiana Jones bag, who I love, because I envy his mad-cool adventures) was $3, too, previous $15 as well. So, my massive wallet (it’s 9 inches wide, grrr..if it wasn’t so darn adorable…), barely fits inside the bag, but I love it too much to care. And the minibag is for, like, concerts and such. I do love concerts…
            Anyway, I also got some glitter pens, GOD I can be such a girl. So, yeah. That’s today’s adventure. :3

  Check back tomorrow for a Valentine’s post. I’m not into all that mushy crap(maybe someday), so it shouldn’t be an overdose of hearts. 😉

  xoxo,
   Zoe