Brushes, Blush, and Blazer

Edit: ^ The alliteration was completely unintentional 

Until two days ago, I never understood why people bought so many makeup brushes. I was satisfied with just my Ecotools kabuki brush and my Ulta blush brush. I scoffed at the idea that a good quality brush could make that much of a difference. But then I was looking at reviews on Makeupalley and noticed that there were extremely good reviews for a makeup brush brand called Paris Presents. Apparently the brushes are amazing and affordable, and so I headed out to my local Walmart to purchase the HD powder brush and the HD angled blush brush. 

And now I can't stop buying brushes -___-" 

They were so soft and fluffy that I went on Makeupalley once again and discovered this line of makeup brushes called Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman. So the next day, I went out to Ulta to purchase the powder brush and the blush brush. And again, the quality was beyond what I expected. I actually went back to Ulta the very same day to buy the expert face brush and the setting brush. 

L to R: powder brush, expert face brush, blush brush, setting brush, HD powder brush, HD angled blush brush

I know my collection is nothing compared to that of most bloggers, but as a broke college student, me buying 6 brushes within 2 days is a huge deal haha. But these brushes are so worth it :)

I also decided to splurge and buy the tarte amazonian clay blush in Exposed. I tend to spend around $6 for blushes so handing over $25 was a little hard, but after hearing Jen from frmheadtotoe rave about it, I had to buy it. I haven't tried it yet but here are some pictures!

I also went to TJ Maxx with my mom to do some shopping before I head back to school. I actually think shopping is boring now...it's reach that point where I feel like I have too many clothes. That being said, I only browsed the clearance section but was pretty happy that I did. 

This cotton maroon blazer was on sale for just $10! It was originally $60 so I thought it was a pretty good bargain. 

Hope you guys all had a good week! I'm heading out to run a couple of errands now; I'm going back to school tomorrow and need to stock up on food and school supplies!