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! 

Target Haul (90% off!)

My mom, my youngest brother, and I went out to eat breakfast today. After we finished eating, I told my mom that we should stop by Target to check out the after Christmas clearance. It was a good thing we went so early because all the holiday merchandise was 90% off! I didn't take pictures of every single thing we bought (e.g. ornaments, gift bags, gift tags, tissue paper, etc.) but these pictures will still show a general idea of what we got :)

I haven't bought Peeps in a long, long time, but since they were only 14 cents each I decided to buy 2. I kind  of regret not buying more to give to other people...after putting these 2 in the cart and looking at some ornaments, I decided to go back and get the rest but someone else already cleared the shelf :(

They're so cute hehe. I couldn't really taste the gingerbread flavor though...it just tasted super sugary :P

This plush Santa hat was originally $4 but marked down to 40 cents. Both my brother and I got one.

We bought a few boxes of ornaments ranging from 30 cents to 50 cents. I'm already excited for next year's Christmas tree decoration night!

I saw this can of holiday cards and bought one...I've always loved the 3D kinds! These were originally $15 and marked down to just $1.50.

Close up of the lid. My favorite design is the Santa one!

I'm not sure what I'll be doing with this star garland yet but for 20 cents I couldn't not buy it!

Two of the shower puffs my mom bought for 10 cents each lol.

My mom bought a TON of these ornaments that light up as gifts for her students. I believe she bought polar bear ones, Santa ones, and penguin ones.They were on clearance for 50 cents each.

I bought a few boxes of Christmas cards (the one on the left was 40 cents and the one on the right was 20 cents). I like to send holiday cards to people and so I decided to stock up for next Christmas.

We bought SO many gift bags as they were 10 cents to 30 cents each. These are a few of my favorite ones.

I found this really cute paper gift bag (like those brown paper lunch bags). I loved the print and the fact that it was only 5 cents, but unfortunately I only could find one of these bags :(

Source

I forgot to take a picture of this but here is the stock photo for the Rachael Ray Bubble and Brown 2 pc. Set. These are glazed stoneware oven bakeware....and only $5! I bought two of these sets after reading a tip on Hip2Save about how these are 90% off as well. These aren't marked or anything and are found in the regular aisle. I scanned the box and they were indeed just $5 and so I bought two.

Overall, I saved almost $300! I love a good deal :)

Head over to your local Target right away if you want to snag some of these amazing deals though. I went to my local Target yesterday and everything was 70% off (which was why I didn't buy anything...I knew the holiday merchandise was going to get marked down to 90% off but wasn't sure exactly when), so today was the first day that it got marked down to 90%. I went once in the morning and once in the afternoon (just to buy the oven set hehe). There was still a lot of stuff left in the afternoon but it probably won't last for more than a day or two. In any case, it's worth checking out! Good luck!