Shoes, School Supplies, and Blush

Super creative title, I know.

I recently bought two pairs of flats from Target. They were seriously such a steal; each pair was only $6! I really wanted a red pair but they didn't have any in my size. In any case, they are surprisingly comfortable to wear and also really cute.

Is it weird that I really like to buy school supplies? Even more than clothes? Okay well maybe not more than buying clothes, but pretty darn close.

I needed Post-it flags so I could organize my Statistics 100 notebook. My orange highlighter ran out of ink last week (I only brought one to college...), hence the package of sharpies. I love the bright colors; it makes highlighting my notes a thousand times more fun than if I were to use just one highlighter. And does anyone else love G2 pens?! They are pretty much the only pens I use. They're sort of expensive in stores, but through Amazon I paid about $1 per pen.

I also purchased the NYX blush in Taupe. I don't know if it's still sold in stores because I couldn't find it at my local Ulta, and so I had to order it through Amazon.

I have been using this blush to contour my face. However, I was disappointed in the pigmentation- it's not as rich as I would like. I ran my fingers over the surface of the brush to check out the pigmentation and nothing showed up. I guess this can be a good thing, as it allows me to control how much I want on my face and overall is subtle...but nevertheless I was surprised that it was nowhere as pigmented as my Nyx blush in Dusty Rose. I was also disappointed that the case was cracked. The clear part of the lid therefore sometimes pops out, which isn't a big deal but still irritating to have to constantly fix.

If anyone else owns this blush, please let me know if the pigmentation is more or less the same for you as well! 

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!