Hey everyone! Though this will probably only be read by a few people, I hope all is well. :)
So I'd like to start by apologizing for my inactivity. I really do hope I start blogging more, but sometimes I'm simply too busy being a mess. Lol.
Anyways, I recently moved out and began my undergraduate career (yay me!). However, my university is kind of in the middle of nowhere. But then I heard someone say that the Walmart nearby is huge, so my friends and I hopped on a city bus and made our way to town square. Little did I know that there was an Ulta (I'll also mention that it's next to a DSW!) in the circle of stores. And so, we did what us girls naturally do; we swatched and shopped all things makeup. I typically don't splurge on random things in a makeup store. (I do spontaneously splurge, but its usually just on one or two things). Rather, the norm for me is to see and swatch items in the store, gather an idea or list of the things I want to buy, and eventually order these things online. As I didn't do that this time, I thought I'd share what I purchased at Ulta.
I was so excited to see Benefit's they're Real! mascara in beyond blue. One of my makeup favorites is a bright lash or liner color, especially in my favorite color, blue. I've been using Ciate's lashlights mascara in electric, however, they're not being sold anymore as far as I know, and truth be told, although the color is great, they're at all the best mascara as far as volume and lengthening go. Ciate's lashlights essentially paints color onto the lashes without adding any volume or length at all. Though I have yet to try Benefit's they're Real! in beyond blue, I've used and loved their mascara in rich black. They give great volume and length to my tiny Asian eyelashes, so when I saw it in blue, I grabbed it immediately.
Now this, I'm less excited to talk about.
First of all, I'll start by saying that I've been using Rimmel London's Scandaleyes in the pen formation for at least a year or two. It's my favorite liquid eyeliner as far as drugstore liners go. When I went to Ulta, they only had the thick & thin form of the eyeliner, but I was running out, so I grabbed it anyways. Big regret. The "brush" is stiff, but also dry, therefore it drags against the skin, which hurts and also doesn't result in a very good look. The formula is hardly black enough for my liking. It lacks pigmentation and requires a lot of force to be applied. This one was simply a no go for me. 
Too Faced is one of my favorite brands, and this the second melted liquified lipstick that I bought. (This one is in the shade melted velvet, and I also have the shade melted fig.) The packaging of these lipsticks are simple, but the gold details are a perfect addition. When I swatched this in the store, it was darker than it was when I swatched it at home. I've been looking to buy a dark red lipstick without too much of a purple undertone, and this seemed to fit the bill when I swatched it in the store. (The first pink streak was accomplished by not squeezing much product of the tube out). I have yet to try this on myself, but I'm hoping it doesn't wear as a very bright red. But even if it doesn't, I have no doubt in my mind that this will be a fantastic color.
Another lip color that I've been dying to own is a bright purple. I already have two purple lip sticks (both by colourpop), but I can never get enough. I've been borrowing a shade from my sister for a really long time, (it's a Make up Forever lipstick, but I'm not sure what exact shade it is), and I really wanted one of my own. Though there was no Make up Forever section in Ulta, I saw this NYX high voltage purple lip and thought I'd give it a go.
