Late weekend post + My first experience in Sephora

Last weekend my boyfriend and I wanted to do something fun for our daughter (aka sunshine). He chose to go to The Childrens Museum, which neither sunshine or I have been. Actually, I've never even heard of it. But the idea was really cool, I mean come on, a museum where your two year old can touch EVERYTHING they please?! HECK YEAH!

So after we let her run her energy out and have a blast, we went to the mall to grab something to eat. And I still had extra money left over from my Estee Lauder purchase the weekend before, so I wanted to check out Sephora. You see, I'm not exactly a people person. Infact, I'm really awkward and shy. Omg, the shyness drives me insane. But, we have traits we need to work on. As far as makeup stores go, I've always felt intimidated by all the girls and makeup professionals who actually know every brand out there, and what's used for what and how to actually apply it all properly and flawlessly. Then there's me, completely clueless. I'm the lost puppy frantically searching for a safe place out of everyones way. 

But I sucked it up and went in! And to my suprise, it wasn't as bad as I anticipated. However, having a curious two year old who likes to touch (like the museum previously mentioned) doesn't mix well with makeup.

While looking at the Benefit Section, I picked sunshine up to keep her out of hands reach of things, and well.. aparently I didn't do a good enough job..

A lady shopping looked over at me and asked if she did that. I looked at her, and oh my I wish you could have seen my face. I was speechless! I didn't feel her move or anything,  and I still have no idea where she grabbed the lipstick from! I wasn't even near any! She must have grabbed it before I picked her up. 

It was the funniest situation ever. Thankfully, for being a makeup store, they had stuff to help clean her up. Of course everyone who walked in was staring and laughing and doing their "awws". Needless to say, sunshine had a blast and thought it was the coolest thing in the world,  "mommy makeooop just like you!" she smiles and says lol

And while babe finished cleaning her up, I went to cash out. Now, from the title, this was the first time I'd ever been in a Sephora, so when I saw there were two cashiers with two registers, I figured there were two lines. So of course got behind the one with the least amount of people.

As I was waiting in line though, I could see girls in the longer line giving me weird looks. I thought at first maybe they saw my daughter or something and they were the few who didn't think think the incident was so funny? But once I got to the cashier I realized why everyone was giving me weird looks. It wasn't because of my daughter, but because they probably thought I was I cutting... I had no idea there was ONE line for two registers. Which had to top of my entire experience.

So that was my herendous first time.. Needless to say, a small Sephora will be coming soon!

How was your first experience in Sephora? 
Did you have kids with you? 
Share your first experience in the comments below! (:

First High End Purchase with free gift! Estee Lauder edition

  As I said in my first post, I have never strayed away from drug store products. Solely for the fact I am a young mother, and spending money on expensive beauty related products is just not a reality for me unfortunately. However! This past weekend my bf and I had decided we had a little extra money we could splurge with, which of course, I took full advantage of!

  Fortunately enough for me, we had gone the same day they were starting their free gift which meant I didn't feel bad for spending nearly $40 on one item(yay! The foundation it self was $37, with tax $39.)

 Since I've never ventured into any higher end stores, I've never been professionally matched with a foundation that was perfect for my skintone. But since I wanted to try something new, I didn't want to waste my money on a color I "think might match"(I don't live close to any malls, returning would be too much of a hassle). Needless to say, it was a very awkward experience. 

  For one, I really don't understand the point of knowing your undertones anymore. I'm almost positive I have pink(?)/cool undertones. However, when the lady from Estee Lauder color matched me, she said she feels the cool undertone one would make me look to light, that she rather use a neutral on me. But, I know absolutely nothing when it comes to that sort of stuff. So I had no choice but to trust her. 

  She matched me with the shade Desert Beige 2N1. At first, I was really scared by the word "beige" before she even tested it on me. I have very fair skin, and every foundation I've seen in the shade beige was always for someone with tan skin. But I have to say it was a near perfect match for me! I was seriously so shocked. 

I also really enjoyed their customer service. She was so sweet and helpful, but getting up close and personal was just a lil weird for me. I mean it was just really awkward. I didn't know if I should look at her or look away lol. 

I won't be doing a review for this today, but I will say this might be my new hg foundation! 

So with the free gift, you are given a choice between either a blush or bronzer. And since shades are not optional, I decided to go with the blush. Which is fine with me considerig I'm a blush junkie! However if the bronzer wasn't so dark I would have went with that only because I don't own that many. 

Look at that color though, omgodness! Isn't it beautiful? This is in the color 02 Pink Kiss Satin. I was definitely happy with this pick, I don't know why but blushes are my favorite piece of makeup. They really bring the whole look together and really just make you feel so pretty! For me, anyways. (Lol)

It's even prettier on the skin than in the pan! 

As you can see there is slight sparkle but nothing crazy. The color pay off is awesome and the texture is so light and silky, it's simply gorgeous all the way around.

I'm sad about this next one. The gift set orginally came with two different shades of lipstick. Somehow though, I misplaced one so I only have one of the two (or atleast until I find the other one) to show you guys :( The one I still have though is in the shade 82 Pinkberry Creme. The picture really does no justice for the actual color though. In person it is a gorgeous creamy nude pink-y color. Here it looks more red and far darker than it actually is.

Again, the picture does this no justice. Ugh, how I wish I had better lighting. 

You can see how creamy it is though, it feels so nice and light on the skin. I haven't used this on my lips yet, so I'm not sure how long this lasts. According to the packaging, it claims to be long lasting. I can't wait to try it out on the weekend (when I can actually do my makeup)!

For being a free gift, I was really surpised by how many things they actually give you. This is a sample sized Sumtuous Bold Volume Lifting Mascara in Black. I do plan to do a further detailed review on this later, and let you know if I would buy the full sized one.

I really love the wand on this, so thick and full! Just by the wand I feel like this is going to be a really great mascara. I'm super excited to test this baby out!

 The consistency also seems so nice and creamy, with the perfect amount of "thickness" to it. Nothing like I've seen in regular drugstore mascaras. It amazes me the difference in the quality of makeup. Especially when you never shop high end!

Yay, we're almost to the end! This is their Modern Muse Body Lotion. The first thing I noticed was the packaging. Compared to everything else, the packaging is very blah and boring. I probably wouldn't have picked this up just for the fact (I know, I know. You shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.). 

I did try this though, I wanted to see how it felt and honestly I didn't like it. I think the reason being though, I typically like thick lotions because I have really dry skin (weird right? Super oily face but dry everywhere else?). And although this does look like it may be thick in the picture, it's actually really light. Also, I don't know if this is supposed to moistuize your skin, but it did nothing for me. I can't complain though since it was free!

And finally, last but not least! Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchronized Complex II. I honestly don't know much about eye creams or if they even work.

This is another one I plan to do a full review on later. Like I said, I've never used an eye cream, but since I now have one why not test it out? The consistency of this seems really nice. It's a thick-ish, transparent lightweight formula. I tested a tiny bit on my finger and it absorbs rather quickly without leaving a greasy feel/residue behind. 

All in all, I'm very happy and pleased with my first high end purchase. I'm really looking forward to doing a full review on the founation and other items mentioned! Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed putting this together for you (:

What was your first high end purchase? 

Were you happy with it? 

Let me know in the comments! (:

Very first post!

Hello beautiful ladies! I had finally decided to jumped the gun and start a beauty blog sharing my experiences and learning curves. I wanted to do something different, since I am pretty new to everything. I never really got into beauty or makeup until a few years back, and wanted to sorta "document" I guess you would say, as I go. I am a mommy to a precious (but devilish....shhh!) two and a half year old, so most to all of these posts will be in an affordable range for all; at least until I feel brave enough to dip my fingers into higher end products!

So, to be helpful to you guys for future posts; here's a bit of background of my skin:

• I have a very, super oily t-zone. Blotting becomes excessive.
• Because of my oily skin, I am very prone to acne breakouts.
• I have fair skin with cool/pink undertones. 
• For reference to my color shade, I am in C1 of L`Oreal True Match Super-bendable makeup.

As for my exact skin tone, I'm not entirely sure.

I will try my very best to post at least on  blog per week, until I get into a set comfortable routine. I look forward to getting involved and getting to know you all! So please, feel free to say hi, and welcome me to the blogging world!

Xooxhillary