In the excitement of having a bit of extra money, coupled with the overwhelming stress of moving two households, I ordered some goodies off of ULTA.com, during the Black Friday sales. I had little intentions of going overboard (I didn't), but I thought I'd share (so I can open the darn things!) of this quick haul:

I admit I'm late in posting this but many, many other priorities came first, long before sitting down to blog. I hurt my foot at work, been exhausted and super drained--not a good mindset for skincare bloggin'.

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I didn't plan to go to ULTA at all, but I was on that side of town yesterday. I had a coupon in my email for a free stila liquid lipstick, with any purchase.

Generally, I look at NYX products first, then take a look at my store's K-beauty area. This is the current setup:

Happy V-day!! Happy Extraterrestrial Culture Day!! I hope it has been a good day, and for most, just another day to appreciate things.

I did a bit of shopping around a some local places and unexpectedly happened to find some Korean skincare items, so here's a mini-haul, under the cut.

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Hello! I did some shopping, so I thought I'd do a quick haul post (so I wouldn't forget about it and like, never post it, ahaha!!!!) Enjoy!


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I had already made one last order to help renew my VIB status for 2017, but one item did not ship. It was even on the invoice, but wasn't in the box!! I rang Sephora and the guy immediately issued a return of that amount, for the one missing item. Unfortunately, that did mean my renewal for VIB was altered--I was short!!! of $1!!!

Hello all!!! Yesterday, I turned 25. I honestly can't believe I made it this far.

Here's just a few things that Sephora and Ulta should really be doing:

Cut the Asian beauty inspired crap.

I'm pointing the finger at Sephora more or less, with it's "K-beauty skincare", and "Asian Beauty" routines which just seems like a new angle to market mediocre, mid-performance prestige products to consumers.  

Instead, both stores should stock actual products from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China and other areas, and market it as "beauty from abroad".  It could be products are known but maybe harder to come across online (L'herboflore masks); well known products that might able to be sold in Sephora and Ulta (Etude House, Holika Holika, Peripera, etc) or a mixture. Just a thought: since princes themed brand Too Faced does pretty well, why not add Etude House to the mix?