Marine Life/Beauty/ Forever 21 haul

Hey Lovelies! Just wanted to share with you what I hauled these past 2 weeks. This is my first haul posting here on my blog, nothing big compared to what I've seen on other folks' blogs since I'm really trying to hold myself back from spending since I'm gonna get quite a lot of things at IMATS. 

Now I'm not one to jump the gun whenever MAC, or any other cosmetics company releases a collection that will be LE because I just don't want to fall in love with a product and know that I won't be able to get it again. Also,  I don't buy any beauty product just because it has cute packaging. All I care for is the product to work for me & is of good quality. Yet, I got pulled into the whole Marine Life hype and bought it today after seeing all the early reviews, swatches and talk about it all over the blogosphere/youtube world.

Marine Life was the only thing I hauled from the To The Beach collection since nothing else sparked my interest. I called my local MAC store this morning right when they opened and asked them if they had any left because they had released the collection a day early (yesterday) and to my luck they had only 2 left! So of course I asked the SA if she could put it on hold for me to pick up later. When I got there to pick it up,  the same SA that put it on hold for me, grabbed it out of the drawer for me and HELLA girls looked and asked her if they could get that! LOL...JACKPOT FOR ME!  I was tempted to get more stuff but I restrained myself & got just what I came for, although I did swatch the Marine Life tester at the store so that I can see if I had anything like it. When I got home I swatched a few of my La Femme blushes and one of them looks exactly like the coral/red side of Marine Life and another looked similar to the pink side. For now, I'm just gonna let it sit in my drawer looking pretty.

I also went to a CCO to see what they had but I just picked up MAC Light Over Dark Mineralize Blush Duo which was just re-promoted with the Pret-A-Papier collection but only payed $15 plus tax.  I decided I will include Light Over Dark in my 100+ follower give away which I'll be posting about it soon. Maybe next week, so stay tuned!

Here's a pic of the haul:

Orly Bonder- rubberized base coat

China Glaze Visions of Grandeur, Solar Power, Bare If You Dare

MAC Mineralized Blush duo Light Over Dark

MAC Marine Life

L'oreal HIP crayons in Perfectionist, Meticulous, Authentic(LOVE)

Seche Vite Restore

L'oreal HIP Shocking Shadow Pigment in Progressive

Kolinsky England French Nail brush/dotter ((to help perfect the smile line for french manicures)

My forever 21 haul:

This tube dress reminds me of a sailor cuz of the navy blue and the stripes & I love that it has pockets! Well I love all the dresses or skirts that come with pockets!

You can't really see the detail of this skirt but its pretty & kinda edgy. It also has pockets!

I've been searching for a cute romper that would flatter my figure since i'm more on the curvalicious side but nothing looked right till I tried this one on. The color & light fabric is perfect for summer!

At first, I was unsure about this shirt since stripes tend to make me (or anyone else for that matter)

look wider but the bow on the top suckered me in. I love things with bows on them and I think that it KIND OF distracts you from the stripes..

I have so many black belts and not even one brown one so I picked this up too.

That's it for my haul. Feels kind of weird to post about it cause I feel like I'm bragging and I'm not one to boast for that matter. Maybe I'll do an OOTD soon.

BTW Thanks to all my followers! I went from 42 to 100+ followers in 2 weeks=) I'll be doing a give away soon so don't be a stranger and check back for it!