Hey guys!
The title is a misnomer. This actually is a fairly large haul (for me). I mean originally I thought I'd only have a few but I kept finding so many deals on polishes that had been on my wishlist forever. Additionally, I was inspired and influenced to also purchase some because I just couldn't not try out a few youtube nail lovers' favorites. Anyway, these are the polishes I bought from February 8th through the beginning of March. Let's get to the haul!
First off I have one word, a proper noun: Jessika. Jessika is a problem. I love her. She did a few videos on Funky Fingers and hauls AND she gave me two Funky Fingers polishes in our Valentine's Day exchange. So you bet you bottom dollar I had to stop in at FiveBelow. I ended up stopping in a FiveBelow while at work and I just couldn't resist picking up some more neons and a holographic!
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| L-R: Midge, BPM, Drop The Bass |
While googling swatches, I discovered that
Midge was a texture AND that it supposedly was a dupe for Zoya's
Payton (comparison coming). I was a little disappointed by both discoveries, but I'll talk more about that in the comparison post that is coming. Before I move on I want to share that
Drop The Bass is a dupe for CC's
Foxy Mama,
BPM for CC's
Right On, and
Midge... I don't think it has a CC counterpart. If you do know a CC counterpart for
Midge, please tell me!
What else... ah, yes, I bought two Pahlish polishes off Llarowe:
Dark Chocolate Cherries from the Winter 2014-2015 Collection and the only other polish I needed to complete the Royal Reverie Collection for fall 2014,
La Derniere Reine.
I then purchased four Color Club polishes from 8ty8 Beauty. My first 8ty8 Beauty order ever! I picked up
Port-folio,
The Uptown (new formula),
Ho-Ho-Holly, and
Williamsburg. I think my order without shipping came to $13. I honestly don't know why I ordered a bottle of
The Uptown with the new formula. I did swatch it and I think it's pretty but I don't love it. There are a few polishes I'm thinking to destash and that is probably gonna be one...
Then I went to storeenvy in search of two things: a bottle of
The Uptown with the old formula (because I am a collector and need to have it) and ILNP's chunky glitter called
Old Gregg, which was discontinued. I found both, but only in mini bottles. The seller of
The Uptown said it was the old formula and that the Color Club mini bottles are 7ml which isn't too bad. So, I bought that. I paid roughly $7 total ($4 for the bottle and $3 for shipping) for it and $6.75 ($4 for the bottle and $2.75 shipping) for the ILNP glitter, which is a 3ml bottle. After those purchases, I made the mistake of searching for an OPI polish I had been wanting:
DS Mystery. I found it. $4. And then I searched for the mustard yellow that MissHollyBerries raved about from
Julep:
Alma. $3.50! Additionally, I picked up one of my biggest lemmings: Butter London Wallis!
And THEN I stopped in at Target to take advantage of their clearance sales. I picked up Sonia Kashuk's
Dime A Dozen and three Essie polishes:
On A Silver Platter,
Mojito Madness, and
Mint Candy Apple (both the green and blue versions).
A couple days later I was outside becoming increasingly impatient and cold while waiting for the bus that I decided to walk to Marshall's. I ended up buying my first two Sephora Formula X polishes:
Legend and
Torque! I would NEVER have picked up Torque but it was paired with Legend. So... yeah. I also got three Butter London polishes for $15. THREE FOR FIFTEEN! That is three for the price of one. I picked up Sozzled, Disco Biscuit, and Posh Bird.
A few days after that, I stopped by CVS to kill time before I met a friend for dinner and discovered that Pop Razzi was $0.99!! So, I picked up the only two I had been eyeing: Never Too Rich and Star Shine. I also found Covergirl Diva After Dark and Milani Fierce Foil in Venice. After CVS, I stopped in Rite Aid and spotted the L'oreal Hot Florals collection! I practiced restraint and only picked one polish: Spring Showers.
Now this purchase I blame generally on
Stacey from PolishedWays on youtube. She mentioned that she got a hard to find OPI from the Shrek Collection from a store called LA Lacquer and you know I just had to check it out. Of course I bought eight things: 2 OPIs (
OPI & Apple Pie,
Out Of This World), 2 Essies (
Wicked,
Hor D'oeuvres), and 4 Lechat polishes (
Hologram Diamond,
Seriously Golden,
Neontopia,
Our Secret Eden). And now lemme break down WHY I bought these eight polishes...
The two OPI polishes (Out Of This World and OPI & Apple Pie) I wanted since I saw them swatched on
Scrangie's blog. She did a comparison of
Chopsticking To My Story with three other OPIs and I want them all! I'm still looking for
Ginger Bells and
Chopsticking To My Story. I wish she'd come back! :(
PS The mini Ciaté in Play Date was included because Lyn (store owner) was unable to ship this item with the rest of the shipment.
The two Essies... ugh. So,
Wicked debuted in 1993 at some point I think and I remember first noticing it on my friend Robyn. She would get manicures occasionally and she would request it. She told me it was called
Wicked and she made me go with her so that she could find and buy it back in 2013. Ever since then I just couldn't get it out of my mind so I bought it. As for
Hor D'oeuvres, it was an impulse buy inspired by JessFace90. She mentioned it in her favorite
Essie polishes video. Anyway, I loved Maybelline's
Gilded Rose and this looked like a silver-ish equivalent. Had to have it.
OK now Lechat. I owned three Lechat polishes ages ago, but I dumped all but one which was an ugly pretty color. I can't think of the name but that's not important right now. Anyway, two of these I bought because Holly of
MissHollyBerries hauled them at IMATS last year and said they were gorgeous:
Hologram Diamond and
Seriously Golden. The last two (
Our Secret Eden and
Neontopia) were impulse buys because they were cheap AND I thought they were pretty!
Aaaaannnnnnddd Ebay happened the same day. I bought 2 Covergirl polishes (Midnight Magic, Timeless Rubies). I wanted them since I saw them on blogs way after they had been released. And of course they were limited editions so I couldn't buy them in stores. I blame
BeautyRedeefined. The same goes for the Maybelline (Downtown Brown). I saw it on
Scrangie's blog and needed it.
I then found the entire L'oreal L.E. spring collection from 2013 (I think...? It was the pastels collection) on eBay for $20! I had been eying those on eBay for 6 months but they price was $49, which I refused to pay. So, when it became $20 it was a no duh type of situation. I had to buy it!
I also purchased three of the mini bottles of
Lay Down That Bass off ebay. Why? Because I broke my bottle the Thursday before Friday the 13th. :( Oh and I purchased three bottles because the prices for a single mini were ridiculous. Purchasing three (for $9.50) was actually cheaper than purchasing one! And no, I am not including a picture because it would be boring lol.
After that I wandered over to Pretty Serious Cosmetics because I was on
Scrangie's blog again (I look at her swatches all the time especially if I want a polish) and I just loved two pinks:
Claris and
CGA. AND then MissHollyBerries showed the
Swatch And Learn collaboration polish in her
IMATS haul and I had to have it.
And then I found two polishes I have been hunting but not finding: OPI's
Vodka And Caviar and Barielle 's
Buddha-ful. Could NOT pass them up. One is due to MissHollyBerries and
her favorite reds video while the other is due to this
Lucysstash blog post. Additionally, I was watching---well, re-watching-- an old haul video of MissHollyBerries in which she mentioned an online stockist called
Beyond Polish. She said they had name brands for decent prizes and of course I went to the site and bought two OPIs for $9.90:
Lincoln Park After Midnight and
Do You Have This Color In Stock-holm?.
Shortly after this, I saw that Groupon was having a sale on China Glaze. You could get half of the Avant Garden Collection from Spring 2013 for $18! Of course I had to purchase it. There are two polishes I am not so sure about and might end up giving away...
Then I decided I had to order some more KBShimmer. I blame youtubers.
And last but not least I finally gave in and picked up three Madam Glam polishes to try. They were having a 40% off sale. I've never tried the brand, but MissHollyBerries Madam Glam swatch videos convinced me plus the new bottle is so much cuter than the old bottle style. However, I was sad to discover I couldn't get my hands on the neon orange.
Before I end, I want to say that I placed a pre-order with ILNP for
Peri Me,
Fame, and
Happily Ever After. I also ordered the mini set of the
OPI Sheer tints from eBay, which I blame on JessFace90's tutorial. Ugh. And lastly (i.e. on Tuesday 3/10/15), I placed a order at Walgreens.com because they were offering 25% beauty and free shipping for orders of $25 or more. I picked up two Pop Beauty polishes in
Loud Lime and
Mint Magic as well as Essie
No More Film and a Revlon called
Impress all for $26. They aren't going to arrive in time to be featured in this post so I don't have pictures. I'll post them on instagram when they arrive. :) Aaaand now I have to go on a serious no buy. My budget and life demands it. I seriously have way too much nail polish. Wish me luck fo' real this time. If Jessika can do it, I can do it!! (Right...?!) :)
Well, that wraps up my haul! I hope you enjoyed this post. I'll see you back here with a swatch and possible another comparison or two. :)
P.S. I just want to say that pretty much every single polish I purchased with the exception of two, have been on my wish list for ages. So, that's not too bad right? Ha ha. Don't answer that.
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