Clothing & Beauty Haul: 21-22 July 2014

Firstly, I would like to apologize for the lack of posts. I've been incredibly busy with family visiting, and my mom and I just recently had a birthday. Also, homework is a pain in the ass.

But, I wanted to start posting hauls, and I had some free time on my hands so I thought, "What the hell, let's actually make blog posts." So, here we are!

On the 21st, my mom and I had to drive down to Salt Lake City to drop my cousin off at her brother's apartment, and while we were there, we decided to pop into Steinmart. Steinmart isn't really my kind of store, because most of the clothes are for women older than me. However, I did manage to find a lovely stripy dress, leggings, or tights (I have no idea what we're calling them now), a bag, and a chambray top.

The dress is really cute, but its a little short (which is why I also purchased the leggings), and the fabrics a little heavy. Personally, I think I wouldn't need the leggings if I had skinny legs. But it's fine, because the legging/tight things are really lightweight, even if I think my legs look stubby in them.

The bag is definitely my new favorite bag. It looks like a wicker basket, which makes me feel like Jane Birkin, who, according to me, is one of the prettiest people ever to walk the face of the earth. It's a really great summer bag, and can hold a lot of things, which I've never really needed, because I never have a lot of shit to put into my bags.

The day after, my friend and I went back into the city to pick up some beauty items and celebrate my birthday a little bit early, since she wasn't going to be there. The first stop on our list was obviously Sephora, where I got some excellent beauty products. I grabbed the Eyeko Deluxe Mascara Duo, which consisted of the Black Magic and Midnight Blue mascara. Both, I think, will make great substitutes to the Eyeko mascara that I already have. However, I was nervous getting the Midnight Blue mascara, because, it's blue. Like, really blue. I read on the back of the tube that the blue makes your eyes pop, and also makes the whites of your eyes whiter. Will report back if these facts are verifiable.

The next product that I grabbed was Origins Clear Improvement ® Active Charcoal Mask Pods (another mouthful, Origins knows how to name) which are basically four little sampler pods of the face mask. I'm not too sure how well Origins products work (for me, at least), because I only own one other face mask, which is nothing like the charcoal mask. But I'm really excited to see if the mask will make an improvement to my already fucked up face. :-)



Now, because my birthday was the day after the shopping trip, Sephora also gave me the Happy Birthday Beautiful birthday gift, which is a Make Up For Ever travel sized/sampler product of a mascara and a lipstick. Unfortunately, you don't get to pick out the lipstick shade yourself, but it was fine, because the shade that they do give you is really pretty, natural pinkish brown shade. It literally almost looks like the lipstick version of the skin pigment on your lips, except maybe a little browner. The mascara is intense, with an incredibly huge brush—something I'd never pick out on my own. I guess it'll be a good sub for when I run out of all the mascaras that I just
purchased.

After Sephora, we peaked into H&M, where my friend bought me a cool muscle tee that I cannot show you at the moment, because it's in the wash. But it's white, and loose and feels great. She also got me a pineapple necklace, which is pretty rad because, well, pineapples. It's gold, too, so I feel very on trend, which is something I hardly ever feel.

Subsequently, I did two things I didn't think I would ever do: purchase something from Forever 21, and purchase something at Forever 21 in the men's section. Like every teenage girl, I've purchased things from Forever, things that were very on trend for the moment. But unlike teenage girls, I prefer quality over quantity when it comes to clothes. And for me, Forever just doesn't sell good clothes. Yes, they're cute, but I've had their tops become unthreaded really quickly after purchasing. My friend wanted to pop in, and while browsing around (Yes, in the mens section. I like to know what men are buying.) I found a top that screamed me because it had dinosaurs on it. Yes, dinosaurs. I have an addiction. I'm now sixteen and I like dinosaurs like an nine-year-old boy likes dinosaurs. Anyway, the shirt is nice and lightweight, and since it was in the men's, it came in a size extra large, which is good for me, because extra large men shirts are probably one the comfiest things ever. Now I just need a boyfriend to wear it and spray his cologne on it.

PS: The photo of the dino shirt is from my Instagram, and if you want to (or not, I believe that you're intelligent enough to make your own choices), you can follow me @johnsonlindsayh