Only 19 more days until Christmas and i can't believe it's already here. Surprisingly, I already have my shopping done, but I thought I would share with you some ideas for inexpensive stocking stuffers that will not drain your wallet. These stuffers also work well just as gifts or put together in a gift basket, for example. A lot of stores these days have awesome stocking stuffers and many have sections dedicated to them. Especially, Target. I've also seen them at places like Sephora, Walmart, Forever 21, and Nordstrom Rack.
Makeup
Elf Lip Kiss Set $5- This Elf lip set was a recent find and I thought that it was the perfect set for anybody who loves makeup, especially lip products. Elf products cease to amaze me and the quality is astounding. The pigmentation of these two lip products, the lip shine and balm, apply so smoothly and leave a great, subtle touch of pink to the lips.
Maybelline The Falsies Push Up Mascara $9.50- This mascara is one of Maybelline's classics; it's volumizing, lifting, and lengthening all in one. I wouldn't be mad if I received this in my stocking!
Mac Travel Size False Lashes Mascara $10- Mac has the best stocking stuffers in their travel sized section, including this mini False Lashes mascara. It does any amazing job at lengthening the lashes and creating the butterfly effect you oh-so desire.
Essie Luxeffects Nail Polish in Tassel Shaker $8.50- Infused with copper and bronze fringe, this nail polish is perfect for any Christmas or even New Year's party! I am obsessed with the look it gives on an accent nail.
Skincare
Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Spray $6- Sugar Crush has to my favorite scent from Soap & Glory. It's fresh, fruity, sweet, and all you could want in a body spray. The lime, lemon, and ginger compliment eachother so much and any girl would be lucky to receive this in her stocking! I'm obsessed.
Mini Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Butter $7- Found in the Irresistibubble gift set along with a shower gel, this body butter compliments the body spray and leaves your skin smoother than ever. Especially during these colder month, it's nice to have a smaller body butter during holiday travel.
Interior
Small Yankee Candle Balsam & Cedar Candle $10- Getting a Christmas scented candle for someone is the best way to go if you absolutely have no idea what to get her. Who doesn't love their homes smelling like fresh pine trees?
Target Fox Ornament Less than $10- This was an ornament I received last year from a friend and I recognized it from Target. I assume that it's under $10. I think ornaments are the perfect gifts for people; there are practically millions of different kinds. There's one for everyone!
Food
Hammond Candy Cane Crunch Chocolate Bar $1.66- I also think that food, and chocolate in particular, is one of the best gifts to receive. Hammond's Chocolate's are to die for and they always have holiday themed candies out for this time of year. I might have to go back a buy a few more for myself!
Clothes
Target Dollar Spot Christmas Socks $1- Last, but never least; cheap Christmas socks. I love receiving socks for Christmas (unlike the 99% of everyone else that doesn't). I love to wear them all Christmas and feel all snuggly. You could even get cheap fuzzy socks. The perfect gift, in my opinion.
What do you love to receive in your stocking?
Xoxo, Nat
So, I don't think I have completely done a full drugstore mascara collection post and surprisingly most of the mascaras I use daily and love are from the drugstore. After that huge Amish store beauty haul, I've been able to experiment and try out more mascaras. Drugstore brands have really upped their game with mascaras and I really have been impressed with the formulas. I find myself reaching more for these than I do for my Mac or Smashbox mascaras.
Older Favorites
Covergirl Lashblast- I find this mascara to be very volumizing. I know that actress, Shay Mitchell, obsesses over this mascara and I thought to give it a chance. Personally, I have always loved Covergirl's mascaras and their new formulas have been the BOMB.
Maybelline Lash Sensational- Ugh the ever-so-amazing fan favorite. Compared to Benefit's Roller Lash, this mascara does all the curl and the lift. Butterfly lashes, please!
Maybelline The Rocket- I found this mascara to be insanely similar to the Covergirl Lashblast. It gives a ton of extra volume. It also makes my lashes almost look fake in a way. It lifts your lashes really well.
Covergirl The Super Sizer- This is a great lengthening mascara and really does the job with it's absurdly thin wand. I also found that this mascara stays put for dayzz. It never crumbles and honestly, who hasn't forgotten to take their makeup at least once in their life and found all the remains on their newly ruined pillow? This mascara won't let you down!
Newer Favorites
Maybelline Falsies Push Up Drama- I really noticed that this mascara does a better job at lengthening than "pushing up". It is great at creating the fluttery eyelash look and separating lashes. I noticed a bit of clumping, but sometimes clumping is good!
Revlon Lash Potion-This mascara has given me a weird impression. I haven't ever tried Revlon mascaras and this one was good at volumizing, but it did leave a lot of clumping. I think i'll have to continue using it and give it another shot. However, I've heard that overtime as it dries, it gets better. So, hopefully it does!
Covergirl Plumpify- Honestly, I fell in love with the shape of this wand. The ball tip makes it so easy to get every single lash. I think this mascara does the perfect job at curling and opening your eyes up more.
I'm always willing to try out new mascaras and their are many older ones that I haven't even heard of! It's amazing how many drugstore mascaras there are these days. What's one of your favorites?
Xoxo, Nat
Hello everybody! I am back and better rested than ever. Thanksgiving is sadly over and all of my leftover turkey has been devoured; it went by so fast! It's almost Christmas and I can't believe it. Anyway, while I was at my Grandma's house this past week, I went to an Amish general store. Natalie, what is Amish, exactly? It's not "what" it's "who". In short, the Amish are a "group of Christian traditionalists", according to Wikipedia, and are mostly related to Mennonite churches. They live all over the country and prefer to live a simple lifestyle: no electricity and only propane gas, handmade clothes, they build their own houses, and choose to make other minimalistic lifestyle choices.
Many Amish communities have stores that people like us, or the "English" as they say, can go buy their products and produce they grow to sell. Many of these products are items you would normally see at any local market or pharmacy: cereal, canned goods, coffee, snacks, drinks, candy (lots of it), baking supplies, medicine, beauty and healthcare products, and much more. How they get these products is still to be figured out, but many of them are expired or closeout items that may have been slightly damaged or never bought. Fortunately, all of these items are almost 90% off and pretty much all of the makeup was a dollar. My family and I pretty much bought out everything they had and came home with boxes filled with stuff. This haul is probably a fourth of what we got in total. So here is only some of it:
So as I wandered over to the little shelf of drugstore beauty products, I noticed a huge cardboard box filled with nail polish. A lot of it was undesirable colors like neon green and weird, extraneous orange shades but, I managed to find a couple that I really loved. I was really surprised and overwhelmed by how practically free they were.
Revlon Colorstay Nail Polish in Perfect Pair $.50 (Orig. $7.58)
Revlon Colorstay Nail Polish in High Roller $.50 (Orig. $7.58)
Nicole By OPI in Shoot for the Maroon $.50 (Orig. $8.99)
If you've been here for a while you know that I have had a very long relationship with Simple's Micellar Waters. Boy, did I find Heaven. I use these every single day so, it wasn't such a bad idea to purchase every single one they had for just a dollar. They also had a huge collection of their wipes and I needed to pick a few up, as well!
Simple Micellar Water $1 ($7.79)
Simple Micellar Wipes $2.50 ($7.79)
Simple Exfoliating Wipes $2.50 ($6.29)
They also had a huge cardboard box of lip products. Pretty much all of these had seals on them before I took them off. I was especially excited for the Revlon Ultra HD lipglosses. I have heard raves about them all over and was intimidated by the high price to pay for only one tube. I also fell in love with this berry Milani shade that is perfect for this time of year.
Revlon Ultra HD Matte Lipcolor in Love $1 ($8.99)
Revlon Ultra HD Matte Lipcolor in Temptation $1 ($8.99)
Milani Amore Matte Lip Creme in Obsession $1 ($7.99)
I found a few face products and sort of had to guess which shade would match my skin tone. I managed to successfully find all of the shades that somewhat matched (more or less). I was very excited to try out some newer foundations and pick up a couple that I have owned before that I liked. The Covergirl concealer, for example, has been a long favorite of mine.
Rimmel Match Perfection BB Cream in Light $1 ($5.99)
Maybelline Age Rewind Foundation in 120 $1 ($12.99)
NYX HD Blush in Hamptons $1 ($10.50)
If you're still with me this far, kudos to you! I also picked up three L'Oreal eyeliners which I am super excited about and a Maybelline Master Fix Makeup Setting Spray. I have heard Tati Westbrook, a beauty guru on Youtube, rave about this spray and I've only ever tried the Elf Setting Spray which I didn't really like. Hopefully, she's right!
L'Oreal Lineur Intense Eyeliner $1 ($8.95)
L'Oreal Telescopic Eyeliner $1 ($8.95)
L'oreal Black Velvet Eyeliner $1 ($8.95)
Maybelline Master Fix Setting Spray $1 ($9.99)
I was actually in the need of some new drugstore mascaras to try out because I just did a big clean out of old ones I have used up. I was surprised to find many different kinds and was very happy to find the Revlon Lash Potion and Maybelline Brow Drama Gel.
Maybelline Brow Drama Gel in Transparent $1 ($7.99)
Maybelline Push Up Drama Mascara $1 ($7.49)
Revlon Lash Potion Mascara $1 ($7.49)
Covergirl Plumpify Mascara $1 ($4.81)
Kind of out of order, but I also found the Simple Light Moisturizer which I also use and love especially during the winter when my skin is incredibly dry and I also found a new Elf eyelash curler that I am grateful to have found because mine was pretty much fallen apart.
Simple Light Protecting Moisturizer $1.50 ($8.99)
Elf Eyelash Curler $1 ($2.00)
Last, but not least, are these two Maybelline Color Tattoos. I actually have the cream versions and love them to death. They really do last for a whole day! There is no smudging, creasing, or crumpling. Hopefully these act the same as the cream versions do.
Maybelline Color Tattoo Crayon in Gold Rush $1 ($6.99)
I don't think I've ever had to put in that many links into a post before, phew! I hope you guys enjoyed this massive haul. I've never done anything like this and hope to do it again in the future when I go back to my Grandma's. Obviously, most of this stuff will be gifted off to some people because I couldn't use it all enough and I know some of my friends that would love some of these products even more than I do. I would say that it was a very successful haul, though. I found a ton of products for practically nothing that I would never have bought due to how expensive some drugstore makeup products can be these days.
What products that I bought have you tried? Let me know if you liked/disliked any!
Xoxo, Nat
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