August Shopping List

Hey,

Can you believe it's already August!? Summer has gone by so fast! So for anyone confused by the title of this post let me explain. I have decided to start a new monthly post where I share my list of things I want to pick up in the month, from high end to drugstore, things from skin care, nail polish, perfume and makeup, possibly even hair! Exciting! Then at the end of the month do a haul on everything that I picked up that was on the list. Now I wont just do one big monthly haul nor will I only buy things on the list, I will have more then one haul a month but this will ensure at least two because I have decided to spilt this up into two separate hauls, nail polish and everything else, reason being not everyone is a polish junkie like myself, and polish can be quite long and I do hoard it so it will just be easier to have a separate haul on it, with that said unlike the monthly haul for all other items on the list, which polish will have its separate list in this post; the polish hauls will be more then just the list but hopefully the list will help minimize the amount of polish I hoard! I have seen a few other bloggers do this before and I just loved the idea so lets jump right into the products. Before getting into this I'm going to explain my list a bit better, it's spilt between beauty and nails, in the beauty there is high end and drugstore, within that it will be sub categorized in sets, face, lips, eyes and other. If there is a lot of products from one brand instead of typing each time the brand I will sub categorize it into that brand. Sets will be the only thing with links.

 
Beauty:
High end:
Sets:
Super Star Beauty Essentials set (Sephora) 
Sephora Favorites Lash Stash To Go
Josie Maran Argan Lip and Cheek Color Stick set
Face:
Urban Decay Naked Flushed
Benefit Gettin' Cheeky
Lorac TANtalizer Highlighter and Matte Bronzer Duo
Eyes:
Mac Eyeshadow in All That Glitters and Swiss Chocolate
Sephora Collection Color Token eye shadow in Gold Casino
Lips:
MAC Tinted Lipglass in Pink Lemonade
Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Cream in Creamsicle and White Russian
MAC Lipstick in Please Me
Other:
Lady Gaga Fame Perfume
 
Drugstore:
Rimmel: I know a lot of Rimmel, but it's my favorite drugstore brand
Lipsticks: Lasting Finish Lipsticks in: 15,11,10 (Kate Moss Line) Did they do away with the normal line of these, I don't see them on their site?
Face: BB Cream, Natural Bronzer and Wake Me up Concealer
Eyes: ScandalEyes Shadow Sticks in Bad Girl Bronze and Tempting Turquoise
Physicians Formula Matte Collection Quads in Classic Nudes and Cayon Classics
Revlon Super Lustrous lipsticks in Cherry Blossom and Cherries in the Snow
L'oreal Colour Caresse Wet Shine Stain in Berry Persistant and Endless Red
Maybelline Eye Studio Color Plus Silk Eye Shadow Quads in Copper Chic
Nails:
China Glaze:
Sea Spray, Aztec Orange, Kinetic Candy, Aqua Baby, Flip Flop Fantasy, Kiwi Cool-Ada, Solar Power
Other Brands:
OPI It's a Grape Fit
Sally Hansen Lustre Shine Nail Color in Firefly and Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in Crushed and Breeze Blue

Please note this is a lot of stuff but I probably won't end up buying all of this its just a list of definite things to pick up this month some I may not come across or end up not picking up for other reasons nor will I buy all of this at one time!

What's on your August shopping list? Any of these you'd suggest skipping on?

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Glowing Skin for Summer

Hey, so we all want skin that is tan and glowing, or at least most of us do. Personally I tan which is terrible, I know, so these tips go along with keeping a nice and even tan too.

So if you are very anti tanning or being out in the sun self tanner is your friend, like I said I tan so I have never used one but I hear good things about St. Tropez, Gergens, and the one by Tarte. No matter you method of getting bronzed skin exfoliating prior to tanning or self tanner is a must! I personally like using shower puffs so I exfoliate daily, not so much will tanning, which is important when tanning or self tanning don't exfoliate to hard just lightly.

Drinking water, this has to be the most preached thing in the beauty world. But there is a damn good reason for this. Getting you daily needed amount of water is so good for every part of your body, especially your skin. This helps keeps your skin from drying out which keeps your tan even. This also helps give that glowy look. So try to get at least eight cups a day, plus with the summer heat you are more prone to getting dehydrated.

Not only is it important to drink lots of water to keep your skin healthy but using lotion, you really want soft skin that glows, I like to apply lotion at least twice a day, usually three times. Before you go to bed and after you wake up, after the shower, I shower at night so I apply lotion after my shower then once I wake up. Also after you go tanning or are out in the sun apply lotion, tanning can really dry out your skin.

Now if your impatient for this to naturally show through a good highlighter in the summer is a must, I really like Sheercover Lid to Lip Highlighter in Bronzing, for drugstore Wet n Wild has a couple really nice ones.

I just want to add at the end of this that it is important to wear SPF, no one likes a sunburn and this also can help prevent wrinkles and early aging, so if this is a big concern for you go the self tanning route or rock the pale skin, nothing wrong with that! This is only a few ways to get glowing skin for the summer, but these are what I find I do the most.

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Super Soft Feet for the Rest of Summer

Hey,

I know summer is coming to an end but its not to late to get super soft feet. This is also good for all year, I actually do this throughout the whole year. This also works on your hands too, I get terribly dry hands in the winter and this is one of the few things that help my. 

So what I do is I scrub my feet using this, I use salt instead of sugar on my feet and usually hands, but you can use either depending on how sensitive your skin is or how rough. After that I rinse off all the salt and then I apply a thick amount of lotion all over my feet and then put on socks, you can use lotion designed for feet or unscented lotion, but try to find a thick lotion, it works better.I do this before bed, that way they are super soft in the morning. I will say that this doesn't work the first time fully if your feet are really rough. I typically do this once a week, on Sundays to be exact.

I will also point out that if you do this after painting your nails, make sure they are fully dry, but if you got some on your skin this takes it off really easily.

Have you tried this before, does it work for you, are you going to try it.

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