Impulse Buys and Justifications

Aloha everyone! 

Let's be serious, we all do it . . .
I can say with 100% certainty that I am not the only person who walks into a MAC store or a Sephora with good intentions and then completely drops the ball, making excuses for why your hands are grabbing makeup products you probably don't really need.

Yesterday my girlfriend Abby came down to Calgary to see the Anberlin concert with me (which was absolutely amazing in every way, but that's a story for a different day) and she mentioned that she needed to make a pit stop at Chinook Mall . . . That could only mean two things: she needed to hit up MAC and Sephora. UGH. Damn you, Abigail, damn you. Right when she said that, my mind was already stirring up excuses to buy makeup and I'm currently broke as fudge! I knew if I came home with makeup, my boyfriend would tell me I was an idiot, because I already have too much and because he knows I'm broke, BUT little did he know, these items are complete necessities in my every day life. Right, ladies?

Alright, I don't think anyone could argue with me that I didn't need these shadows. First of all, Satin Taupe should be a staple colour in every girl's makeup collection and as for Era, well . . . It looks nice with Satin Taupe. If you're not familiar with these shades, stop what you're doing right now and get your bum over to a MAC store. They are so pretty I can't even handle it. Satin Taupe is a frosty taupe colour (a mix between a grey and brown, with a hint of purple through it) that works with basically any makeup look you are trying to accomplish. It is MAC's best selling eye shadow if I am not mistaken, and I cannot believe I have lived with it for this long. Shameful, really. As for Era, it is a mix between a beige, a champagne and a nude brown. When you apply it on your eye lid, it comes out as a very subtle, but gorgeous colour.

Hello you beautiful, beautiful YSL lipstick. I have never loved a lip product so much in my entire life. Although YSL products are super expensive, I believe every girl deserves a lipstick from them because they are SO gorgeous. They apply beautifully, they smell delicious and they taste yummy! Not to mention, the packaging is absolutely stunning. This is my very first YSL lip product and I don't regret how much I spent on it at all. It is the most gorgeous barbie pink colour with shimmer in it, and it applies quite sheer but you can still see the colour very well. Usually I hate reapplying lipsticks throughout the day, because I feel like it doesn't look as good the second time around, but I'm sure I will be reapplying this product all the time, even when I don't need to. I didn't really need an excuse to buy it, but I used one anyways: this is going to be my purse lip product, because it moisturizes as well as colours my lips. Therefore, I'm being super efficient by only having one lip product in my purse. BOOM.

Lastly, I bought Clinique's bottom lash mascara. I am way too excited to try this out today, because I have actually been having such a hard time finding a mascara that doesn't smudge on my face lately. I don't know why I'm having such an issue now as apposed to earlier, but I have heard wonders about this stuff. The packaging is so cute and the brush is even cuter haha. My boyfriend couldn't even argue with me about this product, because he knows first hand that mascara and I aren't friends when it comes to my bottom lashes.