Cween Turns 25 | Birthday Haul

As I'm writing this, it's Mid-October. My birthday was back in Mid-September. Which means, YES I certaintly do take celebrating my birthday MONTH seriously. This years haul, compared to last, is almost excusively makeup products. Last year I got clothes and other things because I had an entire weekend to celebrate. This year was low key. My birthday was on a Tuesday, and nothing was going on. That being said, I got a number of freebies and some other items I purchased myself!

I love cinnamon scented everything so these candles were nice. I also like "outdoorsy" scents as well so I was glad to get a candle that smells like trees.

These next items I purchased myself. This fall I am very into purple lips (and eyes). So I picked up Wet N Wild's: MegaEyes Creme Eyeliner in Eggplant, MegaSlicks Lip Gloss in That's My Jam, MegaLast Lip Color in Sugar Plum Fairy, and MegaLast Lip Color in Ravin' Rasin. I also have a thing for peachy lips for day to day so I also got: Glassy Gloss Lip Gel in 3 2 1 Glass-t Off!, and a Silk Finish Lipstick in Sunset Peach.

These  brushes I was gifted by Wet N Wild specifically for my  birthday (thank you WNW!). Included in their Essential Brush set are: an angled liner brush, a crease brush, a contour brush, and a small eyeshadow brush. I absolutely adore these brushes! So cute and girly, plus these were sold out for the longest time, so receiving them as a gift was very appreciated.

The next set of goodies were also all freebies. If you're a rewards member with Ulta you get a free eyeshadow from Urban Decay in Midnight Cowboy. The shade is stun-ning btw. From Sephora you get free deluxe samples from Marc Jacobs if you are a part of their rewards progam too. Included is a mini Le Marc Lip Creme Lipstick in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a mini Beauty Highliner Gel Eye Crayon Eyeliner in Blacquer. 

Sephora had pretty nice samples when I shopped their site. I chose samples of Urban Decay's Primer Potion, and samples of Anastasia Beverly Hills DipBrow pomade. I've always wanted to try both so I was happy about these. 

I needed some new nail polishes, so I shopped Sephora.com. I am obsessed with holographic and duo-crome nails and was pleased Sephora had some affordable options. I picked up: Formula X The Effects in Determined, Ciate London Mini Paint Pot in Deco Delight, and NAILS INC Fibre Optic in Hampstead Court. I also picked up some Kiss nail glue and Gel Fantasy nails from Walgreens. 

Also from Walgreens I was very excited to find they carried Tattoo Junkie Lip Paints. This is another item that is often sold out, and everytime I checked my local Walgreens, they didn't have it in stock. Of course I picked up the shade Whatever, because purple. I also got Wet N Wild's limited edition Coloricon Matte Liquid Lipstick in Don't Be A Plum Plum.

Glitter lips is also a trend I wanted to try, and the formula of both the liquid lip and glitter are top notch. Even better they are affordable.

The final items I purchased for myself were some things from Poshmark and Ebay. From Poshamrk I found this mark Bohista Suedeshadow Eye Quad in Exotic. This has been discontinued for a long time and my old one was damaged, but this is the perfect everyday fall eyeshadow palette. I also found on Ebay, the matching mark Bohista Suedeshine Lip Quad. I also picked up a selfie fan, because it's so necessary. And a selfie light. 

The last gift I got was from my son. He picked out this adorable bracelet, which is actually a lip gloss. This is by far my favorite gift, and I've been wearing it everywhere. 

Happy Birthday to me, and I am kind of sad my birthday month is over lol.

Cween Turns 24 | Birthday Haul

Happy Birthday to me! I turned 24 on the 13th of September, and got some great presents I'd like to share. I like to spoil myself so most of these gifts, I gave to myself. The others, I'm lucky enough to have great friends and family who took extra time and money to get me something.

Since my birthday was on a Sunday, I took the opportunity to celebrate Saturday night as well. I purchased, as gifts to myself, an outfit to go clubbing to ring in my birthday. 

This jersey tank dress and shoes were purchased at DebShops.com, and the button was purchased from Icing by Claire's.


The next day was Football Sunday! So of course I had to pick up some gear to represent my favorite team. GO PACK GO!

I purchased the Eddie Lacy jersey from Shopko.com, and the cheesehead crown was purchased from Ebay.com 


Next, I was given some cash to pick up some gifts from Sephora. I ended up taking two trips because the sales associates convinced me in to coming back for round 2. 

I picked up the free birthday gift that Sephora offers to all club members - this year it's NARS lippie samples, a Beauty Blender Pro, and Boscia Green Tea Blotting Papers on my first trip. 

I ended up going back the next day and picked up more gifts for myself. This time I raided the clearance and "impulse buy" racks.

I picked up Formula X's White Party nail set (one of the 4 shades is not pictured), Nails Inc. Kensington Caviar Gel Effect Plumping Top Coat, Benefit They're Real PushUp Liner, NARS lip gloss in Orgasm, and was given NARS eye primer as an event bonus. They offered to do your makeup, and with a $20 purchase of NARS products they gave you the primer for free. I got my makeup done Saturday afternoon, and lasted through my night of clubbing. 

Lastly, I was given a few gifts from family and friends. 

I was given an Eddie Lacy tee, and Packer pajama bottoms (Hey! I'm from Green Bay!) and Gold Coast lip glosses from my immediate family. I was given an Applebees gift card from one of my cousins (not pictured). The gold necklace was given to me by my aunt. The Bath & Body Works Lotion in Beautiful Day was given to me by one of my closest friends. And I was given a LOT of alcoholic spirits to take home from some close friends (also not pictured).

Thank you so much for reading, I had a very enjoyable birthday weekend! Oh, and Virgos run the world!