Collective Haul: Beauty, Travel, & Accessories

It's been a while since I've had a huge shopping day (and by a while, I mean since May), which usually results in my compulsive shopping desire to go off. Combine that with the pretty amazing sales that have been going on lately and you get a haul! I'm also leaving for vacation on Monday the 13th (the day I'm posting this!) so it's always easy to justify buying new things right before traveling.

I threw all of my purchases into one bag, but as you can see it's a little bit of everything (sans clothing, because I really don't need any more clothes right now): some makeup, skin care, body products, travel, and some accessories.

Beauty Boxes: August 2014

Since I was away, I just missed the delivery of this month's beauty boxes. Needless to say, when I got home and went through my mail to see both Birchbox and Ipsy waiting for me, I excitedly tore into both.

Haul: Makeup + Travel Beauty Essentials

I'm currently typing this while in a hotel room on vacation, but I'll talk more about where I actually am in a whole separate post when I'm back snuggled in my own bed (to be fair, I didn't actually ever get to finish this post, nor write any others to pre-post, but I'm back snuggled in my own bed so I'll be back to writing on a regular basis). I did, however, go shopping before I left, and I may have gone a tad overboard. But something that's good about me is that when I go shopping for things to accompany me on vacation, I bring it all and use it all, so none of this is going to waste.

Beauty Boxes: July 2014

I love beauty subscription boxes. Needless to say, I was more than ecstatic when these landed in my mailbox this morning. I've been subscribed to Birchbox for a while (well over a year) and a few months ago, I joined Ipsy after hearing an overwhelming amount of positive buzz. Both subscriptions are $10 a month, and both deliver 4-5 (mostly) deluxe beauty product samples.