Category: Shopping

Bath and Body Works Semi Annual Sale Haul- December 2023 Part 1

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In December, I went shopping at Bath and Body Works. It was the start of the semi annual sale, so I wanted to stock up on products I like and want to have available for the next year. I had low expectations for this sale because I didn’t think anything I wanted to purchase would be available. Instead, I was very surprised by the amount of products on sale I wanted and needed! For the first time in a few years, I purchased quite a lot of products! Since I purchased so many products, I split them into two posts. This post is dedicated to all the body products. The second post will be coming out later this week.

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Ulta Beauty Haul- December 2023

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In late December, I went shopping at Ulta Beauty. I wanted to shop at Ulta Beauty before Christmas, but I didn’t have a chance to shop there. Instead, I went shopping after Christmas.

While shopping there, I needed one very important item and I wanted to look for one fragrance I had my eye on. I ended up finding two other fragrances I wanted as well.

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Sephora Haul- November 2023

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In November, I made my annual birthday order at Sephora. I really wanted to purchase items I wanted to own and knew I would use. I also wanted to buy enough items to make me qualify for my current level for the Sephora rewards program. I didn’t do a good job of purchasing from Sephora throughout the year, so I needed to place a large order to qualify! After receiving my order and using the products in it, I can honestly say I’m happy with my order. I don’t think I will order everything in this haul again (I’ll go into more details either in this post or in a different post) but there are some products I really like a lot. Especially the fragrances!

And now, here is the haul!

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Dashing Diva Home for the Holidays Ready to Wear Gel Nail Collection

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Recently, the Walmart closet to my home went under a remodel. In addition to the remodels, new brands began to show up on store shelves. The ones I was the most interested in are located in the beauty and makeup department.

I have heard about Dashing Diva, but I saw it available at other Walmarts. After the remodel, Dashing Diva was available in the beauty section. Even though I was unfamiliar with the brand, I liked the nail designs the brand had in their holiday collection.

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Salon Perfect x Wonka Nail Collection

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Almost two weeks ago, the movie Wonka premiered in theaters. As with other movies I’m interested in watching, I didn’t have plans to see it in theaters (I like to see them on DVD or streaming them at home) but I was excited to see all the tie in and inspired by merchandise available.

I found one of the Wonka inspired collections in the beauty section of Walmart. I was surprised to find it because I wasn’t expecting it to be available! I did end up purchasing some nail polishes from the collection, but I will talk about that in a different post.

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Elf x Kitsch Collection and Kitsch Holiday Hair Collection

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A few weeks ago, I discovered the Walmart I like to shop at had holiday hair accessories from the brand Kitsch. I have see n Kitsch available at the store before, but I was happy to see the holiday collection. The accessories available to purchase was a slimed down version of what was available in the collection, but I enjoyed seeing them.

In addition to the holiday collection, there were accessories from the Elf x Kitsch collection. I was really happy to see them! I wanted to look at accessories from the collection in person.

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Elf x Makeup Revolution London Collection

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In November, I discovered the Walmart I normally shop at had the Elf x Makeup Revolution London collection available. I was really surprised because I didn’t know the Walmart carried Makeup Revolution! Even though the collection was there, the whole entire collection wasn’t. Despite this, I liked what was available for purchase. I took photographs of the in store display and the products with the intention of checking to see what was available at Walmart and what I would need to shop for at a different store. (I was thinking of Ulta Beauty) Since the photographs have served their purpose, and it is the 20th anniversary of the movie, I decided to write a post about the collection that was there.

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My Favorite Chain, Big Box, and Department Stores to Shop for Christmas Decor

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Over the years, I have collected a large amount of Christmas decor. Even though I have a lot, my decor collection isn’t as large as others! In my eyes, I have a large collection. Especially ornaments.

Even though my Christmas decor collection is large, I still enjoy shopping for more. I don’t always buy more, but seeing what is new and trendy gives me ideas on what decor is in style or not. Sometimes, if I find something I like and can incorporate into my already existing decor, I will purchase it. Otherwise I still like to browse.

No matter if I am browsing or seriously shopping for something in particular, there are stores I turn to more than others to find Christmas decor. Where I shop depends on how far I will be traveling as some of my favorite stores are harder to get to than others.

As Christmas gets closer, I decided to compile a list of my favorite stores to shop for Christmas decor at. Some are big box stores while others are department stores. Some are known for crafts and DIY while others are well known on social media for their Christmas decor. Still, these are my favorite stores to shop.

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Kiss Voguish and Gel Fantasy Holiday 2023 Acrylic Nails Collection

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In yesterday’s post, I talked about the imPRESS holiday 2023 nail collection. I found the collection, along with the KISS holiday collection, in the same display at Walmart. After featuring the imPRESS nails in a different post, I decided to talk about the KISS nail collection in this post.

I saw a lot of imPRESS nail sets available, but I didn’t see many KISS. It seemed like many people really liked the KISS nails more than the imPRESS. Still, I was able to find three nails sets available.

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imPRESS Holiday 2023 Acrylic Nails Collection

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During a recent shopping trip to Walmart, I found  multiple holiday collections in the makeup section of the store. I was happy to see so many holiday collections available to purchase, so I browsed them all to see if there was anything I wanted from the store.

One of the collection I didn’t buy anything from but did enjoy looking at was the press on acrylic nails. I don’t wear acrylic nails (I use my hands too much for them to stay on and/or look nice) but I enjoy seeing the sets available to purchase. They give me ideas about what is popular in nail art at that time. One of the collections I saw and was very interested in was located on an end cap next to the nail section. It was called Glitz & Glam and featured collections from KISS Nails & Lashes as well as imPRESS and Sally Hansen nails. (I’m not sure if the Sally Hansen nail set was supposed to be there. I saw multiple nail sets that wandered from one section to another. Still, I’m going to address it as if the Sally Hansen Holiday 2023 nail collection was supposed to be there)

Since there were so many nail collections in the display, I decided to break up the posts into different brands. Today, I’m going to start with imPRESS.

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