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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Hey guys! I've recently realized in all the videos I've put out I've
never actually introduced myself to you guys. So, Hello! I'm Ashley. I'm sorry I haven't
actually said my name in my videos before but I suppose I should start doing that from
now on. So today I am here with a haul for you guys and the things that I go are mostly
purchased with gift cards since it was just Christmas and I got a few gift cards for Christmas
and also from stuff that I ended up taking back to the store and I had some store credit
actually buy some other stuff. So I'm going to go ahead and jump right into it.
The first thing I got was something I had
actually been really excited to try. It's the new Revlon Nearly Naked foundation. I've
had really great experiences with other Revlon foundations. The Revlon whipped foundation
is currently my favorite and the original Colorstay is great as well. So I had high
hopes for this foundation because it was marketed as "nearly naked" which means it's
supposed to be more natural looking and look like you don't have a ton of makeup on.
I do agree it is more natural looking than the other Revlon foundations are. Now, the
downside is I didn't have the best luck with staying power with this foundation which
I was really disappointed because the Colorstay foundations are marketed as 24-hour and really
those things do not budge. The problem with this one is that I got oily quite a bit quicker
than I'm used to with the other foundations. I think I'm just spoiled with the staying
power of the Colorstay foundations just because they're so crazy and I end up blotting
maybe once and a day and that's all I have to worry about. With this I ended up getting
oily in the first hour or two and then it did end up breaking down on my skin. Sadly,
I think I'm going to end up returning this because I wasn't fully pleased with it.
I would say if you have dryer skin or if you just have normal skin and don't get as
oily as I do, then definitely try this because the coverage was probably light to medium
and very natural looking. I really liked the finish until it started breaking down on me.
So give it a try if you don't have extremely oily skin like I do, otherwise I would probably
stay away from it. \ \
Okay, so the next item was more a big purchase. I had a gift card to Nordstrom and I decided
I wanted to put it towards my very first eye cream. Now, I have no experience with eye
cream so I ended up going on a few websites and looking up reviews and seeing which would
be the best for what I needed. I actually used Sephora's website, I recommend that
to you guys, even if you're not going to buy a product from Sephora, go ahead and look
on their website for reviews because they have such a vast number of reviews on so many
different products. You have a really great variety of different people coming in and
talking about a bunch of different products. I decided on going with the Shiseido Benefiance
Winkle Resist 24. I can't really give you a true review on the eye cream yet because
I've only used it for a week or two. Plus I don't really know what eye creams should
be like since I've never really owned one before. What I can say about this eye cream
is it's very hydrating, it's very thick, and it's very moisturizing. I would say
it's probably meant for older people but I'm using it as a preventative eye cream
because I'm only 22 so I don't really have wrinkles yet but I wanted to prevent
them so I don't have to worry about them in the future, fingers crossed. I would say
I like it. My under eye concealer goes on quite a bit smoother because that area is
a lot more hydrated and smooth in general so my concealer does go on better. But it's
definitely heavy, when I put it on at night I don't put on a massive amount but I can
still feel it when I wake up in the morning, which is fine by me because I'd rather
it be too heavy than not heavy enough. But I like it, I can't say much else because
I don't have much background knowledge, like I said. But I guess all I can say is
so far so good. \ \
Next up is something that is probably not going to surprise you at all if you've
watched my other hauls but I did pop into Bath & Body Works and pick up one more candle,
like I needed it. I ended up getting another frosted cranberry scented candle and I think
that this has become my favorite scent from Bath & Body Works in general. The great part
about this candle was that it was on sale because they were trying to clear out all
of their winter stock. So as you can see I've already burned a lot of it and I'll probably
only be able to use a few more days but definitely one of my top candles. I enjoyed it while
it lasted even though its time is almost up. \
\ My next purchase is something I had been waiting
to buy for a very, very long time. For a while I had wanted to get a nice eyelash curler,
like a high-end eyelash curler because I'd only owned drugstore ones in the past. Originally
I had wanted to get the Shu Uemera eyelash curler because everyone and their mom is in
love with it and it's supposed to be amazing. The problem was, because I had gift cards,
I had to buy it in a department store and everywhere I went did not carry it. I don't
know if that's normal or if it's just in my area but I couldn't find it for the
life of me. So the Shu Uemera one was out of the picture. My next choice was going to
be the Chanel eyelash curler which I think retails for $34 or 30-something dollars which
is a lot of money so it's probably good I couldn't find that one either. So my
third choice, which was recommended to me by quite a few of the sales associates in
the department stores, was the Shiseido eyelash curler. So my second Shiseido purchase in
this haul. I really, really like this. I think the thing I truly notice about this eyelash
curler as opposed to the drugstore ones is that this top bit is a lot more broad than
the drugstore ones and the little cushion goes all the way around. The reason I like
this so much is because when I'm curling my eyelashes, I really like to get the baby
ones at the end and really curl those and get mascara on them because it makes my eyes
look bigger. The lashes end up looking more fluttery and pretty and I like that this does
that. I feel like I can get all of my eyelashes in this thing as opposed to the drugstore
one which kind of crimped them as opposed to curling them. \
\ Next up, I have this little cute agenda book
from Lily Pulitzer. This I decided not to use as an actual agenda just because I normally
go to my phone if I have an appointment or things that I need to remember I'll use
my phone. This however, I'm using as kind of a fitness journal. First of all, it's
adorable, I'm in love with the pattern on it. I decided to use it as a fitness journal
because it's a way for me to track the exercises I'm doing on a day to day basis
because if you've seen my new fitness video I decided I'm going to be working out different
parts of my body on different days. I wanted a way to keep track of that and pay attention
to how many reps I'm doing of everything and how much weight I'm using so as I progress
I can bump up the weights and know what I need to be doing. So this is a really cool
way to keep track of that. I really enjoy it too because it's satisfying to me to
open up the book and look through the week and see what exercises I've done and how
much I've accomplished. So it's even kind of a motivator in that sense to see what
I've done, so really been enjoying that. Another cool thing about this book was that
it was on sale. It's originally meant for August 2012 to December 2013. Obviously, since
we just started 2013, six months of the book are useless because they've already passed.
So Dillard's had this discounted from $16 to $9.60 so if you're interested Dillard's
is the one that had it in stock so you don't have to worry about ordering it online and
paying shipping or waiting for it to come to you, Dillard's had it on sale. \
\ Last but not least was kind of an accidental
purchase. So I ran into Target, I was kind of in a rush and I planned to get my favorite
facial cleanser of all time, the Avalon Organics Vitamin C Renewal Hydrating Cleansing Milk.
However, when I ran in there I accidentally grabbed the Refreshing Cleansing Gel. As you
can see, these two look absolutely identical except for the little label here that say
what the product actually is. So when I got home to actually use it I pumped it in my
hand and was pretty surprised to see that it was a gel instead of a cream cleanser.
I decided to give it a try anyways and I like it. I definitely don't like it as much
as my hydrating cleansing milk but it's very refreshing like the label says it is.
I decided I'm going to use it on days that I wake up and my skin feels more oily than
normal and I want that little extra clean. But I tried using it on a daily basis and
it didn't work out because it dried my skin a little too much. So I'm definitely
going to use it a little more sparingly but I do like it and I will use it, just not every
day. If I had to choose between the two I would definitely go with the hydrating cleansing
milk. \ \
Okay, so that is it for my haul. Nothing crazy, nothing massive, just very short and sweet.
I hope you guys enjoyed watching it. If you did enjoy watching it, I would really appreciate
if you would subscribe to my channel so you\'92ll know when I put out more videos like this.
If you want to get in touch with me I have a few ways that I don't think I announce
very often on here, but I have a Twitter account, an Instagram account, and a Facebook account
if you feel like coming to say hi. I think that's going to do it for today. I hope
you guys are having a fantastic day and I will see you in my next video. Bye!}