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Beauty, Benefit, Makeup, Mascara, Maybelline, Tarte, Tarte Cosmetics, Ulta
I have not written a beauty post in a while but I felt like this was something I wanted to blog about. I was kind of on a beauty break and a few weeks ago I got an email from Ulta saying that if I spend like $40 before 2015 I would be a platinum member. At first I was excited and then I thought wow, I can’t believe I have spent that much money at Ulta. It is kind of sad. So a couple of days later, I needed some more mascara. (I seriously don’t leave the house without mascara. That would just be cray cray.) I could have gone to the Target next to my work but I thought I would go to Ulta and work on my platinum status. I was just going to get the Maybelline the Falsies. It is my favorite mascara. I think who ever created the formula for this mascara probably wishes they would have sold it to Urban Decay or something. Whoever invented the formula would be even richer than they are now. Seriously this stuff is amazing and I prefer it over most of my high end mascaras. So I went to Ulta on a Sunday. I am a really into Benefit and Urban Decay so I always look at their stuff when I go to Ulta but then I stumbled (or was lead by the bright colors) to Tarte Cosmetics. I like the idea that Tarte Cosmetics are natural and cruelty-free (got to protect the animals.) I have not really been into Tarte Cosmetics before because their foundations are dark and too orange. (Again I am a 100% Clemson tiger for life but it’s not game day. Also I am really pale kind of like an extra in Twilight pale. Tarte Cosmetics does not have a foundation that matches my completion.) Then I saw the Rainforest after Dark Colored Clay Eye & Cheek Palette. I fell in love instantly. The packaging is so beautiful. It has a gold snake with a purple jewel for an eye. It has everything that I love in one palette. It has highlighting, contouring powder, blush and some sexy eye shadows. I am obsessed with highlighting and contouring like a kardashian. Now the eye shadows are a little out of my comfort zone (I am most comfortable in neutral colors); it includes three are purple shades, one is gold and the other two are brown. My favorite colors in the palette are the purple and the gold. To make a long story short I bought it. I also bought a cream contour stick and contour brush from Tarte. I walked out of the Ulta spending over double what I needed to get my platinum status and I did not buy any mascara.