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This blog will be under construction until future notice... think of it like spring cleaning!

With Christmas tomorrow, my friends and family are really excited! I'm happy to be with family and have everyone in the same place, but I know the younger kids are excited to open their presents. And let's be honest, everyone gets some excitement over receiving gifts.


While I've been trying to give you guys gift ideas this whole month, I realized that I haven't shared all the things I've asked for on my wish list this year! My list isn't as large as kids, and it tends to have some more expensive things on it, but hey I guess this is my life as a broke college student!


{Frends Headphones}

Since I've been working out more, I've been trying to drink a lot more water. Now I know I can have any type of water bottle, but I've already broken and gone through 3 different water bottles. Anyways, I saw this water bottle on Pinterest, and so many people rave about it. There are so many different colors and sizes!

Find it here.

The year is ending and so all my reward programs are starting to end too. ULTA is my go to place for makeup and hair products. This year I managed to reach Platinum status with ULTA, and so I celebrated by spending some of my saved points.

If you haven't heard of the program  yet, check it out here.

Anyways, I promise as I go through some of these products (mostly the palettes) I will post a review. But until then here is my haul, with products going from left to right!


{Face Wash}
Philosophy Travel Purity Face Wash

I have yet to use this face wash, but my housemate uses it all the time. She loves this product and has purchased it multiple times, claiming that it really does get off all your makeup without having to do multiple cleanses or use other cleansing products alongside it.


{Dry Shampoo, Original}
Batiste Travel Dry Shampoo

I love Batiste! I know it's probably not the best product or the most environmentally friendly, but it works so well! I use the full size product regularly, to help out with my second and third hair days. I usually use the Fresh scent, but I couldn't find it so I bought the Original instead.


{Tarte Eyes and Face Palette}
Tarte Rainforest After Dark Palette

I haven't used this product, but I've seen a lot of people rave about this product online and youtube. I got this product because it's perfect for travel, seeing as it has blush, bronzer, highlighter, and eye shadows all in one. I'm also hoping that the amazonian clay will help keep my oily face at bay. Anyways, I'll keep you all updated with this one!


{Stila Eye Palette, Soul}
Stila Eyes Are the Window Palette, Soul

This is another product that I got to treat myself. I never heard about this product until I started watching Claire Marshall's youtube channel. She raved about this palette and says that it's useful in so many different looks. Zoella is also a fan of this palette, but she is more in favor of Mind. I love watching Claire's videos, so I'm really hoping that this palette becomes one of my new go- to's. I'll try and review this one too soon!


{Sculpting Brush}
Real Techniques Sculpting Brush

Real Techniques is my go- to makeup brush company. I bought the starter kit a few years ago, when I seriously started getting into makeup. But since then, I've tried a few other brushes too, and I always come back to this brand. Anyways, this year contouring has become really popular, and I have jumped on that bandwagon too. So in order to help my contouring, I bought this brush.


{Starter Brush Kit}
Real Techniques Core Collection

This is the brush kit I started with, that I mentioned above. I didn't actually get this kit for myself however. I ended up getting this kit for my cousin for Christmas, because she is new to makeup and was asking for some brushes.

So I'm sure by now you've been hearing holiday music all around. However, if you're like me you might be getting tired of hearing the same songs over and over again, especially if they're slow and mellow. I mean it is finals, so I really don't want to be listening to festive music that will make me sleepy!

Enter Punk Goes Christmas. This album is part of the Punk Goes... series, where alternative, punk, and rock bands create their own cover versions of popular songs, and in this case Christmas songs. This album is the second of the Christmas variety, and I'm still not exactly sure of how I feel about it.

Hey guys - wow have I dropped the ball on Blogmas. I just wanted to apologize for my lack of posting these past couple days. I have recently gotten home and because of all the people who are back in my house, we crashed the internet. Well now it's up and running, and I will get around to posting again until Christmas!

Stay tuned!