march favorites

hi guys! we're starting the end of month posts with favorites! actually this one is a pretty quick one, and we'll see if i can get all of my posts up tonight... maybe not. anyway, here ya go, my first standalone favorites post in forever! ~Lin-chan ^.~

amulet, paaarty, hoola lite, hoola, sable, what up beaches

1. urban decay vice liquid lipstick in amulet -- this is a really pretty and wearable work color. without eating or drinking it lasts maybe 3-4 hours and it fades fairly gracefully. i really like the mousse-y texture and that it dries matte but looks metallic. 
2. real techniques miracle mini eraser sponges -- i wasn't sure if i'd like these or need these. but i bought them anyway and they've been great. i really like the shape of these with the sharp crease on the tip. i've been using them dry to pick up any eyeshadow or mascara fall out and it's super convenient. it also helps with some cakiness in the under eye area.
3. tarte amazonian clay blush in paaarty -- ever since i've tried it, it's been the new daily blush. it's not super pigmented, but that also makes it nice and buildable. this is limited edition i guess because it was the sephora birthday present for this year...but i don't think i'll be super sad if it's gone either... but it's just been nice and easy and what i've been reaching for lately.
4. tarte maracuja eye cream -- so this was a rediscovery / necessity. so as mentioned previously, i'd been using the it cosmetics bye bye under eye cream, because i got a crapton of samples of it. then we had one week of winter after the many weeks of summer the past few months and my skin freaked out and got super dry. annnd i needed this eye cream back in my life. i'll still use up the other one, but this is the best still.
5. etude house green tea bubble tea sleeping pack -- this stuff. as mentioned above, cold weather, dry skin. this worked like a dream. especially popping a 'boba'. this is a really nice gel moisturizer. only complaint is that the 'boba' don't blend in amazing and sometimes have like a 'skin' to them, but whatever, just keep trying to mix it in! anyway, this isn't something i can use every day because it was too much moisture and i was starting to break out. it has a light fragrance, and a super duper cute spoon. anyway, i like it. i'm interested in trying the black tea one.
6. benefit hoola lite -- after trying this out, this is so much better for my skintone than regular hoola. who would have guessed..? pssh. anyway, it did start getting to the point where i was noticing my face was more orange or warmer than my neck or arms, and i think using regular hoola was part of the issue.
7. eyeshadow crease shades (ulta sable, benefit hoola bronzer, elizabeth mott what up beaches bronzer) -- so i've recently come to the realization that ulta has updated a lot of their beauty line. and as such, my beloved sable eyeshadow got nixed. needless to say, i began to search for 'dupes' of it, since i've already hit pan on this one and i have just one more left..... anyway, i haven't been using bronzers too much lately, and the elizabeth mott sample was ridiculously small, so i went ahead and tried them as eyeshadow and i really liked them. so i may just start buying bronzer/contour in the future.