August/September Collective Haul

August was a slow month for me, I put myself on a "no-buy" but I caved and purchased Starry Temptress collection. Loro bought me Essie Smooth Sailing from Marshall's and I caved again and bought Sinful Colors Supernova.

As soon as September rolled in, I was ready to go crazy and go on a shopping frenzy but it wasn't in the stars for me. Even still, I managed to add quite a few polishes to my collection. My first purchase of the month was China Glaze I'm not Lion.

At the beginning of the month, Sinful Colors were on sale at Walgreen's for $.99. I snagged four of them: Hot, Hot Heat, Moss Have, Precious Metals and Gone Platinum. Around this time I also picked up Revlon Sparkle Aplenty from Walgreen's.

Then I won Marissa's giveaway and she sent me Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black and Essie Mint Mojito (mini). Thanks Marissa!

I used my CVS rewards and got Spoiled Checkin into Rehab for $.11. I think that is now my official good deal polish :)

Cordia surprised me with Dare to Wear Chi-Chi and later on hunted down Essence Grey-t to be here for me. Thanks Cordia!

Loro gave me some spending money and I got WnW Blue Moon, Sinful Colors Mesmerize and Inkwell. Then at Walgreen's the WnW megalast were $1.49 each, I picked up Deadly Dose, Poison Ivy, Root of All Evil and Toxic Apple.

As I posted earlier this week, Jenna sent me a package as well but I won't reveal what else I got from her until next week.

I must say, I had a pretty good month polish-wise. In October, I hope to get the Bundle Monster plates and some of the China Glaze polishes that are on my wish list. I got a few ideas in my head for some Halloween themed manicures (and fun makeup looks). The next two days, I plan to have double posts up. Other than that, I don't know what my posting schedule will be like (with the exception of 52 week challenge and Twinsie Tuesday) because October will be pretty busy for me due to my full work schedule. If anything, there will be a few Saturday Spam posts.

What were your favorite polish purchases this month?

January Collective Haul and Spending

Hey everyone! So at the beginning of January, I decided that I would actually save all receipts of my beauty purchases to keep track of how much I was actually spending. For the most part, I did an okay job of keeping my receipts. Surprisingly, I mostly bought nail polish.

I recorded a video to go along with this post and I second guessed myself about actually stating how much I spent in the video. In the video, I only said how much I saved. However, for this post I will tell how much I spent and saved.

To get the total amount I saved, I calculated the actual saved amount from sales or clearance items on my receipts and then added amount "spent" with gift cards and CVS rewards. (With all receipts that were saved) The total I got was $75.68! In total, out of pocket the amount I spent was $124.39. I think the best deals I got were the Milani clearance items (everything was 75% off) and the Zoya promotion.

This is something I want to continue doing (if I can, budget wise). I plan to be more organized throughout the month by snapping a pic as I go AND saving the receipt. So since I wasn't completely organized this month, here's a few random pictures of what I purchased this month. Some items I have already posted about. If there is anything you want to see swatches of or hear/read more about, just let me know.

Collective photo of everything bought

All items in this post were purchased by me or by my boyfriend. I have not been sponsored by any company.