Merhaba!

Hi! Remember me? I used to post on here about beauty things. It's okay if you don't; it's been a long time. I was traveling through Turkey, and Berlin (which is nearly part of Turkey, given the large number of Turks who live there), and then Turkey again for the past month. I got home a couple days ago, but between jet lag and needing to do other things, I haven't had the chance to do anything for y'all. Until now!

I bought a lot of stuff when I was abroad. You'll be surprised to learn it's mostly lippies and nail polish (/sarcasm). I'll have full reviews of everything eventually, but I also have a huge backlog of stuff I got before my trip, so...it may take awhile! Here's what you have to look forward to; if there's anything you're particularly interested in, let me know in the comments and I'll prioritize it!

Left to right, top row:
LUSH Vanilla Puff Dusting Powder
Nails Inc. Baker Street*
A butt ton of nail polishes, which I will name/review in Manicure Mondays to come (yeah, weekly features are making a comeback, y'all!)

Left to right, bottom row:
Benefit Watt's Up? Mini**
Golden Rose Perfect Shine Lipstick 239

Catrice Defining Blush 040 Think Pink

p2 Perfect Look Kajal 090 Turquoise

BeYu Care and Shine Gloss Stick 80

Manhattan Colour Splash Liquid Lip Tint in 94R Red Tulip

Catrice Ultimate Colour lipstick 210 Pinkadilly Circus

ARTDECO Perfect Color 82
La Roche-Posay Anthelios 50 Fluid

*Birthday gift from Z
**Birthday gift from Sephora

Tarte Lip Service Limited Edition LipSurgence Collection Sneak Peek

ETA: For a full review write-up and lip swatches, see here!

Last week, I ordered the LE Tarte LipSurgence collection from tarte.com with a 20% off code (create an account, put stuff in your cart, and then leave it there for a few days, and they'll send you a code! Thank you, Retail Me Not) because it was sold out at Sephora and I didn't want to miss out on it.  It's back in stock, fortunately, so my review won't have to be a "what you can't have" type thing, but if you want it, I would snag it soon, since I'm sure with the start of Sephora's F&F sale (it begins this Thursday and runs through November 2nd, but order early if you want to ensure you get everything you want!) it'll go pretty fast.  Normally, a LipSurgence pencil is $24 for 0.10 oz, but you get 5 full-size pencils/lip sticks for $29 in this set.  And with 20% off, that's a mere $23.20, less than one regular pencil!  So, seriously, I couldn't afford not to get it.

It only just arrived today, and I immediately took some pictures and swatches so I could post them for your enjoyment, since I don't know exactly how long it'll take me to test and review them fully and wanted you to have some idea what the deal is if you're planning on buying it soon.  Anyways!  Here they are; I'll post a more thorough review with lip swatches and product break-down once I've had the chance to play around with them some.

In their pretty box, left to right: Glitzy, Perky, Flashy, Swank, Dazzled

1 swipe each, top to bottom: Swank, Perky, Dazzled, Flashy, Glitzy