Urban Outfitters & Forever 21 Haul

Last week I went shopping on my birthday and picked up a few things ^^ I swear I've been shopping too much this past year D:

I tried to include links to everything I got. I found most of it online, but some of them were sold out.

Anyways, here are the stuff I picked up at Urban Outfitters. I've never gotten any clothing from them before since I was never able to find anything I like that didn't cost a fortune. They had 50% off sale items and here are my picks

byCORPUS Sleeveless Knit Shirtdress (navy)
My friend paid for this one as my birthday gift so thank you <3
Sparkle & Fade Knit Lace Waist Dress (coral) $14.99

Lucca Couture Lattice Waist Tunic Shirt (orange) $14.99
Hawkings McGill Marled Cardigan (sapphire) $14.99
It's a guy cardigan, but it could work just like a boyfriend cardigan or something.

Deena & Ozzy Braided Shoulder Bag (purple) $9.99

It's not shiny like how it is online though. It measures 12.5"l, 6.875"w, 10.875"h (according to the site, but I can double check if anyone really wants lol) I'm not a big fan of how wide it is though, reminds me of a bowling bag. But I want more bags.. the only decently sized ones I have are like cloth sorta material T__T; And for $10 I didn't want to make a pass.

Glass heart box (sold out online) $2.49

I honestly don't need this, but thought it was pretty. 

Next up I have some things from Forever 21. I tried on like 15 things and ended up with these.

High waisted shorts w/skinny belt $19.80

The shorts aren't crazy expensive, but I was hoping to find something a bit less expensive and was kinda iffy about the material. But I've been wanting high waisted shorts, so.. went for it.

Scuba Knit Skater Skirt (navy) $13.80

I've been wanting a skater skirt too lately (lol, what don't I want?) There also aIt's not like it suffocates me, but maybe I should've gotten a larger size, hmm..I like the material. It's like a thick smooth/silky material similar to a peplum top I got recently.

Measured flat (XS): waist: 11" Length: 15"

Colorblocked Bow Top (navy/cream) $15.80

Another pricey-ish top, but it was cute :( I already have something that has a similar concept with the bow, but I like bows, so ^^;;

Well that's all I have for now! I'm hoping not to buy too much over the summer because I don't have a job and I'm broke D: But it's hard to resist when I find things that I like.

Love & Beauty: Peach

100th post!! For the past few weeks I was hoping that I'd have a special post for this one, but there hasn't been anything important going on lately, so all I have is a swatch. But I just wanted to say thanks to all my readers who have been supporting my blog :)

Last week I picked up a few new nail polishes and one of them is Peach from Forever 21's Love & Beauty collection. They really should start coming up with better names or at least code them because aside from the lack of creativity, I'm pretty sure they use the same names for different polishes.

Love & Beauty Peach; three coats

I think peach is a suitable name for the color though. It's a very pretty, warm color with golden and green shimmers that gives it the extra touch. I'm a bit disappointed with how sheer it is though. I used three coats and you can still see my nail line. It's less noticeable in person though, but it's still there. I'm sure it can be opaque with more coats or thicker ones (I tend to apply with thinner coats) and my friend used it over a gray or taupe polish and it looked nice, so I'll definitely keep this one in mind for layering. 

I didn't have a problem with the formula and I loved the color. Definitely a polish that you should add to your collection! 

Forever21 Haul; 50% Off Clearance

I recently received a package from Forever21 for the stuff I ordered. In the beginning I was browsing through the shorts that were on clearance because they had 50% off clearance some weeks ago, but then I ended up looking at the dresses and found a few that I liked..and since I don't really have any dresses, I used this opportunity to expand my (non-existing) collection.

I'll start off with the dresses:

Strapless Peplum Dress (Nude) $22.80 

Pros: Pretty cheap for a peplum dress. The material was nice and stretchy and it was a very pretty peach color. Overall I liked the design.

Cons: Personally, the bust area was just too big and I'd be worried about it slipping down all the time. Not to mention for some reason it made my thighs sort of stick out..literally. I've seen photos of someone else wearing the dress and it seemed fine.

Body-Conscious Ottoman Dress (Coral) $12.50

Pros: I guess it looked nice on.

Cons: I preferred the stock photo a lot more, so I was disappointed when I got this one. I wasn't wasn't expecting the dressed to have like a rigid(?) texture. It did look similar to the stock photo once it's on though. However, it's pretty tight and it emphasizes your stomach fat. I'd recommend it to those with flat stomachs. 

I ended up returning both of these dresses.

Peplum Dress (Cream/Black) $19.80

Pros: I loveee the lace. The peplum helps with hiding any stomach fat you may have. It's also padded.

Cons: It's a bit short and it does slip down a bit, but not to the point where you'll flash everyone, just enough so that it looks like your chest is lower than it should be.

Polka Dot Knit Dress w/Belt (Black/Cream) $14.90
Pros: It's loose feeling, so not too tight. The peephole in the back is cute and this came with its own belt.

Con: It's very thing, so not the ideal dress on a cold day. The top portion is also like big/loose, but that's just the style of it, so if you want something that's more fitted, then.. this isn't the dress for you.

Shorts; They were the only things that were on clearance, and I'm so happy to be able to snag these for less than $5 per pair. Luckily they all fit too, because it was final sale. The red/mustard one came with a lacy belt, which I find cute. And even though the photo looks yellow, the shorts are def a mustard color. Too bad it's getting too chilly for shorts, but def when summer comes again next year.

Needed more tanks... yeah boring lol.

Okay that's all for this haul :) Sorta drilled a hole into my wallet, but I'll live.