Life is Short. Buy the Makeup.

It has been quite some time since I have done a Monthly Favorites, but I have finally found a few new products that have been AMAZING for me this past month. With the exception of one, every product is vegan.  Some of these products will come as no surprise if you follow me on Instagram ( @justineolson93 ), and some are re-discovered old favorites. Let's get started!

Well, it's officially the end of 2015, it's cliche but this year really did fly by. I am so excited for 2016, lot's of great changes are happening for me! But today, let's go through some of the beauty products that I have absolutely fallen in love with this year! This list covers just cosmetics. Let's get started!

Milani, Wet n Wild, & Maybelline Spotted at Dollar Tree On my most recent trip to the Dollar Tree, I found quite a few new cosmetic products from Milani, Maybelline, and Wet n Wild! As with all products at the Dollar Tree, all of the products you see here are $1. Nearly all of the products are still available at full price at your local drugstores. Let's get in to what I found at the Dollar Tree!

June 2015 Beauty Favorites The Summer is already half over and with the weather being as cold as it's been, Summer still feels like months away! The makeup I have been loving this past month have really helped add that extra glow to my skin. I have also been in love with a bright pink lip, so I have a few favorite lip colors to show you! And as always, all of these products are paraben-free! So let's get in to my favorites for the month of June!

Milani Color Statement Moisture Matte Lipstick I recently picked up a lipstick from the new Moisture Matte Lipstick line from Milani. These lipsticks retail for around $5.49 to $5.99 (0.14 oz) at select Walgreens and K-Mart locations, and the Milani Website . With so many matte lipsticks available at the drugstore now, how does this one measure up? Let's get in to the review!

May Makeup & Beauty Favorites It's that time of the month again, time for monthly favorites! I did not do an April Favorites, and I don't have too many favorites for this month. I have been attempting to use up several makeup products the last few months, which you guys will see very soon in an empties post! With that in mind, here a few items that I have been absolutely LOVING this past month, and products I would highly recommend trying out for yourself! Let's get in to my favorites!

Collective Beauty Haul I've been on a major beauty deal hunt lately! Between my trips to TJMaxx, the Dollar Tree, and my local drugstores, I've found quite a few little gems to add to my collection!

Milani Products Have Arrived at The Dollar Tree On my most recent trip to the Dollar Tree, I spotted a few new Milani Products! They always seem to have old lip glosses and lip liners, but some new products including the much loved Shadow Eyez and the Runway Eyes Eyeshadows have popped up! And keep in mind at the Dollar Tree, everything is $1 or less!!!

I finally had a chance to swing by the Dollar Tree and Big Lots to see if they had any new makeup! Low and behold the Dollar Tree had a bunch of new Milani Cosmetics products! Big Lots had a lot of new Maybelline, Sinful Colors and Revlon nail polishes to pick through! From the Dollar Tree I picked out 2 of the Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liners in 04 "Forever" and 02 "Endless" . There was one other shade in a cobalt blue, but I didn't think I could pull off the blue. They are the traditional liquid liners. These ones claim to be waterproof and last 24 hours. Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liners From Big Lots I dug through the baskets of nail polishes they had. Their actual makeup wasn't too impressive. I saw lots of polishes from Revlon, Sinful Colors, Sephora X, and Maybelline. I picked up these colors because I thought they would look beautiful for the upcoming Fall season! I grabbed 2 shades by Revlon, both in the Brilliant Str...

On my latest shopping trip to the Dollar Tree , I spotted some nice Milani products for only a dollar! The first thing I saw were the Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liners . This store had 3 shades available, a gold, purple, and cobalt blue. Other products I saw were Nail Polishes , Lip Liners , and some lip colors . These lip colors weren't the color statement lipsticks. I purchased 2 of the Infinite Eye Liners which I will be switching in my upcoming haul post. Stay tuned for that! Happy Shopping! Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liners at Dollar Tree Milani Lip Liners at Dollar Tree

I have been adding quite a few new nude lipsticks to my collection recently so I thought I would show you guys my Nude Lipstick Collection! Lets get started!

I finally made it to a Kmart that sells Milani this past weekend and I was beyonddddd excited! One of the products I was most excited to try are the Color Statement Lipsticks. These lipsticks retail for $5.49 at mass retailers where Milani is sold, including Walgreens, CVS, Kmart, and of course online at milanicosmetics.com . Milani Color Statement Lipstick I picked up the shade 26 "Nude Creme". As the name suggests, this shade is a light pinky nude shade. Those of us with fair skin will find this suites us very well as an everyday color. It is a cream finish . It gives that natural shine to the lips that looks so beautiful, however the color isn't quite 100% opaque. I find this finish extremely similar to the Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie Lipsticks (Full Review HERE ). The wear of the formula was quite good. I got about 3 hours of wear before the shine and intensity wore down and was in need of reapplying. I did notice that on reapplication the form...

Right now online at milanicosmetics.com , the entire site including limited edition products, is 30% off with the code SUMMERLOVE . This sale is going on from June 23rd to June 30th . This sale is online only. I highly recommend their Baked Blushes and their Color Statement Lipsticks .  They are some of the best blushes and lipsticks on the market, both high end and drugstore.

Milani Lip Intense Liquid Color I recently purchased the Milani Lip Intense Liquid Color in 01 "Red Extreme" at Walgreens on clearance for $1.62, but normally they retail for about $6.49 at milanicosmetics.com, Walgreens , and CVS. Let's get in to the review!