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Healthy Habits Challenge - June 2019

Every month I post an update on how I did with "earning" my makeup budget money, and also how I spent it.

Purchases:
~ Kevyn Aucoin Neo Highlighter "Sahara" - $19 - from Marshall's, it was on my "someday" list, then it disappeared from Sephora. So I snatched it up when I saw it.
~ Sally Hansen base coat & nail polish; Seche Vite top coat - $20
~ When sunscreen was 6x points at Ulta, I bought 2 more spray-on sunscreens, but those don't count from this budget since it's a "necessity" that both my husband and I use.
~ I was able to pair my Ulta 20% off coupon with the 40% Too Faced Tutti Frutti collection, so I had a bit of fun at Ulta - lip gloss in the shade "Show Me Your Coconuts" and the "Party Ready Essentials" set that includes a full size Better Than Sex mascara, full size lip gloss in "Grin and Bare It," full size banana cream setting powder, and a mini pineapple sun bronzer - with the combo of sale and coupon (and a gift card I had), it came out to $ 22.41
~ From the same shopping trip as above, I got a lip balm with SPF for my husband and some replacement cotton rounds - those do not come out of this budget.
~ Ulta sent out another 20% off coupon (they were really coming for our money this month), and I used it to buy shampoo and conditioner for my husband (not from this budget) and another one of those Too Faced kits as a gift for someone (also not from this budget).

Books read ($1 per 100 pages)
~ The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher - 368 pages ($3.68)
~ Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas - 992 pages ($9.92)
~ The Assistants by Camille Perri - 288 pages ($2.88)
~ SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner - 270 pages ($2.70)

Exercise ($4 per workout video, from the BeachBody line of workout videos)
~ 2 hours of kayaking - $8
~ 6/7/19 - Core de Force - MMA Speed - $4
~ 6/13/19 - Core de Force - Dynamic Strength - $4
~ 6/14/19 - Core de Force - MMA Speed - $4
~ 6/17/19 - Core de Force - Power Sculpt - $4
~ 6/19/19 - Core de Force - MMA Shred - $4
~ 6/19/19 - 1h walk - $4
~ 6/21/19 - 1h walk x2 - $8
~ 6/24/19 - Core de Force - Dynamic Strength - $4 - I think this is my least favorite one so far. It's mostly pushups, and I really hate/cannot really do pushups.
~ 6/24/19 -1h walk - $4
~ 6/25/19 - Core de Force - Active Recovery - $4
~ 6/27/19 - Core de Force - MMA Shred & Core Kinetics (2 videos) - $8
~ 6/28/19 - 1h walk - $4

Money available to spend: $63.88

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