New Faucet

I've never really liked the faucet that was on my bathroom sink. So i finally bought a new one. It was less than $30. Here's what it originally looked like.
After removing the faucet and the putty.
New plumbers putty. Not sure if this is the right way to do it but it seemed to work and the directions didn't even say to add it.
The new faucet. Once again, something i see now that i should have done a long time ago.