Sephora Haul: June 30, 2013

So since all the Sephora by OPI products are 50% off or more (it's still going on! Check it out!), I decided to buy 2 of the nail sets and split them with a friend.  I got

Image courtesy of Sephora

Image courtesy of Wanelo

 

 

These are so cute! But they had 2 of the same shades, so I'm glad I only got 1/2 of these.

 

Here's my haul:

Back row L to R: Living Proof Nourishing Style Cream, Boscia BB Cream SPF 27, Bumble and Bumble Thickening Shampoo and Conditioner, Philosophy Cinnamon Buns Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath, Especially Escada, VIB Tarte Kit (Pure Maracuja Oil, Lights, Camera, Lashes! mascara, MultiplEYE Clinically Proven Natural Lash Enhancing Primer)

Middle row L to R: Sephora Collection Colorful Blush in Peach Fusion, Nails Inc Mayfair, Sephora by OPI Havana Dreams, Sephora by OPI It's All About Me, Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order, Sephora by OPI It's Bouquet With Me, Sephora by OPI Bare to be Different, Sephora by OPI I'm Wired, Sephora by OPI Nonfat Soy Half Caff, Sephora by OPI High Maintenance, Sephora by OPI Already Famous, Sephora by OPI Metro Chic

Front row L to R: Tarte LipSurgence Lip Crème in Carefree, Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Mini, and my Sephora Collection Ariel Storylook Palette

 

Here's a closer look at the products:

Tarte LipSurgence Lip Crème in Carefree: described as a light pink shimmer, but it definitely has a bit of mauve to it



Sephora Collection Colorful Blush in Peach Fusion: a matte peach, definitely well pigmented!

The nail polish again: Nails Inc Mayfair, Sephora by OPI Havana Dreams, Sephora by OPI It's All About Me, Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order, Sephora by OPI It's Bouquet With Me, Sephora by OPI Bare to be Different, Sephora by OPI I'm Wired, Sephora by OPI Nonfat Soy Half Caff, Sephora by OPI High Maintenance, Sephora by OPI Already Famous, Sephora by OPI Metro Chic



This was a big haul including 2 separate orders from Sephora, hence the 5 samples, and 2 promo codes used (BDAY2012 to get the Fresh lip duo and VIBTARTE to get the Tarte trio).

After this big haul I'm going to try to resist Sephora until all the lovely Christmas collections come out, we'll see if that works!

How do you talk yourself out of beauty purchases?

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NOTD: June 27, 2013

Here's another NOTD, with nail polish from this haul

This is Orly Angel Eyes (3 coats over Revlon Multi Care Base+Top Coat).  It's a very sparkly blue glitter with hints of silver and baby pink.  I was fooled by this bottle thinking it was a base and glitter, but from this pic you can see it is just a densely packed glitter.

Have you ever been fooled by a nail polish?

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NOTD: June 25, 2013

Another quick NOTD for you:

Essie Buy Me a Cameo, the perfect neutral for those who don't like neutrals (it's basically a gold, but with a mocha-tinge). So cute! I will definitely be wearing this more in the fall!

What's your favourite neutral nail colour?

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NOTD: June 20, 2013

Here's another quick NOTD!

This is OCC's Grandma! It applied surprisingly well over my Orly Top2Bottom base coat and was sooo shiny by itself I didn't even do a top coat!
I'd describe the colour as a coralish red, which definitely took me out of my comfort zone, not being too keen on red nails. But this is such a summery fun colour that I'm definitely glad I got it!

What nail colour(s) is out of your comfort zone?

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NOTD: June 16, 2013

Here's today's NOTD:

One of my fav and most interesting nail polishes is Orly's Ingenue. Isn't this beautiful? Here it is from a different angle:

I'm trying to capture the duochrome-ness of the colour, but alas my camera can't seem to do it justice!

It's a gold flaked reddish purple, that in the shade appears more purple and in the sun appears more a pure gold.

It's definitely one of fav nail polishes! Can you think of any dupes for it?

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Haul: June 12, 2013

Planned myself another big haul! Went to 2 Winners and a Shoppers Drugmart, here's what I found!

Starting with nail polish:

From L to R: Orly Gumdrop, butter London Billy No Mates, butter London Scouse, Orly Angel Eyes, Essie Buy Me a Cameo

 



These were all on sale to varying degrees, the butter London were $12.99 each (compared to the usual price of $17 I couldn't resist!), Orly Gumdrop was $5.99, Orly Angel Eyes was $2.99, and Essie was $7.99 (I know it's cheaper in the states, but in Canada Essie is usually $11 - a big rip-off).

So far I've only tried Gumdrop, which is almost exactly a Tiffany blue, I love it! Very different from anything else I own, and I'm thinking it will go well with Revlon Whimsical.

Makeup and skincare:

From L to R: Vichy Normaderm Salicylic Acid Lotion, Bioderma PP Baume, Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Nude Lustre, Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Temptress, Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal in Barely Branded, Bioderma Sensibio H2O Cleanser

 

The Vichy and Bioderma products were actually samples, the nice lady at the beauty counter gave them to me, I've never received samples at Shoppers before but apparently you can! 

 

The deal was to buy 2 Revlon lip products and get 2000 bonus Optimum points, since I've been wanting to add more lipstick into my beauty routine, I decided on Temptress

 

 



As you can see it's a beautiful medium pink.  Since I have fuller lips, I'm a bit intimidated by lip colour, so this should help me start to get out of my comfort zone!

 

I picked out Nude Lustre since most of my lipglosses are pink or very shimmery, so I thought this would also be a nice change.  I think it has enough colour to it not to make my lips look dead, but I haven't tried it out so we'll see!

 

I've been hearing rave reviews over at MakeupTalk for a while about how awesome the Maybelline Color Tattoos are, and they were on sale this week so I picked up Barely Branded, which I've heard can be used as a base as well as alone.  The colour is a bit lighter than I was expecting, but it definitely lasted a long time without creasing so far in my experience!

 

What do you think of this haul? Any drugstore product recommendations for me?

 

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NOTD: June 11, 2013

Today's NOTD:

This is Orly's Fiesta, with my Revlon Multi Care Base+Top Coat as the base & top coat.

I'm loving this bright pink with just a hint of shimmer! I definitely need some more pinks in my nail polish collection! ;)

Do you have any nail polish colours you're seriously lacking?

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