My Sephora package has finally arrived!! It took a week to get here, which is about usual for Sephora. I was worried it might come next week, that it might have been stuck with all the other Christmas and Boxing Day things in the mail. You lucky Americans have 2-3 day shipping while us Canadians have to wait a whole week! But it finally did come :)
So I'm sure you all want to know what I got. What deals did I find? I have to say that I was a little disappointed with Sephora's 12$CAD/10$US choice of minis. They really didn't have as much to choose as they did on Black Friday. I think they had maybe 8 or 10 things to choose from while on Black Friday they had at least two dozen, plus on Boxing Day part of that 8-10 also includes Black Friday leftovers! So they really didn't have many new items on sale. But they did have an extra 20% off on sale items, which I think was the redeeming quality on this sale. They had a lot of GOOD things in their sale section, which surprised me because I'm so used to seeing junk that no one else wants. But they really did have some great things to choose from, plus an extra 20% off an already discounted price. So really I paid peanuts for my makeup. They had the Ciate nail polish kits, Nails Inc nail polish kits, a couple great Stila kits, Too Faced Christmas makeup sets, etc, along with a whole bunch of other things.
Just to mention, I went both to the store and ordered online on Boxing Day. I'll try to say what everything cost and I only bought one item that wasn't a sale item.
I also went to the Body Shop because I was running out of Coconut Body Scrub and my beloved Tea Tree Blemish Night Fade Lotion. They had some great deals going on there. For all their regular items, it was buy 2 get 2 free (instead of their usual buy 2 get 1) and buy 3 get 3 (instead of buy 3 get 2) which basically amounts to buy one get one free. All their holiday stuff was crazy on sale, basically all on clearance. I was really loving the Vanilla smelling stuff, shame they were getting rid of it!
Boxing Day Makeup and Skincare Haul
The Body Shop
Coconut Body Scrub X2
This is my favourite scrub so I stocked up! I find it makes you smell pretty and it does a great job of scrubbing off all the dirt that gets stuck on your skin. It makes me feel super clean.
Coconut Body Butter (double-sized)
I love my Coconut Body Butters! Again, stocking up on their old double-sized ones from last Christmas that they still had. They're usually not eligible for the discount, but today they were!
Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner
I've been using this toner for a while now and I find it helps to restore the balance and pH of my skin. I've been changing my skincare routine around and so far, this has made the cut. I am also trying out other products to improve skin.
Tea Tree Blemish Night Fade Lotion X2
This is one of my all-time favourite skin products, by far. I've been using it ever since I discovered it as a sample. It really helps a lot to diminish redness and even scarring. It helps pimples and blackheads clear up and it helps my face to not be as oily. It's definitely a holy grail product that I think everyone should try at least once.
Vanilla Bliss Mini Hand Cream X3 - only 2$CAD each!! reg. price was around 6$CAD!!
These mini hand creams are so cute! They're the perfect size for your purse so I got myself an additional one to put in my purse and I got my mom two so that she could have one by her bed at night and one for her purse. At this price, why not buy 10? They smell great too. It isn't completely vanilla, there's also something else there but I can't place it. My mom really loved the smell when I showed her mine so I knew I had to get her a couple. Get them while you still can! The rest of the Vanilla Bliss holiday stuff smells great and is also on clearance!!
Sephora
Boscia Pore Purifying Black Strips (12 strip pack) - 34$CAD
So this one isn't a sale item, but I after getting them in the Boscia Pore Perfection set on Black Friday, I had to pick up a full-size. These strips will seriously rip out all the goo and crap in your pores on your nose and it'll leave your nose feeling so clean! Say goodbye to blackheads! I use them once every week or two and it really helps to clean out my nose. These are definitely part of my nighttime skincare ritual.
Boscia Intensifying Moisture Pack + - 12$CAD, normally 36$CAD
I haven't tried this out yet since I'm currently testing out other moisturizers, but seeing as the regular price is 36$CAD, I figured I would give it a try! You get a full-size bottle and it says it can be used as either a mask or an intensifier. I will definitely give this a try in the near future. If you've used it, what do you think?
Bite Beauty Lush Lip Trio - 12$CAD
Here's another thing I haven't tried yet. I got this lip trio mainly for my makeup kit since I'm lacking in the gloss department (for sanitation reasons, I'm not using my personal ones that I've double-dipped, so I'm starting a collection strictly for my kit). I almost want to steal the pink one for myself! It seems like it's a matte light to medium pink and it's called Strawberry. Honey is a sparkly peach shade. Cocoa is a matte brown/nude shade. I haven't tried anything from Bite Beauty except for the VIB Rouge mini red lipstick so I'm excited to try these out. Do you like Bite Beauty and if so, what's your favourite product/shade?
Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box - 12$CAD
Now this is the most popular item that was on sale on Boxing Day. Everyone wanted this palette! I was surprised there were still a few left at my local Sephora. I ordered mine on line out of fear they would be sold out by the time I got there. I haven't used it yet but I love the shades! So many colours! It's also great that it comes with a mini Primer Potion. You get shades like Graffiti, which is a bright green, and Peace, which is a bright electric blue to shades like Random, a beautiful blue/purple, and Scratch, a metallic pinky kinda colour. Urban Decay is known for their bright shades, and you get a lot of bright shades in this palette. This is definitely not for your average night out, it's a fun palette that packs a lot of colour!
Stila Chic Cobalt Collection Lipglaze Trio - 12$CAD
I haven't tried any of these glosses yet seeing as I just got this today. I'll just quickly say that I have a million Kitten lipglazes, do they seriously need to include it in every set? The other two colours are Orchard and Hibiscus. They're metallicy shades but I can't say much since I haven't tried them on yet. Hibiscus looks pinky and I can't place it on Orchard, I guess I would say nude? And Kitten is goldeny pink. Can't wait to try out these shades!
Stila Bring On The Night Makeup Set - 28$CAD with 20% off discount applied, worth way way more
This is the set I was most excited about buying. The Bring On The Night makeup set comes with five full-size items!! Five!! For 28$CAD!! Insane!!! It comes with a Custom Color Blush in Self-Adjusting Coral, All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer in Kitten, Lip Glaze in Mango, Smudge Crayon in Black, and a Jewel Eyeshadow in Black Diamond. I got this set mainly for the Black Diamond Jewel Eyeshadow and the Smudge Crayon in Black. I already have a mini of the Luminizer in Kitten. It's not my favourite luminizer, but it isn't bad either. The Black Diamond Jewel Eyeshadow is just beautiful. It's so shimmery when swatched and I can't wait to use it in a look. They did a great job on the formula for this. I always wanted to try out their Smudge Crayon and now I finally can. They advertise it as a primer, shadow, and liner all in one. I will definitely be trying it out as a primer under the jewel eyeshadow and hopefully all the sparkles will stick onto it. It also comes with a little sharpener at the bottom of the pencil! Just twist it off and you'll see it. I thought that was pretty neat since it's a twist-up pencil and it's hard to get a nice point otherwise. It'll definitely be a big help! The Lip Glaze in Mango wouldn't be my ideal pick, as it's a dark berry shade, but I'll give it a try. The Custom Color Blush in Self-Adjusting Coral isn't my ideal pick either, I'd rather have the Self-Adjusting Fuchsia, but it's not a bad shade. I swatched it and it isn't incredibly corally in the sense that it's not orange, but more on the peachy side. It's shimmery and it is extremely pigmented, so be careful when applying it, you only need a tiny tiny bit. I'm curious to see how it will turn up on my skin. I'm actually excited to try out all the products, but most of all, the Black Diamond shadow!! And what a deal this was!
100 Point Perk: Benefit It's Potent Eye Cream
I decided to cash in some of my perks since saw a few things I liked. I don't think I've tried their eye cream but I have tried their moisturizer. I always hear great things about Benefit's skincare line so I thought I'd give this a try. I'll let you know what I think about it after a few uses. The bottle is crazy small and I'm not sure how I'll get my finger in there!
100 Point Perk: Philosophy Hope In A Jar Night
I tried the Philosophy Hope In A Jar (Day) moisturizer and I liked it, so I'm curious to see how the Night moisturizer differs. Right now I'm using the moisturizer I got from their 500 Point Perk just recently and it's pretty good. I may start getting into Philosophy skincare products!
500 Point Perk: NARS The Iconic Set
When I saw this perk I said to myself, wow I have to get this. This set comes with four minis: a mini Pro-Prime Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base, a mini Orgasm Blush, a mini Larger Than Life Lipgloss in Gold Digger, and an Illuminator in Copacabana. I was most excited about the illuminator and the lipgloss. I always wanted to try Copacabana but didn't want to spend that much money in case I didn't like it or didn't use it. I was really impressed! I liked it a lot. I'll probably use it everyday until I run out haha if I'm not using any of the new things I got. The lipgloss was quite lovely too! It's a peach with gold sparkles and it looked very nice. I already have another Orgasm mini and it's also in my One Night Stand palette, so I really didn't need a third. Plus, they include this in all their sets. I love this blush, but it would be nice to have something else for a change. I gave this mini to my mom so that she could try it out and have her own. The mini blush is a good size and lasts quite a while. I'm not really a fan of their primer, I prefer Too Faced Shadow Insurance or Urban Decay Primer Potion. This is my second mini now, I got the first in their previous 500 Point Perk. I wish they'd stop recycling the same products, I want to try something else! Not have a ton of the same ones! But I did enjoy the other things I got in this set.
Thanks for reading! And I hope you enjoyed my Boxing Day Haul! They had some really great deals this year that if I had a never-ending supply of money, I totally would have gotten more stuff! I was mad eyeballing that Ciate Nail Polish Advent Calendar!! I'm happy with the stuff I tried so far and I can't wait to try the rest of it! It was also great to stock up on old favourites at an even greater price! So what did you girls all buy this Boxing Day? And what kind of crazy deals did you find?
Steph xo.
PS. Tomorrow I'm finally posting the Perfect Palette Tag. After that, I'll be doing my Best of 2013 Makeup Post and I'm also planning on doing an Empties and Extra post because it's getting to be a little too much in my room. Also wanna do an updated Skincare Routine post! Yeah, my mind is filled with ideas! Oh and Products I Regret Not Buying in 2013!
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