Sephora Haul

I recently went on a Sephora haul with birthday money and a $100 gift certificate from my

boyfriend. Ah, the giddy happiness you get from tearing into the packaging and swatching new products. Here's a quick look on my haul and my first impressions.

  Benefit Confessions of a Concealaholic

Stila Love at First Blush Set

NARS Sin/Casino Duo

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Exposed

Tarte EmphasEYES Inner Rim Brightener

The Benefit kit contains a instructional booklet and travel sizes of Erase Paste, That Gal brightening face primer, Boi-ing concealer in Light/Medium shades, Lemon Aid, Eye Bright as well as concealer brushes. I am super excited to try out all these products.

The Love at First Blush set come with a blush with shimmery lilac, matte pink, and shimmery dark pink along with two lip glazes (Bubble Gum and Pinkle Twinkle). It was hard getting decent swatches (the swatches are on the right of my hand, the bottom color is at the top). The colors are pretty and the design is adorable. I have a feeling the blush with show up better on my cheeks. The glosses are pigmented and a little sticky. Bubble Gum is on the top left and Pinkle Twinkle is the bottom left. Pinkle Twinkle comes off a little more berry than it is in the tube and Bubble Gum is a creamy lilac. 

Lip Glaze Swatches (Left Top to Bottom): Bubble Gum, Pinkle Twinkle
Swatches of blush  (Right, Bottom Dark Pink at Top)

I suppose the lighting in my living room isn't bright enough because I had swatched the blush in Sephora and found the pigmentation decent under the bright fluorescent lights of the store. It's a nude with quite a bit of pink in it. The inner rim brightener looks a little chalky but it's creamy, pale nude that can be softened by blending. 

I've been lusting after a NARS duo for awhile and I'm so happy with the one I got. I didn't want to get the popular Orgasm/Laguna duo because I use Milani's Luminous blush and I just didn't want to spend all that money on something so similar to what I already had. The blush is a berry and Casino is suppose to be a dark brown. I would guess I'm around an NW25-30 right now so I'll see if the color works for me. 

 

Lastly, these are the samples I got with my order. I probably wouldn't have to purchase any high-end skincare after all the samples I gathered =)

Free Goodies from Sephora

I used my $15 gift card from Sephora to get the Givenchy Ange ou Demon perfume. Sephora has a promo to get a free makeup bag filled with 12 beauty samples. You can read more about the promo here. I basically got the samples listed on the promo page. The makeup bag contains a mix of makeup, skincare, and fragrance samples.

0.05 fl. oz Michael Kors Gold Eau de Parfum

0.05 fl. oz. pureDKNY Verbena Scent

0.041 fl. oz. Clean Ultimate Scent

0.04 fl. oz. Paco Rabanne Lady Million Eau de Parfum

1 ml Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil

2 ml DERMAdoctor Wrinkle Revenge Rescue & Protect Eye Balm

Ole Henriksen Three Little Wonders (3 - 0.05 fl. oz. samples)

8 ml The Body Shop Shea Body Butter

3 ml Kate Somerville ExfoliKate

1 fl. oz. Perfekt Skin Perfection Gel

0.03 fl. oz. Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Concealer

0.05 g Benefit Hoola

I chose the Hello Kitty makeup bag. It' really cute with a little pink charm on the zipper.

I'm really happy with the samples, even though there aren't that many makeup samples. I'm super excited to try all the skincare samples. They seem really generous and probably will last awhile.

It's still going on. You can use the promo code (FROMSEPHORA) on orders over $25. After you enter the promo code, you can choose which bag you want after you proceed to the next step. You'll also get to review the entire order before you confirm your purchase. When I used it this weekend, the Kat Von D bag wasn't available anymore. Unfortunately, I think they ran out of supplies so the promo is no longer available.