I’ve been testing out the new Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Aquacealer so expect a review soon! This is a follow up to Tarte’s Rainforest of the Sea Foundation that launched several months ago on QVC and more recently gets a relaunch with the Tarte Summer 2016 Collection.

This a concealer serum that promises a lightweight texture and full coverage with a formula infused with a deep-conditioning serum and a water base which provides moist, buildable coverage. This comes with a Double-ended concealer brush and is $29.50 in six shades exclusively on QVC.com.

It’ll likely launched later in March with the Tarte Summer 2016 Collection but now QVC is your spot to grab it.

Expect a review upcoming shortly.

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Beauty Blender Micro Mini Correct Four Set ($30) is a new limited edition four pack of mini Beauty Blender sponges shades in colors that represent color correction. These were created for color correction in and around the smaller areas of your like under your eyes and under your nose or even for concealing small blemishes and imperfections.

You can use them with your favorite concealers and corrector shades to gently pat coverage into place for a super smooth, airbrushed finish. The color coded sponges are ideal for obsessively organized makeup junkies who like to keep things organized. And don’t forget the smaller size fits into areas like the contour of your eye a lot more easier than a bigger sponge.

The Beauty Blender Micro Mini Correct Four Set is available now at Sephora.com.

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You prime before makeup right? So why not prime before applying a mask! That’s the idea behind the new Origins Maskimizer Skin-Optimizing Mask Primer ($22)! This preps and primes not prior to makeup application but prior to apply a facial mask.

Interesting right?

Apparently the formula will optimize your mask that follows by allowing it to spread more easily and also by hydrating skin and making it smoother for your mask to absorb more easily.

So prepping prior to mask is totally a thing now courtesy the new Origins Maskimizer Skin-Optimizing Mask Primer!

Count me curious!

Get it now at Sephora.com.

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I can’t begin to tell you how many drugstore concealers I’ve been crushingly disappointed by (but never you L’Oreal Visible Lift Blur Concealer) because they are so terribly dry. Don’t get me return the drugstore concealer world has stepped up its game in recent years but I don’t think it’s quite there yet. One day I want to walk into a drugstore and be faced with an endless array of pigmented yet hydrating concealers.

Until that day comes here’s a makeup hack to add moisture to dry concealers or maybe sheer out thick ones (I’m talking to you It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer).

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So Sephora has improved their return and exchange service for online orders. The fact that you can get free return shipping when doing an online Sephora purchase has always been a perk I loved. If I hate something I purchased I can simply slap the return label included with my order on the box, reseal it, and drop it at the post office.

The problem?

You couldn’t just drop the box at the post office and leave. You actually had to wait in line and have the mail person scan and print a receipt for you. Why? Because you seriously needed proof that you returned that box. Why? Because I’ve always, ALWAYS found that Sephora isn’t very timely with returns. Sometimes it would even take a call to customer service to get things moving along. I’ve gone sometimes 60 days before getting my money refunded. The funny thing is that when I call and ask they’ll tell me, “We have to look into it!” and within a day I get an e-mail saying the refund was processed. It’s kinda shady.

Also the return labels never had a tracking number so I was naive and slipped my return box into the mail slot at the post office without having it scanned it. I just trusted the return would get to them. I’ve learned my lesson you really need a receipt you dropped it off because if they ask you later on when you returned you want to have proof, in your hand, with a date saying it was in fact dropped at the post office because I’ve kinda learned not to trust Sephora with my online returns.

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