Maybelline The Matte Bar Eyeshadow Palette ($9.99) arrives just in time for Fall 2018 with 12 silky matte shades inspired by the streets of New York. I’m from New York, I’m not inspired. Not to say I don’t like shades like this! I do! But I’m not sure it puts me in a New York State of mind. Sorry!

Anyway, since I’m obviously in the mood to rant let me also say it annoys me this is available right now in one place. Where you might ask? Maybelline’s website. Annoying. Can’t I just go to CVS and pick this up? It would make life a lot easier. Why are brands like Maybelline, Physicians Formula, Wet n Wild, and Milani all migrating their newest launches to their website? Eh…who I am kidding it probably saves them money as they don’t have to cut the funds with anyone. All money made goes right into their pockets! Makes sense but I find it really annoying having to shop drugstore makeup on different websites. I don’t even know how much Maybelline charges for shipping! Most site have a $25-30 minimum which again, I find annoying! Because say I just want only the palette and there’s that $25 minimum shipping…blah! That means I have to spend $9.99 for the palette and an additional $15 for other stuff I don’t want nor need. This happens to me ALLLLLLLLLLLLL the time with Milani! They’ll launch something new I really want and I have to add two or three items into the order to get the free shipping. It sucks as I have or have tried most of Milani’s line.

I’m on a roll here today! Sorry! I do see from a business side why brands are trying to migrate traffic to their own sites but it doesn’t make it any less annoying.

I’m sure at some point the Maybelline the Matte Bar Eyeshadow Palette will be available elsewhere but it’ll like be a 30 day window before it does launch at other retailers or maybe less hopefully!

As of now it’s available on Maybelline’s website.

What do you think of it?

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It’s that time of the year again! The Beautylish.com Gift Card Event 2018! How’s it work? Just add $100 worth of product to your cart at beautylish.com and you’ll get a $20 gift card sent to your order. Beautylish carries brands like Tom Ford, Charlotte Tilbury, Becca, Too Faced, and many other fab offerings! It’s a great time to stock up on favs while saving gift cards! There’s no limit! Every $100 gets you $20 to spend!

Also, many of the Charlotte Tilbury Holiday 2018 Sets are in stock that I recommended but sold out at Sephora like the The Gift Of Magic Skin!

So many sales, too little money haha 🙂

Enjoy!

Where to buy

Beautylish

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When it comes to make I think everyone has a thing. Some of us like huge eyeshadow palettes, others are obsessed with blush, and of course, we have those people that love a good lipstick! I have a friend who has dozens and dozens of only red lipstick. She’s obsessed with red lipstick! It’s odd for me because I’m more of an eyeshadow palette kind of girl and I can’t picture myself collecting a ton of lipsticks!

But, like any good makeup junkie, I do have my favorite formulas.

Since Sephora’s Holiday 20% Off Event kicks off again tomorrow I rounded up some of the best lipsticks, lipglosses, and Holiday Lip Sets I think are worth a haul!

Hope some of your favs are on my list!

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Ready for week two of the Sephora Holiday 20% Off Event? I felt like I was done last week as I placed a pretty big order but obviously I’m not because I have a few more items on my list. Yes, I’m silencing hating myself and also, gleefully rubbing my hands together in anticipation.

Update: Sephora has extended their sale and you can enjoy 20% Off if you’re a ROUGE/VIB Member with promo code ENJOY.

I think hauling higher-end brands is always a good idea during the sale because it’s really rare brands like Tom Ford, Dior, Chanel, and other niche brands go on sale. I mean, Neiman Marcus really threw us a curve ball late last month when they had almost EVERYTHING 20% Off but I do feel that’s a rare, rare deal. In some ways, I think higher-end brands have kept their integrity and respect by not doing tons of different palettes and endless collections. They simply have given into the FOMO culture that many mid-range brands are pushing on us. They are also not social media crazed which makes for a more pleasant shopping experience as I don’t want things pushed into my face every few minutes on Instagram and Twitter.

But higher-end brands aren’t always in a lot makeup lovers line of vision due to prices. That’s why it’s always nice that Sephora has absolutely no exclusions during their annual Holiday sale. 20% off means 20% off anything and everything which gives those who had their eye on their Guerlain Lipstick for the past year but simply wasn’t willing to spend that kind of money, a chance to actually indulge and feel good about saving a little money doing it.

I also think 20% off becomes majorly beneficial when hauling makeup vaults! Vaults are already prices at a great price but with 20% off they become an even great discount. It’s also a great time to call up another makeup loving friend and maybe ask if they want to split a vault! This especially great if you already have some of the items in that vault but not all of them. Perhaps your friend wants to ones you don’t and suddenly you can split the cost and the discount gets even deeper.

Here’s my pick of luxury makeup, beauty, fragrance, and vaults that you can save big one!

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Tomorrow the second week of the Sephora Holiday 20% Off Event (use promo code ROUGEBONUS) begins and I would highly suggest snagging the Maison Margiela Replica Vault if you’re a fragrance fan! If I didn’t have every one of these scents I’d totally buy this! This set includes five, YES, FIVE, full-size Maison Margiela perfumes (3.4 oz each). These retail for $126 so, that’s five times $126 which equals $630. The vault is $490 making each bottle $98 BUT wait, don’t forget your 20% Off! That’s $392 for the vault making each bottle $78 which is $48 in savings per bottle.

SWEET very sweet! It includes some of my favorites scents too like By the Fireplace (it reminds me a little bit of Bath and Body Works Marshmallow Fireside) and Jazz Club (smoky, Unisex, warm, sexy).

Contents:

• Beach Walk
• Lazy Sunday Morning
• Jazz Club
• By The Fireplace
• Flower Market

Don’t tell anyone I said this but at this price I’m considering buying it so I have backups of these scents!

Eep!

Maison Margiela Replica Vault is available now!

Where to buy

Sephora

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