October 10, 2017

20% Off Benefit Friends and Family

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Get 20% Off your total at benefitcosmetics.com using promo code FRIENDS. Good time to haul Galifornia! My favorite blush like ever!

Happy Hauling!

Offer valid through October 12th, 2017 at 11:59 PM Pacific or while supplies last. Offer cannot be combined with any other promotions. Offer cannot be used on Nice Package! custom kit orders, the great BROWnanza!, cable car cuties holiday gift set, GALifornia love holiday set, beauty and the bay holiday gift set, eye heart sf holiday set, head over hills limited edition holiday value set, city lights, party nights limited edition value set, golden gate glam makeup kit, and b.right by the bay limited-edition skincare set. Other exclusions may apply.

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October 10, 2017

Real Techniques Blend + Blur Brush Review

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I purchased the new Real Techniques Blend + Blur Foundation Brush, Blend + Blur All Over Brush, Blend + Blur Contour Brush, Blend + Blur Crease Brush, and Blend + Blur Cheek Brush recently during an early launch for Ulta Platinum Members and I don’t regret the purchase in the least! But I’ll tell you about them more in a second….

As you can easily see these are a lot like the much more expensive Artis Makeup Brushes which range is prices from $60 and upward. Over the course of the last two years many, many brands have duplicated the Artis line of brushes. Just recently, Ulta released an Oval Brush Set for the Holiday season that look quite like the Artis line and of course, many Korean brands such as Etude House and Missha have added brushes like these to their permanent collection.

Is it any wonder? The Artis line is quite a unique line of brushes with soft, densely packed bristles that buff color into cheeks to a flawless, airbrushed appearance. Artis even created a selection of their brushes exclusively for MAC a few years ago.

The new Real Techniques Blend + Blur Brush Collection takes on Artis with their own selection of brushes!

Here’s my thoughts and review.

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October 10, 2017

Becca Apres Ski Glow Face Palette Review & Swatches

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Becca Apres Ski Glow Face Palette ($54) is a new, limited edition Holiday 2017 highlighter and blush palette that was placed on my instant buy list as soon as I saw it. Far be it for me to rave highlighting anything but Becca’s palettes have been really good to me! I loved the Jaclyn Hill Champagne Pop Palette and I had great success with the Becca X Chrissy Teigen Glow Face Palette. So, it seemed like a no brainer to pick up the Apres Ski Glow Face Palette.

Here’s my thoughts, review, and swatches.

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October 10, 2017

Bath & Body Works Getting Too Technical With the Hand Soaps and Saving Me Money!

I can’t recall who it was that I was speaking to in comments but they mentioned how disappointed the Bath & Body Works community was at the lack of Fall 2017 Hand Soaps. I completely agree. This year, Fall Hand Soaps were sadly lacking. I tend to stockpile the Fall Hand Soaps but there were so few to choose from that I actually got none this year. Yup, that’s right, zero, nada, zilch. Typically they do at least five Fall Hand Soap releases over the course of a four month period starting in August, again in September, and again in October and November. Typically they launch the ones we all love to hate first like Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin and move on to gourmands like Pumpkin Latte. As we get deeper into Fall they do ones like Apple Picking and later in November we get a round of Harvest ones.

Well, we are pretty deep into October now and sadly, there haven’t been a ton of Fall Hand Soaps to get excited about. And I’m disappointed yes, but also, I feel like I saved a heap of money. I’ve discovered stocking pile Bath & Body Hand Soaps is actually now a good idea as some go bad. Well, not bad really but they do loose their scent. I just cracked open a Pumpkin Latte one that I had from last year and it barely has any smell. So yeah, this saved me some great money.

But one of the real reasons I’m saving so much money is the fact that Bath & Body Works is getting way technical with hand soap releases.

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