Belated Sephora Sale Post

My packages seem to have been delayed for awhile but I finally received everything I ordered.

I always love the 2 times a year Sephora has a sale for 15% off, for Rouge it is 20% and Insiders get 10%. It used to be 15% off in the Spring and 20% off in the Fall but they changed it and unless you are their highest tier Rouge you get different discounts. I do love Ulta’s point system way better but they don’t carry all my favorite brands so I tend to shop more at Sephora and Nordstrom for their sales and gift with purchases. I will say though since it is now over not to worry because all of the brands have their own websites and have way better sales than the Sephora Sale and much better samples. I have gotten a lot of makeup for 20-30% off just by being patient and signing up for all their brand emails for updates. I only really shop at Sephora twice a year to get VIB status and then shop elsewhere for better deals.

I laugh when I reminisce when I was younger and buying every LE item and whatever was trendy I had to have but now I know exactly what I love and will use so while I do like trying new things I mostly stick to favorites. I didn’t get too many new things and got a lot of rebuys this round.

• Dior Airflash Spray Foundation retails $62 and with the sale it’s $52.70 + tax. Now this is my most luxurious and most expensive foundation and purchase. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this foundation! For the longest time I had wanted to try it but the price deterred me in case it didn’t work on my skin but when I had a chance to test it a couple of years ago at a Dior Trend Event at Nordstrom in Chicago I absolutely fell in love with it. I have very dry skin and this looks amazing on my skin. I have had a couple of friends with oily skin that say it doesn’t work for their skin, but for my dry skin it goes on so nice and stays on all day. In a normal year I would use 2 a year so both sale times I would buy one but this past year with no going out and even now not really doing many social things I use this once a week so 1 bottle has lasted me a year. It is finally running low so I am restocking it. I love pairing this with my Artis brush and it goes on so beautifully. I might do a review on this because I love it that much!

• Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Foundation retails $48 sale price $40.80 + tax. I have been wanting to be more green with my makeup (note I will not give up my Dior foundation but I do want to be more open) and I have heard Ilia is a good clean and green brand. I have their eyeliner and really like it so I saw this and figured this might be good for the summer when I don’t want to use my Dior foundation and this has SPF 40. I do love liquid foundations because they work best on my skin so I am excited to try this brand and hope I bought the right shade. I love that about Sephora though and their return policy so in case it doesn’t work out I can easily exchange for the right shade.

• Charlotte Tilbury Mini Hollywood Flawless Filter retails $15 sale price $12.75 + tax. I own the full size version of this and it’s another love. It gives the perfect highlight and so easy to put on with my fingers and blend. I wanted the travel size version to keep in my bag when I need a retouch or travel.

• Bite Beauty Lip Mask retail $26 sale price $22.10 + tax this was a purchase for Dan. I have tons of different lip masks but for some reason Dan loves just this one so since we recently ran out it was a rebuy that according to Dan will last a year, I guess we will see come fall for the next sale

• Oribe Mini Gold Lust Nourishing Hair Oil retail $38 sale price $32.30 + tax. I have been wanting to try some hair oil for my tips for awhile and I love the smell of Oribe so I decided to try this and hope for the best

• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette retails $64 sale price $54,40 + tax. When I first started to love makeup years ago my heart fell fast and forever for Hourglass. It is one of those brands that just works perfectly with my skin. Like everything from the line goes on amazing! I have had to cut down on so much makeup since I only have one face, but when I ran out of this palette in the winter I knew I would get it during this sale. It just gives the perfect glow. I have tried the Guerlain Meteorites Highlighting Powder Pearls and while that is also wonderful and I love the grandma smell of it, I can only buy one and Hourglass wins each time. I saw they have a Volume II but since I don’t have time during the week to go to the store and test it I will just stick with what I know and love.

• Dae Prickly Pear Oil retails $36 sale price $30.60 + tax. My friend recommended this oil so I decided to give it a try and its one of those clean and green products that I am trying to buy more of so I figured why not. I have tons of hair so I know both hair oils will be used up in no time.

• Jack Black Industrial Strength Hand Healer retails for $46 sale price $39,10 + tax. This is another Dan purchase. He swears by this hand cream whereas I swear by Vaseline lotion for a fraction of the price but he really does love this cream and I love “surprising” him twice a year with his favorite.

• Milk Makeup Sunshine Tint Clean SPF 30 Foundation retails for $42 sale price $35.70 + tax. This was a very last minute purchase, I was scrolling through Instagram when I clicked on some random blogger and she was talking about loving the Ilia Foundation but then got the Milk foundation and loved that one more! So I wanted to compare for myself but she said the Milk one was a little thicker, more dewier, and had less SPF (Milk SPF 30, Ilia SPF 40.) Hopefully I got the right shade and can’t wait to test both out and the “clean” makeup brands.

• Sephora Favorites Clean me up Set retails $30 sale price $25.50 + tax. We are thinking about taking a trip soon so this had a couple of the things I like using in the summer but with perks of extras like the Ilia full size multi stick, This Set Contains:

– 0.5 oz/ 15 mL Supergoop! Glowscreen Sunscreen SPF 40 PA+++
– 0.17 oz/ 5 mL Kosas Kosasport LipFuel Hyaluronic Lip Balm in Rush (sheer, cool pink) (Full Size)
– 0.1 oz/ 3 mL tarte SEA Breezy Cream Bronzer in Seychelles (light-to-medium bronze)
– 0.15 oz/ 4/5 mL ILIA Multi-Stick Cheek & Lip in Dreamer (warm nude) (Full Size)
– 0.11 oz/ 3 mL Milk Makeup Vegan Milk Moisturizer
– 0.3 oz/ 10 mL Glow Recipe Papaya Sorbet Smoothing Enzyme Cleansing Balm & Makeup Remover

Overall, I am excited for my purchases and hope to get lots of use out of everything. May is one of my favorite months with Mother’s Day, Mexican Mother’s Day, and my oldest’s birthday so lots of celebrations and hopefully lots of using up this makeup. I also got a lot of samples and redeemed some points for the Urban Decay Glide on eye pencil and Ilia Mascara, hoping to like both.