Black Friday Beauty Haul 2013

Black Friday 2013 has come and is on it's way out.  This is the first year that I didn't have to work on Black Friday in a while so I decided to take advantage of having the day off and went out shopping at 12:00am.

I decided to go to the mall and stopped by Sephora first.  Sephora usually has $10.00 deal sets that they offer on Black Friday and I wanted to check them out.

Clean Sweep set from Ole Henriksen. This set included a 1.5 fl.oz.  'African Red Tea Foaming Cleanser' and a set of 10 'Truth to Go' facial wipes. 

Next I got the 'Draw the Line' Eyeliner sampler.  This set was $30.00 and has a retail value of $79.00. I am currently on a mission to find the perfect eyeliner.  Included in this set were some eyeliners that I was going to purchase full sized and full priced to try out but seeing this set made that easier and cheaper for me. Some of the eyeliners in the set were full sized. 

 FULL SIZED Eyeko 'Skinny Liquid Eyeliner' in Black.

FULL SIZED? Sephora 'Long-Lasting 12 HR Wear Eye Liner' in Glitter Black.

0.01oz Double ended Urban Decay '24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil' in Perversion (black) and Demolition (dark espresso brown).

0.01 fl. oz. Stila 'Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner' in Intense Black.

FULL SIZED? Stila 'Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner' in stingray (black).

0.025 oz. Make Up For Ever 'Aqua Eyes' waterproof eyeliner pencil in Black. 

 I received this sample from Yu Be  of their Moisturizing Skin cream. I have a big bottle of this and I use it regularly as a hand cream. I was actually going to pick up a small size of this as I was going through the checkout line to put in my purse, but stopped at the $16.00 price tag.  

Next I picked up some items from Bath and Body Works.  They were having their three wick candle sale (2 for $22) and their Wallflower two packs were $5.00 each as part of the Black Friday deals. 

 Cranberry Pear Bellini Wallflowers 

Peach Bellini 3 Wick Candle

'Tis the Season 3 Wick Candle

Red Velvet Cupcake 3 Wick Candle

Leaves 3 Wick Candle

Caribbean Escape Wallflowers

Bath and Body Works usually does a gift bag that you can purchase on black friday that contains some of their most popular products and scents in it for a discounted price with a minimum purchase. This years 2013 Holiday VIP Tote was $20.00 with a minimum $40.00 purchase.

FULL SIZED Forever Midnight Body Cream 

0.25 fl. oz. Forever Red fragrance

FULL SIZED Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Lotion

FULL SIZED Eucalyptus Spearmint Body Wash and Foam Bath 

Mini Champagne Toast Scented Candle

FULL SIZED Fresh Sparking Snow Anti-Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap

FULL SIZED Cream White Body Poof

That was it for the beauty items that I picked up this Black Friday. I think I found some really good deals and it wasn't too hectic shopping at 12:00am. The line at Sephora was really short and I didn't have to wait long.  The line at Bath and Body Works was really long. It wove from the back of the store where the registers were to the entrance of the store. The line wasn't too bad to wait in and it moved along.  There were a lot of Bath and Body Works employees directing the line  and they placed large red dots on the floor to help guide the line along.  Normally the overly happy, giddy BBW employees that are in every store are often a little too much for me. But I think that attitude helped BBW with the often stressful BlackFriday shopping.  The employees made everyone feel like we were in it together and would get out alive. I think this was a successful Black Friday Haul and I am happy with what I got. 

Birchbox July 2013

First Look!

This month's theme is Power Play. I was having some issues with the camera or Blogger - not sure what was happening but some of these pictures are rotated the wrong way. I don't know how it happened or how to fix it.

Kerastase Chroma Thermique Leave in Treatment

PUR Minerals CC Cream. I tried this out and wasn't really impressed. I was excited to try out a CC cream and this is my first one. I was under the understanding that CC creams are supposed to have more coverage than a BB cream and I need that for my acne scars and hyper pigmentation.  This product did not seem to cover any better than the BB creams that I have tried.  I don't think that I will be purchasing this. 

Birchbox Bobby Pins

Vivant Skincare 3% Mandelic Acid 3-in1 wash.

   Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple. I was so excited to see this in my Birchbox! I have heard some really great things about this eyeliner from Jen at From Head to Toe.  She says that this is her holy grail eyeliner and it's really great for her asian eyes. I wanted to try this out, but just haven't had the chance to. So I was really happy to see this and even more surprised that I got a full sized sample of the product.  I liked that it came in a purple color and it looked good on the eyes. The eyeliner didn't remain all day without smudging but it didn't smudge too much - like the Canmake eyeliner that I got in Thailand. 

This month was a pretty good box for me. The eyeliner was my favorite part of this box.

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