Haul: Spring Sephora Sale aka Excuse to Buy Things

I’ve been doing okay in my unofficial buy-less-use-more movement, but I was weak when the Sephora sale came a’ callin’. Most of the stuff I wanted to buy was for the vacation I had last week. Well, that’s what I told myself. :p

1. Free Bag

What can I say, I like free stuff. The only thing is that I don’t really understand the composition of this bag. When I saw it on the email, I thought it would be like a kate spade bag where there is the opening on the flap and also an opening in the crease. But no. The bag is just awkwardly creased with only an opening in the top. I think this would be a nice way to travel with palettes, but I might iron out that weird crease.

2. BITE Beauty 5 Night Fix for Lips

I knew going into this that these would be very very small. And my intuition did not disappoint. They are more like deluxe samples, but I don’t really mind. I’ve been hoping to buy the Agave Lip mask for the longest time, so I thought this kit would be cute to try. The lip exfoliator is nice too. It almost dissolves on your lips which means I don’t have to press vigorously to make it work. It has the BEST scent too. I think it smells like cherry cola. Yum.

3. Ole Henriksen The Clean Truth Cleansing Cloths

I honestly can’t escape these. They are so expensive, but I always come back to them. I wanted a mini pack to take on vacation with me.

4. Urban Decay De-Slick

I thought that this would be a great time to try this sucker out. I’ve used All Nighter before, and it’s been okay. For my vacation I went to a very humid and warm place so I wanted this. I used it every day and it worked out well! It could also be due to the fact that I used Bare Minerals foundation instead of my usual liquid. Either way, with that combination it worked well!

5. Sephora Retractable Face Brush

I went into Sephora looking for this retractable kabuki to take travelling with me. I couldn’t find it unfortunately but the nice associate found me this one instead. I felt bad because she searched forever to find this one so I bought it. It was DEFINITELY a bit more than I expected it to be, but it does the job just the same. It’s a very substantial brush which is nice. I wish I could have found that $12 dollar brush though. :/

6. Jack Black Moisture Therapy Lip Balm in Mint

I can’t believe I have not discovered this yet. I wanted a stick lip balm with a very high SPF for my vacation. So far I LOVE it. It comes out as a thick balm which might turn off some people, but I don’t mind it. I don’t think it’s as thick as the Fresh lip balms (which is good). I’ve just started using it, but I feel it’s gonna be holy grail status for sure.

7. BITE Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick Duo in Fig/Date

I’ve been looking at this duo since Christmas and finally caved. it is sooo beautiful. I got the Fig/Date combo versus the brighter duo they have. As expected from BITE, they are smooth and pigmented. Super beautiful!

8. Laura Mercier Foundation Primer to Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer

So this primer was a total splurge/ impulse buy. I wanted a new primer for my vacation and just in general because I have lousy luck with primers. This seems super expensive just for this small size (not that I need any more). After reading not so glowing reviews for this, I ended up exchanging it for….

The Hourglass primer. Funny enough, I didn’t bring this on vacation because I was scared haha. I have yet to use it yet, but I am excited to try it!!

And there we have my most recent haul. I didn’t go nuts, but I definitely didn’t hold back haha. I’m so happy with everything I bought. After my vacation I had dental surgery and am still in recovery. I haven’t been wearing makeup at all for the past couple of days. I can’t wait to hurry up and get better so I can slap on some makeup and try a lot of this stuff out!

Thanks so much for reading! Hope you are having a great day!