Oh yeah I love blush and I've wanted the Clinique Cheek Pops since they launched, so glad I got this at such a good price.

$4 Section:
Mac Softpoint sponge Applicator
Mac Eyeshadow Pans in - Kelly, Carefree and Indian Ink
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Sample
Mac Lip Liner in Vino
Mac Eyeliner in Coffee
 The $4 section had some Bobbie Brown Foundations but only in Sand, so I stuck with what I knew I would like.

$12 - Estee Lauder Little Black Primer.
 I almost went out and got this in the store, but I am sure glad I didn't, $12 is a great price and it is a new release item.

$25 -Mac KeepSake/ Smokey Face Palette:
 This is from the holiday collection. I really wanted it back then but couldn't bring myself to spend full price on it. So glad I got this.
 $40 - Buy on get one free
Mac 179 Body Buffing Brush
Mac Duo Fibre Travel Brush Set
 Duo Fibre brushes and a body brush for $40, I'm sold.

$25 - Clinique Grandest Greens Eye Chubby Stick Set
 I love the idea of the Chubby Sticks for my eyes.
The free gift was two gift bags that are flat (they are actually the background for all the photos in this post).
The Charity bags were Prep + Prime Cc Powder in Neutralizing and two nail polishes. I got 4 of Riot Gear, 2 of Impassioned and 2 of Flaming rose.

So that is it, my haul from the sale. I think I did pretty well and kept on a budget. I regret nothing, so that is good.

Last weekend was VIB appreciation week at Sephora. Beauty insiders got x2 the points, VIBs x3 the points and VIB Rouge x4 the points. If that wasn't reason enough for me to go do a haul there was a free bag with 9 samples available for VIBs. Being a VIB I decided this was a good excuse to do some shopping.

Benefit Matthew Williamson The Rich is Back box set:
 This box set looks so pretty in its box. It contains 4 shadows a blush, a mini brush, a mini gloss and a mini They're Real mascara. If that wasn't good enough, it was only $29 Cad which I think is a great price. If you want to learn more about his Rica at The Office Chic did a great post on it and its launch (part of the reason I feel victim to buying it) so you should check it out.

 Smashbox Try it Kit Halo + BB in Fair
So Sephora's site says this has 0.25 oz primer, 0.50 oz bb, a kabuki and 0.25 oz of Halo powder. Sounds great for $32 right? Well I thought it was a bit pricy for such small items but I also really wanted to try it. Well low and behold the Halo really is 0.11 oz ! That is  0.14 oz less! What gives Sephora the box says 0.11 oz, you totally lied to me. This one is going back to the store.

Joesie Maran Daily Moisturizer Spf 40

This baby was $17 and it is only 15 ml, but I thought I would give it a shot any ways (plus I needed to add one more item for free shipping). I think the bottle is pretty darn small for $17 and I better like it a lot. Surprisingly I think I am really happy I got this, I thought if anything this would be the item I returned, who knew.


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I spent last monday across the border doing some shopping. We went to a mall, and outlet mall and Target.

While at the mall I popped into Sephora, this is what I got:
I had purchased the Sephora Favourites Perfume Sampler last year, and while I loved it and the 10 mini fragrance bottles it came with, I was never able to redeem the certificate for my full size until now. Yep, in store only, USA store at that. So I chose to get DKNY Golden Delicious au de Parfume (3.4 oz). It retails for $98.00 Cad or $80.00 USA (seriously that was a big difference in price $18 ). I am really glad I made that choice, since it is such a large bottle and many of the other ones were under 2 oz in size.

the sampler set I got last year

And guess what, It turns out it is made in Canada...that is just great.
 Starbucks Via Refreshers, we just don't have these here in Canada and the refreshers cost so much even in a can. These were $7.99 each and I got 5 packs in total.
 I also picked up Swiss Miss Diet Hot Chocolate with 25 cals each they are fantastic. I also got DOTS, why don't we get these here any more? I love Dots and got 5 packs ($1 each).
 I picked up a bonus pack of Yes to Blueberries wipes with a bonus Yes To Carrots lip balm, they were on sale for $4.99. I also got Summer's Eve wipes, they were just under $3 for the pack.
I fell in love with this at the Pixi brunch a few weeks back, it is a corrective concealer that you do need to go over after, but it is just fantastic to use. I also got two shades of L'oreal Colour infallible that are not available in Canada, Eternal Sunshine and Glistening Garnet.
I grabbed for my pal some ZzzQuil, such a funny idea to me, I guess they figured out 90% of the people taking NyQuil were just using it to sleep. I grabbed Up&Up Adult's Gummy Calcium supplements, Ibuprofen Pm and Effervescent Vitamin C packs. They were are really cheap and I am loving the Calcium. I also got the Ester C brand named packs for my friend, either way they were both about 80% cheaper then in Canada.

At the outlet mall I got some hoodies and a tee shirt at Under Armour, to see them please watch my video below.

Last week Walmart had some pretty good deals on makeup.

Today I did some hauling with Jen at the Eaton Centre.

First off we dropped off some Daily Bread Food Bank Donations at CoverFX's Give-a-Gift Get-a-Gift charity event and received a MintGlazeFX from them for the donation.

Then at Mac I Back2Maced to get Cranberry Eyeshadow and I picked up  Pro Longwear Lustre Lip Colour in Night Rose. I also got a brown pencil in Taupe.

I got a gift card from Sephora for my birthday and I got a Beauty Insider coupon for $15 off. I picked up a Benefit gift set with 3 creaseless cream shadows and three liners. I also picked up Sephora's eye primer, Ideal for glitter, and received for free a Tarina Tarnantio Pearl Glow Primer (because I have their iphone app on my phone and I told them about it).

I really didn't pay anything much for any of this, I still have money on the girft card from Sephora, I got the eyeshadow from Mac for free and the Coverfx lip glaze was free too....great day.

This past Sunday I went for the first time to Lisa's Cosmetics Warehouse Sale.

I didn't have too much time to look around and it was the second last day of the sale, so I didn't go nuts.

Most of the Annabelle was sold out! So I didn't get anything from them.

I did get lots of Smashbox! and at a great price. So I am really happy.

collective haul

• I picked up 3 Smashbox kits (breakdown below)
• Big bottle of Sunsilk conditioner in hydra-TLC  -$3.49
• I love this stuff. I got a bottle a few months back at dollarama and fell in love. I picked up some more on monday at my rexall for about the same price but for a much smaller bottle. Ever since my Avon hair masks were discontinued I have been struggling to find a conditioner I liked to clean my hair with.
• 2 packs of Pirouline Wafers for $4.99
• 3 nail polishes for $0.99 each
• Smashbox shadow liner trio for $8.50
• Spectro Gel for Naomi  for $3.99

Monty very interested in what I am doing

So a friend of mine is always giving me her GWP that she cant use (and there are a lot of them). I have a few people who do this for me, but this time I got quite a bit of goodies. These apparently were GWP from a Shopper's Drug Mart.

Biotherm Body Wash  with oils. It seems to have a bit of it missing though.

Mini Bourjois Volume Glamour Mascara in Ultra Black

Lancome Juicy Tubes Jelly in Raspberry Ice

Smashbox's Heperlash Mascara

Lise Watier Couleur Minerale in Folie Violette

DKNY Pure Body Butter

Peace, Love and Juicy Couture perfume

I like just about everything in this goodie bag. My one friend too a primer sample from Pur Minerals and I am going to give the perfume to a charity in a gift bag for teenaged girls who might otherwise not get gifts at Xmas.

My favourite will be the Lise Watier eyeshadow and the Lancome Juicy Tubes. I have a few of the Juicy Tubes but none of the Jelly version yet. I love them and always get them for free from this friend, which is very very nice of her.

I popped into the Mac Pro store and Hiscott's and got staples.

Gloss - a great product that provides a glossy texture to the skin.
Airbrush - White and Aquamarine Blue
Minerlized Skin Finish Natural -Light/Medium -I have not just hit the pan on this one, I am scraping the bottom of it.

At Hiscott's I got Merhon's Rigid Collodion - for making old scars

Over this past weekend I managed to pick up some makeup goodies. I am quite proud of myself since I am waiting for the IMATS.

NYX Lashes:
I went to Pacific Mall for some shopping with my man and found a store that sells all of NYX line. I mean ALL of it! I picked up the EL 104  lashes for $7.99. I wanted them for halloween, other wise I would have waited until after the IMATS. Regardless I have never seen their lashes in Canada, or many of these items. Now I know where to get them, so I can go back any time.

Revlon Lipsticks:
Walmart is having a sale, 40% off all Revlon lip products. I already buy my Revlon lipsticks at Walmart because they are much cheeper than at the drugstores, but an additional 40% made my weekend.

• Revlon Matte Lipstick - Nude Attitude
• Revlon Colorburst Lipstick - Raspberry
• Revlon Colorburst Lipstick - Blusb
• Revlon Colorburst Lipstick - Soft Nude