Sephora Black Friday Deals!

In previous years I want to say the black friday deals were $12 here and $10 in the USA. I could be wrong, but I feel fairly certain of that. This year, they are still $10 in the USA but they are $13 here. To be fair, our dollar is much weaker than it was in the last few years so I can't complain about that. And here are all the sets. There are a LOT of them this year!

So the big question is, what are you guys getting?

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day® Night Cap Overnight Perfector

Night Cap is the ultimate beauty sleep for your hair. This easy-to-use solution gives you one week of shiny, vibrant, and more manageable hair overnight. Apply it before bed (to dry or damp hair), go to sleep, and wake up with:

• Shiny hair for days. Our weightless radiance refractors outperform silicones and oils.

• Long-lasting, vibrant color. Our patented Healthy Hair Molecule (OFPMA) combined with long-lasting cuticle sealing technology helps smooth the cuticle and reduce pigment loss.

• More manageable hair. Amino acids condition and protect against your daily styling habits and other environmental assaults

• Overnight results that last. These benefits last all week (up to 5 shampoos).

Night Cap is weightless, fast absorbing, pillow-safe, and perfect for all hair types.
Silicone-free. Oil-free.

This is a new product that has launched from Living Proof. The instructions say to use at night before bed. "Apply to damp or dry hair. Start with 2-3 pumps. Spread product between hands. Evenly distribute from root to tip, focusing on ends. Use more depending on hair thickness or length. Comb through and leave on overnight. Style or wash out in the morning."

I have to say I was disgusted by this when I first heard of it. To put some serum in my hair and then go to bed? I just have this image of oil stained pillowcases in the morning... Just puts me off. But after seeing an interview with Jennifer Aniston who also says she was skeptical of the formula at first also. She said she thought it would leave her hair greasy, Having tried it (I would assume she tries most of the line being a partial owner in the brand) she says she’s officially a believer. “Even if it’s shampoo day, it actually doesn’t wash out the product [entirely] because it doesn’t sit on top of the hair follicle, but absorbs into it and continues to do the work for a few days,”

Am I that easy to be sold on a product? A shareholder or owner says it works and all of a sudden "ok, sign me up!"? But sadly, in this case that seems to be it. I have to say I have LOVED the products I have tried from the brand so far. The Perfect Hair Day™ 5-in-1 Styling Treatment is my go to product when I straighten my hair (and a deluxe sample has lasted me IONS), the Instant Texture Mist while not my favourite texturizer is still great, and the Full Conditioner is nice too. So yeah, I guess the brand has proved itself to me thus far and makes me willing to give this product a try. 

Sephora Favorites Beauty Closet

So Sephora has another new Sephora Favorites Kit out there. This one is a little more pricey than most coming in at a whopping $118. 

What it is:
A set with primers, liners, moisturizers, and more with coveted must-haves that our in-the-know Sephora staff reaches for every morning, noon, and night.


What it does:
Get a wardrobe of beauty essentials with our SEPHORA FAVORITES Beauty Closet. Loaded with our go-to skin-perfecting powders, lipsticks, nail polishes, fragrance, primers, oil, highly-pigmented eyeliners, hair primers, eye shadow, bronzers, moisturizers, and other must-haves, this collection is a gift set that’s perfect for the beauty lover—or yourself. With coveted brands, from Formula X to Bite Beauty to Josie Maran, this set will keep you prepared for every beauty look.

This set contains: - 0.23 oz Algenist Complete Eye Renewal Balm
- 0.085 oz Anastasia Beverly Hills Mini Clear Brow Gel
- 0.04 oz Ardency Inn MODSTER Smooth Ride Supercharged eyeliner in Gold
- 0.15 oz bareMinerals Mini READY™ Touch Up Veil Broad Spectrum SPF 15 in Translucent
- Beautyblender® micro.mini sponge applicator
- 0.34 oz Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector™ in Opal
- 0.04 oz Bite Beauty BB for Lips in Flush
- 0.24 oz Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black eau de parfum rollerball
- 0.4 oz Formula X Nail Color in Fahrenheit
- 0.33 oz Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer
- 0.16 oz Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil
- 0.12 oz Julep Freedom™ Polymer Top Coat
- 0.10 oz Lancôme Paris Lip Lover in 355 Framboise Etoile
- 1 oz Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 20 in Nude
- 1 oz Living Proof Prime Style Extender
- 0.5 oz Ole Henriksen® truth serum® collagen booster
- 0.07 oz SEPHORA COLLECTION Colorful Mono eye shadow in #32 Pop Idol
- 0.25 oz Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 35 in Light/Medium
- 0.07 oz Stila Convertible Color in Peony
- 0.11 oz Tarte Amazonian clay waterproof bronzer in Park Ave Princess™
- 0.17 oz Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara

AVAILABLE HERE FOR $118!

Hair Care Discovery Packs From Ulta

ULTA Get This Top Knot Set Includes:

• Chi 44 Iron Guard (2.0 oz.)
• Kenra Volume Spray (1.5 oz.)
• Living Proof Instant Repair Lotion (1.0 oz.)
• Mia Beauty Bun Ease in Large
• Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Volumizing Spray (1.6. oz.)

Ulta Shimmer And Shine Set Includes:

• Banded Headwrap in Black Sparkle
• Chi Keratin Silk Infusion (2.0 oz.)
• Sebastian Shine Shaker (1.82 oz.)
• Zoya Pixie Dust Nail Lacquer in Tomoko (0.5 fl. oz.)

ULTA Go From AM to PM Set Includes:

• Biosilk Silk Therapy (2.26 fl. oz.)
• Karina Bobby Pins (Silver 6 Ct. & Gold 6 Ct.)
• Orly Nail Lacquer in Glitterbomb (0.6 fl. oz.)
• Oscar Blandi Dry Shampoo (1.2 oz.)
• Sebastian Shaper Plus (1.5 oz.)
• Big Sexy Hair Powder Play Volumizing Powder (0.53 oz.)

Sephora Cumulative August Haul

I did quite a bit of damage at Sephora recently. This was done over two orders (one online and one during the ROUGE event). I have not included the items I thought better of and returned. 

Online, the Caudalie grape water spray was disappointing, NOT what I was expecting. Its basically just Evian water in a can. The rest I am very happy with and you will see or have seen reviews of all these items here on the blog!

Give Me Some Lip set - swatches coming very shortly.

Already on blog:

Studded lpstick coming soon:

Fresh VIB exclusive lip treatment already on blog:

Instant texture mist, was a VIB exclusive, no longer an exclusive, review to come in the next few weeks!

MEH.

GREATEST. STUFF. EVER.

The Haul from the Rouge Event:

Actually purchased:

Just a quick note to say the Josie Maran nail wipes are useless. I used two wipes and still could not remove all the polish from ONE NAIL. Returning that jar of crap. The below was all free samples.