Urban Decay Friends & Family Sale 2013

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Urban Decay fans, start your engines! Their Friends & Family sale is ON. From now til 11:59 PDT on 10/12/13, get 20% off your entire order on Urban Decay’s site. Everything is included! Yes, that means even the much beloved trio of Naked palettes, Vice 2, ERRYTHANG. Use codeĀ FFHOLIDAY13 to get your discount on. Get it!

Upcoming Deals from ULTA

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Just got my ULTA circular in the mail and wanted to share some of the awesome upcoming deals with you. If you’ve been itching for a little beauty haul, this might just be the time? :) These start on June 9th.

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Sephora Friends & Family Sale

The Sephora Friends & Family Sale (20% off your entire purchase) is working a little differently this year. In the past, there has been one code that anyone can use over and over again until FF is over. Now, you will get a 1-time code that is unique to you.
How to get your Sephora F&F Code:
1. Visit www.sephora.com/friends and type your email address in the dialogue box.
2. Your unique 1-time use code will load on the screen after you submit your email.
Good To Know:
You are only allowed one code per email and 5 email addresses per computer.
Your codes are unique to you. So if you give it to a friend, you can’t use it.
And you can only each code one time.
These codes are not valid with any other codes (in other words, no code stacking).
$50 free shipping still applies (in past years it has been based on your total before your discount).
You can still use ebates! Don’t forget! :)
This is going on until 11-2! But stuff tends to sell out, so get shopping!

Beauty.com 20% Off Friends & Family Sale

The 20% off Beauty.com sale is here, everyone! From now through Friday get 20% off your order. But wait, there’s more! ;) Beauty.com is currently offering 12% cash back through Ebates as part of Ebates’ 12th Anniversary event! So remember to log in to Ebates and click through from there instead of just going straight to Beauty.com even though I know it’s tempting because it’s a Beauty.com sale! 

So what are my “stuff to check out” picks from Beauty.com?
Deborah Lippmann nail polish retails for $16, which is pretty steep, so if you have been longing for some of her extremely unique shades, now is a great time to loosen the steel grip you have on the pocketbook. I only have one shade, Across The Universe, and it’s 100% worth the splurge. Same goes for Butter London nail polishes, which are $14 – All Hail The Queen is my favorite.
Beauty.com has a lot of niche brands that you can’t find at Sephora, like It Cosmetics. I’ve been really liking the It Cosmetics brow pencil, and HD powder! Another really nice high-end brand you won’t see at Sephora is Jouer. I’ve mentioned Jouer’s lovely lipstick in Meredith as one of my favorite nudes. I also really like their Luminizing Moisture Tint in Pearl. 
Do you miss CARGO from its Sephora days? Or Sue Devitt? They’re still around, and available at Beauty.com, along with some brands even I haven’t tried yet, like Knockout Cosmetics or Mally Beauty. Of course, if you still want to be a savvy shopper and aren’t open to veering from the Sephora-norm, or just want to stock up on your essential, never-be-without-them items, fabulous brands like NARS, Smashbox, Tarte, Stila, LORAC, Urban Decay, and Too Faced are all available on Beauty.com as well.
I haven’t even gotten into the skin care or bath options at Beauty.com yet, and there’s hair too, wow! Some of my favorite skin care/bath/hair items from Beauty.com are: (note, I am not necessarily using these currently as my skin has changed fairly recently, but they are all products I’ve used and highly recommend!)
I’m not sure if I’m going to be hauling yet. Gotta take a look at the finances. ;) But if you are hauling from this sale, please comment and share!

Saving Cash with Ebates

Ebates is having some special deals going on right now in order to celebrate their 12th birthday. Yeah, you read that correctly – 12. Very few things on the internet have survived for 12 years and continue to grow strongly. For some of my teenage readers, that means Ebates has been around since before you were allowed to use the internet unsupervised! Okay, making myself feel old. Back to the important part – saving some cash with Ebates! Ebates has partnered with several of their most popular retailers to offer 12% cash back in honor of their 12th birthday! You can see the entire list of retailers offering this here, but these are the ones I’m most excited about:

Beauty.com, The Body Shop, The Container Store (great for makeup storage!), Drugstore.com, DSW, Endless, Old Navy, Philosophy, Petco (for my babies!), Sephora, and Stila. 

What is Ebates & How Do I Use It?
Ebates is a great way to save money on online purchasing because for every purchase through one of their thousands of retailers, you get a % cash back just for clicking their link to the retailer. No scams, no hidden catches, just straight cash homies! If you aren’t a member yet you really ought to be (click here to sign up)! I’ve been a member of Ebates since 2007, and my mom is a member too.

So how do you use it? It’s super easy. Once you’re a member, any time you want to do some online shopping go to Ebates.com, log in, and search for the retailer you’re looking to buy from. Ebates has all the latest coupons for that retailer, and a link to shop that store. Click that link. Ebates will open a “tracking ticket”, which is just some information for their system that shows you clicked the link. These tickets are important, because if for some reason something happens and you don’t get the correct cash back, your ticket # is your reference # when contacting customer service. Once the tracking ticket opens, you are redirected to the retailer, and you shop as normal. Within a few days after placing your order, your Ebates account will show new cash back in your account. It’s that simple.

OCC IMATS Discount Available Online

If you can’t make it to one of the IMATS trade shows this year, or if OCC was sold out of the goodies you had your heart set on by the time you got to their booth, never fear! OCC has your back! From now until the 17th at 11:59 PST, you can get the 20% off discount exclusively on OCCmakeup.com.
You must log in to use the discount! The username for this discount is OCCDISC and the password is IMATSNYC.
Then you do your shopping as usual for 20% off cosmetics (not including airbrushes or airbrush products). Any products added prior to logging in with the discount will not be discounted, so you must do that first to get the discount. 
Also be sure to check out OCC’s first “Garage Sale“. They are clearing inventory of some discontinued products at huge discounts! And if you’re logged in with the discount code above, you’ll get additional savings. 

Hautelook Beauty Week Lineup

Monday 9/20
Alterna Haircare
InStyler
NuFace
Somme Institute
Stila
Tuesday 9/21
DDF Skincare
GO SMiLE
Lorac
Wednesday 9/22
RapidLash
NYX
LightStim Beauty Electronics
Thursday 9/23
Hairdo by Jessica Simpson
Hand Perfection Skincare
Freeze 24/7 Skincare
Lucky’s LORAC Lust Haves (starts at 1pm)
Friday 9/24
Amika Hair Styling Tools
NuBrilliance Micro-Dermabrasion Kit
These are not all of the brands that will be on sale. Just a lot of the notables.
Words to the wise: Friday also features a sale of Red Ginger makeup palettes. AVOID these. They’re just the same 88 and 120 palettes etc. that are sold all over the internet for a fraction of the cost of these. Don’t get ripped off!
If you are not a Hautelook member yet, please use our affiliate link! Very much appreciated. <3

LORAC on Hautelook This Week

Next week is Hautelook‘s Beauty Week! Each day a different brand will be on sale. LORAC will be on sale starting 9/21 at 8 am (Pacific Time) through 9/23 at 8 am (Pacific Time). Here’s a selection of what will be on sale (at up to 83% off!!!)…

Lotsa Lip Lipstick
Lotsa Lip Lip Gloss
Mocktail Lip Glosses
Eye Shadows / Sets
Eye/Cheek Palettes
Lip Polishes
Full Face Collections
Gloss Sticks
Oil-Free Foundation Makeup
Aquaprime
Gift Sets
& more…!
Need a referral to join Hautelook? I would love it if you’d use my referral link!

Purely Cosmetics Anniversary Promo

One of my favorite mineral etailers, Purely Cosmetics, is having their anniversary sale promo tomorrow! This promotion is good 9/18 only! It’s a kind of “choose your own adventure” sale. Choose between 15% off your entire order, or free shipping!

Free Shipping – $15 minimum purchase required. Code: ANNIVSHIPFREE.
15% off your order – no minimum purchase necessary. Code: ANNIV15OFF.

These codes will be good until midnight CST. Happy Shopping!

Be sure to check out my posts on Purely Cosmetics Foundation and Diamond Perfect Finish Powder for some ideas on what to grab!

Purely Cosmetics Anniversary Sale

Keep your eyes out for Purely Cosmetics‘ Anniversary Sale on 9/18! It’s a “choose your own adventure” discount. ;) You can choose 15% off your entire order (no minimum) or free shipping on any order $15 or more. It will be available for 9/18 only. I’ll be reminding you all closer to the date, too.