Cherry Culture Back To School Sale

Woohoo! Cherry Culture has 20% off for back to school. Save 20% off your order from now through the 24th at 11:59 CST. Code is B2S20.

Shipping to the U.S. is free on orders over $40. Cherry Culture also ships world-wide (although I understand it’s kind of $$, so you might want to buddy-up, international ladies!).

If you’re not familiar with Cherry Culture, they carry all kinds of awesome brands. Their most popular (I think anyway) being NYX. You might also want to give Sinful Colors, Jordana, Crazy Rumors, and newly added freshMinerals a look-see. I first discovered freshMinerals on my trip to Washington a couple months ago. It looks like they do not yet have the full line on Cherry Culture’s website, but it’s good to have on your radar to check out in the future because their eye colors are to die for. 

Oh yes, and if you like sparkly nail polish, run to the LA Girl Rock Star nail lacquers. OMG. The color Overdose is probably one of my favorite glittery polishes ever. It’s freaking gorgeous. Check it out:

(Yes, I know I have polish all over my cuticles. I couldn’t wait til after I cleaned this up to show everyone on Twitter the amazing sparkles!)

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is Live!

You can all go get excited! The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is live now! There are some really nice beauty exclusives this year, including the pre-release exclusive of MAC Dazzle lipsticks, which were all covered by the lovely Christine at Temptalia this past week.

Don’t forget to sign up for Ebates to get cash back on your Nordstrom purchase!!

Anything on your shopping list this year?

Some Beautiful Deals…

Hello my beauties…I haven’t done a deals/sales post in a while, but the getting’s good right now so I thought I would share. :)

The Bath & Body Works Semi-Annual Sale is still going strong! There are markdowns up to 50, sometimes 75% off. The SaS is legendary, really. It’s the one sale I can never pass up because there is always something great I can grab. In addition to the amazing deals, you can also get $10 off a purchase of $40 or more with the code SALE40. This is one-time use per person, and also good in stores with their printable coupon. If for some reason you didn’t get the coupon in your email, click here to print it.

More good news…Because the Semi-Annual Sale is also at Victoria’s Secret, all of their Beauty Rush cosmetics are on sale at incredible deals too. ;) I just wish their VS Makeup line would go on sale!

There’s also a huge mark. gift with purchase going on right now! In fact, it’s going for today only! With a $35 purchase you get a silver makeup bag filled with goodies. The set includes: shimmer glossblossom lip tint, 2 i-mark eyeshadows (in a snap to it case), on the edge eyeliner, scandalash mascara, and a just pinched gel blush stick. You also get free shipping on your order. The code for this is MUSTHAVES. It’s only good today! Check out my mark. e-boutique!

For 4 more days you can get free shipping and 15% off all Bliss, Remede, and Elemis purchases at Bliss! Code is JULY10.

And because looking great by the pool or at the beach includes having clothes on for most of us, I thought I would include that Torrid has 25% off select styles of swimwear, and sandals are marked down to $19.99. Shipping is also free on any purchase of $100 or more. Unfortunately it’s not hard to spend $100 there.

Clinique also has a fun GWP going on right now that is kind of cool because you can pick which palette you get. :) Check that out with the banner below.

Clinique Online




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NYX $1 Sale

NYX Cosmetics has launched their biggest sale ever– the $1 sale! Yes..select merchandise is on sale for just $1. It’s a pretty large selection with lots of great items to choose from. It’s definitely worth checking out. However, there are some catches…

– During the $1 sale, NYX won’t be taking international orders
– Processing your order can take up to 5 days
– All sale purchases are final. No returns/exchanges.

There’s always a catch, isn’t there? Now, some people have reported that the shipping costs were totally crazy. I am not sure why that is, because when I placed my order my shipping was really reasonable at around $7 and change. NYX is headquartered in California, so I know that when my order does finish processing it will arrive over night. Worth the $7 completely.

Not sure what to grab? What got my attention:

– Foundations – Including their black label powder, which is usually a whopping $25. Unfortunately it’s only a few of the shades, but I was happy that it included the 2 most pale shades. <3 It seems the palest and the darkest shades are on sale. I really really hope this doesn’t mean they are going to discontinue them.

– Single Eyeshadows – A selection of shades from their huge eyeshadow collection are just $1. These shadows are high quality, comparable to MAC but very cheap! Now they’re even cheaper.

– False Eyelashes – Like many of you I’m sure, false lashes are only the stuff of experimentation for me. But for $1, I grabbed some to play with.

– Sponges Galore – All of NYX’s fabulous makeup & skin care sponges are just $1. I swear by the cellulose sponges for washing my face and would have grabbed some if I didn’t have a good sized stock pile already. I did grab some wedge sponges though because you need to toss those often so you can never have too many.

LORAC Eyeliner on Sale

Hi all, just a quick sale/deal post. :)

Previously I raved about LORAC’s Front of the Line felt tipped eyeliner pen. Well, right now LORAC is offering 50% off on this super awesome eyeliner, bringing the price down to $10. Even if you’ve tried other felt tipped eyeliners you should check it out, because unlike anyone else, LORAC’s felt tipped liner comes in green. Love it.

Merry Xmas, Now Go Buy Stuff

Hello!

I hope all of my readers who celebrate Christmas had a good one yesterday and got lots of awesome stuff and had fun with friends or family or whatever you do on Christmas.

Christmas time is a special time of year not only because of the whole birth of Jesus thing, but also because of the amazing deals to be had when shopping. ;)

Bath and Body Works has their semi-annual sale going once again, and unless you have been living under a rock or are new to B&BW, you know that the semi-annual sale means Awesome Deals. Last time I looked at their website the classics body lotions were only $3, which includes my favorite B&BW scent of all-time Rice Flower & Shea. OMG it’s the greatest. There are always lots of other deals during the semi-annual sale and they change as the week goes on. Remember kiddies too that B&BW now ships to Canada!

Another favorite of mine, Old Navy is having a pretty amazing after-Christmas sale. There are tons of great deals to be had on new clothes. I love Old Navy, probably even more than Torrid at the moment. The reason why Old Navy is so great is because you can go get a bunch of basic pieces and still have enough cash left to get some spiffy accessories to personalize the outfits. I have my eye on several things. ;)

A site I don’t talk about a lot on the blog, Makeup.com is having a really great sale on their Boutique Brands. The code HAPPY40 gets you 40% off all of their brands in this category, which include Becca, CARGO, 100% Pure, Dermalogica, and more. It’s definitely worth checking out. Another site, Beautorium is offering 50% off select items with the code YEAREND. The items are from brands like Juice Beauty, Pangea Organics, and Dr. Hauschka. Beautorium specializes in natural beauty products.

My beloved Philosophy is having a year-end sale as well. See? Everyone has to jump in on the action. Select items are up to 50% off.

Benefit Cosmetics is offering $10 off a purchase of $50 or more with the code BUXBAK10. If you’re feeling really spendy there’s more codes for you too. BUXBAK20 gets you $20 off a purchase of $100 or more. BUXBAK30 gets you $30 off a purchase of $150 or more. Also, every order over $35 gets a free silky powder eyeshadow. That is not the new eyeshadows, but their old formula.

So, that’s it for now…but I’m sure you all had your inbox flooded with sales too. Any other sales worth mentioning? Tell me in the comments!  Where are you going to shop?

Quick Weekend Recap

Hey everyone…

This weekend was super busy for me! I went to the Stila Warehouse Sale on Saturday morning (early morning!!), and then booked it over to Topanga Mall to meet the one and only Napoleon Perdis! He did my makeup and I learned some nifty techniques.

So, I was planning on some awesome posts complete with tons of photos…except my memory card had other plans. I know I’ve tweeted about this, but for those who don’t follow me on Twitter, my card corrupted itself and all of the picture files were damaged. I am investigating a free software to repair jpegs headers, but I haven’t found something yet. If anyone has a suggestion, let me know! I will work on that for the next couple days. If it’s looking like the photos are a lost cause, I’ll go ahead and do the re-cap posts without them (*weep*).

Z Palette Holiday Specials

Holiday Specials from Z Palette! Including their adorable new zebra and pink palettes
10% off purchases of $40 or more with code: ZPALHOL1
15% off purchases $60 or more with code: ZPALHOL2
Shipping is always free anywhere in the U.S. They do also ship internationally, but you have to contact customer service first about shipping, etc.
Valid 12/6/09 – 12/20/09

Look: Green Cat Eye

Here’s a quick eye look I threw together. Mr. Boyfriend helped me take pics of it. :) I usually don’t even do makeup this dramatic, lol. But Linda of My Pretty Pink Box asked me to create a look with these to showcase their quality and pigment.

 
Not sure why the color looks faded in this picture…I was just happy to get a color accurate photo. Btw that’s not a giant zit, it’s a little mole thing I have always had on the side of my nose near my eye, lol.
Breakdown…
Lid – Glamour Doll Eyes ‘Immature’ eyeshadow, which is a really pretty shimmery green-teal. It’s not a color I’d normally gravitate towards, but it’s very pretty and intensely pigmented. Lovely to work with too. Not a lot of fallout.
Outer V and some Lid – Glamour Doll Eyes ‘Grease Lightning’ eyeshadow, an olive/khaki green with gold shimmer. LOVE this color. It’s beautiful. Unfortunately you can’t see it very much in this look because I just used it to make the transition from green to black less harsh.
Liner/Cat Wing – Glamour Doll Eyes ‘Graffiti’ eyeshadow, which is black but has emerald green sparkle. I think the sparkle would show better if I had used the shadow wet. Oops.
Highlight – NARS Bellissima I
Eyelashes have an extra crispy coating (lol) of NYX Doll Eyes mascara.
Brows are filled in with Billion Dollar Brows powder in Taupe, which always photographs much redder than it actually is. It’s truly a seal brown with NO redtones in it whatsoever, but tell that to my camera…
Like these shadows? My Pretty Pink Box has a special holiday deal on them!

Senna Cosmetics 20% off + Free Shipping

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving.

The lovely people at Senna Cosmetics are offering 20% off regular priced items Cyber Monday with the code BEAUTY20. That offer is able to be combined with their already awesome FREE SHIPPING offer, which lasts until Dec 15th (no code necessary).

Also, they are giving 11 (11!!!!!!!!!) skincare samples with your order if you’re a first time customer. WOW. That’s awesome! Their skincare is great. I highly recommend the honey almond scrub/mask.

New to Senna Cosmetics? Check out their Silky Primer! It’s a best seller and for GOOD reason…it’s pretty awesome.

If you want to get an alert when the sale starts, sign up here