Walgreens beauty clearance UPDATED 11-16-13

I usually go to my local drugstores a few times a week, just in case they have any unannounced sales, or new items that came in and this week was no exception. Walgreens didn't have any had to be there sales like CVS did (40% off select makeup brands) but that's still no reason to see what they have going on and to my great surprise when I walked in I noticed a ton of the orange clearance stickers lining the beauty wall. SCORE. They had good deals on just about every brand, and as bad as I wanted to buy up some clearance mascara I walked away...although I may go back and see. I did end up with a Revlon foundation that was regular $13.99 & I scored it for $3.39 (chaaaaching) they also had eye shadow sticks from Revlon I believe that were marked down 75% off, I didn't need them but the more I think about it I may go grab them for stocking stuffers and giveaways...hmm maybe I can find a coupon to and get them cheaper! Comment below and let me know what your Walgreens has on clearance right now.

UPDATE: I went back and found a Revlon Concealer, two double ended eye shadow sticks AND Revlon make up is BOGO 1/2 off and it applies to clearance makeup!

 

The foundation and concealer are for me and the others will be put up for stocking stuffers.

 

Revlon Crazy Shine nail buffer, got 2b crazy sleek flat iron & blow dry lotion, Almay wake up concealer all on clearance! (the lip balm pictured wasn't on clearance, the Walgreens knock off of EOS lip balm) & also in regular clearance I bought a picture frame collage that holds 5 pictures for .75 cent!

 

 

Freeman Beauty - Spooky Mystery Bag !!UPDATED with pictures!!

I've recently ordered the Spooky Mystery Bag from Freeman Beauty, they promised over $90 worth of product for only $20 umm sign me up! It's a mix of all the Freeman Beauty brands including Freeman (obviously lol) , Vita-K, c.Booth, Barefoot, Barefoot Repairs, Feeling Beautiful, Pssst, Eclos, Papaya, & Ellin Lavar.

Delivered by UPS & I received it exactly a week from when I ordered it

Most of my items came wrapped which I LOVED because it was like Christmas morning opening these things!

Spooky Mystery Bag contents:

Vita-K Deep Facial lines - 14.99
Eclos restorative eye cream - 24.99
Ellin Lavar Instant shine mist - 7.99
psssst! Clarify & shine scalp treatment - 6.99
c.Booth honey almond nourishing dry oil spray - 7.99
Freeman bare hands hand & cuticle cream - 3.79
Freeman Papaya & mango moisture 3 minute conditioner - 2.99
Freeman Pear refining cleanser - 3.99
Freeman Dead Sea Minerals Anti Stress foaming bath - 3.99
Freeman Callus Softening exfoliant - 6.99
Freeman Peppermint + Plum foot soak 3.79
Freeman pineapple facial enzyme mask travel size - 1.99
Freeman Apricot creamy facial scrub travel size 1.99
Freeman pink grapefruit facial exfoliating scrub travel size - 1.99

I paid - $20 , Actual total:$94.46

To receive free shipping you have to spend $25 so I added a few things to my bag to bump the price up. I picked products I was dying to try just in case they were not included in my Mystery Bag & I did good because out of all 18 products I had no repeats! Awesome! I'm not sure if I just got lucky or they actually look at other things I ordered which hopefully they do because that's awesome especially for someone trying products for the first time and they want a wide variety of products to try.

psssst! instant dry shampoo travel size - 2.99
Freeman Bare Foot repair for cracked heels - 1.99
Freeman Chocolate & Strawberry facial clay mask - 1.99

at check out they had me pick a free travel size product, they literally had like 14 products to pick from so that was awesome! I ended up picking the Pomegranate peel off mask, it was FREE but that value if you were to purchase it is 1.99


All together I paid - $26.97 but the value of everything was $103.42

This will be going on until Oct.31 so grab it while you can! I've already put some items aside for stocking stuffers! & I may order another...

40% Off @ CVS Haul

CVS Drugstores have Wet-N-Wild, NYColor & Physicians Formula whole entire line on sale for 40% Off this week, I was pretty excited because usually its not that much. & it was the entire line, not excluding certain items so even the newest fall collections are eligible! And the 99 cent items were ringing up 40% off! So this is what I've picked up so far...I may go back..! Also always be sure to check for coupons when you come in. They have the machine up front and now you don't have to have your card you can just type in your phone number and it prints right out, I had $5 worth of CVS Bucks I didn't even know about and I applied them to my purchase so that was exciting ! This current sale runs until Saturday then Sunday it all changes again! So hurry hurry and let me know what deals you find!

Standing in line with my finds & my coupons!

I ended up with 2 WNW products & 2 NYColor products that were all 40% Off and I've been wanting to try the Maybelline Fit foundation stick so even though it wasn't on any type of sale whatsoever I still bought it, hey I had extra $5 off w/ my CVS bucks.

 

I already am in love w/ WNW eye shadows and I love neutrals so here we go.

 

Left side swatches

Right side swatches

 

pretty blushes get me every time..

the swatches didn't look very promising but when I used it today it looked pretty good to me!

 

 

 

BH Cosmetics - Galaxy Chic Baked Eyeshadow palette

Super excited to receive my BH Cosmetics Baked eye shadow palette. I don't have too many baked eye shadows so this will be exciting to use & see how I like it.

 

Left: eye shadow mixed w/ water Right: eye shadow swatched alone

 

 

 

 

L to R: Cosmic, Milky Way, Aphrodite, Prometheus, Jupiter, Sun

 

 

L to R: Neptune, Earth, Comet, Meteor, Venus, Saturn

 

 

L to R: Eclipse, Moon, Uranus, Asteroid, Mars, Mercury

 

 

 

 

Sargento Cheese Review - Influenster

A couple of months ago I joined Influenster. It's basically an online program where you go & review different products from beauty, food, medicine, cleaning products, pet products, etc! Really there is a  category for everyone! You link your blog, youtube channel, twitter, facebook & any other social media outlet. The more you review and blog the more you build your points and earn badges. They always have different boxes going on for certain users to try. Sometimes it's one item they send you to test out & other times is a themed box geared towards moms, students, pet owners etc. You have to qualify for the boxes by completing reviews, & other tasks. I've only had one box so far but I'm hoping to earn more !

My first box was the Sargento Cheese box. Influenster didn't actually send me cheese in the mail. I'll tell you how it all works. I received a small box and it was all decked out in the Sargento labels and pictures. Inside the box I received a voucher for a full size cheese snack of my choice, a coupon for another cheese product from Sargento & then a super cute string cheese mini lunchbox, seriously it was so cute. I took my voucher and redeemed it at Walmart, I had no problem redeeming it and I did not end up getting cheese sticks but cheese cubes. I just like them better for snacking & as a side for lunches. I had already used the Sargento cheese brand they always have a wide variety of cheese flavors ( I love Colby jack!) I am always snacking on cheese with crackers or when I have a cold lunch (sandwich, fruit) I love to have cheese on the side. It's an easy side to throw in your lunch box and its healthy compared to a fried side or a bag of chips.

The cheese has a good flavor and I really liked it. I can't say that I like it any more or any less than other brands or even store brands. It seems to be in the middle price range, there are cheaper cheeses but also more expensive cheeses. I usually shop the sales and don't get attached to one brand on some things. Obviously I do have products I go back to over and over again but cheese just isn't one of those for me. I did have fun with my first box from Influenster and hopefully I qualify for another one soon! Maybe a beauty type box (: now that will be up my ally!

** FYI: I was not paid at all by Influenster or Sargento cheese company. This was sent to me for free in exchange for my honest opinion.

(I cannot find all of my pictures I have taken but once I do I will update and upload them)

Stila Fall Beauty Bash

FYI: Stila is having their Fall Beauty Bash going on until October 22, up to 80% Off select products! They have a variety of products & great holiday sets! So stock up now for yourself or Christmas gifts! I'm shopping now so a haul may be coming soon!

Happy Shopping! Let me know what you've added to your cart!

NXY cosmetics swatches

I've been on a NYX kick the last week & a half. Ulta had 40% off then I was in a department store and picked up a few NYX lip products so here goes the swatches!

Lipstick: Violet Ray Lip Liner: Nude

 

Butter Gloss: L to R : Merengue, Crème Brulee, & Apple Strudel

(These smell so good you will want to eat them)

 

Love in Rio: Segredos de Giselle , Love in Florence : Meet my Romeo, Loose Pigments: Nude

 

Loose Pigment: Nude

Love in Rio: Segredos de Giselle

Love in Florence : Meet my Romeo

 

(of all the eye shadow colors I think NYX shimmers are wayyyy better than their mattes. I would never buy a matte NYX color without swatching it first.)

 

Concealer stick in fair & Auto eyebrow pencil

concealer stick in fair & eyebrow pencil in light brown, I think.

The concealer looks ok swatched but on my face its crap. I have the HD concealer by NYX also and I also have not had good luck with that.