Hello everyone! Work has kept me busy and exhausted. I miss blogging so much already!
June might have came and went, but it didn't go without a heavy damage to my wallet. =)
First off, for the freebies.
If you love Dior and have not signed up as a Dior Diva, shame on you! Dior Diva is Dior's loyalty program that rewards their customers with freebies! You just have to save all the receipts of your Dior purchases from major retailers like Sephora, Macy's, or Lord & Taylor. Then depending how much you spend annually ($100, $250, $500, or $1000), you will be rewarded a different gift set of Dior products. Click
here for more details.
For 2010, I bought mostly Dior lip sticks/glosses during Sephora's 20% discount events. I reached the $100 mark and Dior shipped me my package within less than 2 weeks.
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| Dior Diva Rewards Package |
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| Dior Addict Lipstick in 783 Londres |
I love the detail of the signature Dior logo in the packaging. =) It's
silly but I admire companies who brand their shipping material as well.
My Dior Diva Rewards package came with a travel size Hypnotic Poison
perfume, DIORSHOW mascara, Dior Addict lipstick and a mini Dior shopping
bag. Not sure what I'm going to do with the shopping bag but it's cute
nevertheless.
Next, I had a little haul from Sephora and got some freebies.
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| Sephora Haul June 2011 |
I redeem 500-point perk on my Sephora Beauty Insider Rewards. The Best
of Caudalie set came with super deluxe sizes! I calculate it to be about
a $65 retail value.
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| Best of Caudalie - Sephora Beauty Insider 500-point perk |
This sample set includes the
Vinoperfect Radiance Serum
,
Pulpe Vitaminée
Eye and Lip Cream
, and the
Instant Foaming Cleanser
. Sephora sells a
similar set called the
Beauty Essentials from the Vine
. This perk is sold out on sephora.com already, but do check your local Sephora store if they still have it in stock!
Also received in the mail a postcard from Sephora regarding a free Bare Escentuals sample summer kit. I already use Bare Escentuals, so this was a good travel set to bring with me.
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| Sephora/Bare Escentuals Sample Set |
This set came with the bareMinerals Mineral Veil, foundation, and their
new line of Purely Nourishing Moisturizer and baby kabuki brush.
Personally, I don't care for the kabuki brush because I think it is a
bit rough.
Now for the only paid purchase on the same Sephora visit, haha. I got the
Sephora Favorites In the Glow Set.
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| Sephora Favorites In The Glow Set |
This set is a deluxe sample set of all the exfoliating and skincare for bright complexion. I already own the
Boscia Black Illuminating Mask
and adore it, just thought this will be perfect for travel. The
Ole Henriksen Truth Serum Collagen Booster
, I also do love from another 500-point perk. I mostly got this kit for the
Kate Sommerville ExfoliKate Treatment
. Can't wait to try it!
Also bought this
Sephora Favorites Sun Safety Kit. Every year Sephora sells one of these kits to allow you to sample a bunch of skincare/sun care products. All proceeds to these kits are donated to the Skin Care Foundation.
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| Sephora Favorites Sun Safety Kit |
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| Sephora Favorites Sun Safety Kit |
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| Sephora Favorites Sun Safety Kit - with the tote |
This year's kit comes with a full size
Ole Henriksen Fresh Lips
that retails for $10 alone! Also comes with a cute Little Miss SPF tote that will be perfect for the beach. You can check out last year's kit
here.
Also went to Lord & Taylor to use up the gift card from the special deal I got from
RueLaLa ($25 for a $50 L&T gift card). I was looking for a new eye cream and stopped by the philosophy counter for the
eye hope
eye cream. It retails for $48 and came with this cute gift with purchase.
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| Lord & Taylor - philosophy haul |
The gift with purchase came with samples of their famous
purity 
cleanser and
grace 
shower and shampoo. I wanted to try out their new
hope in a tinted moisturizer
and the sales representative was nice enough to give me a deluxe sample to try! She matched me with the light to medium one. We'll see how it works out.
That's it for the Beauty Haul, clothing haul and swatches coming up really soon! I'm totally back-logged. >.<
($14 for $60 value) and was really tempted.
, I got it right away. A nice cute set that comes with makeup remover, shower gel, lotion and shampoo. Also a sample size of the Pulpe Vitaminee Anti-Wrinkle Fluid.
because it was a special deal from Sephora, retails for $30 but on sale for $12. This sounded like such a great product! A mineral sunscreen that you don't have to make sure you put on way before sun exposure. I can't speak much for the product, because I returned this to Sephora almost right away. The packaging for this was horrible! >.< You see where it says, To Close, Pull Here. I was being very gentle and only slight tugging it, when it didn't budge, I pulled a little harder and the whole bottom cap fell off along with all the mineral sunscreen! It was a horrible mess. When I returned it, the cashier was telling me that he uses it all the time and never had a problem. So he took another one and showed me how to close the brush, it look like it worked, but I gave up on retrying, maybe next time.
which was $5. I wanted something to hold my brushes when I travel. And I got the Sephora atomizer
for $6 to carry in my purse when traveling.
