The winter sale just started officially in France on 8 January, so we took a quick drive across the border to a mall nearby. At Sephora, there was quite a good selection of sale items from By Terry, MUFE, YSL and Guerlain.
I picked up By Terry Eclat de Rose Sheer Tinted Moisturizer No. 1 Light at just half price, plus Sheer Expert #1 Fair Beige and Gloss Terrybly Shine #5 Wine List, a lovely shimmery deep plum, both at 30% off. Sheer Expert has been on my to-buy list for several months while the Eclat de Rose Sheer Tinted Moisturizer is new to me. I just tried on Eclat de Rose and it's instant love as it looks so incredibly natural and imperceptible on my skin while giving it a more polished and even texture without the made-up look and more opaque coverage of Densiliss.
There were two YSL Pure Chromatics quads on sale, #12 (black/grey/silver) and #6. Naturally, I picked the more colorful #6. While searching for a dirty greyed mauve lipstick, I somehow ended up getting tempted by Chanel Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss #72 Controversy from the holiday collection, another deep berry shade to add to my collection. Then I came home and read on Wondegondigo that it applies patchily...sigh. Still, it's sooo pretty.
At L'Occitane, I broke my no-buy on shower gels and picked up several of their offerings for 40% off. Well, go big or go home, right? My husband's response was predictably "Oh. My. Gawd." There's someone who does not appreciate the textural difference between a wobbly shower jelly and a shimmery shower gel. Anyway, I think we are stocked up well till 2015 at least!
While hunting for my baby's Pelsano bath emulsion at a Swiss pharmacy, I spotted the Dior Bird of Paradise collection (Summer 2013) on clearance at half price. I stopped hauling Dior quints last year as I felt that the finishes did not really justify the high price tag. But at 50% off, I couldn't resist getting the Blue Lagoon and Peacock quints for CHF45 each. Dior rarely does teal combinations so I was happy to add these to my collection.
I picked up By Terry Eclat de Rose Sheer Tinted Moisturizer No. 1 Light at just half price, plus Sheer Expert #1 Fair Beige and Gloss Terrybly Shine #5 Wine List, a lovely shimmery deep plum, both at 30% off. Sheer Expert has been on my to-buy list for several months while the Eclat de Rose Sheer Tinted Moisturizer is new to me. I just tried on Eclat de Rose and it's instant love as it looks so incredibly natural and imperceptible on my skin while giving it a more polished and even texture without the made-up look and more opaque coverage of Densiliss.
There were two YSL Pure Chromatics quads on sale, #12 (black/grey/silver) and #6. Naturally, I picked the more colorful #6. While searching for a dirty greyed mauve lipstick, I somehow ended up getting tempted by Chanel Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss #72 Controversy from the holiday collection, another deep berry shade to add to my collection. Then I came home and read on Wondegondigo that it applies patchily...sigh. Still, it's sooo pretty.
At L'Occitane, I broke my no-buy on shower gels and picked up several of their offerings for 40% off. Well, go big or go home, right? My husband's response was predictably "Oh. My. Gawd." There's someone who does not appreciate the textural difference between a wobbly shower jelly and a shimmery shower gel. Anyway, I think we are stocked up well till 2015 at least!
While hunting for my baby's Pelsano bath emulsion at a Swiss pharmacy, I spotted the Dior Bird of Paradise collection (Summer 2013) on clearance at half price. I stopped hauling Dior quints last year as I felt that the finishes did not really justify the high price tag. But at 50% off, I couldn't resist getting the Blue Lagoon and Peacock quints for CHF45 each. Dior rarely does teal combinations so I was happy to add these to my collection.
10 comments:
Lovely buys! :) I haven't come across many great deals so far, so I haven't been buying much lately.
What an awesome haul!!! I lol on your comment re your hubby. Men... *shakes head* do not know what they're missing out on. :-)
Love your "go big, or go home" statement! ^-^
Awesome haul, dear! Love your picks and yes to bath & body when it's on discount. It's L'Occitane leh! Re: a dirty mauve (haha, my fave!), I just bought Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet L'Adorée. Caractère and Culte have that cast too. :)
What, great haul! I wish we had sales like this in the U.S.--though I'd probably go broke from it.
Great haul! I super love your picks and they seem like great products especially the YSL quad and chanel doir ones. Love the colors!
hi Mag,
The L'Occitane shower gels were just 7 to 8 euros each, which is around the regular price of a Body Shop shower gel so I felt they were worth it. Thanks for the lipstick recs, will check them out! I've been missing this Calvin Klein lipstick that I used to have when I first started working. That was about two iterations ago of CK cosmetics, before the current range.
All the palettes are so you! Nothing like a bit of summer colour at half price to cheer the end of winter. Hopefully you can make Controversy work because it's truly a stunning shade!
What a satisfying haul! Just looking at all the stuff you bought. I love it when makeup is on sale. I love the YSL palette you bought, really pretty.
I always love reading ur blog .. It's not just product review .. It's personal n tells a story on how u love ur life .. Congrats on ur baby! Kids r e best thing happening in our life.
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