Sephora 500-point perk

This morning when I was heading to class, I was going through my e-mails on my phone while I was power-walking (which is not a good thing to do since I kept tripping). After deleting some e-mails, I saw that Sephora is offering a new 500-point perk, which about a week and a half ago was Dior. This time, it is Urban Decay!

Image was attached from a Sephora e-mail This point perk includes:
One full-sized primer potion in their old packaging
One full-sized eyeliner in Zero
One deluxe-sized sample of their All-Nighter setting spray.

I feel like this would be a good set if you have 500 points in your beauty bank and you do not already have the items, OR if you really love the items. I have about 1800 points and I barely ever get anything from point perks, but I ended up getting the Buxom point perk this past weekend (because I love Buxom lip items). This is just a heads up for anyone interested! :)

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Urban Decay Friends & Family Sale 2012

I like how right after I posted about Sephora's F&F/VIB sale, I received an e-mail from Urban Decay about their Friends and Family sale. This year, Urban Decay's Friends and Family sale starts on October 9th.. That's tomorrow!.. er.. at midnight. (I am trying to figure out if it is according to EST or PST) and it ends on the 13th, which is this Saturday. About three years ago, their Friends and Family sale used to be 30%, but it has reduced to 25%, and is now at 20%, which is the standard for most cosmetic F&F sales. I have also noticed that this year, the days for it is a lot shorter. Anyway, the code is FFHOLIDAY12 and sale items are included in the sale as well. As of right now, I do not know of any exclusions.

Press Release Image from Urban Decay

Some recommendations:
- Eyeshadow Primer Potion - Professional Size: Current Price: $20 F&F Price: $16
- Book of Shadows Vol. 3 Redux: Current: $39 F&F: $31.20
- NAKED Palette: Current: $50 F&F: $40
- Vice Palette: Current: $59 F&F: $47.20
- Ocho Loco: Current: $59 F&F: $47.20
- NAKED Skin Foundation: Current: $38 F&F: $30.40
- Waterproof Liquid Liner: Current: $19 F&F: $15.20
- Optical Blurring Brush: Current: $24 F&F: $19.20
- Vintage Shadows: Current: $6 F&F: $4.80
& remember, they offer free shipping on orders over $50! (nail polish does not qualify for the free ground shipping)

Anything in mind that you are going to buy? If there are no exclusions, this is the perfect time to stock up on the Holiday items, such as the Vice Palette & the Ocho Loco! Happy shopping! :)

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Are you a Sephora VIB?

Every year, Sephora has a weekend for their VIBs to shop with an additional 20% off. This is usually after their friends and family sale. Two weeks ago, I talked to store director, and they have told me the friends and family sale begins on the 18th of October. Like all associates says, it's only limited to friends and family of current Sephora employees. However Sephora always ends up giving a code to use online for 20% off your purchase. With that in mind, VIBs have a special weekend just for them after the F&F as well. This year, it falls on November 8th, which is a month from now! The sale from what I know is usually for 5 days.

Here are some of my wishlist items:

OCC: Pro's Pick Lip Tar Set $49

Buxom: Time to Shine $29

Disney Cinderella: Storylook Palette $55

Disney Cinderella: Moonlit Lipstick Set $25

What's on your list? Whether it's for the F&F sale, or the VIB sale? :)

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Tarte Statement Lips 5-Piece LipSurgence Collector's Set

Swatches & Review
Today, I have some swatches from Tarte's Holiday Statement Lips set. When I purchased the Fantastic Foursome Set, I also ordered this as well. This set contains 5 full-sized LipSurgence. When I purchased this, Sephora said it was an "all matte" set, but after getting it, I realized only one is matte. I notice now that they have changed the description of it (I also called in to tell them about it as well).

The five shades that are in this is Escape, Enchanted, Exposed, Sweet, & Elite. From what I noticed, four of these shade names begin with the letter E! Maybe it is just a coincidence?

Two of the shades have a Lip Luster finish: Escape & Sweet.
Two are Lip Tints in Enchanted and Elite.
One has a matte finish.

If you did not know, the Lip Luster finish is shimmery, the Lip Tint finish is a soft sheen with no shimmer, and the Matte finish is a flat finish with no sheen so that it would look natural. All of these have a peppermint scent to it.

Escape: Shimmery light pink
Enchanted: Light mauve
Exposed: Matte nude rose pink
Sweet: Shimmery bright pink
Elite: Rose pink

After having it on for about fifteen minutes, I wiped these off with a dry tissue. You can see a slight tint from these. The most noticeable ones are Enchanted, Exposed, and Elite.

I will do individual reviews on each of them and have lip pictures for them as well. From the swatches, it seems like the colors are very similar to one another since they are just different shades of pink. Honestly, I thought Enchanted would be the darkest one, but it wasn't. However, Enchanted left a stain that is more noticeable than the rest of them. If you are interested in the set, I feel like this is a good value since it is 5 full-sized lip tints/lusters for $34, when they retail for $24 EACH. These will also make good presents since you can just split them up. Are you interested in this set?

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