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Spring is officially here! That means savings sales around the corner ๐ Please share your fabulous April Hauls here, and happy happy birthday to all the April babies ๐ฅณ
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Wow what an awesome deal @itscarin !
My birthday month is April so I really splurged on the sale. I went from not having shopped for much besides essential skincare/hygiene basics in years, to going VIB over the course of a few months. ๐ณ But Iโm super grateful, and it feels well-deserved after the financial stress of the pandemic making it so I had to put 100% of my income (and the stimulus checks) towards rent and groceries and necessities like that. Anyways, hereโs the haul!
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Beauty
PAT McGRATH LABS Mini OpuLUST: Lip Gloss Trio Sublime Sparkle
Sephora Favorites Lashstash To Go
Sol de Janeiro Glowmotions Glow Body Oil Master Flash
Fragrance
CLEAN RESERVE Reserve - Mini Perfume Set
Ellis Brooklyn VERSES Fragrance Layering Kit 6 x 0.07 oz/ 6 x 2 mL
Juliette Has a Gun Mini Perfume Discovery Set
Skincare
First Aid Beauty FAB AID Ultra Repairยฎ Cream Home & Away Kit Value Size - Home and Away Kit
iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Slushy Serum Moisturizer Crush Infused with Bakuchiol 1.7 oz/ 50 mL
#Sephora Favorites Sun Safety Kit (no longer listed/taggable)
Supergoop! PLAY Body Sunscreen Mousse SPF 50 6.5 oz/ 181 mL
Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40 PA+++ Limited Edition 2.5 oz/ 73.9 mL
Thoughts:
The Pat McGrath trio really added the birthday pizazz with the cute packaging, and it was such a good deal being on sale already plus the additional VIB discount. I know a product is for me when the bad reviews are complaining about how they wanted a subtle glow and they got a glitter explosion, lol. For the Lashstash, I knew I couldnโt go wrong since Iโve tried minis of the MILK Kush and Lancรดme Monsieur Big and enjoyed them both, so worst case scenario I donโt like the others and I trade in the voucher for one of those at a great price. The Sol de Janeiro is another case of โtheir loss, my gain.โ I think a lot of people didnโt like the stickiness of the product overall but the iridescent purple didnโt seem too popular since it was the only one on sale. Yay for me!
The Clean Reserve set is awesome with all the info about their support of the Protect Our Species campaign. I tried their Warm Cotton rollerball mini and I love it โI have sensitive skin so I canโt used fragranced detergent or anything like that but warm, clean laundry is one of my biggest comfort scents. Contributing to the protection of crucial pollinators, a spritz type bottle of a scent I know I already love, and some more promising Spring scents to try! The Ellis Brooklyn set was another sale plus VIB discount item. I really like the concepts of their scents so Iโm excited for this little introduction. Man, the Juliette Has A Gun set...After taking off the packaging I took a whiff of the box and the collective scent was gorgeous. And Iโm so excited to try everything, but...After my little photoshoot I immediately put on the Not A Perfume since Iโve heard so much about it. Not gonna lie, it smells like grandma breath. Thatโs the best way I can describe it. Or like, when you do that little trick where you lick your skin and smell the spot you licked after it dries to see if you have bad breath, and you do, and now your skin just smells like morning breath stank. Iโm starting to smell something spicy or woody as it wears but thereโs still that old people denture mouth base note. Iโm not even mad since itโs such a weird, funny, surprising experience. Maybe my chemistry is the problem honestly, Iโve been eating too much junk food lately and I feel wack. So Iโll give it plenty of other chances, and thereโs always the entire other box of samples, so Iโm sure Iโll find one that works, haha.
Another โhow could I pass this upโ buy, the FAB duo. My regular nighttime moisturizer is the full size jar of this stuff I got in a gift set for Christmas. It moisturizes just enough that it doesnโt feel heavy or pore clogging when I put on my final layer in my routine, which is always some kind of occlusive like a face oil or CeraVeโs Healing Ointment. And on nights my skin really just needs to breathe, itโs still enough as a last step. Good opportunity to stock up, and I liked that theyโre making a pledge to help pay off $1M of student loan debt along with donating a percentage of proceeds from the sales of this specific set. My daytime routine is the same as my nighttime aside from the fact that I just rinse with water and leave out most actives. Even though the FAB works fine as a day cream under my SPF, I just had to try the INNBeauty Project Slushy Serum Moisturizer. Iโm going to work it into my routine as my daytime moisturizer since I also donโt have any Vitamin C product currently. Formula and review-wise it seems perfect, so I hope my skin likes it because itโs also really awesome that the bottle AND pump are fully curbside recyclable. I canโt wait to reach a point in our society where thatโs standard, common sense, but somebody has to lay the groundwork and take the first steps so Iโm happy to support them!! Not much to say yet about the Sun Safety Kit other than Iโm excited โboth about trying everything, and about the fact that I managed to snag one of the restocks. Iโm really careful about implementing new products one at a time, veryyy slowly, so itโs going to take me a while to get through these. Most of the expiration dates are around 2022, though, so Iโm not worried. With my jumbo Supergoop Unseen which I know I love from trying it in one of their mini kits, Iโm set for days I just want to play it safe and use something I know works and performs how I want. Lastly, Iโve been using the PLAY Mousse for a few days now since I had two orders and it came in the one that shipped quickest. Gimmicky, but a well-executed gimmick that I will probably never go back to regular lotion or spray sunscreens because of! Spreadability is better than regular lotion, application is a little less convenient than mist but I like to put my sunscreen on before I get dressed, so. I canโt exactly go outside to apply, which means I end up inhaling a lot of the mist and I see it floating around in the air for a while. Sorry Neutrogena, Iโm definitely a proud member of the Supergoop cult.
Well, there you have it, my stream of consciousness translated to tangible form. Not really true reviews yet besides for things I restocked on, but feel free to ask about anything so I can put a pin in it and get back to you when I have more fully-formed opinions about all these products. :โข}
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I am so glad that you were able to go advantage of the spring sale to haul some wonderful birthday treats @Meilleure . Hope that you enjoy your treats and that you have a wonderful birthday celebration!
Amazing haul, @Meilleure!! So many great products here!! Enjoy your goodies!!
Superb Haul! Great choices! โฃ๏ธ Happy Birthday Month!
@Meilleure That looks like even more fun than Christmas. ๐ Enjoy!
Happy birthday haul!! @Meilleure ๐ฅณ
@Meilleure Awesome haul!!! Iโve been eyeing the clean reserve!! Enjoy!
@Meilleure @Great birthday haul. Enjoy your goodies.
Awesome haul @Meilleure @and happy birthday! You got some really great things - those Sun Safety Kits are the best!
Happy birthday month, @Meilleure ! I'm glad you could get so many goodies that feel rewarding! I especially like seeing all the sunscreens you picked up. Supergoop is always a reliable choice there. I haven't tried their body mousse but it's on my radar, so it's good to hear you're liking it.
And yeah, I know what you mean about Not A Perfume. The first time I tried it, I didn't like it at all. I gave it another chance a couple weeks later and it fared better. Maybe fluctuating hormones have an effect on it, I dunno. ๐ Even if it ends up never working for you, hopefully another scent from that kit willโand I hope you enjoy the Ellis Brooklyn kit!
Excellent haul @Meilleure! ๐ Fragrance sets are a fantastic way to try out the various scents - you picked up some great ones! Happy birthday month! ๐
Oops, forgot about the little sample packets.
Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant 4 oz/ 118 mL
Lord Jones High CBD Formula Body Lotion Fragrance Free
I selected the same samples for both orders to have a better chance at receiving them. I got what I selected for both orders so now I just have two of each. Which is great, so I can have a longer trial period to look out for any negative reactions or positive results and form a better opinion. Earlier in the sale I was still deciding on my final order, and the Paulaโs Choice kit that came with I think the full-sized BHA Exfoliant, and minis of the 1% Retinol and the Niacinamide 20% sold out. (Itโs also no longer listed. Whatโs the difference in Sephora making the decision to remove a listing versus marking it Out Of Stock?) So Iโm really happy Iโm still getting to try the BHA! I have a previous sample of the Lord Jones Acid Mantle Repair CBD Moisturizer that I havenโt tried yet, so itโll be nice to try the body lotion along with that some night.
Happy birthday, @Meilleure ! Enjoy your haul! ๐๐๐
I'm glad you could get so many great things you enjoy, @Meilleure!
Smashbox Gilt City voucher haul, and next to last Sephora sale haul. One more is coming!
Top to bottom: Rose, Suede, and the foundation shade is 1.0- fair with peach undertone.
These shadows are great! You only need the tiniest dot to cover the lids. They are really smooth, smoothing out my eye wrinkles (I look 80 years younger!) They do not wash off easily with soap, (Dawn dish detergent and some serious scrubbing took the swatches off of my hand,) so I suspect they will hold up well.
The foundation is also nice. My husband told me my face looked smooth (I was also wearing Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Stress Rescue Super Serum with Niacinamide 1 oz/ 30 mL also.)
Ignore the Laura Mercier blush gwp picture. It's much lighter and is a warm rose.
I'm excited to try the natural deodorant. It has a nice scent (and I'm really sensitive to those.) It smells almost like baby powder with enough herbal scent added to it to prevent it from being cloyingly sweet.)
Thank you very much for the swatches @Ispend2much6. You hauled some awesome items. I did not have much luck with Smashbox Studio Skin 24 Hour Full Coverage Waterproof Foundation . I tried it when it was first released but I was not impressed with it.