Delectable December Hauls 2025

[danielledanielle]

Deck the hauls with bounds of holly

Fa la la , la la la laaaaaa 🎶

'Tis the season to be jolly 

Fa la la , la la la laaaaaa 🎶

Don we now our slay apparel

Fa la la , la la la laaaaaa 🎶

Hey @TeamBIC , Lex, Alex, Khyley and Carol!

Fa la la , la la la laaaaaa 🎶

Is it my last hurrah, huurrraaahhh ahhhh

Show me your hauls , I'll go ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhhhhhh 🫣🫣

Happy birthday December BIC babies wah wah wahhh wahhhhhhhhh

Fa la la , la la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaa 🎶

 

[itsfi]

A couple of late November orders that arrived in this month and a few several 😬 December sale purchases that I'm just getting around to unpacking/using.

Asian beauty haul - makeup

This was part of my Small Business Saturday shopping tour around the city. The Asian beauty boutique had some stocking issues because of weather delays so I placed an order with them after testing a few things in store, and picked them up when they arrived. They threw in the CLE Cosmetics Melting Lip Powder Set - I'm a fan of the brand's CCC cream and have used one of their lip powders before so it'll be great to have another opportunity to try them again (interestingly, the one I tried previously was also provided as gratis). 

Korean beauty haul - skincare - Ohlolly and Soko Glam

•  Dr. Ceuracle Hydra Barrier Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50 (mineral filters) - I like several of their skincare products and was pleased to see they offered a mineral sunscreen. 
• haruharu wonder Black Bamboo Daily Smoothing Body Oil with Urea - another Korean skincare brand that has worked well for my skin. Tried a sample of this once, liked it and decided it was time for a full size.
• PINKWONDER Tamanu Hero Ampoule - Tamanu oil is supposed to be good for calming blemishes and I have some that could use calming so we'll see.
• PINKWONDER Jojoba Oil
• shaishaishai Banana Conceal Eye Cream
• by Knours. Koolsol Ultra Light Invisible Mineral Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 50

Fenty direct

• The vanilla flowers scent is lovely. Went with the trio set during one of the holiday sales. I no longer have a tub so the bubble bath will be gifted to someone who will be able to make better use of it.
• I picked up the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Lil Butta Dropz Mini Whipped Oil Body Cream Duo with the intent to split the two body butters - one for me and the other wouuld be gifted to someone else. It's now one for me, and the other to be gifted ... to me. 😂
• Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Kabuki-Buff Foundation Brush 115 came at the recommendation of @danielledanielle - thank you! This looks like it's going to be good! Now I just need to decide which foundation to pair it with first. 🤔

Sephora (mix of sale hauls and in store purchases)

• MAKE UP FOR EVER Aqua Seal 0.4 oz/ 11 g came back in stock during the sale 🙌
• Decided I couldn't pass up the SEPHORA COLLECTION 8-Piece Pro Face and Eye Brush Set after seeing @missjeanie's haul. There's a couple of new-to-me brushes in the set but I spy some faves in here that I'm happy to have multiples of in my collection! This will be included in my first makeup capsule for 2026.
• SEPHORA COLLECTION Lip Tint Felt Lip Stain & Liner for science - have been waiting for these to become available so I can compare them to the Huda Beauty contour lip stains
• Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Find Comfort Lip Butter Balm + Overnight Mask with Hyaluronic Acid Butte... was not a planned purchase. 
• Neither was PATRICK TA Major Moisture Smoothing and Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm with Vitamin E Espresso but a couple of folks I was with said "I'll get one if you get one" and well ... I was clearly easily swayed that day. 🙄

Sephora in-store

• Gucci Brume de Beauté Beauty Mist 2.7 oz / 80 mL is just one of those products I repurchase again and again. 😉 
• DIOR Lip Glow Oil Hydrating High-Shine Gloss 104 Black Cherry was not planned at all. I went into the store the Saturday after Christmas to get shade matched for a couple of base products and Vivian did a phenomenal job of doing just that - eyeballed it to a T without the use of the device 🙌 (I was super impressed because I knew the device would have suggested a shade that was off for that foundation, hence, why I went in store). We got to chatting about new releases and we somehow got to Dior's new releases and here we are. This is the glaze finish and it's wonderful; more pigmented than the original oil, which are a fave of mine. These and the other finish, are worth checking out, as are the new hair mists (though they are on the softer side and pricey too - they smell pretty, but they are pricey; it is Dior).

Spoiler

I probably have some more catch up to do but this'll be all for 2025. Happy New Year, BIC! Cheers to 2026!! 🎉

[danielledanielle]

Fenty Direct 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Rich Curls 3-Piece Curl-Defining Hair Gift Set 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Butta Drop Refill Whipped Oil Body Cream with Tropical Oils + Shea Butter Va... 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Oil Luminizing Lip Oil 'N Gloss Fenty Glow (GWP)

Makeup Show Pop Up 

PMG: I've had a few my meh mystery boxes, but the PMG folx let me and my BF feel the bags and I was able to identify 5 pans! 🤣 I originally had PAT McGRATH LABS Legendary Longwear Lip Pencil Divine Rose , but traded it for sedition 

Holiday Blush Duo

PAT McGRATH LABS Skin Fetish: Glass 001 Legendary Glow Setting Spray 3.38 fl oz/100 mL 

Clionadh Cosmetics ... Finally get to try them, BIC MADE ME 

Cade Cosmetics, Stiletto Lashes

Ardell 

Fragrance Event, Sephora and Isamaya Advent 

Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 91 Rosa Charmosa Body & Hair Perfume Mist 

TOM FORD Vanille Fatale Eau de Parfum Fragrance with Coffee & Mahogany 1 oz / 30 mL perfume spray 

Ellis Brooklyn VANILLA MILK Eau de Parfum 1.7 oz / 50 mL eau de parfum spray 

ISAMAYA Lip Liner- Universal Lip Liner Tonka 

ISAMAYA Lip Liner- Universal Lip Liner Java 

Sephora , Fenty in store 

Made the mistake awesome choice of going in store to kill time to see Fenty Reps in the window.  Another mystery bag was in play! This one didn't have a minimum spend, just 3 items, so I lucked out that Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Shadowstix Longwear Eyeshadow Stick Gold Hoopz and Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Shadowstix Longwear Eyeshadow Stick Copp'D That were half off and thrt were bedazzling lips, so I grabbed Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Oil Luminizing Lip Oil 'N Gloss Rose Amber 

PLUS they still had Ceremonia's Aloe con vera in store, so I grabbed what I could 🙌🏽

Mystery bag, which was touted as having items from makeup, skin and hair.. And also merch 

 

Spoiler

Stoked that I got Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Water Boi Reparative Leave-In Conditioner 6.7 oz / 200 mL since I passed on it during the sale as well as Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Fenty Treatz Hydrating + Strengthening Lip Oil Kalahari Melon 
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Diamond Bomb All-Over Diamond Veil How Many Carats?! mini
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Homecurl Curl-Defining Styling Cream 11.5 oz but mini

Merch

 

Elf , did it for the s.elf made bottle... Yeah it's gimmicky, but I like it

The Highlighters are meh, but the new foundation brush 🙌🏽

Pink Guava, BF picked this up and recently have it to me courtesy of a pop up 

Sonia G Superstar eye brushes 

[Ispend2much6]

@danielledanielle Those SG eye brushes look wonderful!  Did you get the "pay your own price Rephyr flat brush recently?  I did, but I think I would like your elf one better.

[Ispend2much6]

New Beauty Free Gift Friday. This is worth $90, and all I paid was $13 shipping.

 

[danielledanielle]

I love a deal like that @Ispend2much6 

[Ispend2much6]

@danielledanielle  They've had such great products with their Free Gift Friday offers this year.  I tried Neostrata for the first time, their neck cream, and it's great (and too expensive to straight up buy.)  I could, if I bought nothing else. 🙂

[lmaster]

Have you tried it yet? @Ispend2much6 

[Ispend2much6]

@lmaster Not yet.  I used to faithfully use their Love products, as they smelled like honeysuckle and made my hair really soft.  But the formula changed, and I didn't like it anymore.

These two are meant for blonde hair and highlighted hair, not sure if it's blue toned or not.

[missjeanie]

@Ispend2much6 I've never heard of this, but steal of a deal!

[Ispend2much6]

@missjeanie  They have a magazine, website, and an Amazon section of their favorite products (not at this great a price though.)  

[SportyGirly125]

Bath and Body Works and Sephora 

[Ispend2much6]

@SportyGirly125  Do the lip oils burn at all?

[SportyGirly125]

@Ispend2much6 @I haven’t had issues with the lip oils burning. 

[lmaster]

Ouhhh @SportyGirly125 lovely haul

[SportyGirly125]

@lmaster @Thank you 

[curlychiquita]

I'm glad to hear the Patrick Ta lip balms are good, @SportyGirly125!

[SportyGirly125]

@curlychiquita @Thank you 

[CookieGirl1]

@SportyGirly125 you must like the PATRICK TA Major Moisture Smoothing and Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm with Vitamin E 😁.  I've heard that they smell AMAZING.

[SportyGirly125]

@CookieGirl1 @They smell really good. I wasn’t going to buy them until I could see them. Then we got them in store and I started swatching. So I got 2 and then another 2 and then we got the new Dior lip oils in. I was doing so well too. 

[WhereYouStand]

lime crime dirty mermaid hair dye

arctic fox orange sunset hair dye 

eyelash curler (recieved as a bday gift)

Double sided travel mirror (Sephora points reward)

Mario birthday (b day points reward)