Magical May Hauls 2024 🎩✨

[CynthieLu]

My oh my, May is here! 🌱🌸 It's time to show off all the magical must haves you picked up this month.

Let's give our hauls a moment to sparkle and shine! ⭐

🎉And of course a huge shout out to all the May Birthday Beauties! 🎉

Wishing you all the most magical month. 🎈🎁

May also holds a special day for all the Mama's, Aunts, Grand Mama's, and all the ladies who play a special role to the kiddo's in thier lives. 💝 Happy Mother's Day to all of you! 💝

If you are pampering anyone this month, we'd love to see what you've picked out. 🫶

Happy Haulin! 🛍️ 

[Ispend2much6]

@SportyGirly125  Have you tried the Dae yet?  I'm desperate for moisture for my hair.  Thanks!

[SportyGirly125]

@Ispend2much6 I just got it today and did. I love the smell and the way how it felt. It’s only been a day of using it but I was in need of another leave in conditioner. 

[Ispend2much6]

@SportyGirly125  Thank you; you sound like me. 🙂

[itsfi]

Getting ready for summer hauls:

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😍  Abi Ame is one of the brands in the Sephora Accelerate Class of 2024. I picked up their Soft Touch: Pre-Shower Exfoliating Body Mask AHA 30% + BHA 2% and a mini version of their Summer Skin: Hydrating Serum + Lotion.

💜💛 LANEIGE Lip Glowy Lightweight Hydration Balm with Shea Butter Blueberry and LANEIGE Lip Glowy Lightweight Hydration Balm with Shea Butter Mango - blueberry and mango are two fruits I love to include in my green smoothies so when I saw these were the two new flavors in the Laneige lip balm range, I thought "why not?!" 😁

😎  OLEHENRIKSEN Banana Bright Mineral Lotion Sunscreen SPF 30 1.7 oz / 50 ml OLEHENRIKSEN Banana Bright Mineral Face Sunscreen SPF 30 1.7 oz / 50 mL and OleHenriksen Cold Plunge Pore Mask are repurchases - sunscreen was 25% off and the mask 30% off - I'm a little nervous this mask may be discontinued (I can't find the product online to tag) so that was the extra nudge I needed to pick up a tube when I saw it in store. 

🛍  SEPHORA COLLECTION Velour Makeup Powder Puff is a BIC-inspired purchase - looking at you @danielledanielle and @Mellmars1185 

Beauty-focused graduation gifts haul:

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🎁   Sephora Favorites Foundation Try-On Sample Bag With Redeemable Voucher - A set includes 12 foundation foil samples in the selected shade range (generally 5 different brands), plus a voucher for the cost of the set ($10) that can be applied to any full-size foundation sold at Sephora - use of the voucher is not limited to the foundations or brands contained in the set! Contemplating picking up one of these for myself. 

💝  I added a SEPHORA COLLECTION Sephora Stripe Gift Card to help off-set the price of a full size foundation even more 

🙌  Touchland Power Mist Hydrating Hand Sanitizer because ... why wouldn't I include one? 😅💓

Auto-replen hauls: This is the first replenishment of of the products I selected for auto-replenishment.  I found the email notification for when this would arrive and the last day to modify the order, if I chose to do so, to be very helpful! Thank you, @TeamBIC ❣️

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💖  Shiseido Super-Soft, 100% Natural Facial Cotton 165 sheets 

💗  Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Find Comfort Stop & Soothe Aromatherapy Pen 0.16 oz / 5 mL # 
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♥️  Sourse Dream Bites – Vegan Magnesium Infused Chocolate Supplements for Beauty Sleep 30 / bites* 

*NOTE: If you're thinking about picking up the Sourse chocolates through the auto-replen, please note how many chocolates are included in the package and the recommended daily serving. My auto-replen was for one pouch of 30 chocolates, but for a month's supply, I need 2 pouches based on the recommended daily serving of 2 per day.

[lmaster]

Awesome haul @itsfi the auto replenish is super convenient 

[itsfi]

@lmaster, thank you. It's great to have things show up automatically; I need to figure out if a month between replennishment for these cottons is a good clip or if I should make it every other month.

[Buootiful]

The auto replenish sure is convenient! It sucks the chocolates increased in price to $17. It used to be $15. It sucks cuz this helped my hubby sleep better. $2 is too steep a hike @itsfi 😭 Enjoy not running out of the cotton pads!

[itsfi]

@Buootiful, I'm finding these chocolates are pretty helpful with making it easier to unwind, relax before drifting to sleep, but it doesn't keep me asleep for longer than when I didn't use them. I do, however, wonder if the time between falling asleep and waking up is better quality. I may need to dust off my sleep tracker to see about that one of these days. Oh, if you think a $2 increase is a lot, I recommend avoiding the brand's site - apparently, a one-time purchase of a 30-day supply (so 2 bags here) is $38 (vs $34 (recent increase) or originally $30). 

[CorgiMommy]

@itsfi great haul, enjoy

[itsfi]

@CorgiMommy, thank you. So far, so good. 👍

[ather]

@itsfi  Wow! Great haul! The foundation kit is such a great idea for a grad! And seriously you can’t go wrong adding a touchland!!! Such a great gift! Oooo mango and blueberry flavoured! I bet they are so yummy!!! 😋 fingers crossed the OH mask will be reformulated!!!!! 

[itsfi]

@ather, thank you! The graduation gift packages have been a hit so far, so I'm happy! 😊 Oh, I wonder what OH is going to do with that product or that line. Generally speaking, their reformulations have been for the better, but you never know. I actually wonder if they are doing an overhaul of the masks in their collection. Hmmm... time will tell.

[Samtian]

@itsfi Why would I not pick up one 🤣. Once I get through my auto replenish apples, the lily, and black sandalwood ones the watermelon is next. Those foundation kits are so good! How do you like the blueberry?

[itsfi]

@Samtian, would you be surprised to know I was overstocking the Touchland? 😂 I like having extra to be able to hand out to people who have expressed an interest or have seemed to like the sanitizer when I’ve spritzed some on their hands - yeah, I’m still doing that. 🤣 

The foundation kits are definitely a good deal if there’s shade ranges that fits. I really like that the voucher isn’t limited for the brands contained in the kit - it can be used for an entirely different foundation! Wow!

The Laneige blueberry is alright 🫐 - the formulation is good, to be expected from Laneige. The scent though! I could use a much stronger scent. 

[caitbird]

@itsfi  great haul! Love how colorful the lineup of products is in the top photo too. Those are very useful graduation gifts, I'm sure the recipient will appreciate them! I think those foundation sample sets are a great idea - I just wish there was a "fair" set available for us pasty folks 😅

[itsfi]

@caitbird, thank you! The packaging on those products really came together to make that first pic pop with color! The products lend themselves to a summer focused haul. I’m interested in trying out the Abi Ame exfoliating body mask. Summer, here we come! 😎

Oh, darn! I hope they add more color ranges to the foundation sample sets. 🤞🏼

[Kim888]

@itsfi @I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts on that rare beauty pen !

[itsfi]

Hi @Kim888! 👋 I've been enjoying the RB aromatherapy pen more than I thought I would. I initially thought it'd be a great thing to have around the house to use every so often, but I've been carrying one in my purse and keep one in my drawer at work. I haven't used it on pressure points yet, but when I need a pick-me-up, I'll dispense one or two pumps into the palm of my hand, rub my palms together and then bring to my nose to inhale. It's refreshing and while it may not take away any stress or anxiety, it does give me that extra moment to take a pause and regroup which can be so nice and helpful.

Fragrance can be so personal so if there's a store near you that carries this one, definitely go in to test the scent. It's different than the scent in her body and hair mist which I found to be more earthy. The pen has a lavender - mint scent with a slight herbaceous leaning. Lavender and mint can be heavy for my nose but both of these seem to play off each other nicely.

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Sensational summer haul! The Laneige balms sounds lovely. Isn't the auto replenish handy? Right as I was about to finish mine, a new one arrived just on time! You will have to keep me posted on how you like/use the powder puff!

[itsfi]

Welcome back @Mellmars1185‌‌ ❣️ I hope you had the best time! 

I'm excited to try out the puff. I think I'm going to pull out my mini of the Givenchy powder that you and @missjeanie really like and use the puff for that. But first, I'm going to try it out with the Sephora Collection loose powder that I'm trying to use up - my goodness, there's a ton of powder in that jar! 

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Thank you! Yes I find powders take quite a while to use up. Especially for me since I keep putting all my other loose powders on the back burner while I keep plowing through the Givenchy! 🤣