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Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

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It's tiiiiiiiime: the holiday season is upon us!  And here in the Beauty Insider Community, we believe it’s never too early to start building that basket. 😉 This thread can serve as your destination for getting – and giving! – unbiased shopping advice all season long, whether you’re grabbing gifts for others, or just looking to scoop up a few beauty steals for yourself! Either way, you’ve come to the right place to swap beauty recs with your fellow Community members, show off what you’ve added to your basket so far, and get help making those hard purchase decisions… and don’t forget to share all your beautiful unboxings, swatches, and more! 🎁

 

Don’t be shy! Hit the reply button below. What are you adding to your basket this holiday season? Be sure to tag any products you mention using the “#” sign!

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@caitbird Fantastic list! All of the holiday sets look so fun! I bet the CT will look lovely on your long lashes!

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@Mellmars1185  aww, thank you so much! 💜

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

Nice list @caitbird! I love the SC holiday masks!

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@faeriegirl  thank you! Me too!

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

The #NEST New York Turkish Rose Body Mist 4.2 oz / 125 ml spray sounds amazing, @caitbird!

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@curlychiquita  it does, and I have been wanting to try it for ages! I have and like the NEST New York Turkish Rose Perfume Oil Rollerball 0.20 oz / 6 mL  and several of Nest's perfumes, so I'm hopeful I will like this too.

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

Oh, definitely need to get some perfumes. I'd forgotten about PHLUR Strawberry Letter Eau de Parfum Travel Spray 0.32 oz / 9.5 ml eau de parfum spray and I need to find out if it smells good on me. @caitbird 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@Buootiful  I have been wanting to try Strawberry Letter since before it was available at Sephora! I know fragrance is really such a personal thing but I remember @lmaster  tried this one and liked it.

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@caitbird it's soooooo good

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

What a lovely assortment of items! This gives me some ideas! @caitbird 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@PrettyPaint  thank you! Happy to enable, er, inspire! 😉

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

Ooh a fabulous list! The new SC hand and foot masks look pretty fun @caitbird are they for you or gifting? 🎁 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@CynthieLu  thank you! I haven't decided about the masks yet; if I end up being able to get together with a friend or two soon I'll bring a small "gift bag" or two and probably include these. Otherwise I might end up keeping them 😅 hmm, maybe I should get extras just in case...🤣

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

Well, at 30% off, you can't lose 🙂 @caitbird 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

Okay so, I’d LOVE to buy some NARS and Dior lipstick refills from Sephora but I can’t because they’re not available. So for now, lipstick is (very surprisingly) excluded from my list. 🫠 That’s leaves all this other stuff, for now: 

 

 

🔬 Test subjects:

 

 

✔️ Restocks: 

 

 

🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Expanding the family: 

 

 

👻 Haunting me: 

 

 

🔮 TBD (upcoming releases): 

 

  • If LYS releases a mini blush trio this year, I’ll probably buy it. 

 

 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@WinglessOne Great list and breakdown! I have been wondering about the KILIAN Paris Blue Moon Ginger Dash 1.7 oz / 50 mL eau de parfum spray scent. I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. The LYS foundation is on my list too!

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@Mellmars1185  I wish I’d bought a travel size of Blue Moon Ginger Dash when it was still available. If you find a tester to try, I hope you like it! 

 

The LYS foundation is 100% curiosity for me. I don’t use foundation often, and when I do it’s just on and around my nose to mask surface redness. And I already have the amazing Ami Colé Skin-Enhancing Lightweight & Blurring Foundation Stick for that. But I need to compare Ami Colé’s to LYS’s for some reason. 😅 Plus, it’s good to have options in case one brand’s product is discontinued (which happens to me a lot). Hopefully we’ll both have good luck with the LYS foundation stick! 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@WinglessOne  I did a little research, and Blue Moon is discontinued as it was a seasonal scent.  Kilian direct is also sold out of it.  It sounds like something I'd like.  I'm looking for a predominantly lemon scent; Philosophy had one a long time ago that was perfect.  A little powder thrown in wouldn't hurt either.  Do you have any suggestions?💕

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@Ispend2much6  Yeah, this one (like several other Kilians) wasn’t a permanent fragrance. That’s why I’m surprised each time I see a tester at one of my local Sephora locations. I’m hoping it’ll still be in stock by the time the sale starts. 

 

Hmm, lemme think a bit about lemon-forward powdery fragrances that might still be available… my brain keeps saying “oooh isn’t there a Guerlain that hits those notes?” But I might be confusing it with something else. There might be an Atelier Cologne fragrance, though you can’t find any of them at US retailers anymore (but you can still order them from LookFantastic UK 😉 ). While I’m thinking: have you checked Fragrantica to see what others think are Blue Moon Ginger Dash dupes? 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

@WinglessOne  I did see one suggestion for a company called Barretts, who makes dupes for expensive fragrances. Great idea!

 

I have most of the Atelier fragrances; I forgot about them!

 

One fragrance that came close is L'Eau Hadrien.  My bottle is so old it will be interesting to see what it has morphed into.

 

 

Re: Sephora Savings Event – Holiday 2024 Shopping Advice Thread: What’s in Your Basket?

I am really impressed with the mini Charlotte Tilbury Exagger-eyes Volumizing and Curling Mascara Exagger-black @WinglessOne ! If I didn’t already have several unopened mascaras to go through I would get a full size during the sale.

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