Sephora Chic Week Haul: April 4th 2014

Ummm...hi again?!

Technically this blog post was supposed to be right after I hauled for the Sephora Chic Week Sale which happened the first week of April. *facepalm*
 

I procrastinated, got sick, had a bunch of job interviews which went nowhere. I felt kind of depressed and well it just didn’t happen. 

I’m sorry. :(

But today I decided to get my lazy butt into gear and upload this haul for all of you to see.

First of all what is Chic Week? (Though I’m pretty sure you makeup enthusiasts know!) Sephora has these sales twice a year in April and November. The April sale is called Chic Week and members of their program Beauty Insiders get to save 15% on everything in the store. That’s right EVERYTHING!
*pops open the champagne* However the one in November is better as BIs get to save 20%!!!!

Now because I’ve had these items for almost two months, I can give a mini review to accompany my new pretties! ♥♥♥♥

So without further adieu, here is my haul!

To start off, I’m only a VIB so I couldn’t hit the stores along with the Rouges (who got to start the sale 5 days earlier).

This is what I got from the sale:

•  Guerlain Météorites Perles in Teint Dore 03 (Old Formula)
• NARS Blush in Desire
•  NARS Blush in Mata Hari
• YSL Rouge Volupté in Beige Ultimate
• YSL Rouge Volupté Shine in Fuchsia in Excess
• YSL Le Teint Touche Éclait in B60
   
  
  
  
  
  
  

t      First off, I’m so happy that my Sephora still had the old Météorites. (I keep hearing that the new  ones are just not as good.) So I was ecstatic that I was able to snag one up. I had been craving the Météorites ever since I was enabled by several makeup forums that I frequent. 

How pretty is that tin?!

 

With Flash

Without Flash

I don’t have the Guerlain Météorites brush, so I just use any powder brush that I have and the results are great. It’s more of a finishing powder to complete your makeup look. The glow these little babies give you. It’s almost like you are glowing within. I absolutely love them! 

Next I got a pair of NARS blushes. I had been ogling these blushes for awhile but I managed to resist until the sale. 

From left to right: Mata Hari, Desire

Mata Hari gives a beautiful muted rosy glow to my NC42 complexions. Desire is more of blush that is in your face. It’s a glorious hot pink. As with most NARS blushes, these are beautifully pigmented and all you need is the slightest tap of your brush in them and you’re good to go. The colours are buildable, so it's

best to start of slowly and then add more colour if needed. It’s harder to mute them then it is to go bolder. Mati Hara has become one of my favorite everyday blushes.

As I mentioned in my introductory post, I have a thing for lip products. The YSL lipsticks have to be the eye candy of the lipstick world. Their packaging is to die for. I have never seen a more beautiful lipstick container in my life. I heard all these wonderful things about them and decided to add them to my shopping list. I’m usually an L’Oreal or MAC girl when it comes to my lipsticks.

Beige Ultimate & Fushcia in Excess

The lipstick formulation is a little "eehhh". (Please don’t hurt me!) I find that they are a bit too creamy and soft for my liking. I like lipsticks that have wicked pigmentation but also stay put on my lips. I don’t want to keep re-applying them ever so often. I also kept noticing that they were bleeding around the edge of my lips after a matter of minutes. Disappointing. However, I do think they are beautiful, they have a nice colour selection and I think I will continue to buy a few more just because of the packaging! 

With Flash (Top to bottom: Beige Ultimate & Fushcia in Excess)

Without Flash (Top to bottom: Beige Ultimate & Fushcia in Excess)

 

Finally I also picked up the YSL Le Teint Touche Éclait in B60. I got a sample of this a few months ago when I was a Sephora. I had tried out the Foundation IQ tool and this foundation had been one of my results. When I tried it out at home, I first noticed the smell of the foundation. It smelt like watermelon to me. (People who have tried it, does it smell like that to you guys as well?) Anyways, I love watermelon so I thought it was a pleasant scent. 

Shade B60

Then I put it on my skin. It applied so flawlessly and happened to be a perfect match for my NC42 skintone! This foundation is perfect for summer. It gives you the most perfect dewy, glowing skin. It only has SPF 19, so that’s a bit of a bummer, but it’s better than none at all. (I’m looking at you MAC Pro Longwear foundation!) 

I haven’t been using this foundation as much as I have been using my other products, but now that the warm weather is finally here I will be using this pretty seriously during the warm summer months.

I also got a free cosmetic bag for the first day of the VIB sale. I'm going to be storing some of my samples in there.

And that's my Chic Week Haul/Reviews! Hope you enjoyed them!

xox