CVS Semi Annual Beauty Clearance Sale!

Hello!

A few days ago marked the start of CVS's semi annual beauty clearance sale and since I picked up some things I thought I'd share what I found with you guys! But first let me give you some background on the sale. The sale started November 14th and has no official end date that I am aware of. Nearly every cosmetic brand, if not all of them has at least a few items on sale, so you're sure to find something you'll like. The sales range from 50% off to 75% off. Most items are marked with little pink or green stickers letting you know what's on sale, however people have reported a lot of sale items being unmarked as well at their locations. If you feel like something may be on sale but your not sure I'd suggest scanning it for the price. I also HIGHLY recommend checking out the super amazing Noveau Cheap,who has so kindly made a very detailed post all about the sale and also a complete list of all the spotted sale items! While I was shopping I made sure to go through the list myself. Also if you use Instagram searching up "#cvsbeautyclearance"  is a great way to see some of the deals people scored. Now I hate to be the bearer of bad news guys but unfortunately I must note that not all CVS locations are taking part in the sale, so I'd suggest giving your nearest CVS a call and asking them if they are having the sale or not before making the trip. Also if your CVS isn't taking part in the sale I'd suggest also checking Walgreens, Rite Aid, Walmart, Target etc.before giving up because any place that sells drugstore makeup could be having sales as well!

So obviously my local CVS was taking part in the sale, however it wasn't as great as some of the other sales appeared to be. For example I had seen loads of people on Instagram posting pictures of their dirt cheap Physician Formula finds, so I went with my heart set on picking up a few things from PF. Bad news is when I got there I found out that not a single thing from PF was on sale, needless to say I was disappointed. On the brightside I did find a lot of things I was happy with.

Let's go!

I was excited to see that NYX had quite a few items on sale so of course I rushed to the NYX section first. That's where I found these two lovely lipsticks. These are the extra creamy round lipsticks in the shades "Harmonica" and "Narcissus". "Harmonica" is a frosty, light pink and "Narcissus" is a bright, blue toned pink.

Retail price: $4

Sale price: $2

Lastly in the lip department I found this little baby. I've purchased one of Burt's Bee's 100% natural lip glosses before, and I absolutely loved it so I was very happy to find out that this was on sale! I purchased the shade "Ruby Moon" which is a very pretty berry-red hued color with a bit of pearlized shine. It's a lovely color for Fall, and honestly at the price I got it at it was a steal.

Retail Price: $9

Sale Price: $2.24

Here are swatches of the all three lip products I picked up!

Lip swatches without flash

Lip swatches with Flash

 Yay more NYX! I decided to go crazy and pick up some things that might not be my usual choice had they not been on sale. First I picked up one of the Jumbo eye pencils in the color "Pure Gold" which is a metallic gold color, but I'm sure you guys could have guessed that. These jumbo eye crayons are very cool because they have multiple uses and can be used as either eyeliner or eyeshadow. I also picked up NYX's Roll On Shimmer which is another multipurpose item. NYX suggests it can be used on your face, eyes, or body but most likely I'll just use it as an eye shadow for special occasions. I picked this up in the shade "nude" which yes, is in fact a nude color.

Jumbo Eye Pencil Retail Price: $4.60

Jumbo Eye Pencil Retail Price: $2.30

Roll On Shimmer Retail Price: $4

Roll on Shimmer Sale Price: $2

Swatches of the Jumbo Eye Pencil & Roll On Shimmer:

Without Flash

With Flash

And of course I could not shop this entire sale without looking at any of the nail polishes. There were many nail items on sale at really amazing prices, and I mean AMAZING. That being said I am very proud of myself for managing to walk out with only two bottles of polish. I was able to justify the topcoat because I really did need a new one, and after all it was 75% off! The topcoat is Sally Hansen Diamond Strength nail lacquer in "Flawless". The lovely blue polish on the right is "Saved by the Blue" from Wet N' Wild's fast dry collection.

Topcoat Retail Price: $5.50

Topcoat Sale Price: $1.37

WNW Retail Price: $2.00

WNW Sale Price: $0.99

Well that's it guys I hoped you enjoyed this post! Let me know if you decide to check out the sale! Also I know I just briefly went over everything that I picked up but if you would like a more detailed review on any certain product I'd be more than happy to do that!

Leave me a comment, I love reading them. As always thanks for reading!

xx,

Bath and Body Works Haul!

Hi everyone hope it's been a wonderful Wednesday so far! So as I'm sure y'all can tell today's post is all about my recent trip to B&BW!  B&BW is one of those places (Sephora being another) that instantly make me happy once I walk in! I'm literally a kid in a candy store!I got really lucky yesterday and scored a lot of deals so yeah I'm pretty happy. Oh and today's also my little sister's bithday (well actually tomorrow since I'm writing this a day early!). She may or may not have gotten a few of the things Dora and I purchased at B&BW for her birthday! Alright let's get to the haul,enjoy!

Oh you guys! This candle is just amazing. I could stop right there but since that wouldn't be a proper review I'll describe it a little. The scent is just as you'd imagine it, a fresh watermelon lemonade scent. Although I smell the watermelon scent stronger than the lemon scent. That's definitely not a bad thing though! The throw is great too! It only takes about 15 minutes to fill up your whole room with the summery goodness! Trust me the hype is worth it.

 I'm going to be completely honest these lipglosses aren't amazing or anything. They are very sheer,pretty much no color at all, with an opalescent shine. They are just okay. My favorite is the Sky gloss I think the smell is lovely, like a soft vanilla smell, in a weird way it kind of reminds me of cream soda! The Air gloss smells just like a green apple jolly rancher to me. And finally the Sun gloss, honestly I don't like the smell of this one at all! I don't even know how to describe it the bottle says "golden magnolia" so I'll just leave it at that.

You can never go wrong with hand sanitizers from B&BW. The packaging is adorable, they leave a lovely scent on your hands and they're perfectly portable! My favorite scents out of the five I choose are definitely "Cute as Can Bee" and "Coastal Surf & Sun". The "Dazzling Diamond" one is loaded with glitter so I wouldn't suggest purchasing unless you want your hands to be covered in rainbow colored glitter. Or if it's for a kid, they'll love it! I picked these up at 5 for $5!

B&BW describes "Velvet Sugar" as a blend of red velvet creme with golden plum laced with a swirl of sugared musk, pink jasmine, and wild strawberries. I think it's a lovely, warm and feminine fragrance. Oh and the packaging is too adorable! All of the travel sized body products were priced on sale for 3 for $6!!!

So the saleslady was really trying to push this one on me! I happy she did though! It's such a lovely scent, perfect for Summer! It's bright, happy and fresh! B&BW describes it as a blend of raspberry lychee sorbet, sun kissed magnolia and vanilla sandalwood. 

This scent is a tropical vacation in a bottle! It's such an exotic and fruity scent! Imagine every tropical fruit you could think of stuffed inside these little bottles. B&BW describes it as a blend of sparkling star fruit and ocean kissed frangipani blossoms.

Dora's signature fragrance. B&BW describes the scent as a blend of light as air pink petals and vanilla chiffon icing. It's just such a pretty, girly scent! Definitely one of my favorites too!

 Another one of Dora's favorites! Similar scent to Pink Chiffon. B&BW descirbes it as a blend of french tulips and pink champagne. Tres belle!

This was one I've never smelled before until today. I think the fact that a giant green apple was on the front of the packaging made me think it would have a generic artificial apple smell but I couldn't have been more wrong! It does smell like apple, but an actual genuine apple smell with a fresh floral scent as well! Definitely my favorite scent I picked up today!

I hope you guys liked this haul! I'm kind of new to the haul thing and may not be the best at describing the scents so don't be too hard on me haha! There are so many great sales going on at B&BW right now, I'd suggest you all go check out your local store or go online to find the best deals!

As always thanks for reading! Do you own any of these? Would you like to try any of these? Leave me some comments, I love reading them!

xx