As a Sephora VIB member, of course I had to take advantage of the 20% off sale that was running from November 13–16. I ordered the products I wanted online, and I felt like I needed to buy over $50 worth of items to get free shipping, but thankfully I only spent $45 and did not have to pay for shipping. Next year I'll definitely do the flash shipping thing. I would've wanted more items but I'm kinda tight right now. So I only got 2 items (in addition to perfume samples...)
I first got the Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment in the shade "Passion". It is described as vibrant yet sheer rouge. I bought it because I have been suffering from dry lips, especially when I wake up, and I have been wearing a lot of matte lipsticks lately. Here in NorCal, it's only November but it feels like winter already...I know, we're pretty wimpy when it comes to weather compared to the rest of the U.S. So the cold has been taking a toll on my lips. It is pretty thick, but I guess you need to type of treatment to heal your lips. The funny thing is, it looks darker than the shade "Cherry" (which I had but had to get rid of because I broke it, read my reviews here), but "Passion" is much more sheer and I had to apply it on 3-4 times to get the color I want. "Cherry" is much more opaque. It helps a lot that this has SPF 15 too, because our skin may be protected but our lips aren't, and they are much more sensitive.
I also got the NARS Blush in shade "Seduction", which is described as sangria (it also has flecks of gold shimmer). It is as intense as it looks in the photo, probably even more so. It definitely shows up as one of the darkest shades among the NARS blushes in the Sephora product website here. It is very pigmented, so you have to be very careful about applying too much in your brush. I would rather apply lightly and build up to get the right amount of color I want on my cheeks. It's dark enough to give you a contour-effect. It is more suited for medium–dark skin tones, I thought it was even dark on me until I started blending it better. It is a gorgeous fall blush shade.
I have $40 more to retain my VIB status for 2016, but I have to order my products online because I somehow have 2 beauty insider memberships (I don't know how that happened, but whenever I go in the store, the one on my old email address shows up, and it's not the VIB one). I really want to get another NARS blush, "Outlaw" (Before I made my order, I was debating between Outlaw, Dolce Vita, Sin, and Seduction), the Audacious lipstick in "Olivia", and the Kat Von D Studded lipstick in "Prayer". Can you tell though I'm now a full-fledged NARS fanatic?
Are you a VIB member of Sephora? Did you get anything from their sale? What are the items on your next wishlist?
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