We should probably form a circle group, hold hands, and try to meditate on how any of us are even Sephora Rouge again. I BARELY shop at Sephora. I’ve been an Ulta girl 100%. Sephora could never! The cashback rewards at Ulta are far more superior. No Sephora, I don’t want ninety nine cents off my order in exchange for 10,000 points. In all seriousness, about 95% of my beauty purchases are done at Ulta. They’ve added so many brands to their line up not to mention have so many amazing coupons, sales, and deals and great rewards on top of that why bother shopping anywhere else? The only thing Ulta is lacking is a good fragrance department. They’re very mainstream where as Sephora does have a few niche brands under their belt and Ulta is busy selling bottles of Clinique Happy.
Nonetheless, somehow, someway I made it to Rouge. I haven’t the time but I should go back and see what it is I purchased at Sephora the past several months to get here because I can’t recall doing that much shopping there. Well, good news, I can shop the Sephora Sales Event today and I did a smallish order. I’m not sure if I’ll go back for anything else. Yeah, the tariffs are coming and maybe I should considering stocking up on skincare but I have so much to get through right now I’m not really bothered to do any backups right now. I may regret that if prices get really insane but let’s hope things don’t get to insane in the next few months and years ahead. I live in New York so I’m used to paying high everything over here. Once you see eggs at $17.99 a carton you become immune to anything else that gets a crazy dollar amount slapped on it.
My Sephora Savings Event cart was small but mighty. There are things in it I didn’t need but I ended up purchasing them. Let’s start there. I didn’t need both of the new Fenty Beauty Hot Cheeks Velour Blushlighters. I have a feeling Cherry Pop is going to be too dark on me 1. I love this formula and 2. I feel like maybe I can use it an eyeshadow if it doesn’t work as a blush. So yes, guilty of buying both!
I told myself I WOULD not buy the new Sol de Janeiro Body Mists. I think some of the recent LEs have been a little uneventful but sadly, they got me. I ended up hauling Flor Mística, Dança Mística, and Água Mística. It’s an absurd purchase on my part because I have a feeling they aren’t going to be all that special but let’s see how it goes…!
I had to refrain myself from doing three bottles but I did get two bottles of the Quai St Bart’s Leave-In Conditioner. They’re killing me with the damn, “THIS IS LE!” I know it’ll probably be back and permanent at some point but I’m illogically think, “Oh my god it may disappear!”
I also, snagged a bottle of The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner! It’s an affordable pick up and I thought I could use it after a cleanse!
I got a small mist of Ellis Brooklyn MARSHMALLOWS Hair and Body Fragrance Mist. I’m not an idiot. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me! I’ve learned my lesson about overhyped fragrances. Thanks for educating me Tiktokers because you guys overhype things to the max in the perfume community and the dishonesty is out of control about how certain fragrances smell. I’ve blind purchased a bit too many bottles thanks to Tiktokers and many were not what was described. Marshmallows is one of those OH MY GOD IF YOU DON’T BUY THIS YOU’LL DIE fragrances. This is one that comes across my feed and my curiosity got the best of me. I decided I’d purchase a smaller bottle and thanks to the sale it’ll be a better price so if I am disappointed it’ll be my own fault but at least it wasn’t a terribly expensive mistake.
Speaking of fragrance I got the new Brown Girl Jane Perfume. I went with a Travel Spray for now! It’s getting some rave reviews and the notes of Espresso Affogato, Golden Rum Cake, and Almond Foam sound delicious!
I also grabbed a Rare Beauty Brown Harmony Flexible Lifting Gel to keep these brows in place and and of course, I caved, I got a Soft Pinch Matte Bouncy Blush because everyone keeps asking how the formula is!
And that’s it…! I’ll probably do another order at some point if something else pops up that looks good but I don’t really need a lot at the moment. What did you get?
Where to buy
Sephora
