Charlotte Ronson Double Ended Blush/Bronzer in Abby

I was out at a little Mexican karaoke bar next to a Sephora in Santa Monica last night so I snuck over to Sephora when the rest of my party was chatting. I always try to find something new to check out at Sephora.

Since it has been a while since I have been online I wanted to start bringing you reviews again even while I don't have internet at home. It makes posting tough but I have New Years resolutions to keep up. :D

I saw the Charlotte Ronson blush and Bronzer combo and since I had never tried it and I also am looking for a new blush for my days out. Since one of my resolutions is to start wearing makeup since I love it and part of me is so busy I don't treat my skin the best so I want to get my skin into better shape.

This blush/Bronzer combo named Abby comes with a blush in a deep coral and a bronze in an almost deep bronze color. The container is a cute tube with the caps both being covered in flowers designs. It is very cute and the caps are very nicely clicked so I don't worry too much about the product getting all over my makeup bag.

Benefit's Countdown to Love Advent Calendar 2013

So I am a big lover of advent calendars. I always got the candy ones as a kid growing up. So when I heard that Benefit was doing an advent calendar I knew that I was just going to have to get it. Lucky for us it has gone on sale on the Sephora website so we can order it now.

The calendar is just like any advent calendar and it has little pop up doors that reveal a sweet surprise. You get lots of great travel sized products from the Benefit line and a Bracelet, Necklace and Barrette.

I know I will be getting it for myself, especially being Rouge with the free shipping.

Here are the contents of the calendar.

This set contains:

- 0.25 oz "That Gal"

- 0.25 oz The POREfessional

- 0.08 oz High Beam

- 0.08 oz Sun Beam

- 0.08 oz Benetint

- 0.08 oz Chachatint

- 0.08 oz Posietint

- 0.22 oz Ultra Plush in Coralista

- 2 x 0.22 oz Ultra Plush in Sugarbomb, Dandelion

- 0.1 oz Hoola

- 0.1 oz Dandelion

- 0.1 oz Coralista

- 0.22 oz Ultra Lip Gloss in A-Lister

- 0.14 oz BADgal Lash

- 0.08 oz Stay Don't Stray in Light/Medium

- 0.02 oz BADgal Liner Waterproof in Black

- 0.1 oz It's Potent Eye Cream

- 0.3 oz Total Moisture Facial Cream

- 0.08 oz Ooh La Lift

- 0.25 oz Girl Meets Pearl

- Bracelet

- Necklace

- Barrette

Check it out now on Sephora.com

Birthday Freebies

So it's your birthday month and this means everyone wants to celebrate you. I know I do. :D

I spend a lot of time looking this up because I love deals and free stuff. I admit it I am a free stuff junkie. I am going to do mostly Makeup based deals. I can do one for food as well if I get comments asking for one.

There is tons of discounts for you on your birthday month. If you sign up for the email clubs of

Crabtree and Evelyn - free shipping and 15% off (works in store as well)

Lancome - free shipping and a gift with a $50 purchase (nice little gift set)

Ulta - double points during your birthday month

Smasbox - free shipping and a free birthday gift with purchase

Ojon - free shipping and birthday gift with purchase

Bobbie Brown - free shipping and birthday gift with purchase

These send you an email with a discount in them for free gifts with purchase, or double points or a percentage off.

There are stores that have birthday gifts in store for you.

Sephora - free birthday gift no purchase required.

Bare Minerals - boutique stores only has a birthday gift, not sure if purchase is required this year, last year it was not.

Benefit - free brow wax.. never done it.. always think about it.

Aveda - sends a postcard for a free item at the store that they personalize for you. There aren't many boutique stores so check if there is one in your area and go in and sign up. The item is worth $25. I got the Massage Oil this year and it smells like Cinnamon.

Victoria's Secret - sends out a $10 giftcard. Sign up with Pink Nation. I used mine to purchase one of the new dresses and the $5 undies. I had some extra giftcards to go with it.

Godiva - not makeup but chocolate - if you fill out your profile for there store card on your birthday they send out a $10 giftcard. I got a huge bag of candy for $2 today. I will be enjoying it for a while.

So there is a lot out there.. and I am probably missing a ton. I will try to update this whenever I see more. I will pin this if I can for you guys.

The nail polish was a 100 point perk at Sephora it's called Happy Birthday so I thought it was appropriate. :)

Finally a VIB with Sephora

So if you spend a lot of money at Sephora, like I do. ( I do buy like a million things from the clearance section though, since I'm all about how much can I get for a little bit of price. It's the bargain hunter in me) Then you may know about the Beauty Insider program, it's a card that gives you points towards freebies. I know I love freebies, so I was in on it from the day I started purchasing from the store. What you might not know is there is a second level. If you spend $350 or more in a year you get upgraded to VIB or very important beauty insider. This comes with perks of its own. I just recently purchased a few things from the store because of the 15% off sale they were having, combined with my giftcards. (I turn a lot of my giftcards into sephora giftcards or amazon giftcards depending on what we need or want at the time) I really wanted the Clarisonic Mia 2. Been wanting it for a long time but couldn't afford it. So with the discount and my giftcards I jumped to buy it. I bought the berry one. Yes there will be a post about it. Sadly I've been so busy it's been sitting unopened like a week since it arrived.

When you make that $350 purchase point, they give you a little envelope full of new and fun things to enjoy because you have spent enough to be a part of the special crowd. (I will admit I was a little sad, the first time I saw some hit the VIB mark, they were given a little bag full of makeup, I was looking forward to that, but I was told that it wasn't something they normally do.) My store has gotten in the envelope so I had been waiting a while to get my new VIB card. So the other day when I went out to get a freebie at the cerritos mall, I stopped by the Cerritos Sephora, had the envelope. I am happy to have my silver card.

The envelope comes with a coupon for free shipping on the website, 10% off a purchase, and a free makeover in store.

Yves Saint Laurent in Le Orange and Le Rouge Flamme ( a sephora exclusive)

I am in love with this seasons jump on the orange wagon, I am an orange kinda girl. I was wearing orange before it was the in thing.. same with neon colors.. Im addicted.

So when I ran across these colors I just had to check them out. They are so beautiful. I love how vibrant the orange is and the red really shows off. I love the way they go on so smooth and stay on. I had a hard time getting the swatch off my hand. I love lipsticks that stay on. So great sign for Yves.

I am falling in love with Yves Saint Laurents colors because they stay put, stay vibrant and are worth the cost you are paying.

You can check out Sephora's website to pick up these lovely colors or stop by Sephora and check out everything.

Philosophy Vanilla Birthday Cake Lipgloss - Review

Philosophy Vanilla Birthday Cake Lipgloss

I love philosophy's products I have both the Birthday Cake Bath wash and the Peppermint Bark bath wash. I want more of them. I love how potent the smells are, they are so great smelling and really smell like the things they are named after. Yet that's not what this review is about. I am talking today about the Birthday Cake lipglosses. I won this as a prize from one of the twitter parties they gave away as a party favor.

The lipgloss smells like vanilla birthday cake and goes on glossy. I like the sparkles and shine in the lipgloss. It's super thick and looks great on. It even tastes slightly like cake.

I like mixing this lipgloss with a bright red to make it glossy and red, very bright and out there. I am a bright color kinda girl. The lipgloss works really great as a mixer. I am glad that it is such a great product.

Philosophy really does go all out in the making of the products and I am happy for that. Since I love using all the products. If you are looking for a new lipgloss check this one out. It's worth it in the shine department.