Sephora Ultra Vinyl Lip Pencils Swatches

Given the amount of competition we have now in this department and disappointing Sephora product launches in the past, I gotta say, I'm pleasantly surprised!

Sale Alert: Sephora makeup gift sets

Oh my, you gotta see this! Sephora put bunch of last year gift holiday sets on sale + plus this year set by BareMinerals, that's I'm drooling over:

39$

Nevertheless I picked up two other sets, both by Tarte cosmetics. The reason is I always wanted to try Tarte products, as any other makeup junkie, I love trying new things for the sake of exploration:)

Since I recently got into a habbit using almost exlusively cream\gel\gliding eye shadows, I couldn't not pass this set by Tarte, called Precious Gems Limited-Edition Waterproof Cream EyeShadow Collection:

29$

I looked at the swatches online and liked them a lot, then looked at my VIB 15$ off card and told myself, it's time! According to my calculation each eye shadow cost me ~5.4$ (+sales tax -15$ sale - free shipping(no time\gas spend driving to sephora store) - 1/2*15$sephoravib card)

Pretty good isnt' it?

Next is the repeated purchase, Putting on the Glitz set by Tarte:

32$

   I bought this last  fall, and returned. I just thought that the quality of the eye shadows was not as good as their price, even though it was a gift set, in which one suppositely get a good value.

   But now with 32$ price tag, it's a whole new game!

   First of all, I found way more swatches and reviews for this ste this time around. I understand better the eye primer world too, AND I know a few people who would love to get one or two of these as gifts!

   So I've got plenty of options here, plus.. again.. too good of a deal to pass even without VIB -15$ gift card.

   Here the calculation goes, I paid total 27$ (+sales tax - shipping\gas\time -16$sale - (1/2)*15$VIBcard), which equals to ~1.3$ per Tarte eye shadow! 

   And I haven't even counted the Amazonian Clay bronzer,blush and highlighter! I didn't even count the lip gloss and free clutch!

      Needless to say, I'm stocked, guys!

Here are my personal recommendations\picks of what esle you could be interested in picking up on sale in sephora right now (it's going to be GONE by next week, I have no doubt):

Korress set looks pretty sweet, I heard great things about their face and lip products (-13$ right now):

29$

Tarina Tarantino Dollskin Cheek Palette is AWESOME and 40% off. Unprecedential quality for 40% off, just because the brand is leaving Sephora:

27$

The other ones I have more doubts about, so I didn't include them here, but there are way more gift sets on sale right now (December 4,2012), then you have seen at this post.

NOTE that you still can get 9 luxe samples by suing ITKIT code online. Look at my post here, if you don't know what ITKIT is.

I hope you found it helpful!

xoxo, Maria TwosRuse.

Sephora Deals: IT KITS - Gift sets In Detail

I think everyone and their mother should urgently check out this awesome deal, that has been going on at sephora.com for the past 3 weeks!
They contain great amount of deluxe size samples by really good brands!
I was so excited that I even got through the trouble of estimating the value of each bag:))
Note that this week Sephora changed the names of the kits slightly, but the contents are largely the same (see the price break down in the table below):

Note that long lasting products spike up the price almost twice!
Since I bought bunch of gifts, I did split my purchases into several orders to get all of these bags.
I am VERY happy with the IT KITS, I think this is one of the best deals Sephora has had in a long time!