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Sephora’s Annual Beauty Sale Picks

Happy Sunday! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend. So far our weekend has been all about friends and each other. I’ll fill you in on weekend details tomorrow but for now, grab your cup of coffee and let’s talk beauty!

It’s that time again! Once or twice a year Sephora thanks their shoppers by giving them a discount on EVERYTHING in store! This time around Sephora Beauty Insiders get 15% off everything in their shopping cart until April 21st by using the code CHIC! If you’re not yet an Insider, just sign up on the website.

Since I spend every day focused on beauty during my day job, I’ve decided to share more of that on the blog in the future. For now, I thought it’d be fun to share with you my Sephora favorites just in time for Sephora’s Annual Beauty Sale! This is not a sponsored post but instead just my way of introducing you to maybe at least one new beauty product!

Sephora Annual Beauty Sale Picks

My favorite Sephora picks, which range in price from under $10 to over $90 have been tested by me over the years and still find their way into my Sephora shopping basket multiple times a year!

Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment $22.50 – Sephora Fragrance Sampler for Her $50– Tocca Cleopatra Candle $38- Clinique Chubby Stick in Fuller Fig $16 – DOLCE & GABBANA Light Blue Fragrance Pen $25 – NARS Orgasm and Laguna Bronzer Blush Duo $41.00 – Origins 10 Minute Mask $23.00 – YSL Touche Eclat – Radiant Touch $40.00 – DOLCE& GABBANA Monica Voluptuous Lipstick in Salmon Coral $33.00- Sephora Collection Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover $9.50 – Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner $16.00 – Ole Henriksen Ultimate Eye Gel PM $38.00 – SK-II Facial Treatment Mask $90.00 – Laura Mercier Eye Primer $25.00 – Phyto Hair and Nails Dietary Supplement $59.00 – Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief $37

For more of my favorite beauty products, follow my Favorite Beauty Products board on Pinterest!

In full disclosure, the following brands are part of P&G Prestige portfolio and therefore brands which I work on daily: SK-II and DOLCE & GABBANA.

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Monday Musings

After a weekend of indulgent, delicious dinners and more than one cupcake taste, it felt wonderful to enjoy some whole, natural foods today. I packed my breakfast and lunch today which meant I was able to enjoy healthy food without much thought or temptation at the office.

Breakfast was a bowl of banana oats topped with chia seeds.

002 Lunch was a homemade spinach salad and a bowl of soup. While my mom and I made last night’s salad I grabbed a Tupperware and made my lunch salad at the same time with the leftover ingredients. Today’s salad contained baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, walnuts, 1/4 cup blue cheese, and Whole Food’s all natural honey mustard dressing. I loved the fresh addition of walnuts and baby spinach.

001 002 The soup was definitely not a winner. This very photogenic soup was my last can of Healthy Choice vegetable soup I bought on sale a few weeks ago.  Luckily, I ordered a case of Progresso Light soups from Amazon tonight. I realized a few weeks ago that my soup habit, while healthy and filling, cost at least $4 per day and didn’t allow me to control the sodium content. Therefore, ordering a case of soup from Amazon is far less expensive and healthier!

My afternoon snack was a yogurt bowl, which has quickly become a daily staple. Over 20 grams of protein, a serving of fruit, and lots of crunch keep me full for at least 3 hours.

003 Dinner on the other hand was a bit more random due to this evening’s Junior League meeting. I didn’t eat the yogurt bowl until 4:30 which meant that at 7:30 I still wasn’t very hungry. I had a dish of crunchy vegetables, hummus, and some cheese cubes while we discussed the month’s agenda.

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During my cab ride home tonight, while brainstorming my post, I came up with some Monday Musings.

  • After reading Theodora’s post about her session with a stylist, I realized that I couldn’t stand the shirt I wore to work today. Therefore, it immediately went in my donate pile this evening.

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  • In case you’ve never taken advantage of Origin’s free mini facials, they are the perfect treat for you and a friend, or parent! Last night my mom, dad, and I stopped by the Flatiron Origins and enjoyed being pampered by Augustine. While we both left with new skin care regimens, no purchase is necessary to enjoy this relaxing treat.
    • This product works better than you’d ever imagine! For $11.00 everyone deserves one of these for their desk drawer or bedside table.
    • Each week, I’ve tried to cleanse and purge a different part of my life. Last week my focus was my daily food through a one day cleanse and cleaner eating. This week, my goal is to clean under my bed and get rid of anything I don’t need or use. I tend to get lots of beauty samples through my job but never use everything. It’s time to get rid of clutter and excess products.
    • This weekend’s weather reminded me how much I love my Hunter Boots. While the $125 price point is hard to stomach, they’ve shown up on RueLala and Gilt before. If you already have a pair of Hunter Boots, or something similar, upgrade them for winter $30 with a fun bright liner sock!
    • One of my favorite Valentine’s Day traditions is buying a 6 or 8 pack of Hallmark cards and sending a random note to my college girlfriends. While we don’t talk weekly or even monthly at this point, it’s still a nice way to remind them how important they are. In addition, a random note brightens anyone’s day!

Do you send Valentine’s Day cards?

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