Hurry! New deals!!

Victoria's Secret - SEMI-ANNUAL SALE!

Valid through 1/14/09 (TODAY!!): This is SUCH a great deal!

• get up to 80% OFF on coats & sweater: pick ONE coat or sweater and get 50% OFF on already reduced prices - code: PICK50
  
• some of the coats are already reduced to $59.99, you can get it for only ~$30!!!
  

Valid through 1/22/09

• FREE shipping with $100+ orders - code: SHIP09
  

Smashbox

New deal: expiring Dec. 29th.

• FREE gift set & FREE 2 day shipping with any $75 purchase: code - NYE2DAY at checkout
• Free gift set includes: Blush/Soft Lights Duo in Super/Model, Waterproof shadow liner in Fan Club, and (medium) Lip enhancing Gloss in Aura ($67 Value)
• this offer is not valid with any other offer.

Product Review:

remember last time I gave you guys a code for Smashbox for a free gift? well I went ahead and bought a lipstick for myself and used the code, too! and.....it arrived!! I've been using it lately and here is my review:

so THIS (above) was the FREE GIFT:

a palette of 6 cream liners & 3 Brow colors (and a brow wax)!
It's quite small, actually, only about 2x3" or so? and the circles of goodies are occupying slightly smaller than 1/2 square inch each. BUT, it does exactly what it was supposed to do: let me SAMPLE all of these different colors!! Since I don't use these everyday, this 'tiny' palette will last me for at least few months, I'd think, which is good enough for me :)

Cream liners: it has good pigmentation, creamy but not TOO creamy (i.e. it doesn't smudge easily, and the color lasts whole day for me) - well the long-lasting affect may be due to the urban decay primer I use.

Brow colors & Wax: maybe I just don't know how to use wax properly, but anyway that doesn't seem to do much for me. and the brow colors are good, though I prefer Anastasia's Brow colors.

and then, the Actual product that I purchased to get the free gift:

Tinted treatment Lipstick with SPF 15 ($13.50)

I got it in "Beam" which is the color of the third lipstick in the picture that's down on the ground. it's just a natural nude color that's slightly darker color than my own lip color. this lipstick is SO silky smooth, and moisturizing! it has the usual lip balm smell, but it's not too bad. the color will come off whenever you touch a surface: whether it's a glass, plastic cup, your sweater (!), etc.
but overall, I would recommend it!

MORE Deals!

Helllllo, I'm BAaaCK! oh man...for someone who is SO used to the warm San Diego weather, "stormy" (cold & raining) SF weather was too hard to bear.... I was there for a conference, and it was just SUPER! :) it hasn't been too long since I got a camera, so I kept on forgetting to take any pictures, so I don't have too many, but I'll post one or two later. :) oooo I have so much to tell you but so little time!


So first, a NEW CHRISTMAS DEAL that I found out about:

1. Qeasily.com Holiday Sale

• for those of you in love with Asian cosmetics:
• 20% off entire order - Code: XMAS2008
• selected MISSHA gift sets for 50% off
• order $120 of KOSE products and receive a Ferragamo Incanto Shine Perfume for FREE
• order $100 of KOSE products and recieve a FREE Lancome High Definition Mascara
  
• order COSME PROUD Gold Revitarich Emulsion and receive a FREE B.B. Cream
• Free shipping over $55 - no code necessary

• I do LOVE Kose products (I've tried both the seikisei & junkisui lines; if you have oily skin, use junkisui, otherwise I think Seikisei is the best) & Missha eye shadows (cheap, but they are super velvety smooth AND have amazing pigmentation).
  

eye glam powder in orchid purple (left) & Eyeshadow-YE201 (Right)

the glam powder is a very VERY fine glitter powder - SUPER pretty. When I found them I was so amazed at the quality & the price of it all ($4.29 now, but I got it for I think $2.99 or something ridiculous like that) that I got one in EVERY SINGLE COLOR available! the only color I'm missing from the collection is strawberry pink, but I don't look good in pink/reddish eyeshadows anyway so...:P but yeah, it has a very creamy, velvety texture & very fine glitter powder (no disco balls!!) you can use them alone as eye-shadows, highlighter for your cheekbones, nose, and forehead, as well as highlighter for your body (collarbone, for example). you can also mix them with your favorite nail polish for the subtle glitter effect & to jazz up any matte eyeliner or shadows that you might have!

New coupon codes

1. Victoria's Secret

Valid through 12/14/08:

• purchases of $50+ gets FREE SHIPPING - code: 50SHP
• $15 off $100+ orders - Code: 15MORE
• 25% off selected bras - Code: BRA25

Valid through 12/22/08

• a FREE Valvet ballet slippers with a sleepwear purchase - Code: VELVET
  

2. Folica.com

New (CHANGES EVERYDAY!)

• 10 holiday hottest deals - bundles of different items for up to 72% OFF! the contents apparently change everyday, so check everyday for the next few days!
  

While supplies last:

• FREE Sedu Mini with purchase of select appliances (details found in my previous post)
• Chi Original 1" flat iron special price $69.99 (original $190.00) + FREE SHIPPING

3. Skinstore.com

Valid through 12/18/08

• 20% OFF storewide! - Code: ELF20 + FREE shipping over $49 (always)
  

4. BrylaneHome.com

Valid through 12/15/08

• Friends & Family discount: 20% OFF your entire order! - Code: BHFRIENDS
  

Deals & Values

YEY! finals are over!!

Now...catching up with the deals & value codes that I got this week!

1. Folica.com

They're giving away travel-sized hair straightener/styler for FREE if you purchase certain products. you will be directed to the list of items that qualify for the free gift, when you click on the image above. Also, they have free shipping for purchase over $50. and I must add, their customer service is SUPERB. I've bought from them all of my expensive beauty products - 2 irons, hair dryer, make-up mirror, etc... (for myself or as a gift)

I kind of want this:

Solia "limited edition" 1" flat iron ($85 at Folica.com)
(for each pink iron sold, a portion gets donated to Breast Cancer research)

I have a Solia 1" flat iron in regular black & blue. I've used it for the past three years or so, and for awhile I used it almost every single day. and after three years of hard work, it's finally losing some of its 'magic' on me. last year I bought a Sedu nano-tech flat iron (2008 version), just to see if it was worth all that hype, but wasn't very impressed with it. Solia, in my experience, is so much better -- even though it's sOoo much cheaper than a most of these high-end straightener/stylers.

So yeah, I'm contemplating whether I should get a new one...I mean mine works 'fine' still...except for that time when it stopped working while I was trying to curl my hair (I ended up with half curly, half straight hair...hoho)! but that only happened once. I guess it does take longer to get straighten my hair now than before...

we'll see......(but if I'm gonna get it I kind of want to order it now, when I can get another one for free! :P free gifts are always so enticing...even though it's a sedu...but it's travel size! (6") it can fit in my purse!! hehehe)

2. Smashbox.com

Everyday/Every week deals:

• Lets do lunch: I've been checking their website every Tuesday & Thursday b/c of this!
• they give you a FREE GIFT (one full sized...SOMETHING) along with your order if you place your order between 9am-12pm PST on Tues/Thurs EVERY WEEK. I haven't bought anything yet, I'm waiting to see if they're gonna offer something I really like as their free gift for the day. HEHE (yesterday's gift was Blush/soft lights duo in CAST/CREW)

• Free shipping on all orders within US
• 1 jumbo-sized sample (you get to choose one out of three choices)
  
• Easy returns: but beware, if you got free gifts, you need to return them too! so you can't just buy stuff and return them thinking you can keep just the free gifts.
  

-------UPDATED INFO-------

@_@. I just found out that "LETS DO LUNCH"
promotion cannot be combined with any other offer!!!
well that makes it easier for me, now doesn't it. =_=...no reason to wait anymore.

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Anyway, new promotions:

• Get $25 off on $100 order - code: HOLIDAY08
• Free Brow Tech & cream liner palette - code: FREEGFT
  
  

I want THAT.
UPDATE: I GOT IT! :P I just ordered a "Tinted treatment lipstick SPF 15" in Beam.
With tax it was less than $15 total!

but then I must think of what to buy from them so I can GET the free gift.
(AND 1 free jumbo sample that comes with every order)

3.Victoria's Secret:

• 20% off your entire order - code: 20PERCENT
• free velvet ballet slippers with any sleepwear purchases - code: VELVET

4. Others:

• Endless.com is having 12 deals of christmas & Free overnight shipping!
• Avon is having 12 deals of christmas & other holiday sales! Free shipping for all online purchases over $30!
• shopintutition is having 30% off your entire purchase! - code: GRAB BAG