I will admit I made two orders because I had a fair amount of points saved up and right after I made my first order they added a bunch of really good 100 point rewards. Jerks!
My first order:
Repurchased: My foundation, moisturizer, Sunday Riley vitamin C oil
New purchases:
The Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% + HA 2% - I haven't tried this yet because it smells awful. That is the downside of The Ordinary, I guess. Part of me is like, do I just return this and suck it up and buy Good Genes again? Ugh.
500 point reward:
Caudalie French Natural Favorites - This is a really nice set! I haven't tried any of it yet (though I've used the eye cream before) but I got travel/mini sizes of: VinoPerfect Concentrated Brightening Essence, Premier Cru The Eye Cream, Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet, VinoPerfect Radiance Serum
Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate 12.5% Vitamin C - this is a favorite of both of ours. Briefly reviewed here.
My second order:
RMS Beauty Un Cover-Up Concealer/Foundation - I was convinced this would be my perfect weekend no-makeup makeup because I love every RMS thing I've tried but, man, I do NOT like this stuff. It basically looks like nothing on but somehow also made me look kind of shiny and haggard? I was so disappointed! I will be returning it and the search for a weekend tinted moisturizer continues.
100 point rewards:
Drunk Elephant C-Tang Multivitamin Eye Cream - I've only used this a few times, so the jury is still out. It's fine? I can't ever get too excited about Drunk Elephant.
Biossance Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Oil - I've had a sample of this before and really liked it! I love a tiny oil bottle for travel and it's just a really nice product - definitely on par with Sunday Riley.
Bobbi Brown Crushed Liquid Lipstick - This is... fine. The color I got (Tea Rose) is boring in a work-appropriate way, but that's kinda Bobbi Brown's thing.
Verb Ghost Oil™ - They ran out of this before they shipped my order, which was irritating. Really, it's probably for the best because I have no business putting oil on my hair.
Did you order anything new? What did you like/hate?
Farmacy's Honeymoon Glow is another option for lactic acid that isn't Good Genes. Not like it's a bargain price, although if you buy direct from Farmacy they always have discounts going.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI love The Ordinary lactic acid. It's transformed my face. I'm used to the smell and once I apply a moisturizer or oil over top of it, I don't even notice it. I can manage anything for $7.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely give it a chance but it just smells rank. But, yeah, $7.
DeleteI got the Verb Ghost Oil for 100 points, and I'm sorry to report that it's great! I use Bumble and Bumble Invisible Oil and love it, and the Ghost Oil is pretty similar but left less of a film on my hands which is nice, it soaked in a little cleaner. I recommend both of them for anybody with thicker, dry hair.
ReplyDeletePeople swear by the Ghost Oil which is why I tried to get a sample but hair oil literally never works for me - my hair is too fine. And yet, I still wanted to try it.
DeleteI repurchased hair stuff (living proof, olaplex) and Coola Rosilliance BB cream, which I had a sample of and liked. I still like it. I need something lightweight and tinted with SPF for summer and it fills the bill. I also got the Caudalie 500-point set, but all the 100-pt rewards disappeared before I could get them in my cart.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying Sunday Riley CEO Glow Vitamin C + Turmeric oil. And am being angry because yet again Sephora failed to send me the freebies I chose. I think they just stick their hand in a bucket and send whatever they pull out. I like the SR oil so far - the smell is a little odd and it takes a sec to sink in, but my face feels like a baby face. TBD on whether it combats splotchiness.
ReplyDeleteI bought The Ordinary granactive retinol serum - I don't look 29 yet but it's too soon to tell. I bought NARS bronzer and Becca highlighter to try a little contouring. So for I'm managing to look both dirty and shiny. I think I need a lighter touch.
ReplyDeleteFinally I bought the It Cosmetics CC cream sampler kit. The CC cream on its own is $39 but for $40 you get 3 samples along with it Great! The kit arrived with the samples but no CC cream. I had to call and have the cream sent out. I think I like the CC cream. It's a bit heavier than what I'm used to (Tarte amazonian clay foundation) so again, a lighter touch is needed. I came of makeup age in the 80s so light touches are not natural to me.
But I LOVE the little IT Cosmetics Confidence in a Cleanser sample that came with the kit.
I'm boring and got my usual AHA pads but tacked on The Ordinary's Niacinamide +Zinc. It's sticky, which I don't like at all. But my skin seems to like it already, so I'll try it for at least a month and see how it goes.
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