J.Crew Sample Sale STEAL!

My sister and I went to the J.Crew sample sale that happened this past week. Oh my - ever since they changed their location to this one, it's just so crowded and overwhelming. My sister, who is an awesome shopper and I both felt so tired after around 15 minutes of shopping! LOL. Here's where the magic happened!

Shoes! 

Can we talk about how crowded it is?! HAHA. Hardly one person can walk in between the racks - I dont know HOW people managed to squeeze themselves in there to shop! 

I only ended up picking up one item - but I thought it was blog worthy as I got such an amazing deal! I ended up picking up this Circle Eyelet Dress which on the site is still $228!

What an adorable dress! 

My sister happen to spot it in MY SIZE and it was priced at $60 <3 I was so excited... but you know what was more exciting? To have it be rung up as $42 since there was an additional 30% off :)

So I got this dress for a mere $42! Thats $186 off the retail value! Could not be happier with my purchase :)

Did any of you guys go to the sale? and pick anything up?

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Chantecaille haul & mini review

About a month ago, I was lucky enough to go to a Chantecaille sample sale. It was a small little place filled with a lot of goodies. They had lots of palettes and face powders... lipsticks and good stuff, but nothing that I "needed" as I was looking for foundation and concealer for face coverage!

Anyhows.. I got sucked into (lol) buy a couple (many couples) of things. Here are the only two products I ended up using so far. Other products, I felt too greedy since I bought on an impulse.. so I gave them away as gifts or as backups when I finally FINISH a product! 

Their packaging is just impeccable. I mean, the purple box is normal.. but then you open it and it comes in this beautiful luxurious baggy.... and then you carefully open it and *surprise* see its this beautiful fancy, metal case. no joke.. my eyes start twinkling! 

Here is the lipstick I ended up picking up. This is in azalea which is a cool toned red color. you have no idea how freaking FIERCE i look when I wear this. Honestly this lipstick gives you confidence lol!  The lipstick also has a really great moisturizing, long wearing formula. It's similar to the Edward Bess lipstick, but I find that it's more moisturizing in that it sinks into my lips a bit more. Because of this, the long lasting ability is wonderful... even after the moisture wears off, the color is still a bit stained on the lip. Now, i'm not sure what this would translate into for any lighter shades, but for this darker shade, it's great!!

I also picked up the face powder in walnut. I'm SO lucky because they didn't have anymore left except the TESTER!!! It was only touched by one lady, and then I saw it and I took it (sneaky sneaky). She went to go ask her if there were anymore left and the lady said no. So I took the product and asked if I could buy the tester at a discounted price. She gave me a little discount which made it easier to purchase. I mean it was almost new, only one other person swatched it since I was there early... and I have product sanitizer, so life was A-OKAY!

I am lucky because this is a FANTASTIC product. The powder is finely milled, so it is incredibly soft of the face. I have a severe problem with over powdering - thus leading to caking. That unfortunately can happen to this product EASILY. I would suggest using the sponge they provide because it prevents me from putting on too much product since I use a light tapping motion to apply the product when using the sponge. Because I only use the powder to set my cream concealers, I am unaware of the actual wear time.. but the product wears all day on top of my concealers. 

Overall, I could not be happier with my purchase. I'm so glad I got to go to the sample sale and pick up these goodies at about 50% off the original prices!

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