So, I’ve spent the last few weeks waiting (and waiting, and waiting, and waiting) for Sephora’s site to start routing in properly again through Shopstyle, only to find that… it may just be my computer.
See, I can get onto the site just fine through Safari, Firefox, and even Chrome Private Browsing, but my regular ‘ol Chrome browser? Gives me an angry ERROR 101 screen, and (if I somehow luck out and get through), falsely tells me that the Sephora site is down. And I ask you this, internet: what’s a beauty blogger supposed to do when they can’t get onto Sephora? Isn’t that, like, the entire purpose of the internet?
(That was a joke. Rae used sarcasm! It’s super-effective!)
Anyhow, here’s this month’s New at Sephora spread. It’s been some time since I last did one of these, so I’ll save the others (that is, the recent non-Sephora launches) for next week, yeah?
Sets
(Because everyone does $50, which makes it so very much less fun.)
I don’t know about your mothers, but mine is ridiculously difficult to buy for. She doesn’t wear makeup or perfume, she doesn’t have a particular affinity for flowers, she has no definable hobbies aside from, possibly, home repair (it’s just a suspicion; she’s never confirmed or denied it outright), and she has no inclination toward any type of electronic.
If your mum’s a little easier to buy for, though, here are ten last-minute beauty gift ideas under $40. Because makeup is a great way to spoil oneself, but (I know this, at least, is true for my mother) sometimes our mums and dads need someone else to do the spoiling, you know?
I was chatting with my mum and sister the other day about (what else?) lipstick, and we got onto the topic of the painfully expensive ones. So, rather than the usual new-this-week spread, I thought I’d do a small feature on lipstick for this Sunday’s post.
(Because, seriously. Who pays $75 for lipstick, and don’t you think that maybe, just maybe, that’s a little bit insane?)
For me, there are the drugstore lipsticks ($5-$15, and isn’t it lovely when you accidentally fall in love with one of those formulas?), then the midrange ones ($15-$25), and finally the ones in the higher end of the spectrum: anything above $30–or, good lord, above $40. I just… I just try really, really hard not to get hooked on any of those.
It’s going surprisingly okay so far. I just have to put on my blinders when people start talking Rouge Gs and Lip Mists and look the other way. :P
What’s your price limit for lipsticks? Is it “anything goes,” or do you try to put a cap on it?
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P.S. (And then there are all of those skinny little surprise!expensive lipsticks. You know the ones: they look just a little bit costly, but then they turn out to have a third of the usual amount of lipstick in them. Yeah, NARS Pure Matte, I’m looking at you.)
No Sephora products in the widget today, I’m afraid – something about the site redesign is interfering with the links, so clicks just go to the homepage. (/sigh.) I love the aesthetic of the new Sephora site, but I’m just not sure how I feel about the functionality, you know? I miss seeing all of the shades listed in a column, with shade descriptions and names next to each swatch, and I’m not thrilled with the collapsed categories on brand pages.
But, well. Maybe all I need is a bit of time to get used to it, yeah?
Assorted
NARS + Thakoon nail polishes (such lovely brights!)
Dug this one out of the archives. I’m not sure what possessed me to put together an eighteen-product assortment of lip balms, lip balms, and more lip balms, but… well.
Let’s just say I don’t regret it in the least.
Anything catch your eye?
