The Best Beauty Sales Happening Right Now! Sephora VIB + The Best Of Ulta’s BOGO 50% Sale

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It’s time for a Spring Beauty haul!

You’ve had your cart ready for a full week before Sephora’s highly anticipated VIB sale. Before you click ‘checkout,’ make sure you didn’t miss any of these beauty finds! Go through our checklist to make sure you won’t miss a thing!

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High End Skincare

If not now, when!

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Tatcha
The Dewy Skin Cream

New Beauty Staple

Everyone needs bronzer. Try this new one from Fenty that’s available in 8 shades!

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Fenty Beauty By Rihanna
Sun Stalk’r Instant Warmth Bronzer

New Skincare Staple

Hydration is key to all skincare routines. Get something new.

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Farmacy
Honey Grail Ultra - Hydrating Face Oil

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Trending Beauty

CBD is really working for our money. Give it a try.!

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Milk Makeup
Hydro Grip Primer

Fragrance!

20% off goes a long way when your perfume price tag is in the triple digits.

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Tom Ford
White Patchouli

Tools

Either a new Beauty Blender or a brush will do

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Tarte
Foundcealer Foundation Brush

Wild Card

Get bold. Get something that you’ve looked at but out of your comfort zone. Beauty is fun!

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Giorgio Armani Beauty
A-Line Liquid Blush

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Full On Splurge

Because you know that you’d never pay full price for it.

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Slip
Silk Pillowcase

Serve + Protect

Your skin that is. These wild looking beauty treatments must be worth a try, right? Yes!

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Beautybio
GloPro Microneedling Facial Regeneration Tool

Big Sexy Palettes

Because with these price tags, you deserve to save every drop of coin you can.

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Natasha Denona
Biba All Neutral
Eyeshadow Palette

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Pat McGrath Labs
Mothership V Eyeshadow
Palette Bronze Seduction

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Sephora Collection
PRO Editorial 2.0 Palette

Screenshot + Shop!

Take our checklist with you when you go shopping. Tag us in your hauls on Instagram @meetpepperb // #mpbhaul

The deals don’t stop there! Maybe you’re not Rouge at Sephora. That’s fine, honey!

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Ulta’s got you covered with some amazing deals too! Time to stock up with these buy one get one half off sales!

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L’Oreal

Start to finish body care.

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L’Oreal
Pure Sugar Scrub Resurface + Energize Cofferr Facial Scrub

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L’Oreal
Sublime Glow Daily Moisturizer

Catrice

Start to finish makeup session!

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Catrice
Prime + Fine Dewy Glow Finish Spray - Illuminating

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Catrice
#Insta To Go Blur Stick

Makeup Revolution

Something from the brand that has a dupe everything!

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Makeup Revolution
Golden Sugar 2 Rose Gold Ultra Pro Blush Palette

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Makeup Revolution
Conceal + Define Full Coverage Concealer

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Real Techniques

Because who ever has enough brushes + sponges

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Real Techniques
Sam + Nic Brush Crush Ruler of the Skies Collection

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Real Techniques
Blend + Blur Foundation Brush

Ecotools

Again, brushes!!!!

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Eco Tools
Full Powder Brush

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Eco Tools
Blending + Bronzing Brush

L.A. Girl

You already have their concealer, now try all their other goodies!

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L.A. Girl
Surreal Dream Eyeshadow Palette

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L.A. Girl
Matte Flat Velvet Lipstick

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Maybelline

Restock on those faves!

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Maybelline
X Puma SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick

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Maybelline
SuperStay Better Skin Concealer

Soap + Glory

Ok, I can’t even lie. This one is just because the names of these products gave me chuckle.

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Soap + Glory
Spectaculips Galatic Glaze Lip Gloss

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Soap + Glory
Hocus Focus

Yuh did good, babe.

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Sephora Play Unboxing!

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The Subscription Box that is NEVER disappointing

I thought I would be over this box by now, but it's just not true! Each month, I am still excited to find that black and white box in the mail! Though, I could do without repeat items. Just saying. 

The first item in my Sephora Play box (from February but shhhh) was this Laura Mercier Caviar Eye Colour. This was a repeat item that I wasn't too broken up about. It is actually a smooth and creamy shadow stick. 

The shade was a shimmery, pale rose gold. I'm not much into rose gold on it's own for makeup -I know! It's such a favorite shade for people but it just is too medium of a color for me. I need more POP! The shade of this shadow stick gave a nice back drop to the colors I wanted to use. 

Laura Mercier
Caviar Stick Eye Colour

Caviar Stick Eye Colour gives my makeup longevity. I have watery eyes, because I;m a cry baby, so my eye makeup has a pretty short shelf life. The shadow stick also gave some oomph to these not so great eyeshadows.

Next was the Sephora Collection Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rebel Chic. I was shocked by how pigmented the lipstick was AND by how smooth it went across my lips. Not a skip. Not a tug. My lips felt like velvet. 

I also felt this color was a reflection of my soul.

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Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rebel Chic

Finding this skin care item in my  Sephora Play box made me feel like I had won the game of ‘was the box worth it?’ Ugh, such a gem! It’s every beauty box subscriber’s fantasy to open their mail to find a product they’ve been yearning to try. For me, that product has been the Farmacy Green Clean Meltaway Cleansing Balm with Echinacea GreenEnvy. Despite it’s comically long name, the product has been on my Sephora Loves list for ages. I didn’t know if I would love it but that list serves as a “ooo grl, you gotta try this’ list. 

A full size of this makeup removing balm has already been purchased and added to my cabinet. It melts away makeup like it was never even there. Mascara can be such a  brat. So many makeup removers leave mascara on my lashes. This Farmacy product dissolves it! There is a video of an actress from The Lion King on Broadway removing her stage makeup with this balm. It is the reason I wanted to try this product. It did not disappoint.

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Green Clean Makeup Meltaway Cleansing Balm with Echinacea GreenEnvy™

Remaining Products

Out of all of the six samples that were featured in my Sephora Play subscription box (*whispers* from February), the only disappointing product was the Belif Eye Bomb. Firstly, it was a repeat product. Secondly, I didn’t like it the first time I had gotten it. That is the only aspect of the Play box that I would like changed: subscribers can review the items as to potentially adjust what our future boxes could contain.

Chloe
Chloé Eau de Parfum

Freash
Sugar Lip Treatment Sunscreen SPF 15

Belif
Moisturizing Eye Bomb

The Fresh lip balm is bomb but it is also expensive. So I was glad to have it as a sample. And the perfume was: eh. A little sweet, a little not much to it. Still, I was more than happy with this box and continued my subscription!

What subscription box should I try next?

Sephora Play + Ipsy Unboxing! November 2017

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$10 Beauty Subscription Showcase!

These two subscription boxes feature 5 sample size products that cover all corners of beauty. Hair, makeup, skincare, fragrance, and even tools. My subscription always arrive the third week of the month.  Here is what Ipsy and Play! by Sephora had to offer in their November 2017 boxes. 

You can finish your look with this month's subscription bag from Ipsy! Hair, lips, eyes, face, and a perfume! Look good, smell good, feel good. 

The Goods:

✨Oribe Gold Lust Dry Shampoo (shop here)

✨Colourpop Pressed Shadow in Paper Tiger (shop here)

✨Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Fiesty (shop here)

✨Manna Kadar Cosmetics Plumping Lip Gloss in Lip Locked (shop here)

✨Kensie Signature Eau de Parfum Purse Spray (shop here)

This color palette was so Autumn!

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You get a little bit of everything with this November's Play by Sephora box!

The Goods

✨Burberry My Burberry Blush (shop here)

✨Marc Jacobs Beauty Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara (shop here)

✨Perricone MD H2 Elemental Energy Hydrating Cloud Cream (shop here)

✨Sephora Collection Ultra Shine Lip Gel (shop here)

✨IGK Mistress Hydrating Hair Balm (shop here)

✨Origins Clear Improvement® Active Charcoal Mask to Clear Pores (shop here)

The mascara and the hair balm are products that I would be interested in their full size!

Origins Clear Improvement® Mask Reviews on Meetpepperb!

"My pores seemed to be much smaller & my skin was soft to the touch." -Deanna
Full Review Here!

"I love giving myself a mini facial. The Origins Clear Improvements mask is exactly what I’m looking for to get rid of gunk that clogs up my pores." Danyelle
Full Review Here!

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Colourpop Is Coming To Sephora -Here's a Sneak peek of what's to come!

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Now we can ball on a budget at Sephora!

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As if Halloween wasn't sweet enough, this year Colourpop, everyone's favorite affordable indie brand, will launch online and in-store at Sephora! They will carry some classic Colourpop faves and brand new goodies!!!

Sure, we're excited to swatch a Super Shook Shadow IRL -but the real craze is about Colourpop keeping their same low prices!

Well, mostly. But let's look at what's new first.

Then we'll talk prices. 

The first is this lip gloss trio. The Feelin Fine Lip Gloss Trio ($18) includes three duo chrome glosses in Fairy Me, Obviously, Lay-Z. All brand new shades! The gilded cap is everything!

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Next, we have the Golden State of Mind ($26) eye shadow palette.full of shimmer shades!

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The sunset colors and the golden butterfly on the packaging are beautifully relaxed. It reminds me of what Colourpop represents - a sort of breezy ease of makeup with accessibility to everyone.. It's says, "You're here for fun and don't have to be a makeup expert to apply makeup."

Colourpop says that the price point hasn't changed. 

In the case of the bundle of lip glosses, prices did slightly go up. If you were to purchase a lip gloss trio from Colourpop.com right now, you'd pay $15, It's true for their collab with influencer iluvsarahii. Her lip gloss trio costs $15; so does  the Can You Knot ultra satin lip trio, and even the Out And About ultra matte liquid lipstick trio. All of these trios are $15.

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The bundle at Sephora is $18. Individually, an ultra satin lipstick, a lip gloss, or an ultra matte liquid lipstick would cost $6 each. Take out your calculator and you'll see there isn't a money saving gem with the Sephora bundle. So buying the bundle at Sephora wouldn't save you any money the way it would on Colourpop's website. 

So you will pay full price per product that is featured in a bundle v. saving a few bucks the way you would on Colourpop's website. 

What are your thoughts about that?

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Here are a few more new goodies launching tomorrow (10/31)!!

Legit AF Super Shock Highlighter Trio

Semi Precious Shadow Palette

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ON MY RADAR: PAT MCGRATH LABS UPCOMING UNLIMITED COLLECTION IS TO DIE FOR!!!

By Amanda V.

The beauty industry's fairy godmother, Pat McGrath has done it again, this time not with dazzling glitter lips or holy halo highlights but with PALETTES! Yes, that's right, P A L E T T E S! Not 1, not 2 but 3 that will be PERMANENT!!! Hallelujah!!! Can you hear me screaming in your ear? 

The MOTHERSHIP Palettes, are the centerpieces of her first ever upcoming Unlimited Collection. Each stunningly fashion forward palette includes 10 luxurious pressed powders that are gorgeously packed with powerfully pigmented, glimmering metals, both bold and neutral along with rich mattes. Each set is going to be like getting a glimpse through the iconic makeup artist's 25 year career that shook the beauty and fashion worldthrough her editorial work, global runways and the red carpet. 

I think it is AMAZING as well as humbling that Pat herself, being a fan of art beyond beauty, found mega talented young artists on Social Media to work with her on the packaging of her new Pat McGrath Labs collection. 

Mothership I: Subliminal

Mothership II: Sublime

Mothership III: Submersive. 

All of us at MeetPepperB.com love and admire Mother Pat and we are so excited for this Collection to launch on PatMcgrath.com in September and at Sephora.com and select Sephora stores in October. Each palette will retail for $125.

... and not only is mother releasing the 3 stunning palettes, but there will also be LuxeTrance lipsticks added to the collection along with the MatteTrance lipsticks that she released earlier this summer as well as Dark Star Mascara, PermaGel Ultra Glide Eyeliners and Lip Pencils!!! I'm excitedly shaking as I type this, honestly. 

Which Mothership palette from the Pat McGrath Labs Unlimited Collection is on your wish list?

OUAI REPAIR SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER

By: Amanda V.

This particular review took some time to write up because I wanted it to be honest and things like Shampoo and Conditioner take time to see if it actually works. It’s been 2 and a half months and I’ve emptied my bottles and I think it’s time to post my thoughts on The Ouai Haircare Repair Shampoo and Conditioner Duo. 

First off, let me just say that Hair is something that is so troublesome for me. From having dry, tight curls to dry scalp (TMI?) to hair loss from stress, the list never ends. My natural hair is something I desperately needed to care for as if it was a newborn baby. I’ve chopped off all damage from dyes, chemicals etc. I needed to start brand new. Growing up an Afro Latina, I naturally have really tight, fluffy curly hair but was always told It was ugly or “bad” “nappy” you name it. I’ve had multiple straightening treatments that damaged my scalp and texture that took YEARS and so many chops to fully grow out of that all of my life I was insecure about it. Although I’ve been treating my hair well recently and getting frequent trims and not putting heat to it everyday, it is still prone to breakage and very delicate. I refuse to use anymore drugstore shampoos that contain harsh chemicals that make my hair worse rather than improve. Some of those products are equivalent to laundry detergent. I also refuse to EVER chemically damage my natural hair with straighteners. Ive been natural for MANY YEARS and i still have some effects from past damage. My hair deserves so much better than that. 

I was so excited when Celebrity Hair Queen Jen Atkin came out with her haircare line. I am already obsessed with her Hair Oil (My number 1 product from last year) as well as her Hair Masque and Matte Pomade, so I decided to dive in and grab the Ouai Repair Shampoo and Conditioner. The Shampoo and Conditioner is free of harsh chemicals like Sulfates which are terrible for your strands and scalp and strip away the moisture from your hair and make your scalp flaky and parabens which can lead to serious health issues. First of all, I love that her shampoos smell like a luxurious perfume without being overwhelming to the point that you’ll end up with a headache. It makes me feel like washing my hair is more like a pamper session and not a chore. The Shampoo lathers really well and after a double shampoo wash I apply the conditioner which makes my hair instantly SOFT. I leave it on for 5 minutes and then rinse. It makes using a Wet Brush to comb out the tangles so much easier. This conditioner is a godsend that tames my unruly frizzy hair leaving it silky and manageable. I can’t stress to you enough about how long it’s been since my hair felt this good. I haven’t loved a hair duo this much since my 2012 Obsession with Arrojo Shine Luxe Shampoo and Conditioner, which still has the sexiest scent of a cleansing product ever. 

I’ve done a couple of blowouts in the past month and with just OUAI products to see what the brand does for my hair. The Shampoo, Conditioner, occasionally the Hair Masque, Hair Oil and Wave Spray leavesMy strands, silky with shine (I repeat SHINE, not to be confused with greasy) and it smells wonderful for days. I honestly think in large part to the REPAIR CONDITIONER. My self blowouts come out salon perfect. My hair looks healthier and I can see and feel the change in how much softer my hair is and the less stress fallout I’ve had. These products do not aggravate my scalp whatsoever which deserves a praise and my hair is growing quickly and healthily and I assume that it’s these products that are helping, along with my stylist who travels to cut/trim my hair (Adore her!!). I’ve started to be in a more loving relationship with my hair, accepting it for its natural texture and treating it very well. I am one step closer to reaching my goal of gaining confidence with my hair.

These product are priced at$26 to $28 (The shampoo is $28 for 10 oz and the conditioner is $26 for 8.45 oz) and are sold at Sephora.com as well as TheOuai.com, where you can get a hair consult to see what regimen would be best for you hair. I totally recommend this set to those with damaged, unruly, dry, unmanageable strands, pick up this set and give it a few weeks to see and feel the difference. If these products can transform my hair, then that means it can work it’s magic on yours can as well.