The Black Friday sales of 2019 started long before Black Friday, and were unabashedly epic this year. Brands were giving 30, 40, and 50% off site-wide. I shopped a record number of 15 sales (yes, 15, and yes, my wallet is feeling the burn). Without further ado, let's get into my 2019 Black Friday splurge-athon: [...]
My Future Apartment Mood Board
At 29 years old, I'm in the final stage of being what I consider "ready" to move out. My nest egg is about $5K short of my goal, and I'm itching to find my own space and build a home that's all mine. I've waited long enough for it, and I'm finally surfing for more [...]
What I Gave For Christmas (2018) – Super Late
Since 2016, I've documented what I gave/received for Christmas on my blog, starting with my now retired Buzzedforbeauty.blogspot.com blog. It's tradition that I do these posts every year, but last year, I was missing bits and bobs from the content I wanted to put together, so my post never went up. 🙄However, I think (in [...]
August Ipsy Glam Bag Reveal
August's Ipsy Glam Bag fell flat for me until I realized I had *finally* received a Huda Beauty product. I still share my spoiler alerts with my old coworkers and I saw that they were getting Huda Beauty products that I was missing out on. Continually getting snubbed by Ipsy was really starting to get [...]
Play! by Sephora July Reveal
July's Play! by Sephora box is themed “Desert Island Essentials.” According to the description, "These beauty finds are lifesavers in any situation." This sounds highly like July's box. Both market their products as must-have summer destination/travel essentials. Let's see what I got! The Big Reveal: I received products from Becca, Lancome, Isle of Paradise, Kiehl's [...]
Play! by Sephora June Reveal
June 2019's Play! by Sephora box is themed “Destination Beauty,” touting a bevy of makeup, skincare, and hair-care products themed for summer/destination/travel. It's a broad category so I was curious to see what would be inside. The Big Reveal: My June box contained products from Tarte, Laneige, Biossance, First Aid Beauty, Belif and a bonus [...]
Play! by Sephora May Reveal
May's Play! by Sephora box is themed "Beauty BFFs." With a name like that, I was expecting a rare box of beauty goodies to play with. Instead (as what seems to usually be the case), the contents were mainly prep products. This really disappointed me, because as a beauty enthusiast, I connect with Sephora because [...]