Labor Day beauty sales are one of my favorite times to restock on everyday essentials and finally try out some products I’ve had my eye on, especially for brands that aren’t at Sephora or Ulta or that won’t have as good of sales there. This year, I focused on refills and formulas I already know I love plus a few new launches I really want to review for y’all. Here’s a full breakdown of what I picked up and what I’d recommend from each brand. I usually stick to only doing these kinds of posts for the Sephora sales so let me know if this kind of sale round up is helpful in the comments! This post in not sponsored, but all links are affiliate links (thank you for your support!). As always, all opinions are my own.
Make Beauty – Their Infinite Hold Sculpting Brow Gel is still my absolute favorite of all the tinted brow gels I’ve tried, and it’s one of the few things I go through quickly enough that I always like to have a backup (especially at 20% off). I also grabbed a refill of the pressed powder which has consistently been in my top favorite powders for dry skin. I love that I can just swap in a refill of either this or the bronzer (another favorite) whenever I’m nearing the end, instead of buying a whole new compact. I got extra Serum Balms as well as more of the Moisturizing Reverse Emulsion last sale which I’m very excited to have stocked up on before fall and winter. Those are both some of my go-to products for healing dry lips and skin as it gets colder out here.
Soshe Beauty – I picked up three of the blushes during their 20% sale to finally test them out given the great reviews they’ve been getting. The shades look great for olive skin, and I’m really excited to try Speakeasy, Berry Smitten, and Copper Spice. I love that you can also just pick up the refills if you have a magnetic palette. I’ll report back on these, especially compared to my other blurring blushes! I’d absolutely recommend any of the lip products if you’re shopping, especially the Peptide Glow Hydrating Lip Treatment. I also grabbed the tubing mascara to try for my upcoming roundup. I’m also thinking about going back for more refills of the lipstick so I can try more of the shades since that formula really impressed me.
Half Magic Beauty – I grabbed another shade of the Sparklestik Eye Crayons, which is my favorite long-wear eyeshadow stick. I’ve been loving Princess Teddy and want to see if Beige Mystique will compliment it well. it’s one of my most-used formulas of the sticks in my collection. I also decided to buy another Cheek Fluff Soft Blur blush, since their cream-to-powder blurring finish is so good and the colors have all worked great for me so far (you can see swatches next to a bunch of other blushes here). I would recommend the single eyeshadows as well as the Glitter Pucks too if you happen to be shopping the 25% off sitewide sale! As a warning, I think the packaging for Half Magic is generally underwhelming, and I’ve depotted all of my blushes and single shadows. Still worth it to me for the formulas, but in case that’ll bother you, I wanted to let y’all know.
YSL Beauty – With 25% off, I couldn’t resist adding another Couture Mini Clutch eyeshadow quad to my collection. I have 200 and 710 already, and I love them both so much. They are some of my most used eyeshadows in my very large eyeshadow collection. I also got a backup of the Candy Glaze in 002 Healthy Glow (clear), which is one of my top lip balm formulas. I used this opportunity to try one of the new Make Me Blush 24H Buildable Blurring matte blushes because I want to compare it against the other matte powder blushes I own and see how it stacks up. That review will be coming soon once I finally finish testing the mountain of setting sprays.
Prequel Skin – I used their 15% off sitewide sale as a chance to try a bunch of the newer launches I hadn’t picked up yet like the AM/PM moisturizer and the lip visor. You get a Skin Utility Ointment as a gift with purchase for orders over $75, which was such a nice surprise since I was going to get another one of those too. I stocked up on Gleanser during the last sale since it’s one of my favorite cleansers, otherwise I would’ve gotten more this time. I also already grabbed extra Redness Reform and Multi-Quench serums because those are staples in my routine. I would definitely recommend those as well as the Urea Advanced Relief (which is a great body moisturizer as well.
Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see here, and thanks for reading! As always, some links may be affiliate links that support the blog, but all reviews/opinions are completely my own and unsponsored.
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