Beauty: My First Sephora Haul

It finally happened. I've been umm-ing and ahh-ing for bloody ages on whether to make my very first Sephora order and late one recent Sunday I took the plunge and spent some dolla,

Firstly, I've never been so impressed with a delivery time! Like I said, I ordered pretty late on a Sunday evening and my beautiful package arrived early Thursday morning which, given it came all the way from the US is a pretty quick turnaround! But enough of the boring stuff and onto the good stuff!

Every blogger and their Nan seems to have one of the Sephora Cream Lip Stains and with no visits planned to America planned anytime soon, I needed to get my hands on one. Obviously me being me I went for a classic red (shock!) in the colour 'Always Red' and I've been using it non-stop since! For $14 (around £9.50), they're such great value for money and the payoff is incredible, especially if you're in for a long night! As with any liquid lipsticks, they come with the price of being super drying on the lips and by the end of the night the texture becomes a little unpleasant but it's a small price to pay for the amazing colour!

The real star of the show though is the new Tartlette In Bloom palette from Tarte. I've been wanting to try out Tarte products for SO LONG and finally I made my first purchase and kickstarted my collection. Not gonna lie though, I was totally swayed by the packaging.

LOOK AT THE PACKAGING!

The gorgeous watercolour design on the front of the palette is the perfect addition to my dressing table and makeup stash and what's inside is just as beautiful. Much like the original Tartelette palette, there's 12 gorgeous Amazonian Clay eyeshadow shades and the range of colours is right up my street. This time round though there's a mix of mega pigmented matte shades and buttery shimmery ones all of which make for the most amazing shadow combinations of which I am having endless fun playing around with! In addition, there's a massive mirror which makes the palette perfect for travel purposes.

In my little package, I also received some of Sephora's famous samples! I can't wait to try out the Ren Flash Rinse 1 Minute Facial and the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream and hopefully add the full size versions to my basket in my next haul!


Have you bought anything from Sephora? Any recommendations?
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Always, Alice x