Pink Ritas and Lip Gloss

Wow!  I was surprised to surf over to the Sephora website tonight and find out that they are celebrating their 10th birthday.  For some reason I thought they were much “older” than that, maybe it is due to their presence in the cosmetic industry over the last decade.  I am very excited about this occasion as I have grown to love Sephora ever since I discovered them in 2002 while vacationing with my mother in San Diego.  I had seen the name Sephora in Lucky magazine but didn’t give it much thought.  I thought it was the name of some drugstore brand makeup or some tacky store so when we passed our first store I actually told my mom to just keep walking.  I am not sure how we ended up going into one of their stores on that trip but something made us finally walk in and we haven’t looked back.  I shop at Sephora anytime I need new makeup.  I would never think of shopping anywhere else.

So enough of the back story.  How is Sephora celebrating this monumentus ocassion?  With limited edition makeup and gift sets of course!! My Christmas list, which wasn’t going to be very much, is quickly growing as well as my friends and family wish list.  (Each November right before Thanksgiving a Friends and Family code for 20% off is released.  You can use this and shop through SR for the cash back so make sure you are signed up with Sunshine Rewards – click the link on the right if you aren’t!).  A few things on my list include:

The Lash Stash – a set of 10 mascaras by various brands for just $35.  Why settle on one mascara when you can have 10??

Make Up Forever’s new HD Invisible Coverage Foundation – this is a new medium to full coverage oil-free foundation that is made for photos and spotlights.  The coverage and finish of this foundation leaves your skin smooth and flawless under any light conditions.  $40 and available only at Sephora in 25 various shades.

For the Bare Minerals fans there is a new gift set -> Extreme Glitters which contains 3 fun eyeshadows in silver, purple, and bronze shimmer, a shadow brush, and eye lid primer.

These are just 3 of the new items available at Sephora to help celebrate their tenth birthday.  I am very excited and might just have to take a small detour to the mall this weekend to start scoping things out and to see what the colors look like.

Happy Beauty Shopping and Happy Birthday Sephora!