Month: September 2008

Gift with Purchase

Deluxe Sample GWP Bag at Beauty.com

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Remember the other day, I mentioned those awesome deluxe sample bags they have periodicially at beauty.com? Guess what, the new one is here. With any $75 beauty.com purchase, receive 12 deluxe samples of the following:

  • Smashbox Bionic Mascara
  • Stila High Shine Lip Color in Samantha (full size!)
  • Too Faced Shadow Insurance Primer
  • Korres Natural Products Guava Body Butter
  • PHYTOdefrisant Botanical Hair Relaxing Balm
  • Caudalie Vine Peach Shower Gel
  • Urban Decay Liquid Eyeliner in Crash
  • skyn ICELAND Eye Cream
  • Foot Petals Haute Heels
  • Borba Lip Tint (full size!)
  • Arcona White Tea Eye Makeup Remover
  • Alterna Hemp Repair Shampoo

These all arrive in a beautiful bag designed by Vena Cava. Offer is valid once per household, and this expires on September 23 or while supplies last.

Gift with Purchase · My Beauty Obsessions

Stephanie Johnson Cosmetic Bags

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As I may have mentioned, I am a beauty product addict. I struggled for the longest time trying to find a cosmetics bag perfect enough to hold my precious products. Sure, the bags we get from our gift with purchase bonuses are nice, and in the last couple of years they have even been coming out in some truly exciting shapes and colors, but when I go on vacation, I need a big, beautiful bag to transport my “babies.” About a year ago I looked long and hard all over the internet looking for the perfect bag, and I do believe I found it.

Have you ever heard of Stephanie Johnson? Her bags are to die for. They are made from high quality materials, and have beautiful patterns, zippers that always work, and small details that matter. The bag I own they don’t sell any longer (not that I will ever part with mine) but the current version can be seen here, called a “Martha Ultimate Briefcase.” It truly is awesome, with four separate compartments to hold different sized items, and the sheer size is perfect for those of us who have (embarrassingly) 20 or so products that we must travel with on every trip. (I can’t be the only one!) Yes, its a little pricey, at $86, but it holds everything, and it is so very pretty. And we spend far, far more than that on the products we carry inside, so don’t those little guys deserve to travel in style, too? Check out her website for other styles and designs – I’ve only pictured my current favorite from the many selections (pictured: the Kyoto collection). They do also carry a limited selection of her bags at beauty.com, and I know Saks sometimes gives away her bags for different promotions, but they aren’t nearly as wonderful as the ones you pay for. Check them out, you’ll be glad you did!

Today if the first day of the online Beauty Gift Card Event at Bergdorf Goodman. If you spend $100 on their site on beauty and/or fragrance products, you will receive a $25 gift card good towards your next online purchase. Enter code GLAM08 at checkout. You can see the details here. Expires September 13, midnight CST.

If you’re into the super high end skincare products, this might interest you. At NV Perricone’s website right now, if you spend $150, you will receive a very generous gift with purchase. The gift includes .5 oz of Amine Complex Face Lift, 1.25 oz of Serum Prep, and .5 oz of Neuropeptide Firming Moisturizer, all in a pretty white Perricone Doctor Bag. (Retail value: $125) Enter code FREEAGE01 at checkout. Expires September 16.

Clinique · Gift with Purchase

New Fragrance Finder, Free 3 Step at Clinique

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Over at spalook, today is the first day you can pre-order the New Beauty Fragrance Finder 2. This is an awesome little thing to buy for yourself, and its never too early to start your Christmas shopping. For $25, you will receive 5 deluxe mini perfume samples (and they are generous sizes, in pretty little bottles, not just tiny spray tester vials) plus a $25 spalook.com gift card, good towards the purchase of your favorite scent, lotion, or shower gel of any of the fragrances you receive in the Finder. This is a wonderful way to try new fragrances and to collect those beautiful little bottles! You can pre-order now and they will begin to ship in mid-October.

Over at Clinique, here’s a new coupon: With any purchase, receive a free 1 week supply of 3 step skin care in your choice of skin types. (You’ll actually receive a .51 oz liquid soap, .51 oz clarifying lotion, and a 1 oz DDML or DDMG, depending on your skin type. That’s a generous size for the moisturizer!) At checkout, enter the following codes: For skin type 1, enter code SKIN1. For skin type 2, enter code SKIN2. For skin type 3, enter code SKIN3. For skin type 4, enter code SKIN4. If you need help finding your skin type, you can complete a little questionnaire to receive a free skin analysis. You’ll also receive free shipping if you spend over $40, no code needed, plus you can choose an additional sample at checkout. Expires September 15.

At origins.com, receive a free sample of a face mask with any purchase. Enter code 09081 for a 0.2 oz sample of Plantitode Mega Mushroom Skin-Calming Face Mask, or code 09082 for a 0.2 oz sample of pore clearing Clear Improvement Mask. While supplies last, expires September 14. They always offer free shipping on orders over $75, plus you can choose an additional sample at checkout.

Clinique Bonus Time

Clinique Bonus Time at Dillard’s

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Starting today, it is Clinique Bonus Time at Dillards.com. With your $21.50 purchase, receive the following:

  • Red and pink lip print cosmetics bag
  • Liquid Facial Soap Mild
  • Rinse-Off Eye Makeup Solvent
  • Fresh Bloom Allover Colour with Brush in Peony
  • Lash Doubling Mascara in Black
  • Long Last Lipstick in Chianti
  • Different Lipstick in Raspberry Glace

Remember, at Dillards you have to add the bonus to your cart separately from your purchase, its not automatic as it is at most other sites.

Also new, at nordstrom.com, receive a free lip gloss sample of Dior Creme de Gloss in Creamy Rose, with any Dior purchase. This one is online and in store, while supplies last.

Benefit Cosmetics announces the arrival of new Benetint Lip Balm SPF 15. Its $20, and right now you can get free shipping if you include the new lip balm with any purchase at benefitcosmetics.com. Enter code BALMBENE at checkout, expires September 16.

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Bon Ton Last Day for Clinique Bonus, Bliss Blood Orange and White Pepper

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Today is the last day for Bon Ton’s online clinique bonus – if you haven’t gotten yours yet, today is your last chance!

Well I received my free deluxe sample of the new Bliss Blood Orange and White Pepper Body Butter. I’ve used it the last couple of days and I have to tell you, its wonderful. It moisturizes beautifully, just like all of Bliss’s body butters, and it smells exactly like fresh squeezed orange juice. I can’t wait until it goes on sale and I can buy not only the body butter but the matching shower gel – how wonderful will that smell first thing in the morning?? I’ll let you know when it actually goes on sale. You, too, can order your free deluxe sample – see the Coupon Page at right.

Only one new coupon today, but it’s a good one: free shipping on any purchase at clinique.com. Enter code HONEY at checkout, valid today only. UPDATE: New Lancome two day only online bonus with 6 freebies, code SCHOOL, see coupon page at right.

My posts this week will probably be a little shorter than they have been lately. In a kitchen incident with my 5 year old daughter on Thursday night, I got a bad cut on the back of my hand and I had to get stitches. It will be fine in a few days, but it is proving to be difficult to type with one hand! (She’s fine, by the way – she’s the one who dropped the open can on my hand.) I will still be updating beauty gifts with purchase as I find them, but I might be writing less. But hopefully within a week I’ll be back to normal!