All Things Beautylish

[fur4elise]

Every year it gets down to the wire and I get scared that I'm going to get a bag full of products I cannot use.

LOL! I have received 4 reminder emails...But I am skipping. Not out of fear, but more so holding onto my money for my vacation next week.

AND we are on the eve of Low/No Buy 2018. I did better in 2017, but will be cracking down further for 18.

 

[Haven]

None of the products from last years lucky bag have been in regular use or rotation. This tells me to skip.

I would rather spend the money on something that I will use a lot. Even without a discount.

 

[fur4elise]

None of the products from last years lucky bag have been in regular use or rotation. This tells me to skip. I would rather spend the money on something that I will use a lot. Even without a discount.

This is good to know! And yes! The products are discounted but it is also Beautylish's way of doing "clearance," just like Sephora & Ulta are marking down products to move them out. One thing I did not do this year was jump on every sale...

 

[Shars]

The fact that Beautylish did the fair/medium and dark/deep bags this year intrigued me so I got one. I really wanted an XL bag as they usually put great stuff in those but they were sold out by the time I got the early access email. I got the regular bag, as I've done for the past 3 years, and I'd say that while you always get products worth more than what you paid, they may not always be products you WANT or were interested in. Last years' favourite items for me was a Smith & Cult nail polish and a Wayne Goss brush. I used the Bioderma travel size bottle but haven't used the Charlotte Tilbury X Norman Parkinson cream illuminator or the Oribe wave hair spray (my hair's short at the moment). I can't remember what else was in my bag lol.

 

[lipstickaddict]

The fact that Beautylish did the fair/medium and dark/deep bags this year intrigued me so I got one. I really wanted an XL bag as they usually put great stuff in those but they were sold out by the time I got the early access email. I got the regular bag, as I've done for the past 3 years, and I'd say that while you always get products worth more than what you paid, they may not always be products you WANT or were interested in. Last years' favourite items for me was a Smith & Cult nail polish and a Wayne Goss brush. I used the Bioderma travel size bottle but haven't used the Charlotte Tilbury X Norman Parkinson cream illuminator or the Oribe wave hair spray (my hair's short at the moment). I can't remember what else was in my bag lol.

Let us know what you get this year!

 

[Shars]

Let us know what you get this year!

Will do! Apparently they won't ship out until like January 12th this year but definitely will come on and let you guys know what I got.

 

[boschicka]

Have been seeing some of the lucky bags on Instagram. They are lovely as always, but I'm glad I skipped b/c I already own everything. I only saw one XL bag and it repeated last year with a large ND palette, so that was odd.

 

[GreenEyedAllie]

Have been seeing some of the lucky bags on Instagram. They are lovely as always, but I'm glad I skipped b/c I already own everything. I only saw one XL bag and it repeated last year with a large ND palette, so that was odd.

I was too disappointed with mine from last year to buy again, unless I could nab an XL...but they screwed up the release and emails, so those were SO. Oh well! Money saved for other pretties!

 

[singrsling]

You are gorgeous! I love your red hair!!

 

[Shars]

Hey Ladies... Just popping in to let you know what I got in my Lucky Bag this year. It was just the regular $75 Lucky Bag for Dark/Deep as the XL ones sold out super fast.

1. Wayne Goss #20 eyeshadow smudging brush (retails $22)
2. Jouer Long Wear Lip Topper in Skinny Dip (seems to retail for $16)
3. Natasha Denona Face Glow Body Shimmer in 03 Dark (retails for $42)
4. Clean Apotehcary Brush Shampoo in Rose (retails: $15)
5. Hylamide Finishing HA Blur ($19... never heard of this brand before but the product sounds really interesting. You can apply it on top of or mixed with foundation and it's supposed to give a blurring effect to the skin.
6. Viseart Dark Mattes Eyeshadow Palette ($80... I already own this, along with 2 others so I'll probably sell this to someone)
7. OCC Lip Tar in Artifact (Retails: $17... I also already own this and love it; may gift this one, though)

So in total my bag is valued at $211 retail. I'm actually happier with it this year than last years even though I received 2 products I already own. I wished they had sent me one of the Natasha Denona 5 pans instead lol. But I'm glad I didn't get any of the Jeffree Star products or that ABH palette everyone seemed to get in the regular bags.

 

[DMcG9]

Hylamide HA Blur is awesome, I think you'll like it.

 

[GreenEyedAllie]

You are gorgeous! I love your red hair!!

Since mine is the only avatar with blatantly red hair, I’ll say thanks! I actually need a new avi because my hair is now much shorter and going to the blonde side, but I expect to return to red...it’s my favorite!

 

[Shars]

Hylamide HA Blur is awesome, I think you'll like it.

Nice! Now I'm even more excited. How do you like to use it?

 

[MissTania]

Instagram

Natasha Denona Diamond & Blush Palette 01 Darya | Beautylish

Is anyone getting Darya or Citrus? I will order Darya when it's back in stock .

 

[lipstickaddict]

Instagram

Natasha Denona Diamond & Blush Palette 01 Darya | Beautylish

Is anyone getting Darya or Citrus? I will order Darya when it's back in stock .

There was some talk about it in the Sephora thread I think. I personally am terrible with cream products so I am skipping, but the colors look lovely

 

[MissTania]

There was some talk about it in the Sephora thread I think. I personally am terrible with cream products so I am skipping, but the colors look lovely

Thank you I usually stay away from the Sephora thread because we have so little here compared to Sephora USA (which I can't order from) but I'll have to check it out in relation to this item. You have me rethinking this now due to the cream products! I was just focusing on the pretty colours Lol!

 

[Shars]

Thank you I usually stay away from the Sephora thread because we have so little here compared to Sephora USA (which I can't order from) but I'll have to check it out in relation to this item. You have me rethinking this now due to the cream products! I was just focusing on the pretty colours Lol!

Butting in to ask why you can't order from Sephora USA? Is it because of the mail forwarder issue they've been causing recently i.e. not shipping to parcel forwarders etc.?

 

[DMcG9]

Nice! Now I'm even more excited. How do you like to use it?

I tend to use it most often as a primer. It feels kind of velvety and I think it definitely helps prolong the look of my makeup even if a little shine starts to peak through (I can't seem to stop getting super oily in the t-zone by the end of the day). I use less blotting paper now!
On the odd occasion I wear it alone when I just want my skin to look more even but not add foundation or powder on top. It works quite nicely that way as well.
I have yet to try mixing it with my liquid foundation but supposedly it performs very well in that scenario too.

 

[lipstickaddict]

Thank you I usually stay away from the Sephora thread because we have so little here compared to Sephora USA (which I can't order from) but I'll have to check it out in relation to this item. You have me rethinking this now due to the cream products! I was just focusing on the pretty colours Lol!

I just saw these up on Sephora and they are $115 Canadian. Ouch!

 

[Icecaramellatte]

My Lucky XL Bag and Natasha Denona Spring Collection order came in today.

It seems I was waiting so long due to a nail polish. Ugh! Anyhow I got:

Charlotte Tilbury Smokey eye palette - the last one that came out
By Terry Sun Designer palette
Oribe face oil
Sulwashoo mask
Smith and Cult nail polish
Bioderma
Becca Box with
Backlight primer
Opal liquid highlighter
Snapdragon blush
champagne pop stick
Beach tint
Wayne Goss #13 brush

Very nice lucky bag. I have 3 items though. So it goes. I wasn't going to participate because I pretty much get the stuff I like so I figured there would be repeats which is why I didn't get it last year. However, Beautylish got so many luxury brands since then so I figured I'd take a chance. It seems like they didn't include any of those. I don't really know. I haven't watched any reveals yet maybe they did.

Now my Natasha Denona order:
I got everything! Both blush palettes and all the top coats. I love the duo chrome look of the top coats. I especially liked the lavender one. I loved Alba Duo Glow highlighter so much this summer that I had to have the blush palettes when I saw them especially since they have the duo glow formula like Alba. I am curious about how they are going to work since I think every pan is a different formula. Well everything looks beautiful! I haven't tried anything yet. Just looked at them. The pink one looked more warm than I thought. I thought it was the citrus one until I remember the citrus one had that yellow color. I can't wait to try these. Although the pink case is nice, I wish it was pink metallic like the contour palette.

The top coats look pretty but two of them arrived crumbled. So disappointed. I don't know if they can be pressed or not but I want it to look pristine so I requested an exchange. I'll have to see what the reply will be. It is a pity because I really want to dig into that lavender one.