My Favorites From Sephora

If you haven’t heard, Sephora is having a Spring Savings Event right now. It is a tiered sale, so if you are a Sephora Rouge member you get 20% off through April 27th. If you are a VIB member you get 15% off from April 21st through April 27th. If, like me, you are a beauty insider you get 10% off from April 23rd through the 27th. The more you buy, the more points you earn, and the higher your “rank”. You don’t have to purchase anything to be a beauty insider, you just have to sign up with an email address.

I don’t buy a ton from Sephora because I exclusively use Senegence makeup and skincare, but there are some hair care, tanning, fragrance, and other beauty items I use, love, and can recommend. If you are in the mood to shop or are looking for Mother’s Day gifts you can pick up these items and save some money.

I’ll start with my favorite hair care items.

1. Living Proof Volume Blast – If you want to add volume to your hair, this product is the holy grail. I spray it mid-shaft to ends on days where my hair seems a little flat and the volume lasts all day long.
2. Moroccanoil – I got this hair oil treatment in a promo bag at an event last year and immediately fell in love. I use it on my dry hair, just on the ends. I’m using it more than ever now because I am way past due for a trim.
3. Living Proof Dry Shampoo – I have used a lot of different dry shampoos over the years, and this one is by far the best. It leaves my hair feeling fresh and clean. If you go a couple of days between washes, spray this on your roots at night and sleep in it. It will work to absorb the oil while you are sleeping and your hair will feel fresh the next morning.
4. Olaplex #3 – I saved the best for last. If your hair feels dry or damaged you need this. If you lighten your hair you need this. After one use my hair felt and looked so much healthier, shinier, and softer. I use once every week or two. I wet my hair as soon as I get in the shower, put it all over my hair, clip it up and let it sit for at least 10 minutes. Then I rinse it out, shampoo and condition and my hair feels amazing.

On to my favorite fragrances.

1. Ralph Lauren Beyond Romance – I wore this fragrance for years. I used to buy the roller balls and keep them in my purse. I still have, and love this scent.
2. Carolina Herrera Good Girl – This is a new fragrance for me, but I love it. For Christmas, my mom bought me a perfume sampler, and this was one of my favorites. Aaron bought me this set for my birthday this year and I love both scents. They are pretty similar, so I switch back and forth between the two.

Some random favorites.

1. Isle of Paradise tanning drops – These are a new find for me. I kept hearing people talk about them, so I figured what better time than quarantine to try them out. They are drops that you mix with your face moisturizer or body lotion to self-tan. They smell fresh, and not like normal tanning lotion. I like that I can mix them in with my regular lotion and face moisturizer, and I like that I can control the level of tan by adding in more drops. The directions say to add 1-12 drops, so I started with 4 for each area of my body (4 per leg, 4 per arm, 4 on my chest, and 4 on my face). I probably could have done 5, but the tan looks natural and not orange.
2. Foot Mask – This is not one of the peeling masks, it just feels good and leaves your feet feeling hydrated and soft. It’s a great home treatment that forces you to sit down for a few minutes and relax.
3. Cinema Secrets Brush Cleaner – This is a great makeup brush cleaner that doesn’t require water. You can use the tin provided to dip your brushes and clean them, or you can put it in a spray bottle.

If you are shopping the sale, I would love to know what your favorite products are.

Bonus savings: If you use Rakuten you get an extra 2% back at Sephora. If you don’t use Rakuten, you should. I have gotten so much money back since I signed up. You can sign up here.