Sephora Sale Details and My Personal Wishlist!

It's that time of year again! Sephora's first of their two big sales of the year is happening this week so here is the lowdown for all you makeup junkies out there:

4/12-4/21: VIB Rouges get 15% off with code ROUGELOVE

4/16-4/21: VIBs get 15% off with code VIBLOVE

4/17-4/20: BIs get 10% off

You can use your coupon code more than one time during the time span of the sale! If 15% off doesn't seem like that great of a deal you can wait for their big sale in November where the discounts usually are 20% off for VIBs and Rouge members. Sephora also has sent out generous $20 off your $50 purchase coupons in the late Fall for all your Christmas shopping needs. 

If you're not already a Beauty Insider with Sephora, what are you waiting for? It is a membership service that does not require an attached credit card or minimum purchase every year or anything like that. The perks include earning points for every dollar you spend which are redeemable for deluxe sample, a free gift on your birthday (this year is NARS!), and discounts twice a year. 

Head over to www.sephora.com to sign up for the Beauty Insider program and start shoppin!

Here is my wishlist for this sale if you're looking for some inspiration! I probably won't be making any purchases this week since my grad school budget doesn't include spending oodles on makeup, but here is what I might buy for myself if my wallet allowed for it:

Happy Shopping!!

xxSJ

My Costume is My Face!! Simple Lion Makeup

For my second installment of My Costume is My Face, I did a really simple yet effective lion makeup that I'm pretty sure ANYONE has the artistic capacity to do! Here's how you can be the queen of the jungle:

I used a simple black liquid eyeliner, Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Smog and Demolition, and Revlon lipstick in 'Champagne on Ice.'

First I darkened and shaped my brows a little more intensely than usual to get that intense cat look. Then I drew on pretty large and dramatic wings for that 'cat-eye' effect. For the adorable little nose, I drew a triangle on the tip of my nose with black eyeliner and then drew a line straight down connecting my nose and upper lip.  I outlined my upper lip to be a little rounder than usual and then filled in with black liner.

For the bronzey lower lip, I lined it with Smog eyeliner (a bronzey gold) and then used Champagne on Ice lipstick to fill in.  For my little whisker freckles, I used Demolition eyeliner (a super dark brown).

I tousled my hair a little bit for a lioness effect and that's it! This look is oh so simple but oh so cute. You can be as fierce of a lion as you want to be while you're wearing this out, or you can be like me and think you're super fierce but really just look like this:

It's all good!

I hope you enjoyed this post and get inspired for the upcoming holiday!

xxSJ

Check out my other posts in this series!