SDM Fall Beauty Bonus 2013

If you guessed that part of the goodies from yesterdays' post was SDM's fall beauty bonus, then you were correct! 

On an unsuspecting Tuesday evening, my girlfriend and I fell victim to the awesome SDM 18,500 point deal, plus got the bonus that came along if you spent over xxx amount.... We both accomplished the mission and the goodies bag that we brought home that night contained the following: 

1. Benefit Cosmetics - the PoreFessional 3ml ** tried it an am currently overfilled with these samples in my stash
2. Clinique - high impact mascara 4ml ** tried it before and it does not work for my oily lids, but is great for those without my problem, it give full lashes
3. Lancome - Visionnaire advanced skin corrector 7ml ** I haven't tried this, but I did use the Genifique and thought that was okay. I have higher hope for this because I recall a few gurus who raved about it
4. Biotherm - anti-drying body care with citrus essences 20ml ** tried it before, not a big fan of it, but it is an excellent travel-size, I am partial to it's scent
5. Clarins - HydraQuench Cream-Mask for dehydrated skin 5ml ** I own the full-size of this and is thrilled to receive a deluxe sample! Looking forward to bringing to myski trip this year to replenish my skins moisture after snowboarding~
6. Bourjois - Volume glamour max mascara 6ml
7. Korres - Antiageing and antiwrinkle eye cream 7ml ** I love seeing eye cream samples, because I am forever in search of the right eye cream to treat my many issues and wrinkle prevention is definitely one of them!
8. Cover FX - SPF 30 Protection primer 5ml
9. Elizabeth Arden - Anti-aging + intensive repair daily serum 5ml
10. Estee Lauder - Modern Muse eau de parfum 2.9ml
11. Fusion Beauty - anti-wrinkle primer 10ml
12. Lab Series - Age Rescue Face Lotion plus ginseng 30ml ** husband tried it and thought it was alright, I didn't like the scent though
13. StriVectin-AR - Advanced Retinol eye treatment 5ml
14. Bioderma - Sensibio H2O Solution Micellaire 100ml ** Own full-size and have two miniature. This is not something you want to be without, especially if you go camping~ 
15. La Roche Posay Physiological Foaming Water 50ml
16. Neostrata - Intense Wrinkle Repair Moisturizing cream 7ml
17. Smashbox - Photofinished foundation primer 7ml ** it's an okay primer, I prefer the benefit one over this
18. Lab Series - Age Rescue Face Lotion plus ginseng 30ml (ding ding ding! I got an extra for the man!)

I've tried a few things on this list and am mostly glad with the samples I received. The few that I know doesn't work for me will go to better homes ^_^ Overall, I'm a happy camper and feels that this is almost better than the Bobbi Brown... almost... ^_^

SDM Haul: 80,000 points redemption

I broke my no-buy pledge this month because of the awesome point redemption promo at Shoppers Drug Mart this weekend... for 40,000 points you can redeem up to $90 worth of stuff or, the next tier which is 80,000 points for $200... I had been saving my points for this so I had to go redeem them! And this was what I came home with (along with a few samples I got from Sephora...) Moose and I had a makeover, and we basically bought every product Davis (the Bourjois MUA) put on us... He was amazing :) Here's the haul for a little over $29 CAD ^_^

SDM rep also gave us a few samples, which was super sweet of her!

I picked up two Bourjois Color Boost Glossy Finish Lipstick in 04 Peach on the Beach and 03 Orange Punch. 4 colours were launched but I only saw 3 of them at SDM.

Davis applied this on my face and I was in love~~ Previously, I've tried the Bourjois Healthy Mix serum gel foundation and disliked how it looked on my skin, so imagine my surprise when this looked so awesome on me this time around. The Bourjois 10hr Sleep Effect foundation is a light /liquidy foundation that provides a medium coverage that is buildable. It looked and felt so lovely and light. I was shocked. I knew that I have been sleep deprived last week so the beautiful result made me have to own it, instantly.

This was applied on my crease and looked quite lovely, but as my husband pointed out, I looked like I was done up... perhaps a tad too much? It's not usually something I'd do, so I'm not sure if I will be keeping this. I also have way too many brown glittery eyeshadows...

This Bourjois Duochrome eye pencil in 59 violet rose added a lovely accent when applied just above my black eyeliner...

I can't justify why I had purchased both of these mascaras... I was curious... I loved the effect the Volumizer mascara had on Moose... The Volume Clubbing mascara is suppose to be sweat proof, so... yeah... that's why they were in my checkout bag... *shifty eyes* Let's test these babies out!!

The last product that I purchased, was one that I've lusted over for a while now... It is the Guerlain Météorites compact in 03 Teinte Doré. I'm still unsure about the shade that I got, but I have wanted to get this product for a long while now and finally I got my hands on them! buhahahha!! It blended easily and it took out some shine that my foundation did not. 

A bunch of freebies we got that day

After spending almost 3 hours at SDM, we decided to check out Sephora as well and that's when we spotted this Sephora CSR with flawless skin... We asked her what her secret to beautiful skin was and she pointed us to AmorePacific... We have never heard of this Korean brand before and was quite intrigued by their products. She was so kind and made us some samples to try out... Pricey brand though, will have to see if I love the results enough to buy it! Have any of you heard about this brand? Is it worth the hefty price tag?! Please let me know! :)