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I just heard about a new website www.beautycrunch.com A few of the girls on Makeupalley have ordered from them already and been very pleased with their orders. The prices are amazing and they also have some hard to find Asia exclusives. The best deals can be found by clicking the Super-crunch tab on the top right. I have been trying to get the ephemeral eye shadow trio for about 6 months now (Asia exclusive) and they have it for $9.80! It’s kind of hard to tell the colors from the website, but I have seen pictures up close and it looks gorgeous.

Another noteable item that has been on my wishlist for almost 2 years is the Must haves 2005 set. It comes with 4 eye shadows, 2 lip shines, and a mini mascara for only $8.75.

Guinevere’s deluxe palette is a nice all-in-one set that even includes a mini brush. The apricot lip color included is a winner and I hardly ever use the lip colors included in the all-in-one sets $11.90.

Finally, if you are already into Stila like I am the empty 8 pan is a great deal for $15 (includes a mini brush) and is being discontinued.

There are many other great items available too such as smudge pots (takes some practice when using), the cool LE Wicked set, copper glow trio, and more so check it out!

Stila is one of my favorite cosmetic brands for the soft blendable eye shadows, gorgeous (and amazing smelling) lip glazes, and also very nice convertable color eye pencils (eyeshadow w/ applicator on one side and eyeliner on the other side). If you have never tried Stila before now is the time, these are drugstore prices for quality cosmetics. Free shipping with $75 purchase use code 75PLUS, checkout was easy, web design was decent, and there are rumors that they are throwing in a Stila raspberry lip glaze with every order. Enjoy!

I’ve never been a huge fan of Bliss bath & body products (more on this later I’m sure) mostly because I think they are hugely overpriced. The idea of Bliss is taking home your favorite products from their big city full service spas. Bliss has done a very good job of making their products available though to those who don’t live in close proximity to their locations.

Bliss Naked Body Butter (naked because it is fragrance-free) retails at $35/8.5 oz. This body butter is seriously moisturizing, sinks in well, and leaves you with a nice silky texture. The other thing I have been impressed with is that I still feel moisturized at the end of the day (very rare) without reapplication. I have been using a 1.7 oz. size that I received from Sephora beauty insiders (every time you spend enough to equal $100 you get to choose a deluxe sample) and also get exclusive & early access to new products.

I really love this body butter and for 1/2 the price would stock up and use it often. Right now I have just used it to layer perfumes that I don’t have the matching lotion/body cream to go with.

Overall, a great quality, non-gimmicky, simple product. I haven’t found any substitution that compares very close to this products so if the price doesn’t matter to you, this is a great purchase.

I have been busy using lots of different products lately, but not blogging :/ Forgive me.

This week I tried a John Masters Organics Blood Orange & Vanilla Body Milk sample that I received with my most recent beauty.com purchase. I like Orange and I love vanilla so I thought this sounded wonderful. Essential Oils, certified organic, no artificial color, cruelty free, bio-degradable. Reasonably priced $18/8 oz. and comes with a pump. Sounds like my kind of product.

Here is the blurb from beauty.com

“At John Masters Organics, we are committed to using the finest, most therapeutic organic ingredients on the planet.

My Blood Orange & Vanilla Body Milk is a luxurious lotion that replenishes your skin with a quickly absorbing, delicate blend of milk thistle, aloe vera and sea algae.

Essential oils of pink grapefruit, bourbon vanilla & blood orange create a euphoric scent.”

I was very disappointed in the scent. The orange was too sharp and had an odd bitter note to it. The vanilla didn’t soften this out like it should have. Obviously not blended by master perfumers. It had a decent texture and seemed moisturizing enough. The dry-down was a little less sharp, but I still don’t like it much. This quickly came off my potential to buy list.