There’s a NORDSTROM BEAUTY SALE going down right now! There are sooooo many brands in the sale that I’m quite sure all of you have some favorite products that are included.
In the collage below I’ve highlighted some of my RIDE OR DIE products. Products that I order over and over and over again. Products that I swear by and cannot live without. They are all products that I obviously highly recommend. After the collage, I talk about most of them, so make sure to scroll down.
1) Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream / 2) neuLASH lash enhancing serum / 3) Unseen Sunscreen / 4) Drybar shower cap / 5) Juicy lip gloss / 6) skinny silk scrunchies / 7) Dior lip oil / 8) Elemis resurfacing pads / 9) Donna Karen Cashmere Mist deodorant / 10) Loving Tan self-tanner / 11) Airbrush Setting Spray / 12) cream eyeshadow (smoky quartz) / 13) mascara primer / 14) bronzer
In no particular order, here are some in depth reviews on some of the products in the collage…
Years ago my sister started using neuLASH. Her lashes were INSANE (like she had to cut them!), so I was finally convinced I had to try it for myself.
It wasn’t until this past fall (several months before my high school reunion) that I started using it consistently. AND WOWZA. Conner was right, it took a solid 3 months, but I definitely noticed a HUGE difference in my lash length. In fact, my lashes have recently started hitting my readers. Haha! 🙂
In this picture I’ve also used the mascara primer (also in today’s collage) and the Tarte tubing mascara. And while the mascara isn’t in the Nordstrom sale, it is currently 30% OFF on the Tarte site!
(FYI: I’m wearing my must have combo of the Lumi Glotion in Medium and the Ethereal Glow Serum in Bronze on my face. Use the code STMT20 for 20% OFF the glow serum!)
If you use any tarte products, you should definitely take advantage of the site side 30% OFF sale (35% OFF if you’re a VIP) going on right now.
This mascara is an absolutely incredible product. It doesn’t flake, it doesn’t smudge, and it adds both length and volume to my lashes (I’m wearing it in the picture above). It’s regularly $28, but right now you can grab it for ONLY $19.60!!!
Tarte XL tubing mascara NOW ON SALE
Ireally is so soooooooo good. Look at these BEFORE and AFTER pics! WOW!
The Supergoop Glow Screen (seen on the left) has a beautiful tint to it with a glowy finish, but it’s not too glowy or sparkly. It’s described on the site as a lightweight, pearlescent sunscreen with SPF 40 that hydrates the skin. I do not enjoy a sparkly face, so I was very happy to find that it just gives a healthy looking sheen and highlight, without all the glitter. It has SPF 40 in it so it protects your skin beautifully from the sun’s harmful rays AND it gives really pretty coverage. It doesn’t leave you greasy or oily, you just get protection with a pretty finish. Another bonus is that it has hyaluronic acid!
You can use it under makeup simply as your sunscreen and primer, but you can use it as your only foundation. I LOVE that this product can kill 2 birds with 1 stone. It gives the SPF you need AND coverage!
Now let’s talk about the Unseen Sunscreen. This stuff is incredible and a MUST HAVE For me. It’s velvety in texture and totally just glides on your skin, even over your makeup. I put this product on every single day. If I’m wearing make-up, I use it as a primer, but I can also reapply it over make-up. It’s one of my very favorite products EVER. IF YOU HAVEN’T EVER TRIED IT, PUT IT IN YOUR CART RIGHT NOW!
My skin absorbs the Unseen Sunscreen very quickly (like IMMEDIATELY!) and there is NO TRACE of it. It’s not oily or greasy, it gives a matte finish, and it doesn’t leave any white residue behind either. Also, from reading reviews, it seems it’s awesome for people with super sensitive skin. I’m telling you, the product is absolutely incredible.
Glow Screen / Unseen Sunscreen
I know what you’re thinking. DESIGNER DEODORANT? Listen, I heard influencers talking about this product for years and wondered who in the world would pay over $30 for deodorant. Well, now I know the answer. ME. I WOULD. It smells great, AND IT WORKS. It’s the only deodorant I’ve used for at least 3-4 years now. And right now it’s ON SALE.
Donna Karen Cashmere Mist deodorant
The Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream is another tried and true favorite and a TOTAL MUST HAVE. It’s a ride or die for me. I added this moisturizer into my routine after reading about it on several blogs and in several “BEST OF” beauty articles about 5-6 years ago now. Lots of users compared it to the much more expensive La Mer line, but most of them said they preferred this product! That was it, I was convinced I needed to try it. A little goes a long way with this cream, and it’s not greasy, but it is incredibly hydrating. There is a very light rose scent to this cream, and I don’t normally care for rose, but it doesn’t bother me at all. In fact, I enjoy it!
I’m now devoted to it. It has a cult following and a large group of women that absolutely swear by it. I’m now a part of that group. This is the cream that I always mix with the Colleen Rothschild Face Oil #9 (use the code STMT20 for 20% OFF).
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream / Charlotte Tilbury Super Radiance Resurfacing Exfoliating Mask
I really love a shiny lip. I’m not into the matte lip look at all, and you will always find me wearing a gloss. In fact, I often wear just a gloss, but even if I’m wearing lipstick I’m always wearing a gloss over it (even if it’s just clear). The Juicy lip gloss gives me a super shiny lip and it is SO hydrating! It’s a perfect neutral shade and shine to wear as a natural look (with a hint of color) with a (faux) tan!
I’ve been talking about this Burberry Her perfume for about a couple of years now. My friend Ralonda introduced me to it, and I love it just as much now as I did when I first started wearing it. It’s light, it’s lovely, and I get compliments on it ALL. THE. TIME.
Ruby Woo is a red lipstick that I found a couple of years ago when I was looking for a bright red lip color before July 4th. I was told that Ruby Woo was the best universal red they had, and it’s supposed to look great on all types of skin tones and with all different hair colors. It’s definitely a blue red, which is great, because I don’t love a red that leans orange.
This Walk of No Shame Gloss is shiny, sparkly, and definitely festive. It is HIGH SHINE, and I love a high shine gloss.
Ruby Woo red lipstick / Walk of No Shame Gloss
Several influencers I follow (and trust) had been recommending these these resurfacing pads for years. I was always interested when they would sing their praises, but I had some similar pads from a different product line that I loved that kept me from trying the Elemis pads. Well, when the Elemis pads went on sale one time, I finally tried them and instantly fell in love. Now I use my other pads several nights a week and still use and love them, but I have started using these Elemis pads each morning. They wake up my face, they get off every little bit of skincare from the night before and any oils that might have accumulated overnight, and they just leave me feeling incredibly refreshed. After using them I moisturize, apply sunscreen, and then apply makeup as normal.
#takeallmymoney
Clinical results prove that these resurfacing pads accelerate skin’s natural cell turnover in 28 days!
- 100% agreed this left their skin tone and texture looking visibly improved
- 100% agreed this gave them smooth and glowing “glass skin”
- 94% this left their skin feeling baby soft and smooth
Those are some solid numbers, y’all!
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CHARLOTTE TILBURY POST
And because of the Nordstrom Beauty Sale, I thought it would be a good idea to repost my makeover post from a while back. Everything in this post is from CHARLOTTE TILBURY!
So here I was, in the Starbucks line sans makeup on my way to Northpark for my makeover! All I had on my face was Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen and my beloved Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream.
Everything you see in italics in today’s post are Sarah’s words. She let me audio record her as she was doing my makeup, and I learned SO MUCH. I’m so excited to be able to share all of her knowledge with y’all today.
SHE STARTED WITH SKINCARE…
Magic Cream: This is a product that I’ve been using AND LOVING for years. I first found it years ago after reading that many people liked it more than the much more expensive La Mer, so I knew I had to try it. The Magic Cream is the first product Charlotte ever created. It’s serum, primer, and moisturizer all in one! It has a peptide patent that Charlotte actually owns in the Magic cream, so no other cream will ever have that peptide. Massage it into the skin because you’re activating the peptides and the collagen in your skin. When massaging it into the skin, lift up and away to help fight the gravity. You’re really getting to the underlying muscle tissue in the skin. It encourages the fastest cellular turnover of anything on the market.
Glow Toner: This is a new to me product, but I loved the way it felt on my skin, and I really loved how my skin looked after she applied it! And after Sarah talked about it, I knew I had to start using it. It has hyaluronic acid in it, and it also has niacinamide as well. The niacinamide is actually going to help with texturization, pore minimization, and hyperpigmentation of the skin. It’s acid free, so you can use it twice a day, every day. It gently exfoliates, and it reveals a glowing and glass-like finish. And the peptides brighten then skin for a more even complexion. SIGN ME RIGHT ON UP.
Magic Serum Crystal Elixer: The serum also has the niacinamide, because Charlotte believes the texture of the skin is of utmost importance. This serum also has the crystal elixers in it (diamond dust, ruby dust, and rose gold) in it. And it has polyglutamic acid in it which is 4x more hydrating than hyaluronic acid. So if somebody has dry patches on their skin, this is going to be super super helpful for hydration as well as brighter skin! It also plumps and hydrates your skin to promote flawless makeup application.
Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum: The packaging on this eye serum is awesome and super functional. It has the titanium tip, which is going to be cool to the touch every single time that you use it. And it has the cryocomplex which is going to be like dipping your face into an ice bucket of water. It’s a blurring serum for the eye area and helps to smooth out the fine lines. Go all the way around up and out below as well as under the brow bone. It has the caffeine complex and the niacinamide, so it will help with both texture around your eyes as well as dark circles. This is great to keep in the fridge. It visibly depuffs, smooths, and brightens!
Magic Eye Rescue: When you use this Magic Eye Rescue, you will instantly see the tightness and the smoothness around your eye area because of the caffeine complex. Use the eye cream in morning as well as night. Our delicate skin around our eyes is 40% thinner than the other skin on our face, and it’s the fastest place to age, so you definitely want to protect that eye area during the daytime. This product will give you INSTANT gratification. Charlotte actually likes to call this eye cream Spanx for the eyes! 🙂 It can also be used as a mask at night when you are feeling extra tired.
I tried to get a picture of myself after all of the above skincare had been applied, but it didn’t work out. I looked so fresh faced and my skin looked so healthy, but under the harsh lights, the photo just didn’t do the products (or my face) justice! Haha!
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AFTER THE SKINCARE ESSENTIALS, WE MOVED ON TO FOUNDATION AND CONCEALER / COVER UP…
This is what she used on me…
Based on what I told her, Sarah thought that the Beautiful Skin Foundation (6 Neutral) would be just what I was looking for. She said it is medium coverage and going to give you beautiful and dewy skin. You’re going to get good coverage, but with a light and airy skin-like look. You can use a brush, a beauty blender, fingers, whatever you like to apply it. It has brightening rose complex and hyaluronic acid in the foundation.
Beautiful Skin Concealer: When choosing concealer, some people like it one shade lighter, some like it two shades lighter. This one does optimize a bit, which means it changes its color a bit as it dries down. It is a self-setting concealer, so technically you don’t have to set it. It is the most beautiful concealer. It’s for any skin, including mature skin. It has niacinamide to help with texture and dark circles around the eyes. This also has vitamin C, vitamin E, and hyaluronic. There is actually skincare in this concealer, which is amazing! Some people (including me) actually use this as their foundation. I haven’t used a typical foundation in 20 years. You can dot it on your skin with the wand. Do it where the hollow of your eye is and then blend up. Think of it as an eraser for the face. Use thin layers because that’s all it takes.
So she put the #6 under my eyes for some brightness, and she put the #7 where she thought I needed a little more coverage, like on my dark spots.
NOW ON TO THE EYE MAKEUP
It’s actually my eye makeup that was my absolute favorite part of the makeover. She lined my upper lid on my actual eyelash line (not above like I’ve been doing it for years), and she didn’t line my lower lid with matching eyeliner. She used the metallic champagne eyeliner on my waterline, and then she used this eyeliner brush to apply bronzer where I used to apply typical eyeliner. Sarah said she’s always done the eyeliner in the upper lashline because it makes the lashes appear fuller and darker. You actually put it between the lashes! She does it to every single person that she does makeup for, and I couldn’t believe the difference it made for me.
When I lined above my eyes, I think it just covered up my eyelashes. Lining in the lash line actually just made the base of my lashes look naturally dark. It looked less like makeup (was way less severe), and I loved it so much!
And then, when working on my lashes, instead of using an eyelash primer, she just used two mascaras. She started with the Full Fat Lashes Mascara (can’t find it anymore) and then she finished with the Pillow Talk Push-Up Lashes Mascara.
When applying the mascara, she worked in sections and explained how you want to have your lashes look like a spread out fan to help draw your eyes out and have your eyes look more elongated. I’m telling you, my lashes didn’t even look like my own lashes when she was done with them! HANDS DOWN…BEST LASHES I’VE EVER HAD!
And then she just did a light coat on my lower lashes.
I believe her method really opened my eyes up, and the whole look was just younger and fresher!
Lining in my lash line is going to take a little bit of practice, but I’ve done it every day since the makeover, and I’m already getting better at it. See how it looks like the base of my lashes is just really dark? It doesn’t even look like eyeliner!
Here’s a picture from a previous post, and it highlights how different my eye look was when I was using the dark eyeliner on the bottom as well as the top. Such a difference, right? I really like the new look above so much more!
Somehow I forgot to get a picture of the products, but Sarah used two different CT products on my brows. At first she used Legendary Brows Micro-Presicion Tinted Brow Gel in dark brown. She explained that it has castor oil in it and a microbrush, so it captures any little fuzzies and tiny hairs you have and turns them into a nice hair strand. Castor oil also helps to stimulate hair growth and condition it as well. So she started with the tinted brow gel, and then whenever she saw patches that seemed to be lacking, she went in with the Brow Cheat Pencil. She also recommended to add a bit more of an arch to my brows with the products to help to “lift” my eye up. Another hot tip she gave was for me to brush my eyebrows UP (more than sweeping them to the side) because it gives my eyes a lift and makes me look more awake. Both products are waterproof.
This Pop Shot Eyeshadow is the product that she just dabbed on my lower lid over the bronzer that she used as eyeshadow.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Bronzer: I actually talked about this bronzer in my beauty post last month! I bought it after the kiosk at the Stonebriar Nordstrom influenced me because the model that was wearing it on the marketing materials was freaking glowing, but she wasn’t sparkling. She was bronzed, but not orange. I was sold. Sarah told me that the bronzer has hyaluronic acid in it as the hydration where the setting powder has the almond oil. This is Sarah’s favorite bronzer because it gives a blurring effect to the skin. She said I apply it with the Air-Brush brush. It’s such an underrated brush, it’s my very favorite brush. I love using #3 because it gives you a bit of a red sun-kissed look vs. an orange-y look.
Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder: Sarah used the #1 setting powder on me. She explained that this one has almond oil in it, so it’s never going to be drying, but it’s going to blur out the skin. It’s micro-milled, so it’s the finest powder in the world. It also has rose wax in there that gives the blurring effect to the skin. I like to gently pull the skin up when applying it so you don’t risk getting any creasing and it just makes for a very smooth application. Charlotte created this because she wanted a powder that she could use, her mom could use, that anybody could use. She knew people dreaded powder because it often had a drying effect, but she also knew that didn’t have to be the case.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Bronzer / Air-Brush brush / Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder / Cheek to Chic Blush
Cheek to Chic Blush: Sarah chose Ecstasy for my blush shade, which surprised me because the color is quite a bit softer than the brighter pink blushes that I typically go for. She said to apply blush on top of cheekbones, and then use whatever is remaining on the brush in the hairline and on top of the nose.
Lip Cheat Lip Liner: Pillow Talk Medium was the perfect shade for the lip look that Sarah was planning on creating. She told me to smile as that’s the easiest way to line the lips, but then she said that she often goes just right above and just right below the actual lip line to create a bit fuller of a look. I find most lipliners to be incredibly drying, but not this one!
Matte Revolution Lipstick: Sarah chose Pillow Talk Medium for my shade. I told her that I really like a shiny lip, but she still chose this matte lipstick. Don’t let the matte descriptor discourage you though, this lipstick is incredibly hydrating, but the “matteness” gives it staying power. I loved the color, and we just finished the look off with gloss.
Collagen Lip Bath Lip Gloss: Sarah applied this Pillow Talk gloss at the very end. This gloss contains marine collagen and it infuses your lips with actual collagen. It also has mustard and mint extract in there too. It won’t burn your lips, it’s just going to give you a beautiful and plump smoothed out lip look. It will treat your lips over time because of the collagen.
She finished off the entire look by spraying generous amounts of the CT Setting Spray all over my face. Sadly, it’s sold out now worldwide, but they hope it returns soon. It has zero alcohol in it, but it also has aloe and Japanese green tea so it’s very soothing and hydrating to the skin. You can use the setting spray as a primer, as a setting spray, and as a hydrating mist.
Sarah put on more than I normally do, and she encouraged me to use more because it really melts everything together!
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I truly loved my final look and grabbed a couple of pics in the car before heading home!
Now listen, nobody needs to grab an entire new arsenal of makeup for a new makeup look. HOWEVER, you can definitely update your look by grabbing a new product or 2 (or 3) here and there. 🙂 As I said before, my eye makeup was the favorite part of my look, but I was truly impressed with everything from the eye cream to the collagen lip bath lip gloss.
The level of coverage is just what I was looking for, and I truly felt like my skin looked airbrushed! From the foundation, to the concealer, to the pressed powder, to the bronzer…. I was just getting airbrushed every step of the way.
My eye makeup looked younger and fresher!
And I’m in love with the lip color.
Sarah, you are so good at what you do! Thank you for spending your morning with me and for sharing so much of your knowledge and passion with me so that I could in turn share everything with my readers!
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I hope that y’all were able to grab some of your own personal must have ON SALE, and maybe try some of mine as well!
Have a wonderful weekend with your people!
Shay Shull says
There are so many great finds in this post, but the Supergoop is the GOAT! I cannot recommend that enough!
sandi says
I read the entire makeover part twice… your makeup looked amazing and I remembered the post. So many times we do the same look for years and don’t think about switching up techniques or products because we have our tried and true. At 58, I have never had a full face of makeup applied by someone else. My foundation has been color matched, or someone will recommend a lipstick color, but I’ve never had a full makeover. That might need to change. My middle daughter is getting married soon and the mother of the groom and I decided we wanted our makeup professionally done. My daughter checked and the make up artist uses several Charlotte products… can’t wait to see what she uses. (Of course I realize this will be more of a glam look and not an everyday look, but still looking forward to having my make up done well)!
Sheaffer says
That sounds so fun, Sandi!!!! And yes, we all get in ruts, so shaking things up is almost always a great idea! xoxo
Erika Slaughter says
Your lashes look AMAZING!!