Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals and Sales!

Hello beauties and happy Thanksgiving!! I hope you all have a good holiday and spend some time with family and friends. I unfortunately have to work this Black Friday(3 am is when my shift starts!) so I'll be going to bed halfway through my holiday. But I want to pass along some great deals and steals for the big shopping day.

Beauty Deals:

Ulta- Ulta's deal's list can be found here. I feel like they're offerings are a bit better than Sephora's, offering a better range of products and deals. The bargain I really like and would likely buy if I weren't already stocked up is the Big Sexy Hair products for only $6.99, that's a whole $10 off!!! Other noteable deals are the Clarasonic Mia being only $99(Sephora jumped the gun on that one and offered it earlier in the week) and the $16 Urban Decay Palette. Also, Chi flat irons are super discounted.

Sephora- Sephora's "Dealtopia" can be found on the company's pinterest page. Lots of full sized or deluxe sample sets for only $10! I perused the list but nothing jumped out at me that I really wanted. Though I will say the Stila palettes are amazing deal!

Sigma Beauty- As a Sigma Affiliate, I'm privy to the deals they will be offering and it's my job to let you guys in the loop. If you live outside the States and have always wanted to order from Sigma but couldn't justify the shipping rates, now's your chance. Sigma will be offering FREE WORLD WIDE SHIPPING!! Yes, you read that right :) Doesn't matter where you live in the world, you can get Sigma brushes shipped for free!

Also, for Cyber Monday(Internet's version of Black Friday) select items on the Sigma site will be 20% off. As for what these items are, I'm not sure yet. I also have a discount code for 10% off your order which you can use on top of the free shipping or the 20% off. Use code NOV2013 at checkout!

Non-Beauty Deals:

American Eagle- If you didn't know, I work at American Eagle so I thought I'd do a little plugging :) Stores are opening at 8 pm Thanksgiving. For the first 10 hours, 8 PM to 6 AM, the whole store will be 50% off. After 6, the store goes back to 40% off. And from what my manager told me, you can also stack coupons , which isn't something we normally allow.

Bath and Body Works- BB&W is offering their usual tote full of goodies this year. All you need to do is spend $40 to get the tote for $20. It's full of a $100 worth of product. As of now, I'm not sure what the other deals are but I will edit this post when I find out.

Aeropostale- Aero is offering 60% off the whole store, which isn't much compared to the bulldog sale that happens 2-3 times a year. I'm not much of an Aero shopper anymore, but I do like them for their hoodies and sweatpants(I'm a sucker for sweatpants :) ) so now would be a good time to stock on the essentials.

If you're going to skip out on Black Friday and just shop online(which I don't blame you and I thank you for!) don't forget to use ebates so you can take advantage of more coupons and get cash back. I don't shop online without it!

What are some other Black Friday deals I missed? If you have any you'd like to contribute, please leave a comment below. Good luck and get some good deals. Till next time, stay gorgeous!

My Favorite Beauty Gurus!

Hello beauties!! Today I thought I'd do a different kind of post today and talk about my favorite beauty vloggers on youtube. I've been watching beauty videos for....wow has it really been 5 years?? I remember stumbling upon Allthatglitters21's pirate tutorial, wondering "What is this? Is she really showing you how to apply eyeshadow?" At first, I didn't think much of it, but then I started watching more and more. I slowly worked my way through her videos, and then moved on to watching her sister, juicystar07 and marathoned her videos as well. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was hooked on something that would later lead to me starting my own channel. I watched many a youtuber, some I ended up unsubbing to due to various reasons. Some of the first I watched don't even make videos anymore for which I am very sad. But here are some wonderful youtubers who I've discovered and love not only their tutorials or reviews, but they're all around personality.

1. emilynoel83

 



Fellow Midwest girl! No wonder I like her videos so much :) All joking aside, Emily from beauty broadcast is one of my favorite people to watch, mainly due to her quirky personality. She's very straight forward and honest in all her reviews. She may get sent products, but if she don't like it, she'll tell you straight up. Her reviews are always very concise and informative and her tutorials are breathtaking and creative. I also love that her husband does some videos with her, I look forward Ty Day Friday's on her beautybroadcastexpress channel. In many ways, she inspired me to start my own channel.

2. amarixe

I've been watching Allison, or amarixe, for a long time now. Her tutorials are simply stunning! And usually very short too ;) Her fashion sense though, is what I admire most. Her videos are always very genuine and heartfelt. And the other great thing is on her vlog channel she is always doing book reviews! As an avid reader, I really look forward to her book reviews so I can get ideas for new books to read.

3. missglamorazzi  

 

Ingrid, or missglamorazzi is probably one of the beauty guru's I've been watching the longest. Her "get ready with me" videos are my favorites to watch! Also, she uses a lot of drugstore products which I really like. However, she also has avlog channel that I simply love watching. She doesn't vlog on it much now, but in past years she did vlogmas which I looked forward to every day :)

4. eleventhgorgeous

This sister duo consists of Tracy and Stefanie. I love watching their videos cause they never take it too seriously. They're always joking around and acting crazy. Best of all, most of the products they talk about or use are from the drugstore!

5. andriamatillano

 

Andria's relatively new on the youtube scene, been making videos for 2 years now. But she's an absolute sweetheart!! And her videos are super cute! She does a lot of fashion videos and reviews and couple tutorials.