Weekend Recap: Retail Therapy

Does anyone remember the Polished Face Kit at Saks?

"EXCLUSIVELY AT SAKS. Tucked inside this Marc Jacobs leather clutch is everything you'll need to achieve a fresh, polished face. Includes Dior 5-Color Eyeshadow compact in Tender Chic, Nars The Multiple in Copacabana, Yves Saint Laurent Touch Blush in Number 2, Giorgio Armani Gloss in Number 16, Guerlain Le 2 Two-Brush Mascara in black and a deluxe sample of Chanel Sublimage. Clutch has zip top and logo plaque." Retail Price: $198

I just wanted this kit so badly when I first saw it. Mark Jacobs leather clutch packed with all the high-end goodies inside. If you have to think about it $198 isn't all that bad for what you're getting. Everything inside was the full-size products tucked in a leather designer clutch.

It's a pretty good bargain for what it is priced at.

Dior 5-Color Eyeshadow = $54
NARS The Multiple in Copacabana = $37
YSL Touche Blush in Number 2= $47
Giorgio Armani Gloss in Number 16 = $26
Guerlain Le 2 Two-Brush Mascara in black = $35
deluxe sample of Chanel Sublimage = ??

So if you add everything up, it'll total up to $199 which doesn't include the clutch or the sample in the computation yet. You're either paying for the clutch only or the goodies inside... however you want to look at it. Well, at the time I couldn't justify myself to pay for $200 (or even now). It's still a bit too much and I couldn't bring myself to buy it (no matter how pretty it is).

But guess what... I ended up picking it up yesterday. Why? Because the prices for the kit was slashed 50% off the retail price! It's currently on sale for $99 only!!!!!! Duuuuh! Of course I couldn't pass this up! When can you get high-end goods at that price with a designer leather clutch? I'm squealing inside as I'm typing this. I can't believe I got everything in that clutch and the clutch for $100. It's almost as good as being stolen (but it's not of course!).

This is probably my most favorite purchase ever!!


What a pretty Marc Jacobs leather bag :).


My heart stopped. Seriously. High-end, superficial makeup in it's basking glory.


*squeals*


At this point, I'm hyperventilating...

I love itttt! Since I wanted to get my grimey hands on it already, I told my bf to take me to the Saks in Beverly Hills to pick one up. Luckily, he's trying to waste some gas before he takes his car to the port to be shipped in Hawaii. I called ahead of time (and I suggest you doing so) before I went there to make sure I won't leave empty handed. It was probably the smartest thing to do since there was a crazy sale going the a lot of the merchandise surprisingly have been cleaned out of the shelves (Women's section).

The lady who also held the stuff for me put three for me aside, so I can pick which clutch I want. She gave me the nicest one out of the three. She even told me that there was a lady that came in earlier and bought TEN of those as her gift to her bridesmaids (lucky them!). I'm just happy I got a hold of one in time before they ran out... considering I think she only had three of them left.

So it's not too late. You can pick this baby up online at SaksFifthAvenue.com or visit your nearest counter and ask for it. I suggest calling in first and ask them if they can put it on hold for you.

Anyway, after Saks, we hit up Marukai in Gardena to check it out and see if there's any good Japanese goodies I can pick up. The Yu-be cream and lotion were on sale, and so was their Japanese magazines. I had to stock up on some Mandom Makeup Remover (HG makeup remover aka unicorn tears), and some other things shown below. I try not to buy the whole cosmetic aisle and just picked up what I needed.


And here was my BeautyHabit.com haul. I've had this for sometime now, but I just haven't had the chance to post it. I love Paul & Joe stuff. Just their packaging is to die for!! It it's even better when they're 25% off (Enter code: BHCANDY at checkout, valid til November 30th so you still have time)! I was going to pick up some of their Disney collection, but I didn't really have a use for it so I skipped it. I just got their Dual Protection Powder, two lipgloss, one lipstick, and a face color (I think I'll use it for contouring, we'll see).

Oh, and Beauty Habit also has a sampling program for $15 for any 6 samples of any products you may want to try.







And lastly, my Eyeko haul. Again, this was a previous haul that I received awhile back but just never posted. Review coming up for the Eyeko Cream soon! Weee, another cute packaging! And it's pink!

And you can get a free gift at Eyeko by entering the code E122 at check-out!





Anyway, that wraps up my latest retail therapy. OK really, no more. I'm going to Vegas this Thanksgiving weekend which will also be my last one for a long while as my bf moves back home to Hawaii! It's going to be weird without him! But thanks to Gtalk with voice and video I think we'll be ok. Anyway, I'm planning to go visit him in February if things go according to plan.

We'll be staying at the Mandalay Bay hotel, so if any of you beauty bloggers will be down there for the weekend, let me know! I'll refrain myself to buy anything while I'm there. But it'll be Black Friday too! Does anyone know if there are any good sales in Vegas for Black Friday???

So that's it kiddies! And I'll leave you with food pr0n from Tito's Tacos in Culver City!!