Last Day for VIB Rouge 20% off at Sephora

Better hurry and finish your Sephora shopping! Today is the last day for the Sephora VIB Rouge sale. You can use the code Rouge20 at checkout for 20% at Sephora. And that's on everything! No exclusions!

This is the best time to do your beauty Christmas shopping for the people on your Christmas list or just for you (we won't tell!). There are so many value sets available right now that it can be hard to choose just one. Here are the ones we picked up:

1. Dr. Jart+ Book of Masks: $39 for $56 worth of Dr. Jart+ masks. These sheet masks are incredible and and full book of these things is like having 8 spa days right in your own home. Just add wine!

2. Sephora Collection Kissing Stories: This is an amazing collection. It is 8 lip gloss crayons in awesome colors. They're $28 for the full collection so this is a great gift at a great price! The texture is very similar to the NARS brand crayons and you'll get 8 of the Sephora ones for the price of one NARS crayon. What a steal!!!

3. Tata Harper Daily Essentials Kit: Tata Harper is a luxury face care line that offers high-end natural formulations. This kit provides everything you need for 30-60 days worth of skin care. This kit is a great value at $68 considering just a bottle of their cleanser is $58. Of course, with this sale, you may be tempted to purchase all of the full size items from this line! We purchased one of these kits and will preview it next month on our next 30 day skin care series.

4. Atelier Cologne Necessaire Nomade Gift Set: By far our best buy on this trip. You get 8 0.14 oz spray colognes for $45. A regular size spray is 0.25oz so these are a little more than half the size of a regular one. But each regular size retails for $25 making this kit a super great deal. Plus you get a wide range of Atelier Cologne's amazing scents. Plus we find that Atelier Cologne's scents are pretty intense and long lasting so a little goes a long way.

5. DryBar Peace on Earth Good Hair to All: And we can't have a complete list without our best hair care purchase. So, this is definitely an upscale purchase. It's $199 but it comes with so many extras that it makes this an unheard once you tack on the 20% discount. Regularly you can buy the dryer by itself for $195. But in this set, for $4 more, you get full sizes of the Triple Sec texture spray and the Hot Toddy heat protector (both of which smell amazing), 2 of their amazing hair clips, the Double pint large round brush (which retails for $40 on its own), and a shower cap. All in all, you're getting $290 for about $160 after the discount. This is the reason to truly love Sephora!

Of course there's tons of options besides our favorites. Happy Shopping!!!

Mt. Palomar Winery

We just posted a new video about Black Friday shopping. We also showed off one of our favorite wineries, Mt. Palomar. Check out their website and schedule a visit if you're nearby! The wine that we were drinking is the 2008 Kyanti. It's fantastic! If you're not too sure what else looks good I'd suggest their Cloudbreak (expensive, but worth every penny), the Sangovese, and of course, their signature blend Shorty's Bistro.
 

Black Friday 2015 - New Video

We just posted a new video about shopping strategies for Black Friday 2015. Check out our video here. Take a look! We talked about a lot of things in this video but but here are the basics.

1. Make your shopping list
2. Start checking out the Black Friday spoiler sites like BF Ads
3. Get your ads on Thanksgiving morning, EARLY. These papers will sell out.
4. Plan your route based on the things you need most, store opening time, location
5. Make sure you take a shopping buddy
6. Take a form of extra power for your phone so you can shop online deals while you're in line
7. Finally, BE SAFE and HAVE FUN!!!

Glossybox October 2015 Unboxing

We just posted a video showing the October 2015 unboxing for Glossybox. Take a look at our video here. Glossybox is a great beauty subscription box that offers 5 full and deluxe sample size beauty products curated around a specific theme. This month's theme was Paris. The cost is $21 per month. This month was fantastic and we're looking forward to next month's box! Check out Glossybox at their website here.

Julep Maven October 2015 Unboxing

We just posted a video showing the Julep October 2015 Welcome. Take a look here.
If you'd like to check out the Julep Maven Program you can visit the Julep site here. Julep Maven is a nail polish subscription service. You get 2 polishes every month plus 1 makeup or skin care product. All products are full size and great quality. The cost is $24.99 for month to month or if you buy a pre-paid 3 month subscription the cost breaks down to $19.99 per month. Check out our video to get a preview of what you can expect from a Julep Maven subscription. So far, we're loving it!

Introduction

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to read our blog. This is a brand new blog dedicated to all the things that catch our fancy. As you can already tell, we're HUGE fans of wine. It wasn't always that way. But, as we learned to appreciate that fine, fine beverage, we've also learned to take greater interest in other things as well. As with wine, beauty, shopping, and life in general to truly appreciate all that they have to offer takes a little effort. We hope that you enjoy our blog!