Natural Beauty Products Haul

So some of you may know that I am a Secret Shopper. Recently I had an assignment at a natural foods store and I decided to get some natural beauty goodies instead of groceries because my assignment didn't require me to make a specific purchase, I could get anything! Here is what I scored:

Alba Moisturizing Foam Shave in Mango Vanilla
Giovanni 2Chic Brazilian Keratin & Argan Oil Ultra-Sleek Conditioner
Giovanni 2Chis Brazilian Keratin & Argan Oil Blow Out Styling Mist
Mini Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap in Citrus Orange

I had tried the Alba foam shave in another scent before (I bought it on another Secret Shopping assignment at the same store!) so I am excited to try the new mango vanilla scent. I have always loved Giovanni products and I think this line is new so I am also excited to try these out. The soap I have always heard good things about and this was on clearance for a $1 so I felt I couldn't pass it up.

Have any of you guys tried out these products? Thoughts? Opinions? Let me know in a comment below! :)

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Victoria's Secret Beauty Haul

So I had a $10 off any purchase coupon and a $10 Secret Gift Card from Victoria's Secret which sadly could not be combined so instead of buying one of those adorable silky robes I decided to buy some beauty products! I don't currently own a primer so I thought it would be fun to try the Victoria's Secret Pro Oil-Free Airbrush Fx Face Primer Spf 15. And because I used up my hand creams I went for the Moisture Luxe Hand Cream with Shea Butter in Luxurious Kiss because the scent was gorgeous and the packaging is adorable. It's going to look so cute at my desk at work! :)

Have any of you guys tried any of these Victoria's Secret Products? Have any favorites you recommend I try next? Comment below any let me know!

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Little Black Bag(tm) Jewelry Haul

So last month in one of the Facebook previews posted by Little Black Bag they showed the By Phillippe Wire Infinite Love Necklace that is in my picture above on the right side. I was smitten, I had to have it. If you know me, you know that I hardly ever have passionate feelings about jewelry so you KNOW that this need would only be quenched by getting my hands on it. Low and behold, you could not start a bag with the necklace, argh! (Don't know what I mean by "starting a bag" or never heard of Little Black Bag? Check out my previous post about my first LBB HERE). So I had to open my bag with a different item and trade my way to it. It took a lot of work but I managed to do it! And I got some cute bracelets on the way too, both the Flower Wreath Cuff and the Multi-Shape Bangle Set are by A.V. Max.

What do you think? Have you scored any great deals on Little Black Bag recently? Comment below and let me know or post a link to your haul! I'd love to check it out!

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Birthday Haul! (Sephora and Fossil)

Got some Sephora giftcards for my birthday and I thought you guys would enjoy seeing a haul! Sephora was also doing an awesome promo code to get a bag of sample with your purchase so that is what the pile of stuff on the right side of the picture is. I am excited to try out the In the Glow set! I know that I have said in the past that I am not a huge bronzer and blush girl, but I think it might be because I never really had a lot of options. If this doesn't give me enough options for me to get a full opinion I don't know what would! Haha. Oh yeah, I also had some VIB points saved up so I got a mini bottle of Miss Dior! So cute and smells amazing! I also needed $5 to get free shipping so I added the Soap and Glory body wash. I love the Righteous Butter and the Hand Food so I thought this was the next best thing to try!

The other fabulous thing I got for my birthday was a this beautiful Fossil wallet/clutch and I LOVE it!!! It is just what I was looking for for my nights out on the town. I think it just screams my name, don't you?

So what do you guys think of my haul? Do you have any of the same things? Get anything good for Black Friday? I didn't go out this year hence this Birthday Haul post instead. Let me know in a comment below! :)

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L'Occitane Haul (Freebies galore!)

 Who doesn't love a little L'Occitane shopping on the weekend after a long week? Even better when you go armed with a 20% off coupon and a voucher for a free hand cream! Twice as good when there is a promotion to get a free bag of goodies after you spend $65! What did I get?

1. L'Occitane Immortelle Brightening Hand Care (Shhhhh everyone, this is my mom's Christmas present!) - Regularly $30, I got it for $24
2. L'Occitane Ultra Rich Lip Balm - Regularly $10, I got it for $8 (bought it so I could reach the $65 threshold!
3. L'Occitane Pivoine Flora Hand Cream - Regularlly $10, I got it for free with a coupon through facebook!
4. L"Occitane Immortelle Brightening Cleansing Foam Eco-Refill - Regularly $38, I got it for $30.40

 Now here is all the stuff that I got because I spent $65!
L'Occitane Makeup Bag
Mini Dry Skin Hand Cream
Mini Dry Skin Foot Cream
Mini Fabulous Serum
Mini Ultra Rich Face Cream
Extra-Gentle Soap in Milk (Full sized product! Regularly $7!)
Ultra Rich Body Cream Sample Packets x 2

And here are the samples that the sales girl threw in my bag. I think it is probably something that everyone gets!
Repairing Shampoo & Conditioner for Dry and Damges Hair with 5 Esssntial Oils Packets
Ultra Rick Body Cream

Woo hoo that's everything! What have you scored recently? What is your favorite L'Occitane item? What's at the top of your L'Occitane wishlist? Let me know in a comment below! :)

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Yarn Haul!

Last month I went to one of my local yarn stores (Lovelyarns) when they were having a "Yarn Party" with a bunch of local yarn vendors and a free cupcakes, wine, and bagels! I won't lie, I went for the free food, and then the yarn called to me and begged me to take it home. Fellow knitters will understand the feeling. Anyway, I haven't really done a yarn related post before but I thought this haul would be fun because I plan to make 3 different kinds of winter accessories with these yarns: a hat, a scarf, and some mitts of some kind. (Though the red yarn is cotton and not the best for winter stuff but the price tag was just too good!) When they are all knitted up I'll do a follow up post so you guys can see the transformation!

Shalimar Yarns Missy Bulky in Merlin's Beard - $19
Austermann Sandy in Red - $2.50 each
Rozetti Polaris in Cloud Cover - $8.25

Do any of my readers knit? Comment below and let me know! :)

DSW Rocket Dog Haul

You guys may not know this about me and my family yet, but we love Rocket Dog shoes. Just LOVE them, in all styles too! I recently bought 2 new pairs that I thought I would share with you.

On the left is the Rocket Dog Tonic Wedge in Pewter. I am obsessed with the Rocket Dog Tonic Wedges and, in fact, I already own 2 other pairs that I bought last year in Black and Brown. They are perfect for work because they aren't too casual and unprofessional like some flats can tend to be, but they also aren't uncomfortable or "too much" like some heels tend to be; they are just perfect. How great would it be if these came out in Red next?? :)

On the right are my new fuzzy warm sweater boots called the Rocket Dog Flight Boot in Tan. They are so comfy and warm for casual weekends, I can't wait to wear them this fall! And, though it might be wrong to think... I love them way more than Uggs! (I've never owned a pair of Uggs though...)

And to top it all off, I got $15 off this order because I had a $10 rewards certificate as well as a promotion of some kind for $5 off an order. Plus I got free shipping. Woo hoo! :)

So what do you guys think? Are you Rocket Dog fans? Maybe just DSW fans?

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Birchbox Rewards Points Haul

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Hey everyone, who loves a haul? ME! Who loves a super good deal? ME! Who loves a super good deal haul? YOU GUYS! After free shipping + a 25% off code + $40 in rewards points I got all this for only $11.75 from Birchbox. Not to shabby eh? If I was more patient I could have gotten it for $1.75 if I waited to collect like 50 more points, but I was afraid the 25% off code would expire before that happened. $11.75 is still a good deal for $69 worth of makeup, eh? Here is a list and links for everything that I got:

Juice Beauty Oil-Free Moisturizer
NUXE Reve de Miel Ultra Nourishing Lip Balm
theBalm cosmetics Stainiatic in Beauty Queen
Beauty Fixation Make Up Remover

(There was a promptly fixed shipping error of the makeup removers not being shipping with the original order, hence the separate picture. Birchbox was so on top of it that they had sent it before I fully realized that I was missing an item! Go Birchbox! :) )

*I am a Birchbox affiliate so some affiliate links are used, but this purchase was made with my own personally earn rewards points from surveys of my personally paid subscription. I was not paid or required in anyway to write this post*

Madden Girl Shoes!

Eeek! I'm so proud to report my new pair of shoes! I first learned of these from Elle Fowler on Youtube because she had the black pair of these a good while back. I thought about buying a pair then but then waited too long and Zappos.com no longer had them so I admitted defeat. THEN! Oh yes, then, I unespectadly stumbled upon them at DSW today! And some how miraculously convinced my mother to buy them for me. Woo hoo new shoes! woo hoo free shoes! Happy early christmas to me! :)

My favorite part is how they can be buckled down when you fold them down! Something the knock offs never seemed to have and would annoy me. And BONUS, they have a zipper in the back so you don't have to tie them every time you wear them! I think I'm going to have a long love affair with these shoes. And I added insoles to them so they are going to be even more comfy and amazing.

What do you guys think? Does anyone else own them? Ideas for how to style them? Comment below! :P

Free Haul!

Here is a small haul for you guys! Don't worry. I didn't break my spending ban because I got all this stuff free as either gifts, or a gift from a store for my birthday :)

1. Vera Bradly Large Cosmetic Bag in Happy Snails. Normally $29.00, got it free because Smyth Jewelers sent me a $25 of a $25 purchase voucher for my birthday, yippie! And then today, and today only, was the Vera Bradly "trunk show" at Smyth Jewelers (which I didn't even know til I got there) so it was 20% off! Cha-ching!

2. Vera Bradly Tape Measure in Tea Garden. Normally $7.50, got it free because I was one of the first 75 customers to make a VB purchase so I got it free!

3. Philosophy 3 in 1 in Vanilla Birthday Cake. Free because it is the Sephora  Beauty Insider birthday gift this year.

4. Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream samples in #13 and #15. Free because a super nice associate at Sephora said I could have samples. Yay! I have always wanted to try these but $22 is expensive and I didn't realize you could ask for samples of cream eye shadows until I saw this youtube video.

6. Two adorable Neiman Marcus Polo Shirts. Normally $75.00 each, free for me because my Grandmother sent them to me! She bought them for herself and then decided she didn't like them because the sleeves are cap sleeves which are, apparently, not her style. Normally my Grandmother's fashion is outrageous and NOT my style at all, but miraculously these are ADORABLE and fit me perfectly! Super Cha-ching!!