My life as a crazy busy mama....: Sephora mini haul

So in the craziness of my life (moving, living with my mother-in-law, working, and trying to spend some quality time with my family), I have been less than in the Christmas spirit. Typically I really enjoy the holiday season. As a family we decorate the tree, put up Christmas lights all over the house (my sons favorite), make gingerbread houses and Christmas cookies. This year, even with all of these activities, I just wasn't feeling it. I think being displaced and the stress of living with my mother-in-law really put me through the ringer. A few days before Christmas I decided to take the kids to the mall, walk around, and attempt to get into the sprit of things. Of course I just could not resist going into Sephora (much to my sons dislike). After walking around for a bit I grabbed the Disney Kiss the Girl perfume. I am finding that with age I am getting very picky with my perfumes. Some really irritate me and give me a headache. This perfume did bother my head and I really liked the smell so I grabbed this deal. The perfume retailed for $58 but was marked down to $41.

I then have saw that some of the Pantone line holiday line was marked down. The Radiant Cut Shadow Palette was the first thing that I grabbed. A set of eight jewel-toned shadows that looked so prettying in the display case but unfortunately they didn't have a sample to swatch. I grabbed this set but then was very disappointed to find that a shadow was broken and had made a mess ALL over the inside of the palette. I don't have a picture so show since I then returned the set for a refund. I am pretty relieved that I returned this set since there were some pretty mixed reviews on the Sephora website.

I then got the Pantone eyeshadow Palette. I really like that the lid completely lifts off of this palette and that the magnets are strong enough to hold the lid in place for travel, plus there is a mirror in the lid. Overall I really like the shadow collection. Nice color pay-off and selection but I wish that there were a few more matte shadows to complement this selection.

I then grabbed the Precious Metal Mousse Shadow on sale from $18 down to $12. This item was available in either gold (which I got) or silver. After swatching this item on my hand I knew that I had a have it. Great color pay off and I have now used this as not only as shadow base but also as a liner on my top lid (on top of my black liner). This is really a great product and I am really happy I grabbed this product.

When I went to return the Radiant Cut Shadows and a brush set that I had bought and had a little buyers remorse. I then saw that they had in stock the Tarte of Giving Collectors Set and Travel Bag. I have not been able to find this set online exempt for Amazon who had it for about $100 (this item retailed for $59). I have seen the awesome reviews for this set, not to mention I am quickly becoming Tarte obsessed! The travel bag is a beautiful purple satin quilted fabric, flip open, and has a removable (with snaps) pouch, two zippered pockets, and a hanger to hang this bag while traveling. With the many back and forth trips to my parents house, I thought this bag would be great for holding some of my makeup necessities. In the removable pouch there is a small maracuja oil, eye treatment, Amazonian clay blush in Memorable, cheek stain, and mascara. There are 20- limited edition eyeshadows and 8 deluxe maracuja lip glosses.

12- Hour blush in Memorable and Flush check stain

Lip glosses: sully, john, kam, finn, lizzy, spence, viv, ro

Starting in the upper left hand corner (clockwise): Kim's porcelain doll, Jen's jump rope, Nuria's boom box, Staci's charm bracelet, Scott's skateboard