Whenever I go shopping at Sephora, there’s a rule I steadfastly adhere to. I tell myself that I can only walk out of the store with what I’m able to carry in my two hands.
No baskets, ever, because the minute a basket gets up in the mix, my credit card starts throbbing with a white hot heat.
Buuuut, you know what they say: where there’s a will, there’s a way. 🙂
With products like the new Sephora Favorites Give Me More Lip Ultimate Lip Sampler Set ($59), I’m able to maximize my self-imposed system of budgetary beauty tyranny. #imjustsayin
The glorious new holiday kit includes 17 (!) sample-sized lip products from 14 makeup brands.
KA-BOOM!
That’s a ton of variety. What’s more, the pieces span a wide range of finishes, textures and coverage levels.
Sephora sorted the products by color family — nudes, berries, pinks and reds — which gives the kit a cohesiveness you don’t always find in limited edition sets.
I’m stoked that so many of my favorite brands are represented (like Laura Mercier, Too Faced, Benefit and Hourglass), and I’m also looking forward to playing with some things I haven’t tried, like Kat Von D’s Liquid Lipstick and Stila’s Vinyl Lip Gloss.
And, hello! — how adorable is this Bite Beauty lipstick bullet?
The set contains…
- 0.05 oz bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Speak Your Mind (bubble gum pink)
- 0.01 oz Benefit Cosmetics Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm in Posie
- 0.07 oz Bite Beauty Luminous Crème Lipstick in Palomino (vibrant magenta)
- 0.04 oz Buxom Mini Full Bodied lipstick in Menace
- 0.08 oz Fresh Sugar Berry Tinted Lip Treatment
- 0.03 oz Hourglass Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Icon
- 0.10 oz Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Outlaw
- 0.09 oz Laura Mercier Lip Glacé in Blush (medium rose brown)
- 0.07 oz Laura Mercier Crème Smooth Lip Colour in Red Armour
- 0.018 oz MAKE UP FOR EVER Waterproof Lip Liner Pencil
- 0.08 oz Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Black Dahlia Lip Tar: Matte Test Tube
- 0.068 oz Sephora Collection Rouge Infusion in 10 Red Essence
- 0.04 oz stila Stay All Day Vinyl Lip Gloss in Nude Vinyl (medium pink nude)
- 0.06 oz Tarte LipSurgence Lip Tint in Moody
- 0.04 oz Tarte LipSurgence Power Pigment in Flush
- 0.05 oz Too Faced Cosmetics La Creme Color Drenched Lip Cream in Naked Dolly
- 0.16 oz Too Faced Cosmetics Melted Liquefied Long Wear Lipstick in Fuchsia
The $59 kit (a $192 value) lets you explore different makeup lines, colors and product families without having to commit to full-size prices. Big ups to Sephora for including so many good products from popular brands.
Highly recommended for everyone, from beginners to full-blown beauty addicts. It’s available now at Sephora stores and online at sephora.com.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
I LOVE lip products. I’ve always wanted to try some of those brands such as the Kat Von D liquid lipstick and OCC. I do really love the Bite lipsticks. I seem to find small ones in the bins while you are waiting in line.
I often end up dying to buy one of these sets. But when I get the store something clicks in my mind, I eye up the package, and settle on the two products I really want. Then I go buy full-sizes. I don’t think I’ve bought a Sephora Favorites set other than fragrance – which is always a good deal because of the certificate. And my nose gets time to adjust to each fragrance before settling on the full size.
This… this is ONLY $59?! Oh my gosh. This is a steal. I need to get my hands on this fast!
xx
Jenny
I bought this kit last year and absolutely ADORED it! I tried so many of my lemmings. However last year’s kit had more full sized offerings (pro) but also wasn’t really color coordinated like these (con)! I will be buying this year’s kit as well. Maybe if I’m strict with myself I might even gift one to a friend/family. (Yea right!!!!)
I WANT THIS SOOOO BAD!
Hmmm, with 20% off that makes it only $47…maybe it’ll make my wish list!
I bought last year’s version, and I have to say I’m not as impressed with this year’s. Last year, we had four full-sized products from bareMinerals, Smashbox, OCC, and Too Faced, as well as some fairly deluxe samples from other brands. That set was so popular precisely because it was really good value for the money, and I don’t appreciate Sephora making the set more skimpy this year. Also, so many of the samples are repeats from last year! That’s just disappointing because the other reason to buy the set, other than value for money, is a chance to try lots of different things you wouldn’t normally purchase or redeem with a points’ perk. I realize Sephora is just trying to sell more sets by including really popular lipsticks from last year (like Icon), but I think it makes the whole thing less fun, IMHO.
Lip products are my weakness – so tempted by this set! Especially by the four on the right in your first swatch pic.
Bought this a while ago and it’s taking me a while to try them all. LOVE the set though! Liked the Benefit balm way more than expected and bought a full size. Rocked the Buxom lipstick today and love it too. Only dislike is the Stila. That sucker is soooo sticky! Does not mix with SF winds and long hair under any circumstance.
The Too Faced lipstick also gives me way more lip lines and cracks than I ever knew I had. 🙁 Mini sizes are so purse friendly and I’m too product ADD to get through full sizes!
What a fun set! Especially for all the lipstick lovers out there.
Sometimes I’m glad we don’t get stuff like this around here, otherwise I’d be SO terribly broke! I can’t say no to minis! I’m sure this is some kind of disorder 🙂
Sadly, in Spain Sephora doesn’t have sets like this. 🙁
This set has been sitting in my cart forever. Idk why I didn’t take the plunge with my last 2 orders lol. I hope it doesn’t sell out before I can get my hands on it!
Wow – that’s a lot of lip variety. It’s hard to go wrong with that set! I can see at least 6 things I’d like to try (as I slowly back away from the screen). 🙂
OHMEHGAWD! it’s a good thing that 40% of those lippies are warm toned or I would have just spent $60 I don’t have!
I reviewed this set on my blog and I’m OBSESSED!! To the point where if I see someone even glance at this in Sephora I’ll tell them how great it is.
I’m a lip product addict er collector and I love anything mini. If I can try 17 different lip products for $65, that’s amazing! I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone!!
This set really looks like a lot of fun — it’s competing for a place on my wish list for the VIB sale! One thing that confuses me, it says that the Fresh Sugar lippie is in Berry, but the one in your box is Rose. Since I already have Berry, I would rather have a chance to try Rose, I wonder if that’s what’s really in all the sets. Flush, Palomino, Menace, Black Dahlia, Red Essence, Red Amour, and Icon all look seriously beautiful to me — I would especially love to try them all! It would also be cool to see if I can get Outlaw to work with my cool undertones.