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Haute Look offers seasonal beauty bags on their site and while I usually pass, I thought the Summer Essentials one looked too good to pass up. It was $20 (plus shipping) and promised a crazy value so I figured why not?
Haute Look ships via UPS and it didn’t take too long for the bag to arrive. When my UPS man (I love him BTW) dropped it/them off I didn’t even know what it was. Just a plain old boring box!
Although I knew everything that was in it (Haute Look lists the contents and sizes on their website while it’s for sale), I was still excited to tear into it. And once I did, I realized that the “polka dot” bag promised by Haute Look was actually a clear bag with a piece of navy and white polka dot cardboard it in. This kind of annoyed me so I did an online chat with Haute Look and they offered to refund me 20% of the cost of the bag. Issue resolved! If you didn’t know (and I didn’t until recently), Haute Look is owned by Nordstrom, which probably explains the stellar customer service.
I was pleasantly surprised that the Haute Look Summer Essentials Beauty Bag came with an information card. For whatever reason I thought it would just be the bag. You know how I love information cards, so I was happy.
Here is what the bag included:
~Blow Pro After Blow, Strong Hold Finishing Spray ($2.96): I love aerosol hair spray and won’t use anything else. This seems to hold well, but the rumors are true, it’s kind of smelly. Don’t get me wrong, I will finish the can, but I wouldn’t buy the full size.
~Lashfood Nano-Peptide Natural EyeLASH Conditioner ($9.41): This is such a pricey item that I would never buy it on it’s own without trying a sample first. It’s suppose to provide the “appearance of longer, thicker, lashes and to transform frail and brittle lashes to become healthy and strong in 3-6 weeks”. This sounds like am “I’m Totally Trying It” item for sure!
~L. Erikson Grab n’ Go Pony Compact ($7.20): I love the fun colors in this set and I love the little pony compact even more. I can’t stand digging around in my bag for a hair tie (I usually wear one on my wrist, but sometimes I forget), so this is awesome. I feel more organized already.
~L’Occitane Shea Hand Cream ($3.60): I love L’Occitane and think their hand cream is their very best product, so I am thrilled by this. I need to use up the Pacific hand cream that’s in my bag now and this one is next.
~Diptyque Eau de Toilette Fragrance ($3.36): I would describe this scent as a grassy floral smell. Not that kind of grass, more like freshly cut lawn. It smells okay on me, but I am going to give it to B to test out to see what he thinks. Oh and I looked and the official description of the scent is “A generous, sensual, heady rose, blooming among the freshness of the stems, mossy and tart.” I’d say that’s about right?
~Whish Orange Cream Body Butter ($7.02): This is a Nordstrom exclusive and it smells amazing! They have an “Orange Essentials Set” on sale for $24 right now as part of the Semi-Annual sale that I may have to take a closer look at!
~TanTowel Half Body Classic Self Tanning Towelettes ($2.40): I love TanTowels so this was also a great fit for me! I actually should use them more than I do though. Or maybe I should just save them for winter?
~Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil in Naked ($12.67): I still have a few lip pencils from other boxes I haven’t gotten to yet, so I think this will end up in the gift pile. I do love Urban Decay stuff though. But I can only handle so many eye liners and lip pencils.
~LORAC Special Effects Mascara in Black ($23): I tried this out real quick and I love it. It doesn’t clump (I hate clumps) and really long lengthen my lashes, so this is probably my favorite item in the box.
~Crown Brush Travel Brush Set ($4.45): Nothing fancy, just a cute little brush set you wouldn’t feel awful if you left behind on a vacation. I am putting this in my travel makeup bag and leaving it there so I don’t forget I have it!
~Miracle 10 AHA Cream ($12.80): This is suppose to rejuvenate skin and I am all for that. I think the sample is a great size too, so I’ll be able to get a fair amount of use out of this so I will be able to tell if I really like it.
~NYX Cosmetics Extra Creamy Round Lipstick (Vitamin) ($4): This seems more lip balm’ish than lipstick’ish to me, so I really like it. The color is light but probably could be “thickened” up if applied a few times, but I am perfectly happy the way it is.
~Mirenesse Lip Bomb (#22) ($39): I believe the possible lip bombs were #20, #22, #27 or #30 and I am pretty happy with the one I received. It’s not super crazy and is totally wearable. I got Bomb #4 back in October’s ipsy and like this color bomb much better!
All totaled, the Haute Look Summer Essentials Beauty Bag had a value of $131.87! A pretty good deal for only $20 (plus shipping / tax which made it like $30) if I do say so!
Sadly it’s not available anymore, but Haute Look always has great deals (I just got an order from last week’s Gorjana sale and they threw it a free razor which I was thrilled about), so if you want to start shopping or get signed up for e-mails so you can be ready when the Haute Look Fall Bag is announced, click here.
Ohhh, and I almost forgot! I bought two bags so I could give one way, so if you didn’t get one (or just want another), enter below.
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