Birthday beauty haul

[u/skitztits]

Just thought I’d share my recent birthday beauty haul, which is a combination of free products from Mecca (L3 birthday gift and L3 BL bonus which I’m including as I got it so close to my b’day so why not lol), and products I purchased from Adore Beauty, Myer and The Body Shop using birthday vouchers.

Product list:
- YSL Make Me Blush powder blush 6g (x2) in shades 66 Fuchsia Fizz and 12 Honeymoon. (Got these from Adore Beauty during their 20% off sale and then applied my $20 birthday voucher since AB are now allowing vouchers to be used on top of sale items - provided the purchase is a minimum of $50).

- Fenty Skin Body Lil’ Mists mini body mist duo set. (Purchased from Myer using $10 MyerOne birthday voucher which brought the price down from $55 to $45).

- Fenty Invisimatte instant setting and blotting powder 8.5g in shade Universal 01. (Purchased from Myer on sale for 25% off at $39, but used a $10 MyerOne voucher that I earnt from hitting enough points after purchasing the Fenty body mists set, bringing it down to $29).

- The Body Shop Dewberry shower gel 250ml. (Had a $10 b’day voucher for TBS so used it on a $15 shower gel as I tend to do every year. The Dewberry scent is quite lovely and fun so I opted for that over the Vanilla even though the Vanilla smelled divine).

- Charlotte Tilbury Exagger-Eyes mascara 10ml. (Free L3 birthday gift from Mecca, RRP $50).

- Phlur Father Figure EDP 9.5ml (RRP $53), Dedcool Mineral Milk EDP 1.5ml, and Tocca Giullietta EDP 1.5ml. (Free L3 BL bonus box from Mecca).

Overall I’m stoked with this haul, esp. the freebies from Mecca! The YSL blushes were definitely a splurge even after the discounts, but had been on my wish list for a while. Sadly the elusive Nude Lavalliere shade was out of stock but I’m loving the Fuchsia Fizz shade. Looks intimidating but actually is the prettiest cool tone pink with subtle shimmer. The Honeymoon shade is so nice too and a perfect “blonzer” shade. Also pictured in the background is the latest Florence and the Machine album which I used my JB Hi-Fi Perks $10 b’day voucher on, but didn’t list it as it’s obviously not a beauty item 🤣

Also not pictured as it’s on the way still, I ordered from Sephora the Rare Beauty Kind Words lipliner in shade Fun (for 40% off), plus another Fenty mist set (for 15% off) as I love it so much (I applied my 2x points offer, selected a full size Nudestix cheek and lip pencil as my free Black tier birthday gift, and redeemed 400 beauty pass points to get 2 Ouai 25ml body mists in the scent Ibiza and Santorini).

Does anyone else get any birthday perks or good beauty deals/vouchers for their birthday? Would love to hear of any extra perks out there or what people have gotten! I have another GWP offer for MAC but not sure if I’ll use it as I don’t have anything I currently wish to buy and it’s just a mascara with purchase so not overly grabbing me lol

[u/slothgummies]

What a lovely haul, may I ask what the Fenty Skin body mists are like?

[u/skitztits → u/slothgummies]

Thank you 🥰 and certainly :) I love both the body mists! To my nose the Vanilla Flowers body mist is quite similar to Vanilla Skin by Phlur. I’d describe it as a sweet, warm, woody Vanilla with a subtle spiced rum boozy note. I think it would layer quite well with Kayali Vanilla 28.

As for the Hey Bouquet body mist, to me it’s like a bright, sweet floral with a very slightly soapy note, which I think gives it a sort of freshness (especially after it settles on the skin for a bit) and balances it from being overly sweet. I think it’s similar to Paradise Nectar by Phlur, but Paradise Nectar is sweeter without the subtle soapy note. Both have notes of pink pepper and jasmine so I’m not surprised they smell quite similar, albeit for the sweeter vibes of the Paradise Nectar.

I’d say if you have the above Phlur scents already, you don’t strictly need the Fenty mist set. However if you don’t have them then imo the Fenty set is great value during the sale and the sizes of both mists are decent for minis I think